Magnus Carlsen Is A Genius 

I like GothamChess, but cummon, this's really trash.

“you moved 4 states over and your house still got no windows” is definitely up there as some of the best commentary Levy has ever provided

just crushing, Magnus is an unstoppable force 😯

Fun fact: the word "magnus" in Latin directly translates to "great" or "large", so his name translates to "The Great Carlsen"

You can say it's just Magnus effect but honestly to find all the tricky moves to make completely lost position into a win vs a GM being down 30 seconds to 4minutes is just beyond insanity

Have watched this 287 times and can confirm that this is a gothamchess classic

So Magnus was the dark knight after all… Guarding Gotham

Some come for the "stare", some of the jokes, I come everyday for "now get out"

The last game, I can only imagine how it must have felt like when you're mostly certain that you're winning against someone of that caliber. I think anxiety struck that boy.

The stare on the day after Valentine's Day showed care and closeness to the audience. Subtle but powerful. 9/10.

Intense stare this time round. Felt an unmatched sense of intimacy. 8.5/10

6:23 "Magnus is a very good player" welcome to Gotham Chess Recaps

what a time to be alive and witness Magnus playing

Dear Levy, I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for your excellent chess content on RU-vid. Your passion and enthusiasm for the game are contagious, and your instructional videos have been instrumental in helping me improve my own skills. I particularly enjoy your analysis of professional games and your breakdown of complex positions. Your insights are always informative and illuminating, and your ability to convey your ideas in a clear and concise manner is truly impressive. Thank you for all that you do to promote and advance the game of chess. Your contributions to the community are invaluable, and I look forward to continuing to learn from you in the future.

New favorite commentary from Lev: "You move from one house four states over... You still got no windows!" 😆

“It’s a free roll basically” love how Levi is incorporating poker terms in chess

Levy the milkman, milkin' Magnus as usual, and we love it

This was suggested to me while listening to the song “Skyloker - All blue “ 🥵🥵🥵

The commentary about the black bishop from 13:40 on got a genuine laugh out of me. Good work Levy, love your stuff.

When Magnus plays against ChatGPT , ChatGPT takes its own bishop to pay respect .

Magnus is like Tiger Woods in the late 90s/early 2000s. He might be down a few strokes heading into Sunday, but the leaders would inevitably fall apart as they heard crowds cheering 3 holes away where Tiger simply hit amazing shot after amazing shot.

I love these longer shows of yours, any of them with Magnus is saved straight to my Best of Gotham Playlist.

i really love how levi builds suspense without spoiling the final outcome. This whole video was like watching a mini super bowl. :)

That last game though... I can hear Professor Oak now. "You were close!"

Amazing how Danya was able to hold on for so long. Just shows how strong he also is. Just so happens he is facing Magnus.

I love how Levy honestly says what he do for views and repeat that process

I watched this I couldn’t believe it. Magnus is so resourceful. Going 4-0. Goat.

“You move from one house, four states over, and you still have no windows.” 13:46 😂😂😂😂😂 No one can narrate chess better than levy!

" *magnus doing magnesuim things* " - levy

The PCL is so much fun to watch. 4 straight days of chess for 5 weeks, each day has 32 games featuring 16 different chess players from all over the globe with great commentary. This is the chess version of NCAA's March Madness. Looking forward to more great recaps.

Just being magnus already exerts a lot of pressure that the opponent would be nervous and make inaccuracies.

"You cannot stop an avalanche with a horse" -Levi 2023

The bishop from 19:31 was literally: I guess I'm a knight now

You can tell how much pressure magnus carlsen puts on opponents just by the time alone

I find it admirable that Levi manages to keep his commentary on matches balanced between being objective and colored through his own opinions, considering how the fame that has come to him and his channel has brought many eyes to him; comparable to that of a mainstream media outlet, making him a ‘centerpiece’ of the chess community,(pun intended) and how his influence has a major impact on people’s opinions especially to those who are new to the chess community and are quite impressionable.

