The content this channel produces is interesting, consistent, accurate and more. I feel like no other chess youtube channel can surpass this one. We can clearly see that levy is doing what he truly love.
One of the cooler parts of the chess scene in the film is the bishops are symbols for watson and watson’s wife, who in sherlock’s mind, absolutely must not die. And by sacrificing almost every other piece on the board, are preserved
Personally, I believe that the bishops are actually meant to represent watson and simza due to sherlock's line, "we each have two bishops" shortly before the cut back to the party room
This scene actually has a hidden meaning. The queen was supposed to be Irene Adler, who Moriarty thought was his biggest threat, the two bishops were John Watson and Mary Watson, who Moriarty underestimated, and the rook is Lestrade, another one that Moriarty underestimated. At the end of the day, it's the ones he had underestimated that caused his defeat
@@jackassXDification sherlock was playing black, but played white's moves, they just flipped the colors, everything else was the same, so sherlock did make the queen sac and won the game like that
It's also worth noting that taking the queen was the big mistake that lost Petrosian the game and in the movie, Moriarty killing Irene is really what seals his fate. After that reveal Sherlock is clearly enraged and will settle for nothing less than the complete destruction of Moriarty and everything he stands for. Such an incredibly well written movie, super underrated.
I thought the queen was supposed to be the brother who was disguised as an ambassador, since his death coincided with the queen sacrifice. The brother was their "most important piece" because he was the evidence of Moriarty trying to start a war and he know a lot about his operation.
I really love it when movies remember to use the old notation. It is one of those little things that creates the right atmosphere and raises the credebility of the film.
@@Carl-Gauss So first of all, checker is played on an 8x8 board containing 64 squares. It doesn’t matter that all the pieces can only ever move or half of them. When Gotham says all things 64 squares, he’s referring to the board. Not the mobility of the pieces. Secondly, it’s a clear joke. Are you just completely unaware of the fact that it’s a joke? If you’re not then why in the world are you trying to over analyze it? Are you unaware of the fact that attempting to over analyze jokes ruins them? If you’re not then all you’ve done is intentionally go out of your way to ruin a joke. The only thing you’ve done by writing that comment is attempt to make my joke less enjoyable by everyone else who reads it in the future.
I love how Levi explains most of the very basics in this video because he knows it will attract a group of people who are not yet into chess and he gives them the oppotunity to find the beauty and join the party
“Actually just you” “That was mean” My 950 ass sitting here crying because I expected an apology then realized that this whole channel is an IM proving to me how bad I am😂
To clarify for people who may be curious: This is not the petrosian who cheated a couple moths ago. He was a much stronger player in the time of fisher and had the unfortunate fate of someone bringing shame to his name.
Tigran Petrosian who played this game was world champion before boris spassky . Considered to be one of the greatest defensive players of all time . Also nicknamed "Iron Tigran" . The pipi guy is Tigran L. Petrosyan .
After weeks thinking about this chess scene, i finally found out why in the film they managed to play the entire sicilian variation played by Tigran Petrosian and Bent Larsen but the color swapped and somehow the tempo still matched up. The reason is Sherlock, in the film, never played c4 (1:49). That makes even tho in the film white is doing the sicilian defence, the tempo still matched up because black didnt play 1 move that Levy mentioned
This is what I was so confused about. just inverting the colors wouldn't work, since black should be one move ahead and this whole analysis is swapped. MY brain was hurting goddammit. TY man!
There is a chess game in the TV show "The Mentalist" (aired from 2008 - 2015) where the investigation consultant Patrick Jane plays a game with the villan by telling out the moves. If you can analyse that also it would be great!!
If you meant the one in 2x21 there aren't enough moves to know what's going on. Patrick says Bxe7 when there's a knight on f6... so either they didn't say some moves or bullshitted the viewers Edit: I looked it up, it's one of Fischer's games from 1972. But yeah, they skipped out on a lot of moves
I love how in the variation of that particular game they played, the "villain" side of the board had almost a wild, sweeping outburst with the queen for a couple of moves while the "protagonist" side of the board was much smaller, yet more meticulous in its movements.
