Dewa Kipas vs. Irene Sukandar MATCH RECAP 

You know Levy is serious when he sees a Caro Kann on the board but doesn't flip the board to feature that person.

The Kipas Gambit: sacrifice your dignity for $7,000

Little is known that even WGM Irene has also undergone massive bullying and even personal threats from her fellow country netizens for challenging dewa kipas for a match

In my opinion, Irene won more than the money. The bravery to say what she think is true on the public, knowing the adversity she will face, is not something that most people have.

Levy is taking his victory lap, and i'm not even complaining. He f'kin deserve it.

Props to Irene for putting her own reputation on the line for the honor of Levy and Indonesian chess, and then putting on a clinic.

I just want to know what happened to the +95% accuracy. Did he forget his countless hours of training VS the cpu?

dewa kipas' cunning plan to make free money: beat everyone online, beat a famous IM, get banned, claim he wasn't a cheater, wait for someone to PAY HIM to sit on a chair for 3 chess games and make some random moves. This guy is a genius.

I still need to wrap my head around the fact that thousands of people read a story that said "My dad practices on the computer a lot, thats why he beat an IM with a higher accuracy than the world champion would have, and also won 28 games in a row despite having an 1100 blitz rating" and instantly believed it. How stupid does one have to be in order to fall for that?

"Irene plays principled chess, she knows 1.000 people are watching" not like the weird kids eating sand in the playground who decide to play a4 in move 3.

Irene....Got 14.000$ Dewa kipas got 7.000$ Deddy. Got adsense Levy......got full respect....even he dont get a lot of money....but destiny declared him to be a person full of true honesty....love...from indonesia...

After the 1st game, Irene should have played the bongcloud for content!

Accuracy online: > 90% Accuracy over the board:

"My father just play like an engine" Blunders a bishop and a rook-queen fork

Dewa kipas got 100 million rupiah Irene got 200 million rupiah gotham chess is getting massive respect and new subscribers from indonesia

When I was in highschool, I often saw Irene photos in "inside chess" magazine (Irene was still in elementary school), so Irene is trully a professional chess player since she plays chess for a long long time whole of her life. I trully respect her.

The fact that Levy has opened all the videos for Indonesian is a real winning..

im so glad he played gambit, followed by tempo. unbeatable

As soon as his "style" stopped being "of a bot", he started to play like 1200 elo. Interesting.

The downside: Sucks the cheater got $7000 and all this fame. I can't help but feel like he won in that regard. They say cheaters never win but in this case a cheater won $7000. Also sucks that the internet did what the internet does in sending you death threats. The upside: I love your professionalism in all this. So many people and businesses in your position blunder their responses so much worse and this experience is an excellent lesson in how to properly handle situations like this. In spite of a lack of admission of guilt - I think it's very clear this guy was a cheater and deserved to be banned. Just remember not to take the haters personally. I feel like it can be hard to do when there's so many comments flying your way about it but just remember there are a ton of us out there who are rooting for you and are thankful for and love all the amazing content you put out. You have made an amazing impact on the chess community at large and you have definitely helped me to improve my game. Looking forward to seeing and learning more from your streams and videos! :)

Thank you so much for enabling us Indonesians to be able to watch your channel normally now. I'm still ashamed of the damage that has been done and still going. You deserve better. Much love from Indonesia ❤️.

“If you still have no idea what im talking about thats pretty impressive” Me still not understanding a single thing: ive finally impressed Gotham

After the match, Mr Dadang said, in many occasion, that he lost the match because he was not used to play 10 minutes fast chess. But if we looked at dewa kipas account record, dewa kipas won a lot of chess matches using this rule. Very strange.

The fact that GothamChess deals with all the negative comments with his positivity is just off the chart!

Dewa Kipas went easy because he didn't want to expose his prep for the Candidates Tournament.

Irene got 14000$ Dadang got 7000$ Levy got big fans from Indonesian

I am an Indonesian who from the beginning of this drama believes that the truth is on the side of GothamChess #RespectLevy

Dewa_Kipas cheated so Levy could make a video about him and analyze his games for him to learn. What a big brain move.

