This reminds me of the time when i beat my uncle for the first time and he was about 1300 and I was 800. I played a beautiful knight sac for mate which still remains as my best move ever.
i once sacked my rook for my dad's bishop for defensive measures. i was under a giant attack, but that let me survive for a long time (then i blundered and lost lmao)
I think 2000 can play very well several openings (7-10?), while 1500 usually play the same two or three openins and grind with that. I'm 1500/1600 btw.
I would love more of this content, a series would be great. Maybe even specialized episodes like “the differences between 1500 and 2000 endgames” etc. This really was very interesting and helpful.
they had to change the title like 3 times and it's still performing worse than other videos so I doubt we got another one coming, this is probably gonna end up being the kinda stuff u gotta buy in a course
It’s cool as a 1200 to see the last steps vs the next steps side by side And to see how the thinking evolves at each rating level definitely would like more videos like this
could we do a similar video but for 1800 vs 2200 or something of the sort? I know most of your audience is mostly beginners but that'd be very cool. Levy you're still the goat
This! Make a series out of it by covering every skill level! And expand it by doing it in classical chess too! :D Maybe end at super GM vs GM comparisons. Like, what sort of decisions are critical in the games of Magnus, for example. I feel like this format is a great way to illustrate what the nature of the game is at levels higher than our own. I suppose it requires a very keen understanding of the game to be able to distill it in such an instructional manner, so maybe super GM videos are too tall an order...
PLEASE do a 1500 to 2000, as a current 1500 myself, I would love to see the difference between the ratings and what I need to improve on in order to reach such a rating. Thanks Gotham!
Im 1500 too and I agree. Btw, isn't it funny that we both probably thought these 1500 players in the video played like bozos even though we also play like them bozos?
@@Censeo yeah, but it's always easier to watch than play lol. Unfortunately I don't think he will do a video, as this video kinda underperformed, and he had to change a thumbnail. I really wish he doesn't care about stats that much, as that video would actually be super helpful.
when i was around 1300-1400, i played an 1800. we were pretty equal in the opening, then I lost one pawn to a mistake. then two, then three, then my position fell apart. I didnt even make any stupid game ending blunders in that one. we traded down to a couple pieces and pawn endgame and I just got obliterated. that would be the same difference here. if the 1000 doesnt straight up blunder anything then itll end up somewhat similar to my game with that 1800.
that would be the game i (black sicilian, very open) just played against my brother (e4), where he got too aggressive in the middle, and I outflanked him by pinning a knight and a queen with an xray check from a bishop + queen as backup. He could've forced a queen trade with a little sideways move, so his bishop could join in the defense but he took an irrelevant knight instead. It's like he's working towards danger levels but without realizing his own peril.
This is so heartwarming to watch because just 3 weeks ago, i was literrally at 1000-1100, never going up for like 8-10 months and suddenly i started to win games and just finding ways to save lost positions and reached 1500 rapid and today this video comes out. Thank you Gotham for always inspiring me to play chess because I came back to chess because of you and today I am better chess player than I ever was.
This is a terrific video idea, what got me back into chess was, seeing in guess the ELO, that there's a concrete difference between chess levels that I could strive for. These things really do give us milestones to improve our chess.
Loving this consistency of content and appreciate the dedication and effort, this is the only chess content I like watching and it keeps me playing everyday
I climbed to like the 1000-1100 range a bit ago and couldn't figure out why I stopped improving, this is literally the exact problem I'm having and I just didn't know how to put it in words, now that I know what I'm doing wrong I can work on fixing it and getting better, thanks Levy 🙂
I don't know if you'd always done this and I just didn't notice, but I *love* that the board loses color when you're showing woulda/coulda/shoulda moves!
