Sultan Khan: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived

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    Sultan Khan, one of the greatest chess players of all time... and not known.
    He played against Jose Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubeinstein.
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    1:29 Game 1 - Mattison
    7:12 Game 2 - Marshall
    13:04 Game 3 - Capablanca
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  • @matiasgarciacasas558
    @matiasgarciacasas558 3 года назад +6483

    *beats world champion*
    "Man, this game sucks"
    *goes back home never to be heard of again*

    • @AliRaza-su7ti
      @AliRaza-su7ti 3 года назад +530

      He was a servant and it was his master who got him into chess, and I think it was his master who stopped him from playing chess... but idk why

    • @robingurung7714
      @robingurung7714 3 года назад +31

      Can u play better than him ? I guess not, so don't think too much, respect him as a good player.

    • @AliRaza-su7ti
      @AliRaza-su7ti 3 года назад +513

      @@robingurung7714 Wut, what disrespectful thing did i say about him.

    • @SilentMath161
      @SilentMath161 3 года назад +144

      @@AliRaza-su7ti this robin gurung is stupid dont worry he doesnt know how to read

    • @liviu445
      @liviu445 3 года назад +107

      He was most likely disappointed, since he crushed the world champion.

  • @diiselix
    @diiselix 3 года назад +4853

    Sultan Khan: likes to play the Caro-Kann
    Levy: ”He’s the greatest chess player ever”

    • @luker.6967
      @luker.6967 3 года назад +333

      @@drjoyrajghosh2271 It's a joke about Levy's love of the Caro, they're not seriously disputing Sultan Khan's skill.

    • @amanhasnoname1052
      @amanhasnoname1052 3 года назад +43

      @@luker.6967 He has a thing for Caro Kann, London system & Stonewall system!!

    • @carlneoh5843
      @carlneoh5843 3 года назад +16

      @@amanhasnoname1052 and the Vienna

    • @solar3013
      @solar3013 3 года назад +61

      Caro-Khan

    • @hanuna
      @hanuna 3 года назад +1

      @@drjoyrajghosh2271 r/woosh

  • @Eftkud
    @Eftkud 2 года назад +4055

    -comes out of India
    -trains with his opponents
    -beats the crap out of the best GMs of the time
    -takes chess not professionally but as hobby
    -refuses to elaborate further
    -leaves

    • @langletprolet8378
      @langletprolet8378 2 года назад +131

      India? I thought Pakistan

    • @abhishek3735
      @abhishek3735 2 года назад +472

      @@langletprolet8378 It was the same back then. India got partitioned in 1947 and Pakistan was born out of it.

    • @lxstyexr349
      @lxstyexr349 2 года назад +133

      Sigme male grindset

    • @keithgravamen1107
      @keithgravamen1107 2 года назад +87

      Giga Chad energy

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 2 года назад +56

      @@langletprolet8378 Pakistan was a part of india until 1947

  • @UmbrellaSound
    @UmbrellaSound 3 года назад +1886

    Even Capablanca called him genius. Just give the man posthumous GM title he deserved it. He was absolute beast of midgame.

    • @GNU_Linux_for_good
      @GNU_Linux_for_good 2 года назад +95

      From now on we'll just call him *GM Khan*

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 2 года назад +175

      @@GNU_Linux_for_good His name is already king king, doesn't get better then that

    • @GNU_Linux_for_good
      @GNU_Linux_for_good 2 года назад +22

      @@hugo57k91 I didn't know that - so then: *king king* ;-)

    • @vogel2499
      @vogel2499 2 года назад +53

      @@hugo57k91 King of kings sounds more badass.

    • @johnballard6725
      @johnballard6725 2 года назад +11

      He was definitely a strong GM.

  • @asmrbrim9818
    @asmrbrim9818 3 года назад +3085

    Levy's title: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived
    Me, rated 900: this must be about me

  • @abtaha
    @abtaha 3 года назад +2038

    Old fashioned indian style chess players aren’t fan of castling because it puts the king out of the game. My grandfather never castles

    • @reelgesh51
      @reelgesh51 3 года назад +141

      @Frank Lincoln also to my knowledge in actual Indian chess I believe certain prices move differently and casting might be different to as I've been told Khan struggled at first with these rules

    • @moffatcam
      @moffatcam 3 года назад +139

      @Sushi Sandwiches No? It also isolates the rooks from the A/H files, really makes a lot of sense tactically, especially in an endgame position

    • @beholdandfearme
      @beholdandfearme 3 года назад +80

      @Sushi Sandwiches Only noobs castle idiot

    • @prajwalbharambe343
      @prajwalbharambe343 3 года назад +84

      @Sushi Sandwiches castling did not exist in indian chess.

    • @FrancisLallawmkima
      @FrancisLallawmkima 3 года назад +29

      @Sushi Sandwiches depends on the game though, a couple of games dictate this, for eg. you don't need to castle in a London opening game unless you are forced to 😄,

  • @piculra7441
    @piculra7441 3 года назад +2626

    His name basically means "King King". He wasn't the kind of king who likes hiding behind his castles, though.

