I Survived Teaching xQc Chess

[@GMHikaru]

This was an all time fave stream. XQC is a great guy and the explosion of emotes in chat was quite memorable. Also gotta plug the limited time merch. If the chessbrahs have taught us all one thing, it's if you're gonna sellout - go big or go home. Limited run Hikaru Bongcloud Speedrun Merch - available here for about 10 more days: merch.streamelements.com/gmhikaru . Thanks so much for all the support, subscriptions and follows.

[@carlostorres-rivera7200]

Great stuff Hikaru keep it up.

[@Shawn2all]

GMHikaru more of this content!!

[@shawalsharikhan2871]

Wow what a lucky guy to have a lesson from the great GM Hikaru. I subcribed GM Hikaru on twitch and youtube, can i claim my session?haha

[@bobmeyers186]

Hikaru, what is that picture behind you in the background? Is it some kind of ukiyo-e painting?

[@bcool6801]

Ty Hikaru

[@LocallyConstantDuck]

Chess GMs should do “adopt a gamer” where they pick some video game streamers, coach them for a month, and then have them play a match against each other

[@imyourvillainpilotcave5167]

Daniel Pezzi this is the best idea ive ever heard

[@aidanyeoh5097]

YES!

[@matheusbarrel]

good idea but hard to make it happen

[@Snoooo]

Damn this would be amazing. RIP the one who has to teach Greek.

[@meshock]

sounds like a twitch rival thing

[@Cubci]

the least expected crossover in my life

[@hungryhyena783]

Very true

[@user-zu6ts5fb6g]

i was hoping for this, but its unexpected indeed

[@mrpotatohed4]

hikaru said he was a fan of xqc, xqc knows who hikaru is and that he is a streamer, and xqc had been playing chess. Given those things it wasn't unexpected.

[@scoutiano4441]

@@MemeTDYT fortnite POGGERS

[@Cubci]

@@mrpotatohed4 Oh nice I didnt know that

[@Insym]

xQc: *Does anything* Hikaru: "I actually have checkmate in one"

[@vergil3800]

Lmap

[@calebfudrums]

hahahahh

[@darrenfranz2631]

cr1tikal: "i actually have checkmate in three"

[@mfl4mes841]

If your opponent is retarded enough, a 2 move checkmate is theoretically possible

[@Subpar1224]

@@mfl4mes841 it's not even really idiocy it's almost on purpose honestly

[@thisisog_mohit]

"It's too soon Hikaru, We didn't even reach climax."

[@bert9801]

It was so sad

[@kzr_1613]

So painful...

[@anomalouscheez4062]

T h r o b b i n g

[@zachphelps3427]

T H R O B B I N G

[@zyad9421]

Charlie did

[@LucasRuge]

Imagine getting recommended this video after “the match”

[@jithinkrishna6394]

oof,I got reccomeded this after that match lol

[@braiden_]

6

[@jorgeboro6105]

Lol I got this video recommended after "that match"

[@thatoneguy9582]

*t h r o b b i n g*

[@Metalrave]

bruh that actually happened for me

[@laurynastruskauskas6586]

My queen is in check -GM xqc

[@arivedal]

The 675 rated gm

[@bingus1924]

675 in the world PogU

[@IronDizaster]

"I'm gonna castrol" - GM xQc

[@RievYT]

@@bingus1924 top 675 PogU

[@Le_g3nd]

Me and my friends use this terminology

[@Shvdow77]

This aged like a fine wine

[@conquestv4024]

Or milk

[@holydiver4988]

THROBBING

[@overlord267]

Hikarus disappointment was immeasurable

[@wesseldewinter1784]

Yes it did my man

[@creatineaddict]

Can anyone explain why

[@deltablues24]

Next video: Magnus Carlsen teaches shroud how to be an alcoholic

[@rubikvoncube3583]

I laughed harder than I should have...

[@YabelTheGr8]

LOL

[@Griyas]

God why is that so funny xD.

[@zfnresa2248]

Holy fuck imagine Shroud actually playing chess with Magnus

[@LogicA002]

@@zfnresa2248 That would be the best crossever ever!

[@carlsaischa]

Hikaru : "I would win this position 100 times out of 100 against anyone in the world." xQc : *looks at board and thinks really hard*

[@Asdayasman]

This comment is my favourite out of all of them.

