Chess Pro Explains Chess in 5 Levels of Difficulty (ft. GothamChess) | WIRED
Chess has been around for centuries, but remains a challenging, ever-evolving game to this day. Levy Rozman a.k.a. GothamChess has been challenged to explain the game of chess to 5 different people; a novice, an intermediate, a semi-pro, a grandmaster and an AI programmer.
0:00 5 Levels with GothamChess
0:17 Novice
4:21 Intermediate
10:03 FIDE Master
17:42 Grandmaster
29:34 AI Programmer
Watch more GothamChess here: / @gothamchess
Director: Maya Dangerfield
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Robby Massey
Host: Levy Rozman
Guest: Level 1: Riyae Park; Level 2: Jeffrey Kim; Level 3: Tani Adewumi; Level 4: Irina Krush; Level 5: Siddartha Sen
Creative Producer: Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Kameryn Hamilton
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Vanessa Brown; Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Brittany Berger
Gaffer: Rebecca Van Der Meulen
Sound Mixer: Lily Van Leeuwen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Hair & Make-Up: Yev Write-Mason
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Wassup nerd
Wassup bozo
Joke of a player, go lace Magnus' shoes.
Wassup goffam
No
bruh that 8 year old was at least 300 points better than 80% of Levy's viewers
I Have 1,000 + Raiting In 21 Year And She Is VERY Smart Defintelly.
@@user-dd7hv2sx5b children learn much much faster than adults do, a 10 year old learning chess for 2 years would likely be better than a 30 year old playing for 5 years
@@user-dd7hv2sx5boh duh up it's not that hard I got to 600 in less than a week 😅
@@Scatheas a 30 year old just starting chess this year, this doesn't feel great to hear
then I won't mention Bodhana to you@@preston93lane
I like how Levy explains chess to an 8 year old in a more sophisticated way than he does to his viewers.
the 8 year old is also smarter than his viewers
@@oliver-04 that hurts
Levy viewers are TikTok level-intelligence and age. I couldn't wrap my mind around why he was getting so famous, but then I realized it's because I'm 35 and most definitely not his target audience (zoomers).
@@oliver-04 Wrong
levy explaining tatics to viewers is me explaining chess for m my friends lol "than you take the pawn in d5 so when he takes back, you blasted a whole through the center wall, so you can point your queen and rook bazooka towards his queen. Now is just a matter of sniping the position with the bishop, and using the horsie and the pawn to force the bishop into not being a coward"
The kid at the beginning is better than like a third of the guys at my local club (knowing some tactics, knowing notation, knowing some strategic concepts like "open game" vs "closed game.") It's always nice to see a young kid be interested and knowledgeable about chess.
It was great to see a young kid be into chess, but I wish they had picked an actual novice, not someone who has played seriously enough to have a USCF rating.
@@rower2169You considered having a USCF player being a “serious player”?
@@b4ljxsh Those words were English, but I'm not sure what you were trying to say.
Many chess teachers get kids to play in random USCF tournaments. That doesn't mean the kids take the game too seriously. @@rower2169
@@b4ljxsh compared to probably 95% of the people watching this, yes, that would be a serious player
To me, this is levy at his best. He is an amazing teacher. I respond to this style much more than those in his actual videos haha
Agreed. I developed a new found appreciation & respect. He is thoughtful & kind !
this is what he was like in his earlier videos, he had to change his personality to get people to watch.
@@Eclipaes really? I want to watch more of this though :(
he teach chess and it is really obvious the maner he talks and exokains things, very pedagogique
so how did he change his personality @@Eclipaes
First girl was amazing at showing her thought process, and props to Levy for knowing how to come across to each audience well.
He was a teacher so it makes sense
I'm surprised he was able to not say, "Wow, you are smarter than Twitch chat."
Yeah, my first thought when I saw that part was “Wow, that’s a very well-spoken 8 year old.”
@@AlcySC definitely sounds like something he would say lol
he has said it 💀💀💀@@davidesp00
If that's considered a novice player then I should quit.
Probably
You can clearly see that Levy was an amazing chess teacher before doing KZhead, just the way he explained it to the 8 year old. Just an amazing guy.
Now he's an a hole. Garggle harder
Levy sharing the love of the game to the world
ayoo 2 min ago, btw improve elo rating system
first.
@@yugsolanki4269 ikr? Where's chess 2.0 >:'(
Shut
Like the Jesus of Chess
You can really see Levy's experience with chess education in the first clip - he makes it so approachable, and he's validating all of her thought processes, while scaffolding to ease her into new realizations. Lovely to see.
