My unfavorite part is 9:05 _"hmm I'm not winning any material there. What if I do nothing, what if I just stall?"_ A strategic mastermind. I know that it's a matter of taste, but me personally, I prefer stuff that'd help/improve my Classical Chess instead of quick Blitz tips. I like this series as a form of entertainment, but I just don't like it being portrayed as _educational_ when I don't believe in it's usefulness. Feels sketch. Edit: Just a little more elaboration on his plans and analysis like _"why it's good?"_ or _"how did I come up with that plan?"_ would go a long way.
Correction: IM Levy "I'm playing against people who signed up for it (my subscribers) and highlighting their mistakes for them and others to see, so that they can improve" Rozman
@@edmis90 okay, but if you try, you can soak in a lot of ideas that would work in classical too. It's still chess, after all. Moreover, the stalling idea could be useful in classical too, right. Serves as a reminder that when you have little idea what to do, sometimes it's better to wait for your opponent to create a weakness than to start your own initiative. Very Karpov-like. I might be wrong, though. Haven't played a lot of classical.
@@edmis90 the stalling there is more positional I think - obviously there's an element of blitz advice, but sometimes genuinely the best advice for a position is to do nothing and wait for your opponent to mess up
@@edmis90 What are you on about, he is literally giving small explanations and arrows to "explain" his moves. It's also quite hilarious how you want to improve classical chess with youtube videos of Twitch streams. Go read a book.
People were being sort of mean at first, but at 6:25 and 6:50, it was cool to see a bunch of people in the chat telling Kobalt that it was OK and that he played really well.
Really appreciate the well explained quality stuff man. It's really interesting how everytime I come back to this series I learn something new for my King's Indian. Thanks a lot for the great content !
Any insight on why he chose to take with the rook vs the knight or bishop? I find myself in that situation and spend so much time on which attack would be best.
oh well the queen is defending that pawn anyways. Not sure if he wanted extra defense or just thought the file would open up and the rook would be useful on it. Probably the latter. Either way at that point it doesnt matter because his opponent dropped a piece. He probably didnt think about it very hard.
@@connorcrump3825 @Connor Crump probably because it also defends the pawn on g6, right before he commented it had not defendant after Nh4 I think 22:45
Started watching your videos a couple months ago and while chess isn't my ambition I do enjoy playing for hours, thanks to your videos and realistic guidance i've seen alot of improvement in myself. I'm no master but getting better. Thanks
I wAnr to Be a little better ans improve My playing friend Haven a gold new year. I watched thisnguy Ford 2 years straight up Evert Day hes great teacher
This is my first opening strategy I’ve tried, I always played e4/5 and brought out knights. This generates so many amazing options. I have a lot of work to do but things are starting to click. Mistakes have greater consequences but they seem more obvious to avoid.
thanks for this video. i found it helpful. my instincts for when to push e5 are typically 1 move later than necessary, for trying to do too much preparation. i see now the advantages to pushing e5, as well as f5, a step earlier.
I can learn a lot about defense from these games.. I usually freak out when enemy pieces start getting close to my king. Really looking forward to the next video in the series.
Thanks for these videos and explanations Levy. After watching your videos, I've started using King's Indian when playing Black, and am undefeated (small sample size). Thanks Levy!
I think you're starting to find your sweet spot between humble arrogant. very professional commentary on the recent pro matches, more so this time than the Hikaru vs nakamura I saw previously. You're growing in to streaming well keep it up and don't let the trolls get to you :)
I practiced the Kings Indian for a few games and although it was all right I often found it difficult to mount an attack. Thank you, this video helped clear up a few things and I think I can try again with a better understanding of the core strategies.
You must embrace the trolls. "Who's a better kisser you or Hikaru?" You can respond with calling Hikaru and putting the troll on the spot. It'll grab mainstream attention and keep the mood light. The internet can't be cleansed, just roll with it.
48:05 You could've taken his pawn with the queen because if he captures your knight you can check, king moves up and then check again and win his rook.
