I think there is definitely an advantage for someone naturally skilled at chess (just like for anyone naturally skilled at singing/sports/anything) but if we practice enough, we can at least compete with then and even surpass them if they don’t keep improving and we do ☺️
@@uditdhanda4693 Intelligence is not what makes a good chess player. It's simply how good they are at playing chess. One could teach the smartest person in the world that has not played chess basic rules and they would still lose to a 1000 rated player. Likewise, one could take a high school dropout and hone their chess abilities and allow them to play at a master level. Perhaps this hypothetical student merely trudged through school without trying, but the point is that even if one learned a skill (chess) and was good at it, doesnt mean it requires intelligence. By practicing a skill, you hone your ability to apply yourself to that particular skill. Let's use your own logic in your example about basketball. The ability to derive strategic positions to gain an advantage is also used in basketball through screens, cuts, and general formation. Not only these, the ability to fake out your opponent with weight shifts and feints also have to be taken into account. By your definition, basketball is also skill capped by intelligence. Furthermore, by your definition, even a game as simple as Connect 4 requires intelligent, as there is an existent strategy and often times a best move. While these do require thinking in their own rights, I prefer acknowledging them as their own respective skills and not "intelligence".
I remember couple of months ago ifirst time knew him was from hikaru's 4 man chess video, hes still got like...10k subs i believe? I mumbled "wth, this man only got 10k?" But now..damn
I’m here after the queens gambit got me into chess a lot more haha Levy is a super entertaining CZcamsr, plus when I found out he spoke Russian it just sealed the deal. Instant sub
i must say f5 wasn't impossible for beginners, actually it's more common to see in beginners, advanced and masters, immediate is the one who could often overlook it, because it's a quiet move and most immediate have their vision towards active moves
With Levy, Hikaru, Anna and Daniel pumping out quality content constantly I always end up watching a chess video no matter what I was doing previously.
Been thinking the same thing lol, I mean how would it market for POG if every teacher was like, "Yeah they are okay I guess.. gonna take a lot of work!"
I love how Levy explains stuff for the most part, but (and this goes for every chess teacher ever, not just Levy) why even say to beginners that kings are not allowed to put themselves in check? Or that a pinned pawn isn't allowed to move because it would put the king in check? Just say "if I do this, my king gets caught on the next move" even if that's not literally what the rules say. As long as it doesn't change the decision making process, it's better to have fewer rules to think about. Freeing up some mental space for your student matters both in the short term (because there's a lot of rules to think about in the beginning) and actually also in the longer term, because they're not building an unnecessarily cluttered mental structure. Future knowledge builds on existing knowledge, and if they have an unnecessarily cluttered understanding of how the pieces move, this adds some "weight" whenever they try to construct new knowledge building on that knowledge. For example, I'll guarantee you they'll be a little bit quicker to learn mating patterns if you drop the "allowed" rules. The worst thing that can happen is that they try to make a move that would put their king in check, get confused when the board won't let them, and then realize that oh, hold on, I would lose on the next move if I did that, I don't want to do it anyway.
What I really love about Levy's way of teaching/videos with beginners is that even though I'm a bit experienced, but mostly a casual player, I still can pick up and learn something from this and it's not just another video for people who are relatively new to the game
45:54 I think myth was mostly seeing he could push up the f pawn, eventually threaten the bishop and then _maybe_ that would lead to an opening for his rook somehow along the f file. I'm not sure he necessarily saw a way to get any of his rooks to g6. Still a VERY nice move for someone's very first lesson. Even having the intuition to see that you can activate the rook without moving it is impressive.
So far ive only seen poki and myth's lessons, but it honestly make me really happy to see how well theyre responding to lessons and how into it they seem. Im super excited for pogchamps 3
This was a fantastic first chess lesson. A great mix of demonstrating fundamental chess principles and asking the student questions/to make their own moves to get them involved and see/adjust their thought process, while also creating situations to introduce key concepts but still keeping the lesson focused and not overwhelming them with too much info. All while being encouraging, upbeat, and funny. The other Pogchamps coaches with less teaching experience could def learn from this. Also Myth helped by being such a good student.
I'm genuinely impressed by how well you explained your lesson. It felt great watching because this is exactly how I would want something new explained to me. Great job!