I don't think I agree much with Levy's points often though because the reason we all won't take the pawn in the center is because we just don't know a proper follow up and we aren't prepared for counter plays that's why black only took the center pawn when he was absolutely prepared to
Hey Levy, thanks for returning to educational content without clickbating thumbnails or video headlines again. I know in the end of the day you can just do what is financially the best and keep on abusing the RUclips algorithm for clicks, but that's not what made you great in the first place. So thanks for appreciating your older fandom, keep on doing your phenomenal work! :)
2 years ago I was 900 in Rapid, today I'm 1500, and this is pretty accutate xD. This is really good content, and also gives a little bit of context for people wanting to follow along with guess the elo episodes :D
00:00 Learn how to improve your chess game 03:53 Bad decision making leads to a crazy game 07:39 A game of chess analyzed move by move 11:27 Black wins by controlling the game and taking advantage of white's mistakes 15:12 Trading Queens is not the best move 18:43 Black missed winning chances and drew the game 22:22 Analyzing a 1500 level game 00:57 Black wins by making smart decisions and capitalizing on opponent's mistakes.
Bro I love these long videos so much, especially when you target an audience that is a bigger percentage of the chess community being intermediate players. My chess is embarrassing fr tho. But I still can learn so much from this and I swear it’s so fun watching. Thanks levy
I was on a losing streak and I dropped from 1086 elo to like 910 and after watching this vid I won like 10 games in a row. Thanks levy for your helpful content
Currently at a peak of ~1300 rapid; so I'm going through this evolution in understanding right now. This is the most helpful and explanatory video I've seen for a long time. More content like this... it's invaluable.
This channel has helped me so much in my year of constant chess playing. Levy's way of simple explaining, intricate , entertaining , funny but honest and 1000% educational way of teaching has been absolutley everything ive needed in my learning. Thank you so much Levy.
Great video idea! I was thinking about the differences between ratings myself :D I think it's really helpful for people to learn what they possibly lack and need to work on to take the next step
As a newcomer to chess, I don't know much about strategies and what is good vs bad but Levy always finds a way to make me laugh even though I don't understand what he means half the time 😂😂😂
7:05 what ive found in some games is its easier to resign and immediately start another game to hopefully get back the rating points you lost if youre doing a session with lots of games but i usually only do this in blitz because i like to look at game review in rapid
When I was 1000, I beat my 1800 rated dad. I was in some trouble early in the game but I set up a trick. I gave my knight away but when he took it, i pinned his queen. My dumbass older brother couldn’t believe it
I can totally agree with Levy. I analysed my games when I was 1000, I saw every single mistakes levy said in this video. I am now high 1400, close to 1500. Levy has greatly improved my rating. 👍👍👍
I remember I used to struggle a lot to break out of the 1500 ratings because these 1500s are just like what is shown in the video: plays strong openings, keeping control of the position, playing in very principled ways, etc. I was just playing and climbing the ladder at that time so I didn't know a lot about the positional concepts, I was not able to control myself, etc. and I was stuck in a loop of winning and losing at the 1500 level. I tried studying and playing a bit more and I was able to break it to the 1800 level. There's a reason why these 1500s are the 80th-90th quartile of the chess ladder despite having an elo half of the Grandmasters. 1500s are monsters sometimes, and the higher you get up the rating ladder, the scarier the monsters.
This reminds me when I drew a 2100 and I was 900. I found a beautiful stalemate after a promotion and he/she (I was playing a lichess arena) didn't notice it because his/her time was about to finish. What a move.
One of the things that frustrates me is that I can no longer maintain above 700 ELO and therefore can't learn to play correctly because people keep playing garbage
Apparently I gotta step my game up. To be fair, yes, yes I do. Still making stupid mistakes and realizing it half a second after I make the mistake. Damn you 64 squares!
This video is really timely bc I just broke 1300 elo and need to figure out how to withstand the elo correction and continue breaking through into more accurate instinctive chess
14:54 I thought the move was qf3 and I did buy the course. But after checking it again I saw you’re right (off course :)) ) Chapter 1, Lesson 35 video 4 says d5. Wish I had you’re memory, thnx for this video I love it!!
Great video this is the first in a while that helped me understand new concepts in the positions I'm playing besides them being completely entertaining so thank you
Yes please on a 1500 Elo vs 2000 Elo sequel to this video. I'm currently 1700s and would like to get help on what I'm still missing in order to break the 2000 Elo barrier.
