Man this is like book quality education we are so lucky to have gotham. IN 6 months of consistent chess I've reached my peak rating 1380, without a doubt gotham carried me to that. We love you!
Ikr. I’ve been consistently playing chess for 1 month and a half now and have binged almost all of Gotham’s videos for the last 6 months. Pushed from 750 all the way to 1150 trophies. You probably won’t see this, but thanks Levy!
Same before quarantine and the introduction of Gothamchess into my recommended feed, I was about 1050. Now, I'm just barely under 1300 with my peak rating reaching a little over 1300. I must say, everything I have progressed in goes to you Gotham! Hurrah for Gotham!
I started playing chess just after we went into lockdown in the U.K. (in April). My rating now hovers between 1620 and 1750. No doubt Gotham’s videos on openings helped a lot!
The In-your-face-you're-trash-my-rook-defeated-you is also known as the Vukovic mate, which I assume means In-your-face-you're-trash-my-rook-defeated-you in Croatian.
XDDDDD Vukovic is a common surname in ex-yugo countries. Vuk (pron:wook) means wolf. Suffix - ov = from / of. Addition - ic = personification of surname. As if saying Wolf-son-"er".
0:42 This is called Back rank mate. In back rank mate, the king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank. 3:23 This is called Arabian mate: The Arabian Mate is a very old and also very common way to checkmate. It is not only mentioned in ancient Arabic manuscripts, but also derived from the older Persian form of chess where the knight and the rook were the two most powerful pieces in the game. This was before chess had migrated to Europe and the queen was (later) given its current powers of movement. 3:29 This is called Vuković's mate. Vladimir Vuković (1898-1975) was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter and journalist. In The Art of Attack in Chess (available on Chessable), Vuković devoted a whole chapter to mating patterns. 4:24 This is called Corner mate. In Corner mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king in the corner, while a rook or queen covers the adjacent file (the b-file or g-file) . One of the opponent's own pieces (in most cases a pawn) blocks escape via the square (s) not covered by the rook/queen. 7:12 This is called Max Lange's mate. Max Lange’s mate is named after the German chess player Max Lange (1832-1899), who used this mate for the first time in the game Adolf Anderssen - Max Lange, Breslau 1859. 11:40 This is called Pillsbury's mate. The mate is named after the American chess player Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906). 12:45 This is called Dovetail mate or Cozio's mate. With some imagination, your 3 arrows form a dovetail ;-) Another name for this checkmate is Cozio’s mate, named after the Italian chess player Carlo Cozio (1715-1780) who published this checkmate pattern in a study in 1766. 14:00 This is called Triangle mate. In Triangle mate, a queen delivers checkmate to the king. The queen is supported by a rook, that also covers some escape squares. The queen, rook and king are all on the same color of squares and form a triangle. 14:47 This is called Suffocation mate. In Suffocation mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king. A bishop covers one or two escape squares, and the opponent's own pieces block escape via the squares not covered by the bishop. 20:42 This is called Greco's mate. The mate is named after the famous Italian chess player Gioachino Greco (1600-1634) . Discover all these checkmate patterns and many more in "The Checkmate Patterns Manual"!
@@rogg0224 It's smothered mate when a knight delivers checkmate without the help of other pieces. I know my checkmate patterns since I'm the author of the checkmate patterns manual on chessable.com! ;-)
In Xiangqi, smothered mates come easier because the General is confined to the nine points of the Palace/Fortress, because the two Advisors (confined to the five points therein that are connected by diagonal lines) are always getting in each other's way, and because stalemate is a form of checkmate.
I like playing on an actual chess board. Eating Doritos loudly while staring at your opponent adds a level dark psychology missing from the game. I want to play Mario golf now anyway.
This is actually helpful as a new player. Obviously the goal.of the game is getting check mates. I find I can play the early game and midgame at a comfortable level but when it comes to sealing the deal I really have trouble with setting up ways to finish. Like I just miss seeing all these patterns to end the game even when I'm at a big advantage.
Agreed. Especially when you start getting time stress and you already tired your brain out to get advantage in endgame, finding a checkmate that isn't a classic rook+rook or queen+rook becomes hard to do.
arabian mate is an acronym A-AHAHAHAHA R-Rook mated you, you're A-absolutely terrible at B-beating people I-in chess, i'm A-actually dying of laughter N-no i'm not accepting the offer for a rematch
You suffocate your enemies. The King is smothered by his friends. (In French the same word is used for both suffocation and smother mates, which is simpler.)
I would argue that under-promoting to a rook or bishop to deliver mate is what you would do if you truly hated someone. Yes, a win is still a win, but it’s important to let them know you have absolutely no respect for them after how terribly they played
@@commentor5479 there's nothing better than winning a Queen. Then you gradually destroy your opponent, promote all your pawns and then deliver a brutal in-your-face checkmate.