I love that Levy repeats what each term is EVERY time religiously so that every viewer will know. That is absolutely beautiful and i love you Levy thank you for all your time
And I guess the most poetic/symbolic piece of fiction from this game was the fact that Sherlock and Moriarty were SO close and trying to one up each other that....moriarty was ACTUALLY just ONE move away from checkmate (not that Sherlock would get back rank mated but still) I think that's beautiful...and shows how calculated and insanely strong they are (obviously in movie)
Levy, I hope you never lose your enthusiasm for this beautiful game. Not only will this type of analysis be instructive for those new to chess, but it gives a sense of the type of passion that arises when you are at the board struggling against a worthy adversary.
This is an incredibly creative deep dive into a moment that would often be overlooked. Instead, it exposes a beautiful interaction suited to the characters playing. Love it.
wait, I LITERALY looked up sherlock holmes games of shadows chess board visualizations last night and this is uploaded today... please don't look into my browsing history like that again
I did read a while ago that the color flip on the movie happened because on Sherlock books and movies, he is obviously an investigator, solving the crimes or villain's plots, so Moriarty has the first move. Then Sherlock can actually acts, always one step back trying to catch him.
@@Akashhhhhhh-_-_- In the real game, the person whose position Sherlock's is modeled on went first. In the movie Moriarty went first, and what little we see of the opening is not the same as in the real chess game. But the movie brings the game to that same position despite the color swap right at the point where we start seeing every single move played.
I'd also like to point out that this in-movie variation of the game fits beautifully with the situation. Sherlock sacrifices his most powerful piece in what Moriarty interprets as a blunder, just like how Sherlock ready to sacrifice his most powerful 'piece' in the movie to win the long game.
Not just the long game, but he was willing to sacrifice all of his pieces if it meant protecting his bishops. The film's commentary states that during the game, the two bishops represented Watson and Mary, two people he could absolutely not have in danger. But they were also the two that did the most damage to Moriarty, who in turn underestimated them. The rook, representing Mycroft Holmes was also underestimated. And the Queen, the Queen was Sherlock. Lo and behold, he throws himself off of the balcony and takes Moriarty with him, sacrificing himself for the long game of defeating Moriarty and bringing his expansive criminal empire to rubble. I f*cking watched this movie religiously in high school.
This is why Levy is a class act: when he says “if you are new to the channel...” he follows up with “... welcome, it’s so great to meet you!” rather than the tiresome plea of “... make sure you click on the like and subscribe buttons below”.
This game I absolutely love because both players end the game in their heads. Yes, it does happen in real life but it's just so cool to watch the RDJ Sherlock do his thing.
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1929 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Flink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1931/1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Dinsdale Landen - 1974, 1987 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 John Gilbert - 2000 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on TH-cam) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.
Got sent here by TH-cam algorithm after an Agadmator video, surprised to find this was uploaded yesterday since its such an old movie. Great video and breakdown!
I like that the writers had to do this much detail into the game being played in the movie, because they knew that a bunch of nerds were going to get together to overanalyze the scene. It reminds me of the liar's dice scene from Dead Man's Chest.
I love this game so much it was the game that got me into chess. When I was 8 I saw the movie and the only thing that got my eyes was the seen when Sherlock and Moriarty stopped playing chess on the board and started calling the moves from their minds. Man I wish I could see it again for the first time!
Hey Levy! I was hoping you could someday make a video on typical sacrifices and explain when do they work (greek gift, bishop on h6). It would be cool to watch you explain some combinations. Cheers from Uruguay
Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all! I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off...
One thing to notice more than just symbolism of Irene, Watsons, and Lestrade is the attack begins with pawns attack. Implying that Sherlock was actually did his own research when he was in disguise as pawns.
If you think about it, it makes sense that Moriarty played white. He was one step ahead of Sherlock the entire time, much like how white always plays first, until Sherlock eventually got ahead of and bested him.
These are some of the best players in the world, so they won't be losing pieces like you and me. Actually, just you. No man is more hated than he who speaks the truth -Plato
The content this channel produces is interesting, consistent, accurate and more.
I feel like no other chess youtube channel can surpass this one.
We can clearly see that levy is doing what he truly love.
Thanks Albert ❤️
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@Christopher Mikrowelle 80 is a very low number plus160aint really that insane of a number
Loves*
@@andringoaskabar1968 mate are you a super computer or something?