“Starts with d4 pawn” Hikaru= Mate in 37

In the last game when Magnus was down to a bishop and the white rook was on b5 I think Rb4 would have been stronger. It ties all Black's pieces to the queen's side. If black tries to push the a pawn, white plays c4, cutting off the bishop and allowing Ra4 next move. So black needs to defend the pawn with the bishop and also forces the black king to protect the b pawn. That leaves white with 3 pawns and a king against 1 pawn on the king's side. So black needs to use 3 tempi to protect everything before it can free up the bishop whilst white is advancing on that isolated black pawn on f6.

Hey man, going through a tough time right now and your videos are helping me through it!! Thanks a lot!

I do recommend hikaru's video for this one.. cause he just talked about the last game and it was fantastic

That last round reminds of an anime character letting their opponent power up.

"You move four states and you still got no windows, this bishop is trash" - Levy 2023

this magnus guy is pretty good. i think he can have a fairly good career in chess

Your unique capacity for very entertaining storytelling is outstanding. Thank you!

When Stockfish is a good idea if there was better moves, when I use it post game in my 700 it is assuming my opponent plays massively differently, The Ai upset I refused to trade queens, both in starting position, I later got their queen for free when they hung it. Trading really is pointless below 1k because ignored pins happen all the time. So long you keep pressure you can exploit mistakes. Even if in higher Elos it wouldn't work.

The feelings of playing Magnus are: "How do you shoot the Devil in the back? What if you miss?"

This was the best non movie I have ever watched! Magnus is just on an other world at this point.

19:30 bishop be like : i identify as a knight

The bishop that blundered, become the unexpected hero

Gotham should make a tutorial on how to beat Li, the 2000 rated bot, just like he did with nelson, because im 840 rapid and she beats me really easily and also beats my 1360 rated friend, but i beat the 1800 rated bot Wally, so i think the skill gap between Wally and Li is really large so it would help a lot of us out

Another long and good stare, just as always ✨. It's kind of therapeutic

"You gotta play freakin' Tetris back here"

"Magnus doing Magnesian things." - Levi 2023

Congratulations 🎉in advance for 3-million subscribers ❤

Магнус все еще не прочитал 21 критическая ошибка новичка в шахматах, но сумел создать 22 критическую ошибку

“Queen takes Queen, rook takes Queen, pawn takes Queen.” -Levy, 2023

he used his C4 pawn as a weapon lol 😂

Solid stare, 8/10 for nostalgia factor.

The stare at the beginning was short but deadly.

It's crazy how the Bishop that Magnus blundered became the monster defender in the endgame.

10:05 he's talking about Skip Bayless here LOL

Magnus did it again 🔥 Magnus effect is real🙆

hello, levy I love your content keep up the good work!!

you move from one house, 4 states over... and you still got no windows!

Magnus must've been relieved for winning that game, otherwise he'd have to play the "Resign from tournament and accuse opponent of cheating" gambit.

3 Million close! Looking forward to that stare analysis which you promised to do at 3 Million Subscribers.Congrats on good Growth and as always Awesome Content!

Today's stare was short but intense, looking deep into the viewer's soul. 8/10

4:15 «pawn takes queen» Gothan begining to sound like Chatgpt💀

16:52 Levi when someone come 20 minutes before closing time

Todays stare was soul striking. 9.2/10

Hello

16:45 "f4, KNIGHT D6!!! and if you take.... HELLOW!!!" 😂😂

"You move states over and still got no windows" is 🤣

Magnus pullin out that dont resign card .

First the thumbnail was Magnus with just Blunders in the back and now he is a genius?

The original title was "What is Magnus Doing??" And the thumbnail was him surrounded by blunder icons

10:05 my guy perfectly described skip bayless

Wait, wasn't Irina in that garry kasparov vs the world game? would be interesting to see her on the podcast or something

“This Bishop Sucks!” LOL

23:30 When you ask the goblin what to do next

19:15 "playing the French in blitz" *laughs in german

That always happen to me too. All my opponent turn into carlsen.

