The Big Bang Theory ~ Penny Beats Leonard At Chess ~ The Werewolf Transformation

[@Nofacejeong]

"Lighthouse" kills me every time

[@V.Hansen.]

Even better than if she said castle which would be more obvious.

[@malvikapant7622]

i want to give endless likes to this.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Well lighthouse IS a type of tower. So close enough... ^^

[@PerfectMix]

Unrelated thing: Is that Jeongyeon from TWICE in your pfp?

[@user-mi8ew2to8e]

Isn't she talking about Queen ?

[@larrytipton2868]

They shoulda done this with Sheldon, he would have a nervous breakdown.

[@Chat.Bug77]

Facts

[@hanzohattori1196]

He did.

[@zZArsenicZz]

Basically when Martin Kept beating Fraiser at chess 🤷‍♂️

[@arnabiarnab3037]

Sheldon wouldn’t of lost......

[@milcaestelly9851]

He would’ve had a seizure

[@ThePigKnight]

I mean, they always implied Penny was actually intelligent but never had her intelligence cultivated or valued. Also, her being new at the game meant she probably did unorthodox moves that Leonard wasn’t prepared for.

[@Mariopv1174]

Do you play chess? this is impossible

[@dietasse24]

Seriously, even if Penny is more intelligent than you might believe at first it is absolutely impossible that she wins her first game against an intelligent guy like leonard. I mean a good chess player doesn't necassarily need an extremly high iq but playing chess still requires quite a few cognitive skills. Even if you have a natural talent for chess you need some practice to improve and we do know that leonard already played some games against sheldon. But this just a sitcom anyway, so who cares.

[@blackwingdragonmasta]

No it isn't impossible by any means.

[@AlexanderTrefz]

@@dietasse24 Chess quite literally takes basically no cognitive skills. Until a pretty high level, it is basically just memory.

[@chrismiedema]

O goodie, let’s all take it serious like you guys do...

[@bunnydilaurentis545]

Her cute names for the pieces is hilarious...and she still won the game

[@emrebilgi]

Lol, as a non-native, I was taking them as real names and maybe learning from her.

[@bobbyhempel1513]

Well you don't have to know the names of the pieces to know how to play chess,

[@uhhhyeah8455]

Emre Bilge The first time I watched this, I thought they were real names until she said: "Pointy-head guy"

[@maxtaylor8387]

How is lighthouse not the bishop though? That bothered me even though I liked the cute names idea.

[@explosionsandstuff7787]

I would guess that the queen was the lighthouse, or maybe the rook

[@chrisdaigle5410]

"If I were you, I'd be worried that a girl who's never played chess in her life just kicked your ass." That's golden.

[@Ems_devilspoint]

indeed it is

[@Washingtub-senpai]

Ooohhh that a burn

[@rigpa10]

lol i love that line

[@incostirva]

its so funny to see Leonard's reaction on Penny's hidden talent on chess. 😁😁😁

[@Zedrophobia]

Nobody would win against penny, I'd probably forget there was a chess board even there.

[@mrdragonage7446]

@@Zedrophobia Sheldon would quite easily

[@studinthemaking]

incostirva Her real talents are those awesome sweater puppies she has

[@camerinocontreras3743]

incostirva it’s not a hidden talent, she just happened to make random moves and somehow won

[@Craig806]

@@camerinocontreras3743 her "random moves" would be base upon lenerd's moves which I believe is called playing chess.

[@r29d06j1983]

"leonard explain it"... "oh his crazy" Hehehehhehe

[@sirbughunter]

I'm the grammar fairy and I came to tell you that it's "he's" *flies away*

[@squeakybunny2776]

@@sirbughunter and then you forgot the ':' Yeah....that's embarrising...

[@sirbughunter]

@@squeakybunny2776 Fairies don't need to put ":" 🧚‍♀️

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@sirbughunter You're a fairy, eh? =P

[@qaisarasanchez2633]

@@squeakybunny2776 *embarrassing

[@owie4029]

Penny has a secret talent in gaming。

[@haileyhinz2475]

Hi it's Screwie

[@mrfafaa96]

She's seems quite smart as long as she can see the things in front of her or make a connection to things that she can see. Which is why she is skilled in chess, video games, Pictionary etc. It is when things becomes too heavily focused on math and things that she can't see that she no longer is able to follow along.