Loving all the content levy, only recently started playing chess properly after watching your videos very helpful and enjoyable, also got my first win in 8 moves yesterday. :D
Hey Levy, I enjoy your videos very much ever since the algorithm brought them to my attention. I'm also following you on twitch and I appreciate the content. A small suggestion I would give is to make an ending to these videos. I would love to hear your post analysis and another summary at what were the most useful concepts, or just a close up saying bye would be great for me. Hope to keep watching great content. Thanks for posting these!
7:28 its actually only protected 2 times (Still not a threat..) But i just wanted to point out it would have been a nice moment to ask him how many time it was defended. to see if he recognise the pin on the C3 pawn! Nevermind.. you did show him later on! Also Wonderful move F5-F4. To all of you that say people cheat when they do the best moves.. Heres proof that even a total beginner CAN do it!
Ive just started out playing chess (queens gambit got me hooked) and I’m nearly rated 700.... anyway I just won my first game where the computer said that I had 0 blunders 0 mistakes and 0 missed wins !!! All thanks to you Levy and your great coaching 👍🏼👍🏼
What a great lesson. My first chess game was at ten and it was against my dad who then used me to boost his confidence. Took me a year to win. Jokes on my old man, now I smoke him everytime and he doesnt want to play me anymore.
Fascinating to watch a beginners level lesson, I was impressed when he realised that the h-file is a bad place for a knight due to limited movement options. I also didn't realise PC3 was a thing already! There's a black hole of my time on the horizon!
This is really good @gothamchess. I remember how I got into chess, the story is that my favorite dota streamer gorgc was getting a lesson from yours truly Hikaru Nakamura. I just watched him them couple of times then I got hooked to chess
Dude, what!? This was one week ago and he has 461k subscribers. That's how much quality content actually impacts on a channel. I also love how chess has blown up in just the past year.
honestly levy you are the reason i didn't give up on chess after i found no real intrest in my country for chess when i was young just thank you man XD
I have a question. At 5:28, is Qa4+ a good move? I know Levy had just said that random checks aren't good, but it also attacks the unguarded bishop. They then have to respond with Nc6 (the other legal moves lose a bishop, but the knight guards it), but then if you play Bb5, pinning the knight, is that not winning material? If they break the pin by Bd7, or even a King move, Bxc6 wins a knight for free, right? If they take back with either the pawn or the bishop they blocked the pin with, then Qxa5 wins the bishop. Either way you're up a piece. Does this actually work, or am I missing something?
Watched a lot of myth in 2018 when fortnite was actually a good game, I had no idea you 2 had a collab. I watch all your videos now Levy you are so well spoken and entertaining!!! I could watch you two all day, both have such a kind soul
Hey Levy! I don’t know if you’re ever going to read this but I’m going to shoot my shot anyway. I have been addicted to chess lately and I’ve been playing on chess.com for nearly two months now. My rating has been steadily climbing and its currently at 870. I managed to take it to 927 a week ago but I’ve been on a losing spree ever since. I must admit that I avidly consume your videos, it’s my only source of chess knowledge! I loved how patient you were with Myth Chess while guiding him with the correct moves. This may be my longest shot ever but I was wondering if I could get a chance to learn from you in a similar fashion? There is a high chance this may go under the radar but I’m keeping my fingers crossed with the hope that you somehow read this message and things work out positively! Lots of love to you and your work man! Cheers!
He is a professional teacher, you can probably sent an email or something and book a lesson. Don't know prices but if you really want you can try. I have climbed from 1000 to 1500 just from solving puzzles (a lot of them, maybe I have done 2500 of them on lichess) and watching Levi, hikaru, naroditski and Eric Rosen on CZcams.
Hey gotham can you do a video 9f how to win from 600 to 800 beacause i keep tilting to 650ish and i want to know how to dominate them and get up to 800 and i can manage from there
I don't understand why Hikaru and Levy are so surprised. Just because they've never had a chess lesson before doesn't mean they're dumb. Like they might be able to pick up stuff pretty quick.
Levy's an impressive coach, and Myth's an impressive student. I'm impressed!
