YogaDad is not 200 player. His rapid is 596, but in my experience he was playing at atleast 700+ level. He saw the checkmate threats while coming up with his own ideas. Sure he didn't see the pawn forking the K and B, but come on, I have seen 900+ players blunder lot worse! Dont know how he dropped from 900+ to 596. 200-300 games blunder pieces and queens not just pawns. You dont need to fork them to win their pieces. They just give them to you.
you know my rating is at 350 on rapid and i swear to fucking god i am going against rating 800 players, cause i can sometimes beat my friend who is rated at 926 but i went on a 7 game losing streak, i even lost to a guy rated at 211 and sometimes i go against guys who in 65 moves scored a 84% accuracy rate, it feels silly b ut i find it almost easier to play against the 800 rated people than my own sub 400 people
@@DR-fc1ey if I have to believe everything you said at face value, then the lower rated players you lose against could be cheating. Open a new account where the start you off at 800 and then let us know if you end up below 500 or above 900. If you end up below 500, then you are making s$$* up here.
As a very casual but frequently hyperfixated player these catch up tutorials are so nice. Sometimes I will spend a month just grinding chess and learning everything I can and then life will get in the way and I'll spend months not thinking about this game. It's amazing to catch up with levy this way and jump back into the game.
I'm just here to say this describes my relationship with chess perfectly. Here's to those of us who collect hobbies and get pretty decent at them before leaving them behind again for years :D
The best thing on this series was Levy trying not to cringe and die on the errors of weaker players, and rather understanding them and making a "natural" move. Very good. Thank you, Gotham!
This is absolutely your best video for beginners. I, as a beginner can say that. Please continue making this. The good thing about it is that you actually try to think like a beginner! Keep up the good work
Looking forward to this series. Played chess for fun with my Dad as a kid, didn’t know anything except for what the pieces did and now at 52 want to get playing again and was wondering the best way to get better and develop understanding and strategy
Find a junior chess club near you and offer to help them or failing that start your own. Not only will you have to keep learning to stay one step in front of them but you will have a lot of fun in the process and will see all the sorts of mistakes that every new player makes.
Wow. Fabulous job! Your comments are really my thoughts sometimes because I'm a low level player and you are great at showing mistakes these thoughts lead to! Subscribed)
This series is brilliant! Understanding the thought process as the game develops is something that no chess book seems to address effectively. Thanks Levy
I would recommend playing 10 minute games. It's what Naroditsky does in his learning series and it gives more time to go to scenarios and explain which moves are mistakes from the opponent.
This was so helpful! I'm 600 and it's so useful to see you play more like a lower rated player and point out the things that are reasonable for me to see and key things to know. Thank you.
I am so impressed by Levi's 'realisations' as he makes mistakes and highlights not only my thought process and gameplay - but delves into the consequences! Thanks!
00:02 Exploring key concepts in chess strategies 01:58 Focus on developing knights and bishops early game for better position. 05:39 Winning strategies in chess involve removing key pieces strategically 07:38 Demonstration of strategic chess moves 11:48 Strategic gameplay with strong tactical awareness. 13:55 Inaccuracy in opponent's position 17:36 Discussion on pawn trades and strategic moves 19:26 Managing opposite side castle dangers 22:51 Key to winning in chess: Create two queens for a quick checkmate 24:40 Avoid opening up the position against your own king. 28:18 In a closed position, make subtle improving moves before going forward strategically. 29:57 Trap the Bishop to control the board 34:01 Strategic positioning and avoiding blunders 36:07 Bringing the queen to the center changes the game dynamics. 40:00 Utilizing tactical opportunities to win games strategically 41:58 Introducing Queen's Gambit style chess strategy 46:10 Strategic moves for gaining material advantage and securing the King 48:04 Trading Rooks to reduce opponent's resistance 51:48 Importance of pawn advancement in endgames 53:39 Utilizing pawn as a decoy strategy in chess.