12:40 A dovetail is a pattern that looks like a "V". It is used in many areas, including woodworking to create joints. Look at decent dresser drawers and you might see the dovetailed ends of the wood joined to another with that "V" shape throughout. The dovetail in this checkmate refers to the fact that both of the King's retreat squares are blocked by his own pieces in a dovetail pattern.
It's also as opposed to the 'swallow's tail' mate where the queen mates from the edge of the 3x3 square the king is standing in, rather than the corner of that square. Swallows have deeply split tails, and doves have connected tails, and the two squares the queen doesn't cover from the edge are separated, while the two the queen doesn't cover from the corner touch at their corners.
Hi Levy! Great stuff. Pattern #4 is probably called dovetail because of the dovetail system of joining pieces of wood: the pieces come together and fit snugly, leaving no room. Somehow, it resembles how the Queen tightly covers all the escape spaces (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovetail_joint).
The martial arts example was very apt. I haven't been playing chess for long, but I've been a martial artist for around a decade now (boxing, HEMA, TKD & combatives) and there are many similarities in the strategy and tactics department. Another extremely important aspect of chess that also has an overlap with martial arts (especially in fencing) is tempo.
You are a natural with instructing... alot of other Chess Masters are so ahead of us (likely as you are) they can not telate with the novice's mind - you deliver the message directly. Simple and concise - very principled instructional content! and you LOVE chess - it radiates from you - thank you SO MUCH for your content!!
(12:40) - Dovetail : 'Dovetail' is a type of join in wood working (google it - consider black and white pieces two separate pieces of wood trying to be joined together like a table leg an table top). And the square e6 (from white perspective) fits in between (groove) the black pieces (if f5, king, was not part of black wood piece).
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
Everything here is given in funny, interesting, practice and useful way. And most important, beginners like me can follow all this without feeling himself stupid. It looks very simple when You explaine, cause Your passion drive all in a very nice way. Respect.
Hello from France ! I am trying to progress ( between 800-900 elo at the moment) and noticed that I often fail to foresee or deliver checkmate efficiently so this is definitely a valuable content for me ! Just discovered you and the entire online world of chess !Didn't expect that popularity ! Merci 😊
Yo, watching from Żory, Poland. After watching your 'stuck at chess' video I decided to put what you said into practice, so 10-15 puzzles a day, study openings like: London, King's Indian, English. Study basic checkmate patterns and 1-2 games per day.... getting better everyday. So thank you for your work!
What I have discovered about the Greek Gift sacrifice is that retreating the king to g8, after being checked by the knight, seldom leads to a forced mate; rather, it leads to gaining substantial material as the defender has to sacrifice material to stave off checkmate. As risky as it appears, the king has to go to g6. This makes it much more difficult for the attacker. The attacker has to be very precise as there is no immediate mate nor gain of material that is readily obvious. The attacker may stumble and ultimately be down a piece in the fallout. This is why anybody who plans on the Greek Gift sacrifice must be prepared for the targeted king to actually come *forward* instead of retreating to the back rank. For instance, in the Greek Gift setup in the video at 6:16, after 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7, 2.Ng5+, if the black king retreats to g8, Stockfish sees no forced mate, but it *does* give white over a +8.00 advantage - which is usually an easy win. However, if black plays 2...Kg6 (the counterintuitive move that Stockfish recommends), white's advantage is reduced to +3.50. Big difference! How should white proceed if black plays 2...Kg6? If you're going to launch into the Greek Gift sacrifice, be prepared for what you're going to do next after the king goes to g6. By the way, Stockfish recommends that white starts with 3.h4. According to Stockfish, the best continuation for *both* sides goes like this: 3.h4 Qe8, 4.h5+ Kh6, 5.Nxe6+ Kh7, 6.Nxc5, the *only* move that maintains white's +3.50 advantage. But, what if the black bishop starts on b6 instead of c5? How would that change the sequence? A lot! White's advantage drops to +2.00. That advantage is completely positional - not based on material. Great video! You selected some patterns that often occur in games. Recognizing them is important.
I have been a casual chess player for years. I have decent fundamentals and understanding of openings but I never was able to effectively understand how to mate my opponent. I always make stupid mistakes where I focus too much on offense or defense, and many times the moves I make actually WEAKEN my position. Thank you! I really needed to see this video. It will help me to practice finishing games and seeing more opportunities to actually win games :)
This was right on time. I just started playing during the pandemic, where today I was trying to mate someone with a rook and knight, but didn't quite know how to. Thank You Sir for your tutelage!
A dove tail is a wood working joint that fits two pieces of wood together like a puzzle piece. If you look up a picture of a dove tail joint, it'll make sense.
