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  • @FreezaiPokemon
    @FreezaiPokemon Před 2 lety +9341

    I was NOT ready for that ending

    • @estefencosta1835
      @estefencosta1835 Před 2 lety +677

      I was certain he was going to find a way to stalemate, but holy shit that ending was a shocking conclusion.

    • @sak1039
      @sak1039 Před 2 lety +209

      No one was ready my guy
      Trust me checkmating by ladder of queens or rook is the most basic way to checkmate a king on a endgame
      And he messed up that very badly

    • @Razielfever
      @Razielfever Před 2 lety +76

      Nobody was, I was betting on stalemate tbh :P

    • @suezuccati304
      @suezuccati304 Před 2 lety +69

      Yooooo didn't knew you were into chess as well

    • @Pwnz0rh3nk
      @Pwnz0rh3nk Před 2 lety +59

      Random place to come across you, love your content 👍🏻

  • @MuhammadAbdullah-sd2kk
    @MuhammadAbdullah-sd2kk Před 2 lety +10427

    Yet another example why when chess played perfectly is a draw

  • @Breaks4days
    @Breaks4days Před rokem +7492

    How did black manage to have 4 queens and lose them all😭

  • @pfeilspitze
    @pfeilspitze Před rokem +4623

    14:12 "Have you ever seen a pawn forking two queens?" Line of the year.

    • @RoniRonkoKovatch
      @RoniRonkoKovatch Před rokem +190

      Did that pawn want to fork on the table....? ;)

    • @jasonhalverson1180
      @jasonhalverson1180 Před rokem +21

      @@RoniRonkoKovatch fork

    • @zero_mendez9374
      @zero_mendez9374 Před rokem +107

      Oh my God, I'm still an innocent lamb, I swear I didn't notice it

    • @he-who
      @he-who Před rokem +30

      Don’t take this quote out of context

    • @muknuk2675
      @muknuk2675 Před rokem +44

      @@RoniRonkoKovatch everybody wanna fork on the table

  • @chess
    @chess Před 2 lety +19749

    This is art

    • @DaddyOab
      @DaddyOab Před 2 lety +191

      hi there!

    • @thealphabetsong4585
      @thealphabetsong4585 Před 2 lety +509

      That end game resembled the playing style of Alexandra Botez, truly a masterpiece

    • @debeshhalder7137
      @debeshhalder7137 Před 2 lety +131

      That ending was wild 😂

    • @Vyrene
      @Vyrene Před 2 lety +217

      No way it's chess itself commented

    • @paulomartins1008
      @paulomartins1008 Před 2 lety +26

      Like the raccon that paints with his hands. Aye a good lad indeed 😄

  • @RockNightingale
    @RockNightingale Před 2 lety +3152

    "They can't know my next move if _I_ don't know my next move."
    - 300 ELO logic, probably

    • @neko6803
      @neko6803 Před 2 lety +53

      not "probably" and i can tell you that logic goes all the way up to 1000 and beyond because of onemoveblunders.

    • @adrianrocha49
      @adrianrocha49 Před 2 lety +13

      Kind of reminds me of Yugi vs Pegasus.

    • @armean4187
      @armean4187 Před 2 lety +17

      As a 600 and former 300 I can confirm

    • @HHPYE42
      @HHPYE42 Před 2 lety +5

      As a former 300 Leo player,this is 100% correct

    • @samuelshafa1793
      @samuelshafa1793 Před 2 lety +2

      I guess you're right

  • @Ishaan419
    @Ishaan419 Před rokem +6269

    'A PERFECT CHESS GAME ALWAYS ENDS IN A DRAW' - IM Gotham Chess

  • @shiro5157
    @shiro5157 Před rokem +1639

    10:53 might be a castle misinput from clicking the rook first, I've played with some newer players who have done that by accident in online chess

    • @TheTrueBrawler
      @TheTrueBrawler Před rokem +120

      I've done that before. It sucks.

    • @caret4812
      @caret4812 Před rokem +27

      yes....iv done that multiple times actually.....so true and so sad

    • @maratkard
      @maratkard Před rokem +90

      Maybe he didn’t even know that castling exists. When i started playing, i thought that castling players were cheating…

    • @nikolasEMT
      @nikolasEMT Před rokem +36

      I was about to castle one time and I tried to do it quickly and I misclicked the rook. I had a seizure afterwards

    • @paarthsstudio
      @paarthsstudio Před rokem

      It happened to me once

  • @AlekVen
    @AlekVen Před 2 lety +4309

    Was expecting a Queen stalemate, was not expecting THAT though.

