Good on Wei Yi for finally showing his class in a major tournament. It's ridiculous that he's been considered a has-been but is still only 24 years old!
Wei Yi started college at Tsinghua University (Top 2 in China) School of Economics and Management in 2018. He's probably focusing more on school work in the past few years. Great to see him back at the top level.
Its a smart move. Even top level chess doesn't really pay well unless you've got a lot of side channels to monetize it (Ie Magnus and sponsorship deals, or Hikaru and youtube income), and that hasn't always been an option for chinese players. And he hasn't yet proven he can hit the Magnus or Hikaru level of fame. So having a plan B is a smart move (And chess dudes usually are great at math, so a business qualification is definately a sound move)
VIDEO IDEA: A video on the history of corespondents chess, the craziest stories, the craziest games, everything. I think that would be an incredible video.
Its impossible to calculate something complicated as this game if you are not Super GM so many slightly different moves and yet you totally mess the entire position, this got to be one of most complex attacking game I watch in year or two. Even if some of the moves was forced maybe 5 or 6 still hard to see in such depth.
Wow. What a game! Thanks for making this video about Wei Yi, Levy ! One thing I noticed about his games during the Tata Steel tournament is his imagination and creativity -- esp. in the opening (throwbacks and/or sacrifices galore!). This man is truly a genius! Can't wait to watch him in future games! He could be the next world champion from China!
I've actually been following Wei Yi not long after I started playing chess (3 years ago). Unfortunately, I started following him at a time when he never played and was just gone from the chess scene. I started following him due to his attacking style of chess. You can call any top player like Hikaru, Magnus, Ian an aggressive or tenacious player, but not Wei Yi, He's literally an embodiment of the word attack in chess. I became a fan after watching his win vs. Alireza in the junior blitz 2019. He and Boris Spassky are the two players I would call my favourites. I'm happy he's finally getting the attention he deserves and Him finally getting back to the chess scene. I'm looking forward to his future games!
I seriously appreciate that you actually focus on someone else than Magnus. I don't mind if Magnus is 50% of your content, but 90% is ridiculous. Seeing these latest videos is so refreshing.
What amazes me is how in certain positions you say there's only one winning move. Like the whole tactic hangs by a single thread and GMs still know to sacrifice material 5-6 moves before
c4 was the second best move with M9. Qf7, which Wei Lee played gets M8. It takes a while for Stockfish to calculate M8. Later, Wei Lee had an M4 opportunity with g4+, but did the M10 option.
When black had only 3 moves and the only one not leading to mate was Ke6, I couldn't figure out why the evaluation jumped so much... like if those are the only moves, why was it equal before? So I ran analysis on the position and found out Stockfish just didn't realize yet how winning the position really was for white. So that makes TWO TIMES in this game that Wei Yi found a winning line before Stockfish did. Wow!
'Gem of the chess world' is a very well said phrase. After watching his immortal game in 2015, I really want to see more of him in action and even held the notion that he would one day become the world chess champion. That is something left to be seen as at his age, it is still technically possible,. But for the time being, we can only wait unabatedly while enjoying the masterpiece churn out by him.
How Wei Yi calculated the position for about 15 moves ahead after the move Nd5 reminds of the game that Garry Kasparov played a long time ago where he sacrificed the rook on d4 against Veselin Topalov and he also just like Wei Yi calculated for 15 moves ahead. INSANE!!!
Awesome video! It was super instructional for Yi's style of play and how to think like a GM but I also love that you did a close study on a chess player to follow-up Tata Steel and who is probably oft forgotten/lesser known compared to the household names. Please do more on the other players.
What an unbelievable combination. Complete insanity. If he plays like this he will definitely be giving the super GM’s a run for their money. Glad he’s back.
Why was the engine showing 0 when the queen check happened after the rook sac, if whatever move you make after as black then turns into mate or large white advantage? Is it just engine depth thing?
Wei Yi and Ding Ling are both incredible players. Ling stepped away and was rusty early, but played better at the end of the tournament. Look out world. These guys are probably here to stay. Fascinating with all the young talent from India, Nord, Ali, etc and Magnus looking human.
@@thekrazykane2649 yea I can see that..unfortunately Magnus found him quite insufferable at the Worlds..2x. How many times has that happened? It’s my theory that Ding has spent his entire career focusing on how to beat Magnus to the detriment of his overall game but I am probably wrong. He seemed pretty bummed after finally reaching the top.
