How To Win At Chess (Ep 5, 1200-1600) 

I swear this man is one of the most hardworking streamers out there, literally pumping out quality content everytime im on youtube. Serious props to you levy.

This guy makes chess 10x more interesting. Love the commentary

A brick fence??? That is called a “wall”, Levy.

"There is a trap..." The four most exciting words to come out of Levy's streams. Gets me buzzed every time. My favourite was 'Locking away the Bishop' in the first game. Such a simple, yet easy to miss kind of idea.

"but frankly the lesson here is to have no respect for anybody when you play" -Levy Rozman

As an 800 player, I get London’s all the time and I never know how to correctly play the right moves, thank you 👍

For better or worse, when I am playing chess I often hear Levy's voice in my head.

Hey dude, you mentioned in a couple of videos so far that you are on your lowest in years. Are you sleeping well? Exercising? I'm a content creator myself and this job sometimes comes with issues for the mind. I hope you are well, really like your content. xoxo

1:17:30 “The fox has been flushed from its den.” Is a line from Age of Empires 3. In that game you do build villages, so nice guess. I was referencing my king walk.

Levy: "I'm in an unusually long slump." Also Levy: *Uploads videos teaching 1000's how to beat his openings

i watched, learned, played and forgot everything

Dude your trap and explanation @ around 18mins is absolutely legendary. Such a good teacher. Thank you.

Tom Brady : eagerly learning chess with yt videos Levy : I can't tell you how little I care about Tom Brady. Poor brady

how to crush "crush the london" levy rozman's video by eric rosen coming up

“Don’t you dare call me shortsighted” “Aren’t you a car?”

3:22 "You don't have to take everything you see in chess" One correction Levy, you must take en passant. That's the rule

That first game with the 1200 was quite impressive, only going three pawns down in 30 moves due to levy exploiting positional advantages

I'm really glad chat is not on screen anymore. It was really distracting

30:05 "it's like I castled but my rook got drunk and didn't wake up in time" 😂

"It's like I castled, but my rook got drunk and didn't wake up in time" I have definitely played from this position more than a few times. Also, Drunk Rooks would be a great name for a chess themed cover band.

i found this channel 2 days ago when i was on a loosing streak , watched a few of his videos, today i won 3 games with mate! Thanks for the free chess classes Levy!

Last time I was this early Levy hadn't beaten James Canty

“I want you to cheval the snow” humored me a lot more than it should have

Me watching gotham: wow! I guessed almost every best move! Me in a game: ha ha, blunder go BRRR

“Work put in correlating to money maid is not the same to someone who's living borderline in poverty.” I love that Gothem

Jesus Christ man your content is just trough the roof quality wise. You just never put out a bad video, every comment over the games is very instructive. So glad i found your channel man keep it up!

I feel like Gotham is a perfect representation of someone who wasn’t born with natural chess talent but worked his ass off to become the best player he could

"I just hit myself in the face" I do that all the time playing chess. It's usually a facepalm though.

They say the antidote to a slump is a break. Not easy when you're trying to upload regularly.

One genuine question: Has anyone ever defeated you at this series? Like on stream?

Really entertaining content. Just got back into chess after playing for Scottish primary schools in the early 90’s! Can’t say I’m any good but you break things down really well dude

When you are so early that the likes are more than views! Levy Op! I reached 1350 from 500 in just 45 days seeing your videos.Thanks man.

100% out of 100% the best chess content on RU-vid.

Losing the chat is great. On RU-vid it’s only a visual distraction. If someone says something interesting Levy reads it aloud anyway. Having the move list on screen helps me a LOT in following things. If you cold lose or move the sub counter from in front of the move list that’d be even better. Great stuff man.

How come there was no twitch chat? I actually enjoyed reading them.

Aftertime I lost matches by blundering my pieces time and time I came back to watch your videos to learn traps and tricks and it excites me each time and motivate a lot, keep doing, you always have our support and ❤️

Levy's next vid : CRUSH opponents with the GROB opening

Gotham - You just got a new subscriber. You help me so much at Chess! I am only 12, but your videos have taught me so much! Thanks A LOT for everything.

“I can not tell you how little I care about Tom Brady.” 😂 literally me every week

These videos are becoming a routine before going to bed for me. When I go to sleep I always watch one or two games and I'm happy that there are still a lot of these videos I haven't watched yet :)

I don’t get why everyone resigns, like you obviously won’t win, from the beginning. Just don’t resign we need to see that end game and how to check mate!

I like the new disabled chat room as well as the missing twitch music. It helps with the focus on the game and commentary, which is informational gold and doesn't need distractions.

Rule of thumb if levy makes a video how to crush opening, don't play that opening for a week lol

Really loved the ruy lopez bird defense, very helpful game to learn from! Also hope you make the video on navigating a closed board as it can be really hard for beginners such as myself.

You learn the Caro-Kann. Levy releases how to crush the Caro-Kann with one pawn. So you learn the London. Levy releases how to crush the London. Why?!?

you and Canty are my two favorite online players/teachers. he's such an entertaining commentator, but your instructions and insights are second to none in my opinion.

"I cannot tell you how little i care about Tom Brady"

Hi Levy I just wanted to let you know that you're streams and videos have really helped my game improve. As I started to watch and take notes I've noticed that my rating has slowly gone up. I've also noticed that I fewer and fewer blunders thought my games. I am very happy to let you know that today was the first game I've ever played where I made no blunders, mistakes or missed wins. Thanks :)

The way you said En Passant in French means "While peing" "En pissant" or "While fish" "En poisson", thanks

I'm so glad that I found your videos. Not only are you a great chess teacher, you're also fun and amazing as commentator. Thanks for helping me improve while entertaining!