    • @hynori1819
      @hynori1819 3 года назад +248

      King king kings gambit

    • @loganjackson7746
      @loganjackson7746 3 года назад +344

      Oh you mean the KKK gambit! I love playing that one...but only when I’m white

    • @jeremythomas4744
      @jeremythomas4744 3 года назад +84

      @@loganjackson7746 so stockfish says, if you play it as black, the analysed position is +999999999999

    • @ecclesiasticman4417
      @ecclesiasticman4417 3 года назад +18

      @@loganjackson7746 Andres Bonifacio would be proud.

    • @user-rw9no4vt7e
      @user-rw9no4vt7e 3 года назад +3

      Strawberry king king

  • @ender-gaming
    @ender-gaming 2 года назад +274

    That attack by Frank Marshall was amazing, so many traps, the defense was brilliant but I'm still in awe of how every piece that went to attack simply could never be taken. For several turns any greed from the defensive player to exchange pieces would be punished with mate. It was simply beautiful.

    • @BREAKocean
      @BREAKocean Год назад +32

      And he was drunk while playing making it even crazier

  • @patrickimperial579
    @patrickimperial579 3 года назад +3629

    You know you're a badass when your name starts with Sultan and ends with Khan.

    • @Doge-xt2fx
      @Doge-xt2fx 3 года назад +15

      Heheyyy

    • @masterjax2449
      @masterjax2449 3 года назад +240

      Sultan levy rozman khan

    • @jeremythomas4744
      @jeremythomas4744 3 года назад +92

      I actually thought he was a sultan, which means "king" in malay (and probably persian)

    • @alicodm5120
      @alicodm5120 3 года назад +56

      Sultan deez nuts khan

    • @johnny5731
      @johnny5731 3 года назад +103

      @@jeremythomas4744 Khan meaning ruler as well.

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 3 года назад +3333

    Sultan Khan was so OP the world needled to nerf him by making him unable to read.

    • @unknownface2463
      @unknownface2463 3 года назад +48

      man that is the reason . now i know

    • @abhinavsrivastava9909
      @abhinavsrivastava9909 2 года назад +178

      He did read and write, he just didn't read and write English

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 2 года назад +35

      @@abhinavsrivastava9909 so unfortunate since most of chess is played (by the best however) English speaking players. wish he made it up there

    • @the_phen0m639
      @the_phen0m639 2 года назад +29

      As a Pakistani i am very proud

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 2 года назад +15

      Yeah cuz taxes were high and British didn’t allow Muslim Madrassas which were like schools except Islam was also taught. So there was not much education in modern day Pak India and Bangladesh. Ramanujan was also self taught

  • @Crazeyfor67
    @Crazeyfor67 3 года назад +557

    I've seen many of Capablanca's games, but I've never seen him totally dominated as in this game. He rarely ever lost.

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 2 года назад +6

      I did Alekhine mopped the floor with him worse than sultan khan did multiple times

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 2 года назад +74

      @@williamrobert9898 Alekhine did beat Capablanca 6 to 3 with 25 draws in their world championship match but I wouldn't call it mopping the floor. Their lifetime score is 9-7 in Capablanca's favor.
      The only players Capablanca has a negative score against are Paul Keres and Sultan Khan.

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 2 года назад +4

      @@mazymetric8267 Actually you're wrong Capablanca has a negative score against Botvinnik as well
      Well opinions vary so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree since in my opinion Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were giving the time they played in

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 2 года назад +16

      ​@@williamrobert9898 Botvinnik and Capa's score is tied 1 to 1 with 5 draws.
      It doesn't seem that convincing when you compare them to other dominating world championships like Short vs Kasparov where Kasparov beat Short 6-1 or Fischer vs Spassky where Fischer beat Spassky 7-1. Alekihne won 6 games with 3 losses and 25 draws.

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 2 года назад +12

      @@williamrobert9898 "Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were"
      Some of those wins literally fell into Alekhine's lap like in game 11, Capa blundered away a completely drawn game by playing 60. a5?? or in game 12 where by playing 34... Qc7, he gave away huge advantage to white.
      I'm not saying that Alekhine was not a skilled player. Not at all but reason for Capa's loss in 1927 has less to do with how good Alekhine was and more to do with how under prepared Capablanca was. Alekhine himself said that reason for Capablanca's defeat was his underestimation of my talent. That's why Alekhine never gave Capablanca a rematch. He instead played World Championships against players like Bogoljubov and Euwe and gave them rematches knowing they cannot beat him.

  • @md.shaban639
    @md.shaban639 3 года назад +695

    He didn't castle most of the time because there's no castling in Indian chess. 🙏

    • @the7esla989
      @the7esla989 2 года назад +103

      This actually proves that castling is for peasants 😂😂

    • @jessesmith6824
      @jessesmith6824 2 года назад +22

      Castling is for pussies do bongcloud

    • @jacknack6819
      @jacknack6819 2 года назад +13

      @@the7esla989 or proves that not castling is for peasants

    • @TheLondonSystem
      @TheLondonSystem 2 года назад +69

      @@jacknack6819 how would it prove that
      I'm 99% sure sultan Khan plays better than you

    • @jacknack6819
      @jacknack6819 2 года назад

      @@TheLondonSystem indians = peasants

  • @arcjones1991
    @arcjones1991 3 года назад +3585

    Is Gotham finally going to talk about these two drunk guys in a pub who keep getting into positions that have never been seen in chess before?