Not even Stockfish knew what he was up to. He must be Ali en, no jokes aside 15 moves pattern (maybe 30 when calculating enemies moves too) is an unbelievable act of play. Culturally I personally think there are some patterns visible as the Chinese (or asians) tend to shift the board with the peaces and see moves in positions, which truly look impossibru. Level Asian, Ding Liren‘s checkmate on Nepo was also insane, Nepo didn‘t see it, commentators didn‘t see it and it was played live so noone can say he cheated. Good to have such beautiful games, but my head would be smoking and I really would like to know if pros like him also need time to rest after such a game. My maximum of calculating play was 23 moves and everything went as planned for these moves and I got the checkmate in the end, but after that game you could habe thrown me away as I wasn‘t able to manage anything. I‘m still a beginner and later realized this is not so easy as players like Morphy had 24 move patterns with a checkmate. So once I managed this lucky punch, it just shows everyone could be able to have a superb game of chess.
Wei Yi is like that one random airbender you used to chill with but disappeared for 100 years but then when the world needed him most, he returned.
That's a cool Nickname, the return of the airbender.
Clever
Dang bro😂😂😂😂 nice one
..
Relatable
Good on Wei Yi for finally showing his class in a major tournament. It's ridiculous that he's been considered a has-been but is still only 24 years old!
Yeah, he was considered the Ben Simmons of chess. Let's see if he turns it around and realizes his true potential.
It makes sense cuz he was 2700+ at 17!!
I called it , he’s gonna become world champion one day
@@maryamshakeeb2521 He actually reached 2700 at 15 years old! Even more impressive
he does look way older than 24
Wei Yi started college at Tsinghua University (Top 2 in China) School of Economics and Management in 2018. He's probably focusing more on school work in the past few years. Great to see him back at the top level.
He's got to be one of those that don't really study yet getting full marks.
Its a smart move. Even top level chess doesn't really pay well unless you've got a lot of side channels to monetize it (Ie Magnus and sponsorship deals, or Hikaru and youtube income), and that hasn't always been an option for chinese players. And he hasn't yet proven he can hit the Magnus or Hikaru level of fame. So having a plan B is a smart move (And chess dudes usually are great at math, so a business qualification is definately a sound move)
Isn't tsinghua the best? I thought that was the most prestigious one and peking was after it .
@@saadiqbal2224 no they are considered the same prestige
VIDEO IDEA: A video on the history of corespondents chess, the craziest stories, the craziest games, everything. I think that would be an incredible video.
Good idea
Or a skibedy toilet chess game
@@gillesvandycke2003 Five year old spotted.
@@zivgliam611idiot whose joke flew over his head…spotted.
That’s a good idea
Wei Yi is like the bishop which enters chess games from another dimensions
Yesss 🤣
Oh no, not the Jurassic Rook
Like… Crazyhouse?
Hearing Levy say "Skibidi Toilet" did more psychological damage than all the blunders in the "How to lose at chess" series combined.
Its impossible to calculate something complicated as this game if you are not Super GM so many slightly different moves and yet you totally mess the entire position, this got to be one of most complex attacking game I watch in year or two. Even if some of the moves was forced maybe 5 or 6 still hard to see in such depth.
Wow. What a game! Thanks for making this video about Wei Yi, Levy ! One thing I noticed about his games during the Tata Steel tournament is his imagination and creativity -- esp. in the opening (throwbacks and/or sacrifices galore!). This man is truly a genius! Can't wait to watch him in future games! He could be the next world champion from China!
How does someone manage to hit world class, then disappear for a decade and make a triumphant comeback while being a full year younger than me. WTF.
Genetics
step 1: be a child prodigy
@@bedoof1or great determination and a positive learning experience but we
I like this thematic continuity between the Tata Chees tourney recaps and now a Wei Yi deep dive.
I've actually been following Wei Yi not long after I started playing chess (3 years ago). Unfortunately, I started following him at a time when he never played and was just gone from the chess scene. I started following him due to his attacking style of chess. You can call any top player like Hikaru, Magnus, Ian an aggressive or tenacious player, but not Wei Yi, He's literally an embodiment of the word attack in chess. I became a fan after watching his win vs. Alireza in the junior blitz 2019.
He and Boris Spassky are the two players I would call my favourites.
I'm happy he's finally getting the attention he deserves and Him finally getting back to the chess scene. I'm looking forward to his future games!
That's a great top two, Spassky was obviously overshadowed by Fischer but he was incredible, and by all accounts a nice guy & a gentleman to boot
This player appeared as unexpected as that one bishop which stands 69420 squares away and is on his way to take you queen 😂
Not unusual at love Elo. The amount of backward queen snipes I get is ridiculous 🤔
69420. Nice
I just had a Botez gambit accepted at 34840 squares away. Still an intense position.
🤣
This is the type of game where I realize I will never ever be a chess master like these 15 year olds
22:02 both players threatening mate in the same square, beautiful.
