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I do what is called the Kings Gambit where I sacrifice the King for the win. Unfortunately no one ever does the Kings Gambit declined so I have lost every time
Believe it or not I’m getting a bit emotional watching this. I was fascinated by chess as a kid, but I was useless at it and got discouraged. My dad tried to teach me, but that mostly involved a lot of yelling, swearing, and tears. This is the first time I’ve seen someone explain the game with such clarity, enthusiasm, patience, and obvious love for the game. At 32, hopefully this is the beginning of a new chess journey for me. Thankyou so much.
@@laffys7384 i beg you pardon ? That person is litteraly trying to learn something they had loved as a child , what's wrong with that ? And btw , they are much older than you, have a little of respect. People who play chess have a KIND of intelligence, it doesn't make them smart af. And even if they want to know how to play to seem smart , they won't even realize that they actually own an intelligence so they're not fake asses or something ,because yeah , chess is a "smart" game if you keep practicing. I don't want to offend you or anything , i feel like you are a good person but what you wrote wasn't really nice or smart of you. Take care and please think before writing or saying anything on social media.
You are actually right. Even a fully developed imbecile like me could understand his lesson. Not just the lesson, but his commentary as well. I can't follow a commentary by GM, but Levy is so easy to understand
@@arvindiyer6012 If that is the case, Hikaru should've been able to do the same, but Hikaru, albeit a fun streamer to watch, is not a good teacher I think. He is too advance for a professional imbecile like me
@@Gunandrunandgun if you learn theory, you will know what is a mistake and what is not a mistake. After that, it's like solving a damn puzzle. And to spot blunders (not mistakes) always look for checks, captures, attacks. Calculate and analyze the position every move. There could be a tactic for example and not seeing it is also a counter-blunder. Use time generously. You can play in the endgame like a funking robot and not use time much. Take care and play chess
The number of times I've come back to this video 🙌🙌🙌 It's just amazing coz I keep referring my folks, friends, and kids who are interested in learning the game. Good job, Levy.
en passant was described to me as such: the pawn in it's first move is a superhero, and it's got a cape. when it leaps forward its cape waves behind it. your pawn jumps on the cape, choking out the pawn, and capturing it. if you wait a turn, the cape falls to the ground, and can no longer be stepped on for this move. I was in 4th grade when i was taught this and the concept never seemed odd with that description.
@@moistcornbread5332 I'm happy about it. I've been teaching my colleagues chess, after they watched the show. We have 3 boards with games on in the office at any one time now.
I learned playing chess from my dad since I was 8 years old. We spend idle moments playing this game along with my uncle and my younger brother. My dad passed away 3 years ago. Playing chess is one of the skills I learned from him that I consider valuable, and I will always thank him for that.
He already has a rating climb which is guide to intermediate level I guess. Coz intermediate is all about getting the right ideas at the right time rather than some concrete principles.
@@GMPranav well it’s also about starting to learn theory, I guess what you’re referring are tactics, also very important. Right now I’m trying to get to 1500 so I’m focusing on opening theory and endgame, maybe some other players need different things.
@@acpliego I would say opening theory still more like beginner level 2. If you are nearing 1500 you must already know atleast the common openings till a certain depth. I guess knowing about some more obscure opening is also a part of intermediate preperation, but I think improving your middle game is the most important thing, which includes both strategy and tactics.
@@acpliego I think you're right about different players needing different things. I'm 1400ish aiming for 1500 too. Despite having a solid grasp of end games, my openings are complete garbage. Are you studying anything in particular?
It's true though 😅. I mean they can move each direction, but instead of moving however far they want, their superpower is panicing whenever someone gets close to them.
Your explanation of “what your opponent’s pieces can see” was the most clear explanation of how to play chess! Thank you! I’m still super lost, & tactics are still too fast for me, but your explanation helped it click more in my head. Thanks again! ♥️♟
His voice is even keeled, he speaks at a speed that's easy to track with and he's good at stacking his teaching meaning he is good at teaching something then incrementally adding onto it.
"Black can play the Sicilian defense, shoutout to Beth Harmon. Black can play the Caro-Kann, shoutout to Levy Rozman." Missed some sweet self promotion there.
Finally a video that has explained the concept of chess PROPERLY for beginners. I have tried to learn for years and could not find anyone who had the ability to explain this to me. Thank you so much GothamChess 🌞
4 mins in, my mind is blown and I'm hitting the subscribe button. I was watching the 'how the pieces move' part thinking ''I know how they move'' and then BOOM, 'en passant'.
dont mind me 1. pawns (small ones) - worth 1 point - can move 2 squares forward on the first move - after that, only 1 - can capture an enemy pawn diagonally 2. bishops (pointed hat) - worth 3 points - can go forward and backward - can go diagonally on their own color (square) 3. knights (horses) - worth 3 points - move in Ls, up 2 then turn 1 - can jump over pieces 4. rooks (castle looking) - worth 5 points - can go forward, backward, left, right in any distance 5. queens - worth 9 points - can go anywhere in any distance 6. king - can go anywhere but only one square
I just got my very first chess board tonight, although I’ve been playing for a couple years now, it felt great to revisit the basics of chess. Thank you❤
Lying Fridge, should of gone to school and learned how to use a comma. Don't worry, I can relate. I used "should of" instead of "should've or should have". Damn TH-cam.
I have played chess casually for years but never developed any sort of strategy, I also never went looking until now haha. I thought this video was extremely informative and was exactly what I was looking for. It was just complex and challenging enough where I had to actually pay attention, but not too complex that I felt overwhelmed. Obviously I am still a beginner, but at least now I can hold my own and not look like a total fool haha. Thank you very much for the video!
For the people who are confused about en passant. I read somewhere that the rules originally did not allowed for pawns to move 2 squares on their first move. The ability for them to do that was given to speed up a bit the game. However it caused an issue when a pawn could "dodge" the attack by moving 2 squares and would skip the attack of the other pawn. So the en passant rule was made to make things more fair
WOW. Just discovered your channel after getting back into chess (by my son, not Queen’s Gambit although that was a great show) and I LOVE the way you explain everything. Very clear and concise. looking forward to learning more.
