Gotham always looks like he is begging for something.

Being 525 I predicted 75% of the moves and felt dumb after getting all the wrong moves

As a person from 2024, I can confirm that, yes indeed, Gotham's book is the best selling book of the century.

Incredible ending 😂

Fellow Namibian, he knew what he was doing the entire game. Giving the people a show. Ian is Goated.

Levy if a bad move is played after a long time of thinking: *how could you spend that long and still blunder?!* Levy if a bad move is played instantly: *"HOW COULD YOU NOT EVEN THINK YOU BOOT UP A 15-MINUTE GAME"*

as a 700 elo player i can confirm that we regularly choose our saturday colonoscopy time to play our online chess games

Always fun to watch Levy say “this is a terrible move”, “this is a much better move”, and “I love this move”, while watching Stockfish disagree. 😂

We’re making fun of this guy hanging all his pieces and losing so much material. But little did we see the bigger picture, an absolute masterclass in chess! This guy is what keeps Stockfish up at night.

The king has been sacrificed. Truly a chess moment

Fun fact: The king that was sacrificed was loyal to his citizens instead of them being loyal to him.

This king hiked mountains, climbed hills, dodged arrows, parried swords, snapped spears, and charged head first into battle just to hold hands with his lover and then, together, plunge the dagger into the cold black heart of the enemy

I would pay literal money to see each player's reaction.

You know that Levy is pissed when he doesn't end his video with "now get outta here"

as Gotham's book, I can indeed confirm that I was sold 10,000 times

"You know where this pawn from? Its from the first move of the game" got me💀

damn.. this dude calculated even further than Kasparov did playing Topalov

Ian, maybe not the best at chess, but the best at making his king moves count

I mean you can't expect us not to run the king around. We're 700.

4:10 black played an illegal move. En passant is forced

12:00 I'm fairly certain they didnt even see the bishop was attacking the knight, that was absolutely a "me attack queen" moment

The stare went into the depths of my soul and took me out the realms of existence, 8/10

That last move cut through my soul. May black recover from this 😢

“I think Ian is a strong chess player than I am” I laughed so audibly loud

I was not expecting that at all. Truly a magnificent game! One blunder and the whole game shifts

He sacrificed... THE ROOK,THE KNIGHT, THE BISHOP, THE QUEEN AND KING

HE SACRIFICED THE RULES!!

“If the king doesn't move then his subjects won't follow”

3:52 See, Gotham, you are wrong. En passant is not only a psychological brilliant move, but it automatically gives the player a guaranteed win. Instead, they defied en passant, and their horrendous fate was sealed.

Greetings from the Sudan, Levi, thanks for all your fantastic content, it's helped me to escape the reality of the conflict here even if only for a half hour or so a day. And to all the citizens of the world afflicted by conflicts, I stand with you

Levy,I know you are a new player,but a king sacrifice is called a checkmate

Gotham shouting out System of a Down as GOAT band at 19:30. Love it.

Levy was so disillusioned that he even forgot to throw us out at the end

The video never even started but from levy's stare and the mention of the overpowered book tells me it is already a good one

He managed to lose a long game with all of his pieces (except for some pawns) still on the board. That's actually impressive.

This game should be recorded for posterity and shown to all new chess players as "The M. Night Shyamalan Game".

What a great ending. Theres nothing to explain. Just a batshit gambit that pays off

Props for Levy surviving another day

00:02 yes everytime i look in the mirror 😂

3:58 From 250 to 2500 elo, you MUST en passant if you can. It’s just neat.

the king and queen, some of the last survivors just walked up to the throne with the heat. ending spoke for itself.

Ah yes, sacrificing the king. Something your viewers do everyday.

The "Maybe they were getting a colonoscopy while they were playing the game" got me 😂

20:45 Actually 103 points, if you take all of your opponent's stuff and queen all of your pawns. Edit (2023-10-06): Without promotion, it's 39.

Levy overcame his devastating blindness... Wow guys this is so inspirational😢😢

Game starts at 21:46

Nobody is talking about how Gotham said the System of a Down is one of the best bands ever, and my respect for him has tripled from an already massive value

You know it's that bad when he doesn't even say "get outta here" at the end lol

The reason people buy this book so much, is that its not some useless merchandise with a logo in a middle but probably something actually instructive that helps to learn to play better chess

Nothing better for a Saturday night than enjoying a horrible chess game through the commentary of Levi

Never in my life seen an eval bar switch from m6 for black to mate in one for white in a single move. 700 elo is a truly an unknown territory

"Why don't other pieces fight the war, why do they always send the king?"

Dude I feel so bad for that dude, I hope he feels better, never want to feel that ever again.

