His first game you really see how resourceful a titled player is and the composure and experience they have. The amount of times I’d feel pressure in tactical moments and calculating lines correctly, he sees so many resources and ideas. I played a grandmaster last week and it was very much the same, I’m only 1200 so of course I’m amazed by it but, man, it’s remarkable to see just how resourceful they are.
also, to even flesh your point out about subs/monetization/etc. even further -- I myself have purchased Kasparov's Master class, which is great, but it's maybe a total of 5 hours, and mostly non-specific - whereas all the streamers will put out vast quantities of educational stuff of every single flavor or take on Chess you could possibly come up with. I have no problem with you asking for money when you a actually providing a service.
40:12 Levy: Traps the knight using his king, two pawns, and two rooks-> over 12 points of material Knight: Look how much they need just to mimic a FRACTION of our power.
For a long time my favorite pizza topping was pepperoni and sausage. Pretty basic. I would experiment with other more wacky choices like chicken and bacon on an Alfredo pizza (its a thing dont @me), and yet I would always find myself coming back to the same tried and true pepperoni and sausage. Every order that I would place something to branch out eventually I would just regret not getting pepperoni and sausage. And then things changed. I became the Assistant Manager in Training of a local Dominos réstáuranté and pizzeria and I could try so many new flavors and combinations, things I'd never even imagined. I did the math once on how many possible arrangements of 3 topping pizzas you can have, a number I have since forgotten, but the point is it was a lot, and I tried most. I tried so many different types of pizza in my time there that now I'm pretty sick of pizza. And that's why I don't have a favorite pizza topping
Hey Levy. I started a few months ago with only playing king´s indian and Pirc defense. You only need this 2 openings and forget about the rest for black wich is great for me as a sub 1600 player. Therefore, I´m very glad to see this series you made. I also watched a lot tutorials about this opening before, but when watching you playing it, I also learn a lot of new things and it is somehow easier to understand/memorize this way. It´s very instructive and helpful, thanks alot!
Levi i just hit 1700 cause of your vids ty. Also i dont think there is nothing wrong with asking for donos just keep doing what u are doing man. Cya respect
I watched this video when it came out years ago, but came back to work on my game, now I am a huge UFC fan. love to hear some positive stuff about Khabib. one of my favorite as well.
Another great one Levy - Thx bro! I predict you will be over 200k in the next few months, your content is just so great and the teaching is very easy to follow. Cheers!
@10:41 ... Italian Sausage, Onion, Jalepenō, Pineapple, Canadian Bacon....Sometimes minus the Pineapple, since the Canadian Bacon supplies a good amount of sweetness...
He asked, so I gotta say, I love pastrami, salami, and a lot of vegetables, then oil vinegar, salt and pepper. Makes a ton of flavors all come together neatly and nicely.
Hearing you speak Russian prompts me to relate this account that happened in 1976. A radio talkshow host played Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was the chairman of the communist party of the Soviet Union, speaking in a speech. The host played a section of the speech twice. Once backward and normal. The host challenged callers to identify which was which. To the untrained ear, the Russian language sounds as if people are speaking backward. Thank you for making these videos. Best wishes always, Mark
Can you please continue into the 1400 if you have time! I’m currently a 1303 and use the this opening almost every time I’m black. Thank you levy for these beautiful videos
I am a beginner, and after watching this play list, I absolutely love the King Indian defense. I've now practiced it against other beginners, and they all crumble under the pressure!
I've been watching and learning. Very fast paced, but that makes me have to learn faster. I'm really liking the King's Indian opening. Going to work on the Dutch for black and London for white. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
I'm so surprised that no one plays e5 against this setup against Levy. I get it all the time and the game looks so different that what I've seen in this series
I don't think it wins the queen (only exchange because of a7), but could win the knight if he accepts with bxa4. But he doesn't have to do that, he could push to b4 to bump your knight away, or just accept your pawn with his knight, which would still be protected by the b5 pawn. You could then trade both knights and queens to keep the files closed, but now you're down your A pawn and he can keep pushing his pawn and rook attack. It's a good line to look at though!
