Pro Reacts to Chess GRANDMASTER Hikaru Playing Geoguessr

[@lexistential]

what's good zi8gzag, it's everyone here

[@niccolopaganini1782]

👋🍂🥺

[@helpsloan]

what’s zi8gzag, its good everyone

[@pinkdragon4830]

What’s here Zi8gzag, it’s everyone good

[@noahm2376]

Elite comment Fr

[@Okaz_]

what’s zi8gzag everyone, it’s good here

[@nekoqt]

As a chess and geoguessr enjoyer, this feels like birthday to me

[@asdness_5597]

Me too, i ain't no geoguesser player but i like watching them it

[@kokonut5704]

Fr hikaru and zi8zag in the same video feels so weird

[@jorgjizzberger]

Today is my birthday hahah so sure it feels like

[@dazwischenundausserhalb]

Do a collab with hikaru

[@palmtreegal3]

my two current obsessions are geoguessr and chess. So this video is right in my wheelhouse

[@KittyKat94]

Exactly. Same for me

[@Duckfan-qo6rp]

zi8gzag playing chess at his channel soon maybe?

[@noahweinkum9471]

Zi8gzag deducing very accurately how long a yard is just from the guess distances is CRAZY

[@saber512]

bro he wasn’t even close stop glazing 😭🙏

[@noahweinkum9471]

​​@@saber512He said very similar to a meter but slightly less. How is this not correct Edit: and of course I will never stop glazing zi8gzag🙏🙏🙏

[@epicbrawlstars808]

@@noahweinkum9471 who doest know yard to meter conversion??

[@HuckleberryHim]

I was surprised he didn't know that a yard is roughly a meter, but yeah he worked that out nicely

[@fasterthanmybullet8097]

@@epicbrawlstars808 ?

[@wookgg]

Now we need Oscar to play chess and Hikaru to react

[@dazwischenundausserhalb]

Candidates is the qualification tournament for the clasical worldchampionship match

[@Okurka.]

Hikaru is so Americanized he doesn't find countries on a map.

[@Counterfeit_Eternity]

Funnily enough, I originally discovered GeoGuessr due to the chess community. Another popular chess streamer, International Master Eric Rosen, happened to upload a GeoGuessr video. This was more than four years ago, before GeoGuessr really blew up in popularity. Ever since seeing GeoGuessr for the first time all those years ago, I’ve been hooked!

[@shiina29]

Chess Comedic Genius Eric Rosen played GeoGuessr? I gotta go watch those videos…

[@maximepoca9396]

As a chess and geogessr enjoyer, I've seen Hikaru's video before. And I was also shocked about how good his language knowledge is and how bad his map knowledge is 😂

[@ocebolinha]

1:31 Just a curiosity: the Volkswagen Beetle was also very common in Brazil, here we call it “Fusca”. Nowadays its a little rarer to find them but we still have a good amount on our country, mainly in the northeast and São Paulo states.

[@iulliansouza779]

bh tem um monte tb, quase comprei um

[@curlyred83]

A yard is slightly shorter than a meter

[@anson2457]

Yeah he looked it up bro watch the video before u comment

[@curlyred83]

@@anson2457 i commented before i saw that he looked it up

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

@@curlyred83BASED AND YARDPILLED😎

[@PinkWorm]

@@curlyred83 at least you're honest

[@ilinca1704]

geoguessr proficiency aside do some people just not look at the world map like ever in their life

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

I never did because I was an American raised in one the main character states so there was no reason to and I also managed to graduate high school without ever taking any geography classes bc US public school is more of a baby sitting program than a means of education but then I got into geoguessr and now I know all the countries and islands of the world

[@bronsknight2954]

It's interesting, I as an American took geography classes and we NEVER looked at maps. Honestly, before studying for geoguessr my only exposure to world maps was really just in history class, learning about like Rome and Greece or the fertile crescent. It's kind of interesting and probably a good reflection of American nationalism

[@ErykKrzeminski]

Candidates is a chess tournament. The winner of it goes on to challenge the sitting world champion for the title

[@lliindyylv9834]

Latvia mentioned! Public transport in Riga has the Ukrainian flag as sticker on door. This is a sign of support.

