Sultan Khan: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived

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    Sultan Khan, one of the greatest chess players of all time... and not known.
    He played against Jose Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubeinstein.
    0:00 Intro
    1:29 Game 1 - Mattison
    7:12 Game 2 - Marshall
    13:04 Game 3 - Capablanca
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  • @matiasgarciacasas558
    @matiasgarciacasas558 Před 3 lety +6486

    *beats world champion*
    "Man, this game sucks"
    *goes back home never to be heard of again*

    • @AliRaza-su7ti
      @AliRaza-su7ti Před 3 lety +530

      He was a servant and it was his master who got him into chess, and I think it was his master who stopped him from playing chess... but idk why

    • @robingurung7714
      @robingurung7714 Před 3 lety +31

      Can u play better than him ? I guess not, so don't think too much, respect him as a good player.

    • @AliRaza-su7ti
      @AliRaza-su7ti Před 3 lety +513

      @@robingurung7714 Wut, what disrespectful thing did i say about him.

    • @SilentMath161
      @SilentMath161 Před 3 lety +144

      @@AliRaza-su7ti this robin gurung is stupid dont worry he doesnt know how to read

    • @liviu445
      @liviu445 Před 3 lety +107

      He was most likely disappointed, since he crushed the world champion.

  • @diiselix
    @diiselix Před 3 lety +4853

    Sultan Khan: likes to play the Caro-Kann
    Levy: ”He’s the greatest chess player ever”

    • @luker.6967
      @luker.6967 Před 3 lety +333

      @@drjoyrajghosh2271 It's a joke about Levy's love of the Caro, they're not seriously disputing Sultan Khan's skill.

    • @amanhasnoname1052
      @amanhasnoname1052 Před 3 lety +43

      @@luker.6967 He has a thing for Caro Kann, London system & Stonewall system!!

    • @carlneoh5843
      @carlneoh5843 Před 3 lety +16

      @@amanhasnoname1052 and the Vienna

    • @solar3013
      @solar3013 Před 3 lety +61

      Caro-Khan

    • @hanuna
      @hanuna Před 3 lety +1

      @@drjoyrajghosh2271 r/woosh

  • @Eftkud
    @Eftkud Před 2 lety +4055

    -comes out of India
    -trains with his opponents
    -beats the crap out of the best GMs of the time
    -takes chess not professionally but as hobby
    -refuses to elaborate further
    -leaves

    • @langletprolet8378
      @langletprolet8378 Před 2 lety +131

      India? I thought Pakistan

    • @abhishek3735
      @abhishek3735 Před 2 lety +472

      @@langletprolet8378 It was the same back then. India got partitioned in 1947 and Pakistan was born out of it.

    • @lxstyexr349
      @lxstyexr349 Před 2 lety +133

      Sigme male grindset

    • @keithgravamen1107
      @keithgravamen1107 Před 2 lety +87

      Giga Chad energy

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 Před 2 lety +56

      @@langletprolet8378 Pakistan was a part of india until 1947

  • @UmbrellaSound
    @UmbrellaSound Před 3 lety +1886

    Even Capablanca called him genius. Just give the man posthumous GM title he deserved it. He was absolute beast of midgame.

    • @GNU_Linux_for_good
      @GNU_Linux_for_good Před 2 lety +95

      From now on we'll just call him *GM Khan*

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 Před 2 lety +175

      @@GNU_Linux_for_good His name is already king king, doesn't get better then that

    • @GNU_Linux_for_good
      @GNU_Linux_for_good Před 2 lety +22

      @@hugo57k91 I didn't know that - so then: *king king* ;-)

    • @vogel2499
      @vogel2499 Před 2 lety +53

      @@hugo57k91 King of kings sounds more badass.

    • @johnballard6725
      @johnballard6725 Před 2 lety +11

      He was definitely a strong GM.

  • @asmrbrim9818
    @asmrbrim9818 Před 3 lety +3085

    Levy's title: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived
    Me, rated 900: this must be about me

  • @abtaha
    @abtaha Před 3 lety +2038

    Old fashioned indian style chess players aren’t fan of castling because it puts the king out of the game. My grandfather never castles

    • @reelgesh51
      @reelgesh51 Před 3 lety +141

      @Frank Lincoln also to my knowledge in actual Indian chess I believe certain prices move differently and casting might be different to as I've been told Khan struggled at first with these rules

    • @moffatcam
      @moffatcam Před 3 lety +139

      @Sushi Sandwiches No? It also isolates the rooks from the A/H files, really makes a lot of sense tactically, especially in an endgame position

    • @beholdandfearme
      @beholdandfearme Před 3 lety +80

      @Sushi Sandwiches Only noobs castle idiot

    • @prajwalbharambe343
      @prajwalbharambe343 Před 3 lety +84

      @Sushi Sandwiches castling did not exist in indian chess.

