This man is a machine. An actual machine. He has made a passing interest in chess into one of my main hobbies in less than six months. Witty, insightful and damn enjoyable to watch. Not to mention his relentless upload schedule, if you haven’t subscribed yet, do it. He deserves the love.
You missed that Kasparov stopped playing the KID just a few years prior due to Kramnik dismantling it with the Bayonet attack. A testament to how strong Kramnik was at preparation to neuter two of Kasparov’s favorite openings with both white and black.
@@andresv.8880 I dislike Rosen; my favorite commentator is Levy. Agadmator is ennoying because it is always exactly the same format, no creativity. Besides, at not even 2000 ELO, Agadmator is a lousy chess player.
@@jansnauwaert1785 Found the chess elitist. Shut up, you're probably U1400, you have no business calling Agadmator a "lousy chess player". He was a huge part of the chess renaissance here on the internet and he deserves all the praise he gets and more.
@@jansnauwaert1785 Skill in playing chess is near orthogonal to skill in presenting chess. He has a script (or at least a skeleton or some sort) planned out ahead of time, he has analysis done ahead of time with all the key points ready, and he communicates these things in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. He is the quintessential analysis presenter. It's fine if you don't like pure analysis--since you prefer Levy it's pretty clear you want more commentary. But at least be balanced in your review of Agadmator for what it is, rather than what you want it to be.
Kasparov was such a strong player they literally had to bore him to death by neutralizing his e4 attacking openings with Berlin. I feel him as a player who hates slow and boring games.
Hikaru initially drew me to the chess community. But Levy is why I stayed over the past 6 months. He is a down to Earth human-being, humorous, and frankly a challenge to others pushing run-of-the-mill videos in the chess community. He addresses it from a level of depth that the beginner player can quickly pick up on and reference, due to a high-level of rapport and people skills. And I always catch myself grinning at his brand of exaggerated and recurring comedic themes (even occasionally a "hahahaha", etc.) Love ya man, thanks for helping me get through the past year, I went back to college! I only wished I would have been here and taking chess up sooner.
Kramnik played so strongly seemingly not even because of his technique and battle plans (both solid as titanium) but because he simply knew what he had to do to take out Kasparov specifically. Truly a chess champion, his winning record against Garry Chess is well, well earned.
This Berlin saga was exciting! Would you do another video on some opening, that was brought to top level recently (I mean recently in terms of a 2000 year old chess game)
His peak was short and he never excelled in tournament chess for too long in a row, but his best games are super beautiful and I would argue he's the kind of player whose ideas in the best games are deeper and more profound than their achievements in competitive play.
He was never dominating because there was always anand and topalov who was always fighting for the number 1 spot against him, unlike carlsen, kasparov, fischer ect who all were clearly dominating
Levy when Kramnik plays h4: Great move creating a good lock in the position Levy if his sub did the same move: *"WHAT KIND OF DEGENERATE HUMAN BEING DECIDES TO PLAY H5 WHEN HIS DARK SQUARE BISHOP ISN'T DEVELOPED"*
Levi is always so professional and informed, his content is so entertaining and informative, I don’t like playing chess as much as I enjoy watching these videos
Ahhhhh i remember this because of GM Simons story of Kasparov v Kramnik, where Kramnik goes for Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin again, and Berlin to Wear Kasparov down
Actually Kasparov and Kramnik were supposed to sign rematch contract before the match, but Kasparov decided not to. And after the match Kasparov started to demand rematch (at least in public) and Kramnik declined for obvious reasons - he hadn't planed for it and there were a lot of other matches he HAD planed for and had to prepare to, including a match vs computer.
Big time. Many said his ego cost him this. Even Gary admitted that was one of his weaknesses, and he learned that the hard way. He did not know enough about the Berlin yet still kept trying to beat it, mostly over the board, while Kramnik had done extensive analysis. Gary was so dominating and above everyone else by so much in 2000 that he thought he could get away with anything. Kramnik playing AMAZING in this match, and had some of the best prep ever, and playing the best chess he ever did. Very shocking match, but it happened.
Levy: "There's so many K's. There are all these Russians with the letter K..." Me: " How many could there possibly be? There's just Kasparov, Kramnik, Karpov, Korchnoi...Okay maybe you're on to something.
