Hikaru thinks Levy can be GM 

And the rook

@@pixllo You mean the ROOOOOOOKKKK!!!!!! LOL!!!!

​@@pixllofor good luck

@@Cobra-King3 it’s a ritual at this point

Indeed ​@@Pxe4

And probably he is right about that

Omg, I LOL'd so hard at this. Underrated comment.

I agree. Levy is hypersensitive about his performance, because in his mind it isn't only chess, but some kind of intellect war. Poor Levy.

I can be GM too, and develop everything

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@@anonymouscacti8003 nailed it xD

@@Scarlett__007 damn 1 hour ago is crazy for a 1 month old comment

@@steven62684 couldn't resist 😭

DANG I JUST REALISED I GOT 291 LIKES LOL

thats a good interpretation

Thats actually so real.

basically skills are up there but his preformance lacks due to bad mental

Did you watch this short? He literally said he can if he puts his heart into it and plays into his strengths 😂😂😂

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Turn it into a sound bite and play it every time Levy chucks a game down the shitter on a stream, lol

Just YTP with other videos of Levy raging

​@@kingboong8343good idea

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@@3BodyProblem23ok boomer. “Crash course” pls change ur name 😂

@@gamingwithmangoandrrr8304 whats wrong with you? Please dial 911 for medical emergencies.

​@@gamingwithmangoandrrr8304tf is your deal bro

@@gamingwithmangoandrrr8304rko outta nowhere???

​@@gamingwithmangoandrrr8304Ok gamingwithmango, surely you are over 15 huh

This 100%. Also, something I think is undervalued is lying to your opponent about your mistakes being mistakes. It can break someone's mental if you accidentally do something awesome and they think you're just that good. And when you have accolades under your belt like Levy the opponents are more likely to believe that at face value.😊

Like everyone (other than Hikaru and the other top dogs) basically shit their pants when they play against Magnus. Not only they're facing the best, they can't bring their A-game into it because they're too nervous.

Yeah and people joke about it too much.

Unfortunately

People in social media are just like that you can't do anything about it

who looks at this negatively?

Levy basically stated that himself. He gets cold feet when push comes to shove. He needs to overcome that first.

LOL

The irony is if he did this and let the stress flow away hed probably snipe a norm or 2

I dont think that's necessarily what he was saying lol

That's not what I took from it. Hikaru told him to use people's awe of him, and the "streamer mentality" to his advantage. That sounds to me like a combination of unwavering confidence in game that freezes opponents, and the willingness to grind hours on end, fail, repeat.

😂😂💀

link?

@@Odysseusf it’s the last video on this channel (@Gothamchess) called Road to GM Episode 1

@@YRMW1983 just watched it. thank you!

@@YRMW1983 I just watched episodes 1 and 2. Levy is finding so many excuses for himself, like he is nervous.

@@Odysseusf haven’t watched the second ep yet but I can imagine it. His biggest struggle is the psychological side

Your understanding is correct.

Its deeper than that. He is really talking about the nerves he gets with end games. His openings and middle game are on the level. But he chokes from stress in the end game. Levi knows it. Hikaru knows it. Its not a big secret.

I mean 😂

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I mean Levy is friends with a couple of gms.

Levy may have thought about returning to competitive chess soon... Which explains why even though he's been "studying" he's playing worse in tournaments like tt. . Because of the mental aspect. Hikaru has said dozens of times that he doesn't think Levy will do it. So he is trying to say no, while giving him advice which will hopefully motivate him.

What exactly does the mental aspect in chess mean? Just curious as I've seen it mentioned more than once.

@@downwithmyotp i know levy has a big problem specifically with nerves when playing against gms, hes said before that he doubts his own instincts during one of the games and seems to second guess himself and lose his cool/calmness the more the game nears the end against strong players, this sometimes allows him to make mistakes. imo hikaru saying that puts the nail on the head, you have to be able to keep calm and focused without letting nerves take a hold of you, which seems to be what levy is struggling with.

@@downwithmyotp staying calm, not breaking down under pressure giving 100% focus and not letting things get into ur head. sounds easy but it's one of the hardest things to master in life in general. Levy himself mentioned that whenever he plays a GM he just gets scared and plays worse so he has to work on that

He literally doesn't care

Not to say Levy "needs" the GM title.. but he definitely could if he got over that mental hurdle.

Levy full potential with prep time + mental boost + dedicated will become super Gm biggest treat 🥶🥶🥶

​@@thirstforknowledge._ Mental boost is the hardest thing though, but not impossible. It is the case in any e-sport

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They all have ridiculous knowledge in all phases of the game so it comes down to confidence and not getting brain fog. Especially when time is a factor, having confidence to play a move and know it'll work out is huge, and not getting caught up in certain lines and seeing the whole board is also important.

​@RaniaIsAwesome I agree with that comment if and only if it's about the top few players AND there's an exception to Magnus (who's better in all aspects, mentality included) They all still have their own pros and cons so they aren't strictly equal BUT if you actually go and listen to a player's thoughts on where he missed you get: - I didn't manage my time well - I got desperate/anxious/unmotivated - I got tired - I couldn't think clearly - I took risks for points All of them are about work ethic, therefore mentality. Sometimes you hear "I've been outplayed" or "out prepared". Only the first is strictly skill. The second is a mix of skill and ethic. But hearing "I've been outplayed" is rare in my experience. Except regarding matches against Magnus, therefore the exception I said.

