It's always satisfying when the king saves the day in the endgame. I played a game recently where I was dead lost, only king left, but opponent made a mistake with positioning. Opponent had bishop and knight, he chose to put them next to each other, one square away from my king. I move king beside the two, bishop couldn't defend knight, knight couldn't defend bishop, other king was too far away, therefore fork, therefore one of the two will be taken and that is a stalemate by insufficient material. My favorite non-win ever.
@@stoutlager6325 If your opponent hung a king fork at the endgame, then I'm sure in a million years he wouldnt be able to checkmate you with only a knight and a bishop
@@amanhasnoname1052 the quote comes from the game played on the first episode, where Lelouch enters an already endgame situation where playing a defensive king move is one way of checkmating while flexing. He says it again against his brother, and then it's actually the best move, bu then Schneizel plays an illegal move to mindfuck him
A king is like a child. It should be taken on walks to develop its natural strength. This grandmaster is a great educator and deserves recognition as well as a position in the ministry of education.
King walks out into the middle of board in a pieceless endgame, and nobody bats an eye King walks out into the middle of board during the middlegame with rooks and queens on board, and everyone loses their minds
You know you’ve paralyzed you opponent when they have a bishop, queen, and two rooks. Yet it’s still safe enough to walk your king across the entire board.
@@Axiomatic75 no disrespect intended at Agadmator, but I honestly prefer Levy's coverage of these historic games. Not only is Levy much more charismatic and entertaining imo, but Agadmator's whole video layout is extremely cluttered and, again imo, ugly. I still find his videos educational, but if I have the choice between watching the same game being covered by Levy or by Antonio, I'm picking Levy.
Levy you’re legitimately the only content creator on UA-cam that I actively follow and I love all your videos, the recaps, the history ones, guess the elo, win at chess, everything! (But guess the elo is my favorite because of how educational it is in addition to win at chess)
And then Nigel got the biggest clobbering of all time by Kasparov in Battle of the Legends. 8 1/2 to 1 1/2 with his only win coming from Kasparov being flagged on time. One draw, one time flag, and eight absolutely brutal displays of classic Kasparov carnage.
Love these types of videos, would enjoy more as a new player this year - learning and seeing these types of games that I would never have found (yet) with the bonus of narration by the awesome Lev, cheers for the video!👍
I have no idea if it’s possible to explain this game for an amateur audience, but maybe the most astounding historical game I’ve seen is Smyslov vs. Panov 1943. Brutal positional dominance by Smyslov.
Levy I just rewatched your blackmar gambit video for the second time, i then as a 1000 rated player played the best game Ive ever played. Thank you for being a great instructor.
In the late eighties, There was Kasparov and Karpov. Jan Timman was considered Te Best of The Rest. And he was. Actually he played a match against Karpov in ...I think 1993...for the FIDE world title. Kasparov and Nigel Short had their own association...so Karpov and Timman played. Timman lost but it was a nice match. I actually saw 2 games of K and T in Zwolle Netherlands. Timman was one of the very best players in that Era. You can look it up. Just write ...Jan Timman...and you'll see wat a chessplayer he was.
11:26 Zwischenzug Z as Ts (like in cats) W as V (like in verbal) you can pronounce the G as a K if you like that more (both are fine) the rest sounds fine
This game reminded me of Liverpool vs west brom when Alison came into the opposition box and secured a win by delivering headed goal at the last moment of the match.
I mean for the football analogy I would've preferred comparing the chess game (and specifically the king) to the goalkeeper changing the outcome of the game and scoring by going all the way up the field, but hey, Americans.
US football analogies do not cut it. This is like a soccer goalkeeper, taking the ball from his penalty area to the opposite field, dribbling past the other team’s defenders and scoring a goal (see: Chilavert). This is not a king run where the king runs to safety,so, this is not a more plausible goal-keeper goal where they go forward for a corner kick or a penalty (still rare). Thus, a super rare Chilavert style goal.
I think there is another king-walk game between a world champion and somebody else, that champion ran his king from the kingside to the queenside and won.
