Your pinned so I believe you have your answer, but all jokes aside I believe he actually does goes through the comments love hate doesn’t matter he reads em
I was a 10 year old. I loved chess. I played chess every day. I was rated 600. I'm 11 now. I've been watching your videos for about a year I've grown so much since then. My highest rating is 1300. I beat my 1300 rated dad every. Thank you so much for the videos! Your content is so great and I hope you hit 1m soon! You were the #1 contributor to my rating you're the best!
The vienna gambit is pretty easy to crush. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5(only move) 4 fxe5 Nxe4. White can go in a few directions from here but none of them are that impressive. Just remember to fight for the center and you will be fine. If you want to avoid the vienna gambit I recommend 2. ...c6 which prepares d5 to counterstrike the center or 2. Bc5 which is just really solid.
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici A fun line against this is 3. Qg5 attacking the weak g7 pawn. This is just bad if black responds properly but that doesn't matter until you are rated 2000+. Most people play g6 and then you can just retreat the queen to g3. From there you just play a normal vienna except they have a weakened king side and you have an excellently placed queen.
@@billnyethesciencesguy yeah, unfortunately i know very well this line. I trained a lot against the computer Who ovviously doesn't fell in the gambits... Levy's suggestion Is ti play 5.Qf3 but yes, no advantage at all. It's not losing, but it's a difficult line to play against👍
Just to note, at 6:45, if knight takes, black is up around -0.9, but if bishop e7 is played, as recommended, that's a huge blunder and gives white a +7.2 advantage - white has bishop to c6 attacking the queen, which has no escape squares. The knight can take the bishop, but the pawn takes back, and if you don't give up your queen there (by saving it with e8), you're getting mated in 2 (Qa6 check, Qb7 mate).
My pet opening is D4, with the Queen's Gambit. I was getting crushed playing E4. I'm happy with this video because the albin counter Gambit is quite natural for a lot of players.
@@noammosek1319 Statistically, the albin counter gambit has a pretty bad win rate for black at master level though. It is played at a high level, but it has a pretty bad win rate. It's fine if you're below master level, but at master level there are much better openings to play.
Something I really appreciate about Levy's videos is that they're really dyspraxia and ADHD friendly. Like chess is v difficult when your brain is programmed in a way that's like the antithesis of chess skills, but watching Levy's videos has really helped me get better at it because the explanations are simple and slow, but quick enough that ADHD gremlin brain doesn't get distracted by like idk my wallpaper. It's incredibly cool to have a channel that lets me explore my hyperfixation without causing brain error.
@@Froge4291 All of it. Surface stuff is fine but really detailed things like pawn endgames, I've never been able to apply myself. Openings are interesting at least so I do okay in some of them.
BUT ALSO. Because your opponents know the opening, you are going to learn to play deeper theory. And it's going to make your play a lot stronger. HUGE POG.
Levy : Check out my Queen's Gambit Course! Link in description! After a min: Levy: I am gonna show you how to win against the queen's gambit in 6-7 moves.
The Laskar Trap (the first trap he showed) is a personal favorite of mine. Its the first time I really started studying chess theory, and was able to pull it off in my first game with it. It really makes you feel like a genius when it works.
I mean trading material for positional and tactical opportunities is almost always unsound, unless the gambit is particularly good, in that case it either wins fast or allows for long term positional attacks.
Brian Lam Not really, if it was so unsound then stuff like Boris Spassky beating Bobby Fischer with the Kings Gambit (arguably more unsound than most gambits) wouldn’t happen.
@@happycreeperlol5235 Bobby fisher made a refutation to the King's gambit right after and most stockfish refutations place the King's gambit as just -1. It's not sound in competitive play, especially with better analysis from computers.
Poor rains was like: “I gotta play fast, I gotta play fast, I gotta play fast.” And perhaps he was anxious about playing you, and the combination of those two feelings was too much?
Hi levy. I’ve been here since 100k and you have helped a ton. I’ve went from 650 to 1150 thanks to you and I will be here no matter what. Also you are a content machine keep up the good work!
Entirely forgot about the Albin Counter Gambit!!! And this even though against the Kings Gambit the Falkbeer Counter Gambit is my choice 10 out of 10 times! Definitely will give it a try! Thanks for suggesting it!