At 18:20, you saying that the Knight smothers the King to death has planted a mental image in my head of knights in full armor on horseback, with a lance, a sword, and.... a pillow.
The one at 5:35 is so satisfying to pull off. Sliding back the bishop feels like pulling back the string of a crossbow. Then you slot in the bolt/queen and fire it across the battlefield.
10:07 there's Ne8 as well. I think it would be good to go over all of the opponent's defensive resources/patterns as well, not just your attacking ones.
I can't believe that only 40% of viewers are not subscribed. Your content is always clear, concise, and very informative. You're an excellent teacher, and thank you for giving so much to the chess community!
Love you man, I'm new to chess 31 yo yet felt lonely living with myself and then I started picking up a hobby to kill my time yet sharpen my brain, thanks for the efforts.
Dovetail Mate: In woodworking there's a joining method that uses a "dovetail" joint to fasten two pieces of wood tightly together by fitting just right in a super snug position. I'm guessing that's where the name comes from. Thanks for these videos!
Picture crenellations on top of a rook. Take another rook and flip it upside down and connect the crenellations of the two rooks “head to head” such that the crenellations fit inside one another. That is essentially a dovetail joint. The way he highlights @12:37 looks like that exactly.
I think it’s called the Dove Tail Mate because the queen can swing out and take in any direction. When those placements are imagined together, it also resembles a dove tail. :)
Actually @13:38, there is mate in 2 whether the rook is on D1 or on C2. If the white rook is on d1, and black moves Rf1, white can either respond with Kg2 or with Rxf1. If Kg2, Qf3 is mate, and if Rxf1, Qxf1 is also mate.
3:38 This is called Vukovic mate, named after a chessplayer. A guy with this name wrote the book "Art of Attack in Chess", but I don't know if this is the same Vukovic 3:20 This is called Arabian Mate because the Arabs already knew it several hundred years before modern chess. Most of the pieces moved differently (queen only like modern kings, bishops also had limited range) but rook and knight were the same then.
I absolutely love the MMA analogy with the whole faking a punch, making your opponent move the way you want them to. I’m a martial artists trying to learn chess and this woke me up and go OOHHHHH. This is part of the reason why you’re my favorite person to watch play/learn chess from.
at 14:00 the original position with the rook on the back rank could still result in dove tail mate. If Rxf1 runs into Qxf1#, so white may avoid walking into back rank mate and instead walk into dove tail mate.
I absolutely love your content man. But I gotta say I haven't seen a top comment mentioning a technical mistake at 9:57 is that you can move knight e8 to defend the pawn to completely get out of checkmate
It's funny that you use the terms "join" "box" and "glue" when discussing the dovetail mate, because there is a carpentry maneuver called a dovetail joint, which brings two pieces of wood together by interlocking them, like if you weave your fingers together on your hands. Not sure if the chess move was named after the woodworking, the woodworking after the chess move, both after the actual tails of doves, or maybe the chess move came first and the woodworking and bird tail are named after the chess move! Anyhoo...thanks for your content, I've been learning a lot!
Not sure if it's already mentioned, but @6:33 it's much better to play Ng5 in stead of going back with the bishop. Back will have to give up at least a piece, or the Queen for two pieces, to avoid a quick checkmate, and then still be under pressure. Had this once in a over the board game, but unfortunately didn't spot it.
Just guessing about the dovetail mate. I think that’s a term for joining pieces of wood in a fashion where they both hold on to each other. This shape looks a lot like that.
I love this channel. Thank you for all the effort. I fell in love with chess a long time ago and then The Queen's Gambit reignited the passion. I learn so much from you. :)
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I can't help but feel like I'm betraying my first love in Agadmator.
The Cult of Gotham converts another humble viewer. 🙏🏻
Lol! He was the first chess channel I watched! Levy is like a step dad 😂😂😃
Looks like you've been captured captured
In this position El Magnito has been checkmated
@@GothamChess lmao. To good. You made my day.
5:46 "As you get stronger, you're not just gonna be able to mate people" - context is everything!
I see you are a man of culture, sir
@@illosovic that's...that's the joke.
@@illosovic thats like... the joke
@@illosovic it was supposed to be funny…
@@illosovic Stupid, that's the joke. Imagine saying a person is stupid but you were the one who dìdin't understand.
Man this is like book quality education we are so lucky to have gotham.
IN 6 months of consistent chess I've reached my peak rating 1380, without a doubt gotham carried me to that. We love you!
Congrats! I didn’t carry, you had to play the games 🙂
@@GothamChess Yayy Gotham! Can you read my comment from earlier? I just made it.
Ikr. I’ve been consistently playing chess for 1 month and a half now and have binged almost all of Gotham’s videos for the last 6 months. Pushed from 750 all the way to 1150 trophies. You probably won’t see this, but thanks Levy!