    • @codeovercode167
      @codeovercode167 Před 2 lety +29

      You gotta expect anything in these games tbh.

    • @adiadiah2545
      @adiadiah2545 Před 2 lety +5

      @Pulzanicus pulzanic SAMEEEE

    • @mjtpli
      @mjtpli Před 2 lety +49

      Stalemate is way too sophisticated. I was probably ~600 ELO before I started blundering stalemate.

    • @Seymourbaijan
      @Seymourbaijan Před 2 lety +14

      I was thinking 50 move rule.

    • @SquinkyThreepwood
      @SquinkyThreepwood Před 2 lety +8

      @@Seymourbaijan I think that would have been a more spectacular of a fail than the straight up blundering of the queens.

  • @capn1100
    @capn1100 Před 2 lety +1985

    “I can’t do this anymore”
    *checks bank account*
    “Ladies and gentlemen…”

    • @xiSimon
      @xiSimon Před 2 lety +42

      that's fr funny

    • @ogluqqychess4452
      @ogluqqychess4452 Před 2 lety +12

      m8 youre funny

    • @keiogaijin2155
      @keiogaijin2155 Před 2 lety +8

      true that

    • @leenadennis1556
      @leenadennis1556 Před 2 lety +6

      This deserves acknowledgement😂🤣.
      Really hope you don't get trolled by the pin of shame, though🥲

    • @gameworldjt
      @gameworldjt Před 2 lety +20

      @@leenadennis1556 pin of shame pins stupid and/or rude comments, this is neither

  • @erickaguirre4888
    @erickaguirre4888 Před rokem +651

    14:07
    The aura in that pawn move is unbearably threatening. It has to be my favourite move in all of chess history.

  • @tejspedersen6707
    @tejspedersen6707 Před rokem +176

    The way he just casually explained the moves at the end had me dead. “You do you a ladder checkmate. You move one queen, then you move the other, then sacrifice one queen, proceeds to lose the second queen, and the game ends in a king on king draw”

  • @ShunOkamotoMusic
    @ShunOkamotoMusic Před 2 lety +1676

    5:49: "What's worth more than a knight?"
    Say the line, Levy! Say the line!
    5:51: "You. You're worth more than a knight"
    Yaaaaaaay!!!

    • @krishvasa7644
      @krishvasa7644 Před 2 lety +36

      That made me happy too😅😁

    • @ziwuri
      @ziwuri Před 2 lety +36

      And it's fitting for the episode, too. Is a 300 worth more than a knight? Absolutely. Rook? Sure. Queen or king? I wouldn't go that far😝

    • @kartikeyasaxena3465
      @kartikeyasaxena3465 Před 2 lety +19

      LOOKS LIKE OUR VALUE IS DEPRECIATING AT FIRST WE WERE MORE THAN A QUEEN AND NOW WE ARE JUST MORE THAN A KNIGHT 🙁

    • @djp4418
      @djp4418 Před 2 lety +16

      @@kartikeyasaxena3465 inflation dude😔

    • @youtubeforcinghandlessucks
      @youtubeforcinghandlessucks Před 2 lety +1

      What if I were a knight?

  • @prim16
    @prim16 Před 2 lety +1767

    Me: "oh my god, two queens, I can smell the stalemate"
    Black: "I'm about to ruin this man's whole career"

    • @gaminggeckos4388
      @gaminggeckos4388 Před rokem +30

      I can smell a stalemate when it's queen and king low elo endgame, but I thought that a basic ladder checkmate would've been easy to figure out... Apparently not.

    • @prim16
      @prim16 Před rokem +39

      @K I specifically determine which unfinished games will turn out to be stalemates. That is my career and my only purpose in life.

  • @mrvaughn1449
    @mrvaughn1449 Před rokem +233

    “Hey, can you help me? It’s my turn and I don’t know what to do. “
    “pp on the pp”
    “wha-“

  • @pasandesilva2295
    @pasandesilva2295 Před rokem +546

    After all that buildup the way Levy ended the commentary is absolutely gold! A brilliant move!

