2021 World Chess Championship (Game 10) 

“ is it over???” What a stupid title. I haven’t even watched the match yet. But I can count on levy for spoilers!

"Nepo is the only one with a positive score against Carlsen" - Carlsen: "and I took that personally"

I hate to be nepo at this point every SGM has something snarky to say about him not to mention he is up against the greatest chess player of all time. Hope he gets a W for moral victory.

The World Championship isn't even (officially) over yet and I'm already looking forward for all of the next events! Thank you Levy for you dedication.

I'm happy to see even Magnus supporters hoping for at least one Nepo win. That's very respectable.

Yes it's over but lets acknowledged that nepo for even reaching that level and there is no shame on losing to the world champion

This man doesn’t rest, loving the quick uploads on the recaps.

Give this man a boring chess game to talk about and he can turn it into a Rollercoaster, Some talent he's got there.

When the commentators started talking about “critical moments” I think I lost all of my critical braincells

The only thing faster than Nepo's moves is Gotham's uploads!

Nepo stops the rot. Going back to the Petrov to steady himself and take a draw into the rest day. Still a very big mountain to climb... Thanks again for all the hard work on these recaps!

I think Magnus has programmed the word “absurd” into our heads.

"If British, it would be knives." ...it's true, but you don't have to say it xD

I never thought of covering squares as being “mined” but that’s a great analogy.

Your coverage of this event has made it so enjoyable for me. Never followed a prominent chess match due to the time it took and I’m only 1300, hard to understand all the moves. Thank you Levy!

Ian's in damage limitation mode now. The last thing he wants is to play the Sicilian and end up on Guess the Elo somehow (given his form and mental state rn, anything is possible)

Thank you Levi for commenting on how Magnus broke all of the opening principles. I'm always disturbed when GMs block their bishops and pawns with a knight they're moving for a 2nd time.

97th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "È fnutt o iuoc? A decim partit ro mondial e scacc"

Credit to whoever is creating the thumbnails its art.

you should do a video where you work with an intermediate player that has the basics, do a crash course on an opening you don't offer (as that would probably lose you money) maybe have them do like before and after games. Might be a good advertisement for your courses and would be awesome content. depending on the time frame you can definitely have the video be under an hr and probably get good retention with a narrative. I imagine your content doesn't get demonetized often, and longer content means more ads, and profit for you. (might be bad at math which made me leave marketing to poly sci, but I can have good ideas lol) also have been loving your d4 course, which has made my masters massively more bearable working through the "London".

"I was so close but then I just blundered all my pieces" I feel attacked, sad and understood at the same time.

“If you had 2 or 3 moves in a row, how would you actually improve your position?” This is the way to think!!!

Levy you are so fast at uploading these recaps I’m literally still watching the press conference right now haha! We all really appreciate it!! ❤️

Levy I want to say thank you for these recaps. I’ve got a busy life and I can’t spend hours of my day watching the match but I love chess and I couldn’t just let the world championship of one of my passions slip by. You make these rounds easily digestible and instructive along with putting your amazing personality into it. Thank you

Im getting back into chess this semester. Your commentary has made it as interesting as any sport! It has made my transition back into the game so much easier. Thanks!

Any backwards knight move ever, Levy: That is a fascinating move!

These tournament and World champs recaps are great, especially with all the explanation. I'm a little disappointed that there's not much low rated content anymore like pogchamps or sub battles. It's a lot more entertaining when you're cheering for someone that could actually make a mistake, or catch their opponent in making a mistake. These high rated games are almost like watching computers play against each other to me.

Thanks for the recap, Levy. I actually wasnt able to watch the match today and rewatching an archived stream by myself is way less interesting than having you summarize the game for me so I really appreciate it! Keep up the good work man

Nepo can afford to draw one more game... and must win 3 games to still make a comeback.

