Appreciate the “exceptions” section in this one. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve made my problems multiply by trying to create a “danger levels” threat
Suggested topics: Displacing defenders Attacks on the enemy Pawn cover Finding imbalances and thinking technique The power of the two Bishops Maneuvering against weaknesses Elements of endgame strategy Selection of candidate moves
Those titles are pretty vague . You can make up some random war lines to chess and make things interesting but the moment you play a few games you realized you learned nothing.
I used to play chess when I was 7 or 8 years old in tournaments and such but then quit. Now I am 20 and starting to return to the game and I‘m absolutely loving it. Your videos are absolutely fantastic information and really enjoyable to learn with. Thank you!
This and the advice on pawn structure really helped me turn a blundered match as black with a material disadvantage and my queen on the run into a solid win with said queen as the checkmating piece. I am so glad I discovered this channel.
Hey Levy, you’re probably not ever gonna see this, but I just wanna thank you for your effort and time that you put into teaching us, the viewers, chess. I appreciate every second of your video because, you don’t have any filter when you show up in your streams or videos, its just you showing your love for chess. And remember, you shouldn’t care about the haters, or trolls. I know they can be very discouraging, but as a representative of the people who love what you do, we are here to support you! So once again thanks a lot, you’ve been a huge help to me!
@@GameyRaccoon Im sure he would love to read this, but his fame is the issue here. Go judge other influencers like logan paul. This is a chess youtuber for godsake.
I watched this video once and it had an immediate positive impact on my game. I’ve found some devastating combinations while under threat that has netted me a Queen and handful of Rooks. Your approached forced me to step back and see the whole board rather than being overly defensive. Thanks!
I love how informal this is. I love the way you move your hands around and just how everything seems so clean and efficient. I will defiantly use this so that I don’t keep loosing valuable pieces without thinking about how I can counter attack.
Danger levels is indeed a game changer. I always was very good at understanding pins, forks, skewer etc... But when I was under attack I either always retreaded, exchanged or removed the attacker, basically dealing directly with the threat Only recently I have grasped this idea of ignoring the threat to make a stronger one and my +200 elo in a day says a lot about this ahahahah
Levy, you're literally genius in putting your thoughts in video. 15 mins of Video and not even a single second is waste or non enjoyable. You're Perfect Content maker. Do make vlog about how you make videos and what efforts are required for such amazing videos.
@@notparanoid912 I had similar it matters how fast u learn I did it in like 2 months but have been playing chess for a while just a lot it wasn’t online on,y matches at my chess club
I'm really enjoying this new RUclips specific content from you Levy. I learn more from these sessions than I do when I watch twitch, largely because my time is limited, and these lessons are specific and to the point.
I just wanna say, I was 400 and then I started watching some of your guides and now I'm 600! I know it's not much but I think I'll only get better from here. Any tips to learn even more?
Good video bro. I really appreciate this kind of quality content because in my country (Venezuela) there is almost no way to learn this great concepts but to the Internet
"I'm telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem and I threw a molotov cocktail, *Boom*, right away I had a _different_ problem." --Jason Mendoza, "The Good Place"
Can you imagine danger levels just going higher and higher? Like, you attack their pawn, and instead of saving their pawn, they attack your bishop. And instead of saving your bishop, you attack their rook. And instead of saving their rook, they attack your queen. And instead of saving your queen, you attack their king. Then once the king escapes check, a TON of moves go off all at once.
I never thought of the concepts of danger levels, like always, my immediate thought was "Can i threaten anyone?" Or a "Can i threaten the king?" With my trusty horseys, castle heads, and bishops Whenever i would play and see my opponent making moves midgame, moving their major pieces together, i would always look for a "path" they could take in future moves that could threaten any major pieces and most importantly, the king I used to struggle with chess and focused on things that were currently happening, not the things that COULD happen, until i found a way for myself like the "path" thing i made up
Levy, just after you explaining the concept with 3 examples I was able to solve the next puzzle you showed without you explaining it. Thank you so much, you're an amazing help to beginners like me
I read a couple of book, about or by Bobby Fisher many years ago, this was the strategy he promoted. He seemed to use more aggressive metaphors as I recall but I learned that, sometimes, the best defense response is a better offensive move. I love your vids, you are very clear and I learn a lot. Thanks!!!