Same before quarantine and the introduction of Gothamchess into my recommended feed, I was about 1050. Now, I'm just barely under 1300 with my peak rating reaching a little over 1300. I must say, everything I have progressed in goes to you Gotham! Hurrah for Gotham!
I started playing chess just after we went into lockdown in the U.K. (in April). My rating now hovers between 1620 and 1750. No doubt Gotham’s videos on openings helped a lot!
This is good, checkmate tends to be the strongest move in any game of chess
I mean the Botez Gambit is also kinda noice tho...
checkmate with advantage
psh checkmate isn't even up any actual material
checkmate, chess players
Ye that's why i always use the checkmate opening
@@MLarios97 pretty effective line that one I've noticed
The In-your-face-you're-trash-my-rook-defeated-you is also known as the Vukovic mate, which I assume means In-your-face-you're-trash-my-rook-defeated-you in Croatian.
lul
Really?? 😂😂😂😂Whenever am having a bad day I always visit the comment section and the mood changes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
XDDDDD
Vukovic is a common surname in ex-yugo countries. Vuk (pron:wook) means wolf. Suffix - ov = from / of. Addition - ic = personification of surname. As if saying Wolf-son-"er".
0:42 This is called Back rank mate. In back rank mate, the king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank.
3:23 This is called Arabian mate: The Arabian Mate is a very old and also very common way to checkmate. It is not only mentioned in ancient Arabic manuscripts, but also derived from the older Persian form of chess where the knight and the rook were the two most powerful pieces in the game. This was before chess had migrated to Europe and the queen was (later) given its current powers of movement.
3:29 This is called Vuković's mate. Vladimir Vuković (1898-1975) was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter and journalist. In The Art of Attack in Chess (available on Chessable), Vuković devoted a whole chapter to mating patterns.
4:24 This is called Corner mate. In Corner mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king in the corner, while a rook or queen covers the adjacent file (the b-file or g-file) . One of the opponent's own pieces (in most cases a pawn) blocks escape via the square (s) not covered by the rook/queen.
7:12 This is called Max Lange's mate. Max Lange’s mate is named after the German chess player Max Lange (1832-1899), who used this mate for the first time in the game Adolf Anderssen - Max Lange, Breslau 1859.
11:40 This is called Pillsbury's mate. The mate is named after the American chess player Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906).
12:45 This is called Dovetail mate or Cozio's mate. With some imagination, your 3 arrows form a dovetail ;-) Another name for this checkmate is Cozio’s mate, named after the Italian chess player Carlo Cozio (1715-1780) who published this checkmate pattern in a study in 1766.
14:00 This is called Triangle mate. In Triangle mate, a queen delivers checkmate to the king. The queen is supported by a rook, that also covers some escape squares. The queen, rook and king are all on the same color of squares and form a triangle.
14:47 This is called Suffocation mate. In Suffocation mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king. A bishop covers one or two escape squares, and the opponent's own pieces block escape via the squares not covered by the bishop.
20:42 This is called Greco's mate. The mate is named after the famous Italian chess player Gioachino Greco (1600-1634) .
Discover all these checkmate patterns and many more in "The Checkmate Patterns Manual"!
Wow, thanks
Quality comment
Thanks, mate.
Smothered mate not suffocation
@@rogg0224 It's smothered mate when a knight delivers checkmate without the help of other pieces. I know my checkmate patterns since I'm the author of the checkmate patterns manual on chessable.com! ;-)
“oh no my queen” smothered mate
Gold comment
Call an ambulance!
But not for me!
I love Eric Rosen saying oh no my queen its just so good
In Xiangqi, smothered mates come easier because the General is confined to the nine points of the Palace/Fortress, because the two Advisors (confined to the five points therein that are connected by diagonal lines) are always getting in each other's way, and because stalemate is a form of checkmate.
So, basically, what I've learned from this video is that chess is like an onion. It has layers.. and makes you cry.
I like playing on an actual chess board. Eating Doritos loudly while staring at your opponent adds a level dark psychology missing from the game. I want to play Mario golf now anyway.
Best comment
shrek
Also terrible as food.
@@loghost5274 yes
"In your face, you're trash, my Rook DEFEATED you" checkmate
- GothamChess
For those wondering, it's called Vukovic mate.
@@knightclinic332 no your wrong there. You know the right name, I’m sure
Philipp, ChaeSoo.. you're. As in 'you are'.
@@tomh9487 finally someone knows good English
Speedcuber omg
This is actually helpful as a new player. Obviously the goal.of the game is getting check mates. I find I can play the early game and midgame at a comfortable level but when it comes to sealing the deal I really have trouble with setting up ways to finish. Like I just miss seeing all these patterns to end the game even when I'm at a big advantage.
