Want to be 1500 in chess?

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • ➡️ Get My Chess Courses: www.chessly.com/
    ➡️ Get my best-selling chess book: geni.us/gothamchess
    ➡️ My book in the UK and Europe: bit.ly/3qFqSf7
    ➡️ Mein Buch auf Deutsch: bit.ly/45fKt3R
    ➡️ Mi libro en Español: bit.ly/3Y5xaRx
    ➡️ Start Playing Chess FOR FREE: bit.ly/3Xa3EsB
    0:00 Intro
    1:40 Game 1
    18:52 Game 2
    39:15 Game 3
    56:50 Game 4
    ➡️ Enjoy my videos? Donate Here : www.paypal.me/gothamchess
    Check out my new Cookies and Cream Cold Brew from Madrinas! Don’t forget to use code “GOTHAM” at checkout to save 20% off your order: madrinas.coffee/gothamchess
    Email me your games: gothamletters@gmail.com
    Sponsors, Business, Media: gotham@night.co - [DO NOT SEND GAMES HERE]
    ⭐️ Follow Me If You Are Amazing:
    ➡️ CAMEO: www.cameo.com/gothamchess
    ➡️ SNAP: / levy.rozman
    ➡️ INSTAGRAM: / gothamchess
    ➡️ TWITCH: / gothamchess
    ➡️ TIKTOK: / levyrozman
    ➡️ TWITTER: / gothamchess
    ➡️ GOTHAM DISCORD: / discord
    ➡️ THUMBNAILS BY: / jchessnoob
  • ИгрыИгры

Комментарии • 2,6 тыс.

  • @latermyfriend8934
    @latermyfriend8934 Год назад +9307

    I just reached 1700, pls don't make me go back.

    • @kaitlyng7850
      @kaitlyng7850 Год назад +336

      I just reached 1600, but it's def possible I lose 100 rating points

    • @12bjorn34
      @12bjorn34 Год назад +273

      After watching this, I am gonna lose my 1700 rating. The sacrifices we must make to watch Levy

    • @gameworldjt
      @gameworldjt Год назад +111

      I just reached 1500, pls don't make me get stuck

    • @elitelevi2948
      @elitelevi2948 Год назад +30

      @@12bjorn34 is this a joke or does watching Levy genuinely make you worse

    • @12bjorn34
      @12bjorn34 Год назад +110

      @@elitelevi2948 we are just making jokes. Levy is the one who brought me from like 13/1400 to the 1700 I am now

  • @royalredbird9717
    @royalredbird9717 Год назад +4163

    Before this video I was 1593. Now I'm 1548. Thanks Levy!!

    • @synchronicity-thelanguageo3991
      @synchronicity-thelanguageo3991 Год назад +180

      He's helping us all get to 1500 elo exactly...soon the only players Gothamchess could beat would be 'guess the elo' beginner opponents.

    • @user-rw9yc5xl4u
      @user-rw9yc5xl4u Год назад

      так ты слабак

    • @dragonslayer7531
      @dragonslayer7531 Год назад

      Woooooow this COMPLETELY shows that the physiological powers of levy influencing the fact that you’re dog

    • @FlenTiX1
      @FlenTiX1 Год назад +31

      You’re a few steps closer!

    • @alguim4444
      @alguim4444 Год назад +9

      The standard deviation on an ELO rating lower than 2300 might be between 60 to 85 depending on the historical strength of your opponents. An example could be like “the ELO rating estimated is 1858 with 95% confidence interval of 1667 and 2049. ” This means the “true” ELO rating will fall 95% of the time within the interval 1667 and 2049, with a mathematical estimated average of 1858.

  • @chamomilecutie3364
    @chamomilecutie3364 11 месяцев назад +390

    It's the patience for me. The casual discussion of each move, the honesty, the curiosity, the willingness to be surprised... You give all of it time to breathe. Just downright soothing. Definitely my favorite series.

    • @SMacCuUladh
      @SMacCuUladh 6 месяцев назад +2

      I think he needs a course in being more confident though, way too humble.

    • @Radrook353
      @Radrook353 5 месяцев назад

      Best teacher

    • @-_.Nobody._-369
      @-_.Nobody._-369 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@SMacCuUladh Naah, i think he's pretty confident.
      Humility is a bliss

    • @SMacCuUladh
      @SMacCuUladh Месяц назад +1

      @@-_.Nobody._-369 I was being sarcastic, lol. That guy does not have a confidence problem.

  • @alexeypunov2642
    @alexeypunov2642 Год назад +275

    53:00 This was amazing. Like, literally amazing, absolutely beautiful combination.
    And the fact that this ice is so fragile that you take the bishop by mistake and you're completely lost makes it even more beautiful. Thanks for this one!

  • @justinvolleyball7976
    @justinvolleyball7976 Год назад +4210

    8/10 camera stare today. I like how you blended it nicely by transitioning into your opening without blinking.

