5 Chess Games YOU MUST KNOW!

5 Chess Games You Must Know

0:00 Intro
0:34 Game 1 - Morphy
7:28 Game 2 - Immortal
15:30 Game 3 - Evergreen
21:50 Game 4 - La Bourdonnais
28:32 Game 5 - Kasparov

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[colegieseking]

Levy: “One of you is named after pants.”
Jean Dufresne: “Those who live in glass houses ought not throw stones, Levi.”

[nicoackermann]

I'm always impressed how people can remember full games of other people or even their own.

[Garspawnish]

After Anderssen's death in 1879, Wilhelm Steinitz published a tribute in The Field in which he annotated Anderssen's two most famous games, the Evergreen and the Immortal Game against Lionel Kieseritzky. Steinitz wrote, "An evergreen in the laurel crown of the departed chess hero", thus giving this game its name.”

Allegedly.

[OneOfUs-]

Honestly. these videos are so entertaining. From the incredible storytelling to the fact that anyone of any skill level can watch this and still follow along. I have never played a single game of chess in my life and don't know any of the theory, but I still feel the excitement and suspense from start to finish. Thank you for making chess so accessible and fun to everyone!

[matthewbless]

24:05 LCMDLB is extremely lucky that en passant wouldn't become a forced move until later in chess history.

[thelanternexpress]

Levy I want to thank you for your videos. Since watching, my rating has gone from 1200 to 800 in a week!

[robertreid]

The thing I love about the Opera Game is what Levy hinted at - chess wasn't anywhere near as well understood at the time. Morphy was figuring out what most chess players now take for granted. He singlehandedly brought chess to the next level, then retired from chess at 22, because he felt it was a frivolous pursuit. Possibly chess's most enigmatic figure.

[tiletapperever]

The second game is absolutely incredible. Black had the whole army, with the exception of the loss of just 3 pawns, while white had sacrificed both rooks, the queen and a bishop. e5 was crazy to find out. That's a game that really looked unreal. Wow

[roastghost]

They say a perfect chess game ends in a draw, but I think game 3 is a better example of a perfect game: white checkmates black while black has mate in 1.

[popscle]

8:25
Levi: "They would move the their king as early as move 4"
Hikaru and Magnus playing the bong cloud: "OUR goals are beyond your understanding"

[Mag_Nus]

Levy's obviously sick at chess but his presentation and teaching skills and his blatant enthusiasm really make these videos. Really fun 36 minutes!

[singlsrvingfrinds]

I just love watching him explain ideas behind their moves, Such enthusiasm and personal like he is playing himself

[anacreon]

the octopus knight being so powerful it was worth 9 points of material. That is insane.

[KrazyCouch]

When Levy said there wasn't gonna be any crazy queen sacs for insane mates with the last game, I was skeptical of how awesome it would be, but I think that's the most beautiful game of Chess I have seen in my life!

[nurilnuril]

These games were insane. Thanks for opening my eyes to the world of chess. There's so much potential in this game and so many stories to tell. You really created a niché for yourself being a great chess player and a great storyteller. Hats off to you

[advancedPawn]

There are slick checkmate and then there is the "3 Pawn End Zone Rush" checkmate that game 4 had. Very wicked.

[itilkildrenslegacy]

As for the evergreen, steinitz at the time said it was Anderssen' best game and, like a laurel crown, would have remained evergreen and never fade.
A bit over dramatic maybe, but he was definitely right

Edit: had to wiki who said it

[exoplanet]

My first chess computer program was Chessmaster 2000 in 1983 on an Apple Iic. I still remember that it had an option where you could call up a few old game, including "Evergreen" and A's "Immortal".

[billprovince]

No list is going to cover everything perfectly, but Kasparov vs. Topalov is yet another fantastic game. I once had the opportunity to ask Kasparov about his personal favorite game, and he selected his game vs. Topalov. If I caught him on a different day, he may have selected his game vs Karpov instead. Both of these games are considered his "immortals", and it's hard to select the "best" one.

[StevieBee]

Loved this episode even though I knew most of the games. Would love to see this continued. Especially Bc I feel like older games before so much theory and engines the attacks were so belligerent and are fun to watch