    • @kevinarmes9804
      @kevinarmes9804 3 года назад +45

      Hahahaha that's funny

    • @julianschondorf304
      @julianschondorf304 3 года назад +16

      Hahaha underrated comment

    • @stevegeorge6880
      @stevegeorge6880 3 года назад +174

      When you phrase it that way, it allows for the possibility that the players themselves get into positions never seen before in chess regardless of how the pieces are set up. Given the physical creativity of drunk guys at bars, anything's possible.

    • @natasdabsi1138
      @natasdabsi1138 3 года назад +3

      Lmao

    • @rewind3334
      @rewind3334 3 года назад +14

      What? Why would 2 drunk guys be shown? And the positions are probably bad.

  • @zeeshanchristy
    @zeeshanchristy 3 года назад +2134

    i share the same village from back home with him. he is our pride.

    • @architranka
      @architranka 3 года назад +59

      Are you from Pakistan, Bro? Has anyone traced his family?

    • @KeyurMahadik
      @KeyurMahadik 3 года назад +72

      @Archit Ranka His grand daughter is on chess.com. Google mir sultan Khan's grand daughter. She lives in the US

    • @bryansanchez8158
      @bryansanchez8158 3 года назад +15

      Pog

    • @architranka
      @architranka 3 года назад +119

      @@MuhammadHaris-bq9hk Thank you So much Brother. It was a great read. May Pakistan get their First GM soon.

    • @weeddagr8988
      @weeddagr8988 3 года назад +16

      Im from pakistan yay go Sultan Khan!

  • @kytownsend8295
    @kytownsend8295 3 года назад +191

    His name is literally king king in two languages. Chad.

    • @korkunctheterrible4302
      @korkunctheterrible4302 2 года назад +9

      No. kagans/khans/hans/kaans were not kings. rulers, yes but not kings. Because khaganates weren't monarchies. They were confederations made up of tribes, with a level of democracy in them, where there was this voting system in "Kurultais" ( a parliament: oldest chosen person has more weight, khagan and khatun are equals and the rich and the poor are equals in voting)
      When you have that system (that signifies the later stages of barbarian era, native americans had a similar structure too) that early monarchies and sultanates shit on you really good, because, "in praise of idleness".

    • @arewenot1
      @arewenot1 2 года назад +15

      @@korkunctheterrible4302 ok

    • @azertyazerty9549
      @azertyazerty9549 Год назад +6

      @@couchpotato4928 bro fr said 🤓

    • @almogxchq5282
      @almogxchq5282 Год назад +3

      @@azertyazerty9549 Spreading knowledge is not nerdy, not accepting knowledge though is idiocy.

    • @fiery_gamerz
      @fiery_gamerz Год назад

      ​@@korkunctheterrible4302 Thanks for the info

  • @sideways5153
    @sideways5153 2 года назад +80

    Sultan Khan only played for 4 years and he was this good?? That’s amazing. Pushes the limits of what’s possible

  • @captainsnake8515
    @captainsnake8515 3 года назад +3802

    In math, there’s the iconic story of ramanujan, the Indian genius who can out of nowhere with entirely unique ideas. Sultan Khan seems the chess version of ramanujan.

  • @pangrey8931
    @pangrey8931 3 года назад +843

    Makes me think about how many geniuses and talented people live in poverty or other unfortunate circumstances where they will never have the opportunity to use their talent to do much

    • @hindra1996
      @hindra1996 3 года назад +17

      obviously not dewa_kipas

    • @namaloompakistani1768
      @namaloompakistani1768 3 года назад +2

      He was the son of a landlord.

    • @pangrey8931
      @pangrey8931 3 года назад +65

      @@namaloompakistani1768 my point still stands. Imagine if the chess man never came and never taught him. Literally wouldn't have had a chance to prove himself in chess

    • @namaloompakistani1768
      @namaloompakistani1768 3 года назад +13

      @@pangrey8931
      It recently came to my attention that
      He was pushed back by the british empire at that time.
      Same type of video was uploaded 3 years ago.
      Check the comments section of that video.

    • @BruteZ7957
      @BruteZ7957 3 года назад +16

      Talent isn't inherent it's developed. Not to say some are better at some things, but that's only initially, after a certain point expertise comes by work, not talent.
      So you can't exactly say how much talent is wasted because because of someone's circumstances, because the same circumstances wouldve also helped create the said talent.

  • @NightDweller
    @NightDweller 3 года назад +362

    Sultan khan 🤝 Morphy
    The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life

    • @junaidhasan9723
      @junaidhasan9723 Год назад +10

      I heard that from Tate

    • @arknamal
      @arknamal Год назад +3

      kia kehnay!

    • @starmorpheus
      @starmorpheus Год назад +16

      @@junaidhasan9723Well Tate took it from Morphy

    • @darheamrlol
      @darheamrlol Год назад

      So basically, a chess prodigy has a wasted life.