One of the cooler parts of the chess scene in the film is the bishops are symbols for watson and watson’s wife, who in sherlock’s mind, absolutely must not die. And by sacrificing almost every other piece on the board, are preserved
Oh wow, and so the queen as his lover that actually die?
Similar to the game in Harry Potter where Ron had to keep Harry and Hermione safe.
@@Engiction i thought that this was the part where he sacrificed himself
This movie just got a lot cooler. I guess I gotta rewatch it.
Personally, I believe that the bishops are actually meant to represent watson and simza due to sherlock's line, "we each have two bishops" shortly before the cut back to the party room
"not gonna lose all their pieces like you and me. ... Actually just you"
You're not wrong, and how dare you
gotham has found his hater comment to pin
@@uwerlmi6120 you might want to reread that
The audacity of being correct
@@Neltharak I thought it said you're wrong
Arudin wasn't rude or hating. I enjoyed the comment.
Sherlock really went "Oh no my Queen"
"I forgot how to play chess"
"centralize the knight, oh no my queen!"
oh no my queen! anyways
Sherlock Rosen: A Game Of Chess. What a great movie.
Call an ambulance. But not for me 🔫😎
"They are not going to lose their pieces like you and me"
"Actually only you"
Hikaru watching this video:
Hikaru: 👁️👄👁️
@@jkalberto7300 more like
Hikaru: 🙄?
Just thought of that cmt.... Parallel thoughts exist🤗
and?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This scene actually has a hidden meaning. The queen was supposed to be Irene Adler, who Moriarty thought was his biggest threat, the two bishops were John Watson and Mary Watson, who Moriarty underestimated, and the rook is Lestrade, another one that Moriarty underestimated.
At the end of the day, it's the ones he had underestimated that caused his defeat
Yes except Sherlock was playing black, not white
@@jackassXDification sherlock was playing black, but played white's moves, they just flipped the colors, everything else was the same, so sherlock did make the queen sac and won the game like that
It's also worth noting that taking the queen was the big mistake that lost Petrosian the game and in the movie, Moriarty killing Irene is really what seals his fate. After that reveal Sherlock is clearly enraged and will settle for nothing less than the complete destruction of Moriarty and everything he stands for. Such an incredibly well written movie, super underrated.
I thought the queen was supposed to be the brother who was disguised as an ambassador, since his death coincided with the queen sacrifice. The brother was their "most important piece" because he was the evidence of Moriarty trying to start a war and he know a lot about his operation.
And the reason they flipped it is because Moriarty is the one who started all of this and Sherlock is the one trying to stop it.
"Actually just you"
Never have I ever been offended by something so true-
"all things 64 squares" but no checkers gameplay. clickbait
oh noo i hate checkers (i guess it's because i thought it would be similar to chess but it's soo different)
@@jazzcellist How can they be different? They're both board games on grids
My checkers Elo is 5009
@@thebus3181 checkers super duper GM
FUCK CHECKERS
Sherlock: "Oh no. My Queen!"
Anyway
Big blunder 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It would have been so funny if It did hapoen in the movie 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
„My beautiful queen“
Sherlock rosen
Moriarity: DAAA
"Actually just you"
truer words have never been spoken
4:15 Levy trying to be relatable but then realizing he's a IM
*Actual quote from the movie* Sherlock: “Oh no my beautiful Queen!”
checkmate >:)
dahhh!
I really love it when movies remember to use the old notation. It is one of those little things that creates the right atmosphere and raises the credebility of the film.
“All things 64 squares”
I’m expecting a how to win at checkers series very soon
Checkers is 32 though.
@@Carl-Gauss nope checkers is 64 squares look it up
@@basesixty6739 But you never use half of them.
@@Carl-Gauss true
@@Carl-Gauss So first of all, checker is played on an 8x8 board containing 64 squares. It doesn’t matter that all the pieces can only ever move or half of them. When Gotham says all things 64 squares, he’s referring to the board. Not the mobility of the pieces.
Secondly, it’s a clear joke. Are you just completely unaware of the fact that it’s a joke? If you’re not then why in the world are you trying to over analyze it? Are you unaware of the fact that attempting to over analyze jokes ruins them? If you’re not then all you’ve done is intentionally go out of your way to ruin a joke.
