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[@chess]

Watch more Pogchamps games and clips here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2qUfmOOgb1qgNk&ab_channel=Chess.com

[@giyokon]

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[@isaacwalsh5031]

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[@sot8546]

Hikaru: I think Ludwig is being very serious right now. Ludwig, lip syncing: *_Y M C A_* 36:00

[@dangroll7766]

Those few minutes were so chaotic with the copyright free music, YMCA, and Hans Zimmer’s Time all playing at once.

[@Hoobyj]

@@dangroll7766 "T.I.M.E." It's so crazy how powerful those lyrics are with a serious orchestral instrumental behind them xD The subject matter was always deceptively serious, but the actual singing has surprising power behind it as well when you get rid of the upbeat disco sounds.

[@TuckerLeRat]

T.I.M.E is as serious as it gets in ludwig’s terms

[@AmarnathThillai]

@@dangroll7766 whats the other instrumental ?

[@stevethea5250]

@Onyx hikarus timing is comedic, same with his comment in Fuslie's match, she dabs right when he says she's panicking lol!

[@simplyfitness892]

3:05 “well let’s take a listen on xqc stream and see what he’s talking about” Xqc: *aLiEn nOiSeS

[@hanspetervollhorst1]

followed by awkward silence

[@sallas-]

I'm up a juicer dude

[@charimuvilla8693]

Holy sh*t I was going to comment exactly this word by word. I wouldn't use capitals on **alien noises** though

[@simplyfitness892]

chari Muvilla great minds think alike lol

[@Milk-sp7ox]

Right right exactly

[@soultouch08]

I'm just enjoying seeing these master commentators squirm at the bad plays but try to stay professional

[@yomommamonkey]

And hikaru’s brolationship with xqc

[@nanascooking7750]

the ooooh’s and the ahhhh’s

[@nilupulkumaranga116]

I can hear the laughing in hikaru's head throughout the game.

[@joejitsu034]

It’s fantastic isn’t it? You know half the time they’re thinking “wtf was that?” 😂

[@keep7smiling]

I somehow made it through game 1, but these guys are really bad. I can't continue watching.

[@jfletchman]

Botez: This would be a great move Hikaru: I don’t like this move

[@ademaupsilon]

Time?

[@nabeelabyazr911]

@@ademaupsilon 55:39

[@theshutterbug5071]

@@nabeelabyazr911 that's demonic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zerilience]

@@nabeelabyazr911 well played

[@stevethea5250]

@@theshutterbug5071 stamp

[@LOLFLUSHDRAW]

"I don't think either player has an idea what they are doing"

[@MajorAddiction]

😂😂

[@DontTakeCrack]

yep, pretty accurate assessment.

[@zayin493]

Savage Hikaru

[@shantaeforsmash8287]

At least it's better than Austin vs. Connor

[@pedrochalaco1]

I think what he means is . They dont have a specific plan.

[@sammy-tj7br]

“No mistakes just happy blunders” - Alexandra Botez (also Bob Ross)

[@hamsnadwich6767]

Bob Ross playing chess

[@DaveLH]

@@hamsnadwich6767 : Pity Yasser Seirawan wasn't a commentator on this match.

[@oogawhama3559]

Sound like what Bob Ross would say Noice !

[@xooperz]

I wasn't a mistake but a happy blunder

[@diegozanutti4875]

*Not mistakes, just happy gambits

[@cry9438]

Last time I was this early, xQc's game already over.

[@shanky8119]

LOL why you do him dirty like that

[@dylanr4854]

Lmao

[@JamesZDaFish]

Fart of twitch Sadge

[@oktopud606]

T H R O B B I N G

[@spye_8796]

Savage lol

[@awpmerst]

46:13 "I dont think the color makes any difference" -Nakamura ending racism

[@richardevans4982]

Drinking game: take a shot every time Hikaru begins a sentence with ‘yeah’ or ‘right’

[@herpyderp3384]

and an extra one if he follows it up with 'exactly'

[@BobQKazoo]

Are you trying to die from alchohol poisoning?

[@Assassins6688]

looool xd

[@Peaceofmind899]

boy oh boy sounds good in theory

[@beterweter2871]

or when he repeats something in his sentence :P

[@DForre6040]

Alexandra: That would be a great move Hikaru: I don't like that move Alexandra: I don't like that move

[@Howzieky]

Fr though I can't blame her. He knows the game better, I'd backtrack too

[@jacobbassam6616]

“And it was in this position that neither player knew what they were doing”

[@aesaphyr]

Could we ever convince Agadmator to do a terrible pogchamps game just for the memes? 😂😂😂

[@holhorse3080]

"I have a fork!!!" Famous last words

[@eduardo_moya]

That was so sad to see, but also so funny

[@sadplatinum7552]

that fork was shaped a little bit funny to me js

[@gordonfreemanthesemendemon1805]

mango on a fork

[@lukash877]

55:00 Hikaru's face. Trying to hide laugh

[@xooperz]

"I still think I would prefer to be white objectively"

[@yuvalron2129]

racist!

[@loganbivins3226]

@@yuvalron2129 you got the joke man, good on you.