I miss that days when the biggest drama you could find from chess was some guy calling you trash after blundering his queen and resigning. :/

As an Indonesian myself, People this day were so easy to be manipulated, they just heard about one side and then dont want to heard about the other side. I hope you dont hate Indonesians after this. You have a lot of fan from Indonesia too.

my whole take from this video: Gotham is REALLY GOOD at pronouncing Indonesian name wow

I love the way how you review this match. It's very clear and easy to understand even by an amateur like me

Hello Levy, I'm Refo from Indonesia just want to say to you that everything is going to be okay from a layman point of view, these things are just a blessing in disguise, I always thought chess streamers are going to be a bunch of nerds who are boring and such, but this is NOT the case with you! Really glad I found your channel, already subscribed your twitch and followrd all your social medias, looking forward to your next contents! Cheer up!

Love the way Irene played this. Really solid, respectful, but didn’t show any mercy, and ultimately didn’t give him any chances even though he tried to play super passively. Love Indonesia, been there a few times. It’s an amazing country.

I was hoping this would be an episode of Guess the Elo!

As Indonesian i was really shame with this Incident even after one year.

Damn irene stepped on him and and crushed his nonexistent dignity

It's just insane that a cheater, who basically caused almost an entire country to send hate to an innocent (and very good :D ) chess streamer for exposing him, walks home with a 3-years sallary from all of this. Shows how dirty the media business is.

5:50 "just shredded it open (DK defense), like a Christmas present" 😂

"I will never admit I cheated" "Here are my games, admitting that I definitely cheated"

I desperately wanted Irene to crush him, and I’m glad she did.

I like how Levy tries to go extra mile to stay very respectful and chooses words very carefully, at the same time underlining very clearly, that it's not very easy. Good job, mate

lot respect for you Levy! Im from Indonesia, your new fans btw

It is nice to see chess got so many attention and media coverage. Many love from Indonesia 😊🇮🇩

As a Malaysian, I'm able to understand the Indonesian language to quite an extent and I just want to shine some light on things that you might not have noticed. After the match, Deddy Corbuzier asked both the commentators - GM Megaranto and WIM Chelsie what they think Dewa Kipas' level/rating is. If you watched the live stream, you might have noticed that Megaranto wasn't that comfortable with speaking the truth, most likely due to the fear of being attacked by the netizens, and instead of saying that Dewa Kipas is not a high rated player (which in a way is saying that he cheated previously), he said that Dewa Kipas is "hampir master", meaning almost master. And when both Chelsie and Irene heard about that comment, they too agreed with him. I am not a chess master but the rating I am at is enough for me to know that one-move blunders like the ones he made in the games against Irene are not the kind of blunders an "almost master" would make repeatedly. After the live stream, I went on Deddy's Insta to look at what the Indonesian netizens said about the games and surprise surprise, majority of them are still somehow siding Dewa Kipas. There were numerous comments saying that no matter the result, they still support and believe that he did not cheat. Not only that, there were also comments calling this match unfair because Irene is already used to playing OTB games whereas Dewa Kipas is not, saying that this put him under stress and if the games were played online at the comfort of his own home, he could have beaten Irene. After the match, Dewa Kipas said on camera that he lost because the time control is too fast for him and he is not used to it, which we already know is full of shit as this 10 min time control was mentioned by the arbitrator to have been specifically chosen based on the time control of his games on chess.com. Many netizens then used this as an argument on Insta, once again saying that the games were not fair for him due to the time control, with one guy even commenting that the 10mins games Dewa Kipas played on the website are against bots and as this match was against a real human being, this should be harder and hence 10mins was too short. I guess at this point it is clear that there are many blind netizens out there who know almost nothing about the facts surrounding this incident as well as possibly knowing nothing about chess at all. Dewa Kipas has become almost a hero to many of them and seeing this, I'm honestly starting to believe that their blind following and support is no different than that of a cult. Of course, some of the Insta comments do consist of people saying that they are now finally starting to believe that Dewa Kipas was indeed cheating but it is still very obvious that many people still fully believe in all the stories that his son cooked up on social media. I know that many of us here want to believe and hope that this match will finally put an end to this drama but judging from the kind of comments I saw on Insta, I doubt that this is truly over. After all, there was no admission of guilt, apology or compensation, you'll never know what these crazy netizens will come up with next.