Ive been playing chess for a few months and im currently 1102 rated but i have beaten people 1400 rated and its all cause of your lessons thanks Gotham
The albin counter Gambit is my absolute favorite response to a queens gambit, and the second pawn gambit as a response to a3 is deadly. I like to recapture with the queen, followed my white playing Bg5, and then Qe6. Always a fun sharp game that requires creative thinking and a chess board under full use.
- Watches video - Goes to chess.com - Opponent plays Queens Gambit - I play Albin Countergambit - Opponent writes in chat: Gothamchess huh? - I say LOL yes - Opponent plays e3 - I forget what to do next...
Man Gotham is a god, he just fixes my mood with such ease and simplicity. Whenever your mood is bad, watch a Gotham video or catch a live stream and you have guaranteed sanity
DUDE!!! I've played Chess since I was a kid. For the most part, I played on what I call "Mother Wit" which meant I only responded to my opponents move with what I thought was best - with no formal training. This approach even gained me an over 1800 rating. However, I've only begun to crack "formal opening repertoire" and a friend of mine has thrashed me with QG for over a year now. After watching this video (and most definitely subscribing) I feel like I've hired a hitman in Gotham Chess "taking care of business" for me 😉 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! This has been absolutely wonderful!
ive (1200 blitz) been facing a lot of players who play the queen's gambit the past few days. what I've resorted to do is to just develop solidly and maneuver the middle game without blunderin.. But the Albin counter gambit seems so much more fun!! thanks Gotham, looks like ill be getting the course after all. Also, great work churning out content btw, keep up the great work.
THANK YOU GOTHAM!!!!!! I've been waiting for this one!! Thank you so much!!!! Thank you for answering my request (and probably also the request of many others!) You are the best!
At 6:53 after Be7, when Levy plays Nf3 for white, can't white play Bc6 instead trapping the queen? If knight captures, the pawn comes and sits there in a deadly position
Levy looked up the mountain, shrouded in clouds that were ripped apart by gusty winds, smashing them into the jagged cliffs and tearing them to long white strings. The freezing air found every gap in Levy's clothing, even his quality outdoor wear wasn't able to keep all of the brutal onslaught of ice cold air out. He pulled the strings on his Alapin jacket faster another time, after he had tucked his London t-shirt into the expensive Gruenfeld trousers. He won't be defeated by this mountain, for he knew what was up there, waiting for him to be grasped. A rare mineral, one that most people will never see, much less even touch. The elusive rarity, that was called a gem-norm. This prestigious mineral, so Levy knew, was within his reach. If he gave it his all, he could climb the mountain, and right there, in a gap between the clouds that whistled past the mountaintop, he could almost see it shine, or so he thought. Step by step, he had climbed up this steep mountain, years of training for this one moment. Confident in his skills, he pressed on, close to exhaustion, his fingers gripping the bare rocks around him, almost cutting into his skin. Right in front of him, he saw a line. A narrow path, straying from the main course that would not bring him onto a glacier. He knew his skills on rocks were absolutely superior, so he took a step of faith, praying like a bishop that his variant of the main line up the mountain would lead to success. After a few steps, he realized though, he wasn't aware of the split in the rock face. He traded his rock for the other one, that looked way easier to scale, being in a much less exposed position. Little did he know, this early into the day, the way he chose lead him into a dawn-storm. He had to let go of the rock, he needed to fall back to the main line, but the way was shut, the dawn storm had pushed snow behind him, and it had become an avalanche. Levy spotted the carcass of a horse, no, not just a horse, there were also human bones. It looked like a long time ago, a knight must have died on this mountain, judging from the rusted sword that lay beside the bones. One hand of the dead knight, nothing but bones, pointed through a sharp crack in the impenetrable fortress that seemed to be the mountain's cliffs. Following the linke with his gaze, Levy knew, it was almost impossible to climb, but on top, he spotted a rock that created an overhang, being pinned between the cliffs. Levy looked down again, wondering what had killed the knight, when he found a rope in the knight's other hand. Then he knew it, the knight hadn't died. It had sacrificed itself for exactly this moment. The invigorated Levy took the rope, threw it up the mountain, and rock-lifted himself onto the pinned rock. And just as the rock cracked and fell down, Levy grabbed the ledge and pulled himself up. One step after another, Levy said to himself. One step after another, closer and closer he got to his prize, the one goal, the invaluable mineral, the gem-norm. [copy pasta this you plebs, if you need to copypasta something. I can't believe I just spent half an hour of my life to write this]
@@MrChrisdube just gambit a pawn by playing b4, next time you see the sicilian. 90% people won't know how to play against it and it's not even losing for white. It's perfectly playable and takes your opponent out of their preparation on move 2.
