As a London player in the low 1000's, I almost never see an early C5 - 99% of my opponents play knight C6 first. This is why Levy is blowing up: he teaches the correct moves, but he also teaches you how to deal with the moves that most people see in their actual games.
I have to tell you, at 800-1200 you face so many Londons it drove me nuts because the London always leads to boring, dull games. It is euphoric to be at a rating range where people stop playing the London. I use to insta-resign after 1.d4-d5, 2. nf3-nf6 3. nf4. Now that I'm up, I can finally talk to the players that gave me sharp and deep emotional pain.
At 1450 I still play for Eric Rosen tricks against the London. Hyper aggressive cause I hate it so much. I have a great win ratio against it, but I fear that people won’t crack at all when I gain rating
@@FelixTheForgotten I've had the opposite experience - London games tend to be tense and offer interesting tactical opportunities. Other openings in that rating range usually result in someone blundering away a piece by move 15, or someone getting sucker punched by a trappy variation - I find that crap way more boring and dull.
@@pwsiegel Tense? Have you ever played a different opening than 1.d4 ? Try playing Sicilian opening for a while. Even slow Spanish or Italian games are much sharper and interesting than the same boring London opening with the same idea again and again, 1.d4, 2.nf3, 3.bf4, 4.e3, 5.c3 and then playing for bg3, f4 and ne4.
@@FelixTheForgotten If you are a 1000 rated player who has learned lots of Sicilian variations, then you are not going to get a tense game because your opponent is going to blunder in the first 5 or 10 moves, and the rest of the game will be decided by how badly you blunder back. I'm not claiming that the London is better _in general_, just that it's more interesting that most openings in lower intermediate rating ranges because both players usually have a playable middle game. The fact that the first 5 moves are the same every time is a feature, not a bug. That's my experience with other opening systems, anyway.
Levy is, single-handedly, the person that made the popularity of chess explode over the past couple og years with his exceptional content and made me go from hating chess to LOVING it!!
I beat this guy 5 games in a row and made him quit.. come follow me and I’ll teach you how to beat guys like Gotham. He’s an IM will never be a grandmaster
Bro, now imma be honest If Levy didn't have the TH-cam channel and only improved on himself he'd be definitely be a GM but instead he carries us in this journey. Huge respect Gotham🗿
You played very good,and your approach was perfect,going solid against a stronger player. If it wasnt for that blunder of the knight you maybe could've gone for a draw.
13:39 this is solid advice I mean I was stuck in the 700s for months and I only finally made it to the 800s because I stopped freaking out whenever I got paired with an 800 and started playing against higher rated opponents like they were lower rated than me and it works like 70% of the time. Elo anxiety isn’t an easy thing to overcome but as soon as I was like “if I were playing against Martin in this position what would I do?” I started winning more games. I mean I still lose but it’s not as bad because I lose a game where I fought back instead of defending the whole time and I find comfort in that.
Play arena games. That way you get paired against 1000+ you will lose little rating, gain a lot on wins and be playing stronger opponents to learn from. I did that at 800 and quickly got to 1k and stayed there
The way he goes gets through the defence in game 2 with 9 seconds on the clock is crazy. So controlled, nothing overly aggressive or sacrifices. Just small steps forward that capitalised on slight inaccuracies.
recently chess has blown up in my area, people play it before, but it has never been so popular, therefore, i am CRAVING for videos for improvement, coincidentally, Levys been uploading those quite often recently! thank you so much man, appreciate it, ur always fun and entertaining to watch!
Thanks for the video Levy, I've been going over and under 1200 (1170-1220) repeatedly and this video's really useful for improving. Hopefully I reach 1300 sometime soon
Cheers to us watching this above 1200 rating, we worked hard for it, should be really proud.. But we can do much much better, Let's not limit our potential rating.. We go Kings, 👑
I am 1800 but I still watched the video because I always watch your videos, they are simply amazing❤ I just want to say thank you for everything you have tought me: you got me into chess and by watching your videos I went from an 800 in 2021 to an 1800 in 2023... I hope I can reach 2000 one day, I don't know if I can, but one thing is for sure: if I reach 2000, I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you Levy for getting me into and teaching me this amazing game❤❤
bro this comment is so inspiring Mee too I went from being 400 in 2022 sept month to 1100 in 2023 feb month .. He helped me a lot too an yeah hope you get to 200 someday ( I know it will be soon :) )
@@mohforreal watch levy, evaluate your games, minimise your blunders. A great tip i learned was a mental checklist before you make each move think 1)is my king safe? 2)is their king vulnerable? 3)are any of my pieces hanging? 4)are any if their pieces hanging?