Been following you for a year, love your content Levy. Especially guess the elo and 10min opening videos... Could you make one on the Petroff perhaps? Watching this opening in the recaps was really interesting

Im tired of reading comments making fun of Nepo saying he is a weak contender and that other GMs like Fabi/Ding would have been a better pick. FYI, Nepo won the candidates tournament consisting 7 other top SUPER GMs (yes, including Fabi/Ding) and had to beat ALL OF THEM to qualify. If anything, it doesn't show how weak Nepo is but instead shows how good Magnus is at this game and how well deserving he is of having the world champion title. So keep the comments to yourself if you have no idea what you're talking about.

Nepo was the only player Magnus had a negative score against in classical before this match. Now its 4-4 and I think Magnus even don’t want to loose a game just because of this. He is a predator.

Levy: “6 out of 9 which is a nice score” Me: “Nice😎”

"6 out of 9 is a very nice score" I don't think it was intentional. Lol

“An unorthodox regrouping..” you’ve never made me laugh out loud. But that voice and joke got me

50% chess talk, 50% guy on crack talking about stories of guys getting beat up at the grocery store

I hope that we will get at least one spectacular win for Ian. Just so he doesn't leave the match crushed and has willpower to get another match! And of course for the glorious recap by Levy!

“Pawn structure pawn structure I’m totally not going to go play a game and just hang my Queen after this.” I relate to this so much you don’t even know 😂

1:58 I need more of classical British Levy in my life!!!

Bro "Ah yes en an unorthodox regrouping of the Knight to the center of the board by the world championnnnn" that got me

was reading comments before watching vid and someone said "SICK QUEEN SACK!" got me excited.... damn

This whole match shows why Grandmasters go for safe draws so much. Taking risks at the GM level backfires horribly, and the amount of energy that it takes to execute a decent risk is mentally draining. I think that after this match, GMs will strongly go back to safe draws, especially considering how much bad press was thrown at Nepo.

I died at the part of "he lit a grenade dropped it the in the playing room and ran away, that's not actually what he did that's very illegal." Best commentary on exploding pawns in chess I have heard.

I believe Magness thought knight to d3 would give him the best winning chances, so he was actually playing for a win. He was probably hoping for a complex middle game/endgame without the queens. As he is the absolute master of these types of positions , he thought this would be his best chance for a win.

“He lit a grenade, dropped it in a playing room, and ran away” -GothamChess 2021

Nepo seemed to start to tire in the candidates tournament as well, then came back after the long break and played brilliantly. Do you think he is showing that mental fatigue causes him maybe a bigger problem than some? I know he may have had a cold the few days before the long suspension also.

9:11 - Ah, the famous knight fianchetto variation that Magnus obviously saw in your video with Northernlion and decided to use it.

Ian should just say "fuck it" and go for the Bongcloud or the Hippo

Levy could u do an opening video on the Nimzo-Indian I think me and many others would like it!

3:48 Based

2 super GM casually fianchetto their knight in the same game

Ah yes, the top level analysis I came here for, "Stockfish is programed to do something."

The most one sided world championship series in recent history. This reminds me, this guy (challenger) was making fun of a kid when he was celebrating becoming a GM. I can't help but smile. What a beautiful can of ass whooping brought out by Magnus.

It’s been over for a bit, yes. At least he stayed at the board.

"An unorthodox regrouping of the Knight from the center of the board by the World Championnnnnnnnn" ... LOL :D

“If British it would be knives.” 😭😂

I love the american way to describe a fight😂🤦... I didnt expected it and i laugh a lot😂👍 Thx for the video man💪

The moment the game ends my life goes into pause untill you make the recap. I am glad you uploaded quickly and after i I am finished watching this video i can continue with my Life! Thank you very much for the amazing content! ( I hope i didn't make a grammatical error...)

Ha ha...love that Levy snipes at the petrov opening because he doesn't have a course for sale on it...

Nepo: I am Nepomniatchi, the winner of the candidates Magnus: i am Jhonny sins

Your coverage on all of these games has been incredible.