This was really helpful! Using this, I managed to prevent my opponent from creating the infrastructure required to operate high speed interceptor aircraft carrying anti ship armament. Got a little flustered when I realized my MIRV backup plan would have hit my freshly promoted knight, which would have caused some rather awkward economic sanctions, but I think I managed keep pushing them to fumble a win.
True, this attack helped me learn how to stop rapid formation of their army and create a intercontinental 346-HD missile and instead turn it into me getting an anti-aircraft Super charged aerial launched ballistic missile at my opponent at high speed. Great vid!
When I play the Albin Countergambit, After Nf3, I like to play Bb4+ and if Bd2, I play Nc3 because there is a really cool trick that (at least for me) works really good in blitz and bullet game in low elo. That trick comes if white plays Bxd2, I play Nxd2 and then it seems that white wins a pawn by Nxd4 but I can actually take with the Queen because after Qxd4, Qxd4 by white doesn't works because of Nc2+ forking the Queen and the king and after Kd2/d1, Nxd4, I have win a knight for a pawn and white can't castle. Stockfish says that the position is +2,5 - +3 (depending if white plays Kd2 or Kd1) for black. And if white doesn't blunders by playing Nxd4, the position is actually playable for black.
Didn't you just steal this comment from another video? It's not that hard to write an original comment. Look: "My name is Brad Henkelman, and I got made fun of growing up for my last name". See? Originality :)
@@Tennishangman In that case, I retract my insult. Bonus points for making ME look like the idiot, without having an ego about it. You're the bigger man, I gladly admit that.
Levy, your line against the London (d4 d5; Bf4 c4) invites white to play e4, giving him what is effectively an Albin with an extra move. I have found this to be pretty strong for white.
Im not entirely sure if this is right but in the first subscriber game when the white queen moves to E2 to defend check you can win the white queen for a knight and a bishop. Ng3, (either pawn takes doesn't matter which one), Bxg2, (No matter where the king moves you can take the queen on the next move solidifying a win and free elo)
Finally got someone to fall for this after I can't count how many tries. Most satisfying game of my life. Guy was so mad he rage rematched me three times and lost each one.
It's the first time I look up what to do against the Queen's Gambit. I used to just freestyle it and f*** it up in many different ways. I have the feeling that's gonna change now :) Thanks for this great video. Crushing London will be next!!!
The second pawn isn't gambiting "yet an other pawn". It just that you exhange a perfectly good pawn for a really weak pawn that you might or might not win back. One of the drawbacks is that it white no longer needs to protect the weak pawn on e5 (and can more freely move about with his knight, opening up the diagonal against your king).
I went to my local chess club on Wednesday and lost six games in a row. Two of those were queen’s gambits, both times I responded with two pawns in the centre upon your recommendation. Unfortunately that was about the extent of what I remembered and people never do what you expect them to, so I lost both times. It was a hard night but I came away thinking, I really need to learn how to counter this queen’s gambit pain in the … haha. Thanks for your videos, I find it so entertaining. 🙏🏼
The storyline continued when Levy looked up to Magnus and told him " you make my rook lift" as he threw his hand under his pants, Magnus replied with an exquisite tone "you will lift mine , and we'll trade". "Only under my terms" Levy said as he proceded to throw him into the wall, "I see... you know your gambits little boy" -said the champion- " but i prefer to fight for the dark squares", Carlsen shook Levy's hand and left..
I've been destroyed by the queen's gambit a few times in a row now, so here I'm watching a 45min video of semi-slav theory, only for Levy to come in clutch with an anti-queen's gambit video 🔝🐐
After seeing this yesterday, when today my opponent played d4, d5; c4, I was hesitant to play e5 but i did and boy oh boy. It took me 8 moves to win the game and the opponent was 23 points above me in lichess. Glad I was here, cheers mate.