  • @homonym7638
    @homonym7638 Год назад +2864

    Won 12 out of my last 13 games and smoothly cruised to 1100 for the first time ever. Feeling like this is doable!

    • @isaakvandaalen3899
      @isaakvandaalen3899 Год назад +382

      1500 is a long way off yet, but take it from me you can do it! Speaking as a now-1500 ex-1100.
      Biggest tip is to go through every game you play, especially the ones you lose, and try identify ONE thing you could've done better. If you blundered a piece, the maybe work on tactics. If you fell for an opening trap try to memorise the moves so you can avoid it. If you drew a winning endgame then maybe practise endgames for a bit.

    • @marlonb.4017
      @marlonb.4017 Год назад +5

      Lol

    • @eduardovalle7268
      @eduardovalle7268 Год назад +2

      Hahahah want a tip to get 1500 : be ashamed you need One. xD

    • @homonym7638
      @homonym7638 Год назад

      @@eduardovalle7268 Ugh, people like you are the worst thing about chess. It's a game, nerdlinger.

    • @FrogToadBug
      @FrogToadBug Год назад

      ​@@eduardovalle7268boo. Everyone was below 1500 at some point in their life. You have a bad attitude.

  • @baivabgupta270
    @baivabgupta270 8 месяцев назад +29

    Started with 320 elo .. now at 977, glad I was introduced to chess last year. Thank you my friend debopam and you my man .. much love and blessings.

    • @Kencio26
      @Kencio26 16 дней назад

      How far have you come?

  • @reddddahlia
    @reddddahlia Год назад +44

    the ending of game 3 was beautiful. I actually thought "what if you push the pawn instead of taking the queen" but couldn't see the whole thing through, the fact that it is the top move with the double into discovered check was nutty

  • @Twadeps
    @Twadeps Год назад +1966

    As a 1100 I loved this breakdown. It helps that you played moves that we would've played instead destroying your opponents in the opening and punishing every mistake. This would decrease the learning experience. So THANK YOU!

    • @aquacuber505
      @aquacuber505 Год назад +1

      Username?

    • @kotted
      @kotted Год назад +45

      As 1100, I agree. He tried to push it to normal and solid endgame, instead of doing something that requires an unnecessary learning on my level

    • @georgeshomodi3498
      @georgeshomodi3498 Год назад +22

      Same! Levy is the reason that reignited my love of chess xD

    • @cakkaac3832
      @cakkaac3832 Год назад +2

      Not trying to like say your wrong but I think he tried to show you what he’d do in each normal game situation

    • @Alatris
      @Alatris Год назад +35

      @@cakkaac3832 no he did specifically say a few times he was playing worse than his level to emulate a 1000 player

  • @slimshaney2168
    @slimshaney2168 Год назад +818

    Slimshaney here, playing that first game gave me a TON of things to think about. I learned some concepts about relative value and tempo(you don't gain tempo attacking the queen with a queen when trading is good)I wouldn't have learned in ages. I see the Qxb7 line all the time, but after you played it against me(even if it wasn't optimal) you finally pushed me to analyze that position out a few more moves, and I made a few friends along the way.
    Thanks for the game today levy, happy new year.

  • @HowToSandAFloor
    @HowToSandAFloor Год назад +1

    I’m only at 500, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but is it the case that white decides the opening and you play the defence for that opening?
    I have noticed the app flashes up the name of the opening when you do it for the first time, it would be handy if it flashed it up every time so I could learn what’s what.

  • @rjohnson615
    @rjohnson615 6 месяцев назад +3

    This video helped me immensely!!!! Explanations were clear and informative and the pace was excellent!! Tyvm!!

  • @stuarthayward4756
    @stuarthayward4756 Год назад +225

    I absolutely love how Levy deliberate makes bad moves to teach tactical awareness during the game- brilliant teaching nous, it is totally pointless for an IM to demolish a 1200 elo and Levy understands that. Best video thus far from Gotham Chess.

  • @Slipperylmao
    @Slipperylmao Год назад +352

    i didn't know i could watch 1.5h of chess without getting bored

    • @iakovidis.d
      @iakovidis.d Год назад +38

      I didn't realise i have just watched 1.5h of chess till i saw this comment

    • @Islamisthetruth3
      @Islamisthetruth3 Год назад

      @@iakovidis.d, same.

    • @speed7837
      @speed7837 Год назад +6

      Thank you for telling me tit was 1.5 hour. Now I'm depressed

    • @mohamedsejnawi7941
      @mohamedsejnawi7941 27 дней назад

      no

  • @ThePsyMinded
    @ThePsyMinded Год назад +3

    I just want to say a big thank you for your informative approach. I've always liked chess but I'm not very good at it (learned a little lately), and always eager to learn more. Keep it up!

  • @lakisdometakis4825
    @lakisdometakis4825 Год назад +17

    Great video Levy. I don't usually write comments to videos but this time I felt compelled to because you give confidence to people like me who are not very high rated at chess but still enjoy playing . Even if we lose a lot! Good luck with the channel!