19:29 yeah i guess you can say that this game was systematically going down for white ever since he sent the poor c pawn on the first move but he brought his bombs and won the game anyway. Truly inspirational 💯

He said imma be Hikaru and I see Mate in 50 bro is the next hikaru😂

It's not even mentioned that in the entire game, black lost 3 pawns. That's it. Nothing else. They still got mated.

Nothing better for a Saturday night than enjoying a horrible chess game through the commentary of Levi.

Bro really Said '' En passant Is Not A Good Decision " -Famous Last Words Of Levy

I think White learned what a fork is before they learned how knights move.

As a 700-800 player, I can vouch for an ending like that. Being up 23 points, having taken your opponent’s entire army and then losing because you didn’t notice you were in a position of checkmate with the one piece they had left.

"This game is gonna improve your day if it's going poorly" - Black missed en passant on move 3 Yeah sure Levy

Beo the ending was unexpected,bro really decided to SACRIFICE THE KIIIIIIIING!!!!

"Words cannot really describe what happens on this board" Proceeds to make an entire video describing what happens on the board

I love how dramatic Levy is!!! That was to be expected with this hilarious end!!!

Description: Sacrificing the king is a tactical play to intimidate the opponent intensely. Sacrificing the king sets up Mate in 1 Game, in which the player whom sacrificed the king wins the following game. This tactic is pure genius and is highly recommended by many tactical geniuses themselves. eg. Levy Rozman. Mental effectiveness = 10/10 Coolness factor = 10/10 Efficiency as thumbnail = 10/10 On-board effectiveness = 1̶/1̶0̶ 10/10 Overall rating: 10/10! These incredibly realistic and useful statistics determine that the 'Sacrificing the King" tactic is way up there on the tactic tierlist with other effective methods. eg. developing the king early, capturing the center with you king, and castling with your king and queen.

That checkmate should be a brilliant move

Gotham when low rated players don’t use their time: 😠 Gotham when low rated players use their time: 😠

15:20 "*GASP* ME KNIGHT HANGINGG!!" Me over here:*GASP* THE ENDING IS SO BRILLIANT THAT I ACTUALLY COULDN'T PREDICT IT!

6:03 that line killed me😂

A BRILLIANT SACRIFICE

Genius! All this time he was distracting the fact he was going for mate the whole time. You can’t take a piece that you can’t take

I pre-orded a signed copy, can't wait to read through it and improve my chess further. Thank you for all your hard work and content.

20:23 if he cant ride the horse, you' re always welcome to ride the queen lol

Man, I started watching your videos since 2020 probably. This is probably the first time you got someone from Bangladesh. Proud moment that a fellow countryman got to sacrifice his king 😂

Levy is so taken aback by the guy hanging mate that he forgot to tell us to "Get Outa Here!"

It's like watching a movie with extremely entertaining yet partly annoying plot twists.

Wow that was great, I never expected the ending. I knew there's going to be a twist - I thought he's gonna stalemate but Gotham my god as promised you made my day better!!!

The troll face was everything, thank tou

I almost died at the end. I laughed so much my lungs hurts.

As Chigorin said, it's better to have a bad plan than no plan at all. Credit to white for actually sticking to the idea of walking the king to d6 and giving this goofy mate

As a fellow 700 elo player, I had a feeling that Ian was looking at that move @13:03. Poor guy thought that it was a fork. 😂😂

His memes really become reality every day he uploads💀

That ending was so worth it. This just reinforces white's bad gameplay.

The best part of this video is when Levy says "IT'S GOTHAMIN' TIME" and gothams all over the screen. Truly one of the videos of all time.

Reminds me of knight sacrifice the game between hikaru and vidit where sacrificed his king😂

I feel so bad for someone who has to sacrifice THE KiNG 👑

"If white could Monster Reborn the knight" has to be one of my favourite sentences ever

"Me see queen, me attack queen" Exactly my mantra😂

He’s just trolling us at this point😂

Without Gothamchess chess wisdom content I cannot sleep...! Thank you ❤

I like how levy just left the ending like that, I mean there really was nothing left to be said.

Can you imagine the joy this guy had when the computer said its mate😭😭😭

Todays stare was a 9.24/10. It was like when someone- wait how do i do this again?

20:51 38? King With 9 queens, 2 rooks, 2 bishops and 2 knights=103 more than just king

Seems like a common trend. One side winning massively in material, losing side brings king up towards opponent king, player ahead on material decides to do something else instead of check for one move, leading to an instant checkmate.

Levy you never told me to get out of here. I've been sitting here for 3 hours now

15:33 I was watching on 2x 😢😅

2 seconds in and I already know this is going to be legendary

Bro wasn't even able to say get outta here at the end lmao 💀

As someone who has also successfully blundered tens of points in material and still won by checkmate, I can see the true genius of both of these players.