BL = Bruce Lee. Be water is referring to this quote: You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
27:29 i love how levy is trying to think of a grandmaster with initial BL. For anyone wondering, BL stands for Bruce Lee and " be water " is part of his famous quote.
I just love to imagine Magnus watching these racaps, giggling to himself and be like "Yea I played that. I'm so good." and hearing what Levy imagines his thoughts are like. You know he could just drop stuff like "Oh I remember that missplay. I was actually not watching the screen at that moment. I let my dog play a few moves to make it more fun."
It’s incomprehensible to me to beat a 2950+ GM and only receive 1-2 rating points. Just shows how dominant Fischer was with +100 ELO over his next competition and how hard it is for Magnus to hit his 3000 classical goal.
Magnus reminds me of Picasso who stopped caring about doing hyper realistic paintings and just started doing what was essentially just scribbles towards the later part of his life.
"Be Water, My Friend. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
*This is the thing about Magnus. He could quite literally be a 3600, and there's no way to prove it because there's no human alive to give him the points... just insane* Edit: bruv I know how ELO works. And yes, he's the best player of all time. If he mops other Top 10 players playing meme openings, and breaking fundamentals rules, and all 10 of those players would mop almost any other former world champ, it's not even debatable objectively or subjectively.
It's possible if more people play chess, become masters and grandmasters, lose to stars like hikaru and then be so high rated and lose to magnus and drain others points to play against magnus again and again
the elo system is designed such that 400 above any rating means 10 times more likely to win vs that rating… Magnus does not beat any of the top ten players 10-1 in their matches
Ratings only matter relative to the current competition. It isn’t an absolute. Being higher now doesn’t mean you are better. If everyone was as good as Magnus, magnus’s rating would be around 1500
the superseding talk levy speaks about is when you master something so well you can bend the rules. complete understanding of the art its such a beauty to see especially in chess. computer says no but magnus says why not? savage
It's almost like Magnus knows the book so well that anyone playing by the book is actually just walking into a trap. He knows how people will react to his "mistakes" and uses it to walk people into unorthodox traps.
exactly! his mastery of chess is unrivaled and it unlocks a special tactic that only he can use as you described. watching magnus play is genuinely captivating. its magical
or the other side is that people just suck at chess and playing by the book is actually not playing but replaying. he and some others, seems to me, play chess other ones replay it.
18:42 This is one of those things that separate the geniuses from the average chess players. I've only ever called it as "seeing a little bit further." because I didn't understand it, but having it explained like that is so satisfying.
23:05 I love this point in the vid. Very instructional and entertaining moment from Levy! Not many people talk about "amongus" in chess, so it's nice to see Levy break the mold on this.
I just hope everyone enjoys and appreciate ur narration!! “As soon as u pipe up magnus says sit down!!” I love it!! Please keep going GothamChess ur my favorite RUclips blogger 4sure! The reference to the kayne -jayz song had me rolling!! Lmaooo
Wow, those are great games, but they truly become works of art thanks to your skillful descriptions and explanations. I know no one better at this than you. Thanks Levy.
Thank you very much for this idea: "First you learn some common rules and then you unlearn them after having understood the greater principle behind it." Reminded me of the Shu-Ha-Ri principle and gave me (as Scrum Master) an other explanation as to why I started break with the typical rules of Agile techniques. Thx!
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” - Bruce Lee
Im sorry but this level of domination (from both, but especially Magnus) is not appreciated enough to be this good at the speed format of the most popular game in history, so good that you can F""k around while playing against grandmasters and still win it, this would be like boxer not using one of his hands for punching and still KO-ing other professional boxers
This is UNDOUBTEDLY my favorite video from GothamChess 😂 Milestones shattered, Queen Chaos, Principle deception, the list goes on and on! 😆But somehow it's wild to say that this is only the beginning! .. 23:00 : "I AM GROOOT" 😂😂 Lmaoo
I love that idea of offering your opponents openings they can't capitalize on. There's a famous clip of Samart Payakaroon crossing his feet and then dropping back and timing a mean right hand when his opponent comes in to take advantage. It shows you the primary of context and understanding even over principles, especially in such a theory laden game.
I hope Gotham would pin my comment I think the guy who played against Magnus is a fan of Bruce Lee because BL stands for Bruce Lee and "BeWater" is from Bruce Lee 's interview: "Be like water my friend" Guess the gm became like mud instead
Magnus has reached true expression. What he wants comes out on the board. No longer bound by mere openings and positions. He is EXISTING on the board. Playing HIS GAME at all times. I love it.
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Clickbait thumbnail and then props up the bullshit covid story by believing he had it......
3 month late pin
WHAT A MELON he is xD
Uh what
easiest do not recommend channel
I am looking forward to seeing these pin of shames
How nice of magnus to feature gotham on his channel
Lol
Best comment by far😂
Lmao
This is gothams channel
How nice of Gotham to feature magus on his channel
Magnus:3340
Hikaru: Gets to 3341 elo
Gotham: “Ladies n Gentleman….”
