The favorite thing about this series is the fact that he acts like he's a lower rated player and makes the common mistakes all 1000 elo and below make and explains how to correct it!!! Really love your content Levy!!
me: Qa3 looks good, hitting the pawn and attacking that open space Gotham: I can go Qa3 but that’s a completely ridiculous move and can be easily parried Me: Yup that’s what I was thinking, let’s try something else
I am convinced that teaching in general is an extremely difficult thing to do but Levy is honestly one of the best teachers I‘ve ever seen. I love this
1:00:03 I'm doing good man. My grades are good, I got really good family-related news today, and I hit my highest rapid rating ever today of 850 after playing chess for a month. Thank you for the videos
44:21 Levy missing M1 on purpose just to show how to win the endgame... You can see how he hovers over the rook then changes his mind. It's those tiny details that make a great teacher
Hi Levy. Since watching these two episodes I have won 10 of my last 12 games and gone from 820 to 915, this is the most instructive content I’ve enjoyed from you so far. Thanks for putting out daily videos, I don’t miss a single one, either entertainment or instructional. Keep doing what you’re doing man!
@ramyogpandey1112 I float around 1400-1500 playing very casually but I have reached 1750 when I play consistent, serious chess. Some days I was playing 25+ games of 10 min rapid though, so I kinda got obsessed
@@mattdinger765 make a new account and you'll be higher, eventually you'll fall down till you hit your lowest. But it will be higher than what it is now
@@esfera2181 I’ve made alts and got up to high ratings on a good day to play 1900s+ (best win was against a 1960 - the year my dad was born, hence why I remember the exact rating) but that’s kind of cheating. Anyone can win a few in a row and get 250ish points above where they should be. I can’t do that then claim I’m a 1950 rated player. My best “floor” was 1750 and my current “floor” is around 1450 playing 3-4 games a month
Went from solid 600 to solid 750 after one episode…. Best series yet. He literally gets inside my head and explains why my flawed logic doesn’t work at my level.
You can tell when you've just made a big error against Gotham, if you ever sign up to play him, cuz he'll take at least 30 seconds on his next move, just describing to the audience how you done flubbed
Honestly, I think this is one of the most enjoyable series so far! It’s really nice to see you play “like” a lower-rated player. Learning a lot here! Also, these hour long videos are great; your voice is nice to listen to
When you see a move immediately and then Levy starts talking about the different options and saying that the move you were thinking was a very advanced option :D
HANDS DOWN your new best series. I love this and it is EXTREMELY helpful. By the way, your channel has raised my ELO over 400 in the last month alone and I am proud to say I rank in the 1600's now. Thanks Gotham!!!! PLEASE keep em coming.
Hey Can you suggest me an opening Im 900 player and im playing London but levy doesnt have a lot of studying materials about it and i lose to weird moves Can you help me with any opening
@@dajansuyal2854 Study different openings. He has a video on the London too. Maybe check that video out as he helps break it down myself. When I was sub 1000, I felt as I could not get any better and I was very wrong. It takes time and practice. Also, play matches against bots with help so then you can also see and get help with different moves but then also learn why those moves are best.
@@dajansuyal2854 if you play london, then watch hikaru teaching london to pokemane. It's the best london training on the net, better than levy and everyone else.
@@colegieseking5136 Bit unrelated to OP's point, but you're so right about Levy being a very tactical player! I'd never realized it. I'd always really enjoyed Levy's style of play and admired his skill--he makes it seem effortless, like every move is perfectly obvious--but it's only now that I understand why. Thanks for the insight!
I like how a lot of mates with many pieces on the board tend to have something backing the mating piece, but I love that 27:05 the queen mates with no backup.
It's not so hard to understand why it's such a good move (if you look 2-3 moves ahead it looks like white is just blundering a pawn on d4 but there's rook to d1 to pin the queen to the knight and win it). Other than that white has no immediate threats but black king gets paralized completely and it's very hard for black to bring more pieces to defense. There's also development problems for black because e6 pawn blocks its own bishop but hangs a mate if it moves up (white bishop slides to d3 and f6 pawn just lost support to interpose and block a checkmate). Even if black doesn't blunder immediately it's still impossible to stop bishop, knight and perhaps a rook lift in the future (if white plays correct moves). I'm 1400 and visually that move looks good to me but it's still not clear how to win it while Levy could probably dismantle any GM if given white's position.
Thoughts on doing a series where you lost the opening, in a losing situation and maybe even down a piece and fighting back for the win or a winning position?? Love what you do and all the content!!
