Why do you keep using Magnus and Hans to support your KZfaq enterprise? Have you no shame? I guess the clinking of gold coins is louder than dignity.

Magnus Carlsen’s neurotransmitter chip inside his brain which determines the best move and sends waves of vibrations at the same time speaks for itself

when you realise you can't skip to the Magnus game because all games has Magnus

The bit with castling in game 4 reminded me of my own thought process when I'm playing online. If I the opponent loses the ability to castle: "Haha look at that dumb king who can't go anywhere. I'm so smart for finding that move" If I lose the ability to castle: "Whatever man, screw you. I wasn't going to castle this game anyway."

magnus is that guy that plays the birds opening and becomes a laughing stock, then crushes you in actual chess and makes you rage quit

What i love about these game breakdowns is how you describe the game of chess as if the players are having a conversation with the board pieces

Thank god you decided to cover the games of Carlsen in the European club cup, I was sad that you were ignoring it but now I'm over the moon

More Magnus content Sorely missed been like a whole 2 days without it from levy lol

There's actually another level above GM, you just don't see it because it's also shortened to GM - it's when you're Goddamn Magnus

21:11 "He went after Korobov like Korobov hadn't paid him rent in six months!" I'm looking forward to that standup career you're planning, Levy :)

2:38 "Black has literally never lost.... black has never beaten white." scratching my head

"No Don't do that. Don't Steal!" Levy randomly giving life advices in mid of a chess recap 😂😂.

Agreed. Super Grand Master (SGM) title needed for players who achieve 2750+ (basically, if a GM makes it to Top 10 at any time in their life).

Love the commentary Levy, keep up the good work! Would like to see more of the interesting recaps from the European club championship

It's so funny everytime a GothamChess video start. Just Levy staring at your soul before speaking.

Inspired by a Magnus Carlsen’s opening I decided to pause the video jump in to a ten minute game and win in 7 minutes.

Someone needs to take the 1 second of Levy staring into our souls from the beginning of every video and make a Timelapse like that 1 picture a day from age 12 to married guy.

Game 4 felt like a stafford variation. Magnus loves Rosen confirmed ✅

Can you add a section on Blakmar Diemer accepted to your chessly course? The section against the Caro Kann is nice but I'm not usually seeing it and a course in the main line would be more helpful to me.

thank you for this wonderful analysis ... really loved how magnus played..

"Oh, you saying I can stea... No, don't do that, what I'm saying is Magnus is going to punish his opponent." - Levy

I was doing some study of the scotch line in game 2 and I found out that Nd2 is actually the best move according to stockfish

Magnus now plays with a huge magnet in his pocket, disrupts beads signals.

Bro stared deep into my soul, then asked me to get outta here at the end 💀💀

I like the sound of Supreme Master. Then after that, Stockfish equivalence levels, eg Stockfish 8.

I saw the draw coming in Levy's well hidden commentary: @2:38> "from this position, I think black has literally never lost" then without any pieces moving, @2:48 "at classical chess level, black has never beaten white" < if black never loses but neither does black ever beat white, must be a draw!? Great cryptic commentary Levy!! 😁

Levy- 46th request for the video where we see Fischer and Korchnoi, some of the TOP players of their time, go at it. They had almost all their wins with black, and Korchnoi went against Karpov twice in WCCs, but never Fischer. So it can be a fantastic idea for a historical and INTERESTING/FUN video, bro.

Magnus is the God of chess....hope he gets a Netflix documentary soon

I played a strange move, Audience : noob! Lack of foundation! Magnus play the same move, Audience : oh magnificent, we must study this.

Nah that pause at the beginning starting to feel personal jajajaja

Thank you for mentioning the "small town I never heard of". It happens to be a small resort town in the Tiroleralpen, and I now have an amazing bike tour planned for next year.

Levy will you upload recaps of the chess 960 chamiponship? Could be awsome

fyi: the European Club Cup takes place in Mayrhofen/Austria, a wonderful place to be!

That little stare at the start of every video is what I tune in to see every time!

A nice little village in the austrian Alps. Near Innsbruck.

I love your commentary/tournament update videos. Hands down the best, most educational and ENTERTAINING chess videos of anyone, no contest. Congratulations on the empire you have built. Thank you

The city was "Mayerhofen im Zillertal" . Greeting from Tirol Austria

The game against karbov anton was epic 🔥... Love your commentary levy ❣️

Shoutout from the Faroe Islands your work is getting better and better. I'am very strong bridge player, I guess my Elo if converted from bridge to chess would be about 2650 to 2700. My first love was chess but I stoped playing when I, was 16 and took to playing bridge. I still love chess but I would not be above 1800 Elo that would be on a good Day now but my love for the game is still there. Levy the vids you keep uploading Day after Day that keep me hungry for more you are amazing bro. A fun fact, norway have the strongest chessplayer by a country mile but they also have the strongest bridge player in the world, I mean what are the odds? There are approx. the same number of chess players as there are bridge players. And the fact that Norway with it's 5,5 mil people top the list in chess and bridge just blows my mind🖤

Love staring into levy’s soul at the start.

I absolutely love the commentary style of Levi(?). First his knowledge of the board is phenomenal then he's funny and engaging to boot. I also love the burrows accent with what sounds kind of Israeli but not sure. Still I'm digging it!

