“We got to see Magnus be magical.” Get yourself someone who talks about you like Levy talks about Magnus.

Magnus in my mind could retire from ALL chess today and would be the GOAT. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t a big fan of chess when Kasparov was dominating, but to be so much better than everyone else in the era of engines the way Magnus is seems like it may never happen again.

I loved Supi's game, Fier had two brilhant moves this round, so many great games to cover.

Poh Yu Tian is indeed 13,i remember playing him during a tournament online during a rapid event(his elo was already above 1800 or 2000)not too sure,last year i was 13 his was 12,we had a draw position but i got into time pressure and the pressure of playing probally Malaysia's 1st GM so he was able to sac a bishop for 2 pawns,which was defendable for me but the pressure got me and eventually his rooks became too active and i resigned,he is extremely strong and underrated imo,i think last year he was 1800 and now 2100,insane growth,congrats on his against a GM tho

For those wondering why Georg Meier plays for Uruguay: There was some conflict between him and the german chess federation (you can read up on this if you are interested). He changed to Uruguay because his mother is from there.

Levy may not be a FIDE Grandmaster but he sure is a recap Grandmaster. The most enjoyable 30 minutes of my day!

Please give a summary of results of the major teams in the event at the end of each round. Right now I have no idea which team is winning

This is such a cool format, players are really incentivized to win, so they take more risk, and play in really interesting ways

22:30 Just a slight correction, Final score was, 3.5:0.5. Amazing win by Bulgaria!

Levy I think it would be nice if you could show us scores and future matchups for some of the teams

Thanks for bringing Supi to your analysis.

Hey Gotham, I’ve been losing a lot of elo points recently and I’ve seen how well you’ve bounced back! Was wondering if you could make a video on how to restart your chess journey.

Hey Gotham! Thank you for showing the Supi match, we brazilians have a lot of hope in him, but he's not the only one! The entire team is great. Keep looking at his matches, I guarantee they are going to be very interesting. Supi has an excellent knowledge of chess and is a super creative and dynamic player, always playing for iniciative, so see him playing against 2600 or 2700 is going to be nuts!

Thanks for covering Lithuanian game! Was pleasantly surprised to see that and hoping for more such recaps :))

I can't believe nobody is talking about the thumbnail with Magnus as Hawks from MHA. Literally genius.

I am really enjoying to watch your Olympic recaps! I would also like to thanks for sharing your comments regarding GM Supi match. I really appreciate that! I am looking forward to see the up coming recaps! Have a good one!

As a Bulgarian I am proud to see our team doing well. Here chess was last popular when Veselin Topalov was champion. Hope we get a good Olimpiad 🇧🇬🇧🇬

If he pops up (I believe he drew yesterday and didn't play for Sweden today), I would love to see a Tiger Hillarp Persson game, especially if he happens to play the a6 modern that he is kind of the leading theorist on.

Levy I applaud you for making the effort to pronounce every name correctly, shows how cultured you are and how much attention you pay to every detail.

Levy, as always it was a very intensive, interesting and enjoyable video! I was really proud of the results of Team Bulgaria and have to correct a slight mistake, the result against Croatia was 3,5 vs. 0,5 and even more impressive than you mentioned! Bulgaria has a very young team and I hope all of them to become GMs in the near future. ;o) I would love to see many more videos with Bulgarian players and strongly believe in your selection skills ;o)! Thanks a lot for the great job!

I love that you showed a game with a finn! The last pronunciation was correct, and Vilka doesn't really mean anything in finnish, the name is quite rare and has come fron Russia.

🇧🇷🇧🇷 Thanks for analyzing Supi’s game! Keep it up hehe

Ftacnik vs Yu Tian Poh is really a battle of generations. Not sure how Ftacnik is old but I know that he played once against the Tal so he is pretty old.

First time i see you cover an olympiade, its super fun! These crazy games are beautiful, and its why i started liking chess about a year ago. Grinding to 1200 as we speak, not in the least thanks to your analysis. Great work!