He’s commented on this idea in a stream before after accidentally blundering a bishop or something I can’t remember exactly what he said but he decided against it and said it would be bad if he just lost games lol
1. I watch without ad blocks. 2. I am watching this series and then the course. 3. I love your content and these long game recordings rock. Keep it up. Thank you.
honestly, I'm 1200-1400 and even first episode was incredibly useful for me. not that I didn't know all this stuff, but it helps to organise all this in my brain. Let's watch this one then :D
Game 4’s endgame was super helpful. Basic tips like move one time, middle pawn back, and aiming to get into zugzwang are things I’ve not been told before. Really enjoying this series
This is my favorite series you've ever done. I've rewatched all your ratings climb videos so many times, but this is even more instructive! Can't wait for the next step
25:42 Qa3 is a perfect move that wins a piece if black doesn't want to lose knight then he loses queen. There is the moves: Qa3 c5 d×c6 Qe7 Bd6 or Qa3 Qe7 d6 c×d6 and again B×d6
Not sure if this is appropriate for this series, but I'd love some content that focuses on evaluating with the computer. As a low rated player, if there isn't a simple tactical sequence, I don't feel like I get a lot out of the computer analysis. When you say things like "the computer likes this move because" I often don't feel like I can get that "because" when I'm just trying to do analysis on my own.
Sure I'll second this suggestion. I've noticed a lot of beginners not really sure how to use the engine like that. The basic idea is to see what the computer suggested instead of what you played, then play the computer suggestion and all the of the top computer suggested moves after that. This will show you why the move it liked the most was the best in that position. Now sometimes the computer suggested line is going to be extremely complicated and totally unrealistic for you to calculate. Other times it's a very simple tactic you certainly could have seen, at least with some puzzle practice. That tactic might be for you or instead you allowed one for your opponent. Doing this for endgame positions can be rough. There are times when making an innocuous king move somewhere changes the eval from totally winning mate in some handful of moves to dead draw or lost.
Yep you need to look at the following five moves or so from the computer AFTER the suggested move. Then in most cases you'll see why the computer suggested it. Even then sometimes it won't make sense to your puny human brain but a lot of the time it will and you'll be like "OOOOOHH that's why that move was total trash." Gotta look at the following moves.
I came out of a year long break from playing any chess. I was pleasantly surprised to see I could hold my ground against 1400-1500 players when my peak before was 1100. The only chess I did in this entire year were watching your videos! So thanks I'm sure you've help many like me without them even realising.
This series so far has been most instructive. It's incredible when this is broken down to basics how much the mind misses. I now know what I need to be focusing on more to advance, now just to devote my time legitimately instead of half assed. Thanks Levy
Honestly I'm around 1000 and I'm loving this series. As you've seen on guess the elo, simple blunders happen even at 1500, so this series is a nice reminder to slow down, look where the pieces see, and play basic principles. I'm one of the people who watch your videos in full-- much appreciated.
I’d pay the price for a full course were this to be compiled as a course on his website. This is excellent and valuable content. The explanations are really clear and slow enough for lower rated players to understand precisely what Levy is saying.
Check out Daniel naroditskys speed runs too! They’re even more thorough with easy to understand GM level analysis. If you’re over 1200 it is probably more beneficial. But he plays the best moves almost all of the time. Levy playing some low Elo moves on purpose then showing how to continue from a not as good position is also super helpful
Another AMAZING series! I for one am ecstatic you are devoting yourself to Chess education - there are lots of GMs, but not lots of great Chess content. Keep up the good work, seeing you grow as an educator has been joyful!
I love listening to Levy explain chess at my level, he's so naturally engaging. Whenever he analyses high level chess, it's entertaining, but I don't get much out of it as much as this series.
I love this series, also, don’t always watch the whole thing in one go (i do often, but not always) so the chapters separating the games is a huge help, keep up the superb work anyway! 👍
Hey Levy - Thanks for this amazing content. I was struggling in 950 rating range for sometime now. After watching just first 2 videos, I went from 950 to currently 1114. I got an 8 and 11 game winning streaks. I stopped blundering and my opponents started to blunder more. Feels just amazing. Thanks again for the content. Super Useful.
It doesn’t matter to me if your videos are 24 hours long I would still be here watching. I’m a noob at 64 but I’m mesmerised by your instructions and play. I only started playing five weeks ago and I love it. You have all the qualities of a teacher ie; the skill, information, humour etc that makes these videos so exciting. Thank you so much for just being here. Keep up the great work and hi from the UK.
Ya know what I find really useful? Levy saying "this is the best move, but I'm a (whatever rating he's playing), so this is what I am going to do. That way, we not only get to see two different moves, but we get the rationale as well. Very nice. AND then we get to see Levy playing to overcome the handicap he's given himself. It might seem like a bit of a cheat ("now I'm going to play as a higher rated player"), but it's really not. It's really just quite a brilliant teaching device. As a former teacher, I am constantly pleased with what a good teacher Levy is.
That's really good imo, as a 600 we always just get distracted with something else or don't think enough and make blunders, every game I play has at least 1 blunder (Except those where I played like a master, I'm talking 80+ accuracy and/or at least 1 brilliant move)
the series is outstanding. it's always the most precious lessons - when a pro shows his mind on the battlefield, the grid he sees. Wonderful, thank you very much for the work
When Levy was talking about piece activity/coordination around the 24:00 mark, I was expecting him to say "Chess is a team sport." Just seemed like a Levy way of explaining it.