LOL, Levy's a Great Guy but he isn't doing this for "free". there is significant income from all the hits and eyeballs delivered to advertisers...and paid courses etc. Levy deserves to make a good living! Also, I suspect his hourly rate for private tutoring/coaching is multiples higher than what it was before millions of people built up his rep. I bet there are very well-off players willing to spend big bucks for private lessons...which, again, is totally deserved. But make no mistakes, very little on the commercial web is truly free. Advertisers pay a lot to access your brain.
At the last game of exception: Black: I want your rook. White: What is worth more than a rook? THE QUEEN! Black : What is worth more than a queen? THE KİNG! White: What is worth more than a king? I'VE PROBABLY LOST THİS GAME.
The principle of danger levels is easy enough to understand. What makes it difficult to apply for beginners (me included) is that you have to precisely calculate, usually 3 or more moves deep, while trying to prove yourself wrong, not right. And quickly finding the most dangerous out of many possible continuations is the what beginners struggle the most with.
This was very helpful. I often would use danger levels just to have two pieces under attack just as you warned. I'm going to watch out for that from now on.
While playing chess, whenever a piece is in trouble and I can’t defend I always say in my head, “danger levels danger levels danger levels” and 9 times out of ten I find a way out
I was playing a game the position was 8/8/2Q5/2qpbp2/2k5/4PP1P/8/1R4K1 w - - 0 1 and it was white to play I was playing white and I played Rc1+ (That does follow up on a checkmate in 12 but I didn't see it because it's 12 moves) he played Bc3 and I hear a word echo in my mind deflection so I took the bishop with check and he made the move Kc3 taking the rook and I take the queen and I went on to win the game 16 moves later, if he moved to b4 not only is it a mate in 2 after Qc5+ Ka4 is forced and Ra3# is checkmate thanks for the tip.
One time I feel like he's gonna burst into full Yiddish and be like, "What's all this mishegoss here? What're you doing with all these ferkakte moves, just throwin' pieces around? Kamahhhhhn!" I also giggle because we use the same expressions in German on the rare occasions we're being ironic and sarcastic (yes it does indeed happen, I'm 35 and I've done it nearly 6 times already in only one lifetime).
7:16 If you take white knight with bishop, taking back with knight allows for queen mate and taking back with queen allows for a free queen capture right
I have never played chess seriously but to be able to correctly surmise the play was Rook > E5 on the second example felt good. I love the hands-off approach you have to teaching. Will definitely keep learning now 😅
This video really helped me to get better at chess, I like the idea of how you can ignore a threat on your Queen or Rook and still either win material or win the game. Thank you Levy for advancing my chess thought process.👍
I use these all the time. in one game, I was down a Knight, and my pawn structure was very bad, but I had a checkmate threat, with a Pawn and my Queen attacking my opponent's Pawn, which was blocking the King. My Rook was on the row just under my Queen. My opponent's pawn was protected by their Queen. I slid the Rook over to the Queen, and my opponent fell for the bait. I then took his Pawn with my Queen, delivering checkmate.
The concept of looking for danger levels has also helped me realize how careful you need to be when you attack pieces and think about what your attack might allow your opponent to attack.
Retired and have been playing chess now for 3 months (haven't played since college in the 60's). Totally consumed by the game. The Netflix series, "Queens Gambit" had a lot to do with that. Your instructional videos are very helpful but wouldn't have as much value to me but for the "pause button". I have learned most of the openings and defense strategies but still consider myself a beginner. Keep up the good work! What a fabulous and complicated game.
This tutorial just saved me from losing a chess game from a higher rank player. My game started off horribly but by following this video i was able to pull off the win in the end. Thanks man.
See the highest danger level is the other player. If I attack the other player they can't even play a move anymore
We will watch your career with great interest.
It was in this position that the opponent reigned and called the police 😂😂
Magnus Carlsen? Yeah I beat him. Guys in the hospital now
This is called Chess Boxing
The opponents first mistake was being within the range of my Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
Was hoping for Stafford Gambit 😢
Yeah I want to see the Stafford gambit
It’s the funny man
You mean the Rosen Gambit right?
u always hope for stafford lol
^_^^_^
All his opponents names:
Aggressive noob
Hostile noob
Belligerent noob
Truculent noob
Violent noob
Pugnacious noob
Combative noob
I see you Gotham.