  • @adhityain
    @adhityain Před 2 lety +1545

    "Have you ever seen a pawn FORKING two queens?"
    On chess website? No.

    • @emg808x7
      @emg808x7 Před 2 lety +22

      😂😂😂😂👌

    • @718Gilbert
      @718Gilbert Před 2 lety +20

      I'm intrigued

    • @zDark78
      @zDark78 Před 2 lety +6

      Good one

    • @ronseager440
      @ronseager440 Před 2 lety +7

      And Levy just moved along without skipping a beat. Much more mature than I

    • @majoshi4335
      @majoshi4335 Před 2 lety +4

      send i need to see trhis

  • @hankboy2965
    @hankboy2965 Před 2 lety +1805

    "Never let them know your next move" - 300 rated players probably

  • @__-yw8ub
    @__-yw8ub Před rokem +131

    I am here, sitting with actual tears flowing out of my eyes from that ending

  • @suryadiptadas3642
    @suryadiptadas3642 Před rokem +353

    This definitely is the most disgustingly stupid , anti-climactic endgame in all chess games I have seen.... I've been scarred for life 🙂

  • @Misteribel
    @Misteribel Před 2 lety +2341

    Even three moves before the end, I couldn’t possibly, in any way, predict the inevitable draw. Laughed till it hurt!!

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann Před rokem +59

      I was just sitting there like "it's gonna be a fucking draw, isn't it? there's NO WAY this should POSSIBLY end in a fucking draw, but I can FEEL it's going to happen", and then it did happen.

    • @koenvandiepen7651
      @koenvandiepen7651 Před rokem +6

      @@Leyrann That end sequance it think can only mean that this game was played by two ppl who wanted it to end in a draw. I mean there is just now way in hell that you do not win whit 2 queens. RIGHT ! RIGHT!

    • @mrthanos2404
      @mrthanos2404 Před rokem +8

      The worst part is that it wasn’t even stalemate.

  • @redlancer7263
    @redlancer7263 Před 2 lety +1500

    It's amazing to me how even though this is a train wreck of a game, there was a clash in the opening, tactical patterns in the middle-game, and an unbalanced king-pawn endgame which ultimately leads to a draw. This really is GM chess

    • @kopazwashere
      @kopazwashere Před rokem +6

      Some book move, some briliant moves, some dumb moves, a lot of throwaways
      beginner chess in a nutshell.

  • @deadassduck5062
    @deadassduck5062 Před rokem +48

    "An imposter in among us" got me

  • @jdb6780
    @jdb6780 Před rokem +48

    I was expecting a stalemate but that ending was too perfect

  • @benburns239
    @benburns239 Před 2 lety +2284

    I don’t think I’ve ever literally laughed out loud watching the ending of a chess game, but here we are 😂

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation Před rokem +32

      Like Levy doesn't even make a big deal out of it!

    • @danielmclean3733
      @danielmclean3733 Před rokem +2

      I don’t understand how you said the pawn advance was the optimal stockfish move then made fun of it 20 seconds later

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 Před rokem +4

      @@danielmclean3733 When did that happen?

    • @fumioshwartz7114
      @fumioshwartz7114 Před rokem +2

      @Daniel McLean it was the top move the previous turn

    • @TomPlugge
      @TomPlugge Před rokem

      This sht was way to funny bro.

  • @kritanloveschessforever
    @kritanloveschessforever Před 2 lety +458

    The players played so accurately that the game ended in a draw.

  • @ngarcia103
    @ngarcia103 Před rokem +55

    I keep coming back to this video just for 22:42... I'm always amused by Levy narrating the last few moves with such a straight face.

  • @reddoublead3991
    @reddoublead3991 Před rokem +16

    “He moves a pawn”
    “Rook F8”
    I literally died and have finally recovered after 3 hours

  • @qwertyuiop09090
    @qwertyuiop09090 Před rokem +2357

    “I want to be an artist but I can’t draw”
    Shakaloo and Blondie: “HOLD MY BEER”

  • @luiskaskero
    @luiskaskero Před 2 lety +332

    That ending was spectacular. Perfect ladder mate execution.

