How does Magnus manage to produce the most exciting game in a day where Aronian hangs mate, Atremiev destroys the Dutch, Hikaru converts a loss into a win with chaos, and Radjabov just made Wesley So get Wesleyed.
This episode was absolutely crazy. blundered M1, choking a winning endgame, trowing principles out the window and clubbering the enemy, a savage Queen sacc, sheeeeesh
You know I've sacrificed *cough*blundered*cough* my queen in the early game and got 3 pieces for it...but I can't hold it. Not having a queen feels like you're constantly getting bullied and they just hunt down your pieces one by one. Magnus made it look easy but dear god is that not...at least at my level...
Yeah, I feel like at the low levels a queen is worth more than three pieces (and even a rook is worth more than two, most of the time). We suck at coordination, that's why. Maybe Levy could cover some tips for that, would be cool.
I sacked my queen for a rook and knight in the game I played just before watching this, after my opponent had tried to do the greek gift. Evidently in my situation it was the best move and advantage for my opponent was +2,3 at this moment (tbf it was one of just two legal moves and the other move would hang M2). Was a stressful game that I won in the end. I can totally see your point, not having a queen makes you constant on the alert for checks where one of your pieces are forked so you need to have the other pieces protecting each other.
4:15 the wink lol. Saw this mate in 1 on the chess24 stream and was wondering if Levy would do the joke "and here Levon hung mate in 1... just kidding, he's 2700, you would hang mate, but not Levon.... oh wait, he did hang mate in 1"
The Magnus game is like when Lebron faced the warriors alone in the NBA finals and lost. The queen was the most powerful piece on the board but lost because black had strength in numbers. Don’t stop the recaps Gotham, this is what I watch for!!!!!!!
Your recaps is literally my favourite part of this channel and it is the only way I keep up to date with chess. Been watching your channel had a few thousand subscribers.
If you really want to learn the Dutch by a master go look at Ginger GM, Simon Williams. And if you want in depth Dutch theory without paying, look at Hanging Pawns UA-cam channel. But Levy is right the Dutch is a horrible opening with many light square concessions and you’re always smacked even if you think you’re borderline winning. I feel absolutely tired after playing the Dutch and I’m 2000 elo. If you want a “good” aggressive opening against D4 use the king’s Indian. The Dutch isn’t worth the hours. Plus Stockfish thinks it’s an inaccuracy, ON MOVE 1. Think about it.
I learned Dutch from levy's opening series (and I usually play it against everything except e4) and I can confirm him that the collapse is almost unavoidable if your opponent knows what they are doing but at the same time, it's very rare opening and an unknown repertoire to low rated player (i'm 1700 lichess and I rarely see someone that could use the advantage to reach to a winning position against dutch. Like 20% of the time) so it's not that bad if you are not playing at master level. But yeah there are better openings to learn when you cannot manage the pressure. Funny thing is, sometimes your opponent overstimate their chances and sack one of their piece to break through but finally lose the game, it barely happenes generally in any position/opening but it's very often in dutch from my experience.
I think he once said that hes afraid that if hes too much focus on the chess the viewer couldnt keep up with him (not sure on which wideo he siad that though)
According to my SF14, the Artemiev-MVL endgame was drawn until 47... Ra4? (that h4 move Maxime played was fine, Levy's browser stockfish doesn't know what it's talking about). He should have gone Ra3!, and if Kxf2 then Rxh3 and it's a relatively simple draw as black now also has a passed pawn that white needs to worry about, and white's king is also cut off. If not Kxf2 then the king is essentially stuck on that square to protect both the promotion square and the h3 pawn, and white can't promote the h pawn since the rook needs to stay in front of it to guard. Black can just keep on shuffling the king between g8 and h8 (or g7 if white ever goes Ra8+ or Ra6 to attack the pawn). Neither side can really make any progress. Draw.
I would love for you to continue covering these games. There is some amazing and amazingly entertaining chess being played, which to me is worth more than the final result.
17:55 This was the point where I looked at the timestamp titles, and I thought for a few seconds that this one was named from the "such creative, much clever" rant.
Just a fun fact the thing that levy said about forgetting the middle and remembering the first game and the last game is called the serial position effect
31:56 "Everything in black's position is protected. Everything, except b6. But this pawn is ugly; nobody cares about it." I feel you pawnbro. I will never sac you again.
Levy I’m also Jewish and you’re too classy to use the Lord’s name in vain. It sounds really tacky and offensive.
oh my god i’m so sorry
@@GothamChess Sigma response
KEKW
@@GothamChess yo altho i will say, that puppy line is kinda fucked up man
Pin of shame!!
Levon: hangs mate in 1
Me: I’m something of a super grandmaster myself
Not just hanging mate in 1, but to hang it after a long think!
