For now, the Levi bot is only available for course owners to practice their openings. In the future we may open it up to all users. Levi is currently in Version 1 so definitely lots of room for improvement. Let me know how you like it!
More series ideas: 1) Win at Chess Gambits Edition - Win at chess, but only gambits allowed 2) Steamingrolling Subscribers - a series where you try to win as many games as possible in 1.5 hours, moving up the elo bracket each episode (500 elo, 600 elo, 700 elo etc.)
In 6:38 if white had played Nd2 then would have been bad because after black plays Nxd4 then white can not play NxBe4 because you have a night sacrifice by playing Nf3+ which is a discovered attack on the queen with your rook and white can not defend his queen because he is in check. In 9:50 white could have escaped the fork by playing Rc4 which would move his rook out of danger (the c4 square is well protected by two pawns so the queen can not capture) and black would be able to play Nxb4 and take the bishop because he would lose his queen. In 11:50 you made the right move, but I think that it is worth to point out that if you had played Be4 instead of Rb4, white would probably make a one-mover by playing g3 which would blunder Mate in one because that would allow you to play Rh8# and end the game. In 45:14 if white plays Qd4 then he just blunders his light squared bishop because after he moves his queen she is no longer guarding the b3 square.
Thanks so much for bringing this series back! It's the reason I started watching your videos years ago and in all that time, I've learned a lot from this!
I thought the announcement was him coming back to OTB chess tournaments. He mentioned it in the dual stream with Hikaru that he's been studying openings for tournaments.
I saw you interviewed on Lex's show so I checked out your channel. I love this video series. I have always wanted to see into a top player's thinking process during a live game. This has been so enlightening for me. What I particularly like is the casual way that you identify and deal with the various unknowns in a move or position. You think critically about it, but you don't sweat what you don't know/see at the moment. I realize I've spent too much of my chess life agonizing over finding "the one perfect move" in every position, and not appreciating the flow of the game.
@@celnazAs a #2 I'd say never ever resign, you can 1. Win the game, 2. Defend the game into a draw or 3. Cause a stalemate. Resigning is absolute defeat. A person should never resign unless it's a timed tournament where a resignation might save time and give you a better chance at winning the tournament rather than that specific match.
I genuinely believe that nobody explains the games better than you. I also enjoy watching the other chess channels but I always come back to yours when I really want to learn something. Keep up the great content 👍
I don't understand why the Scandinavian Defense is always advised for low elo, you lose a tempo after Nc3 and after 4 book moves, white is +1.2. When i was low elo they taught me to play the Sicilian D. Best counter for e4 in my opinion!
I think it’s because it’s a system type of opening, making pretty much the same moves regardless of what your opponent does. Also, it can be difficult to attack it when done right
59:47 Taking the rook isn’t bad when it’s +3 on material already. The queen will get trapped but you’ll end up taking the other rook too and be +4, albeit behind in development. Just need to get king side castled asap then.
I bought your book yesterday! Started playing chess at the start of the year, just reached 800 on rapid after 150 games haha! I'll 100% be that guy on my flight tomorrow reading a chess book. Thanks for all your hard work mate, never in my life did i think watching chess would be so fun.
Theres nothing I love more than Gotham making hour+ long videos. I would watch a 5, 10, 15, 24 hour long video. Obviously not all at once but the point is long ago I finished watching every video on his channel despite finding him years after he started making videos. Sometimes I just put on random videos I've already seen in the background just because I like hearing him talk. I've seen him comment on this multiple times like why would a mf watch a chess video without looking at it, which I honestly understand for new videos, but if you've already seen the video then it's nice to listen to content you like and are comfortable with. Especially if your main focus is something else. Anyway, got away from myself, point was please make more long form content. Whatever you make I'm gonna watch it multiple times through.
Just gotta say, I have yet to test the chess bot, but I love the idea. I've been doing drill shuffle on survival to learn the Vienna and the Caro, and it's extremely helpful. Thank you for continuing to improve the service! Cheers bro, hope you're doing well.
as a 1450 I'd say i like Rec8 more and that was the first move i saw along with Bc5 (46:07), reasoning is; it is better to place rooks in open file and half open file, rather than both rooks in half open files, also it is better to face opponent's pawn than our own (generally) when it comes to placing rooks in half open files
GothamChess, thank you for your contribution to the chess world. I really appreciate the professionalism you put into every video you make. I would love to see you do a series where you face off against other chess influencers, and enjoy their content under the standards you hold this channel to.
