My new favorite thing

In this video, I play KungFu Chess and 4-player KungFu Chess -- a variant that features chess without turns. Brace yourself for chaos...
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[@drakewilson6913]

“Oh no, my body composition”

[@alexjobin623]

I cried

[@mburg33]

I paused to either make this comment or like the comments that already posted the new quote

[@justinbrockhaus4389]

I’d consider myself a reasonably strong player and I have no idea what’s going on here

[@nouvalikhsan9203]

you have to be a strong kung fu fighter to understand this thing

[@justinbrockhaus4389]

@@nouvalikhsan9203 I better start practicing 😔

[@eliaskjrbo8142]

@@justinbrockhaus4389 You must climb the Shi Cāo Mountain to meat the kung fu masters named Master Shifu and Master Oogway. They will train you. Good luck on your journey, my friend. When you have completed this quest return to me for your next quest.

[@hpekristiansen]

I’d consider myself a reasonably weak player but I have some idea what’s going on here. I could never do it myself, - it is always easier to follow someones play than to do it.

[@henrymccoy2306]

Tbh it’s pretty straight forward

[@yuniper1896]

i just got stomped by Eric in kung fu chess like 5-0 and enjoyed every second of it

[@EmperorOHI]

Same😂

[@eelyy212]

what website?

[@DallasC5555]

“Oh no - my body composition!” is going to have me laughing for years to come

[@brandongillette6463]

Yeah that one really got me

[@peterhawes9680]

How can you say the viruses and bacteria are not part of me? I like my fungi. Don't take them away from me!

[@babypupa3]

5:18

[@mburg33]

@@peterhawes9680 they are really fun people

[@sebastiandierks7919]

At 8:52, the red bishop takes two pieces in one move! The white pawn moves into the line of the bishop's movement.

[@anonymouszebra1239]

The frantic mates in lightning are so cool. Imagine slow-mo replays being a thing in chess. I really wanna see two GMs play against one another

[@Vonias]

Chess shoutcasting. In a few years WinterSC is gonna be watching Kung Fu chess replays. "In the north corner, we have the little player that could from Germany, came out of nowhere and has been making a huge name for himself in the past few months. With the black pieces, it's Khesss!. Down in the south section of the map, playing with the white pieces; you all know him, you all love him. It's Laruvian!" You get the idea, then something crazy happens and he starts hitting the soundboard noises. slow mo replays in chess lmao.

[@Kellestial]

We already have slow-mo replays... you’ve never watch agadmator?

[@GigasGirus]

@@Kellestial HAHAHAAH!!! Sic burn mate!

[@LukasThyss]

@@GigasGirus its not a burn he literally does them lol

[@meech8914]

It's so much harder than it looks and it already looks hard! just played a game where my king was alone on the board against my opponents king with 3 queens, managed to win by sacing my last piece and predicting exactly when he'd take back so i could take his king with mine before he could take me with his queens. a lot of fun, worth at least checking out

[@SkylarGlider]

Kung fu chess is the best thing.

[@null3007]

B r a zil

[@adibashfaque208]

Fu***** omori as cover pic

[@NK-et6rx]

hi basil

[@George-sc4yh]

It's so cute how he says "ah this is so much fun" 🙂

[@HorseFeathersYT]

Eric is on his way to becoming the new Dragon Warrior

[@dieucondorimperial2509]

So who would be Tai Lung ?

[@HorseFeathersYT]

@@dieucondorimperial2509 Levy probably

[@XIIchiron78]

I wonder what this would look like at peak human ability. I'm imagining some StarCraft tier apm. It's actually incredible Eric picks it up after like 2 games, there is a surprising amount of actual chess left in this game...

[@PlanetXtreme]

the play at 4:25-4:32 is so amazing, I don't think I've ever laughed at chess before but now I definitely have

[@CGR89]

Loved in the 4th game that after white lost they requested a draw

[@Stringz1996]

It’s probably so satisfying as it’s so fast paced but mostly because it’s one of the only variants where you actually take the king and wipe out everything rather than it just being implied by getting mate

[@TheRamroumounais1994]

never seen Eric having so much fun before especially the first minutes xD Was fun tho

[@gunsbulletsheroin]

Why is it so satisfying? I think because you actually get to kill the king not just checkmate him

[@noah-vi1kq]

One tactic you could use is, taking a queen with your king which only is protected by a long range piece so you habe enough time to move the king away again

[@chessmagician2024]

Andrea botez and Hikaru vs rosen and Alexandra botez Kung fu four player!!! Make it happen!!

[@Freakattaker]

I remember playing this as a WC3 custom map back in the day! Good times! I swear every single WC3 map in existence will probably become a fun actual published game at some point lmao

[@rockyjforay]

I love the starting 🔔 and you can capture kings, no check rules

[@GustavRex]

This is really entertaining, actually. This is so much fun to watch lol

[@effiefs9561]

Eric is so adorable when hes having fun

[@Biggordon200]

8:54 two pawns in one move 💪🏿 💪🏿 💪🏿

[@izachs]

I need to see hikaru play this immediately

[@alex0589]

“TakestakestakestakesJUICERtakestakestakes...”

[@saifuusuri]

Can't believe Chess is a real time strategy game now.