As a beginner chess player I can say that this has immensely helped me in my journey to becoming a better player. The move by move analyzation of not only your own pieces, but the opponents as well are SO helpful. Also the simple tips throughout about basic chess theory and idle pieces having a future role based on good board placement has broadened my perspective a lot. I definitely feel like I understand how to build a better strategy and have a more structured approach to each game. Thank you Levy!
When Levy plays 5 minutes midgame: *explains every kind of strategy and moves you can do each time, talks with viewers, does some example of other games, proceed to win the match* When i play 5 minutes midgame: *start thinking about the consequence of moving a piece after move 10, keep thinking, watch timer, 30 seconds are missing, start doing completly random moves*
Queen c7 in the first game. Levy is describing why that is a good move and stuff. Allow me to put you in the mind of that player when he made that move: "I am attacking a rook here this seems good"
51:04 - In a 200-800 game, they will RARELY trade a rook, they will take with the knight 99% of the time, the thought being that if they take with the knight, and the rook takes back, they will take the rook with their rook, and be up a rook, rather than up a knight. Took me forever to learn to force the rook trade and still be up at that level.
I just started playing a couple days ago and I’m right at 600, currently I think I’m the best in the world at turning a winning position into an accidental stalemate
I love this idea! I’ve been through the entire series from Chessbrah where they did the similar thing, I love seeing you do similar content now, I know it’s going to be useful!
Me too, although playing bad moves like pawn taking bishop when you need to take with Queen is not instructive. You need to show correct move at least.
23:15 For ELO 200-400, remember from the 2nd rank can a Pawn advance two squares. I sometimes forget that and you waste a move basically going for promotions
Honestly this was a very good way to see how lower rating vs higher rating players see the board. I genuinely enjoyed this episode and the break downs of "bad" moves, vs "good" moves, vs "strategic" moves. That was fun. 57 minutes well spent! Earned a like and a sub.
Hey! I love this idea. However, I think it might benefit from some inspiration from Chessbrah's Building Habits series. For example: make the goals of this episode and rating range extremely clear: what should we learn, what should we avoid, what should we focus on? Also, Aman makes big sweeping generalised rules, which obviously can't be applied in every single game. However, he argues that their efficacy in the majority of games will outweigh the few poor games in which the rules failed. Obviously, if you disagree with this, then that is your opinion in how chess should be taught. Having concrete rules is, especially for lower elos, a lot easier to follow rather than "you should think about this" or "try to do this" or "if you want, do this" or "good rule of thumb." In addition, these videos would benefit from text on the screen, so that we can constantly keep the lesson of the video in mind. Introducing complex ideas such as "slightly improve your rooks" or "better position" is, in my opinion, much too advanced for lower elos. Why is rook e1 better than leaving your rook on f1? What is a "better position"? How do I know when my trades are advantageous? These are extremely difficult ideas that take a lot of time to learn, understand, and internalise, and I feel like it's a bit confusing to immediately throw them into the first game without any sort of basic introduction of chess terms, ideas about pressure, structure, attack and defense. Saying this, you are the the (much much much) more experienced chess player, chess teacher, and chess content creator. There is a high likelihood that my opinion is straight up trash and no one else has a problem anything I have said. Ultimately, you know better than anyone what the best thing is for you channel, your students, and yourself. I am simply approaching this as a slightly confused fan who loves you and your content but am failing to gain concrete educational understanding from this video. Regardless, much love, and happy holidays.
I learned chess when I was very young but nothing beyond knowing how the pieces move; blindly taking any piece I see available without thinking strategically. I am now 26 and find myself watching hours and hours of your videos at a time! Your very informative and charismatic approach to teaching has me coming back for more!
