My Childhood Rival Found Me 15 Years Later 

This is Part 3 of my chess tournament from April 2024 in Toronto. Parts 1 and 2 in the description! BONUS videos and FULL GAME REVIEW on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/gothamchessofficial

Original Title: "I murdered 7 people in Barcelona, also Magnus exists."

Did this guy really try to castle after making FOUR king moves. Levy I think your opponent was actually drunk

Levy is forced to show the hotel JUST to be abducted again in the interrogation room by his kidnappers

levy never fails to make these videos feel like he is at a blind dating event

levy never fails to milk his childhood rival

Everybody is drinking alcohol at the tournament yet they are still 3x better while being kinda drunk than most of us comepletely sober

I loved this voice over with the whole ambience and the camera and lighting. Everything is so well done.

That glass on the corner is freaking me out!

'What's your username I forget?' is crazy lol

Homie was definitely faded, trying to castle after moving his king like 5 times is nuts lmao

For every like this comment gets I will watch a Gothamvideo that features Magnus Carlsen. So basically every video on his chanel.

man his opponent moved the king so many times when Levy was giving him checks with the rook and he thought he can castle lol.. bro really thought he is sneaky

I really like this new style of VO where you're just going through what you're thinking of at that moment instead of doing a detailed analysis of each move (though those are great too!).

Levy honestly, you're great. Thanks for all the work you do. Keep it up, stay well and much love from germany.

i absolutey love the voice over and the ambient sounds in the background. just love it. You got a really soothing and cool voice😄

Levy, this is maybe the best format of your videos. I love the voice-over work on top of the raw footage and board. It feels far more human.

Love the kofeyye guy behind you. Free Palestine ✌️🤍

I truly think he will be GM soon, and kinda strong

0:00 Intro 1:23 Before game chat 3:06 The game 10:51 After game chat 11:52 Outro

Love the guy next to levy wearing the palestinian kuffiyeh

I love this type of sound mix for the commentary.

Dude, the vibe of these voice-over videos is so chill. Love em. Keep it up.

Levy, blink twice if you’ve been abducted.

Original title is: "My childhood rival challenged me 15 years later"

If I were in Levy's position, I probably would have accidentally elbowed the glass near him that was at the edge of the table

Road To Gm is Incomplete without sacrificing the Roookkk 😝😝

The forget you can't castle happens so often in low time formats. I've resigned so many games right after playing a move because I remember I cant actually castle

Levy made childhood rival rethink his life decisions

Shoutout to the champ sitting beside gotham who's wearing the Palestinian scarf ... 🇵🇸🇵🇸

GM = gotham milk

Hi Levy! I've been a huge fan of yours since 2020 and I recommend your channel to whoever will listen to me! I just wanna say thank you for being family friendly and always entertaining on your videos. You truly add a positive light to my life and I wanted to show my appreciation. Thank you so much! ❤😃

I really wish levy vlogged on youtube every once in a while. It's refreshing to see him in a way other than just playing chess, especially for those who have followed him for so long

Live commentary of your games. This is really enjoyable and fresh, Levy. Keep it up and enjoy Catalonia.

That Palestinian Kufeyyeh 😍🇵🇸

salute to the guy wearing the keffiyeh in the back❤‍🔥🇵🇸

Day 19 of asking for a book signing in Tampa, Florida (or close[or ish] area). GREAT JOB ON THE TOURNAMENT LEVY (Mobile moment)!

Levy's childhood rival is like remember me? And Levy be like who the hell is he??? Oh my God I can't remember I'm so focused on hikaru and magnus nowadays.

Levy becomes a 5 million subscriber Him: No reaction

I remember this guy playing drunk against akaNemsko.

Never too late to milk childhood rivals

Dia uno juntando likes para que exista "GhotamChess en Español"

shout out to the guy in the back wearing a keffiyeh

shout out to the guy on your right with the kofiya representing!!!

I just came back after watching part 2 checked the date and its JUNE 5 and you just uploaded 3min AGO THE TIMING!!! CANT WAIT WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU GOTHAM!!!🔥🔥🔥

I always thought that GothamChess is from NYC, not Canada.

Great listening to you guys catch up before the game!

Hearing your internal dialogue/ train of thought as a voiceover was awesome! Plus the live games add such an exciting element seeing the players reactions.

