From 6 Moves To 6/6, xQc's Big Brain Plays Against Pokimane!

[@Cnut_the_grape]

xQc has had so much character development that we can actually understand what he's saying sometimes.

[@Starryeyeddreamer2001]

Or you have been watching him a lot like us juicers

[@Kaden-yo3ef]

@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 yea

[@clarkh3314]

lmfao

[@ethancollinsworth3927]

sometimes

[@herculet]

that's how we understand what he's saying, by understanding his lore PogU

[@trihard2191]

“His community supported him” Chat: 6 moves pepelaugh

[@Vertaego]

OH NO NO NO ITS THE SCOTCH OPENING PepeLaugh TeaTime :right_pointing_finger: 6 MOVES

[@smooth6039]

OH noNoNo MonkaW 6 Moves monkaW 6 Moves PepeLaugh TeaTime

[@ItsXY]

PepeLaugh TeaTime

[@Ow_Ragnarsson]

ITS TOO SOON HIKARU

[@JawadBhuiyan]

@@Ow_Ragnarsson THROBBING

[@rajdeepsengupta3263]

8:34 Hikaru : "He's very quite suddenly" xQc : "Bammm bammm bammmm"

[@zklakay8509]

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@galador8089]

*quiet

[@araf757]

Lmao

[@dimitripaev6427]

@@zklakay8509 lmaooo so funny 😂😂👌🏻🔥🤣 on a stack no cap bruh 😂🤣💯👌🏻

[@zklakay8509]

@@dimitripaev6427 really ??? 😂

[@akshittyagi6482]

Can't wait for him to have a match against Charlie. The redemption arc would then finally be complete.

[@regularname1825]

So true, i still hope charlie wins tho

[@AriesOcean]

My prediction is xqc will lose against ludwig first

[@itsfadixx]

@@AriesOcean yes lud is nearly about to be a gm

[@higgzs444]

@@AriesOcean he plays sardoche next

[@higgzs444]

He’s gonna have to beat sardoche first which is possible if he learns openings

[@kayoh30_]

"I think, sometimes, like a tree" Hikaru: *visible confusion*

[@lovelxne]

a tree that has surprise blunders

[@sethmachakos9926]

Maybe he means like the position is the tree and the variations he calculates are the branches? Funny metaphor

[@rangamsarmah2061]

Whenever the words "baam boom" come out of xQc's mouth, his inner Grandmaster awakens lol.

[@lancepanics2996]

Super GM xQc

[@raymundoaustria5821]

Hi kirk wahmett

[@DanS044]

He can calculate the circumstance of the universe with, “Bing, bang, boom, if not then boom, POW!”

[@cprogrammerguy]

@@DanS044 Pepega BANG

[@dakogiotini1993]

“PM” Felix Lengyel pepeLaugh TeaTime

[@devilhitman24]

Xqc: "I can see ten moves in the future ! " Pokimane: *Qb3* Xqc:"..."

[@Kasiarzynka]

It was the other 10 moved into future :)

[@zenostrom2974]

@@Kasiarzynka and another 10 move in the future.

[@milankomatinovic6614]

He's sooooooooo pathetic

[@zual._.2846]

@@milankomatinovic6614 thats y i love him lmao

[@shimakaze798]

If only he used that power agains jesus

[@johnbako4863]

Hikaru calling the pawn "juicer" I like how XQC has impact on his character and he seems to be enjoying it. Maybe they're good friends

[@JawadBhuiyan]

Oh they're friends for sure!

[@shi-chan5779]

Thats so cute

[@borregog8077]

Very subtle, but I feel like it represents Hikaru's opinion of the Juice Lord.

[@pedrochalaco1]

"I see the moves" Xqc the chosen one. 🤣

[@Nexaureus]

GM xQc

[@TheStillWalkin]

But be aware, behind the moves is Mick Jagger

[@erxan4163]

Forsenjoy

[@ramachandra776]

From being the butt of jokes to bossing around every chess player who came in his path , he sure has come a long way . The "6 move" joke is about to get truly buried .

[@piergiorgio919]

Xqc isnt the close to being the strongest tho, also condider that poki has trained a fraction of the time xqc has put in the game so far and almost crushed him with a mate in 1. Xqc is a talented gamer (ex overwatch pro) but i wouldnt say chess is his thing.

[@ieorlich]

Nahh...that "6 move" joke is gonna stay with him for ever, but just for fun!

