This guy sacrificed all his pieces and his entire family to win a chess match. Absolute legend.

Levy : Shows a 50 move sequence with very sharp tactics Also Levy : None of that happened in the game

"You probably just like listening to me say the rook really loudly" really describes why I love this channel

This guy's charisma is insane.

Esipenko: *takes dark squared bishop* Nodirbek: "And I took that personally"

As someone living in Düsseldorf, i almost choked on my baguette watching that match

I thought I was going to learn chess, but I learned the definition " DANK " Thanks Levy

i loved when gothamchess said "it's gotham time" and absolutely gothamed all over the chess board truly a moment of all time

Love how Germany just sacrificed Düsseldorf to checkmate France 00:30

you know shit's serious when Levy pulls out his chess pieces

Congrats on 3 million Levy! Been watching the channel for a little over a year now and you should definitely feel as though you have played a role in the recent chess popularity spike. Keep up the amazing videos and good luck on the road to 4 million!

I love how Levy with chess booming started to explain more details for newbies, like here, introducing QGD for those who don't know even first three moves. Man truly is THE chess teacher of Internet!

Taking Nordirbek's bishop is like shooting John Wick's dog

No one can tell a story like Levy

The stare today was one of a pondering nature, the juxtaposition of Levy staring at the sun, as if to wonder if he may ever reach stardom so bright, is truly fascinating. Sparkle/10.

You’ve gotten so much better and creating content it’s insane. I used to not be able to sit through your videos and now I find myself excited when I get a notification, great work man.

"He sacrificed the rook, his dignity, his pet, his life." - Levy 2023

3:52 Hell yeah we do. We're sacrificing OUR TIME to hear you say THE ROOK.

Amazing. Actually showing the alternate lines is very helpful and entertaining.

Love Levy's understanding of his audience

At 3:42 Levy spent the next ten seconds absolutely nailing my description, what a talented youtuber

"THE ROOK" will always be a classic line 👌

The entire aim of weathering a sacrifice attack is to avoid mate and consolidate while maintaining a material lead. This game is remarkable because black did most of that, but right when it looked like he was going to make it to safety, he finds himself just barely short of the required material to hold off white's final endgame push to victory.

Today’s stare was simply philosophical. 9/10

One of the few times Levy was not staring at the screen but at something else.

That box of chess pieces was the most meta sequence in this video

One of your most enthusiastic and exciting videos you have ever done!!! I am watching you every day as far as I can and really you got me thrilled for the outcome of this game!! Amazing job!! Keep going. You deserve it!!!

Whenever you open your mouth, it’s like, ‘Woah, somebody took too many drugs this morning.’

I had the opportunity to visit Dusseldorf in France in 2016. It was simply breathtaking. In May I'll be visiting Paris in Germany,, I hope the place is just as magnificent as Dusseldorf.

Nodirbek: Sacrifices the house and finds an insane checkmate. Me: Sacrifices everything and realizes I'm screwed.

I’m more or less unranked at chess but when he moved the pawn down at 4:10 after he freed the bishop, I think it was to force whites hand. If he doesn’t respond to that pawn moving forward, it will take the pawn to its left and threaten the white tile bishop. If white doesn’t take the bait, then his bishop isn’t locked in anymore. It’s a win win and it forces your opponent to possibly fumble their defensive line.

I love how 0:01 second of Levy staring had more impact on the comment section than the whole video did

I have been listening to you for around a year and I can say that you helped me a lot in playing chess Now my elo is around 500

10,000 Elo Chess with Levy commentating is basically like reviewing Stockfish 100 in the future years.

Today's delivery was out of this world. The mixture of insight, humour, and ad lib was superb. And kudos to the players to giving us such a game.

from 13:55 to 14:06 is one of the best moments ever happened

Esipenko: “what did it cost?” Abdusattorov: “…everything.”

that "now get out of here" was personal

You can not stop an avalanche with a horse ~ Levi

“Now get out here” lmfao 😂

"Вэл ю хэв ту плей би сикс бифо ю плей ди файв" made my day

Crazy crazy game. Having insight to know the right moves is great, but having the guts to play all those sacrifices and defeating the urge to compensate the point imbalance is a whole 'nother thing. Props to Levy also. So hype🎉

"When the centre is clArIFieD - like when the centre is loCKeD- when the centr- when there is no tension among pa- when the center can't open up really quickly" -Levy 2023

Bro sacrificed all his army 😂

He sacrificed THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

10/10 video I watched it through to the end! You're not only a chess master, you're a phenomenal storyteller!

First video after 3M Congratulations Levy! By the way today's stare was a 9.5/10 phenomenally sagacious!!An absolute delight!!!

"You and what army?" "Pffft, who needs an army?"

your an amazing teacher when it comes to running over these games, you give tips, you go over and do what they shouldve done, and you make it really easy for beginners. Thank you man.

I love that even after seeing the complexity of this game, Levy’s sophisticated stare tops it.

