Another Magnus d-rider. Just leave the guy alone I mean at this point why don't we upload a Magnus breathing video because the content creators seem to love to milk their world champion cow for more clickbait and views. Unsubscribed and I highly suggest you re-evalulate your content so others don't follow suit. -J.J.

Magnus is the only player who can apply the "Oh shit, I'm playing Magnus" debuff on his opponents

What better person to make a video about a semi-retired GOAT than a semi-retired GOAT

Interviewer: So how does Magnus defeat the best players in the world? Levy: He puts all the pieces on all the right squares.

Magnus is so much better than everyone else. He’s really only competing against history now.

Damn, I can't skip the video to Magnus's game

As your correctly said it once, Magnus is on a level that he can suggest moves to the engine.

Magnus said he ran out of steam on the last day, but at that point he already had done everything needed to win the entire thing. I hope he feels better soon and find his energy.

Magnus has always loved to do the things that make him great at chess: analyzing chess; reading chess books; playing chess; improving weaknesses; humble search for truth...

Magnus is like an anime character. Starts slow then crushes everyone. The only thing missing is the power of friendship lol.

It must be hard being so good at something you have to put yourself in weak and awkward situations to make things interesting

Best video your put out in awhile. Games that actually give you good ideas and make you want to play more chess.

My favourite videos are Magnus destroying people, it’s just so satisfying to watch.

Magnus is incredible because to a 1600 like me his moves seem intuitive and understandable and like you say he makes it look easy. He makes it look like I could play at that level but here I am, a random 1600 who blunders mate in 2 and doesn't have a single hope of ever beating even the lowliest of titled players lol

Magnus just does enough to win.. he’s so aware of when to turn on god mode to inch ahead.

He should write a book on how he judges endgames. There's often a bunch of things you could do, like cutting the king off, or attacking the pawn chain from the back, or getting a piece to a better spot. He should explain why one option is better than the other, and how he judges that kind of stuff. I often have no idea why one move is better than another. They both just seem like excellent moves to me, and they are, but I have no idea why one is better.

Magnus plays like there is no tomorrow.

It's almost like everyone else has an understanding of chess and just memorized a bunch of games while Magnus is just actually really good at chess itself. It kind of reminds me when he talked about the rule of squares. He understands, but doesn't quite know how to explain things.

That's awesome that Magnus plays the two knights defense basically exactly like I do with Be7 and re-manoeuvring the knight. Only he goes on to crush the opponent and I only ever barely grind out a win.

Levy, love your content. I know u dont do much of this, but i would love a vid of u just talking abt aspects of chess that interest u rather than analyzing a game. It was fun hearing you ramble abt the carlsen controversy. Here’s some ideas: 1. Why u love chess/ why its beautiful. (could be personal, or touch on points. i love chess bc every time i come to a crest in my understanding i get to look out on the expanse of stuff that i dont yet understand, i like thinking about the degrees of understanding that can be achieved. Like how the best play is far better than the second best player.) 2. Chess Computers (how strong can they possibly get, what’s the chess base limit, what are the different algorithms based on) 3. What is the future of chess? (Computers, as a sport, post queens gambit) 4. Garry vs Magnus. Who’s the goat. Who wins in what category. 5. What does it take to become a grandmaster

I was literally watching a poker video of him when I got the notification, and yes he was crushing everyone

1:48 "so one point about Magnus from the practicality standpoint is that he's- he's- he's very good."

I think Magnus is always gonna be the real world champ until someone can dominate like he does

this is a certified “haven’t seen the full video yet” classic

"Mad!!" Magnus crazy good against the best! Super recap highlighting his mastery. Its going to be interesting watching him into 2023 when there is a new WC. Thanks for the hard work!!

the boxing & mma references are gold, great video as per lad

magnus is incredible and this video just further shows why. Incredible positional sense and calculating and everything.

Magnus just showing why he is the best

Probably my favourite piece from you Levy. Very enjoyable

Your explanation of what he does is only possible because you know a lot and can see how it fits together. Finding ways to do it in your own game is a leap that a lot (if not all) of us need to do to really put our knowledge to work. GM Larry Christianson (sp) said we all have greater theoretical knowledge than we can demonstrate. Some do it better. Great video. Thanks.