My best comeback was they had taken everything except pawns a bishop and a knight while they had at least 1 of every piece and most pawns And i somehow miraculously just kept trapping and pinning and forking pieces with the knight and bishop while my pawns were defending the king and after about 6 minutes i had gotten an advantage and it was just there queen and pawns with me having 3 pawns my knight and bishop I had a threat of gaining a queen but went after their queen because from my position i found it better to protect my king and try to take their queen rather than get one of my own which I proceeded to do after a few moves and then somehow i did a bishop knight checkmate instead of just going for the queen for an easier time My rating is about 800 My heart was racing by the end because of how i just turned on my brain and skyrocketed to a 2000 rated sadly that ended after the match its almost like i was a gm in a previous life
Watching this was actually very interesting i just started really getting into chess... always just kinda messed around but now its actually super fun and challenging to get better and make better moves
Just started playing back after 17 years off. I placed 4th in the Canadian national qualifiers after winning regional than provincial championship in 2002-2003 (was 12yrs old or so). Thank you for thinking about us and our rookie mistakes. Its coming back though, went from a solid flat 600s to 1100s in a few days.
I remember one time was down to 280 rating but i started practicing chess puzzles bc one of your advices and watched the london system video and caro kann and now im up to 444 rating which is not a lot but i started growing better winning more games and now im now on a streak thank you lez
Now let’s see which series gets me passed my 500 slump . You’re fantastic video or chess brahs building habits. Honestly im glad he made this series because its. Afresh perspective and a different teaching than chess brah but both very necessary
Can't thank you enough! I work crazy shifts and can't spare time for an in person coach. The fact this is free is so kind of you. Thank you for helping me play better!
Even after just watching the first match I started playing 5 minute games and I’m now 400 elo when I was hard stuck at 200 I hope to improve even more as I have watched the other games too
Really nice series 👌, levy I like how you adjust your praise for the respective levels. Really complimentary of stuff that might seem simple to more advanced players, but for a 500 it's a better than expected move. Looking forward to the next
51:35 Noobie question here. gotham is exited from pawn move. But why sacrifice the knight and not move it? King doesn't seem in danger as he can get the pawn himself.
A lot of people underestimate people below 1000 elo but being 600 elo, my games dont have more than 3 blunders and i have brilliant moves and excellent moves in my games
3:12 yet I see many intermediate players leaving their (6 or 5) corner pawns just there, attacking with pieces and utilizing their pawn movements mostly towards the end game. That's a bit confusing to my 360 - 430 rapid ELO head.
I was rooting SO HARD for cj to win! I think that was a really nice moment and a really nice game. The real beauty of teaching is seeing someone get it. I really liked every moment when your opponents made good moves. Somehow it's just more rewarding that way sometimes.
I've recently started playing chess and I'm watching this episode for the 3rd time. Today I have finally been able to get to 800 elo. I hope that in my next comment I will be 1000 🤞 I'm so grateful for your work, Levy, chess has really helped me with my mental health. Cheers!
This is actually pretty nice. We appreciate this honest effort to teach how to get better at chess. This has more value than your sarcastic and performative videos.
Gotta say yogadad played well. If Levy analyzed that game as part of guess the elo, he would've given him at least 600-700
If you think he's good, you should search for a player named Magnus Carlsen. He's not well known, but he's pretty good
@@self-righteousideologue9398 I didn’t think many people knew the name honestly. I think yogadad might have Magnus’ level of skill
@@self-righteousideologue9398 Yogadad is better.
Yeah I feel like he did at least as well as the 400s and 500s
@@joelnord4699 you can trick 800s to scholar mate
This is basically an hour free coaching lesson. Loved every second of it
Great series! I gained 300 ELO, lost 20 lbs, and my children love me again! Thank you Levy!
And you sacrifive a ROOOOOOOOOK
And you sacrifice… YOUR BAD HABITS !
Noice
Martin dis u?
Lost 20 lb lol
YogaDad is not 200 player. His rapid is 596, but in my experience he was playing at atleast 700+ level. He saw the checkmate threats while coming up with his own ideas. Sure he didn't see the pawn forking the K and B, but come on, I have seen 900+ players blunder lot worse!
Dont know how he dropped from 900+ to 596.
