@@FireFoxie1345 shut up Murican. Honour is the correct way. You Muricans changed the spelling for some reason and nobody knows why. Possibly because you belong to the 3th world or something.
@@pisquaredoversix in indonesian, we refer to bishops as elephants which highly likely derives from the indian subcontinent since a lot of indonesian/malay contain altered forms of sanskrit words
Imagine being one of the chess reviewers back then, skimming through games of professional players, then out of the corner of your eye you see a game ending in "O-O-O#".
When asked why he didn't play 0-0-0#, Ed Lasker reportedly said since he was an engineer, and valued efficiency. Moving one piece is more efficient than moving two.
@@siddhantjhaveri I know, but there's a long-standing joke that engineers love rounding pi to increasingly infeasible numbers (provided they make the maths easier) including 3, 5, and 10.
Woah... I can't believe Edward Lasker pulled out a fork and repeatedly stabbed Sir George Alan Thomas in the eyes until he resigned. Chess can really get violent sometimes. Truly an amazing game!
Nah, I think getting checkmated through a regular king move, and having that checkmate be delivered by a piece still sitting on its home square, is infinitely more brutal. Checkmate through castling could always just be a vertical rook checkmate, checkmate by moving your king (regularly) away from its home square, is cool af
@Joseph Tarkington Yes I get the same feeling...the UA-camr even said something like "if my game you go down in history I would've given checkmate by castling". Probably the video was about King's long marches
@@jmk5638I think he literally knows how to grammar ok I think you should literally think before you comment because that literally could have hurt him. You're literally the worst person I've met in the comment section literally.
I will never forgive Edward Lasker for not playing O-O-O#. When you get the chance to play long castle checkmate in a game of chess, you play it because that is how you wrap a bow of pure chess annihilation and deliver it straight to your opponent.
the man is dead, also he didn't show off in this game. pretty sure you are that kind of person who likes to show off (that's fine, but not all people are like you)
@@samuellinn am I mentally ok for declining to accept people who can't resist the urge to O-O-O# in order to make a mate fancier because it will make them classier and elite? Then no, I am not
My great-grandmother was Ruby Grace Thomas who was Sir George Alan Thomas's sister. She married another Thomas - Thomas Hawkins and I am named after both of them hence "Double Thomas"! I had no idea my favorite chess content creator would do a video on one of my relatives so thank you albeit he got stomped. :D
But he was British ... its not the winning, its the taking part! Being 50% of that game, was worth being stomped on for. Amazing game, he must have been astonished having to walk into back rank alley without any mates.
What's even more incredible is that he played forced mate in 8 that involved moving a different piece every single move and culminating in a king move which are all pretty incredible. A king move for mate is incredibly rare on its own.
This reminds me of the dude who "kidnapped the king" in one of the Guess the Elo games. One of the most devastating ways to lose is just to be torn from all of your pieces.
I'd like to see you cover an even more violent game: Gregory Serper vs Ioannis Nikolaidis 'The Immortal Sacrifice Game'. White wins after sacrificing all of his pieces (not an exaggeration, he sacrificed literally all of them plus one promoted queen)
6:30 You just explained the existence of the Romantic era. A game with aesthetics, even a casual one, was better promotion than a respectable performance record.
wow. this practically immediately became my favorite classic chess game of all time. absolutely incredible. to pull the enemies king into your own rank like that
Great game - thanks. Look at this : Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British Chess Champion and a 21-time All-England Badminton champion. He also reached the quarterfinals of the singles and the semifinals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon in 1911.
I thought Wesley So violently beating the clock during his game to the point that his hand was bleeding and Magnus had to complain about it was gonna be here.
The question is, is it more aesthetically pleasing to deliver mate with castles; or to deliver a discovered mate with a piece that has not moved in the entire game? I lean towards the later.
"After Lasker checkmated him, Thomas said, "This was very nice." Lasker, who had yet to learn English, was touched by Thomas's sportsmanship after a spectator translated Thomas's remark into German for him. Lasker wrote that had he won the game against a leading Berlin amateur, his opponent would likely have told him, "You are just lucky! Had I played [10...Bxe5] instead of [...Qe7], you would have been lost."