This Magnus Carlsen dude seems pretty good at chess, he should try to go for the World Championship!

your work ethic and your ability to explain chess games to every level of player is truly astonishing. you brought me back to chess after playing only a few games with my dad in my childhood. i started a month ago fell to 300 and now i am back to 600. and i am truly enjoying it. thank you for your content! greetings from germany

Man was waiting for something like this, thank you!

"Magnus says no" I automatically hear Ben Finegold: "Nepo says: stop talking"

I love how you manage to get insights from these games. It's like every game is entire story.

You Cracked me up with the Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva relation. LOL And the Mark Jackson quote. Nice Job!!

Every Grandmaster has a computer at home so everyone can memorise engine moves, but still we got the same champion for almost a decade. That proves something else, Magnus is one class beyond everyone. Great commentary, I like adding MJ, Gordon Ramsay, Sonen, Vanderlei to compare things more vivid :D

Let’s go more magnus content

Magnus is the GOAT. We all know that the next world champion will have a massive asterisk after his name.

Great vid, short, simple, very informative. ~ Speak softly and carry a big stick ~ Luv it.

It would be very interesting and instructive to see an analysis of Magnus playing the top engines. Watching his games against mere mortals, it’s hard to imagine him not being able to win or at least hold his own against them, but I know this is not the case, and that in reality he would lose every game.

I was wondering when you were gonna post a recap of this tournament

Keep up the quality! Love your content

He just won Superunited Croatia Tournament!!!

Let's go another banger vid from gotham!

To me, this recalls the memory of playing my father as a kid. Always trying to play very solid, theory like moves I wasn´t really sure of at the time. But he would crush me like a bug the same way Carlsen crushes here. I guess it was by being passive at that time (I didn´t know what to play) and not attacking which I do a whole lot nowadays. Iˇve beaten him recently in a Scandinavian defense where he slightly miscoordinated his pieces in the opening (or I thought he did) and i somehow got down a piece but came up with a knight fork out of nowhere winning my rook back because how his king was placed. That is why you should always play your own style of chess. Like I only play my own variations that I can understand in like Center game or Caro -kann and not some Ruy Lopez I don´t resemble that much about. Because you know when you play something deep with a lot of understanding, there´s gonna be someone who knows even more than you do. And that is I think the lesson here. I wonder how many people found out about chess the same way i did playing against my dad. Just my sincere opinion.

The MVL-Carlsen Sicilian line is top line of the engine with a few move order tweaks it isn’t niche !

25:42 I apsolutely love your UFC and martial arts refferences, truly a man of culture

Sir, your passion and analysis had me doubly enjoy the video!! You are very entertaining chess reader and I respect your dedication!! Thanks Levy, love and hugs from Iraq!! Just want to add that currently Magnus is the only player who can play like a virtual chess engine but still doesnt lose his unique ability on the board as a human, yes that is why he is my all time favourite chess player despite my mighty admiration for Tal, Capablanca and Karpov

Like carlsen said he's going to be like how he was in 2011 just wanna be the best that he already is and focus on his goals without wc preps and God just look Ian crushed the candidates and mY man Magnus Just sliced him like butter with a knife seriously I don't have any more words to describe how good he is...Just just ada just GOAT ga...

This is Levy at his best, as a Chess teacher. Excellent analysis and completely understandable. Much appreciated.

Love the chael sonnen reference. Absolute gold. Great video thank you sir

After watching the entire video in just 25 seconds, I feel confident enough to make the top comment. I can't believe Magnus Carlsen crushed all these grandmasters like ants!

If magnus got the classical record it wouldn't be able to be argued anyone has ever been as good as magnus. He's absolutely insane and somehow looks to be getting better which is terrifying.

Quite possibly, in addition to his other GOAT titles, the best end game player of all time.

I am from Croatia, met Carlsen and others irl

As a chess player, as much as I would like to play or learn from any one of the top players, it will be hard to decide on one if given a choice. But with Magnus, it is almost obvious.

Magnus: DISCOMBOBULATE! Sherlock: I approve.