7:38 "I've brought both my rooks to the center my center is rock solid, now maybe we try to bust open the king."-GothamChess 2023 edit: 9:15 "We have the extra bishop, so were gonna gobble."-GothamChess 2023
Since I’m hovering around 1200 range right now. I love videos like this. Even though I’m already at 1200, it is a good learning experience to understand how to more consistently beat higher rated players and lower rated players than me.
Cheers Levy, I'm a 600 and have hit my first plateau. Raising my floor as a priority over raising my ceiling is certainly the next step as I have beaten a 1000 and many not far below and have beaten the Skyweb bot after maybe 8 attempts! I keep blundering here and there and that was saveable at 400 but at 700 it's the equivalent of a 1400 bot whereby you quickly fall behind in material and can't catch back up most of the time. Chess is hard, and that's why I love it!
@Isaiah 1776 : What do you mean it's not on purpose? He's literally saying, in real time, before he even takes his turn, he's not playing the best move, then after the game, explains what the best moves would have been.
Yea but also if Levy hadn't sacrificed the queen at 21:47, then opponent could've blocked his check with his queen lol the sack WAS, in fact, necessary! 😂
today's stare was interesting. Levy looked dissapointed in us, but also kind of thoughtful, as if he has a philosopfical question for us but his mind just got baked. I give it a 7/10
One of the pieces of your advice I appreciate is "don't resign." I have had a tendency to just be so disgusted with a blunder that I just resign. But armed with that advice I have continued playing, and sometimes I lose the way I should, and sometimes the other person makes a blunder that I can exploit.
A effective strategy for winning in chess often involves trading pieces strategically while preserving your pawn structure. It's crucial not to create pawn islands exceeding two. Once achieved, focus on utilizing your king and remaining pawns to secure victory. This approach capitalizes on the fact that many players at lower skill levels struggle in the endgame. By mastering endgame scenarios, you'll gain a significant advantage in your overall chess proficiency.
What I love most, is the fact that you play games against real people! You can watch tutorials till the cows come home, but you learn much more from watching you play. Great video. 🎯
Levy's haircut looks like one of those potatoes that you left in the pantry for a little too long but is growing a lot of little sprouts instead of a few large ones
Well ive not watched the video but here is my advice that took me from having never played chess outside of a dozen games with friends ages ago-1050 in a couple of months. FIRST this took me a while to learn though it is the most basic and simple rule to follow that i guarantee has been holding back thousands of players, dont play super late at night or when your sleep deprived, dont play while waiting for another game to load, dont let the chess game be one of many things on your mind, nobody is that smart (except like Magnus Carlson or whatever but who even is that am i right) just understand that if you aren’t comfortable and able to give the game the attention it needs, then your chances of winning or even learning from the loss go from probable to 0. Anyway past being a healthy human being and playing while your awake learn an opening for white, not the scholars mate, because past a certain point people simply wont fall for it. Next, play alot, get used to loads of different positions patterns and situations, your rating doesn’t matter right now, just play the game and slowly you will recognise and learn patterns, and checking the engine moves after a game every now and then will teach you how to cope with the patterns you can’t figure out on your own. Boom your now gunna fall a chunk of rating and after a short while climb back up to somewhere between 7 and 9 hundred assuming you started 600 or below, now you have a nice solid understanding if the real basics of chess, you can finish a winning end game with relative ease, your not falling for the scholars mate or getting back ranked anymore, and your queen is no longer role playing the french monarchy (dead). From there watch some tiktoks or TH-cam shorts or whatever just short quick simple chess stuff, learn the little trick being displayed in the clip and go play a game or two see if you get a chance to use it, done. Now your slowly improving indefinitely and are going to rise higher and higher up to at least a thousand, happy days.
Thanks for this video. I've been hard-walled at the higher 1100s for a while, always painstakingly getting to 1190ish, only to quickly fall down to the lower 1000s. This was a very instructive video. Hopefully, we'll break that 1200s barrier soon.
I remember struggeling in getting to 1200, took me 3 months getting from 1000 to 1100 (started playing after having watched one of the How to win at chess episodes), and then another 3 months getting to 1200. But then it started sky-rocketing, took 1,5 months to get to 1300 and 2 weeks to 1400. Most of my learning came from watching GothamChess videos. I have been in your situation, getting across a new 100 can be a challenge mentally more than anything else. I'm sure when you hit 1200 you'll keep on climbing.
Today's stare was short, but it was to the point. My soul could feel the deep stare as i sat frozen at this profound expression of the legendary Gotham. I would give this a generous rating of 7.5, left me with many answers, and many more questions.
Thank you Gotham chess for teaching me most of all that I know! I’m climbing up and just got 900 elo. It was like a month or two ago and I tilted down to the garbage 480 or so and I’ve grinded. Thanks for the entertainment ing and instructive content!