Love the video, you could literally just keep posting videos of old chess tournaments and explaining them and I'd keep watching. Only thing I wish you did in these videos, just to help those of us who are new, is just have pictures of the two players. I always like to know who you are talking about, and videos/pictures are helpful in this
Day 130: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.
Kramink also played Berlin defense against Aronian and the briliant move was rock to g8,from that move he destroyed Aronian,maybe we can see that game in Gothamchess?
you're Gold! i love the energy you produce to the games. not just the game, all the games, love the fire, you must be a September man or at least have September placements
Thank god for Gotham. This man got me and many others into chess, arguably the main reason for the chess boom. The more i learn about this incredible game the more it draws me in, I love this historic events videos too. S/O Levy.
Hey, Levy. Do you actually have all of these games memorized? It sure looks like it. I guess that the moves don't show up on the screen in your videos, but I never see your eyes darting back and forth between the board and some move chart, so I was wondering. You certainly have 5.72 million openings memorized - so i figure, what's few dozen more moves on top of 100s of memorized opening variations in a few couple 1000 famous games or so.
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This man is a machine. An actual machine. He has made a passing interest in chess into one of my main hobbies in less than six months. Witty, insightful and damn enjoyable to watch. Not to mention his relentless upload schedule, if you haven’t subscribed yet, do it. He deserves the love.
Faxx
passing interest? man's an IM
He was talking about his own passing interest I believe
@@aimer9181 bro r u sped or someting
@@harshag700 yeah i misread my bad
You missed that Kasparov stopped playing the KID just a few years prior due to Kramnik dismantling it with the Bayonet attack. A testament to how strong Kramnik was at preparation to neuter two of Kasparov’s favorite openings with both white and black.
@Aslam Parvez look up Kramnik vs Kasparov Novgorod 1997 or Kosmos Hotel 1998, Kasparov's last two games in the KID, both losses
AlphaZero iirc also dropped the KID during it's training.
although Kasparov does have a lot of wins against Kramnik in the KID
@Aslam Parvez just search on chessgames
@Aslam Parvez the most important was 1994 linares
Legend has it that on move 7 of the Berlin Defense Kramnik whispered: "Oh no, my queen!"
😂😂😂
Haha! Someone call Rosen!
@@andresv.8880 I dislike Rosen; my favorite commentator is Levy. Agadmator is ennoying because it is always exactly the same format, no creativity. Besides, at not even 2000 ELO, Agadmator is a lousy chess player.
@@jansnauwaert1785 Found the chess elitist. Shut up, you're probably U1400, you have no business calling Agadmator a "lousy chess player". He was a huge part of the chess renaissance here on the internet and he deserves all the praise he gets and more.
@@jansnauwaert1785 Skill in playing chess is near orthogonal to skill in presenting chess. He has a script (or at least a skeleton or some sort) planned out ahead of time, he has analysis done ahead of time with all the key points ready, and he communicates these things in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. He is the quintessential analysis presenter. It's fine if you don't like pure analysis--since you prefer Levy it's pretty clear you want more commentary. But at least be balanced in your review of Agadmator for what it is, rather than what you want it to be.
Those days without Gotham content were so long thank you TH-cam for monetizing him again
wdym again? did something happen?
Wut
@@rajaryandash3041 yeah that’s why he didn’t upload for like 3 days in a row earlier this week
@@asherstrell3247 source?
@@Anonymous4045 he said it in one of his videos like 1-2 weeks ago
Ah yes, Garry Chess, the inventor of the game.
Also chess patch 2.0 was annouced
He made that wacky en croissant move, bad hotboxes smh
Garry Chess, inventor of chess, invented chess in 1976 (the year chess was invented by Garry Chess, inventor of chess, who invented chess).
@@hk-ex4gw Yeah the hitbox is disconnected and has insane frame data. Needs a nerf.
@@kappablanca5192 Not to mention that Garry also invented chess
So early that Levy forgot to change Gary “Kasparov” to Gary Chess
Gary chess?
@@eliaskjrbo8142 Yes, Garry Chess, the inventor of chess.
@@eliaskjrbo8142 someone isn't an anarchychess sub
@@Azarashi. Father of Mr. Gotham Chess
@@nicholasrevill6610 whats anarchychess i heard levy mention it a couple of times.