[@htoodoh5770]

Mr Fafaa ok

[@joshua50101]

Joie she is literally a player

[@siddhartha5186]

@@mrfafaa96 best reply

[@aashiv93]

6 days since he was supposed to get his scheduled haircut? Wonder how Sheldon's doing in the pandemic?

[@ralphhalomeister9866]

I wished Big Bang was still running. I would have loved how the germaphobe Sheldon handle COVID-19.

[@chubachuxhu]

Penny cuts his hair tho

[@mf4390]

6 days late to his scheduled haircut Not 6 days since the last

[@志瑜杨]

I feel like he would be a slightly different version of Monk.

[@mayakatherine5455]

He’s okay the world is his oyster

[@Giniro_No_Suisei]

Leonard's reaction being checkmated was priceless... 😂🤣

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Yes! He actually seems to shrink.

[@Naza_44]

Lighthouse? Pointy head guy? Penny has her own version of what the world could be! SIMPLIFIED! That's what made her character so unique!!

[@ugochukwu2765]

Phiona Mutesi of Uganda made it to the chess Olympiad in Russia without knowing how to read.

[@alisonsmith4060]

I'm not sure anyone ever figured out Penny's secret genius. She beat Leonard in chess, helped Sheldon make a breakthrough in string theory (knots) & managed to grow from waitress to actress to successful pharmaceutical sales representative early in her career. Deep down, I think she's smarter than us all ;-)

[@patmeon4093]

hhaha shes used the names i did when i was a boy

[@Red_Beard2798]

@@alisonsmith4060 Street smart, not book smart perhaps.

[@alisonsmith4060]

@@Red_Beard2798 You may find that people like Penny succeed precisely because they are not "book smart." Without the unneccessary jargon and intellectual hangups of traditional learning (totally engrained and rewarded in most Western schools and universities) she was free to exercise her creativity and people skills. P.S. I forgot to mention her "Penny blossoms" start-up business in my earlier comment. You can add entrepreneurial mindset to her list of skills as well.

[@ashishmahindrakar1786]

1:41 "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested"

[@geni3595]

Leonard : Where exactly did your mother tested you ???

[@longinuscyclone213]

@@geni3595 hmmmm i think she forgot to checkup in Houston but oh whatever (imagine in jim parsons voice)

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

She should have gotten a second opinion.

[@yousayblkwesaypik7732]

Sheldon: "Leonard, explain it to her" Leonard: "Oh.. uh, he's crazy." HAHAHA it still makes me laugh no matter how many times I've watched this 🤣 the joke is simple yet so funny. It's really savage too lol

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

but it isnt a joke. even though his mom had him tested

[@constantdvdcollector]

@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821yeah, but she didn’t take him to the follow-up appointment.

[@arcanum70]

Lighthouse and pointy head guy...reminds me of when I tried to teach my ex how to play.

[@tcrpgfan]

Crazy part is, Penny may be a naturally talented gamer.

[@youmustcreateachanne]

She owned Sheldon in Halo 3.

[@mrdragonage7446]

@Myk Isaac no lighthouse guy in a pointy head building is the reason they broke up

[@Lue_Jonin]

Was his name Pennywise ?

[@lucky_ssg]

Considering she is your ex, she played you and that too quite well

[@alexanderdolin7253]

She is very smart at chess, video games and puzzles. Remember when she beats sheldon at Halo and was able to solve the puzzle that leonard cant.

[@idontknowmyname1708]

Alexander Dolin it doesn’t take genius to do all of these.

[@xen9221]

@@idontknowmyname1708 considering she was seen as a stereotypical blonde bimbo yet she beat somebody of Leonard’s IQ in chess, Sheldon in a game he’s played for years, and solved a puzzle that Leonard couldn’t she’s actually pretty smart but her upbringing didn’t cultivate it

[@bryanparker5848]

@@idontknowmyname1708 It doesn't take genius to be ace exams either. In fact, it takes more creativity and logical thinking to master puzzles, because each time you solve one, it requires an entirely new approach of thinking. What is genius, if not the ability to think differently and come up with elegant solutions to complex problems?

[@timdaugherty4014]

it must make that dumb blonde of a drunk real happy to know she won a simple stupid game of chess. To bad she's not good at becoming an actress.

[@emanon1544]

@@timdaugherty4014 oh, tim...

