If he keeps this up, Levy will move up from Illegal Manager to General Manager

Hikaru's intro has that science teacher making video tutorials energy

Losing to Levy now means you get embarrassed on two of the biggest chess youtube channels known to mankind.

Brutal thumbnail image. I’d be haunted if I was Levy 💀 Also go Levy go.

Hikaru posting recaps faster than I can breathe.

“You can’t get to GM with just one opening”. MVL: hold my beer

Hikaru farmmaxing Levy wasn't on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are

Hikaru really be posting recaps before the games have even ended

I don’t think Levy wants to use his prep for a non GM norm tourney

If someone makes a general manager joke ONE MORE TIME I’m gonna crash out 😭

"This is a horrible, horrible move by Levi."

My guy uploaded 3 videos about levy in a single day

Hikaru might as well come out and say it, "Levy needs to play the Berlin or Sicilian like everyone else."

I noticed in Spain that Levy gets sucked into the passively "polite" game of chicken that some EU players play. They won't give up material, they want the other player to do the risky sacrifices. Levy seems to go "well fine, if you don't want to risk material, neither do I."

It's insane how tables turn Hikaru is milking Levy now😂😂😂

I've been critical of Hikaru before, but Hikaru is hands down the BEST at breaking down and explaining a game. Hikaru is not only able to see so many angles but he's also capable of knowing what most people will miss. There really isn't a better chess teacher on the internet. When you pair that with the subtle jabs he gives certain players, it's hysterical AND educational. Keep up the good content, bud!

On the other hand, Levy scores a draw against a 2400 player -- and the highest-rated in the event -- so, 2.5 out of 3 so far is pretty good. In theory, this will have been his toughest opponent out of the way.

Levy never fails milk Hika.... wait is this a parallel universe?🤯

Love that you do these recaps for Levy. I know he most certainly appreciates them more than you know too. It’s also nice to know you’re supportive, rooting for him and believe that he can do it!

that thumbnail is wild

What brutal thumbnail.

Hikaru post the recaps so fast that is close to premove Levy's next game

Strange thing with chess rating I was looking at today. The highest rated players are very slightly skewed higher than they should be for one reason, number of games played as white. Hikaru: 1055 games as white vs 1028 as black. (50.6% as white) 45.5% winrate as white vs 33.2% winrate as black. Magnus: 995 games as white vs 982 games as black. (50.3% as white) 52.1% winrate as white vs 35.2% winrate as black. Compare to some lower rated players such as Hans: 947 white, 940 black. (50.1% as white, getting closer to 50/50 as rating goes down) 55.9% winrate as white, 46.5% winrate as black. Not to say he is a better player, as the highest rated players often end up in significantly more draws than Hans since they can defend much much better. He has over twice as many losses as Magnus, despite a higher winrate. Levy: 311 white, 312 black (49.9% as white, as they fall beneath that GM level, they are being provided less opportunities to have higher winrate or drawrate games). 54.7% winrate as white, 39.4% winrate as black. Yes, these winrates are a tad misleading since I'm not factoring in draws and I'm too lazy, but there is something interesting with the % of games stat. This means since they are significantly worse at black, a larger portion of their losses are likely attributed to lower rated players. Meaning a slightly lower chance to lose to a worse player, and a slighly higher chance to win against a worse player. A slighly lower chance to lose against a higher player and a slighly higher chance to win against a higher player. This is giving them an edge on their FIDE. Most important is, lower rated players have a noticeable amount less games as white and more as black, providing less easily won games and less easily drawn games. Not that the ratings would change, since every player has this same benefit, but the extremes of the chart are stretched a little more than an even 50/50 match. They should move to balance every game to keep players at a 50/50 on their number of games with each color, even if that means a player may end up in more white or more black in any single given tournament.

By managing to hold his position so well and throwing that curve ball by starting the queen side attack Levy managed to defeat his opponent mentally. His opponent still had the better position and was still higher ranked than Levy, thus he had less to gain and more to lose by drawing against Levy rather than beating him. However, due to the mental aspect, Novik was so afraid of blundering(and thus losing) that he gave up the ability to win, which was still the more probable outcome, and more importantly the expected outcome of a GM vs IM match with a not insignificant Elo difference. So this draw for Levy was very much a win if you look at it on the strategic level rather than the tactical one where a draw is always a draw.