This reminds me of the time when i beat my uncle for the first time and he was about 1300 and I was 800. I played a beautiful knight sac for mate which still remains as my best move ever.
I remember when I blundered my virginity to my uncle.
@@Jacobinks I blundered My ananas
@@Jacobinksbruh
i once sacked my rook for my dad's bishop for defensive measures. i was under a giant attack, but that let me survive for a long time (then i blundered and lost lmao)
@@Jacobinkshate when that happens
I'm a 1700 and would love to see the difference between 1500 and 2000, please do more videos like this
liar everyone knows that if you watch this channel your elo is -0
@@ChapuleTaylorYes, I am roughly 2100, I don't know why tf I watch these videos
Hey I’m 1700 too
I think 2000 can play very well several openings (7-10?), while 1500 usually play the same two or three openins and grind with that. I'm 1500/1600 btw.
Yes, please
I would love more of this content, a series would be great. Maybe even specialized episodes like “the differences between 1500 and 2000 endgames” etc. This really was very interesting and helpful.
Yes please. Im hard stuck 1600
Nah who wants to see that what we want is 500 vs 800 elo
I second this. That's a good idea
@@pankajsharma7511 200 vs 300
they had to change the title like 3 times and it's still performing worse than other videos so I doubt we got another one coming, this is probably gonna end up being the kinda stuff u gotta buy in a course
It’s cool as a 1200 to see the last steps vs the next steps side by side And to see how the thinking evolves at each rating level definitely would like more videos like this
@OiHiccup06 let’s play, :- suleimantahir
I just rchd 1300
@@suleimantahir5586 I’ve got fifty pubes on the hiccup.
@@tirthlakhani9515 same here
I am a 1200 as well
could we do a similar video but for 1800 vs 2200 or something of the sort? I know most of your audience is mostly beginners but that'd be very cool. Levy you're still the goat
This! Make a series out of it by covering every skill level! And expand it by doing it in classical chess too! :D Maybe end at super GM vs GM comparisons. Like, what sort of decisions are critical in the games of Magnus, for example. I feel like this format is a great way to illustrate what the nature of the game is at levels higher than our own. I suppose it requires a very keen understanding of the game to be able to distill it in such an instructional manner, so maybe super GM videos are too tall an order...
@@rage2904 oh for sure
i am 2350 and i would roll the 1800 he is monk
@@rage2904 I think if we want to see a comparison between GM and other elo we should ask other GM instead.
Every time I watch a Gotham video, I pray that a previous opponent didn’t submit a game against me
PLEASE do a 1500 to 2000, as a current 1500 myself, I would love to see the difference between the ratings and what I need to improve on in order to reach such a rating. Thanks Gotham!
Im 1500 too and I agree. Btw, isn't it funny that we both probably thought these 1500 players in the video played like bozos even though we also play like them bozos?
@@Censeo ye 1500-1650 are just bozos i just usually eat them in breakfast i won 10 gamrs
in row
@@Censeo yeah, but it's always easier to watch than play lol. Unfortunately I don't think he will do a video, as this video kinda underperformed, and he had to change a thumbnail. I really wish he doesn't care about stats that much, as that video would actually be super helpful.
I'm 1500 too, and It would be interesting a video like that
As a 1600, this has inflated my ego way to much.
haha same here, even though I blunder way too much still
a game between a 1000 and 1500 at the game would be nice just to see their strength in a 1vs1
when i was around 1300-1400, i played an 1800. we were pretty equal in the opening, then I lost one pawn to a mistake. then two, then three, then my position fell apart. I didnt even make any stupid game ending blunders in that one. we traded down to a couple pieces and pawn endgame and I just got obliterated. that would be the same difference here. if the 1000 doesnt straight up blunder anything then itll end up somewhat similar to my game with that 1800.