  • @nickpalumbo8046
    @nickpalumbo8046 Год назад +659

    I played chess drunk last night and somehow got my blitz rating from 850 to 970 playing the London and caro Kahn. Very easy to play.

    • @mrsir8968
      @mrsir8968 Год назад +85

      Stick with this strategy, it took me from 1600 to 1900

    • @yemioffem4015
      @yemioffem4015 Год назад +55

      lol... I'm 1900 Blitz and I don't know the difference between the London and Caro Kahn...

    • @Cra3ier
      @Cra3ier Год назад +21

      Stick to one solid opening each for white and black and master them, will bring you to 2000 at least

    • @ashaazimroz9775
      @ashaazimroz9775 Год назад +3

      Alcohol is one hell of a drug

    • @MiLEyOma
      @MiLEyOma Год назад +34

      @@yemioffem4015 1900 on lichess moment

  • @felipecampos5908
    @felipecampos5908 Год назад +68

    The ability to get into the mind of the beginner/intermediate player is what makes these 'How to win at chess' one of your best series. So cool that you can show us the best move in a position and yet play something worse because that's what a player that level would do!

  • @morganbillings7498
    @morganbillings7498 Год назад +11

    I really appreciate how you didn't belittle your opponents moves or style and how you are very educational. Thanks for the lessons

    • @christophercarlone9945
      @christophercarlone9945 7 месяцев назад +1

      He makes me enjoy the game. I usually just hate everyone when I play rapid lol

  • @Dasteelerboy
    @Dasteelerboy Год назад +4

    Best chess lesson I’ve ever had. It did not feel like 80 minute video. Awesome keep doing your thing. I am now subscribed with notifications on

  • @lukenicholas9734
    @lukenicholas9734 Год назад +193

    Dear Gothamchess,
    During the pandemic I discovered your channel, and I was instantly hooked. I watched all your opening videos, progressed to the (hilarious) Guess the Elo and Win at Chess series, before discovering your recap videos and binging them. I followed your progress in OTB competitions back when you played, and discovered other chess creators through you. You re-awoke my childhood love of chess, and I catapulted to about 1600, a level at which was quite happy, despite the constant threat of hanging a piece on move six...
    I have played hundreds of games of the Caro-Kan, hundreds of the Vienna and dozens of Danish gambits, as well as several thousand games of everything in between. You are an excellent teacher and a fine commentator, and quite literally every day I would watch your daily video before I went to bed. It would be the constant in my life, no matter what country or situation I was in, your videos could always be a comforting balm to me, and for that I am very grateful. Many of your videos, especially GTE, I have watched several times. I have watched you change from house to house and haircut to haircut with amusement at your reaction, and seen the way that your channel has changed, from providing opening videos and "Win at Chess" to moving more towards entertainment. That decision, while slightly disappointing for me, has proved eminently sensible, and you have become both the largest chess youtuber and one of chess's most recognisable faces. Congratulations are unasked for and wholly irrelevant, yet I offer them to you nonetheless.
    But my personality can tend towards the obsessive, and I have unfortunately come to the conclusion that online chess is consuming too much of my time (as in, I can find myself spending hours playing rapid chess). Any attempt to rein it in would lead to recapitulation, and as such, I am giving it up for the New Year. Sadly, this means I must give you up too; your videos are far too compulsive, and they drive me towards chess. This merely means that you are exceedingly good at what you do, and I hope that you remain so. But thus this is the final video that I shall watch for a very long time. I have had such fun with you, and I hope that all that watch you can gain the same joy and laughter from you that I have. I wish you every good fortune into the future both personally and professionally, and I hop, when I come back to chess and RUclips in the future, that I shall find you here waiting for me.
    It's been a blast,
    A C6 player forever.

    • @Renuu
      @Renuu Год назад +6

      I've started the journey last week and don't know how long I'll stay here but I hope to see you in the comments again in the future :)
      Good luck and I hope you succeed in whatever endeavors that fall into your life.

    • @amchourasia
      @amchourasia Год назад +3

      @@Renuu Same goes here

    • @googooboyy
      @googooboyy Год назад +2

      Nah, you'll be back sooner than Levy can spell 2400.

    • @littlecutefemboy4766
      @littlecutefemboy4766 Год назад

      mf writing goofy ahh letter on the web 💀💀💀

    • @nigatoni8021
      @nigatoni8021 Год назад +10

      we aint readin allat but we up💯💯❤️

  • @ToughLlama
    @ToughLlama Год назад +1101

    I literally put this at one of my goals for 2023, thanks Levi!

  • @coronnation8854
    @coronnation8854 Год назад +5

    More of this! Really amazing content for us midrange trash players who are trying to improve

  • @eboatwright_
    @eboatwright_ Год назад +60

    Gotham: Wanna be 1500?
    Me who's 1600: no

    • @darkside7603
      @darkside7603 Месяц назад

      No way bros 1600

    • @robuu5890
      @robuu5890 21 день назад +1

      im 600 but 2300 in puzzles ;-;

    • @eboatwright_
      @eboatwright_ 20 дней назад +1

      @@robuu5890 Nice bro! I'm 1700 rapid and 3000 puzzles

    • @robuu5890
      @robuu5890 18 дней назад

      @@eboatwright_ sweet idk why but the 2300 puzzle threshold is just impossible for me to figure out.