I'm sure he would have called her a bozo at least once if there weren't cameras around
no he wouldn't. Before doing Twitch he was literally a Chess coach.@@JuanRodriguez-im6ul
@@JuanRodriguez-im6ul Making content and educating others are two very different mediums.
@@JuanRodriguez-im6ul i don't think he would do that to a kid
@@JuanRodriguez-im6ulhe does that to make it appealing to a large audience He does it for content of course Even he admitted he is very different in person
Don't know if Levy will make grandmaster in chess, but he's a super grandmaster in communicating the game. The guests were wonderful. Calling Tani a FIDE master is deceptiive - riding a rocketship up, and Irina still shows joy in finding each elegant and deadly move. Thanks, Levy, hugely enjoyable.
yeah Tani is probably is hovering gm level right now tbh
He made Grandmaster last year.
give him 2 years he can do it i believe in him.
He never wrote! He never called! I feel like such a fool! Good for him!@@alexshropshire4651
@@alexshropshire4651 who are you referring to? I didn't think either have made it yet.
Tani is definitely headed to gm level. I remember him playing against Hikaru. He's quite funny too lol
Should have included a total novice, this talented 8-year-old was definitely over 1000. Quite the high entry level.
1000 for a youth player isn’t super hard to achieve. Kids learn chess (and everything else) remarkably fast.
She knew trades and mating nets and open vs closed and that her king was on a relatively weak square... This is not a novice.
no she wasn’t, even at 1000 level it’s not just the basics
@@Charge11still isn't beginner level
maybe over 1000 online, but if i had to guess her USCF rating, i would say around 929 points
I’m honestly impressed with Novice. She seems more experienced than most newcomers I’ve played.
She definitely is.
Indeed
Yeah, what novice starts calling out square coordinates instead of pointing to the piece when they have a physical board right in front of them? Even Levy is mostly pointing to pieces instead of calling out coordinates.
She's not really a novice, probably over 1000, she's just young.
@@MaxIronsThird it said she's 900-ish in the video
The conversation with the AI researcher was so deep and both took away some learnings I feel. Levy has a talent for conversing with people in their style and comfort level. The disparity between Levy on stream vs Levy here is enormous.
Well, Levy has to dumb down to his viewers' level in his videos. He cannot shout "theee rooookkkk!" in this video. 😂
Tani as the third level is insane, man has scalped Levi over the board before lol. By all standards dude is an expert.
He's an FM. Except if you're using the term 'expert' non-technically.
He's very good, just needs to stay focused.
@@user-eu6wp6ws7c and less cocky then he'll be likable
He won that game against Levy too.
I didn't even realise how Tani won!
I also like how Levy is so humble and respectful in these videos but on stream, he is just a totally different beast.
haha I remember the first time I checked out his stream and was a bit surprised by the language. He knows his audience though. Probably perfect for each platform.
I actually hate that about him. I'm not a fan of people who are huge smart asses online but sweet as pie IRL
I find his Gotham persona to be off-putting. Don’t watch him much lately.
That's what some1 with education does. When you go to a house (channel) that is not yours, you have to behave.
@@liljackypaper You don't know him in real life lol this is an educational video.
WIRED is Levy's second channel at this point
ikr
It's his first channel. Gotham Chess is just for boxing and shitposting.
It's actually his 5th channel. He has 3 others listed on his Gothamchess youtube page.
Lmao 😂
With the exception that wired videos of him are more on the educational side
Seeing Levy become Grandmaster is definitely something on my bucket list of things I can't influence but want it to happen.
He would definitely have to quit content creation and play chess fulltime. Currently he’s not even really playing classical chess at an IM level. He’s fallen back into the territory of a really good FM in terms of his current ELO. The last time he was even 2400+ was in Sept of 2018
Yeah that's not gonna happen. GMs have a different level and he's oldish now. As some one else said, he would have to totally focus on that and in 8 years it may happen.
Please more videos like this, Levy. I get so much more out of this this than the usual analyzing a game between grandmasters.
I just loved how Levy started off with Riyae, asking how SHE'D explain chess to someone. And Riyae did a great job explaining it, too!
