11:15 h3 g4 setup against kings indian 19:00 Vienna System CopyCat Variation 24:22 Closed Sicilian SetUp 31:30 Vienna Gambit 45:08 Advance Caro Kann h4 48:08 Advance Caro Kann
@Diego Navarro Rivadeneyra hikaru is very prideful and childish but he doesnt have a high ego, he respects pretty much all of the super gms at his level, and has said multiple times that magnus anish and etc are better than him.
How do I avoid tilt? "I throw eggs at cars" ROFL I will never tilt again - I will just think about Levy throwing eggs out of his window at passing cars!! :'D
Warning: throwing eggs or other weighted objects at that which is not your property may result in major lawsuits, salmonella, and death. Throw with caution.
For people wondering what happens if the queen takes the rook (in the last game) after Qb3, kf3 ,castles :moving the b knight traps the queen. But 2 rooks for a queen is considered not that bad in top level chess that’s why the bar didn’t go like +9 or something crazy.
@@Rivalunknown if black goes Qe4 then white Ne2, if black takes c2 then white castle, if black takes g2 then white Rf1, but white still will take Ra8 then Nb8 with check, then Bf8
Well, if you still want to know, since black started out with opening up the queen side and a big pawn push, its obvious from their positions they want to castle short. The 3 consecutive pawn pushes forces an attack and destroys blacks kingside pawnstructure, forcing him to play without a castle, or when castled open to an easy attack. Hope this helps this is my take on it! (1800 player)
"I love what I do, and I don't feel like I have to change anything right now." That's truly good to hear man, good for you. Wish you the best and thanks for all the content
Hey Levy, I really enjoy your 10 minute opening videos and I would like to see you make one on the Vienna system since I need a solid opening and because you say it is so strong. Thanks for reading and viewers, like so that Levy can see this and maybe he will make a video on the Vienna system.
Well it's not that strong at the higher levels, and the copycat - you really wouldn't see often at basically any level, as well as even the Vienna gambit accepted. Still it's kinda fun to play and easy to learn.
@@nicholasbrassard3512 ya.. as he said.. it is difficult to understand his accent nd it is quite boring as well.. a dull face with no emotion😑😐.. i often fall asleep listening to him.. but he is working really hard
This whole series is so good. As a newb trying to become intermediate if i could only watch one series it would be this. It's all here! I've started playing this stuff myself just by it sinking in automatically. I beat someone I work with today using the Vienna opening -they played copycat. I never even played Vienna until I saw Levy play it.
I am finally seeing timing and piece placement! Not saying I know how to use them but I am finally seeing them now Chess is turning out a blast! Love you and the excitement
47:05 best move is 4... h5 to prevent 5. g4. But if you insist on 4... h6 then 5. g4 Be4 with a tempo on the rook on h1. He got out played on many moves in that game xP
At 9:00 I wonder why you simply didnt just take on C6. Sometimes the best defense is offense. By taking the knight, you expose his queen. If Queen takes on C6, you win the other bishop, winning exchange. If his bishop takes your queen, you take his queen, winning the exchange again, and if he takes back your bishop with knight to E8, you take the bishop on D2 with yours, again, winning the exchange.
You're saying: 1. Bxc6 Bxd2 2. Bxe8 and here you say Nxe8 3. Bxd2 But really what black does is: 2. Bxe8 Bxf4 (Incase notation is confusing, Black wouldn't take the Bishop on e8 with the Knight, when they can take the Bishop on f4 instead) And the result is that White removed a Knight and a Queen while black removed a Bishop and a Queen. Black doesn't need to play Nxe8 when their Knight isn't being attacked but their Bishop is. Furthermore, take a mental picture of the board and recognize that Black is now attacking THREE pieces at the same time: -- Knight on f6 threatens the e8 Bishop (as you've already noticed) -- Bishop on a6 threatens the d3 Pawn -- Bishop on f5 threatens the g5 Knight. Last but not least, the worst part is that we've entered endgame, and pieces are being removed. All the rooks and Queens are gone, which means the only *long* range pieces are Bishops, and white only has one bishop while black has both. This means black is favored to win here. Knights are stronger than Bishops when other pieces can block the Bishops but Bishops are stronger when they have long diagonals. Furthermore, having two Bishops is much stronger than having one, as a single Bishop cannot ever reach an entire 50% of the board. NBB is better than NNB when there are many isolated pawns and weak structures. There is also an exactly equal amount of pawns, and thus, either a stonewall or an equal chance to queen. Except when you consider that barely any of White's moves can save their pieces, one of which being the d3 pawn. The white bishop can leave e8 but will die if it tries to protect the d3 pawn, nor the g5 knight. The white knight can move freely but each location it could go doesn't actually attack or protect anything. Of course, the d3 pawn can move up one but that's the least valuable piece of the three being attacked. There is a few lines of tricks that white has by checking the king with Bf7 but then black plays Kf8 and stills wins material.