Blundering a pawn is a loss at the 1800 level lmao
@@untruegamer8079 tactically losing pawns vs just giving away pieces is what i mean
1500s take their chances, 1000s are kinda playing on auto mode.
that would be the game i (black sicilian, very open) just played against my brother (e4), where he got too aggressive in the middle, and I outflanked him by pinning a knight and a queen with an xray check from a bishop + queen as backup. He could've forced a queen trade with a little sideways move, so his bishop could join in the defense but he took an irrelevant knight instead. It's like he's working towards danger levels but without realizing his own peril.
This is so heartwarming to watch because just 3 weeks ago, i was literrally at 1000-1100, never going up for like 8-10 months and suddenly i started to win games and just finding ways to save lost positions and reached 1500 rapid and today this video comes out. Thank you Gotham for always inspiring me to play chess because I came back to chess because of you and today I am better chess player than I ever was.
heart warm like my benchpress form
I want to see Magnus gain 500 Elo in 30 minutes.
This is a terrific video idea, what got me back into chess was, seeing in guess the ELO, that there's a concrete difference between chess levels that I could strive for. These things really do give us milestones to improve our chess.
in my opinion it is terrible, levy copies from the chess youtuber bigfartsandloudsharts34
@@noahfreo1148everyone copies everyone what are you on about
@@imscrazy232 clearly a joke
Loving this consistency of content and appreciate the dedication and effort, this is the only chess content I like watching and it keeps me playing everyday
Great content. This comparison type is actually super helpful. Please do a 1500 and 2000 too🙏🙏im stuck at 1700 to 1800
Same bro I got to 1800 from 800 in 10 months, been stuck at high 1700 low 1800
I climbed to like the 1000-1100 range a bit ago and couldn't figure out why I stopped improving, this is literally the exact problem I'm having and I just didn't know how to put it in words, now that I know what I'm doing wrong I can work on fixing it and getting better, thanks Levy 🙂
Great content ! We want the 1500 vs 2000 elo version !
this wont be your best performing video but the effort put in makes it one of my faves
I was 1800 before watching this video, in 30 minutes I signed up to lichess and gained 500 elo instantly w your advice, thanks levy
Thank you Levy for this truly inspiring video. I did manage to get my rating from 2000 to 1500 :) tysm
This is how you gain 500 elo not lose 500 elo
It seems like Levy has watched Breaking Bad...
The Video before this one - "I am the Danger...Right?" - Levy
This Video - Mentions Breaking Bad
when magnus is the lower elo in the thumbnail: 💀
"misunderestimated". Man out here inventing new words
Levy i hope youtube is paying you so well for the effort you put into these videos. I enjoy watching all your videos
Oh hes making great money dont you worry
He’s a trillionaire
dap me up
I don't know if you'd always done this and I just didn't notice, but I *love* that the board loses color when you're showing woulda/coulda/shoulda moves!
Levi is like a free personal chess coach
I don't think I agree much with Levy's points often though because the reason we all won't take the pawn in the center is because we just don't know a proper follow up and we aren't prepared for counter plays that's why black only took the center pawn when he was absolutely prepared to
Props to levy for praising as low rated players like magnus carlsen on thumbnail
Hey Levy, thanks for returning to educational content without clickbating thumbnails or video headlines again.
I know in the end of the day you can just do what is financially the best and keep on abusing the RUclips algorithm for clicks, but that's not what made you great in the first place. So thanks for appreciating your older fandom, keep on doing your phenomenal work! :)
I'm 1500 and I found this video really insightful. This was a genuine great watch, cheers Levy !
no you didnt
This might be one of the best formats I've seen, please do a series like this or two, like 1000 vs 1500 and 1500 vs 2000
2 years ago I was 900 in Rapid, today I'm 1500, and this is pretty accutate xD. This is really good content, and also gives a little bit of context for people wanting to follow along with guess the elo episodes :D
2 years ago i was 0 and now im 370 lol sometimes 200 and sometimes chess.com says in 700
What about blitz rating
dap me up (hand cymbal)
00:00 Learn how to improve your chess game
03:53 Bad decision making leads to a crazy game
07:39 A game of chess analyzed move by move
11:27 Black wins by controlling the game and taking advantage of white's mistakes
15:12 Trading Queens is not the best move
18:43 Black missed winning chances and drew the game
22:22 Analyzing a 1500 level game
00:57 Black wins by making smart decisions and capitalizing on opponent's mistakes.