Levy, thank you for making me understand chess better, I started 4 months back, I faced a lot of difficulties but somehow, I adapted and now I'm 1000 elo. ❤️
@17:24 it's funny because Hikaru brought up this exact same reason for why he thinks Levy will never be GM. He said he always plays defensively against higher rated players, always looking for the draw.
I personally love it when you make videos like this. It may seem "unfair" but it's actually very realistic and instructional for us to learn from games that are more our level. GM tournament game recaps are cool and all but I prefer the more realistic and relatable content. Nice work.
Thanks for the video, Levy. After being stuck at the same rating for months, I have finally changed it, and I'm at 1200 ELO now. I was 2200 ELO previously.
I have a question for you chess players out there. At around 16:20 why wasn’t bishop g5 a good move, because it attacks the queen while defended by the knight, right?
Currently fighting for 1500 rn. I got stuck at 1200 for a while but what’s been helping me is definitely attacking in hopes of being the problem causer instead of solver. Also practice endgames haha
@planetina5616 I don’t have great advice haha, but keep playing into your favorite lines and toy around with what attacking ideas work best in it. Keep pieces on the board and don’t be afraid to make disrespectful/scary moves. Psychology is important. You’ll move on up in no time!
i think the queen sacrifice in the second game was actually necessary for the mate because other wise the queen would block. just to put it our there i am 700 so i could be wrong and there may be mate after but the queen sac was not just for style :)
10:52 I am a bit less than 1200 rapid but I think the zwischenzug of the knight is something I should be able to see. I have studied things like that from an intermediate chess book and TH-cam and although I often overlook things I wouldn't put myself in the category of people who shouldn't be able to see that trick. It is still pretty much a one-mover you don't have to calculate 3 moves ahead - if it is, then I see I legitimately come up short due to my lack of working memory, but any one mover trick I should see. Not seeing it is my failure of not paying enough attention. Generally, it is interesting to see what an average 1200 rapid should be able to do, but I should be rated higher according to these criteria. It is just that I am unable to see these tactics in games, but conceptually while analysing the game afterwards etc. I clearly see I should have seen certain things coming. I think a good example of a similar case was my granddad, who studied chess from a chess book at age 70, previously knowing very little about the game in order to teach me. He knew many concepts from the book I didn't know, but whenever we played I just mauled him as he wasn't able to protect his hanging pieces - he simply didn't see the whole board and at age 70 it is just impossible to start seeing it. So with superior knowledge, he just still got humiliated every single game. For instance, I would fianchetto both my bishops and he was sure to move his g pawn at some point and each time I would almost bump into his hand still on the board, impatient to smash his rook in the corner with the bishop. He would always tell me to calm down, to stop acting like a madman.
As a 1040 rated player this was a godsend at the exact right moment. Thanks for the informative and educational content you keep making Levy. You rock lol.
Great content! I would've like it even more if the games had a longer time control, so there would be more educational part. I'm sure that Levy can win these games even with 5 seconds on the clock, but I'm getting nothing out of speed chess except general ideas like "attack, be confident and consistent". Hope you'll get back longer time controls in some of the next videos.
when this video was released i was around 1000 , i had not even thought of reaching 1200 in such a short span of time .. now i am 1400 in just 6 months
5:47-5:59 *Or* you could play Nd3+ (as the Bishop no longer guards that square per continuity) and *then* take with the queen. (Obviously since the opponent castled instead, it doesn't work). Edit: I see that you addressed that in the post-game analysis.
Levy really changed the game, every time I threaten the bishop in the London they rock back hoping I take to try to open up their rook, literally everyone
21:33 if he didnt queen "sac", queen blocks check from rook and then its not mate, so the queen sac wasnt unnecessary but still super clean game from both.
I love that in your last video (or 2 videos ago) I Made a comment suggesting more videos analyzing games for more intermediate chess (1000 - 1500) and now you uploaded this video. I'm sure you had this video already made by the time I made that comment so it feels serendipitous haha. Love it
At minute 7:26 I'm pretty sure they saw that the pawn was hanging, they probably assumed that a 2800 wouldn't hang a pawn and there was some way to lose the queen
3:45 If you go a6, isn't the pawn poisoned? That looks better than weakening your a-pawn and misplacing your rook(because now a5 push is out of the question, and it allows black to play a5 eventually without you being able to stop it). That looks inaccurate to me.
You asked whether this was a good new type of video. I think you should make many more of these, it was very entertaining, interesting, hooking and highest of all educating. Thank you Levy, keep it up!
6:18 is the bishop not trapped? if he moves with C7 pawn, the bishop can only go backwards to A4 and u can push the B7 pawn to take the bishop with ur pawn. OR if he goes back to E2 bishop is not protected at all, so its basically a free bishop right? But for some reason he lets him take the knight before taking hes bishop. could he not have prevented that by pushing C7 pawn instead winning a free bishop? im almost sure but then again im like 900-1000rating. this guy is 2768.
