Dude you're so great for the game of chess. It's so awesome to have a drama loving, clickbaiting view fiend making a huge deal about every little controversy in chess. It might be incredibly annoying and purely superficial, but it appeals to the masses and that's what important.
Well there's a current chess player accused of having done that, putting in a rectal device to cheat. So yeah there's that. Mind you, those are allegations nothing is proven.
Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. 👍🏾 *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.
@@xl000 yeah, because becoming a grandmaster as an adult is near impossible, and Levy has enough other time commitments that he can't put in the time and effort to making it. He's still extremely good at chess.
@@xl000 thats not exactly true. He said himself he could become a GM, but it would take so much dedication to improving that he would have to stop doing what he does and focus solely on becoming a GM. He doesn't consider the sacrifice worth it, so he is happy (and making more money doing what he is doing instead of pursuing a GM title).
I have rarely in my life seen someone answers questions so clearly and directly. I don't believe there is a better way to answer these questions. Very articulate man
Great to see his cyborg mode being activated after he reads questions about chess puzzles. Everything goes smooth and articulate in his speech and then goes "yeah, I solved it." You can see the chess machine-glare in his eyes when he says that. 😆
In fairness, he already learned it before. He's studied more chess than most people have ever thought about chess. And he's only an IM. Imagine what Carlsen has in his wild brain.
Proud??? You should ask yourself: “is this traction deserved?” The answer is No. he got famous because he was close to hikaru early in 2020. Plus his vids are not special at all , So many better chess entertainers but unfortunately they lack the visibility
I love listening to an expert talk about their craft. I never would have thought of a chess move as "fascinating," but hearing Mr. Rozman discuss chess was like getting a glimpse into a cool new world.
@@mohitwanjare7951 yeah I never thought I would be playing chess this much. I just played 1-2 games online and started watching chess videos. Now I am playing chess and watching chess videos instead of sleeping 😂. It actually feels like more than just a board game. It is like a video game with graphics,or reading a book.
Rozmans youtube channel is an awesome channel to watch chess content on. Very educational, he often reviews games, reviews his viewers games, gives insight and plays and gives tips himself. Also he's really entertaining to watch.
@@sankeethganeswaran3024 I honestly can't see why anyone other than kids would prefer Levy over Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel is better than Levy in every aspect other than being childish and annoying.
One thing I love about chess is that when you lose it isn’t because you were unlucky, it was because you made a mistake somewhere. That causes you to learn what your mistake was and improve
Levy the LEGEND - So happy for him getting the recognition he deserves and doing bigger and bigger things. One of the guys at the forefront of making chess so accessible & engaging to so many
Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.
@@Sebastian-zj6mq I think it's a reference to the Biblical story where Moses beat his staff on a rock and water poured out of it. In case you're actually wondering.
The analogy being that even in the most difficult and hopeless circumstances, you can find a way to succeed/solve the problem. Because in the story Moses had to take care Israel would survive, even though God had forbidden him to beat his staff on a rock, instead wanting him to wait for a divine sign to find water. But the point is that Moses succeeded in creating a solution.
@@laszlobandi6456 He didn’t need to Google that. Even garbage, bottom of the barrel players like myself can easily see the similarities between the players and animals he chose.
Can someone explain to me why this isn't stalemate? I assume it's because the king is obligated to take itself out of check by taking the Queen but that would put it into check with the rook 🤔 Edit: this is to do with the first puzzle!
@@Jimanfi2304 A king cannot put itself into check, it is not a legal move. So a stalemate is defined as when the king is not in check, but the player has no legal moves that do not put their own king in check. A checkmate (as shown in the puzzle) is when the king is currently in check, and the player has no legal moves to get the king out of check. So because the black king is currently put into check by the white queen, and cannot take the queen without putting itself into check again by the white rook (as well as not being able to move anywhere else to get out of check), black is checkmated.
@@theamazingincrediblespider9689 Yeah for sure. Any IM level player is going to have most famous compositions or classic "outside the box" 2-3 move checkmates solved and committed to memory....That said, the only thing I'd add is that just because he had already solved it in the past doesn't mean he just immediately knew the answer, there was probably still a degree of "solving" going on, just much faster/much easier... I liken this to solving a riddle you've already heard before. You might not remember the answer immediately, but as you think through it for a second it comes back to you.
Brilliant video Levy. I have been watching you for a few years now and really enjoyed this format. It really showcases your intellectual ability and intelligence.
When England had no GMs, I was at Leeds University and our chess club had a Yugoslav GM that noone in the general chess community knew was there. He was freakishly good and surpassed an IM by a long shot. We went to play in the Edinburgh Open that year and he easily defeated 5 active and former British champions in Tal-like style. That year England got its first GM - he was about to be kicked out of college for not studying and playing chess, but when he became a GM the university gave him an honorary degree instead.
I saw this video when it was just posted and I had no idea about Hikaru or about Levy. Now that I've seen tons of videos with them this video showed up again. Watched it again, and I have to say, it's a different feeling watching. Thank you WIRED, thank you Levy. Great content, and awesome thumbnail on the world chess championship recaps.
you forgot to mention that the computer got into Gary's head with a move that made no sense in game two. Gary started questioning himself because of that move and basically fell apart. It was later discovered the computer wasn't thinking so far ahead that gary couldn't imagine it's strategy as he thought, but that the move was caused by a bug in the program. True story. So the real question is when did computers actually get better at chess than humans.
I argue making a move to throw off your opponent is actually a skill. Having a bug like that be implemented intentionally and making it a feature would really make it all ascend.
"Better" is very subjective here. Sure, computers evaluate a lot of 15+ moves ahead way faster and consistently. Humans can definitely be thrown off as mentioned. However, the flaw in computers is that their moves are calulated on probability. This means predictable. Knowing what your opponent will do before they do it can be an advantage, albeit, still difficult to exploit against a computer.
if you actually look at the line, it was very theoretical slightly offbeat line, which other GMs had put into the computer recently. Computers used to be very material driven, instead of more initiative driven
@@thesun5275 it didn't make a move to throw off the oppoment though, the opponent threw himself off. You are rewriting the story to assume the computer did this intentionally and strategically when in fact it was simply a mistake.
I'm not a chess fan but this guy did a really good job giving brief, thorough, and interesting answers. I learned lots of things for questions I never thought to ask.