Today’s stare was new,crative and amazing,I give it an 8.5/10 Edit:I saw the comments, sorry for misspelling one word, it is truly unforgivable, but just to make yall mad I won’t correct it cause it’s funny as hell that your biggest problem is a random somebody misspelling a word

"You cannot stop a avalanche with a horse"-levi

Ive seen queen sacrifices rook sacrifices bishops and knight and even PAWN sacrifices but I’ve even seen a dignity, pet and life sacrifice to win a chess game, but never seen anyone sacrifice the KING to win a game

Gotham's growth-speed is insane (from 3 Million to 3,04 Million, meaning 40 thousand alone in the last 24 hours) and it warms my heart to see so many more people playing and enjoying chess maybe even future GM players who got interested because of Levy.

Levy is the type of guy who will take 2 hours of my time and still entertain me.

There was a "Greek gift" involved on "h7"... personally I like to put the bishop on "d3" exactly to sacrifice if possible for an attack on a castled king. if you can open the "h" file for the rook it's even better. But often I just loose pieces and eventually the game. When "they" do it it's like a James Bond movie for white. When I do it it:s just "50 shades of hope for mate" :D

Stockfish taking notes

Imagine such a king. Sacrifised his whole nation just to kill his enemy. What a beast

13:55 "Im begining to feel like a rap god"

Hilarious commentary! Congrats on the 3 million subscribers, with this insightful game analysis, you deserve it. 'Now get outta here' was the icing on the cake.

Hahahaa Levy killed me with "THESE GUYS ARE ON VACATION!" 😆🤣😆

0:33 levy: Dusseldorf in??? France, very good Me who said Germany: 💀💀

Why did bro turn into quasimodo at 3:22

Today I saw how somebody pulled an Uno Reverse card in chess for the second time. The first was Chess GPT literally flipping the board to make Levy lose.

3:19 just taking a guess about the d5 move in the opening. Maybe black wanted the light square bishop blocking the queens view of the d pawn. it could make coordinating the pieces slightly more annoying for white. just a guess. Edit: I just watched 5 seconds later and he basically said exactly that but way quicker.

Never clicked on a video so fast before

The intro got me when he kept going after saying "he sacrificed the rook"😂

Hey levy would you mind doing a 10 minute opening video on the kings indian defense I'd really like to see some of the ideas after you get towards the middle game

random chess person: sacrifice, THE ROOK, THE KNIGHT, THE BISHOP, THE QUEEN, THE KIN- his opponent: checkmate

"You cannot stop an avalanche with a horse" - Levy Rozman 2023

14:02 Eminem who?

18:30 My bishop my bishop 🗿💀 Abdusattorov: take it personally 😬

Very proud of you, man. Congrats to reaching 3m

I need a compilation of just Gotham saying how popular chess is

1:42 "hehe mid"

Love your dedication ! Just an awesome 20 minutes of suspense.

the RoooooooOOOOoooOOOOOOOk

Me, a German: "Ah yes, the good old French city called Düsseldorf!"

Gotham’s voice rages explanations are the most satisfying thing about chess

13:54 - 14:06 Had me Dying ... Best Part of Video🤣

You know it's been a good video when he ends with a 'Get out of here'.

The "you have to play b6" joke got me 🤣

I love the spontaneous decision to offer us chess pieces like a box of chocolates. This game was truly a masterclass in how to sacrifice, and this video was a masterclass in explaining _why_ to sacrifice. Thanks, Levy. Keep up the good work.

Levy I’ve watched you grow your audience as well as your presentation technique for a couple years and man, you’ve come a long way. Grats on 3 million subs!

13:50 Bro memorised a whole nursery rhyme sounding like a rap

"Well you hev to pley bee seex befor you pley dee feif becoose" -Russian Levy

today's stare was phenomenal, he actually is the thinker, the philosopher.

Gotham subs growing on a per second rate. Impressive work all round bro, no one deserves it more

Levy: "very good düsseldorf is in france" Me, a german: i feel a disturbance in the force

I think the point of d5 was to prevent white d5, gambiting a pawn to block the fianchettoed bishop and deflect the knight with exd5 cxd5 Nxd5 or just Nxd5 so that white could then more readily pawn storm the kingside eventually pressuring h7 with Qh5 and just leaving the tension between knights on d5 and c3.

3:12 the only reason I could think of to play b6 then d5 is so that the c pawn can’t go c5, trapping the bishop

Levy: I just enjoy the games Also Levy: If you look at the database…

What an insane battle.

Bro sacrificed more than the amount we paid for taxes

at 3:49 i felt very exposed... how does he know? xD

18:37 levy going back to his chess pieces to show us is like the over enthusiastic kid in grade school that has just brought something cool to school to show

18:30 “and I took it personally”

your content has gotten so good in the last few months. Maybe it was always this good and I've just been getting into chess more

that was insane. Tal would be proud

I feel like a student zoning out in elementary school every time Levy calls me out for not watching the screen. Mazel Tov on 3 mil! 🎉