@@Lukas-NLIts a good move but it makes a pawn structure bad in bullet which is not what you would want in a bullet game. You get queen development and retain your pawns
After this video I finaly reached 1200. I was stuck at 1700 for months
classic
It's been out for 12 seconds
He said, before watching the video
Damn good job!
Very well done
As a London player in the low 1000's, I almost never see an early C5 - 99% of my opponents play knight C6 first. This is why Levy is blowing up: he teaches the correct moves, but he also teaches you how to deal with the moves that most people see in their actual games.
I have to tell you, at 800-1200 you face so many Londons it drove me nuts because the London always leads to boring, dull games. It is euphoric to be at a rating range where people stop playing the London. I use to insta-resign after 1.d4-d5, 2. nf3-nf6 3. nf4.
Now that I'm up, I can finally talk to the players that gave me sharp and deep emotional pain.
At 1450 I still play for Eric Rosen tricks against the London. Hyper aggressive cause I hate it so much. I have a great win ratio against it, but I fear that people won’t crack at all when I gain rating
@@FelixTheForgotten I've had the opposite experience - London games tend to be tense and offer interesting tactical opportunities. Other openings in that rating range usually result in someone blundering away a piece by move 15, or someone getting sucker punched by a trappy variation - I find that crap way more boring and dull.
@@pwsiegel Tense? Have you ever played a different opening than 1.d4 ? Try playing Sicilian opening for a while. Even slow Spanish or Italian games are much sharper and interesting than the same boring London opening with the same idea again and again, 1.d4, 2.nf3, 3.bf4, 4.e3, 5.c3 and then playing for bg3, f4 and ne4.
@@FelixTheForgotten If you are a 1000 rated player who has learned lots of Sicilian variations, then you are not going to get a tense game because your opponent is going to blunder in the first 5 or 10 moves, and the rest of the game will be decided by how badly you blunder back. I'm not claiming that the London is better _in general_, just that it's more interesting that most openings in lower intermediate rating ranges because both players usually have a playable middle game. The fact that the first 5 moves are the same every time is a feature, not a bug. That's my experience with other opening systems, anyway.
Levy is, single-handedly, the person that made the popularity of chess explode over the past couple og years with his exceptional content and made me go from hating chess to LOVING it!!
OG?, nah me and some random guy were homies back in 600 AD, chess was much better back then 😭.
I've gone from enjoying chess content to actually playing and realizing how much i completely suck at it. But i started playing thanks to Levi.
@@nivnavion NAV, THAT YOU???
@@rud__eyy rudddddddy! Havent seen you since that meteor, have you seen the dinosaurs?
His education roasting reels women were also gone viral . My friends ( non chess players )know him through those reels
Please don’t let your How To Win At Chess series die! It’s so informative!
how to lose at chess is much better tho 😂
Yesss
I beat this guy 5 games in a row and made him quit.. come follow me and I’ll teach you how to beat guys like Gotham. He’s an IM will never be a grandmaster
Gail Gitler
Bro, now imma be honest
If Levy didn't have the TH-cam channel and only improved on himself he'd be definitely be a GM but instead he carries us in this journey.
Huge respect Gotham🗿
@YeaMan Sounds like a lie to me.
yeah, but he'd go bankrupt in 2 months if he did that.
Cuz it's about MONEY, hoe!
Earn a lot of money or get a title
@YeaMan Sounds like both a lie and something a bot would say + I already saw you in Levy's other video's comment section lmao
Hearing levi give me a compliment about my skills at 950 feels so good
You played very good,and your approach was perfect,going solid against a stronger player. If it wasnt for that blunder of the knight you maybe could've gone for a draw.
@RickProduction Yeah but he wasn't playing all the best moves,if you trade everything and play super solid you have a chance.
@@dennisdibartolomeo9861 hes also holding back in the games, hes trying to play like a 1200 he could of mated way faster lol
@@QrazedGaming🤓
Can confirm, this video made me go from 1500 to 1200
I've been riding the elo rocket from 1200 to 1100.
In 6 minutes?
The same
@@salazar778 6 bullet games
I am still stuck at 1800
13:39 this is solid advice I mean I was stuck in the 700s for months and I only finally made it to the 800s because I stopped freaking out whenever I got paired with an 800 and started playing against higher rated opponents like they were lower rated than me and it works like 70% of the time. Elo anxiety isn’t an easy thing to overcome but as soon as I was like “if I were playing against Martin in this position what would I do?” I started winning more games. I mean I still lose but it’s not as bad because I lose a game where I fought back instead of defending the whole time and I find comfort in that.
