That philosophy was how my cousin and I played each other in mortal kombat. We played so much we had to invent unorthodox tech that would normally be very bad, then figure out a tech to the tech and suddenly the neutral became a 30 way mixup
I mean, it sounds like he does wacky stuff because it's fun. And I imagine for his opponents it's more interesting than another Berlin opening. I respect it, he's not playing for accolades or to become the world's best player, he's playing for what every game is originally meant to be: fun.
I'm that dude but elo 1000. Sure I COULD try to play like a normal human. OR let's Morthy up in this and sacrifice pieces for advantageous positioning and check the king ten times.
"I think the engine would take" 3:40 Not only does the engine not take, it says taking is bad, there is like one move to punish it though and he didn't find it.
@@bobbobert9379 Later in the video he goes back to the move and finds the move that leaves the opponent in a better position They did not find it in the game tho
Ita actually been studied that veteran pro esports players actually have their heart rates drop and become far less eratic, they have nerves of steel. Levy might start experiencing this now that hes so comfortable fighting people on his level, with only gms causing him to lose nerves.
I think this guy just wants to make a game as old and boring as chess, where 90% of skill is a good memory, a little more unorthodox and exciting and I can respect that.
No, chess is not 90% memory. It is a common misconception by beginners who don't understand what they did wrong, so they blame their loses on their opponents simply knowing more opening moves. There is a lot of subtle positional understanding and ideas that allows you to make better moves. If you gives any position to any players, the one with higher rating will find the better move most of the time. Improving in chess is not all about memorizing opening, it is also about positional understanding and tactics.
It doesn’t work because after Rh1+ Ke2 Rxc1, White can trade queens with Qg8+ Qd8 is forced Qxd8 Kxd8 and then white can play g7, and promoting is unstoppable
Spassky: "you can predict his (Fischer's) moves, but you can't stop them". Spassky: "I can't predict Petrosian's moves. Spassky lost to and then beat Petrosian, but lost to Fischer. So, it's quality of the positions and not predictability that counts.
If this is Titled Tuesday then it's because the players are forced to turn on emote-only mode during the games so that they don't cheat by reading chat.
I lost a game I was winning I missed my opponent’s move somehow in a blink of an eye which happened to be a pawn push which I would’ve captured but didn’t giving my opponent a passed pawn on its way to promotion I was so peeved at myself if I had taken the pawn the game was mine all day lesson learned pay better attention before making a move
3:37 - Why wouldn't Levy take h7 with the bishop? That would either be a free pawn if opponent doesn't want to lose his rook or opponent does take and Levy has a rook instead of a bishop... what am I missing? Does he just prefer to have the bishop in this position?
Then the bishop is technically pinned or even trapped depending on the line. Imagine you take with bishop, but the opponent just doesn't take. You can't retrieve your bishop because it'd be a discover attack on your rook h1. You'd need to move your king to defend the rook, losing a tempo because you took a free pawn with the wrong piece (or wrong order of piece). Black could continue with his idea of sacrificing the dark square bishop and not really be punished by it. Either because white doesn't have the time to take it back, or either because taking it back allows black to push the f-pawn, making space for the queen to target h7. So basically you'd have an advantage of +2 or +3 to an equal position (something like +0.5). So that's not very interesting
"I don't know why this guy plays chess"? he's intentionally doing weird things, which means he has more reason to play chess than you do. You're like a chef that only makes instant ramen. He cooks, and it usually turns out bad, but he has a chance of someday cooking something great.