No cap, my favorite pizza topping is super thin slices of fresh pineapple off a mandoline slicer. They get firm and toasty like a pepperoni slice instead of being soggy and juicy. Still gives you that great sweet flavor but no texture or moisture problems. Just add some pickled jalapeños and bam: sweet, sour, spicy, savory, salty, fatty, cheesy excellence. I bet that a lot of people who think pineapple on pizza is gross probably hasn’t had it the right way. It’s like saying mushrooms on pizza is gross because you put canned mushrooms on a DiGiorno.
I love playing against the Pirc in bullet (I play 1 e4). I end up playing h4, h5 and after Nxh5, I sac the exchange to shatter his King's position with my minor pieces joining the attack very quickly.
I have an old tv and the template you use for your videos gets cropped a bit. There's no setting that fixes it without distorting the image too much. It would be better to upload with a different screen ratio or increase a bit the padding outside the board. Love the channel.
Watching all the rating climbs glad you ended up playing against all of your best setups for both sides. Bought e6b6 hopefully I'll get better soon, thanks Levy!
It's bee n many years since I have played chess.All I had to play on wasvthe Kasparov mini led chess.i use to beat that chess game, on the highest level,9 times out of ten.the defence to win was always the Indian. I never knew the defense I used was called an in Indian. I do now.I say no more.
Hi to Twitch. Nice things. Pizza? Double Pepperoni double cheese. Sandwich? Roast lamb, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, mint sauce. Or focaccia with basil, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and olive oil. Or sausage and branston pickle.
Rookie question I know, but I'm new so forgive me - why does he recommend taking with the trade with f4 bishop pretty much every time? Isn't bishop better than knight, or is it a positional thing?
The board will most likely be closed and Bishops are only better in open positions and it's hard to know what to do with the light squared Bishop in Pirc/ King's Indian positions so that's why but if you wanna do the "best" thing with the Bishop, nothing, just nothing and continue with your plan of e5 and f5 and most likely since the pawns are on dark squares the light squared Bishop is a key attacking piece i'd recommend you check out Levy's video, "When Hikaru "sacraficed" his queen 6 times" which nicely shows how the King's Indian is played and how you use the light squared Bishop well
Why do you start with pawn? Isn't it Pirc defense then? What's the difference? When you were rating opening with Hikaru you rated Pirc defense below King's Indian.
Because if you open with the knight to F6 you can be walked into an Alekhine's Defense with E4 pushed to E5, which I'm presuming he didn't want to play. Also, openings are more than just one move...the Pirc defense has several follow up moves after D6
Levy I wanted to find out what to do when someone pushed their pawns early(e5 attacks the knight and we trade queens. I know you said it's not good for white but I don't understand how, I will waste moves trying to protect my knight) but no one did:(
Your moves arnt the only moves. They arrive in the same position alot of the time, but based on what your opponent does they can be pretty different. It doesnt really matter though tbh.
Damn Levy speaks Russian in a near flawless Russian accent and speaks Spanish in a near flawless Russian accent
It's almost like he has a Russian accent... Nah, can't be
nice 69 likes
NO ONE LIKE THIS COMMENT ANYMORE PLS
So is he Russian or American?
I know he has some tie to Russia but I forget what it is. He’s an American tho
😂
"Getting checkmated is bad" that is a powerful insight my bro
ever thought about streaming on twitch? i feel like that'd be fun to watch
Bruh, this video came straight from Twitch
I see you guys aren’t to bright, this is a joke ._.
Mr Majin is right.You guy need to learn what a joke is
@@annaflouri The point of the joke is not say it's one but to make something funny out of unserious context.
@@annaflouri Ofcorse
I really enjoy your content. You are just the right amount of instructive and sarcasm
His first game you really see how resourceful a titled player is and the composure and experience they have. The amount of times I’d feel pressure in tactical moments and calculating lines correctly, he sees so many resources and ideas. I played a grandmaster last week and it was very much the same, I’m only 1200 so of course I’m amazed by it but, man, it’s remarkable to see just how resourceful they are.
In what circumstances did you face a gm lmao ? 😅
GM may have friends too, who knows
my man said chicken, broccoli, he out here having salads on bread while were eating pizza gg
also, to even flesh your point out about subs/monetization/etc. even further -- I myself have purchased Kasparov's Master class, which is great, but it's maybe a total of 5 hours, and mostly non-specific - whereas all the streamers will put out vast quantities of educational stuff of every single flavor or take on Chess you could possibly come up with. I have no problem with you asking for money when you a actually providing a service.