    • @kennethkilian1971
      @kennethkilian1971 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@starmorpheusas usual

  • @michaeljarmola9003
    @michaeljarmola9003 Год назад +25

    After watching this, I played a game where castling just didn’t seem right, so I moved my king up behind my center. I would not have thought to do that had I not seen this video! Ended up winning the game. Awesome content!

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 10 месяцев назад

      A king with 3 pawns is a super weapon.

  • @nicolo7789
    @nicolo7789 3 года назад +377

    GothamChess: He did not have a good result, he finished second
    Me: Hey thats not bad
    GothamChess: -to last place
    Me: Oh

    • @RingsLoreMaster
      @RingsLoreMaster Год назад +5

      The way I understood that was Khan finished third out of four players. Because "the only two players who finished ahead of him"

  • @vidarrehnstrom5091
    @vidarrehnstrom5091 3 года назад +2055

    levy is so mysterious with his uploading schedule

  • @kevinmalone3210
    @kevinmalone3210 2 года назад +75

    Sultan Khan was one of those naturally gifted chess players, a rarity, who didn't study chess, but just had a gift for it, in the same league as Paul Morphy, and Jose Capablanca.
    .

  • @TalhaEjaz
    @TalhaEjaz 8 месяцев назад +4

    King to e2 feels like a stockfish move. Khan was way ahead of his time.

  • @etoileaugereau9074
    @etoileaugereau9074 3 года назад +332

    This man could have been one of the greatest players of his generation, even a world champion, cause he was gifted, but he said "nah, just gonna go back to my sweet home, pet my dog and chill"

    • @reelgesh51
      @reelgesh51 3 года назад +30

      He was actually a servant and simply wanted to work under his master to my knowledge

    • @NA-yq4pe
      @NA-yq4pe 3 года назад +50

      @@reelgesh51 servant isn’t the right word, he had his own home and property, but as Levy said was taken under the wing of Sir Umar because he played chess so well, another woman was taken under Sir Umar’s wing for the same reason

    • @arpanmukherjee961
      @arpanmukherjee961 3 года назад +16

      @@NA-yq4pe more like an employee

    • @MrAnanthaP
      @MrAnanthaP 2 года назад +17

      He was a serf who had to travel where his master told him. Sir Umar Hayat was equivalent to an Earl and had come to England with his retinue to wait on the king. 0nce the tour was over he had to go back. He was then freed by his lord and got a small area where he built a house.

    • @carlosfcruz-rr9hp
      @carlosfcruz-rr9hp 2 года назад +3

      He was a slave ironially.

  • @malachibrown2921
    @malachibrown2921 3 года назад +540

    Levy "Content Machine" Rozman

    • @thebus3181
      @thebus3181 3 года назад +3

      I’ve seen too many of these :(

    • @franciscolobato3806
      @franciscolobato3806 3 года назад +4

      * GM Levy "Content Machine" Rozman

    • @danny208YT
      @danny208YT 3 года назад

      He's pulling 2.4 million a year from this grind

    • @DrPavel-gh4sj
      @DrPavel-gh4sj 3 года назад +1

      It's not hard to rip off Agadmator's old videos.

    • @sarathvarma2909
      @sarathvarma2909 3 года назад

      CM Levy Rozman

  • @HelloIamClay
    @HelloIamClay 3 года назад +2

    Man oh man, I enjoyed this video SO much!
    I enjoy all of your videos. You help me understand chess in a new way, and I generally enjoy your commentary even when it's simply entertaining rather than educational.
    But holy hell, I enjoyed this video on a different level. Thank you, thank you, and thank you!

  • @nickname2446
    @nickname2446 2 года назад +1

    I immediately subscribed.
    Your commentary is precise and entertaining.
    Thank you for posting videos. You have great charisma and covered this unknown player with passion in a way that enables his legacy although short, to live on in the minds of all of us viewing these games. Capablanca was without doubt one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Had Sultan Khan been able to read and write, study, plan and so on, then his mind may have expanded allowing him to be the most dominating force in the world.
    Thanks again for this video.

  • @sisyphus349
    @sisyphus349 3 года назад +726

    Kind of interesting how many chess geniuses ended up hating chess. Morphy, Fischer, Khan...

    • @jandroid33
      @jandroid33 3 года назад +188

      To get extremely good at something you need to do so much work on it, so no surprise that many get tired of it after a while.

    • @teriwilliams5981
      @teriwilliams5981 3 года назад +64

      Every road ends

    • @smaragdchaos
      @smaragdchaos 3 года назад +253

      I don't really blame Morphy or Fischer for hating chess. Morphy hated it because he couldn't get the job he wanted to work, due to people always associating him with being great at chess and not taking him seriously otherwise, and Fischer hated it because of engines and theory killing all creativity in the game, plus the US gave him a lot of shit during cold war. It's a shame, really

    • @cutebhargavi8043
      @cutebhargavi8043 2 года назад +37

      I think chess players didn't get recognition in the society. This might be a factor.