Agreed. Especially when you start getting time stress and you already tired your brain out to get advantage in endgame, finding a checkmate that isn't a classic rook+rook or queen+rook becomes hard to do.
Dude I’m learning to play right now and I keep getting draws against the fkn bots cause I end up with 7 pieces chasing the king smh
end game is the most painful stage for real
"chess is a game where you mate people by force, regardless of gender."
-gandhi
What a terrible day to be able to read.
I would like to go back to preschool.
Thanks gandhi, very reasonable
"Chess speaks for itself" - Buddah
So inspirational🤯
I can feel the words coming inside of me
arabian mate is an acronym
A-AHAHAHAHA
R-Rook mated you, you're
A-absolutely terrible at
B-beating people
I-in chess, i'm
A-actually dying of laughter
N-no i'm not accepting the offer for a rematch
LMAOO
last part hits hard
@@akiya9216 the truest part
Made my day, thanks.
Lol
Smother mate seems very personal. Like a mate you would do against someone you hate
You suffocate your enemies. The King is smothered by his friends. (In French the same word is used for both suffocation and smother mates, which is simpler.)
Caesar style, death by too many "friends"
It's a hate mate..
I would argue that under-promoting to a rook or bishop to deliver mate is what you would do if you truly hated someone. Yes, a win is still a win, but it’s important to let them know you have absolutely no respect for them after how terribly they played
Nobody:
Gotham nomenclature of mating patterns:
"In your face, you're trash, my rook defeated you checkmate"
Amen
& Awomen
@@j_stach Never forget Awomen😂😂
Dont forget about awomen and awowomen
When?
@@sarathvarma2909 3:41
4:24
Me:trying to fork the king and queen for material advantage
Computer: it's a checkmate
@Seth Tate You win the king, and that's DEFINITELY a material advantage!
@@commentor5479 there's nothing better than winning a Queen. Then you gradually destroy your opponent, promote all your pawns and then deliver a brutal in-your-face checkmate.
"you're not mating" - Levy
Dang he just described my sex life
LOL
😏😏😏
You see, it’s funny because it doesn’t exist
"i know man shit im trying"
We can change that.
"You're getting destroyed because you watched Eric Rosen's videos"
Mate, I've been getting destroyed long before I started watching Eric's videos.
oh no my king!
dah.
@@andy_c "But ACTUALLY my king!"
He's a hater. I'm unsubbing
@@fridakahlo9027 who?
@@gotaro69 No one. I'm joking. They're both great and I understand banter.
12:40
A dovetail is a pattern that looks like a "V". It is used in many areas, including woodworking to create joints. Look at decent dresser drawers and you might see the dovetailed ends of the wood joined to another with that "V" shape throughout. The dovetail in this checkmate refers to the fact that both of the King's retreat squares are blocked by his own pieces in a dovetail pattern.
"Dove tail mate" is likely due to a 'dove tail' being a wood joining technique. Used to secure two pieces of wood together, often into a corner.
It's also as opposed to the 'swallow's tail' mate where the queen mates from the edge of the 3x3 square the king is standing in, rather than the corner of that square. Swallows have deeply split tails, and doves have connected tails, and the two squares the queen doesn't cover from the edge are separated, while the two the queen doesn't cover from the corner touch at their corners.
@@boriskogan7903 Yeah its not perfect, but the idea or philosophy of how it works
I call it an anchor mate instead lol
Came here to say “woodworking joint”
Gotham was so close, too. He said dovetail, box and glue, then “I don’t know why this is called a dovetail”
You have the best chess related content I've come across. Thank you for taking the time to break down complex concepts in such a digestible way.
Hi Levy!
Great stuff.
Pattern #4 is probably called dovetail because of the dovetail system of joining pieces of wood: the pieces come together and fit snugly, leaving no room. Somehow, it resembles how the Queen tightly covers all the escape spaces (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovetail_joint).
The martial arts example was very apt. I haven't been playing chess for long, but I've been a martial artist for around a decade now (boxing, HEMA, TKD & combatives) and there are many similarities in the strategy and tactics department. Another extremely important aspect of chess that also has an overlap with martial arts (especially in fencing) is tempo.
You are a natural with instructing... alot of other Chess Masters are so ahead of us (likely as you are) they can not telate with the novice's mind - you deliver the message directly. Simple and concise - very principled instructional content!
and you LOVE chess - it radiates from you - thank you SO MUCH for your content!!
I can't help wondering how many times I've walked right past these positions, only to win or lose 20 moves later! Thanks so much!
same I win the game but when I analyse I missed like 4 wins
Islam is the truth
3:45 its called a the vikovic check mate
(12:40) - Dovetail : 'Dovetail' is a type of join in wood working (google it - consider black and white pieces two separate pieces of wood trying to be joined together like a table leg an table top). And the square e6 (from white perspective) fits in between (groove) the black pieces (if f5, king, was not part of black wood piece).