[@nza1804]

@@piergiorgio919 mate in 1? She was up in material but she definitely didn’t have a mate in 1. There was a chance but not like in the Rubius match where he just missed it

[@M-B17]

@Zombor 666? monkaW

[@meltedsnowman9637]

@@piergiorgio919 xQc beat dneg 2-0 who was one of the strongest in the tournament though.

[@iwatchyt5037]

U really did him like that with the title😂😂😂

[@stellar1252]

isn't the title kinda complimenting him?

[@M-B17]

@@stellar1252 It’s a backhanded compliment LULW

[@stellar1252]

@@M-B17 Yeah true PepeLaugh

[@justin7561]

its the naruto vs sasuke of pogchamps

[@milanm664]

yeah bro litty title no cap :joy:

[@M93BQzz]

9:40 “that’s kinda weird bruh” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mdestroyer8181]

Lmao

[@randomname1234-n6k]

So weird LAWLLL😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👌👌🥶🥶🥶❌🧢

[@melonman2634]

BRUH What he doing doe??😂😂😂😂😂😂🔥💯😎😭👀👀🤙LMAOO!!!! 💀💀💀

[@dailyentertainment0o]

😂💯💯💯💯💯FR FR FR 👌👌👌😳😳😳😂😂😂FR FR FR 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥FR FR FR

[@SerpentGames]

tiktok comment section lulw

[@AlexanderNasis]

5:50 lmao i love how Hikaru looks so offended by how bad the mistake was that xqc made

[@hrishantaswani8055]

Hikaru is xqcs father figure. Ofc he will be offended

[@alexeysavelyev]

its not a mistake, misclicked. still won tho. psychology is good with x

[@someguy958]

Didn’t expect you to be here 😆

[@pedrochalaco1]

Classic mistale from pogchamps 1🤣

[@josephpaulson9495]

Oh god we're gonna have a Charlie vs Felix rematch. It would be really funny for Charlie to open up with 6 moves again, obviously it's not gonna work, things like that tend to leave permanent scars on your mind. It would still be funny though. Edit: Sadge the greaser didn't beat Ludwig mission aborted

[@user-cz9ss4yq4x]

Psychology play

[@varia6486]

I think there's still a chance they'll duel

[@radman1056]

@@varia6486 its not gonna happen.. rain will win againts charlie for sure... so charlie cant play with xqc

[@MrFFHN]

Even if Charlie beat Lud it wouldn't happen got wait for next pogchamps I guess

[@josephpaulson9495]

@@MrFFHN Yeah it's a bit too bad but chess is very, very skill based and it goes to show that the better player will almost always win. It's nice to think that xQc of Moist would have been able to win but tbh they both didn't stand a chance lul.

[@aidendoig4542]

hikaru looking like a proud dad makes my day

[@ProudOne]

Love how hikaru says ”jucier” cause he been playing with xQc too much😂😂😂

[@priyakj753]

Is this sarcasm orrrrrrrr

[@weafy1285]

From 6 Moves To 6-0 My streamer xqcL

[@hypercube9531]

FeelsStrongMan

[@suck4599]

FeelsStrongMan OUR PEPEGA

[@emceeb5289]

Didn't saw other stream, but honestly he should have lost the first two chess match. Rubius missed mate in 1

[@noneofthiseverhappened]

@@emceeb5289 Yeah I feel like he had a lot of blindspots and got kinda lucky, but hey at least he's aware of it

[@stevendijorio2624]

@@emceeb5289 but he didn’t :)

[@Karashote]

4:50 "BITCH"

[@Wesbrackinbruh]

I thought he said “YESS!”

[@mintman1874]

😂💀

[@madghostek3026]

@@Wesbrackinbruh YESSS, BITCH

[@canadianrage5224]

Lmfao pretty sure he said “YESS, BIG!”

[@AX-dz6jx]

He didn't say “BITCH” go watch the video from he's channel, he said “yes” :)

[@oltimeri8256]

Feels great to have experienced it live at 2:30 AM

[@chill395]

europe same OMEGALUL

[@einimol97]

Europe gaaaang

[@itsfadixx]

4 am near isis base 😩😩😩

[@Irulez2000]

That Derrick Lewis KO tho.....