I know of another game in which the king proactively walks to join the attack. It was played by Clarice Benini, an Italian player, with black. She defeated a French player during the Women's World Championship of 1949/50. Opponent was named Shode De-Silan according to chess.com database, Chantal Shaude De Silans according to chessgames.com (same game, anyway). Benini throws in a queen sacrifice as well.
12:48 does Nh4, f3, followed by Nxg6 and Rh4 work as well? I have a feeling that black might be able to complicate matters after h4 h5 Kh2 with ...Bc8. Sorry if I'm missing something obvious
@@MisterNohbdy I think in that case white can immediately play Nxg6 hxg6 (fxg6 allows Qg7#; Qxg2+ is met by Kxg2) Rh3 with the unstoppable threat of Rh8#.
3:15 I'm just scratching the surface of 800 elo but I legitimately used that exact same counter the other day. It's really good cause you end up just a full pawn ahead AND remove castling rights
I have been off work for like 6 weeks and have been severely bashing Gotham videos. Now I have work again and it's sad but i see there has been 3 vids in 24hrs. Love from scotland uk you are very clear and clean when explaining chess. My perceptions resonate. I've gained rating in your name for sure. I'm to 1600 classical but have recently contended with a 1900 in 5+3. Yes indeed, love your content.
The black queen and two rooks powerless to do anything but sit on their asses and watch as the opponent king marches directly up to their king and then he resigns from the sheer gigachad power of it all
@9:02, after moving white queen to h4, why Jan didn't take pawn on e5? Two attackers, one defender, right? And no pins or screwers or traps as far as I can see. Update: ah, figured out - white beshop on e3 would force the black queen to move and black bishop would unprotected :D
Imagine playing football(soccer) and everybody is so stuck in position the goalkeeper has to come help the front line player kick the ball into the goal.
15:13 >football >actually referring to American rugby In the actual football game, the correct analogy would be akin to Rogério Ceni, goalkeeper from Brazil who are quite infamous as the record holder for goalkeeper with the most scoring goals.
I absolutely love these games from history. Even though I’ve studied and analyzed many of them, it’s always fun to watch your content on them. However, I thought it could be fun if you could cover some historic tournaments, much like your commentary on modern tournaments. For example, Bobby Fischer’s historic first US Championship, or the 1959 Candidates Tournament. Plus, this way you won’t have to make an entire video on just one game (even though some games are truly deserving of that).
10:17 I really analyzed a 1 move queen blunder LMAO
Nice one
But queen e7 is more stylish
Hi
holy hell
Self pin of shame
King: *rolls up sleeves*
“I’ll do it myself”
It's always satisfying when the king saves the day in the endgame. I played a game recently where I was dead lost, only king left, but opponent made a mistake with positioning. Opponent had bishop and knight, he chose to put them next to each other, one square away from my king. I move king beside the two, bishop couldn't defend knight, knight couldn't defend bishop, other king was too far away, therefore fork, therefore one of the two will be taken and that is a stalemate by insufficient material. My favorite non-win ever.
@@stoutlager6325 not stalemate but actually a draw by insuff....
@@stoutlager6325 it's a draw by insufficient material*
@@stoutlager6325 If your opponent hung a king fork at the endgame, then I'm sure in a million years he wouldnt be able to checkmate you with only a knight and a bishop
king is thanos
"If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?" -Lelouch vi Britannia
Ah, i see you are a man of culture as well
He as shit, plays the first move with king too!! 🙄
Then his brother plays an illegal move
Perfect quote for this one....
@@amanhasnoname1052 the quote comes from the game played on the first episode, where Lelouch enters an already endgame situation where playing a defensive king move is one way of checkmating while flexing. He says it again against his brother, and then it's actually the best move, bu then Schneizel plays an illegal move to mindfuck him
It’s 2 minutes into the video and we already have the “Eric Rosen screams in delight” line. Never change, Levy.
I love that he knows his audience so well that he can make inside jokes that only we will get
The epic Isab regen camo red will reign supreme
*squeals
@@mastersamurai6960 Excellent choice of words
Sadly connect four isn’t possible though as levy missed the forced en passant
10:20 : Botez Gambit declined, Analysis Variation
Lol
Lmao
Lmao we all missed it
"If only I had another piece to attack with. Wait a second..."
