Levy Rozman talks about the upcoming FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships in New York & more

Levy Rozman, aka Gotham Chess, talks about the upcoming FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships in New York! 🌆
♟️ From his chess journey and the chess community in the Big Apple to insights on chess and business, Levy's take is a must-watch.

[@clydepro9196]

Fide farming Levy for views, my man going places, Fide should pay Levy for image rights 😅

[@good-questions]

honestly at least some people who work at FIDE know what they're actually doing,. they just happen not to be entrenched in the upper crust

[@michaeltaberner4079]

God dam. Fide camera got him looking like gotham chad

[@FearTheOldB]

A beard does wonders for a man. God decided to not allow me to grow one 😢

[@Ivanko71]

​@@FearTheOldByou'd be too powerful otherwise. Stand proud mAh boi. Your stats needed a Nerf to balance the system

[@FearTheOldB]

@@Ivanko71 😂💪

[@brbcrew9957]

Fide never fails milking levy

[@justinrose5515]

yawnnnnnnn

[@annn2780]

its a little weird seeing levy being interviewed instead of interviewing

[@KevinVinke-hs6re]

Levy will save chess, a real hero

[@Kamamura2]

The world does not "happen" in front of a camera, on phone screens of 10 second attention span uesrs. Chess was always here and never needed "saving".

[@KevinVinke-hs6re]

​@@Kamamura2i bet u get so many party invitations

[@Kamamura2]

@@KevinVinke-hs6re A man's worth is not measured by party invitations - or adherence to a flock or a tribe, as you will perhaps find out when you finally grow up.

[@KevinVinke-hs6re]

​@@Kamamura2 why are you so serious? Why is it so important ro you?

[@KevinVinke-hs6re]

Also, i find it so funny how most interviewers are careful with Levy or even a bit scared, because he can probably do their job better than them 😂

[@illuminati1866]

He is litteraly Batman in world of chess
*Not the hero chess deserve, but the one chess world need*

[@djm-9654]

its not magnus . hikaru or any GM , levy is the real hero of chess and he has done more than anyone for the game itself, huge respect.

[@gaboelexo]

nah

[@JohnKuhles1966]

@@gaboelexo he actually made excellent points

[@gaboelexo]

@@JohnKuhles1966 he made none lol

[@JohnKuhles1966]

@@gaboelexo then you missed the plot ... that's ok ... not for everybody

[@gaboelexo]

@@JohnKuhles1966 yeah, not fot you, go away now

[@zNotDiamond]

Gotham is very eloquent, good interview

[@Yash42189]

respect for john coltrane in the background

[@marksun4292]

2:30 so true man. I started joining school competitions on chess it was a good start until I got my ass kicked and felt no future for me on the game and quit. I wished I knew you could actually study chess back then. I thought it was all just inborn talent.

[@BlitzWizard94]

it will be an amazing impact for American chess

[@logicallylazy]

Levy’s an incredible guest for interviews, I realize.

[@Alain9-1]

How can you hate levy, very good man

[@areheptus6566]

The chosen one hunbled fide with his interview

[@tanmay_yeole5]

Mr Gotham majestic chess

[@Jaso839]

There's no getting away from this man.

[@RafaelbySuzannah]

Great Interview!!!!! Magnus documentary was enjoyable and all the personalities on youtube

[@music-zv6je]

I love the fraze "agressively practical"

[@NichtWunderkind]

This is really nice

[@Miiloh]

This is random but Levy is a great speaker, great questions as well

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Levy you hold great eye contact

[@mburg33]

Levy is an IM not just a chess streamer, this would not have gone well if this was someone like Hikaru

[@sherifelsawy9610]

When the event will start?

[@mcawesome4150]

Please have Dimitri Komarov commentate the event just like in 2014!

[@BuffGuy71]

Levy knows chess

[@BobbyJean-rk5sf]

Levy should open a Gotham Chess Club NYC.

[@Yash42189]

levy looking sleek

[@Yash42189]

isnt world rapid and blitz held at the end of the year? in december close to new years eve?

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

Yes, always is. Kind of a bad time though, a lot of players want to be at home with family around that time.

[@vercot7000]

@@zigzagnemesist5074 Yeah Wesley, for example, doesn't participate because he wants to be home for Christmas

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

@@vercot7000 Same with Hikaru last year

[@dharmikpanchal8975]

Lesgoo

[@rohan1864]

I really appreciate that he just took a huge dump on the "corporate chess championship" and the "connections between chess and business", it's the second time I hear someone mention bs like this and I can't wrap my head around how repulsively mental some of those people are

[@music-zv6je]

but he did draw a good comparison tho

[@rohan1864]

@@music-zv6je call it a good comparison if you want to but it was the most obvious, generic thing he could have said. there's strategizing and stuff, man there's strategizing in most aspects of human life, you could draw that same comparison to planning your weekend or buying groceries. he said whatever not to be rude.

[@Dnoobd]

I believe in the World Chess Champion, Levy Rozman

[@EnjoyWithArabi09]

'I can't do back flips' 💀

[@matthewglenguir7204]

chess pioneer

[@fongjosh7979]

Is he joining the tournament though since hes back for more

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

Nowhere near good enough unfortunately.

[@larsneuenberger4733]

Levy provides all the milk for fide

[@chevive7]

One of the few chess players that is not a dork

[@user-wy1gs3kz3t]

please run some side event during this. i'm coming from NJ but something like i saw in toronto at a bar or something would be awesome. i'd get a room for the night, bring the wife.

[@bernardobila4336]

Isnt this tournament in december?

[@em4six348]

December has the world championship
Idk if they'll manage both blitz rapid and classic championship in the same month.

[@bernardobila4336]

@@em4six348 yes. I see.

[@kusumgupta4966]

​@@em4six348 they do

[@63kOhm]

Opinions are still divided on who is the best chess player of all time. I believe we certainly can agree on who is the most famous chess player of all time. 😁

[@weevil601]

No question about it. Bobby Fischer. For a while, he was on the same tier as the Beatles. Everybody in the world, whether they knew anything about chess or not, had heard of Bobby Fischer. I don't think any other player has ever approached that level of fame.

[@jamiesondj]

Maybe in America not close to the Beatles outside of America ​@@weevil601

[@dankilonzomuli4714]

I still don't understand why Gotham is not a GM.

[@ibnuzzaki9859]

Can't wait for some more goofy confessionals

[@zezeti2246]

Levy made it,orher people farm him for views😂

[@FearTheOldB]

Blink twice if you need rescuing Levy

[@charles2521]

Tyler1 will become GM before this guy

[@tafferinthedark]

"You kinda play it a little bit, you dabble, but then you quit because it's very frustrating. And no other hobby is like that. I mean ok, you can lose in tennis, you can lose in football or whatever, but you will continue to play because it's fun. Yes, chess doesn't have that..."
Wow, why play if you aren't going to have fun?

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Becoming GM is extremely difficult unless you have an exveptional mind like Alireza or Carlsen!

[@aarambhaxd7861]

He looks tired

[@markusjohansson6245]

well, playing a exhausting tournament in Madrid and then flying back to NY with the jet lag. Maybe not so surprising :-)

[@em4six348]

He misses lucy.

[@sniffableandirresistble]

*DISCLAIMER* DO NOT VIEW/CONSUME THE NARRATIVE IN YOUR HEAD. WELCOME HOME HELEN KELLER ❤

[@AlexanderTheGreat871]

Fide milking levy, I see

[@ArashBizhanzadeh]

Why?! This is so sad! Levy talking about the future of chess. Have some class fide. Don't be stupid

[@BuffGuy71]

Terrible interviewer great job Gotham