    • @FrancisLallawmkima
      @FrancisLallawmkima Před 3 lety +29

      @Sushi Sandwiches depends on the game though, a couple of games dictate this, for eg. you don't need to castle in a London opening game unless you are forced to 😄,

  • @piculra7441
    @piculra7441 Před 3 lety +2626

    His name basically means "King King". He wasn't the kind of king who likes hiding behind his castles, though.

    • @hynori1819
      @hynori1819 Před 3 lety +248

      King king kings gambit

    • @loganjackson7746
      @loganjackson7746 Před 3 lety +345

      Oh you mean the KKK gambit! I love playing that one...but only when I’m white

    • @jeremythomas4744
      @jeremythomas4744 Před 3 lety +84

      @@loganjackson7746 so stockfish says, if you play it as black, the analysed position is +999999999999

    • @ecclesiasticman4417
      @ecclesiasticman4417 Před 3 lety +18

      @@loganjackson7746 Andres Bonifacio would be proud.

    • @user-rw9no4vt7e
      @user-rw9no4vt7e Před 3 lety +3

      Strawberry king king

  • @ender-gaming
    @ender-gaming Před 2 lety +274

    That attack by Frank Marshall was amazing, so many traps, the defense was brilliant but I'm still in awe of how every piece that went to attack simply could never be taken. For several turns any greed from the defensive player to exchange pieces would be punished with mate. It was simply beautiful.

    • @BREAKocean
      @BREAKocean Před rokem +32

      And he was drunk while playing making it even crazier

  • @patrickimperial579
    @patrickimperial579 Před 3 lety +3630

    You know you're a badass when your name starts with Sultan and ends with Khan.

    • @Doge-xt2fx
      @Doge-xt2fx Před 3 lety +15

      Heheyyy

    • @masterjax2449
      @masterjax2449 Před 3 lety +240

      Sultan levy rozman khan

    • @jeremythomas4744
      @jeremythomas4744 Před 3 lety +92

      I actually thought he was a sultan, which means "king" in malay (and probably persian)

    • @alicodm5120
      @alicodm5120 Před 3 lety +56

      Sultan deez nuts khan

    • @johnny5731
      @johnny5731 Před 3 lety +103

      @@jeremythomas4744 Khan meaning ruler as well.

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 Před 3 lety +3332

    Sultan Khan was so OP the world needled to nerf him by making him unable to read.

    • @unknownface2463
      @unknownface2463 Před 3 lety +48

      man that is the reason . now i know

    • @abhinavsrivastava9909
      @abhinavsrivastava9909 Před 2 lety +178

      He did read and write, he just didn't read and write English

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 Před 2 lety +35

      @@abhinavsrivastava9909 so unfortunate since most of chess is played (by the best however) English speaking players. wish he made it up there

    • @the_phen0m639
      @the_phen0m639 Před 2 lety +29

      As a Pakistani i am very proud

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy Před 2 lety +15

      Yeah cuz taxes were high and British didn’t allow Muslim Madrassas which were like schools except Islam was also taught. So there was not much education in modern day Pak India and Bangladesh. Ramanujan was also self taught

  • @Crazeyfor67
    @Crazeyfor67 Před 3 lety +557

    I've seen many of Capablanca's games, but I've never seen him totally dominated as in this game. He rarely ever lost.

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 Před 2 lety +6

      I did Alekhine mopped the floor with him worse than sultan khan did multiple times

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 Před 2 lety +74

      @@williamrobert9898 Alekhine did beat Capablanca 6 to 3 with 25 draws in their world championship match but I wouldn't call it mopping the floor. Their lifetime score is 9-7 in Capablanca's favor.
      The only players Capablanca has a negative score against are Paul Keres and Sultan Khan.

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 Před 2 lety +4

      @@mazymetric8267 Actually you're wrong Capablanca has a negative score against Botvinnik as well
      Well opinions vary so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree since in my opinion Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were giving the time they played in

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 Před 2 lety +16

      ​@@williamrobert9898 Botvinnik and Capa's score is tied 1 to 1 with 5 draws.
      It doesn't seem that convincing when you compare them to other dominating world championships like Short vs Kasparov where Kasparov beat Short 6-1 or Fischer vs Spassky where Fischer beat Spassky 7-1. Alekihne won 6 games with 3 losses and 25 draws.

    • @mazymetric8267
      @mazymetric8267 Před 2 lety +12

      @@williamrobert9898 "Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were"
      Some of those wins literally fell into Alekhine's lap like in game 11, Capa blundered away a completely drawn game by playing 60. a5?? or in game 12 where by playing 34... Qc7, he gave away huge advantage to white.
      I'm not saying that Alekhine was not a skilled player. Not at all but reason for Capa's loss in 1927 has less to do with how good Alekhine was and more to do with how under prepared Capablanca was. Alekhine himself said that reason for Capablanca's defeat was his underestimation of my talent. That's why Alekhine never gave Capablanca a rematch. He instead played World Championships against players like Bogoljubov and Euwe and gave them rematches knowing they cannot beat him.