@@irjake and also do it quite often. Definitely a super GM.
Aronian isn't a super gm
@@oguzakkaya4720 He's the number 5 player in the world, with the fourth highest all time peak FIDE rating... in what universe is he not a super GM?
@@oguzakkaya4720 really ??? he so so so so so strong :)) Real super GM
And ladies and gentlemen, this was the game Magnus Carlsen proved he’s worth more than a Queen.
What a king
it means he is the king 👑 😂
Magnus just became a Gotham subscriber
I feel bad for the people who skipped to Magnus and didn’t get to see Aronian hang mate
Thx for telling me lol
@@pizzaman7062 Hey everyone, we got a schnitzel over here
🍻🍻Thanks for the tldw
@@pizzaman7062 aye pizza guy, that wasn’t very cash money of you
and levy picking his nose
Levy: “if I want to sell you garbage, I’ll sell you-“
UA-cam: *Burger King ad*
A perfectly placed ad that is :>
I wonder what other products were advertised for people
I got that one Invisalign commercial that is like “hey Brandon, whatchu got on????? 😳😳😳😳😳”
I read your comment the moment it happened and I just almost spat my water
Hah i got UA-cam premium ad. UA-cam really just shot themself in the foot
Oh I got a UA-cam premium ad too
Levon must have bribed Magnus to immediately sac his queen in the blitz round to take the spotlight off of him
That surprisingly makes a lot of sense
Maybe he called in a favour, or asked for one
"Hey Magnus could you do me a favor and play one of those brilliancies of yours? Thanks, don't ask why"
I need to make a subcomment below before this comment gets famous
Magus is the best chess player
Magus Carsen
The absolute power i felt when i guessed rook a5 correctly. I will be accepting my GM title now.
*[GM]* scp_053
I like it, if I had the power Id crown you GM right now
GM scp 053
Sounds good
I can't bestow you the power idh
I saw rook a5 I just didn’t like it…
@@loldirt2893 should have put the the "look" in front of it. Might have been better lol
How does Magnus manage to produce the most exciting game in a day where Aronian hangs mate, Atremiev destroys the Dutch, Hikaru converts a loss into a win with chaos, and Radjabov just made Wesley So get Wesleyed.
Yeah, all of it was crazy!
He's Magnus.
MVL is French
@@themerovingian7154 MVL played the dutch defense
@@themerovingian7154 😂😂
I love how the timestamp for magnus vs anish was just "MAGNUS"
@@clampzy hmmmm
@@clampzy really?
right there officer.. he kicked my puppy
“The king gives his horse a kiss on the cheek and then just blesses it to go out into battle” absolute classic
Almost poetic
15:10
"At least he's not hanging mate in 1 after five minutes"
levy being absolutely savage
Poor Levon, he trusted the church and got mated against his will.
Best comment
His g file got opened…
a story as old as time
Bit too far for a joke...
@@JanxakaJX no
Duda's mate in 1 is insane, 5 minutes of calculation for that WTF
his brain flew and didnt think about it 💀
Tunnel vision baby
Big mood though
5:18 this guy got past 2800 elo, don't lose hope folks
if this guy got to 2800 FIDE so can you twitch chat
Lmfao
This episode was absolutely crazy. blundered M1, choking a winning endgame, trowing principles out the window and clubbering the enemy, a savage Queen sacc, sheeeeesh
Savage queen sac is generous. The technical term would be blunder
@@liljackypaper Three pieces are good compensation for a queen
@@retrogandalf7899 in a vacuum, but not in the position. Put it into an engine, he went from being equal to losing
You know I've sacrificed *cough*blundered*cough* my queen in the early game and got 3 pieces for it...but I can't hold it. Not having a queen feels like you're constantly getting bullied and they just hunt down your pieces one by one. Magnus made it look easy but dear god is that not...at least at my level...
Yeah, I feel like at the low levels a queen is worth more than three pieces (and even a rook is worth more than two, most of the time). We suck at coordination, that's why. Maybe Levy could cover some tips for that, would be cool.
I sacked my queen for a rook and knight in the game I played just before watching this, after my opponent had tried to do the greek gift. Evidently in my situation it was the best move and advantage for my opponent was +2,3 at this moment (tbf it was one of just two legal moves and the other move would hang M2). Was a stressful game that I won in the end. I can totally see your point, not having a queen makes you constant on the alert for checks where one of your pieces are forked so you need to have the other pieces protecting each other.
Levy how can we skip to any point of the video when you’re ever so captivating?
the animal shelter near Levy: such a nice young man adopting all these puppies
calling a french defense line the retreat variation seems redundant
It should be called the French defense - French variation
@@maxbrown8109 the French defense: French main line, the frencher variation
@@Lifeislife102 baguette variation
Please do continue with your recaps. They're insanely entertaining and informative at the same time and always manage to put a smile on my face.