[@nevermore7009]

Lmao

[@deez747]

Hate when I’m *board*

[@sharvapatil688]

This guy still got checkmated in 6

[@jonahwebster9338]

Lol my boy Charlie

[@kaeldlr2018]

Jonah Webster so Proud of our boy

[@nowimnotracistbut9320]

Moist God

[@christianpiamonte2159]

Dottoman 共匪 that’s right, you could lead a horse to water, doesn’t mean it’ll drink it

[@natsuno.]

T H R O B B I N G

[@BigChungus2299]

xQc doesn't realize how lucky he is to be coached by Hikaru haha. It's nice to see you being patient and nice with him.

[@KahurangiSteez]

Hikaru's getting plenty back in viewership and exposure haha, Twitch is allllll about who you know unless you're doing something really original and unique

[@geert574]

Xqc came a long way, he used to be shunned until 20k viewers and suddenly Dr Disrespect and Timmy wanted to group up 😆

[@gihanbandarage6906]

Wait what? This never happened, xqc has been like the top 5 streamer for the past year

[@vickm7761]

Yeah, are you kidding me? Hikaru is the lucky one. He's getting exposure to 1000's of viewers by one of the top Twitch streamers like xQc and Rekful. He will get more viewership from them, by far. They both make hundreds of thousands of dollars streaming.

[@borisjo13]

@@vickm7761 xQc is 'lucky' that he is being coached by someone rated 18th in the world, Hikaru is 'lucky' that he gets to team up with a big streamer.

[@MrAMP1520]

Is XQC gonna teach you overwatch next?

[@lad2987]

N OMEGALUL

[@ishaboy5090]

WINSTON AIM PepeLaugh

[@annabelle5924]

YES

[@ferrocha26]

Nah Hikaru would learn literally every single thing possible in 2 months

[@aydenramirez4279]

Lmao yes

[@yatinuppal2180]

who's here after Hikaru spent so much time mentoring xqc just for him to lose in 6 Moves😂😂

[@kzr_1613]

It's was so painful to watch Hikaru when he understand what's happening...

[@nowimnotracistbut9320]

Moist God

[@natsuno.]

T H R O B B I N G

[@kevo6425]

oooo i wanna see too, may i have the link?

[@dylanbenn3868]

@@tiagopachecodosreis3498 look up moist critical checkmates xqc and you should find it haha

[@alucard4448]

"For some reason is hard to think fast" -xQc 2020

[@colorcookie6088]

- GM xQc 2020*

[@bradhurst6834]

Jam a man of fortune

[@magicaryeh]

I love hikarus trashtalk and fast calculations as much as the next person but its also nice to see his patience when he is in teaching mode 😂

[@beenismchugerod]

Imagine getting a chess lesson from hikaru 😭😭

[@zizhdizzabagus456]

Beenis McHugerod as an old Japanese master with a beard , he would likely start to humiliate u right away and till the end of ur 10 years study. Also u will have to cook rice for him

[@kostabrillakis36]

Valeriy Shatilov hahahahahahahaha

[@num8ers711]

@@zizhdizzabagus456 Accurate

[@lintanggg5010]

@@zizhdizzabagus456 LMAOOOOOOOO

[@ryaNug]

It's not too hard. You just need to get an average of 30.000 views on twitch. That's kinda it.

[@WWEFAN952]

This was the best thing that happened in Twitch in a long time. one of the most unexpected collabs, by two of my heros from what I once thought were completely opposite worlds.

[@social8326]

All this training just for Charlie to clap cheeks in 6 moves

[@Kittensandpuppies123]

Funny how the game makes more sense when I'm spectating and when I'm playing I get so focused on a single piece I don't see the bigger picture.

[@ajax9528]

true af

[@zerg230]

It's easier to understand moves than to find them. I am the same way, except when hikaru goes and says something like: takes takes takes and it's mate in 7 after that.

[@noahnee2309]

The way xQc looks at his screen after Hikaru moves makes me concerned

[@aa_2054]

he looks like hes trying to make laser beams shoot out off his eyes.