39:25 ahhhh man I ran this threw and he cloud have a beautiful checkmate however it would require I blunder by black I’ll show you anyways I guess So rook captures on g6check, king to h8, rook to g8check(it doesn’t matter if black captures white rook with black king or black rook he’s done either way but it worked, out for me that he captured with rook) rook captures on g8 now we arrive at the checkmate and it’s when whites queen captures on h7checkmate So yeah I thought that would’ve been great but it does require black to make a mistake but hey it’s still a nice thought
18:11 Bishop b2 is a quicker mate. 22:09 Engine finds a mate in 13, but the opponent turns it into mate in 2. 27:50 Mate in 9 here starting with the rook sacrifice on f7. 34:58 The Greek gift works now.
34:58, after black 13....Bh5, it's too risky play 14.Bh7+? (14...Kh7, 15.Ng5+ Bg5, 16.Qh5+ Kg8, 17.Bg5 .... OR 14...Kh8, 15.g4 and so on..)? Btw, I'm stuck at 1300, so I need to study, and you are just great. I'm following you daily, learning a lot, with lot of fun! Congrats and please carry on.
I know people get on to you for maybe being too "harsh." However, I see it as a breath of fresh air. People aren't honest enough for the sake of not offending others.
A bit of a learning curve more like quite a bit. I just throw all my pieces at my enemy and hope for a mate. I'm stuck analyzing endless lines I should've taken instead. I'm usually up material it's just learning how to convert into mate.
@@efg449 ohh you mean after the bishop move. Yeah, that's a blunder, he pins one bishop to another and c3 kicks the protect bishop away. Nice find, I didn't see it the first time
he doesn’t know Jon Bartholomew. The IM not a GM tournament winner. Funny because he copies everything from John, even this rating climb series. BTW if you guys want “instructive moments” watch JBs climbing ladder series you’ll increase your rating by 500 and he’s respectful to his opponents.
Keep It Real of course he knows John, they played in the same tournament! But he doesn’t want to admit that there are other IMs infinitely better than him.
11:15 h3 g4 setup against kings indian
19:00 Vienna System CopyCat Variation
24:22 Closed Sicilian SetUp
31:30 Vienna Gambit
45:08 Advance Caro Kann h4
48:08 Advance Caro Kann
godbless
Thank you bro
👊
Not all hero’s ware capes
Eric: Oh no my Queen!
Levy: Oh no my Rook!
me: Oh no my King!
lol
Gave me a good laugh
Lol
THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!
Gameplay: 9/10
Commentary: 10/10
Trash talk: 1/10 step it up Levy, i know you can do better
He can’t because too many pussies cry that he’s being condescending
Give me more!
“Levi”
It literally says on the bottom “IM Levy Rozman”
He is trash at trash talking
"If i take, i will take"
How poetic
He do be spitting facts though...
14:04 "en peasant"
Nononono, in peasants. Interpret it as you will.
Levy's ego is something i look forward to every day
This guy is "tight", but also so funny lol
It's funny and everything, but it's also funny to see him commentate/collaborate with Hikaru and become humble instantly, like a 180 degree turn.
@@bkorodi1797 imo levy knows hikaru doesnt react jokingly to trash talks like levy, that's why he's more humble when commentating with hikaru
@@bkorodi1797 lol yeah, just got a taste of this during the skilling open
@Diego Navarro Rivadeneyra hikaru is very prideful and childish but he doesnt have a high ego, he respects pretty much all of the super gms at his level, and has said multiple times that magnus anish and etc are better than him.
Binge watching this series so good to learn
Ya.. learning with an arrogant nerd is soo satisfying😍
@@beena2730 ?
Beena lol
26:18 dear levy, you underestimate how capable I am of blundering even with playing familiar positions..