    • @thefunny6703
      @thefunny6703 2 года назад +4

      @@teriwilliams5981 circle road

  • @romainnasr7042
    @romainnasr7042 3 года назад +520

    "Text messages to the afterlife are expensive"
    -Levy Rozman 2021

    • @zebinap9441
      @zebinap9441 3 года назад +11

      Of course it's costs 1 life......it's pretty expensive🤣🤣

    • @kennynguyen6246
      @kennynguyen6246 3 года назад +12

      @@zebinap9441 Also the fact Khan wouldn’t be able to read it

    • @zebinap9441
      @zebinap9441 3 года назад +1

      @@kennynguyen6246 lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @darkbrowndior
      @darkbrowndior 3 года назад

      whatsapp calls are cheap

    • @mba4677
      @mba4677 3 года назад

      Levy Rosen

  • @revenevan11
    @revenevan11 Год назад +29

    Man these are some super entertaining games! Lol at Frank James Marshall, on the Khan's turn 🤣

  • @metalbugyeah
    @metalbugyeah 3 года назад +24

    "The pineapple juice was simply too potent"
    "So we get h4 , SULTAN KHAN BABY"

  • @euanmcdougall1917
    @euanmcdougall1917 3 года назад +69

    I'm pretty sure at 19:39 Khan didn't hesitate, he rather triangulated his king so that when he plays Rg1 his king is on b2 rather than b1, he was basically doing slow improving moves every piece in it's perfect place. Absolute class

  • @ryansalmon6507
    @ryansalmon6507 3 года назад +205

    Can you start a history of chess series? It would be so cool!

    • @stormixgaming8389
      @stormixgaming8389 3 года назад +2

      nice idea

    • @rishabhtiwari8744
      @rishabhtiwari8744 2 года назад

      Yeah

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 2 года назад +1

      go to agadmators chanel if you want that

    • @donkbonktj5773
      @donkbonktj5773 Год назад +1

      @@ThePapaja1996 Some people like Levy's style of analysing and explaining more than agadmators, not trying to be rude to agadmator.

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 Год назад

      @@donkbonktj5773 yeah but if he want more of that agadmator is a great place to start.

  • @nishonthebeat
    @nishonthebeat Год назад +1

    What an amazing story. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this Levy. What a channel, what an amazing video, and what a man both you and Sultan Khan are. Thank you so much and I hope that you have an amazing rest of your day. Truly, thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lukelemke2783
    @lukelemke2783 2 года назад +2

    This was really cool. I would love to see more videos on chess history, and how different players in the past had played. This was an incredibly interesting video, and I'd love to learn more about chess players of our past.

  • @vasilisbouzas7722
    @vasilisbouzas7722 3 года назад +116

    @GothamChess, the story of Sultan Khan really reminds me that of Ramanujan. A brilliant Indian mathematician, he was discovered by accident, brought to England and produced within a short period of time some of the most fascinating work in 20th century math. Finally, he returned back to India and died of illness.

    • @realeyesrealisereallies97
      @realeyesrealisereallies97 3 года назад +22

      A lot of his work is still being used today in relation with black holes. Truly fascinating individual, reminds me of Nikola Tesla too. Absolute visionaries and geniuses

    • @Will_tell_you_later
      @Will_tell_you_later 3 года назад +9

      Ramanujan wasn't discovered by mistake.

    • @vetiarvind
      @vetiarvind 3 года назад +10

      He wasn't discovered by accident. Ramanujan wrote to Hardy first.

    • @malikabd2902
      @malikabd2902 Год назад +1

      Except sultan Khan was not indian or hindu

    • @ishaananant0808
      @ishaananant0808 2 месяца назад

      ​@@malikabd2902bro is obsessed with religion

  • @Jossandoval
    @Jossandoval 3 года назад +5

    03:31 will be forever for me "Delayed bongcloud, Sultan Khan variation".

  • @stanlee3662
    @stanlee3662 3 года назад +2

    After a break from chess for over 22 years im finaly back, much thanks to your content my dude. Quality content with a sence of humor. Thanks for that :)

  • @samdingi
    @samdingi Год назад +5

    Levy, thank you so much for this video. Your contributions to world chess are immensely appreciated.

  • @architranka
    @architranka 3 года назад +350

    Thank you Levy , Chessbase India is trying to persuade FIDE to award him GM title since long time but to no avail.
    Thank you for shedding some light on this legend. Also Daniel King has written a book on him. Worth reading.

    • @Doge-xt2fx
      @Doge-xt2fx 3 года назад +1

      Hmm

    • @johnballard6725
      @johnballard6725 3 года назад +21

      Khan was clearly a very strong GM.

    • @unknownface2463
      @unknownface2463 3 года назад

      thanks

    • @vogel2499
      @vogel2499 2 года назад +3

      Sultan Khan was a muslim Pakistani.
      I know that Pakistan hasn't existed yet, but he born and lived around that area.

    • @fayanstakileke7935
      @fayanstakileke7935 2 года назад +1

      @@vogel2499 so what bro ? .d

  • @SamSam-jl7rt
    @SamSam-jl7rt 3 года назад +471

    As a Pakistani it makes me happy to see some light shed on him as well as the work Chessbase India is doing to get him his well deserved GM title! Thank you for this video Levy🙂!
    Edit: Hoped to see some love from both sides after posting this comment considering it has been 70 years, but some people still haven’t changed😕.

