@@LetsPlayCrazy I think he’s saying he feels attacked because sometimes he plays great and then all of a sudden starts playing horrible and blundering everything
Dunning-Kruger effect. The people chatting are so bad, they have no idea how bad they are. It's likely lots of chat is thinking while watching and experienced/humble enough to know they should stfu about a mate in two if Levy doesn't see one. (Not that it's impossible, but unlikely a thing you should confidently type in chat unless, again, you know nothing.)
Tbh I though 900 guy was good and not cheating until bullet. As a 900 I could've found a couple of the good moves he made but only if I took a few minutes. There's no way he found those moves that quickly
Your explanation of the tactical sequence at 1:30:56 was probably my favorite minute of Gotham content I've seen, and I've seen A LOT. I'm around 1250 and this blew my mind. Nasty indeed 😈
900s are a weird bunch, they either blunder randomly or make good moves. When I was 900 I would analyse games and it could be 95% or just 50% sometimes.
@FourCGames I mean, people can play higher than their level. It doesn't necessarily represent their ceiling. Only their average playing strength. So, maybe they are underrated, but I'd completely believe that they are a 900 who played an amazing game
The feeling when you come here from Levy's stream and see a calm and kind guy instead of a sarcastic troll. You do amazing content, happy to see you being sponsored!
I started watching this channel in 2020 and my rating was 800 and now in 2021 my rating is 1589 in rapid and also in blitz its super cool 1457 and i am also winning my chess tournaments and my coach is also saying woah you are 1550 and it feel 1800+ Thanks A Lot Levy
I am not flexing its true and tip is puzzles and matches higher than your level like if you are a intermediate then see advance level got it ? To learn traps and tricks that they use and also no traps all the time only some bcoz you will get use to traps and will loose all games
When you trap one of your opponent’s pieces you don’t have to take it until he wastes a move trying to free it. Doing this can make you go from a winning position to a dominant position just by gaining that one extra move
This guy's is so informative and helpful, if we would add all the rating he has made his viewers gain it would be way over 10000, so we can now call you a Super-duper Grand Master
Rating is a comparison algorithm, it doesn't work like money. If you're 2000 and beat 1000 you get nothing. If you're 3500 like Nakamura, beating a 3000 gives you just one or two. Nothing more. I'm 1900 btw so I'm confident about my answer.
@@ItamiPlaysGuitar 1900! You sir are a shiny god amongst mere mortals, you have proved your point, now please wrestle thine divine hog back into your breeches and leave at once, you’re turning us peasants green with envy.
Just think (before every move) what did this piece protect, and what will protect it? As for tactics that your enemy does, you just have to get an eye for those, but it happens. You’ll get there homie.
Every one blunder even GMs but i have cool trick to minimize it play tactics more!! after a while because you solving 3-5 moves puzzle under 1 min, one move blunder you will spot it super fast for yourself or your opponent.
On the "general principles" thing Gotham was talking about, I just think of any "chess rule" as more like guidelines. Some are stricter than others but they're all still just guidelines. We deal with the same thing in software engineering where there are "rules" or whatever, but for the vast majority of those cases, there are sometimes edge cases where those rules don't apply and can be bent or broken. I like the word "guideline" more for stuff like that.
Hi, I'm French and your way of saying "en passant" is almost perfect (not when you actually try to say it properly, usually the second time, when you actually say "un poisson" which means "a fish"). The final "t" of "en passant" is "muet" (not pronounced at all). I wish I could help you on your French accent one day, thanks for those videos anyway =)
Game 1 after Qa7, you tried sooooo hard to not scream "CHEATER!!" LOL you were more passive aggressive than my gf when you said "I like the alternating between great and terrible" 😂😂 (Always obvious when opponent plays at 1900+ for most of the game, then under time pressure reverts back at his 900 rating)
I think you need to check how his moves are being evaluated if there are more good moves and ok moves than the "book moves, best move" then I am not sure how you will suggest he is cheating. Having been on the other end for more than once, being accused of cheating I am not sure how you call a person a cheater without a clue as to know if he is really cheating. As club player myself I am never able to play online chess in the these online community which is so weird and poor mannered. Some of my moves are like 1900+, for example in this game below, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gnBxus_lxkA.html I knew that rook d4 to b4 was blunder and that there was that awesome rook sacrifice(at time - 28:20) I am quite sure for person like me with chess rating less than 1100, you would never expect me to do moves like that when you see that on the board you get pissed off.
@@Ivy_Inquisitor OK "Good" cheaters (which is a contradiction in terms) do not always play the best or book moves. That is a sure way to get caught. They keep the engine running during the game and play the 3rd best, 2nd best, 5th best, etc. and keep themselves in the game. Whether it be to save face, or give themselves a chance, or just ego....I don't know but that player was 10000% not a 900 rated player!! I have been accused to cheating many times. I do not take it personally bc I don't cheat but some players, esp higher rated players do not like losing to players with lower ratings. And sometimes, whether from better prep or just better play you DO beat higher rated players. And sometimes they call you a cheater. I laugh, say "report me.....good game" and get on with my life.
@@KevinWood44 Could be true too but we can never be sure sadly but yeah I wouldn't be happy if people cheat and abuse system. And if I was a victim of it.
@@TheDarkNightRising Did you watch Sherlock season 4? The show really went downhill after season 2. And in hindsight I kinda think it was always just bad. Not that Benedict or the actors were bad. Just not great writing.