You too big man
I think his xqc impression is phenomenal
düd
PogUniversity getting real lmao
TSM TSM TSM
Please do a guess the rating series where you watch games without knowing their rating and guess the rating of the players!!!
That would be fun to watch
+
Content ngl
i wanna watch that too
I hope they'll see your comment, I like the idea
"The game has very little to do with intelligence, it's just how many times you repeat something and practice it" - GothamChess Jan 2021
This rule applies to any skill; not just chess
I mean, that's just a fact we all knew
I think there is definitely an advantage for someone naturally skilled at chess (just like for anyone naturally skilled at singing/sports/anything) but if we practice enough, we can at least compete with then and even surpass them if they don’t keep improving and we do ☺️
@@uditdhanda4693 intelligence is subjective. Guess this would be called critical thinking v memorization.
@@uditdhanda4693 Intelligence is not what makes a good chess player. It's simply how good they are at playing chess. One could teach the smartest person in the world that has not played chess basic rules and they would still lose to a 1000 rated player. Likewise, one could take a high school dropout and hone their chess abilities and allow them to play at a master level. Perhaps this hypothetical student merely trudged through school without trying, but the point is that even if one learned a skill (chess) and was good at it, doesnt mean it requires intelligence. By practicing a skill, you hone your ability to apply yourself to that particular skill.
Let's use your own logic in your example about basketball. The ability to derive strategic positions to gain an advantage is also used in basketball through screens, cuts, and general formation. Not only these, the ability to fake out your opponent with weight shifts and feints also have to be taken into account. By your definition, basketball is also skill capped by intelligence. Furthermore, by your definition, even a game as simple as Connect 4 requires intelligent, as there is an existent strategy and often times a best move.
While these do require thinking in their own rights, I prefer acknowledging them as their own respective skills and not "intelligence".
Levy restraining his powers for an hour straight
Underrated comment
@@Dudebug2000 its only underrated because we want it to stay at 69 puzzle likes
he reached my level of chess in 56 minutes :FeelsBadMan:
feel ya
He was personally trained by gotham
Let’s fucking go my boy levy’s blowing up
already 400k :O
I remember couple of months ago ifirst time knew him was from hikaru's 4 man chess video, hes still got like...10k subs i believe? I mumbled "wth, this man only got 10k?"
But now..damn
I didn't realize how big he's gotten 'til you said something. I'm very happy for him, he's great and he deserves every bit of support he's getting.
I’m here after the queens gambit got me into chess a lot more haha Levy is a super entertaining CZcamsr, plus when I found out he spoke Russian it just sealed the deal. Instant sub
When you’re so early Gotham hasn’t pinned a hater...
he has now
@@InfinityGamingHere No, that's not a hater. That's Hikaru.
@@MakingAUsername oh no way sherlock
@@InfinityGamingHere lol well said
@@MakingAUsername Biggest hater
I cant believe he saw f5 that’s crazy. This guy may not have had lessons, but hes played before. A beginner wouldnt see f5
46:26
i must say f5 wasn't impossible for beginners, actually it's more common to see in beginners, advanced and masters, immediate is the one who could often overlook it, because it's a quiet move and most immediate have their vision towards active moves
@@kharkovluzhin8333 just a heads up, you mean to say intermediate, not immediate
11:35 "I didn't even know that was a thing"
Myth seriously sounds like xQc here
That Levy Rozman dude got some talent, one day he might become as good as Gotham Chess.
are you sure? Gotham Chess is dead already
How Ridiculous shut up
myth's chat spamming him to play rust during the whole lesson makes his stream too painful to watch
Myth is a cool guy, very smart and if he bundlers he can just pull his xqc impression
i couldn’t stop laughing at chat’s terrible advice the entire video
"Doesn't it means it's checkmate?"
Oh xQc vibes
“Hanging a king is not allowed”
Anish Giri playing chess for ants: *am i a joke to you*
With Levy, Hikaru, Anna and Daniel pumping out quality content constantly I always end up watching a chess video no matter what I was doing previously.
How could u forget agad, he is literally the incarnation of speed and amazing content
@@adamya1639 I did not forgot him, I just did not put him there. This Antonio is good not great.
@@legueu you are just a hater
@@leagueaddict8357 It's a joke about the Great Antonio. I like Agadmator, he's just not one of my favorite.