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
Arabian mate comes from way way back when the knights and rooks were the most powerful pieces on the board.
I feel like I read somewhere that the queen was the much weaker "advisor" who moved like a king, were the knight and rook any different?
@@og8263 The queen could only move one square diagonally, the rooks and knights moved like in modern chess.
@@cjwarrington177 My bad you're right. Was the bishop also the same as the queen? One square diagonally?
@@og8263 two squares diagonally (had to move two squares, couldn't move just 1, they could also jump over other pieces)
@@og8263 the bishop would move two squares diagonally if I'm not mistaken. The bishop can't move one square, it must move two squares
8:56 yes it does work a lot ! like 70% of the times
Everything here is given in funny, interesting, practice and useful way.
And most important, beginners like me can follow all this without feeling himself stupid.
It looks very simple when You explaine, cause Your passion drive all in a very nice way.
Respect.
!! you took my suggestion from the community tab! Thanks Levy!!
10:07 ...Ne8
!! hey¡¡
@@ValkyRiver you just hang the knight to a bishop
@@edricsan2052 how
@@edricsan2052 wdym it doesn’t
"Now of course, as you get stronger you're not just gonna be able to mate people"
Hold on I was told that going to the gym would help me get girls...
LMAO I was going to say the same thing but you said it better XD
Hold Gotham's beer
Going to the gym is for *YOU*
Lmfao I didn’t even get this joke until I heard Gotham say it
Going to gym is only going to help you get boys
He said I must know...
I can’t not click on the video
Reverse reverse psychology?
@@thebus3181 so just psychology then
YESN'T
i can’t legally not click on this video or something bad will happen to you and your family
@@myskrillaa thanks for caring about my family
Hello from France ! I am trying to progress ( between 800-900 elo at the moment) and noticed that I often fail to foresee or deliver checkmate efficiently so this is definitely a valuable content for me !
Just discovered you and the entire online world of chess !Didn't expect that popularity ! Merci 😊
Salut ! Alors t'as progressé ?
Fun fact: Rubix cubing is also pattern recognition
Rubik’s
Yep! And there's many very specific algorithms you can follow in order to solve it consistently.
Rubik’s
yea as a cuber i can agree and also ITS RUBIK'S CUBE NOT rubix cube
@@NotSpecAlt it’s Rubix you non cuber!
18:10 "Oh no, my Queen!"
The smothering mate is incredibly savage.
Yo, watching from Żory, Poland. After watching your 'stuck at chess' video I decided to put what you said into practice, so 10-15 puzzles a day, study openings like: London, King's Indian, English. Study basic checkmate patterns and 1-2 games per day.... getting better everyday. So thank you for your work!
Islam is the truth come to Islam
@@johnnydeclanbarnes116 ??
How about now
This is one those videos I'll watch again and again. Super helpful, thank you!
What I have discovered about the Greek Gift sacrifice is that retreating the king to g8, after being checked by the knight, seldom leads to a forced mate; rather, it leads to gaining substantial material as the defender has to sacrifice material to stave off checkmate. As risky as it appears, the king has to go to g6. This makes it much more difficult for the attacker. The attacker has to be very precise as there is no immediate mate nor gain of material that is readily obvious. The attacker may stumble and ultimately be down a piece in the fallout. This is why anybody who plans on the Greek Gift sacrifice must be prepared for the targeted king to actually come *forward* instead of retreating to the back rank.
For instance, in the Greek Gift setup in the video at 6:16, after 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7, 2.Ng5+, if the black king retreats to g8, Stockfish sees no forced mate, but it *does* give white over a +8.00 advantage - which is usually an easy win. However, if black plays 2...Kg6 (the counterintuitive move that Stockfish recommends), white's advantage is reduced to +3.50. Big difference!
How should white proceed if black plays 2...Kg6? If you're going to launch into the Greek Gift sacrifice, be prepared for what you're going to do next after the king goes to g6. By the way, Stockfish recommends that white starts with 3.h4. According to Stockfish, the best continuation for *both* sides goes like this: 3.h4 Qe8, 4.h5+ Kh6, 5.Nxe6+ Kh7, 6.Nxc5, the *only* move that maintains white's +3.50 advantage. But, what if the black bishop starts on b6 instead of c5? How would that change the sequence? A lot! White's advantage drops to +2.00. That advantage is completely positional - not based on material.
Great video! You selected some patterns that often occur in games. Recognizing them is important.