Love what you do, thanks for all of it, would love to see a Queens gambit revamp.....it would be really appreciated 👍

“ That is very illegal “ got me good🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nepo showed he is great in the Candidates. I don't see that much journalist and photographers as Magnus-Vishy, they play in a fishtank as well.

I'm so ready for this recap after watching the game.

You're great man, thank you, amazing recaps!!

To clarify: 1/2 for a draw, 1 for a win. After game 9 MC has 3 wins. Magnus score is 3-6-0.

15:29 "And i will see you for game ten" Levy can't count confirmed!

Probably the easiest world championship defense ever Can't blame nepopotamus tho magnoos is just the🐐

Never thought i would say this but so glad that nepo finished a game without any blunders!!!

Rather than a last move of F2-E3 with the King, why not advance a2-a4 then a4-a5 blocks the black king from entering the queen side arena between the pawns.

Trailing 9.5 to 6.5 in the 1986 World Chess Championship, Anatoly Karpov reeled off three straight wins against defending champion Garry Kasparov to tie the match. Kasparov ended up winning the match anyway, but it does show that three consecutive wins by the challenger is at least possible, if very, very unlikely.

How the hell did you do this? The game has just finished, man.

Video Idea for Levy Get another GM or IM like Hikaru or Anish and play a game with them until the 40th or 50th move and then get 2 subscribers to finish the game and watch chaos unfold as 2 masters watch novices destroy the novelty they started

0:22 "6 out of 9, which is a nice score" - I see what you did there Levy

I think many forget ian and magnus played what very well could’ve been a completely perfect game. Huge accomplishments have been made whether or not Ian gets a win

I just finished watching press conference live and the video is already waiting here. What the hell, how do you do that, Levy the Timelord?

Dont let feeling sorry for Ian distract you from the fact that this wcc proved that Manus is the greatest chess player in history. Not even debetable at this point.

It ain 't over til it's over -Takamura from Hajime no Ippo. Kasparov vs Karpov, Jimmy White huge lead against Stephen Hendry in championship finals of Snooker. McEnroe 2 sets and a break up lost to Lendl in the French Final (old tennis match), Kenshin came back to beat Shishio Makoto etc...

Did you just say ‘and i will see you in a game 10, get out of here?’ LMAO

I'm calling a bongcloud being played in this championship.

At 9:00 Magnus fianchettos his knight. Clearly he watched Gotham's EloSwap episode with Northernlion from back in August and liked NL's style.

Levy this has to be one of your funniest videos the script goes hard LMAOOO

Been going through your old puzzle training with Hikaru, setting up my board to take the time to try them myself. Would love to see you get back into that series since you’ve clearly sharpened your playing since then.

Make a video where you explain the structure of world chess championship. As I understand it is not standard tournament.

Played chess with dad 50+ years ago. What a kind-hearted man he was! Now I'm old and in the way and would NEVER even try the game again, but I'm taking advantage of the mental gymnastics. Good for receding brain power. Would love it even more if there was slow-mo! :)))))

“these squares are mined” ah yes, world championship minesweeper

So you know how Levy said that "Like your not going to go play a chess game right after this and hang your queen."... he called it

11:17 when Kasparov possess you for a second

Thanks for these Levi! Would love a series after this world championship going over famous games from past world championship games.

6:59 "I'm totally not gonna go play a chess game after this and hang my queen". I feel attacked sadge

Levi, could you please make a video explaining the concept of conversion? Great video, as always.

3.35 is like Kramnik and Topalov sitting down for a game against eachother.

Pawn Power In Chess by Hans Kmoch ~ One of the earliest chess books I read back in the 1970s … excellent

"That's a very American way of describing a conflict, if british it would be knives"💯 XD

Gotham:Hope u have a fantastic rest of ur wednesday Me in India:It is 10 pm idk what fantastic may happen in the rest of my wednesday

Lol @3:47 - "obesity and guns - the American way". :D

That d3 joke was hilarious 1:55

Levi blundered at the end "See you for game 10"

(12:55) I believe the rules of chess say a player must announce "j'adoube" before lighting a grenade and dropping it in the playing room.