I have a chess date soon, he's experienced, I'm a beginner. He sent me a book and I had to close it. Wasn't beginner friendly. Now I'm here. Thank you so much! ^ ^
Don't let your date win. Make him earn it! Finding out early in the courtship if he's a sore loser or a gracious one will be a huge character indicator in your relationship. Good luck and have fun!!!
Just came here to say that 11 months ago I was a 200 player watching this video wanting to learn chess and now I am 1300 rapid and 1200 blitz. Thank you Levy, I’ve been watching all your videos ever since ❤️
Levi, you probably don't remember but we went to high school together in Paramus. Just wanna say, awesome vid and awesome channel overall. I had no idea you were so big in the chess world and on TH-cam. Paramus proud!!
If you guys talked at least a few times then he probably remembers you. He's a million times smarter than me but even I remember 99% of my past classmates' names. edit: not off the top of my head though.
Awesome!! Same here, I bought hubby a chess set for Christmas and we just started Queen's Gambit last night. Now we're watching this together... Good luck to y'all!!
My boyfriend and I are doing the same after finishing Queen's Gambit! He had an old board with plastic pieces, but decided to invest in the real thing with wooden pieces that you can feel the weight of. Got it yesterday. Obsessed! :)
I played as a kid, but stopped when I started high school. Too many other mischievous things to do. Now I'm a grannie and just saw the Queens Gambit. Got me interested again. I end up taking a lot of pieces, but can't seem to focus or get the king into checkmate. Looking for some good online lessons.
Thanks Gotham, I first watched this video sometime in March of 2021 as a 800 rated player, it’s been almost 2 years, I’m now 1900 blitz and just got third place at a inter-school tournament.
mee i guess i suddenly felt like chess is soo interesting. my brother is a state level player but i never understood chess but now I'm taking interest.
My interest in chess was reignited after randomly checking out Twitch and seeing chess stuff. Then I found out about the Queen's Gambit, which I hope to start watching very soon!
Bahaha we’re the 1900 beginners club in this thread Doesn’t matter though Levi always has good info See and here I am derp ass blastin out a billion puzzles when I should just study 10 quality successes? I’m down lol
I could listen to you teach all day. Thanks for the info! I recently got back into playing chess and needed a refresher. Much appreciated for the info 🙌🏾
i was waiting for this video, to see if there is something that i missing from my understanding, and still waiting for the upcoming videos, great content Levy as always, keep up the great work. the books suggested buy Levy: tactics: 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Franco Masetti (Author), Roberto Messa (Author) End game: 100 Endgames You Must Know : Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded Jesus de la Villa (Author)
En Passant: Chess is a battle simulation. Foot soldiers (Pawns) can charge at the start of the battle whilst they're fresh, hence able to move two squares. The game is a simulation of 'real time', so if a soldier tries to charge past an enemy, the enemy can kill him as he is charging past. So it's as if the turn immediately following happened during the charge. The next move, the charge has already been successfully completed and the soldier is safe.
The change was made in the 15th century to speed up the game. Originally pawns could only move one square at a time. En Passant was the French answer to prevent the new move from getting a pawn out of danger.
Just to be that guy: “checkmate is always on the last move of the game” does not mean “the last move of a game is checkmate”. Therefore you can’t have checkmate at any point other than the end of the game, but you can end the game without checkmate.
This could be a training video on instructional communications. Flawless, authoritative, delivery was perfect. I've struggled to get through dozens of instructional chess videos, and I don't think I've ever before watched one in it's entirety before this one. Not only did I watch and understand the whole video, but I quickly found myself imaging second order strategies as your instructional flowed...Never did that before. I think I've turned a corner! Thanks!
Been playing since I was 14 or 15 and only played against my friends and a few others. Just found your channel and I realized how little I actually knew about chess and the battle of positions. What I love about chess is that even in a loss you can learn something. Cant believe I went down the chess rabbit hole and realized how entertaining it all is from Fisher to Kasparov to Magnus and the whole controversy about cheating.
9:20 just for beginners sake....the Queen "CAN" take the rook but if it does black can lose their Queen because that rook is defended by the other rook therefore if the Queen takes the rook then the other rook defending can take their Queen✌️
@@wungar the queen can take the rook but if she does then the other adjacent rook will take her. Hence "she can't take the rook" because if she does that'd be sacrificing the queen for a rook which is not a valuable trade
@@benr6918 Yeah, I usually play against the computer and the first time that happened I thought it was a glitch. Then I looked up the history of En passant after finding out what was happening.
I haven't played for years...needed a refresher. Thank you Levi, for a very informative and entertaining instructional video. You are a natural and easy-going teacher /entertainer. Hello from Australia!
I've been playing chess casually for more than a decade now. Even took a chess class in college. But only now did I learn about the "queen's opposition". Thank you :)
I used to play chess with my uncles when I was a kid, recently got back into it with my little brother and this video has been very helpful in refreshing my memory
It’s because different stages of the game are referred to as the opening, the middle game, and the end game. A checkmate can happen in the middle game, making the game end “in the middle.”
Very helpful! I learned how the pieces moved decades ago as a kid, but I never learned concepts like piece vision, protecting pieces, tactics vs strategies, etc. I taught myself a bit of these through playing, but I have many holes in my understanding.
This was a PERFECT video. Your beginner video had just enough information to help me understand your videos and chess tournaments that are being covered. I’ve been binging your videos for two weeks now and watching them all day and I didn’t even have a clue what piece was what and how each piece move this. So I would be lackluster and excited just based on your facial expressions, not even understanding what is happening in the game. Now thanks to you, I can join in on the phone and understand more and more
the issue, I'm having is that the complexity makes me feel incompetent, I know its a lot of strategy, learning, and planning, but it is VERY overwhelming to beginners
@@RealHome9634 It's a show on Netflix revolving around this girl who has a knack for chess and struggles with addiction as she advances with her chess skills.
I already knew the majority of things from this but it still filled a few gaps in knowledge and made me recognized a mistake I've made commonly, moving my queen early into a position that achieves nothing just to move other pieces after and wasting development opportunities or captures on center pawns
"Chekmate happens at the beginning of the game sometime. Sometimes all the way at the end, okay, sometimes in the middle." ......Now i'm not exactly bright, but i'm pretty sure checkmate happens at the very end of each game lmao
since learning the 4 move checkmate my rating shot up by 100 often times it wasnt just 4 moves but by keeping my eye on F7/F2 i was able to catch my opponent off guard later in the early game ive also managed to stop other players from using it on me and its opened up so many opportunities
I have huge anxiety, Starting to play with other people, started off marking huge mistakes, but I'm making fewer mistakes and learning what to do instead of what I did start off, really improved !
