Also at 20:49 the bishop could take bishop but even if rook pawn takes the bishop is no longer guarding b2 so Qb2 them its ka2 then it’s super scary for white
There is a reason Magnus plays "bad" openings. It's not just merely a trolling disrespect thing. People at the top levels of play have studied and played all the top openings to death to the point that the early game is almost an exercise in autopilot for them. By playing a bad opening you take people out of their comfort zone and area of expertise. A bad opening may be positionally weaker, but it results in novel board states more quickly and easily where memorisation cannot serve as a crutch.
@kirbyjoe7484 especially when people online are most likely not nearly as strong as magnus now if it was hikaru magnus probably wouldn't get away with the grob
And Gotham sacrificed... THE HAAAAIIIIIIR! Gaining a huge advantage by confusing his enemies who expected him to keep his amazing hair that was positioned so well right on top of his head. What a brilliancy! Stockfish doesn't like it, of course, but we know it knows nothing about chess.
The fact that Levy didn't just lose on the spot in most of these games considering some of his opponents were higher rated than him makes me wonder why this guy isn't a GM yet
@@Nick_J_t’s also probably a different mental state when playing for content vs playing for rating. This is “playing bad for fun” where as a normal game would be “if I play bad it matters a whole fucking lot”
His opening prep is probably GM level, but he always chokes eventually and that's not a quality any gm can afford to possess which is why he'll unfortunately never be a gm.. His endgames aren't great either
@@Nick_J_ yes, but if you ask me he isn't a GM because his calculating capabilities are nowhere near Danya, and I may argue he is slightly worse at calculating than Eric Rosen who isn't good enough to be a GM. As another commenter said, his opening prep is insane, but he makes mistakes in most of his games that GM's make in one of three
This is part of levy's evil plan to make us drop Elo because everyone high rated doesnt watch his videos so while he keeps us low rated, he gets revenue in return. Absolutely brilliant.
Aint no way did he said "If you're watching this 6 months in the future" and im coincidentally watching this video after six months of this video being uploaded
He isn't wrong though. Based off engine evaluation it is the worst first move for white, on the board against real players it would depend on your theory and your opponent's elo and prep
Levy said in a how to win at chess IIRC that he used to play the nimzo larsen a lot, really been wanting to hear him talk about it more cause i really like to play it.
Him: struggles to win against a FM with the grob opening Meanwhile magnus carlsen: beats top GMs while being drunk, playing the bongcloud and moving the king and the queen on the opposite squares
Levy, idk if this is redundant but as a regular free chapter user on chessly, the endgames masterclass has soo much material in just the free chapter that it's making me wish Icould buy the rest of it. It is Absolutely amazing and the best course yet, the way you explain it and drills make it an effortless process to learn endgames for free. If this doesn't get people to use chessly idk what will. Thank you for providing such an easy path to learn interesting parts of chess and get better in the most effective and efficient way for free.❤
I think the important lesson here is being missed by a lot of people. Even if you make a mistake (a bad opening in this instance) solid and pragmatic chess can still get you a win! Also I like the new hair.
Even if you make a mistake and lose a queen or rook, you can still comeback and win if you don't panic especially at the lower levels or in rapid games.
Barber: What kind of cut do you want Levy: Tell you what, you play me in chess, I'll play one of the worst chess openings, if I lose, cut it how you want Barber: Bet
As an intermediate player who studied the durås gambit for no reason at all during my own time, i honestly find this very interesting. I really didn’t expect a couple of whites moves early on, and I kinda like how you went with it.
He missed a forced mate at 13:53 with Rh8+ which led to him having to rely on luck to escape the draw but I mean this is Gotham we’re talking about so no surprise there lol
@@benr3799????? What are you even talking about. There wasn't any forced mate to miss. Bd4 was arguably one of the best moves in that situation. Rh8+ in place of Bd4 is a crap move, simply Kxh8 and now you're down a rook for no good reason. Why are you coming at Gotham with this overconfidence 😅.
I love how the comments are not about chess but about Levy's haircut... Imagine posting a new piece of content on youtube playing the worst openings in chess and people only notice your hair~
here's some sacrifications for today he sacrifices... THE HAIRCUT! he sacrifices... THE OPENING! he sacrifices... HIS SQUARED HAIRCUT! he sacrifices... HIS ICONIC HAIRCUT! he sacrifices... THE ELO! he sacrifices... HIS POTENTIAL 2800 ELO! he sacrifices... THE COMMENTS HUMOUR! he sacrifices... THE STARE! and that's all for today.
Levy looks great with his new haircut. Glad he's stopped those awful product promotions and instead concentrates on promoting his own excellent courses.