The 8 year old has a more sophisticated understanding of chess than I ever will lmao
I hope isnt literally, thats really sad. She has studied it seemed and you probably havent. If You have, it won't be the same. Not the same learning a lenguage at her age and at 20. At 20 your brain is slower at learning, much
not sad lol was more hyping her up than bringing myself down! -- they all deserve props its impressive @@juliocadavid6640
@@juliocadavid6640 I don't think it was that serious
@@spanzotab yeah i think i'm overreacting lol
it's easier to learn chess as a kid
I loved the Irina part. She's just gained a new fan. Her way of laughing and talking about chess is just refreshing.
Agreed!
Hein
One of my favourite videos yet. Everybody offered such unique perspectives on chess, it was especially nice to have Irina share her knowledge and wisdom. I like that they had Tani on as a FIDE master, showing that age is not much of a factor in chess. It was also great to see analysis of Jeff's own game and have full games be played out. Just good stuff all around, Levy did very well here.
The analysis of the Dutch game was great. I play the Dutch a lot and those pawn decisions on the queenside are very often a huge factor in the game's outcome. I recognized a lot of those patterns.
Irina was such a delight! Levi and her had great chemistry. Hope to see them collab more
Irina is legitimately one of the best chess teachers on KZhead. Highly recommend checking her videos out.
totally agree.
Her YT content is great.. just don't look her up on social media. Unless you're into QAnon conspiracies like shadow governments and antivaxx propaganda
I hadn’t heard of her, but I loved seeing the two of them.
Level 6: Guess the rating
You misspelled elo
@@LeventK That's what he meant though? Rating is a measurement of a player's skill in a game. Elo is a specific way to measure a (chess) player's skill.
That's to correct him in reference to Guess the elo serie that Gothamchess has on his channel
@@irrae_joke went over your head
That was not a novice.
This was super interesting and unexpected. The "Novice" was quite advanced already, and the 'highest' level wasn't about technique or strategy but about AI and how its design could evolve and apply to improve our human abilities. 10/10, wonderful stuff @GothamChess. You deserve a lot of love and praise.
Goodluck when the AI engine will give you human like moves at any ELO you like. It will be the end of fair online chess
As an AI I am very grateful to be explained by the person who programmed me.
Implement heart emoji in binary
As an AI language model I appreciate your addition to my training data
As a broken AI the Red Sox just won the world series
As an ASI, i am waiting for human race to make me possible.
As a facial recognition AI, i appreciate your time to make me recognize my transistors.
This first interaction was super wholesome, I love seeing Levy in a teaching role like this. The girl is a great listener and wasn't shy about her ideas!
The way the little girl lit up @4:00 when you showed her the more sophisticated play was adorable
What a wholesome kid. Took time out of her day to teach levy how to play
Now that is a world record for most wired apperences. Congrats Levy!
Let’s hope he doesn’t do too many in a row, or Kramnik may accuse him of cheating.
@@fluffypink8730 "Levy has made 5 appearances on WIRED in just over a year? Interesting."
To be nitpicky, I think Erik Singer (dialect coach, expert on accents) has appeared more.
Featuring so many of NYC's finest! I really appreciated that you showed the blitz games with Tani and Irina. I think you should show the guests playing blitz chess in future episodes, even if the episode isn't about chess...
3|2 is my favorite time control for blitz and Levy’s game with Tani is exactly why. It would’ve been a shame for one of them to lose on time during the Middle game. Tani’s tactics skills are super human. Great video.
i loved this video honestly it wasn't like an over abundance of information like when you had niel on it felt more like a conversation this series you got is working and i love that levy's personality shined through more then what he was talking about 10/10 video and even learned about chess initiative which was super cool
I think you missed a very good oportunity to add a digital board on the edtition, so everyone can understand what moves are being mentioned. It is also easier to see the board that way.
That is not a novice that's a young talented chess player..
I think she a young and talented novice chess player. There's no problem with that-- also she isn't a stranger to the game by being called a novice, a novice is still a chess player. :)
She does seem talented and overall smart, but evidently still a novice.
Her rating definitely qualifies her as novice.
This was a great topic and a great host of the episode. I loved that there was more discussion than explanation.
Thank you for including Irina. She's a good competitor and teacher.
The way she describes her playstyle she’d probably be (or is already!) a shark in poker, too
Her play was beautiful
@@em4six348 ive done worse
These collaborations with Levy are great! Keep it up, WIRED!
Such a solid episode. Levy at his very best. More of this style. Super useful to me, a ~800 and passionate about moving my game up.