[@Mr0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0]

that haircut is amazing on penny

[@ronaldtipton6035]

And that shirt does too, RAWR!

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

A Farah (For Farah Fawcett).

[@MrEdwardCollins]

@@jorgelopez-pr6dr I think you mean Farrah.

[@mukul80684]

"If you have fun, then you're a winner"- Raj surely picked this in his scavenger hunt from Leonard 😂

[@zecrets]

_"I threw a lot of information"_ 😂😂

[@sarthakmaheshwari3813]

Sheldon : "Leonard, explain it to her" Leonard : " oh, he's crazy" 😂😂😂 Cracks me up every time

[@MickThal]

Leonard must be a horrible chess player. Penny is 2 knights and a Queen up.

[@lobsterfork]

The position on the board essentially makes them both look like abysmal chess players.

[@justincredible7805]

How do even know that???

[@MickThal]

@@justincredible7805 00:00:07

[@loukrnac4714]

@@lobsterfork yep and theirs no way a beginner could possibly do something like that against a player who wasn't as they would know openings and how to properly control center and squares

[@nybotheveg]

@@lobsterfork The two black dark square bishops makes everyone on set look like abysmal chess players.

[@angieb976]

I wanna see her beat Sheldon at chest

[@swiperfox3145]

She wins hands down... She's got two beautiful bosoms on her CHEST.

[@michil.1192]

Angie B in 3D chess :D

[@kjamison5951]

Chanel No.9 She could beat Sheldon at three dimensional chest.

[@mrdragonage7446]

@@kjamison5951 they played it once and she didnt understand the game itself just like Leonnard. How could you even compare them? Sheldon has beaten Hawkins (Rest in peace), Penny isnt even close. And by the way, her victory is a common thing amonst newbies. I lost couple of times to people i taught (beginner at the time).

[@camerinocontreras3743]

Angie B that’ll never happen

[@StephanieL180]

I love how Penny is always surprisingly good at any game she plays. :D

[@josephmaton4982]

She was able to also learn Amy’s abudabi language and became fluent

[@solomonthegreat290]

Penny: "Lighthouse, Pointy head guy, Horsey" Me: dead*

[@ВалентинКомаровский]

-"..explain it to her! -"He' s crazy!"

[@wynforthewin]

She's actually pretty intelligent, able to memorize very well, and retains the information she learns. Penny, as a character, is one of the best well written diverse characters out there that shows that a woman can not only be girl but she can like boy things too and learn very well. She's an extremely well written female character, which you don't find much of these days.

[@ferdonandebull]

AstroBard you know penny is an example that you don’t have to destroy a show with over aware woke nonsense to write believable talented women characters. Penny has held her own surrounded by highly educated people based on her native ability, character and wit.

[@briann5524]

Being good at memorising or retain knowledge does not mean you are intelligent ... it just means you are a good sponge at learning .. intelligence goes beyond knowledge .. intelligence is often how one uses that knowledge

[@Hellspawn9821]

You know, that's actually a very good point. I never thought of it that way

[@sydster999]

The fact that she solved string theory solidified her to me.

[@JIKitty]

She's not a believable character at all. They make her smart sometimes, just for the joke. They don't care about creating good characters. The characters are all extremely stereotypical. Maybe you should watch more sophisticated shows if you think this is good stuff.

[@movecount]

"Oh, uh, he's crazy." LMAO

[@constantdvdcollector]

I love the part where Leonard says 'Between you playing chess like Bobby Fischer and Sheldon not mad at someone sitting in his spot, I'm guessing someone went back in time and stepped on a bug and changed the entire course of human history.' To which I say: Dang it Barry, did you mess up the timeline again!?

[@xo2467]

"If I were you I'd be worried that a girl who's never played chess in her life just kicked your ass"-Penny

[@misssmisssymaria]

Leonard seemed to underestimate Penny’s intelligence most of the time.

[@AlexanderKirkpatrick]

So I looked at this game carefully and it is in fact a checkmate on Leonard. Penny's rook on the bottom (her left) blocks Leonard vertically, then the bishop in the center of the board blocks diagonally, and her knight prevents any other movement. Good job Penny. I didn't know the show would put in that much effort into a single skit.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

ur explanation is wrong but she did win. "knight prevents other movement?" uh, no. the knight doesnt do that. it is the rook and bishop preventing movement. the knight just delivers mate.