@@strahinja95 i'm pretty sure that's never playing chess before to learning how to play chess over time, but you can say what you wanna say, never have i said i get huge anxiety when playing chess, I said i have huge anxiety that anxiety prevented me form playing, it has prevented me form playing anything multiplayer related, however like every thing else, you can overcome anxiety, and also no I do play chess, i really don't know how you got that form reading a comment form youtube, made 9 months ago when i first started
@@ElvenmageEXE I guess I assumed that because I feel like that is the same issue that I have. Multiplayer is tough for me also, but the difference is that since I first played chess, or any game, I didn't want to lose any figure, and wanted the flawless victory in everything, but I was as a beginner as it can get. Guess that's just my case. I played my first game in a long time today, and I noticed the feeling of tryharding at it which I switched to just be playful
@@strahinja95 hey its all cool playing for wins is a good thing and beeing playful nothing wrong I respect that I mostly play for fun now any ways I can no longer play competitively as I'm losing my eye site
While the computer will prevent this, playing an illegal move on a physical board is also a loss and that wasn't mentioned. I believe the three most common illegal moves are knocking over pieces, touching one piece and moving another piece and putting one's own king in check. Even the high ranking players have done those things in blitz and bullet.
@@orlock20 The rules of chess do not mention touching pieces or what to do if someone make an illegal move. Those are the house rules of tournament, chess hustlers, or whatever. Those are meta rules.
Don't think of the knight move as an "L". One ,two, over. Look at each square next to the knight in the file/rank. Each square IT is attached to DIAGONALLY the knight can land. You can literally see TWO moves at time. The options the knight can land fork out like lightning. Always remember also the knight takes turns on the color it lands on. So if your knight is on a dark square it can only land on a light square.
Maybe my reading comprehension is lacking but I’m not really understanding what you’re meaning? Seems like a very useful perception but I don’t understand. Can anyone elaborate?
As a person who has played chess for 2 years and is still continuing to play, has beaten 1500 elo players and 2000 rated bots(after a million tries) and is in the elite league I find this video very helpful
My adhd brain loves chess. I fell in love the second I was taught. It’s not chance, luck or pure randomness. It’s strategic and purposeful. I struggle with anticipating moves and knowing what they can do because I just started learning but blocking the opponent is so fun for me. Your video is great and you’re awesome at explaining things!
I've been playing chess since I was a kid, going to lessons, some tournaments etc. Then I quit for about 10-15 years. Then COVID and Queen's Gambit came out and I got back into it. After having played a match here and there, and not really getting anywhere, I started following your video's & strategies and really "learning" to think in chess. I just got to 1004 rating in 10 minute games!! Up from around 580. Insane, I'm so happy! Thank you so much!
when i watched this yesterday for the first time i forgot majority of the things you said since i hadn’t played my first game yet and i wanted to know the pieces. now that i’ve been practicing all day and i’ve come back to this video, i understand everything you said and it’s SO much more helpful LMAO. many of the things you discussed i was confused about in game since i forgot most of the topics on this video but now this clears it all up! thanks so much for this video man i’m excited for my journey into chess.
I’ve always loved chess even since I was a kid but I always found it too hard to remember the moves and rules when I was younger but being older now I’ve rediscovered how much I love it and this video really helped me get back into the swing of things and was also really informative, I’ve subscribed and I’ll be checking out your other videos to help me along the way Thank you :)
Thanks to you I actually played my first chess game at the age of 23 !! I always felt inadequate when someone tried to teach me How to play but I wouldn't get the hang of it.. thank you sirrr🥰
last night i played a chess game with a friend, and I always brought the queen out too early. until I watched this, I didn't know there was anything you had to learn about chess, i just thought people got good at it just by playing a lot lol. like a regular puzzle game. my goal is to beat my friend, he says he's a casual player but against me, he feels like a master, lol. my ultimate goal is to beat my dad. he's actually a master player.
Good luck mate ( i remember when I was in 2nd grade I first played this game ) I just don't remember some stuffs so it's like I came back From lvl 1 yeah beginner
Nice tutorial. I’m teaching my SO how to play. She plays other strategy games, so I thought this would give her a start. I’m a nominal player for over 40 years so I’m still learning new stuff all the time. I was in chess club in my teens so I’d like to revisit it now I’m retired. Thank you for this video!
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Great video. Would like to see a video about how you handle an opponent that mirrors your opening when you are playing white.
Great video man, cant wait to start playing
After watching queens gambit I am here somehow.Great video it helped learn a lot👍
THANK YOU THIS IS WAT I NEEDED
Would this include any 1 on 1 training?
I have been a beginner for 30 yrs. I am professional beginner. Beginner Master. Expert in finding win for my opponent
Looll😂😂
And im a grand master at blundering a piece
I do what is called the Kings Gambit where I sacrifice the King for the win. Unfortunately no one ever does the Kings Gambit declined so I have lost every time
you're a super BM
In one game I blundered a queen, promoted, blundered another queen, promote then blundered another queen :(
Believe it or not I’m getting a bit emotional watching this. I was fascinated by chess as a kid, but I was useless at it and got discouraged. My dad tried to teach me, but that mostly involved a lot of yelling, swearing, and tears. This is the first time I’ve seen someone explain the game with such clarity, enthusiasm, patience, and obvious love for the game. At 32, hopefully this is the beginning of a new chess journey for me. Thankyou so much.
Good luck!!
@@laffys7384 i beg you pardon ? That person is litteraly trying to learn something they had loved as a child , what's wrong with that ? And btw , they are much older than you, have a little of respect. People who play chess have a KIND of intelligence, it doesn't make them smart af. And even if they want to know how to play to seem smart , they won't even realize that they actually own an intelligence so they're not fake asses or something ,because yeah , chess is a "smart" game if you keep practicing. I don't want to offend you or anything , i feel like you are a good person but what you wrote wasn't really nice or smart of you. Take care and please think before writing or saying anything on social media.