Really enjoying the longer form content. Being able to see players make similar moves I would make and showing why they aren’t as good as alternative moves/ tactics at various stages in a game is super educational
Me: *looks at Qa3 looking to take the pawn and fork the king and rook* Levy: "I can wander all the way down and attack this pawn, it's a completely ridiculous move" Me: "oh... okay then..." *cries in 600*
I really love your channel, so easy to understand your teaching style, and fun. Really, really appreciate your knowledge ❤ thank you for taking the time to play at each level. Really helpful to see the mistakes that I make played out, really helpful to hear your thought process.
That pawn endgame was super instructive for me for one reason. As a low rated player (1100) trying to learn, there’s a lot of material to absorb, so the lay explanation carries water. “The person who runs out of moves first, loses”. Best instruction because I needed THAT foundation to build upon.
This is just so, so good. A long video that really takes a deeper dive into different positions and tactics. This one was maybe a BIT too long, but dang it. Perfect stuff to regain motivation and break glass ceilings
As a millennial who was going to be a part of the attention deprived generation z just a few years afterwards, I was able to watch the entire video without being distracted a gazillion times.
55:46 I watch these hour long videos for the 5 second clips that teach me a major lesson. The person who runs out of moves first will lose, then proceeds to demonstrate just how to achieve that outcome. Worth the long video every single time
Most of the times in a situation of opposite side castling, I find it difficult to use my pawns to launch an attack on the opponent's king. I either lock up that side of the board, or just my attack fails. Could you please tell some way to use these pawns? Love your content by the way.
It's hard to pawn storm if the enemy pawns are all on the 2nd/7th rank exactly because of that, they can lock you up. If they have a fianchetto structure and you have e.g. h5/g5 played then its often better to play g6 first rather than striking with h6, because you fix their pawn in place first. You always want to have piece support to back up your pawn storm, a lot of the time the way you break through is to push the pawns to induce a weakness, then sacrifice a knight on e.g. h7 to open the path to the king for the rook or queen, or to make a path for your own h pawn to get through. It's not always about the attack either, making your opp commit pieces to the defense can cause them to overextend and leave pieces or pawns vulnerable to tactics elsewhere. Not every successful attack ends in mate.
Hey Levy, I'd like to ask if you'll be able to explain in this series how to read the situation of the chessboard and assess the best thing to do in certain positions (when there isn't a clear move to play, but several look good) such as the early middlegame. I'm currently about 1400 rated. Sometimes I analyse my games, and I see there was that 1 push of a pawn or piece I should have put in a better square that I didn't do, which then makes my whole position (after some moves) harder to play. I think it's a challenging task for everyone of my level, because it's not immediate as rerouting a knight or bishop and aiming at the opponent's weaknesses. I hope I exposed my request clearly, as I think it would be great in this current series. Keep it up :)
Is this a mini-series or is this going to go on for a long time. Will this go up to the computer levels of alpha zero, and what not, I know a lot of Super GM’s learned from computers
The pawn endgame was really really helpful. I always lose those and never grasped any ideas around them and Levy really enlightened some interesting ideas.
I learnt a lot from Game 4's endgame.Many times In a king and pawn endgame I'm in a zugzwang and I lose but I didn't know why I thought I was just casually pushing pawns.However apparently from this vid I'm not supposed to frozen the pawns if I have no moves next.thx a lot Levy! :) I learn a lot from your videos,love the content!
Unlike hikaru or Naroditsky trying to bully lower rated players by their expertise, I like how levy makes blunders and moves that real low rated players play.....
1 minute after finishing watching episode 1 and hearing Levy say "I'm gonna publish the next episode basically immediately", knowing that the 2nd episode still has not got out, I realize it just got published. My day is now better.
Playing while doing commentary. Very impressive and helps understanding the game better. But what gets me is how experienced people knows the the grid (1 to 8 and A to H) just like that. Knight to C8 bishop to E2 and so on. How the fudge lol. Impressive stuff man.
I didn't play any chess for like 2 years untill my friends started to play it and like a week ago. I was around 600elo but something had happened during that break since these opponents started to feel easy. I have climbed up to 1000elo and still continuing to make progress
Can't wait for not watching this episode and feel confident because I'm higher rated and then lose every game by hanging a piece in one move. Great series though
Great series. I'm a beginner, and I'm learning a ton. I like how you also show some of the suboptimal moves, and then you explain why it was suboptimal, and why a different move would have been optimal.
I'll admit I learn *nothing* once Levy's clock gets under 15 seconds. All I can do is stare at the clock while he talks, wondering if he's going to move in time. If I could muster that kind of calm when my own clock is so low, I wouldn't make 20 blunders in the final 10 seconds.
This is such an amazing video totally underrated and underappreciated probably, but this is where most of us are at! So instructive, just watch! so nicely and thoughtfully done. Thanks so much for the dedication Levy!!!
I came out of a year long break from playing any chess. I was pleasantly surprised to see I could hold my ground against 1400-1500 players when my peak before was 1100. The only chess I did in this entire year were watching your videos! So thanks I'm sure you've help many like me without them even realising.