Hi Gotham, Thanks for this suggestion! I just played this opening 1st time at KI open 2022. I won in my game! I gambit two pawns and won. I did this because I just viewed your video f a day before the game and did not prepare anything for QGD.
![My SECRET Anti-Scotch Opening System [No Theory]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DFOBeLNbVNY/mqdefault.jpg)
Do you think he ever looks at the comments?
pin of not shame
Nah
Your pinned so I believe you have your answer, but all jokes aside I believe he actually does goes through the comments love hate doesn’t matter he reads em
The shame
ig
I was a 10 year old. I loved chess. I played chess every day. I was rated 600. I'm 11 now. I've been watching your videos for about a year I've grown so much since then. My highest rating is 1300. I beat my 1300 rated dad every. Thank you so much for the videos! Your content is so great and I hope you hit 1m soon! You were the #1 contributor to my rating you're the best!
Nice job, that's really good :)
@Frank Lincoln Agreed
1300 is very impressive, nice job man
Ok but how many dads u have?
@@mrl1891 xD
I fear the day that a "how to crush the Vienna Gambit" video comes along
The vienna gambit is pretty easy to crush. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5(only move) 4 fxe5 Nxe4. White can go in a few directions from here but none of them are that impressive. Just remember to fight for the center and you will be fine.
If you want to avoid the vienna gambit I recommend 2. ...c6 which prepares d5 to counterstrike the center or 2. Bc5 which is just really solid.
Well, there is the Kan Variation with 2...Bc5. It's not losing of course, but it can throw Us Vienna Players very easy off rails...
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici A fun line against this is 3. Qg5 attacking the weak g7 pawn. This is just bad if black responds properly but that doesn't matter until you are rated 2000+. Most people play g6 and then you can just retreat the queen to g3. From there you just play a normal vienna except they have a weakened king side and you have an excellently placed queen.
He will never, he will never betray the Vienna
@@billnyethesciencesguy yeah, unfortunately i know very well this line. I trained a lot against the computer Who ovviously doesn't fell in the gambits... Levy's suggestion Is ti play 5.Qf3 but yes, no advantage at all. It's not losing, but it's a difficult line to play against👍
Just to note, at 6:45, if knight takes, black is up around -0.9, but if bishop e7 is played, as recommended, that's a huge blunder and gives white a +7.2 advantage - white has bishop to c6 attacking the queen, which has no escape squares. The knight can take the bishop, but the pawn takes back, and if you don't give up your queen there (by saving it with e8), you're getting mated in 2 (Qa6 check, Qb7 mate).
Just noticed this while studying. Seems like he missed it.
I’m very confused
NVM I SEE IT
imagine agadmator's video "anti-crush queen gambit" coming soon
This opening sucks
@@frostyphoenix2864 which one
@@austinsilva6488 the counter gambit
@@frostyphoenix2864 sure, but these videos are just made for a bit of fun. There are other resources for precise chess, nothing wrong with fun chess
@@that355 it’s the fact he’s saying it’s so good the
Me: Hmm maybe I should start learning the Queen's Gambit.
Levy:
thank god i played queen gambit way earlier and already have my fun
My pet opening is D4, with the Queen's Gambit. I was getting crushed playing E4. I'm happy with this video because the albin counter Gambit is quite natural for a lot of players.
@@OArchivesX this is played at a high level, it's a good response to the Queen's gambit so check these things before you comment
@@noammosek1319 Statistically, the albin counter gambit has a pretty bad win rate for black at master level though. It is played at a high level, but it has a pretty bad win rate. It's fine if you're below master level, but at master level there are much better openings to play.
@@noammosek1319 Only if you fall for the trap.
Something I really appreciate about Levy's videos is that they're really dyspraxia and ADHD friendly. Like chess is v difficult when your brain is programmed in a way that's like the antithesis of chess skills, but watching Levy's videos has really helped me get better at it because the explanations are simple and slow, but quick enough that ADHD gremlin brain doesn't get distracted by like idk my wallpaper. It's incredibly cool to have a channel that lets me explore my hyperfixation without causing brain error.