I just tried the Levi bot and it was helpful, I like that it suggests drills from specific positions as well. He played moves comparable to people at my level on the medium setting. He does make some wildly obvious blunders though but I guess people at my level do that sometimes too lol
After reading your book I gained 123 elo points in the last 30 days. I think the most helpful parts were the openings, and especially calculation. I make much less blunders now, and I am almost 1000 elo! I am now reading a tactics book to refine skills I learned from you. Thank you for the masterpiece :)
Title will soon be: “LEVI PLAYS MAGNUS CARLSEN VIEWER GAMES SUB BATTLE HANS NIEMANN VS. MAGNUS VS. HIKARU SUB BATTLE REACHES 1000 ELO NEW RECORD CHEATING SCANDAL CANDIDATES”
Hey Levi, I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate all the instructional videos you put out. I got into playing chess by playing with my grandpa when I was six and still enjoy playing the game from time to time (plateaud at around 1400-1600 elo). I've been meaning to get some openings and repertoires under my belt and decided to finally check out the courses to see how I can get better. Will definitely be checking out your lessons soon to see if I can reach a little higher before teaching my kids one day. Anyways, thanks again. Now back to the video.
54:33 I recently did a rook sacrifice near their castled king, not threatening anything by itself, but it was a mistake because they could either give a check with their queen or take a bishop near the middle of the board. They took the rook in 2 seconds Kxh7, so I played Qh5+ and their g6 pawn couldn't take because it was pinned by the bishop. M2
In the fourth game you could've played bishop a6 protect the queen if queen takes takes with the bishop and the rook can't escape and if he doesn't take your queen you take the rook and if he traps you, you block with the bishop❤⭐🎉♟️
Question: 59:03 I’m only 900, but what about Bishop A6? If they trade, you with the rook. You can set up QC8 and then be protected, bringing your bishop back to B7 after, either winning a pawn or the rook. Does this not work?
About the discord-server, personally I don’t want to give out my mobile phone number, which is necessary for the linking part. If you’d change this so that we could verify in another way like name+email or something that would be better suited for me.
9:19 "if rook here, I have a fork (Nd5)" But wait. If Rxc7 Nd5, white can escape the fork by playing Rc4! and things get a little bit tricky because the queen doesn't have many squares to go to (ofc taking on d3 is possible and black is winning, but still.)
Another good instructive video. And, I really like the idea of the "Levi-bot". The ability to use a bot to practice one's openings is such a great idea. Studying the ideas of an opening, and learning specific lines is a great first step, but being able to put theory into practice is a fantastic addition to your courses. Very impressed.
awesome episode Levy I really enjoyed it ! Lobotomy chess, chess 960 same thing in my opinion. I haven't played normal chess online chess for ages now. I am thinking of going back to normal chess. I do miss my favorite openings like the Knights Tango & Latvian Gambit, among others. Never play Bf5 against the London !!! The last game was savage ! WP Gotham ! Still have my fingers crossed for GTE 960 edition. cheers dude ! GO LEVI bot !
Hey Levy, could you maybe make a short on how to checkmate with a bishop and a knight? I was wondering if there is any good pattern to it like there is for king and queen or king and rook.
I’ll try it tomorrow. I’m excited for the modern defense prep I can find with it. Thank you Gotham always improving your site and content gets me motivated.
I really love you keep doing this series, cause it helps people of many different levels. And dont worry about losing against 2200 players, playing while teaching and having this amount of viewers makes it much more difficult
Tuned in after a while because of the Massive Announcement. All fine it‘s cool and good job Levi. Lookin good :) When I‘m more into chess again I‘ll come back xD greetings from At
I would absolutely love if someone made a bot where it plays the opening you want and you can choose how it plays. Does it choose the most popular move the best move or something like that. This would allow for people to practice openings much easier. Without having to wait for a course of that opening to come out.
For now, the Levi bot is only available for course owners to practice their openings. In the future we may open it up to all users.
Levi is currently in Version 1 so definitely lots of room for improvement.
Let me know how you like it!
Bet
HE SACRIFICED THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
Second.
pin of rozman
Listen brother im watching this drunk, i will rewatch once im sober to actually learn some stuff, anyway have a good games everybody
Only Levy would keep a 1hr 23min "Win at chess" video as "MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT"
You missed the announcement regarding the bot
Didn’t watch it, eh?
The best don't follow the roads of others.
For future reference, the original title was “MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT”
😂
That is massive
Is there a TLDR? I've stopped Levy Rozman due to click bait fatigue.
@@fkhan98he launched a chess bot
@@Dr.Sortospino Thanks! I can skip the rest now.
I love the part when Levy whipped out his MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT. Truly one of the Levy of all time.