If you want other content by you'll learn so much and actually get way more into chess than you think you will. I didn't used to be and then I started watching him and between his instructional content and just down right funny content you can find something you'll like that he creates. I would recommend giving him a shot cause he explains just as well on his channel!
Go check out his “How to Lose at Chess” playlist, instructive yet funny reviews of beginner games. The guy honestly takes his content seriously so it really is worth while.
This guy is such a wonderful teacher. I am no good at chess, I'm fascinated by it but my brain can't handle playing it. I was sitting here nodding along as he was speaking as if I was in a lecture and he was the professor. He is so intelligent and knowledgeable in his craft as well as explaining in an accessible and exciting way. I've already seen so many comments on his articulation and I couldn't agree more. It seems like he's as good at teaching as he is at playing chess! Unrelated, but the thought that there are still any games of chess that have yet to be played is mind-boggling to me. This game has existed for nearly 1500 years! My little pea brain can't fathom the idea that we're not even close to exhausting even just the first 5 full moves' possibilities. that's fascinating
When he said that there are games where a new move is played in the first 5 moves, he is solely referring games played by top rated players. These players usually stick to the same format of moves because they aren’t comfortable exploring new territory at the highest level.
@@godooner8683 At turn 5, googling shows, over 800k unique positions. Over 9 million at turn 6. Soooo.... Is he wrong? After accounting for people taking the same path as those before them (which you state) this would mean a minimum of that many games played with an assumed average of many, many more played.
@@godooner8683 No the real reason to be unique by turn 5 is that the opening moves chosen were not the most commonly played. This gives more likelihood of earlier unique positions. Usually around turn 10 or so it does become unique or very close to it (something like 10 games in database that has billions of games).
@Edwardian23 "I was just threatening to slap you, but you drove off a cliff amd set yourself on fire" was one that really got me laughing non-stop for a good five minutes
At 15:17 I just imagined his usual style of commentary... "THE ROOOOOOK!!!! H6!!! OMG COMPLETE DESTRUCTION, THE END OF THE WORLD!!! *moans* YOU ONLY SEE THIS ON ONLYFANS AND IN CHESS PUZZLES!!!"
10:30 I've always preferred the knight over the bishop for the reason that the knight is capable of (eventually) covering every square on the board, while the bishop is limited to its starting color. IOW, the knight can cover twice as many squares.
Well it’s basically that, the knight can move in any square, but it’s not very mobile While the bishop can only move in light/dark squares but is very mobile So it’s basically mobility or ability
The knight is the only piece whose path cannot be blocked providing it has an available square to land on. The bishop has longer spatial range. Like the queen and rook, but unlike them is only confined to it's own square color. Because these 3 pieces have greater range of mobility, their paths can be blocked by a well protected opposing piece, whereas the knight can totally avoid this dilemma.
I love the way this guy explains chess. He's clearly thought about and helped a lot of people learn chess before and had super sticky explanations for everything seemingly off the top of his head.
@@neemnoa303 it is better than people knowing nothing about those concepts. if they get intrested they can read and come up with their own stuff. it is what they should have done to start with
@@neemnoa303 Entertainment for narcissists? I really don't understand that language here. Most of the Contrapoints videos I know of aren't even that philosophical - it's about a subject and as her name states she provides counterpoints to common right wing talking points in the subject and also sprinkles in her own experience.
@@neemnoa303 I’ve literally never met anyone who claims that contrapoints aligns with them being “into philosophy”, and if those people are, it’s not contrapoints’ fault for their misunderstanding of her content and what philosophy is. I can’t help but feel you didn’t like a couple videos and took it personally.
@@nathanmermilliod3135 True. But at his level, he would probably solve it just as fast anyway. Watching strong players solve puzzles of that level is pretty fun, they always spot the solution at a single glance. I don't think you could design a mate in 2 problem in such a way that a master needs more than 5 seconds to solve it.
@@andeolevain I’ve seen one where the first move appears to blunder a bishop 7 different ways, all of which lead to mate on the next move. Agree that it’d be super rare though
@@andeolevain These puzzles in the video, yea he would solve very quickly. But there are some mate in 2 problems that are very hard that would definitely take more than 5 seconds
10:06 I haven't played in a while, but when I did (I still wasn't very good), the knight was always a blind spot for me, both offensively and defensively. The comments Mr. Rozman made here honestly make me feel a lot better about that.
Actually not to be a nerd but “mat” or in the persian dialect “مات” doesnt mean died, mat means startled or frozen as in “the king was startled” like how the king in chess never dies.
You should get into it then. It’s fun and it’s a really good mental trainer in my opinion. You will start off slow but you have to get through it. Good luck.
He showed the Caro-Kann defense on his board, but it was very difficult to see. Wired did not show it. On the virtual board they only showed the beginning two moves and not the pertinent part.
Already learned something in the first 30 seconds. In German, the word for checkmate is "Schachmatt" which is pronounced very similar to the Persian way. Schach is also the name of chess in German, i.e. the king's game, although it's not the title of royalty here.
My face when Contrapoints is randomly among the people asking. Also, if one can say that Bobby Fischer is the best due to the sheer, but short dominance, then one can say it about Morphy, and Bobby Fischer agreed with that and considered Morphy's lead over contemporaries higher than his own.
Fun trivia about rare chess moves: In 2019, TH-camr Tom7 analyzed the lichess match database and determined that that the rarest fate for any piece in the game is for white's F-pawn to die on A7. In all the games analyzed, this occurred after the pawn promoted, but A7 is diagonally aligned with F2, so it is technically possible - if extraordinarily unlikely - for the F-pawn to reach that square as a pawn, using five captures.
Not at all, because the board isn't symmetric. The F-pawn rarely moves too far afield in the midgame because it's dedicated to defending the king after castling, while the C-pawn is much more likely to move.
@@curtmack But wouldn't that make f more likely than c? Because you're probably gonna play either c4 or c3 making c2 takes d3 (the first necessary move for it to go to h7) impossible, whereas the f pawn is much more likely to stay still and you'll at least have f2 takes e3 at some point. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the c pawn even getting to h7 has never even happened.