  • @paulwilliams4371
    @paulwilliams4371 Před rokem +17

    watching games like this is like watching a movie that's a mix of horror, comedy, drama and adventure but its never constantly the same it changes category every couple moves

  • @vss318
    @vss318 Před rokem +9

    10:58 When he said “I bet you wouldn’t guess what move” I went “Imagine if it’s Rb8” and when it was I literally jumped out of my chair

  • @estanislaomendivil2581
    @estanislaomendivil2581 Před 2 lety +438

    "Every perfect game of chess must end in a draw"

    • @dontthrow6064
      @dontthrow6064 Před 2 lety +20

      not all draws are perfect games, but this one definitely was

    • @legueu
      @legueu Před 2 lety +6

      - Sun Tzu in The Art of the 300.

    • @chessycontent
      @chessycontent Před 2 lety +2

      @@dontthrow6064 a perfect disaster

  • @sleeponthefloor9622
    @sleeponthefloor9622 Před 2 lety +1342

    For those of us in the middle of the bell curve, sometimes we intentionally forgo what we think is the best move in the hopes that our equally inept opponent will blunder the resultant position. Stockfish is never impressed by that "strategy".

    • @socksygen
      @socksygen Před 2 lety +11

      Vouch

    • @anawilliams1332
      @anawilliams1332 Před 2 lety +10

      Can i ask what you consider the middle of the bell curve? Im not sure really where i am

    • @iliketurtles5180
      @iliketurtles5180 Před 2 lety +25

      @@anawilliams1332 You can go check your websites statistics to see what elo rating is in the middle of the bell curve

    • @dontbanmerage416
      @dontbanmerage416 Před 2 lety +13

      @@anawilliams1332 the bell curve is a standard deviation curve where 400 is the middle hump and I think 1600 is the standard deviation going up

    • @eel9
      @eel9 Před 2 lety +15

      hope chess

  • @vampire_catgirl
    @vampire_catgirl Před rokem +35

    Truly GMs in training

  • @forko9152
    @forko9152 Před rokem +13

    22:46 had me dying😂😂 also you said white had the queens

  • @spleany8123
    @spleany8123 Před 2 lety +646

    Rook to f8 is probably a castles attempt, but black didn't realize one needs to move the king two squares in online chess instead of a rook

    • @kaizoisevil
      @kaizoisevil Před 2 lety +43

      Even in real life, it’s proper etiquette to move the king first, then move the rook.

    • @glenndiddy
      @glenndiddy Před 2 lety +78

      @@kaizoisevil who even gets taught ettiquette when you're just playing chess with your dad? No one, except for children of chess players

    • @enkor9591
      @enkor9591 Před 2 lety +28

      @@glenndiddy If you moved the rook first on an actual tournament and then move the king it would be considered illegal

    • @bladebreaker10
      @bladebreaker10 Před 2 lety +33

      You guys all realize they're 300, yeah?

    • @bobby_tablez
      @bobby_tablez Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah absolutely. Surprised Levy didn't say that

  • @Enhack
    @Enhack Před 2 lety +524

    I like the fact that before finding the mate, stockfish thinks that the position at 14:33 is -94. Just a casual -94

    • @NoKnuckles
      @NoKnuckles Před 2 lety +145

      Proves Levy right. The computer doesn't know anything about chess. It gives -94 to a clearly drawn position

    • @satgurs
      @satgurs Před 2 lety +12

      @@NoKnuckles rather, humans don't know anything about chess, the computer knows what its doing

    • @esupton783
      @esupton783 Před 2 lety +29

      @@satgurs woosh

    • @alanbiju1765
      @alanbiju1765 Před 2 lety +29

      @@satgurs Sorry bro but I gotta deny that you're cool. It's a joke

    • @satgurs
      @satgurs Před 2 lety +4

      @@alanbiju1765 can you prove that it's a joke though? we need confirmation from the original poster

  • @mrsabakharebava
    @mrsabakharebava Před rokem +104

    what a beautiful game played by these two very smart individuals.

  • @Mrpanda2313
    @Mrpanda2313 Před rokem +13

    3:19. Shakaloo Gambit
    And realises that black players name was shakaloo 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Hmm_Ace_Attorney_Channel
    @Hmm_Ace_Attorney_Channel Před 2 lety +318

    22:03 Literally said "Okay, how does this end in a draw?"