[@professorpython646]

@Exee He's not in check by the rook, the rook is on b1 cutting off the king but not giving check so it's valid for it to be Penny's turn there.

[@itismethatguy]

Its not really much effort

[@Jalbesbe]

The rook is not blocking movement, it is in line with the knight being C1 not B1. You can see the 2 spaces from the side. So he could have moved his king beside the knight, however Penny could then move her queen ending in a win still.

[@professorpython646]

@@Jalbesbe That's incorrect. The rook is in fact blocking movement/cutting the king off. Look carefully, the rook is on b1, a light square, and the square next to it is a dark square (a1), there is only one square next to the rook at the edge of the board, to further prove that. The Black king is in mate because the rook is on b1.

[@forthenightisdarkandfullof536]

Character: *breaths* Audience: "Funniest shit I've ever seen"

[@paulanonuevo9056]

U hav issues.

[@samanthazellers4620]

Laughter is a sympathetic response, just like yawning. If you ignore the laugh track things start looking and sounding a lot more sketch. But Penny beating Leonard was pretty funny, because it was expectation subversion in the best possible way. 😁

[@achanwahn]

If that were literally true, this whole episode would have been far more annoying.

[@bisomad]

When Leonard said: "Oh he's crazy" Sheldon should've said: "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested" and then continued talking to Penny

[@arctrog]

Comment section: "penny is so smart" Me: "these guys realize Leonard sucks at chess right

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Still is extremely unusual for a first time player to beat anyone who knows the game and has experience in it. And Leonard isn't bad at chess; it's that Sheldon is extremely good at it.

[@12mortis]

​@@idontknowmyname1708 1st María Martínez is correct, the chance of a new player beating an experienced is so close to zero it might as well be. Leonard giving a handicap is the only way I see a real game unfolding this way. 2nd this isn't a real game, Leonard has 2 black squared bishops.

[@12mortis]

@@idontknowmyname1708 never said it takes a genius to win. In fact on a different section on this video. I state that chess takes only memory to win, which is why and new player is highly unlikely to beat an EXPERIENCED player. Machines have no Intelligence and easily beat people.

[@12mortis]

​@@idontknowmyname1708 "U just need to learn and understand the game".... Kid I have an elo 2390, you could study for five years and on your best day you still couldn't beat me!

[@bobbyburrows2393]

@@idontknowmyname1708 If she really played chess for five years she must be real shit if you beat her with no knowledge

[@ACOLBTHUMIONS]

CHAOS IS A LADDER

[@user-mg6fb7ix1q]

Omg that's exactly what I was thinking

[@ciptapradja2814]

Sansa please....

[@CaiJadE]

*LADDAAAH

[@christos_karao7645]

Lord Baelish??

[@gopichintala4326]

😀😁

[@platinumboii4365]

Without Leonard there would have been no point to Sheldon. Who would drive him,take care of him when he's sick,make him tea etc etc

[@youmustcreateachanne]

64Fabby You need to take YT comment boards about sitcoms less seriously.

[@laurieg4770]

Nemesis Color Actually Sheldon had a roommate before Leonard (there is an entire episode about it) and Leonard was making rocket fuel.

[@swiperfox3145]

I wonder if she's good on 3D Chess

[@muppetmaster04]

Or 3DD 😂

[@Craig806]

Sheldon kicked her ads at 3d chess.

[@coreygoddard4190]

4d

[@user-mi8ew2to8e]

She is not😏

[@mathewhale3581]

Good 3D chest, yes

[@thenecromancer9879]

PENNY IS RIGHT THE LAW SAYS THAT *A KING CANNOT MOVE BECAUSE OF A MIGHTY LIGHTHOUSE*

[@moubhattacharya1902]

The horsey, the lighthouse and the pointy head guy.. god I love penny!!! 😂

[@rigpa10]

yes so funny and cute lol

[@Pravdacz-tp8zu]

In Czech dubbed version he compared Penny to Garri Kasparov.

[@firstjab]

Why's that? Kasparov is a Russian right?

[@Pravdacz-tp8zu]

@@firstjab Russian chess player.

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Funny

[@kellyhord2598]

Aizen Acalud, Russian and arguably more famous outside of America then Bobby.

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

@@kellyhord2598 I agree

[@KellysCreativeDreams]

I love how she doesn't know the names of the pieces but she knew enough to know how the game was played.