@@laffys7384 tf u on about lol
You probably weren't useless, just inexperienced. Time to change your belief... all the best!
@@laffys7384 Are you projecting?
Thank you sensei, but I will not give up from beating the AI
I will save humanity
โอนี่จังผู้พิชิต
Humanity will win
the best way to seperate AI and humanity is to disconnect the wifi
@@StimpyOfficial you're name is simplify....
I GUESS THATS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM A SIMPLE PERSON
@@StimpyOfficial why?
my five year old nephew beat me at chess today.
i'm twenty.
guess my journey starts today
Even I got beaten by my friend even I'm one of the best chess player in my region ( haven't played chess since 4 years )
Same bro, I've just started my chess journey and my points have gone down
So age is just a number not only in relationships 😂
your funnny
How is it now?
Me who has played chess for a long time:
Yeah I'll learn how the pieces move again
lmao, i feel you, im not advanced, but im not exactly a beginner that doesn’t know what theyre doing, im like 750 elo rn tryna push to 1k
Right!? I'm just here looking for an opportunity to troll him. He's just too good at this though.
@@collinsepulveda8873 how long have you been playing?
Same 😂😂
SAME🐐
It’s amazing how he has a constant dialogue, and if he has a script we cannot even tell. This lesson is god level
I agree, he's a great narrator
You are actually right. Even a fully developed imbecile like me could understand his lesson. Not just the lesson, but his commentary as well. I can't follow a commentary by GM, but Levy is so easy to understand
it is called being jewish. we are very high verbal intellect.
He's a streamer, he's very comfortable to keep talking without a script.
@@arvindiyer6012 If that is the case, Hikaru should've been able to do the same, but Hikaru, albeit a fun streamer to watch, is not a good teacher I think. He is too advance for a professional imbecile like me
"Beginner games are decided 95% of the time by tactics."
Not true, they are decided 99% of the time with blunders.
Source: Am a beginner.
Seconded! 😂
not seeing a tactic can be a blunder like oof
True, but punishing a blunder is also tactics.
@@Gunandrunandgun if you learn theory, you will know what is a mistake and what is not a mistake. After that, it's like solving a damn puzzle. And to spot blunders (not mistakes) always look for checks, captures, attacks. Calculate and analyze the position every move. There could be a tactic for example and not seeing it is also a counter-blunder. Use time generously. You can play in the endgame like a funking robot and not use time much. Take care and play chess
100% of blunders are tactical blunders. Taking hanging pieces and performing mate in ones are tactics.
The number of times I've come back to this video 🙌🙌🙌 It's just amazing coz I keep referring my folks, friends, and kids who are interested in learning the game. Good job, Levy.
Can't wait for your e3 course
Levy's reaction to his bot playing e3 😳
Todo mundo em informática/matemática joga xadrez, ou é pura coincidência? Kkkkk
Lollll
Hahahahahaha
@@muriloescher8607 Hhahahah caramba que legal ter br aqui!
en passant was described to me as such: the pawn in it's first move is a superhero, and it's got a cape. when it leaps forward its cape waves behind it. your pawn jumps on the cape, choking out the pawn, and capturing it. if you wait a turn, the cape falls to the ground, and can no longer be stepped on for this move. I was in 4th grade when i was taught this and the concept never seemed odd with that description.
I have ADHD and I was really struggling to remember this move, you've just help me so so much! Thank you!
So that's the reason why Edna Mode insists on no capes!
@@RobjectionableContent you never know when a stray jet engine approaches rapidly, the Bosnian Ape Society taught me that very well.
I didn’t know this was a thing
its first move not it's
There definitely was an explosion in chess players during quarantine because of the queens gambit
Definitely. I wonder if the chess players are mad or happy about that It was a very good show for somthin about chess
I’m sure it’s added a lot of new players who will stick around, I think it’s hype will die down. Hopefully not though
yesssssss bc im learning to play now lol
@@moistcornbread5332 I'm happy about it. I've been teaching my colleagues chess, after they watched the show. We have 3 boards with games on in the office at any one time now.
@@rayvenbird6650 i just learned too
let me start my chess journey! Gukesh's win is the motivation and his reaction to the win is the drive! let's go
Me too
Same ❤
Me too 1st time learning chess 🎉
Why am I here.
Maybe your basics are weak :p
i heard you need some help with your endgames. a bit too many draws :)
Well hey Anish!
Do you know about en passant? I think not
Perhaps preparing for the next time you play artemiev...
I am here for two very important reasons:
1. The Queen's Gambit
2. To fail miserably
ok
same
Fail with honour, goodluck mate
same
Trust me, you play with me, you win instantly
He looks like Harry Potter and Tony Stark combined
U thought you could get in r/rareinsults right?
@@blueeyedjack8852 im not trynna insult him. I'm complementing him
@@mrpanda4716 i know but still Kinda sounds like it
tony potter and harry stark have entered the chat
@@sweney7103 nice
Wanted to learn how to play chess for years but always thought it would be too hard. This video is brilliant. Thank you.
BRILLIANT MOVE
@@Sam-w1y!!
@@kiyoshi_-xz7sc ❓❓
I'm going to take my green pills, go to bed and visualize on the ceiling the 'In Your Face Checkmate' of another human being. :D
Queens gambit lol
Let’s go Harmon
Tranquilizers
pack it up, Harmon
@@lolacanola3785 LOL!! ;)
Not gunna lie, the Queens gambit brought me here and I’m not ashamed lol
Combination of QG and 3 lockdowns.... :)
Same 😉
What's that?
@@unknownalsounknown4238 it’s a series on Netflix
It was deep blue for me lol
The book he talks about is 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
nixe
Thank you Paulo. ✨
Thank you man
Thank you! I was skimming comments to check that :)
Thank youuu!!!! I was just about to watch the video again XD
I learned playing chess from my dad since I was 8 years old. We spend idle moments playing this game along with my uncle and my younger brother. My dad passed away 3 years ago. Playing chess is one of the skills I learned from him that I consider valuable, and I will always thank him for that.
rest in peace.
I can't wait for the intermediate level oh my god
Bruh SAME
He already has a rating climb which is guide to intermediate level I guess. Coz intermediate is all about getting the right ideas at the right time rather than some concrete principles.