I found the forcing of the black king completely across the board highly entertaining! Thanks for that! I've been playing chess for over 55 years now, though casually for the last half. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have learned a great deal! Especially theory: checks, captures, attacks; Greek gifts, building pawn structures on the same color of a traded bishop, the value of gambits and sacrifices to gain superior positions, danger levels, etc. Your down to earth teaching style is much appreciated!
Big fan of your game commentary style, you make the many simultaneous situations on the board very clear. Excited to see you tackle more historically relevant games!
Edward Lasker wrote a very interesting book: Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor (Algebraic Classics Series). It's slightly more advanced than the average beginner level, but it's very informative.
Levy I just bought Starting Out: The Dutch Defence by Everyman Chess, and read about this exact game like 3 days ago and suddenly you drop a video analysing it, this is awesome!
That castle mate would've been like going upside his head. beautiful that he just moved his king out of the way.. Kind of like sending someone into outer space, then when they get there your last transmission is: "wait for further instructions"
Great content as usual Gotham. I would like to see more of these, I think it's great to see the style of play from times of yore before there were chess engines.
Love your content. Your videos constantly inspire me to play and think in exciting ways. I play daily and have gotten friends to play chess daily because of you. Absolute hunk
This video really delivered. Thank you for sharing this game. This was incredible. Lasker owned Thomas and had him basically walking the plank. Wow! Appreciate the lesson afterwards, too.
Thanks Levy! Very informative AND entertaining! Found your site about a month or so ago and have been having a blast watching your videos and learning a ton. You and your site are a unique treasure. All the best. -Frank Rochester, NY
Thanks Gotham thanks for tip on a gambit against Dutch defense. I really don´t like to play against dutch before i saw this video, so now it´s first time, when i want to play against Dutch defense. Very nice video!
This was good. Like reading some nonfiction Asimov where a well-constructed story (personal, or not) provides a moral analogy before each chapter of science writing. In this sense, the history of the game and the players' stories add a layer of knowledge and quite possibly an emotional connection to the lessons you present. Nice work!
very well done, had a great time watching your coverage of the game and the staunton gambit against the dutch was fun to learn too! :D thanks for sharing!
Bro, this is the kind of games I play for. When I play the aggressive gambits on your channel, I get mates in the middle of the board or close to my pawns. I get a good laugh out of it.
Bro imagine losing so hard in chess that people are still rewatching it 109 years later
I know!
fr
It would be a honour to lose against such brilliance.
@@Carrinthe You spell honor wrong Bri‘ish
@@FireFoxie1345 shut up Murican. Honour is the correct way. You Muricans changed the spelling for some reason and nobody knows why. Possibly because you belong to the 3th world or something.
This is the closest thing I've seen in chess to taking your opponent's king into a dark alley and bludgeoning it to death with rooks.
Given that rooks have come from elephants, more apt
@@kakalimukherjee3297 bishops come from elephants i think, not rooks.
Bishop is camel, rook is elephant, knight is horse and queen is actually the army commander
@@pisquaredoversix in indonesian, we refer to bishops as elephants which highly likely derives from the indian subcontinent since a lot of indonesian/malay contain altered forms of sanskrit words
that sounds incredibly british
Imagine being one of the chess reviewers back then, skimming through games of professional players, then out of the corner of your eye you see a game ending in "O-O-O#".
Axb8=Q# is a longer name but O-O-O# is way cooler
but honestly, Kd2# is cool too
Any move with the king to deliver mate guarentees the game is worth watching.
@@SystemOfATool tbh should have tried Bd3 so he can get the legendary Ke2#
What about bxh8=N#
Therapist: Reverse backrank mate isn't real, it can't hurt you
Reverse backrank mate:
Lmao
frontrank mate lmfao
Reverse bank rank longcastle mate tho
@@pastortroy4life Backrank
@@dmproduction1384 butt crack
When asked why he didn't play 0-0-0#, Ed Lasker reportedly said since he was an engineer, and valued efficiency. Moving one piece is more efficient than moving two.
cool as ice
Oh that's not an excuse ed lasker go round pi to 10
@@michaelhird432 pi = e = 3 intensifies.