    • @MayankSharma-cn2nc
      @MayankSharma-cn2nc 3 года назад +61

      He was an Indian at that time, there was no pakistan

    • @sgtrur2297
      @sgtrur2297 3 года назад

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc bacot

    • @ZENO_J
      @ZENO_J 3 года назад +89

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc it was not even india it was British India . India was established in 1947 .

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 3 года назад +51

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc However, he was living in Pakistan after the partition and died there hence why he probably doesn't get talked about much over here. I didn't even know we had a well known chess player before Vishy until a few months ago.

    • @Doge-xt2fx
      @Doge-xt2fx 3 года назад

      @@riddhimanbarma 😁 same

  • @PitcanaryRamFan
    @PitcanaryRamFan Год назад +2

    I love how much fun you seem to have bringing this stuff to us.

  • @andrewcasey8580
    @andrewcasey8580 2 года назад +1

    That was absolutely brilliant. He was such a beast! Thank you for sharing that story with us.

  • @hasanrampurawala6393
    @hasanrampurawala6393 3 года назад +53

    Thanks for telling us about this legendary player and not letting his contribution to chess go unheard

  • @anone-mouse1672
    @anone-mouse1672 3 года назад +99

    Levy you should also check out the petition that asks FIDE to offer him the Grandmaster title posthumously. Link it if you feel like.

    • @sergethegrim
      @sergethegrim 3 года назад +2

      BRUH he is like approximately 150 FIDE points apart from being a gm theoretically, why even bother sending a petition at this point?

    • @dankllama6573
      @dankllama6573 3 года назад

      @@sergethegrim rating doesn't make you a gm, you need to get multiple gm norms which requires a certain performance in a tournament.

  • @alirakka5469
    @alirakka5469 Год назад +3

    I think you should do more videos on notable people and stories in chess. I really enjoyed this, thanks Levy

  • @johncarlisle621
    @johncarlisle621 3 года назад

    great presentation, I had played through the Capablanca game a couple of years back, but you explained a lot of things that I didn't understand. thank you, love your videos

  • @TheStrongestBaka
    @TheStrongestBaka 3 года назад +219

    Good thing that you didn't text Mir Sultan Khan in the afterlife as he wouldn't be able to read it anyway.

  • @123amsterdan456
    @123amsterdan456 3 года назад +73

    He couldn't read or write IN ENGLISH. He could read and write in his own language...

    • @NA-yq4pe
      @NA-yq4pe 3 года назад +22

      That’s actually an important distinction to make!

    • @khalidrashid2092
      @khalidrashid2092 3 года назад

      Not true. He certainly could read and write in his own language. He was not an englishman

    • @luckylaniang5574
      @luckylaniang5574 3 года назад +35

      @@khalidrashid2092 that's literally what the guy said

    • @serenity_peace76
      @serenity_peace76 3 года назад +1

      @@luckylaniang5574 yeah lol

    • @iamray112
      @iamray112 2 года назад +1

      Might be in Urdu and Hindi

  • @TheKopaczJoe
    @TheKopaczJoe Год назад +3

    You would do well to put out more of this story telling content. It was entertaining enough to hear you recap the history, but your audience also received the technical chess content! This was a great video. Thank you for the content.

  • @hero227
    @hero227 11 месяцев назад

    what an asset you are to the game of chess, reviewing all these classic games and players. Appreciate the historical aspect, and look forward to seeing games like this in the future. Keep up the great work Levy!

  • @shivgautam487
    @shivgautam487 3 года назад +18

    Sultan Khan be like- Call the ambulance but not for me.

  • @BeatPoet67
    @BeatPoet67 3 года назад +13

    I had heard about him but it's good to see his games being resurrected. It's a fantastic story. A bit like the great self taught Indian mathematician Ramanujan who G.H. Hardy recognised as a genius. How he could compete with world class players after only a handful of years experience is almost beyond belief. Surely a candidate for the next Netflix chess series!

  • @denniswilkins8103
    @denniswilkins8103 Год назад +9

    I'm REALLY glad that I watched this video. You have done justice to Sultan Khan and his career, IMHO.

  • @crypsilonmusic2822
    @crypsilonmusic2822 2 года назад

    This video inspires me so much. Like how he plays so off the grid. Came back to this one the third time now

  • @dimamaksimov869
    @dimamaksimov869 3 года назад +9

    11:36 yeah, they may cost you a life ahah

  • @santiagofabregat4472
    @santiagofabregat4472 3 года назад +13

    Hey, Levy!
    I’m a huge fan. I just recently started playing chess in November and with your help I’ve reached 1200 already. I love your content! I was wondering if you could do a video on RUclips where you talk about your favorite chess books that talk about the openings, middlegames and endgames (I’m reading your suggestion: 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesús de la Villa). And if you could talk about how to study chess, that would be amazing!
    Greetings from Mexico City!

  • @christopher19894
    @christopher19894 3 года назад +7

    Chess is so cool because of how perfectly a full game can be transcribed. Unlike notes in an old music score, moves in a chess game are rarely tabbed wrong, forgotten, or misinterpreted.