@@GMPranav well it’s also about starting to learn theory, I guess what you’re referring are tactics, also very important. Right now I’m trying to get to 1500 so I’m focusing on opening theory and endgame, maybe some other players need different things.
@@acpliego I would say opening theory still more like beginner level 2. If you are nearing 1500 you must already know atleast the common openings till a certain depth. I guess knowing about some more obscure opening is also a part of intermediate preperation, but I think improving your middle game is the most important thing, which includes both strategy and tactics.
@@acpliego I think you're right about different players needing different things. I'm 1400ish aiming for 1500 too. Despite having a solid grasp of end games, my openings are complete garbage. Are you studying anything in particular?
"Kings are like queens except kind of not at all" xD
Not even when they are wearing a dress.
It's true though 😅. I mean they can move each direction, but instead of moving however far they want, their superpower is panicing whenever someone gets close to them.
Can't I just get high on vitamins and stare at the ceiling?
Yes. Do it.
Poker is more fun, and you get paid more
*tranquilizers*
Would recommend
@@surelock3221 or lose money
3rd time ever playing , my eldest son crushed me- trolling, farming queens…. It will never happen again 😂😂😂
Welcome to the world of chess. Here one blunder means immense pain.
Well said sir!
I play 700 on chest.com i can make 10 blunders and win
@@flemmings5534 i cant win at 250
@@flemmings5534 I play 1300 on lichess. Same situation
@@guhz3395 same😔
Your explanation of “what your opponent’s pieces can see” was the most clear explanation of how to play chess! Thank you! I’m still super lost, & tactics are still too fast for me, but your explanation helped it click more in my head. Thanks again! ♥️♟
R N B Q K B N R
P P P P P P P P
p p p p p p p p
r n b q k b n r
@@reesesophiasalvoro77 bruh I know u didn’t spell knight with an N
@@GRIMM2197 k is silent
+ king and knight start with the same first letter so
@@GRIMM2197 That's literally proper chess notation - the knight is denoted as N.
Beginner here. What a nice, generous, welcoming video. That is how an international master sets an example. Thank you! Shared.
cute comment
This is the only chess TH-cam channel that makes sense to me. It’s approachable, understandable, exciting and valuable.
Watch Daniel Naroditsky’s “speed run” series. Superrr instructive and gets progressively more advanced
Check out Ben s chess
check out Eric Rosen and Chessbrah
His voice is even keeled, he speaks at a speed that's easy to track with and he's good at stacking his teaching meaning he is good at teaching something then incrementally adding onto it.
"Black can play the Sicilian defense, shoutout to Beth Harmon. Black can play the Caro-Kann, shoutout to Levy Rozman."
Missed some sweet self promotion there.
Finally a video that has explained the concept of chess PROPERLY for beginners. I have tried to learn for years and could not find anyone who had the ability to explain this to me. Thank you so much GothamChess 🌞
I can explain you better than this..
@@sunnymane5646 I'd like to see your explanation video then.
@@All-star_Giga_Gargantuar kaha se ho tum? Bhai..
@@sunnymane5646 वियतनाम, तुमने क्यों पूछा?
THIS made me fall in love with chess. Thank you for the tips Gotham, first time coming across your channel👍
4 mins in, my mind is blown and I'm hitting the subscribe button.
I was watching the 'how the pieces move' part thinking ''I know how they move'' and then BOOM, 'en passant'.
HOLY HELL
Relatable
I finally learnt how to castle thanks to this vid! It always looked like voodoo before this.
I en passanted your mother LMAO 😂😂😂
From Pawn to Queen: Journal/Notebook 200 pages to write in
by Adriane Williams
dont mind me
1. pawns (small ones)
- worth 1 point
- can move 2 squares forward on the first move
- after that, only 1
- can capture an enemy pawn diagonally
2. bishops (pointed hat)
- worth 3 points
- can go forward and backward
- can go diagonally on their own color (square)
3. knights (horses)
- worth 3 points
- move in Ls, up 2 then turn 1
- can jump over pieces
4. rooks (castle looking)
- worth 5 points
- can go forward, backward, left, right in any distance
5. queens
- worth 9 points
- can go anywhere in any distance
6. king
- can go anywhere but only one square
Thank you
👍🏼🤙🏼
That was really helpful, Thanks!
How many points are horses worth?
Bishops- the fishes
this guy looks like he knows how to play chess
Two things.
1. Because of his goatee and mustache.
2. Because he wears glasses.
1. Hes an IM
2. E
@@Quvl 1. He's an International Market
2. Markiplier
well at least one of us does
@@moatasemkassab4517 lolll
6:19 “they are kind of like queens but not at all” 🗣️🔥🔥
En passant
Stalemate 11:46
Fastest checkmate 13:01
Traps to not fall for 19:05
Attack 2 pieces at the same time 22:48
Since no one else said it hank you
Since absolutely no one said it thank you
Thanks a lot
@@londondafunion0790 No, it's Agent Schrader
hank you
Pov: It's midnight and you are learning how to play chess
Lol
🙋♂️
👁👄👁
12:47 to be exact 😭
2am 😂
me- doesn't pay attention for 0.2 seconds.
also me- *visible confusion*
Am i the only who get this star wars reference
@@anderrivverwind9267 i dont get it
@@anderrivverwind9267 well i dont
I just got my very first chess board tonight, although I’ve been playing for a couple years now, it felt great to revisit the basics of chess. Thank you❤
Me: It’s time to sleep, I have school tomorrow
TH-cam: How To Play Chess
Also me: *well well well lets find out*
Who doesn't relate to this. Sad thing is I've been in chess championships 🌝
I watched this at 1 am yesterday lol
I have an exam tomorrow and this is what I do indeed
@@Milly.slays. nationals or international or regional
Lying Fridge, should of gone to school and learned how to use a comma. Don't worry, I can relate. I used "should of" instead of "should've or should have". Damn TH-cam.
I have played chess casually for years but never developed any sort of strategy, I also never went looking until now haha. I thought this video was extremely informative and was exactly what I was looking for. It was just complex and challenging enough where I had to actually pay attention, but not too complex that I felt overwhelmed. Obviously I am still a beginner, but at least now I can hold my own and not look like a total fool haha. Thank you very much for the video!