[@wynforthewin]

True, but that just makes her a better character. She has smarts for certain things and is able to retain information, she's not a moron by any means, but she's flawed and realistic. It makes her more of a character. There's a bit to like and a bit to dislike. I agree with you as well!

[@breezaal6197]

AstroBard she’s not stupid at all she’s just uneducated

[@rigpa10]

sheldon is the most unrealistic character in the show - amazing that people do not see this - being a genius does not mean you know everything there is to know - they make it seem like he knows everything - he does not know biology, geology etc - but he acts like he knows every thing

[@rigpa10]

sheldon is an unrealistic character -

[@lunatico123]

Penny is a genius

[@phastinemoon]

I like to believe that she was deliberately doing this “horsie, lighthouse, pointy guy” bit specifically to screw with Leonard and make him underestimate herz

[@a.a.a9573]

It's just how good Leonard explained the game to her... Penny was always intelligent anyways...

[@idontknowmyname1708]

abdul azeez um...don’t be stupid. Penny is NOT intelligent, she is just smart...at some point

[@mirkobob6611]

Chess nerd here. I took a look at the chess position. The nice thing about it, is that Penny actually checkmates Leonard. Her explenation of why this is checkmate is also correct concidering the position. But also there are some things wrong with the position. Leonard is way worse in this position than Penny. He is down a queen, two knights and a pawn. Penny winning is not really a surprise, Leonard should've resigned long time before that. Also Leonard has two darksquared Bishops. This is not impossible, but very unlikely. The only way to get two Bishops of the same colour, is to promote a pawn to a bishop. But this doesn't make any sense. Why would Leonard promote a Pawn to a Bishop instead of a queen, althoung he is down material? Also there is something wrong with Pennys Bishop on g4. The starting square of the white squared bishop is c1, but there is no way it could have moved to g4, as there are still pawns on e2 and g2, which would block the bishop. The only logical explenation is, that Leonard must have taken the Bishop on c1 and Penny than also would have to promote a pawn to a bishop. Lastly there are many pieces hanging in the position, which is odd. To reach this position both white and black must have made a lot of nonsense moves.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

the show clearly set it up that way

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

im not sure ur aware, but this is tv

[@debutriah2854]

@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821shut up

[@calebmantle5694]

I was relatively new to chess when I joined chess club in highschool and beat the teacher in our first game. He knew my older brother as well, and he said "I assumed you would be as bad as your brother." We played another 31 games after that one while I was in high school and our final record was 1 - 31.

[@koushikibhattacharya7305]

I asked my father to let him to let me check mate him once iny life...... Like I requested don't move the knight, I want the satisfaction once...... And yes, the record stands 1-53... I feel you buddy, though I have an idea that you are way better than me...

[@iom4902]

"Léonard explain it to her" "Oh, he is crazy" Lol 😂

[@Wolfy39565]

She's a lot smarter than they give her credit for.

[@thaneindranaidu8688]

i was dead for days when she mentioned "Lighthouse" 😂😂😂

[@teampenit]

can you imagine if every man was as kindhearted as Leonard and Sheldon, what a world that would be.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

r u drunk??????????

[@mho...]

"on paper" girls love that, in the real world they want bullys to bang!

[@rigpa10]

sheldon is not kind hearted

[@OneWeirdDude]

1:14 She doesn't know the real names of the pieces but she plays like Bobby Fischer? 1:19 The Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury.

[@shadenox8164]

The names of the pieces don't matter, how they move does. If she understands that she can call them whatever she likes.

[@nowshadshahariarpavel5473]

Love the fact that penny calls sheldon sweety.

[@rockettony1014]

literally everyone beats Lenard at chest

[@zoe_murtagh_03]

rockettony101. Chess* (Sorry)

[@jamespaul2587]

Penny clearly beats him at chest

[@gengoosekhan]

@@jamespaul2587 Amen

[@sambagwell6782]

Still can't believe season 12 is the last one

[@rafiashraf2769]

Sam Bagwell-Sandham I don’t think it helped that so many ppl were like “Ohhhh I remember the good old days when this show was good” 😤

[@quark31]

Probably 10 years down the lane, they will end up making the big bang theory reunion...😌🙂

[@LtexprsGaming]

Sheldon: 6 days past my hair cut 2020: *intensifies x1000*

[@IzzyKawaiichi]

"Oh, please. Everybody knows what's going to happen." That right there was a fourth-wall break disguised as something else.