He got to 3348 ?
magnus got to 3348 @@shattered2137
@@shattered2137nerd
The never ending cycle of chess
😂😂
Magnus: *"Now I am become chess, the destroyer of openings"*
Still probably couldn't beat mittens. ;)
Uuuuuuuh
Magnus could record himself playing against Mittens!!
Destroyer of openings? Ayo
@NickyMachiavelli Bruh... I dropped my phone. 😅
Magnus speaks for himself
BL = Bruce Lee. Be water is referring to this quote: You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Be checkmated😂😂
I was going to comment What BL meant but you beat me too it 😅
"ball so hard" he got me lmao
I am glad that levy finally listened to his audience and made a video about Magnus. It’s been hours, even days since our last Magnus video.
We all know his audience loves Magnus videos, and as a content creator it just makes sense to give the audience what they want
NGL I really enjoy the magnus videos
Zzzzzzzzz……..yawn
i would like to announce that i was your 666th like
i'm here because Megaheadness.
Wishing chess a speedy recovery! Being broken can be a pain.
im dead💀
😂😂😂
@@ßq0ßq0ßq0ßq0ßq0ß RIP B💀Z💀
Hikaru: finally gets the highest blitz elo
Magnus: are you challenging me
And just like that. the race to 5k is on😂🎉
Well Hikaru held it for a few years, but Magnus was chasing it
@@JillHampton-dr1yb4k
@@vibecat7101 Nope he was not, he most likely saw the IG post of the website on Hikaru’s 3336 rating and felt like breaking it for fun
"and I took that personally"
I didnt know levy listened to underground artist like jay-z and kanye, what a great guy giving some recognition to smaller creators!
whats the song tho ???
@@foot4edit526 certain individuals in Paris
@@foot4edit526 Barack and Michelle Obama in Paris
@@F3ekku749 ayo 💀💀😭
Oh man that color change on explanatory moves is absolutely game changing, thanks Gotham!
Imagine becoming 2900 GM after years of training just to hear Levi's "I never heard about him. Some average guy"
Lol it really puts into perspective how shit we all are
I'd be more upset about him not showing the game I won.
Why should a 2900 GM care, what Levy Rozman thinks about him?
You are really weird.
man I play chess for 2 years now and I am at 554.
That was definitely sarcasm about "your averege 2950 GM" since there are not many guys with close to 3k rating
Me : *doubles up a pawn*
Gotham : “you bozoo”
Magnus : * doubles up a pawn*
Gotham : “ what a nice move!! It creates a barricade”
Fr 😂😂😂
The double standard smh
I just started playing and found this dude’s channel… the meat riding is crazy 😭
yo ass would double it on both king and queen side which would ruin the advantage, magnus got center for himself by doubling pawns
Difference is Magnus knows why he does it 😂
27:29 i love how levy is trying to think of a grandmaster with initial BL. For anyone wondering, BL stands for Bruce Lee and " be water " is part of his famous quote.
be water my friend
Came to say this. Glad you did.
Oh! So not boys love...
Nah it stands for Boys Love
BeWater Bruce Lee
Dude, you're a master of making top level game understanding to a low lever player like me. thanks a mil! Love your show
At this point its just hilarious that Magnus can just do whatever he wants to whoever he likes and still gets away with it
Unless against torch
I do this too. What you do is create a low rating account and just play the worst opening possible against 100 elo.
@@samle9131"whoever he likes"
@@samle9131thats not whoever you want
artificial intelligence spoke
I just love to imagine Magnus watching these racaps, giggling to himself and be like "Yea I played that. I'm so good." and hearing what Levy imagines his thoughts are like. You know he could just drop stuff like "Oh I remember that missplay. I was actually not watching the screen at that moment. I let my dog play a few moves to make it more fun."
tbh if magnus has a dog, its raiting should be about 2000 to the point
@@kagegakurenokunidam now i wish i was magnus's dog 💀💀
Lmao true.
Me playing Blitz: Lazerfocused and sweating.
Magnus playing blitz: Didnt watch the screen.
Haaaaaaaa 😭😭 yeah lol i pretty much never laugh out loud at a comment - the dog playing a few moves got me in the end 😂
Gotham never fails to upload a 28min Magnus video
28:31*
@@paulo0651 28:32*
hmmm what the flip dude@@vibecat7101
😂😂😂😂
Zzzzzzzzz
gothmam : "pfff he's not doing the king julian opening right"
mengus : does the randomest move
gothmam : " oh wath a genius"
It’s incomprehensible to me to beat a 2950+ GM and only receive 1-2 rating points. Just shows how dominant Fischer was with +100 ELO over his next competition and how hard it is for Magnus to hit his 3000 classical goal.