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

4:51 the candidates is one of the hardest chess tournaments. A LOT of great tournaments prizes are just to qualify for the tournament, then 8 players play against each other (twice in each colour). The winner gets to challenge the world champion in a match for the titlle

[@GabrielW07]

I actually had lunch in the Restaurant “Lokal” in Prague, funny coincidence

[@dariocaporuscio8701]

Nmpz hat is objectively the best merch ever produced for any game

[@magicl4088]

Whats good zigzagg Hikaru was probably here

[@DaRealBAN]

You need to teach him bro, imagine him being a grandmaster at chess and a geoguessr pro

[@canucksclips7642]

Hikaru is a crazy fast learner and has an insane memory, hed get good so fast if he wanted to

[@matyascsepregi6678]

this was a discombobulating experience, thanks

[@kylepruden5673]

i was incredibly excited when i saw he posted a geoguessr video and now im excited to watch you react to it

[@TrimutiusToo]

Hikaru was born in Japan but his mother moved with him to US when he was 2 years old

[@bosnianuser]

I wasn’t expecting this video

[@TrimutiusToo]

Yard is slightly less than a meter

[@randomalias67]

Not knowing where these countries are is craaaazy

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

5:02 wtf thank you😂😂😂

[@helpsloan]

this crossover as amazing as both a chess and geoguessr addict lmfao. me and a buddy got into both of these games because we both love competitive games but we’re tired of grinding out mechanical skill on FPS and fighting games. would be great to see you play some chess some time oscar

[@Jos_13]

I needed this crossover

[@Stylnn.9]

27:54 Riga has these Blue White and Black busses and trams that could be really common in Riga cause we love our public transport

[@jammysmears4077]

I will always be astonished by smart, well educated people who don't just know where countries are.

[@StewartyMac]

I love how you can almost pinpoint a location in seconds by looking at a field, yet initially think the centre of Madrid was Paris!!

[@rassigamers2810]

Hello ZigZag! Could you post a video explaining all the different poles in the world? It would help me so much in GeoGuessr.

[@tenaciousvermin]

Chess and geoguessr colliding wasn't on my bingo card. But I could not be happier. Hopefully, there will be more fun crossovers in this verse.

[@Mosqueeto]

They way Hikaru zooms countries is the way I draw arrows in chess.

[@TheOnlyVipey]

GeoGuessr is coming back strong af right now I love to see it

[@marcobadowski9202]

About 3:17, a blue license plate gives away, that the car is a taxi vehicle in spain. It became mandatory to have one in 2018 or so :)

[@marinahoffmann2734]

Hikaru got me excited about geo guesser. Its really fun to watch and to play. This video feels home.

[@TheM0nsterX]

The day before Hikarus video dropped, i was like "ive never seen Riga in a geoguessr vid before, i could 5k ez peasy lmao" (i may add, that i dont binge it, but ive seen plenty) nezt day hikaru drops a vid... and two Rigas in one, what a treat. Almost broke my teeth out when he said Lithuania tho, fair guess

[@Dudq-cb7ws]

You should collab with Hikaru, you are collab king.