He did
@@a123_epiche didnt watch the full vid
I don’t even remember what it was i’m halfway through the video
Ayo?! 🤨📸
he literally announces it 30 SECONDS into the video
Absolutely love that the bot is called Levi
40:18 is some of the best content I've seen all year.
Haha didn't even realize it when I was watching lol
@@guaccame neither lol
More series ideas: 1) Win at Chess Gambits Edition - Win at chess, but only gambits allowed 2) Steamingrolling Subscribers - a series where you try to win as many games as possible in 1.5 hours, moving up the elo bracket each episode (500 elo, 600 elo, 700 elo etc.)
What is the difference between 1 and 2?
@@Coffee_lattes hate to break it to you but he is not gonna see this comment
@@Coffee_lattes he won't
In 6:38 if white had played Nd2 then would have been bad because after black plays Nxd4 then white can not play NxBe4 because you have a night sacrifice by playing Nf3+ which is a discovered attack on the queen with your rook and white can not defend his queen because he is in check.
In 9:50 white could have escaped the fork by playing Rc4 which would move his rook out of danger (the c4 square is well protected by two pawns so the queen can not capture) and black would be able to play Nxb4 and take the bishop because he would lose his queen.
In 11:50 you made the right move, but I think that it is worth to point out that if you had played Be4 instead of Rb4, white would probably make a one-mover by playing g3 which would blunder Mate in one because that would allow you to play Rh8# and end the game.
In 45:14 if white plays Qd4 then he just blunders his light squared bishop because after he moves his queen she is no longer guarding the b3 square.
But,at 6:38 after the Nf3+ sacrifice,white can take the knight with the queen.🤦
When the announcement is so big that it takes 1hr 23 mins to tell
Or took, say, the first 2 minutes
Or he said ROOOOOOOOOK SO LONG😊
30 seconds
Thanks so much for bringing this series back! It's the reason I started watching your videos years ago and in all that time, I've learned a lot from this!
I thought the announcement was him coming back to OTB chess tournaments. He mentioned it in the dual stream with Hikaru that he's been studying openings for tournaments.
levy naming his bot “levi” is so funny to me, glad he found the humour in everyone misspelling his name
I saw you interviewed on Lex's show so I checked out your channel.
I love this video series.
I have always wanted to see into a top player's thinking process during a live game.
This has been so enlightening for me.
What I particularly like is the casual way that you identify and deal with the various unknowns in a move or position. You think critically about it, but you don't sweat what you don't know/see at the moment.
I realize I've spent too much of my chess life agonizing over finding "the one perfect move" in every position, and not appreciating the flow of the game.
42:58 always bring your protection to the bishop kids!
Gotham really listened to his Twitch viewers naming the bot Levi...
Levi akroman right? From atk on titan 😮
Just want to say thanks for bringing this series back. Win at chess and your openings speedruns really helped me get into the game
How to win at anything:
1. Play & Practice more than your opponent
And/or choose better parents than your opponent
........@@celnaz
@@celnazAs a #2 I'd say never ever resign, you can 1. Win the game, 2. Defend the game into a draw or 3. Cause a stalemate.
Resigning is absolute defeat. A person should never resign unless it's a timed tournament where a resignation might save time and give you a better chance at winning the tournament rather than that specific match.
@@christianolsson2898bro couldn't resist giving a full scale interview after his comment got 20 likes 🙏🙏
Love this series, may be overtaking Guess The Elo as the internet’s best series
Levy never fails to make us think we actually have friends that message us on discord
I love how Levy's opening on the first game is literally based on luck. The opponent has to blunder otherwise, they have a great position.
1:45 OMG IS THAT A GD REFERENCE
You are not a part of a niche community. GD is massive.
FIRE IN THE HOLEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ogon v dyrochke
I genuinely believe that nobody explains the games better than you. I also enjoy watching the other chess channels but I always come back to yours when I really want to learn something. Keep up the great content 👍
I don't understand why the Scandinavian Defense is always advised for low elo, you lose a tempo after Nc3 and after 4 book moves, white is +1.2. When i was low elo they taught me to play the Sicilian D. Best counter for e4 in my opinion!
I think it’s because it’s a system type of opening, making pretty much the same moves regardless of what your opponent does. Also, it can be difficult to attack it when done right
59:47 Taking the rook isn’t bad when it’s +3 on material already. The queen will get trapped but you’ll end up taking the other rook too and be +4, albeit behind in development. Just need to get king side castled asap then.
I don't even play chess, but I just sat and watched this entire video. You make it very interesting and easy to follow (even if not fully understood).
that's completely true
How to win at chess is top tier chess content unquestionably.