A king is like a child. It should be taken on walks to develop its natural strength. This grandmaster is a great educator and deserves recognition as well as a position in the ministry of education.
It's also like a child because bishops like to have a good view at it
Jesus Christ this thread got dark real quick
I make 5 king moves in a row and I end up being the noob in Guess the ELO
Or you’re in a endgame
Oof KEKW
KEKW
0
Alekhine defense, Pimp Walk variation
GM decided the Bongcloud wasn't enough BM
e4 e5 ke2 ke7 ….
Fr
That repetition of moves is forever saved in the data base for Hikaru and Magnus.
The virgin Bongcloud opening vs the Chad King Walk
@@ironerrow618 You say that like it's a good thing
Pieces: Its very hard to mate this King..
King: Observe
It's like when the goalkeeper joins the team on the attack.
King walks out into the middle of board in a pieceless endgame, and nobody bats an eye
King walks out into the middle of board during the middlegame with rooks and queens on board, and everyone loses their minds
"The king is a fighting piece. Use it" - Wilhelm Steinitz. Nigel took it literally.
I was hoping this would begin with e4 and Ke2
They are still yet to discover the brilliancy of Bong Cloud during that time hahaha
@@keironrodriguez3736 maybe they knew about it but it would be too dangerous for other players to handle the immense *CHI*
Bong cloud ewww
With crushing initiative
And Ke3 as well
A man and his wife finally working together to achieve their goals, such a wholesome family moment
“If the king doesn't lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?”
- Lelouch Vi Britannia
Copied Comment, but I respect the algorithm boost
AKA the king of the world
All hail lelouch
@@atgzheng7389 Yeah, I see now that other people had the same idea. Glad to see other Lelouch fans in the wild
ah the beautiful memories of code geass
You know you’ve paralyzed you opponent when they have a bishop, queen, and two rooks. Yet it’s still safe enough to walk your king across the entire board.
Could you analyze some games by Tal? His sacrifices and king hunts never fail to amaze me.
Just head over to Agadmator's channels for this kind of content. Like Levy said he isn't interested in doing a lot of videos like this.
@tarzan True, I'm still waiting for the conclusion of the Morphy saga.
@@Axiomatic75 no disrespect intended at Agadmator, but I honestly prefer Levy's coverage of these historic games. Not only is Levy much more charismatic and entertaining imo, but Agadmator's whole video layout is extremely cluttered and, again imo, ugly. I still find his videos educational, but if I have the choice between watching the same game being covered by Levy or by Antonio, I'm picking Levy.
@@princepsangelusmors I have to agree. I do like them both very much but slightly prefer Levy.
@@princepsangelusmors Yea, the clutter.
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Levy you’re legitimately the only content creator on UA-cam that I actively follow and I love all your videos, the recaps, the history ones, guess the elo, win at chess, everything!
(But guess the elo is my favorite because of how educational it is in addition to win at chess)
And then Nigel got the biggest clobbering of all time by Kasparov in Battle of the Legends. 8 1/2 to 1 1/2 with his only win coming from Kasparov being flagged on time. One draw, one time flag, and eight absolutely brutal displays of classic Kasparov carnage.
2:13 “eric rosen is squealing in delightl somewhere” lmao i died laughing tho he would probably love this
The King being the final attacker reminds of Alisson Becker's Liverpool goal when they beat West Bromwich a month ago.
Didn't you found strange that no one was marking him when He scored ? 😃
"Is this King Walk game a long game? I don't even know who's playing."
"It's Short."
The king be like, "Ah, fine, you incompetent schmucks, I'll do it myself".
King: It’s been a time since I’ve joined the battlefield”
LOTR reference with the Rohan king or I'm missing on something?
I can just picture him holding back laughter as he started moving his king up the board
King: "Fine, I'll do it myself"
Short: makes a king walk and wins
People who are included in Guess the Elo: make a king walk and loose in about 10 moves
I played Jan Timman in a simul around 10 years ago. Feels like an absolute honor to be honest
Love these types of videos, would enjoy more as a new player this year - learning and seeing these types of games that I would never have found (yet) with the bonus of narration by the awesome Lev, cheers for the video!👍
One of the greatest games ever played. It's impossible to forget once you've seen it.