Thank you, it's an excellent basic series. I'm stuck at 1300 (playing on the computer), some tactic in your series I know but it's a good reminder, and others are new. I appreciate you reaching out to us, beginning chess players. David
Love this one, as a struggling 900 I’ll try to use these tips and lessons, as a student I love that I can still learn without buying a course or boot camp. Thanks so much Levy!
Loving this series and glad you adapt your game to the level of opponent and explain the errors made along the way - i recall lessons being mentioned, i will look out for those - your teaching style makes this game look so much easier
Fav Gotham moment as he spent 1 whole minute @9:20 trying to tell us how most people forget to find mate behind the king And then revisits the scenario of rook being in the corner @11:50 only to completely MISS mate in 1 behind the King with the rook @12:35 😂😂 top content
Rookie question: @1:04:00 - Why does capturing the white pawn at c4 force the bishop to take back and delay the castle instead of just proceeding with the castle?
this guys is 2700 but barely beating 700s.... i dont get it
its because you have 1 brain cell which is hanging
Shame shame shame
Shame lol
He's barely beating them on purpose so he can be as instructive as possible for people at these ranks. I'd imagine you had the sound off.
You need this series more than anyone bud
"poked around a little bit, and we ended up mating" - Levy 2022
Nice
Ayo🤨📸
Sus
That’s what he said? Damn
1:14:54 it so much better to hear him saying it
The favorite thing about this series is the fact that he acts like he's a lower rated player and makes the common mistakes all 1000 elo and below make and explains how to correct it!!! Really love your content Levy!!
this is something that the habits series did better and more consistently because the rules on how to play were written down
Chessbrah 👌👌
@@derekgee8845 dude....chessssss.
@@Noir0rioN eh? OK. Dude....
Oddly similar to Aman's "Chess Habits" series.
Very suspicious.
me: Qa3 looks good, hitting the pawn and attacking that open space
Gotham: I can go Qa3 but that’s a completely ridiculous move and can be easily parried
Me: Yup that’s what I was thinking, let’s try something else
Me but it hangs the piece instead
Me: *makes a seemingly reasonable move*
Engine: "blunder!" *eval bar drops to the Marianas Trench*
This just made my day... Literally laughing out loud 🤣
Same, i swear😂😂😂
we've all been there 👍
I am convinced that teaching in general is an extremely difficult thing to do but Levy is honestly one of the best teachers I‘ve ever seen. I love this
1:00:03 I'm doing good man. My grades are good, I got really good family-related news today, and I hit my highest rapid rating ever today of 850 after playing chess for a month. Thank you for the videos
you still doing good?
@@badza47 yes! hope you are too
What rating are you now?
@@hawaiian_hero3293 1300
@beelzebub how long have you been playing?
44:21 Levy missing M1 on purpose just to show how to win the endgame... You can see how he hovers over the rook then changes his mind. It's those tiny details that make a great teacher
I didn't even catch that it was M1.
He instinctively went for rook h2 and was like nah...
Levy giggling as he's playing low-rated moves just says it all. Great stuff.
Gustav guys
@A Garfayan___🌹 Sorry I don't speak alien
Levy: "I want to keep these videos about 40 minutes."
Also Levy: Releases next video at 1h17mins.
Levi: plays e4 e5
me: Impossible
But I love it
Aint complaining
Watch on 2x speed and it's about 40min.
We all know Levy is bad with calculations
Hi Levy. Since watching these two episodes I have won 10 of my last 12 games and gone from 820 to 915, this is the most instructive content I’ve enjoyed from you so far. Thanks for putting out daily videos, I don’t miss a single one, either entertainment or instructional. Keep doing what you’re doing man!
You won ten games and barely gained 100 LP. Just quit the game, it's not for you
@@esfera2181 well now I’ve managed 1750 as a peak I have had to slow down, life gets in the way of consistent play sometimes.
@ramyogpandey1112 I float around 1400-1500 playing very casually but I have reached 1750 when I play consistent, serious chess. Some days I was playing 25+ games of 10 min rapid though, so I kinda got obsessed
@@mattdinger765 make a new account and you'll be higher, eventually you'll fall down till you hit your lowest. But it will be higher than what it is now
@@esfera2181 I’ve made alts and got up to high ratings on a good day to play 1900s+ (best win was against a 1960 - the year my dad was born, hence why I remember the exact rating) but that’s kind of cheating. Anyone can win a few in a row and get 250ish points above where they should be. I can’t do that then claim I’m a 1950 rated player. My best “floor” was 1750 and my current “floor” is around 1450 playing 3-4 games a month
Went from solid 600 to solid 750 after one episode…. Best series yet. He literally gets inside my head and explains why my flawed logic doesn’t work at my level.