    • @masscreationbroadcasts
      @masscreationbroadcasts Před rokem +6

      I've seen too many beginner end games on chess reaction channels to not expect any hung queens taken with a king in endgame.

    • @DaveLH
      @DaveLH Před 8 měsíci +3

      I was expecting a two-queen stalemate (happens all too easily), but I was not expecting black to blunder both queens (AGAIN!).

  • @bg-qn6dx
    @bg-qn6dx Před 2 lety +354

    LOL - This is the funniest commentary yet. "I think he just did this move out of pity" - had me rolling.

  • @athos401
    @athos401 Před rokem +17

    That was unexpected. My god, I thought I was bad at chess but you man are making me feel a grand master

  • @fronkgotbonked
    @fronkgotbonked Před rokem +12

    3:50 Botez impression😂

  • @FloatingSunfish
    @FloatingSunfish Před 2 lety +375

    Back in the old days, a king vs king endgame had to be settled through gentlemanly fisticuffs.
    FIDE sadly put an end to that.

    • @4ndr3c3s4r1n0
      @4ndr3c3s4r1n0 Před rokem +1

      I'd watch the shit out of a Carlsen vs Nakamura fisticuff.

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před rokem +38

      And that was an upgrade from when they used to ro-sham-bo for it: kicking each other in the nuts until one gives up.

    • @DaveLH
      @DaveLH Před 8 měsíci +6

      There's the story Alekhine told of his watching with amusement as two amateur players plowed on with just kings, and until one of them "won" by getting his king to the 8th rank and "making it a queen"!

  • @JCVSTLE
    @JCVSTLE Před 2 lety +366

    “The bishop is dark square bishop, it literally can’t see half the squares.” Me: WRITE THAT DOWN!!

    • @jasonhoerner9954
      @jasonhoerner9954 Před 2 lety +20

      My strategy in bullet games against a lone bishop is to first put all my material on the opposite color if possible. Then worry about escorting your own pawns or scooping up material. Saves a lot of thinking time…

  • @scragar
    @scragar Před rokem +6

    I used to think I was bad as a kid because in that situation I'd have made sure the queens were always on diagonals with one another on similar rows/columns to ensure there's no way to take them. Never imagined seeing someone lose two queens to just a king for absolutely no reason, the 50 move rule is more than generous enough to ensure play it safe when you can't lose.

  • @MacElMasMancoDeTodos
    @MacElMasMancoDeTodos Před 25 dny +1

    "But what's worth more than a knight? You are worth more than a knight"
    **Blushes in passant*

  • @bluefin.64
    @bluefin.64 Před 2 lety +174

    I laughed so hard at the end. It was like watching a clumsy person slip on banana peel. You know it's not nice to laugh, but you can't help it.

    • @davidanderson2357
      @davidanderson2357 Před 2 lety +8

      ... while throwing a pie into his own face.

    • @bluefin.64
      @bluefin.64 Před 2 lety

      @@davidanderson2357 LOL! Love that image. :-)

    • @TinNguyen-yh7xz
      @TinNguyen-yh7xz Před 2 lety +5

      I dont laugh at the end, not right away. I was like, "Huh? wtf? wait, seriously, wtf???"

  • @DVNJ1
    @DVNJ1 Před 2 lety +214

    Once again, Levy has shown us that a chess game always ends in a draw when played perfectly.

  • @shqwfhqwo
    @shqwfhqwo Před rokem +11

    i'm addicted to watching you roasting newbies like me with that sweet accent of yours

  • @avaneeshks7121
    @avaneeshks7121 Před rokem +10

    Shakaloo Gambit 🤣🤣🤣3:11

  • @darkshdwz499
    @darkshdwz499 Před 2 lety +134

    “Have you ever seen a pawn forking two queens?”
    I’m sure I’ve seen it on some website before…

  • @Ss010101
    @Ss010101 Před 2 lety +234

    Levy: "nc3 is not the move"
    Also Levy: [plays Jobava London in like half of the games in his last tournament.]

    • @ogluqqychess4452
      @ogluqqychess4452 Před 2 lety +3

      okay its like the sicilian defense. as a 2400 its probably fine but Imma be honest Id never play that bc it looks way too fancy n also id never put my knight in front of my c pawn like that. id play queens gambit in d4d5 positions

    • @johnporcella2375
      @johnporcella2375 Před 2 lety

      According to GM Simon Williams, for the Jobava London, white should move the knight before the bishop.