2:29 "Never stop an enemy who's making a mistake" Napoléon

It’s a shame that Magnus is not defending his title; unfortunately, the best chess player in the world will not win the championship.

19:28 you sounded like spongebob for a bit haha

Love the pic! respect to Magnus and his achievements

Thanks for the great content as always Gotham. Magnus is ridiculously great.

Can never wrap my mind around the fact he has the same exact pieces as me but its like he's playing a different game altogether.

3:24 you should mention that Ng4 is actually losing to Ne4

Honestly the stuff Magnus plays looks like what I play. The difference, I have no clue what I’m doing 😂

Love your content man. Can not however fall in love with chess. I do not have your passion nor the patience to get a grasp about individual fun within the game. Respect the grind it’s just not something I can wrap my head around as far as an activity for myself to pursue. Peace and love✌🏻

I was watching this video with my sister sleeping next to me, and when she woke up she told me she dreamed about Magnus, you being in a private school and even a bishop and a pawn blocking the knight like in the Alireza game. You make chess so interesting that even if it's another language and even if people are sleeping, they will still hear you. A big hug from Italy❣️🇮🇹

Honestly you should make videos about all the greats like Carlsen, Kasparov, Fischer, etc.

Love your animated commentary

Is there a way to book lesson with you, Gotham?

Magnus used to play the queen Qe2 Ruy Lopez (Worrall Attack) quite a bit when he was younger. I saw his games in it last year and started playing this myself with some tremendous results. Black does not seem to know how to react to Rd1 and is always afraid to push d5.

I like chess, but I am not huge into it - this is a really amazing video! Thank you!

Fantastic commentary !thx!!

the F7 knight 20 minutes in is like "im not trapped in here with you your trapped in here with me!!"

wow such beautifully played games by magnus

You are amazing man! I have never once anticipated a KZfaq channel’s new uploads like I do yours. Greetings from Manhattan fellow New Yorker!

i love this type of video.. analysing Magnus is very importat, the dude is just different.

Yo gotham, you're prolly not gonna see this but you've been a huge help to my chess skills, I was 1st in my first ever tournament. most of it was for your help thank you, really.

as a fellow mma fan i must say i appreciate the sonen silva comparison

Magnus in the title is back

Lmfao "Good defense, better offense"

"He freeeezes the enemy pieeeeces" that was good!!!

How savage would that be if Magnus made it into the Candidates next time it takes place and won his title back from whoever wins it this time. Provided, of course, Fide allows him to become a world champion again :)

Awesome commentator. Thanks, I enjoyed the show much

At 20:38, in game 5 you had the best opportunity for a "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" reference.

In first game i cant believe i saw most of the moves

😂😂😂 the Chael vs Wanderlei caught me.

When others think that they reached Magnus level then Magnus goes up beyond unreacheable for other human level. He just understand chess like no one else before.

0:03 That implies the existence of an intergalactic chess infrastructure

Lest anyone be in doubt about who's the real king of chess for the foreseeable, formal World Champion or no.

Hi Gotham, i have recently started watching your videos. Very intertaining stuff!! I enjoyed mostly yoyr tournament recap before retiring. But the more i watched yout games n videos, the more i felt i can be as good as you're or even bettet. I play mostly on lichess n enjoy blitz more. I went from 2300 to 1800. I mean like official 1800 n stayed for days. I was also considering retiring from online chess as i got more n more excuses why ppl who play online aren't as good and they cheat. But the truth is, i was a much weaker player but enjoyed chess n your content more than i have in the past. Now I'm trying to stop watching your videos n get back to the pain of trying to improve again n hate chess but have a higher rating.

quote of the day at 25:14. Knights are too slow and too clumsy, they trip over each other😂😂😂

If I were paired against Magnus, I'd pretend to have covid.

You are a chess rockstar man. loved this

Didn’t think I’d ever hear a Mark Jackson reference in a Gotham video about Magnus but “Mama, there goes that man”

How about a video on MVL's 8/9 in the second day next? He's the Blitz World Champ after all

Damn Levi looking buff

Love the ufc reference lol can't let you get close sonnen

It feels like Magnus plays in a style of a computer