200-300 games blunder pieces and queens not just pawns. You dont need to fork them to win their pieces. They just give them to you.
that dude played like a 1500+ player
Exactly my thinking, this dude is definitely not a 200.
you know my rating is at 350 on rapid and i swear to fucking god i am going against rating 800 players, cause i can sometimes beat my friend who is rated at 926 but i went on a 7 game losing streak, i even lost to a guy rated at 211 and sometimes i go against guys who in 65 moves scored a 84% accuracy rate, it feels silly b ut i find it almost easier to play against the 800 rated people than my own sub 400 people
@@DR-fc1ey if I have to believe everything you said at face value, then the lower rated players you lose against could be cheating. Open a new account where the start you off at 800 and then let us know if you end up below 500 or above 900. If you end up below 500, then you are making s$$* up here.
Exactly what I was thinking too. Just checked his profile though and he's still sub 400 in blitz.
As a very casual but frequently hyperfixated player these catch up tutorials are so nice. Sometimes I will spend a month just grinding chess and learning everything I can and then life will get in the way and I'll spend months not thinking about this game. It's amazing to catch up with levy this way and jump back into the game.
I'm just here to say this describes my relationship with chess perfectly. Here's to those of us who collect hobbies and get pretty decent at them before leaving them behind again for years :D
Yes Yogadad… straight in with the 200 elo Caro… get in can’t wait to see it.
To be fair, it's 200 blitz, not rapid.
@A Garfayan___🌹 came here to say this.
Oh wow I'm sorry that half of your replies are bots
@@Haldthin1 What's the difference?
@@lucmermans37 5 minutes each, instead of 10, I think.
The best thing on this series was Levy trying not to cringe and die on the errors of weaker players, and rather understanding them and making a "natural" move. Very good. Thank you, Gotham!
This is absolutely your best video for beginners. I, as a beginner can say that. Please continue making this. The good thing about it is that you actually try to think like a beginner! Keep up the good work
THIS IS THE BEST! specially for people who getting into chess
Opponent: Why is the enemy taking so long to move??
Meanwhile, GothamChess:..................
Im actually so early for the first time... i love u Levy! Keep up the good work😀
Nice
Looking forward to this series. Played chess for fun with my Dad as a kid, didn’t know anything except for what the pieces did and now at 52 want to get playing again and was wondering the best way to get better and develop understanding and strategy
Find a junior chess club near you and offer to help them or failing that start your own. Not only will you have to keep learning to stay one step in front of them but you will have a lot of fun in the process and will see all the sorts of mistakes that every new player makes.
watch this channel
Wow. Fabulous job! Your comments are really my thoughts sometimes because I'm a low level player and you are great at showing mistakes these thoughts lead to!
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This series is brilliant! Understanding the thought process as the game develops is something that no chess book seems to address effectively. Thanks Levy
check out building habits series if you haven't
I would recommend playing 10 minute games. It's what Naroditsky does in his learning series and it gives more time to go to scenarios and explain which moves are mistakes from the opponent.
This was so helpful! I'm 600 and it's so useful to see you play more like a lower rated player and point out the things that are reasonable for me to see and key things to know. Thank you.
I am so impressed by Levi's 'realisations' as he makes mistakes and highlights not only my thought process and gameplay - but delves into the consequences! Thanks!
00:02 Exploring key concepts in chess strategies
01:58 Focus on developing knights and bishops early game for better position.
05:39 Winning strategies in chess involve removing key pieces strategically
07:38 Demonstration of strategic chess moves
11:48 Strategic gameplay with strong tactical awareness.
13:55 Inaccuracy in opponent's position
17:36 Discussion on pawn trades and strategic moves
19:26 Managing opposite side castle dangers
22:51 Key to winning in chess: Create two queens for a quick checkmate
24:40 Avoid opening up the position against your own king.
28:18 In a closed position, make subtle improving moves before going forward strategically.
29:57 Trap the Bishop to control the board
34:01 Strategic positioning and avoiding blunders
36:07 Bringing the queen to the center changes the game dynamics.