That it really cool that you are getting into a new hobby :D
Happy to hear that :D
Hadn't thought of it that way but totally agree! I still suck at studying chess though
@@cameronjack1095 at studying openings? Middle games? What?
@@Froge4291 All of it. Surface stuff is fine but really detailed things like pawn endgames, I've never been able to apply myself. Openings are interesting at least so I do okay in some of them.
For real man? I just learned that opening😩
F
there is a way to defend of course, you just have to learn it. its in the vid probably
BUT ALSO. Because your opponents know the opening, you are going to learn to play deeper theory.
And it's going to make your play a lot stronger. HUGE POG.
@@zikangjiang1815 its a scam?
Same man
Levy : Check out my Queen's Gambit Course! Link in description!
After a min:
Levy: I am gonna show you how to win against the queen's gambit in 6-7 moves.
He sounded sinister enough to do this against anyone with the deep voice.
"i've had games where i just SMASH"- Levy Rozman.
Last time I was this early, Levy was using his roomate's headphones
The Laskar Trap (the first trap he showed) is a personal favorite of mine. Its the first time I really started studying chess theory, and was able to pull it off in my first game with it. It really makes you feel like a genius when it works.
if after the pawn push qa5 with a check what is the ideal scenario then?
So early that Levy hasn't done the pin of shame
Pin of not shame
lol now his pin of shame is someone asking if levy reads the comments
@@nikash_shah I don't think it's actually a pin of shame, like, I think it was just a way to answer jokingly, at least I think
-Gotham Chess Entered The Chat
-Beth Harmon Left the Chat
Beth Harmon plays E4. Not Queen's Gambit 😂
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I feel like all of the gambits are like "win at move 6 if your opponent doesn't have a clue"
Thats what gambits are.
I mean trading material for positional and tactical opportunities is almost always unsound, unless the gambit is particularly good, in that case it either wins fast or allows for long term positional attacks.
@@brianlam5847 queens gambit isn't even a true gambit
Brian Lam Not really, if it was so unsound then stuff like Boris Spassky beating Bobby Fischer with the Kings Gambit (arguably more unsound than most gambits) wouldn’t happen.
@@happycreeperlol5235 Bobby fisher made a refutation to the King's gambit right after and most stockfish refutations place the King's gambit as just -1. It's not sound in competitive play, especially with better analysis from computers.
Just won a game in my first OTB tournament with this opening idea against a 1800!
Poor rains was like: “I gotta play fast, I gotta play fast, I gotta play fast.” And perhaps he was anxious about playing you, and the combination of those two feelings was too much?
.................................................................................. jaxon?
I once played against a FM, played like an absolute doughnut
.__. wut
Hi levy.
I’ve been here since 100k and you have helped a ton. I’ve went from 650 to 1150 thanks to you and I will be here no matter what. Also you are a content machine keep up the good work!
Entirely forgot about the Albin Counter Gambit!!! And this even though against the Kings Gambit the Falkbeer Counter Gambit is my choice 10 out of 10 times! Definitely will give it a try! Thanks for suggesting it!
Ive been playing chess for a few months and im currently 1102 rated but i have beaten people 1400 rated and its all cause of your lessons thanks Gotham
The albin counter Gambit is my absolute favorite response to a queens gambit, and the second pawn gambit as a response to a3 is deadly. I like to recapture with the queen, followed my white playing Bg5, and then Qe6. Always a fun sharp game that requires creative thinking and a chess board under full use.
You can easily block that gambit by nc3 preventing the e5 pawn push
Started playing the queens gambit recently and now this comes out. Great timing levy.
- Watches video
- Goes to chess.com
- Opponent plays Queens Gambit
- I play Albin Countergambit
- Opponent writes in chat: Gothamchess huh?
- I say LOL yes
- Opponent plays e3
- I forget what to do next...
When your so early Beth stil haven't learned how to checkmate
Or that the squares have names
Man Gotham is a god, he just fixes my mood with such ease and simplicity. Whenever your mood is bad, watch a Gotham video or catch a live stream and you have guaranteed sanity
My friend always plays the queens gambit, cant wait
This is great Levy - Thank you! I've been playing a lot more gambit's on both sides and I'm finding this gambit against d4 to be very effective.