Im also 800
what if you find Martin hard? he scares me
Play arena games. That way you get paired against 1000+ you will lose little rating, gain a lot on wins and be playing stronger opponents to learn from. I did that at 800 and quickly got to 1k and stayed there
@@Ayoutubeaccount3 you can't scolar mate him now. That's so scary strong lmao
When i play martin, I always hung my pieces intentionally because i know he can't do anything 💀
The way he goes gets through the defence in game 2 with 9 seconds on the clock is crazy. So controlled, nothing overly aggressive or sacrifices. Just small steps forward that capitalised on slight inaccuracies.
Levy: "I'm not here to flex"
Levy: flexes by unnecessarily sacrificing his queen before delivering checkmate.
I was 1100 one year ago. Now I’m 1560 thanks to Gotham videos, a few Hikaru, and Eric Rosen’s london course
Rapid or blitz? 😯
@@albatrossxpubgmobile5275If it's rapid this guy's blessed because I've been stuck at 700 for a week now
12:44 - 23:39 Congrats to 5implekiw1 for an amazingly well played game. 👌
thanks;)
@@oliver-04 that u?
very nice game indeed
No thanks, I don’t want to lose 2 rating points.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
me to
You should still watch it, for when you lose 3 points and have to climb back up
I dont want to gain 1100 rating points, ngl.
I don't wanna lose 800 points.
recently chess has blown up in my area, people play it before, but it has never been so popular, therefore, i am CRAVING for videos for improvement, coincidentally, Levys been uploading those quite often recently! thank you so much man, appreciate it, ur always fun and entertaining to watch!
I’m at 1180 right now so this video was literally perfect for me. Thank you 🙏 ❤
1150 here. We'll get there bro
Bruh its 20 seconds out
1108 here :(
What do you do to have that huge ranking pls
Same here, I'm around 1180. Highest I've ever gotten was 1226 before I lost three games in a row and dropped to 1172 lol
Thanks for the video Levy, I've been going over and under 1200 (1170-1220) repeatedly and this video's really useful for improving. Hopefully I reach 1300 sometime soon
Were you ever stuck at 600?Like when you were a beginner
@@Difnekkdkkw When I started playing and learning I hovered around 800-900
@@Difnekkdkkw I was stuck at 600 for around a week or two until i started doing puzzles so do those if you arent
@@ppleberrynd I‘m 1300 now💪
@@Difnekkdkkw oh nice
Cheers to us watching this above 1200 rating, we worked hard for it, should be really proud.. But we can do much much better, Let's not limit our potential rating.. We go Kings, 👑
Damn, all three replies are from Bots
Damn, all four replies are from bots.
@@m4y4nk damn all 5 replies are from bots.
Damn, all five replies are from bots
Damn, all 8 replies are from bots.
How dare you, you broke the unspoken rule. You see en passant, YOU DO IT.
great video, I went from 1901 to 1200 because of this video, ty LEVY, what a great teacher
@@deo1107 you have no humor 💀 NPC
@@aloon7839 sounds like a you problem
@@orang9134 sounds like a you problem.
@@aloon7839 sounds like you like a problem.
@@Auxius. sounds like a you problem
4:35 Gotham didn't get the memo that sub 1000 blitz Knights are worth 7 points, us plebs hang a rook on average per game to the forks
I am 1800 but I still watched the video because I always watch your videos, they are simply amazing❤ I just want to say thank you for everything you have tought me: you got me into chess and by watching your videos I went from an 800 in 2021 to an 1800 in 2023... I hope I can reach 2000 one day, I don't know if I can, but one thing is for sure: if I reach 2000, I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you Levy for getting me into and teaching me this amazing game❤❤
bro this comment is so inspiring Mee too I went from being 400 in 2022 sept month to 1100 in 2023 feb month .. He helped me a lot too an yeah hope you get to 200 someday ( I know it will be soon :) )
How 1800 brooo im stuck at 650 (i started playing this year) pls give some tips
As a 1800 myself, I can say I still watched the video to it's entirety
@@mohforreal watch levy, evaluate your games, minimise your blunders.
A great tip i learned was a mental checklist before you make each move think 1)is my king safe? 2)is their king vulnerable? 3)are any of my pieces hanging? 4)are any if their pieces hanging?
Exactly my journey too, I'm currently 1783 from 900 in Jan 2021
7:38 "I've brought both my rooks to the center my center is rock solid, now maybe we try to bust open the king."-GothamChess 2023
edit: 9:15 "We have the extra bishop, so were gonna gobble."-GothamChess 2023
Since I’m hovering around 1200 range right now. I love videos like this. Even though I’m already at 1200, it is a good learning experience to understand how to more consistently beat higher rated players and lower rated players than me.
