Oh, You aren't even a Grand Master yet... why should I enroll for your stupid course? What guarantee do you provide that I can become better at chess just by learning from an online course?
I far prefer this format of playing against anyone in the pool. Playing against 1000-1800 was getting repetitive, and this is my favorite series you do as it allows us to see your thought process and reaction in real time rather than in post-commentary
As a 2100+ rapid rated player, this kind of video is definitely more engaging for me. I usually just skipped to the section of the 1900 and up games of the normal win at chess videos. Hearing your thought process when playing against similar strength players is much more entertaining than just crushing intermediates all the time.
Completely agree, I always cringe at the "guessing and choosing what a lesser player would play" moments. Bolder to try commentary while facing stronger opponents. Seeing Levy in the process of learning so much more valuable for me.
@@xii-e-04-chengmichaelgaret72Same, I'm usually around 1950-2000 (2021 elo was my highest), but most of his content aren't very useful for me. It was very useful when I was learning to play however.
This is actually great. I like watching Levy get worried. He respects his opponents moves so much more and you can see how giddy he is to comment on his opponent’s strategy the whole time.
Wouldn't it be good to give the "Win at chess" episodes a theme like win with d4, win with traps, win with leningrad, win against caro-kann etc. Because I feel like that would make the episodes more rewatchable. One would return to those episodes whenever one would search for something specific. I can't even count how many times I watched episodes about specific openings or traps because I realized that I forgot some things about them and needed a reminder.
The first opponent with name at the end UNAM stands for Universidad nacional autonoma de mexico, one of the best univerisities in mexico and all Latam, they are the champions at college level chess at Mexico, curious data point,
Gotham if you want to try something different, for a new concept of "How to Win at Chess," you should hide the ELO of your opponent from yourself, and then at the end of the game guess what you think their ELO is based off of how they played, tactics they used, etc. then you can explain your thought process of why you guess xyz ELO, and maybe some tips on how they can best improve. It would be a combination "How to Win at Chess" and "Guess the ELO."
This is my favorite episode! I went from 1200 to 2200 due to you, and I missed the old days when to win at chess I just had to watch a "how to win at chess" video from Gotham! Now I can start winning again 🎉
I was once paired up against your second opponent and won in an opposite colored bishop endgame. Crazy how there is a link between me and a master now.
I've seen Levy talk about analyzing each game after you play it to get better, and I really love that he shows us the exact process of playing the game and then reviewing it. I really appreciate these videos, keep it up.
Watched you for years now ( during lunch everyday ). You’ve rekindled my love for the game and I’ve now entered my first OTB chess tournament at 42 alongside with my kids! Thank you 🙏. This episode was great! I loved watching you play rapid against 2300s.
I watch almost daily & absolutely LOVED this episode! I also liked some other commenters idea of having ‘win at chess’ w/ x opening / ‘win around chess’ guess the elo version as well. Ps. Thanks for the free Levi bot availability, was generous to share for free & super helpful & fun! Was a brilliant idea to add to supplement the courses.
Rapid format is excellent for 2000+ elo. 5 min blitz for sub 2000 to allow for more games with heavy emphasis on middlegame planning/precise endgame play. Love the series. Thanks dude
This is my favorite series. I like to sit and watch one of these over the course of several days. I like both you playing subscribers and playing randos. This series helps my chess more than other, even if to you it feels repetitive, I feel like with chess I need the repetition for it to stick.
I'd say a mix would be better, like 2 vs low rated Subs and 2 vs random search pool, as the majority of people are much lower rated, seeing how you deal with lower rated opponents is easier to take in, for me at least.
Deffinetly one of the best series on youtube for chess it was awsome to see the difference from the normal episodes, ie rating and skill wise, deffinetly one of my favorite episodes, and i wouldnt mind a few more like this!
2:52 "There's a lot of people cheating. I'm not talking about my opponent, I'm talking for me personally." - Guys, call Kramnik, we've caught another one.
44:00 I put this entire sequence of moves into an engine and just watched in awe as you made the top engine moves back to back, bringing it back into an equal position and eventually winning! I truly believe you have what it takes to be a GM if you put in the work.