5:47 an honest question with no hate. I just dont understand your thought process there. Why didnt you re capture the knight with the bishop and instead did it with a rook? Im 700 so yeah im a bit dumb but can anyone tell me Levy’s thought process?
wait, you didn't play the london
He missed the caro kann
Real
Yea he also didn't play the tennison
LOL
accurate
Only thing more rare then levy playing a bad opening is levy getting a haircut
*bad haircut
This video is truly one in 7 trillion!!!
666 likes? Lemme not fix that
Oh snap
@@sauravchhabra840*good haircut
Time stamps:
0:00 Haircut Gambit
2:47 Grob
8:58 Barnes Opening
17:41 Duras Gambit
lmaoo haircut gambit
Haircut Gambit 😭
Levy sacrifices his hair for more activity in the comment section
@@driving.me.crazy_ 😭
Bro why I’m I laughing at a chess UA-camr's comment section 💀
The "low" rated 2400 player panicked under 2 seconds and premoved the whole house, that was so hilarious, Levy is truly goated
He first started panicking at 15 seconds tryna make a draw 3 pawns up lmfao
@@DaTimmehwell he was playing against an IM
Also at 20:49 the bishop could take bishop but even if rook pawn takes the bishop is no longer guarding b2 so Qb2 them its ka2 then it’s super scary for white
goated = gamer of all the entire duck?
@@grasshopper8901 greatest of all time every day = goated
The fact that the first opponent knew the theory for the worst oponing like wat man
Interesting... let's do the procedure
*opening
@@thomato2299 opinning
@@destalta no
How did u find me here what
Today's stare was absolutely terrifying with his fresh new cut
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One of his best stares
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Levy: “I’m not super scared. “Should I be super scared?”
That is an accurate representation of my mind whenever I play chess
Good question
The answer is yes, you could
Levy: I'm so bad at chess
Also Levy: Beats titled players by using the worst openings in the game
The most impressive thing is that levy actually crossed 2800 playing the worst openings 😂
I m n o t a b o t
@@D7STINYq Y o u a r e a b o t
There is a reason Magnus plays "bad" openings. It's not just merely a trolling disrespect thing. People at the top levels of play have studied and played all the top openings to death to the point that the early game is almost an exercise in autopilot for them. By playing a bad opening you take people out of their comfort zone and area of expertise. A bad opening may be positionally weaker, but it results in novel board states more quickly and easily where memorisation cannot serve as a crutch.
@kirbyjoe7484 especially when people online are most likely not nearly as strong as magnus now if it was hikaru magnus probably wouldn't get away with the grob
Wtf? How did you knew that I watch this after 6 month?
Same 😂
That punish on the excessive premoving was amazing
Timestamp?
@@TheNintenBits23:40
Respect for Levy trying dubious openings and dubious hairstyles
-Levy gets a haircut.
Stockfish - ❓❓
Top tier comment
@@whocares4158 would a mullet deserve a brilliant move?!?
@@ollieradley2727 that is NOT a mullet
@@KetamineUser69bro did NOT understand the comment said
From his blonde hair era to this, Levy just can't get a good cut to save his life
lol
Levy looks like an adult now, I like it
5:45 "can i take with the bishop:
"proceeds to move bishop knight-like"
And Gotham sacrificed... THE HAAAAIIIIIIR! Gaining a huge advantage by confusing his enemies who expected him to keep his amazing hair that was positioned so well right on top of his head.
What a brilliancy! Stockfish doesn't like it, of course, but we know it knows nothing about chess.
The fact that Levy didn't just lose on the spot in most of these games considering some of his opponents were higher rated than him makes me wonder why this guy isn't a GM yet
He’s said it himself: he is good enough, just the nerves get to him and he chokes a lot
@@Nick_J_t’s also probably a different mental state when playing for content vs playing for rating. This is “playing bad for fun” where as a normal game would be “if I play bad it matters a whole fucking lot”
His opening prep is probably GM level, but he always chokes eventually and that's not a quality any gm can afford to possess which is why he'll unfortunately never be a gm.. His endgames aren't great either
because they're 3 mins games, you need to win in classical to be GM
@@Nick_J_ yes, but if you ask me he isn't a GM because his calculating capabilities are nowhere near Danya, and I may argue he is slightly worse at calculating than Eric Rosen who isn't good enough to be a GM. As another commenter said, his opening prep is insane, but he makes mistakes in most of his games that GM's make in one of three
This is part of levy's evil plan to make us drop Elo because everyone high rated doesnt watch his videos so while he keeps us low rated, he gets revenue in return. Absolutely brilliant.
Even if Levy plays the worst openings, he still wins in 6 moves
Even if he cuts his hair he still wins in 2 moves.