“Kasparov accidentally bludering his queen, but he luckily survives tacking Kramnik’s queen back” LOL
Levy wouldn't mix up the names if he just called him Garry Chess
Karry Gasparov
Daddy G
Legend has it that every time Gary played a good move Kramnik found it to be very interesting
“I’m going to take my broken arm and slap you across the face with it”
-Levy 2021
Kasparov was such a strong player they literally had to bore him to death by neutralizing his e4 attacking openings with Berlin. I feel him as a player who hates slow and boring games.
Stockfish 14 destroys prime kasparov 100% of the time
AlphaZero is better than Kasparov
@@maalikserebryakov ur brain 'lets compare 3600 bots to a 3000 human being'
@@epoh9076 yes
Prime Kasparov can beat Stockfish 14@@maalikserebryakov
clicked faster than blundering a rook on move 6
161660s DONT blunder
They sacrifice
didn't see a trapped queen
Look, I saw rook a4, I just didn't like it
You are not a psychic
@@nick2629 You hikarus sidekickk
How far the mighty has fallen. Kramnik is now a meme slowly destroying all the great he has done. It's a shame but self inflicted
Levy: speaks English
Also Levy: Владимир Крамник
(0:08)
He also knows russian
@@shashwat4920 it is Spanish,you are so stupid
You are ugly. I hope you will not write comments any more...
@@shashwat4920 sorry man
I don’t know what came over me(
@@igorrodkin3977 lol 😂
Vlad the Impaler... overhauled the Berlin Wall... made Garry drop the King's Indian... what a legend!
Imagine training your whole life and holding your world title for decades just to draw a kid a few years later who celebrated in McDonalds.
Kid did grow up to be the GOAT tbf
But he celebrated eating ice cream!
@@NotoriousKhamid in Mcdonalds
Wasn't that an advertisement
Are u serious? Or had just two weeks that you actually learned about the game?
Enjoyed the retrospective...Kramnik's contributions to opening theory in several openings was immense and can't be overstated.
14:57 "Same exact position".
That's incredible. Billions of combinations of pieces and yet a repeat.
I just watched your englund gambit video and you just uploaded another one, this seems way better than sleeping
Dude same, I love watching chess videos before sleeping so I can forget them the next day
Clicked as fast as a 1600 rated player hanging a piece on move 6
1660*
haha so unfunni and senseless
16 16 60
@@JacobsKrąnųg you don't understand the reference so....
The Berlin is now so popular, you could argue it is the new main line of the entire Ruy Lopez.
Hikaru initially drew me to the chess community. But Levy is why I stayed over the past 6 months.
He is a down to Earth human-being, humorous, and frankly a challenge to others pushing run-of-the-mill videos in the chess community.
He addresses it from a level of depth that the beginner player can quickly pick up on and reference, due to a high-level of rapport and people skills.
And I always catch myself grinning at his brand of exaggerated and recurring comedic themes (even occasionally a "hahahaha", etc.)
Love ya man, thanks for helping me get through the past year, I went back to college! I only wished I would have been here and taking chess up sooner.
this did not age well...
Me: having terrible day
Gotham: uploads
Me: happy
Levy recapping a Berlin and being excited about it. I've now seen everything.
Now that’s a shirt right there.
4/5 for its fantastic pattern and interesting color scheme. It’s even collared. Levy is moving up in the world.
Kramnik played so strongly seemingly not even because of his technique and battle plans (both solid as titanium) but because he simply knew what he had to do to take out Kasparov specifically. Truly a chess champion, his winning record against Garry Chess is well, well earned.
Wait.. So Garry did not even win a single game?? Shocking!!
Not only that, he accept draw in 13 moves when he behind 2-0 lol. Fischer correct some chess ganes are rigged, kasparov not even try to attack:)
day 8 of asking to look at the Reti-Alekhine 1925 game
didn’t that one have the cool queen sac?
“unbreakable, known as the berlin wall”
buddy
Levy please make some on mikhail tal 👑 he's G.O.A.T and would be a treat to watch
How hard was it not to title this video "who defeated Garry Chess"?
What is that about Garry chess?
What’s this joke about can u tell me😭
Bitch I feel like Garry Chess
@@fares6102 Garry Kasparov, the creator of chess, hence Garry chess.
@@fares6102 look up “garry chess the inventor of chess”
I love the history of the games between the 2K's! Thank you!!! 👍
Hastings 1895 and many other great tournaments we would like to watch
If you continue putting out videos at this pace you'll cover the whole of chess history by the end of this year🤣
Well that's something impossible but yeah he has done a lot of work.