I gotta say when I first saw the smothered mate and more complex versions of it I was mind blown. Such a beautiful series of moves
13:35 you can still mate with the rook on d1 cause if rook takes queen takes and if the king tries to escape you dovetail
I have been a casual chess player for years. I have decent fundamentals and understanding of openings but I never was able to effectively understand how to mate my opponent. I always make stupid mistakes where I focus too much on offense or defense, and many times the moves I make actually WEAKEN my position. Thank you! I really needed to see this video. It will help me to practice finishing games and seeing more opportunities to actually win games :)
12:30 black queen & rook form a "dovetail" position with the black king. A structure well known by mechanical engineers.
This was right on time. I just started playing during the pandemic, where today I was trying to mate someone with a rook and knight, but didn't quite know how to. Thank You Sir for your tutelage!
A dove tail has 3 feathers similar to how the queen is covering in 3 directions, that’s why it’s called a dovetail
A dove tail is a wood working joint that fits two pieces of wood together like a puzzle piece. If you look up a picture of a dove tail joint, it'll make sense.
@@noahferguson3540 that joint is named after a dove tail as well for the same reason
I'd say the mate was named after the woodworking joint, which was named after the bird.
@@bigcountrymower4263 I'm pretty sure they're just both named after the bird
3:40 I'm sure others have pointed this out but this is called Vuković’s mate.
At 18:20, you saying that the Knight smothers the King to death has planted a mental image in my head of knights in full armor on horseback, with a lance, a sword, and.... a pillow.
The one at 5:35 is so satisfying to pull off. Sliding back the bishop feels like pulling back the string of a crossbow. Then you slot in the bolt/queen and fire it across the battlefield.
3:41 I loved this mate.. "In your face, you're trash, my rook defeated you Checkmate" 😂
"I don't know why it's called a Dovetail..."
_draws dovetail pattern on the board_ 😂😂😂
i was just about to comment this lmao
10:07 there's Ne8 as well. I think it would be good to go over all of the opponent's defensive resources/patterns as well, not just your attacking ones.
then the bishop takes it
I think it would be good to go over all of YOUR defensive resources/patterns as well, not just your attacking ones.
@@wall-nut1663 did you confuse e8 with h5? Bxe8 is not a legal move.
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Love that thumbnail game you got there!
13:35 - pieces were set properly. It's either Rf1 check - rook takes - Qf1 checkmate. Or Rf1 check - Kg2 - Qf3 "dovetail checkmate"
19:20 Gotham: this is mate
me: this is fork
Your wife asks you to name one of her girlfriends that you like the most.
Another famous checkmate pattern.
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As students of GothamChess, I believe this is what we would recognize as "danger levels."
@@johnwalker1058 Exactly. Answering the question leads to checkmate, so you have to deflect on the other side of the board.
@@johnwalker1058 Then *what is worth more than a girlfriend?*
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Your life, which you can save if you know the structure of this kind of endgame trap.
I can't believe that only 40% of viewers are not subscribed. Your content is always clear, concise, and very informative. You're an excellent teacher, and thank you for giving so much to the chess community!
Am I early enough to get a heart from Levy?
In retrospect, yes.
Love you man, I'm new to chess 31 yo yet felt lonely living with myself and then I started picking up a hobby to kill my time yet sharpen my brain, thanks for the efforts.
6:50 For the Greek Sacrifice one what do you do if the King doesn’t go back in the little “cavern” bit
In your face your trash my rook defeated you
3:42
3:23 I'm surprised you don't know that Levy, every avid chess historian knows it's named after Mr Mate.
Dovetail Mate: In woodworking there's a joining method that uses a "dovetail" joint to fasten two pieces of wood tightly together by fitting just right in a super snug position. I'm guessing that's where the name comes from. Thanks for these videos!
Picture crenellations on top of a rook. Take another rook and flip it upside down and connect the crenellations of the two rooks “head to head” such that the crenellations fit inside one another. That is essentially a dovetail joint. The way he highlights @12:37 looks like that exactly.
I think it’s called the Dove Tail Mate because the queen can swing out and take in any direction. When those placements are imagined together, it also resembles a dove tail. :)
9:02 so powerful when playing short time games
Actually @13:38, there is mate in 2 whether the rook is on D1 or on C2. If the white rook is on d1, and black moves Rf1, white can either respond with Kg2 or with Rxf1. If Kg2, Qf3 is mate, and if Rxf1, Qxf1 is also mate.
3:50 I vote we call this checkmate the L, not only as your opponent is taking the L from it but also the pieces are arranged in an L shape.
12:33 Draws a bird with arrows "I don't know why this is called the dovetail mate"
Looks like a bow and arrow to me
Watched this video last night. Started seeing really early mates I would have missed. Went on a huge winning streak. 10/10 can recommend
Beautiful patterns, Thanks again!