DUDE!!! I've played Chess since I was a kid. For the most part, I played on what I call "Mother Wit" which meant I only responded to my opponents move with what I thought was best - with no formal training. This approach even gained me an over 1800 rating. However, I've only begun to crack "formal opening repertoire" and a friend of mine has thrashed me with QG for over a year now. After watching this video (and most definitely subscribing) I feel like I've hired a hitman in Gotham Chess "taking care of business" for me 😉 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! This has been absolutely wonderful!
played against this today and we ended up pushing every single pawn - the ultimate tension
FINALLY ANOTHER OPENINGS VIDEO! This is definitely the one I'm gonna completely memorize and not forget the moment I touch the "Play" button :D
Queen's gambit players sweatin' clicking on this video
For real lol time to find a new opening for white
I am happy if everyone start to play albin against me lol.
It sucks if white know how to play
ive (1200 blitz) been facing a lot of players who play the queen's gambit the past few days. what I've resorted to do is to just develop solidly and maneuver the middle game without blunderin.. But the Albin counter gambit seems so much more fun!! thanks Gotham, looks like ill be getting the course after all. Also, great work churning out content btw, keep up the great work.
OMG I asked Levy to make this vid like a few weeks back, and it's now here. TYSM!!
THANK YOU GOTHAM!!!!!! I've been waiting for this one!! Thank you so much!!!! Thank you for answering my request (and probably also the request of many others!) You are the best!
Love your opening vids!
At 6:53 after Be7, when Levy plays Nf3 for white, can't white play Bc6 instead trapping the queen?
If knight captures, the pawn comes and sits there in a deadly position
Levy looked up the mountain, shrouded in clouds that were ripped apart by gusty winds, smashing them into the jagged cliffs and tearing them to long white strings. The freezing air found every gap in Levy's clothing, even his quality outdoor wear wasn't able to keep all of the brutal onslaught of ice cold air out. He pulled the strings on his Alapin jacket faster another time, after he had tucked his London t-shirt into the expensive Gruenfeld trousers. He won't be defeated by this mountain, for he knew what was up there, waiting for him to be grasped. A rare mineral, one that most people will never see, much less even touch. The elusive rarity, that was called a gem-norm. This prestigious mineral, so Levy knew, was within his reach. If he gave it his all, he could climb the mountain, and right there, in a gap between the clouds that whistled past the mountaintop, he could almost see it shine, or so he thought. Step by step, he had climbed up this steep mountain, years of training for this one moment. Confident in his skills, he pressed on, close to exhaustion, his fingers gripping the bare rocks around him, almost cutting into his skin. Right in front of him, he saw a line. A narrow path, straying from the main course that would not bring him onto a glacier. He knew his skills on rocks were absolutely superior, so he took a step of faith, praying like a bishop that his variant of the main line up the mountain would lead to success. After a few steps, he realized though, he wasn't aware of the split in the rock face. He traded his rock for the other one, that looked way easier to scale, being in a much less exposed position. Little did he know, this early into the day, the way he chose lead him into a dawn-storm. He had to let go of the rock, he needed to fall back to the main line, but the way was shut, the dawn storm had pushed snow behind him, and it had become an avalanche. Levy spotted the carcass of a horse, no, not just a horse, there were also human bones. It looked like a long time ago, a knight must have died on this mountain, judging from the rusted sword that lay beside the bones. One hand of the dead knight, nothing but bones, pointed through a sharp crack in the impenetrable fortress that seemed to be the mountain's cliffs. Following the linke with his gaze, Levy knew, it was almost impossible to climb, but on top, he spotted a rock that created an overhang, being pinned between the cliffs. Levy looked down again, wondering what had killed the knight, when he found a rope in the knight's other hand. Then he knew it, the knight hadn't died. It had sacrificed itself for exactly this moment. The invigorated Levy took the rope, threw it up the mountain, and rock-lifted himself onto the pinned rock. And just as the rock cracked and fell down, Levy grabbed the ledge and pulled himself up. One step after another, Levy said to himself. One step after another, closer and closer he got to his prize, the one goal, the invaluable mineral, the gem-norm. [copy pasta this you plebs, if you need to copypasta something. I can't believe I just spent half an hour of my life to write this]
The video I was waiting for. I struggle so much with queen's pawn opening, especially the queen's gambit. Thanks Levy
Play the Dutch.