"10 months in the future"
that's a nice coincidence me watching 10 months 3 days in the future
"Bigger is better"
- IM Levy Rozman, Chess Secrets 2020
secrets to life
17:16 *starts sweating watching ten months in the future*
How do I avoid tilt? "I throw eggs at cars" ROFL I will never tilt again - I will just think about Levy throwing eggs out of his window at passing cars!! :'D
Whenever he talked about hitting golf balls at his neighbors I actually laughed out loud and I usually don't.
Warning: throwing eggs or other weighted objects at that which is not your property may result in major lawsuits, salmonella, and death. Throw with caution.
@@callmeqt1269 LOL true that
"It's like wolf of wall street but with chess" lol idk if its just me but that sounds like a good time.
This guy. What a character.
17:10 "I'm assuming by then we have PogChamps 3 and 4" oh how right you are Levy
13:01 wise words
Even if I don't come here to learn chess, I come here for the fun. You are both entertaining and instructive. Best chess channel.
For people wondering what happens if the queen takes the rook (in the last game) after Qb3, kf3 ,castles :moving the b knight traps the queen. But 2 rooks for a queen is considered not that bad in top level chess that’s why the bar didn’t go like +9 or something crazy.
Old Levy talking to us from the future 17:12
53:42 can someone explain to me why queen takes d4 is a loss for black ?
I didn’t understand this either
Maybe he can then go Qb7, then take his rook too?
@@Rivalunknown you’re right, thank you
@@imadbahsoun2849 nevermind, it’s op as fuck move
@@Rivalunknown if black goes Qe4 then white Ne2, if black takes c2 then white castle, if black takes g2 then white Rf1, but white still will take Ra8 then Nb8 with check, then Bf8
45:30 Can any good chess players explain to me what h4 is supposed to do? Thanks if you can!
Well, if you still want to know, since black started out with opening up the queen side and a big pawn push, its obvious from their positions they want to castle short. The 3 consecutive pawn pushes forces an attack and destroys blacks kingside pawnstructure, forcing him to play without a castle, or when castled open to an easy attack. Hope this helps this is my take on it! (1800 player)
@ 17:14
It's exactly when I am watching this video because I'm finally breaking into the 1400s.
"I love what I do, and I don't feel like I have to change anything right now."
That's truly good to hear man, good for you. Wish you the best and thanks for all the content
Me: playing some checkers.
Random Gotham subscriber: Is this Vienna?
I love how you explain your train of thought=that's why your 1 of the best chess teachers out there! Keep it up man I feel like I'm learning so much
Rosen, Bartholomew....they all do
Hey Levy, I really enjoy your 10 minute opening videos and I would like to see you make one on the Vienna system since I need a solid opening and because you say it is so strong. Thanks for reading and viewers, like so that Levy can see this and maybe he will make a video on the Vienna system.
The e4 10 min opening video is all about vienna
Well it's not that strong at the higher levels, and the copycat - you really wouldn't see often at basically any level, as well as even the Vienna gambit accepted. Still it's kinda fun to play and easy to learn.
21:16 Ah yes, Vienna System Copycat Variation King's Fianchetto
When will we get an opening theory video that dives deep into it? You always skip theory when analyzing. Keep up the good work!
Hanging pawns' videos already do deep dives into theory if that's what you're looking for
@@nicholasbrassard3512 yeah but it's difficult to grasp with his accent..... No offense, it's just what happens with me
@@nicholasbrassard3512 I will check it out, thanks. I'd still love to hear Levy explain it
Aren't his paid courses about opening theory
@@nicholasbrassard3512 ya.. as he said.. it is difficult to understand his accent nd it is quite boring as well.. a dull face with no emotion😑😐.. i often fall asleep listening to him.. but he is working really hard
Levy Pro Tip "if your tilted why would you destroy things you own - you should destroy things other people own"
27:05 When he's Knight got trapped he could have gone: ... Nxc2, Qxc2 Bxd3. Exchanging 2 pieces for 2 pawns and a rook = +1
This whole series is so good. As a newb trying to become intermediate if i could only watch one series it would be this. It's all here! I've started playing this stuff myself just by it sinking in automatically. I beat someone I work with today using the Vienna opening -they played copycat. I never even played Vienna until I saw Levy play it.