The only thing you’ve done by writing that comment is attempt to make my joke less enjoyable by everyone else who reads it in the future.
I love how Levi explains most of the very basics in this video because he knows it will attract a group of people who are not yet into chess and he gives them the oppotunity to find the beauty and join the party
“Actually just you”
“That was mean”
My 950 ass sitting here crying because I expected an apology then realized that this whole channel is an IM proving to me how bad I am😂
Well I am ~1400 and it still happens to me and it's frustrating,it's all about concentration
you expected levy to be nice?
Bro, I'm 560. I'm crying rn.
@@alestell2134 not at all, I don’t know what I expected lol
You need to think of success as learning, not just ability lol 😉
Normal people : Calculate .
Sherlock : already finishes the game in his mind.
Discombobulate
🧠
Sherlock Holmes was such an amazing cinematic performance. Everyone with access to technology needs to see it.
I mean... If they are reading this.... They have access to technology.....
@@jns0808 he didn't understand that “When you have eliminated the improbable, whatever remains, however probable, must be obvious”.
@@yzfool6639 correct me if im wrong
“ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
@@yzfool6639 wrong
To clarify for people who may be curious: This is not the petrosian who cheated a couple moths ago. He was a much stronger player in the time of fisher and had the unfortunate fate of someone bringing shame to his name.
pipi pampers
He was also called Iron Tigran
Wait he's still around and cheating??
Tigran Petrosian who played this game was world champion before boris spassky . Considered to be one of the greatest defensive players of all time . Also nicknamed "Iron Tigran" . The pipi guy is Tigran L. Petrosyan .
@@nicholasbrassard3512 You can only cheat the reaper for so long, then its curtains.
I don't think I've seen any better action + brains in any movie other than Sherlock Holmes : Game of shadows.
Gnomeo and Juliet was good
After weeks thinking about this chess scene, i finally found out why in the film they managed to play the entire sicilian variation played by Tigran Petrosian and Bent Larsen but the color swapped and somehow the tempo still matched up. The reason is Sherlock, in the film, never played c4 (1:49). That makes even tho in the film white is doing the sicilian defence, the tempo still matched up because black didnt play 1 move that Levy mentioned
This is what I was so confused about. just inverting the colors wouldn't work, since black should be one move ahead and this whole analysis is swapped. MY brain was hurting goddammit.
TY man!
There is a chess game in the TV show "The Mentalist" (aired from 2008 - 2015) where the investigation consultant Patrick Jane plays a game with the villan by telling out the moves. If you can analyse that also it would be great!!
If you meant the one in 2x21 there aren't enough moves to know what's going on. Patrick says Bxe7 when there's a knight on f6... so either they didn't say some moves or bullshitted the viewers
Edit: I looked it up, it's one of Fischer's games from 1972. But yeah, they skipped out on a lot of moves
"They're not gonna lose all their pieces like you and me"
"Actually just you"
Hikaru that's probably gonna watch this video: 😔
I mean, we all know hikaru is still gonna beat us with queen odds
@@YuumiGamer1243 I highly doubt he would
@@beri4138 He easily could, blindfolded even
Brad?!
"They are not going to lose all their pieces like you and me"
*thinks*
"actually only you"
"that was mean"
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@NT he is IM and good enough to become GM of he tries. He is above losing pieces like you and I.
But true
thanks for the commentary smh
And that's why we all love levy 😂😂
“Their not gonna lose all their pieces like you and me, well, just you.”
*sad 1300 elo noises*
Even sadder 670 elo noises
@@smbsuperfan271 u guys have more than 2 digits???????????
when your self deprecative moment is still a flex on us sub 1000 plebeians
@@Koretached u have more than one????
@@lastcomment4532 you guys are getting above zero?
I love how in the variation of that particular game they played, the "villain" side of the board had almost a wild, sweeping outburst with the queen for a couple of moves while the "protagonist" side of the board was much smaller, yet more meticulous in its movements.
