I just want to say before this get buried you brought me back to chess after so many years and I would like to thank you so much Levy and I'll continue to watch you to learn more from you and your free playlists. Thank you so much

When Gotham explains the 50 move rule you know you’re in for a wild ride

Once again proving chess with perfect play is a draw

13:15 clearly the Rook got full

I ve officially made it in life i am now an honorary grandmaster on gotham 's YT channel. But seriously thank you gotham for featuring my game had quite a laugh with you narrating over it and thank you for everything you do for chess and your community. (Edit: after rewatching the video i realized gotham said i was 1700 in blitz that is infact not true i do not play blitz I havent played it in over a year i am pretty sure as such i am rated 500 in blitz and 1000 in rapid. In the email I said that i hit 1700 in my puzzle rating for the first after being hard stuck 1500 after watching his intermidiate bootcamp. I might ve been unclear i was really tired when i sent that game to gotham sorry just thought i should clarify)

The position was too sophisticated, I would’ve repeated moves there as well, a clear gm move

"White sacs the knight for nothing!" Eval bar jumps to mate in 22 Absolute genius move from white

I'll be honest, even if you've retired from competitive chess and won't be going for GM anymore, I think the community as a whole has given you an honorary GM title twenty times over, not just for entertaining us, but for educating us at the same time, and for bringing so many newcomers to the game. I'm glad you're not giving up on this side of your chess career, and I'll continue to watch your amazing content for years to come.

My biggest fear is being on the opposing side in one of these videos

kinda sad you’ll never know how much you’ve impacted my life man, thank you.

Since you retired from competitive chess in the “pro” world, maybe there would be some room for creator tournaments with fun gimmicks or something like that in the future. Maybe you can still find some way to play with your peers without the crushing pressure of tournaments in the competitive scene. I know it must be a huge hastle to set something like that up and only you can know if that’s something you can do while not endangering your mental health, but i just wanted to throw that out there. No matter what content you put out, we will always support you Levy

"We're just letting the pawn go?? THE PAWN DOESN'T GO!!" cracked me up haha.

Fire title Levy. Genuinely got an audible laugh out of me.

Honestly Levy, it's so refreshing seeing you in this video - if feels like your energy is up and you're just smiling more and sounding so much more happy and relaxed. It makes me happy to see you this way - never doubt a decision that improves your life and gives you a chance to enjoy all the wonderful things you do, no matter how it relates to what you're "supposed" to be doing. Good for you, mate.

"James!!" Immediately after this game, James went out and repeated the Queen/King checkmate drill until he was blind. He's now at 1700 blitz!! Great submission and review! Thanks!!

8:52 i feel so proud for guessing this move in my first guess lmao.

I don't usually comment, but just wanted to say seeing levy laugh and smile, makes my day. Keep going levy, best wishes 👍

Happy that levy is acknowledging supportive comments. He deserves some positivity!

This is absolutely wholesome!! Levy, GREAT to see you enjoying yourself! Appreciate you

Thanks for the rad content gotham! I'm going to my first OTB tourney in 2 weeks, due in LARGE part to your content. Love the channel, love the information, just jazzed about chess. Big props gotham!

Like I said, no matter what you're doing in competitive chess, it ultimately doesn't matter. You are the BEST Chess Content creator on the platform. Your variety is insane.

We love you Levy! Keep doing what you love! You have helped us be better at chess and see the beauty of it, Thank You 🤍

I love Gothamchess he retired like 20 times and he is still coming back.

Keep up the amazing content! Great to see chess in such an entertaining and digestible format! Honestly training for tournaments is such a commitment of resources, I don’t know how someone could make daily uploads and still do that - you have so much talent to give to the game through your videos so you should keep doing what you love. We are blessed to you as a content creator.