Pugnacious Noob
Don't forget rekt noob
Dont forget
Black
Don't forget Unsuspecting Noob
@ like the prospective was from white, but you get that the joke was that i sounded racist without context
“These 2 Words Will Evolve Your Chess...”
The words: Just win
Checkmate Opponent
Force Resignation
git gud
function HowToWinChess() do
JustWin()
end
Become GM
Title: These 2 Words Will Evolve Your Chess
Levy when video begins: “If you’ve...”
Me: Understandable, have a great day.
"If you have" 3 words mate
@@InfoConGafas big brain
@@talanez Counting to three is considered "big brain"?
@@InfoConGafas no the way you used the abbreviation to extend you’ve into you have
@@InfoConGafas you mean mate in 3?
Appreciate the “exceptions” section in this one. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve made my problems multiply by trying to create a “danger levels” threat
lol I only played 3 chess games in my life and that is what I did in my third game.
Sometimes there is no material threat which is the important part
Specifically early on in the game
Specifically early on in the game
A tiny levy on my shoulder screaming "danger levels" is what got me a few hundred rating points above where I was and so I'm glad for this video
From 300 to almost 700 in 2 days. Danger levels is a huge part of that.
haha thats great but I dont believe you gained a few hundred points in just part of a single day. if so congrats you have just won chess.
@@RobertSela why don't you believe that?
@@RobertSela levy's been talking about danger levels since before this specific video
@@RobertSela he got from 300 to 700, that's not difficult lmao
Content machine
:(
Honestly
Caraca te achei aq kkkwkdkeks
Content engine
Facts
The four words that actually evolved my chess were:
"Thats a Free Juicer"
Aren't those five words?
@@rolandfrerichs5625 no
@@rolandfrerichs5625 f
@@rolandfrerichs5625 can u count lol
@@starwarstg498 I consider the phrase "That's" two words. It's shorthand but still two words in my book.
i love how he name the winning side “gotham subscriber”
Obviously, because after this you are going on an infinite winning streak
Had twitch never existed we would have thought how soft spoken levy is.
" *Welcome to my channel, so nice to meet you* "
for all we know he might be, just an excited person in front of a screen
Right. It sounds weird ...
i swear the first time i went to his stream i didn't understand where youtube levy went. I don't complain tho, twitch levy is funny
That's Levy, the evil one. This is gotham, the good one.
@@dragonbane44 makes complete sense, thank you!
Suggested topics:
Displacing defenders
Attacks on the enemy Pawn cover
Finding imbalances and thinking technique
The power of the two Bishops
Maneuvering against weaknesses
Elements of endgame strategy
Selection of candidate moves
Ah yes
yes please these r important too🥺
levy we need a thousand more videos... we have so much to learn🥺
Those titles are pretty vague . You can make up some random war lines to chess and make things interesting but the moment you play a few games you realized you learned nothing.
@@jackkai6213 I thought they are quiet clear, but i'll be glad to hear what do you suggest to improve them or what are your topics suggestions.
I used to play chess when I was 7 or 8 years old in tournaments and such but then quit. Now I am 20 and starting to return to the game and I‘m absolutely loving it. Your videos are absolutely fantastic information and really enjoyable to learn with. Thank you!
This and the advice on pawn structure really helped me turn a blundered match as black with a material disadvantage and my queen on the run into a solid win with said queen as the checkmating piece. I am so glad I discovered this channel.
Just watched this and already saw a huge difference in my first game after
Levy take it easy on all these videos, if you aren't careful you are gonna make us all grandmasters and you'll be out of a job
Love this comment hahaha
Loool
“Truculent Noob?” I see the collaboration with Northern Lion is paying off.
Sponsorship deal from Merriam Webster incoming
It behooves us to see this. I think he may have acquiesced to semi popular demand
Pogging out of my gourd and I've been doing JUST FINE
@@reginaldmeta2762 Gotta Gotta Checkmate, because I want it all!
@@BananaFishBliss Then they captured my bish, how did I blunder like this?
This is better than any $20 chess lessons online
I see that the "Elimination of the defender" and also the "Zwischenzug" fits always very well with danger levels.