    • @Ss010101
      @Ss010101 Před 2 lety

      @@ogluqqychess4452 The fried liver trick alone in the Jobava London pushed me to like 1500 Lichess. ::D

    • @Mathijs_A
      @Mathijs_A Před 2 lety +4

      @@Ss010101 making an account pushed me to 1500 in lichess (just joking, I play there as well)

  • @MDubHusky
    @MDubHusky Před 6 měsíci

    Your formula of showing how it should be done, or what could be done, and then showing the disaster that actually occurs is perfect. Informative while being the perfect setup and punchline.

    • @timo4463
      @timo4463 Před 5 měsíci

      True i leanrned quite some stuff Here

  • @stealthyshadow567
    @stealthyshadow567 Před rokem +8

    Very commendable of them to play to kings like true gentlemen, they could’ve agreed to a draw 20 moves earlier but out of respect for the game they saw it to the very end.

  • @johnsouza4391
    @johnsouza4391 Před 2 lety +177

    I usually don't laugh at chess. This was a true shocking belly laugh at the end!

    • @lammatt
      @lammatt Před 2 lety +11

      the end is pure gold
      how is it possible to lose two queens in a row?

    • @icefirerereoo7259
      @icefirerereoo7259 Před 2 lety

      I laughed so hard

    • @BorutoUzumaki-yx9uu
      @BorutoUzumaki-yx9uu Před 2 lety +1

      Same! Levy had me convinced they were going to ladder check and then he lost both HAHAHAHA

  • @pokmanl9810
    @pokmanl9810 Před 2 lety +713

    Finally! Another episode of bad chess so I can feel better about myself and completely forget that I have an assignment to do and be proud of myself being a lousy 1500! Best series on CZcams!

    • @ahmedomermuqtadeer4098
      @ahmedomermuqtadeer4098 Před 2 lety +91

      Sneaked in a lil flex but ok

    • @llcrulez3942
      @llcrulez3942 Před 2 lety +18

      Same except at 1100

    • @ryanandrcdiaz6436
      @ryanandrcdiaz6436 Před 2 lety

      relatable.

    • @abhinandanbanerjee5471
      @abhinandanbanerjee5471 Před 2 lety +16

      @@ahmedomermuqtadeer4098 1500 is not a flex.

    • @juntsu100ify
      @juntsu100ify Před 2 lety +7

      Been stuck on 1500 for like 5 years and like a year ago when covid started I finally got to 1600. Was the happiest moment of my life.... Until I fell back to 1500. But now I have been pretty much stable 1600 for a while now and dont feel like falling anymore.

  • @CrowMercury
    @CrowMercury Před 11 měsíci +2

    > Messes up castling.
    > Messes up ladder mate.
    > Blunders queenS in some belief the king can’t eat them. Repeatedly.
    This was Black’s first game ever and you will not convince me otherwise.

  • @itmaniac6649
    @itmaniac6649 Před rokem +25

    10:39 I guessed the move first try LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

    • @Neo2266.
      @Neo2266. Před rokem +3

      …how

    • @itmaniac6649
      @itmaniac6649 Před rokem +3

      @@Neo2266. Levy told us it was the most illogical move possible, so I just went with a typical 300 elo bullet move guess :)

  • @elimparable1
    @elimparable1 Před 2 lety +19

    13:15 "What does Stockfish know?" sums up my entire chess philosophy. 🤣

  • @davidanderson2357
    @davidanderson2357 Před 2 lety +63

    If Levy could only play THIS creatively, he'd have his GM title in no time.

  • @paulo0651
    @paulo0651 Před 7 měsíci

    Lmao the two queen sacrifices at the end

  • @gabrspanksmen
    @gabrspanksmen Před rokem +5

    0:01 “Well of course I know him, he’s me”-Obi Wan Kenobi

  • @KillOnS
    @KillOnS Před 2 lety +191

    The shakaloo gambit took me a couple of seconds to get but it really got me once I realized 😂😂

    • @jevilsugoma1743
      @jevilsugoma1743 Před 2 lety +3

      Same lol

    • @latbil
      @latbil Před 2 lety +8

      I genuinely thought “Weird, isn’t that the Portuguese?” And then didn’t get it until minutes later

    • @teagueolewiler4202
      @teagueolewiler4202 Před 2 lety +8

      i don't get it

    • @jevilsugoma1743
      @jevilsugoma1743 Před 2 lety +22

      @@teagueolewiler4202 check the opponents name

  • @3rdaaa
    @3rdaaa Před 2 lety +47

    i thought it would end with stalemate, but the ending is better than i expected.