It disturbs me how stupid the replies are, it is very obviously possible to skip ahead to a random part of the video and make a comment like that when you see Levy take an opponent's piece.
And seeing more of what your saying with the computer you can see the connection not just with pawns only now continuation presents its self in best moves situation.yeah its fun and dicey❤😊
I love it! This is my favorite series on your channel because you do such a good job explaining your thought process. It has really helped me with my own process of coming up with ideas and calculating them
I love this. I have been wanting to see a master level player talking through their thoughts against opponents of similar skill. 10/10 will watch again :)
I don't comment often, but just wanted to say (in case you read this) thanks for the open beta on your chess bot and specifically access to some primo content. The e4 course in amazing, I went through all of the Vienna (as I play it), and some of the French and Sicilian to see new concepts and love how you present the ideas and how the little drills help nail down the accuracy to your lines. Still haven't seen a lot of it despite going hard with the chess study, and having access to the drills/bot anytime with the course would be great next time a good special is on :) Cool to see you play the French Def. Gambit in this video too after studying it!
I'm not gonna lie, this episode was top quality in every aspect. I loved every second of it. Very instructive, very entertaining, very everything. It is such a treat to be able to hear Levy's thinking in position I have trouble with : Caro Kann, Horwitz attack ( sorry I don't play the scandinavian ). Awesome opponents, awesome games ... I bow down to the greatness of this video. Matthieu, small time french chess youtuber
i just wanted say thank you for letting us use chessly courses and levi bot for 2 days for free. i took three hours to study caro kann course and thanks to prep i already showed a few 2000s what the pain is. everything seemed pretty simple for my level of understanding and i just know what to do. for now i don't see any holes in what i'm encountering compared to course, so if i had money i would definitely think about buying next one.
I really enjoyed this format. One of the benefits is that you don't have to try and "think like a 1000", but you just play the ideas you have , which you explain well. To improve, it helps to understand what higher level thinking is, and then to try and emulate it. Also, and maybe in this format something that could have a bit more time dedicated to it, is the post-game analysis phase, showing how to get the most out of it. And well done, particularly that first game. I thought you kept your cool in a very difficult looking position and to see how you found ways to fight back was very eye-opening.
30:23 Nelson Lopez just posted a video a day or two ago, where he points this out (pawns on f2, g2, and h2, knight on f3 is great defense, but if one of those pieces moves, then an attack is possible). 1:00:04 Sacrifice THE ROOOOOOOOOOK!!!
This was probably my favorite 'How to Win at Chess' episode to date....and honestly you could do it against people at your level for 10 hours and I'd watch it...
I much prefer games against lower rated players. The educational value of learning from their mistakes is higher - as it's relevant to most viewers. High level games are fine, but I don't find them as entertaining or applicable.
Started watching gotham about a year ago and picked chess back up. My elo was probably in the negatives before i found this guy, im about to crack 800 now
Happy Easter, Levy! Please keep this format up, especially with the higher level opponents. That stuff´s very educational, gives great insight into spotting more obtuse tactics and anticipating attacking ideas for your opponents
Yes! Love the jeopardy, and the humility with which you happily show your errors. Regardless, none of your videos are boring. Perhaps they are to you, but I, for one, will never get tired of your wisdom and NY banter.
I love watching you play against people your level, when playing against weaker players you don't really have to worry about dealing with making a mistake or then getting a brutal attack
I think you should continue to do lower Elo sub episodes and you can do higher Elo games as well if you're bored. I have watched every episode in this series since December this year and just crossed 1100 Elo and these are great learning tools for your viewers and I think hitting all elos of skill in this series benefits your broad range of subscribers. Keep them coming I am a big fan!
Yes earl in the game the knight over the queen in my theory is number one which they fixed in deep fritz 8 to stop my jbird which ive beaten 50 times before the fix then the bishop is a nother number one move and it does also work as s fix position, thanks gor this game❤😊
2:52 “There’s a lot of people cheating, I’m not talking about my opponent I’m talking about me, personally” I knew it was too good to be true. 😞 Gotham I have always supported you and I’m glad you’ve admitted to it but it will take some time to rebuild trust. 😞
I can't speak for the older videos since I haven't seen them yet, but the 10 minute format against similar opponents probably is responsible for more developed ideas clashing, I liked how the games in this video were quite tense and educational because of this.