I love it when players re-introduce an opening or variation succesfully like this. Didnt Garry also did the same with the evans gambit and the scotch?
This Berlin saga was exciting! Would you do another video on some opening, that was brought to top level recently (I mean recently in terms of a 2000 year old chess game)
I love the historical analysis!!!
Thank you so much Levy!!
I have been waiting for so long for someone to do this on TH-cam
Yes, Kaspaov v Kramnik. Love these games. I always find time for a bit of Gotham chess in my day.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for going over historic events like this.
I've been waiting a long time for Gotham to do a 10 minute review of the Berlin!
Kramnik's such an underrated player. He'll never make anyone's top 10 of all list (probably not even his own), but this was just perfect matchplay
His peak was short and he never excelled in tournament chess for too long in a row, but his best games are super beautiful and I would argue he's the kind of player whose ideas in the best games are deeper and more profound than their achievements in competitive play.
He was never dominating because there was always anand and topalov who was always fighting for the number 1 spot against him, unlike carlsen, kasparov, fischer ect who all were clearly dominating
Top 10 is possible in some lists for Kramnik, but he's underrated for sure. Very talented player.
Who defeated Garry Kasparov
Deep blue:Finally my time has come
I know it's a joke but if you're interested he has a video about those games
Levy, angrily: "All those Russians with the letter k"
Me: "Ты что-то попутал, товарищ..."
Is that the beginning of the navy seal copypasta but in russian?
I love Putin
I come here daily to listen to Levy telling me to "get out of here"
Levy when Kramnik plays h4: Great move creating a good lock in the position
Levy if his sub did the same move: *"WHAT KIND OF DEGENERATE HUMAN BEING DECIDES TO PLAY H5 WHEN HIS DARK SQUARE BISHOP ISN'T DEVELOPED"*
Levi is always so professional and informed, his content is so entertaining and informative, I don’t like playing chess as much as I enjoy watching these videos
Filthy casual
Ahhhhh i remember this because of GM Simons story of Kasparov v Kramnik, where Kramnik goes for Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin again, and Berlin to Wear Kasparov down
he has such a nice talent of talking to his audience
Alekhine - Euwe is the saga, also all of Botvinniks wc matches, hope there will be videos about that
I swear i think kramnik was a cheater and that's why he's gone crazy against cheating now. He's trying to bury the lead
Bro no one was even cheating back then
Please Levy, the world needs a video of yours about José Raul Capablanca
Me wondering why is levi grinding for 1M before hikaru
Also me: aha afterall he is not hikaru's sidechick
"There's so many K's!... All these Russians with the letter K!" had me fucking, crying with laughter 😂
Levy, Please cover the anand vs gelfand 2012 world championship match!
PLEASE🙏🏽
Suggestions:
1) Carlsen vs anand 2014
2) Fischer vs Spassky 1972
So early that the sun is yet to rise in Japan
True. It's 4am in Japan.
Rip Miura
Well, I can confirm from me being at school right now, the sun has indeed risen here as of this moment.
Always interesting, always delivered vividly, always stimulating curiosity. Thanks for yet a fantastic rendering! 👍
Day 18 of challenging Levy to play three blitz games and for each point of material he loses he has to do 2 push ups
If you donate 100, I bet he might do it
Be his subscriber and donate. Only then he might listen.
Actually Kasparov and Kramnik were supposed to sign rematch contract before the match, but Kasparov decided not to. And after the match Kasparov started to demand rematch (at least in public) and Kramnik declined for obvious reasons - he hadn't planed for it and there were a lot of other matches he HAD planed for and had to prepare to, including a match vs computer.
Here so early that there was no pin of shame yet.
Used to do tournaments when I was younger but stopped playing for years till I found your videos thank you so much! Big live from the UK ❤️
Anyone watching after Kramnik started the cheating accusations?
Great personalty you got, and I would like to see something old like Alexander Alekhine games. No one have do some story on him. Thank you Gotham.
Random dude: A line of opera themes soaps...
Me: wtf does that mean *presses skip ad
At 964 k almost at 1 million. Big fan of Levy. Thanks for the awesome videos. They are very well done.
Literally every Indian fan is waiting for the moment when Anand defeated kramnik
I’m sure that video will come levy waiting for it lots of love
Same bro! He is the man who beaten kramnik and Kasparov both!