Cheers Levy, I'm a 600 and have hit my first plateau. Raising my floor as a priority over raising my ceiling is certainly the next step as I have beaten a 1000 and many not far below and have beaten the Skyweb bot after maybe 8 attempts!
I keep blundering here and there and that was saveable at 400 but at 700 it's the equivalent of a 1400 bot whereby you quickly fall behind in material and can't catch back up most of the time.
Chess is hard, and that's why I love it!
Hello Levy. Remember the Luka bot with 400 ELO that you bullied? Well he is now rated better than Magnus Carles himself (and Hikaru Nakamura).
The easiest way to get to 1200 elo is to just start another account.
I love how Levy can make common mistakes on purpose and then still absolutely crush these guys
@Isaiah 1776 : What do you mean it's not on purpose? He's literally saying, in real time, before he even takes his turn, he's not playing the best move, then after the game, explains what the best moves would have been.
@@ludicerXbro can you read?
Yea but also if Levy hadn't sacrificed the queen at 21:47, then opponent could've blocked his check with his queen lol the sack WAS, in fact, necessary! 😂
today's stare was interesting. Levy looked dissapointed in us, but also kind of thoughtful, as if he has a philosopfical question for us but his mind just got baked. I give it a 7/10
10:33
Zwischenzug ✖️
Swischensug ✔️
I've been stuck between 1000 and 1200... this was exactly what I needed currently! Thanks, Levy!
This type of content is my favourite content. No shenanigans with bots or old Magnus games, just content to improve for players like me!
One of the pieces of your advice I appreciate is "don't resign." I have had a tendency to just be so disgusted with a blunder that I just resign. But armed with that advice I have continued playing, and sometimes I lose the way I should, and sometimes the other person makes a blunder that I can exploit.
As a former 3800, this video has made me finally become the 1100 I always knew I could be
Washed up stockfish (got bored of chess) watches levy on TH-cam?
@@katrinaxharhus3747 probably some old version who isn't competitive anymore
A effective strategy for winning in chess often involves trading pieces strategically while preserving your pawn structure. It's crucial not to create pawn islands exceeding two. Once achieved, focus on utilizing your king and remaining pawns to secure victory. This approach capitalizes on the fact that many players at lower skill levels struggle in the endgame. By mastering endgame scenarios, you'll gain a significant advantage in your overall chess proficiency.
Thanks Levy, I was struggling at 1500 rapid, but after learning from your clip I've managed to achieve the important milestone of 1200 elo !
yay
What I love most, is the fact that you play games against real people! You can watch tutorials till the cows come home, but you learn much more from watching you play.
Great video. 🎯
That 2nd game was insane dude.
He really played way above his rating.
I would love to know the exact %evaluation in this game.
Levy's haircut looks like one of those potatoes that you left in the pantry for a little too long but is growing a lot of little sprouts instead of a few large ones
Well ive not watched the video but here is my advice that took me from having never played chess outside of a dozen games with friends ages ago-1050 in a couple of months. FIRST this took me a while to learn though it is the most basic and simple rule to follow that i guarantee has been holding back thousands of players, dont play super late at night or when your sleep deprived, dont play while waiting for another game to load, dont let the chess game be one of many things on your mind, nobody is that smart (except like Magnus Carlson or whatever but who even is that am i right) just understand that if you aren’t comfortable and able to give the game the attention it needs, then your chances of winning or even learning from the loss go from probable to 0. Anyway past being a healthy human being and playing while your awake learn an opening for white, not the scholars mate, because past a certain point people simply wont fall for it. Next, play alot, get used to loads of different positions patterns and situations, your rating doesn’t matter right now, just play the game and slowly you will recognise and learn patterns, and checking the engine moves after a game every now and then will teach you how to cope with the patterns you can’t figure out on your own. Boom your now gunna fall a chunk of rating and after a short while climb back up to somewhere between 7 and 9 hundred assuming you started 600 or below, now you have a nice solid understanding if the real basics of chess, you can finish a winning end game with relative ease, your not falling for the scholars mate or getting back ranked anymore, and your queen is no longer role playing the french monarchy (dead). From there watch some tiktoks or TH-cam shorts or whatever just short quick simple chess stuff, learn the little trick being displayed in the clip and go play a game or two see if you get a chance to use it, done. Now your slowly improving indefinitely and are going to rise higher and higher up to at least a thousand, happy days.
Thanks for this video. I've been hard-walled at the higher 1100s for a while, always painstakingly getting to 1190ish, only to quickly fall down to the lower 1000s. This was a very instructive video. Hopefully, we'll break that 1200s barrier soon.