    • @user-by1fd2dx4k
      @user-by1fd2dx4k 15 дней назад

      @@robuu5890 you have to just be solid, don't solely rely on tactics, improve your position till the point you have a winning tactic

  • @SchizophreniaHaver
    @SchizophreniaHaver Год назад +58

    I had a 1800+ rating, but after watching this video I dropped 300 elo to 1500. Thank you Levy for this insightful video!

  • @AdamGaffney96
    @AdamGaffney96 Год назад +539

    Finally I can reach 1500! I've been trying for so long but every time I got close I gained 300 ELO again and got back to my normal rating. Thanks to this video I'm no longer stuck at 1800.

    • @Brotatoe_2008
      @Brotatoe_2008 Год назад +18

      Stolen but ok

    • @AdamGaffney96
      @AdamGaffney96 Год назад +34

      @@Brotatoe_2008 it's true, 2 people have never had the same thought before

    • @eperr8491
      @eperr8491 Год назад +41

      @@AdamGaffney96 Come on lol the other one has 5k likes, you saw it. This is just the same joke but with more words so its less funny.

    • @biblybims9868
      @biblybims9868 Год назад +2

      @@eperr8491 who gives a SHI?,man talking the truth,jeeez,chess nerds really are toxic

    • @mateosmind751
      @mateosmind751 Год назад +10

      @@biblybims9868 Opinion is not truth , the joke is stolen, then you call people nerds and toxic. You win the Beta male energy prize of the day, Congrats.

  • @bernoulli884
    @bernoulli884 3 месяца назад

    This is very helpful how you walk through your thinking so clearly and at a great pace.

  • @kristiansletten247
    @kristiansletten247 5 месяцев назад

    Fantastic commentary, color and teaching. Sincerest thanks

  • @RaindropsBleeding
    @RaindropsBleeding Год назад +120

    10:50 I'm kind of proud that when the bishop captured my immediate thought was Knight C5
    30:00 it took me a minute to understand why Qf4 is a problem. at first glance it just looked like a hanging queen, so that's probably why he didn't see it either.

    • @cdorresteijn
      @cdorresteijn Год назад +4

      Maybe he did see it, but not taking the queen also didn't make sense. The position was just losing big time. Notice how the evaluation said +10, even though Levy was only a pawn up.

  • @rayhanplayz968
    @rayhanplayz968 Год назад +783

    The new year speaks for itself

    • @Wayne_Merr
      @Wayne_Merr Год назад +25

      Yes, more blunders to come! More stares from Levy at the start of the video, more "speaks for itself " comments. But, the war still rages on in Ukraine. I have a gambling problem, and I also tank when I lose In 5 min blitz games. I'm starving, I eat Shin Ramyun noodles just to fill a hole in my stomach, I even put stale bread in it to make it filling. I'm more innocent than one of the 16 vestel virgins, I hate mumble rap. Let's see what the new year brings all of us!!🥳

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid Год назад +1

      Im a regular hood dude doing food reviews on my RUclips channel :)

    • @maxpro751
      @maxpro751 Год назад +2

      @@Wayne_Merr You blundered in chess, and now you blundered your life… Watch more GothamChess

    • @filmneuro
      @filmneuro Год назад +1

      @@Wayne_Merr cringe

    • @roach6992
      @roach6992 Год назад +1

      The unoriginality of these comments speaks for itself in terms of showing iq levels

  • @taviimihaimsc
    @taviimihaimsc Год назад

    this video is absolute legendary, I subscribed I love everything about this and your way of talking/explaining

  • @konektocom
    @konektocom 11 месяцев назад +2

    Personally as a chess and ASMR fan I must say this is my top rated GC video. It has a huge amount of knowledge and in the same it works as a ASMR if I'm sleepy .

  • @nickwysoczanskyj785
    @nickwysoczanskyj785 Год назад +11

    I always really enjoy this style of video. It’s been said by other commenters, but the fact you try to play at the opponents level, and explain the difference in board vision and calculation at comparative levels, and the tactical ideas that stem from those differences - it’s super useful to me as a learner.

  • @erikfromc
    @erikfromc Год назад +514

    I love most of your content, but this kind of video is my absolute favorite. Thanks for all you do, and keep up the great work!

  • @Theboitheycalledlost
    @Theboitheycalledlost 4 дня назад

    Dang, I remember when I started playing chess and this was one of the first video I watched. It took me a year and a half (been playing on and off due to school), but now I'm 1501 today :D Been watching your videos since December 2022 and my main openings are the Karo kann, kings Indian, and the london. Thanks for your teachings man 👍

  • @KancerKowboy
    @KancerKowboy Год назад

    Yeah I agree with several of the other comments. You showing the better move yet playing the obvious moves is an outstanding instructive tool. Those moments alone are worth the time to watch these. Good job, Levy!