Every time he says sixteen hundred my heart start beating so fast
my favorite youtuber makes a video on my favourite gambit. my day is going great. thanks for asking!
Let’s get GothamChess to 1 million subs
basically the only channel I've watched every video from, watched from the beginning to the end and do this every day.
If only u had made this three days ago, i was up against a queens gambit in a USCF rated game
did you win?
@@thiccbonkus yes, but it was a very grueling game, and I hadn’t prepped for a queens gambit
These lessons videos are the reason why I first subscribed but stayed for so much more.
levy... i am but a simple woman... i see anya taylor joy on the thumbnail, i click
simp
I play queens and usually when someone counter gambits, I just move kings pawn to e3...
"Crush the queens gambit in six moves"
Dont mind if I do
I have never lost to this and am therefore glad that levy makes more people play this. Already faced it 4 times since he uploaded this video.
Lmao
Levy: how to crush the queens gambit
Meanwhile me who came to see how to not get crushed when I play the queens gambit
I love the Albin just picked it up about 2 months ago. A lot of fun. Thanks Levi
Where is Nimzo Indian Defence video, I've been waiting for it for many days 😭❤️
Now I have to stop playing the queen’s gambit for a few weeks. Thanks Levy.
I play the Queen’s Gambit and other D4 openings almost exclusively. Thanks Gotham for ruining my ELO for the next three weeks.
Let me guess... you switched to d4 because you didn't feel like going through all the analysis required when dealing with the Sicilian.
@@MrChrisdube just gambit a pawn by playing b4, next time you see the sicilian. 90% people won't know how to play against it and it's not even losing for white. It's perfectly playable and takes your opponent out of their preparation on move 2.
6:50 After Be7, white can follow up with Bc6 and it's +7,5 for white
This was really helpful! Using this, I managed to prevent my opponent from creating the infrastructure required to operate high speed interceptor aircraft carrying anti ship armament. Got a little flustered when I realized my MIRV backup plan would have hit my freshly promoted knight, which would have caused some rather awkward economic sanctions, but I think I managed keep pushing them to fumble a win.
True, this attack helped me learn how to stop rapid formation of their army and create a intercontinental 346-HD missile and instead turn it into me getting an anti-aircraft Super charged aerial launched ballistic missile at my opponent at high speed. Great vid!
When I play the Albin Countergambit, After Nf3, I like to play Bb4+ and if Bd2, I play Nc3 because there is a really cool trick that (at least for me) works really good in blitz and bullet game in low elo. That trick comes if white plays Bxd2, I play Nxd2 and then it seems that white wins a pawn by Nxd4 but I can actually take with the Queen because after Qxd4, Qxd4 by white doesn't works because of Nc2+ forking the Queen and the king and after Kd2/d1, Nxd4, I have win a knight for a pawn and white can't castle. Stockfish says that the position is +2,5 - +3 (depending if white plays Kd2 or Kd1) for black. And if white doesn't blunders by playing Nxd4, the position is actually playable for black.
Levy in a nutshell:
IM crushing 1000 rated players.
"This opening is a disaster for unprepared players" xD
Lmao
I love you! Really needed this!
“UA-cam is superior.”
-Levy, during that one video where Twitch kept making the same joke over and over.
Didn't you just steal this comment from another video? It's not that hard to write an original comment. Look:
"My name is Brad Henkelman, and I got made fun of growing up for my last name". See? Originality :)
Boom, roasted. But no, the joke is that I post it on every video.
The only person I stole it from is myself.
Brad Henkelman Dedication
@@Tennishangman In that case, I retract my insult. Bonus points for making ME look like the idiot, without having an ego about it. You're the bigger man, I gladly admit that.
Levy, your line against the London (d4 d5; Bf4 c4) invites white to play e4, giving him what is effectively an Albin with an extra move. I have found this to be pretty strong for white.
Oh no- my queen's gambit.