[@puffin7285]

I really enjoy these reaction videos to less experienced players. It's actually in some ways more helpful for a noob like me to learn some things from Zigs commentary over what they are actually doing wrong rather than always watching Zag boss the map

[@P3TER_Official23]

23:58 HUNGARY MENTIONED RAAAH 🇭🇺🔥🇭🇺🔥🇭🇺🔥🇭🇺🔥🇭🇺🔥

[@ismailnordal1234]

I was waiting for this video. I haven't even watched the video yet and I am sure Zigzag will be impressed

[@Someone-vg7ii]

Now you have to shoot a video with a title 'Zi8gzag gets mated in 8 moves by a GM'

[@antagonist4823]

4:36 candidates - meaning the place candidates compete for chess world championships or a big competition

[@Crazyclay78YT]

10:07 Fun Fact: to quickly estimate, a yard is about 10cm shorter than 1m. In turn every 11yd is about 10m. this is just for quick estimation though

[@flopasen]

just take ~10% off the yard value to approximate metres 500 yards is ~450m (457.2m exactly)

[@Crazyclay78YT]

@@flopasen you can also do x/11*10. math is crazy man, you can do things in so many ways

[@Lešnik-12345]

Hikaru vs Magnus Carlsen matchup?

[@blackseraph5939]

Since you're reacting to stuff, you might enjoy the Map Men's recent video on Geoguessr (it's on Jay Foreman's channel), I think you'll enjoy it

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

I wonder if geoguessr has some 5D level marketing strategy going on here with “single player” mode like just make it easy so twitchers play it and do surprisingly well and it goes viral (obviously know he’s not just a twitch guy but it’s a fun thought)

[@chrisi1466]

No I think it’s just if the average person decides to play the game and they are put on a rural European road or middle of Senegal they are going to have no clue and probably never play again, so if most new players play that mode first and have some basic common knowledge they can see how the game works without being in the middle of nowhere and feeling dumb lol

[@AkaFrOzeN0]

3:15 In spain, Taxis and Ubers have blue license plates, pro tip if you did not know 6:10 Yes, Atocha is the central train station (but he's not at)

[@StahliCell]

3:20 I'm pretty sure that blue number plate can only be some sort of diplomatic license plate, I believe they are blue in europe but I'm not sure

[@StahliCell]

4:50 the candidates is the tournament which decides the chess world cup challenger. The top chess players battle it out and the winner of this candidates tourney gets to play against the world champ

[@StahliCell]

Fun fact: When I was in Madrid it was for my sister's masters degree completion, she didn't want her friend and I to participate at the actual ceremony so we just roamed the city tasting every single beer from every brewery we found. I can't remember much of Madrid now lol

[@marcobadowski9202]

A Blue license plate is used, to identify official taxis in spain.

[@PkPvre]

@@marcobadowski9202 Same in Netherlands, interesting :)

[@arrowheaded]

22:41 no way, you don't fw the leopard print NMPZ hat?? smh this guy is clueless about TRUE fashion

[@barleduckgeo]

real

[@DaCarnival]

The Candidates is typically the strongest Chess competition in the world, held bi-annually with the winner earning the right to challenge the world champion for his title.

[@leemc4278]

Your content is amazing Zig. personally i'd see this as second channel content though.

[@barleduckgeo]

zi8gzag is on his chess arc rn

[@heinarsc1691]

mad respect for not silently looking at his chat while playing

[@P3TER_Official23]

You need to collab with Hikaru where you halp him play and teach him clues connected to countries He could teach you chess in return 😂

[@Gameboygenius]

The true meaning of skill swap.

[@kokonut5704]

We need to see the collab

[@NovemberOrWhatever]

The conversion I use is 1 yard = 1 meter. It's about 10% off, but it's close enough for getting a general scale of things

[@BIGHSM]

Hello Ziggiest man

[@bobrulz]

I would love to see the 2nd half of this react. This guy is way less annoying than most of the people you watch play Geoguessr, most of the others just scream and insult the other player (can't stand xQc for example).

[@PkPvre]

hikaru mimics how xqc speaks, it drives me insane.