  • @md.shaban639
    @md.shaban639 Před 3 lety +695

    He didn't castle most of the time because there's no castling in Indian chess. 🙏

    • @the7esla989
      @the7esla989 Před 2 lety +103

      This actually proves that castling is for peasants 😂😂

    • @jessesmith6824
      @jessesmith6824 Před 2 lety +22

      Castling is for pussies do bongcloud

    • @jacknack6819
      @jacknack6819 Před 2 lety +13

      @@the7esla989 or proves that not castling is for peasants

    • @TheLondonSystem
      @TheLondonSystem Před 2 lety +69

      @@jacknack6819 how would it prove that
      I'm 99% sure sultan Khan plays better than you

    • @jacknack6819
      @jacknack6819 Před 2 lety

      @@TheLondonSystem indians = peasants

  • @arcjones1991
    @arcjones1991 Před 3 lety +3586

    Is Gotham finally going to talk about these two drunk guys in a pub who keep getting into positions that have never been seen in chess before?

    • @kevinarmes9804
      @kevinarmes9804 Před 3 lety +45

      Hahahaha that's funny

    • @julianschondorf304
      @julianschondorf304 Před 3 lety +16

      Hahaha underrated comment

    • @stevegeorge6880
      @stevegeorge6880 Před 3 lety +174

      When you phrase it that way, it allows for the possibility that the players themselves get into positions never seen before in chess regardless of how the pieces are set up. Given the physical creativity of drunk guys at bars, anything's possible.

    • @natasdabsi1138
      @natasdabsi1138 Před 3 lety +3

      Lmao

    • @rewind3334
      @rewind3334 Před 3 lety +14

      What? Why would 2 drunk guys be shown? And the positions are probably bad.

  • @zeeshanchristy
    @zeeshanchristy Před 3 lety +2134

    i share the same village from back home with him. he is our pride.

    • @architranka
      @architranka Před 3 lety +59

      Are you from Pakistan, Bro? Has anyone traced his family?

    • @KeyurMahadik
      @KeyurMahadik Před 3 lety +72

      @Archit Ranka His grand daughter is on chess.com. Google mir sultan Khan's grand daughter. She lives in the US

    • @bryansanchez8158
      @bryansanchez8158 Před 3 lety +15

      Pog

    • @architranka
      @architranka Před 3 lety +119

      @@MuhammadHaris-bq9hk Thank you So much Brother. It was a great read. May Pakistan get their First GM soon.

    • @weeddagr8988
      @weeddagr8988 Před 3 lety +16

      Im from pakistan yay go Sultan Khan!

  • @kytownsend8295
    @kytownsend8295 Před 3 lety +190

    His name is literally king king in two languages. Chad.

    • @korkunctheterrible4302
      @korkunctheterrible4302 Před 2 lety +9

      No. kagans/khans/hans/kaans were not kings. rulers, yes but not kings. Because khaganates weren't monarchies. They were confederations made up of tribes, with a level of democracy in them, where there was this voting system in "Kurultais" ( a parliament: oldest chosen person has more weight, khagan and khatun are equals and the rich and the poor are equals in voting)
      When you have that system (that signifies the later stages of barbarian era, native americans had a similar structure too) that early monarchies and sultanates shit on you really good, because, "in praise of idleness".

    • @arewenot1
      @arewenot1 Před 2 lety +15

      @@korkunctheterrible4302 ok

    • @azertyazerty9549
      @azertyazerty9549 Před rokem +6

      @@couchpotato4928 bro fr said 🤓

    • @almogxchq5282
      @almogxchq5282 Před rokem +3

      @@azertyazerty9549 Spreading knowledge is not nerdy, not accepting knowledge though is idiocy.

    • @fiery_gamerz
      @fiery_gamerz Před rokem

      ​@@korkunctheterrible4302 Thanks for the info

  • @sideways5153
    @sideways5153 Před 2 lety +80

    Sultan Khan only played for 4 years and he was this good?? That’s amazing. Pushes the limits of what’s possible

  • @captainsnake8515
    @captainsnake8515 Před 3 lety +3802

    In math, there’s the iconic story of ramanujan, the Indian genius who can out of nowhere with entirely unique ideas. Sultan Khan seems the chess version of ramanujan.

  • @pangrey8931
    @pangrey8931 Před 3 lety +843

    Makes me think about how many geniuses and talented people live in poverty or other unfortunate circumstances where they will never have the opportunity to use their talent to do much

    • @hindra1996
      @hindra1996 Před 3 lety +17

      obviously not dewa_kipas

    • @namaloompakistani1768
      @namaloompakistani1768 Před 3 lety +2

      He was the son of a landlord.

    • @pangrey8931
      @pangrey8931 Před 3 lety +65

      @@namaloompakistani1768 my point still stands. Imagine if the chess man never came and never taught him. Literally wouldn't have had a chance to prove himself in chess

    • @namaloompakistani1768
      @namaloompakistani1768 Před 3 lety +13

      @@pangrey8931
      It recently came to my attention that
      He was pushed back by the british empire at that time.
      Same type of video was uploaded 3 years ago.
      Check the comments section of that video.