Me too. Im here cause I heard Andrew Tate plays chess a lot 😂 so wanna learn the game
@@wongelgurung5849 bro ain’t no way😭💀 the meat riding is crazy
@@wongelgurung5849 💀
@@wongelgurung5849 Tate isnt a really strong player.
@@tier5039 oh I see
For the people who are confused about en passant. I read somewhere that the rules originally did not allowed for pawns to move 2 squares on their first move. The ability for them to do that was given to speed up a bit the game. However it caused an issue when a pawn could "dodge" the attack by moving 2 squares and would skip the attack of the other pawn. So the en passant rule was made to make things more fair
Interesting thanks for this fact 👍
Were there several more changes to the game rules of chess in the past years?
KABER ALMIGHTY GOD Creator of all SOULS 🙏😊
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So why can't bishops en passant
WOW. Just discovered your channel after getting back into chess (by my son, not Queen’s Gambit although that was a great show) and I LOVE the way you explain everything. Very clear and concise. looking forward to learning more.
I have a chess date soon, he's experienced, I'm a beginner. He sent me a book and I had to close it. Wasn't beginner friendly. Now I'm here. Thank you so much! ^ ^
Don't let your date win. Make him earn it! Finding out early in the courtship if he's a sore loser or a gracious one will be a huge character indicator in your relationship. Good luck and have fun!!!
I'm curious how the chess date went!
@@benjamins9794 It went and ended in the bed obviously🙄
Just came here to say that 11 months ago I was a 200 player watching this video wanting to learn chess and now I am 1300 rapid and 1200 blitz. Thank you Levy, I’ve been watching all your videos ever since ❤️
What did you do to learn to play?
Good sht. I started today, im on my way to challenge you boy 😁
How do U know that you're a 1300 rapid and 1200 blitz??
@@Kaeraia how can you not know except for intentionally not looking for it
Whats the rating now boss?
Levi, you probably don't remember but we went to high school together in Paramus. Just wanna say, awesome vid and awesome channel overall. I had no idea you were so big in the chess world and on TH-cam. Paramus proud!!
If you guys talked at least a few times then he probably remembers you. He's a million times smarter than me but even I remember 99% of my past classmates' names.
edit: not off the top of my head though.
Wholesome
I hope he sees your comment
Try and contact him
Depends if you were hated by him or not lol
If only his name was levi and not levy.
Like this so I can remember to buy book a week from now pls
have you got the book?
did you get the book
get the book
@@lilscotty11 we need to know
Did you get the freaking book omg
My wife and I are playing to learn together after seeing Queen’s Gambit. Thanks.
Awesome!! Same here, I bought hubby a chess set for Christmas and we just started Queen's Gambit last night. Now we're watching this together... Good luck to y'all!!
Same!
how did it go?
My boyfriend and I are doing the same after finishing Queen's Gambit! He had an old board with plastic pieces, but decided to invest in the real thing with wooden pieces that you can feel the weight of. Got it yesterday. Obsessed! :)
I played as a kid, but stopped when I started high school. Too many other mischievous things to do. Now I'm a grannie and just saw the Queens Gambit. Got me interested again. I end up taking a lot of pieces, but can't seem to focus or get the king into checkmate. Looking for some good online lessons.
You have an awesome way of keeping a total newbie engaged and not feeling totally lost! Thank you! Looking forward to getting started.
Thanks Gotham, I first watched this video sometime in March of 2021 as a 800 rated player, it’s been almost 2 years, I’m now 1900 blitz and just got third place at a inter-school tournament.
Congratulations!.I've been trying to get into it since Queens Gambit. I was always fascinated by it, but now I'm even more enthralled.
@@thelegendofthem6120 ah after the queen’s gambit like me
Which software do you use for playing chess?
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
NICE. Good work.
Who is here after Gukesh Dommaraju becomes world's chess champion 🏆🎉
mee i guess i suddenly felt like chess is soo interesting. my brother is a state level player but i never understood chess but now I'm taking interest.
yeah you both will definitely have fun in chess
From which country?@@archangelmichael8209
yes, The Queen's Gambit reignited my love for chess 😭
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Sameeee
Same
same
My interest in chess was reignited after randomly checking out Twitch and seeing chess stuff. Then I found out about the Queen's Gambit, which I hope to start watching very soon!
Me as a 1900: Ah yes, all very useful information!
Same here 😂😂
Same haha, i saw that vid i was like "hmmm why not"
@@galetteS06 I mean, it is GothamChess. I'll listen to Levy talk about even the most trivial things since he is so fun to listen to!
Same
Bahaha we’re the 1900 beginners club in this thread
Doesn’t matter though Levi always has good info
See and here I am derp ass blastin out a billion puzzles when I should just study 10 quality successes?
I’m down lol
Finally a video that explains chess to those who are starting from scratch
I could listen to you teach all day. Thanks for the info! I recently got back into playing chess and needed a refresher. Much appreciated for the info 🙌🏾
i was waiting for this video, to see if there is something that i missing from my understanding, and still waiting for the upcoming videos, great content Levy as always, keep up the great work.
the books suggested buy Levy:
tactics: 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Franco Masetti (Author), Roberto Messa (Author)
End game: 100 Endgames You Must Know : Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded Jesus de la Villa (Author)
I saved this video to remeber these books. When I came back I missed the names AGAIN. Thanks for this comment!
Cheers mate, I watched the video earlier but forgot the book names
2 days ago we were analysing Magnus carlsen's game on the same channel and today ultimate beginners tutorial 😂
That's called vertical progress 🤣
its evolving, just backwards
It's called access to different target groups
I thought I was the only one noticed this 😂😂
I want this level of detail in a video about connect 4
Much simpler game, connect 4
I wanna learn how to do the en passante in Connect 4
F a c t s
Got motivated and interested in chess by gukesh win... great tutorial
Same
Lol same
En Passant: Chess is a battle simulation. Foot soldiers (Pawns) can charge at the start of the battle whilst they're fresh, hence able to move two squares. The game is a simulation of 'real time', so if a soldier tries to charge past an enemy, the enemy can kill him as he is charging past. So it's as if the turn immediately following happened during the charge. The next move, the charge has already been successfully completed and the soldier is safe.
That’s how I used to think of it
That makes so much sense
The change was made in the 15th century to speed up the game. Originally pawns could only move one square at a time. En Passant was the French answer to prevent the new move from getting a pawn out of danger.
