For anyone wondering, I counted every time Levy asks “What does my opponent want”? (and close variants of it), and he says it 77 times throughout the video, which is a rate slightly under once every 23 seconds.
Same, especially as an intermediate player myself. I don't want to watch two people have a contest to see who could memorize the opening tree farthest down the branches, I want to see people come up with neat tactics, make spectacular blunders, and learn how to avoid them myself and take advantage of their mistakes.
Yeah, is way more instructive by far: "here they play the Smithsonian line of the Najdorf, this is all theory until move 19" vs "this started like a Dutch defense, uh 2Cc3 White goes for the Raphael... but then white plays X in the fourth move and then black punish this move with Z, and now his plan must be to exploit this weak pawn...".
I love defensive chess and this is the reason. Im 1335 rapid and the good games that i get are the ones where i play defensively and watch my oponent tie their shoe laces together. I played in a tournament like a week ago and i was up against an 1800 FIDE rated player and i held on to the very last pawns of the game where my oponent was winning by calculating just one move ahead in a timescramble in a pawn endgame where at the end his king was closer to the pawns wich were infront of eachother. I played well and as this was my first game i was satisfied and i realized that defending comes first. I also could have won against a 1600 because i built a winning advantage with my pawn being on the 7th rank but i blundered in a timescramble because i had 1 second left on over the board.
Along with "what does my opponent want" we should also ask ourselves"what do I want" as even if i know what does my opponent i will play the entire trying to counter my opponent and do not attack at all
Worth mentioning the time control by black in the last game. Absolutely perfect. Consider all options and try to make the best decision. Great video and definitely one of the hardest concepts in chess as an intermediate / beginner.
This is really interesting because you see the beginners and intermediates trying to push the clock because they're worried about time, yet we see in this more advanced game that if you look to understand what your opponent is doing, you can respond just as quickly without ever having to worry about the clock until you have multiple responses to calculate out. Often times there is only one good response to what the opponent wants to do, and so there isn't much to calculate!
Idk if it's the camera angle or the camera filter (or just Levy's hair) but the way this video begins makes me remind of most of the 2 years old videos on this channel, kinda nostalgic
Levy playing the Gotham bot: Bot: "Chess is hard" Gotham: "I never say that!" Also Levy at the start of his next video: Gotham: "Chess is hard. Chess... Is hard."
Here's a fun game. Every time Levy asks; "What does my opponent want?", take a shot. By the end of the video you will either be a chess grand master or very very drunk. Either is good.
Playing chess like it´s candy crush, just absentmindedly making moves, vibing to the music, is one of my worst issues. Sometimes thinking is just too much of a hassle
The number of times Gotham has repeated a lot of these lessons for us... And we're still fighting for our lives on the board 😭 I truly do NOT miss being a teacher. Thank you, Levy.
Problem with “the_resign_gambit” is that he/she is playing way too fast in a 10 minute rapid game, if he/she wants to play fast then go blitz or bullet. In rapid you want to strike a balance between thinking on moves and playing speed. Blitzing out moves like that in a 10 minute or longer game is a very great way to lose.
"Both these players should calm down BTW." This, so much. I'm around 1000 and people play 10 minutes like it's blitz. Seeing that game where they are 18 moves in with 9 minutes left; that's every day, almost every game right now. People need to calm down or just go play blitz.
One thing I have found playing rapid is that some people like to come out, all guns blazing and just taking whatever they can get their grubby little fingers on. I use this to my advantage by setting up the pieces I want them to take, helping me gain tempos and I more often than not I get a backrank checkmate because they're so busy sopping up the low hanging fruit.
Gotham thank you so much for reviewing my game! I was in the first match and I was Blazerajk. Thank you for the tips! (also looking back I can not believe I missed the free rook)
Hi, I have a question, why do I have to be the one to ask the question? I mean... ny opponent can go offense and do whatever he wants and doesn't ask and puts me into danger and stuff and... idk... its like... where will this get me, I mean of course if I go attack I lose cuz they ask the question but... how does the game continue what is the goal, if my opponent sees the checkmate threat and stuff then what is my goal, is chess mainly a defense game? Like I make sure to defense good and maybe my opponent does a mistake
Damn I thought "Man, levy is speaking really slow in the intro" Then I realised it was my brain that has turned into adhd monkey genz short form content brain.