@@gaaalavant yep, and I agree with the fact that it went downhill but regardless there were some eps I enjoyed after s2, for me it was the last season that was pretty much disappointing to say the least
For a long time, I didn't play chess, then o started watching you and Hikaru. I just hit 1600 rating. I'm surprised how much I learned from you. Great work.
My thought process during chess: My move: "What's preventing me from making an attack?" "What can I do to weaken that defense?" "Is that even WORTH my effort (is there a stronger, less move costly attack available)?" "How can I coordinate my pieces to make this a GREAT attack (if I decide to stick with the first idea)?" And finally, "is there a possible move of theirs that will make me play defense (if there is, I negate that move and play defense immediately)?" On their move: "What does that attack?" "What does it defend?" "What does it team up with?" "Are there other moves in the future that will make that move make more sense (like a devastating check that will ruin my coordination)?" Hope this helped somebody.
LEVY! Just now I played against a Pirc Defense with the London System. I did it the way you showed in the video and MY GOD. It was insane. Best game I've ever played. I knew exactly what to do, barely took time to think, got 97.9% accuracy and finished with a check mate with 7:30 on my clock in a 10 minute game. Good lord was it awesome. Thank you for showing me this. It was the win that got me to 1100 for the first time!
Hey Levy! Thank you for posting so good content! I started rewatching the whole series before this last video! I started playing chess in december and only watched your content and bought all of your courses! I'm rated almost 1000 now and I've learned SO MUCH! Love your style and the way you teach! Tanks!
I went from 500? to over 1900 in a few games! i'm not sure why ppl have keep talking bout these elo climbs. of course ive been playing chess forever. but I thought thats what the server does when you first make an account. The first few ppl is super easy, then your rating shoots up, then it slows down again. IDK, thats how its always been for me. Like it finds your real strength and adjust accordingly, to give you more neck to neck games. ?
eh i don't know if he was cheating but playing queen d3 and missing the obvious Ng5 was weird, if he was cheating he didn't want to win just not get totally embarrassed
What a strong 900 player... I dont wanna say he was ocasionally cheating but man if youre playing like this you shouldnt be 900. Maybe he just plays drunk all the time
Gotham: "You see, in the sicillian defense, you move either the g pawn or e pawn one square, you NEVER move both because thats too many pawns on light squares," Also Gotham: Moves e pawn and g pawn onto light squares...
Hey levy can you please make a video on how to play when you are material down or you have other pieces instead of a queen for example rook and a knight vs queen and how to co ordinate your pieces.PLEASE I LOVE YOUR CONTENT.
yo man I just wanna thank you so much. I’ve literally improved so much just from this series and chess has really become part of my daily routine. Thank you!
Just wanted to say thanks Levy, for giving your subs lesson, idea through your game and thought process. I started to know chess at age 8, but not really into it. Until know age 25 after i watched queens gambit and start over again to learn chess. I thought i started at 800 on chess.com, now after 2 months+ it raised to 1000+. Thanks once again 👍
Day 30: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.
Bruh stop, nothing to learn there. Just put your pawns on the opposite color of the enemies bishop, and bring your king into the attack. Once your king takes enemies pawns, then you walk your pass pawns using the king to defend each step of the way.
@@cwazyazn I disagree there. Since the defending side can easily set up blockades with his king and bishop. So even if you are two or three pawns up on your opponent, it's difficult to win these type of endgames cuz of this. Also your opponent more often or not will try to sacrifice his bishop for all of your pawns leaving with you no winning chances. That's why imo opposite coloured bishop endgames are so difficult to win at.
@@bakulshah4367 that's why he isn't making a video about. Almost all opposite colored bishop endgames with close to equal material are drawn. If the position is not drawn, then that's because one side just has way more pawns/activity. In which case you just follow other endgame principles. Eg Opposition etc...there's nothing really there to teach.
Hey Levy, I know you might not be able to read this but I've been watching your content for 2 months and even tho I'm not going up the rating ladder too much I feel much more comfortable on the 64 squares and being able to plan and follow strategies, so thank you very much, keep up the amazing work!
Yeah this is so helpful. If you have to put why you are playing your move in words then it forces you to actually think about it a s not just play it because it looks good
Thank you so much for making this series. There so informative and helpful. In fact, I'm in the middle of playing a daily game where I played the London System and my opponent played the King's Indian so now I know exactly how to play that! You came right when I needed you most!
nice deflection at 1:04:21. there are a ton of those in puzzles. they are so common that I now default to looking for sacrificial checks when nothing else looks good. it's either that or sac the queen in some way, beloved theme of all puzzle.
This is so fun to watch. I'm around 1100 and I have a mate that's around 2200 who sometimes agrees to play some games against me. I usually see nothing wrong with what I'm doing, try to play solid but then suddenly he has a move I never saw coming and I realize that I lost quite a few moves ago.
This is already one of my favorite videos by you! (Scotch; London; e6, b6; ... and, "Don't be shaken, bring on the Kraken" type advice as well.) Thanks!
"Queen A7. Que.. Queen A7. Ok, Queen A7. Sure, sure sure. Queen A7. Uh.. wow. Queen A7. Alright let's move the rook outta [laughter]. Uhh, Queen A7. What a move, nice move, activating the queen. You know, hitting my weaknesses. A move, that uh, very strong move, very very strong move." I absolutely lost it here.
Imagine getting to play an IM, decide to sporadically cheat then end up blundering all your pieces in laughable fashion when you don't have time to update your engine.