  • @alexfalcon8410
    @alexfalcon8410 Год назад +173

    I just got to 1400. This is the perfect video

  • @jozefrakaj9335
    @jozefrakaj9335 Год назад +35

    Honestly loved the video Levi! Even though Im very far off 1500 elo, I really enjoyed how you verbalized your thought process during these games. The ideas and questions you posed made so much sense yet I find it so hard to remember to pose them to myself in my games. I'd love to get more videos in this format once in a while to explore the deeper thought processes.

    • @mathskafunda4383
      @mathskafunda4383 Год назад

      Being 1400-1500 is very weird. On a good day, I have an average performance rating of 2000. On a bad day, I would make some 1000's look like a chess pro.

    • @drewishgaminginc.3942
      @drewishgaminginc.3942 Год назад

      ​@@mathskafunda4383 that is the stage I'm at now lol

  • @deadble5k
    @deadble5k Год назад +1

    1:01:20 You can crack you neck by lifting up the chin, placing your left hand, palm up, pointing west (left) making sure that the chin fits softly in-between the two bones at the bottom of the palm. With your right hand, place it on the left side of your head, a bit above the ear, making sure your arm is over your head like headphones. Then simply use your hands to turn your head so your chin turns anti-clockwise. Then repeat but with the opposite hands. Make sure you DON'T do it to hard or you will break you neck. Otherwise completely safe.

  • @andrewmays3988
    @andrewmays3988 8 месяцев назад

    This was your best chess lesson to date!!! Thank you!!!😅

  • @coachmcguirk6297
    @coachmcguirk6297 Год назад +4

    Levy this is my absolute favorite content, please don't stop making these long form instructional videos like this for free. I want to buy a course but I'm struggling lately and just from watching your RUclips this last couple years and casually playing 10 min games on my phone while watching TV my rating has gone from 600 to a bit over 1200. All from watching your content and playing like 5 games a day (that part is only the last like year). Now when I play chess on my phone I find myself pausing the show and being really focused on the game and unable to watch anything, so in a way you took away a casual hobby from me, now I can't watch TV anymore. But what I gained was an immense love and passion for the game of chess, and I'd rather be blundering my queen in a 10m rapid to watching some Netflix show anyday. Thank you Gothamchess. And have a wonderful 2023. Can't wait to see what it brings!

  • @stevenstrantz3539
    @stevenstrantz3539 Год назад +20

    I realize this series takes a lot of time to make and it can be frustrating trying to organize opponents for it. How to win at chess is my favorite series and I appreciate all the hard work!

  • @periodicelement47
    @periodicelement47 Год назад +1

    Great instructive video today! Loved it levy! Very clear thought process to absorb and learn from.

  • @germancarrasco3856
    @germancarrasco3856 11 месяцев назад

    This games are extremely instructive, as a beginner I feel like I'm learning in turbo speed. You are a great master and you really enjoy chess and that makes it even more entertaining to see. Good job man!

  • @davidordovskiy7745
    @davidordovskiy7745 Год назад +47

    I enjoy the caustic and cynical Levy with funny voices, but I also enjoy the super chill Levy who patiently and eloquently explains the logic behind his chess moves with a whole bunch of valuable insight. Please don't stop making these videos!

  • @Omar_Merican
    @Omar_Merican Год назад +12

    1:15:35 Qxd4 is actually a blunder because Rxf1+ and queen takes when Raxf1...but it's easy to miss like how Keymer blundered his rook against Magnus a few days ago in the same manner

  • @Hustle29237
    @Hustle29237 6 месяцев назад

    49:12 is such a nice move that I would I’ve never thought of. Turned weak that pawn into a killer attacking move

  • @ronaldoribeiro2487
    @ronaldoribeiro2487 Год назад +2

    Amazing channel, Levy. Very clear and easy for real beginners like myself. Thank you for the outstanding work!

  • @tomv8188
    @tomv8188 Год назад +5

    Love this video. Awesome that you are not always playing the best move for educational purposes. Really appreciated. Moved up 200 points up to 1200 lately with at 70% win rate with black with the Caro Kann, crazy! Happy New Year, keep it up 🙌

  • @thunderbird4586
    @thunderbird4586 Год назад +8

    Levy, this is gold for many of us. No question this is helping a whole lot of people.

  • @wolfrayet81
    @wolfrayet81 2 месяца назад

    extremely instructive. thank you!

  • @das6109
    @das6109 Год назад

    Not a fan of your style normally (feels over-the top, but I get it's for YT engagement), but clicked this in my feed. I love you walking through the thought process and keeping in mind what players at lower levels are likely to see, and how to proceed with that level of vision. One of the bigger positives of this approach is you have multiple instructive moments each game rather than winning at the first sign of a winning tactic. Nice video.