​@@crusaderACRyou hear quite a bit of "I missplayed because I thought this this and this and missed this and this" too though

​@@Aladdindoescubes misplayed because of??

@@Michojo uhh read again probably

This is so true. In online chess, whenever Levy plays against a GM, he will most likely drop his spaghetti.

@@jenejene9473lol i love the spaghetti analogy. honestly this may sound weird but that really made me laugh. wish we were friends irl because i need that kind of humor in my life😂😂

I remember watching his games breakdown when he did the gm journey. One thing I remember the most is that he said that he became nervous, doubting himself, then lost the winning position. So yeah, I think mental aspect is really big problem for Levy

​@@fruitsnacks155chill lol

Sempai? no. Sensei.

​@@AURON2401 it's senpai here he doesn't consider Hikaru as his teacher. He considers him as a close friend/friend and Hikaru is older then him so it's senpai

Lmao cringe ​@@AURON2401

I think he did say he is preparing for otb tourneys during his team chess match with hikaru.

Definitely. I would love to see that, even if he have to give us less content

@@theleoita90 Road to Grandmaster would be such a great content series though, letting us see what it takes

@@za5528 sure, but he would have to dedicate to it. Considering he wants to spend time with wife, that would leave something behind

Don't you know what happens to Levy when he plays pro? in his streams he loses temper and gets mad way more it's clearly a strain on his mind, so much actually that because of it he stopped.

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I think this definitely helped him with his decision to go for GM.

I agree. He plays at GM level when he's relaxed and messing around and immediately spirals when he gets too serious

@gerardgag I loved your answer, I identify with Levy in the sense that a lot of people can tell I have the tools to succeed, but I fail when my mind is playing games on me and I have to "defeat myself first" to get to my objectives. Levy is so amazing when being himself streaming, it's just about feeling confident no matter the result. Go, Levy!!! You're my inspiration.

There's a reason why chess players are so arrogant!! It's absurdly useful!!

Yeah, I never thought about that. Imagine the pressure on some random unknown IM, who isn't used to a lot of spotlight, when they play against Levy and know that the game will be watched by over ½ mio. people.

This was exactly how I read it too. It's reminding me of James Holzhauer, who absolutely killed it on Jeopardy - including when he came back to play in the Tournament of Champions against other people who are gods at that game. He openly talks about how he plays his opponents as much or more than he plays the game. Every daily double he has ever done he has gone all in, and it's not just about game point strategy - it has a lot to do with exuding calm confidence that intimidates your opponent while simultaneously putting pressure on them to make them play at their peak. It makes people lose their focus and give up, or get angry, or any other sort of emotion. Then his opponents start being slow to hit the buzzer, or they start buzzing in too fast to try to beat him and then they don't know the answer, or they get a daily double and then *have* to risk it all and *have* to get it right or they've lost, and that is a ton of pressure.

But he's right. Levy does legitimately play at GM level when he doesn't overthink and doubting his ability. The problem is he does that often when he's facing GMs.

​@@eddiemate if you watch Gotham games you'd notice that he does beat GM pretty often nowadays. But he still isn't at the 2.8-3 k elo points like GM's are on that website. And considering he's been playing more blitz than classical it's likely that his blitz playing strength is currently stronger than his classical strength. But we'll see what happens when he comes back to otb.

​@@mitigamespro8757otb classical grinding is a totally different beast from blitzing online. He could have the knowledge and ability like Hikaru said, but in reality, it's close to 0 chance to grind 200 elo otb.

@@eddiemate Yes, an entry-level GM usually cannot beat IMs that easily. But Levy tends to start getting nervous, overthinks when not necessary and miss tactics/run low on time and get his ass kicked when he knows his opponent is strong

That's not so clear, getting a GM title could hugely boost Levy's popularity as well as self esteem.

He’s not at peace with it. In a video where he took a lie detector test he said it bothered him a lot.

"Can he become a GM" is a topic repeatedly mentioned in a lot of videos continuously, I don't think he is at peace about not getting one

aged well lol

"can i be gm" "absolutely" where's the no?

Y'all really think that this is a negative response. Hikaru said that HE CAN BE, it's just that he needs to work in his mentality.

Bro has no listening comprehension

Why would you ask levy If hikur hast what it Takes to become a gm . If hikaru on of the best gms in the world

Yo I don't get what the point of your comment is... It's his channel and a lot of people are interested.. But can we just come together and appreciate what the other dude that replied just said? What the fuck was that?

​@@iro9486i said it as a joke because at the beginning of the video when he nobody asked

It's literally "yes, you hav what it takes but if you don't evolve for the better then you won't be"

@@danielrichardson6471 Yeah with this definition basically anyone can become GM then 😂

@@kkarx of course. Why wouldn't it be? That doesn't mean you'll get to hear that yourself though