And so in less than 3 days Levy just taught us how to beat my 2 main openings. Sadge

At 51:41, when you pronounce "En passant" for your french friends… It actually sounds more like "En pissant" which translates to "While peeing!" 🤣 An interesting take on the expression ! :D

"I told myself not to get tunnel vison...and then I got tunnel vison" Everyone felt that

Loved the wrecking ball talk and yugioh reference. This is why you're my favorite chess streamer.

Bring back chat? It was one of the highlights for me in this series.

Levy is the best! Just a middle-age guy you can’t even seem to break 1000 rating (even though I’ve been playing my whole life) but Levy never makes me feel stupid.

Tom Brady and Seto Kaiba, two individuals I didn't expect to be roasted in this video 🤔

GothamChess speaking french feels so respectful, it's super nice

Levy plays Overwatch?! This I needs to watch.

You don't even need to be into chess to enjoy your channel. Love when you spuu your knowledge. Appreciate the content. Thank you :)

Random person: WiLl tOm BrAdY wIn ThE SuPeRbOwl Levy: *Gets confused and goes silent for a minute*

This is the best win at chess episode, all games are so instructive.

I was literally thinking yesterday about how to defeat the London. Perfect video timing 👌💯

Levy: "gentlemen you and I both know the explore page can be a little bit busty sometimes" truer words have never been spoken

Gotham: 58% unsubbed. Me: I'm subbe-... I'm not!? But I've literally watched all the How to win at chess videos. Yt be recommending, I just keep watching.

Thank you for your videos. I really enjoy watching them. I am one of the unfortunates that blunder at least once in every game but with your help I hope one day to reach a level I can be proud of. Not all of us want to be Grand Masters but you can’t enjoy any game if you just give it away. Thanks again

You teach me a lot, Levy. But from one Overwatch player to another, Don't play hamster. There are already enough diseases going around at the moment.

Love how by the time gotham makes more and more videos his opponents became more and more creative. A sign that he is an amazing teacher! If you read that a big thumb up bro!

" Pissons " means " let's piss ", so I don't think you should keep on saying En Passant that way lul

Hi Levy, Amazing chess and one of the best if not the best I have ever seen, since I found your videos I don't watch anyone else, you play truly great chess and you are always so easy going about it, it never seems to bother you what others do, keep up the truly great tips as for me you are the best.

you just destroyed my career with this video

33:09 I've seen that pawn move taught for beginner players to prevent a backrank check mate and give the king some "breathing room".

I can never look at the side of the screen without seeing "I'm GothamChess" lmao

This is some top shelf content my dude! I feel my ELO rising just watching this. Scheduling my interview with Chess Life :P But seriously love your videos, keep making more!

The way you say “en passant” is actually pretty much right btw. Please don’t say “En poisson”

I have no clue if you read comments but i like to have you on my second monitor and just listen. Its nice. I dont learn much since i dont pay much attention. But i like the your vids. Thanks for what you do man.

No one misses the chat... -All of youtube

Man just today I was in a gruesome game with black against a London player. I really hoped you would upload this a and you did. Thanks man.

Be careful ! As a French guy, I would give you an advice: do not prenounce "En passant" like "En pissant", I would mean "peeing" instead of "passing" :-)

Suggestion... Could you show us beginners how to play the openings? Because I keep deluding myself with Berlin defence, Njardorf, Spanish and other unnecessary stuff.

''legend has it that Gotham never replies''

Congrats for the win over Canty , Levy . Naka wasnt very happy but nice win

POV: you just started regularly playing the London

Thanks for making this video levy, the London system is my new preferred opening besides the queens gambit. I don't know why people call it boring. Then again my rating is still only 1500s but before I started watching your videos it was 1100s.

Something tells me he doesnt like playing eric rosen

32:46 Just click it This needs to be in daily dose of chess

I love it whenever Levy talks about Overwatch - so relatable.

Honestly the Yu-Gi-Oh reference cracked me up. Keep up the awesome informational chess content! Its some of the best on RU-vid

43:09 wow, moves like this is why i'm starting to love chess.

Seriously top notch content, great personality makes learning chess interesting and funny, your passion for the game really shows and I definitely feed off that energy :)

32:51 cursed Kasparov impression moment

8:50 Bd3? Why not? If you trade bishops and you take with the C pawn your rook guards the c3 bishop and if black takes the bishop on c3 you will take on e2 and then simplify to a rook endgame in which you are up two pawns with a better pawn structure and you get control of the b file first Somebody rated higher than 1200 preferably please explain why he did not do this, I would like to learn

« En passant » the fact that you pronounce the « t » is normal because you’re English, any french person would understand 100%. Well done with the videos, thank you!

"My opponent says sad. I don't know what they're calling sad, but Nxf2 picks up material because I take the rook for free" 5:39 😂

29:46 mind set can have a massive effect on influencing when you are in a slump or not. If you avoid negative words like "slump" and instead say I'm going to climb back to my previous rating and surpass it it can make a world of difference.

You are definitely a good teacher. I learn every time I watch. Not to mention you have a great sense of humor. You crack me up often. Thank you for providing this content.

Congrats on beating James Canty! After watching a lot of your videos, I went from being an 800 rated blitz player to being a 1200 rated blitz player and still climbing! I also stopped using the sicilian dragon against E4 and instead used the caro kann and my winrate with black went from 50%!

11:00 King to Bishop: I'm not locked in here with you.... YOU'RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!

I far prefer the move list to the scrolling chat. Helps me concentrate on the game more.

Hey Levy. You choosing 10 minutes per game is perfect for this format. Great teaching experience also.