Thank you for covering these games Hikaru 👍

Pumped about these recaps

Hikaru filming this recaps as the game is going 💀

Hikaru never fails to milk Levy

Go Levy! Love these recaps!!

Ima need Levy to Lock In.

Levy getting lucky

Hikaru will never lose a chance to content farm this epic moment.

I like how all of your recaps on chess games tell a *story* which is really nice to listen to

Omg that Thumbmail 😂

Hikaru is pumping out these videos like Bunnies pump out babies

Keep it up. This is great content / full on free class for others. Go Levi, Go Hikaru!

Because hikaru's recaps are short and levy's recaps are long they look like a rapid report and a detailed report

everytime he says "these Knights" all i hear is these nuts.

Remember to take notes while watching this Levy

Levy's lucky to get his games personally analysed by Hikaru for free

Great recaps

The thumbnail is perfection at its finest.

Bro I love ur into I haven't seen any other chess account that has a better intro, for todaaaayssss videoo

great thumbnail! lol also, love the discussion of psychology in this analysis

I like how I come online and Levy and only covered the last game whilst Hikarus is already at the current one

Used to watch Levy to see the recap of Hikaru. The way the universe works is interesting.

Hikaru completely leaning into “ for tooooodaaayyys video “ will never get old

Lets go Levy!!

Circle of life completing from here on : levy milked hikaru first , now hikaru returning the favour😅

Hikaru posting the recaps before the games actually happen 😂

Love you Hikaru ❤

Bud uploaded Levy's recap faster than Levy himself

Still a solid result for Levy! Draw with black against the strongest player in the tournament.

it is fascinating to realize, watching Hikaru's analyzing, that a GM is not only strong by his abilities to calculate deeply, but to know intuitively which plan is good and which is bad, and therefore zooming on which one is worth doing.

Honestly one of the luckiest draws I’ve ever seen

Hikaru reviewing Levy's games, how the turntables

The total amount of hours it takes, even for an elite mind, to have the ability to understand chess at this level of reflex is beyond the comprehension of the approx 8.2 billion humans on Earth.

I think these recaps are sweet. I know Hikaru wants Levy to make his GM norms!

Levy literally getting game by game lessons from hikaru for free. Lucky guy.

“Hello everyone! For todaaaaysss THIRD video…”

Levy always reminds of a Villain from a Comic Book, Or a Magician.

Mans so fast with it

Hikaru the man of focus commitment and strong will 👑

Yeah, Levy still has a long way to go, I feel like he was playing better in Spain when he was taking on GMs regularly.

Levy failed chess school

Hey, a win is a win

4:55 Deez Knights. HAAAAAAAAH! GOT EEM!

hellah comeback by Levy

Even told me the outcome in the title and I didn't realize it and was hopeful lol

This match was brutal to watch, and how it ended made it 100x worse.

I hope he becomes a General Motors

Levy is going to be GrandMother soon

swooning over hikaru

you can tell hikaru has to hold back from saying his intro with the same intensity as jacksepticeye

love the thumbnail

hikaru the malding 👍👍👍

levy getting played on his own game, hikaru looking for that BLOOD 🤣🤣🤣

this intro kills me as soon as possible

Levy should listen

Levy is our Grandmaster no mater what

9 minutes is wild

Actually incredible that the world no 2 is seriously covering the games of an IM. I don’t think anyone could’ve predicted this a couple years ago

He could pull a Gucci and organize his own tournament….

The bottom row of squares superimposes and is covered by the subtitles

Anoter Levy Recap!! 😊😊

Might it be… that he might have more tricks up his sleeve but is waiting for a GM-Norm capable event?

Levy should play the cow opening. 😄

bro is fast😅

I does however make sense to use this tournament to focus on one opening with black an expand and solidify your skills in it. So as a long term strategy that makes sense.

If he keeps this up, Levy will move up from iresponsible man to good man

Lmaooo the thumbnail

I'm new to Hikaru's channel and I can see right away what he does that is different from other chess commentators. He doesn't just analyze positions and pieces, he analyzes people.

This Thumbnail is uncalled for

goooo nak

all i see in the thumbnail is a certain ww2 era gesture xD

The thumbnail and title go hard

the milker getting milked, how ironic

That thumbnail was as harsh as his response to levy reaching gm

Bro I swear hikaru and Gotham thumbnails are the best thumbnails I have ever seen I want to know who is making these 😭

"deez knights" brilliant