[@curtisw0234]

@@aa_2054 he'll need it to beat Hikaru

[@blackthunderhd5083]

7777777777777777777777777777777777777777

[@justinolson1978]

He is just a chat fiend. Is always reading it

[@ademirspagnoljunior9025]

But Naka does the same thing I saw a vid were he was playing and saw the match on his side and made that EXACT same face Xqc future GM #underrated

[@shimawaltz5403]

Everyone in xQc comments: Hikaru has a lot of patience lmao, Hikaru is so nice, etc. Hikaru: I survived teaching xQc chess The backstab man

[@WabiTheChocobo]

you do realize the title is even more funny, if you look at the shirt hikaru is wearing, right? and that it obviously is chosen to be the title because of that :P

[@megaoof7184]

@@WabiTheChocobo bruh ... He's a 5Head of chess he is always 20 years ahead on muves he knew he would teach some pepega chess so he put the t-shirt with the intention of being polite on the match so he could put the title of his shirt on the vídeo só It would be a backstab base on his politeness from before thus creating a funny joke , such Power of clairvoyance WHAT A FUCKING OMNIPOTENT CHAD WHO IS THIS DUDE ? GOD EMPERROR ?

[@WabiTheChocobo]

@@megaoof7184 5Head Clap of course, i did not see it before

[@jacobsowe155]

777 likes PogU

[@wherethewatermeetstheshade]

xQc isn't the brightest human being

[@0pine0]

Teach him for months so he could lose in 6 moves lmao

[@LeafyPeach]

Charlie had his own teacher Perfectly balanced,as all things should be.

[@williamhealy6381]

Lol I can't believe he had been playing for that long and didn't know how to defend a scholar's

[@alexandrumarin8981]

@@LeafyPeach who taught Charlie? I'm genuinely curious.

[@rbalephoto]

@@alexandrumarin8981 I think Daniel Naroditsky did if I remember correctly

[@alexandrumarin8981]

@@rbalephoto yup. That's the guy. Found the clips.

[@Arnesfield]

Hikaru to xQc: "You're not a bad chess player" Also Hikaru to himself after blundering a pawn in his blitz games: "Oh my god I blundered a pawn I should just quit playing chess"

[@James.D.B.]

To be fair he's teaching a beginner, you have to be gentler with them so their passion doesn't die early

[@UwU-lo4dv]

Felix's chat was wall to wall "AT Y OMEGALUL UR LEVEL PepeLaugh" every time Hikaru would say "at your level" so if you see Felix cracking up it was probably because of that.

[@saych232]

PepeLaugh KEEP IT TOGETHER FELIX

[@manuelsousa]

HOLD IT IN PepeLaugh

[@Raphael_.-]

My fellow profile picture friend...

[@havardmj]

wtf did I just read?

[@carlotheemo]

@@havardmj the beauty of twitch chat

[@karlwilzen]

Naka about a 2900 player who misses the best move in a complicated endgame: "Oh my god he is so bad. How am I losing to this?" Naka to xQc when he develops a piece: "Wow! You found the best move!"

[@thomasalicea8877]

I wouldn't say fake just the difference between teacher mode vs competitive mode

[@mafab666]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 There's a big difference in how you view and interact with beginners and how you view and interact with competitors

[@adawg853]

funny, but incorrect!

[@sner365]

I don't know who QxC is, Can anyone tell me who that is?

[@gh-ev9vi]

Voids ex overwatch pro, now one of the biggest streamers in twitch

[@thatonerandomguyontheinter4971]

"Are there metas, cheese strats?" Boy, this game is centuries old and it never changed

[@Ihateteenagerstheyrecringe]

It's the most balanced game in the world.

[@MN-co6rb]

According to heavyweight analysis softwares such as Stockfish, White has a very, very slight advantage at the beginning of the game, due to the fact that whoever plays it gets to go first. White is currently, and has been for centuries, meta. Somebody please nerf

[@jamaicanwoman9375]

Minh Nguyen I’m not playing till they nerf white

[@MN-co6rb]

​@AkatsukiSasuke923 I will assume you are talking about flipping a coin with different textures on each side of it. I would say roughly so, if not a bit more prominent. Although, with the difference being so minuscule, an estimate can seldom be accurate.

[@flacko4712]

of course because the game is old new metas could come up, for example poker new metas come and goes

[@Someguyahh]

Hikaru just seems like such an awesome guy in general. You can tell he really loves spreading the love of chess to someone new.

[@keyurmodi3428]

Yep... He is awesome...

[@asharullah353]

Not really true. The guy has more subs. So teaching him chess increses hikarus popularity. And having him in title increases views so stoinks. If you don't believe me then think about it why hikaru taught xqc and not an ordinary person or small youtuber

[@erois6190]

@@asharullah353 Why does it matter. Both get something in return. Xqc gets better at chess and Hikaru gets major exposure. Also we viewers get great content. Doesn't make him any less good of a person. Also Hikaru is one of the best players in the world so he isn't just an irellevant high ranked player looking to leech.