Thank you for covering Poh Yu Tian's games. He is the pride of my country, Malaysia :)

I think we all enjoy your recaps so i think no one would mind if you made them even more longer

Thank you for covering supi's game, greetings from Brazil!

Thanks for doing these reviews on the olympiad! I don't have the time to watch the tournament, so these recaps of select games are amazing; plus they're very informative and entertaining. You da best, Gotham!

Are you crazy you think Magnus is solving chess ? Magnus is chess itself.

Thank you for bringing brazilian games, specially Supi’s ones, he will definitely be at candidates some day

The fun thing about the olympiad and world cup is seeing many games by player i havent heard before

this is the first time i've watched my country, Malaysia, being featured in a GothamChess video. Thanks for showing the game and let's hope that Yu Tian can make it into the GM and become the first Malaysia GM!

8 games in 30 minutes is incredibly efficient

I’d love some coverage of the England games!

Thanks for making recaps of the Olympiad Levi, they are really interesting and also thanks for including Bulgaria, I didn't expect it :D

Always cool to see supi being featured on the channel

As a Malaysian I'm quite surprised you actually covered one of the Malaysian team games. I didn't even know Yu Tian have beaten a GM. Thanks for covering the game! ps: yes he is 13 years old. He was born in 2009.

I think we all enjoy you’re commentary levy, the way you explain games is unbelievable beautiful.

As a Canadian, once Canada comes around I’d love to see some of the Canadian players once Canada appears in some of the rounds

The Lachezar Yordanov game was actually amazing and the opening was very similar to the one in the Veselin Topalov-Levon Aronian game in 2006 in Wijk. Possibly prep because after all Topalov is an inspiration for Bulgarian players but nevertheless congrats to Lachezar!

I just love how energetic levy is now... Love you levy

Please supi vs spain round 3

Good stuff Levy, loving your coverage and it’s nice to see good viewership on this amazing tournament

🇫🇴 GM Helgi Dam Ziska or one of the egilstoft brothers from the faroe islands. A country with only 50k People population, able to gather such a strong team needs a shoutout and coverage in one of your recap videos.

I was really impressed by the 13 yo boy who won the game. I'd like to see more prodigies in those recaps

Can we see more games from this Magnus guy, he is good

the way levy pronounces surnames and countries' names make me think he is a linguist and speaks basically every language

I love how excited Levy gets when he says names of countries

Yes a game from the Finnish team!

Levy you should really become Magnus's pet.