I'm not really into chess but i love these videos learning about it. Your simplistic style of video with white background and the awesome giant chess piece are perfect i love it
15:22 Correction for the captions: You transcribed it as "Zwischenzug" instead of "Zugzwang". They're both German chess terms, but completely different tactics. Zugzwang basically means "forced to make a move" (at the detriment of your own position), whereas Zwischenzug means "in-between move" (which is basically a stalling move that improves your position before you play an expected move)
There's a mistake in the captions at 15:24 . As Levy said, black is in Zugzwang ("compulsion to move", black has no good move), not Zwischenzug ("intermediate move", white plays a move in between another one, such as giving a check before recapturing a piece). Just later, in 15:53 , black IS checkmated, not HAS checkmated. Hope this helps, and great video!
A joy to watch! I chuckled when he said that the number of move permutations considered by chess engines could be "in the millions". That's indeed true, but one time I spectated an engine tournament game between Stockfish and Leela, Stockfish was evaluating about 1.3 Billion board positions each turn. There's a game between Komodo and Berserk happening now where Komodo looked at 14 Billion board positions during one turn, but spent almost a minute doing so. Those are extraordinary circumstances, though, they use a dual-socket AMD machine with 256 threads and half a terrabyte of ram. "in the millions" is a good answer.
How many positions need to be evaluated to solve the ultimate Mate-in-X puzzle of finding the best first move to be hard coded into the engine algorithm.
@@johndododoe1411 The number of available permutations is higher than the amount of atoms in the observable universe. It's still a stretch for our computers to calculate.
World's best Chess teacher? I wouldn't call him that, although Chessly is pretty great, and credit where it's due. But he's the chess world biggest entertainer and spokes person, gateway. And he's the best at what he does.
His name is Levy Rozman and has a youtube channel called Gothamchess, he is really good at entertaining people, he really has the ability to catch your interest
Chess is a game I loved playing as a kid against my stepdad. I was never remarkable or anything like that but it was something challenging that I enjoyed. As an adult I can't wrap my head around long term plans anymore and videos like this make me miss those days. Great video, great expert as always
I really liked that after a few more abstract question he just explained castling in the clearest way possible and then went way back up in level. It's not always easy for experts to comprehend why beginners can't grasp basic concepts (see also: many high school maths teachers) but Levy just switches back and forth with no problem at all.
I got into chess because of your videos Levi! Reached my first goal of 1100 thanks to you! Happy to see you branching out and getting in the spotlight of Wired!!!
I think a better way to put the value of Knight vs Bishop is that their value depends on the board state and positioning. Closed boards favor Knights, open boards favor Bishops. A piece that is well positioned is worth more than a poorly positioned piece.
Somethings important to note about castling are: - you forefit your right to castle if either your king or the rook you wish to castle with have moved. - You cannot castle if the king's path crosses a check
@Physically Remove Commies why not? would you want someone like contrapoints in mens spaces? would you want someone like buck angle in womens spaces, like a bathroom?
@Physically Remove Commies Why can't she be a woman if she feels that way though? And what do you get out of misgendering her on purpose even though she doesn't like that at all and that it's probably the most insensitive and unnecessarily rude thing you can do to someone like her in a casual conversation. Is it really that big of bother to just use the words "she" and "her" whilst addressing the woman, regardless of what you think deep inside. Just say "her" bro, common courtesies aren't that hard.
Hi! Fellow chess expert here, happy to analyze the position of the game on the board on Levy's table. White and black seem to be almost even, but I'd have to give this game to red, who clearly has the size advantage.
My daughter was around 8 and wanted to play chess online (with my help - she wasn't very good). Online opponents quickly realised that she (and I) were no challenge and hastily quit the game. However, some very kind chap in Mexico did have patience with her and played a complete game with her. She was talking nonsense (nothing rude or offensive) in the chat and he was replying in a confused, but good-humoured way. We were having a great time, and I'll always be grateful for his kindness and being so generous with his time.
Odd that he didn't mention that castling historically wasn't always a recognized legal move. It's relatively new to the game as an international standard, though we are approaching the time when it's been around for half the lifetime of what could be called modern chess despite the lack of a consistent rule set across the globe until just the past couple of centuries. There were a lot of variations to it that weren't standardized until "recent" times.
I mean, she can already play the piano beautifully, on top of being a brilliant Philosophy Communicator, essayist, drag queen extraordinaire, talented comedienne... Now she wants to excel in chess too? Isn't that... like... rude?
@@GuitarBloodlines You must be right, I mean... I'm not the one monitoring mentions of her under random, scarcely voted comments in videos completely unrelated to her range...
@@Pedro_Larroza You have extremely low standards if you think a generic blue/red bad philosophy youtuber is somehow a brilliant communicator, no comments the rest since those are really your opinion, which is simply bad.
Levy’s stuff has transformed my game. When I started playing this time last year I was around 700 ELO and now I’m 1500. I watch four different chess channels and his has helped me the most by far.
Thank you WIRED! Hope you all enjoyed the episode 😊
Hahaha i did bro you're great
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Dude you're so great for the game of chess. It's so awesome to have a drama loving, clickbaiting view fiend making a huge deal about every little controversy in chess. It might be incredibly annoying and purely superficial, but it appeals to the masses and that's what important.
Amazing job man!!!
On fire lately my guy.
This recent recognition and inclusion of Levy in other big channels truly brings a smile on my face
He’s like everywhere nowadays. Man must be so busy the past few weeks.
Same
@@soIatido Besides here, the commentating and the chessboxing commentating, did I miss something else?
@@davidmikan7925 Lex Fridman’s podcast
@@davidmikan7925there was a video by WIRED about cheating in chess
“[Some cheaters] have had vibrating devices in their shoe or elsewhere”
Very glad to hear Levy snuck this little gem of a backdoor reference.
That joke really filled me with pleasure
@@amitthehuman Nice one 😂
"backdoor" reference
heh, backdoor.
Well there's a current chess player accused of having done that, putting in a rectal device to cheat. So yeah there's that. Mind you, those are allegations nothing is proven.
2:04 "Magnus has an incredible stamina. He will go on for 5, 6, 7 hours." is a statement easily taken out of context.
Ayo?
"And squeeze water out of stone at many of his positions"
lmao
@@arthurmont-morency5027 "he has extremely good instincts and end game technique"
@@pablo506"he has massive co..."
As a 900, Levy going 16 minutes without calling me a bozo is the best Christmas present I could ever have asked for -- thanks Wired!
😂😂
Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. 👍🏾
*God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.*
As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him.
Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.
i feel you man
@@Call_Upon_YAH bot
@@Call_Upon_YAH God isn't real lol
That little smile at 2:54 when he said "...or elsewhere."
He wasn't going to say it, but he was thinking it. We all were.
First thing I thought!
"...butt, uh..."
lol
hans
The smile speaks for itself
Twitter: How do I get GM?
Levy: I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess
I need this comment to blow up.
he reached IM then plateaued. There is no going up for him, his brain is just not able to do it.
@@xl000 yeah, because becoming a grandmaster as an adult is near impossible, and Levy has enough other time commitments that he can't put in the time and effort to making it. He's still extremely good at chess.
@@xl000 thats not exactly true. He said himself he could become a GM, but it would take so much dedication to improving that he would have to stop doing what he does and focus solely on becoming a GM. He doesn't consider the sacrifice worth it, so he is happy (and making more money doing what he is doing instead of pursuing a GM title).
oh that's mean. that's mean spirited.
it’s so weird seeing levy so calmly talk about chess after so much of him calling people bozos in funny accents
"Oh you're schewpid"
"And he sacrifices, the ROOOKK"
when levy was talking about cheating and said “or elsewhere” bro that smile he knew exactly what he was doing
I was looking for this comment
lmfaoooo exactly
LMAO I DIDNT THINK HE WOULD GO THERE
Beat me to it lmao
What what in the rook
LOVE THIS! Spreading the joy of chess! 💚
Cringe
@@saifeee871 Your comment was cringe.
@@saifeee871 eyo shut up
whooo!
chess
I have rarely in my life seen someone answers questions so clearly and directly. I don't believe there is a better way to answer these questions.
Very articulate man
Levy may not be GM level in Chess as a player, but as a teacher, he's unmatched.
Bro got brilliant moves in speech
Yeah
good editors bro..
@@Sllice lol since when did editors became proficient speakers or chess players 😅
Great to see his cyborg mode being activated after he reads questions about chess puzzles. Everything goes smooth and articulate in his speech and then goes "yeah, I solved it." You can see the chess machine-glare in his eyes when he says that. 😆
In fairness, he already learned it before. He's studied more chess than most people have ever thought about chess. And he's only an IM. Imagine what Carlsen has in his wild brain.
So proud of Levy for the traction he’s gained in the chess community!
HAHAHAHA NERD
@@AluminumTiki @Philip J. Fry Bro your last name is fry 💀
@@bigboggabinks8466 its a fictional character XD
Proud??? You should ask yourself: “is this traction deserved?” The answer is No. he got famous because he was close to hikaru early in 2020. Plus his vids are not special at all , So many better chess entertainers but unfortunately they lack the visibility
@@lemontiger7189 you should probably go tell him that get pin of shame 💀
I love listening to an expert talk about their craft. I never would have thought of a chess move as "fascinating," but hearing Mr. Rozman discuss chess was like getting a glimpse into a cool new world.
As simple as a game like chess is to play, you soon discover it is incredibly complex as you go.
@@AdderTude and when you start playing, then there is no coming back. welcome, you are addicted.
@@mohitwanjare7951 yeah I never thought I would be playing chess this much. I just played 1-2 games online and started watching chess videos. Now I am playing chess and watching chess videos instead of sleeping 😂. It actually feels like more than just a board game. It is like a video game with graphics,or reading a book.
woah thats so deep
Rozmans youtube channel is an awesome channel to watch chess content on.
Very educational, he often reviews games, reviews his viewers games, gives insight and plays and gives tips himself. Also he's really entertaining to watch.
So happy for Levy to be the one who answers these questions on Wired! Well deserved.
😮😮
Jew privileges
@@ryantwitter343 Say what now?
@@literalgarbage8014 Jewish privilege. Often falsely disguised as white privilege.
@@ryantwitter343 prejudice isn't funny
Lol love that Contrapoints had a question about "theory" 🤣 props to whoever chose that question, it's very on-brand
Lmao I just did a double take watching this video, like WAS THAT NATALIE FR
I didn't expect a contrapoints - gothamchess crossover, but now there's nothing else I can think about
Dude the fact that Levy is everywhere now is so dope. Well deserved
100%, though I shed a tear when he basically said "morphy is a false idol"
I'd much rather see Daniel Naroditsky than Levy in pretty much every possible scenario.
@@nomathic7672 i wouldnt
@@sankeethganeswaran3024 I honestly can't see why anyone other than kids would prefer Levy over Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel is better than Levy in every aspect other than being childish and annoying.
One thing I love about chess is that when you lose it isn’t because you were unlucky, it was because you made a mistake somewhere. That causes you to learn what your mistake was and improve
The lag is annoying tho, and I always get bad matchups
@George G. matchups remain a good excuse though
@George G. i mean tbf over the board games arent as readily accessible to people in comparison to playing chess on a phone/computer
Tate follower I see
Did u always have this philosophy or are u saying what Tate said lol
Proud of Levy. He’s branching out
Sorry mate, that's adult Harry Potter.
Why are Jews so good at Chess?
ayo?! 🧐😏🥴🤨📸📷📸
@@DannerBanks the resemblance
@@Counter-Intuitive there’s a few different cultural factors that contribute to it, it’s like asking ‘why are Russians so good at chess’
2:53 we all know exactly who and what he meant with "elsewhere"
We all know what he means
Especially with that smirk
Ladies and gentlemen... Grand Master Hans Moke Nieman
Levy the LEGEND - So happy for him getting the recognition he deserves and doing bigger and bigger things. One of the guys at the forefront of making chess so accessible & engaging to so many
He (through the magic of the YT algorithm) brought me back to chess after 25 years.
Right? This plus commentating Ludwig’s chess boxing event, he’s getting a lot of great exposure
@@michaeljay7949 cool
Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness.
*God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.*
As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him.
Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.
"Magnus has an amazing stamina, he can go for 6-7 hours at a time and can squeeze water out of the rock in many positions" -- Levy Rozman, 2022
Squeeze WHAT? 😶🌫
@@Sebastian-zj6mq I think it's a reference to the Biblical story where Moses beat his staff on a rock and water poured out of it. In case you're actually wondering.
AYO 😳
lmao this is so funny🤣 How does he know!
The analogy being that even in the most difficult and hopeless circumstances, you can find a way to succeed/solve the problem. Because in the story Moses had to take care Israel would survive, even though God had forbidden him to beat his staff on a rock, instead wanting him to wait for a divine sign to find water. But the point is that Moses succeeded in creating a solution.