Just finished watching the video and I can certainly say this is a GothamChess classic! Cheers!
Bro I love these long videos so much, especially when you target an audience that is a bigger percentage of the chess community being intermediate players. My chess is embarrassing fr tho. But I still can learn so much from this and I swear it’s so fun watching. Thanks levy
45 minutes into this video I can confirm this is a true gothamchess classic ❤️
Bot?
If your gonna make a bot, at least don’t be dumb, no Gotham video is 45 minutes. 💀
😂 I’m not a bot. Confused how you came up with that. And this comment is just for joking purposes
poor performance tho
@@zorkchess I- ok bro
I was on a losing streak and I dropped from 1086 elo to like 910 and after watching this vid I won like 10 games in a row.
Thanks levy for your helpful content
Currently at a peak of ~1300 rapid; so I'm going through this evolution in understanding right now. This is the most helpful and explanatory video I've seen for a long time. More content like this... it's invaluable.
Love these types of analysis, can't believe you put out such great content like this daily. Thank you Levy.
Props to Levi for bringing great 1000 elo chess players like Magnus Carlesen to the spotlight
This channel has helped me so much in my year of constant chess playing. Levy's way of simple explaining, intricate , entertaining , funny but honest and 1000% educational way of teaching has been absolutley everything ive needed in my learning. Thank you so much Levy.
Great video idea! I was thinking about the differences between ratings myself :D I think it's really helpful for people to learn what they possibly lack and need to work on to take the next step
righto champ
This was really instructional. I loved this comparison. Thanks so much
Loving your Endgame course by the way!! It's evolving my game for sure.
As a newcomer to chess, I don't know much about strategies and what is good vs bad but Levy always finds a way to make me laugh even though I don't understand what he means half the time 😂😂😂
Blud needs to listen closer 😂
Please make this a series
This was super instructive
I love the content man, keep it up
7:05 what ive found in some games is its easier to resign and immediately start another game to hopefully get back the rating points you lost if youre doing a session with lots of games but i usually only do this in blitz because i like to look at game review in rapid
Bro todays 700 rated players are more advanced then those 1000 rated players
that was so informing as having just reached 1500 a 1500 vs 2000 would be great
WTF MY FRIEND IS HERE
I would appreciate a 1500 vs 2000 study
Who also thinks that even Levi can’t win against a 1500
Levi can beat 1500 blindfolded
@Krater it’s just a joke bro
@@KraterOfficialThat's luck by chance lol
It's all fun and stuff until you see your self in those videos as a random noob
This is my favourite type of content, super informative and fun to watch
you know i sunk that submarine
When I was 1000, I beat my 1800 rated dad. I was in some trouble early in the game but I set up a trick. I gave my knight away but when he took it, i pinned his queen. My dumbass older brother couldn’t believe it
2:27 but the Ponziani is not a valid opening as you are developing another pawn
And the Vienna gambit is op
I can totally agree with Levy. I analysed my games when I was 1000, I saw every single mistakes levy said in this video. I am now high 1400, close to 1500. Levy has greatly improved my rating. 👍👍👍
you know the opponent fucked up massively when Levi puts an adroll before a move
can we just appreciate how white in the last game started with 15 minutes on the clock and got mates when they had 16:43?
How does Gotham create so many different thesis statements in the beginning of the video , man should write books and essays
18:13
"[...] and now you are completely winning. Now it's an equal game" - Gotham Chess, IM, about the exact same position
i want Gotham to do 3500 vs 4000, so i can know how to play at my level.
18:10 Now you are completely winning. Now it's an equal game.
I am a 1600 struggling to improve. This was very instructive. Please make another one like this comparing 1500s and 2000s.