  • @kronixx_rp
    @kronixx_rp Год назад +58

    thanks so much levy for always posting this amazing content

  • @theycallmebach
    @theycallmebach Год назад +192

    I started playing during the pandemic at around 850 level.
    After discovering your channel I managed to hit 1000 in 2020 1100 in 2021 and now 1200 in 2022.
    My goal for 2023 is 1300.
    Thanks for making this video Levy :)

    • @shahxaibkhan442
      @shahxaibkhan442 Год назад +45

      Set a better goal, 1800 in 2023.

    • @trizae2667
      @trizae2667 Год назад +1

      @@shahxaibkhan442 drawn

    • @theycallmebach
      @theycallmebach Год назад +24

      @@shahxaibkhan442 secretly hoping for 1600 tbh but I’m still in university, do judo and play Super Smash Bros Melee so theres not that much time to grind chess haha

    • @luka2549
      @luka2549 Год назад +17

      @@theycallmebach you can get to 1800, tip: ask yourself what does a move do when the oponent plays it. People make so many mistakes you'd be surprised

    • @simonkucera3987
      @simonkucera3987 Год назад +1

      i hit 1200 and 1300 in the same day

  • @cinemainsymphony737
    @cinemainsymphony737 9 месяцев назад

    Love how chilled Levy is - chatting away and playing at 1000elo at will! Such a great tutorial. Love his channel. Defo the best chess teacher out there - ever! I also like Ben Finegold, but Levy is just someone I can really relate to. We’d get on so we’ll, I just know it! Hope he saw that chess got a £500,000 funding boost in the UK today. Great news for the game.

  • @jameshouseal5752
    @jameshouseal5752 Год назад +8

    31:30 Gotham why are you drink out a vase💀

  • @johnstevenson9956
    @johnstevenson9956 Год назад +50

    I realize the vast majority of your viewers are probably a couple of light years ahead of me and may prefer other formats, but this kind of video helps me far more than any recap can. Thank you so much!

    • @BeforeThisNovember
      @BeforeThisNovember 3 месяца назад

      The vast majority? Do you know how averages work? He gets 100k views, the majority of those people are likely sub 1200

  • @r4gequ1t_cya
    @r4gequ1t_cya Год назад +8

    This was such a calm and educating video. Absolutely loved it! Keep it up Levy!

  • @felixbuchananjr
    @felixbuchananjr Год назад

    I love your whole game analysis it breaks down your interpretation

  • @christiaanswartz7839
    @christiaanswartz7839 Год назад +1

    This is the year that I reach this goal, thank you for always being serious and rational as well as funny in your vids levy!

  • @konnerwilley4844
    @konnerwilley4844 Год назад +53

    Hey GothamChess, you've gotten me into chess after years of not caring. I've even had a couple good wins (even tho I'm 300 lel) but still. Thanks for giving me a new hobby to learn

    • @tominmo8865
      @tominmo8865 Год назад +5

      If you played Magnus and he didn't know your rating, he would be constantly looking for traps because he couldn't believe anyone would play that last move.....

    • @konnerwilley4844
      @konnerwilley4844 Год назад +7

      @@tominmo8865 what are you talking about? I said nothing about Magnus.

    • @stinkystinkystinker
      @stinkystinkystinker Год назад

      @@konnerwilley4844 it's a joke about your rating

    • @andersj91
      @andersj91 Год назад +2

      @@tominmo8865 If he played Magnus that rating would be clear after about 3 moves

    • @bradleybroyles7313
      @bradleybroyles7313 Год назад

      Just because you are 300 ELO now, doesn't mean much. Just play some games and learn from your mistakes

  • @bronze-
    @bronze- Год назад +3

    This vid helped me go from 1800 to 1500

  • @pbwho8746
    @pbwho8746 Год назад

    at ruclips.net/video/J_nkXJ642SU/видео.html what about Bh7?

  • @XFeuerFestX
    @XFeuerFestX 4 месяца назад +1

    I feel like Rd1 was at least worth a quick mention at 13:18. Pawn recaptures and promotes is a pretty common idea with a pawn one step from promotion and it even protects the pawn by pinning one attacking rook to the king.

  • @plaguetree5067
    @plaguetree5067 Год назад +4

    Got to 1280 a couple of months ago and have plateaued a bit. Videos like these help push every ELO I can get! Thanks Levy!

  • @LarsonX1027
    @LarsonX1027 Год назад +8

    Very nice instructive format. Thank you! Happy New Year!!

  • @mcblum521
    @mcblum521 6 месяцев назад

    This video is fantastic. Thank you for making these videos, this style is my favorite.

  • @molb78
    @molb78 3 месяца назад

    This was really nice tempo...and very good explanation

  • @4dragonzzz
    @4dragonzzz Год назад +4

    My first move of 2023 was c6 after studying the caro course this holiday. naturally after move 3 opponent already had us out of course recommendations. Got the win though so we take those!!

  • @YMasterS
    @YMasterS Год назад +151

    No d4 player has ever played the London against me at or below 1100. Every single game has been Queen's gambit.