That game against Munger_Avenue was amazing! I think this series is great and agree with others that it’s interesting to see your thoughts in a longer time format against players your range. Interesting to see what it’s like for you to try and figure out what your opponent at your level is up to rather than just easily beating us lower level elos!
I really enjoy watching you play strong rapid games. We see you play blitz pretty much exclusively, but I feel rapids have more depth while keeping a good pace. So yes, I really like this concept of you playing random stronger player.
Let me know if you like me playing in the 10-minute pool. Also, only for today, 25% off all courses: www.chessly.com/courses
Woaahhhh u have courses????
Ill definitely buy it
levy gm when? 😂
From when are you a World Chess Champion?
Oh, You aren't even a Grand Master yet... why should I enroll for your stupid course? What guarantee do you provide that I can become better at chess just by learning from an online course?
Great job levy🎉!
I far prefer this format of playing against anyone in the pool. Playing against 1000-1800 was getting repetitive, and this is my favorite series you do as it allows us to see your thought process and reaction in real time rather than in post-commentary
As a 2100+ rapid rated player, this kind of video is definitely more engaging for me. I usually just skipped to the section of the 1900 and up games of the normal win at chess videos. Hearing your thought process when playing against similar strength players is much more entertaining than just crushing intermediates all the time.
Completely agree, I always cringe at the "guessing and choosing what a lesser player would play" moments. Bolder to try commentary while facing stronger opponents. Seeing Levy in the process of learning so much more valuable for me.
Is that you Levi?
yeah...
@@xii-e-04-chengmichaelgaret72Same, I'm usually around 1950-2000 (2021 elo was my highest), but most of his content aren't very useful for me. It was very useful when I was learning to play however.
1) you don't need to make it entertaining, its entertaining as it is and 2) it's really ok if it's longer than an hour
Yeah for me the whole draw is literally just the games themselves + the sleep aid bonus
based true
Agreed!
I never really enjoyed levy covering other people's games as much he covering and playing his own
Yeah I need about 30-40 steps. Idk maybe stockfish can help me with that
My entire chess learning process consists of watching "Guess the Elo" and "How to Win at Chess" and I could not be happier with my progress
Check out Daniel naroditsky speedruns
@@KianOntong13*slowruns
ur elo tho?
You gotta start watching the “How to Lose at Chess”, you’re Elo should skyrocket after learning what not to do
@@vPegasusthat's the best videos
17:15 it’s reassuring to see that even at Gotham’s level, the top 0.1%, you’re still not beyond making 1 move queen blunders in rapid.
This is actually great. I like watching Levy get worried. He respects his opponents moves so much more and you can see how giddy he is to comment on his opponent’s strategy the whole time.
Wouldn't it be good to give the "Win at chess" episodes a theme like win with d4, win with traps, win with leningrad, win against caro-kann etc. Because I feel like that would make the episodes more rewatchable. One would return to those episodes whenever one would search for something specific. I can't even count how many times I watched episodes about specific openings or traps because I realized that I forgot some things about them and needed a reminder.
That would be pretty dope tbh
Banger
Doesn’t Danya do things like this?
what's that got to do with anything- @@kyleweir689
I disagree, it’s better to mix up the openings so that it helps you get used to more positions
The first opponent with name at the end UNAM stands for Universidad nacional autonoma de mexico, one of the best univerisities in mexico and all Latam, they are the champions at college level chess at Mexico, curious data point,
I only know UNAM because of their football team 😂 ⚽
Le dió su respeto bien merecido al chavo de la UNAM 😊
I definitely enjoyed the higher level chess in this series. I would love to see more of this
"The knight can't really moooo~ moo?" 48:14
-GothamChess 2024
knights tend to get "neigh"
thats why it cant moo:)
Knights only mooo in the cow opening 😅
Gotham if you want to try something different, for a new concept of "How to Win at Chess," you should hide the ELO of your opponent from yourself, and then at the end of the game guess what you think their ELO is based off of how they played, tactics they used, etc. then you can explain your thought process of why you guess xyz ELO, and maybe some tips on how they can best improve. It would be a combination "How to Win at Chess" and "Guess the ELO."