    • @BruteZ7957
      @BruteZ7957 Před 3 lety +16

      Talent isn't inherent it's developed. Not to say some are better at some things, but that's only initially, after a certain point expertise comes by work, not talent.
      So you can't exactly say how much talent is wasted because because of someone's circumstances, because the same circumstances wouldve also helped create the said talent.

  • @NightDweller
    @NightDweller Před 3 lety +362

    Sultan khan 🤝 Morphy
    The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life

  • @michaeljarmola9003
    @michaeljarmola9003 Před rokem +25

    After watching this, I played a game where castling just didn’t seem right, so I moved my king up behind my center. I would not have thought to do that had I not seen this video! Ended up winning the game. Awesome content!

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt Před 10 měsíci

      A king with 3 pawns is a super weapon.

  • @nicolo7789
    @nicolo7789 Před 3 lety +377

    GothamChess: He did not have a good result, he finished second
    Me: Hey thats not bad
    GothamChess: -to last place
    Me: Oh

    • @RingsLoreMaster
      @RingsLoreMaster Před rokem +5

      The way I understood that was Khan finished third out of four players. Because "the only two players who finished ahead of him"

  • @vidarrehnstrom5091
    @vidarrehnstrom5091 Před 3 lety +2055

    levy is so mysterious with his uploading schedule

  • @kevinmalone3210
    @kevinmalone3210 Před 2 lety +75

    Sultan Khan was one of those naturally gifted chess players, a rarity, who didn't study chess, but just had a gift for it, in the same league as Paul Morphy, and Jose Capablanca.
    .

  • @TalhaEjaz
    @TalhaEjaz Před 8 měsíci +4

    King to e2 feels like a stockfish move. Khan was way ahead of his time.

  • @etoileaugereau9074
    @etoileaugereau9074 Před 3 lety +332

    This man could have been one of the greatest players of his generation, even a world champion, cause he was gifted, but he said "nah, just gonna go back to my sweet home, pet my dog and chill"

    • @reelgesh51
      @reelgesh51 Před 3 lety +30

      He was actually a servant and simply wanted to work under his master to my knowledge

    • @NA-yq4pe
      @NA-yq4pe Před 3 lety +50

      @@reelgesh51 servant isn’t the right word, he had his own home and property, but as Levy said was taken under the wing of Sir Umar because he played chess so well, another woman was taken under Sir Umar’s wing for the same reason

    • @arpanmukherjee961
      @arpanmukherjee961 Před 3 lety +16

      @@NA-yq4pe more like an employee

    • @MrAnanthaP
      @MrAnanthaP Před 2 lety +17

      He was a serf who had to travel where his master told him. Sir Umar Hayat was equivalent to an Earl and had come to England with his retinue to wait on the king. 0nce the tour was over he had to go back. He was then freed by his lord and got a small area where he built a house.

    • @carlosfcruz-rr9hp
      @carlosfcruz-rr9hp Před 2 lety +3

      He was a slave ironially.

  • @malachibrown2921
    @malachibrown2921 Před 3 lety +540

    Levy "Content Machine" Rozman

  • @HelloIamClay
    @HelloIamClay Před 3 lety +1

    Man oh man, I enjoyed this video SO much!
    I enjoy all of your videos. You help me understand chess in a new way, and I generally enjoy your commentary even when it's simply entertaining rather than educational.
    But holy hell, I enjoyed this video on a different level. Thank you, thank you, and thank you!

  • @nickname2446
    @nickname2446 Před 2 lety +1

    I immediately subscribed.
    Your commentary is precise and entertaining.
    Thank you for posting videos. You have great charisma and covered this unknown player with passion in a way that enables his legacy although short, to live on in the minds of all of us viewing these games. Capablanca was without doubt one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Had Sultan Khan been able to read and write, study, plan and so on, then his mind may have expanded allowing him to be the most dominating force in the world.
    Thanks again for this video.

  • @sisyphus349
    @sisyphus349 Před 3 lety +726

    Kind of interesting how many chess geniuses ended up hating chess. Morphy, Fischer, Khan...

    • @jandroid33
      @jandroid33 Před 3 lety +188

      To get extremely good at something you need to do so much work on it, so no surprise that many get tired of it after a while.

    • @teriwilliams5981
      @teriwilliams5981 Před 3 lety +64

      Every road ends

    • @smaragdchaos
      @smaragdchaos Před 3 lety +253

      I don't really blame Morphy or Fischer for hating chess. Morphy hated it because he couldn't get the job he wanted to work, due to people always associating him with being great at chess and not taking him seriously otherwise, and Fischer hated it because of engines and theory killing all creativity in the game, plus the US gave him a lot of shit during cold war. It's a shame, really

    • @cutebhargavi8043
      @cutebhargavi8043 Před 2 lety +37

      I think chess players didn't get recognition in the society. This might be a factor.