Hey Levy, you’re probably not ever gonna see this, but I just wanna thank you for your effort and time that you put into teaching us, the viewers, chess. I appreciate every second of your video because, you don’t have any filter when you show up in your streams or videos, its just you showing your love for chess. And remember, you shouldn’t care about the haters, or trolls. I know they can be very discouraging, but as a representative of the people who love what you do, we are here to support you! So once again thanks a lot, you’ve been a huge help to me!
Yeah he's too rich to read youtube comments
@@GameyRaccoon Im sure he would love to read this, but his fame is the issue here. Go judge other influencers like logan paul. This is a chess youtuber for godsake.
@gamey5737 bro I copy pasted this so that the chances of him seeing it ate high and he replied to my copy, it was cool he was nice
@@kebab4640 not to worry dude, he did reply
@@GameyRaccoon blunder irl
2 words:
"Bong cloud"
"Free Juicer"
The adjectives handpicked to describe the various "noobs" are hilarious.
When you say bE6 before gotham says to do bE6: the student has become a slightly better student
I watched this video once and it had an immediate positive impact on my game. I’ve found some devastating combinations while under threat that has netted me a Queen and handful of Rooks. Your approached forced me to step back and see the whole board rather than being overly defensive. Thanks!
I love how informal this is. I love the way you move your hands around and just how everything seems so clean and efficient. I will defiantly use this so that I don’t keep loosing valuable pieces without thinking about how I can counter attack.
Danger levels is when i forget to take the chicken out of the freezer and mom says shes on her way home
Last time I was this early Levy still had his pieces against Hikaru
These two words will evolve your chess: TAKES TAKES TAKES TAKES TAKES TAKES checkmate.
LOLL this is the top comment that is 1y ago but no comments???
Let me fill this vast field of emptiness as the second to reply.
When the comment is perfect, there is nothing to comment on but comments.
Danger levels is indeed a game changer.
I always was very good at understanding pins, forks, skewer etc...
But when I was under attack I either always retreaded, exchanged or removed the attacker, basically dealing directly with the threat
Only recently I have grasped this idea of ignoring the threat to make a stronger one and my +200 elo in a day says a lot about this ahahahah
This is the least complex way I have seen the concept of an "in between move" explained. This is amazing.
Yeah yeah, danger levels and actual technical strats are lame. The true two words you need are BANG BANG and Juicer.
And “, take,take,take, here, here, here, here,”.
@@iancampbell1494 Too true
Why not "captures, captures, captures, captures, captures, captures, captures, captures..."
*_E A T S_*
Nah just look up at the ceiling
it's impressive how your youtube game is just as good as your chess game, a man of many talents, love you levy
Don't be insulting my man's RUclips content like that
Me seeing the title: ah yes, “danger levels”
On the second example, why couldn’t the knight move to f5 and threaten the bishop?
Levy always maintains value in his videos through to the very end, and I appreciate that.
I would love a video about the Grünfeld!
He said it's not for intermediate players. So he'll not make a video probably.
You can't play grunfeld without memorizing long theory.
Ok mvl
Levy “Danger Levels” Rozman back at it with another video
No this is his non evil twin brother Gotham chess understandable mistake
“These 2 words will evolve your chess”
My mind : Get good
“Push King” changed my chess game forever, just not in a very good way
These two words will evolve your chess.
The two words:
Gotham Chess.
Levy, you're literally genius in putting your thoughts in video. 15 mins of Video and not even a single second is waste or non enjoyable. You're Perfect Content maker.
Do make vlog about how you make videos and what efforts are required for such amazing videos.
The two words that evolved my chess are "Gotham" and "Chess".
My rating before Hikaru's and Gotham's videos: 800 ELO
After: 1500 ELO and still growing
How long did it took?
@@notparanoid912 I had similar it matters how fast u learn I did it in like 2 months but have been playing chess for a while just a lot it wasn’t online on,y matches at my chess club
Me before:Leo 280
Me after:386 elo
Huh. I grew from 300 to 500 with a bit of thinking and Never Resign.
I'm really enjoying this new RUclips specific content from you Levy. I learn more from these sessions than I do when I watch twitch, largely because my time is limited, and these lessons are specific and to the point.
I love how Levy name his subscribers' opponents
Thanks Levy, you have really helped my chess, just reached 1000 rating in rapid chess.