I have no idea if it’s possible to explain this game for an amateur audience, but maybe the most astounding historical game I’ve seen is Smyslov vs. Panov 1943. Brutal positional dominance by Smyslov.
"Imagine a King who fights his own battle"
Nice Troy reference
My daily routines now include watching Levy's videos. I can't skip even for once. Thank you Levy, and wish all the best for you.
Nigel Shorts king: help Queen mate. My King: Are we done yet.
You’d think that a game with that many king moves would be pretty… Short… heh heh heh…
no
I see what you did there.
Aways remember: Tal is short and Short is tall
@@EPE444 lol
Nah
Swear to god if this is perpetual check I will force feed levy rotten tomatoes
Get ready to be pinned!
Levy I just rewatched your blackmar gambit video for the second time, i then as a 1000 rated player played the best game Ive ever played. Thank you for being a great instructor.
Absolute domination on the kingside dark squares, and it all stems from 2.e5 and the play around that pawn. Such a torn!
In the late eighties, There was Kasparov and Karpov. Jan Timman was considered Te Best of The Rest. And he was. Actually he played a match against Karpov in ...I think 1993...for the FIDE world title. Kasparov and Nigel Short had their own association...so Karpov and Timman played. Timman lost but it was a nice match. I actually saw 2 games of K and T in Zwolle Netherlands. Timman was one of the very best players in that Era. You can look it up. Just write ...Jan Timman...and you'll see wat a chessplayer he was.
I’m really happy you’re covering this game! It’s one of my favorite game s of all time because of how savage the king walk it!
“If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?” -Lelouch Lamperouge
I've moved several king moves in a row and won.... in an endgame
Wow that move at 3:35 is just a great idea for that annoying bishop pin, I've learned a new thing now, thx Levi
11:26 Zwischenzug
Z as Ts (like in cats)
W as V (like in verbal)
you can pronounce the G as a K if you like that more (both are fine)
the rest sounds fine
This game reminded me of Liverpool vs west brom when Alison came into the opposition box and secured a win by delivering headed goal at the last moment of the match.
haha, maybe nigel short's king should get an inform
Nigels king to Jan's king: Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?
I don’t think I’ve seen this one before. This is one game that really deserves the “immortal” title! Thanks Levy.
Anyone else notice he winked when saying “somewhere eric Rosen squeals in delight”? Levy really do be sending secret signals to Eric.
King: * rolls up sleeves * Imma get'em with ma bare fists
Imagine if someone submitted this game in a guess the elo episode that would be hilarious 😂
I mean for the football analogy I would've preferred comparing the chess game (and specifically the king) to the goalkeeper changing the outcome of the game and scoring by going all the way up the field, but hey, Americans.
US football analogies do not cut it. This is like a soccer goalkeeper, taking the ball from his penalty area to the opposite field, dribbling past the other team’s defenders and scoring a goal (see: Chilavert). This is not a king run where the king runs to safety,so, this is not a more plausible goal-keeper goal where they go forward for a corner kick or a penalty (still rare). Thus, a super rare Chilavert style goal.
I think there is another king-walk game between a world champion and somebody else, that champion ran his king from the kingside to the queenside and won.
I know of another game in which the king proactively walks to join the attack. It was played by Clarice Benini, an Italian player, with black. She defeated a French player during the Women's World Championship of 1949/50. Opponent was named Shode De-Silan according to chess.com database, Chantal Shaude De Silans according to chessgames.com (same game, anyway). Benini throws in a queen sacrifice as well.
GothamChess: "Tilburg, the Netherlands"
Me: Hey I live there!
King and Queen endgame vs King: *Am I a joke to you?*
You should cover Tal. Almost impossible to find more exciting content than his games.
jan tinnman: ha ha i am in my home ground u cant beat me
nigel short : he he stop joking my king go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Jan Timman has the misfortune to fall to an Immortal Knight desperado attack by Karpov as well.
12:48 does Nh4, f3, followed by Nxg6 and Rh4 work as well? I have a feeling that black might be able to complicate matters after h4 h5 Kh2 with ...Bc8.