I love that Levy repeats what each term is EVERY time religiously so that every viewer will know. That is absolutely beautiful and i love you Levy thank you for all your time
And I guess the most poetic/symbolic piece of fiction from this game was the fact that Sherlock and Moriarty were SO close and trying to one up each other that....moriarty was ACTUALLY just ONE move away from checkmate (not that Sherlock would get back rank mated but still) I think that's beautiful...and shows how calculated and insanely strong they are (obviously in movie)
Levy, I hope you never lose your enthusiasm for this beautiful game. Not only will this type of analysis be instructive for those new to chess, but it gives a sense of the type of passion that arises when you are at the board struggling against a worthy adversary.
"Actually just you" - 4:20
It hurts, but at least the timing was nice
4:18 “actually just you” lmao I think we all felt personally attacked
"the queen is not threatening anybody by herself"
Can confirm - won 4 games in the last 24 hours where opponent tried to cheese a scholar's mate.
That's queen, a Bishop and a pawn lol
This is an incredibly creative deep dive into a moment that would often be overlooked. Instead, it exposes a beautiful interaction suited to the characters playing. Love it.
wait, I LITERALY looked up sherlock holmes games of shadows chess board visualizations last night and this is uploaded today...
please don't look into my browsing history like that again
Be thankful he chose the chess and not your OTHER search history to do a video on.
Tomorrow: two knights pin a queen.
I did read a while ago that the color flip on the movie happened because on Sherlock books and movies, he is obviously an investigator, solving the crimes or villain's plots, so Moriarty has the first move. Then Sherlock can actually acts, always one step back trying to catch him.
but here sherlock starts first, which is not what happpened right moriarty started first…is gotham wrong?
@@Akashhhhhhh-_-_- In the real game, the person whose position Sherlock's is modeled on went first. In the movie Moriarty went first, and what little we see of the opening is not the same as in the real chess game. But the movie brings the game to that same position despite the color swap right at the point where we start seeing every single move played.
4:14 Damn Levy, don't call us out like that xD
"actually just you"
okay levy i see you
lol
th-cam.com/video/UlONYk5Qs1k/w-d-xo.html
@@alex2005z wow! snowflake..
Show me on a doll where he hurt you.. lol
Levy: That's how chess is won and lost, you have to attack the king
Me: I've been doing it all wrong hoping my opponents would just resign
Welcome to GothamChess recaps.
"They're not just gonna lose their pieces like you and me"
*nods in acknowledgment*
"Actually just you"
*feelsbadman*
"that was mean"
doesn't apologize
"That was mean"
Yet accurate.
"I cover all things 64 squares"
Like checkers! Big fan of checkers, aren't we Gotham?
tbh checkers really is only about 32 squares
Othello plays 64 squares
The only way Levy gonna cover checkers is with a cloth
I'd also like to point out that this in-movie variation of the game fits beautifully with the situation. Sherlock sacrifices his most powerful piece in what Moriarty interprets as a blunder, just like how Sherlock ready to sacrifice his most powerful 'piece' in the movie to win the long game.
Not just the long game, but he was willing to sacrifice all of his pieces if it meant protecting his bishops. The film's commentary states that during the game, the two bishops represented Watson and Mary, two people he could absolutely not have in danger. But they were also the two that did the most damage to Moriarty, who in turn underestimated them. The rook, representing Mycroft Holmes was also underestimated. And the Queen, the Queen was Sherlock. Lo and behold, he throws himself off of the balcony and takes Moriarty with him, sacrificing himself for the long game of defeating Moriarty and bringing his expansive criminal empire to rubble.
I f*cking watched this movie religiously in high school.
0:33 " Tigran Tatratrasean"??? That's quite a mouthful
Tigran Petrosian
This is why Levy is a class act: when he says “if you are new to the channel...” he follows up with “... welcome, it’s so great to meet you!” rather than the tiresome plea of “... make sure you click on the like and subscribe buttons below”.
"Thats checkmate"
"No shit sherlock"
This comment is way too under-rated
Gothamchess do be flexing as Sherlock Holmes
This game I absolutely love because both players end the game in their heads. Yes, it does happen in real life but it's just so cool to watch the RDJ Sherlock do his thing.
Beautifully done Levy. This is one of my favorite movies. Can't wait for the 3rd installment to come out. Excellent research done by you, keep it up.