As a Indonesian, I hope that this video puts and end to the bullying that has happened to you. Keep it up Sir!

In the first game I forgot what opening it was and I assumed it was the London system. Then in the third game Levy reminded us it was the Caro cann. Exchange Caro and the London really have a lot in common. I totally got the London vibes. If somebody asked me what opening was the first game I would have said the London system.

Wow, I never knew seeing people explaining chess can be this fun!

Dewa_Kipas : Beat GothamChess in a 10 minutes chess game Also Dewa_Kipas : I'm not used to play in only 10 minutes

Ah, the story of Dewa Kipas. A type of character that's loved by Indonesian people. An averaged, middle-aged guy, looking like the rest of us, from a humble place, got banned from Chessdotcom after beating a famous player. Such a nice story of "an old guy got wronged by the system" character. Despite the data and suspicious statistics that are too good to be true (and it was), people still blindly support him, as if he's an undiscovered mythical god of chess from the ordinary folks class. Here in Indonesia, people love a story like that and will get angry if people with common sense told them otherwise. I personally don't have any grudge for Dewa Kipas, he's a pretty cool dude from what I've seen in the videos. It's probably his son who was "tinkering" with the gameplay. But my god his supporters are crazy toxic! They don't care about the suspicious stats (cheat) or anything else, just the background story, and the fact that he's one of our own. As an Indonesian, I apologize.

Dewa Kipas : Known for cheating at a 10 min rapid chess. Dewa Kipas after GM Iren : I lost because im not used to a 10 min rapid chess. Logic : Are you kidding me dude?

" i sacrifice my honor and dignity to summon $7000 and keyboard warriors in attack position , i end my turn "

“OMG I’m actually really good, I play online a lot.. I’m not a cheater. *blunders Nd7.

havent started watching yet but i have this feeling its going to be good

I came here after I saw Deddy Corbuzier podcasts, the whole video series about this. Salute for you man! and I subscribed immediately after listened to this video.

Let's go viral! #RespectLevy

I am from Indonesia, and I watched you long before this drama happened. When I heard this drama, I felt very embarrassed. because many people who support dewa kipas don't know anything about chess, and they just follow along in reporting your account. and they think dewa kipas are really great and don't cheat. and finally the GM from Indonesia submitted a challenge to see the expertise of dewa kipas. but he wasn't at Irene's level, and even made a silly mistake. whereas we know he has 98% accuracy when he plays at chess.com. but yeah that's the reality, he got the money and he still doesn't want to admit to the cheating he did. and some are aware that he is not that great, but there are also those who still support him. what should be wrong is still wrong, even if he comes from my own country. don't be a supporter of those who cheat. it is not wise and makes the person look as stupid as the one who cheated. but I am sure, from now on there will be many Indonesians who will see your video and they will become your fans too. lets see levy ..!

Pretty savage to wear the same hoodie when you guys were in a match lmao

Thank you Gotham, finally I can watch your RU-vid channel again Thank you very much Levy

Late watching, but still interest to see your analysis...👍👍

My sensei, I feel sorry for you experiencing and taste the heat of Indonesian flame of blind nationalism...they hate too much and love too much 🤣

The first match opening by Dewa Kipas is a Caro-kann less known variation, the Caro-con

I dont understand chess , but your explanation is great , enjoyable , & more than enough to explain what was happen at that match 😁 thank you ! Keep making good vids !

