I am become Einstein, destroyer of Oppenheimer. - Albert Einstein

Frank holding Levy hostage and still allowing him to deliver us chess content. Thank you Frank 🙏

No matter how big of a bomb Oppenheimer built, it'll never be scarier than Levy's stare

What an unexpected twist in the World Cup, can’t wait to see these two in the Candidates!

You can tell gotham is expecting this video to pop off and leave his usual audience cause oppenheimer is the subject, hes going over all the basics for new viewers which is nice to see

“Oppenheimer was a destroyer of worlds but certainly not a destroyer of the chessboard!”

"Me attack queen 😊, aww you moved it 😥" - levy

Now we just need an Oppenheimer vs Barbie chess match

As an Oppenheimer, I can confirm this gave me the motivation to become destroyer of the worlds

It’s interesting how Einstein’s chess strategy is similar to his personality: patient, efficient, and experienced Edit: It’s wild everyone keeps replying the same thing as if they just came up with the worlds best roast, it’s just really funny.

It's very impressive that Levy can record a video with such passion even when at gunpoint

I don't know how much forethought goes into what you are going to say but your ability to just start a recording and be so articulate without much or no editing is astounding.

The game ended abruptly when Oppenheimer dropped a bowling ball on the board.

“Einstein was a Gotham chess subscriber” so proud of you Levy

Einstein: "Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous".

"Your pawn is hanging." "No shit Enstein." "Here comes my intercontinental ballistic missile you bozo!" "What?" "What?" Actuall recorded dialogue between these two gentlemen.

I was surprised how well Einstein played, granted he’s a genius, but he was playing really really well

Can we appreciate levy's bed, Making sure he gets enought rest to deliver more content, truly the hero of this channel

Hi Gotham, at 1:21 you state that "There are more chess positions possible [...] than there are atoms in the universe" which is unfortunately incorrect. There are more chess games possible than atoms in the universe, but the number of possible legal chess positions is closer to the number of atoms on earth (specifically the current lowest upper bound is about 10^48)

This man Einstein.. he seems so clever. He should study physics or something. His future is so bright

loved the part where Einstein said "It's steining time" and einsteined all over the board

The reason Einstein won was because he didn't skip his lesson with Levy like Oppenheimer did!

That guy Einstein is pretty smart.

"in this crappy hotel room" *remembers it is sponsored* "god I love this hotel room"

We need to give Levy a round of applause for being held in hostage and still managing to beat up his captor when he need to make chess content

He's back boys. The old school content that made me fall in love with this channel is full on display here and it makes me very happy.

just a small note: there are more possible games than atoms in the universe, not positions. It is estimated that there are more than 10^80 atoms. As a simple estimation of the positions, one can calculate with 64 squares, which can take one of 13 states (empty, K, k, Q, q, R, r, ...). That gives you 13^64 different positions, or about 10^71. Obviously, this includes numerous incorrect positions; in fact, there are probably only 10^44ish positions. A popular estimate for the number of games is 10^120

These guys are way better than I thought they'd be

"Theory of relativity speaks for itself " ~Albert Einstein

It was really awesome for Oppenheimer and Einstein to not only play a game of chess for us, but also to record the moves and publish them. Stand up guys!

Oppenheimer after the game "I am dead, and destroyed my world"

The little symbols on every move and the correction makes this very fun to watch especially for beginners 😀

Can we appreciate how Levy makes all of our days?

Oppenheimer played einstein because he was too scared to play ken

quick fact ceck : How many chess positions are possible? It is estimated there are between 10^111 and 10^123 positions (including illegal moves) in Chess. (If you rule out illegal moves that number drops dramatically to 10^40 moves. it is estimated that there may be 10^78 to 10^82 atoms in the known universe. so unless you count illegal moves, the universe is still winning. doesnt change what you're trying to say though, theres a crazy amount of possible chess positions

The "Idiotic Attack" voice was hilarious! I will decide to believe this game happened, better than not. I am starting to understand chess much better since subscribing to your channel.

little pedantic note, the commonly quoted statistic is that there are more possible chess games than atoms in the universe (Shannon). Levy said "chess positions"

17:21 A horse detonates a bomb on Oppenheimer 🤣🤣🤣

these "einstein" and "oppenheimer" fellas sound quite smart, they should probably look into becoming physicists

They should’ve played atomic chess

Einstein seems like a smart guy i think he should try being a physicist

the " me attack queen oh you moved it me attack pawn oh you defend me attack bishop" got me laughing. LOL

They actually played 5d chess but we were able to comprehend it only with our 3d brain

5 flights weren't able to land while you were making this video. Please get back to work Mr. Air Traffic Controller

Todays stare was extremely short yet this could be because he’s trying to signal he’s kidnapped LORE IMPLICATIONS make this a 8/10 stare

Oppenheimer not playing the icbm attack is just a shame

17:08 The K in Knight used to be pronounced in old English during the Anglo Saxon period of English history. Around roughly 700 AD or something.

Oppenheimer: Now I am become 400, the maker of blunders

What a peculiar chess match

would love to see more historic chess games covered👍

As an airport control tower I can confirm Levy sounds like one of us.

Opeheimer after losing to Einstein Einstein why is it so bright outside famous last words

can we all take a moment to appreciate levy's commentary laced with brilliant physics and atomic related puns

Would you be interested in doing a vid on the games of Marcel Duchamp? He's most notably the conceptual artist who made Fountain, the readymade sculpture that's just a urinal on a plinth. But he was also an accomplished amateur chess player. He was a French delegate to FIDE, he wrote a book on endgame theory, and he played the US Champion Frank Marshall to a draw in 1930.