  • @moffin25
    @moffin25 Před rokem +1

    This was most exilent my man... you had me in tears the whole way thorugh... this is art.

  • @tylerbrown9631
    @tylerbrown9631 Před 9 měsíci

    The abrupt endings always leave me breathless

  • @danielkristensen3386
    @danielkristensen3386 Před 2 lety +107

    14:18 - "What's worth more than a queens?" might be the single greatest line in a Gotham review to date :D

    • @joetucker971
      @joetucker971 Před 2 lety +2

      Might be the funniest thing I've ever heard him say ngl

  • @tudor5555
    @tudor5555 Před 2 lety +72

    A game played to perfection will always result in a draw

  • @COMRADEDAVEYIPPIIIII
    @COMRADEDAVEYIPPIIIII Před rokem +1

    "Fork you, and fork you."
    -A Wise And Strong Pawn

  • @hremostypas
    @hremostypas Před rokem +1

    "2 queens and a king vs a king, what happens next will amaze you"

  • @ant123bell2
    @ant123bell2 Před 2 lety +78

    That ending was the best twist I have ever seen

    • @mattc3581
      @mattc3581 Před 2 lety +4

      The site should have let them play on, I'm not convinced one of them couldn't still have blundered a loss.

    • @ant123bell2
      @ant123bell2 Před 2 lety

      @@mattc3581 agreed, one of them could have absolutely hung the king after those performances

    • @JustStop19
      @JustStop19 Před 2 lety

      Staged.

    • @adinprazina7235
      @adinprazina7235 Před 2 lety

      same as in movie The usual suspects

    • @GAxelic
      @GAxelic Před 2 lety +1

      @@JustStop19 its 300 ELO, lower than this is not knowing chess at all
      besides, the ending black was probably in some sort of time trouble and made the most goofy mistake i have ever seen

  • @frenchy1138
    @frenchy1138 Před 2 lety +58

    About five minutes from the end I had a moment where I said to myself, "Oh no... this is going to end in the dumbest possible draw, isn't it?"
    I can't win chess games, but I can still call them.

  • @josephrechten5972
    @josephrechten5972 Před rokem +8

    This is the beautiful game at its best, a perfect draw

  • @nijadmacadato3992
    @nijadmacadato3992 Před 11 měsíci +1

    bro sacrificed more queen in one game than in my entire chess games

  • @RainingArtillery
    @RainingArtillery Před 2 lety +81

    After being frustrated for the whole day trying to understand some rook endgames, this really brightened my mood! Thank you, Levy.

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation Před rokem +10

      Tips for winning in a 2 Queen vs King endgame: Don't blunder the two Queens one after the next.

    • @ItsLtime
      @ItsLtime Před rokem +1

      @@RGC_animation if only shakaloo and blondie saw this comment

  • @ooolol
    @ooolol Před 2 lety +72

    Breath taking, Scintillating, Fascinating.
    This game demands an standing ovation for both the Gladiators, they gave this game literally all they had.

  • @YellowJacket-tp5og
    @YellowJacket-tp5og Před rokem

    hi gotham love your videos and just want to let you know your content was part of the reason i started to play chess and i have seen so many things and know a lot of openings but as a low rated player im struggling to find sollutions but im having a lot of fun and thanks for the content

  • @thedarkshadow5347
    @thedarkshadow5347 Před rokem +17

    Gotham is slowly losing his sanity

  • @greycatturtle
    @greycatturtle Před 2 lety +30

    I’ve never laughed so hard at a chess game before that ending got me Lmaoo

  • @simonglass1371
    @simonglass1371 Před 2 lety +16

    That ending killed me. Literally crying from laughter.

  • @sxdge5108
    @sxdge5108 Před 9 měsíci

    "It's -21 according to stockfish, but what does stockfish know? C4 is a move!"