Same
The Frandinavian combines the loss of tempo of the Scandy with the terrible French bishop for maximum sadness
lol
thats why magnus loves it
@@asaravenell magnus loves the Scandi not starting in the French and taking with queen in the exchange French
@@huckthatdish thanks man i had absolutely no idea that was the case
Well done sir
levy in guess the elo is like normal gordon ramsay, levy in this series is like ramsay when dealing with kids
You can tell when you've just made a big error against Gotham, if you ever sign up to play him, cuz he'll take at least 30 seconds on his next move, just describing to the audience how you done flubbed
Brilliant 😂😂😂
the longer gotham takes to respond to your move, the worse your blunder is xD
Honestly, I think this is one of the most enjoyable series so far! It’s really nice to see you play “like” a lower-rated player. Learning a lot here! Also, these hour long videos are great; your voice is nice to listen to
When you see a move immediately and then Levy starts talking about the different options and saying that the move you were thinking was a very advanced option :D
Your like I said that
BUT did you know why it was a very good move, and how to follow it up?
I saw a move and he immediately said dont do this move its a completely ridiculous move
i feel like Einstein when this happens ahhahaa
@@nathannorton5972Exactly. Sacrifices without seeing the correct follow ups are just blunders
HANDS DOWN your new best series. I love this and it is EXTREMELY helpful. By the way, your channel has raised my ELO over 400 in the last month alone and I am proud to say I rank in the 1600's now. Thanks Gotham!!!! PLEASE keep em coming.
Hey
Can you suggest me an opening
Im 900 player and im playing London but levy doesnt have a lot of studying materials about it and i lose to weird moves
Can you help me with any opening
@@dajansuyal2854 Play the biipboop gambit named after mr. Gambit
@@dajansuyal2854 Study different openings. He has a video on the London too. Maybe check that video out as he helps break it down myself. When I was sub 1000, I felt as I could not get any better and I was very wrong. It takes time and practice. Also, play matches against bots with help so then you can also see and get help with different moves but then also learn why those moves are best.
@@dajansuyal2854 if you play london, then watch hikaru teaching london to pokemane. It's the best london training on the net, better than levy and everyone else.
@@kittuojha Completely forgot about that video too. In my defense, I was on my first cup of coffee and hour ago lol.
This such a thoughtful series tbh. You seem to really understand the challenges and mistakes that players of every level encounter.
@@colegieseking5136 Bit unrelated to OP's point, but you're so right about Levy being a very tactical player! I'd never realized it. I'd always really enjoyed Levy's style of play and admired his skill--he makes it seem effortless, like every move is perfectly obvious--but it's only now that I understand why. Thanks for the insight!
It's unbelievable how much effort it takes to become a grandmother in chess. Even Levy who does chess daily is still an international master.
Seems unlikely that Levy turns into a granny ngl
I love that joke
Bro i didn't didn't know u were on TH-cam keep up the work ✌🏾
International Mother
@@xercer he did it on purpose
10:00
Levy : Eat the pawns.
Subtitles (CC) : Eat the ponds.
Me : *searches how to eat ponds*
no comments
Maybe with a rook we can eat the ponds.
@@minecraft_pro_3226 na if the rook jumps into the pond , the water in the pon will come out
@@fathom-c7o Intéressant...
Cringe
I like how a lot of mates with many pieces on the board tend to have something backing the mating piece, but I love that 27:05 the queen mates with no backup.
just watched this then played a 91% game and feeling very proud of myself
The same thing happened to me after episode 1! Great job!
21:46 Ah yes, I always knew I was very high level
thank you Levy.
Wait what? I'm 1300 and I saw that
@@hugo57k91 same... I think we heard Levy saying "trading at one's terms" so many times that we constantly look for this kind of moves
It's not so hard to understand why it's such a good move (if you look 2-3 moves ahead it looks like white is just blundering a pawn on d4 but there's rook to d1 to pin the queen to the knight and win it). Other than that white has no immediate threats but black king gets paralized completely and it's very hard for black to bring more pieces to defense. There's also development problems for black because e6 pawn blocks its own bishop but hangs a mate if it moves up (white bishop slides to d3 and f6 pawn just lost support to interpose and block a checkmate). Even if black doesn't blunder immediately it's still impossible to stop bishop, knight and perhaps a rook lift in the future (if white plays correct moves). I'm 1400 and visually that move looks good to me but it's still not clear how to win it while Levy could probably dismantle any GM if given white's position.
@@hugo57k91 lol im 800 and saw that ... ;)
@Akkzz I didn't see a wink lol
Thoughts on doing a series where you lost the opening, in a losing situation and maybe even down a piece and fighting back for the win or a winning position?? Love what you do and all the content!!
Just resign and learn your opennings
Feel like thats not helpful, you’d just try to play good moves regardless of whether you’re losing right?
He’s commented on this idea in a stream before after accidentally blundering a bishop or something I can’t remember exactly what he said but he decided against it and said it would be bad if he just lost games lol
@@olivetree7430 never resign, unless it's a very long time control
@@temporarynickname a game down a piece on move 5 sucks . I'd rather start a new game
1. I watch without ad blocks.
2. I am watching this series and then the course.
3. I love your content and these long game recordings rock. Keep it up. Thank you.
honestly, I'm 1200-1400 and even first episode was incredibly useful for me. not that I didn't know all this stuff, but it helps to organise all this in my brain. Let's watch this one then :D
"I missed mate in one!!" I, personally want to Welcome Levy back to playing 1000 Level Chess!