[@hassanmohammed6755]

@@itsfadixx absolute bullshit it's 12 am near Isis base

[@krystiangolus2841]

imagine we get xqc charlie rematch and xqc gets fried livered

[@lancepanics2996]

Would be funny but Charlie's playing the Vienna Gambit and the Sicilian with the fianchetto (forgot what it's called) so fried livers are out of the question.. I'm really freaking excited for the re-match

[@shamilmakhov6741]

@@naturallyselected3048 it is an opening. look it up

[@matheustran8009]

Or he makes the same mistake and gets checkmated in 6 moves again

[@matheustran8009]

@@naturallyselected3048 yeah xQc has gotten really good, but if that somehow happens that would be hilarious imo But he’s definitely not going to fall for it

[@Fanchen]

Damn poki played amazingly well for her rating

[@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164]

Mashallah tbark Allah alhamudillah inshallah better astgfrallah

[@aaronchif]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 ..... WeirdChamp

[@ogvamp2]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 wuwnuwgwhw8wb usbwishwhs7wbw ishwjdiehdih

[@JoeARedHawk275]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 Is that romanized Arabic, why not just use actual Arabic lmao

[@euronico7949]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 Bishmillah

[@8milestreet]

Redemption arc

[@Hesauce]

I'm not personally a fan of xQc, but seeing his progress has been incredible. Good on him for performing so well!

[@Lgrx3]

16:30 the language of the gods. Please someone translate this to me. I need to learn such wisdom I need to pass this down to future generations.

[@sterlingdriggs8806]

If you spend time understanding the position then you will have a good idea of how the game can progress and you will already know what moves you will play depending upon how your opponent plays.

[@dur4261]

"uhhh i think of it little bit like a tree, right? so sometimes uh when were going about mid game when you kind of have to make your core strategy. i think of the trunk like the big chunk of the strategy, right? ok these pieces can go over there and i try to get a uh mental map of what can happen, right? and i feel like once i build that core as i start actually playing and im on the clock, its easier to get to the branches. does that make sense? its easier to branch out and get away from the core and start trickling out of it."

[@pragalbhvashishtha7711]

@@dur4261 Thanks bro

[@joseenricosantos747]

True

[@AHoardyBoi]

Hikaru’s face once xqc mentioned the tree lol

[@augustusmaximus11]

What a throbbing score

[@johnpaulpanton5403]

Dude, no. Not throbbing worthy.

[@kidn00b1]

@@johnpaulpanton5403 6-0 is absolutely throbbing

[@lancepanics2996]

@@johnpaulpanton5403 yeah 6-0 is absolutely freaking throbbing. I think he has a chance against charlie, and as much as I LOVE cr1tikal, I really really want him to get beaten by xQc. It'll make for the perfect anime

[@ogvamp2]

@@lancepanics2996 xqc is better then Charlie now.

[@lancepanics2996]

@@ogvamp2 Eh, hard to say if that's true or not. Daniel Naroditski is a wonderful teacher, I learned how to use The Sicilian properly from their lessons and even got EASY wins from the Vienna prep that Daniel has for him. Charlie knows his openings well, if 1.e4 then sicilian, if 1.d4 then he plays the dutch.. there's a LOT that can happen. We've seen from here that he's not that good at openings so I'm really wanting to see it happen

[@opiuchi864]

Hikaru's face when xQc was talking about the tree was priceless!

[@mert-4749]

xQc: I think a little bit like a tree Hikaru: 🤔🧐🙃 Pokimane: 😂🙃

[@mikionorton2236]

I like how Hikaru uses words like "juicer" nowadays.

[@tigranpetrosyan9541]

Hikaru's face was throbbing when XQC was speaking in interview

[@noneofthiseverhappened]

Not even how it works I know that it's a reference but come on man

[@araf757]

Cringe

[@Plexiscore]

Cringe

[@gabrielvilla6274]

𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙀̀

[@hrishantaswani8055]

Cringe

[@bigt2910]

if xqc keeps this pacing, he will be a grandmaster in no time, i would love to see gm xqc playing

[@gabrielviana9808]

16:31 WATCH HIKARU’S FACE LOL

[@SidKO123]

16:30 FeelsStrongMan ?????????

[@jakevehar]

5:50 Hikaru absolute look of disgust

[@martimlopes8833]

My streamer is playing really well, Poki played pretty well too, especially for her first tournament

[@invincat]

Wow, Poki played so well, it feels like she put up a fight against all her opponents, especially as the lowest rated in her bracket!

