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


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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[GothamChess]

Thank you, WIRED. Always a pleasure :)

[highkage]

bruh that 8 year old was at least 300 points better than 80% of Levy's viewers

[prismix]

I like how Levy explains chess to an 8 year old in a more sophisticated way than he does to his viewers.

[johnwalker]

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.

[petacrdi]

If that's considered a novice player then I should quit.

[davidesp]

First girl was amazing at showing her thought process, and props to Levy for knowing how to come across to each audience well.

[SirVampyr]

You can clearly see that Levy was an amazing chess teacher before doing YouTube, just the way he explained it to the 8 year old. Just an amazing guy.

[cpking]

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.

[chess]

Levy sharing the love of the game to the world <3

[MJA-]

Should have included a total novice, this talented 8-year-old was definitely over 1000. Quite the high entry level.

[spiraldj]

Tani is definitely headed to gm level. I remember him playing against Hikaru. He's quite funny too lol

[donaldcedar]

The way the little girl lit up @4:00 when you showed her the more sophisticated play was adorable

[pastashack]

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.

[anantasadiankhan]

I also like how Levy is so humble and respectful in these videos but on stream, he is just a totally different beast.

[souptikb]

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.

[bedeehiogu]

I loved the Irina part. She's just gained a new fan. Her way of laughing and talking about chess is just refreshing.

[aaaituganov]

WIRED is Levy's second channel at this point

[Kjleed]

I’m honestly impressed with Novice. She seems more experienced than most newcomers I’ve played.

[ximaxwellix]

Seeing Levy become Grandmaster is definitely something on my bucket list of things I can't influence but want it to happen.

[MuhammadIqbal-dpes]

10:23 that kid, tani is levy kryptonite. I like that kid. I wish that kid will surpassed Master Level