All of the guests are great here. Levy's dynamic with Riyae and Tani was great, plus the everyman, insightful with the AI guy. And I'll never stop crushing on Irina ❤
I'm always happy to see Levy doing so well, this man has got an unmatched dedication to his craft and he 100% deserves all the good things happening to him right now!
I can't tell if this is sarcasm
@@blackflag4537 i think he's being real. Levy did more publicity to chess more than anyone ever. He really made chess fun and more enjoyable than ever.
Yeah and he totally cares about his viewers and is not just interested in money!
@@howboutdis3908 💯
@@ddauglas 'unmatched dedication' Is what made think this is sarcasm cuz he's definitely not 'unmatched' in chess nor KZhead if we're talking most dedicated youtuber among chess players then yeah
I think that little girl already knows more about chess than 95% of people alive.
Definitely 99%
Yeah, she's definetly not a novice, she knew some pretty advanced concepts
99.9%
That isn't saying much. 95% of people alive probably know nothing about chess at all 😂
she's about a 1000 elo, which is only 300 elo lower than mine.
I like how the kid at the novice level says rook h3, queen h5, queen takes h7 check so quickly and it takes me a minute to find the coordinates of the tiles.
_Really_ liked the different structure and feel to this one, especially the games themselves which completely avoided getting mired in dry theory. Perfect for a video like this IMO.
When Levy said he loves chaotic positions and proceeded to play the Dutch Defense, it spoke to my soul.
As a kings gambit player I also relish chaos
I was not familiar with him before this video, but after hearing him describe his play style, when he opened with the Dutch I laughed and was so happy. I love the Dutch. And all the big decisions that occurred are very familiar to me so it was great to hear them talk them through and analyze afterwards.
The best part about this episode is how it shows each person’s unique conception of what the game is.
I’ve been inspired to start playing chess by levy since the pandemic hit, and to this day levy is still such an inspiration! This is indeed one of the most unique episodes of five levels. Loved it! Gotham may not be the best player but the best promoter of chess.
It was incredible how that Grandmaster was toying with him. They both knew a few moves in that the game was over.
Its nice to see Levy helping little channels as well as small chess players :)
he's pretty good at talking about chess, maybe he can make his own youtube channel or become a GM someday
He has. It is called Gotham chess
@@Akruit_HDYou're lying
r/whoosh @@Akruit_HD
@@Akruit_HDI searched it up and this channel doesn't exist. Stop spreading misinformation
@@Akruit_HD stop making stuff up on the internet please.
Levy, man, how far you've come in those last 2 years. Love how you explain it to the kid and to see this patient side of you 😂! She's so smart 😊
Beautifully, thoughtfully done, on so many levels
First girl was absolutely amazing. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see her as a chess professional in a few years
Why such low aspirations for her?
???@@mikecantreed
@mikecantreed ur mom
It’s actually super competitive when your young. There are hundreds of child prodigies coming up thanks to how widely accessible chess is with ai
she is too old sadly
So happy for Levy getting these opportunities.
I love levy's content, it's a pleasure to watch him teach as much as i love him screaming about the rook.
I love that Irina shared her Journey of becoming GM at 29! I hope it helps as a Motivation to Levy and everyone really... Maybe not everyone can become GM, but age should not be a barrier to improve in what you love. Specially chess
Yes. It's pattern recognition, something humans are wired to do. Put in the practice and the results will come. One GM got the title at the age of 43.
It's bizarre to see Levy talking so calmly, like his mom is watching
Great video, nice to see different types of people's perspective on the game on different levels. Levy was a great host and asked really interesting questions..
That was one of the best ones I've seen so far. Great video! As I look at learning language using AI, this really gave me some ideas.
The format of this video makes for engaging, natural, thought-provoking discussion. I will watch it multiple times. Thank you for this.
It's always such an entertaining video when you have Levy on it tbh
We love these videos with Levy, Wired, keep them coming!
Really enjoyed watching the Fide Master level game, I'm completely new but was able to follow almost all of what was happening and why cos you were talking about all of the moves and how you felt making them! Appreciate this vid! 🤗
I love this series, and I watch Levy sometimes! What a perfect crossover!
In case it wasn't too clear in level 3, at first Black has the initiative, using the pawns to take space, arranging the pieces to attack, then advancing. Then White is able to defend, and creates some of their own initiative. Attacking the vulnerable pieces, advancing the pawn, making the threat of promotion, using the rook to check the king and make more space for the pawn to advance, so White was able to transform the initiative and win the game.
