mato jelic does not need us to show us his face to teach something no ego like these guys who feel showing their face gives us something it does not.we only need to see the board
I am a beginner and want to learn the Englund Gambit The Jackpot (1:36) : If he premoves : 0:57 If he takes : 1:15 If something goes wrong : If the knight takes : 3:05 Knight c3 : 3:44 Rook to b1 : 4:35 Knight to d5 : 6:03
I never knew it was a well known gambit, kept running into it a lot of times during my blitz games and i just slowly learned how to defend against it with the help of engine analysis at the end of my games.
The problem with Levy having 1.8M subscribers now is that these "rarely played" openings are now played by 1.8M people. And this goes for the Vienna, the Vienna Gambit, etc, etc. You can actually tell that you are playing a Levi's subscriber when they use these not-rare-anymore weapons :) I mean, this is a great tribute to the amazing influence that Levi has, but it has its downsides :)
I love when players play this. More often than not at the 900-1000 level, when I don't immediately fall for the gambit they're not prepared well enough for the alternative play, and they're forced to play down a piece with their queen over extended and it often results in me just wiping them out.
Pro tip for anyone wanting an easy refutation against the englund: -get to the position shown at 8:32 but instead of playing e4, you first play f4 and only then e4. -You have two pawns in the center and a developed knight. -develop your bishops with tempo on their queen. It is not winning by any means, but I (a 1700) have won 22/22 of my games from that position. Its just that easy to play.
@@Ebin-ix2jg In chess we have rating system called ELO. My ELO rating is 1700. On chess sites your rating is used to pair you up agianst opponents of similar playing strength. If you win, your elo goes up by a few points, and your opponents elo drops a few points amd the reverse if you lose. Complete beginners are usualy between 0-1000 elo and the top players of the world have a rating between 2500-3000. People have different elo ratings for the different time controls, and over the board vs online.
I enjoy Levy's ability to talk to us while playing, like he can split his brain and still win games while instantly analyzing on the fly and explaining moves to us. When I play, I can't even answer a text or I'm thrown off my game.
Hey levy, just wanted to let you know that you content is really appreciated and im waiting impatiently for every video you make. You inspired me to make compliment to people and remember them they’re amazing. I hope everything is good in you life right now, Thanks you for your dedication toward your community, your an absolutely amazing person!
Loved the short rant about teaching to garden, then not owning the responsibility of your own outcome. I love chess as well as gardening. Thanks for constant inspiration!
Of 1M subscribers there are probably 500 who are thinking of this gambit. Another 500 are thinking of Vienna gambit. If Levy chose to discuss the Vienna, then I’m sure one of those guys would post “hey this is amazing... I was just thinking of this gambit!!” 😂😂😂
I would like to personally thank all Englund players, never stop playing the Englund gambit. As a d4 player, nothing is more reassuring than my opponent playing 1.. e5, losing the game in one move. It's like a gift of free rating points every single time. Kudos to you guys
@DeutscheBlitzkrieg Makes sense. I mean all I did was look at the engine responses to the englund lines, and my opponents usually don't know the lines after the first few moves, so I almost always come out of the opening winning
Gotham: THIS GAMBIT IS ZO DANGEROUS Also Gotham: 13:41: white is definitely a bit better 14:50: white definitely is better 23:07: we are definitely not suffering too much 23:04: we are still doing 'oke' That coming from an IM the gambit doesn't sound so dangerous.
Yes Levy, more videos like this please, very instructional. Remember, just talking out your thought process while playing games is immensely helpful. Who doesn't want a little peak at the mind of a master? I'd love to see more rating climbs/speedruns where you just talk through your process.
Dude I'm fucking murdering people with this Gambit. Every game they either drop their bishop immediately, or the entire king side is emptied out and the king gets checked mercilessly until they blunder something.
@@PaulPari yeah I thought of that but maybe he turned off his phone after he deleted the message and after refreshing the page whenever he would use it again, he would see the reply and learn to be more polite, genius. I meant this for them, not for you so please mind your own business and don't be a bitch
I just got the d4 course, and now you put out not one, but two videos on how to crush the openings mentioned in it. So I guess here’s a reminder to make a “how to crush the trompowsky” video before you forget.