GM = Gotham Master Title awarded for creating a masterpiece chess game at your elo. Well played both 👏👏👏

First thought was "pls be something fun, can't wait to see Gotham having fun again"

I love how you openly talk about the anxiety and mental health stuff. I relate a lot to you (in a different scale since I'm not famous) and would like to thank you for talking about the stuff the way you talked because it makes me feel relieved and excited that I can relate to someone successful, it brings me hope

This is one of the most entertaining recaps I've ever seen. I seriously couldn't stop laughing.

Hey man, I dont know if you're there reading all these, just know that when I had to take 2 sleeping pills a day, Levy you and your chess helped me get up from a 1 and half year long mental trauma. I know what it feels when you try to control but its never enough. Big love man. I love you as a person more.

you’ve been my main source of entertainment for more than a year already Levy. thank you much, keep it going.

It's hard putting yourself out there, always have respect for that. You've brought so many to chess andalways have such a positive attitude despite everything...will always watch/root for you regardless of outcome man, hope you keep enjoying what you do / do what you enjoy.

Hi Levy, I have followed your videos since a few months. I want you to know that you are a great teacher and a wonderful human being. I felt really encouraged by your videos and I am sure I am not the only one to support you no matter what path you decide to take. You are a great chess player and I hope you are aware of the huge impact you have had on many people who feel empowered by you. This is the first time I have commented on a KZfaq video because I just wanted to let you know you have inspired me!

I learned the chess rules at a relatively young age but never actually had much interest in playing. Your videos inspired me to actually play the game (not competitively but still) and improve myself. Nowadays I actually enjoy playing chess every now and then. Thank you Levy

We all really appriciate you carrying on at all! At the end of the day, mental health comes first. Keep up the good work Gotham, make sure to focus on you.

that energy right at the beginning, just shows u where the passion within a man truly lays. Im truly grateful to have your content to enjoy for the rest of my life

Levy, please analyze the game between Morozevich and MVL back from 2009. It is definitely the most extraordinary game of chess that was ever played.

In my opinion, the GothamChess channel is as great of an accomplishment as becoming a grandmaster. While there are thousands of talented GMs out there who have reached the top competitively through their passion for chess, which deserves tons of credit, there’s not many who have done what you have done to teach chess to the world and help so many people. Since it is between sacrificing your career as a creator or competitive chess, I feel you’ve definitely made the right choice.

This video was a masterpiece. Thank you for instantly coming out with a banger after retirement

Just won the speed chess tournament on base. Just would like to thank you for all your old opening videos and the how to win at chess series very fun to watch. It was 5min no bonus the tournament

GothamChess rises! Agree 100% with much of the sentiment here today...energy clearly back, like a weight has been lifted. Great video. Keep up the great content Levy!

We're here to support you whether you play professionally or not. You've done so much for the community by making entertaining chess content. Thankyou for everything you've done Levy!

You made people like me with no understanding of chess to be able to enjoy these fascinating games! I love your content! BTW huge respect how you create these Videos in one take. You are a true scholar! Greetings from Germany

That ending was beyond hilarious 😂 Thanks for the laugh levy, and never stop your great vids! 🙂

I stopped playing chess for a while to focus on my studies and decided to check out this channel (it's always giving me notifications but since I'm busy I wasn't able to watch them) And now that I'm starting to get back at it again I've forgotten how fun these videos are. The King chase commentary is legendary and the ending is -chef's kiss*-. XD Looking forward to relearning some of your free videos about chess opening. Thanks man, I hope you're doing well.

This is definitely one of the most hilarious chess game I've seen 😂. And I love the fact it ended in a draw

7:54 I would LOVE to know what the M22 option is

Levy thank you for bringing me to the wonderful game of Chess! I will continue watching and hope the yt continues to take off.