I just wanna say, I was 400 and then I started watching some of your guides and now I'm 600! I know it's not much but I think I'll only get better from here. Any tips to learn even more?
Puzzles! Do them each time u play youll launchpad your elo
600! sheesh what a rating, can a number that large even exist?
don't blunder your king
Every time GothamChess uploads, the Danger Levels in my pants rise substantially.
Good video bro. I really appreciate this kind of quality content because in my country (Venezuela) there is almost no way to learn this great concepts but to the Internet
"I'm telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem and I threw a molotov cocktail, *Boom*, right away I had a _different_ problem." --Jason Mendoza, "The Good Place"
This man is such a great teacher, for him I started to play chess, now I am at 1700 level only by his teachings... thanks a lot.
:0
It's extremely awesome lesson content Levy!! Love it man!!!
The more I see such lesson videos, the more I fall in love with this game
Fabulous lesson. Great teacher and a comprehensive perspective on the topic which gives us so much clarity.
14:04 Qa8 mate
Can you imagine danger levels just going higher and higher? Like, you attack their pawn, and instead of saving their pawn, they attack your bishop. And instead of saving your bishop, you attack their rook. And instead of saving their rook, they attack your queen. And instead of saving your queen, you attack their king. Then once the king escapes check, a TON of moves go off all at once.
Everytime I do this in a game I hear levy saying “danger levels” in my ear
GothamChess is just a pale imitation of Levy Rozman. Steals all his content.
Do not EVER compare me to that trash IM
Who the fuck is Levy Rozman?
What the video vsing his bot. So noob.
@@GothamChess 🤣🤣🤣🤣lol
@@GothamChess hahaha
5:15 I feel personally attacked
imagine fried liver
I thought the words were “THE ROOOOOOOK!”
Me: completely lost with -20
Me after the video: dAnGeR lEvElS
For Hikaru, those two words are "GG yo"
I love all those synonyms for “aggressive”. I learned something from this video!
I never thought of the concepts of danger levels, like always, my immediate thought was "Can i threaten anyone?" Or a "Can i threaten the king?" With my trusty horseys, castle heads, and bishops
Whenever i would play and see my opponent making moves midgame, moving their major pieces together, i would always look for a "path" they could take in future moves that could threaten any major pieces and most importantly, the king
I used to struggle with chess and focused on things that were currently happening, not the things that COULD happen, until i found a way for myself like the "path" thing i made up
Levy, just after you explaining the concept with 3 examples I was able to solve the next puzzle you showed without you explaining it. Thank you so much, you're an amazing help to beginners like me
I read a couple of book, about or by Bobby Fisher many years ago, this was the strategy he promoted. He seemed to use more aggressive metaphors as I recall but I learned that, sometimes, the best defense response is a better offensive move. I love your vids, you are very clear and I learn a lot. Thanks!!!
This man's charisma and teaching abilities are off the charts. And he does it for free.
LOL, Levy's a Great Guy but he isn't doing this for "free". there is significant income from all the hits and eyeballs delivered to advertisers...and paid courses etc. Levy deserves to make a good living! Also, I suspect his hourly rate for private tutoring/coaching is multiples higher than what it was before millions of people built up his rep. I bet there are very well-off players willing to spend big bucks for private lessons...which, again, is totally deserved. But make no mistakes, very little on the commercial web is truly free. Advertisers pay a lot to access your brain.
Levy Rozman starter pack: "and now we add LAYERS to this"
in the second example there is also queen takes knight on a6. White comes out on top with a knight and a queen to black's 2 rooks.
At the last game of exception:
Black: I want your rook.
White: What is worth more than a rook? THE QUEEN!
Black : What is worth more than a queen? THE KİNG!
White: What is worth more than a king? I'VE PROBABLY LOST THİS GAME.
Thank you for inventing danger levels gotham! They are really useful!!!
The principle of danger levels is easy enough to understand. What makes it difficult to apply for beginners (me included) is that you have to precisely calculate, usually 3 or more moves deep, while trying to prove yourself wrong, not right. And quickly finding the most dangerous out of many possible continuations is the what beginners struggle the most with.