[@petergriffin8767]

Ashi Syed Dude it’s not a charity. This is his business. Him teaching random patzers does nothing for him but teaching xQc does something nice for a community AND helps his lively hood.

[@vladventura1928]

@@petergriffin8767 True; and if you think about it, while teaching xQc he's also teaching whoever in his community might be interested in chess (probably most of whoever watched that stream, right?), so in the end it's a win for everyone.

[@FirstnameLastname-eq8eq]

idk why the villain training arc is in my recommended

[@lennyface2586]

Lol

[@diaso7029]

lmaoo

[@soratron]

Wonder how your chat was.... xQc’s was : HE’S EVOLVING monkaS monkaS and PVC IS LEARNING WutFace

[@il1959]

And YOUR LEVEL

[@sinaftw]

do you know the date of when they played? i really wanna watch the vod of xqc with chat lol

[@Shawn2all]

When XQC gets GM before most of us do 😭

[@ceeliv202]

I'm not laughing tho😂🙆‍♂️

[@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj]

Who is he ?

[@Shawn2all]

Abhishek Kumar XQC is one of the top streamers on twitch.tv

[@tash5540]

@@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj he has the fastest moving and most engaged chat on any stream aswell.

[@FinBoyXD]

@@tash5540 Yes, the measure of Pepega chat

[@vinayakjadhav1719]

I like the way Hikaru was encouraging XQC even if he was playing normal moves. Hikaru gains my respect.

[@ニャーミックス]

Vinayak Jadhav A good player trash talking someone who is not competition makes them look weaker. You thinking that he would trash talk him is showing who you are. You don't trash talk someone you know is worse. It's dumb. You're literally saying you winning was expected. Where as if you do bad. You show you suck. You need to understand a novice versus an idiot. And you're just an asshole, who trash talks to feel better.

[@yugami6062]

@@ニャーミックス chill homie. It wasn't that deep a comment lmao.

[@vinayakjadhav1719]

@@ニャーミックス , A players character is define by how he treat weaker players. Everyone respect stronger players and very few respect encourage weaker one.

[@akshaydeep30]

Well when he actually praised him those were actually the best moves.

[@prometheus5218]

@@ニャーミックス Let me guess..someone stole your sweetroll?

[@squareball7017]

Going back to this after he got scholared is so damn depressing lmao. Cant even believe it's been 2 months already

[@andreasrset289]

this did not age well oh no no no PepeLaugh

[@NO-gh4qp]

Came here to say the same lmaoo

[@daniasd1042]

Hahahaha

[@neelav6057]

Lololol

[@Kevin-12]

💀

[@kzr_1613]

So painful

[@jeffyoo4145]

Hikaru: This game is done. I would win this game 100 times out of 100 even against GMs. xQc: *Starts trying extra hard*

[@Ananya807]

17:80

[@gcollins1992]

Hikaru: "What I'm doing is not the best opening." *Frowns in John Bartholomew.*

[@gcollins1992]

Hikaru: "Against me, you wouldn't want to trade because stronger players have the advantage as the game gets toward the endgame." As if he didn't have the advantage from the knowledge of every viable opening in chess, middle games from knowing the key plans of those openings, nearly unmatched tactical vision, clock management unrivaled by all but the best players in the world, and endgame skills able to win or draw almost every theoretical win and draw. Playing stronger players is an uphill battle, but playing Hikaru must be like trying to wipe up the ocean with a paper towel.

[@Oliver-bn7jt]

@@gcollins1992 and waiting for it to dry lol

[@gh-ev9vi]

gcollins1992 make sure you dont miss a spot next time you kiss his ass lmao

[@gh-ev9vi]

Yohann Mouliom yeah which is why what he said is unnecessary

[@gcollins1992]

@@gh-ev9vi Dunno what your problem is dude. Hikaru's a great player, and I had fun describing how ridiculous the situation was. I'm sorry you're so upset about something that you have to ruin things other people enjoy.

[@YellowwFellow]

It was really fun seeing XQC learning the roles of the pieces and what they do like a 5 year old getting taught the alphabet for the first time. Hikaru was an awesome babysitter.