@@leagueaddict8357 ur gay
Levy has picked up 50k youtube subs in the past 10 days... insane
Original title: Is myth the best beginner chess player?
I don't believe you, sounds like a myth to me
yes!!!! wow he is great for a newbie, and i've seen a few good contenders if he is part of pogchamps. this is going to be interesting
I saw it as "7 Million Followers. 7 Billion Chess Brain Cells". Now he added "MYTH:" and "Trillion". Quadrillion next?
Him and Hafu seem to pick up on the game quite quickly. It's nice
he changed it again
Levy:"Chess has nothing to do with intelligence"
Me:"I know. I lost to Leela with 1 node lookahead"
Me: *sees levy's new video*
*visible happiness*
This is correct. I don’t care who you are, this is your emotion
So many large content creators are joining the chess revolution. Great news for all communities!
"The average human has over 100 billion brain cells" ... I see what you were going for Levy but... lmao (he ninja edited it, was billion before :D)
10^14 neurons (Just had an exam,not a nerd)
@@evaluator8906 nerd
@@Tom-oi1xc Simp
@@evaluator8906 nimp
@@angryfishy8183 weeb
What a great collab of 2 of my favourite streamers. Myth picked up a lot of concepts very quickly, cant wait to see him in the upcoming pogchamps 👌
Every chess pro treats their celebrity student like geniuses for knowing the rules of chess lul
Then cusses out chat for giving a slightly less than ideal move
Been thinking the same thing lol, I mean how would it market for POG if every teacher was like, "Yeah they are okay I guess.. gonna take a lot of work!"
Hyping up for a content, content that we all enjoy, content that will provide food for them. No problem for me.
securing the bag
Sir this is a Wendy's
I love how Levy explains stuff for the most part, but (and this goes for every chess teacher ever, not just Levy) why even say to beginners that kings are not allowed to put themselves in check? Or that a pinned pawn isn't allowed to move because it would put the king in check? Just say "if I do this, my king gets caught on the next move" even if that's not literally what the rules say. As long as it doesn't change the decision making process, it's better to have fewer rules to think about.
Freeing up some mental space for your student matters both in the short term (because there's a lot of rules to think about in the beginning) and actually also in the longer term, because they're not building an unnecessarily cluttered mental structure. Future knowledge builds on existing knowledge, and if they have an unnecessarily cluttered understanding of how the pieces move, this adds some "weight" whenever they try to construct new knowledge building on that knowledge. For example, I'll guarantee you they'll be a little bit quicker to learn mating patterns if you drop the "allowed" rules.
The worst thing that can happen is that they try to make a move that would put their king in check, get confused when the board won't let them, and then realize that oh, hold on, I would lose on the next move if I did that, I don't want to do it anyway.
Has anyone told you that you are a great chess teacher?
Probably
Well, he used to teach chess professionally
I bet 398k people think he is a great teacher
Are you flirting with him?
@@markpotze1848 Arent we all
20:46 GMs: I think not ima repeat this mans game 7 times over
Showing him the Wayward Queen attack was veryyy important! Learned that the hard way! lol
Let's go you reached 400k!
What a great coach, perfectly asking the right questions at the level a student can solve them.
Four hundred thousand subscribers Levy. Congrats man. You're an amazing coach and a brilliant commentator.
What I really love about Levy's way of teaching/videos with beginners is that even though I'm a bit experienced, but mostly a casual player, I still can pick up and learn something from this and it's not just another video for people who are relatively new to the game
Bro is really out here making moves.
At this quick of a pace, levy will probabbly teaches myth the fried liver and even traxler counterattack.
45:54 I think myth was mostly seeing he could push up the f pawn, eventually threaten the bishop and then _maybe_ that would lead to an opening for his rook somehow along the f file. I'm not sure he necessarily saw a way to get any of his rooks to g6.
Still a VERY nice move for someone's very first lesson. Even having the intuition to see that you can activate the rook without moving it is impressive.