"BEAT THIS CLOWN!!" -LEVY ROZMAN

"Just magnus doing magnisan things" sums up this video pretty well

Pawn takes pawn not "pawn takes queen" at 4:14.

Magnus: I'm here just for fun Last game: ok time to play

That 3 minutes usage checkmate in a 10 min. game was just Magnus flexing on Erina

“Pawn takes pawn, queen takes queen, rook takes queen, pawn takes queen” where did the last queen come from

"Magnus doing Magnesian things" where does levy come up with these things😂

some context: Magnus played Bxa2 because he saw Yu was worse against Krush and Preotu was lost/already lost too, so he knew he had to take risks to create winning chances for the Canada Chessbrahs to have a possibility of a win. if he played safe and went for a draw, they might’ve lost the team match. (score was 6.5-5.5 in the Chessbrahs’ favor going into R4, and it looked like there might be two losses which would put the Charlotte cobras in the lead). If the other boards were doing better, Magnus might have played it safer.

I've seen Judit Polgar comment once that playing magnus is like drowning

"YOU MOVE FROM ONE HOUSE, 4 STATES OVER AND YOU STILL GOT NO WINDOWS" -Levy, 2023

As a Charlotte resident, I am at least proud that we were close

I like how Gotham just casually comes back from retirement and competes in a big tournament

Magnus proving again that you should never resign.

Yeah, Irina Krush, was very important in "Kasparov versus the World". (maybe levy says it later in the video)

I love how Magnus ((almost)) losing is the upset of the event💀

I like how this video is all magnus instead of 5 games with only one of them being magnus. It's just so addictive to see if his dominance is still ticking.

Levy:how do you evaluate black is better. Me: it's magnus!!

“You move from a house, four states over, and you still have no windows” -levy 2023 😂😂😂

Not a Magnus related post, but for the next Guess the Elo, can someone give Levy the following game? Played as black, ~1700 vs ~1500 on Lichess (So closer to a 1500 vs a 1300) 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation } d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 d4 6. exd4 exf4 7. d5 a6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. dxc6 axb5 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Nf3 f6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. O-O-O Rxa2 17. Kb1 Rfa8 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nb5 R2a5 20. Nxd6 Rb8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Rhf1 f3 23. Rxf3 Rd5 24. Ka2 Ra7+ 25. Kb1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. c3 Rea5 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kd3 Rd7+ 30. Ke2 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rb2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 Rd4 34. Ke3 Rh4 35. h3 Kg6 36. d4 Rxg2 37. d5 Rxh3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. d6 Rh4+ 40. Kc5 Rc2+ 41. Kd5 Rhh2 42. d7 Rcd2+ 43. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kc6 Rc2+ 45. Kd6 Rd2+ 46. Ke7 Re2+ 47. Kd8 Kf7 48. Rb7 Rc2 49. Rc7 Ra2 50. Kc8 Ra8+ 51. Kb7 Rd8 52. Kc6 Ke7 53. b4 h5 54. b5 h4 55. b6 h3 56. b7 h2 57. Rc8 h1=Q+ 58. Kb6 Qxb7+ 59. Kxb7 Rxd7+ 60. Kc6 f5 61. Rg8 Ke6 62. Kc5 f4 63. Re8+ Re7 64. Rf8 Ke5 65. Kc4 Ke4 66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Rb8 g5 68. Rg8 Re5 69. Kc2 Ke2 70. Rh8 f3 71. Rh2+ Ke3 72. Rh1 g4 73. Re1+ Kf4 74. Kd2 Rxe1 75. Kxe1 g3 76. Kf1 Ke3 77. Ke1 g2 78. Kd1 g1=Q+ 79. Kc2 f2 80. Kb3 f1=R 81. Kc2 Rf2+ 82. Kb3 Qd1+ 83. Kc3 Rc2+ 84. Kb4 Qb1+ { White resigns. } 0-1