Wei, Yi is such a legend
He gave Magnus a chance for last decade
definitely,
Wei Yi is like that cousin your mom keeps on comparing you to.
Wei Yi has Tal vibes
Indeed!
I seriously appreciate that you actually focus on someone else than Magnus. I don't mind if Magnus is 50% of your content, but 90% is ridiculous. Seeing these latest videos is so refreshing.
Had Magnus played at Tata steel, Levy would make videos "He won again," "Magnus just broke chess" and "The GOAT just got even more GOAT."
Only when one is young and literally fearless would they even consider calculating this line
His style is still like this. Just watch his game with max warmendam this tournament. My man sacrifices a lot of rooks
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Levy breaks the algorithm every time he mentions Magnus along with Hikaru
Levy: "Guess who's back? Back again. Wei is back, tell a friend"
What amazes me is how in certain positions you say there's only one winning move. Like the whole tactic hangs by a single thread and GMs still know to sacrifice material 5-6 moves before
I saw the match before but that was 4 years before I get evolved in chess and I didn't understand how crazy this guy is
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c4 was the second best move with M9. Qf7, which Wei Lee played gets M8.
It takes a while for Stockfish to calculate M8.
Later, Wei Lee had an M4 opportunity with g4+, but did the M10 option.
ima wei yi super fan! absolutely enthralled by his style
When black had only 3 moves and the only one not leading to mate was Ke6, I couldn't figure out why the evaluation jumped so much... like if those are the only moves, why was it equal before? So I ran analysis on the position and found out Stockfish just didn't realize yet how winning the position really was for white. So that makes TWO TIMES in this game that Wei Yi found a winning line before Stockfish did. Wow!
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'Gem of the chess world' is a very well said phrase. After watching his immortal game in 2015, I really want to see more of him in action and even held the notion that he would one day become the world chess champion. That is something left to be seen as at his age, it is still technically possible,. But for the time being, we can only wait unabatedly while enjoying the masterpiece churn out by him.
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How Wei Yi calculated the position for about 15 moves ahead after the move Nd5 reminds of the game that Garry Kasparov played a long time ago where he sacrificed the rook on d4 against Veselin Topalov and he also just like Wei Yi calculated for 15 moves ahead. INSANE!!!
If you are smart, you should play chess. If you are very very smart, you should quit chess.
Wei Yi winning Tata is like Conor McGregor winning a UFC belt today. Y'ALL MUST'VE FORGOT😱
U do know conor revolutionized UFC...even though he didnt defend shyt...he did take himself and UFC to the next level of stardom...
@@Babypuchuubro I'm just trying to get clickbait likes.
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Guys basically there was a bug where the spawn point was accidentally deleted but the devs patched it and now he's spawned back in 🎉
Hearing Gotham say Skibidi Toilet is hilarious
The first time I heard of wei yi is when the Tata steel started
Awesome video! It was super instructional for Yi's style of play and how to think like a GM but I also love that you did a close study on a chess player to follow-up Tata Steel and who is probably oft forgotten/lesser known compared to the household names. Please do more on the other players.
Probably one of the most brilliant and exciting attacking player, Up there with Tal.
As a chess fan, I confirm that I am a chess fan....
Love Gothem’s analysis of players past, present and reappearing 👍
Gofam
@@usibistro gotem
What an unbelievable combination. Complete insanity. If he plays like this he will definitely be giving the super GM’s a run for their money. Glad he’s back.
Holy crap Wei Yi is top ten? Yeah I remember almost a decade ago he was the next big thing, and great to see a career resurgence from him!
c4 is actually a C4 💣💣☠☠
You peeked my kid's attention with "skibidi toilet"....."daddy, why are you watching skibidi toilet?"
I am confused as to how someone can be this brilliant yet not be a world champion?
i would never expect to listen the utterance "SKIBIDI TOILET" in a chess video at all. marvelous
❤❤❤❤ I just reached 1800 rating just because of your videos🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is so romantic that I cried
He took that king for a little stroll - how nice of him. And I told you he was 2700 at like 14, glad you brought that up.
Wei was Yi?
Why was the engine showing 0 when the queen check happened after the rook sac, if whatever move you make after as black then turns into mate or large white advantage? Is it just engine depth thing?
Wishing his comeback
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This game like a best Kasparov game.
Hello from Mr Rutledge and OCS! It was great meeting you in Toronto!!
Dude has stockfish software implanted in his head
He found his Wei back!
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Sir, please go and get your coat
Levy never
ne
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At 15:42, why not move the bishop to B6 for discovered check, and take the black queen?
You sacrificed way too much material for a queen. You would lose the game
Thanks levy!! Please do more of history chess!!
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Hi Levy, can you make again "how to win at chess" series. I think that is one of the best series on your channel.