Me, as my car is pelted with eggs: I guess Levy's playing Hikaru again
I didn't get for so long i was like why is this the top comment now i get it
8:30 Is Queen C3 a bad idea? I'm new to chess and sometimes I can't figure out why the engine in post-analysis don't like my moves
2:38 😂
When a guy named Cloud Main steals $1600 from you: 25:46
This is both the worst and the best comment I’ve ever seen. I laughed out loud, even after knowing what would happen. I hate you, but in a good way 😂
@@callmeqt1269 it's such a bad joke that it's somewhat funny. glad ya had a laugh :D
17:14
And here I am, 10 months into the future.
23:30
Good advice- last time I was tilted I dropped almost 200 points.
Now I have a rule: if I’ve lost >20 points, I stop playing.
9 months into the future. Can confirm we had POGChamps 3.
At 23:30, what do you do if they play Queen to f6?
That SeyhaMen game was clinical and brutal! Levy, don't look now but your prep is showing!
Levy, can you do a d4 rating climb? Sorry if you've already done one, but I don't think you have...
Learn e4 after a little effort it’s more fun and useful
20:13 "oh no! my rook!" sounds like eric rosen lmao
2:37
am I a GM?
😂😂😂🤣🤣
Love how the Thumbnail Background goes up "higher" each climb
8:27 🤣
I am finally seeing timing and piece placement! Not saying I know how to use them but I am finally seeing them now Chess is turning out a blast! Love you and the excitement
I forgot a coma, hopefully you read it right
I love your instruction, its destruction! Hahaha
Love your silence, when you are In Deep thought
Idk what the E4 course is but I bet its your valuable course! Now I need to invest in that E4 course.
That was THE Mr. Llama? D2 Mr. Llama? Damn, these chess crossovers we've been getting lately are insane.
36:46 why not black bishop to g4 then queen to g4 if the bishop gets captured? It shatters the white king's position and attacks the white bishop
The Wolf of Wallstreet bit was hilarious
47:05 best move is 4... h5 to prevent 5. g4. But if you insist on 4... h6 then 5. g4 Be4 with a tempo on the rook on h1. He got out played on many moves in that game xP
At 9:00 I wonder why you simply didnt just take on C6. Sometimes the best defense is offense. By taking the knight, you expose his queen. If Queen takes on C6, you win the other bishop, winning exchange. If his bishop takes your queen, you take his queen, winning the exchange again, and if he takes back your bishop with knight to E8, you take the bishop on D2 with yours, again, winning the exchange.
You're saying:
1. Bxc6 Bxd2
2. Bxe8 and here you say Nxe8
3. Bxd2
But really what black does is:
2. Bxe8 Bxf4
(Incase notation is confusing, Black wouldn't take the Bishop on e8 with the Knight, when they can take the Bishop on f4 instead)
And the result is that White removed a Knight and a Queen while black removed a Bishop and a Queen. Black doesn't need to play Nxe8 when their Knight isn't being attacked but their Bishop is. Furthermore, take a mental picture of the board and recognize that Black is now attacking THREE pieces at the same time:
-- Knight on f6 threatens the e8 Bishop (as you've already noticed)
-- Bishop on a6 threatens the d3 Pawn
-- Bishop on f5 threatens the g5 Knight.
Last but not least, the worst part is that we've entered endgame, and pieces are being removed. All the rooks and Queens are gone, which means the only *long* range pieces are Bishops, and white only has one bishop while black has both. This means black is favored to win here. Knights are stronger than Bishops when other pieces can block the Bishops but Bishops are stronger when they have long diagonals. Furthermore, having two Bishops is much stronger than having one, as a single Bishop cannot ever reach an entire 50% of the board. NBB is better than NNB when there are many isolated pawns and weak structures.
There is also an exactly equal amount of pawns, and thus, either a stonewall or an equal chance to queen.
Except when you consider that barely any of White's moves can save their pieces, one of which being the d3 pawn.
The white bishop can leave e8 but will die if it tries to protect the d3 pawn, nor the g5 knight.
The white knight can move freely but each location it could go doesn't actually attack or protect anything.
Of course, the d3 pawn can move up one but that's the least valuable piece of the three being attacked.
There is a few lines of tricks that white has by checking the king with Bf7 but then black plays Kf8 and stills wins material.
i LOVE your videos such good entertainment but also so so educational!