The Hog Rider card is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He is a very fast building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart; a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy. Strategy His fast move speed can boost forward mini tanks like an Ice Golem in a push. At the same time, he can also function as a tank for lower hitpoint troops such as Goblins as he still has a fair amount of health. Most cheap swarms complement the Hog Rider well, as they are nearly as fast as him and usually force more than one card out of the opponent's hand. The Hog Rider struggles with swarms, as they can damage him down and defeat him quickly while obstructing his path. Barbarians in particular can fully counter him without very strict timing on the defender's part, though be wary of spells. A Hunter can kill the Hog Rider in 2 hits if placed right on top of it. However, if you place something in front of the Hog Rider, the Hunter's splash will damage the Hog Rider and hit the card in front of it more. The Hog Rider in conjunction with the Freeze can surprise the opponent and allow the Hog Rider to deal much more damage than anticipated, especially if the opponent's go-to counter is a swarm, or swarms are their only effective counter to him. Skeletons and Bats will immediately be defeated by the spell, while Spear Goblins, Goblins, and Minions will be at low enough health to be defeated by a follow up Zap or Giant Snowball. However, this strategy isn't very effective against buildings as the Hog Rider will take a while to destroy the building, giving the opponent ample time to articulate another counter. Against non-swarm troops, it can deal a lot of damage during the freeze time, but this can allow the opponent to set up a massive counterpush. For this reason, players should either only go for a Hog Rider + Freeze when they have other units backing it up from a counterattack, or if the match is about to end and they need to deal as much damage as possible. It is not a good idea to send in a Hog Rider simply to destroy a building, especially if it is the only building targeting unit available, as defeating Crown Towers becomes substantially more difficult. Spells or simply waiting out the lifetime of the building are more effective. The exception to this is an Elixir Collector placed in front of the King's Tower. If a Hog Rider placed at the bridge, he can destroy the Collector for a positive Elixir trade, though the damage from both Princess Towers will usually mean he does not survive to deal any damage to them. However, if the opponent sends in defending troops, it can be an opportunity to gain spell damage value. In a deck with several low-cost cards, it might be worth it to simply send the Hog Rider against one building. These decks shuffle their card rotation quick enough, that they will arrive to their next Hog Rider before the next building arrives in the opponent's card rotation. Long-ranged troops like Musketeer and Flying Machine can snipe those buildings, preserving some of the Hog Rider's health, possibly allowing it to get some Tower damage. When there are buildings placed in the middle to counter the Hog Rider, understanding the placement of the Hog Rider and the type of building placed can help the Hog Rider to bypass certain buildings. Passive buildings such as spawners and Elixir Collector have a larger hitbox than defensive buildings; which means that if a passive building was placed 3 tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, then it is impossible for the Hog Rider to bypass that placement as the Hog Rider will get pulled to that building. Defensive buildings have a smaller hitbox than a passive building, which means if that if a defensive building was placed three tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, a Hog Rider placed at the very left or right side of the Arena may be able to bypass it due to its smaller hitbox. If the player has a building already placed down in the center of the arena, and the opponent tries to bypass it with a Hog Rider at the edge of the arena, they can use certain air troops to push the Hog Rider towards the building as it jumps over the river, effectively denying the bypass attempt. They must be already hovering over the correct placement, as very quick reflexes are required to correctly perform this technique. For Bats, Skeleton Dragons, and Minion Horde, they should be placed right in front of the Hog Rider as soon as it is deployed. For Minions, Skeleton Barrel, Mega Minion, Flying Machine, Electro Dragon, Baby Dragon, Inferno Dragon, Balloon, and Lava Hound, stagger the above placement one tile to the right if the Hog Rider is placed on the left side of the arena, and vice versa. They can also use ground troops to achieve the same result. Something like an Ice Golem deployed at the Hog Rider’s landing spot will obstruct his path and force him to go around the unit, which causes him to be closer to the building instead of the Crown Tower. The Hog Rider can kite Very Fast non-building targeting troops due to his own Very Fast speed and building only targeting if he is placed on the fourth tile from the bridge, slightly into the opposite lane. He can also stall grounded units when placed right at the bridge. He will pull them towards him while deploying, and then be untargetable by them when he jumps over the bridge. After landing, he will pull them back. This can be useful when the player needs to deal damage in the same lane they are defending. It will also help separate troops behind a tank in a large push. A Tornado placed on the second tile front of the player's King's Tower and staggered two tiles towards the Princess Tower will activate it without any damage dealt to the Princess Tower, helping them in defending future pushes. This can also be a method of mitigating all damage dealt to a Princess Tower, but doing this more than three times may result in the King's Tower's health being low enough to be targeted directly, opening up the possible threat of a back door three crown. A better alternative is to pull the Hog away from the Princess Tower into the attacking range of all three Crown Towers, which will negate all damage as long as none of them are already distracted A very powerful combo is the Hog Rider, the Musketeer, and the Valkyrie, typically referred to as the Trifecta. The Musketeer will defend against most troops, while the Valkyrie can protect her and the Hog Rider from swarms or high damage units. The Hog Rider is used to deal damage to the tower. This can be effectively countered by Lightning, one-shotting the Musketeer and severely damaging both the Valkyrie and Hog Rider. The Minion Horde is also effective, but the enemy can Zap them and the Musketeer will one-shot them all. Even if the Musketeer is defeated, the Hog Rider and Valkyrie will have enough time to severely damage the Tower. The Hog Rider should be placed behind the Valkyrie to give it a boost so that it stays in front of the Hog Rider, protecting it. A Hog Rider combined with a Goblin Barrel can be awkward for the opponent to defend against. Timing it so that the Hog Rider is tanking the tower shots for the Goblins is the most effective way to deal damage. However, a Barbarian Barrel can shut this down with minimal Tower damage for a positive Elixir trade, as long as the Goblin Barrel was placed directly on the Tower. Pairing the Hog Rider with the Balloon can deal devastating damage. If executed properly, the Hog Rider will act as a tank while the Balloon threatens to deal massive damage. The Hog Rider can also destroy any buildings attempting to slow down the combo. However, this combo is very vulnerable to swarms and anti-air cards as neither of the troops target anything but buildings. Additionally, they are easy to separate, due to the disparity in move speeds. Alternatively, the Hog Rider and the Balloon can be played in different lanes to spread the opponent's defenses thin. However, a building or Tornado can bring them back together for an easier defense. The Hog Rider can be paired with the Lumberjack as both a swarm bait and damage combo. It is a very fast combo with an extremely high damage output potential, so the enemy will likely try to counter it with a swarm. If this happens, use a spell like Arrows to render the opponent defenseless. If they manage to defeat the Lumberjack, the dropped Rage will make the Hog Rider even more dangerous than it normally is. A fast and deadly combination is the Hog Rider and Mini P.E.K.K.A. combo. Both units are fast but the Mini P.E.K.K.A. does much more damage and does not attack only buildings so the Mini P.E.K.K.A. can deal with troops like the Executioner and Musketeer. However, this combo can be defeated with swarms like Skeleton Army, which will defeat both of them since neither of them can deal area damage. They are also unable to target air troops, so the Minion Horde can stop this easily. A risky play is to deploy the Hog Rider at the bridge as soon as the match starts. If the opponent does not react fast enough, the Hog Rider will deal a significant amount of damage to the Princess Tower. This can also allow the player to quickly scout the opponent's deck if they happen to react to him fast enough

