99 IQ Chess Player Tries To Solve Beginner Puzzles

[@nilscarlson8168]

I can’t believe my favorite youtuber finally picked up the hottest game of the 600s!

[@KillerOf1990]

Ah so this is the Queens Gambit show everyone has been talking about

[@rdleon99]

The Egg's Gambit, obvs.

[@MrAlliancepwner]

incredible comment

[@bowja4999]

The Egg's Scrambit, only on Pogflix

[@Jindo1]

@@bowja4999 Now we're getting somewhere

[@felipemontero9839]

I heard the led was hot but I wasn’t ready for this

[@Pravinoz]

15:47 See the mistake you made there was not time travelling back in time to capture the queen, free your knight, and checkmate the king in the 4th dimension

[@SexyBibliophile]

Hahaha, only true fans will understand why you’ve created such a wonderful comment. You’d deserve all the thumbs.

[@Level80Sorcerer]

Wait mate, you have to go back to your timeline! You are gonna mess with the laws of POGicity!

[@lostdestroyer8400]

aliensrock

[@Biosquid239]

Mmmmm 5d chess

[@GothamChess]

Want to do a chess collab?

[@raimanyuh]

@Northernlion I made this happen you so you better accept it

[@Gohmenasai]

@Northernlion Please NL, please!

[@Coolguy-cs6pn]

I hope your ready for your gourd to be pogged

[@-blakethesteak-]

@northernlion make my dreams come true

[@TheSchmiddler]

The hottest collab of 2020, pog up.

[@DevilishlyDutch]

I’m not backseating this one, I’m frontseating it, I’m LEARNING

[@Random_Fanguy]

Frontseating is like when you ask your big brother to beat a hard level for you.

[@Schindlabua]

@@Random_Fanguy We're shotgun, man's in the driving seat and we're coming along for the ride

[@pollyphemeus]

If you want to Front-seat you can always go to Dan's chat

[@Scroolewse]

My mind is absolutely blown that the man who doesnt pick up the powerpack after he buys it is also a chess genius. gourd=pogged out.

[@TheInverseGentleman]

I'm tied to the roof because I couldn't work out how to get into the car

[@CLAymatorANIMAtor]

me : mom i wanna watch queens gambit mom: we have queens gambit at home queens gambit at home :

[@joshuadu2308]

Quail's Gamete

[@TheMeanTime98]

@@joshuadu2308 lmaooo

[@_TheNormalGuy_]

Pog's Gambit

[@derekw9724]

I'd say that they're mutually required entertainment

[@moodragonx2]

@@joshuadu2308 This is such an intellectual shitpost.

[@TurtlesC4nFly]

NL doesn't play games while they are popular, he waits till it turns into nostalgia and THEN HE REELS IN THE POGS!

[@nemeanlyan7918]

One of these days he’ll be a swashbuckler who plays Sid Meier’s Pirates just like Quill18, I just know it!

[@Jipni]

Can’t wait for 2023 Destiny grinding

[@blahthebiste7924]

Or he lays down the rails of the hype train himself (Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Isaac even)

[@Northernlion]

pogging away the time

[@radeklew1]

@@Northernlion Pogging away the moments that make up a dull day

[@joo01234]

Hey NL, in the future, you can right click and drag to draw arrows to better illustrate where you think pieces might move. Please do more chess, this is truly out-of-this-world gourd pogging content.

[@friendlycoy]

now THIS is really helpful for reals!

[@brumiebear]

@@friendlycoy NL isn't hikaru or another GM. in 2 move puzzles it's really not necessary. It's probably more distracting for the egg

[@SnowyJop]

@@brumiebear I bet it would help him visualize, I love the arrows even on small puzzles

[@Northernlion]

wish I hadn't recorded 4 eps in advance rageFace

[@maxybaer123]

@@Northernlion we have at least three more episodes happyFace

[@101Benboy]

This doofus didnt even conglomerate his pawns to form a mega chessatron

[@MrRyfoe]

Oh baby, he’s feeding the chess beast inside him

[@Aztrosist]

THIS IS PEAK CONTENT THANK U

[@miniro-eh1up]

waiting for your chess video now

[@PlanaarisA7X]

I genuinely barely have time to take in the board and this egg is already like 'mmm its a move move, and fork, duuuh', he is actually too good

[@furtado704]

As someone who is utter trash at chess, this struck me as quite impressive!