I dont understand your english.please simplify
That’s why it’s called en passant (“in passing” in French). Your pawn is attacking the enemy pawn “in passing.”
11:35 technically, checkmate always happens at the end of the game.
in fact, its always on the very last move of the game
Time out, insufficient material
Repeating moves draw, 50-move rule draw, *stalemate, resignation
Just to be that guy: “checkmate is always on the last move of the game” does not mean “the last move of a game is checkmate”. Therefore you can’t have checkmate at any point other than the end of the game, but you can end the game without checkmate.
😂
No shit
This could be a training video on instructional communications. Flawless, authoritative, delivery was perfect.
I've struggled to get through dozens of instructional chess videos, and I don't think I've ever before watched one in it's entirety before this one.
Not only did I watch and understand the whole video, but I quickly found myself imaging second order strategies as your instructional flowed...Never did that before. I think I've turned a corner!
Thanks!
Tomorrow i have exam and now I am watching who to play chess WTF!
Me too.
😂
How was the test 😂
Been playing since I was 14 or 15 and only played against my friends and a few others. Just found your channel and I realized how little I actually knew about chess and the battle of positions. What I love about chess is that even in a loss you can learn something. Cant believe I went down the chess rabbit hole and realized how entertaining it all is from Fisher to Kasparov to Magnus and the whole controversy about cheating.
You learn any skill by making mistakes and analyzing them.
Honestly 😂 I just started and it’s like he watched all my previous games because he just said every mistake I’ve made 😂
im different I don't learn when losing how to fix that?
@@Helloyoutube790 lose, write the mistakes on a slip of paper, in the next game look at that paper and you'll get recall past mistakes
Exactly! "I never lose. I either win, or I learn." Favorite T-shirt ☺️
I'm playing chess these days with my nephews and I enjoy it, thanks for your video, it helped me.
Anyone here in 2024? Today starts my chess journey ♟️♟️♟️
Me
Yessir
Exactly
Yes sir
ME ♟️
I'm sharing this with literally everyone who I know won't kill me for bothering them to play with me!
Me?
So no one
Same
You sound clear and coherent and overall very well spoken. Thank you!
9:20 just for beginners sake....the Queen "CAN" take the rook but if it does black can lose their Queen because that rook is defended by the other rook therefore if the Queen takes the rook then the other rook defending can take their Queen✌️
I was extremely confused by that, thank you!
i dont know what you just said 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@wungar the queen can take the rook but if she does then the other adjacent rook will take her. Hence "she can't take the rook" because if she does that'd be sacrificing the queen for a rook which is not a valuable trade
thats exactly what he said
what if i destroy the board hrm⁉️⁉️
"I don't feel safe."
En passant will do that to you.
I remember my first En passant.
The moment my opponent moves his/her piece, I immediately do not feel safe. I understand that that one little move will result in worlds of pain.
@@benr6918 Yeah, I usually play against the computer and the first time that happened I thought it was a glitch. Then I looked up the history of En passant after finding out what was happening.
I haven't played for years...needed a refresher. Thank you Levi, for a very informative and entertaining instructional video. You are a natural and easy-going teacher /entertainer. Hello from Australia!
Bro this video is a treasure, one of the best videos for beginners 💯💯💯
I've been playing chess casually for more than a decade now. Even took a chess class in college. But only now did I learn about the "queen's opposition". Thank you :)
You mean the knight opposition?
"beginners do all sorts of wild stuff... Beginners do crazy things"
why are you attacking me like this I did nothing to you :(
I used to play chess with my uncles when I was a kid, recently got back into it with my little brother and this video has been very helpful in refreshing my memory
Thank you for this video. I found it difficult to learn chess by myself but this really helped and you explained it really well.
"checkmate happens sometimes in the middle of the game."
wait a second...
It was a common joke in my chess club: "How dare you threaten mate before the game's finished?"
It’s because different stages of the game are referred to as the opening, the middle game, and the end game. A checkmate can happen in the middle game, making the game end “in the middle.”
Is this a wooosh?
@@neoomneoom8536 who
Very helpful! I learned how the pieces moved decades ago as a kid, but I never learned concepts like piece vision, protecting pieces, tactics vs strategies, etc. I taught myself a bit of these through playing, but I have many holes in my understanding.
This was a PERFECT video. Your beginner video had just enough information to help me understand your videos and chess tournaments that are being covered. I’ve been binging your videos for two weeks now and watching them all day and I didn’t even have a clue what piece was what and how each piece move this. So I would be lackluster and excited just based on your facial expressions, not even understanding what is happening in the game. Now thanks to you, I can join in on the phone and understand more and more
the issue, I'm having is that the complexity makes me feel incompetent, I know its a lot of strategy, learning, and planning, but it is VERY overwhelming to beginners
@kikilaker6698yea well when you play people who know it all, you feel really dumb playing
@@zzirfamo24lose the ego
you can learn a lot from people who are more practiced, you will catch up if you do the same.@@zzirfamo24
Definitely reccomend finding someone willing to learn with you at the same speed or playing people with a similair playing level.
I suggest Stephen Hawking to teach you in his robotic voice at 6 words-per-minute.
I clicked on this video after watching “the queen’s gambit on Netflix”
Me too 💀
same!
Same
Ok seriously what is this queen's gambit thingy
@@RealHome9634 It's a show on Netflix revolving around this girl who has a knack for chess and struggles with addiction as she advances with her chess skills.
27:30 The checkmate I like to call, "In Your Face". Had me dying lol
I already knew the majority of things from this but it still filled a few gaps in knowledge and made me recognized a mistake I've made commonly, moving my queen early into a position that achieves nothing just to move other pieces after and wasting development opportunities or captures on center pawns
i LOVE the way he explained every basic that you needed to play chess
"Chekmate happens at the beginning of the game sometime. Sometimes all the way at the end, okay, sometimes in the middle."
......Now i'm not exactly bright, but i'm pretty sure checkmate happens at the very end of each game lmao
😭😭😭😭
Draw,Insufficent Material,Stalemate,Resign:👀
@@benthememe2962 50
Move rule
...it is the fricking time.