I bought your book yesterday! Started playing chess at the start of the year, just reached 800 on rapid after 150 games haha! I'll 100% be that guy on my flight tomorrow reading a chess book. Thanks for all your hard work mate, never in my life did i think watching chess would be so fun.
Theres nothing I love more than Gotham making hour+ long videos. I would watch a 5, 10, 15, 24 hour long video. Obviously not all at once but the point is long ago I finished watching every video on his channel despite finding him years after he started making videos. Sometimes I just put on random videos I've already seen in the background just because I like hearing him talk. I've seen him comment on this multiple times like why would a mf watch a chess video without looking at it, which I honestly understand for new videos, but if you've already seen the video then it's nice to listen to content you like and are comfortable with. Especially if your main focus is something else. Anyway, got away from myself, point was please make more long form content. Whatever you make I'm gonna watch it multiple times through.
Next video title
Levi Bot vs Magnus Bot
It surely changed my life. I quit chess.
I've watched all your videos several times and enjoyed them. You talk your way thru the games, win or lose..
* Me checking my discord * when levy's discord got notification
Bro really made a bot of himself named LEVI
Bot ?🤖
Now chat is going to start calling the bot Levy for maximum confusion.
@@michaelmassaro4375 yeah
Your checkmate on the third guy was ice cold!
The “Levi” bot introduction is genuinely incredible, this will be so useful
Just gotta say, I have yet to test the chess bot, but I love the idea. I've been doing drill shuffle on survival to learn the Vienna and the Caro, and it's extremely helpful. Thank you for continuing to improve the service! Cheers bro, hope you're doing well.
as a 1450 I'd say i like Rec8 more and that was the first move i saw along with Bc5 (46:07), reasoning is; it is better to place rooks in open file and half open file, rather than both rooks in half open files, also it is better to face opponent's pawn than our own (generally) when it comes to placing rooks in half open files
protect your queen, but a free rook is a free rook
I wish he would play at his strength and not at his players.
Hi levy! Hope you become a GM till your 60's
Levy getting handsome yow
If Levi doesn't hit me with the Hillbilly attack on the Caro, I'm gonna cry.
The Gotham Scandi free sample is legit. Thanks Levi.
Super instructional! Thanks!!
at 59:52 the way to get ur queen out was Ba6 after taking the rook
GothamChess, thank you for your contribution to the chess world. I really appreciate the professionalism you put into every video you make. I would love to see you do a series where you face off against other chess influencers, and enjoy their content under the standards you hold this channel to.
Keep up this great series
Hello sir. Thank you for your book. It was of huge importance to win 20 consecutive wins. Yet I didn't lose
Best move at 59:03 was bishop to A6! You would have been up that rook, and quite possibly a pawn as well.
Where is the silence part at the beginningof your videoooos???
52:00 He did pretty well.. what a game
I just tried the Levi bot and it was helpful, I like that it suggests drills from specific positions as well. He played moves comparable to people at my level on the medium setting. He does make some wildly obvious blunders though but I guess people at my level do that sometimes too lol
A possible improvement would be to be able to select only openings that you've completed in the course, similar to how the drills work.
Levi at 1:17:18 mark. Why not QC6 with ideas towards the C5 square and check? I cant find the way to stop it, insight please?
If I started winning at chess that would be a massive announcement lol
Even though sometimes there is clickbait, Levy is a top notch chess UA-camr i've been watching since 2021
After reading your book I gained 123 elo points in the last 30 days. I think the most helpful parts were the openings, and especially calculation. I make much less blunders now, and I am almost 1000 elo! I am now reading a tactics book to refine skills I learned from you.
Thank you for the masterpiece :)
Like the attitude bro!
For my future children: The title of this video as of 2:17 PM EST 3/24/2024 is "MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT".
soon he will change the title to "MAGNUS 100000 ELO!!!!! GM LEVY?"
Title will soon be: “LEVI PLAYS MAGNUS CARLSEN VIEWER GAMES SUB BATTLE HANS NIEMANN VS. MAGNUS VS. HIKARU SUB BATTLE REACHES 1000 ELO NEW RECORD CHEATING SCANDAL CANDIDATES”
@@m_str043lol😂
The titles speak for themselves.
Bellicose stare of levy at starting, 8/10 🔥🔥
Hey Levi, I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate all the instructional videos you put out. I got into playing chess by playing with my grandpa when I was six and still enjoy playing the game from time to time (plateaud at around 1400-1600 elo). I've been meaning to get some openings and repertoires under my belt and decided to finally check out the courses to see how I can get better. Will definitely be checking out your lessons soon to see if I can reach a little higher before teaching my kids one day.