[@mr.n476]

16:29 Hikaru facial expressions when xQc starts talking about a tree lfmaooo

[@brandonong7750]

xQc after Poki blunders the queen: **Don't Stalemate Don't Stalemate Don't Stalemate Don't Stalemate Don't Stalemate Don't Stalemate**

[@pepe0999]

“Takes the juicer and goes back” - Hikaru

[@vienkss]

I've never thought a chess game would be so exciting! I'm gonna start playing it fr

[@Viewer2812]

Mad respect for Felix. He's been working so hard and it's finally paying off.

[@Pikopati]

6:02 Hikaru is personifying xqc's Chat until 6:32

[@Nuno37]

Xqc didnt win. The tree won

[@cprogrammerguy]

OMEGALUL

[@ahmednassef3414]

Let this be a reminder that the chat came up with the title

[@oxstr8upgreekxo730]

It's so funny cause if you think about what XQC says it makes perfect sense he just says it in a way that's confusing the first time you listen to it.

[@ka-zu8gn]

XQc vs. Moist rematch might be coming soon.

[@meck348]

The absolute gaming golem returns from hibernation PogU

[@smiledonnice]

6 moves to 6 wins, what a legend

[@kostasmarkou1348]

xQc think like a normal person for the first time and he is acting like he is 200IQ

[@nathangrant3973]

Nepo, Carlsen....All sooking about this tournament...speaks volumes. I’m less than average at this game, but I love it. I got back into it after seeing Antonio on KZbin and then later Hikaru. The fact that these guys are so invested in seeing the average player enjoying it...for me personally is awesome. I’m sure the “Super GM’s” are a little bit sour because a lot of other celebrities are getting more focus from “their” game from the masses than they are.

[@Lawrence_Zhou]

I don't think Carlsen is against this but nepos comment wasn't great and tbh it turned me against him for the wc match

[@KnightMirkoYo]

xQc sees all the timelines at once, he's the true Dr.Chess

[@KevinSmile]

My iq is way to low to fully appreciate all of what's going on in high skill chess matches, but I'm having fun.

[@kevinc7600]

Like the tree, the big trunk

[@deafrock1580]

in fact he is right, chess absolutely like a tree growing in branches

[@Foolbool_]

16:03 "why do u look so tired, what's that smell?"

[@aaronchif]

The

[@jr.antoniohenriquez6215]

fudge

[@jasenjanev3262]

I mean well done but also missing the mate in 1 at the end really kept that xqc sparkle

[@sukeshsuckesh745]

16:01 "I think the loser bracket is really exciting" - xqc

[@Citer]

Hikaru spent so much time watching xQc that he starts to talk like him lol he really do be saying juicer.

[@kinggdom_5960]

Tier 3 subs shaking and crying right now

[@Anthony8851]

Who's, Poki? xQc? Hikaru? Daniel? Chess? Real sad to actually think your shit humour is good.

[@kinggdom_5960]

@@Anthony8851 found a tier 3 sub

[@Pierre-lj4sq]

"I SEE THE MOVES!"

[@VNZ.00]

Im not a fan of poki. But she played really well despite being in lower rating

[@The_Andromeda_Galaxy]

You don't have to be a fan of anyone to notice how well they're doing. Oh whoops, *insert obligatory "simp" comment*

[@Anthony8851]

Two sentences irrelevant to each other, yet put together, summaries the mainstream hive mentality.

[@The_Andromeda_Galaxy]

@@Anthony8851 Couldn't agree more.

[@user-ff5jn2mm7j]

From 6 moves to 6/6 to 6 CONSOLES

[@_hexes_]

The two French-Canadians face off and open with the French LMAO

[@acc9940]

gotta put some respekt on xqc's name after his blunder man

[@insidious6068]

I guess xQc has actually practiced. He might go from 6 move check to 7 move check when he faces Charlie.

[@darklaw7635]

I like the fact people still playing chess. Even society has lost dignity and class through the years, chess knowledge is one of the little things that keep generations from losing etiquette

[@zoklev]

the tree thing makes a lot of sense: he's talking abt the possibilities being the thickness of the tree, and each move that is made shaves off the many other possibilities that required different moves, equivalent to a tree trunk thinning into smaller and smaller branches

[@iSwearToCod]

i dont think we need an analysis man lol

[@zoklev]

@@iSwearToCod it requires a lot of work to understand him man; I think this is quite needed

[@iSwearToCod]

@@zoklev it really doesn’t. it was extremely simple. it was so simple that everyone was laughing about it. he’s quite a joke

[@zoklev]

@@iSwearToCod seems like a simple view of a chess tree to me, but it also seems to me ppl were laughing at him for saying his wack-ass ideas with his liberal word choice, while not necessarily understanding him if you're only acting like everybody seemingly understands it, to make abundantly clear that you have the minimum required intellect to understand a chess tree, please stop and go get help

[@unnaturallynatural8885]

Guys you don't understand just how proud i am of our trash baby

[@destinydynamites]

xqc/homestuck fan?