Yeah if his d4 course was complete he would tell you how to refute the englund since it's rly ez. I learned it in like an hour and a half of self study which is probably like a 20 minute video max
I love when I watch one of your videos, get the hang of it, practice a bit, and then I get the "wrong" opening 86 times in a row lol. For literally 3 days I've only seen e4 and c4 hahaha
Can we just take a moment to appreciate Levy's consistency? He uploads 1-2 videos practically every day, each time being extremely entertaining and educational. Whenever I'm in a bad mood, these videos always cheer me up. Thank you, Levy. YOU are more important than a queen.
The problem with levy nowadays is that when he does these videos is that he's so popular that he ruins all of the openings for us because everyone watches him and now and learns how to beat our favourite traps.
I'm really low rated and it kinda pisses me off when beginners literally memorise strategies. Met a few players who very clearly took their time to learn many ways in which you can checkmate in a few moves. Since I'm a beginner, I couldn't play any moves which felt obvious and had to play unpredictably to avoid falling in their traps. In midgame they were all SHIT. Wonder why.............. yeah. They are really annoying.
Levy, the stockholm variation of the Englund gambit: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 and f6. Can you please tell me what to do against that for black to get a decent play? I am a 1700 player.
I am a beginner and want to learn the Englund Gambit The Jackpot (1:36) : If he premoves : 0:57 If he takes : 1:15 If something goes wrong : If the knight takes : 3:05 Knight c3 : 3:44 Rook to b1 : 4:35 Knight to d5 : 6:03 posting just for me
This line is straight up powerful. Unlike other gambit trap lines like for example the Intercontinential Ballisctic Misslie Gambit, it isn't easy for the opponent to deal with, and a lot more of your opponents will play the moves you want. I've played the Englund Gambit many times, and a large majority of my opponents accept the gambit and fall for this trap.
1:35 Interestingly, Bf4 isn't even a bad move, apparently. It's the top Stockfish 15 NNUE move at depth 30, +1.92. The other almost-as-good ideas: - Nc3 +1.86, the "whatever, just take my pawn" line Levi mentions at 1:28. They will do so with Nxe5, but then you get to go back to a normal London and play your Bf4 (or e4 is apparently ok too). And that Bf4 means that Black needs to trade off its activated Knight, which it can try to delay with d6 but that just lets white take the middle with Qd4, and either way White will soon Long-Castle. - Bg5 +1.82, which is really cool as it hits the Queen and is protected by the Knight, prevents the check-fork, and the f6 "Levi told to kick out overly-aggressive bishops with pawns" response isn't actually the best move for black! It's +1.91, but Qe6 and Qc5 are +1.71. If they try f6, as white you just take with your pawn (exf6), and they need to take back with their Knight. Taking back with the pawn instead is .65 worse for them, and trying Qb4+ to get back to the gambit is a whole 2.55 worse -- apparently if they try that check it's +4.54 for white! The other nice thing about Bg5 is that if they try the Qb4+ so your Bishop just isn't attacking anything, apparently your best move is the "I wanted to do that anyway" Nc3, though bringing the bishop back to block (Bd2) is also still a winning position (only about ½ a pawn worse). Black still gets its pawn back with Qxb2, though, and white still needs to play Bd2 immediately to guard the Knight (and against Bd4), which is still Black's best move even after you defend against it. But as white you haven't lost your Rook, so get to play Rb1, attacking the Queen (since your rook is protected by your Queen) and claiming the b file. Hmm, Bg5 is apparently also the correct response if they offer to trade pawns with d6 (which the engine claims is a better choice than the Queen move). But g5 is better for Black than d6, especially against humans who like to show off En Passant, because Bf4 (any maybe Nc3 too) is a better response than exd6.
This is my favorite bad gambit. I play it all the time, it does really well among my fellow low-rated players lol. I almost always continue with the Soller defense, which sacs yet ANOTHER pawn and leaves the rook with a half open file after castling
6:00 According to the engine, the move Rb3 is also pretty good here -- at depth 34, it's +3.01 to Nd5's +2.51 -- and it's in some way an "obvious" way to kick out the Queen so might be easier to remember. And the only way for black to survive that is to go Qa5 -- even going slightly further to Qa6 is about 5 points worse. The other nice thing about Rb3 is that, once the Knight moves, it supports c3 as a way to pawn-block any future checks from Qa5 (or Ba5). 6:09 Interestingly, that's actually the second-best engine move. It prefers (albeit only by 0.4) trading off the dark square bishops, since they can't play Nc7+ if you've Bd2+ checked them first. It seems like that lets the black queen just hang out there on a3 for a while, since there's not really a good way for white to attack it. But black should still remember Kd8 as the apparently-best way to avoid Nc7. (There are other ways too, like Qxa2 to claim a pawn and turn the fork into a rook trade, but that just delays it as once the white rook moves, black still needs Kd8 -- or, better, Rb8 -- to avoid the fork.)
