IM Levy Rozman stunned more than 200,000 of his opponents and “did the meme” in GothamChess vs. the World on November 7 by sacrificing his rook on the game’s 21st move. After the world attacked Gotham’s rook with a pawn, the internet chess star left the piece under attack and moved one of his own pawns instead.
Levy has now sacrificed a rook against more than 200,000 opponents!
Levy has turned rook sacrifices into a meme with shorts like the following, and now he has brought it to a huge game with hundreds of thousands.
In the hours since Gotham’s sacrifice, the world team has captured the rook with 22.gxh5. Next Rozman responded with 22…Qxg4+, capturing a pawn and forking the white king and knight. Will the world team be able to survive the attack? You can join in the voting to help out!