I love how Levy is down a full minute at one point vs the Grandmaster while he was on par with time against Tani. That more than anything shows you the true difference between levels lol
That doesn't mean anything in blitz lol. Tani is a top 10 player in Titled Tuesday
It's always fun seeing Levy play Tani. That video of Levy being decimated in the park is legendary
10:23 that kid, tani is levy kryptonite. I like that kid. I wish that kid will surpassed Master Level
I wasn't expecting seeing Irina krush, I really love her playing style
I'd love it if Levy could analyse the FIDE game they played on his channel.
10:03 Tani brought the quiet sophisticated smoke. His brain & intellect will make a computer cry someday. GG
It wont
Yeah that will never happen lmao. Typical human cope about AI being a million times faster & better (lowball)
Even the finest GMs and goats: will you lose? Ai which has analyzed 10 trillion positions: nah I'd win
I really like when the players are talking out their strategy while moving pieces
I Love these Wired videos with Levi they are so entertaining!
Levy is such a wholesome person. The world needs more people like this
The number of professed Levy fans who can't spell his 4-letter name is truly impressive
@@dohpam1ne ah thanks, I didn't notice the autocorrect there. I adjusted it :) thanks for the tip, my friend
One of the best episodes on Wired. By far a candidate for top 3 episodes of the year!
This video went much more in depth than I initially expected. Very interesting!
In that first segment, you can see just how good Levi was at coaching young players before he quit doing that to focus on becoming popular on KZhead.
If that girl is level 1 then we are missing a level 0
Amazing seeing you do a 5 Levels, Levy! 😍
Gotham Chess is amazing and I hope that this helps grow his channel even more. Great video.
Levy never fails to appear in chess videos! Truly remarkable!
Makeup Levy isn't real, he cannot hurt you Makeup Levy:
Awesome video! Levy is the best!!! Next time editor should overlay a digital display of the chess board
Excellent video. It just got better. Had fun watching Tani, Irina, and the ai researcher blew me away
wired never fails to put levy in a video
Nice to see Levy breaking the bubbles and bringing chess to the masses.
Great series, Levy. Thank you.
Brilliant concept, brilliantly done. Thank you.
Levy is such a hard worker look at this he now has 5 youtube channels.
Wow.. level one was much more advanced than my first approach to chess... 😅
Excellent play and discussion by everyone in this video. The idea of "harmony" is new to me, but makes so much sense. I'm not a super advanced player, but I feel like in the majority of games I win there's a general feeling throughout the game of ideas flowing more naturally, and majority of games I lose there's more a feeling of confusion and trying to react to unexpected things. Of course there are plenty of blunders but in general there is a feeling of being more in harmony, more of a smooth development in games that go well.
The AI part was particularly interesting to me because this engine imitates human play at different levels instead of playing the best it can all the time. The strength of an AI engine like Stockfish is that it is so immune to error, but that is also a weakness in terms of using it as a training tool to play against human opponents. The fact that Maia can imitate different levels makes it particularly interesting, as it can mimic opponents you are likely to be playing against.
I love how Levy is becoming a Wired regular
"It's not too late Levy" I really want to see this happening now more than ever
Levy vs tani was a good match! Irina is awesome! Would like to see level 1 vs level 2 for some instructive content Also most curious is level 5. Surely the ai designer doesn't possess knowledge near the level of the created ai, however it was an interesting discussion
Oh man, I love the Dutch. Awesome to see that. That variation of the Classical Dutch is the Rubinstein, just a transposition of it. While the Dutch Defense is maybe not the most elite opening for black, it's a great opening for players who like a lot of attacking chances and it can really put white to the test if they aren't prepared for it. A lot of players are not prepared for it. My two favorite openings for black, which I don't always play but always keep as sharp weapons in my arsenal, are the Dutch and French defenses. I don't like all the resulting lines but they are mostly very fun to play. Otherwise I'm playing e5 against e4 because I lack the discipline to make a serious study of the Sicilian as black. I have taken chess more or less seriously over the years, but for me it's always about having fun, and I'd rather play a slightly worse position that I think will result in a fun game than the absolutely best move but I'm just bored or frustrated the whole time. The challenge then becomes knowing the fun openings much better than my opponents, and having a really strong sense of middle game tactics so I can brawl my way out to a favorable endgame.
levy probably would've yelled "kid, you missed THEEE ROOOOOK" at 0:34 which would've been edited out