After day 4 of the candidates I'm sure of three things: 1) Hikaru is shook. 2) Nepo is showing why he's won back to back candidates. 3) Pragg is fearless.

levy: every game is a banger the first game: draw by repetition

We all gotta agree to one thing. Levy is hands down the best narrator of these chess gameplays. There is something unique about the way he analyses the games which keeps us hooked throughout. Even his haters visit his channel and hop on the comment section to get his attention.

0:41 Hikaru Vs Pragg 5:00 Humpy vs Salimova 9:26 Anna vs Lei 13:00 Nijat vs Alireza 15:50 Kateryana vs Tan 19:09 Fabiano vs Gukesh 23:57 Vaishali vs Goryachkin 24:35 Vidit vs Ian Nepo You are welcome

Wait, really, leading candidates for 32 rounds is actually crazy 😂

Everybody 2021: Ian is not the favourite Ian: Wins the candidates Everybody 2022: Ian is not the favourite Ian: Wins the candidates Everybody now: Ian is not the favourite Ian: ..

The original title is "He won again (23 exclamation marks)"

When grandmasters make a crazy looking move: perfect, excellent! When I make a crazy looking move: blunder, mistake, idiot, dumb, stupid.

Nepo! Nepo! Man deserves to be world champ if he makes it out of candidates for third time in a row. Much more impressive to win round robin tournaments against the best consistently than a one v one match up. Which BTW Magnus agrees as I think of one his demands was for worlds to be a proper tournament.

I fell asleep watching this after the candidates, and got stuck in a dream limbo state where you and Hikaru kept exchanging bodies with each other, followed by me making the "Bro think he's Hikaru"-joke over and over again. It was absolutely horrifying. Thank you, Gotham.

I bet my soul that there will be this one npc that says something along the lines of “I liked my own comment.”.

It's insane that Nurgyul is a teenager with essentially the same OTB rating as Levy, and she's performing so well at the Candidates.

Candidates Nepo is consistently stronger than World Championship Nepo. That's a problem.

Ian is just a candidate slayer, unbelievable play

nepo vs liren rematch is happening

Levy is an undercover GM - *GM who lost to Levy*

Vidit sticking his rook between all the pawns was quite the throw. And he used 3 turns to get it there!

Nepo is the king of candidates. He made it clear

The fact that Ian was always firsts, after 32 games on candidates tournament, with the best players in the world in that moment is actually insane. Hope he'll get the chance for rematch against Ding, I believe he deserved it.

Really love the recaps of the candidate`s tournament. Great balance of information and entertainment IMO. Thanks for covering it so well :)

Ian deserves it more then anyone ever

Nepo going to win again and choke at the world championship

Double majoring in comp sci and astronomy your videos are the only thing that helps me calm my mind at the end of the day. So thank you and keep up the vids haha

I really like that when you put numbers on the thumbnails. Makes the events easier to follow with the algorithm

You’re Great Levy Love the Intensity of your Recap you are definitely Original Great Style especially how you Broke that Nepo Vidit game down Much Thanks

Man your commentary is so good. Keep on keeping on brother

Ian Nepomniachtchi for the candidates three-peat 🎉 I hope this time he wins the world championship

Thanks for the daily reviews. The best, as always!

21:10 Ra3 had two ideas - pushing c4 and taking back with the rook (after Rc3) so that the queen still guards a4, and rotating the rook over to f3 or g3 after the knights land on f5 and h4 to begin a king-side attack.

i lost my high school chess tournaments in the final every year to my friend who is really good. after watching and learning from levy i can finally say i got my revenge and beat him 3-0 this weekend. hardly a triumph but revenge is revenge. thank you levy. keep inspiring.

Love your videos. Would love to see updated standings

First time I’m following a chess tournament. The commenters are doing a fantastic job. But as a new player to the game I really appreciate these recaps, It’s like rewatching a good movie after decade you remember some but not all and you can enjoy it in another way.

In Gukesh Caruana Ra3 follows the linear development and initiave principles. Namely white doubles with Ra3 and Ra1 threatening to win the game with axb5. Against this play it is likely that black will need to play Rb8 and concede the A-file which the engine no doubt values for space.

Bro hikaru is not really in the mood 3 draws and a lose Thats really bad

Another fantastic breakdown of the games. Thank you! =]

I loved the explanation for the ending of the Muzychuk vs Lei endgame. Very instructive on the correct way to do that king chase. It is so counterintuitive. Also appreciated the breakdown and background of the Berlin endgame for the last match.

that humpy vs nurgyul game was nuts dude omg😭

my favorite time of the year for gotham content

Still awake just to watch your recap video Thank you levy ❤️

I started watching your videos about a month or 2 ago when I was a mid 400 rating now I am a 849 rating in rapid I can honestly say thanks to you and your Vienna game, I'm on my way to the 1000s my best game according to stockfish I played at a 1450 rating ... Can't wait til I get there!

Nepo turns on some super powers for the canidates

Just imagine Nepo's career if the world chess champion was the winner of some kind of world championship tournament.

Keep up your content man! I love watching your videos and use some of your tips and have helped me sharpen my game. Thanks man! 😊

Ian's game was really mind blowing! He shows always really great perfomances in the candidates games! Seems he is saving all his preps for this matches!

Autobahn existing and levy saying driving is an american thing

Was waiting for this, some of the women's games were INTENSE today.