“Be water, my friend” - Bruce Lee
Magnus, again, showing that theres absolute levels between GMs
Exactly.
Credit to Levy for featuring small Chess creators like Magnus on his channel
Zzzzzzzzz
@@THEBOYDALEK Why're you sleeping in youtube comment section?
@@tappajaav keep hearing the same pathetic comments. It gets boring.
3:52 that‘s from a movie „Blades of Glory“ and that quote is in the song „Ni**as in Paris“
15:46 *inserts dope bass intro*
Magnus reminds me of Picasso who stopped caring about doing hyper realistic paintings and just started doing what was essentially just scribbles towards the later part of his life.
Agree!
"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." - Picasso
BL stands for Bruce Lee, Be Water being his motto
Was about to comment on that! I wonder if Levy was sarcastic when he said : BL maybe that stands for something!? Can't tell sometimes 😅
"Be Water, My Friend.
Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash.
Be water, my friend."
I thought it stood for boy love :o
It’s hilarious that Hikaru and Magnus won’t square up outside of tournaments and instead passively aggressively try to pass the other
Magnus playing like Bobby Fischer is the Heroic arc we all needed!
*This is the thing about Magnus. He could quite literally be a 3600, and there's no way to prove it because there's no human alive to give him the points... just insane*
Edit: bruv I know how ELO works. And yes, he's the best player of all time. If he mops other Top 10 players playing meme openings, and breaking fundamentals rules, and all 10 of those players would mop almost any other former world champ, it's not even debatable objectively or subjectively.
It's possible if more people play chess, become masters and grandmasters, lose to stars like hikaru and then be so high rated and lose to magnus and drain others points to play against magnus again and again
Elo isn't an objective measure of playing strength because it depends on everyone else's strength
@@thebcwonder4850 I think otb elo is tho
the elo system is designed such that 400 above any rating means 10 times more likely to win vs that rating… Magnus does not beat any of the top ten players 10-1 in their matches
Ratings only matter relative to the current competition. It isn’t an absolute. Being higher now doesn’t mean you are better.
If everyone was as good as Magnus, magnus’s rating would be around 1500
the superseding talk levy speaks about is when you master something so well you can bend the rules. complete understanding of the art its such a beauty to see especially in chess. computer says no but magnus says why not? savage
and then the computer would proceed to absolutely destroy him 💀
computer is still right but he’s just playing a human
Yup. Shuhari
The meaning is not computer bad lmao
When you're so good you break every principle in chess...and still win
It's almost like Magnus knows the book so well that anyone playing by the book is actually just walking into a trap. He knows how people will react to his "mistakes" and uses it to walk people into unorthodox traps.
exactly! his mastery of chess is unrivaled and it unlocks a special tactic that only he can use as you described. watching magnus play is genuinely captivating. its magical
or the other side is that people just suck at chess and playing by the book is actually not playing but replaying. he and some others, seems to me, play chess other ones replay it.
smone: what are your thoughts on these?
magnus: i'm MANGUS, MANGUS CAWLSEN
Magnus: 4000 elo
Levy: Now I'm German
It's kind of sad to see Magnus bored like that, but also very funny to see him play like that 😂
Levy never fails to make the funniest references
Referencing Niggas in Paris in a chess video is great
@@wastedxalien7249 "a song title i can't say on youtube" more like can't say it ever lol
Levi never fails to never fail
Levy never falls
Levy never
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Failing to fail is a thing he possesses
18:42 This is one of those things that separate the geniuses from the average chess players. I've only ever called it as "seeing a little bit further." because I didn't understand it, but having it explained like that is so satisfying.
27:06 Rf7+ Bf6 Rxf6 checkmate, other option
23:05 I love this point in the vid. Very instructional and entertaining moment from Levy! Not many people talk about "amongus" in chess, so it's nice to see Levy break the mold on this.
a mangnous
The thumbnails are getting better and better and I am here for it! Props to the artist.
I just hope everyone enjoys and appreciate ur narration!! “As soon as u pipe up magnus says sit down!!” I love it!! Please keep going GothamChess ur my favorite RUclips blogger 4sure! The reference to the kayne -jayz song had me rolling!! Lmaooo
21:16 😂😂🤣 OP 🔥
13:52 Everything in white is still protected, except for that Rook😂
Magnus never fails to include Levy in his video
so close to the top comment bro, so close
So bloody boring
At this point if someone told me that a person always follows Magnus around with a boombox so he has a theme song always playing I would believe it
"Be water" - Bruce Lee
Wow, those are great games, but they truly become works of art thanks to your skillful descriptions and explanations. I know no one better at this than you. Thanks Levy.
Bruce Lee said 'be like water'.
BeWaterBL is paying homage to that and BL is just Bruce Lee.