“If your watching this 6 months in the future then catch up on some openings”
Me watching it 6 months in the future: 👁️👄👁️
Me reading this as he said it 👁👄👁
Aint no way did he said "If you're watching this 6 months in the future" and im coincidentally watching this video after six months of this video being uploaded
I love when levy said “it’s worsening time” and worsed all over the board. Truly one historically chess moment.
worsening moment frfr
Very creative
truly worsening moment a of time
One of the moments in chess
Were these jokes ever funny?
Levy was so pissed on Grob's opening so he added it into worst chess openings 💀
I mean it just is though
@@doyouknowkeplertwentytwob4032 I am an average Grob's opening user. I won 80% of games using it
@@somebodyoncetoldme1141 i am 1200 thanks to the grob but its starting to get complicated to win
@@somebodyoncetoldme1141 yea but you're 800 and gotham is 2700
He isn't wrong though. Based off engine evaluation it is the worst first move for white, on the board against real players it would depend on your theory and your opponent's elo and prep
Levy playing the borg with the new cut changed my life completely
Star Trek references
What confused me most in this video is you know Borussia Dortmund. And called it a football - not a soccer club. Hats off to you, valued gentleman ^^
bong loud sitting in the corner crying:why am I still here,just to suffer.
Thank you Gotham chess for this video, I went from 600 elo to 200 elo after watching 😎
Ahhaah
unoriginal
dobry
It’s the worst openings in chess what did you expect?
Would love to see some openings that arent nessecarily bad just uncommon.
Bird's opening video
The alekhine is my favourite
Levy said in a how to win at chess IIRC that he used to play the nimzo larsen a lot, really been wanting to hear him talk about it more cause i really like to play it.
bongcloud
Him: struggles to win against a FM with the grob opening
Meanwhile magnus carlsen: beats top GMs while being drunk, playing the bongcloud and moving the king and the queen on the opposite squares
It’s unfair to compare a sprocket scientist with a rocket scientist
7:02 “And he sacrificed THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
When it’s six months in the future and it’s only 40% off😭
Levy, idk if this is redundant but as a regular free chapter user on chessly, the endgames masterclass has soo much material in just the free chapter that it's making me wish Icould buy the rest of it. It is Absolutely amazing and the best course yet, the way you explain it and drills make it an effortless process to learn endgames for free. If this doesn't get people to use chessly idk what will. Thank you for providing such an easy path to learn interesting parts of chess and get better in the most effective and efficient way for free.❤
00:03 I thought we had lost you for good, Levy - but here you are again with brand-new hair.
В дебюте Гроба надо после кажого удачного хода кричать: "Задвинул! иначе магия не сработает))
*Thunder just outside my house*
Levy: There's thunder outside not that I need to tell you
I was watching this 6 months in the future, so he caught me off guard.
How did you know im watching this 6 months later
Me when I beat someone with the london: 15:06
I am watching this exactly 6 months after
Damn, how does levy know I'm watching this 6 months after?
15:52 "Im not meaning to running away Im totally running away" 😂
I think the important lesson here is being missed by a lot of people. Even if you make a mistake (a bad opening in this instance) solid and pragmatic chess can still get you a win!
Also I like the new hair.
Even if you make a mistake and lose a queen or rook, you can still comeback and win if you don't panic especially at the lower levels or in rapid games.
These can't be the worst chess openings. This is how I play, and I'm already 300 ELO.
This guy is a really good player with great potential, he just needs to learn decent openings n maybe he can cross 1200
what
@@TheAtomBuilds it’s a joke bro you’re so slow
@@mofalahoo that’s not what sarcasm is
@@mofalahoo it’s clearly a joke but a really stupid one
@@mofalahoo you're the slow one here. that ain't sarcasm.
0:25 You're overestimating us, Levy
9:28 Uses Barnes opening “We got a nice little STABLE thing happening here” Unintentional pun 😙👌
6 months in the future here!
7:00 And then he sacrificed... THE ROOOOOOOOK
Barber: What kind of cut do you want
Levy: Tell you what, you play me in chess, I'll play one of the worst chess openings, if I lose, cut it how you want
Barber: Bet
Buzz one side of the head only "Alright now get outta here".
"there's a thunderstorm outside" -- right when it thunders from where i am.
23:00 "oh no, a fork" bro double checked for a stream sniper 💀
as someone who unironically plays the grob opening thank you for showing it to the world, even if you dont recognize its greatness
Bro, he grob sucks, no doubt.
Levy: These are the worst openings
Me: *plays this every game* intense sweating
OF COURSE I'm 6 months in the future
bro said "OOOOOOH WE BEAT EM WITH THE WORST OPENING IN CHESS" like eminem singing godzilla
Im watching this 6 months in the future and I'll heed your advice
How did bro know it was going to be 6 months in the future??