[@saulmartinez1241]

Hi, I started playing chess because I liked your stile when I came across your videos thanks to KZbin algorithm. I started on 350 when I barely knew how to move the pieces, now I am 1150 and plan to keep going up! Thanks for inspiring new chess players. Edit: Just hit 1700 recently, thanks.

[@rememberthattimewhen400]

How long have you been playing? I’ve been on Chess.com for a few months and I’ve been stuck at the 600-700 range sadly

[@llamaking1590]

@@rememberthattimewhen400 Do you go over your games after you play them? If not then i recommend doing that. I also recommend just playing longer games (30 min) as well as doing tactics (Chesstempo). This is what i did and i am now 1200 starting a few months ago. Also make sure that you're not hanging pieces so just make sure that when you make a move your piece is defended. Also learn the basics for openings such as developing pieces etc

[@123duelist]

@@rememberthattimewhen400 If you want to improve in chess.com, you can try doing puzzles, puzzle rush and puzzle battles everyday. And chess.com is letting people do Puzzle battles unlimited for free till after next week.

[@nathanpryer715]

Stile

[@saulmartinez1241]

@@rememberthattimewhen400 I started about 5 months ago, but I always look at the engine to analyze mistakes and do something like "mental tactics" throughout the day, that has helped me a lot. Also doing puzzles.

[@JaswiL-_51]

29:49 HIKARU’S FACE KILLED ME WHEN HE HEARD “MY QUEENS IN CHECK” XD

[@lilgangsta979]

So learning the game from middle school, most people were very condescending. “That move is stupid”, etc. Seeing this makes me happy. A GM teaching a novice learner with such kind and accepting words with nothing but kindness. I cried seeing this. I wish I had someone like Hikaru teaching me. No frustration from Hikaru. Xqc is lucky.

[@lunareclipse-rd3gy]

Yea things like that happen in middle school Ppl are just toxic like that

[@ericzenk4404]

Reasonably good intro for how to play chess. I usually watch Hikaru's videos as tactics trainers. As he and opponent are making moves, ask "why did they do that". Starting from absolute basics (don't blunder your pieces) is a good idea. He also mentions major classes of tactics (pins and forks). There are a lot of good chess videos on youtube and this ranks as a decent chess lesson 1.

[@Matthew_Troll]

It’s nice to see how patient Hikaru is, he just wants to share the game he loves with a bunch of new people.

[@Matthew_Troll]

Masua90 there’s obviously other motivation, publicity being the main one. He’s going to reach some of XQCs viewers out of this. Hikaru has said in the past that twitch is a way to spread chess to more people. I’m just complimenting him on not being a dick about it. It would be incredibly easy for him to be condescending or think that this is just a waste of his time because he’s one of the top chess players in the world. He’s genuinely trying to help XQC out and it serves as a stepping stone for his viewers to start learning chess.

[@Matthew_Troll]

Erik Näslund Exactly! I’m 23 got into chess about a year ago because Agadmators video on game 3 of the 1972 WCC got recommended to me and for some random reason I clicked on it. I hadn’t played a game of chess since I was 8 years old (my dad and grandfather used to play on scouting trips). I was immediately hooked and through watching Hikaru, Antonio, Aman & Eric, Yasser, and Ben Finegold I’ve learned a lot. I went from only knowing how the pieces moved to 1820 on chess.com in the year since. It’s great KZbin and Twitch are around to support all of those guys sharing the game that they’ve devoted their lives to.

[@Matthew_Troll]

@@Masua90 I've done puzzle rush, but it's mainly been books, playing, and analyzing my games. I finished up my associates degree late last year and took a semester off to figure out what my next step will be so I had a lot of free time. I've been an avid reader most of my life so I'm used to taking in and processing a lot of different information and chess has just become another thing that I like to study. On average I've been playing about an hour or two a day and analyzing games about the same amount of time. I've also watched most of agadmators videos and took notes so I can look into/reference the concepts later. I'm just lucky to have the time and interest.

[@isaac10231]

@@Matthew_Troll Yeah that's really fast. Took me maybe 2 years to reach 1500 and then I plateaued and stopped.

[@frankohero]

I found, if you want to teach someone chess, ask them to tell you WHY you did your move. This is how one starts winning games - by understanding why the opponent did what he/she did.

[@ruebuh]

The moment when you Know that for Hikaru the difference between beating XQC and a person with 2000 rating makes almost no difference

[@gabrielgonzales6531]

Xqc didn't have a chance against the throbbing master moistcritical who was blessed and guided by the omniscient prophet Daniel Naroditsky and let's not forget about the fat 10 gift subs by our savior pikachu

[@PEBBLETHEREBEL1985]

Love this, didn't think Hikaru would have such patience.