mato jelic does not need us to show us his face to teach something
no ego like these guys who feel showing their face gives us something
it does not.we only need to see the board
imagine complaining that a youtuber has a face camera
PIN OF SHAME
Pin of shame smh
Wait this is so old why are we all here, especially Levy lmao (video, not comment)
Pin of shame pog
"20000 players fell for this gambit" actually misconception. I, who fell for it 20000 times, am an outlier and should not have been counted
😂
Oh, Spiders Georg, when will they stop including you in surveys?
I am a beginner and want to learn the Englund Gambit
The Jackpot (1:36) :
If he premoves : 0:57
If he takes : 1:15
If something goes wrong :
If the knight takes : 3:05
Knight c3 : 3:44
Rook to b1 : 4:35
Knight to d5 : 6:03
thanks mate, appreciated
What if white goes qd5 ?
damn thanks bro
@@cadenstarry6614 lol then your gonna have to play chess Im sorry
Um ofc ure a bigginer since u watch Gotham Chess
This gambit used to terrify me, but once you learn the moves it's like Christmas morning every time I see it
I never knew it was a well known gambit, kept running into it a lot of times during my blitz games and i just slowly learned how to defend against it with the help of engine analysis at the end of my games.
i like how i never seen the englund gambit
@@hapainess3636 are you quite new? It's pretty much the scholars mate of d4 openings. A rite of passage to face.
@@DragonBank kinda
I take the first pawn, but then don't bother defending it. At my level, people just collapse without the trick to lean into.
You're certainly not the only good chess teacher on UA-cam, but you're surely among the best. Clever, funny, complete, you name it. 10 points.
As a major queen's pawn player, I have fallen for this more often than I like to admit
@@lukalastname8199 THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS A WONDERFUL CREATION BUT SHOULD NOT BE ABUSED
Also, punctuation motherfucker, learn it.
and with that, Michael Edmunds has disintegrated
@@lukalastname8199 chill
@@lukalastname8199 some people just play chess for fun chill games and don't try to learn the theory after every mistake
This man is a legend. When I discovered this channel I watched 3 of levy’s videos, and my rating went up by 150 in two days
lol when I started watching my rating went up 200 lmao
Nice
and it also cleared up my acne!
My stomach cancer was also cured
I found the love of my life after years of being single
can not believe levy’s lamp is higher rated than me
So let’s change that mate
Levy's lamp lives on his room, it watches every single game Levy plays.
I wouldn't be surprised if his socks are higher rated than me tbh
His glasses are higher rating than me, they allow levy to see therefore allowing him to play… this level is insane..
Not to mention Levy's Chair...
My favourite part of the video is “If they don’t take, you’re gonna have to play chess, I’m sorry” 😂😂 7:30
But I hate playing chess!
That's not what i signed up for!!! Outrageous!! :)
Never take on e5, you will be fine and disappoint your opponent on move 2. 😁
But even if you take this line is pretty good for white: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5! f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Bg5
Its true
The problem with Levy having 1.8M subscribers now is that these "rarely played" openings are now played by 1.8M people. And this goes for the Vienna, the Vienna Gambit, etc, etc. You can actually tell that you are playing a Levi's subscriber when they use these not-rare-anymore weapons :) I mean, this is a great tribute to the amazing influence that Levi has, but it has its downsides :)
Also makes it so alot more people are ready to play against it
its good though. because it would be too easy otherwise. everyone is surprised pikachu face like this and its kinda funny lol
the UA-cam chess community make it so a rating below 600 doesn't necessarily mean you're a child just new to chess.
its 2.67 million people now 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
@@hiroshitakana433 did he just earn 20k subs in 23 hours
I love when players play this. More often than not at the 900-1000 level, when I don't immediately fall for the gambit they're not prepared well enough for the alternative play, and they're forced to play down a piece with their queen over extended and it often results in me just wiping them out.
Yeah not sure why this guy thinks it's so great
Eric Rosen did a "guess the ELO" so now Levy is getting his own Stafford
Actually Aman plays this opening a lot where he sacrifices the queen if i'm not mistaken
Yeah, the Englund is already Aman's Stafford
Hey Levy, not sure if you’re looking for suggestions for games... if you are, could you do Anand vs Aronian from 2013?