39:25 ahhhh man I ran this threw and he cloud have a beautiful checkmate however it would require I blunder by black I’ll show you anyways I guess
So rook captures on g6check, king to h8, rook to g8check(it doesn’t matter if black captures white rook with black king or black rook he’s done either way but it worked, out for me that he captured with rook) rook captures on g8 now we arrive at the checkmate and it’s when whites queen captures on h7checkmate
So yeah I thought that would’ve been great but it does require black to make a mistake but hey it’s still a nice thought
I think if you pitched a chess themed wolf of wallstreet to magnus he would sign on *immediately*
I'd sign up just for the free Adderall
“I don’t want to be a GM, I love what I do I don’t see a need to change” Someone show this to him now 😛
17:15 Three plus years into the future
I hope to see the vienna falkbeer variation! Anyone have some tips on that defence? Always draws me into the king's head...
33:54 BOOM from Opponent
18:11 Bishop b2 is a quicker mate.
22:09 Engine finds a mate in 13, but the opponent turns it into mate in 2.
27:50 Mate in 9 here starting with the rook sacrifice on f7.
34:58 The Greek gift works now.
38:50 : So how else do you defend that mate threat without g6?
He did tell this
34:58, after black 13....Bh5,
it's too risky play 14.Bh7+?
(14...Kh7, 15.Ng5+ Bg5, 16.Qh5+ Kg8, 17.Bg5 .... OR 14...Kh8, 15.g4 and so on..)?
Btw, I'm stuck at 1300, so I need to study, and you are just great.
I'm following you daily, learning a lot, with lot of fun!
Congrats and please carry on.
My friend telling me about heroin be like
11:47
Lmfao wolf of wall street adderall chess
I know people get on to you for maybe being too "harsh." However, I see it as a breath of fresh air. People aren't honest enough for the sake of not offending others.
1:41 How is his best move Nb4? After a3 isn't white just completely winning there?
Catching stream snipers probably
Part 6 please :)
This series is so amazing
It would be awesome to watch a 1. Nf3 Rating Climb series.
I learned chess in a park, there were no tents!! 😂😂
50:00 for advanced caro tricks
At 29:55 in the video he mised mate in 1 with Q f8
18:16 bishop takes?
Can anyone tell what is the end of the last video why white is so strong
Watching almost 10 months in the future and not knowing what even Pogchamp is
A bit of a learning curve more like quite a bit. I just throw all my pieces at my enemy and hope for a mate. I'm stuck analyzing endless lines I should've taken instead. I'm usually up material it's just learning how to convert into mate.
17:17 true
Can you play the Deutz gambit in the next episode if you get the right position please :)
yo levy good job on this!!
How do you even take the queen when it's trapped like at the end of the video ?
Your prononciation of «en passant» is so funny!
29:53 dang I saw mate in 1 faster than an IM. Qf8#
Yeah I saw it too, but to be fair he was distracted by chat lol
Can someone explain what happened at 14:15
En passant
You are more valuable to chess than Magnus. He might be the prize pumpkin, but you are the light that grows the next one.
Why do you sometimes say pushing your pawns up to them is a good thing and sometimes it is a bad thing? Is it better when it's in the middle?
YEESSSSS i love this series
Levy,
Do you do private lessons?
only twitch viewers remember why half the vid is cut out
What happened lol
his commentary showcases true talent
its like amazing!big houses, crazy pool partys....... opening theory workshops
My mfw Levy plays en peasant 😱
Jesus that Vienna game was fuckin VICIOUS
Ill rewatch this in 2 months.
It's incredible how weird the sound quality for Levi's videos were before the new mic
15:43 doesnt c3 win another piece?
opponent can always move his bishop out of there, but as levy says, he would like to trade in this situation
@@giannisr.7733 yeah but then the bishop on d7 would be hanging after he moves his bishop
15:44 might have been a better timestamp
@@efg449 ohh you mean after the bishop move. Yeah, that's a blunder, he pins one bishop to another and c3 kicks the protect bishop away. Nice find, I didn't see it the first time
he doesn’t know Jon Bartholomew. The IM not a GM tournament winner. Funny because he copies everything from John, even this rating climb series. BTW if you guys want “instructive moments” watch JBs climbing ladder series you’ll increase your rating by 500 and he’s respectful to his opponents.
Watch the previous video in this series. He states "I'm not the next John Bartholomew, I'm the next Levy Rozman" - He clearly knows who he is.
Keep It Real of course he knows John, they played in the same tournament! But he doesn’t want to admit that there are other IMs infinitely better than him.
amazing video levy
24:20 vs sicillian
How was him castling a blunder? In terms of valuation it appears to be an inaccuracy at worst?
Love you man