[@bcool6801]

10 min? Naka would slaughter me blindfolded with 8 seconds on his clock

[@farhanrana9409]

They actually had a quick match with xqc getting 1 min and Naka getting 10 seconds and Naka won the match in like 6 seconds actually lol

[@bcool6801]

Farhan Rana lmao

[@drhashbrown6848]

is anyone here after xQc got rolled? :)

[@kms5656]

i need an agadmator analysis on on of these games lol

[@TheRiquelmeONE]

i always need an agadmator analyisis on any game

[@nighty9003]

holy shit thats so fucking true

[@imightbebiased9311]

Uh, he actually did one. lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHabiZWkrMt9eqc

[@aemax_]

THIS WAS AMAZING LMAO, one of the coolest video collabs I've seen in a while. xqcL

[@terrynguyen7247]

30:07 "Wait, my Queen isn't in Check....yours is!" LOL

[@fadilhabibidanufane9593]

Lol that sentence doesn't make sense whatsoever

[@DeuPKay]

@@fadilhabibidanufane9593 ya it does.

[@Ninterd2]

@@DeuPKay No it doesn't. Only kings can be in check...

[@Tom-101]

@@Ninterd2 Yeah but from a beginner's perspective it effectively is. In this case check just means "the piece will die next turn"

[@Ninterd2]

@@Tom-101 Yeah. I thought that check could only apply to a king in the sense of the definition, but I suppose it technically means that something's just attacked. My bad!

[@lezty]

29:38 hikaru thought xqc would take the pawn but the game stopped him from making the wrong move 💀 hikaru’s face was absolutely hilarious when xqc finally realized he could take the queen

[@lilwage6910]

27:21 the timing for that sound effect tho lmao

[@sukkal_4286]

Oh no no no “Your level”. TL busta

[@acadia2876]

M Y C O C K I S T H R O B B I N G

[@daffyyy7291]

12:38 me in first grade using my fingers to calculate under the table when the teacher ask me a question

[@xander5123]

KZbin's algorithm knew what it was doing when it put this in my feed

[@braeg3832]

Bruh this is so cool! I had to re-read the title a couple times to make sure I wasn't dreaming

[@mohamedb737]

50:17 '' this is what we call checkmate'' Hikaru Nakamura 2020

[@HouseAnimeJunkie]

I love how xQc says "of course" verbally declaring understanding of Naka's guidance but he has us all on the edge of the seat waiting because in the back of our minds we know he doesn't get it. Just waiting to see what he does is fantastic.

[@sriramchandramouli394]

Additional like for Dota name crossover

[@bardiaa8688]

7:50 you're playing great so far (finding a way to hide his laughter)

[@ЕркебуланЖумасил]

Bardia Amidi 😂

[@PuraVidaChess]

yeah is rare lol hahahahah after always hear to naka say +2800 is a noob

[@Aymungoos]

I think he was about to laugh cause he was looking at chat which was probably spamming "PepeLaugh DONT LAUGH HIKARU"

[@bardiaa8688]

@@Aymungoos 😁😁😁

[@avinashsorab5026]

It's like what actually the title says "I Survived" (on hikaru's T shirt, which you can think of it as a name) teaches xQc Chess

[@UmbrellaSound]

*THROBBING*

[@Francismaps]

Imagine teaching xQc for days, streamed for hours, and then gets checkmated in 6 moves

[@Amadeus007]

This aged horribly

[@GC-dz1sn]

Why?

[@complex3106]

GC XQC faced Charlie aka Penguiz0 aka Mo1stCr1tikal in a game kf chess and Charlie checkmated xqc in 6 moves

[@gamewarrior666]

The new context takes this from educational to comedy

[@mal4797]

@@gamewarrior666 That's what you get when Charlie's in

[@bigbeartanner]

True😂

[@saylesz]

Our Pepega streamer is learning FeelsStrongMan

[@VSHEGDE1947]

6 moves

[@Magerquark]

Because of this I started playing Chess online and also ordered a Chess set to play with my family Great game that I forgot to play for many years. Hope there will be a part 2!

[@NOU-iw3gb]

Oh so you actually got it.