Whenever my chess interest randomly peaks for a few weeks it's always after watching ur vids. Got a 91,5 accuracy game today vs my friend, was rly proud lol. Keep up the great content. Sometimes competing isn't worth it, you deserve happiness and a pleasant day to day. Your knowledge and way of explaining chess is incredible. Thanks for all the free content over the years

Just saw Hikarus stream. I am a 1200 player and dropped down to 960 playing my usual moroxy. Got back to 1080 today. Happy to see you in good spirits. Your monologue in the last 4-5 minutes of your last video was more painful with the pain everyone heard in your voice. Happy to see you cheering up buddy. Now let me watch the video Edit: Just finished watching the video. Wonderful commentary as always, and I’m a 39 yr old trying hand at chess from 25-26. However your video shows these elementary blunders which makes it better than other channels as games shown are high level tactics of GMs. My peak rating from 590 initially was 1197 with a 15 game winning streak. But I also learnt from your videos that playing the same opening can make you complacent(I always went for the moroxy structure which lower rated players had a hard time with. After getting butchered over the last week (see above comment), started playing the Catalan, but had to sit down and study that opening to regain 120 points. I’m not comparing my career in chess to yours as you’d always been invested in it. Keep doing your thing and hopefully you come back. Cheers

Honestly I was sad when I read about you getting retired but after reading the title of this video I am so happy....you made my chess better... thanks to you and best of luck!

I'm so glad you are continuing to make content. Guess the ELO is still the best series on youtube and it is definitely a highlight for me when you upload. Thanks so much Levy!

The fact that it ended in a draw is the cherry on top of this masterpiece

I suffer from extreme anxiety and your videos are really the best thing I have. It calms me down in literally no time at all. Thank you very very very much. Please don’t ever stop making content

I was in tears this was so funny. But I can see the germ for white has improved, they made a bunch of reasonably good moves.

Games like this make me wish I had notation of some of my early games. I would enjoy seeing at least half as many cool things are get seen in these videos.

8:55 Hahahahahaha omfg in my mind I just asked myself „what would be the dumbest, yet not straight up material losing move“ and I actually guessed A7

When this video started, I didn't think I'd end it crying laughing, but here we are. I'm not laughing at Black particularly, but I feel like we've all been there at some point. I felt that pain.

You brought me to chess like you did with many people, now allow us to do the same and keep you here❤

20:25your commentary is perfect its like a football match and someone is running around with the ball😂😂😂

This was my favorite video from you, Levy. I laughed out loud so many times. Great job

It's great to see levy smile!

This was painful to watch to say the least, thanks for the hilarious content Levy! Hope you're feeling better now.

The 2 parter bait combo I love it keep up the good work

Man, it's great to have you back! I was noticing you getting down in the dumps because of the pressure of competitive chess. It's so nice seeing you here having fun showing crazy games and cracking jokes. Keep it up, Levy!

Black clearly thought that if he put the queen next to the king it'd be taken.

Me : *thinks I know the best move * Levy: * says the best move* Me:* feels like a God * Levy : *names an even better one * Me: 💀

I just got into my dream college(well..not dream but great enough) and this is like a treat. Thank you levy

the two knights has a crazy variation with Nxe4 by black after Ng5 by white and it gets very complicated

Ayanokoji wouldn't have played this bad 😂

Of course you're not retiring Levy, youre still verry young in this game. You are only in the middlegame of this journey, just keep fighting till the end . You got this bro!!

At 5:57 I think the idea of black to move Nd8 was to open up his white bishop in order to have an additional defender on the d5 field, because if white were to move Nd5 there was either c7 or if black Nxd5 then white Bxd5 with the threat of Bf7. At least that´s what i was thinking was behind the move Nd8 from black.

This video was hilarious levy, keep making such videos

I'd like to retire with an investment worth atleast $4MILLION and I'm ready to work towards this goal, I've come across investors making as much $75,000 on a monthly basis and I'd like to know what step and guidelines I need to make better profit

As I always said, I will say one more time, "Chess played perfectly is a draw."

Love you Levy, hope you never stop making chess content and I hope to see you back behind a board some day!