4:15 the wink lol. Saw this mate in 1 on the chess24 stream and was wondering if Levy would do the joke "and here Levon hung mate in 1... just kidding, he's 2700, you would hang mate, but not Levon.... oh wait, he did hang mate in 1"
Levy: "I'm gonna try to focus on quality openings."
Also Levy: "Check out my course on the Englund Gambit."
Levy when he’s in a good mood is THE best, slightly ahead of normal levy.
To avoid the puppy kicking, don't click the timestamps
Just drag ahead
Who are you so wise in the ways of science?
Gotham then: "You're worth more than a queen, you're the best"
Gotham now: 1:57
The Magnus game is like when Lebron faced the warriors alone in the NBA finals and lost. The queen was the most powerful piece on the board but lost because black had strength in numbers. Don’t stop the recaps Gotham, this is what I watch for!!!!!!!
fr W comparison
Your recaps is literally my favourite part of this channel and it is the only way I keep up to date with chess. Been watching your channel had a few thousand subscribers.
Hey, I think a great video would be a video about the history of chess and how the dominant playing style has changed.
Thats what we want
This
Great idea
4:16
That was the cutest wink I ever seen
I got to see Carlsen's queen sacrifice live. It was a real treat watching Peter Leko's reaction.
I need to go back and watch!!
Leko be like typical sacrifice, enough compensation 🗿
That Rodjabov game reminds me of engine games, retreat the knight and replace it with the bishop, beautiful!
“I was 300 rating too at some point” that joke was hilarious! I had to hit the like button
31:15 "All the pieces will go back" - Draw backward arrow from Pawns
i don't think i have ever laughed as hard at a chess game as that final Magnus Carlsen game. although Aronian hanging mate in 1 comes pretty close.
My favorite Gotham content is a tie between tourney recaps and Gm training. I consume all the content and then rewatch tourneys I missed
I flipped to Magnus game even though I’ve seen it 3 times elsewhere. Amazing
Great recap Levy. We want more!
1:53 me casually getting roasted by levy
4:17 I love his gesture
You got me to play the Dutch defense when you showed NL it so that’s why I keep asking
If you really want to learn the Dutch by a master go look at Ginger GM, Simon Williams. And if you want in depth Dutch theory without paying, look at Hanging Pawns UA-cam channel. But Levy is right the Dutch is a horrible opening with many light square concessions and you’re always smacked even if you think you’re borderline winning. I feel absolutely tired after playing the Dutch and I’m 2000 elo. If you want a “good” aggressive opening against D4 use the king’s Indian. The Dutch isn’t worth the hours. Plus Stockfish thinks it’s an inaccuracy, ON MOVE 1. Think about it.
@@duesexmachina6570 if stockfish or basically any other engine is the case, KID is officially refuted.
The slytherin quiditch uniform magnus wears on the thumbnail is just perfect
Gotham: Every time you click on a timestamp to skip ahead to the Magnus game a puppy gets kicked somewhere in the worlds
Me, a cat person:
Hold up-
Levy: Takes , takes, takes push pawn. Love the commentary
Levy, you're a funny dude. I legit laugh out loud watching you. I can see why you're so successful. You brighten my day cheers!
Thanks for the support! Im glad im making you laugh, enjoy your day!
14:22 never loved an ad more than this one 😂
What is more valuable than a queen? *You*
But also getting 3 pieces in return
Are we still more valuable than three pieces?
@@whocares2277 of course!
Magnus game reminds his young age match against GM, I remember he once sac Queen for Bishop and Knight and they are perfectly connected each other.
It’s kinda crazy if you realise how creative GM’s are becoming
Can we please get a video about Karpov? I recently saw a few games of his and I think he's my new favorite player
I had a exellent 180 elo game just now with 24 blunders and 5 missed wins lmao
Definitely wanna keep seeing these recaps. I won’t skip to the time stamp
no matter what magnus does, he always somehow gets an advantage
The more I learn about chess, the more I see how much of a genius Magnus is when he plays. Love it!
To all beginners: Don't waste your time studying the Dutch, you simply have better and more fun ones out there
I learned Dutch from levy's opening series (and I usually play it against everything except e4) and I can confirm him that the collapse is almost unavoidable if your opponent knows what they are doing but at the same time, it's very rare opening and an unknown repertoire to low rated player (i'm 1700 lichess and I rarely see someone that could use the advantage to reach to a winning position against dutch. Like 20% of the time) so it's not that bad if you are not playing at master level. But yeah there are better openings to learn when you cannot manage the pressure. Funny thing is, sometimes your opponent overstimate their chances and sack one of their piece to break through but finally lose the game, it barely happenes generally in any position/opening but it's very often in dutch from my experience.