@@michaelhird432 actually using the accurate value is more efficient
@@siddhantjhaveri I know, but there's a long-standing joke that engineers love rounding pi to increasingly infeasible numbers (provided they make the maths easier) including 3, 5, and 10.
Woah... I can't believe Edward Lasker pulled out a fork and repeatedly stabbed Sir George Alan Thomas in the eyes until he resigned. Chess can really get violent sometimes. Truly an amazing game!
Also can’t believe he skewered him in the heart, too...
he pinned his heart to the king too
I'm currently at the intro. Did Lasker mutilate the shit out of Thomas?
@@jotarokujo3870 same
Ah nvm, it's worse than mutilation.
Imagine getting checkmated by a piece which didn't even move the whole game. Brutal!
Yeah, cooler than long castling in a way
“Violence” is the opening. The line is “Accepted”.
Fist to Head1, checkmate.
the only universal language
Yes agreed
life gambit accepted, violent variation
@@firstnamelastname7298 i wouldnt recommend gambiting your life
Long castle checkmate would have been the most brutal move in chess history
I got a long castle mate once and i felt like a boss 🤣🤣
@@crazyboysince1998 Me too!
I got a short castle mate yesterday
Can you guys can share this games? Im very courius how it happend. Brutal chess all the way!!!!
Nah, I think getting checkmated through a regular king move, and having that checkmate be delivered by a piece still sitting on its home square, is infinitely more brutal. Checkmate through castling could always just be a vertical rook checkmate, checkmate by moving your king (regularly) away from its home square, is cool af
when you get back rank mated but not on your own back rank
exactly :)
😏
Front rank mate
"long castle checkmate" would've been the dopest move ever made
it is so fire
I think eric rosen has a game like this on his yt channel
When replicating that on Lichess's Board Editor I changed Kd2 into Long/Queenside Castling
@Joseph Tarkington
Yes I get the same feeling...the UA-camr even said something like "if my game you go down in history I would've given checkmate by castling". Probably the video was about King's long marches
You r saying more cooler than En passant checkmate?
I've done a long castle mate before, it's not incredibly special on its own
He literally just kidnapped his king 💀
@@jmk5638I think he literally knows how to grammar ok I think you should literally think before you comment because that literally could have hurt him. You're literally the worst person I've met in the comment section literally.
@@wyatt4555 holy shit😭😭
@JMK it seems that...
Your career got 360° no scoped
• Wyatt • Stop, stop! He’s already dead!
@@wyatt4555 you slaughtered the man
I mean after all, chess is a first war game.
War elephants
@@thebus3181 war Bus
Oo jos neki balkanac prati Levy Rozman-a
Nije kedini
@@gorazdlausevic2716 super, bas me veseli
I will never forgive Edward Lasker for not playing O-O-O#. When you get the chance to play long castle checkmate in a game of chess, you play it because that is how you wrap a bow of pure chess annihilation and deliver it straight to your opponent.
Yeah, but the checkmate being given by a piece that never moved is pretty darn cool
the man is dead, also he didn't show off in this game. pretty sure you are that kind of person who likes to show off (that's fine, but not all people are like you)
@@kinhuien9754 ?
@@kinhuien9754 are you mentally okay?
@@samuellinn am I mentally ok for declining to accept people who can't resist the urge to O-O-O# in order to make a mate fancier because it will make them classier and elite?
Then no, I am not
If "Call an Ambulance...But not for me" was a chess game.
This needs to be top comment.
That game already exists, it's tarrasch vs Richter 1883
Chess: Slow
People: BORING
Chess: Violent
People: Interesting..
so true
people can't understand how fun slowly suffocating your opponent move by move is
@@nebilm8947 I agree
@@nebilm8947 untill that's you being suffocated
@@nebilm8947 Slow Painful Death.