There will always be something about your videos that other IMs or even GMs don't have, it's definitely something special

I really hate this series and usually skip it .. but today I watched it in full because I was so worried about Levi and just wanted to check his energy and mood .. I'm relieved now and tho my favourite content by far is his tournament's recaps .. I'm glad he is doing what makes him feel happy and healthy.. Sincerely Someone

STOP CLICKBEATING!!!

I’m 34. First started playing chess two years ago because of randomly watching you and Eric Rosen. Currently 1300 and still climbing. I’m so thankful for your content man.

Levy is the person that made me interested in Chess. I didin't know much about Chess besides how the pieces moved before seeing his videos. It really feels like I'm addicted, because I see Chess everywhere now (kinda like Beth Harmon). I love Chess and thank Levy for showing me how entertaining Chess can be

I would like to thank you for your amazing entertaining videos keep up the good work and reconsider retiring cause you still have potential and you can do much better than this. We all believe in you gotham

Just had my first chess tournament today (it wasn't an official thing but there were actual good players) so I just wanted to thank you for your videos

Next week will start Grand Chess Tour in Croatia (I live there lol), I hope I will be able to see games live and take photo with Nepo

I am so glad to see you happy Levy!! You seem to be re-energized and light today. Keep doing what makes you happy.

That endgame was like the video of the iguana running away from all the snakes

This was the perfect follow-up to your previous video. You definitely seem much more relaxed and happier here, and you've clearly made the right decision for yourself. On a related note, the less said about the players in this game and decisions, the better. One of the most agonizingly entertaining games you've presented to us in quite some time.

Levy stay awesome like u always are bad days come yet they get showered by good days indeed cheers mate

Well… I don’t know how to feel about this. I’m diagnosed with Tourettic OCD. My meditation and therapy has always been those 64 squares. It’s a world I can control and it’s an energy that I can’t express anywhere else. I have turned my mental state around and put all my anxiety and fears into every move I make. I’ve participated in many FIDE tournaments and have felt this way a lot. I usually have to decompress for a week before I even think about chess. It’s like having an argument with a partner but I know i still love this “game”. My end goal is where you are currently. I have zero aspirations to be a grandmaster because that world is VERY different, so I understand where you are coming from. Of course I take my games seriously, but I also enjoy these tournaments, the people I meet along the way, and the atmosphere is unmatched. Remember… this is a WAR game. War is hell. Embrace the suck and don’t give up.

I wants to say I’m so glad that you didn’t retire from chess period. I can say for myself that I actually felt really bad knowing that you wanted to retire. I can say that you are my favorite chess player on here that and that being the best at chess isn’t even in my caliber. I’m currently stuck at around 1832 elo and I really look forward to watching your videos. You do a very good job at analyzing and it’s awesome to watch your thinking process. Just wanted to say I’m really happy you didn’t retire. 🙌🙌. Your awesome man.

Had a lot of really good, tense games today. Good openings, lots of closed games with simple shifts. Creating threats and defending etc. Or so I thought. Then going through the analysis for each game I realized I had them easily won had I not missed very obvious moves. Ahh well.

The end of this video sounded like a Kentucky Derby broadcast 🤣 I love it

The way Levy blinked in the end😅😅 Pain💀

I remember those endgames struggling to find a checkmate. Good stuff.

at 4:44: in an older video you said not to chase with pawns (specifically about chasing the bishop). Is it different in this case because b5 would definitely capture the bishop and the pawn structure wouldn't be that fucked up?

Thank you Levy. Your content has brought me joy and comfort and I cannot cease to thank you enough my guy.

White's Ba7 reminds me a bit of Nigel Short's attachment to that move, though I'm sure Nigel wouldn't play it in that particular position.

Your influence on chess is honestly much more impactful and you're killing the KZfaq game! :) love thecids

Man i always used to play chess rarely for years than i got covid than started watching your videos. After watching your videos for 4 months i have gained 400 elo points. Thank you so much. You have changed my life.

Watching gotham happy again, makes me feel so much better

20:28 I swear Levy sounded like a sports commentator there giving us the play-by-play