2:30 Where Levy says, you were like 94, 93? I got really confused since they were just talking about age XD

I feel like he was really nervous, like man moved his king so many times and tried to castle 😂😂

Dude! this style of video is excellent, really enjoyable man! Love chessly btw, working my way through some courses n already had a noticeable jump in competitiveness both online and OTB!! Really like the book too 👍

At first I thought he was gay but then I realized he’s just Canadian

Great game! This content is top-notch with the voiceover and everything. Really well done. I enjoy the banter too. Your opponent seems like a very cool guy

I don’t know which is better, the visual/audio ambiance of the playing environment, or the ASMR-esque voiceover

Hey, Congratulations on 5 million subscribers ❤❤❤

I would be happy if you post more about your trip in public, it is fun to watch from your perspective. I hope you enjoy and good luck in the tournament brother

i get levy has to somehow earn money, but giving the patreon 1-2 minutes every video is boring

Levy's fan never fails to milk Levy's milking

ur phone cam look better than ur other cam lmao

they say if you wanna get pinned you should say hiqo 3 times: hiqo hiqo hiqo

the urge to try for pin of shame again defeated by Levy deserving better.

Live laugh love Levy

CLOSE TO BARCELONA??? HOW CAN I FIND YOU AND GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH ?

Of course you win this trash tournament, there are no Grandmasters!

Great idea turning all your prep and analysis of your games into bonus content.

Off brand Alex Banzea ??

Kudos to the guy wearing the keffiyeh behind levy🇵🇸🫶

the calm voice over is very nice, hope you do more videos with this tone.

Great title. Must click. Content always awesome... every... single... day. Are you a robot, ser?

Chess army my parents said if I hit 15k they’d buy me a professional camera begging you guys please💪🏻

blink twice if ur kidnapped

I am way out of playing and enjoy your channel. This voice over style is much easier for me to follow and stay engaged, just FYI.

This is fr the first game that I can actually understand let's goo

Love the relaxed feel of this video. The casual analytical voice over in real time makes this a perfect vlog. 👍🏻

Wtf was that castling attempt by him? Was it genuine?

I sub to over 250 RU-vid channels, and every one of them wants me buy merch, and join their Patreon. Can't do it. I may however, have to go buy your book. The copy at the library is out, and is always out, with two holds pending. I can't even reserve it. I will be watching the Madrid tourney next week. Best of luck on the GM quest, and congrats on rediscovering the fun of it.

I was quitting chess but this series got me playing again and now i m trying to hit 1800

7:30 I just screamed QUEEN A4 !! If you block with bishop, queen takes A6, if queen takes, then rook and rook, you get a BEAUTIFUL Knight to C7 fork and you're up 2 pawns! I'm proud of myself from finding that, im usually a scrub at chess lol

UM HE DIDNT SAY “GET OUT OF HERE” AT THE END!!!!!!

Levy going through his drunk phase, magnus did this too So in short gotham is becoming magnus.

6:44 watch Levy's hands

That man is drunk

The first few minutes look like one of those "hERE's ThE BeST wAY To mAKE MOneY onLiNE in 2024" scam ads 😂 Nice view though. Enjoy your trip and good luck for the tournament already 🙂

For future reference, the original title was : I sold coke to my opponentttt !!!!!!!!!!!

What a nice format with the voiceover and everything. GG.

Potato quality is back!!!!

Wheres todays recap its almost 2 am here

10:53 wait how is that checkmate? Can’t the king still move to D7? I’m not very good at chess but I’m pretty sure there is nothing that can take his king if he moves there or even C7 and E7

Bro. I wish you would be less stingy with your Patreon support levels. I would def support you with a 2 dollars a month membership.

"Did I move my king?" "Well, 4 times, yes" ahaha

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For five million subscribers we get the first ever GothamChess video that's recorded on a phone. Amazing!

Finally a decent title Thank you Levy

Levy you should add time stamps during the games

pun pact: 2019 was 15 years ago and levi was child then

phone cam looks way better than watever that was last night!!!!!!!!!!!

Das my dog. Everyone needs a doggo🐕

Your entire channels huge skyrocket success is based on providing FREE content and analysis of the things you cover on your channel. The analysis of this should be free since it's literally what this video is about. If you wanted to pay you would always get something EXTRA. You are seriously starting to sell out so F'ing hard, every video is more and more bait for your paid whatever site / book / patreon. It feels like I just get more and more disappointed for every video. I've supported you from the beginning and been fine with all the advertising your paid content for the reason that you didn't blue ball us. You didn't do "this is half the story of how I won a tournament". srsly, shape up if you have some integrity.

I just don't get this title. Where is 'MAGNUS DIT 'THIS'' ?!?**?!' or 'HE(KARU) DIT IT!!!!' (copyright on that). Also I'm sure some people feel like he is playing Gary Oak (you know, 'rival'). @gothamchess what starting Pokémon did you take?

Hello Levi....... i am an 1180 rated player with decent chess skills. I have to go to a tournament on 29th june....i have already participated 2 tournaments but it didn't go that good........ so what I'm coming to say is i know London system and Italian game opening better than any other openings. Please tell me whether should i try London system or Italian game for the upcoming tournament???🥺😟