    • @thefunny6703
      @thefunny6703 Před 2 lety +4

      @@teriwilliams5981 circle road

  • @romainnasr7042
    @romainnasr7042 Před 3 lety +520

    "Text messages to the afterlife are expensive"
    -Levy Rozman 2021

    • @zebinap9441
      @zebinap9441 Před 3 lety +11

      Of course it's costs 1 life......it's pretty expensive🤣🤣

    • @kennynguyen6246
      @kennynguyen6246 Před 3 lety +12

      @@zebinap9441 Also the fact Khan wouldn’t be able to read it

    • @zebinap9441
      @zebinap9441 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kennynguyen6246 lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @darkbrowndior
      @darkbrowndior Před 3 lety

      whatsapp calls are cheap

    • @mba4677
      @mba4677 Před 3 lety

      Levy Rosen

  • @revenevan11
    @revenevan11 Před rokem +29

    Man these are some super entertaining games! Lol at Frank James Marshall, on the Khan's turn 🤣

  • @metalbugyeah
    @metalbugyeah Před 3 lety +24

    "The pineapple juice was simply too potent"
    "So we get h4 , SULTAN KHAN BABY"

  • @euanmcdougall1917
    @euanmcdougall1917 Před 3 lety +69

    I'm pretty sure at 19:39 Khan didn't hesitate, he rather triangulated his king so that when he plays Rg1 his king is on b2 rather than b1, he was basically doing slow improving moves every piece in it's perfect place. Absolute class

  • @ryansalmon6507
    @ryansalmon6507 Před 3 lety +205

    Can you start a history of chess series? It would be so cool!

    • @stormixgaming8389
      @stormixgaming8389 Před 3 lety +2

      nice idea

    • @rishabhtiwari8744
      @rishabhtiwari8744 Před 2 lety

      Yeah

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 Před 2 lety +1

      go to agadmators chanel if you want that

    • @donkbonktj5773
      @donkbonktj5773 Před rokem +1

      @@ThePapaja1996 Some people like Levy's style of analysing and explaining more than agadmators, not trying to be rude to agadmator.

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 Před rokem

      @@donkbonktj5773 yeah but if he want more of that agadmator is a great place to start.

  • @nishonthebeat
    @nishonthebeat Před rokem +1

    What an amazing story. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this Levy. What a channel, what an amazing video, and what a man both you and Sultan Khan are. Thank you so much and I hope that you have an amazing rest of your day. Truly, thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lukelemke2783
    @lukelemke2783 Před 2 lety +2

    This was really cool. I would love to see more videos on chess history, and how different players in the past had played. This was an incredibly interesting video, and I'd love to learn more about chess players of our past.

  • @vasilisbouzas7722
    @vasilisbouzas7722 Před 3 lety +116

    @GothamChess, the story of Sultan Khan really reminds me that of Ramanujan. A brilliant Indian mathematician, he was discovered by accident, brought to England and produced within a short period of time some of the most fascinating work in 20th century math. Finally, he returned back to India and died of illness.

    • @realeyesrealisereallies97
      @realeyesrealisereallies97 Před 3 lety +22

      A lot of his work is still being used today in relation with black holes. Truly fascinating individual, reminds me of Nikola Tesla too. Absolute visionaries and geniuses

    • @Will_tell_you_later
      @Will_tell_you_later Před 3 lety +9

      Ramanujan wasn't discovered by mistake.

    • @vetiarvind
      @vetiarvind Před 3 lety +10

      He wasn't discovered by accident. Ramanujan wrote to Hardy first.

    • @malikabd2902
      @malikabd2902 Před rokem +1

      Except sultan Khan was not indian or hindu

    • @ishaananant0808
      @ishaananant0808 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@malikabd2902bro is obsessed with religion

  • @Jossandoval
    @Jossandoval Před 3 lety +5

    03:31 will be forever for me "Delayed bongcloud, Sultan Khan variation".

  • @stanlee3662
    @stanlee3662 Před 3 lety +2

    After a break from chess for over 22 years im finaly back, much thanks to your content my dude. Quality content with a sence of humor. Thanks for that :)

  • @samdingi
    @samdingi Před rokem +5

    Levy, thank you so much for this video. Your contributions to world chess are immensely appreciated.

  • @architranka
    @architranka Před 3 lety +350

    Thank you Levy , Chessbase India is trying to persuade FIDE to award him GM title since long time but to no avail.
    Thank you for shedding some light on this legend. Also Daniel King has written a book on him. Worth reading.

  • @SamSam-jl7rt
    @SamSam-jl7rt Před 3 lety +471

    As a Pakistani it makes me happy to see some light shed on him as well as the work Chessbase India is doing to get him his well deserved GM title! Thank you for this video Levy🙂!
    Edit: Hoped to see some love from both sides after posting this comment considering it has been 70 years, but some people still haven’t changed😕.