Myth wanted to play Ke2, must've been watching Hikaru
Giuoco piano is like saying i Am not going full tryhard mode on ny opponent
So far ive only seen poki and myth's lessons, but it honestly make me really happy to see how well theyre responding to lessons and how into it they seem. Im super excited for pogchamps 3
This was a fantastic first chess lesson. A great mix of demonstrating fundamental chess principles and asking the student questions/to make their own moves to get them involved and see/adjust their thought process, while also creating situations to introduce key concepts but still keeping the lesson focused and not overwhelming them with too much info. All while being encouraging, upbeat, and funny. The other Pogchamps coaches with less teaching experience could def learn from this. Also Myth helped by being such a good student.
He's insane wtf lol
7:20
Levy: Sadly, cheesing people will not work.
*Throbbing flashbacks*
Levy: Uh, all the time.
Idk why but after myth moved pawn to e5 I immediately thought bishop to b5 check and then I realized there’s 0 protection
Definitely let him know that he can't castle through check, a lot of beginners don't know that
I'm genuinely impressed by how well you explained your lesson. It felt great watching because this is exactly how I would want something new explained to me. Great job!
when you're so early you watched Gotham change the title
No levy You can't castle at 35:55 You have to play B4
Loving all the content levy, only recently started playing chess properly after watching your videos very helpful and enjoyable, also got my first win in 8 moves yesterday. :D
I used to watch myth all the time , he’s actually a fkn smart cookie this is sick to watch
9:48 at that point i was screaming MYTH MOVE KNIGHT g5 AND BISHOP c6 AND ITS A BEAUTIFUL FORK
This was a great video Levy! Really enjoyed this one, I love the total beginner lessons. Also Myth is cracked.
1:01 the poor guy who said "who is myth" his name is in dark blue
I watched almost an entire hour of a lesson, and it was so good! Levi you might be the only legitimate challenge to my number one watched CZcams NL
Hey Levy, I enjoy your videos very much ever since the algorithm brought them to my attention. I'm also following you on twitch and I appreciate the content.
A small suggestion I would give is to make an ending to these videos. I would love to hear your post analysis and another summary at what were the most useful concepts, or just a close up saying bye would be great for me.
Hope to keep watching great content. Thanks for posting these!
Congratulations on 400k levy!!!! Well deserved!!
Dude myth hella strong teach him the vienna
7:28 its actually only protected 2 times (Still not a threat..) But i just wanted to point out it would have been a nice moment to ask him how many time it was defended. to see if he recognise the pin on the C3 pawn!
Nevermind.. you did show him later on!
Also Wonderful move F5-F4. To all of you that say people cheat when they do the best moves.. Heres proof that even a total beginner CAN do it!
woahh congrats on 400k levy wasn't the race to 200k vs Rosen just yesterday? 😂
20:27 the moment when Myth realizes how insanely indistinguishably complex chess is
4:22 *hikaru's bongcloud speedrun intro plays*
That was a nice lesson. (Great teaching style)
Could you make a video about Polish Opening?
11:42 the sounds of learning
Hi Levy! Can you make a video about punishing pawn pushers
Wow. Seriously impressive. I hope we get a Myth vs Poki game 👀
Yes I’m watching this trying to get better! This new guy sees things I don’t 😂😂
7:15, you mean the good ol' moist mate,
Ive just started out playing chess (queens gambit got me hooked) and I’m nearly rated 700.... anyway I just won my first game where the computer said that I had 0 blunders 0 mistakes and 0 missed wins !!! All thanks to you Levy and your great coaching 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for posting this. It was very helpful.
Really love hearing you teaching someone!
By hearing I mean watching :D
45:45 i think myth did f5 to go f6 lmao and he gained so much credit
Great Coaching!
6.00 check w the queen and get the bishop breh
Anyone know how they're both highlighting and showing the moves to each other? I'm trying to do it with a friend and we can't find a way.
lmao 7 billion brain cells is actually insanely low. You tryna roast myth?
But 7 billion CHESS brain cells? Now that’s impressive
Haha never mind Levy quickly changed it to trillion
he actually changed it lol
@@lucD-vj8gq lmao he noticed
i would recommend them to study the classics : Hafu, xQc, Fuslie, and so on
What a great lesson. My first chess game was at ten and it was against my dad who then used me to boost his confidence. Took me a year to win. Jokes on my old man, now I smoke him everytime and he doesnt want to play me anymore.