39:00 you do listen indeed. Thanks for the content. Dont stop being who you are. I am actualy a 1300 on Chess.com i hope i will rise to 2000 before 2021. With me luck. Greatings from Cameroon.
43:00 play knight B4 then next move Bishop takes knight threatening Queen they take with Queen fork the rooks they take with pawn move knight back and they have an open king
Gotham I have been watching the rating climbs trying to learn the Kings Indian better from the black side and in the first video you say to attack the bishop if white plays bishop C4 but in the second video when it comes up at 42:14 you play the knight to C6 rather than the pawn to attack. This C4 bishop gives me lots of problems cuz of pinning my F7 pawn when I castle. Why did you not attack the bishop when playing higher rated players?
It's true some beginners, maybe a minority but they're there, start out extremely defensive. Start playing with no particular idea what you're doing, lose to early attacks, decide you'd like to build a pillow fort to repel all invaders. This was the case for me. The first opening I learned was the hippo for that reason. It wasn't until later that I realized I would do a lot better by countering aggression with slightly better calculated aggression, mainly because other beginners tend to learn attacking stuff first with no care taken for defense at all. That is the online beginner standard of queen out, bishop out, make a scene and cross your fingers it works. So instead of my impenetrable fort idea, if I applied some offense my opponents would fall apart. That was true from 400 up to about 1000. Around 1000 people stopped doing unforced errors (as much) and I had to study more.
31:48 that check seems like it always wins the exchange and picks up the queen, Ke2 Rf2+ skewering the queen. Kd1 Rf1+, the king has no piece to interposed but the queen, and nowhere to run but Ke2, where Rf2+ once again skewers the queen Edit: chat pointed it out too
Am I missing something about the position at 22:55? If Levy goes Queen f7 then his opponent can go either Knight g6 or Knight f8, but the Queen can take the knight on g6 and not be pinned by the other knight. What prevents Qf7 here? Edit: ohhhh the knight to e7 is a fork between check and the queen so he’d lose his queen. Just goes to show, always be on the lookout for checks both defensively and offensively!
"I've vetted them, no need to worry about fair play"
"I don't like that his picture is Stockfish. That worries me."
The duality of man
Woah what a humble IM, he just admits mistakes
I read this message like 3 seconds before he said it in the video
IKR
@@frederickschulze8014 what the frick same
@@frederickschulze8014 sameeee lmao
@@frederickschulze8014 DUDE WHAT THE FUCK SAME
"Queen D1 is their best move"
Me: wait but that's mate
Person: *Qd1*
Me: :o
Surely a 900 player sees mate in front of him... *nope.
Sniping. He waited the right amount of time to see Levy saying that was the best move. 18 matches in history. Its not a serious player its a sniper
Same !!!!
@@DennisPing that's stream sniping for sure
@@goncalovilhena2139 yes
IM Levy " I'm destroying noobs but disguising as teaching people" Rozman
My unfavorite part is 9:05
_"hmm I'm not winning any material there. What if I do nothing, what if I just stall?"_
A strategic mastermind.
I know that it's a matter of taste, but me personally, I prefer stuff that'd help/improve my Classical Chess instead of quick Blitz tips.
I like this series as a form of entertainment, but I just don't like it being portrayed as _educational_ when I don't believe in it's usefulness. Feels sketch.
Edit: Just a little more elaboration on his plans and analysis like _"why it's good?"_ or _"how did I come up with that plan?"_ would go a long way.
Correction: IM Levy "I'm playing against people who signed up for it (my subscribers) and highlighting their mistakes for them and others to see, so that they can improve" Rozman
@@edmis90 okay, but if you try, you can soak in a lot of ideas that would work in classical too. It's still chess, after all.
Moreover, the stalling idea could be useful in classical too, right. Serves as a reminder that when you have little idea what to do, sometimes it's better to wait for your opponent to create a weakness than to start your own initiative. Very Karpov-like.
I might be wrong, though. Haven't played a lot of classical.