#suggestion #gothamchess
Love that game
Thats good
Idk the game, but they make it sound worth the time
Cool name dude
Pro tip for anyone wanting an easy refutation against the englund:
-get to the position shown at 8:32 but instead of playing e4, you first play f4 and only then e4.
-You have two pawns in the center and a developed knight.
-develop your bishops with tempo on their queen.
It is not winning by any means, but I (a 1700) have won 22/22 of my games from that position. Its just that easy to play.
Damn that is genius and also listen to the guy above me and delete this
Delete please, we shall be the only to to be burdened with such cripplous logic.
What do u mean by ur a 1700? No offence i just started playing chess and i dont know anything pls teach me
@@Ebin-ix2jg In chess we have rating system called ELO. My ELO rating is 1700. On chess sites your rating is used to pair you up agianst opponents of similar playing strength. If you win, your elo goes up by a few points, and your opponents elo drops a few points amd the reverse if you lose.
Complete beginners are usualy between 0-1000 elo and the top players of the world have a rating between 2500-3000.
People have different elo ratings for the different time controls, and over the board vs online.
nice
Levy is a great teacher. He has a great understanding and knows how to break it down for us simple minded 600 players lol
his openings vids are concise
Absolutely agree
Just won using this method, actually a few games 🤣🤣 this video single handedly brought me to 1000
This got me to 800 😄
This got me to 800 😄
I enjoy Levy's ability to talk to us while playing, like he can split his brain and still win games while instantly analyzing on the fly and explaining moves to us. When I play, I can't even answer a text or I'm thrown off my game.
Hey levy, just wanted to let you know that you content is really appreciated and im waiting impatiently for every video you make. You inspired me to make compliment to people and remember them they’re amazing. I hope everything is good in you life right now, Thanks you for your dedication toward your community, your an absolutely amazing person!
Nice comment, hope you get pinned!
This comment is certified wholesome.
@@slowfoods6018 Yess!
And Don't forget to get rest properly...
Coz U looked tired today....
Not criticizing... I m concerned.....
He should start, Pin of fame like Pin of shame....
In which best wholesome or Amazing comments are pinned...
Should also continue pin of shame
His shirt elo has been going through the roof since he took a break.
69 likes
:))
So early levy hasn't even started to speak Russian
Now I know why I suddenly encountered the Englund gambit for the first time in a real game after playing chess for 30 years.
Loved the short rant about teaching to garden, then not owning the responsibility of your own outcome. I love chess as well as gardening. Thanks for constant inspiration!
He’s in my head I swear I just thought of learning the Englund
well its englund close but not far
You and me both
Of 1M subscribers there are probably 500 who are thinking of this gambit. Another 500 are thinking of Vienna gambit. If Levy chose to discuss the Vienna, then I’m sure one of those guys would post “hey this is amazing... I was just thinking of this gambit!!” 😂😂😂
ENG lund
@@ishanphutela8246 God save the British Queen .. hip hip hooray for the England gambit !!!
Clicked faster than Levy rapping .
Now I’m going to be seeing this opening every other game for a week or two.
I would like to personally thank all Englund players, never stop playing the Englund gambit. As a d4 player, nothing is more reassuring than my opponent playing 1.. e5, losing the game in one move. It's like a gift of free rating points every single time. Kudos to you guys
@DeutscheBlitzkrieg Makes sense. I mean all I did was look at the engine responses to the englund lines, and my opponents usually don't know the lines after the first few moves, so I almost always come out of the opening winning
do you take the e5 pawn or do something else?
@@seand.8897 Yes, always take the pawn
@DeutscheBlitzkrieg That's why I don't premove
Yep lmao. It should be called Englund blunder
honestly, this is a good bullet repertoire but if you're gonna bring this to a classical tournament just be prepared to get pelted by losses
thank you for giving people this losing move, as a d4 player I'm probably gonna get +50 elo in 2 days.
Thank you for playing this boring move, as a d4 hater I'm probably going to puke next time I see it.
@@brajanf8901 why?
I crushed black every time they play this. haha.
@Bacon Hair what the fuck bro
It's not a losing move lmfao
Gotham: THIS GAMBIT IS ZO DANGEROUS
Also Gotham:
13:41: white is definitely a bit better
14:50: white definitely is better
23:07: we are definitely not suffering too much
23:04: we are still doing 'oke'
That coming from an IM the gambit doesn't sound so dangerous.