"not gonna lose all their pieces like you and me. ... Actually just you"
"well you aren't wrong but dang"
I swear I was looking for this game for months Thanks levy
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893:
Charles Brookfield - 1893
William Gillette - 1899-1929 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs.
Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg
John F. Preston - 1900
Charles Rice - 1904
Karoly Baumann - 1905
Maurice Costello - 1905
Viggo Larsen - 1908
Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914
Otto Lagoni - 1910
Holger Rasmussen - 1911
Mack Sennett - 1911-1912
George Treville - 1912
Harry Benham - 1913
James Bragington - 1914
Francis Ford - 1914
H.A. Saintbury - 1916
Hugo Flink - 1917
Sam Robinson - 1918
Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective
Burt Lytell - 1921
Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921
John Barrymore - 1922
Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932
Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930
Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936
Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932
Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series
Raymond Massey - 1931
Robert Rendel - 1931/1932
Reginald Owen - 1933
Felix Alymer - 1933
Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937
Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943
Orson Welles - 1938
Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946
Cedric Hardwick - 1945
Tom Conway - 1947
Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948
John Stanley - 1948-1949
Alan Napier - 1949
John Longden - 1951
Laidman Browne - 1951
Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969
Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes)
Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955
Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992
Douglas Wilmer - 1964
Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984
John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978
Robert Stephens - 1970
Stewart Granger - 1972
John Cleese - 1973
Larry Hagman - 1974
Robert Powell - 1974
John Wood - 1974-1975
Dinsdale Landen - 1974, 1987
Leonard Nimoy - 1976
Kevin McCarthy - 1977
Roger Moore - 1976
Nicol Williamson - 1976
Christopher Plummer - 1977
Peter Cook - 1977
Paxton Whitehead - 1978
Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980
Keith Mitchell - 1979
Charlton Heston - 1980
Frank Langella - 1980
Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986
John Moffatt - 1981
Guy Henry - 1982
Tom Baker - 1982
Ian Richardson - 1983
Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian)
Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994
Nicholas Rowe - 1984
Guy Rolfe - 1984
Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987
Anthony Higgins - 1987
Michael Pennington - 1987
Roger Rees - 1988
Ron Moody - 1988-1989
Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010
Edward Woodward - 1990
Simon Callow - 1990
Richard E. Grant 1992
Robert Powell - 1993
Patrick McNee - 1993
Anthony Higgins - 1993
Matt Frewer - 2000-2001
John Gilbert - 2000
Joaquim de Almeida - 2001
Richard Roxburgh - 2002
James D’Arcy - 2002
Andrew Sachs - 2004
Rupert Everett - 2004
Jonathan Pryce - 2007
Javier Marzan - 2007
Roger Llewellyn - 2009
Ben Syder - 2010
Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018
Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019
Benjamin Lawlor - 2013
Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013
Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011
Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016
Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018
Seamus Dever - 2014
Ian McKellen - 2015
Euan Morton - 2015
Gregory Wooddell - 2015
Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016
Ewen Bremner - 2016
Jay Taylor - 2017-2018
Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’)
Orlando Wells - 2018
Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube)
Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation)
Will Ferrell - 2018
Nicholas Boulton - 2020
Henry Cavill - 2020
Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on TH-cam)
This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors
who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.
"My presence may be absent from the room, but my methods are not."
Dude, I was looking for a good review of this match a couple weeks ago but all the videos up were just a board with no commentary.
Thanks for this.
6:00 And that my friends, is called a wooden shield.
Ngl I low key thought he was gonna say that...
“The player with more space waits to trade” 🙌 wisdom
Take a shot whenever Levy says “this is known as”
Sorry, I don't have enough bottles for that game
0:32 wow that was so amazing about how the way Levi pronounced the name of "tigran petrician"
4:20 "theyre not gonna lose their pieces like you and me... actually just you"
Yeah that was mean. Also, haha 420 funny number pog
Guy Ritchie is cinematic genius
Dude centered the entire movie around a chess game that never was finished and I just love that
"Actually just you.. that was mean" yeah, mean but fair
Got sent here by TH-cam algorithm after an Agadmator video, surprised to find this was uploaded yesterday since its such an old movie. Great video and breakdown!
"Check and, coincidentally, Mate." Gotta remember that if I ever win a game on a real board again
Bruh
"Discover check and coincidentally....mate."