Love Gotham’s commentary, “Now, like a hydraulic press..”😂😭
RUclips Levy: Pleasant and educational
Twitch Levy: Knows who is in Paris
FELLAS IN PARIS RIGHT😢😢?
FELLAS RIGHT?
😱
@@batman1820.ill let my friend Jamal explain
Magnus starting to play like Morphy did. Light years ahead of the opposition.
That's why Morphy is the best player
"what happens when he starts trying?!" Levy is mentally losing it and its funny asf🤣
Thank you very much for this idea: "First you learn some common rules and then you unlearn them after having understood the greater principle behind it." Reminded me of the Shu-Ha-Ri principle and gave me (as Scrum Master) an other explanation as to why I started break with the typical rules of Agile techniques. Thx!
FOR EVERYONE WHO DID NOT REALIZE THE GENIUS OF THE NAME BeWaterBL its Bruce lee's famous quote and BL means Bruce lee
Thx❤
Levy never fails to pump Magnus into us.
what
Pause
Excuse me
Ayo?
🤔 You know what you did there
Whos in paris levy?
Zigga levy
he said he can't say it "on youtube"
@@Y000mgI WAS GONNA SAY
So you are recovering from something you didn't even know you had? That about sums up 2020-2022
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
- Bruce Lee
I laughed so hard when the whole monologue about Kanye and Jay z song came up. Literally brought it out of nowhere
Hikaru: im highest blitz rating
Kramnik: i find it interesting
Magnus: Hold my beer let me do the honors🗿
Kramnik: grabs the calculator profusely
Somehow, I imagine Magnus would be very much able to hold his own beer, even in blitz games.
I'm sick of clicking on Magnus' thumbnails only to see your face, Gotham. Stop this madness.
Very entertaining to watch Magnus break every heuristic I've come to know, and still dominate. Easily.
20:38 the desk slam got me good lmao thanks for the fun times as alwaysss
Im sorry but this level of domination (from both, but especially Magnus) is not appreciated enough
to be this good at the speed format of the most popular game in history, so good that you can F""k around while playing against grandmasters and still win it, this would be like boxer not using one of his hands for punching and still KO-ing other professional boxers
Can we appreciate how Magnus produces milk for Levy?
gm never heard in his life, 7 monts later they meet up
Fr?
4:05 u can’t say the song title anywhere else either bro 😭
I love a lot the videos regarding the 2600 - 2500 GM fights
This is UNDOUBTEDLY my favorite video from GothamChess 😂 Milestones shattered, Queen Chaos, Principle deception, the list goes on and on! 😆But somehow it's wild to say that this is only the beginning! .. 23:00 : "I AM GROOOT" 😂😂 Lmaoo
23:02
"I'm Mangnus"
"Mangnus Carlsen
amogus
23:05 AMONGUS??????????
@@fobia3248 amognus
"Be water my friend"
~Bruce Lee
21:18 Levy definitely never hammered a screw
Magnus never fails to break records 😢 👏 👏
glazing yeah!
On bros shmeat heavy yea
Levy just never fails
BeWaterBL = "Be Water" - Bruce Lee
Levy : when random 800 take out queen in 5 moves you fricking bozo😡🤬
Levy :When magnus take his queen out perfection 🎉😮
i will forever keep this response
"my point is, ball so hard"
4:12
A song you can’t say on RUclips? You mean a song you can’t say at all, right?
…right, Levy?
Right. I blundered checkmate with the phrasing and I’ll never live this down 🤣
@@GothamChess never had a doubt. Friendly gentlemen in Paris 🤝
I love that idea of offering your opponents openings they can't capitalize on. There's a famous clip of Samart Payakaroon crossing his feet and then dropping back and timing a mean right hand when his opponent comes in to take advantage. It shows you the primary of context and understanding even over principles, especially in such a theory laden game.
I hope Gotham would pin my comment
I think the guy who played against Magnus is a fan of Bruce Lee because BL stands for Bruce Lee and "BeWater" is from Bruce Lee 's interview: "Be like water my friend"
Guess the gm became like mud instead
Hikaru: I'm the blitz champ. Magnus: Hold my beer. (the empty glass at least.)
Levy never fails to ball so hard
Good one😂
Levy never fails to clickbait us
Gotham never fails to feature Levi in his videos
6:41 "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" channel
Magnus has reached true expression. What he wants comes out on the board. No longer bound by mere openings and positions.
He is EXISTING on the board. Playing HIS GAME at all times. I love it.
Charles never fails to feature Gotham in his Levi
Chill with the clickbait Levy
Magnus never fails to get Levy on his channel
This Knight is gonna stand there like a god
"Be like water- bruce lee" BewaterBl
Magnus never fails to play chess.
Stop milking magnus💀💀
People are still worried about Covid lol?
First the 20:38 desk slam, then 23:09 😂 Levy has such a way with words