@@edmis90 the stalling there is more positional I think - obviously there's an element of blitz advice, but sometimes genuinely the best advice for a position is to do nothing and wait for your opponent to mess up
@@edmis90 What are you on about, he is literally giving small explanations and arrows to "explain" his moves. It's also quite hilarious how you want to improve classical chess with youtube videos of Twitch streams. Go read a book.
Covid Vaccine can wait. A "'Levy trolling stream-snipers" compilation video can't.
cant agree more
Yo, do you comment cap. Sindabad’s video.
Hello
It can a long while
Why take the vaccine?
50:19 "this game was interesting, it was a very boring game" thank you levy
Did you have fun?
Levy: yesn’t
I'm just glad I saw the checkmate that Levy missed, makes me feel better about all the mates I *do* miss.
"I'm a model and these are games, so... Model games." - Levy "The Model" Rozman
"It was already OUCH here." LOL
37:30
17:00 Actually you are wrong Gotham, we do have that kind of banter here. Have you ever thought of legally changing your name to Jimothy?
46:35 Hi Levy, I'm Dad
levy “the too many descriptions and memes “he is indescribable” rozman
When he says beginners are timid and afraid to blunder I disagree... I'm always ready to blunder
cheers for all the blunder chads in the comments
50:13 Ah the la'deur checkmate. Similar to the ladder checkmate but performed with the pinky out on your mouse hand
I laughed way harder then i should have
First game : "best move is Qd1" lmao
You counter-tricked him twice in the same game, with the same lure :')
People were being sort of mean at first, but at 6:25 and 6:50, it was cool to see a bunch of people in the chat telling Kobalt that it was OK and that he played really well.
How do you know he wasn't sniping
@@ASLUHLUHC3
1 year later! Innocent until proven guilty mwahaha, there's no proof that they stream sniped so we cannot act as if they did.
WHO cares IT waa so holesome he saa forgiven and takenn kare of by his friends
Yes, I cried, when I read that
Note
1st game 0:30
2nd game 6:30
14:14 3rd game
20:00 new game
28:20 new g
35:26
41:43
0:35
A trick 49:06
4:49 "the best move is queen d1" lmaoooooooo
Really appreciate the well explained quality stuff man. It's really interesting how everytime I come back to this series I learn something new for my King's Indian. Thanks a lot for the great content !
"I don't know what's going on in that guys world, but I'm just happy that chess is part of it"
LOL
🤣🤣🤣
hahaha
lmaoo
37:30 “I mean let’s be honest, it was ouch here.” *cuts to beginning of match* 😂
LOL
24:05
"That move hangs a Knight... Three different ways... What?" Omg xD
Any insight on why he chose to take with the rook vs the knight or bishop?
I find myself in that situation and spend so much time on which attack would be best.
@@mikepicioli1100 it defended the pawn which was attacked twice i think
oh well the queen is defending that pawn anyways. Not sure if he wanted extra defense or just thought the file would open up and the rook would be useful on it. Probably the latter. Either way at that point it doesnt matter because his opponent dropped a piece. He probably didnt think about it very hard.
@@connorcrump3825 @Connor Crump probably because it also defends the pawn on g6, right before he commented it had not defendant after Nh4 I think 22:45
Anto Canella I was talking about the pawn on f5 not g6
4:50 I was like “but that’s mate in one” and then a little later I saw that it was a trick😂 this is how I know I’m getting better at chess
Started watching your videos a couple months ago and while chess isn't my ambition I do enjoy playing for hours, thanks to your videos and realistic guidance i've seen alot of improvement in myself. I'm no master but getting better. Thanks
What’s your ambition?
I wAnr to Be a little better ans improve My playing friend Haven a gold new year. I watched thisnguy Ford 2 years straight up Evert Day hes great teacher
This is my first opening strategy I’ve tried, I always played e4/5 and brought out knights. This generates so many amazing options. I have a lot of work to do but things are starting to click. Mistakes have greater consequences but they seem more obvious to avoid.
26:05 This is how most of my blunders happen haha. I forget that something was defending something and then, whoops
That dude on 35:00 who wrote "DA VINKY?" when levy missed the mate in 2 frickin legend
HELP ME I'M STUCK IN THE RUclips COMMENTS
I've come to save you, I'm from twitch.
