also, to even flesh your point out about subs/monetization/etc. even further -- I myself have purchased Kasparov's Master class, which is great, but it's maybe a total of 5 hours, and mostly non-specific - whereas all the streamers will put out vast quantities of educational stuff of every single flavor or take on Chess you could possibly come up with. I have no problem with you asking for money when you a actually providing a service.
His first game you really see how resourceful a titled player is and the composure and experience they have. The amount of times I’d feel pressure in tactical moments and calculating lines correctly, he sees so many resources and ideas. I played a grandmaster last week and it was very much the same, I’m only 1200 so of course I’m amazed by it but, man, it’s remarkable to see just how resourceful they are.
40:12 Levy: Traps the knight using his king, two pawns, and two rooks-> over 12 points of material Knight: Look how much they need just to mimic a FRACTION of our power.
For a long time my favorite pizza topping was pepperoni and sausage. Pretty basic. I would experiment with other more wacky choices like chicken and bacon on an Alfredo pizza (its a thing dont @me), and yet I would always find myself coming back to the same tried and true pepperoni and sausage. Every order that I would place something to branch out eventually I would just regret not getting pepperoni and sausage. And then things changed. I became the Assistant Manager in Training of a local Dominos réstáuranté and pizzeria and I could try so many new flavors and combinations, things I'd never even imagined. I did the math once on how many possible arrangements of 3 topping pizzas you can have, a number I have since forgotten, but the point is it was a lot, and I tried most. I tried so many different types of pizza in my time there that now I'm pretty sick of pizza. And that's why I don't have a favorite pizza topping
Hey Levy. I started a few months ago with only playing king´s indian and Pirc defense. You only need this 2 openings and forget about the rest for black wich is great for me as a sub 1600 player. Therefore, I´m very glad to see this series you made. I also watched a lot tutorials about this opening before, but when watching you playing it, I also learn a lot of new things and it is somehow easier to understand/memorize this way. It´s very instructive and helpful, thanks alot!
Levi i just hit 1700 cause of your vids ty. Also i dont think there is nothing wrong with asking for donos just keep doing what u are doing man. Cya respect
Another great one Levy - Thx bro! I predict you will be over 200k in the next few months, your content is just so great and the teaching is very easy to follow. Cheers!
I watched this video when it came out years ago, but came back to work on my game, now I am a huge UFC fan. love to hear some positive stuff about Khabib. one of my favorite as well.
Can you please continue into the 1400 if you have time! I’m currently a 1303 and use the this opening almost every time I’m black. Thank you levy for these beautiful videos
@10:41 ... Italian Sausage, Onion, Jalepenō, Pineapple, Canadian Bacon....Sometimes minus the Pineapple, since the Canadian Bacon supplies a good amount of sweetness...
I love playing against the Pirc in bullet (I play 1 e4). I end up playing h4, h5 and after Nxh5, I sac the exchange to shatter his King's position with my minor pieces joining the attack very quickly.
He asked, so I gotta say, I love pastrami, salami, and a lot of vegetables, then oil vinegar, salt and pepper. Makes a ton of flavors all come together neatly and nicely.
I am a beginner, and after watching this play list, I absolutely love the King Indian defense. I've now practiced it against other beginners, and they all crumble under the pressure!
I've been watching and learning. Very fast paced, but that makes me have to learn faster. I'm really liking the King's Indian opening. Going to work on the Dutch for black and London for white. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
Hearing you speak Russian prompts me to relate this account that happened in 1976. A radio talkshow host played Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was the chairman of the communist party of the Soviet Union, speaking in a speech. The host played a section of the speech twice. Once backward and normal. The host challenged callers to identify which was which. To the untrained ear, the Russian language sounds as if people are speaking backward. Thank you for making these videos. Best wishes always, Mark
I'm so surprised that no one plays e5 against this setup against Levy. I get it all the time and the game looks so different that what I've seen in this series
I relaxed and took a break from chess, I watched your vids and then studied the Viennese gambit and the kings Indian defence, my chess.com rating is now currently 1701, and it’s your teaching that did that.
My grandad was a massive proponent of both the King's Indian and aggressively sacrificing pieces for positional advantage. Safe to say when you were speculating on sacking a piece off for an attack on the King it triggered some great flashbacks to my games with him as a kid.