I remember struggeling in getting to 1200, took me 3 months getting from 1000 to 1100 (started playing after having watched one of the How to win at chess episodes), and then another 3 months getting to 1200. But then it started sky-rocketing, took 1,5 months to get to 1300 and 2 weeks to 1400. Most of my learning came from watching GothamChess videos. I have been in your situation, getting across a new 100 can be a challenge mentally more than anything else. I'm sure when you hit 1200 you'll keep on climbing.
What I find impressive is that Levy wins these games while spending half his time talking to us.
Bro's giving a lecture during a bliz game
bro i need to watch this so badly, in the last six months, I've gone from 1350 to 1192
Today's stare was short, but it was to the point. My soul could feel the deep stare as i sat frozen at this profound expression of the legendary Gotham.
I would give this a generous rating of 7.5, left me with many answers, and many more questions.
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@@BL4Z1NG4M3R ayy that's awesome never thought i would see a fire letter buddy so early
Also ye the bots have truly gotten out of hand
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Thank you levy, I could never get past 1900, but FINALLY I'm 1200!
Thank you Gotham chess for teaching me most of all that I know! I’m climbing up and just got 900 elo. It was like a month or two ago and I tilted down to the garbage 480 or so and I’ve grinded. Thanks for the entertainment ing and instructive content!
"now i imagine my opponent is gonna go here"
*Proceeds to show light square bishop taking dark squared queen*
Levy, thank you for making me understand chess better, I started 4 months back, I faced a lot of difficulties but somehow, I adapted and now I'm 1000 elo. ❤️
Levy ‘I’m going to play like a typical 1200’ opens with the Ponziani then sacs the Queen with 5 secs left
I grew over 500 elo in the past 6 months just by watching your videos, currently at 1000, love this
Grats. I just started. Im in the 500s
@17:24 it's funny because Hikaru brought up this exact same reason for why he thinks Levy will never be GM. He said he always plays defensively against higher rated players, always looking for the draw.
This video got me from 1625 to 1200.Thanks Levy,👏👏👏👏👏
I was 1350 before watching this video and I am now 1200 as the title promised. Good content, I subscribed
I would definitely like to see more, especially pointing towards those who want to be 1500
I personally love it when you make videos like this. It may seem "unfair" but it's actually very realistic and instructional for us to learn from games that are more our level. GM tournament game recaps are cool and all but I prefer the more realistic and relatable content. Nice work.
Screw Magnus, this is the type of content I actually learn from! Love the way you explain you thoughtproces in these games 🙌
15:55 Yes you do. Do the funny french move. You have to, it's law.
Literally 1150 rn the timing couldn't be better. Thanks Levy!
I wonder if I can beat you I'm 800
I'm 1150 too lmao
15:50, En Croissant, as they say in Düsseldorf (which is obviously not in France, but in Switzerland)
no I'd rather not decrease my rating Levy
Thanks for the video, Levy. After being stuck at the same rating for months, I have finally changed it, and I'm at 1200 ELO now.
I was 2200 ELO previously.
Thanks Levy! I went from 1550 to 1200 in the span of 30 minutes!
Man played 30 minutes of chess in the 10 minutes since this video came out. Fair play ngl
@@ajax9923 he could resign 30 times in a row
this guy makes me blunder soo many times because all i think about is SACRIFICING MY ROOOOK or MY QUUEEEN and end up losing thinking im magnus
A clean stare today, dragging your attention to the video as always! 9/10
@Darktion shut
I have a question for you chess players out there. At around 16:20 why wasn’t bishop g5 a good move, because it attacks the queen while defended by the knight, right?
Fun fact: the second game Levy played, he was exactly twice his opponents rating
me a 1600 rapid and 1450 blitz: A GOTHAM VIDEO YESSSSSS
I definitely love videos like these. It really helps those who just began their journey on chess. Thank you, Gotham Sir
Currently fighting for 1500 rn. I got stuck at 1200 for a while but what’s been helping me is definitely attacking in hopes of being the problem causer instead of solver. Also practice endgames haha
@planetina5616 I don’t have great advice haha, but keep playing into your favorite lines and toy around with what attacking ideas work best in it. Keep pieces on the board and don’t be afraid to make disrespectful/scary moves. Psychology is important. You’ll move on up in no time!
1600 here. The way I broke through was doing exactly what Levy says: focused purely on minimizing my errors and very quickly managed to rise in Elo
i think the queen sacrifice in the second game was actually necessary for the mate because other wise the queen would block. just to put it our there i am 700 so i could be wrong and there may be mate after but the queen sac was not just for style :)
Chess relaxes me for some reason
Ding 😎
10:52 I am a bit less than 1200 rapid but I think the zwischenzug of the knight is something I should be able to see. I have studied things like that from an intermediate chess book and TH-cam and although I often overlook things I wouldn't put myself in the category of people who shouldn't be able to see that trick. It is still pretty much a one-mover you don't have to calculate 3 moves ahead - if it is, then I see I legitimately come up short due to my lack of working memory, but any one mover trick I should see. Not seeing it is my failure of not paying enough attention.