    • @MayankSharma-cn2nc
      @MayankSharma-cn2nc Před 3 lety +61

      He was an Indian at that time, there was no pakistan

    • @sgtrur2297
      @sgtrur2297 Před 3 lety

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc bacot

    • @ZENO_J
      @ZENO_J Před 3 lety +89

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc it was not even india it was British India . India was established in 1947 .

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 Před 3 lety +51

      @@MayankSharma-cn2nc However, he was living in Pakistan after the partition and died there hence why he probably doesn't get talked about much over here. I didn't even know we had a well known chess player before Vishy until a few months ago.

    • @Doge-xt2fx
      @Doge-xt2fx Před 3 lety

      @@riddhimanbarma 😁 same

  • @PitcanaryRamFan
    @PitcanaryRamFan Před rokem +2

    I love how much fun you seem to have bringing this stuff to us.

  • @andrewcasey8580
    @andrewcasey8580 Před 2 lety +1

    That was absolutely brilliant. He was such a beast! Thank you for sharing that story with us.

  • @hasanrampurawala6393
    @hasanrampurawala6393 Před 3 lety +53

    Thanks for telling us about this legendary player and not letting his contribution to chess go unheard

  • @anone-mouse1672
    @anone-mouse1672 Před 3 lety +99

    Levy you should also check out the petition that asks FIDE to offer him the Grandmaster title posthumously. Link it if you feel like.

    • @sergethegrim
      @sergethegrim Před 3 lety +2

      BRUH he is like approximately 150 FIDE points apart from being a gm theoretically, why even bother sending a petition at this point?

    • @dankllama6573
      @dankllama6573 Před 3 lety

      @@sergethegrim rating doesn't make you a gm, you need to get multiple gm norms which requires a certain performance in a tournament.

  • @alirakka5469
    @alirakka5469 Před rokem +3

    I think you should do more videos on notable people and stories in chess. I really enjoyed this, thanks Levy

  • @johncarlisle621
    @johncarlisle621 Před 3 lety

    great presentation, I had played through the Capablanca game a couple of years back, but you explained a lot of things that I didn't understand. thank you, love your videos

  • @TheStrongestBaka
    @TheStrongestBaka Před 3 lety +219

    Good thing that you didn't text Mir Sultan Khan in the afterlife as he wouldn't be able to read it anyway.

  • @123amsterdan456
    @123amsterdan456 Před 3 lety +73

    He couldn't read or write IN ENGLISH. He could read and write in his own language...

    • @NA-yq4pe
      @NA-yq4pe Před 3 lety +22

      That’s actually an important distinction to make!

    • @khalidrashid2092
      @khalidrashid2092 Před 3 lety

      Not true. He certainly could read and write in his own language. He was not an englishman

    • @luckylaniang5574
      @luckylaniang5574 Před 3 lety +35

      @@khalidrashid2092 that's literally what the guy said

    • @serenity_peace76
      @serenity_peace76 Před 3 lety +1

      @@luckylaniang5574 yeah lol

    • @iamray112
      @iamray112 Před 2 lety +1

      Might be in Urdu and Hindi

  • @TheKopaczJoe
    @TheKopaczJoe Před rokem +3

    You would do well to put out more of this story telling content. It was entertaining enough to hear you recap the history, but your audience also received the technical chess content! This was a great video. Thank you for the content.

  • @hero227
    @hero227 Před 11 měsíci

    what an asset you are to the game of chess, reviewing all these classic games and players. Appreciate the historical aspect, and look forward to seeing games like this in the future. Keep up the great work Levy!

  • @shivgautam487
    @shivgautam487 Před 3 lety +18

    Sultan Khan be like- Call the ambulance but not for me.

  • @BeatPoet67
    @BeatPoet67 Před 3 lety +13

    I had heard about him but it's good to see his games being resurrected. It's a fantastic story. A bit like the great self taught Indian mathematician Ramanujan who G.H. Hardy recognised as a genius. How he could compete with world class players after only a handful of years experience is almost beyond belief. Surely a candidate for the next Netflix chess series!

  • @denniswilkins8103
    @denniswilkins8103 Před rokem +9

    I'm REALLY glad that I watched this video. You have done justice to Sultan Khan and his career, IMHO.

  • @crypsilonmusic2822
    @crypsilonmusic2822 Před 2 lety

    This video inspires me so much. Like how he plays so off the grid. Came back to this one the third time now

  • @dimamaksimov869
    @dimamaksimov869 Před 3 lety +9

    11:36 yeah, they may cost you a life ahah

  • @santiagofabregat4472
    @santiagofabregat4472 Před 3 lety +13

    Hey, Levy!
    I’m a huge fan. I just recently started playing chess in November and with your help I’ve reached 1200 already. I love your content! I was wondering if you could do a video on CZcams where you talk about your favorite chess books that talk about the openings, middlegames and endgames (I’m reading your suggestion: 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesús de la Villa). And if you could talk about how to study chess, that would be amazing!
    Greetings from Mexico City!