    • @joegillespie8657
      @joegillespie8657 Год назад +43

      What? Swear I got the London non-stop under 1000!

    • @YMasterS
      @YMasterS Год назад +23

      @@joegillespie8657 literally not once in 200 games, and d4 is the opening move for white mote often than not. Maybe there's a fad atm, or maybe there's something weird about times of day creating sub metas?
      Edit - I guess more like 100 games, as 200 was total games, not my games as black.

    • @Daviddavid-fi2zg
      @Daviddavid-fi2zg Год назад +8

      lucky bruh the 1200s spam the london like its the only opening there

    • @mello-by
      @mello-by Год назад +3

      800 here and I feel like 4/5 d4 games are the London for me

    • @Blinkers2007GameDev
      @Blinkers2007GameDev Год назад

      same

  • @thewatermelon6747
    @thewatermelon6747 Год назад +2

    This video is literally one of the few videos on RUclips where I watched for more than an hour without ever getting bored 😁 Thanks Levy, I definitely learned some new stuff!

    • @cinemainsymphony737
      @cinemainsymphony737 9 месяцев назад +1

      Me too! Totally agree! In fact, I kept pausing and winding back so actually probably took me 1.5hrs to get through it. Brilliant.

  • @maquih
    @maquih Месяц назад

    important to remember in blitz time management is half the battle -- 1052 opponent was instamoving and clearly missing simple effective moves.

  • @edward4785
    @edward4785 Год назад +53

    Me who just got 1500:
    He he he, everybody wants to be like me

    • @watnou346
      @watnou346 Год назад

      You are 3 times as good as me, im 500, how does that make you feel?

    • @Samir12357
      @Samir12357 Год назад

      Bro how long you have been playing

  • @TheMasterDan7
    @TheMasterDan7 Год назад +6

    Hey @GothamChess 👋🏻 big fan from Mexico! I was watching your videos on why you retired from competitive chess, and let me tell you, I'm glad you did! You are an amazing content creator! It feels like this is your actual calling! Super entertaining and instructive! To a great creative year! 🍷🎉♟️ Saludos!

  • @babulesik2305
    @babulesik2305 7 месяцев назад

    Dude never went pawn c3 and I lost the game but watching levy do it seemed fun

  • @factzfactory4956
    @factzfactory4956 Год назад +1

    I just loved the 2nd match about how you beated the player with time though u were a piece down

  • @sumitsarkar4702
    @sumitsarkar4702 Год назад +4

    I reached 1600 last month thanks to your openings and tips . I play e4 as white . I play caro and dutch .Thank you Gotham .

  • @taylora6837
    @taylora6837 Год назад +7

    Happy New Year Levy! Thanks for all the great chess lessons and content.

  • @joycec1883
    @joycec1883 Год назад +2

    1:15:35 in the hypothetical, it’s blacks turn and white is hanging a free rook at this point. Also would be interesting to hear commentary on whites strategy at 1:07:13 if Nxd5, then Qxd5 check with potential to get knight back or take a third pawn at b7 while also guarding g2. Thanks!

  • @aireaireaire_
    @aireaireaire_ Год назад +85

    These videos are the best ! It's a shame they don't get as many views as others

    • @marcmothersole8265
      @marcmothersole8265 Год назад +2

      800k is pretty good lol

    • @youtubeaddict487
      @youtubeaddict487 Год назад +1

      it did this time

    • @toyis123n
      @toyis123n Год назад +2

      yeah because these are the educational videos, not the entertainment videos.

    • @satanm8c40
      @satanm8c40 Год назад

      1.6M views in a month is not alot?

    • @aireaireaire_
      @aireaireaire_ Год назад

      @@satanm8c40 When I commented it had less views than other videos

  • @paulvandervelden4087
    @paulvandervelden4087 Год назад +84

    i like these....the thought process on both sides of the board

    • @Molb0rg
      @Molb0rg Год назад +8

      Yeah, this one was sulrisingly nice one, idk the reason, as he usually explains stuff, maybe it just cuz player today whole day

  • @benjaminanderson6856
    @benjaminanderson6856 Год назад +67

    Got from 700 to 1300 in just over a year thanks to you and others, thanks Levy 😁🙌

    • @Pressingontoperfection
      @Pressingontoperfection Год назад

      What time level

    • @benjaminanderson6856
      @benjaminanderson6856 Год назад

      @@Pressingontoperfection I only play 3 minutes (+0) games, and I hit 1425 recently 😁 highest elo I ever had

    • @mohammedashraf.1463
      @mohammedashraf.1463 11 месяцев назад

      1 year ? . Damn . I'm whining about not able to reach from 1000 1500 in 6 month

    • @benjaminanderson6856
      @benjaminanderson6856 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@mohammedashraf.1463 everyone is different, but I play only 3min games which is about 1700 rapid ( I'm now 1465 blitz) so I'm at 1700 in just over a year for rapid

    • @santiagomunez6720
      @santiagomunez6720 10 месяцев назад

      @@benjaminanderson6856 whats your username?