I’ve never seen someone get literally dragged this brutally
Botez found a time machine and taught Lasker her gambit. Then a wild Rosen shouted "Oh no! His Queen!".
Botez and Rosen then proceeded to save the Titanic that year.
Alternatively, they could just teach Beth the fundamentals of door sharing.
Give me the Botez and Rosen time traveling movie. GIVE IT TO ME!
@@JakeLYT nah they Botez gambited the ship too the iceberg
JSBDKDBKDDJ BAHAHAHA
Me: *about to leave*
Gotham: “don’t go”
Me: *stays*
Same exact thing here lol
He didn’t checkmate, he just captured the king
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My great-grandmother was Ruby Grace Thomas who was Sir George Alan Thomas's sister. She married another Thomas - Thomas Hawkins and I am named after both of them hence "Double Thomas"! I had no idea my favorite chess content creator would do a video on one of my relatives so thank you albeit he got stomped. :D
That's insanely cool, thanks for sharing
In his defence, few people would see that mate coming.
But he was British ... its not the winning, its the taking part! Being 50% of that game, was worth being stomped on for. Amazing game, he must have been astonished having to walk into back rank alley without any mates.
@@varden3270 could happen to anyone
Sure
probably the only moment in history where 0-0-0# could have happened, that was epic
Or even O-O-O++ back then! Maybe not the only time mating up the board that way but possibly mating across the first rank that way!
Maybe Sir Lasker was a man of honor and didnt want his Opponent to be known as "The guy who got ladder-mated with long castles"
www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1019932
paul morphy had a game against his father ending with O-O#
@@Iannnus www.chess.com/blog/Viznik/paul-morphys-brilliant-castle-checkmate-against-his-dad
That king just hiked to mount Everest and then fell off.
What's even more incredible is that he played forced mate in 8 that involved moving a different piece every single move and culminating in a king move which are all pretty incredible. A king move for mate is incredibly rare on its own.
bro got killer queen killer bishop killer pawn killer rook and killer queen and killer king
This reminds me of the dude who "kidnapped the king" in one of the Guess the Elo games. One of the most devastating ways to lose is just to be torn from all of your pieces.
Which episode is it ? Do you have any estimation
@@Rayzlight episode 3 game 3 according to another comment I read today on I think the most viewed Magnus vid review on this channel
I'd like to see you cover an even more violent game: Gregory Serper vs Ioannis Nikolaidis 'The Immortal Sacrifice Game'. White wins after sacrificing all of his pieces (not an exaggeration, he sacrificed literally all of them plus one promoted queen)
Hey. just searched for the game. thanks for the recommendation. what a great game
I wanna see that video
just watched that game... WOW
We need this... Seriously show this pls
Bruh, I'm not ready for that kind of violence. It's more of brutal. It's like he hated his pieces and just throw 'em to the opponent.
"Violence is never the answer. It is the question and the answer is always yes"
Where is that from ? I can't remember it
@@AlbanianGamer313 maxor mgr
Well, levy ain't lyin. This was brutal af.
Didn't think I'd ever see a crossover between Chess and Capture the Flag.
I come back and look at this game every once in a while
6:30 You just explained the existence of the Romantic era. A game with aesthetics, even a casual one, was better promotion than a respectable performance record.
I love how i keep watching Chess video but I never learn anything
how can i relate so much?
Facts bro
Cant relate
Same
Yeah, spend hours learning, then next game I hang my queen.
wow. this practically immediately became my favorite classic chess game of all time. absolutely incredible. to pull the enemies king into your own rank like that
“A knight mate. Look at the GEOMETRY on that”
Gotham’s quotes are gold
Chess equivalent of Scorpio’s “GET OVER HERE!” in mortal kombat.