Fully agree.
40:12
Levy: Traps the knight using his king, two pawns, and two rooks-> over 12 points of material
Knight: Look how much they need just to mimic a FRACTION of our power.
Start of every new game:
0:43
10:52
19:33
22:55
35:03
42:00
For a long time my favorite pizza topping was pepperoni and sausage. Pretty basic. I would experiment with other more wacky choices like chicken and bacon on an Alfredo pizza (its a thing dont @me), and yet I would always find myself coming back to the same tried and true pepperoni and sausage. Every order that I would place something to branch out eventually I would just regret not getting pepperoni and sausage. And then things changed. I became the Assistant Manager in Training of a local Dominos réstáuranté and pizzeria and I could try so many new flavors and combinations, things I'd never even imagined. I did the math once on how many possible arrangements of 3 topping pizzas you can have, a number I have since forgotten, but the point is it was a lot, and I tried most. I tried so many different types of pizza in my time there that now I'm pretty sick of pizza. And that's why I don't have a favorite pizza topping
Exquisite
Hey Levy. I started a few months ago with only playing king´s indian and Pirc defense. You only need this 2 openings and forget about the rest for black wich is great for me as a sub 1600 player. Therefore, I´m very glad to see this series you made. I also watched a lot tutorials about this opening before, but when watching you playing it, I also learn a lot of new things and it is somehow easier to understand/memorize this way. It´s very instructive and helpful, thanks alot!
26:34 So he has a pretty active position
26:59 His pieces are pretty passive
26:59 His pieces are pretty passive...compared to mine
In terms of vision and targets
Levi i just hit 1700 cause of your vids ty. Also i dont think there is nothing wrong with asking for donos just keep doing what u are doing man. Cya respect
stronk
DON'T WORRY TWITCH CHAT WE'RE COMING TO HELP AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THE UA-cam COMMENTS SECTION! ETA 5-6 YEARS
I watched this video when it came out years ago, but came back to work on my game, now I am a huge UFC fan. love to hear some positive stuff about Khabib. one of my favorite as well.
Another great one Levy - Thx bro!
I predict you will be over 200k in the next few months, your content is just so great and the teaching is very easy to follow. Cheers!
Are u talking about twitch followers or yt subs?
This comment aged well
This comment is crazy considering the circumstances, lol. Dude blew up like a bomb.
@10:41 ... Italian Sausage, Onion, Jalepenō, Pineapple, Canadian Bacon....Sometimes minus the Pineapple, since the Canadian Bacon supplies a good amount of sweetness...
Playing Levy's weapon against him must be the ultimate test lol!! I have the D4 course and I love it!
Thanks for the reminder @ 33:11. I have been watching your chess videos for like two months and figured I already had subscribed for some reason.
I love levy's face when he realizes he missed a free queen at 28:09
He can just block there is no free queen
21:25 K, have a good “knight”.
rewatching OG Gotham is a little wild
He asked, so I gotta say, I love pastrami, salami, and a lot of vegetables, then oil vinegar, salt and pepper. Makes a ton of flavors all come together neatly and nicely.
How old is this VOD? People are legit talking about the WCF in the NBA playoffs
45:12 Somewhere Ben Finegold just visibly “twitched”.
My favourite pizza topping is pineapple, but only when it's with bacon
Canadian bacon or normal?
@@samf8889 regular bacon normally, but Canadian bacon slaps
can you do more rating climbs?
Ayyy I just watched your kings Indian basics and was looking for a vid like this
Hearing you speak Russian prompts me to relate this account that happened in 1976. A radio talkshow host played Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was the chairman of the communist party of the Soviet Union, speaking in a speech. The host played a section of the speech twice. Once backward and normal. The host challenged callers to identify which was which. To the untrained ear, the Russian language sounds as if people are speaking backward. Thank you for making these videos. Best wishes always, Mark
Damn what happened to e6 b6... I'm studying it right now and he just stopped playing it after the first video.