I love how Levy says that he is bad at doing analogies and then just casually pulls the best chess analogy I’ve heard
He's just very awkward and "self-conscious", and thinks very little of himself
@thesynergisticcomposer6718🤓
after 2 hours of googling and hours of editing...
@@laszlobandi6456 He didn’t need to Google that. Even garbage, bottom of the barrel players like myself can easily see the similarities between the players and animals he chose.
Levy: chess openings are named after places or people
*Hikaru: allow me to introduce… THE BONGCLOUD*
Anna Cramling: "The Cow"
the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The COCA-COLA GAMBIT.
@@chriszhang1660 the Bongcloud is actually named after a person! Guy by the name of Lenny_Bongcloud.
Levy solving the puzzles before he finishes his sentence is so funny to me
He finished it before he even opened his mouth 😂
Can someone explain to me why this isn't stalemate? I assume it's because the king is obligated to take itself out of check by taking the Queen but that would put it into check with the rook 🤔
Edit: this is to do with the first puzzle!
@@Jimanfi2304 A king cannot put itself into check, it is not a legal move. So a stalemate is defined as when the king is not in check, but the player has no legal moves that do not put their own king in check. A checkmate (as shown in the puzzle) is when the king is currently in check, and the player has no legal moves to get the king out of check. So because the black king is currently put into check by the white queen, and cannot take the queen without putting itself into check again by the white rook (as well as not being able to move anywhere else to get out of check), black is checkmated.
It was already solved is why. He'd already had the composition commited to memory. Still impressive, of course, just for a different reason.
@@theamazingincrediblespider9689 Yeah for sure. Any IM level player is going to have most famous compositions or classic "outside the box" 2-3 move checkmates solved and committed to memory....That said, the only thing I'd add is that just because he had already solved it in the past doesn't mean he just immediately knew the answer, there was probably still a degree of "solving" going on, just much faster/much easier... I liken this to solving a riddle you've already heard before. You might not remember the answer immediately, but as you think through it for a second it comes back to you.
2:50
"Or elsewhere," Levy said with the faintest chuckle.
Like how he had to remain professional when saying it
@@Tugu420Almost made me spit something
This guy was a great commentator in the chess boxing event
so you didnt know him before?
@@seblewongeltima3101 issa joke i think
@@seblewongeltima3101 i mean, if they didn't what's wrong with that? Just means more people are learning about levy.
@@brent4674 I mean… it’s not a *joke*, he did an excellent job commentating Ludwig’s chess boxing event.
There has been more than one chess boxing event in history.
Brilliant video Levy. I have been watching you for a few years now and really enjoyed this format. It really showcases your intellectual ability and intelligence.
When England had no GMs, I was at Leeds University and our chess club had a Yugoslav GM that noone in the general chess community knew was there. He was freakishly good and surpassed an IM by a long shot. We went to play in the Edinburgh Open that year and he easily defeated 5 active and former British champions in Tal-like style. That year England got its first GM - he was about to be kicked out of college for not studying and playing chess, but when he became a GM the university gave him an honorary degree instead.
Nice story! That's typical, about to get kicked out then they realised the positive attention.
@@benedictineonchessable lmao
@@akera300 Paul Buswell?
@@TomJones-tx7pbPaul Swellbush
What was his name?
Love that little hesitation when he’s talking about how to cheat at chess in person. When he says “Vibrating device in your shoe or elsewhere”
We all know what match he’s talking about 😏
So glad to see Levy becoming mainstream, such a funny and real guy. I highly recommend everyone to pick up chess and enjoy his content
Levy's been mainstream on TH-cam for years with his channel GothamChess.
@@rosiefay7283 He meant, outside of "chess youtube".
He has more than 1 Million subscribers 💀
I saw this video when it was just posted and I had no idea about Hikaru or about Levy. Now that I've seen tons of videos with them this video showed up again. Watched it again, and I have to say, it's a different feeling watching.
Thank you WIRED, thank you Levy. Great content, and awesome thumbnail on the world chess championship recaps.
you forgot to mention that the computer got into Gary's head with a move that made no sense in game two. Gary started questioning himself because of that move and basically fell apart. It was later discovered the computer wasn't thinking so far ahead that gary couldn't imagine it's strategy as he thought, but that the move was caused by a bug in the program. True story. So the real question is when did computers actually get better at chess than humans.
I argue making a move to throw off your opponent is actually a skill.
Having a bug like that be implemented intentionally and making it a feature would really make it all ascend.
It reminds me of my style of playing - I don't know wtf I'm doing and so does my opponent. Somehow I win a bit more than I lose.
"Better" is very subjective here.
Sure, computers evaluate a lot of 15+ moves ahead way faster and consistently. Humans can definitely be thrown off as mentioned. However, the flaw in computers is that their moves are calulated on probability. This means predictable. Knowing what your opponent will do before they do it can be an advantage, albeit, still difficult to exploit against a computer.
if you actually look at the line, it was very theoretical slightly offbeat line, which other GMs had put into the computer recently.
Computers used to be very material driven, instead of more initiative driven
@@thesun5275 it didn't make a move to throw off the oppoment though, the opponent threw himself off. You are rewriting the story to assume the computer did this intentionally and strategically when in fact it was simply a mistake.
I'm not a chess fan but this guy did a really good job giving brief, thorough, and interesting answers. I learned lots of things for questions I never thought to ask.
On his channel he has a lot of instructive videos (and a lot of not-so-instructive videos lol). Highly recommend
You can follow him on Twitch too
This guy is great. I'm not really into chess but I watched the whole video because he explained everything so well
If you want other content by you'll learn so much and actually get way more into chess than you think you will. I didn't used to be and then I started watching him and between his instructional content and just down right funny content you can find something you'll like that he creates. I would recommend giving him a shot cause he explains just as well on his channel!
Go check out his “How to Lose at Chess” playlist, instructive yet funny reviews of beginner games. The guy honestly takes his content seriously so it really is worth while.
This guy is such a wonderful teacher. I am no good at chess, I'm fascinated by it but my brain can't handle playing it. I was sitting here nodding along as he was speaking as if I was in a lecture and he was the professor. He is so intelligent and knowledgeable in his craft as well as explaining in an accessible and exciting way. I've already seen so many comments on his articulation and I couldn't agree more. It seems like he's as good at teaching as he is at playing chess!