I mean that was on levy for not defending his bishop
His point is that white is technically winning, but the winning line requires making very precise moves that most people will miss.
tried it, had to resign in 8 moves
@@ibrahim-sj2cr ur just bad i am on 1600 elo and winning Blitz games
I guess you don’t know what a gambit is.
Yes Levy, more videos like this please, very instructional. Remember, just talking out your thought process while playing games is immensely helpful. Who doesn't want a little peak at the mind of a master? I'd love to see more rating climbs/speedruns where you just talk through your process.
*peek
Peak is the top of a mountain. Peek is getting a little glimpse of something.
@@jasmineharding5110 However, a master's mind is kind of at the peak of chess IQ.
@@jasmineharding5110 didn't knew that
Started trying this gambit out and keep forgetting the main lines and been absolutely getting my wheels smoked off
When he screamed "HOWEVER...." I lost it! Levy, you are an ultimate star!
Those shirts getting more wild in each video
next it's gonna be an ahegao hoodie
Agreed
dude your work ethic is so insane. we all appreciate you so much
2 uploads in 11 hours!!?? He’s back.
Dude I'm fucking murdering people with this Gambit. Every game they either drop their bishop immediately, or the entire king side is emptied out and the king gets checked mercilessly until they blunder something.
25:58 "at least it makes me look a little bit more human" implies levy is a robot, or an ai, or maybe even an alien
Loved that you included the Hambleton variation (queen sac on e3)!!
Now that everyone knows how to play this line I can't play it anymore :)
Don't worry i already forgot! I'm a terrible gardener
why would you play this literal garbage anyways? It's just tricks and won't teach you real chess.
@@bfmvshinigami someone's a stinky piss baby
@@Jackel727 no, he's completely right. If black knows how to play the englund gambit you're borderline lost
@@mixedvibes9613 someone's a stinky piss baby
HAHAAHAHAHH the amount of times I've won the bishop on move two is hilarious
Same only I just lose it
@@boazcohen7992 what are you doing on UA-cam!? Continue studying
To whoever it is who deleted the msg, I'm 2000 so stfu
@@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel if he deleted the message he wont see ur reply genius
@@PaulPari yeah I thought of that but maybe he turned off his phone after he deleted the message and after refreshing the page whenever he would use it again, he would see the reply and learn to be more polite, genius. I meant this for them, not for you so please mind your own business and don't be a bitch
Every time I watch Levy's videos, I get ads warning that my colon has 25lbs of toxic poop.
I mean, of course the poop is bad for the body; there wouldn't be a need to remove it otherwise.
It’s weird how good moves are immediately looked at with suspicion.
Clicked faster than Eric hansen threw his chair off the table
Overused
@@mditm6966 he literally doesn't care
“This gambit is so dangerous” HOW DANGEROUS IS IT?
So dangerous
I just got the d4 course, and now you put out not one, but two videos on how to crush the openings mentioned in it.
So I guess here’s a reminder to make a “how to crush the trompowsky” video before you forget.
Ye its just tricky and u just have to be solid.
Yeah if his d4 course was complete he would tell you how to refute the englund since it's rly ez. I learned it in like an hour and a half of self study which is probably like a 20 minute video max
Ive just found you and 3 mintes was enough to make me subscribe you. Noone befere explained me a chess opening as good as you did.
Every time I watch one of these videos and try it the person I’m against uses every single best move from the video lmao
“UA-cam is superior.”
-Levy, during that one episode where Twitch kept making the same joke over and over
Late night uploads? I love'em! Good for study and falling asleep to.😅👌
15:33 "I don't think I'm scared of C4"
well, you should be.
i get it
My opponent brought out their queen to protect their pawn
I love when I watch one of your videos, get the hang of it, practice a bit, and then I get the "wrong" opening 86 times in a row lol. For literally 3 days I've only seen e4 and c4 hahaha
This Godforsaken gambit is why i switched from the accelerated dragon to the classical london.
Guess the Elo 20: "I never want to see B6 again"
Englund Gambit opening video: "I played an exceptionally stupid move. B6 is very very bad."
Can we just take a moment to appreciate Levy's consistency? He uploads 1-2 videos practically every day, each time being extremely entertaining and educational. Whenever I'm in a bad mood, these videos always cheer me up. Thank you, Levy. YOU are more important than a queen.