[@Alfredssssss]

Yes! A new react video! 🐐

[@chir0pter]

10:10 a yard is 3 feet, happy to help

[@JohnHazl]

When he went Sulawesi he really just clicked where it says "Indonesia" on the map - he probably doesn't know which islands are Indonesia. Like you said, really interesting to watch someone really smart and with a good eye for languages, but who just doesn't know the world map at all

[@aquss33]

It's incredible how the guy knows every single big country's vibe, but still can't even remotely find 90% of them on a map... He just knows the name of the country but barely knows what continent it is... Honestly, quite fascinating

[@МихайлоСвєчкін]

So, recently, I was casually watching ZigZag's reactions to other people playing GeoGuessr. Then, I decided to search whether Hikaru played it. He did. Now, I watch ZigZag react to that Hikaru video. The loop is now closed.

[@uditisinha305]

17:57 that face you're making hahahha

[@MattePurple1]

I'll add my vote for more of this type of content.

[@AurinneA]

I don't know any of the people you react to, they're not from the corner of YT I frequent and I'm not really interested in them, so I usually can't get engaged in the reaction videos, unfortunatey. This guy was pretty interesting, though, and I'd be up for more where the person has some interesting knowledge well applied like this. It's actually refreshing to see successful strategies that are different from how pros play every now and then.

[@imtherealclown]

No offence to the people Oscar had reacted to before this, but Hikaru is much more intelligent and serious lol😂

[@bobrulz]

Nah all the offense to xQc tbh, he's hella toxic.

[@chir0pter]

hikaru was funny. you should definitely see if you can collab with him on some shorts or something

[@lukec9402]

The thinking patterns, processes of elimination must be similar. If this bloke had a bit more experience he could rank super high

[@N3KLAZ]

yeah i remember having to play duels on the world map for two years :D

[@uditisinha305]

22:24 yes sir! that will be fun

[@schoko2903]

This zooming from Hikaru got me like crazy🤣

[@BimsaraWickramasinghe]

we need more

[@nxdevera]

in todaaaaaaaaay's video we're going to be reacting to hikaru playing geogessur let's get into it.

[@Alexander-i6i]

I was in Dubai playing a chess tournament, Dubai sucks.

[@stargazing237]

The VW Beetle is called Vocho there in Mex

[@sanj_lh]

I was thinking it was confusing for someone to struggle to find a small ish country on a map as well, but then I decided to challenge myself to find a non street view country, took me a similar amount of time that it took him to find UAE🤦🏽‍♀️ turns out I only know the other countries’ exact placements because of watching geoguessr videos

[@jovanitisns]

I DID NOT EXPECT THIS NOR THIS TO BE 3 HOURS AGO YOURE GOATEDDDD

[@Jamesy-thebeast007]

The best KZbinr ever 🐐

[@schoko2903]

I'd love to see you make some chess content

[@kevin_stars]

Give us part 2!!

[@se6369]

Rumanian used the cyrillic alphabet before (I don't think it's much used these days)

[@gamingsoup563]

Seems like the chess community randomly picked up geogeussr I see chessbrahs playing it now also

[@andrelini]

hope everyone is having a fantastic day (:

[@QwerCat228]

Video suggestion: how to regionguess a chessboard

[@Just_Gent]

28:16 I said Singapore immediately and I am so proud that I got it faster than a pro player

[@Buff_MC]

Bruh I'm gassed to see 2 of my current fav creators

[@ronnilol1]

Let’s gooo another react video 🔥

[@andrewdiamond6964]

Very impressive!

[@insideoutghost]

would love to see a reaction video to some more of Northernlion's Geoguessr videos!

[@TrentOfficialEdits]

Hey zi8gzag can you bring back the photoshop videoes they were realy good and you havent made one of them for a while

[@JoeRicho]

do mapmen next they use they ere geography knowledge quite well

[@seekthuth2817]

Zig if you want an easy way to convert meters to yards, every 9 meters is 10 yards.

[@imtherealclown]

Bro has been to everywhere💀

[@kennylux]

18:05 I'd say nah, out of the European languages Polish is one of the easiest to tell, Czech is much more similar to Slovakian, Slovenian and Croatian

[@-3-4-T]

omg one goat reacts the other goat playing goated game