[@avinashsorab5026]

Hikaru can do a tutorial where in he teaches Chess players of 5 different levels... starting from 1000 to 2000

[@distrologic2925]

Increadibly instructive. These kind of teaching videos actually seem really useful

[@Earth2kotah]

i really like your vibe man. very informative without making yourself sound superior or him stupid. very genuine, keep up the work learned tons of good information.

[@Davi-c4q]

48:58 Basically: when you stop blundering all your pieces you can try to calculate 2 moves ahead

[@ronhernandez8857]

Hikaru: "You can maybe try to move your king out of the center, but it's going to be hard now, but you can try" smirks 29:00

[@blakefreeman791]

I would actually love if this was a new series where Hikaru teaches new people chess

[@noone-gf5op]

I kinda adore the energy these two exude together. they are two opposite sides of a spectrum but they mash so well together

[@TheDJboi2011]

Then he gets six-moved by Cr1TiKaL.

[@Chopchopok]

Man, the internet is weird sometimes. Never thought I would see this crossover.

[@evan51298]

I imagine a alternate world where xqc wins against moist critical and say "I like to thank my teacher Hikaru and the wooden shield" Hikaru: *Leaves the room

[@Alramech]

As much as I don't really enjoy xQc's streams, I thought this stream was excellent. Apart from being a good reminder on basics, reaching out to larger audiences with chess is always a plus.

[@Geraldbruh]

19:26 his expression changed quickly

[@devmrin]

This is liquid gold for someone who’s an absolute beginner to understand the fundamentals. A coaching class like this in any other era would’ve costed a fortune!! Hikaru you da man! 🙌

[@chillin5703]

All of that work... nullified in 6 moves.

[@mememe4188]

Can you imagine xqc not training and losing in 6 moves. *I could never*

[@sykerblade5353]

Wouldn’t it be ironic if he would have lost in more moves if he didn’t get coached? Well, I never watched any of xqc’s games so idk if he really learned anything at all

[@huekeks2231]

@@sykerblade5353 He probably would have lost in less moves if he wouldn't have been coached. I believe that xQc learned the scotch Opening by coaching and as far as i know the scotch prevents the popular mate in 4 (main line of the scholars mate), which is the reason xQc lost in 6 and not in 4 moves (xQc didn't play the main lines so cr1tikal needed to play a variation of the scholars mate). If he didn't play the scotch tho, he probably would hve lost in 4 moves

[@warapapurika]

Hikaru is having a rough time teaching xqc only to be obliterated in 6 moves by a certain florida man

[@bpeet315]

It's like pokemon, GM's and IM's training streamers and make them battle each other

[@fharfadey9366]

that was great coaching educative and really supportive thank you

[@xx0xxpl0x]

12:36 Look at xQc expression hahaha

[@xvnbm]

One good advice for the beginners, which wasn't mentioned in this one: If someone checks you, you should always watch, if that piece is actually guarded somehow. Sometimes beginners respects their opponents too much and they are not watching for the bluffs. Even if player's rating is above yours, they can still make stupid mistakes. Of course these can be traps also, but if you fall for it, you will learn from it.

[@louisvuittondonvg9040]

the collab we needed

[@Radjehuty]

Damn, totally subscribed. By far my fav GM. Doing so much for the Chess community. Amazing dude thank you!

[@SeaCryptWeave]

I like these vids the best because theyre slow enough i can think along and theyre really educational and super entertaining so thank you !

[@kaeldlr2018]

Bruh's student lost to Charlie in 6 moves

[@joshuazhong2520]

Casuals: “It’s the thought that counts” Hikaru: 25:13

[@ethand.5937]

I love how brutally honest Hikaru is when he says things like “at your level” or “good players would...”

[@andr3s306]

yeah, I think its easy to be honest like that because "good" chess players are insanely good lol.

[@lunareclipse-rd3gy]

How is this brutal in any way He just started playing the game and they both know that

[@vanilla7207]

Hikaru was so patient and nice to xqc. Great person.

[@milkinobama]

This is like watching a flashback of a character that died.

[@miraqen7801]

it's like a twilight episode, "i taught you so you get beaten in 10 seconds"

[@parthisMC]

When 2 of to of your favorite streamers play each other... I thought this day would never happen

[@BigGhoul53425]

46:28 Jebaited lol

[@eljaghali]

And it was with this move that we got ourselves a completely new Hikaru.

[@paxmix]

I can see xqc skill is now THROBBING! THROBBING!