  • @johnclaudhilario667
    @johnclaudhilario667 2 года назад

    I really love watching your video analysis and sometimes can't hold from really asking my observation analysis too. :)

  • @likemostthings
    @likemostthings 3 года назад +65

    you've taken chess videos to a whole new level... not only educational but inspiring, entertaining and funny all at the same time

  • @sumit.bhowmik.
    @sumit.bhowmik. 3 года назад +134

    A movie regarding his life would a treat to watch 👌

    • @dakshmavi3428
      @dakshmavi3428 3 года назад +12

      Kings gambit maybe

    • @muhammadhaider7687
      @muhammadhaider7687 3 года назад +8

      There's a book coming out. There's one out already but a better one is coming out by his granddaughter who is a historian from Cambridge.

    • @soban8629
      @soban8629 3 года назад +3

      @@dakshmavi3428 Poetic cuz sultan literally means king.

    • @dakshmavi3428
      @dakshmavi3428 3 года назад +5

      @@soban8629 yeah ik dude I am an Indian 😂

    • @shivgautam487
      @shivgautam487 3 года назад +2

      @@dakshmavi3428 and if I am not wrong Daksh means adroit in hindi.

  • @edsanjenis9416
    @edsanjenis9416 2 года назад +4

    I would like to see more of his games, his style is unorthodox and unique.

  • @Mikaflyd
    @Mikaflyd 3 года назад +1

    Love the bio of chess players through there games. This would make a nice little series. And we new players get to see how masters of the game player and learn in the process. Never heard of the guy before but your video makes me want to look him up.

  • @cielararagi3195
    @cielararagi3195 3 года назад +396

    Yes, the great successor of Genghis Khan, Sultan Khan

    • @ladyoftheratking7801
      @ladyoftheratking7801 3 года назад +49

      Most people are successors of Genghis Khan

    • @saltytea7367
      @saltytea7367 3 года назад +8

      @@ladyoftheratking7801 true

    • @vintagefootage8897
      @vintagefootage8897 3 года назад +15

      Genghis khan religion is tengris... Sultan religion is Muslim.... They are not related.... Genghis is from central Asia, mongol community... Sultan khan was from India

    • @mangoi3
      @mangoi3 3 года назад +33

      @@vintagefootage8897 I think it was a joke

    • @voidzminer1017
      @voidzminer1017 3 года назад +7

      Sunlesskhan

  • @robntaylor
    @robntaylor 2 года назад

    The narration is great man had me dialed the whole video

  • @Miss_Lexisaurus
    @Miss_Lexisaurus 3 года назад

    I love how excited you get talking about these games!

  • @TheBopPops
    @TheBopPops 3 года назад +211

    As a Pakistani, this is incredible and so inspiring to hear to about. Thank you for teaching us about this man :)

    • @waqarahmadkhan6790
      @waqarahmadkhan6790 3 года назад +5

      Hey !

    • @yawr3593
      @yawr3593 3 года назад +3

      Whats your rating I am from RWp

    • @TheBopPops
      @TheBopPops 3 года назад +3

      @@yawr3593 only like 900 lol, my family is from Multan but we don’t live in Pakistan anymore

    • @yawr3593
      @yawr3593 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBopPops Which country then?

    • @TheBopPops
      @TheBopPops 3 года назад +2

      @@yawr3593 united states

  • @7PaulAnderson
    @7PaulAnderson 3 года назад +4

    Levy, this is my first comment on RUclips. You sparked a love for chess in me through these fascinating videos and I just want to say thank you. You're truly passionate about your craft and it shows. I really have a great respect for the grind that you put into what you love. Wishing much luck to you from the NYC neighbor to the north, Westchester.

  • @albertthin3501
    @albertthin3501 4 месяца назад +1

    Very nice. Absolutely nice video. Appreciate..

  • @GVAjay-wp4tj
    @GVAjay-wp4tj 3 года назад +10

    We should honer Sultan Khan by giving posthumous Grand Master title.
    He deserve it as he has beaten top GM of his times. I have seen his games and they mind boggling strategic unthinkable moves.

  • @daniele_petrini
    @daniele_petrini 3 года назад +44

    Levy: tells me "you're amazing"
    Me: 🥺🥰🥺🥰🥺🥰

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn 3 года назад +40

    He didn't really mind if he didn't make the scene. He was the Sultan of pins

    • @anuarzc
      @anuarzc 3 года назад +3

      he has a full time job, he is doing alright

    • @marcelloditta7957
      @marcelloditta7957 3 года назад

      and we have a winner

  • @My_Two_Cents
    @My_Two_Cents 3 года назад

    Watched that entire video. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dr.navalchhangani4868
    @dr.navalchhangani4868 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for sharing game and History
    Great ❤

  • @SoberingMirror
    @SoberingMirror 3 года назад +136

    Levy, you inspired me to make videos. Not directly, you just made me realize that I'm bad at chess and desperately need a new hobby.

    • @charbelabidaher4443
      @charbelabidaher4443 3 года назад +8

      So you say he was like a sobering mirror to you?

    • @SoberingMirror
      @SoberingMirror 3 года назад +17

      @@charbelabidaher4443 pretty clever. You must be a GM

    • @charbelabidaher4443
      @charbelabidaher4443 3 года назад +5

      @@SoberingMirror oh yeah I... I totally am...