Man a time will come when levy will post more than 5 videos a day if he goes on this pace
Thanks Gotham Chess much love and you are always a great help and so interesting to watch
This was very helpful. I often would use danger levels just to have two pieces under attack just as you warned. I'm going to watch out for that from now on.
While playing chess, whenever a piece is in trouble and I can’t defend I always say in my head, “danger levels danger levels danger levels” and 9 times out of ten I find a way out
I was playing a game the position was 8/8/2Q5/2qpbp2/2k5/4PP1P/8/1R4K1 w - - 0 1 and it was white to play I was playing white and I played Rc1+ (That does follow up on a checkmate in 12 but I didn't see it because it's 12 moves) he played Bc3 and I hear a word echo in my mind deflection so I took the bishop with check and he made the move Kc3 taking the rook and I take the queen and I went on to win the game 16 moves later, if he moved to b4 not only is it a mate in 2 after Qc5+ Ka4 is forced and Ra3# is checkmate thanks for the tip.
Bro went enchantment table mode
Fax
Bro started speaking polish
That's cool
Too bad most of us (including me) don't know how to picture Chess played in text
I love the Brooklyn accent he does when he's doing an impression of a novice. "Oh ma gohd um so stoopid"
One time I feel like he's gonna burst into full Yiddish and be like, "What's all this mishegoss here? What're you doing with all these ferkakte moves, just throwin' pieces around? Kamahhhhhn!" I also giggle because we use the same expressions in German on the rare occasions we're being ironic and sarcastic (yes it does indeed happen, I'm 35 and I've done it nearly 6 times already in only one lifetime).
7:16 If you take white knight with bishop, taking back with knight allows for queen mate and taking back with queen allows for a free queen capture right
@@imandashti981 that's exactly what I think
Check Mate
I have never played chess seriously but to be able to correctly surmise the play was Rook > E5 on the second example felt good. I love the hands-off approach you have to teaching. Will definitely keep learning now 😅
And those two words are : Get Good
Thanks for all of the great videos! I hope you have a good rest of your day :)
Your 6th
This video really helped me to get better at chess, I like the idea of how you can ignore a threat on your Queen or Rook and still either win material or win the game. Thank you Levy for advancing my chess thought process.👍
Gothamchess: Welcome to my channel. So nice to meet you.
Also Gotham: brands noobs with the most "descriptive" and "creative" adjectives
I am real fan of this channel from India😍😍
Me too
Me too buddy
Me too dude
I learned more in 16 minutes from a youtube video than I did in half a year of school.
Dude searching oxford dictionary for words that are synonyms to aggressive
I use these all the time. in one game, I was down a Knight, and my pawn structure was very bad, but I had a checkmate threat, with a Pawn and my Queen attacking my opponent's Pawn, which was blocking the King. My Rook was on the row just under my Queen. My opponent's pawn was protected by their Queen. I slid the Rook over to the Queen, and my opponent fell for the bait. I then took his Pawn with my Queen, delivering checkmate.
perfect notation lol
@@Winter-vb9sr what
I just realised.. i have been applying this concept without knowing it;-;
"These 2 words will evolve your chess"
The video is 16 minutes
Those are 2 big words
How come Twitch Levy is so different yet so similar to his RUclips alternative?
just himself
I only watch GothamChess and a couple of other RUclipsrs.
@@BeFourCM no
try branching out. there are so many other great youtubers.
hikaru is my fav but levy is number 2
@@BeFourCM this isnt reddit
@@BeFourCM my man how did you mess up woooosh twice
The concept of looking for danger levels has also helped me realize how careful you need to be when you attack pieces and think about what your attack might allow your opponent to attack.
Retired and have been playing chess now for 3 months (haven't played since college in the 60's). Totally consumed by the game. The Netflix series, "Queens Gambit" had a lot to do with that. Your instructional videos are very helpful but wouldn't have as much value to me but for the "pause button". I have learned most of the openings and defense strategies but still consider myself a beginner. Keep up the good work! What a fabulous and complicated game.
When he said "what is worth more than a rook?" I thought he was going to say us but no. Now i have the big sad
A GM would say “take my queen, I don’t need it you IM bum”
As usual Gotham is carrying my chess career, but i might be GM before him tho ~JK :)~
This tutorial just saved me from losing a chess game from a higher rank player. My game started off horribly but by following this video i was able to pull off the win in the end. Thanks man.