@@prakeet13 Thank you RIGHTEOUS father
I feel you
Levy must be an octopus with all the different climbs he has going on rn 😏
How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?
@@kevinc7432 10
That cheater was only your buddies Joker, Cat woman and a stockfish eating penguin messing with you!
And when I play against 900s, they play with 94 percent accuracy 😂
these 1000+ rating climbs series are my favorites! keep up the good work levy
thanks for this video. i found it helpful. my instincts for when to push e5 are typically 1 move later than necessary, for trying to do too much preparation. i see now the advantages to pushing e5, as well as f5, a step earlier.
My notes
2nd game :- 6:28
So humble, so humble
@gekko24 😂😂😂
Start of every new game:
0:35
6:36
14:17
20:04
28:18
35:26
41:55
Hi Twitch!
Levy, can you continue this series. I'm loving my KID games.
I can learn a lot about defense from these games.. I usually freak out when enemy pieces start getting close to my king. Really looking forward to the next video in the series.
32:15 m2
Thanks for these videos and explanations Levy. After watching your videos, I've started using King's Indian when playing Black, and am undefeated (small sample size). Thanks Levy!
Genuinely curious, why do you care if someone has an engine as their banner, or if they have a stockfish banner?
its a joke lol, he often calls out cheaters so i guess that's where he was coming from
I think you're starting to find your sweet spot between humble arrogant. very professional commentary on the recent pro matches, more so this time than the Hikaru vs nakamura I saw previously. You're growing in to streaming well keep it up and don't let the trolls get to you :)
That’s not true, I’m a beginner and I have a play style. I love to blunder pieces.
I love seeing how your chat interacts with RUclips. Not just the normal stuff. But I left Twitch for a reason so I'll get my Levy fill here.
Opponent: *𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦*
Levy: *𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴*
what to do if they push to e5, we do the pawn trade and they attack our knight? knight d7 blocks the bishop if it couldn't develop cause of h3
happens to me all the time around ~1000
23:59 levy saw a blunder, and he instantly stop talking.
that's the sign of love.
Levy: For you guys watching on RUclips, sub-battle probably already happened.
Me three years after upload: "Yes'"
Please do Sicilian and anti- Sicilian (with closed/grand pirx mostly) if you are planning to do other rating climbs series.
At 46:00, Ben Finegold suddenly screamed without knowing why.
Stole the words from out of my mouth. :-)
love the rating climp vids-good stuff man!
So wholesome i watch rhese videos so much its Great contenr such a great man abd a teacher greetings from Finland and Happy new year
32:17 wow you missed mate in 2 and I saw it. haha now I feel like super smart
Good content Jimothy, as always.
Can someone tell me how to get better? I’m rated a 700.
Jimothy is so humble, that's what I like about him most
That was insane levy! Thanks for this rating climb.
I practiced the Kings Indian for a few games and although it was all right I often found it difficult to mount an attack. Thank you, this video helped clear up a few things and I think I can try again with a better understanding of the core strategies.
Nope, started off well and then got crushed by a few lower rated players. I think I will have to watch through this a few times to get the hang of it.
You must embrace the trolls. "Who's a better kisser you or Hikaru?" You can respond with calling Hikaru and putting the troll on the spot. It'll grab mainstream attention and keep the mood light. The internet can't be cleansed, just roll with it.
47:00 Ke2+ ... fork the king and the rook! That rook is completely free!
Wow, what a humble IM - he admits mistakes.
Around 35:00 too
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I am here only for that thumbnail 😂😂😂
Epic thumbnail😂😂
Loving these Climbs Levy!! Thank you
this is the best style of video on openings I have found
A return to my favorite series. Levy Rozman: n00b Crusher
"I am laughing for instructional purposes..." Gotham you the GOAT!!
Thanks for showing me the King's Indian, I went from being stuck in 850 to now being at 1050
What's your rating now?
48:05 You could've taken his pawn with the queen because if he captures your knight you can check, king moves up and then check again and win his rook.