PP on the PP was an underrated line

"Me attack queen, oh u defended it" 💀that caught me so out of guard

I appreciate Levy's investigating journal, since it revealed the shocking and incredible fact that E4 is a book move!

Best quote ever "Oppenheimer might be the destroyer of worlds he wasn't destroyer of any chess boards though"

That game totally blew up

"Putting pressure on the PP" -levy

I believe they played a game, but I don’t think they would’ve written down their moves for a friendly game.

We need Frank to do a whole episode analysing a chess match imitating Levi. Make it happen lol

Einstein's move: E to MC square Oppenheimer: I resign

Bro thought he could split the board in two and achieve equilibrium at the same time 💀

Levy: We use N for Knight, even though the K is silent because the King is K Levy (the very next sentence): For some unknown reason we use N for knight.

Sadly this game almost certainly did not happen, but its fun to think about and interesting match. If curious, this is the best info i could find which was from an article by Edward Winter. “Our fifth ‘Chess Mysteries’ article noted that the Dictionnaire des échecs by François Le Lionnais and Ernst Maget (Paris, 1967) reproduced from Freude am Schach by Gerhard Henschel (Gütersloh, 1959) a game purportedly won by Stalin, and that the Dictionnaire expressed some doubt about its authenticity. Strange to say, exactly the same occurred regarding a game attributed to Einstein... On pages 51-54 of his book Henschel presented the following game ‘which Albert Einstein played against the American nuclear physicist Oppenheimer’: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 b5 5 Bb3 Nf6 6 O-O Nxe4 7 Re1 d5 8 a4 b4 9 d3 Nc5 10 Nxe5 Ne7 11 Qf3 f6 12 Qh5+ g6 13 Nxg6 hxg6 14 Qxh8 Nxb3 15 cxb3 Qd6 16 Bh6 Kd7 17 Bxf8 Bb7 18 Qg7 Re8 19 Nd2 c5 20 Rad1 a5 21 Nc4 dxc4 22 dxc4 Qxd1 23 Rxd1+ Kc8 24 Bxe7 Resigns. No date or venue was given by Henschel, and the note of caution in the Dictionnaire was ignored by subsequent writers. Page 415 of Şah Cartea de Aur by Constantin Ştefaniu (Bucharest, 1982) described it as a ‘game of historic value’ played in the United States in 1940. Pages 157-160 of El maravilloso mundo del ajedrez by Emilio Carrillo Alonso (Mexico City, 2002) gave both the Stalin game and the Einstein one, heading each of them ‘Moscow, 1926’. Elsewhere (e.g. passim and ad nauseam on the Internet) the date of the Einstein game is recorded as 1933, and the venue as Princeton. A. Soltis gave the game on page 372 of the July 1979 Chess Life & Review, introduced with a claim (devoid of any corroboration) that ‘it was apparently played in the late 1940s when Hans Albert Einstein, son of the Einstein, and Robert Oppenheimer were both on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley’. What, then, is the truth about the ‘Einstein game’? More specifically, did Henschel’s 1959 book mark its first appearance in print?”

Bro said "that is a bomb being detonated on Oppenheimer's position." 😂😂

“Air traffic control, you are free to sacrifice the rook.”

14:18 bars 💀

I thought the number of chess 'games' is bigger than number of atoms in the universe not the chess 'positions'

Now I am become life, the destroyer of the destroyer of worlds. - Albert Einstein

Levy:(Says a sentence) Levy after:SHIIIIII(BREATHING HEAVILY)

I think this is one of the most well explained and comprehensive breakdowns on this channel. Very educational.

It’s been 20 hours awake today and the amount of content I’m finding from levi, for A beginner, means I’m not sure When I may ever actually sleep again

Einstein was a fellow Ruy Lopez fan!

Oppenheimer: "kid, you wanna play chess? You think you are a some sort of an Einstein?" Einstein : "hold my knight "

Waiting for the Pragg vs. Arjun matchup... We NEED to hear your thoughts on it! Content's great as always!

You make every game not only a chess lesson but at least 10 times more interesting and entertaining as well. So, thank you! 🙏💖

Oppenheimer probably tries to play the intercontinental missile opening with white

Levy praising himself is hilarious for me

Oppenheimer checkmated more than 10000 people at the same time, is he then better than Magnus?

What a wonderful turn of events 💪😤

i heard hikaru nakamuras opinion on this game and he said that he thinks its fake, im curious if it is or not

"Or uhhh.... I don't know. Other stuff" - Levy, and international chess master

Levy be studying History for content 😂❤❤

I can't believe Oppenheimer didn't play the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Gambit

Bro that opening was a whole ass library 😅

Oppenheimer's opening should be intergalactic balistic missile

I really enjoyed the commentary in this video! I think it would be interesting if you gave an estimated elo of the players in these historical games (as if the game happened now)!

Imagine if Oppenheimer played the ICBM gambit against Einstein

1:19 “gravity of the accomplishments…” good stuff 😂

14:44 Very interesting for einstein to move oppen's piece for him. A visionary in chess indeed!

Great video again Gotham, amazing quality as always

Ok but when's the Barbie vs Bratz match?

Oppenheimer’s rage at this game was unfathomable

14:09 "PP on the PP" - Levy, 2023

That was a cold game by Einstein. He slayed Oppenheimer. Was so fun to watch.

Einstein + Oppenheimer = 100000 Elo 😂❤❤

"Me attack queens.." hilarious 🙂

As a linguist, there was a time where we pronounced the “k” in “knight”. That’s why it’s there. English does what’s convenient though, so the sound got dropped but the letter stayed.