Can you please continue into the 1400 if you have time! I’m currently a 1303 and use the this opening almost every time I’m black. Thank you levy for these beautiful videos
I am a beginner, and after watching this play list, I absolutely love the King Indian defense. I've now practiced it against other beginners, and they all crumble under the pressure!
Are you making more king's indian rating climbs?
btw just for info
the first guy magnus wierod who u told was the strongest 1200 got his account closed due to fair play
Loving the UA-cam vs Twitch shout outs
Commenting for Levy's stats/the UA-cam algorithm.
Plz make a king’s Indian course plz I learn a lot and am sure many will buy it
тест: есть ли русскоговорящие здесь ? )
Есть некоторая вероятность
Да. Я очень был удивлён, когда он по-русски заговорил.
У меня был просто шок, когда он резко стал говорить на русском почти без акцента... отвал всего
I have no idea what is going on here but I wish you all a good day
I've been watching and learning. Very fast paced, but that makes me have to learn faster. I'm really liking the King's Indian opening. Going to work on the Dutch for black and London for white. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
that thumbnail is one of the most cursed things I've ever seen
I'm so surprised that no one plays e5 against this setup against Levy. I get it all the time and the game looks so different that what I've seen in this series
"Getting checkmated is bad" - IM Levy Rozman
Great stuff. I've just started playing again and taking my learning more seriously. I have some friends starting again also and I'm sending them here.
Really enjoy the ratings climb series and the instructional videos. Thx for the content!
In 45:02 when he played Kh1 you had the move Nf2.
6:22 some one just tell me is a4 for white a winnig move here? cuz in any situation you win either queen or knight
I don't think it wins the queen (only exchange because of a7), but could win the knight if he accepts with bxa4. But he doesn't have to do that, he could push to b4 to bump your knight away, or just accept your pawn with his knight, which would still be protected by the b5 pawn. You could then trade both knights and queens to keep the files closed, but now you're down your A pawn and he can keep pushing his pawn and rook attack. It's a good line to look at though!
@@tprestong ow thanks for the explanation yes i can see know it's not wining it may just prolonged the game
Levy you’re good don’t mind that person hating on you. I don’t watch you live too often but when I do it’s always a lot better than UA-cam.
Can someone please help? Is the king's indian works best with only the black pieces or with white as well? Thank you
No cap, my favorite pizza topping is super thin slices of fresh pineapple off a mandoline slicer. They get firm and toasty like a pepperoni slice instead of being soggy and juicy. Still gives you that great sweet flavor but no texture or moisture problems. Just add some pickled jalapeños and bam: sweet, sour, spicy, savory, salty, fatty, cheesy excellence. I bet that a lot of people who think pineapple on pizza is gross probably hasn’t had it the right way. It’s like saying mushrooms on pizza is gross because you put canned mushrooms on a DiGiorno.
I love playing against the Pirc in bullet (I play 1 e4). I end up playing h4, h5 and after Nxh5, I sac the exchange to shatter his King's position with my minor pieces joining the attack very quickly.
Big thanks for everything, I have a question; what happened to Part 4?
Hey that's the czech variation of the pirc defence in the first game; push c6 and use the queen for a pin.
Great work, any other setup-based openings for black?
43:00 fuck i was really hoping he’d start a UA-cam channel
you are the best of chess content creators, you're really awesome. grateful for your sincerity and teaching
My favourite pizza topping is anchovies
Chicken-broccoli sounds like an awesome pizza. I'd add some cream cheese like ricotta or something.
Levi: 4:30
Also Levi: 5:09
New sub on youtube here! Love your stuff so far. Gonna check out your twitch.
That painting with the chimpanzee and human skull is amazing
I would have never noticed. That is one very interesting painting. Very Planet of the Apes.
I am using Kings Indian and have reached my highest rating so far. Will soon cross 1100
"homie I play terribly on a stream everyday" plays a bad move
I just reached 1000 rating tonight i couldn't do it with out your help.thanks keep it going
Man saced a queen and opponent resigned almost immediately, golden
I have an old tv and the template you use for your videos gets cropped a bit. There's no setting that fixes it without distorting the image too much. It would be better to upload with a different screen ratio or increase a bit the padding outside the board.
Love the channel.
Great angle!