I've been on a binge of these videos ... these are just great :)
32:16
Doesn't Rf1 win the queen?
and if Ke2 then Rf2.
Never mind, someone points it out further into the video.
Levy is soo humble he admits when he makes mistakes
Cobalt doesn’t know how to react to that
Question: at 18:22, would bd3 not block mate? it can block the rook's check
39:20
*I'm getting a rush on my arm. That's good*
35:25
I subbed to levy like a month and a half ago, he had like 55kish subs at the time. Now he has 88k, I love this go levy! 100k coming soon baby!
I don't get it, just stream with like 30 seconds delay ? would'nt that make streamsniping useless in 3 Minute games ?
people wouldn't be able to ask questions about the game then
Was 600, started doing my 25 3-min puzzles and two games per day, using London with white and KID with black, and it is nothing but gains.
Someone: Doesn't do anything insane in chess
Levy: BOORING!
39:00 you do listen indeed. Thanks for the content. Dont stop being who you are. I am actualy a 1300 on Chess.com i hope i will rise to 2000 before 2021. With me luck. Greatings from Cameroon.
Did you become 2000? I am curious
I don't hear any music.
36.33 - I died there.
Your videos are great!
Who got banned,
Last time I was this early, Levy was still called Gotham
Keepo
Enjoy your videos. I’ve climbed up about 100 points watching your videos and was even been able to beat Nelson bot because of your videos.
will i improve by playing againts bots?
43:00 play knight B4 then next move Bishop takes knight threatening Queen they take with Queen fork the rooks they take with pawn move knight back and they have an open king
Levy The Benevolent: please, take my knight
Gotham I have been watching the rating climbs trying to learn the Kings Indian better from the black side and in the first video you say to attack the bishop if white plays bishop C4 but in the second video when it comes up at 42:14 you play the knight to C6 rather than the pawn to attack. This C4 bishop gives me lots of problems cuz of pinning my F7 pawn when I castle. Why did you not attack the bishop when playing higher rated players?
It's true some beginners, maybe a minority but they're there, start out extremely defensive. Start playing with no particular idea what you're doing, lose to early attacks, decide you'd like to build a pillow fort to repel all invaders. This was the case for me. The first opening I learned was the hippo for that reason. It wasn't until later that I realized I would do a lot better by countering aggression with slightly better calculated aggression, mainly because other beginners tend to learn attacking stuff first with no care taken for defense at all. That is the online beginner standard of queen out, bishop out, make a scene and cross your fingers it works. So instead of my impenetrable fort idea, if I applied some offense my opponents would fall apart. That was true from 400 up to about 1000. Around 1000 people stopped doing unforced errors (as much) and I had to study more.
"I'm a model and these are games" hahahahahaha
4:48 🤣
OK this video is fine I guess, but why are you dodging the important question? Which one of you is the better kisser, @GothamChess or @GMHikaru?
31:48 that check seems like it always wins the exchange and picks up the queen, Ke2 Rf2+ skewering the queen. Kd1 Rf1+, the king has no piece to interposed but the queen, and nowhere to run but Ke2, where Rf2+ once again skewers the queen
Edit: chat pointed it out too
And it could have been mate after Rf1, Ke2 then Qf2 right?
“Did Stockfish just crash?” Haha
Nice with your agressive London idears i already improved my my rating to 1300.
Locking forward to test this King h7.
Like always very good Content
Is there ANY chance you can discuss the Kings Indian Attack ??
Am I missing something about the position at 22:55? If Levy goes Queen f7 then his opponent can go either Knight g6 or Knight f8, but the Queen can take the knight on g6 and not be pinned by the other knight. What prevents Qf7 here?
Edit: ohhhh the knight to e7 is a fork between check and the queen so he’d lose his queen. Just goes to show, always be on the lookout for checks both defensively and offensively!
your so good and so clear the way you explain thank you.
Yo, pls do more King's Indian opening vids
39:01 DUDE U CANT EVEN PLAY BE3 CAUSE BXE5 QXE5+ AND F4
How to study openings? Is there a website/app? Chess.com doesn't have unlimited analyzes on the app :(