No cap, my favorite pizza topping is super thin slices of fresh pineapple off a mandoline slicer. They get firm and toasty like a pepperoni slice instead of being soggy and juicy. Still gives you that great sweet flavor but no texture or moisture problems. Just add some pickled jalapeños and bam: sweet, sour, spicy, savory, salty, fatty, cheesy excellence. I bet that a lot of people who think pineapple on pizza is gross probably hasn’t had it the right way. It’s like saying mushrooms on pizza is gross because you put canned mushrooms on a DiGiorno.
Watching all the rating climbs glad you ended up playing against all of your best setups for both sides. Bought e6b6 hopefully I'll get better soon, thanks Levy!
Hi to Twitch. Nice things. Pizza? Double Pepperoni double cheese. Sandwich? Roast lamb, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, mint sauce. Or focaccia with basil, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and olive oil. Or sausage and branston pickle.
It's bee n many years since I have played chess.All I had to play on wasvthe Kasparov mini led chess.i use to beat that chess game, on the highest level,9 times out of ten.the defence to win was always the Indian. I never knew the defense I used was called an in Indian. I do now.I say no more.
With these language talents Levy, you should speak Spanish while playing the Spanish and French while playing the French. Edit: wait wait wait.. later in the stream you said English, Spanish, Russian? What happened to French?
Damn Levy speaks Russian in a near flawless Russian accent and speaks Spanish in a near flawless Russian accent
It's almost like he has a Russian accent... Nah, can't be
nice 69 likes
NO ONE LIKE THIS COMMENT ANYMORE PLS
So is he Russian or American?
I know he has some tie to Russia but I forget what it is. He’s an American tho
😂
"Getting checkmated is bad" that is a powerful insight my bro
I really enjoy your content. You are just the right amount of instructive and sarcasm
ever thought about streaming on twitch? i feel like that'd be fun to watch
Bruh, this video came straight from Twitch
I see you guys aren’t to bright, this is a joke ._.
Mr Majin is right.You guy need to learn what a joke is
@@annaflouri The point of the joke is not say it's one but to make something funny out of unserious context.
@@annaflouri Ofcorse
also, to even flesh your point out about subs/monetization/etc. even further -- I myself have purchased Kasparov's Master class, which is great, but it's maybe a total of 5 hours, and mostly non-specific - whereas all the streamers will put out vast quantities of educational stuff of every single flavor or take on Chess you could possibly come up with. I have no problem with you asking for money when you a actually providing a service.
Fully agree.
His first game you really see how resourceful a titled player is and the composure and experience they have. The amount of times I’d feel pressure in tactical moments and calculating lines correctly, he sees so many resources and ideas. I played a grandmaster last week and it was very much the same, I’m only 1200 so of course I’m amazed by it but, man, it’s remarkable to see just how resourceful they are.
In what circumstances did you face a gm lmao ? 😅
GM may have friends too, who knows
my man said chicken, broccoli, he out here having salads on bread while were eating pizza gg
40:12
Levy: Traps the knight using his king, two pawns, and two rooks-> over 12 points of material
Knight: Look how much they need just to mimic a FRACTION of our power.
Start of every new game:
0:43
10:52
19:33
22:55
35:03
42:00
For a long time my favorite pizza topping was pepperoni and sausage. Pretty basic. I would experiment with other more wacky choices like chicken and bacon on an Alfredo pizza (its a thing dont @me), and yet I would always find myself coming back to the same tried and true pepperoni and sausage. Every order that I would place something to branch out eventually I would just regret not getting pepperoni and sausage. And then things changed. I became the Assistant Manager in Training of a local Dominos réstáuranté and pizzeria and I could try so many new flavors and combinations, things I'd never even imagined. I did the math once on how many possible arrangements of 3 topping pizzas you can have, a number I have since forgotten, but the point is it was a lot, and I tried most. I tried so many different types of pizza in my time there that now I'm pretty sick of pizza. And that's why I don't have a favorite pizza topping
Exquisite
Hey Levy. I started a few months ago with only playing king´s indian and Pirc defense. You only need this 2 openings and forget about the rest for black wich is great for me as a sub 1600 player. Therefore, I´m very glad to see this series you made. I also watched a lot tutorials about this opening before, but when watching you playing it, I also learn a lot of new things and it is somehow easier to understand/memorize this way. It´s very instructive and helpful, thanks alot!
Levi i just hit 1700 cause of your vids ty. Also i dont think there is nothing wrong with asking for donos just keep doing what u are doing man. Cya respect
stronk
26:34 So he has a pretty active position
26:59 His pieces are pretty passive
26:59 His pieces are pretty passive...compared to mine
In terms of vision and targets
Another great one Levy - Thx bro!
I predict you will be over 200k in the next few months, your content is just so great and the teaching is very easy to follow. Cheers!