  • @ArgentAlapin
    @ArgentAlapin 3 года назад +6

    That Khan vs Marshall game is one of the greatest I have ever seen.

    • @avijit3001
      @avijit3001 3 года назад

      True. What deep thinking defense!

  • @lamarlhu11
    @lamarlhu11 Год назад +1

    This was really dope…. Thank you for what you do for the chess community!

  • @maunicakolla4975
    @maunicakolla4975 3 года назад

    Really interesting video. Absolutely loved it !

  • @user-ko9xg2dr7s
    @user-ko9xg2dr7s 3 года назад +4

    Levy you should do a series of analysing "old school" players games and talking about their lives etc.. I'd love to see Mikhail Tal!!

  • @BartimaeusCarbulo
    @BartimaeusCarbulo 3 года назад +6

    Hey Gotham, you should make a Playlist where you go over iconic chess games and brilliant players. For example, you've made a video about the Sherlock v. Moriarty game but I don't believe it's on any Playlist so it's hard to find. Also you just did this video and the other day you went over Kasparov v world which would qualify as well.

  • @richardsleep2045
    @richardsleep2045 3 года назад

    Brilliant stuff, thanks Gotham. I'd vaguely heard of the legendary Sultan..

  • @stick4250
    @stick4250 3 года назад +1

    Hey, I suck at chess but love your videos. Super interesting and informative even for smooth brain noobs like myself. Loving the history lessons and breakdowns of these games didn't know history and chess could be actually fun and entertaining.

  • @sunerose1311
    @sunerose1311 3 года назад +83

    I find it important to add that the best chess player in human history most likely never became known. Such a pity how differences in the world have an effect on literally everything, even chess.

    • @dago6410
      @dago6410 3 года назад +22

      depends on your definition of 'the best'. Like, if you just think about potential, you are just by default right, statistically speaking, but if you talk about actual chess strength, you just can't forget about how much theory a person had at their disposal, so that just HAS TO be Carlsen, even tho I really am not happy with that ;

    • @rishi91
      @rishi91 3 года назад +1

      @@dago6410well said but what did Bobby fischer do?🤔

    • @basesixty6739
      @basesixty6739 3 года назад +1

      @@rishi91 I think he called women stupid

    • @sunerose1311
      @sunerose1311 3 года назад

      @@dago6410 Good point. Of course, chess is a lot more than just being talented. My point is that the way the world is today, its simply a waste of potential.

    • @asharullah353
      @asharullah353 3 года назад +6

      It isn't possible. The best chess player would have had to spend his childhood playing tournaments and with that collective experience defeat the other contenders for the champion throne. Although your point is true for a chess player who had world class potential but could not get into chess for different reasons

  • @mrregularword4329
    @mrregularword4329 3 года назад +5

    I always like how levy keeps you guessing on what video he is going to put out and still guarentee it’s worth your time

  •  3 года назад

    Great video! I love this story, thanks

  • @dman6261
    @dman6261 5 месяцев назад +1

    Such an interesting story. So much talent for Chess

  • @burrri
    @burrri 3 года назад +8

    I already knew it was gonna be Sultan Khan when i saw the title. Man was amazing. What a legend

  • @rysi0k110
    @rysi0k110 3 года назад +40

    Lmao i read that as "The best unknown chess player who fired liver."

  • @shannonwaipouri1730
    @shannonwaipouri1730 2 года назад

    Just subscribed a massive fan of Matojelic and agadmator you are just as good also enjoy the history behind these games

  • @tylerives5198
    @tylerives5198 2 года назад

    Really enjoy your content Levy :) Thanks for the hard work.

  • @tikeplayz4480
    @tikeplayz4480 3 года назад +6

    15:35 the ducks in the park when I give them bred

  • @TKNinja37
    @TKNinja37 3 года назад +65

    7:29 -- Being blasted at an elite chess tournament and hurling insults and pieces in equal measure sounds like THE most American way to play chess.

  • @Sasser2015
    @Sasser2015 3 года назад

    Great story, Levy. Thanks

  • @MrTheomatics
    @MrTheomatics Год назад

    This was such enjoyable and interesting commentary!

  • @philg4857
    @philg4857 3 года назад +52

    I want Levy to analyse Frank James Marshall best attacking games.
    Edit: Gotham did it the next day🙌

    • @frecoolen5119
      @frecoolen5119 3 года назад +1

      Wish granted only 14 hours later

    • @philg4857
      @philg4857 3 года назад

      @@frecoolen5119 ikrrr

    • @andersonarmstrong2650
      @andersonarmstrong2650 3 года назад

      Wherever there's an F.J. Marshall, a Capablanca is never far away!

  • @randomshadow4620
    @randomshadow4620 3 года назад +12

    I am absolutely fascinated by how Frank Marshall plays. I don't know about him before I watched this video but ohhhh man!
    Sultan Khan is on a different level.

  • @josephnyongesa193
    @josephnyongesa193 2 года назад

    Thanks man, am learning a lot from your videos.

  • @jacktm9916
    @jacktm9916 11 месяцев назад +1

    Levy should talk about early 20th century chess again. Players like Sultan Khan and Frank Marshall are insane to watch