; th-cam.com/video/MQR7-ZZdR0k/w-d-xo.html
@@adamh4510 At 41:56, Qe5+ forking the king and rook is met with Qg3 which blocks check and also guards the rook.
He didn't see rook h1 but he would have liked it.
@@whocares2277 you are not a psychic
@@XTRM-fd7tyand no one asked you to say that😄
Game 4’s endgame was super helpful. Basic tips like move one time, middle pawn back, and aiming to get into zugzwang are things I’ve not been told before. Really enjoying this series
This is my favorite series you've ever done. I've rewatched all your ratings climb videos so many times, but this is even more instructive! Can't wait for the next step
25:42 Qa3 is a perfect move that wins a piece if black doesn't want to lose knight then he loses queen. There is the moves: Qa3 c5 d×c6 Qe7 Bd6 or Qa3 Qe7 d6 c×d6 and again B×d6
En passant, very nice.
Not sure if this is appropriate for this series, but I'd love some content that focuses on evaluating with the computer. As a low rated player, if there isn't a simple tactical sequence, I don't feel like I get a lot out of the computer analysis. When you say things like "the computer likes this move because" I often don't feel like I can get that "because" when I'm just trying to do analysis on my own.
Sure I'll second this suggestion. I've noticed a lot of beginners not really sure how to use the engine like that. The basic idea is to see what the computer suggested instead of what you played, then play the computer suggestion and all the of the top computer suggested moves after that. This will show you why the move it liked the most was the best in that position. Now sometimes the computer suggested line is going to be extremely complicated and totally unrealistic for you to calculate. Other times it's a very simple tactic you certainly could have seen, at least with some puzzle practice. That tactic might be for you or instead you allowed one for your opponent. Doing this for endgame positions can be rough. There are times when making an innocuous king move somewhere changes the eval from totally winning mate in some handful of moves to dead draw or lost.
Yep you need to look at the following five moves or so from the computer AFTER the suggested move. Then in most cases you'll see why the computer suggested it. Even then sometimes it won't make sense to your puny human brain but a lot of the time it will and you'll be like "OOOOOHH that's why that move was total trash." Gotta look at the following moves.
LEVY PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS COMMENT!
I can't express how hyped I am for this series. It's insanely helpful and instructive for me even as a 1200 rn
I came out of a year long break from playing any chess. I was pleasantly surprised to see I could hold my ground against 1400-1500 players when my peak before was 1100. The only chess I did in this entire year were watching your videos! So thanks I'm sure you've help many like me without them even realising.
This series so far has been most instructive. It's incredible when this is broken down to basics how much the mind misses. I now know what I need to be focusing on more to advance, now just to devote my time legitimately instead of half assed. Thanks Levy
Honestly I'm around 1000 and I'm loving this series. As you've seen on guess the elo, simple blunders happen even at 1500, so this series is a nice reminder to slow down, look where the pieces see, and play basic principles. I'm one of the people who watch your videos in full-- much appreciated.
21:33
Me thinking: yeah I would play Qe3 here
Gotham: that's a very high level move like 2900 level
Me: *surprised Pikachu face*
I’d pay the price for a full course were this to be compiled as a course on his website. This is excellent and valuable content. The explanations are really clear and slow enough for lower rated players to understand precisely what Levy is saying.
Well, don't pay for the milk if you're getting the cow for free.. or something like that.
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Check out Daniel naroditskys speed runs too! They’re even more thorough with easy to understand GM level analysis. If you’re over 1200 it is probably more beneficial. But he plays the best moves almost all of the time. Levy playing some low Elo moves on purpose then showing how to continue from a not as good position is also super helpful
Just wanted to say that was the best explanation of king and pawn endgames I've ever heard. Thanks levy!
Another AMAZING series! I for one am ecstatic you are devoting yourself to Chess education - there are lots of GMs, but not lots of great Chess content. Keep up the good work, seeing you grow as an educator has been joyful!
I love listening to Levy explain chess at my level, he's so naturally engaging. Whenever he analyses high level chess, it's entertaining, but I don't get much out of it as much as this series.
This series is so entertaining and educational at the same time, I love it!
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I love this series, also, don’t always watch the whole thing in one go (i do often, but not always) so the chapters separating the games is a huge help, keep up the superb work anyway! 👍
This format is absolutely amazing. Hearing your explanations and understanding the mistakes of lowrated players is very helpfull. Congrats
Hey Levy - Thanks for this amazing content. I was struggling in 950 rating range for sometime now. After watching just first 2 videos, I went from 950 to currently 1114. I got an 8 and 11 game winning streaks.
I stopped blundering and my opponents started to blunder more. Feels just amazing. Thanks again for the content. Super Useful.
It doesn’t matter to me if your videos are 24 hours long I would still be here watching. I’m a noob at 64 but I’m mesmerised by your instructions and play. I only started playing five weeks ago and I love it. You have all the qualities of a teacher ie; the skill, information, humour etc that makes these videos so exciting. Thank you so much for just being here. Keep up the great work and hi from the UK.