Unrelated, but the thought that there are still any games of chess that have yet to be played is mind-boggling to me. This game has existed for nearly 1500 years! My little pea brain can't fathom the idea that we're not even close to exhausting even just the first 5 full moves' possibilities. that's fascinating
When he said that there are games where a new move is played in the first 5 moves, he is solely referring games played by top rated players. These players usually stick to the same format of moves because they aren’t comfortable exploring new territory at the highest level.
@@godooner8683 At turn 5, googling shows, over 800k unique positions. Over 9 million at turn 6. Soooo.... Is he wrong? After accounting for people taking the same path as those before them (which you state) this would mean a minimum of that many games played with an assumed average of many, many more played.
@@godooner8683 No the real reason to be unique by turn 5 is that the opening moves chosen were not the most commonly played. This gives more likelihood of earlier unique positions. Usually around turn 10 or so it does become unique or very close to it (something like 10 games in database that has billions of games).
Levy is legit carrying the chess community on his own, crazy.
ikr i got into chess because of him
Seriously? Forgot about Hikaru, Magnus, Botez chicks...
@@VitorRodrigues-sn3wt Tbh Agadmator and thechesswebsite are the OG carries
@@smaragdchaos nop
@@kanavkohli794 I take it you weren't there before the chess boom in 2020. Thechesswebsite and agadmator absolutely carried the chess scene
Levy: "I'm not very good at analogies"
Also Levy in GTE and How to loose at chess: *makes crazy comparisons and analogies nobody would ever think abt*
right lmao most of gte’s commentary is analogies
@Edwardian23 "I was just threatening to slap you, but you drove off a cliff amd set yourself on fire" was one that really got me laughing non-stop for a good five minutes
bro really said that after he uttered the words "He can squeeze water out of a rock in many positions"
Never seen Levy be this well-behaved haha
lMaO fr fr dude
At 15:17 I just imagined his usual style of commentary... "THE ROOOOOOK!!!! H6!!! OMG COMPLETE DESTRUCTION, THE END OF THE WORLD!!! *moans* YOU ONLY SEE THIS ON ONLYFANS AND IN CHESS PUZZLES!!!"
@@MeltEmberomg did he actually say that??
10:30 I've always preferred the knight over the bishop for the reason that the knight is capable of (eventually) covering every square on the board, while the bishop is limited to its starting color.
IOW, the knight can cover twice as many squares.
Not really, that’s not really a good reason, using that logic, king would be better bishop but obviously that’s not true
@@fos1451 agree, but still I think knight> because only the knight can do it
Well it’s basically that, the knight can move in any square, but it’s not very mobile
While the bishop can only move in light/dark squares but is very mobile
So it’s basically mobility or ability
The knight is the only piece whose path cannot be blocked
providing it has an available square to land on. The bishop
has longer spatial range. Like the queen and rook, but unlike them is only confined to it's own square color.
Because these 3 pieces have greater range of mobility, their
paths can be blocked by a well
protected opposing piece, whereas the knight can totally avoid this dilemma.
the bishop can threaten far more squares than the knight
Levy has been on fire lately. Two major publications asking for his chess opinions and the chessboxing commentary... just, wow.
I love the way this guy explains chess. He's clearly thought about and helped a lot of people learn chess before and had super sticky explanations for everything seemingly off the top of his head.
This guy is really good, he should start his own youtube channel.
bro he already has its GothamChess its the pinned comment
@@Denortion youmissedthejoke...
@@Denortion r/wooosh
@@tijnmaassen5152 No way I'm just supposed to assume it's a joke he literally didn't express that in anyway 💀👍
@the CAT Like you're one to talk, playing roblox 👏
I like how he's not a grandmaster, but he's more iconic than most grandmasters.
He's like Naruto. A genin-ranked shinobi, but more wholesome than any of the ninjas in Konoha hahaha.
Yeah he has more subs than Magnus 💀
@amazinggamerx1they said iconic not best
He should be a Honorary GM
I never paid much attention and I always thought that he was a GM till now
Levy teaching Contrapoints chess would be something I'd watch for days.
The crossover we didn't knew we need
That was a plot twist if a life time
I thought I was going crazy when I heard Contrapoints!!
Absolutely
@@Yivia bro same i was like @contra points ??? and i switched tabs to make sure it was really her account
seeing him almost burst out laughing when talking about vibration cheat devices was great
“in a shoe or…. elsewhere” hehehehe
@elvisidedevbo what?
🍑🔌
@BLVCK CVT It's a reference to an actual story. Easily butthurt I guess.
The intersection of WIRED, GothamChess, and ContraPoints is absolutely wild
@@neemnoa303 it is better than people knowing nothing about those concepts. if they get intrested they can read and come up with their own stuff. it is what they should have done to start with
@@neemnoa303 True, early content was amazing, then Contra kinda went of the rails.
@@neemnoa303 Entertainment for narcissists? I really don't understand that language here. Most of the Contrapoints videos I know of aren't even that philosophical - it's about a subject and as her name states she provides counterpoints to common right wing talking points in the subject and also sprinkles in her own experience.
@@neemnoa303 I’ve literally never met anyone who claims that contrapoints aligns with them being “into philosophy”, and if those people are, it’s not contrapoints’ fault for their misunderstanding of her content and what philosophy is. I can’t help but feel you didn’t like a couple videos and took it personally.
@@neemnoa303philosophytube is genuinely really good though. Idk what problem you’d have with her.
Nice, thoughtful and calm delivery; professional production. Well done!
14:35 the way he simply said "yeah I solved it." Before he even finish the question is hilarious😂
lol yeah no discredit to levy but that puzzle is famous so he’s probably seen it multiple times before and remembered the correct move.
@@nathanmermilliod3135 True. But at his level, he would probably solve it just as fast anyway. Watching strong players solve puzzles of that level is pretty fun, they always spot the solution at a single glance. I don't think you could design a mate in 2 problem in such a way that a master needs more than 5 seconds to solve it.
@@andeolevain I’ve seen one where the first move appears to blunder a bishop 7 different ways, all of which lead to mate on the next move. Agree that it’d be super rare though
@@andeolevain These puzzles in the video, yea he would solve very quickly. But there are some mate in 2 problems that are very hard that would definitely take more than 5 seconds
I'm 1500 rated and it took me the same amount of time as Levy
10:06 I haven't played in a while, but when I did (I still wasn't very good), the knight was always a blind spot for me, both offensively and defensively. The comments Mr. Rozman made here honestly make me feel a lot better about that.