Levy you have an amazing ability to make chess content informative yet entertaining. Keep up the great work - your channel is a joy to watch
Y'all think Gotham realized how much his grind in chess is appericated, dude has taught so many people
Little details like this is why this film is so beautiful. I love it.
Levy: "Actually only you."
Hikaru watching this: "Hahaha okay Levai ,okay.."
LEVAIIYYYY
"Okay levaiii okayy.."
Thank you for this incredibly interesting content. Please consider doing more of these style of analyses!
sherlock : done
harrry potter: ??????????
Agadmator has done one on Harry Potter
I like that the writers had to do this much detail into the game being played in the movie, because they knew that a bunch of nerds were going to get together to overanalyze the scene. It reminds me of the liar's dice scene from Dead Man's Chest.
I guess I am confused. If Moriarty started by playing C4, how does that translate to the game opening with E4?
thank you
I love this game so much it was the game that got me into chess. When I was 8 I saw the movie and the only thing that got my eyes was the seen when Sherlock and Moriarty stopped playing chess on the board and started calling the moves from their minds. Man I wish I could see it again for the first time!
I’ve never heard an American say Moriarty. That made me laugh
this is the reason why i love this film
thanks for the explanation levy
Levy is the Watson to Hikaru’s Sherlock. 🤣
Rudolf is the landlady?
4:16 "They're not going to lose all their pieces just like me and you.... actually just you."
A surprise to be sure but a welcome one. Honestly I have been waiting for a proper analysis of this game for YEARS.
Hey Levy! I was hoping you could someday make a video on typical sacrifices and explain when do they work (greek gift, bishop on h6). It would be cool to watch you explain some combinations. Cheers from Uruguay
Whenever I hear the name Petrosian, I remember Wesley and Pipi pants
Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all!
I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off...
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@@abdusselamzahma7474 what was that...
@@sengoku8497 Quote from Petrosian
I have to say Levy your chess content is excellent and top tier on youtube, your personality and commentary is godsend
I always loved sherlock holmes character. Its just so hard to write intelligence without being crazy
One thing to notice more than just symbolism of Irene, Watsons, and Lestrade is the attack begins with pawns attack. Implying that Sherlock was actually did his own research when he was in disguise as pawns.
Sherlock: “and evidently.... check-mate”
Sometimes your own troops are a larger hindrance to your victory than those of your opponent.
If you think about it, it makes sense that Moriarty played white. He was one step ahead of Sherlock the entire time, much like how white always plays first, until Sherlock eventually got ahead of and bested him.
Man one terrific game this is. And boy have you explained it well. Thank you.
Playing sans voir like they did must be so great
Was looking forward to this one, thanks for the entertaining content!
Ratio’d
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@@Jeff-je3mw yep
Love this movie, the detail put into this scene and analysis makes it all the better, I've been wanting someone to cover this for a while :)
"They're not gonna lose all their pieces like you and me"
"Actually just you"
The truth hurts sooo much!!!
Ive been waiting for so long for a video on this game
These are some of the best players in the world, so they won't be losing pieces like you and me. Actually, just you.
No man is more hated than he who speaks the truth -Plato
I went to watch this scene yesterday and half the comments were talking about this guy and how in depth he was. I'm gonna enjoy this video I think.
predicting comments 7 years later.
Random person: Who's here actually watching in 2028?
I want to like your comment but it has 69 likes 😏
@@scepgineer nice.
Just put a comment in here so i come back 7 years later when i already become a famous movie maker and youtuber.
Don’t mind me bud, just replying so I can find this comment in 2028
I love the efficiency of your TikToks, and miss it greatly in videos like this.
“I cover all things 64 squares” yet has no checkers videos
...or very large Belgian Waffle videos.
Love that you covered this, that Sherlock Holmes movie was one of my absolute favorites as a kid!
My favorite checkers TH-camr :D
I've been wanting this video for a long time! Glad I saw it!
Counterargument on the villain-hero thing. The actual game was in real life, so I doubt there was a villain and hero
Counter counter argument. Anytime a queen is (soundly) sacrificed, that person is automatically the cooler side of the chess match
Best channel on YT, wish I had a higher chess score to keep up with this awesomeness. So happy you did a video on my favorite movie!! Best scene