  • @christopher19894
    @christopher19894 Před 3 lety +7

    Chess is so cool because of how perfectly a full game can be transcribed. Unlike notes in an old music score, moves in a chess game are rarely tabbed wrong, forgotten, or misinterpreted.

  • @johnclaudhilario667
    @johnclaudhilario667 Před 2 lety

    I really love watching your video analysis and sometimes can't hold from really asking my observation analysis too. :)

  • @likemostthings
    @likemostthings Před 3 lety +65

    you've taken chess videos to a whole new level... not only educational but inspiring, entertaining and funny all at the same time

  • @sumit.bhowmik.
    @sumit.bhowmik. Před 3 lety +134

    A movie regarding his life would a treat to watch 👌

    • @dakshmavi3428
      @dakshmavi3428 Před 3 lety +12

      Kings gambit maybe

    • @muhammadhaider7687
      @muhammadhaider7687 Před 3 lety +8

      There's a book coming out. There's one out already but a better one is coming out by his granddaughter who is a historian from Cambridge.

    • @soban8629
      @soban8629 Před 3 lety +3

      @@dakshmavi3428 Poetic cuz sultan literally means king.

    • @dakshmavi3428
      @dakshmavi3428 Před 3 lety +5

      @@soban8629 yeah ik dude I am an Indian 😂

    • @shivgautam487
      @shivgautam487 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dakshmavi3428 and if I am not wrong Daksh means adroit in hindi.

  • @edsanjenis9416
    @edsanjenis9416 Před 2 lety +4

    I would like to see more of his games, his style is unorthodox and unique.

  • @Mikaflyd
    @Mikaflyd Před 3 lety +1

    Love the bio of chess players through there games. This would make a nice little series. And we new players get to see how masters of the game player and learn in the process. Never heard of the guy before but your video makes me want to look him up.

  • @cielararagi3195
    @cielararagi3195 Před 3 lety +396

    Yes, the great successor of Genghis Khan, Sultan Khan

    • @ladyoftheratking7801
      @ladyoftheratking7801 Před 3 lety +49

      Most people are successors of Genghis Khan

    • @saltytea7367
      @saltytea7367 Před 3 lety +8

      @@ladyoftheratking7801 true

    • @vintagefootage8897
      @vintagefootage8897 Před 3 lety +15

      Genghis khan religion is tengris... Sultan religion is Muslim.... They are not related.... Genghis is from central Asia, mongol community... Sultan khan was from India

    • @mangoi3
      @mangoi3 Před 3 lety +33

      @@vintagefootage8897 I think it was a joke

    • @voidzminer1017
      @voidzminer1017 Před 3 lety +7

      Sunlesskhan

  • @robntaylor
    @robntaylor Před 2 lety

    The narration is great man had me dialed the whole video

  • @albertthin3501
    @albertthin3501 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Very nice. Absolutely nice video. Appreciate..

  • @TheBopPops
    @TheBopPops Před 3 lety +211

    As a Pakistani, this is incredible and so inspiring to hear to about. Thank you for teaching us about this man :)

    • @waqarahmadkhan6790
      @waqarahmadkhan6790 Před 3 lety +5

      Hey !

    • @yawr3593
      @yawr3593 Před 3 lety +3

      Whats your rating I am from RWp

    • @TheBopPops
      @TheBopPops Před 3 lety +3

      @@yawr3593 only like 900 lol, my family is from Multan but we don’t live in Pakistan anymore

    • @yawr3593
      @yawr3593 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheBopPops Which country then?

    • @TheBopPops
      @TheBopPops Před 3 lety +2

      @@yawr3593 united states

  • @7PaulAnderson
    @7PaulAnderson Před 3 lety +4

    Levy, this is my first comment on CZcams. You sparked a love for chess in me through these fascinating videos and I just want to say thank you. You're truly passionate about your craft and it shows. I really have a great respect for the grind that you put into what you love. Wishing much luck to you from the NYC neighbor to the north, Westchester.

  • @Miss_Lexisaurus
    @Miss_Lexisaurus Před 3 lety

    I love how excited you get talking about these games!

  • @GVAjay-wp4tj
    @GVAjay-wp4tj Před 3 lety +10

    We should honer Sultan Khan by giving posthumous Grand Master title.
    He deserve it as he has beaten top GM of his times. I have seen his games and they mind boggling strategic unthinkable moves.

  • @daniele_petrini
    @daniele_petrini Před 3 lety +44

    Levy: tells me "you're amazing"
    Me: 🥺🥰🥺🥰🥺🥰

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn Před 3 lety +40

    He didn't really mind if he didn't make the scene. He was the Sultan of pins

  • @My_Two_Cents
    @My_Two_Cents Před 3 lety

    Watched that entire video. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dr.navalchhangani4868
    @dr.navalchhangani4868 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thanks for sharing game and History
    Great ❤

  • @SoberingMirror
    @SoberingMirror Před 3 lety +136

    Levy, you inspired me to make videos. Not directly, you just made me realize that I'm bad at chess and desperately need a new hobby.