[@Scroolewse]

Same. Sometimes when I get on my superiority horse (that's the right expression right?) watching NL play action-centric games I remember he is a freaking monster of a chess player. It's so fun to watch.

[@jojowidi2978]

"this is the trickiest move" has one legal move

[@Wolf-Zuzu]

The power of the egg. He is way too humble for his skill.

[@theplaguedoc1997]

there is no way he's actually 99 IQ, right?? he can't be if he's that natural at chess, like isn't 99 IQ average?

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@theplaguedoc1997 iq and chess aren't mutual

[@yavascita]

NL you are one of the best content creators on KZbin. This is not boring at all. Keep the good stuff going, brother.

[@ryannapohaku138]

You could treat chess like you treated Tetris 99... set a goal for yourself (boomer hits 1200 elo) and then end it. All in all I love me a good chess video and I love me a good northern video -a fellow Ryan

[@sillychinas]

@21:44 the reason you capture the pawn is because it's threatening mate in 2 via Rg5 Kh4 Rh6. In puzzles you have to end up in a position where you are up material at the end or mating. That's why some of these puzzles you can't just win a rook for a knight (called the exchange) because sometimes they start up material.

[@alecwillis1207]

the birth gave Ryan yet-unseen levels of Pog, this dude is giving us what we've wanted and is making deals with Fall Guys. I'm so proud of the Egg.

[@ringtone_rhythm]

As someone who isn't particularly well versed in chess, hearing you explain your thought process, even when you were "incorrect", was illuminating and very interesting. Cheers for the variety content, looking forward to more.

[@a4ga67ga]

27:15, the reason why the queen isn't checkmate is because it leaves an open tile for the king to escape(tile above white rook), not because it dies (since its protected by the black rook)

[@alliseth15]

absolutely pogged, i want nl to rank up solo chess battles tête à tête let’s go boiz

[@ryananweiler6312]

Have him play against moist critikal

[@fredrogers838]

@@ryananweiler6312 ewww

[@cantbreatheswinegod4256]

Nl vs hafu chess confirmed! I’m so exited for it. Keep it up northern Ryan lion, aka Kasparov’s Egg, thank you for bringing us chess content in these uncertain times.

[@ImEverythingYouCrave]

it's confirmed?

[@cantbreatheswinegod4256]

@@ImEverythingYouCrave No but if we start the rumour then it may happen due to social pressure

[@koiiinu]

hafu when

[@crimeocivcraft5566]

shhhh no we need to wait till he's deeper into the rabbit hole

[@mantar008]

Loved the Chess video today!! Extremely relaxing and it's fun to watch you talk out your thought process as you go through moves. You maybe could even go for the oh-so-classic grandmaster vibe and play some royalty-free classical music in the background quietly while you play!

[@nattteo]

I'd love to see more! It's really cool to see someone with a completely different chess style from me play, and the pogged out commentary only makes it better!

[@ChuCannon]

Hey NL! I just wanted to say I'm really loving this chess content!! :) It's been a while since I've watched anything but Isaac but this new series has me hooked!!

[@TheSpaghettiMan32]

Yooo I'm so happy to see more chess content! I got into it after I saw you play the clubhouse games of it and now I'm obsessed

[@ImEverythingYouCrave]

Ryan, us chess noobs actually enjoy your chess content incredibly so. Watching you do cool moves or just play a strong game is very interesting just to watch. Backseaters are massive chumps btw.

[@brumiebear]

us not chessnoobs like it probably even more! because we see our favorite game played by our favorite streamer!!