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I'm bored, I'll go to watch skibidi toilet
Real
Wei Yi and Ding Ling are both incredible players. Ling stepped away and was rusty early, but played better at the end of the tournament. Look out world. These guys are probably here to stay. Fascinating with all the young talent from India, Nord, Ali, etc and Magnus looking human.
Ding Ling😂
Edit: no disrespect I just found that funny
who's ding ling?
Grandmaster Ding Liren he made a typo @diamondo7992
@@thekrazykane2649 yea I can see that..unfortunately Magnus found him quite insufferable at the Worlds..2x. How many times has that happened? It’s my theory that Ding has spent his entire career focusing on how to beat Magnus to the detriment of his overall game but I am probably wrong. He seemed pretty bummed after finally reaching the top.
wei yi was ghosting until he just decided to win one of the hardest tournaments in the world😂😂😂😂
Damn, after Tata Steel I googled Wei Yi and this is literally the only game I looked at
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Love these kinds of videos.. and wei yi's story is indeed really good!
4:36 Why is white ready to castle with strong development and black has 3 pawns moved...
The best 23 mins of analysing Wei Yi's gameplay!! 👏👏
Also i couldn't believe Wei Yi was playing against another GM whose last name is *Batista* !
Bro using vishwanathan name as local hero and including his name with legends like magnus ,hikaru and etc etc😂.
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I know it's not 100% related but I like Ding's immortal more.
Yeah that one is cool. Bro basically sacrificed everything
This shit is so good it even managed to get into a Graham Burgess book
15 more moves in the theory✊
0:28 levy really tried to sneak his way in the goats list and thought we wouldnt notice💀
Make a chess history saga
Opening actually turned into a Be2 Scheveningen Variation.
Still can’t believe he played that good
levy never fails to change the title
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Wei,Yi has a higher iq than room temperature in Kelvin...
Astonishing - let's hope we see more of this guy
waiting for the final between Ding Liren and Wei Yi
I want classic match between Wei yi and dunov 🫰
min 22:27 if the bishop goes to b6 it wouldn't win the queen?
I thought the same thing but I guess at that level winning a queen isn’t good enough 😂
i never thought levi’s audio was bad until i got new headphones 💀💀
sacrifices the rooooook
Thought it was Gata Kamsky for a second.
That was only 8* years he disaperad in chess.
* Thats is a long time to
@@ThePapaja1996 minor difference.
Levy never fails to be insulted Hikaru on his channel.
Lazaro is pronounced LÁzaro, like Lazarus. The emphasis is on the "A".
Not even Stockfish knew what he was up to. He must be Ali en, no jokes aside 15 moves pattern (maybe 30 when calculating enemies moves too) is an unbelievable act of play. Culturally I personally think there are some patterns visible as the Chinese (or asians) tend to shift the board with the peaces and see moves in positions, which truly look impossibru. Level Asian, Ding Liren‘s checkmate on Nepo was also insane, Nepo didn‘t see it, commentators didn‘t see it and it was played live so noone can say he cheated. Good to have such beautiful games, but my head would be smoking and I really would like to know if pros like him also need time to rest after such a game. My maximum of calculating play was 23 moves and everything went as planned for these moves and I got the checkmate in the end, but after that game you could habe thrown me away as I wasn‘t able to manage anything. I‘m still a beginner and later realized this is not so easy as players like Morphy had 24 move patterns with a checkmate. So once I managed this lucky punch, it just shows everyone could be able to have a superb game of chess.
This is the equivalent of watching cowboy cerrone's combination back in the day
Why on earth would I think about GothamChess in the same sentence as Magnus, Hikaru and Fabiano?
I don't know how levy can make me watch 20 + min long without editing
And I still watch all of it
That was a really sad thing to say
Make a video on Gata Kamsky pls? I’d find it very interesting since not many people even know about him.
genuinely forgot about him
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Levy never fails to mention skibidi toilet in his videos
what about bishop B6 to win a queen at one point?
There are some many players that don’t play regular and probably very good elite level Radjabov, Dominguez Karjakin and many others.
I remember when he stormed the Chess world with that game vs Bruzon, a modern masterpiece. Glad to see he's proved himself once again.
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Why wasn't bishop b6 ever played by white, bishop for queen seems good
"We are following what's called the 'main line', mainline meaning..." Gotham, this is a family show.
Why did he skip the position where stockfish found a draw after qf7
levy never fails to forget that silly gmod videos were a staple of his youth too
More Fischer videos or I make my cousins start learning the London.
i literally screamed so loud when levy said the classic "THE ROOOKKKK'
Levy should do more wei yi video. My man wei yi sacrifices a lot of rooks
Bro tried to sneak his name at the start