Generally, it is interesting to see what an average 1200 rapid should be able to do, but I should be rated higher according to these criteria. It is just that I am unable to see these tactics in games, but conceptually while analysing the game afterwards etc. I clearly see I should have seen certain things coming. I think a good example of a similar case was my granddad, who studied chess from a chess book at age 70, previously knowing very little about the game in order to teach me. He knew many concepts from the book I didn't know, but whenever we played I just mauled him as he wasn't able to protect his hanging pieces - he simply didn't see the whole board and at age 70 it is just impossible to start seeing it. So with superior knowledge, he just still got humiliated every single game. For instance, I would fianchetto both my bishops and he was sure to move his g pawn at some point and each time I would almost bump into his hand still on the board, impatient to smash his rook in the corner with the bishop. He would always tell me to calm down, to stop acting like a madman.
As a 1040 rated player this was a godsend at the exact right moment. Thanks for the informative and educational content you keep making Levy. You rock lol.
Great content! I would've like it even more if the games had a longer time control, so there would be more educational part.
I'm sure that Levy can win these games even with 5 seconds on the clock, but I'm getting nothing out of speed chess except general ideas like "attack, be confident and consistent". Hope you'll get back longer time controls in some of the next videos.
Where’s the rice
I feel like it's Sweeps week and Levy is giving away all the low-key secrets to winning to win streamer of the year-and I LOVVIT!
Thanks Levi. I lost 800 ELO because of this video.
when this video was released i was around 1000 , i had not even thought of reaching 1200 in such a short span of time .. now i am 1400 in just 6 months
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5:47-5:59 *Or* you could play Nd3+ (as the Bishop no longer guards that square per continuity) and *then* take with the queen. (Obviously since the opponent castled instead, it doesn't work). Edit: I see that you addressed that in the post-game analysis.
Levy really changed the game, every time I threaten the bishop in the London they rock back hoping I take to try to open up their rook, literally everyone
Me at 1400: this is so hard
Levy: Wanna be 1200?
Me: Yeah, kinda!
21:33 if he didnt queen "sac", queen blocks check from rook and then its not mate, so the queen sac wasnt unnecessary but still super clean game from both.
After about a month I have went from 1,100 to 1,200. Thank you Levy for your content, I couldn't have done it without you
I was 1202 before i watched this, now i am 1200. Thanks, Levy
15:35 it would have been so cool if he had done that bd3 qd1 and then greek gift sac with bxh7+ kxh7 ng5+ kg8 qe7
I love that in your last video (or 2 videos ago) I Made a comment suggesting more videos analyzing games for more intermediate chess (1000 - 1500) and now you uploaded this video. I'm sure you had this video already made by the time I made that comment so it feels serendipitous haha. Love it
I’ve been stuck at 1900, thanks for finally getting me to 1200
At minute 7:26 I'm pretty sure they saw that the pawn was hanging, they probably assumed that a 2800 wouldn't hang a pawn and there was some way to lose the queen
Him saying 21:14 En passant
Me : oui j’aime le croissant 😂😂
3:45 If you go a6, isn't the pawn poisoned? That looks better than weakening your a-pawn and misplacing your rook(because now a5 push is out of the question, and it allows black to play a5 eventually without you being able to stop it). That looks inaccurate to me.
I really appreciate that check on the white queen and not letting the castle, making the rooks not come into the game.
1:53 bro's time is getting wasted and is casually talking to us 💀
You asked whether this was a good new type of video. I think you should make many more of these, it was very entertaining, interesting, hooking and highest of all educating. Thank you Levy, keep it up!
“… lost the pawn, pinned themselves, and blundered a fork. But that’s like- that’s life!”
26:16 d5 is always a great idea. I count 6 defenders of that square!!
21:58 i would cry if gotham complimented me like this
When you trolled at the end of the second game 😆 😂😂😂 💀
Emma, you've got the whole package - looks and brains!
6:18 is the bishop not trapped? if he moves with C7 pawn, the bishop can only go backwards to A4 and u can push the B7 pawn to take the bishop with ur pawn. OR if he goes back to E2 bishop is not protected at all, so its basically a free bishop right? But for some reason he lets him take the knight before taking hes bishop. could he not have prevented that by pushing C7 pawn instead winning a free bishop? im almost sure but then again im like 900-1000rating. this guy is 2768.
someone plz answer
@@Lukas-NLIts a good move but it makes a pawn structure bad in bullet which is not what you would want in a bullet game. You get queen development and retain your pawns