When worlds collide, I never thought I'd see Contrapoints and Gothamchess interact. Did a double take when I heard her name.
yes!
they have been wired
@Bill Gates Reading Mein Kamf Give her some wine and have Levy tell an ableist joke and it's the collaboration of the century
My heart is warmed, it's a Christmas miracle!
Same! And she mentioned theory. Cant be a coincidence hehe
My guy straight up reads a question regarding a puzzle of some sort and not even half a second after says ‘I found it.’ This is why I love this man 💀
Weird seeing Levy without his guess-the-elo energy, but kudos. Very well-deserved!
Levy deserves all this recognition, man. He’s been a helluva grinder on youtube and in the chess scene in general. Legend
Glad Levy's getting more popular. Loved him at the Chessboxing event over the weekend as a commentator.
4:18 Contrapoints jumpscare
Fun fact: Shah is usually head of the village or a king, while "mat" translates to died, so checkmate means "your king is dead"
I wonder at what point in history that eventually got Anglicized into the "CH" sound.
Actually not to be a nerd but “mat” or in the persian dialect “مات” doesnt mean died, mat means startled or frozen as in “the king was startled” like how the king in chess never dies.
You keep doing these videos and I'll keep watching. Wired and Levy are an excellent combination.
I'm not a chess player and I still found this wonderful and entertaining
That sums up Levy’s entire channel perfectly.
You should get into it then. It’s fun and it’s a really good mental trainer in my opinion. You will start off slow but you have to get through it. Good luck.
@@mightyleonard7600 dude don't push it..
He showed the Caro-Kann defense on his board, but it was very difficult to see. Wired did not show it. On the virtual board they only showed the beginning two moves and not the pertinent part.
Already learned something in the first 30 seconds. In German, the word for checkmate is "Schachmatt" which is pronounced very similar to the Persian way. Schach is also the name of chess in German, i.e. the king's game, although it's not the title of royalty here.
Chess should be more popular
Same goes for Scandinavian countries :)
Same for Poland - szach mat.
scrolled down to find this comment.
the "Zugzwang" really surprised me, lmao
Looks like a word, that has no real 1:1 translation
In romanian it's șahmat
Glad levy you come this far😄
Hope you keep acheiving great things and spread positivity in chess community❤
My face when Contrapoints is randomly among the people asking.
Also, if one can say that Bobby Fischer is the best due to the sheer, but short dominance, then one can say it about Morphy, and Bobby Fischer agreed with that and considered Morphy's lead over contemporaries higher than his own.
Quite fun to see @ContraPoints randomly asking a chess question.
Seriously, I was listening in the background then heard Levy say "At Contrapoints asks..." like hol' up, what??
RAAGGHHH THE GOAT
It's so bizarre to see Levy acting professionally after you watch his streams.
This was my first intro to Levy, my mind was blown when I saw the streams for the first time.
Why, what happens in his streams??
@@OddlyAnimated1203he's an entertainer. And entertainers act in weird ways to entertain people.
@@luongmaihunggia Ahhh, alright I get it now. Thanks for the explanation.
@@OddlyAnimated1203 th-cam.com/video/JAX_-wZhRMI/w-d-xo.html
Fun trivia about rare chess moves: In 2019, TH-camr Tom7 analyzed the lichess match database and determined that that the rarest fate for any piece in the game is for white's F-pawn to die on A7. In all the games analyzed, this occurred after the pawn promoted, but A7 is diagonally aligned with F2, so it is technically possible - if extraordinarily unlikely - for the F-pawn to reach that square as a pawn, using five captures.
But then, because of symmetry, it should be equally as unlikely for the C-pawn to die on H7, shouldn't it?
Not at all, because the board isn't symmetric. The F-pawn rarely moves too far afield in the midgame because it's dedicated to defending the king after castling, while the C-pawn is much more likely to move.
@@curtmack Ah, I see. Thanks for the explanation.
@@curtmack But wouldn't that make f more likely than c? Because you're probably gonna play either c4 or c3 making c2 takes d3 (the first necessary move for it to go to h7) impossible, whereas the f pawn is much more likely to stay still and you'll at least have f2 takes e3 at some point. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the c pawn even getting to h7 has never even happened.
Levy’s popping off right now. I saw he had another Q/A video a few weeks ago, he commentated Ludwig’s chessboxing event, and now this. Let’s go
I'm not really into chess but i love these videos learning about it. Your simplistic style of video with white background and the awesome giant chess piece are perfect i love it
It’s crazy how insane a tabletop game can get with only 32 total pieces
Even with only seven pieces left, the game is still crazy.
@@kusharyThe computer says it’s solved. In some amount of time to think.
@@puppypuppybobbin Yeah I know. Even then, the game is still super complicated.
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15:22 Correction for the captions: You transcribed it as "Zwischenzug" instead of "Zugzwang". They're both German chess terms, but completely different tactics. Zugzwang basically means "forced to make a move" (at the detriment of your own position), whereas Zwischenzug means "in-between move" (which is basically a stalling move that improves your position before you play an expected move)
Loved it! I continue to be blown away by Levy's ability to clearly explain the most complicated concepts in the simplest way.
There's a mistake in the captions at 15:24 . As Levy said, black is in Zugzwang ("compulsion to move", black has no good move), not Zwischenzug ("intermediate move", white plays a move in between another one, such as giving a check before recapturing a piece).
Just later, in 15:53 , black IS checkmated, not HAS checkmated. Hope this helps, and great video!
It was cool seeing Levy get chosen for this. I also like how ContraPoints had a tweet. Hopefully, Natalie gets into chess and makes a video about it.
Levy is a BOSS. Inspired so many. Hope you paid him well for this, Wired!
People jump at the chance to be on these shows, nobody is getting paid.
@@NeuroBash there is always money involved
@@potxtoe whatever makes you sleep better...
A joy to watch!
I chuckled when he said that the number of move permutations considered by chess engines could be "in the millions". That's indeed true, but one time I spectated an engine tournament game between Stockfish and Leela, Stockfish was evaluating about 1.3 Billion board positions each turn. There's a game between Komodo and Berserk happening now where Komodo looked at 14 Billion board positions during one turn, but spent almost a minute doing so.