This is brilliant
the smartest thing ever said by the usa
Nice
How to Guess the ELO
This comment should be way further up
This is my favorite episode! I went from 1200 to 2200 due to you, and I missed the old days when to win at chess I just had to watch a "how to win at chess" video from Gotham! Now I can start winning again 🎉
How long it took you?
@@hsksjdisis hes talking bullshttt
how long did it take to get there? and how old are you? I'm 32 and started playing chess again after many, many years. Currently 900 blitz lol
@@Curcubitowhy would he be lying lmao
Damn that's impressive if true
I was once paired up against your second opponent and won in an opposite colored bishop endgame. Crazy how there is a link between me and a master now.
I've seen Levy talk about analyzing each game after you play it to get better, and I really love that he shows us the exact process of playing the game and then reviewing it. I really appreciate these videos, keep it up.
Zero likes in 9 seconds Gotham fell off 😔
someone said the same thing in his last video
seeing this comment hop around 69 likes is pretty funny
Except they don't show realtime, so your comment makes no sense, even if not serious.
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Ur internet is just bad
Watched you for years now ( during lunch everyday ). You’ve rekindled my love for the game and I’ve now entered my first OTB chess tournament at 42 alongside with my kids! Thank you 🙏.
This episode was great! I loved watching you play rapid against 2300s.
I watch almost daily & absolutely LOVED this episode!
I also liked some other commenters idea of having ‘win at chess’ w/ x opening / ‘win around chess’ guess the elo version as well.
Ps. Thanks for the free Levi bot availability, was generous to share for free & super helpful & fun! Was a brilliant idea to add to supplement the courses.
For future reference, the title is "ONLY FOR TODAY!!!!!!!"
First day gang?
First 5 minutes gang
now (1 hour later), its ´´THIS IS NEW. DO YOU LIKE IT?´´
@@tomixot4172 yeah idk why he changed it it was peak
"Beating a Chess Master, step by step" - is the title now
Rapid format is excellent for 2000+ elo. 5 min blitz for sub 2000 to allow for more games with heavy emphasis on middlegame planning/precise endgame play. Love the series. Thanks dude
Quality over quantity even for low Eli
"it could be a cheater"
that'd be the fun part tbh 😭
0:27 what a brilliant way to advertise for the clash of claims event lmao
This is my favorite series. I like to sit and watch one of these over the course of several days. I like both you playing subscribers and playing randos. This series helps my chess more than other, even if to you it feels repetitive, I feel like with chess I need the repetition for it to stick.
I'd say a mix would be better, like 2 vs low rated Subs and 2 vs random search pool, as the majority of people are much lower rated, seeing how you deal with lower rated opponents is easier to take in, for me at least.
Deffinetly one of the best series on youtube for chess it was awsome to see the difference from the normal episodes, ie rating and skill wise, deffinetly one of my favorite episodes, and i wouldnt mind a few more like this!
You should play with their rating covered so you don’t know what to expect then guess their rating
Can title it mystery elo chess
That is a novel idea! Would be good content for him too
YES
☝
No
Love the long format and rapid format, mate. Thanks 🤘🏻
Gotham, it’s me Mac. The one with the Rubik’s Cube at the chess kid festival. I love your content, and keep up the good work
He didn't see your comment
2:52 "There's a lot of people cheating. I'm not talking about my opponent, I'm talking for me personally." - Guys, call Kramnik, we've caught another one.
Who names their child gothamchess😂😂
Couldn´t agree more (sarcasm btw)
😂😂
Smh my head
Who names their child user?
ur mom🤓@@SouICoffin
That first game playing defense was amazing. I face players that love to do these sort of sacrifices all the time. Sometimes it works. Good job.
Levy almost hanging his queen is the most relatable part of the episode
Levy never fails to not watch his own videos
17:15 for if you ever feel bad about hanging a piece
Levy never fails to win at chess
Except at GM norm tournaments
real
I really like gotham actually getting challenged in rapid. Its still very insightful, but also pretty exciting
Thanks for all you do for the community Levy!
I’m so glad this is now a weekly series! Can’t get enough 👏🏼
Its not going to be *only today* ..
Only for today is the title of this video.