Are u talking about twitch followers or yt subs?
This comment aged well
This comment is crazy considering the circumstances, lol. Dude blew up like a bomb.
Playing Levy's weapon against him must be the ultimate test lol!! I have the D4 course and I love it!
rewatching OG Gotham is a little wild
I watched this video when it came out years ago, but came back to work on my game, now I am a huge UFC fan. love to hear some positive stuff about Khabib. one of my favorite as well.
I love levy's face when he realizes he missed a free queen at 28:09
He can just block there is no free queen
45:12 Somewhere Ben Finegold just visibly “twitched”.
Can you please continue into the 1400 if you have time! I’m currently a 1303 and use the this opening almost every time I’m black. Thank you levy for these beautiful videos
Thanks for the reminder @ 33:11. I have been watching your chess videos for like two months and figured I already had subscribed for some reason.
DON'T WORRY TWITCH CHAT WE'RE COMING TO HELP AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THE RUclips COMMENTS SECTION! ETA 5-6 YEARS
@10:41 ... Italian Sausage, Onion, Jalepenō, Pineapple, Canadian Bacon....Sometimes minus the Pineapple, since the Canadian Bacon supplies a good amount of sweetness...
21:25 K, have a good “knight”.
Loving the RUclips vs Twitch shout outs
How old is this VOD? People are legit talking about the WCF in the NBA playoffs
I love playing against the Pirc in bullet (I play 1 e4). I end up playing h4, h5 and after Nxh5, I sac the exchange to shatter his King's position with my minor pieces joining the attack very quickly.
Ayyy I just watched your kings Indian basics and was looking for a vid like this
btw just for info
the first guy magnus wierod who u told was the strongest 1200 got his account closed due to fair play
My favourite pizza topping is pineapple, but only when it's with bacon
Canadian bacon or normal?
@@samf8889 regular bacon normally, but Canadian bacon slaps
He asked, so I gotta say, I love pastrami, salami, and a lot of vegetables, then oil vinegar, salt and pepper. Makes a ton of flavors all come together neatly and nicely.
Plz make a king’s Indian course plz I learn a lot and am sure many will buy it
Really enjoy the ratings climb series and the instructional videos. Thx for the content!
I am a beginner, and after watching this play list, I absolutely love the King Indian defense. I've now practiced it against other beginners, and they all crumble under the pressure!
I've been watching and learning. Very fast paced, but that makes me have to learn faster. I'm really liking the King's Indian opening. Going to work on the Dutch for black and London for white. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
Commenting for Levy's stats/the RUclips algorithm.
Great stuff. I've just started playing again and taking my learning more seriously. I have some friends starting again also and I'm sending them here.
Hearing you speak Russian prompts me to relate this account that happened in 1976. A radio talkshow host played Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was the chairman of the communist party of the Soviet Union, speaking in a speech. The host played a section of the speech twice. Once backward and normal. The host challenged callers to identify which was which. To the untrained ear, the Russian language sounds as if people are speaking backward. Thank you for making these videos. Best wishes always, Mark
I'm so surprised that no one plays e5 against this setup against Levy. I get it all the time and the game looks so different that what I've seen in this series
Damn what happened to e6 b6... I'm studying it right now and he just stopped playing it after the first video.
Chicken-broccoli sounds like an awesome pizza. I'd add some cream cheese like ricotta or something.
Hey that's the czech variation of the pirc defence in the first game; push c6 and use the queen for a pin.
can you do more rating climbs?
тест: есть ли русскоговорящие здесь ? )
Есть некоторая вероятность
Да. Я очень был удивлён, когда он по-русски заговорил.
У меня был просто шок, когда он резко стал говорить на русском почти без акцента... отвал всего
I have no idea what is going on here but I wish you all a good day
That painting with the chimpanzee and human skull is amazing
I would have never noticed. That is one very interesting painting. Very Planet of the Apes.
that thumbnail is one of the most cursed things I've ever seen
In 45:02 when he played Kh1 you had the move Nf2.
My favourite pizza topping is anchovies
"Getting checkmated is bad" - IM Levy Rozman
Man saced a queen and opponent resigned almost immediately, golden
you are the best of chess content creators, you're really awesome. grateful for your sincerity and teaching
I relaxed and took a break from chess, I watched your vids and then studied the Viennese gambit and the kings Indian defence, my chess.com rating is now currently 1701, and it’s your teaching that did that.
Wow that’s great!! (LOL)
Great angle!