Y'all take enough moments every day it's starting to become creepy lol
That opening is extremely rare for white, out of 100 games I might see it once.
Ah, I see. I should be playing smart. My greatest weakness.
For the FIRST TIME since watching this video I got the mate in 8 with a 95.3% accuracy (Qxb2 is considered slightly suboptimal).
Thank you Levy!!!
Yeah, after Qb4+, Bd2 Stockfish says Qe7.
Levy’s IM title makes it look like his name is I’M gothamchess
this video will haunt me for the rest of my life
Wla yhmena da a7na masryen bardo😂
As someone who's won with the Blackburn Schilling multiple times, I have to try this at some point.
there is tricky line that I found from Rosen that wins a queen...it is d4, e5, dxe5, Bc5, Nf3, d6, exd6, Ne7, dxe7, Bxf2+, Kxf2
Gotham, will you please re-start your “how to win at chess videos “ ? Love those !!!
he's doing one in the next sunday
@@starminor5682 ua-cam.com/video/BLUkgRAy_Vo/v-deo.html
@@SavDerpy obviously the commenter that he's responding to cares since they asked if he would do more, dumbass
@@HiHi-oc3gh what did u just call me?
@@SavDerpy a dumbass. If starminor said that to any other comment i would agree with you but the comment is specifically asking if there will be more.
The problem with levy nowadays is that when he does these videos is that he's so popular that he ruins all of the openings for us because everyone watches him and now and learns how to beat our favourite traps.
And then, it's all up to s-kill and I-Q.
This is the reason why I'm seeing so many games with same line against me on lichess
I'm really low rated and it kinda pisses me off when beginners literally memorise strategies.
Met a few players who very clearly took their time to learn many ways in which you can checkmate in a few moves.
Since I'm a beginner, I couldn't play any moves which felt obvious and had to play unpredictably to avoid falling in their traps.
In midgame they were all SHIT. Wonder why.............. yeah. They are really annoying.
I used to look for the same exact queen - bishop positions every game and ending up doing a caro-kann defence hillbilly attack
11:09 i am not going to play queen c3 I've some respect for my opponent 🤣😂🤣😂 best line
Some days I feel a strong urge to gently caress Levi's moustache, but not today.
How is this not pinned yet?
Tried this on the first player who was white and played d4 worked so well. They blocked the queen with their queen and a few moves later resigned
I'm new to Chess and enjoyed the video. Very impressed how you were able to recover from Blunders. Thanks for posting.
Levy, the stockholm variation of the Englund gambit: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 and f6. Can you please tell me what to do against that for black to get a decent play? I am a 1700 player.
2:17 I've been playing the Englund for a long time and three minutes ago was the first time I got this mate. It felt so good. Thank you.
Welcome back to another video where I learn more gambits and turn gambit into blunder in 2 moves!
I ran into a premover who hanged his bishop on his second turn but I was too excited and didn’t see it. :(
i don’t even like chess that much, i just like levy’s personality. commenting for algorithm, thank you so much for entertaining me (:
2100 lichess blitz and i have great success w/ englund gambit, even after the line where white is +3
I am a beginner and want to learn the Englund Gambit
The Jackpot (1:36) :
If he premoves : 0:57
If he takes : 1:15
If something goes wrong :
If the knight takes : 3:05
Knight c3 : 3:44
Rook to b1 : 4:35
Knight to d5 : 6:03
posting just for me
Levi my guy, it’s nearly midnight you can’t keep doing this to me!
What is that supposed to mean?
@@thesnackbandit he basically said, bro why you always upload at midnight?
Levy hope you can get that GM title, you definitely deserve it. Thanks for all the content you're outputting!
Im sure Eric Rosen is saying somewhere "Oh no my prep!"
Levy, dude you can talk while playing, while explaining and still win. To me that is insane.
Gotham Chess : "I think this makes me look a little bit more human."
As a 20000 rated player, I can confirm that this gambit works wonders at my level
at 20,000 rating....which is eons higher than anyone else...anything can work at your level.
@@paulvandervelden4087 The thumbnail. 20000 players fell for this.
"atleast this makes me look a little bit more human"
good one alpha zero
Thanks, Gotham for this tutorial.
"20000 players fell for this gambit"
1.6m players surely won't
As a 1000 rated d4 player, I can't tell you how many times I see this gambit.