Yeah, and I'm waiting for the moment when Magnus defeat Vishi)
@@tellurius4951 he already made that video
@@sthunning3685 I know, it was a trolling
i love when levy smacks his keyboard to go to the next move
Time to make a legendary Casablanca Alekhine rewiew
Whoa, this was great! More chess history please ^.^ ! You make it so engaging
Now, lets do the procedure...
I remember that match and Kasparov mentioning the Berlin defence. Thanks for making this video in such an interesting and understandable way!
great content Levy. Gary's stubbornness on Berlin Defense has cost him the match.
Big time. Many said his ego cost him this. Even Gary admitted that was one of his weaknesses, and he learned that the hard way. He did not know enough about the Berlin yet still kept trying to beat it, mostly over the board, while Kramnik had done extensive analysis. Gary was so dominating and above everyone else by so much in 2000 that he thought he could get away with anything. Kramnik playing AMAZING in this match, and had some of the best prep ever, and playing the best chess he ever did. Very shocking match, but it happened.
Kramnik: Let's play the Berlin defense.
Kasparov: Ah, Shit! Here we go again
Levy: "There's so many K's. There are all these Russians with the letter K..."
Me: " How many could there possibly be? There's just Kasparov, Kramnik, Karpov, Korchnoi...Okay maybe you're on to something.
Ironically, when Kasparov played the Berlin defense himself with black against Judit Polgar, she defeated him.
Could someone count how many times Gotham wanted to say Karpov in this video? :-) You are the best anyway! :-)
Berlin Defense is my favourite opening with black because of Kramnik and this World Chess Championship Match.
I, as a 1000 elo player, understand these moves.
me too, they were by the rules
Love the video, you could literally just keep posting videos of old chess tournaments and explaining them and I'd keep watching. Only thing I wish you did in these videos, just to help those of us who are new, is just have pictures of the two players. I always like to know who you are talking about, and videos/pictures are helpful in this
Kramnik: Wow I’ve thought I would defeat Kasparov
Magnus:It’s pretty easy
xQc: Ahhhh just another day at the office
Day 130: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames.
Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.
Kramnik played the best chess of his lifetime to beat kasparov, that was a beautiful match and he totally deserved to be crowned as a champion
Clicked on this video faster than he could say jobaba London
Who's jo?
Kramink also played Berlin defense against Aronian and the briliant move was rock to g8,from that move he destroyed Aronian,maybe we can see that game in Gothamchess?
Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Karyakin. Russian K-team.
Can you make another list for the Chuks of the world, Grischuk, ivanchuk etc
Also in Russian Carlsen is written with K as well (Карлсен)
@@benjaminj4535 nah, idk many russian GMs. Also don't know english translation of their names so may be easily be wrong.
@@maximsokolov8927 Kарлсен is the norwegian K team
@@maximsokolov8927 also Kosteniuk (Russian women gm)
Levy you should make in depth videos about the top players. So like their playing styles, favourite openings etc. That would be really cool
you're Gold! i love the energy you produce to the games. not just the game, all the games, love the fire, you must be a September man or at least have September placements
This is an outstanding review of the seminal moment when Kasparov was beaten,not just in match play, but for the World Championship
*everyone typing "so early - facts", and then theres me who will type later "so late all ready 1 million"
Thank god for Gotham. This man got me and many others into chess, arguably the main reason for the chess boom. The more i learn about this incredible game the more it draws me in, I love this historic events videos too. S/O Levy.
yes
aight
Now I truly appreciate it when he says the time of recording XD
And it is known as "The Beriln Wall"
Well, that's a foreshadowing
Nah, these games were played 10 or so years after the Berlin Wall got taken down
Kramnick ..wow he made Gary look unprepared. Very Masterful!
Hey, Levy. Do you actually have all of these games memorized? It sure looks like it. I guess that the moves don't show up on the screen in your videos, but I never see your eyes darting back and forth between the board and some move chart, so I was wondering. You certainly have 5.72 million openings memorized - so i figure, what's few dozen more moves on top of 100s of memorized opening variations in a few couple 1000 famous games or so.
I dont think so but Magnus probably can
5/20/21 only 34K more to 1 million!!! This man deserves it! 🚀🚀🚀
GOTHAM OPPPP (will watch this video now, but u still da best 🔥🔥❤❤)
AWESOME! This will be so fun
The first time Gotham asked a question and i know the answer!
So late for a video its amazing how you manage to make a video at night and don't seem sleepy at all 👍