[@JakeGiguere]

Sheldons not crazy, his mother had him tested

[@paulcoover7057]

My horsey, my castle, my pointy head guy. How can you not fall in love with that.

[@williamgu3332]

0:04 the chess FEN is "k4b2/6N1/5p1r/1N6/3B1PB1/2b3pP/4P1P1/1R2QK2 w - - 0 1" Leonard was already DOWN A KNIGHT AND A QUEEN and mate in 1 lol

[@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk]

"You playing chess like Bobby Fischer" 😂😂

[@pleasestopforcingmetopicka2679]

Penny was the one concerned enough to get up and check on Sheldon. She's so sweet

[@witness925]

Bobby Fischer reference was sick!

[@youmustcreateachanne]

Sheldon's haircut revelation ranks up there with Mike Seaver's (Growing Pains) daytime television revelation.

[@rigpa10]

the names penny gives the chess pieces is so cute - it actually makes sense more sense then the official names lol

[@coal1987]

For those who don't know Bobby Fischer was an American chess grandmaster. He is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.

[@petersmitgary]

This series should continue eternally. Never tired of watching them, the writing and acting in this is just exquisite.

[@LS-Moto]

Sheldon: "Leonard expain it to her" Leonard: "yea uh he is crazy"

[@funvideos1941]

The pointy head is the name given by London Tipton in The suite life of jack and cody

[@heathermetz6576]

1:36 “I’m sorry I don’t understand!” Penny. 1:39 “Leonard, explain it to her!” Sheldon. 1:41 “Oh uh, he’s crazy!” Leonard.

[@largo778]

Master chess players hate playing amatures, it's hard to plan multible moves ahead when your opponent doesn't even know what they are doing

[@swarupghosh9053]

Leonard explain it to her Leonard: Oh He's CRAZY 😂😂

[@thuynguyen3864]

The secret is Penny sitting in Shedon's spot so she was being smart 👍

[@coralbow]

Well, if Leonard couldn't see a mate in one then how good of a player can he really be ?

[@axorex]

Or maybe he didn't want to see it...which is more hilarious.

[@mcdonalds5972]

"Penny is actually intelligent." "Leonard sucks at chess." *Me:* Black has two dark-squared bishops. This game is illegitimate. I thought they had smart guys on set.

[@mcdonalds5972]

@Ryan Hoffman Can't be. That implies Leonard underpromoted to a bishop on a dark square when he already has a dark-square bishop.

[@mcdonalds5972]

​@Ryan Hoffman How can I put this in the nicest way possible... It's fucking stupid.

[@mcdonalds5972]

@Ryan Hoffman Only if you're literally new to the game and a total ass. Leonard has an IQ of 173 and can beat Sheldon in his own three-way chess invention.

[@venustascharm]

He simply underestimated her because it is her first time, thus he didn’t take the game seriously.

[@LAFC.]

No, they never played the game. This is a show, its not really happening. Penny beat him.

[@dmc8706]

That happened to me once. I was engaged to the woman at the time and she had stopped playing chess after one attempt with her father when he beat her in some very small number of moves. I decided to give her an easier time so I taught her the game and just kind of wasted time on my end of the board for a while. In the middle of the game I had someone give her advice when I left the room. We were talking and playing and I should have been paying attention because she won. That was the only time she ever beat me at chess although she did enjoy it after that and learned a good deal more about it

[@Bald_Fury]

No, this is real life.

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

You see? It is a game were everybody wins!

[@Chocolate-rw5mh]

@@jorgelopez-pr6dr Except for the people who lose

[@dostagirl9551]

I feel like these two are just the perfect balance for each other, and their children will be so well rounded. 😂

[@mohamadashish535]

This is exactly what happened when I taught my sister chess and she played for the first time 😹😹 I changed the rule and said you cannot do that 😹

[@nicbentulan]

1:14 Bobby Fischer! Not Garry Kasparov! Not Magnus Carlsen! Leonard Hofstadter is a patriot.

[@robinabernathy2829]

1:51 Penny looks absolutely fascinated with what Sheldon is saying here. I wonder has she ever paid that much intense concentration to the random guys she's dated in the past or has even just been friends with.

[@TrippyKenpachi]

I actually experienced this. A guy I really liked was teaching me to play chess, and I somehow beat him once. He stopped teaching me after that.