that Ne1 move by lachezar hits different with Levys brilliant commentary build up gave me goosebumps reminded me of the time when I was a young infant in my prime dominating old men like Levy

Hey Gotham, love Your recaps! Could we see a game from the Lithuanian players? Thank You! :D

How long before we have another player as good or EVEN BETTER than Magnus?

Would absolutely love to see a game from Nauru at some point. We need to see how the islanders are fighting! :)

I love just pausing the video right at the start and staring back at levi trying to win a staring contest

I would love to see a game from Daniel Dharda he's the youngest Belgian Grandmaster and a very talented player in my opinion. Thank you Gotham for providing these recaps!

Day 11 of asking for a video on the italian opening

Magnus on a Hawks costume was something I never thought I needed

Thanks so much Levy. Loving these summaries. The Candidates coverage was great too. If you can cover an Australian game that would be great. Strongest open team we've had for a while with 5 GM's. An Anton Smirnov game would be great or any. Hoping they can do well.

Levy I dare you to go 1 month without putting Magnus in your titles or thumbnails!

supi letsgooooo

Love the recaps. Would like to see a Dutch game. mostly Jorden van Foreest :D

wonderful recaps, love them so much! if possible could we get more Tari games? as a Norwegian everything is always about Carlsen, but would love some love for Tari!

I like your chess video.

It's simple math Levy and all Stockfish 0.00 ( draw ) against Magnus = Win for Magnus p.s- India playing really well , kudos to all the team players .

You are correct (26:19) Poh Yu Tian is 13 years old. He is from my country, Malaysia! I remember taking pictures of chess players and asking "Who is Poh Yu Tian?" hearing some people talked about him ( He was 10 at that time) and getting hammered by friends for not knowing because he was beating everyone left and right.