😂😂😂
since learning the 4 move checkmate my rating shot up by 100
often times it wasnt just 4 moves but by keeping my eye on F7/F2 i was able to catch my opponent off guard later in the early game
ive also managed to stop other players from using it on me and its opened up so many opportunities
Try to learn something else though as it won’t always work
Same here bro 😂 I always start with e4 and attack f7
I have huge anxiety, Starting to play with other people, started off marking huge mistakes, but I'm making fewer mistakes and learning what to do instead of what I did start off, really improved !
You're tryharding chess instead of playing
@@strahinja95 i'm pretty sure that's never playing chess before to learning how to play chess over time, but you can say what you wanna say,
never have i said i get huge anxiety when playing chess, I said i have huge anxiety that anxiety prevented me form playing, it has prevented me form playing anything multiplayer related, however like every thing else, you can overcome anxiety, and also no I do play chess, i really don't know how you got that form reading a comment form youtube, made 9 months ago when i first started
@@ElvenmageEXE I guess I assumed that because I feel like that is the same issue that I have. Multiplayer is tough for me also, but the difference is that since I first played chess, or any game, I didn't want to lose any figure, and wanted the flawless victory in everything, but I was as a beginner as it can get. Guess that's just my case. I played my first game in a long time today, and I noticed the feeling of tryharding at it which I switched to just be playful
@@strahinja95 hey its all cool playing for wins is a good thing and beeing playful nothing wrong I respect that I mostly play for fun now any ways I can no longer play competitively as I'm losing my eye site
@@ElvenmageEXE yo wassup i like ur profile girl
Castling can't be done if the King is in check or the spaces for the King squares are under attack.
Yeah I thought it was the only small thing he missed!
While the computer will prevent this, playing an illegal move on a physical board is also a loss and that wasn't mentioned. I believe the three most common illegal moves are knocking over pieces, touching one piece and moving another piece and putting one's own king in check. Even the high ranking players have done those things in blitz and bullet.
@@orlock20 Those are not chess rules, those are tournament rules. Chess rules do not mention "touch move" or losing for illegal moves.
@@nomirrors3552 Those rules also apply to public chess, especially chess that involves money. Anybody can add house rules to a game between friends.
@@orlock20 The rules of chess do not mention touching pieces or what to do if someone make an illegal move. Those are the house rules of tournament, chess hustlers, or whatever. Those are meta rules.
Don't think of the knight move as an "L". One ,two, over.
Look at each square next to the knight in the file/rank.
Each square IT is attached to DIAGONALLY the knight can land. You can literally see TWO moves at time. The options the knight can land fork out like lightning.
Always remember also the knight takes turns on the color it lands on. So if your knight is on a dark square it can only land on a light square.
I imagine a ring around the knight
@@Itzak15 same XD
Great tips. Thank you very much!
I heard somewhere to think of the knight not as a horsey, but as an octopus. It has 8 squares (potentially) that it covers at all times.
Maybe my reading comprehension is lacking but I’m not really understanding what you’re meaning? Seems like a very useful perception but I don’t understand. Can anyone elaborate?
As a person who has played chess for 2 years and is still continuing to play, has beaten 1500 elo players and 2000 rated bots(after a million tries) and is in the elite league I find this video very helpful
My adhd brain loves chess. I fell in love the second I was taught. It’s not chance, luck or pure randomness. It’s strategic and purposeful. I struggle with anticipating moves and knowing what they can do because I just started learning but blocking the opponent is so fun for me. Your video is great and you’re awesome at explaining things!
I wanna learn how to play is this a good video to begin with? I’m gathering videos rn for later since I’m busy with studying 😭
This video explains how to move the pieces and explains checks and checkmates, This video is honestly fundamental if starting chess.
@@3asha821watch it & find out.. what works for u might not work for others
"The checkmate I like to call In-Your-Face"
I've been playing chess since I was a kid, going to lessons, some tournaments etc. Then I quit for about 10-15 years. Then COVID and Queen's Gambit came out and I got back into it. After having played a match here and there, and not really getting anywhere, I started following your video's & strategies and really "learning" to think in chess. I just got to 1004 rating in 10 minute games!! Up from around 580. Insane, I'm so happy! Thank you so much!
4:00 en passant move
18:10 - 19:02 some openings name
23:48 - a book name for tactics
24:45 - a book name for endgames
when i watched this yesterday for the first time i forgot majority of the things you said since i hadn’t played my first game yet and i wanted to know the pieces. now that i’ve been practicing all day and i’ve come back to this video, i understand everything you said and it’s SO much more helpful LMAO. many of the things you discussed i was confused about in game since i forgot most of the topics on this video but now this clears it all up! thanks so much for this video man i’m excited for my journey into chess.
How are you now in chess?
I’ve always loved chess even since I was a kid but I always found it too hard to remember the moves and rules when I was younger but being older now I’ve rediscovered how much I love it and this video really helped me get back into the swing of things and was also really informative, I’ve subscribed and I’ll be checking out your other videos to help me along the way
Thank you :)
Thanks to you I actually played my first chess game at the age of 23 !! I always felt inadequate when someone tried to teach me How to play but I wouldn't get the hang of it.. thank you sirrr🥰
last night i played a chess game with a friend, and I always brought the queen out too early. until I watched this, I didn't know there was anything you had to learn about chess, i just thought people got good at it just by playing a lot lol. like a regular puzzle game.
my goal is to beat my friend, he says he's a casual player but against me, he feels like a master, lol.
my ultimate goal is to beat my dad. he's actually a master player.
@@larsswig912 good luck Iam rooting for you
Good luck mate ( i remember when I was in 2nd grade I first played this game ) I just don't remember some stuffs so it's like I came back From lvl 1 yeah beginner
Same but at 22
@@Waterflow07 I'm 18
Thanks for making this video! It was extremely clear and helpful and well thought out :)
Nice tutorial. I’m teaching my SO how to play. She plays other strategy games, so I thought this would give her a start. I’m a nominal player for over 40 years so I’m still learning new stuff all the time. I was in chess club in my teens so I’d like to revisit it now I’m retired. Thank you for this video!
My SO is teaching me how to play so I'm taking what he told me and using this video to fully understand it
@@loading...9757 What other resources would you recommend? I am learning to play for my SO as well!
Wtf is my SO?
@@AzelVonAzraelTrolling or mentally challenged?