[@victorysaber1608]

They see this happen alot with fighters. When your trained and practice you have a certain degree of expectations from opponents. And when a complete amateur does something either you've learned is wrong or isnt done you get caught off guard.

[@animefan7424]

A good player should still wipe the floor with a beginner in chess

[@victorysaber1608]

@@animefan7424 id say if you know the rules. Your not a beginner. The rules of a fight are clear. Win. Its fighters who have the stipulations. No kicking in boxing, etc.

[@petersimpson4648]

"I'm going to put on my Tuesday pajamas tonight!" Baby steps to giant strides, as they say...

[@julianhodgson1202]

It’s always nice when they get the chess board set up the right way round and the icing on top it’s actually a very pretty checkmate! White rook on b1, bishop on d4 and knight on c7 with the black king on a8.

[@jimmyreece5781]

Shut up, nerd.

[@runningrock124]

both of Leonard's bishops are on dark squares.....c'mon cuh!

[@Emeraldnite-if7vo]

I have to say, Leonard not conceding defeat is a pretty d*** move. He's so lucky to have a girl like Penny who takes it in stride.

[@kshitijsharma759]

Any one who calls himself a "chess player" cannot lose to someone who is playing for the first time its just impossible no matter how much IQ the untrained person has he cannot , because its not about IQ completely it is about recognizing preplayed patterns and further moves because tactics in chess are applied by playing a move that looks "normal" or harmless but it forces the opponent player to play a move that further depletes his/her position and it is not possible for a first time player to know the chess lines of those moves and thus they can't counter it which leads to their loss

[@bray_bongani]

but then again he was playing with a hot girl so he probably wasnt even focusing that much and could have subconsciously sabotaged himself

[@alisotoudeh08]

In the real game yes but they're just acting, in the real game Leonard should've seen the "kc7" move to stop checkmate but as I said that game was not real and even begginers can't find the kc7 move

[@ezeqeel8352]

It's the overconfidence what gets you. Regularly showcasing itself in the world of chess, if you think you have already won, it's a game over for you. I bet Penny went for h4.

[@mrschuyler]

Is your real name Sheldon, because you missed the point?

[@animefan7424]

@@alisotoudeh08knight is n😊

[@georgekandylis3904]

He can’t move here cus of my lighthouse ! I’m crying ! 🤣👏

[@TheCoolProfessor]

I cannot imagine Penny as a chess prodigy. The center cannot hold.

[@Pepsolman]

She couldn’t get away from dogging Leonard. 😆

[@FireEagle89]

Lighthouse, Horsie, Pointy Head Guy hahahaha.... Gotta love Penny!

[@brianm6117]

I remember a friend of mine coming to hang out one night and he never really seemed like the chess type in the years I had known him. He saw my glass chess set and asked if I wanted to play. As we played I realized he was pretty good. He was quickly eliminating some of my pieces and thought he had me. I kept playing avoidance to stay alive and when all was said and done, we ended in a stalemate. We laughed hard, because he was better than I thought, and I played a better defensive game than I probably ever had.

[@RealAadilFarooqui]

*Girls Trying to get Guys stay out of their Bedrooms* *Meanwhile Amy, Trying Everything She could just to Invite him in*

[@richardgonzalez1698]

Am I the only one that saw penny and Leonard move their heads at the same time in unison in the same direction as Sheldon was going after he got home and made that comment about his spot.

[@DXKramer]

I have realized Sheldon would have a nervous breakdown during the pandemic. Can't get a haircut. Can't go to the comic book shop. Has to wear a mask when he goes outside...

[@rigpa10]

sheldon was already wearing masks - so he would be ready - he is not like those stupid trump supporters - sheldon is an introvert like me he would do fine just like i did - i never go out anyway - so it is just normal for me

[@harryhart146]

“Bowel movement spreadsheet” 😂

[@Ani0227]

wearing his tuesday pajamas! sheldon is a rebel without a cause! somebody stop him he's gone mad!

[@septegram]

"OK, what just happened?" "A great disturbance in the force."

[@Biorythym]

Had this exact same thing happen when I taught my first gf chess

[@madhvijha9186]

Lighthouse...pointy head guy and horsey 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@sanjaychaudhary4942]

That Hmm 0:20

[@leonardkeller]

Can you realize that these laugh tracks have been recorded in the 1950's, so you're basically listening to dead people laughs.