19:30 Summarization of seperation of church and state
My therapist : Super saiyan levy doesn't exist. He can't hurt you.
Super saiyan levy:
and the among us and chess communities finally converge
Bro thank you so much I was playing chess and I didn’t really know how to checkmate and now I am so good thank you so much
eh probably like 700-850 elo
@@Kaybl eh you're probably 1-3 IQ
@@tracks8886 yeah probably correct on that
4:07 u can still go knight there forced to take with knight and queen c3 still mate
queen blocks protected by the knight who you forced there
I think you should do more of these, this was such a pleasure to watch!
3:38 This is called Vukovic mate, named after a chessplayer. A guy with this name wrote the book "Art of Attack in Chess", but I don't know if this is the same Vukovic
3:20 This is called Arabian Mate because the Arabs already knew it several hundred years before modern chess. Most of the pieces moved differently (queen only like modern kings, bishops also had limited range) but rook and knight were the same then.
If this ever becomes a series as the checkmates get more advanced the thumbnail should progressively change form all the was to SSGSS Levy
One of the best lessons ever for a beginner player like myself. Very effective pattern for middle and endgame. Thanks a lot Levy
One of the most instructive and useful chess videos I've ever watched. Thanks a lot Sir, you are a great chess teacher with fantastic methodology.
I absolutely love the MMA analogy with the whole faking a punch, making your opponent move the way you want them to. I’m a martial artists trying to learn chess and this woke me up and go OOHHHHH. This is part of the reason why you’re my favorite person to watch play/learn chess from.
at 14:00 the original position with the rook on the back rank could still result in dove tail mate. If Rxf1 runs into Qxf1#, so white may avoid walking into back rank mate and instead walk into dove tail mate.
Bobby Fischer’s book is almost all back rank mates lol
16:31 shout out to Eric Rosen video "Miracles DO Exist: How to Survive 4 QUEENS Down"
I absolutely love your content man. But I gotta say I haven't seen a top comment mentioning a technical mistake at 9:57 is that you can move knight e8 to defend the pawn to completely get out of checkmate
suprised he didnt mention it since its actually a well known move in that position
I saw a lot of IM/GM saying that Bb2/Bb7 were good move but with your examples I really understand why !! Ty !!
18:25 we also take the queen or the rook and increase pressure
I’d like to see you covering how to play closed positions
It's funny that you use the terms "join" "box" and "glue" when discussing the dovetail mate, because there is a carpentry maneuver called a dovetail joint, which brings two pieces of wood together by interlocking them, like if you weave your fingers together on your hands. Not sure if the chess move was named after the woodworking, the woodworking after the chess move, both after the actual tails of doves, or maybe the chess move came first and the woodworking and bird tail are named after the chess move! Anyhoo...thanks for your content, I've been learning a lot!
I thought I needed to pay for professional chess lessons, Levy proved me wrong
Not sure if it's already mentioned, but @6:33 it's much better to play Ng5 in stead of going back with the bishop. Back will have to give up at least a piece, or the Queen for two pieces, to avoid a quick checkmate, and then still be under pressure. Had this once in a over the board game, but unfortunately didn't spot it.
12:00 interesting I haven’t seen this before. The big eye opener to me is blocking the c7 pawn from moving up
0:00 Introduction
0:30 PATTERN 1 - ROOK COMBOS
4:42. PATTERN 2 - H7/H2 SQUARE
8:18 PATTERN 3 - G7/G2 SQUARE
12:12 PATTERN 4 - DOVETAIL
14:24 PATTERN 5 - KNIGHT/BISHOP CLAMP
16:31 PATTERN 6 - SMOTHERED MATES
be aware that patern 6 is very graphic
@@onciblu of course
5:47
“As you get stronger, you won’t just be able to *mate* people”
_I’m sorry, I had to_
He's right, as you get stronger you face stronger opponents, they won't just hang mate in 1, that's what Levy meant
@@davidvidales2209 yep i knew that but thanks for telling me
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13:10 I think the enemy king is the dove, the queen and rook (or other figures) represent the king's wings and you deliver the tail
Just guessing about the dovetail mate. I think that’s a term for joining pieces of wood in a fashion where they both hold on to each other. This shape looks a lot like that.
This is exactly the kind of content I need as an 800 level puzzle player. I climbed 50 points in the last two days after watching this video.
quick question, is the puzzle rating worth anything? Because I'm 1600 in puzzles but 900 in Rapid
these moves are op, they win everytime they work
step 1: see mate in 1’s
10:00 move the knight below the bishop, defending the pawn
This is so SMART, I feel like I’m pretty close minded to finding solutions in general and this and actually playing chess really helps!
I love this channel. Thank you for all the effort. I fell in love with chess a long time ago and then The Queen's Gambit reignited the passion. I learn so much from you. :)