This line is straight up powerful. Unlike other gambit trap lines like for example the Intercontinential Ballisctic Misslie Gambit, it isn't easy for the opponent to deal with, and a lot more of your opponents will play the moves you want. I've played the Englund Gambit many times, and a large majority of my opponents accept the gambit and fall for this trap.
its bad
@@geoffreygeorge999 It became bad after it gained publicity a year ago 🤷♂️
it was always bad. Trap openings are hope chess nothing else@@moronoftheinternet8864
God damnit now I cant play my favorite Gambit anymore because everyone will know it
Sad. This is your fav.
When you realise that you have blundered that London bishop 100 times. 😂
so this guy beat me then I wanted a rematch I ended up doing the Englund gambit by accident and I won in 16 moves the most GG moment ever
1:35 Interestingly, Bf4 isn't even a bad move, apparently. It's the top Stockfish 15 NNUE move at depth 30, +1.92.
The other almost-as-good ideas:
- Nc3 +1.86, the "whatever, just take my pawn" line Levi mentions at 1:28. They will do so with Nxe5, but then you get to go back to a normal London and play your Bf4 (or e4 is apparently ok too). And that Bf4 means that Black needs to trade off its activated Knight, which it can try to delay with d6 but that just lets white take the middle with Qd4, and either way White will soon Long-Castle.
- Bg5 +1.82, which is really cool as it hits the Queen and is protected by the Knight, prevents the check-fork, and the f6 "Levi told to kick out overly-aggressive bishops with pawns" response isn't actually the best move for black! It's +1.91, but Qe6 and Qc5 are +1.71. If they try f6, as white you just take with your pawn (exf6), and they need to take back with their Knight. Taking back with the pawn instead is .65 worse for them, and trying Qb4+ to get back to the gambit is a whole 2.55 worse -- apparently if they try that check it's +4.54 for white!
The other nice thing about Bg5 is that if they try the Qb4+ so your Bishop just isn't attacking anything, apparently your best move is the "I wanted to do that anyway" Nc3, though bringing the bishop back to block (Bd2) is also still a winning position (only about ½ a pawn worse). Black still gets its pawn back with Qxb2, though, and white still needs to play Bd2 immediately to guard the Knight (and against Bd4), which is still Black's best move even after you defend against it. But as white you haven't lost your Rook, so get to play Rb1, attacking the Queen (since your rook is protected by your Queen) and claiming the b file.
Hmm, Bg5 is apparently also the correct response if they offer to trade pawns with d6 (which the engine claims is a better choice than the Queen move). But g5 is better for Black than d6, especially against humans who like to show off En Passant, because Bf4 (any maybe Nc3 too) is a better response than exd6.
This is my favorite bad gambit. I play it all the time, it does really well among my fellow low-rated players lol. I almost always continue with the Soller defense, which sacs yet ANOTHER pawn and leaves the rook with a half open file after castling
1:00 funny because I play the Scandinavian and I can't count the amount of times my opponent accidentally plays the Tennsion Gambit
7:30 god damnit Levy that was the one thing I was trying to avoid
*sings* "when there's war and all is hell send in Jan Englund"
Levy dude never stop making these opening videos you need to do every opening man!!
Everyone always plays Nc3 whenever I play this line...
but unfortunately, I don't start with central pawns...
A bonus to this opening is you can premove 1. …e5 as black in bullet games. Backfires with the Reti but it’s rare.
6:00 According to the engine, the move Rb3 is also pretty good here -- at depth 34, it's +3.01 to Nd5's +2.51 -- and it's in some way an "obvious" way to kick out the Queen so might be easier to remember. And the only way for black to survive that is to go Qa5 -- even going slightly further to Qa6 is about 5 points worse. The other nice thing about Rb3 is that, once the Knight moves, it supports c3 as a way to pawn-block any future checks from Qa5 (or Ba5).
6:09 Interestingly, that's actually the second-best engine move. It prefers (albeit only by 0.4) trading off the dark square bishops, since they can't play Nc7+ if you've Bd2+ checked them first. It seems like that lets the black queen just hang out there on a3 for a while, since there's not really a good way for white to attack it. But black should still remember Kd8 as the apparently-best way to avoid Nc7. (There are other ways too, like Qxa2 to claim a pawn and turn the fork into a rook trade, but that just delays it as once the white rook moves, black still needs Kd8 -- or, better, Rb8 -- to avoid the fork.)