[@Level80Sorcerer]

NL was just waiting for his Isaac episode counter to reach his massive ELO latent rank.

[@kolyaisterabadi4277]

I actually really enjoyed this and hearing you puzzling each out. Would def love to see more of it!

[@nickPOPmusic]

Love watching you play chess, I would in no way be opposed to more great content like this.

[@ryananweiler6312]

Absolutely loved how much you seemed to enjoy this! Plus it was fun trying to work out the problem faster than you, never really did but still fun!

[@matyasandras9038]

Please more of this, I'm so excited every time you play chess.

[@metamagic7746]

truth be told, all NL has to do is show up. thus man had been pogged since the story began

[@OneMoreMeme_INeedYou]

Love watching the wheels spin in your head. Love the enthusiasm as you rediscover your passion. I would greatly look forward to more chess content good sir. Keep the pogs flowing brother.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

I love this. I used to play a lot as a kid and just stopped. The fact that NL is playing and explaining it like I am 5 is something you can't find anywhere else. I hope the series goes on.

[@erx0r]

Tip for future videos (I sure hope that there will be more): you can highlight squares and your candidate moves using the right mouse button. Right click on a square to highlight it, right click and drag to draw an arrow. Left click any empty square to clear all highlighted squares and drawn arrows.

[@brumiebear]

while this is good advice! i don't think it's necessary for the lines he is calculating. It's probably gonna distract him more..

[@ajcampbellone]

Can someone explain how he won the fourth puzzle? I thought the King can just move down one space and not be in check... EDIT: It seems like it just checks for winning moves, not checkmates.

[@elijahagustino3605]

Can you explain it to me please?

[@sillychinas]

@@elijahagustino3605 It is checkmate if he doesn't take the rook with the queen, but the line is too long to calculate for a beginner chess player. if you really want to see it: Rd8+ Kh2 R2d7+ (Bxd7 Be4+ Bf5 Bxf5#) Kg3 Rg1+ Bg2 Rxg2#

[@Botondar]

​@@sillychinas funnily enough NL saw the Bxd7 Be4+ line.

[@maxybaer123]

Actualy No. So far no-one has given the right answer. see if you move the rook you can checkmate the king in the fourth dimension. Because it cant move forward in time so you just move the rook through the time dimension and presto chango you win. Its really quite simple Zach.

[@vitkosbence3705]

@@sillychinas It still seems retarded to me, like the thing to learn from that puzzle is WHY black takes the trade that's really bad for them, not "hehe computer stoopid I win". It just seems stupid on a chess puzzle site.

[@Roeming]

You can use right click to draw lines and highlight tiles

[@Emma-oo4vb]

Yessss, more chess please! I don't mind the backsitting, as an average player, it gives me more time to think before I see your solution. I recommend playing one chess game per video (10 minutes aside). Love your content, keep up the pog ^^

[@psilocyble3053]

This is awesome, hyped for more chess content. Thanks NL!

[@quontumphysics6589]

I liked it when you went a little slower and explained your thought process cause it helps people who are bad at chess (me) understand what's going on. But it's cool to see you flex a little! I'm so terrible at this game dude

[@purifire]

I was initially really confused on this 'chess' game but NLs synopsis in the description really heped me out.

[@BrentHoekmanMagic]

Awesome video. Love seeing chess on your channel. Pro tip for the UI, you can drag right click to show how you'd move the pieces when you are giving examples :)

[@Hexinvir]

Love watching the Chess videos Ryan! You posting chess videos, and watching "The Queen's Gambit" on netflix really makes me want to play chess again

[@xInCreeDs]

About this game: the horse moves like an L Love that description

[@tomerssh]

9:55 I guess e3 can move up twice, it will take 2 turns but then the enemy either loses the knight or moves it, giving you free shot at the queen with the bishop

[@reksfilms8187]

the horse moves like an L

[@gwennnnnnnnnnnn]

the castle moves in a cross

[@maninham1]

bishop travels in an X

[@maxybaer123]

no the horse moves diagonal and then in a plus but never back to the original plus @reksfilms

[@mastershield5]

I would LOVE to see some rapid chess on the channel, even if a one off video! Super fun to see here already!