@@filipcifersky3724weldone your very intelligent
44:00 I put this entire sequence of moves into an engine and just watched in awe as you made the top engine moves back to back, bringing it back into an equal position and eventually winning! I truly believe you have what it takes to be a GM if you put in the work.
26:50 Levy never fails to take
How did you even get to 26:50 the vid is approximately 2 minutes ago
how did u watch it to 26 mins within 2 minutes of the video being published
Vid: is 3 minutes online
@maxdercoole227: already 30 minutes in the video
😂@@larsborghuis1726
It disturbs me how stupid the replies are, it is very obviously possible to skip ahead to a random part of the video and make a comment like that when you see Levy take an opponent's piece.
Really curious why the final black move of the last game was given a "good move" rating when it looks like a classic blunder...
Stockfish doesn’t seem to call moves bad if a player was already losing 🤷♂️
And seeing more of what your saying with the computer you can see the connection not just with pawns only now continuation presents its self in best moves situation.yeah its fun and dicey❤😊
You finally stopped farming magnus.
Levy, please make some videos about chess history
I love it! This is my favorite series on your channel because you do such a good job explaining your thought process. It has really helped me with my own process of coming up with ideas and calculating them
Levy never fails to upload
Its his job 🤦
The first game was incredibly instructive, the pressure was insane but that's the type of game where we can learn a lot!! Thanks for this 🙏
I legit started shouting at 17:27 , when he said he is gonna move his queen to f7💀
Levy plays against random players to show he hates his subscribers. What a shame!
His subs never show up to games!!
I love this. I have been wanting to see a master level player talking through their thoughts against opponents of similar skill. 10/10 will watch again :)
Hi
I don't comment often, but just wanted to say (in case you read this) thanks for the open beta on your chess bot and specifically access to some primo content. The e4 course in amazing, I went through all of the Vienna (as I play it), and some of the French and Sicilian to see new concepts and love how you present the ideas and how the little drills help nail down the accuracy to your lines. Still haven't seen a lot of it despite going hard with the chess study, and having access to the drills/bot anytime with the course would be great next time a good special is on :)
Cool to see you play the French Def. Gambit in this video too after studying it!
If only you spent as much effort at studying chess like you do at clickbaiting you'd be GM
Levy never fails to come back from a losing position.
"Congrats to everyone Who is early and who found this comment.. 🐼🐧...,,,
♟️🎵cheess aaa gaaameee
Loved this!!
Both concepts of playing lower rated (around my level) and top tier games and getting a picture of key concepts at a high level
First
Imagine no being first 😂
😂😂😂😂
Moha ha ha ha ha
Hihihihi
Hahaahahahaahah
I'm not gonna lie, this episode was top quality in every aspect. I loved every second of it. Very instructive, very entertaining, very everything.
It is such a treat to be able to hear Levy's thinking in position I have trouble with : Caro Kann, Horwitz attack ( sorry I don't play the scandinavian ).
Awesome opponents, awesome games ... I bow down to the greatness of this video.
Matthieu, small time french chess youtuber
I love this format. I wish I could see all the combinations that you see live during your games. So far, I can only think 2 moves in advance
Those new win at chess videos are slowly getting me back to chess. Really liked the series, just chill watching and snacking
i just wanted say thank you for letting us use chessly courses and levi bot for 2 days for free. i took three hours to study caro kann course and thanks to prep i already showed a few 2000s what the pain is. everything seemed pretty simple for my level of understanding and i just know what to do. for now i don't see any holes in what i'm encountering compared to course, so if i had money i would definitely think about buying next one.
Gotham gotta do a speedrun series from 0-2000
loved it!! you can do more of these, but don't neglect doing the ladder ones. This series is the very best thing you do.
I really enjoyed this format. One of the benefits is that you don't have to try and "think like a 1000", but you just play the ideas you have , which you explain well. To improve, it helps to understand what higher level thinking is, and then to try and emulate it. Also, and maybe in this format something that could have a bit more time dedicated to it, is the post-game analysis phase, showing how to get the most out of it. And well done, particularly that first game. I thought you kept your cool in a very difficult looking position and to see how you found ways to fight back was very eye-opening.
30:23 Nelson Lopez just posted a video a day or two ago, where he points this out (pawns on f2, g2, and h2, knight on f3 is great defense, but if one of those pieces moves, then an attack is possible).