Great game - thanks. Look at this : Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British Chess Champion and a 21-time All-England Badminton champion. He also reached the quarterfinals of the singles and the semifinals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon in 1911.
this game is absolutly filthy, holy cow that queen sac is brilliant
Eric Rosen: *happy oh no my queen noises*
I think that is Eric Rosen's Great Gramps
I thought Wesley So violently beating the clock during his game to the point that his hand was bleeding and Magnus had to complain about it was gonna be here.
wHAT
Holy shit
So violent
Wait what
This is one of my favorite videos. That checkmate sequence was a thing of beauty to say the least. And the prospect of O-O-O# is so wild lol
The question is, is it more aesthetically pleasing to deliver mate with castles; or to deliver a discovered mate with a piece that has not moved in the entire game? I lean towards the later.
"Now, we begin the extraction process..."
I have never laughed so hard at anything remotely related to chess ever.
King: _proceeds to truly get extracted_
"After Lasker checkmated him, Thomas said, "This was very nice." Lasker, who had yet to learn English, was touched by Thomas's sportsmanship after a spectator translated Thomas's remark into German for him. Lasker wrote that had he won the game against a leading Berlin amateur, his opponent would likely have told him, "You are just lucky! Had I played [10...Bxe5] instead of [...Qe7], you would have been lost."
Now: Edward Lasker premoves the most brutal checkmate in the history of chess.
Ayyy, a fellow brawler :)
@@VishnuSrigiriraju yes xd
ua-cam.com/video/1e2-adgPxAg/v-deo.html
Hey I play Brawl Stars too 😊
It was like a battlefield , the one side brought the other king and then executed him
I found the forcing of the black king completely across the board highly entertaining! Thanks for that! I've been playing chess for over 55 years now, though casually for the last half. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have learned a great deal! Especially theory: checks, captures, attacks; Greek gifts, building pawn structures on the same color of a traded bishop, the value of gambits and sacrifices to gain superior positions, danger levels, etc. Your down to earth teaching style is much appreciated!
Who is recording the moves to this casual chess game in 1912 and keeping it safe for 100+ years
People used to write their games down by hand so as not to lose them before we had computers - I even did it myself and I'm only fifty.
@@blindknitter It is still common practice , both at the club and in a tournament.
"And some idiot in a maroon hoodie is covering the game 109 years later on a youtube channel."
These replies lmfao.
@4D1N lmao its okay
Timestamp for those of you playing along at home: 6:38
You guys are trying too hard. It has to flow naturally
Levy gotta pin himself
I love this “Idiot in a maroon hoodie’s” content. Gotham OP
🖕
@@mhm.d.riskii9632 Wow the all powerful virtual *FUCK YOU*
@@dxrkness4802 are you crazy ??
@@dxrkness4802 relax i think this person still child
@@mhm.d.riskii9632 small small not die
people: dutch defense
my friend who just watched queen's gambit: *s i c i l i a n*
Big fan of your game commentary style, you make the many simultaneous situations on the board very clear. Excited to see you tackle more historically relevant games!
4:23 this move set up is freakin sick 😱
and then he sacrificed his QUEEEEEEEN!!!
“Chess Secrets I learned from the Masters” by Edward Lasker. A great read. An autobiography including his life and chess exploits.
I miss the Gotham Chess recaps already
When me and my 550 rating play I imagine Gotham is recapping all my moves and commenting on how excellent they are.
Edward Lasker wrote a very interesting book: Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor (Algebraic Classics Series). It's slightly more advanced than the average beginner level, but it's very informative.
What on earth? How is this not the most famous chess game in history?
Spotting this forcing pattern and the game in general was absolute phenomenal.
This would be a great game for the Baka Mitai meme
Please
It already is I’ve seen this on a baka Mitai meme, it’s titled somet like a normal 3000 game or something like thay
ua-cam.com/video/5o0HekesSVA/v-deo.html
Here you go
@@pzr2681 ah that's where I've seen this before
Too much baka mitai now
"..He missed the move order..?"
Well...I keep missing it most of the times in my games...but never made my king take "a one way ticket"
...😂
I was really hoping after you said “London 1912” that this would lead to the First World War
Levy I just bought Starting Out: The Dutch Defence by Everyman Chess, and read about this exact game like 3 days ago and suddenly you drop a video analysing it, this is awesome!