"That kind of one move blunder is unforgivable" - yeah I know...which is why I hate myself more and more for not being able to stop them. Can't forgive myself for obvious dumb mistakes
When you get really good at chess you begin to truly understand your opponents deepest desires, their past traumas, their kinks, their insecurities, their dreams deferred.
I really appreciate your streams where you go into "teacher-mode". Your instruction is perfectly pitched for those of us well below your level of the game. Not all highly advanced players remember what it is like to look at the board and see only individual pieces, trying to work things out factoring in all those individual pieces and pawns. We don't see the pieces in "groups", or structures, we see letters, not words. We get to words, though, when someone who reads can present the concepts on the board in a way we can understand. You do that exceptionally well. Your instructional videos are valuable content, and I enjoyed this one a great a deal, and hopefully what I've learned from will make it's way into my own games.
Yet another Gotham video in which I go "I'll just watch one game and keep working" and end up watching the whole thing. You, sir, are a dangerous agent of procrastination.
Me after watching these videos in every game 1. Opponent hangs knight and resigns on move 4 2. Opponent castles in endgame 3. Opponent doesn’t take any sacrifices and plays fried liver :(
That's very instructive and high level of thinking that glues up chess understanding. You might know so many rules and principles, but navigating through them and pickup the most dominant on is difficult. This helps a lot.
Honest naïve question here, in 27:02 isn't it an illegal move to castle since the bishop is threatening one of the squares for that move? I'm quite confused
More of this content again please! Instructional stuff is great, I pay closer attention. The recaps I end up just fading it into the background bc I can’t follow GM gameplay as well.
We would love thinking what the opponent wants, but in the end of the you just have 3 or maybe 10 minutes and it's hard to think everytime, so you just need to be a better player at all
This video has really helped me with my game! Im a newer chess player and have hovered around 800 to 900 elo and could never crack above that. But I started asking that question after every opponents move and I started winning games! Now Ive cracked 1000 elo and working my way up to 1100. TY
Trust this for sure.😁 My next game after watching this I have played Hikaru. Which I of course won thank to Levy's tips.😉 Ahhh I made a mistake, that what Levy thinking it is not the fucking reality. 😠🙄
You want to make it less hard? That reminds me of a song that goes like: Less hard, into the light Less hard, doing it right, doing it right Less Hard, against the dark Less Hard, make your mark Let the tournament begin Don't give up and don't give in Strength to rise up, strength to win Strength to save the world from losing Less Hard, into the light Less Hard, doing it right
@@Ziggerath XDDD help it is stucked in my heaaad! wa do ma opone wa? 🗣 but memes aside, yea is a good question to ask in a chess match, is just levy being based as always 😎
You watch a game like this and you start to remember how difficult it can be to play a game of chess well. If I were to guess, I'd have to say a lot of this is just sheer impulse buying - like being on line on the supermarket and recalling, suddenly, how tasty a Payday candy bar can be.
Guys if you are 1000 elo and you will play +10 moves in the first minute of a rapid game just go and play bullet or blitz. I think the biggest mistake is not taking necessary time to make a good move.
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Pin of shame
Chess is hart he says, last video he would never say this after the gothamchess bot sad it
thanks for the instructive lesson Levy! Im planning to hit 1500-1600 this year , im 1100 so far
Pin of plug
Levy never fails to say "Chess is hard" right after denying that he ever says it.
Just yesterday against his own bot he exclaimed, "I never say that!!"
I wish Levy would play the guys at evergreen chess just for the enjoyment of the game for the fun of it😃
Lmao 😊
This is obviously the Levy bot, not the actual Levy
lol when he said that I was so confused, I was like you have said that several times Levy.
For anyone wondering, I counted every time Levy asks “What does my opponent want”? (and close variants of it), and he says it 77 times throughout the video, which is a rate slightly under once every 23 seconds.
True dedication
This is golden
Bless you
🎉
Probably why he’s so good. Best players figure out their opponents motives and devise plans around that.
Levy chessbot: “chess is hard”
Levy: I never say that
Levy next video: “chess is hard”
Exactly
I came to write the exact same thing
When he said he never said it in the bot video I was thinking, "You say it all the time!"
you just copied someones comment
that's what i was going to say
Legend says Bruce Lee did one push up every time Levy said "What does my opponent want?" to become invincible
Bruce Lee died so technically he is invincible
Gotta say man I bought your book and I've gone up about 200 elo after stalling for months
From my experience my opponents always want two things: to checkmate me and to not get checkmated in the process
I find beginner and intermediate games much more educational and sometimes even more entertaining than master games
Same, especially as an intermediate player myself. I don't want to watch two people have a contest to see who could memorize the opening tree farthest down the branches, I want to see people come up with neat tactics, make spectacular blunders, and learn how to avoid them myself and take advantage of their mistakes.