40:00 Utilizing tactical opportunities to win games strategically
41:58 Introducing Queen's Gambit style chess strategy
46:10 Strategic moves for gaining material advantage and securing the King
48:04 Trading Rooks to reduce opponent's resistance
51:48 Importance of pawn advancement in endgames
53:39 Utilizing pawn as a decoy strategy in chess.
As a beginner chess player I can say that this has immensely helped me in my journey to becoming a better player. The move by move analyzation of not only your own pieces, but the opponents as well are SO helpful. Also the simple tips throughout about basic chess theory and idle pieces having a future role based on good board placement has broadened my perspective a lot. I definitely feel like I understand how to build a better strategy and have a more structured approach to each game. Thank you Levy!
Giving me that sweet sweet Canadian lockdown content. My chess about to go off. Thanks Gotham.
Lockdown... Again.... Hooray....
@@kaydim5921 at least in Ontario Canada, so much fun!
@@zacheddy9685 went to the gym just now... Told it wasn't happening anymore. Again!
@@zacheddy9685 Doug Ford amiright
@@TRAMNITTSU yep, ain't he a doll
When Levy plays 5 minutes midgame: *explains every kind of strategy and moves you can do each time, talks with viewers, does some example of other games, proceed to win the match*
When i play 5 minutes midgame: *start thinking about the consequence of moving a piece after move 10, keep thinking, watch timer, 30 seconds are missing, start doing completly random moves*
You have such enthusiasm teaching this game. I'll be watching the whole series. I've already got a better understanding after the first game.
Queen c7 in the first game. Levy is describing why that is a good move and stuff. Allow me to put you in the mind of that player when he made that move: "I am attacking a rook here this seems good"
Just found your videos. Thank you for thinking outloud and slow enough for the average beginner to try and digest.
Outstanding I'm a complete beginner and this so informative and the hour just flew by
51:04 - In a 200-800 game, they will RARELY trade a rook, they will take with the knight 99% of the time, the thought being that if they take with the knight, and the rook takes back, they will take the rook with their rook, and be up a rook, rather than up a knight. Took me forever to learn to force the rook trade and still be up at that level.
I just started playing a couple days ago and I’m right at 600, currently I think I’m the best in the world at turning a winning position into an accidental stalemate
I love this idea! I’ve been through the entire series from Chessbrah where they did the similar thing, I love seeing you do similar content now, I know it’s going to be useful!
Me too, although playing bad moves like pawn taking bishop when you need to take with Queen is not instructive. You need to show correct move at least.
23:15 For ELO 200-400, remember from the 2nd rank can a Pawn advance two squares.
I sometimes forget that and you waste a move basically going for promotions
Levy playing the 500: "This move is a bit too much for a 500"
Me a 500 screaming at him to take the move:
Gotham once again proving that he is not just a great entertainer but also a fantastic teacher.
6:01 , bishop take knigth,it will protect the rook and will double up opponent pawn
Honestly this was a very good way to see how lower rating vs higher rating players see the board. I genuinely enjoyed this episode and the break downs of "bad" moves, vs "good" moves, vs "strategic" moves. That was fun. 57 minutes well spent! Earned a like and a sub.
Hey! I love this idea.
However, I think it might benefit from some inspiration from Chessbrah's Building Habits series.
For example: make the goals of this episode and rating range extremely clear: what should we learn, what should we avoid, what should we focus on?
Also, Aman makes big sweeping generalised rules, which obviously can't be applied in every single game. However, he argues that their efficacy in the majority of games will outweigh the few poor games in which the rules failed. Obviously, if you disagree with this, then that is your opinion in how chess should be taught.
Having concrete rules is, especially for lower elos, a lot easier to follow rather than "you should think about this" or "try to do this" or "if you want, do this" or "good rule of thumb." In addition, these videos would benefit from text on the screen, so that we can constantly keep the lesson of the video in mind.
Introducing complex ideas such as "slightly improve your rooks" or "better position" is, in my opinion, much too advanced for lower elos. Why is rook e1 better than leaving your rook on f1? What is a "better position"? How do I know when my trades are advantageous?