Ya know what I find really useful? Levy saying "this is the best move, but I'm a (whatever rating he's playing), so this is what I am going to do. That way, we not only get to see two different moves, but we get the rationale as well. Very nice. AND then we get to see Levy playing to overcome the handicap he's given himself. It might seem like a bit of a cheat ("now I'm going to play as a higher rated player"), but it's really not. It's really just quite a brilliant teaching device. As a former teacher, I am constantly pleased with what a good teacher Levy is.
That's really good imo, as a 600 we always just get distracted with something else or don't think enough and make blunders, every game I play has at least 1 blunder (Except those where I played like a master, I'm talking 80+ accuracy and/or at least 1 brilliant move)
I don't have the money to buy lessons or donate but I've disabled my ad-block. Amazing effort Levy, keep it up.
Amen from Chessbrah has a series "building habits" check it out, it's a lot better than this series.
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“like 27, 29 level…wink”
You got my back, made me feel like a strong player! And you know u did it on purpose
This series is both incredibly entertaining and it feels very informative to me. Please continue with this style of content it's phenomenal.
the series is outstanding. it's always the most precious lessons - when a pro shows his mind on the battlefield, the grid he sees. Wonderful, thank you very much for the work
When Levy was talking about piece activity/coordination around the 24:00 mark, I was expecting him to say "Chess is a team sport." Just seemed like a Levy way of explaining it.
I was so thrilled to be featured in this episode, Levy! (I was 4th)
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR AMAZING CONTENT AND WORK
You did great man
Levy knows your name, Im jealous
1:14:53 - "We poked around a bit and we ended up mating."
Story of how Levy met his wife.
to the top with you lmao
Lol
Hearing your thought process while making moves is the most educating experience I've had with this game. 🎯
Really enjoying the longer form content. Being able to see players make similar moves I would make and showing why they aren’t as good as alternative moves/ tactics at various stages in a game is super educational
Me: *looks at Qa3 looking to take the pawn and fork the king and rook*
Levy: "I can wander all the way down and attack this pawn, it's a completely ridiculous move"
Me: "oh... okay then..." *cries in 600*
Love this series. Definetly a step up from "how to win at chess"
I really love your channel, so easy to understand your teaching style, and fun. Really, really appreciate your knowledge ❤ thank you for taking the time to play at each level. Really helpful to see the mistakes that I make played out, really helpful to hear your thought process.
That pawn endgame was super instructive for me for one reason. As a low rated player (1100) trying to learn, there’s a lot of material to absorb, so the lay explanation carries water. “The person who runs out of moves first, loses”. Best instruction because I needed THAT foundation to build upon.
This is just so, so good. A long video that really takes a deeper dive into different positions and tactics. This one was maybe a BIT too long, but dang it. Perfect stuff to regain motivation and break glass ceilings
Love this series!
As a millennial who was going to be a part of the attention deprived generation z just a few years afterwards, I was able to watch the entire video without being distracted a gazillion times.
Gotham: explains everything about chess in one hour for free
Also Gotham: asks his viewers to buy his course to teach them the exact same thing
55:46 I watch these hour long videos for the 5 second clips that teach me a major lesson. The person who runs out of moves first will lose, then proceeds to demonstrate just how to achieve that outcome. Worth the long video every single time
That pawn endgame discussion at the end of Game 4 is invaluable. This series is awesome!
Wow! thank you, this is excellent instruction
Long and enjoyable...:)
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thats what she said
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I have that on my vision board hoping my girlfriend will say that to me one day
Most of the times in a situation of opposite side castling, I find it difficult to use my pawns to launch an attack on the opponent's king. I either lock up that side of the board, or just my attack fails. Could you please tell some way to use these pawns? Love your content by the way.
It's hard to pawn storm if the enemy pawns are all on the 2nd/7th rank exactly because of that, they can lock you up. If they have a fianchetto structure and you have e.g. h5/g5 played then its often better to play g6 first rather than striking with h6, because you fix their pawn in place first. You always want to have piece support to back up your pawn storm, a lot of the time the way you break through is to push the pawns to induce a weakness, then sacrifice a knight on e.g. h7 to open the path to the king for the rook or queen, or to make a path for your own h pawn to get through. It's not always about the attack either, making your opp commit pieces to the defense can cause them to overextend and leave pieces or pawns vulnerable to tactics elsewhere. Not every successful attack ends in mate.
I'd love to just see another take on these episodes. Just repeat the concept and make 3 new episodes. Cause this is so useful. And i love watching it.
21:51 its the small moments like this that get me hooked
Hey Levy, I'd like to ask if you'll be able to explain in this series how to read the situation of the chessboard and assess the best thing to do in certain positions (when there isn't a clear move to play, but several look good) such as the early middlegame. I'm currently about 1400 rated. Sometimes I analyse my games, and I see there was that 1 push of a pawn or piece I should have put in a better square that I didn't do, which then makes my whole position (after some moves) harder to play.