Levy gets an hair cut
Stockfish : ⁉️
i'm just watching 6 months later
I felt happy while looking at the third game because I realized that I’m not the only one who blunders pieces. Even IMs blunder.
That there is an opening called the “borg” because it’s a reverse grob is my favorite thing I’ve learned about chess in a while.
Does 1 year count? 0:47
Naaur
For the first time in Gotham history the cut is scarier than the stare.
15:15 him just cheering like a monkey
when you're watching 6 moths in the future 1:04 XD
I mean, I can't really blame stockfish for seeing the grob as the worst opening. It's the first step in setting up fool's mate
This was a great idea, and it was good to see how strong middle game skills can make up for any inherent draw back to an opening.
Ooh, I remember how Russian chess player defeated Levy with Grob opening. Three times if I'm correct.
I love when levy said “it’s borging time” and borgged all over the board. Truly a moment in chess.😢
What do you think Borg means?
@@samuelault4723 jug of alcohol and other flavoring for alcoholic college students
Oh and another one of these. Veeery creative.
@@NathanielSnider1017 blackout rage gallon
‘Argentina?’ All european people who watch football 🤦♂️
TLDR: Levi just playing the London for 26 minutes straight
Lol I watch this 6 months in the future haha
This barber who done this to Levy’s hair deserves prison sentence
And he sacrificed.. THE HAIR!!!
It’s crazy how levy pinned that 2,400 and said why is my opponent shuffling his pieces when that was so him in the past he has truly evolved
6 months into the future, Levy can see the future
Isn't the worst opening always the exact one that leads to the three move checkmate?
he meant the worst first move.
obviously after the first move he was trying to play the opening as best as he could.
Nice haircut and i love your videos keep up the work
23:51 did him dirty, with a straight face too lmao
My video was buffering but I thought Levy was just having an exceptionally long stare to start off this masterpiece.
As an intermediate player who studied the durås gambit for no reason at all during my own time, i honestly find this very interesting. I really didn’t expect a couple of whites moves early on, and I kinda like how you went with it.
2:37 he becomes 🤓
Levi should try something funny, like the cow opening or the Magnus' gambit 😂
Alternate title: Levy bullying lower elos with troll openings
I'm literally watching this six months in the future. That's kind of fun.
3:10 BVB?!?!?! i went to their football camp
He sacrificed his HAIR
lol
That game 2 was awesome, literally first pumped. Dodging a draw seemed crazy. A Rollercoaster of a game. Absolutely adore this content.
He missed a forced mate at 13:53 with Rh8+ which led to him having to rely on luck to escape the draw but I mean this is Gotham we’re talking about so no surprise there lol
@@benr3799????? What are you even talking about. There wasn't any forced mate to miss. Bd4 was arguably one of the best moves in that situation. Rh8+ in place of Bd4 is a crap move, simply Kxh8 and now you're down a rook for no good reason. Why are you coming at Gotham with this overconfidence 😅.
1:02 no shit
The fact that you posted this 6 months later
Levy being better at recognizing EUROPEAN football clubs than recognizing flags is the most American thing I ever seen.
I love how the comments are not about chess but about Levy's haircut...
Imagine posting a new piece of content on youtube playing the worst openings in chess and people only notice your hair~
Whinte 0:16
Nah this episode was GOLD. Watching you play is nice. Plus no pressure because of the openings. Amazing work
eh I'm watching six months later
I'm watching 9 months later
nice
here's some sacrifications for today
he sacrifices... THE HAIRCUT!
he sacrifices... THE OPENING!
he sacrifices... HIS SQUARED HAIRCUT!
he sacrifices... HIS ICONIC HAIRCUT!
he sacrifices... THE ELO!
he sacrifices... HIS POTENTIAL 2800 ELO!
he sacrifices... THE COMMENTS HUMOUR!
he sacrifices... THE STARE!
and that's all for today.
Noice
Bro didn’t only try the worst chess openings he also tried the worst barbers
Levy looks great with his new haircut. Glad he's stopped those awful product promotions and instead concentrates on promoting his own excellent courses.
I am 6 months late…
Lmao I’m 9
Same
How about a year?
@@sanatkundu2293 how about 11 more days than you?
ЗАДВИНУУЛ!!!
Ok well now I wanna get better at chess specifically so I can own people with the grob and borg
5:47 an honest question with no hate. I just dont understand your thought process there. Why didnt you re capture the knight with the bishop and instead did it with a rook? Im 700 so yeah im a bit dumb but can anyone tell me Levy’s thought process?
You're absolutely right he missed it