1:45 E6 This is also what Irene said in her channel, well done dude 👍🏻

If Dewa Kipas or his son had any honor, they would post on this channel admitting their dishonesty and lack of integrity. If the Indonesians supporting them had any morals, they also would post on this channel confessing their error and asking for forgiveness. The lack of either of these actions reveals something toxic about the perpetrators and their lack of moral compass. (This post did have a heart from Levy, but after I edited it to accommodate James Powell's good insight, it disappeared. Just a FYI)

I don't want to brag, but I could also have lost to Irene 3/0.

Wow,.. Indonesian translate,.. COOL, Big respect from INA 👍

nicely explained, you've got new fans, and from Indonesia. keep up the good work

interesting that dewa went for the caro-kann instead of his signature opening, Gambit

Never been so ashamed as an Indonesian before, watching you in Deddy Podcast show me how nice you are. You deserve better

I'm from Indonesia, and respect to you 🇮🇩

Don't worry levy, your approach to be as logical and as reasonable as much as possible earned my sub, keep up the good work!

normal chess : 😏 chess in the queen's gambit : 😳 chess with multinational drama : 🤩

Levy Rozman, one of the few people able to survive the onslaught of Indonesian netizens. That's a feat that even Badminton World Federation and All England cannot do.

Tbh i'm really glad that you have opened the blocked. I have always enjoyed the meme, funny or even an amazing moment in your channel, especially with Hikaru, long before the issue with Dewa Kipas have emerge.

i from indonesia, respect full for you, thank you my brother.

Hey gotham ,u know whats more important than a queen? You are.

Now that you are vindicated, I hope that your "exposing the cheater" series still continues.

Finally i am happy to see your channel back

Thanks for opening ur channel again I love you're content :D

Great analysis as always, hopefully this video puts an end to the bullying that has happened to you. Keep it up Levy!

One thing that wasn't mentioned here was the timing of his moves... On chess.com his moves were all pretty much on pace. But over the board he needed much, much more time to find worse moves.

finally...now chess is booming in our country, Indonesia. thx God.👍😀

Hi mate, I'm from Indonesia and have not done chess perhaps in 20 years lol. But seeing your conversation with Om Deddy Corbuzier's channel and your video, I am now your subscriber 😄

Dewa kipas would have played at a higher level if he remembered to drink more fish stock

The funny thing is that before this match there were many ppl bullied Irene tho on her instagram for speaking the truth and ppl considered she was underestimating dewa kipas

I just one hour ago learned about the Indonesia thing from the Tania Sachdev interview. Wow, it actually went global! 😮

Thank you bro for reaction battle chess between DewaKipas vs Irene

You're remarkably gentle in your critique. Well played, Levy.

What's worth more than a queen and king combined? You are! Have a nice day/night to everyone who's reading this :)

Gotham will kipas entertained forever

Im so respect with you because know what must you do with good explain. RESPECT 👍👍

So basically he knew how to move the pieces

Accuracy Online v IM Levy Rozman 97.4 % Accuracy OTB v WGM Irene Sukandar 36.3% and yet they still defend the cheater and the funny things on the live chat replay people said RESPECT I mean WOW they have 0 IQ Well he lose and got 7000$, sacrifice his dignity

personally i know you (levy) from the stream since i watch twitch a lot and also from hikaru. kinda sad that as an Indonesian myself. tons of people are still being petty and even go as far as death threats, since i think you're a good pioneer on the chess boom ever since lockdown. keep doing what you do man and wish you all the best (also do sub battle again since its one hell of a content xD)

i don't have any interest abt this controversy. but i watched the rematch between him and irene (because it was a big trending) and it brought me here. I really admire and respect abt how mature and professional you respond to this. And i think i become a fan of yours. gonna learn chess again, thank you

People are talking about dewa kipas getting that $7000 but no one is talking about irene's absolute win getting that $14000 bag easily

It's not right that Dewa Kipas's cheating led him to make thousands in a sponsored game while nationalists who don't even know the rules to the game continue to insult and threaten anyone who points out the obvious.

Finally, Indonesia can watching again your channel. Thanks 😁

As always, the truth will set you free. Rock on, Levy. Rock on.