I think it's a challenging task for everyone of my level, because it's not immediate as rerouting a knight or bishop and aiming at the opponent's weaknesses.
I hope I exposed my request clearly, as I think it would be great in this current series.
Keep it up :)
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Is this a mini-series or is this going to go on for a long time. Will this go up to the computer levels of alpha zero, and what not, I know a lot of Super GM’s learned from computers
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@Abbas Soni So do you think he’ll stop at his own rating or go up to the super GM level.
“We poked around a bit and then we mated”
-GothamChess, 2021, around 1:15
1:14:56 lol
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The pawn endgame was really really helpful. I always lose those and never grasped any ideas around them and Levy really enlightened some interesting ideas.
I learnt a lot from Game 4's endgame.Many times In a king and pawn endgame I'm in a zugzwang and I lose but I didn't know why I thought I was just casually pushing pawns.However apparently from this vid I'm not supposed to frozen the pawns if I have no moves next.thx a lot Levy! :) I learn a lot from your videos,love the content!
Unlike hikaru or Naroditsky trying to bully lower rated players by their expertise, I like how levy makes blunders and moves that real low rated players play.....
1 minute after finishing watching episode 1 and hearing Levy say "I'm gonna publish the next episode basically immediately", knowing that the 2nd episode still has not got out, I realize it just got published. My day is now better.
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You have a conga line of bots...that's impressive!
Went from 500 to 650 in a week, my goal is to become IM in 3 years
710 now :D
Wow only 1 month later I just reached 1200
Congrats whats your rating now?
@@bhavana9357I'd like to know too
Is your username a brakance reference?@@bhavana9357
Playing while doing commentary. Very impressive and helps understanding the game better. But what gets me is how experienced people knows the the grid (1 to 8 and A to H) just like that. Knight to C8 bishop to E2 and so on. How the fudge lol. Impressive stuff man.
I didn't play any chess for like 2 years untill my friends started to play it and like a week ago. I was around 600elo but something had happened during that break since these opponents started to feel easy. I have climbed up to 1000elo and still continuing to make progress
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Can't wait for not watching this episode and feel confident because I'm higher rated and then lose every game by hanging a piece in one move.
Great series though
Day 286.75 of translating Levy's titles to Russian: "Новый тип видео: ПОШАГОВОЕ ОБУЧЕНИЕ ШАХМАТАМ, эпизод 2!"
#abhilrajchekku
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day 187.75 of replying to _ruf [Roughly_]
Oh my god that is some dedication
Check this one out
Love this series and love your courses! I finished beginner boot camp just before Christmas and I’ve gone up 240 ELO points in less than a month!
Great series. I'm a beginner, and I'm learning a ton. I like how you also show some of the suboptimal moves, and then you explain why it was suboptimal, and why a different move would have been optimal.
Thank you so much for these videos, Since the first episode I went from 680ish to over 800, and am on a 13 win streak and haven’t lost a game since
I'll admit I learn *nothing* once Levy's clock gets under 15 seconds. All I can do is stare at the clock while he talks, wondering if he's going to move in time. If I could muster that kind of calm when my own clock is so low, I wouldn't make 20 blunders in the final 10 seconds.
This is such an amazing video totally underrated and underappreciated probably, but this is where most of us are at! So instructive, just watch! so nicely and thoughtfully done. Thanks so much for the dedication Levy!!!
I came out of a year long break from playing any chess. I was pleasantly surprised to see I could hold my ground against 1400-1500 players when my peak before was 1100. The only chess I did in this entire year were watching your videos! So thanks I'm sure you've help many like me without them even realising.
Love this series, and especially this episode since i'm around 900. You should do the series a second time!!
Thank you, it's an excellent basic series. I'm stuck at 1300 (playing on the computer), some tactic in your series I know but it's a good reminder, and others are new. I appreciate you reaching out to us, beginning chess players. David
Love this one, as a struggling 900 I’ll try to use these tips and lessons, as a student I love that I can still learn without buying a course or boot camp. Thanks so much Levy!
“Are you still here an hour in?” Yes!!! And if anything I find these even more valuable than the brief ones on specific move sets.
Loving this series and glad you adapt your game to the level of opponent and explain the errors made along the way - i recall lessons being mentioned, i will look out for those - your teaching style makes this game look so much easier
"And we are gonna win, that's how we are gonna win this one."
-Levy Rozman, 2022
Fav Gotham moment as he spent 1 whole minute @9:20 trying to tell us how most people forget to find mate behind the king And then revisits the scenario of rook being in the corner @11:50 only to completely MISS mate in 1 behind the King with the rook @12:35 😂😂 top content
Rookie question: @1:04:00 - Why does capturing the white pawn at c4 force the bishop to take back and delay the castle instead of just proceeding with the castle?
I like that you didn't just show us how to do openings but explained every move showing us why the openings are good
This is helping me out a lot! Thank you!
58:00 to 60:00 was extremely informative for me as a 1300 Rapid rated player. Pawn end games have always been my weakness. Thanks Levy !