1:00:04 Sacrifice THE ROOOOOOOOOOK!!!
This was probably my favorite 'How to Win at Chess' episode to date....and honestly you could do it against people at your level for 10 hours and I'd watch it...
More of this Levi pls this is so instructive
I much prefer games against lower rated players. The educational value of learning from their mistakes is higher - as it's relevant to most viewers. High level games are fine, but I don't find them as entertaining or applicable.
Started watching gotham about a year ago and picked chess back up. My elo was probably in the negatives before i found this guy, im about to crack 800 now
Happy Easter, Levy! Please keep this format up, especially with the higher level opponents. That stuff´s very educational, gives great insight into spotting more obtuse tactics and anticipating attacking ideas for your opponents
Yes! Love the jeopardy, and the humility with which you happily show your errors. Regardless, none of your videos are boring. Perhaps they are to you, but I, for one, will never get tired of your wisdom and NY banter.
Something good or bad happens:
"Wow, that was instructive."
I love chess. You learn from both good and bad moves.
This series is not getting boring at all Levy!! I freaking love it
I love watching you play against people your level, when playing against weaker players you don't really have to worry about dealing with making a mistake or then getting a brutal attack
Finally finished this episode. I mostly watch one game a day. Really like the concept.
Please play more random games at this level in the future, thank you. Very entertaining to watch
this video is excellent, your best one for a while - also could genuinely see your excitement for the game
I like this concept more than playing against subscribers with all respect
I really love the 1hour+ episodes and choosing players randomly is fine too. Whatever floats your boat
I dig the format - fun to have the randomness and the skills needed to adapt to whatever situation
27:55 I didn't see that idea, only saw the fork
I like the series “how to win at chess” and don’t see it boring. I enjoy hearing the thought process.
Yes! Make more of these videos with this format! Also, I wish it was longer so don't be scared to make the video even longer
I think you should continue to do lower Elo sub episodes and you can do higher Elo games as well if you're bored. I have watched every episode in this series since December this year and just crossed 1100 Elo and these are great learning tools for your viewers and I think hitting all elos of skill in this series benefits your broad range of subscribers.
Keep them coming I am a big fan!
more of this format please, really like it!
I started playing 5 minute games a ton and it made me a beast when I switched back to 10 min rapid
And by beast I mean barely being 1300 rated and still blundering checkmate every other game
I usually joy play rapid but started playing blitz recently, it’s made playing longer games feel boring lol
Levy saying "I didn't do anything special" yet being the one to develop punishing openings is so humble😂
that first game was extremely instructive.
Yes earl in the game the knight over the queen in my theory is number one which they fixed in deep fritz 8 to stop my jbird which ive beaten 50 times before the fix then the bishop is a nother number one move and it does also work as s fix position, thanks gor this game❤😊
I found this episode extremely informative, more content like this please
Absolutely awesome. Yes, very instructive to see these higher level games. Or maybe a speedrun, where the level goes up gradually.
Ain’t no way Levy changed the title 3 minutes after the release
2:52 “There’s a lot of people cheating, I’m not talking about my opponent I’m talking about me, personally”
I knew it was too good to be true. 😞 Gotham I have always supported you and I’m glad you’ve admitted to it but it will take some time to rebuild trust. 😞
I can't speak for the older videos since I haven't seen them yet, but the 10 minute format against similar opponents probably is responsible for more developed ideas clashing, I liked how the games in this video were quite tense and educational because of this.
That game against Munger_Avenue was amazing! I think this series is great and agree with others that it’s interesting to see your thoughts in a longer time format against players your range. Interesting to see what it’s like for you to try and figure out what your opponent at your level is up to rather than just easily beating us lower level elos!
That first game reminds me a lot of Caro Kann attacks, despite being a Scandi.
This is probably the best chess commentary. Love the live reads against real opponents
I really enjoy watching you play strong rapid games. We see you play blitz pretty much exclusively, but I feel rapids have more depth while keeping a good pace. So yes, I really like this concept of you playing random stronger player.
Love seeing you play high rated players! So intense and makes the brain think! Best episode yet, thank you☺️
yes i want more vids like this