Im not entirely sure if this is right but in the first subscriber game when the white queen moves to E2 to defend check you can win the white queen for a knight and a bishop. Ng3, (either pawn takes doesn't matter which one), Bxg2, (No matter where the king moves you can take the queen on the next move solidifying a win and free elo)
Instructions unclear I blundered on move 1
Thx for the video, I played the Albin for a while without knowing theorie and just improvising; this video is a great help
Finally got someone to fall for this after I can't count how many tries. Most satisfying game of my life. Guy was so mad he rage rematched me three times and lost each one.
It's the first time I look up what to do against the Queen's Gambit. I used to just freestyle it and f*** it up in many different ways. I have the feeling that's gonna change now :)
Thanks for this great video. Crushing London will be next!!!
The only drawback is we who play the queens gambit are watching this vid too :p
(In 3:59) you cant "smash them with Bb4" because they moved the knight so you just get an eqwal posesion
This is what happens when you go for d4 nonsense! E4 for ever gang!
The second pawn isn't gambiting "yet an other pawn". It just that you exhange a perfectly good pawn for a really weak pawn that you might or might not win back.
One of the drawbacks is that it white no longer needs to protect the weak pawn on e5 (and can more freely move about with his knight, opening up the diagonal against your king).
Disclaimer: No queens were hurt during filming of this video
Thanks man, I was waiting for someone to cover it for the longest!
Gosh yeah. Он монстр
I am a 12 year old 1600 thanks to Gotham chess
Great stuff Levy! Love it!
Poor Rain was using the Hikaru voice app
Oh no ... 😂
5. Nbd2 isn't covered which is probably at least as strong as a3, I'm 1200 and I usually get great positions in the albin now that I play this line.
I’ve been facing way too much D4 lately thank you for this
I went to my local chess club on Wednesday and lost six games in a row. Two of those were queen’s gambits, both times I responded with two pawns in the centre upon your recommendation. Unfortunately that was about the extent of what I remembered and people never do what you expect them to, so I lost both times. It was a hard night but I came away thinking, I really need to learn how to counter this queen’s gambit pain in the … haha. Thanks for your videos, I find it so entertaining. 🙏🏼
Got here faster than I lost my self esteem
That is a thing people who hasn't lost their self esteem can say to anything they eventually get to.
levy keep uploading your work, you are amazing, and an great instructor
Great content as always!
Giving bits of information, and not really spoon-fed
bro i learnt chess through watching his shorts viedos
Last time I was this early Levi was blonde
he was blonde?
@@duskgleam4634 it’s cursed don’t look for it lol
ah yes the classic *levi*
2:46 "Its beautiful" it just came out of my mouth unwillingly
Got here faster than i blunder my queen
I play the Queens gambit alot so I figured I should know something about the albin, your mona Lisa of chess video is awesome ! Tactics on steroids
The storyline continued when Levy looked up to Magnus and told him " you make my rook lift" as he threw his hand under his pants, Magnus replied with an exquisite tone "you will lift mine , and we'll trade". "Only under my terms" Levy said as he proceded to throw him into the wall, "I see... you know your gambits little boy" -said the champion- " but i prefer to fight for the dark squares", Carlsen shook Levy's hand and left..
Hi Levy, could you also point out some inaccurate moves and how to punish these moves?
I've been destroyed by the queen's gambit a few times in a row now, so here I'm watching a 45min video of semi-slav theory, only for Levy to come in clutch with an anti-queen's gambit video 🔝🐐
After seeing this yesterday, when today my opponent played d4, d5; c4, I was hesitant to play e5 but i did and boy oh boy. It took me 8 moves to win the game and the opponent was 23 points above me in lichess. Glad I was here, cheers mate.
I can't believe the 1001 lasted the longest out of everyone 😂😂😂
I was just looking for an Albin video, thanks Levy!
This move seems nice. Maybe Netflix should make a series out of it one day, that would be cool.
Hi Gotham, Thanks for this suggestion! I just played this opening 1st time at KI open 2022. I won in my game! I gambit two pawns and won. I did this because I just viewed your video f a day before the game and did not prepare anything for QGD.
I thought that was your girlfriend 😂then I remembered it's the chess queen herself
I love watching your videos then have games go down just like you teach and I get 💯 accuracy and a quick checkmate. Pays to study, learn, and practice
Intructions unclear, endep up getting checkmated again in 3 moves.
How to crush Levy's Gambit?