  • @rustypotatoes
    @rustypotatoes Před 7 měsíci

    ever since watching your videos and understanding more about chess positions my mmr hasnt gone up much only 300-400 but my game rating says im playing like a 1000 so im happy 😂

  • @asdfasdf-dd9lk
    @asdfasdf-dd9lk Před 2 lety +28

    A pawn forking two queens!
    What's worth more than a queens?

    • @barrywuthrich8530
      @barrywuthrich8530 Před 2 lety +4

      But, were they twins? Every pawn's fantasy.

    • @aelavia93
      @aelavia93 Před 2 lety

      you. you are worth more than two queens

    • @TKNinja37
      @TKNinja37 Před 2 lety

      Manhattan, I'd guess

    • @seheyt
      @seheyt Před 2 lety

      @@aelavia93 A queens*

  • @MK32491
    @MK32491 Před 2 lety +121

    That ending...unexpected, to say the least. Thought I can't say anything because I'm still a 700 who makes stupid mistakes all the time. At least this makes me feel somewhat better.

    • @therofulukani8650
      @therofulukani8650 Před 2 lety +1

      😹😹

    • @n00dle_king
      @n00dle_king Před 2 lety +7

      I knew the draw was coming but I thought it would be stalemate hanging both queens is on another level.

    • @isatuck5079
      @isatuck5079 Před 2 lety

      Same here my friend, I’m hovering around mid 700’s and I always blunder some tactic or get lost in the mid game and end up losing.

    • @Alkis05
      @Alkis05 Před 2 lety

      @@n00dle_king Yeah, I was expecting stalemate. In hind sight, black having drawn after promoting two queens, we should have known that mating a king with two queens was just beyond it's capability.

    • @wakpak4399
      @wakpak4399 Před 2 lety

      I have not played online yet but in everything else I am 800 so I feel your pain

  • @flyingprist
    @flyingprist Před rokem +1

    This game hurts me in ways I didn't even know was possible, and I am rated 750, I can't imagine poor gotham going through this torture of a chess match.

  • @GameristicForce
    @GameristicForce Před rokem +6

    I think this defines emotional damage.

  • @adityamaheshwari8029
    @adityamaheshwari8029 Před 2 lety +28

    i wasn't expecting that ending. One of the funniest endings ever🤣🤣🤣

  • @pirategamer99
    @pirategamer99 Před 2 lety +16

    12:18 pp on the pp LOL

  • @michailtarkov1512
    @michailtarkov1512 Před rokem

    I have never seen such a crazy move as pawn forking 2 queens. It was breathtaking.

  • @Kittenmasterthe4thone
    @Kittenmasterthe4thone Před rokem +1

    13:10 "but what does stockfish know?" EVERYTHING

  • @Pr0t4t0
    @Pr0t4t0 Před 2 lety +24

    A “How to Lose at Chess” episode is like a Xenoblade series entry. It wouldn’t have been made had the ending not have been magical.

  • @gavinotoole2864
    @gavinotoole2864 Před 2 lety +9

    16:18 "Now me take rook" 😂

  • @eliasjorge7023
    @eliasjorge7023 Před rokem +2

    I was not ready for that ending 😭

  • @BambiLokonga
    @BambiLokonga Před rokem +1

    the youre worth more than a knight was so wholesome. thank you levy.

  • @sushamaranabhaumik3423
    @sushamaranabhaumik3423 Před 2 lety +32

    Analyzing too much 300 elo game is the reason behind Levy's blunders.

  • @grantwarren1993
    @grantwarren1993 Před 2 lety +14

    Love the nonchalant recap of a ladder mate knowing what was about to happen. Please keep doing these videos

  • @goonerbear8659
    @goonerbear8659 Před rokem +18

    Me: "Oh, okay, two Queens against a lone King, this is elementary stuff. Just walk the King to his doom, and-"
    Black: *throws one Queen away*
    Me: "Okay, sure, Black still has mating material, just has to use their King now, and it's still a foregone-"
    Black: *throws the other Queen away*
    Me: *McFriggin' loses it*

  • @The_Spood_Dood
    @The_Spood_Dood Před rokem +1

    When black played rf8, I knew he would. Because there’s lottery ONE OPTION FOR ME TO LOSE ALL MY BRAINCELLS