Magnus is G.O.A.T. NO ARGUE

16:37 Omg I choked on my water 😂

Where do I Get this elusive “ham Chess”?

levi: "That's not en passant by the way" me: "Caught in 4k"

Hi Gotham. I have followed this channel closely for over a year and a half. I was wondering if you could maybe go back to analyzing some older, legendary games, while explaining some chess history/lore. Also, if you could go into deeper analysis into some of these games, exploring some deeper lines and strategies

It was in Mayrhofen Austria, greetz from Austria ;-)

Magnus: like Hans minus a Stockfish engine buzzing the moves.

29:04 I remember people suggesting engine moves to Aman and his saying "WTF does Re5 do?" 😅

FYI 'Naumann' is pronounced more like 'Nowmunn' Keep up the great videos!

2:38 "Black has literally never lost. (...) Black has never beaten white." -Levy

May I request more opening and tactics videos? This is the only channel I can go to in terms of those. Other channels provide otherwise boring videos. You earn my respect Levy. Keep up the good work!

New title should be GGM, great grand master

hey… more people should make jokes about anal beads and things “speaking for themselves” it definitely isn’t old and is still SUPER funny

Carlsen went after the players like the German Finanzamt

29:02 he woulda needed the beads to see those moves lmao

"Naww-Maan"... First time I saw your video and laughed out loud :D

Game 2 is like magnus become alphazero sacrifices pawns

Somewhere, Bobby Fischer is smiling down on Magnus, as he watches him punishing players for relying on standard computer prep.

Can we take a second to appreciate the thumbnail?

I love how in chess community "speaks for itself" will be phrase synonymous with cheating

I love how the eval bar will show magnus is losing but he is literally just thinking further ahead and wins

Your thumbnails are cracked Levy - keep up the great work!

15:56 bro saying zugzwang as if it was spell or something lmao.

6:55 what WE planned???

MG Duc Phuc , i like your cover version. Love it !

@27:01 "This is gonna be a high-level KINK boxing match." 😳

Levy stares into my soul at the beginning of every video.

Hey, Gotham. Idea for a video....I have a lot of friends who don't know how to play the game. Could you make a video that teaches the rules of chess but keeps it fun and engaging?

Gotham '"Black has never lost on this line" Then says "Black had never won"

Levy, you make your commentary look simple! So I guess you and Magnus have something in common. =)

@gothamchess Mayrhofen, Austria is a great place to ski … you should visit one day ;)

I don't understand rook b5 @13:47, what am I missing?

There is no chess player at the level of Magnus. He does make it look 'easy!

17:00 whos king is not safe

An average GM has rating between 2.5-2.6k, an IM 2.4-2.5,an FM 2.3-2.4 and an SGM 2.7-2.8. So its natural that a SGM has a bigger gap than GM, than GM to IM since there is an extra 100 points of elo difference. Theoretically GM-FM and SGM-GM have an equal skill gap. Potentially even bigger because of the threshold of 2.7-2.8k (too few higher rated players). So yeah, there should be an official title for SGM since 2 titles seperate GM from FM. And honestly this makes it even more amazing that Magnus has been able to stay above 2850 the majority of his career even when almost nobody reaches 2.8k.

Amazing Analyzis. GJ Thank you for upload

what would you think about the teams deciding matchups. perhaps the team playing black at board one would decide the first matchup then alternate, the next round this reverses. think it could be fun to see how teams would choose pairings.

is it just me or magnus is pushing his h pawns like alphazero, lc0 and all these machines?

Would love to see you stream on youtube sometime

I absolutely love how u say "Zugzwang" 😙

Hey levy, I’ve enjoyed your channel for a while now as someone who has never even played chess at all. I saw your interview with Lex the other day and that was awesome. I think you would do great with some sort of long form podcast. I would watch the shit out of that anyway dude

Idea for a new tittle: Sage, Requirements should be to be over 2700 and the sage norm tournaments should be the big events like the candidates, grand prix and such.

Magnus has a pet fish named stockfish

I do think it makes sense to have an official title above Grandmaster as there is an obvious skill gap between 2500 and 2700 rated players.

The tournament was played in Mayrhofen, a small town of 4'000 in the Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria.

Just wanted to say I appreciated the Naumann name joke. 😂💯

0:50 literally every average american from USA...

im going to count how many levy videos have magnus in the thumbnail or title ill b back when im done

My life really sucks right now. These videos are the only things that make me happy. Thank you for being real Levy :)

Just wanted to say that I like your content.

Magus in his first game as white today gave me alpha zero vides with those sacrifices for positional advantage.

Magnus should just be called “the grandest-master”

Chessable ads on levs videos shots fired

wow! Magnus finally realised how to play against d4,nf6, c4. This chess definitely speaks for itself

16:25 man I'm dead 😂

Somewhere in europe I never heared of the city, wtf? Maybe can still mention the country?

Im not gonna question why you move that there... but yk thats yall playing styles... but i would move that to make a force trap for my knight... i wont say which but yeah...

Make a video on rashid vs Maximilian chess game

"... in a city somewhere in Europe". It's Mayerhofen im Zillertal, :-D a city with 4000 people right in the Austrian Alps - even Europeans/Austrians wont know that one...