Yeah, is way more instructive by far: "here they play the Smithsonian line of the Najdorf, this is all theory until move 19" vs "this started like a Dutch defense, uh 2Cc3 White goes for the Raphael... but then white plays X in the fourth move and then black punish this move with Z, and now his plan must be to exploit this weak pawn...".
Tbf I think the closer your level to the game the more educational it will be. The entertaining part would depend on personal preferences.
@@nguyenthinh5594 this
Alternate title: Levy constantly saying “what does my opponent want” for 29 minutes
Unfortunately, it does need to be repeated ad nauseam.
@@ianstopher9111I read, like, 5 different chess for noob books that ranked the number 1 beginner mistake being "Ignoring your opponent".
And sadly most of the time it has nothing to do with the actual board position.
I love defensive chess and this is the reason. Im 1335 rapid and the good games that i get are the ones where i play defensively and watch my oponent tie their shoe laces together. I played in a tournament like a week ago and i was up against an 1800 FIDE rated player and i held on to the very last pawns of the game where my oponent was winning by calculating just one move ahead in a timescramble in a pawn endgame where at the end his king was closer to the pawns wich were infront of eachother. I played well and as this was my first game i was satisfied and i realized that defending comes first. I also could have won against a 1600 because i built a winning advantage with my pawn being on the 7th rank but i blundered in a timescramble because i had 1 second left on over the board.
Along with "what does my opponent want" we should also ask ourselves"what do I want" as even if i know what does my opponent i will play the entire trying to counter my opponent and do not attack at all
Worth mentioning the time control by black in the last game. Absolutely perfect. Consider all options and try to make the best decision. Great video and definitely one of the hardest concepts in chess as an intermediate / beginner.
This is really interesting because you see the beginners and intermediates trying to push the clock because they're worried about time, yet we see in this more advanced game that if you look to understand what your opponent is doing, you can respond just as quickly without ever having to worry about the clock until you have multiple responses to calculate out. Often times there is only one good response to what the opponent wants to do, and so there isn't much to calculate!
Levy: why does my bot say chess is hard?I never say that. Also Levy some hours later: chess is hard, watching chess is hard,chess is difficult
@27:07 how was he able to castle? Isnt the bishop in the castle path?
Gotham last video said I don't say chess is hard. The intro of today 😂
Game 2 shows how players in that rating range tend to be TERRIFIED of falling behind on time and going to an endgame.
Idk if it's the camera angle or the camera filter (or just Levy's hair) but the way this video begins makes me remind of most of the 2 years old videos on this channel, kinda nostalgic
4:55 Levy never fails to make entertaining chess videos
Sup
Levy never fails to give gaurichess a pin of shame for saying "levy never fails"
Hello sir, I love your videos
true
I am sacrificing the bishop for a check 😂😂😂 14:11
Levy playing the Gotham bot:
Bot: "Chess is hard"
Gotham: "I never say that!"
Also Levy at the start of his next video:
Gotham: "Chess is hard. Chess... Is hard."
99% of chess players make the mistake of trying chess in the first place!😂😂😂
Here's a fun game. Every time Levy asks; "What does my opponent want?", take a shot. By the end of the video you will either be a chess grand master or very very drunk.
Either is good.
Playing chess like it´s candy crush, just absentmindedly making moves, vibing to the music, is one of my worst issues. Sometimes thinking is just too much of a hassle
Yeah, thinking is hard for the average person 😂
and you are so nonchalantly unique that i want to puke XDDDDDD@@Lucas-zb2wg
Levy yesterday: “I don’t say chess is hard”
Levy’s first words today: “Chess is hard”
That's why he's not a GM. His confidence stops him
You fell for it
The number of times Gotham has repeated a lot of these lessons for us... And we're still fighting for our lives on the board 😭 I truly do NOT miss being a teacher. Thank you, Levy.