These are extremely difficult ideas that take a lot of time to learn, understand, and internalise, and I feel like it's a bit confusing to immediately throw them into the first game without any sort of basic introduction of chess terms, ideas about pressure, structure, attack and defense.
Saying this, you are the the (much much much) more experienced chess player, chess teacher, and chess content creator. There is a high likelihood that my opinion is straight up trash and no one else has a problem anything I have said. Ultimately, you know better than anyone what the best thing is for you channel, your students, and yourself.
I am simply approaching this as a slightly confused fan who loves you and your content but am failing to gain concrete educational understanding from this video.
Regardless, much love, and happy holidays.
Love the way you look at the lowest level players in the same way you would think about advanced players!
18:51 If the queens are gone, rooks with knight is better than rooks with bishop at low levels. They'll blunder a fork eventually.
I learned chess when I was very young but nothing beyond knowing how the pieces move; blindly taking any piece I see available without thinking strategically.
I am now 26 and find myself watching hours and hours of your videos at a time! Your very informative and charismatic approach to teaching has me coming back for more!
My best comeback was they had taken everything except pawns a bishop and a knight while they had at least 1 of every piece and most pawns
And i somehow miraculously just kept trapping and pinning and forking pieces with the knight and bishop while my pawns were defending the king and after about 6 minutes i had gotten an advantage and it was just there queen and pawns with me having 3 pawns my knight and bishop
I had a threat of gaining a queen but went after their queen because from my position i found it better to protect my king and try to take their queen rather than get one of my own which I proceeded to do after a few moves and then somehow i did a bishop knight checkmate instead of just going for the queen for an easier time
My rating is about 800
My heart was racing by the end because of how i just turned on my brain and skyrocketed to a 2000 rated sadly that ended after the match its almost like i was a gm in a previous life
Yoo this can be the best tutorial for chess out there, hats of to you man
40:20
Watching this was actually very interesting i just started really getting into chess... always just kinda messed around but now its actually super fun and challenging to get better and make better moves
Gotham is the only 2400 who hangs mate and misses a free bishop against a 500
I am amazed at how much my awareness has increased after watching. The bonus is, my game improved without excessive effort.
Make the plan
Exute the plan
Expect the plan to go off the rails
Thow away the plan
Just started playing back after 17 years off. I placed 4th in the Canadian national qualifiers after winning regional than provincial championship in 2002-2003 (was 12yrs old or so). Thank you for thinking about us and our rookie mistakes. Its coming back though, went from a solid flat 600s to 1100s in a few days.
This was fantastic. Your best content is beginner chess stuff. Its the funniest when its Guess the Elo and very informative in a context like this.
39:50 if he places his bishop f2 you can place your king f1 and he can’t checkmate no ?
there is Bd4! (discover check by queen), Ke1 forced, Bc3# mate.
I've only started watching your videos and already my game has improved, thanks
I’m so excited!😊
I remember one time was down to 280 rating but i started practicing chess puzzles bc one of your advices and watched the london system video and caro kann and now im up to 444 rating which is not a lot but i started growing better winning more games and now im now on a streak thank you lez
LOVE the second game. i felt like i learn alot of things by just watching it.
Beautiful explanation. I don't know if I will be able to actually execute such thinking, but the way you decipher everything is phenomenal.
Great series, keep em coming!
I been flatlining at like 650 rapid and it’s scaring me
" A dad who does Yoga, which is a shocking thing " damn Levy really, as a beginner i learned alot
it's always those pieces from far away that come back to screw each other over
Now let’s see which series gets me passed my 500 slump . You’re fantastic video or chess brahs building habits. Honestly im glad he made this series because its. Afresh perspective and a different teaching than chess brah but both very necessary
"We are just going to see what kinds of mistakes folks are mating"
No pawn intended
I gained 100 elo thanks to you Levy do more stuff like this
Bro you are the best, I am binge your videos. That's so helpful and fun in the same time respect
37:42 Wouldn’t it be better to play Qd8+, and then you can take the knight with check on the next move and win tempo?