The first game is the epitome of bullying in chess
That castle mate would've been like going upside his head. beautiful that he just moved his king out of the way.. Kind of like sending someone into outer space, then when they get there your last transmission is: "wait for further instructions"
Your "don't leave!" was perfectly timed, as I was instinctually reaching for my mouse. Good timing!
I’m watching this really high and it’s like a whole trip i swear
Man walked into the enemy king's bedroom, held him at gunpoint, and transferred him across the country into a prison in his own capital. 😂
This reminds me of the Guess The Elo episode where you said your sub "straight up kidnapped this man's king" at the end of the game.
Great content as usual Gotham. I would like to see more of these, I think it's great to see the style of play from times of yore before there were chess engines.
Love your content. Your videos constantly inspire me to play and think in exciting ways. I play daily and have gotten friends to play chess daily because of you. Absolute hunk
Finally, I can watch Levy again after that "Dewa Kipas incident"
levy deserves better, though thanks for that, many people are now interested in chess.
He checkmated the guy with a delayed queen pawn bong cloud
Thanks so much! You're still a hero!
Dewa kipas: $7000
Irene: $20000
Gotham: 👁👄👁
Bacod normies
Norak bet anying nih bocil
Man was in the wrong and still got paid big time. Respect the hustle
Probably a lot more in the future, so that's a long term W
@@jacobyballer8863 You mean cheating?
I laughed wayyy too hard at this position 5:40. Pure chess comedy!
I thought the most violent game is me vs martin
This video really delivered. Thank you for sharing this game. This was incredible. Lasker owned Thomas and had him basically walking the plank. Wow! Appreciate the lesson afterwards, too.
Long castle checkmate is really funny, but the notation of Kd2# is funnier.
Levy: I have never seen something like that ever. (6:08)
Eric rosen: huh?
this man could make anything sound intense and entertaining
Dude this wasn't "anything"
So this is what the advanced class for backrank mates look like.
Thanks Levy! Very informative AND entertaining! Found your site about a month or so ago and have been having a blast watching your videos and learning a ton. You and your site are a unique treasure.
All the best.
-Frank
Rochester, NY
Thanks Gotham thanks for tip on a gambit against Dutch defense. I really don´t like to play against dutch before i saw this video, so now it´s first time, when i want to play against Dutch defense. Very nice video!
Everybody gangsta till the chess gets violent
*how to beat the Dutch defence*
Me, who mains the Dutch defence:
Gotham I love you but did you really gotta do me like that
*Every match you play Dutch*
*Staunton gambit**
A Gotham video is the greatest notification to see when waking up
I love these historical game videos and the added theory lesson was awesome as well!
Most violent mate since Fatal Attraction😭
Hello Levy, hope you are having a good day :)
As Scorpion would say "Come over here!"
this man needs at least 2 million subs
this kind of content is golden
This was good. Like reading some nonfiction Asimov where a well-constructed story (personal, or not) provides a moral analogy before each chapter of science writing. In this sense, the history of the game and the players' stories add a layer of knowledge and quite possibly an emotional connection to the lessons you present. Nice work!
Bro, the violation
Do you know what’s worth more than a Queen? You are @GothamChess 🙏💖
hmm
UwU
When Hikaru showed this game to Levy
Levy: 😲😲😲
Trivia: this game inspired the fatality move "get over here" of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.
very well done, had a great time watching your coverage of the game and the staunton gambit against the dutch was fun to learn too! :D thanks for sharing!
So, White King invite Black King into their garrison just to receive death sentence. Pretty epic.
Its 4 in the morning . . . what am i doing.
WATCHING GOTHAM CHESS THATS WHAT FUK YEAH
"Walking the mile. Walking the mile"
Just brutal Walking the king to a slow death.
Holy crap I just won a 5 min game with that exact gambit omg! thank you!!!! I can't believe it work haha!!!
Bro, this is the kind of games I play for. When I play the aggressive gambits on your channel, I get mates in the middle of the board or close to my pawns. I get a good laugh out of it.