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Let's play a game. Drink a shot of Tequila when Levy says 'What does my opponent wants?'. 😂
Problem with “the_resign_gambit” is that he/she is playing way too fast in a 10 minute rapid game, if he/she wants to play fast then go blitz or bullet. In rapid you want to strike a balance between thinking on moves and playing speed. Blitzing out moves like that in a 10 minute or longer game is a very great way to lose.
the duolingo plushie staring at him:
Levy is so popular because he actually is a fun guy keeps things loose and humorous Good Man I appreciate the channel
Finally, the Internet's chess teacher has woke up from his sleep.... leaving the chess drama.
Why I cant find any 1000 rating player playing bullet during a rapid game?
99% of chess players.
bro gave me hope
but that 1% though 😮💨😮💨
we all know we are the 99% who we kiddin
I've quit chess 6 months ago but I'm still watching this dkw.
24:10 Yes!!! I finally get to see the Scotch Gambit in a Gotham Video! And not only the gambit, but one of the more exciting lines!!
"Both these players should calm down BTW." This, so much. I'm around 1000 and people play 10 minutes like it's blitz. Seeing that game where they are 18 moves in with 9 minutes left; that's every day, almost every game right now. People need to calm down or just go play blitz.
Why does Levy sound like a disappointed teacher
One thing I have found playing rapid is that some people like to come out, all guns blazing and just taking whatever they can get their grubby little fingers on. I use this to my advantage by setting up the pieces I want them to take, helping me gain tempos and I more often than not I get a backrank checkmate because they're so busy sopping up the low hanging fruit.
Bro! All I know is that my opponent wants to beat the shit outta me!. NO matter which move it is.
What does my opponent want?
“Win the game”
99% of chess players make the mistake of playing chess
This has taught me a lot that think 2 to 3 moves ahead before moving a piece.
Gotham thank you so much for reviewing my game! I was in the first match and I was Blazerajk. Thank you for the tips! (also looking back I can not believe I missed the free rook)
Hi, I have a question, why do I have to be the one to ask the question? I mean... ny opponent can go offense and do whatever he wants and doesn't ask and puts me into danger and stuff and... idk... its like... where will this get me, I mean of course if I go attack I lose cuz they ask the question but... how does the game continue what is the goal, if my opponent sees the checkmate threat and stuff then what is my goal, is chess mainly a defense game? Like I make sure to defense good and maybe my opponent does a mistake
Damn I thought "Man, levy is speaking really slow in the intro"
Then I realised it was my brain that has turned into adhd monkey genz short form content brain.
What does levy wants ?
"To click on this video"
Bro is mewing in the thumbnail🤫💀
I always ask myself: “What does Levy want in this position?”… then I click the video.
"That kind of one move blunder is unforgivable" - yeah I know...which is why I hate myself more and more for not being able to stop them. Can't forgive myself for obvious dumb mistakes
When you get really good at chess you begin to truly understand your opponents deepest desires, their past traumas, their kinks, their insecurities, their dreams deferred.
If you're annotating 700 vs 700, you can't afford to be emotional...
Why not? This video illustrates nicely.
I really appreciate your streams where you go into "teacher-mode". Your instruction is perfectly pitched for those of us well below your level of the game. Not all highly advanced players remember what it is like to look at the board and see only individual pieces, trying to work things out factoring in all those individual pieces and pawns. We don't see the pieces in "groups", or structures, we see letters, not words. We get to words, though, when someone who reads can present the concepts on the board in a way we can understand. You do that exceptionally well. Your instructional videos are valuable content, and I enjoyed this one a great a deal, and hopefully what I've learned from will make it's way into my own games.
I'm sorry but 1200s really play like that in rapid?
Yes, usually mixing up some sort of trap they've seen
Levy just said yesterday against his bot that he never says “ chess is hard” like his bot did and he opened with saying it three times lol
Yet another Gotham video in which I go "I'll just watch one game and keep working" and end up watching the whole thing. You, sir, are a dangerous agent of procrastination.
5:00 as someone on hallucinogens who had thought I feel like the fourth wall has not only been broken but incorporated.
lol I was the one he said was on hallucinogens😆😆
I don't understand what was going on in that game for me
bro rlly changed the 50% to a whopping 99% 😂
Me after watching these videos in every game
1. Opponent hangs knight and resigns on move 4
2. Opponent castles in endgame
3. Opponent doesn’t take any sacrifices and plays fried liver :(
I feel like Levy should write a Dr Seuss style children’s book called “what does my opponent want?” 😅
My opponent's greatest threat is me making a blunder.