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious
Pretty sure the Nh4 attacking sequence just gets stopped in its tracks by ...Bc8.
@@MisterNohbdy I think in that case white can immediately play Nxg6 hxg6 (fxg6 allows Qg7#; Qxg2+ is met by Kxg2) Rh3 with the unstoppable threat of Rh8#.
“If you want something done you do it yourself”
-Some King, somewhere.
Of course, it's f**king "Tilburg" again.
The King : Fine I'll do it my self
Man what a walk
KING : IM COMING FOR YOU
12:34 The amount of times I've done this in games, making a move when I'm just trying to clear my selection
3:15 I'm just scratching the surface of 800 elo but I legitimately used that exact same counter the other day. It's really good cause you end up just a full pawn ahead AND remove castling rights
The king: "and this is how I met your mother"
“Fine. I’ll do it myself”
you gotta develop that king
What people saw= amazing king move
What I saw= a king leaves his throne to get the head of the other king
I have been off work for like 6 weeks and have been severely bashing Gotham videos. Now I have work again and it's sad but i see there has been 3 vids in 24hrs. Love from scotland uk you are very clear and clean when explaining chess. My perceptions resonate. I've gained rating in your name for sure. I'm to 1600 classical but have recently contended with a 1900 in 5+3. Yes indeed, love your content.
10:17
This is why we watch this channel because it provides you with something that no other channel has🔥
I remember seeing this on agadmator’s channel a couple of years ago, you did a great cover of the game as well!
The black queen and two rooks powerless to do anything but sit on their asses and watch as the opponent king marches directly up to their king and then he resigns from the sheer gigachad power of it all
0:22 Actually, it is currently 2021.
I have so many friends
Reality: *it was a position where he didn’t have any other pieces*
5:25 well Levy, I think you should come prepared..!!🙄😤
Nigel Short so gangsta he mates with King and Queen in the Middlegame.
im russian and i love the fact that you pronouce the opening's Name to your audience in the right way, хоть и не умею играть защиту Алёхина
I often play 5 king moves in a row. And that's when my opponent has 6 queens
If you want an even better king walk/March then Morphy vs George salmon, blindfold simul,1858. Check out that game. It's awesome.
my main opening includes the legendary king walk
Grandmaster: Moves king 5 times in a row to mate opponent
Me: Moves king 5 times in a row while getting ladder mated
I'm listening to Nigel Short at the 2021 FIDE World Cup Men's Finals. Thought I'd check out this game.
I played an even crazier king walk and won, though my opponent could have stopped it.
@9:02, after moving white queen to h4, why Jan didn't take pawn on e5? Two attackers, one defender, right? And no pins or screwers or traps as far as I can see. Update: ah, figured out - white beshop on e3 would force the black queen to move and black bishop would unprotected :D
Imagine playing football(soccer) and everybody is so stuck in position the goalkeeper has to come help the front line player kick the ball into the goal.
I'm a total chess noob so I especially appreciate you covering these historic games and filling me in on the awesome things that happened!
5:50 he played e6 to prevent Be4 Qxe5 Bxb6 Qxe3 Rxe3 cxb6 and Rxe7
Ah yes. That Short who got absolutely destroyed with bizarre openings by Fischer that leads to 0-8.
eric screams in delight at a lot of things, staffords, tea, london systems and funny lines
Pawn cubes
The game with your narration was even more entertaining
15:13
>football
>actually referring to American rugby
In the actual football game, the correct analogy would be akin to Rogério Ceni, goalkeeper from Brazil who are quite infamous as the record holder for goalkeeper with the most scoring goals.
Lol this king did a Thanos "Fine, I'd do it myself."
Damm Levi working the UA-cam grind, best chess commentary
so you could say the king went for a Short walk
I absolutely love these games from history. Even though I’ve studied and analyzed many of them, it’s always fun to watch your content on them. However, I thought it could be fun if you could cover some historic tournaments, much like your commentary on modern tournaments. For example, Bobby Fischer’s historic first US Championship, or the 1959 Candidates Tournament. Plus, this way you won’t have to make an entire video on just one game (even though some games are truly deserving of that).
Nobody:
King: *Wide Putin walk across the board*