I've been watching your videos for a while and this is great stuff. Very helpful.
“We don’t do that move though cuz we are level 400 we don’t know yet….” Proceeds to get himself out of his mistakes like a level 2000.
Finally a high level player that shows how I do play. Very instructive.
Thanks!
8:41 you could also just move the rook away from the king
Can't thank you enough! I work crazy shifts and can't spare time for an in person coach. The fact this is free is so kind of you. Thank you for helping me play better!
Even after just watching the first match I started playing 5 minute games and I’m now 400 elo when I was hard stuck at 200 I hope to improve even more as I have watched the other games too
ty for this series.. Extremely beneficial for those who want to simply enjoy chess. ❤ ❤
Dark Squared Bishop to H4,
Knight to G5,
Then mate with White Bishop to H7
Levi: So let's pretend im a 200
12:55 Levi: so here's this really cool checkmate involving three pieces mating the king in the middle of them 😂😂
Absolutely love this series. Gotham you have gotten me into a game I would have never thought I would have loved to get into.
Super amazing series. Sometimes it’s so hard to see the big picture when learning about all the openings, middle game, etc. thank you!
Really nice series 👌, levy I like how you adjust your praise for the respective levels. Really complimentary of stuff that might seem simple to more advanced players, but for a 500 it's a better than expected move.
Looking forward to the next
Levy is one of my most favorite blokes in chess tutoring. If only I followed regularly I would have been 1800 or so..
Levy, you are showing so much restraint by NOT using your superpowers. Lesser mortals could NOT exhibit this restraint.
Imagine what the players would be thinking fighting Levy but then think Levy is trying to balance it out
Excellent! Thankyou!
36:01 Predictions of the video
He is gonna say, that if you take with Rxd5, then Qxd5 forks the Knight on B5, the pawn on A2 and the pawn DE.
I really love this format, i'll start looking if you have others like it. it's great!
"This check shouldn't be happening but hey I'm 200"
Me: cries in 550.
Just addictive. Learnt a lot watching it.
I actually improved watching this video. Thanks for the info. Just started playing chess about a week ago..
Gotta do another one of these
Great instruction-really helped me. Thank you.
51:35 Noobie question here. gotham is exited from pawn move. But why sacrifice the knight and not move it? King doesn't seem in danger as he can get the pawn himself.
A lot of people underestimate people below 1000 elo but being 600 elo, my games dont have more than 3 blunders and i have brilliant moves and excellent moves in my games
This was very helpful! Thank you!
I got up to get water and immediately hear “lemme drink some water”
Thanks a lot levy for clearing my basics. After watching this video I learned a lot from u
3:12 yet I see many intermediate players leaving their (6 or 5) corner pawns just there, attacking with pieces and utilizing their pawn movements mostly towards the end game. That's a bit confusing to my 360 - 430 rapid ELO head.
I was rooting SO HARD for cj to win! I think that was a really nice moment and a really nice game. The real beauty of teaching is seeing someone get it. I really liked every moment when your opponents made good moves. Somehow it's just more rewarding that way sometimes.
Thank you. As a raw beginner, this was sooooo helpful.
I've recently started playing chess and I'm watching this episode for the 3rd time. Today I have finally been able to get to 800 elo. I hope that in my next comment I will be 1000 🤞 I'm so grateful for your work, Levy, chess has really helped me with my mental health. Cheers!
Fantastic series, I'm just picking up chess again and this is helping so much! Please keep up the good work.
great game. I watch your videos every day. I don't know how you do it but they are STILL fun to watch
This is actually pretty nice. We appreciate this honest effort to teach how to get better at chess. This has more value than your sarcastic and performative videos.
Love the content, came to watch after my dad and I started playing every night, this has been so helpful 🎉❤
Very very nice series!! Awesome format and your commentary are on point ... letting me know what I need to study. Episode 1 is excellent! Cheers.
rulingshadows miss a checkmet on D3 to H7 in minutes 17:24
Never would've guessed that guy was 200 from his gameplay. Good job. 👍