That's very instructive and high level of thinking that glues up chess understanding. You might know so many rules and principles, but navigating through them and pickup the most dominant on is difficult. This helps a lot.
dude has sponsors in his videos when he already makes millions of dollars off the success of actual professional players
This is literally why I suck at chess
Honest naïve question here, in 27:02 isn't it an illegal move to castle since the bishop is threatening one of the squares for that move? I'm quite confused
Actually it isn't. The files that are used for castling long are C and D. There is no problem at all if you're attacking the B file.
Not illegal if only a rook crosses an attack line, common misconception when castling queenside.
King is not going over that square …
More of this content again please! Instructional stuff is great, I pay closer attention. The recaps I end up just fading it into the background bc I can’t follow GM gameplay as well.
“Chess is hard!” A Quote from GothamBot.
bro literally said "chess is hard"
and was telling us why does his bot says that
man I AM right now stuck in the high 7s low 8s. why don't I ever get people doing random dumb shit like the first 6-8 moves of this first game.
I always have a reason for exchanging a bishop for a knight. I hate knights and I want them off the board.
We would love thinking what the opponent wants, but in the end of the you just have 3 or maybe 10 minutes and it's hard to think everytime, so you just need to be a better player at all
I'm pretty sure there are fridges that connect online.
This video has really helped me with my game! Im a newer chess player and have hovered around 800 to 900 elo and could never crack above that. But I started asking that question after every opponents move and I started winning games! Now Ive cracked 1000 elo and working my way up to 1100. TY
I consistently see the much better move right as I'm making a move. I really need to slow down and let myself think a little more.
Trust this for sure.😁
My next game after watching this I have played Hikaru. Which I of course won thank to Levy's tips.😉
Ahhh I made a mistake, that what Levy thinking it is not the fucking reality. 😠🙄
You want to make it less hard? That reminds me of a song that goes like:
Less hard, into the light
Less hard, doing it right, doing it right
Less Hard, against the dark
Less Hard, make your mark
Let the tournament begin
Don't give up and don't give in
Strength to rise up, strength to win
Strength to save the world from losing
Less Hard, into the light
Less Hard, doing it right
Levy's old tutorial videoss ohhh myyy thats the real joyyy
13:40 levy's face killing me that moment
Gotham: 99% percent of chess players make this mistake
Me: blundering my queen
Gotham: what does my opponent want
Me: oh
“I probably would play rook knight takes pawn”
5:40 move is because he didn't want to get checked by Qe6
Nah dude I was trying to rotate my knight since I got it into a bad position
99% of Chess Players Make This Mistake -- Yeah, clicking on this video :)
XD
Shut up kid
I predict shame of pin
Levi wishes he got that many views.
Pinus of shamus
only blunder I do is playing chess when I suppose to read the books for exam.
Shutting down your opponents play is the difference between 1200 snd 1600. I made that up but statistics…
Lots of 'hard' words comin out from levi
I keep asking and they never tell me what they want. How rude.
My opponent wants me to blunder my queen. It's always hard for me to not blunder my queen.
Idk, it's kind of sad if the opponent blunders the queen, like, I want to win, but I want it to be a bit challenging
I thought you said "I don't even say that" to your bot saying "chess is hard"
Maybe my opponent just wants someone to treat them right
Levy never fails to get hard on the chessboard
what does my opponent want? what does my opponent want? 🗣🗣🗣🗣
i didnt get this comment at first but just 7min in..... jesus christ
@@Ziggerath XDDD help it is stucked in my heaaad!
wa do ma opone wa? 🗣
but memes aside, yea is a good question to ask in a chess match, is just levy being based as always 😎
@@Ziggerath i still dont get it
me: what dose my opponent want?
hotel: trivago?
You watch a game like this and you start to remember how difficult it can be to play a game of chess well. If I were to guess, I'd have to say a lot of this is just sheer impulse buying - like being on line on the supermarket and recalling, suddenly, how tasty a Payday candy bar can be.
Levy never fails to check what someone wants!
this video could easily comeout in GTE format, now we need a GTE week
the title of the video should be " what does my opponent want ? "
levy never fails to say what does my opponent want
99% of Chess Players are Mistakes, you're the one whom I expected the most to know that.
Guys if you are 1000 elo and you will play +10 moves in the first minute of a rapid game just go and play bullet or blitz. I think the biggest mistake is not taking necessary time to make a good move.
Pls more historical Chess Games!😢