Could you do the difference between 1500 and 1700-1900?
I remember I used to struggle a lot to break out of the 1500 ratings because these 1500s are just like what is shown in the video: plays strong openings, keeping control of the position, playing in very principled ways, etc. I was just playing and climbing the ladder at that time so I didn't know a lot about the positional concepts, I was not able to control myself, etc. and I was stuck in a loop of winning and losing at the 1500 level. I tried studying and playing a bit more and I was able to break it to the 1800 level. There's a reason why these 1500s are the 80th-90th quartile of the chess ladder despite having an elo half of the Grandmasters. 1500s are monsters sometimes, and the higher you get up the rating ladder, the scarier the monsters.
chess is 9/11 part 2
For some reason it is funnier to learn this way rather than buying a boring course. But the best is to do both, I guess.
Cannot wait to see 1500 vs 2000! Great video Levy 🙌
At 6:09 there is a nice Ne5 that saves all and basically automatically wins
Please make 1500 vs 2000 video. Will be waiting for it.
Yes, please do 1500 vs 2000. And maybe later 2000 vs 2500, just for entertainment.
There should be a whole video around countering openings...unless it already exists
This reminds me when I drew a 2100 and I was 900. I found a beautiful stalemate after a promotion and he/she (I was playing a lichess arena) didn't notice it because his/her time was about to finish. What a move.
"What if this move doesn't happen?" is the reason I lose 75% of my games lmaooo
IM vs GM would be interesting
Thank you for this content. I really learned a lot as a 1200 elo and this will help me reach 1300,1400 and maybe 1500 elo
One of the things that frustrates me is that I can no longer maintain above 700 ELO and therefore can't learn to play correctly because people keep playing garbage
1500 vs 2000 would be cool. Btw, love when your mix of ridiculous and instructive videos. All of one would get boring
Levy: 1000 vs 1500 ELO! What’s the difference?
Me (900 ELO): 500 ELO! 🤪
7:00 i would resign too, not many 1000 rated ppl are gonna genuinely mess up king and queen checkmate
I can tell you that probably most 1000 don't even know what a checkmate is
Apparently I gotta step my game up. To be fair, yes, yes I do. Still making stupid mistakes and realizing it half a second after I make the mistake. Damn you 64 squares!
i really enjoy the videos that you make involving instruction on how to get better in the 1000-1500 range
These are my favorite type of Gotham videos, this, and how to win a chess
This video is really timely bc I just broke 1300 elo and need to figure out how to withstand the elo correction and continue breaking through into more accurate instinctive chess
We would love for you to do a 1500 vs. 2000!
Man changed the thumbnail after the ctr dropped 😂
I bought the Caro Kann Course, and it's super helpful! I built a foundation with Chessable but Chessly really helps fill in the "what if" lines
Probably the best chess video I've ever watched not surprised it was Gotham
14:54 I thought the move was qf3 and I did buy the course. But after checking it again I saw you’re right (off course :)) ) Chapter 1, Lesson 35 video 4 says d5. Wish I had you’re memory, thnx for this video I love it!!
As a 977, I once trapped the queen of a 1600. I was playing unrated.
you should do 1500 vs 2000 this was a very informational video
you should do this with 1500 and 2000
I like how levy just summarizes how I went from 1000 to 1500 in 6 months in just a single video
1500 vs 2000 would be amazing!
Great video this is the first in a while that helped me understand new concepts in the positions I'm playing besides them being completely entertaining so thank you
Obviously need to see the 1500 vs 2000 now.
Great video Levy! Really insightful and didactic. Keep it up!
Videos like this are so informative. Im a 15-1700 and i could relate so much with the 1500 games. Please do more like these
Very very good video. Loved this one. Great job Levy! Hope to see more of these.
Love this type of content. Keep it up Levy
wake me up when its all over
Yes please on a 1500 Elo vs 2000 Elo sequel to this video. I'm currently 1700s and would like to get help on what I'm still missing in order to break the 2000 Elo barrier.