  • @ArgentAlapin
    @ArgentAlapin Před 3 lety +6

    That Khan vs Marshall game is one of the greatest I have ever seen.

    • @avijit3001
      @avijit3001 Před 3 lety

      True. What deep thinking defense!

  • @lamarlhu11
    @lamarlhu11 Před rokem +1

    This was really dope…. Thank you for what you do for the chess community!

  • @maunicakolla4975
    @maunicakolla4975 Před 3 lety

    Really interesting video. Absolutely loved it !

  • @user-ko9xg2dr7s
    @user-ko9xg2dr7s Před 3 lety +4

    Levy you should do a series of analysing "old school" players games and talking about their lives etc.. I'd love to see Mikhail Tal!!

  • @sunerose1311
    @sunerose1311 Před 3 lety +83

    I find it important to add that the best chess player in human history most likely never became known. Such a pity how differences in the world have an effect on literally everything, even chess.

    • @dago6410
      @dago6410 Před 3 lety +22

      depends on your definition of 'the best'. Like, if you just think about potential, you are just by default right, statistically speaking, but if you talk about actual chess strength, you just can't forget about how much theory a person had at their disposal, so that just HAS TO be Carlsen, even tho I really am not happy with that ;

    • @rishi91
      @rishi91 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dago6410well said but what did Bobby fischer do?🤔

    • @basesixty6739
      @basesixty6739 Před 3 lety +1

      @@rishi91 I think he called women stupid

    • @sunerose1311
      @sunerose1311 Před 3 lety

      @@dago6410 Good point. Of course, chess is a lot more than just being talented. My point is that the way the world is today, its simply a waste of potential.

    • @asharullah353
      @asharullah353 Před 3 lety +6

      It isn't possible. The best chess player would have had to spend his childhood playing tournaments and with that collective experience defeat the other contenders for the champion throne. Although your point is true for a chess player who had world class potential but could not get into chess for different reasons

  • @richardsleep2045
    @richardsleep2045 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant stuff, thanks Gotham. I'd vaguely heard of the legendary Sultan..

  • @stick4250
    @stick4250 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey, I suck at chess but love your videos. Super interesting and informative even for smooth brain noobs like myself. Loving the history lessons and breakdowns of these games didn't know history and chess could be actually fun and entertaining.

  • @BartimaeusCarbulo
    @BartimaeusCarbulo Před 3 lety +6

    Hey Gotham, you should make a Playlist where you go over iconic chess games and brilliant players. For example, you've made a video about the Sherlock v. Moriarty game but I don't believe it's on any Playlist so it's hard to find. Also you just did this video and the other day you went over Kasparov v world which would qualify as well.

  • @mrregularword4329
    @mrregularword4329 Před 3 lety +5

    I always like how levy keeps you guessing on what video he is going to put out and still guarentee it’s worth your time

  •  Před 3 lety

    Great video! I love this story, thanks

  • @dman6261
    @dman6261 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Such an interesting story. So much talent for Chess

  • @burrri
    @burrri Před 3 lety +8

    I already knew it was gonna be Sultan Khan when i saw the title. Man was amazing. What a legend

  • @rysi0k110
    @rysi0k110 Před 3 lety +40

    Lmao i read that as "The best unknown chess player who fired liver."

  • @shannonwaipouri1730
    @shannonwaipouri1730 Před 2 lety

    Just subscribed a massive fan of Matojelic and agadmator you are just as good also enjoy the history behind these games

  • @tylerives5198
    @tylerives5198 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoy your content Levy :) Thanks for the hard work.

  • @tikeplayz4480
    @tikeplayz4480 Před 3 lety +6

    15:35 the ducks in the park when I give them bred

  • @TKNinja37
    @TKNinja37 Před 3 lety +65

    7:29 -- Being blasted at an elite chess tournament and hurling insults and pieces in equal measure sounds like THE most American way to play chess.

  • @Sasser2015
    @Sasser2015 Před 3 lety

    Great story, Levy. Thanks

  • @jacktm9916
    @jacktm9916 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Levy should talk about early 20th century chess again. Players like Sultan Khan and Frank Marshall are insane to watch

  • @philg4857
    @philg4857 Před 3 lety +52

    I want Levy to analyse Frank James Marshall best attacking games.
    Edit: Gotham did it the next day🙌

  • @randomshadow4620
    @randomshadow4620 Před 3 lety +12

    I am absolutely fascinated by how Frank Marshall plays. I don't know about him before I watched this video but ohhhh man!
    Sultan Khan is on a different level.

  • @MrTheomatics
    @MrTheomatics Před rokem

    This was such enjoyable and interesting commentary!

  • @josephnyongesa193
    @josephnyongesa193 Před 2 lety

    Thanks man, am learning a lot from your videos.