Great coverage! Such a joy to watch and to see you so enthusiastic again. I would love to see your view on the Eline Roebers game of Rnd 2 of the Women's section, some day (yes, I am from the Netherlands), but what was happening over there? However, I imagine that after the Olympiad is over, there is a lifetime of material left to cover, or to leave it where it is.

These matches were completely savage! Just amazing tactics being displayed! My jaw dropped on the last one. That Queen sacrifice and Knight Fork to capture the Queen! Oh my!

Sipilä (the umlauts get dropped a lot in international context) is "Sipi" with the -lä suffix used to make it refer to a location. So it would mean someting like "Sipis place". Sipi is apparently a Finnish version of Siegfried. Vilkas means lively, Dopey in Snow White is Vilkas in Finnish. I'd say it was a good pronunciacion, any criticism would be nitpicking.

I love how fms ims and 2100,1700 were able to defeat gms and ims. This motivates me that i can do better

Hello Levy from Malaysia! Thank you for showing my country's game! Always enjoy this day to day tournament recap from you. Keep up with the good job!

I love how Levy always shouts great moves. That’s always what I imagine when I see them labeled with exclamation marks.

I feel like the thumbnail has Magnus as Hawks from My Hero Acadamia, it looks alike.

I'd love to see some of the Dutch games, van foreest and anish Giri had some interesting positions. I havent been as confident in our 4 players ever as this year.

Could you recap one of portugal's games if there are any upsets? we drew 3 games against some dutch gm's but lost the last one today :( keep up the great content and looking forward to more magnus!

The Locomotiva Supi on board

"What shall we name our daughter, papa San Diego?" "Carmen!" "No, that would be weird"

According to tablebase the endgame at 7:00 is actually a draw, black can force white to repeat moves by playing Qc7, forcing white to march his pawns to h7 and g6 where they're paralyzed for the rest of the game, then a series of checks drags the king to the 1st rank and forces a repetition.

Glad u put the eval bar. Thank you from España.

I never thought I would see my country Nicaragua on this channel. Nice game of María!

Aeee big thanks for bringing some Supi content! Brazil loves when we see some of us around xD

This series is going to be Levy trying to pronounce various names from different cultures

Thank you for the coverage of the Supi's game. Keep on the good work! Your channel is amazing.

ngl everytime u start the video with a greeting your eyebrows go up

On that supi game when Levy said “who guards the knight” my brain straight up went “god”

Hey, wonder if you could give us some lesson on how to prepare repertoire and prepare for the middle and end game after that 👏

Good recap; Levy’s joy at upsets by underdogs comes thru loud & clear

I'm from Malaysia, but i didnt know that guy until gotham make a recapp, thanks gotham

Levy, at 6:34 I belive you missed Meiers brilliant stalemate draw resource. After Kg6 black can sacrifice the queen with Qg7 hxg7 b1Q after which white is forced to take the new black queen for a stalemate since the white Q is on the same diagonal as the K.

8 games, this was a great surprise. Also I sent game 4 on discord so it’s nice to see it

The game by Yu Tian Poh was amazing, and a novelty at that.

Very nice coverage! I love your commentary. I'd love to see you covering the German team

Very nice pronunciation Supi name Levy! You got it improved

The last one, got baited into exchanges and sacrifices 3 times 😂😂😂 probably the way I'd play it too though lol

We want more games from Guatemala! Thanks for the coverage.

At one point in the Magnus endgame, my engine went completly crazy: it showed a +5.1 advantage for white, but even the best move for white at this point brought it down instantly to +0.8. And this was on depth 35 I think.

lol you pronounced uruguay the right way , didn´t expect that

Is that thumbnail Magnus doing a hawks from mha cosplay?

Hey Gotham, I would love for you to feature more Azerbaijan games because they’re one of the strongest teams with two top 15 GM’s and a third top 50 GM