[@MiniMuffinFilms]

Highly pogged for this series. You figured out most puzzles before I had seen all the pieces! Truly an e-sports superstar

[@pook49]

Chess is actually having a second pop off

[@stevenlee7]

Rage comics are coming back too

[@TheYongary]

This is such a stupid take.

[@_Crumpet]

Things you love to see: - It. Things you would love to see: - NL and GMHikaru collab.

[@coolguy902]

I'm a very casual fan and player of chess but this was a great video! I really enjoyed listening to you logic out these puzzles and look forward to more chess videos!

[@seidi6945]

Have been watching The Queen's Gambit and I am once again interested in chess. And now I will be learning some of it with my favourite youtuber. Yay!

[@Cam-nv3zr]

I didn't realize until this year that I love watching chess. Pleeeeeaaaase keep this going. Would love to watch you go online to

[@tomassarapas302]

This video has turned an ok day great, you are truly entertaining NL, Thank you

[@mr.pigster7253]

2:43 can someone explain how this is a checkmate. Can't the King go to the square below?

[@tannenbaum3807]

Its not mate but white is now up a full rook after the combo.

[@Herculesbiggercousin]

I know nothing about chess, but what keeps this interesting is the fact that it’s intellectually stimulating for you and you seem to be having a lot of fun with that. Reminiscent of how Tetris challenged your speed / wits in a competitive environment.

[@Chakra_king]

MORE CHESS!! I am awful at chess I will not backseat, If anything is like to front seat and get some NL chess tips or smthn

[@pokemon0wns]

Hey Ryan, just so you know, if you hold down your right mouse on a piece and then move it you can get arrows that show us what move you’re thinking of. Just a heads up.

[@Honorablepleb]

I love me some chess, I love learning, I love watching some content about learning chess. This is all pogs brother, keep em coming

[@Jerryfan271]

10:08 is the correct play to check with the queen, take the bishop with the queen, then take the knight with the bishop?

[@pokemonkey99]

NL I'm honestly excited to see some chess, like I know how the game works but I've been wanting to get better, and seeing someone play who isn't like grandmaster-God tier ELO and seeing some actual thought but who is still leagues better than me is really helping! Thanks for the pogged gourd, I'm looking forward to some more!

[@WillUleimi]

I recently have gotten back into Chess (because of the Pogchamps tournaments, of course), so it would be amazing to see some more chess content from you, NL.

[@AxtheDragon]

While I'm not much of a chess player myself, I really enjoyed this video! Keep them comming!

[@Roeming]

Get GothamChess in here for a lesson, and my gourd would be peaked pogged

[@mrgamingpanda16]

That would be amazing. I don't think I've seen him coach a stream that was anywhere close to 1500 OTB

[@nicolaramazzotto5855]

Please, someone, actually tag them on Twitter or something, that would be pog rich

[@nichm7318]

i fourth this

[@Anagraphy]

Eric Rosen would be a better match imo

[@mrgamingpanda16]

@@Anagraphy holy shit brother you're right.

[@flutiyama]

YESSSSS!!!!! I didn't think you could ever make me watch even more content, but chess puzzles are the BEST

[@Idk-os4ix]

I'm sorry but how could he have missed the next move after rook takes f7 and king to g8. He could have simply moved his rook to f2 and then the king would be under check from the bishop and he could simply captured the queen after the king moves. I'm talking about the 24:31 part

[@kingdroplet6879]

This is pogging me out. Do more of these please!

[@zimanz7457]

Hey NL! You cant press the right mouse button to draw arrows, it really helps the viewing experience because we can see the moves you are saying/thinking. Hope you see this and loved the video!

[@camimilalemke]

15:00 "literally i'm dumb, okay" keeps opening my google assistant and searching dumb. My google assistant doesn't work with me, but with nl it does...