I just reached 1000 rating tonight i couldn't do it with out your help.thanks keep it going
My timezone doesn't match up with your streaming schedule but I love your videos on youtube.
My grandad was a massive proponent of both the King's Indian and aggressively sacrificing pieces for positional advantage. Safe to say when you were speculating on sacking a piece off for an attack on the King it triggered some great flashbacks to my games with him as a kid.
Are you making more king's indian rating climbs?
That first opponent was impressive for 1200. Guess he does well under pressure!
His account got closed for fair play. He was a cheater.
No cap, my favorite pizza topping is super thin slices of fresh pineapple off a mandoline slicer. They get firm and toasty like a pepperoni slice instead of being soggy and juicy. Still gives you that great sweet flavor but no texture or moisture problems. Just add some pickled jalapeños and bam: sweet, sour, spicy, savory, salty, fatty, cheesy excellence. I bet that a lot of people who think pineapple on pizza is gross probably hasn’t had it the right way. It’s like saying mushrooms on pizza is gross because you put canned mushrooms on a DiGiorno.
I am using Kings Indian and have reached my highest rating so far. Will soon cross 1100
Watching all the rating climbs glad you ended up playing against all of your best setups for both sides. Bought e6b6 hopefully I'll get better soon, thanks Levy!
43:00 fuck i was really hoping he’d start a RUclips channel
"homie I play terribly on a stream everyday" plays a bad move
Levy you’re good don’t mind that person hating on you. I don’t watch you live too often but when I do it’s always a lot better than RUclips.
Am I the only one that thought levy was low key weird but yet funny for his “crazy” at 43:22 lmao
Hi to Twitch.
Nice things.
Pizza? Double Pepperoni double cheese.
Sandwich? Roast lamb, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, mint sauce. Or focaccia with basil, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and olive oil. Or sausage and branston pickle.
You should do 1 of these videos for the hippo
Thanks for this climb, actually killing it with kings Indian
Mozzarella and pesto panini. Great lunch and super fun. I hope someone plays the four pawns attack, really fun variation
Man you're stream is amazing and with awesome teaching
A reuben with a slab of corned beef is my fav!
Hey Levy, are you still planning part 4 of this? Love the Kings Indian defense as a low elo player.
Dude just dropping down in the comment box to let you know your Spanish was pretty clean almost as good as your e6b6 course much love from Spain
Nobody:
Levy every video: the engine is crazy
I wasn't sold on you at first but honestly really sucked into your content now. Great personality, instructive gameplay, all-round fun stuff.
My favourite pizza topping is crabs and parmesan.The Italian opening.
Big thanks for everything, I have a question; what happened to Part 4?
It's bee n many years since I have played chess.All I had to play on wasvthe Kasparov mini led chess.i use to beat that chess game, on the highest level,9 times out of ten.the defence to win was always the Indian. I never knew the defense I used was called an in Indian. I do now.I say no more.
I've been playing the Pirc/KID cuz o you, Levy, thanks for showin it to me and helpin me learn it
therapist: Levy looking straight into the camera doesnt exist he cant hurt you
Levy looking into camera: 10:42
Favorite pizza topping definetly is prosciutto crudo and cream. Little heavy, but can be a godsendt if done well
My favourite pizza topping is just good old regular prosciutto, I love semplicity
Just, so much garlic. Just straight up tons of garlic on a pizza, that's my favorite topping.
i subbed on twitch becuase man are these youtube videos well done
Absolutely brilliant video! Bravo Gotham
👏👏👏
Thank you so much for your content man! My game improved.
is nobody gonna talk about that thumbnail??
My favourite type of sandwich is pita bread with avocado salad goat cheese with a few olives and a of mayonaise and maybe a tomato slice.
Super entertaining and instructive videos. Love your channel! Thanks for making such good content
With these language talents Levy, you should speak Spanish while playing the Spanish and French while playing the French.
Edit: wait wait wait.. later in the stream you said English, Spanish, Russian? What happened to French?
He said English, Russian and Spanish the first time too.
I really appreciate your content Levy
Low key best pizza topping drizzle some sweet chilli sauce after cooking = make any damn pizza absolute fire!!!
In the first game Levy literally plays an Elshad system.
Ааааааа, Леви заговорил по-русски)). Как приятно)
THE RANDOM "KONNICHIWA" AT 12:50 KILLED ME
Great work, any other setup-based openings for black?
New sub on youtube here! Love your stuff so far. Gonna check out your twitch.
39:53 you had me until avocado
Me: Plays f6
Ben finegold: Shame *loads shotgun*
Please Continue this serie