  • @SeddincY
    @SeddincY Год назад

    With all the comedy that levy has been adding into his recent videos, i sometime forget Levy is really this instructive and a good teacher.

  • @BobChess
    @BobChess Год назад +17

    Me as a 1900 player, of course I will say yes and also it works! I lose 400 elos in just an hour.

  • @Luca_Martinengo
    @Luca_Martinengo Год назад +106

    This was a great video! Learned a lot as a 800! Thanks Levy! 💚

  • @JH-wd6dp
    @JH-wd6dp Год назад

    1:07:06 (White Bishop to B5): it likely would not have made much of a difference, and maybe delayed things, but I would have considered moving it to D7 with the intention of moving it to E6. If allowed to execute, and paired with a move or two from the white knight on C3, it would have been interesting. Although you'd likely repel such an attack with ease.

  • @TomekWojdyla
    @TomekWojdyla Год назад

    I like how you make films just for making films cause everybody makes it between 10-15 and then when I check about 30 mins of yours I find out that we're in about half of the video, it's incredible and it shows passion

  • @Veptis
    @Veptis Год назад +6

    Will see if I learn anything. After the previous video I played 3 blitz games and managed to win all of them, still around 500 tho. Just got to play more. I avoided some of the queen attacks tho, but all my wins were down to the opponent making a huge blunder at some point.
    Do you have a video for how to prepare for an over the board tournament? What is different to online chess and how can I practice?

    • @AndreiTache
      @AndreiTache Год назад +1

      He does have a really good video about competing tournaments, don't remember what it's called, but you can probably find it just by searching on yt

    • @watnou346
      @watnou346 Год назад +4

      Stop playing blitz asap.

    • @Veptis
      @Veptis Год назад +1

      @@AndreiTache I found it and it seems really helpful

    • @kushagragupta8068
      @kushagragupta8068 Год назад

      @@watnou346 why btw ? I play 10 minute rapid and bullet games mainly

    • @stacyhj5233
      @stacyhj5233 Год назад

      @@kushagragupta8068 when trying to improve it helps to take more time to think about the position, best moves, and tactics! you don't get the time to learn/grow as much in blitz and rapid.

  • @FuRyEDge
    @FuRyEDge Год назад +24

    Woohoo, my favorite series! Thanks for taking the time to make this!

  • @Janeckiy
    @Janeckiy Год назад

    Dude that queen sac in the end of game 3 was so cool. At least to my 1000 rapid elo game sense it seemed brilliant.

  • @scottyoung2601
    @scottyoung2601 9 месяцев назад

    Started playing two months ago. I can beat the first advanced bot ( Antonio ) more often than not with white. Familiar with the Danish, Ponziani, and King's Indian. Great content.

  • @OUSSAMA_FALLOUH
    @OUSSAMA_FALLOUH Год назад +4

    i stuck at 800 elo
    my last 10 games is completely trash
    2 wins 8 losses

    • @snared_
      @snared_ Год назад +1

      Below 1000 it’s likely every game is completely trash, at least in the way you wrote it

    • @OUSSAMA_FALLOUH
      @OUSSAMA_FALLOUH Год назад

      @@snared_ i meant that in 600 elo i wasn't hanging pieces that much
      now im making myself botez gambit soo much

  • @Iamwrongbut
    @Iamwrongbut Год назад +6

    This is my favorite video by Gotham in a long time! Missing the teaching videos!

  • @karis_nemik
    @karis_nemik Год назад

    Thanks Levy! I increased my win rate to 61% and gained over 100 elo in 1 week on lichess after watching this video (1050 -> 1160)! I think the most helpful part was related to time management. I started spending much more time considering all the possibilities in the positions. In the end, I blunder less and use time more effectively. I think before that I was kinda playing rapid with a blitz tempo. Thanks!

  • @Geb83
    @Geb83 9 месяцев назад

    22:22
    Connect Four: Horse variation

  • @sven179
    @sven179 Год назад +4

    These win at chess episodes have really come a long way. This was an amazing episode!

  • @yawnrock
    @yawnrock Год назад +6

    Death stare before Levi realizes that the camera started is a classic. No one can replicate this perfectly as Levi can.

  • @Failociraptor
    @Failociraptor Год назад +1

    54:30 is just why I love chess. Dangle the carrot and then win in 3 moves. Beautiful play.

  • @dbrownlive7115
    @dbrownlive7115 Год назад +1

    I watched the entire video and it was very helpful and entertaining. Thanks, Levy!

  • @r.mcdonnell8614
    @r.mcdonnell8614 Год назад +3

    Last year I started playing chess and I was a 600. I watched his get to 1000 video and got to 1383. Now the new year has begun and this video is perfect for the new year

    • @buklau.3641
      @buklau.3641 Год назад +2

      Reading this is motivating. I went down to 300 last year from 600 rated and this year I'm back up to 500 rated. My goal is to get 1200 rated in 12 months.