Fascinating to watch a beginners level lesson, I was impressed when he realised that the h-file is a bad place for a knight due to limited movement options. I also didn't realise PC3 was a thing already! There's a black hole of my time on the horizon!
19:50. Knight h4 queen d3 queen e4 bishop d3 knight g3 checkmate?
Congrats on the 400K subs
CONGRATS ON 400K
Its sunday my dudes
Saw this on stream, but just wanted to say that the video title is perfect. Props to whoever came up with it!
This is really good @gothamchess. I remember how I got into chess, the story is that my favorite dota streamer gorgc was getting a lesson from yours truly Hikaru Nakamura. I just watched him them couple of times then I got hooked to chess
2k till we hit the 400,000! So close, glad to see Levy blow up like this!
Dude, what!? This was one week ago and he has 461k subscribers. That's how much quality content actually impacts on a channel.
I also love how chess has blown up in just the past year.
honestly levy you are the reason i didn't give up on chess after i found no real intrest in my country for chess when i was young just thank you man XD
I have a question. At 5:28, is Qa4+ a good move? I know Levy had just said that random checks aren't good, but it also attacks the unguarded bishop. They then have to respond with Nc6 (the other legal moves lose a bishop, but the knight guards it), but then if you play Bb5, pinning the knight, is that not winning material? If they break the pin by Bd7, or even a King move, Bxc6 wins a knight for free, right? If they take back with either the pawn or the bishop they blocked the pin with, then Qxa5 wins the bishop. Either way you're up a piece. Does this actually work, or am I missing something?
Seems to work as I see it.
At this rate I am convinced that levy is gonna hit a mil subs before the end of year. Let's freakin' gooooo!!!!
Watched a lot of myth in 2018 when fortnite was actually a good game, I had no idea you 2 had a collab. I watch all your videos now Levy you are so well spoken and entertaining!!! I could watch you two all day, both have such a kind soul
Hey Levy! I don’t know if you’re ever going to read this but I’m going to shoot my shot anyway. I have been addicted to chess lately and I’ve been playing on chess.com for nearly two months now. My rating has been steadily climbing and its currently at 870. I managed to take it to 927 a week ago but I’ve been on a losing spree ever since. I must admit that I avidly consume your videos, it’s my only source of chess knowledge! I loved how patient you were with Myth Chess while guiding him with the correct moves. This may be my longest shot ever but I was wondering if I could get a chance to learn from you in a similar fashion? There is a high chance this may go under the radar but I’m keeping my fingers crossed with the hope that you somehow read this message and things work out positively! Lots of love to you and your work man! Cheers!
He is a professional teacher, you can probably sent an email or something and book a lesson. Don't know prices but if you really want you can try. I have climbed from 1000 to 1500 just from solving puzzles (a lot of them, maybe I have done 2500 of them on lichess) and watching Levi, hikaru, naroditski and Eric Rosen on CZcams.
Sick moves for a beginner, impressive!
Myth seems like a nice guy. I hope he works hard, practices, and does well in the event!
I feel a Myth vs. Poki match coming up
new to competitive level chess. This is a s very informative video for a 700. Thank you
Suggestion: convince chess.com to add a chess variant called "street" in which you can make illegal moves.
Or buy the Warhammer chess game in which pieces have health points and can be knocked off at range eventually as well as taken normally.
@@orlock20 my comment was in relation to Levi always complaining we can't perform illegal moves in games.
@@orlock20 that actually sounds cool
Myth is going to be a GM before he knows it! Great job, man! And you got an epic teacher!
Levy is as happy with myth as hikaru was with xqc when he taught him. Myth have vision, i'd love to see him play with hikaru's student
Early congrats on 400k Levi!
Can’t wait for PogChamps 3 to start!
Hey gotham can you do a video 9f how to win from 600 to 800 beacause i keep tilting to 650ish and i want to know how to dominate them and get up to 800 and i can manage from there
I don't understand why Hikaru and Levy are so surprised. Just because they've never had a chess lesson before doesn't mean they're dumb. Like they might be able to pick up stuff pretty quick.
Not at all, this lesson specifically was very very impressive
They react that way because most beginners don't see the concepts that fast.