[@ledoute377]

16:26 The tree metaphor was too strong hahaha

[@sturfryd4983]

His brain is expanding

[@JMUDoc]

Cheesing is my favourite way to win - "Oh, look - a free bishop!" *takes *mate in two "... fucker."

[@trexlightmaniac8108]

My brain went ouchie and got frustrated when poki did those moves in the first game

[@ahzamarain6863]

We need xqc and moist critical to win their next 2 games each and meet in the finals as the final battle of the character arc

[@mouadtaha]

really impressive how much xqc improved since last year, wow

[@repzgaming5]

He's never going to live this down

[@miso-ge1gz]

This time i wanted him to win, good job 6 moves man.

[@dankmemes9942]

XQC is doing us Canadians proud

[@Freerunx3]

By doing what, beating another Canadian?

[@dankmemes9942]

By going juicer mode and going 6-0

[@totalhysteria]

@@Freerunx3 haha DNegs is actually a canadian too 😂

[@itsfadixx]

@@totalhysteria the problem is that he won against a poker gm

[@2nerC9]

@@Freerunx3 lmao

[@ashesonwool4011]

Charlie was throbbing Felix was juicing

[@AhmedMustafa22788]

I react the same way when i beat my friends in 4 moves after teaching him how to move the pieces

[@joaquinperez3303]

FeelsStrongMan Clap

[@pilc6955]

4:26 Ahhh man how did xQc not see the M90? xQcL

[@Yokoharu_]

What the fuck is this?

[@pilc6955]

@@Yokoharu_ You didn't see it either?

[@crypto2633]

Bruh

[@blank6731]

15:07 poki preparing to cancel xQc

[@harelavv8806]

Wow he really improved

[@senisekiname8030]

"His community supported him" Bruh... we all know what his chat full of are... eventhough that... I still love him... well... for most cases.

[@thegorn]

Idiot makes stupid move Hikaru: oh wow. That’s amaaazing wow

[@FT029]

11:03 I wonder if white can play Ra5 here? It attacks the e5 pawn with check, which would cover the f5 square. Defending the pawn with f6 doesn't work because of Bg6+!

[@Lawrence_Zhou]

ra5 looks winning but when I watched this game live as much as I wanted to see it it's kinda obvious she wasn't high enough rated to find such a move since you're taught not to lift the rook like that especially with the knight undeveloped. still never checked with a computer after 5 months lol

[@SPACEHARICE]

Xqc vs poki is like the people with the most toxic stans on opposite sides of the spectrum Simps vs incels

[@Anthony8851]

Their communities got nothing on the KZbin comment sections. 🤭 This place can rival Reddit.

[@mklava]

And where do you stand sir.

[@Clutch_G4mer]

Even Hikaru is having trouble following up with these noobs cause of the improvement they keep showing😂

[@kenkaneki3331]

Watching this after xqc big brain play against moist critical 😂😂😂

[@fyredrakon]

immediately proceeds to lose 0-2 next round sadge

[@Starryeyeddreamer2001]

This is super satisfying, because chat we're mostly poki simps and they keep on rambling about how poki will own felix

[@stellar1252]

The chess chat was just a wall of "LET EM xqcEZ 🔥"

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

that c6 pawn move was pretty slick ngl

[@laxmighorai3925]

Wow this is the first time I am so early. Also one of my favorite GMs Hikaru is there to commentate

[@battybanging]

Man really said "Begone Thot."

[@alphaxp5839]

XQC From Zero- HERO

[@Chess_Improvement]

Hikaru shaking head about to explode laughing

[@JawadBhuiyan]

Redemption Arc FeelsStrongMan

[@skrmory]

i like how hikaru is always proud of felix

[@ClaraReal_play]

LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥 LET EM KNOW 🔥

[@HakanTheUltimateHoca]

6:35 xQc's chess summed up