Anyways, thanks again. Now back to the video.
54:33 I recently did a rook sacrifice near their castled king, not threatening anything by itself, but it was a mistake because they could either give a check with their queen or take a bishop near the middle of the board. They took the rook in 2 seconds Kxh7, so I played Qh5+ and their g6 pawn couldn't take because it was pinned by the bishop. M2
This comment boosted the Algorithm
Woooooo, e6 b6! Please play it more in this series! 🙏
We need more videos like how to win at chess ( blitz)
The last game Levi learns that rapid and blitz rating are diseperate for a reason lol
........plays the london
always having fun watching those very informative serie, thaank uu gotham
Your game and explanation are amazing thank youuuu ;) your game is so high level well done Levy
"It's LobotomyChess vs GothamChess, which is essentially the same thing at this point"
Why do you lie to me on every guess the elo when How To Win At Chess is my favorite series?
Ain’t no way that last dude is 1900
What if a5 is played by white at 6:00. you need to take with the knight and lose 2 points?
In the fourth game you could've played bishop a6 protect the queen if queen takes takes with the bishop and the rook can't escape and if he doesn't take your queen you take the rook and if he traps you, you block with the bishop❤⭐🎉♟️
I watch these get confident and then go lose at chess
Question: 59:03 I’m only 900, but what about Bishop A6? If they trade, you with the rook. You can set up QC8 and then be protected, bringing your bishop back to B7 after, either winning a pawn or the rook. Does this not work?
He just changed the title of the video 😂
That last game you played amazing
“Keeping a thorny wall of pawns” is a phrase I will remember and hopefully use.
3rd game ending is so easy for me to miss as white, very informative
In time 12:34 you go your bishop to rock and then he move rook you easyly capture the pawn 🤦🏻😯
Am I missing something or in the last game at 1:18:00 there is a tactic to take with the bishop, king takes and knight forks to win the queen?
you are missing something and i think it might be where the pieces are
58:40 I love how he clicks on the knight before saying "nightmare"😂
Levy never fails to misspell his own name as a fully grown adult
Okay, that opening bot might be big! Now I am considering hopping on. And I don't have any money!
FIRE IN THE HOLEEE (FIRST GAME)
About the discord-server, personally I don’t want to give out my mobile phone number, which is necessary for the linking part. If you’d change this so that we could verify in another way like name+email or something that would be better suited for me.
9:19 "if rook here, I have a fork (Nd5)"
But wait. If Rxc7 Nd5, white can escape the fork by playing Rc4! and things get a little bit tricky because the queen doesn't have many squares to go to (ofc taking on d3 is possible and black is winning, but still.)
Another good instructive video. And, I really like the idea of the "Levi-bot". The ability to use a bot to practice one's openings is such a great idea. Studying the ideas of an opening, and learning specific lines is a great first step, but being able to put theory into practice is a fantastic addition to your courses. Very impressed.
awesome episode Levy I really enjoyed it ! Lobotomy chess, chess 960 same thing in my opinion. I haven't played normal chess online chess for ages now. I am thinking of going back to normal chess. I do miss my favorite openings like the Knights Tango & Latvian Gambit, among others. Never play Bf5 against the London !!! The last game was savage ! WP Gotham ! Still have my fingers crossed for GTE 960 edition. cheers dude ! GO LEVI bot !
love this series
Hey Levy, could you maybe make a short on how to checkmate with a bishop and a knight? I was wondering if there is any good pattern to it like there is for king and queen or king and rook.
I’ll try it tomorrow. I’m excited for the modern defense prep I can find with it. Thank you Gotham always improving your site and content gets me motivated.
I really love you keep doing this series, cause it helps people of many different levels. And dont worry about losing against 2200 players, playing while teaching and having this amount of viewers makes it much more difficult
Tuned in after a while because of the Massive Announcement. All fine it‘s cool and good job Levi. Lookin good :)
When I‘m more into chess again I‘ll come back xD greetings from At
32:12 What about knight e1 to go on and eat the enemies pawns?
I would absolutely love if someone made a bot where it plays the opening you want and you can choose how it plays. Does it choose the most popular move the best move or something like that. This would allow for people to practice openings much easier. Without having to wait for a course of that opening to come out.
It is silly queation but I want to know. Which one is Right. "Levi" or "Levy". It looks same to me
Why are you not playing Sicilian with black...... 😕😤
Vote if you all want leavy to play it in next video
1:43
no, i can't escape it..
IT'S FUCKING EVERYWHERE NOW