[@drek273]

i feel like this is chess in its final and most realistic form

[@Sammiejomitchell]

“Don’t hurt me!” LOL

[@Ubebread1]

This is how Eric trains to become a gm

[@alex0589]

“This is chaos magic” -me, watching no turn 4 player clusterfk chess

[@gaurichess]

Dam I'm always losing in these Kung fu chess videos :/

[@9Steff99]

this last mate is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@Musicrafter12]

Eric upon checkmating his opponent for the first time: wooooooooow

[@Null42x86]

LOL love how chaotic is a chess match when you don't need to wait your oponent's turn to move

[@ultrio325]

There should be a game mode called capture the king where it's 4p vs bot, the bot is only one king but is extremely quick

[@calvinhodkinson8082]

Things look chaotic but fun.

[@KrasBadan]

These chess are hilarious! It feels like an actual battle.

[@DracoVolantus]

King should have shortest refresh time XD

[@vvvawdad1767]

I DID IT from shark videos to CHESS letsGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@anonymoussuperman5503]

Your voice is like a hypnosis for me. Helps me fall asleep ☺️❤️

[@Hamedak]

Eric said AMONGUS

[@franklinturtle9849]

I want to see Magnus vs Hikaru playing this...

[@warbraid]

"oh no my queen" but its real

[@josephsalmonte4995]

I'm not ready for this game 🤣

[@ufffd]

An important caveat about that body composition fact is that the microbiome cells are generally really small, so while there's a huge number of them they make up less than half a percent of your bodyweight.

[@wolfer-qd6sb]

shess is phun. Rosen likes puns. If he pulls a gun, I’d be shocked and wouldn’t run

[@bostoncrab4pple]

lol @ bean muncher’s “oh no! my turn order!”

[@jonathanleonard1152]

I am dyslexic, watching this is fun but hurts my brain.

[@rockyjforay]

Cool slow mo replay 😃

[@alex0589]

The quick cooldown 4 player kungfu makes me feel like it’s already over, the computers can take our place now, i give up

[@unstopable_rob]

Greatest chess IM

[@primalknight]

finally new chess expansion

[@Jarvalicious]

This needs the sound effects so you just hear all the clicks and clacks from _everyone_ moving at the same time

[@aaroncarston310]

I think I spotted at least one blunder

[@Drogon7102]

There were several blunder in this

[@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy]

Where's the sound? I loved the sound effects

[@mothra3477]

More variants pleaseeee

[@NStripleseven]

The best variant

[@calvinjonesyoutube]

This is mad. I've no idea what is going on. Eric seems to be having fun. I would kind of like to see what sort of whirlwind hikaru would make of this, i feel like it would be properly mad.

[@Larkenshine]

Now we're looking at mods of mods

[@Drew_goo]

that random fact in the middle of the video is a fake fact. real number is closer to 60-70% cant remember what the study said.

[@jmodified]

Older estimates were higher. Current estimates are about 50% by cell count and 0.2% by weight. Almost all of that is in the colon, and most if is cycled through every day or two.

[@buddhaeaterodsouls]

Oh no my body composition

[@ektavie6875]

Now MLG fragmovies are possible with chess.

[@mralois8342]

Andrew tang has to be a god at this

[@brettbishop2461]

'4-way lightning kung fu chess is the new fortnite' 🤣

[@warlitros]

at 10:44 white ate its own bishop lol

[@AcapellaUnfiltered]

And I thought playing bullet IRL was stressful!

[@lubu682]

my type of thing

[@loading....001]

this is the smash bros of chess

[@AllThatInterestingStuff]

Eric's heart rate is not changing at all :D

[@captainkawaii666]

Chess without turns is just… wow

[@dominiks5068]

ok but this would be so much better with sounds on

[@iron7956]

I tryed to play, but certain pieces are just stuck. Why?

[@lamperouge3615]

This is Chess 2

[@XIIchiron78]

When are you fighting Levy?

[@IVANOsijek007]

"AAARGH"

[@Thioacetone1]

Real time strategy chess

[@Kidgab]

This is like giving a kid a chocolate factory😂

[@jJo663]

Looks 🆒

[@MultiTrace22]

LOL!! Watch this watch this watch this! Nooooo!

[@phabidz]

It took him 1 loss to be a champ in this game

[@agentz266]

Is this game still active today?

[@edenhawk2425]

David Carradine RIP

[@Enh_Od_opi]

We complain about lag in chess now

[@XenonBlob]

just imagine Andrew Tang in this 💀

[@mburg33]

The 4 player chess board is too small and allows back rank pieces to attack their neighbor’s back rank, I wonder if this board operates under the rules of the 3 player circular chessboard, otherwise I have no clue.

[@Jarvalicious]

RTS chess

[@jesublade356]

How to play it?

[@Shlefter]

I'm just imagining Andrew tang playing this

[@nomirrors3552]

Where is this game?

[@dw3yn693]

"This is like the new Among us or Fortnite"

[@Timeisnearlyover0223]

Play it against Hikaru 😈

[@Farzriyaz]

link?

[@Toggik]

Why do i always miss the fun streams..? (Yes i know all streams are fun streams)

[@AdamBittner]

Day 11 of translating Eric's titles to Groot: "I am Groot"

[@iamfromMongolia]

9minuts

[@dougjennings]

I want to see andrew tang play this

[@ZiRo815]

Eric: "Watch this, watch this" Me: ohhhh fancy Red: muhahahhaha

[@untitledfish]

did a white knight just take another white knight?? what was that (10:48)

[@shmunkhbishrelt2206]

Hi!

[@doomkid360]

The new amogus 👀

[@speedfastman]

I'd love to have a bite of the bread of your sandwich, Eric.

[@memoryleaked]

I'm disappointed that you didn't link to the original site that allowed you to make this content in your description. I disagree with making people googlefu to figure out wtf you were playing.