[@Dinoczar]

NL playing chess is legitimately amazing. He'll do 15 moves in a row where I've hardly finished reading the board before he's found the optimal path, and then he struggles to find a one-move mate that was the first thing I thought of. PLEASE DO MORE!

[@WaddleJrJr]

Incredibly excited to see this! Great video, I'm looking forward to more!

[@hewloe8312]

I enjoyed this immensely and would be delighted to see more of it.

[@xplosionrule]

Man I enjoyed this video so much, I can't wait to see if some PogHead chess vs. player comes out on the channel!

[@Goryus]

Please do more of this.

[@austinmaddox3646]

I don't comment very much but I wanted you to know. I remember watching your videos since I moved out when I was 19 years old in my first apartment. I had a son so I took a break (I'm sure you understand). Now I am 25 and now my whole household watches your videos. Keep up the great work, NL.

[@NLLHW]

Not sure if I'm just becoming boring, but I'm appreciating the chess content! Digging the slower and more chill vibes.

[@geraldofbolivia3968]

I started getting chess videos in my recommended ever since NL played it on 51 club house games and I’ve been hooked ever since

[@Chaxar]

11:14 - I find a lot of puzzles are aggressive in nature. Most moves, that are not mate or a capture that wins material, almost always involve forcing moves that greatly limit the opponent. I stay away from passive/defensive moves when I do my puzzles.

[@roniorae]

I absolutely adore watching you play chess; please continue, egg

[@panda4247]

7:13 exactly. Promoting with check makes all the difference in this one

[@gmansplit]

I am genuinely confused as to how the setup at 1:52 is checkmate. Can't black move the knight at F6 up to E8 and thus block the rook's ability to attack the king(at least temporarily)? Edit: The next one wasn't checkmate either. Are none of these checkmates, and if not, what is the game even testing?

[@patrob1165]

it's not about checkmates, it's about finding the best moves in every board. Some puzzles are checkmate in 1 or 2, some are endgame strategy and so on.

[@rabbie73]

I rarely comment on videos, but it's so awesome seeing one of my favorite youtubers playing one of my favorite games. Please keep playing! I really enjoy this content!!! :)

[@jofo9742]

If anything I would really appreciate you going a little slower for us folks who've never played chess anywhere near what you are doing. Love it nl this big brain lion

[@MaxionWang]

Would love to see more of this high octane chessplay. It's got my gourd pogged outta control.

[@tannersmith4848]

NL when there is one legal move "This is the trickiest move" POG content btw. I have been wanting egg chess for years.

[@c0dexus]

Honestly, you did super well, a few blind spots like that last mate but overall your speed was surprising for somebody who hasn't played in a long time.

[@Pravinoz]

Is this Egg insane? He's pumping out content left and right. My gourd cant handle these levels of POG.

[@KVWI]

Now this is the good shit right here

[@josh8901]

Seeing Nl playing chess is always a good time

[@MichaelangeloooGaming]

I really enjoyed this! Keep em coming!

[@MrMkG2]

we've been playing the long game bois, it's only going to take until march next year until we can soften the egg(tm) enough so that he reenters the competitive chess scene and THEN he can retake his crown as internet chess boi supreme, his birthright.

[@gamr693]

The pogs are pouring into my gourd as I learn from the master! Please keep going with chess as it helps me get better!

[@TheBearProphet]

I enjoy when you explain the moves you are making. I suck at chess but I'm interested in learning.

[@ethansmart8801]

i don’t think u understand how much i enjoy this content

[@Cakeygiraffe]

I've recently been watching random chess youtubers before I go to bed so I am POGGED OUTTA MY GOURD for this content

[@zacheriah6231]

really enjoy your chess content, only thing I would change is probably some background music a la geoguesser to fill in some of the dead air.

[@aidan_kelly]

I dig this series. Here is my appreciation.

[@ItsLightGreen]

I legitimately think that you would've/would do really well in Pogchamps! If this is you after years of not playing it's actually impressive!