I started clicking to the end timestamp with the magus game only out of spite for levy constantly saying not to.
P.E.T.A: people eating tasty animals. Every time Levy doesn't do recaps, a dozen pupies get kicked.
4:16 omg levy blinked! I have seen blinking him 😁😆🤣
Was literally about to skip until you said puppies lmaoo
Update: I clicked it and he yelled at me 😭😭😭
I was watching this live and really wanted to see a recap. Thanks Levi!
I just saw the Magnus game on Agadmators Channel now I have to watch it here again :)
Same here! Lol
Levy: "With an ad in the middle of the video that you can't skip because it's me"
*Me, looking at my fingers and a functional right arrow key*
I actually can't stand to watch Hikaru's streams. He's way more invested in the comments his twitch chat is making than the chess.
I think he once said that hes afraid that if hes too much focus on the chess the viewer couldnt keep up with him (not sure on which wideo he siad that though)
According to my SF14, the Artemiev-MVL endgame was drawn until 47... Ra4? (that h4 move Maxime played was fine, Levy's browser stockfish doesn't know what it's talking about). He should have gone Ra3!, and if Kxf2 then Rxh3 and it's a relatively simple draw as black now also has a passed pawn that white needs to worry about, and white's king is also cut off. If not Kxf2 then the king is essentially stuck on that square to protect both the promotion square and the h3 pawn, and white can't promote the h pawn since the rook needs to stay in front of it to guard. Black can just keep on shuffling the king between g8 and h8 (or g7 if white ever goes Ra8+ or Ra6 to attack the pawn). Neither side can really make any progress. Draw.
He decimated Anish. Anish who can wreck 99.9% of this comment section, yes, including you Levi.
OH GOD YOU'RE VERIFIED NOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO LIKE FOR NO REASON
30th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan:"O sacrific ra regin e Magnus Carlsen"
Thank you for curing my boredom once again! 😄
Loving the recaps! More are always appreciated
Anyone else just admiring his yt plaques and lava lamp in the background?
31:05 I see you've been watching GM Finegold too. "Setting up for the next game".
I would love for you to continue covering these games. There is some amazing and amazingly entertaining chess being played, which to me is worth more than the final result.
First!!!!
And? 😂🤦♂️
@@DarthScott Fortnite balls
@@DarthScott deez nuts
wow that’s so cool
@@enpassantaddict2642 true
i believe the position on the board at 11:28 is also a puzzle on chesscom and lichess.. thats crazy
You're literally an absolute joy to watch, theres no wonder you have the most subs in the chess category of youtube.
17:55 This was the point where I looked at the timestamp titles, and I thought for a few seconds that this one was named from the "such creative, much clever" rant.
04:16
Did anyone else also notice that wink on the checkmate threat?
Just a fun fact the thing that levy said about forgetting the middle and remembering the first game and the last game is called the serial position effect
This might be the first time I've seen MVL play something other than the Najdorf and the Grunfeld
That little box at 33 minutes was beautiful
4:16 did Levy just wink at me 😩
Thanks for the recap, more recaps! Every round!
Love the recaps Levy!
25:07 are you sure h7 was played? it's winning for black because of knight check then promotion
That was clean "Jan Krzysztof Duda". Nice!
4:45. And it was in this position that recaps became guess the elo.
Lmfaoooo 27:05 the camera stare ++ the pieces moving.
15:58 best part of the video
7:07 Levy just turned into Pacman :D
Huge fan of all of your content Levy. Especially the content that makes you happy. I support you friend.
4:45 I’m on a tilt and this really helped
GM training and recaps are my favorite content
Its actually quite easy to guess rook A5 if you know magnus's playing style and how much he loves rook lifts
The rocky moments in the Hikaru shak game made the whole video
Love the recaps levy
That Radjabov game made him my hero lol Gotta love seeing all my bad habits actually work. now alls i have to do is get to GM lol
Hikaru hanging knight fork, magnus blundering a queen, and now aronian hangs mate, the final is wild
31:56 "Everything in black's position is protected. Everything, except b6. But this pawn is ugly; nobody cares about it."
I feel you pawnbro. I will never sac you again.
I'm crying from laughter at Levon hanging mate in one. What the actual hell we're watching a super GM blunder mate in one hahahahah
Levy: "if i want to sell you garbage.."
UA-cam: *linkedin ad*
Why isn't this like the FedEx cup in golf? Every tournament with a winner but a big cash prize for the highest points scored for the 'season'
The Grand Chess Tour is also like that
It was just this event that had this weird system
@@leadnitrate2194 sorry much better example
Game 1 might be my favorite recap on the channel