1. When Berlin endgame becomes a draw, Gothamchess: it’s Berlin endgame, what do you expect. 2. Berlin endgame when one side won, Gothamchess: Berlin endgame has always been a high level battleground for GMs with a lot of nuanced, undeveloped ideas

Леви, спасибо за очередной обзор, да ждём интервью с Яном!

its been 17 seconds, I dont watch chess, why do I see this.

Babe wake up, cracked out Harry Potter has another video

Yooo I love your content! Keep up the great work and maybe GM will come soon enough.

As a newly chess player, you have kept my interest in this extreme sport, as well as helping me gain new insight on a better gameplay. Love the analysis keep up the good work!

Nepo is a monster!

Hope nepo does well against pragg

Thanks so much Levy for showing the woman’s games as well most other you tubers are just concentrating on the big boys so Happy to see Salimova come back with a Win after her loss to Praggs sister

The best of this round was peter Leko talking about the "evil" and "evolution" bar

Can you please put time stamps so I can watch my favorite game analysis without needing to skip through 10 games to see which is which?

I really want that caro kann course

I love the mad scientist hair, total wild man.....!!!

Something about the candidates just brings the beast out of Nepo

HIKARU IS NOT CARING!!!🗣🗣🗣

Levy never fails to be Levi

Ian only has 2 modes 1: Candidate Monster mode 2: Will not win the WC mode

Ian v. Vidit made me think of a couple high level UFC Sambo players, grappling for a small advantage while the ref actually lets them work.

*Levi after both players move their E pawns to the center:* Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color/colour ‘green’. Grasses are monocotyledon herbaceous plants. The grasses include the "grass" of the family Poaceae. This family is also called Gramineae. The family also include some of the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae).[1] These three families are not closely related but all of them belong to clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common life-style. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others. Many grasses are short, but some grasses can grow very tall, such as Bamboo. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places and make grasslands, including areas which are very arid or cold. There are several other plants that look similar to grass and are referred to as such, but are not members of the grass family. These plants include rushes, reeds, papyrus and water chestnut. Seagrass is a monocot in the order Alismatales. Grasses are an important food for many animals, such as deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars and many other grazers. Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows. This is a part of why the plants are successful. Without grass, soil may wash away into rivers (erosion). *THIS IS A JOKE dont shame of pin me* idc if i said it wrong either /\

Next video=OMFG HE IS BACK🫡🤯🥶

didn't know chess could be so tense i was shaking as levy was breaking down neo vs vidit

I think there should be an official candidates stream where there isn't an evaluation bar. Alot of people are so quick to jump on some players making it feel like these decisive but unclear and tricky moves without engines should be automatic no brainer moves.

Agh, interview with Nepo, can't wait

For future reference at 5:50 MST on April 7th, 2024, the title to this video was "HE WON AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Can I just say how much I love the unnecessarily excessive number of exclamation points on this video. IDK why it makes me laugh so much but Levi you're hilarious

Awesome recap, Levy 👋. Nepo have been leading the Candidates in the last 32 rounds and he is also a gifted ... chess player, just like Judith, Kasparov, yours truly and MANY more talented ... GM's. Absolutely Amazing 😍! Thank you for sharing, my Friend xxx

Bro thinks he’s Hikaru Nakamura💀💀☠️

Socks to bed = requirement for proper sleep

I already watched the candidates tournament live but I'm sill here out of respect for you 🥰

Why are men and women split?

I liked my own comment.

Levy never fails to annoy hikaru while he doesn't even know him nor has the capability to get attention from him.

that rook jail (Vidit v. Nepo) is quite similar to the one in the match between chess engines that you covered some times ago! basically the same case, that's sick

I liked my own comment AND reported myself

*I liked my own comment*

amazing video, Levy. keep it up

Nepo keeping Ding as the world championship by winning candidates then losing to Ding would be such a plot twist

ive always said way before this video how good and underrated ian is. and everyone else just said hes no magnus, which tells nothing.

Send me money, Ra3 is a common rook lift idea in the Italian, which aims to move the rook over to the king side or maybe support doubling on the c file.

Day 4 of skipping the women's games

Abasov is playing solid, waiting for people to stay taking crazy risk against him, when they need a win and think he'd going for a draw. He's being he can win those games. Not a bad strategy for the lowest rated player in the tournament.

Ian is insane, he can find ideas nobody else can

I didn't like my own comment.

I wish you were in big tournaments like this

Levy never fails to make a boxing analogy

"I really dont know what else to say, and Fabiano begins to make him pay." Fire bars🗣🗣🔥🔥

Levy talking about Hikaru game : so he’s analysed all of Prags games and knows what he’s going to play! Hikaru : It’s a shame he didn’t play f5 so we both just played a few natural moves.

My favourite part was the fun fact about Ian at the end. Great stuff Levy.

21:04 Ra3 prepares to double on the a-file after Qa2. This plan was recommended by GM Matthew Sadler during the game without engine assistance. I'm impressed it turned out to be a good idea.

21:10 is the idea a preparation for a rook lift in the future when the pawns get exchanged (knights on f5 and h4 and kingside attack with rg3)

Watching half of these draws come down to 1 mistake in the end game makes us really appreciate how Magnus was so dominant. Dude was known as the greatest end game player for a reason.

Nepo will go down in history as that dude who tried and tried for glory, but always failed before the very end

7:00 I used to play that opening but I kept losing due to my king not being able to castle

the Vidit vs Ian game reminds me of that Leila vs Stockfish game where Leila trapped its rook