Those are extraordinary circumstances, though, they use a dual-socket AMD machine with 256 threads and half a terrabyte of ram. "in the millions" is a good answer.
computers be computing
How many positions need to be evaluated to solve the ultimate Mate-in-X puzzle of finding the best first move to be hard coded into the engine algorithm.
@@johndododoe1411 The number of available permutations is higher than the amount of atoms in the observable universe. It's still a stretch for our computers to calculate.
14,000 million is still in the millions
So well articulated - easy to see why he's the leading TH-camr on chess.
This is really well done
This guy is a great communicator
I remember Levy at 100K subs. Look at him now. Truly the world's best chess teacher.
World's best Chess teacher? I wouldn't call him that, although Chessly is pretty great, and credit where it's due. But he's the chess world biggest entertainer and spokes person, gateway. And he's the best at what he does.
@@lewismaddock1654 I initially found him as a teacher that's why I said it. As off now I guess yeah. Chess entertainer is what you would call him.
Ok who Am I fighting today in the name of Danya “The sensei” Naroditsky? Jk levy is awesome.
Levy deserves all praises and media appearances. Such a humble and sympathetic character he is. I feel as proud as a dad and as happy as I was him.
i dont even know much about chess but this guy is super fascinating that i watched the whole thing
His name is Levy Rozman and has a youtube channel called Gothamchess, he is really good at entertaining people, he really has the ability to catch your interest
So awesome to see Levy in other contexts, like commentating on Ludwig's Chessboxing event and now this. You deserve all this recognition!
I am so happy to see Levy's continued and well earned success. You've worked hard kid.
Chess is a game I loved playing as a kid against my stepdad. I was never remarkable or anything like that but it was something challenging that I enjoyed. As an adult I can't wrap my head around long term plans anymore and videos like this make me miss those days. Great video, great expert as always
Really well done, Levy. Good down-to-earth explanations!
I really liked that after a few more abstract question he just explained castling in the clearest way possible and then went way back up in level. It's not always easy for experts to comprehend why beginners can't grasp basic concepts (see also: many high school maths teachers) but Levy just switches back and forth with no problem at all.
Seeing Levy in videos outside of his channel brings a smile to my face
He has basically become the face of Chess education on TH-cam
I got into chess because of your videos Levi! Reached my first goal of 1100 thanks to you! Happy to see you branching out and getting in the spotlight of Wired!!!
I think a better way to put the value of Knight vs Bishop is that their value depends on the board state and positioning. Closed boards favor Knights, open boards favor Bishops. A piece that is well positioned is worth more than a poorly positioned piece.
Somethings important to note about castling are:
- you forefit your right to castle if either your king or the rook you wish to castle with have moved.
- You cannot castle if the king's path crosses a check
You also cannot castle to get out of check.
You also cannot castle into check.
@@garrylarry890 yes, which would cross with a check, wouldn't it.
if you promote a pawn on the e file into a rook, you cannot castle using that rook.
@@gravity_cowhow would you castle vertically anyway + nobody would promote to rook
Did not expect to see contrapoints ask a question, but am so here for it!
I saw that too. And I also know Patrick Bet-David so it was a double-whammy for me lol
@Physically Remove Commies *she*
@Physically Remove Commies why not? would you want someone like contrapoints in mens spaces? would you want someone like buck angle in womens spaces, like a bathroom?
@Physically Remove Commies Why can't she be a woman if she feels that way though? And what do you get out of misgendering her on purpose even though she doesn't like that at all and that it's probably the most insensitive and unnecessarily rude thing you can do to someone like her in a casual conversation. Is it really that big of bother to just use the words "she" and "her" whilst addressing the woman, regardless of what you think deep inside. Just say "her" bro, common courtesies aren't that hard.
@Physically Remove Commies cope
Hi! Fellow chess expert here, happy to analyze the position of the game on the board on Levy's table.
White and black seem to be almost even, but I'd have to give this game to red, who clearly has the size advantage.
My daughter was around 8 and wanted to play chess online (with my help - she wasn't very good). Online opponents quickly realised that she (and I) were no challenge and hastily quit the game. However, some very kind chap in Mexico did have patience with her and played a complete game with her. She was talking nonsense (nothing rude or offensive) in the chat and he was replying in a confused, but good-humoured way. We were having a great time, and I'll always be grateful for his kindness and being so generous with his time.
Odd that he didn't mention that castling historically wasn't always a recognized legal move. It's relatively new to the game as an international standard, though we are approaching the time when it's been around for half the lifetime of what could be called modern chess despite the lack of a consistent rule set across the globe until just the past couple of centuries. There were a lot of variations to it that weren't standardized until "recent" times.
Very informative, not odd considering it wasn't a question he was asked, but informative nonetheless
En passant is also not an OG legal capture, but makes sense once you realize that initially moving a pawn 2 squares was also not an OG legal move.
Real oldschool chess players remember when the Queen could only move one space diagonally.
@@LoudWaffle advisor gang
This man is a treasure for the game of chess
Contrapoints and GothamChess is such a crazy crossover
Omg I love it!!!!!
I mean, she can already play the piano beautifully, on top of being a brilliant Philosophy Communicator, essayist, drag queen extraordinaire, talented comedienne... Now she wants to excel in chess too? Isn't that... like... rude?
@@Pedro_Larroza literally none of what you have said is true 😂also, he would never excel in chess
@@GuitarBloodlines You must be right, I mean... I'm not the one monitoring mentions of her under random, scarcely voted comments in videos completely unrelated to her range...
@@Pedro_Larroza You have extremely low standards if you think a generic blue/red bad philosophy youtuber is somehow a brilliant communicator, no comments the rest since those are really your opinion, which is simply bad.
What a great video! You know so much about chess, and you express it really understandably!
12:10 I find it funny that Levy emphasizes the king moving only 2 squares, and yet the Twitter response changes it to "several" for no reason at all
Levy’s stuff has transformed my game. When I started playing this time last year I was around 700 ELO and now I’m 1500. I watch four different chess channels and his has helped me the most by far.
2:50 "Vibrating devices in their shoe or 'elsewhere'"
We all know exactly what he was thinking in that moment
Today’s stare was exceptional, almost no blinks at all 10/10
Please have him on again for another one of these this is awesome!