Watching all the rating climbs glad you ended up playing against all of your best setups for both sides. Bought e6b6 hopefully I'll get better soon, thanks Levy!
It's bee n many years since I have played chess.All I had to play on wasvthe Kasparov mini led chess.i use to beat that chess game, on the highest level,9 times out of ten.the defence to win was always the Indian. I never knew the defense I used was called an in Indian. I do now.I say no more.
Hi to Twitch.
Nice things.
Pizza? Double Pepperoni double cheese.
Sandwich? Roast lamb, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, mint sauce. Or focaccia with basil, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and olive oil. Or sausage and branston pickle.
42:50 best moment ever!!!
Notes..
First game is King's indian vs london.
@10:30 second game
At 15:00 if he would have capped your c5 pawn your queen would be hanging and your pawn chain would collapse. Is there a reason you weren't worried?
My timezone doesn't match up with your streaming schedule but I love your videos on youtube.
Rookie question I know, but I'm new so forgive me - why does he recommend taking with the trade with f4 bishop pretty much every time? Isn't bishop better than knight, or is it a positional thing?
So he can play e5
The board will most likely be closed and Bishops are only better in open positions and it's hard to know what to do with the light squared Bishop in Pirc/ King's Indian positions so that's why but if you wanna do the "best" thing with the Bishop, nothing, just nothing and continue with your plan of e5 and f5 and most likely since the pawns are on dark squares the light squared Bishop is a key attacking piece i'd recommend you check out Levy's video, "When Hikaru "sacraficed" his queen 6 times" which nicely shows how the King's Indian is played and how you use the light squared Bishop well
I wasn't sold on you at first but honestly really sucked into your content now. Great personality, instructive gameplay, all-round fun stuff.
Super entertaining and instructive videos. Love your channel! Thanks for making such good content
Thanks for this climb, actually killing it with kings Indian
hey, have you ever thought of streaming on twitch?
Hey Levy, are you still planning part 4 of this? Love the Kings Indian defense as a low elo player.
My favourite type of sandwich is pita bread with avocado salad goat cheese with a few olives and a of mayonaise and maybe a tomato slice.
Am I the only one that thought levy was low key weird but yet funny for his “crazy” at 43:22 lmao
Man you're stream is amazing and with awesome teaching
Absolutely brilliant video! Bravo Gotham
👏👏👏
Where is the rest of the rating climb for black pieces
Why do you start with pawn? Isn't it Pirc defense then? What's the difference? When you were rating opening with Hikaru you rated Pirc defense below King's Indian.
Because if you open with the knight to F6 you can be walked into an Alekhine's Defense with E4 pushed to E5, which I'm presuming he didn't want to play. Also, openings are more than just one move...the Pirc defense has several follow up moves after D6
@@DaveWinget thanks for the answer. Chess.com specifies Pirc after pawn and knight move i believe.
Ааааааа, Леви заговорил по-русски)). Как приятно)
Hey Levy I love this series, do you offer private lessons?
That first opponent was impressive for 1200. Guess he does well under pressure!
His account got closed for fair play. He was a cheater.
Levy I wanted to find out what to do when someone pushed their pawns early(e5 attacks the knight and we trade queens. I know you said it's not good for white but I don't understand how, I will waste moves trying to protect my knight) but no one did:(
I know this is 4 months late but Ng4 threatens a fork and attacks the lonely pawn so white is simply down a pawn and his king is stuck in the middle
6:15 is sacrificing with Ng5 a good move for white here?
41:23 - The Rook stomped over the opponent's King...
THE RANDOM "KONNICHIWA" AT 12:50 KILLED ME
Thank you so much for your content man! My game improved.
21:22. Was N-B3 possible? B-D4 is the threat next move.
If Nb3 axb3 Bd4 then cxd4
I really appreciate your content Levy
Are you planing a whole course on the King's Indian for sale?
i subbed on twitch becuase man are these youtube videos well done
Whats the difference between kings indian defence and pirc? I am confuse because both look same
Your moves arnt the only moves. They arrive in the same position alot of the time, but based on what your opponent does they can be pretty different.
It doesnt really matter though tbh.
@@brodouken257 thank you 👍
Is there another video where he continues this? Maybe on Twitch?
Is there any next part of this coming?