[@yuvalron2129]

@@loganbivins3226 ironic isn't it? you made fun of me for not getting the joke while mine flew over your head like a 747

[@yuvalron2129]

@@villyexplorer9482 no, i congratulated you on no one asking

[@villyexplorer9482]

@@yuvalron2129 Oh hi, Mark!

[@TheMythicalKidd]

Ludwig absolutely roasting everyone at the end is gold.

[@Davidcf1234]

“My coach was hanz and hes a virgin and theres a difference there”

[@vipinsl]

When?

[@roaringengines1239]

vipin saini 55:00

[@lukea5373]

@@vipinsl around 55:00

[@1smorenoc]

I love Alex's reaction hahaha

[@stonehowl]

Dude Hans is 17 lmao like ik most teens now have sex in high school anyway but tf is Lud saying he's a virgin, man's not even legal yet 😂

[@bigidiot5881]

Ludwig be the kinda guy to wear a turtleneck sweater in June

[@BluesJayPrince]

I love how the announcers are like “if they’re not dumb they will move h...ope, no, they didn’t see it.” Or when they make good moves they say “Wow nice I can’t believe they saw that!”

[@spye_8796]

43:45 lol look at him almost about to shed tears for what he thought was a brilliant move. What a flop hahaha

[@ILoveKanyeWestLover911]

Fart of twitch baby

[@shiro2600]

23:45 Hikaru almost killed me when he said that 😂

[@icetone-kofumol6300]

25:45 That's a proud Hikaru smile

[@anonymoususer6526]

17:15 out of context

[@mhamed4790]

LMAO

[@Correa-pi2tx]

If you put subtitles on, they will call xQc= ax XQ Ecstasy Next few see X you see A lot of stuff

[@Chabascus]

2:44 it actually got it right

[@Correa-pi2tx]

@@Chabascus yes

[@markmiller9805]

Ecstasy pepelaugh

[@kartikeygupta8427]

"Excuse C"

[@GoombaWasTaken]

18:45 Excuse E

[@evan51298]

55:00 my coach is hans and he is a

[@333vila]

🤣 the reactions

[@scott.stranix]

Such an easy workaround if they just have an external voice call and selectively unmute the players instead of using their direct stream audio.

[@brucewayne2184]

Hikaru: I think right now Ludwig is very serious Ludwig: *Y.M.C.A.*

[@jaydens7309]

I love the end of the first game where Hikaru is yelling checkmate and Alexandra is super surprised. Also Hikaru is holding some sort of stress ball

[@matsholloway]

Let’s be honest we are used to watching GM chess players play great games and explain their decisions on the board - don’t know why people get annoyed at seeing noobs bum fight it out lol I think it’s quite entertaining

[@BionikleFG]

28:32 GMXQC with the 90% accuracy

[@DaveLH]

31:12 -- Chess is like grammar -- It's much easier to remember the "rules" (e.g. "Capture towards the center") than the exceptions.

[@elfacun550]

In that case was just theory, but just top gms know how to use the true exceptions well. Is reaaaaally difficult.

[@DaveLH]

49:11 -- I wouldn't come down too hard on Ludwig here because I (with a rating very close to his) didn't see it either... That ability to see not only the board in your head but to see FUTURE boards is SO effing hard for newbies! It's just not that easy to register that maybe the bishop can't go to f8 NOW, but it WILL be able to once the rook moves!

[@mostpalone6077]

Xqc is like Japan, he got nuked by Moistcritical but now he's a chess superpower

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

@@Matthew-wl8tk they definitely are an economic superpower

[@crowmaster9652]

@@Matthew-wl8tk was a superpower

[@rundogs7671]

ill give him 1 million if he can bet me

[@derpidius6306]

or rather was, the japanese economy is bordering a collapse rn :pensive:

[@tincanmaniac1931]

55:00 highlight of the stream

[@hanspetervollhorst1]

25:16 is great when B&H get excited about the checkmate but still are not sure xQc sees it

[@hanswurst9113]

8:01 and 17:14 ok hikaru

[@vera39440]

Right? So insensitive...

[@mohammadfahrurrozy8082]

Looool

[@resurrectedpa]

And he says it so casually! Lmao

[@ziyaadsam008]

48:55 when batman chooses not to kill the joker

[@asherh.8593]

5:10 is Ludwig seriously listening to Claire De Lune while playing? 😂😂👌

[@lujee-8908]

Piece is a bop

[@noinformationavailable4114]

I thought the same thing, I paused the video because I thought my music was playing over KZbin 😅

[@Eddunz1]

@@noinformationavailable4114 Same! Haha

[@piecrumbs9951]

I love Clair De Lune it is very calming and also very focusing

[@Pleboa]

"ladies and gentlewon" 44:44

[@mhamed4790]

AGAGHAAGHAGA

[@danielhavoc889]

Of course Ludwig was nervous in the second match, he just lost a game of chess to the guy who mislabeled every creature in the animal kingdom.

[@xavierf888]

I hope xqc knows that caterpillars are the ones who turn into butterflies, not worms

[@DaveLH]

There's no doubt xQc has come a long way since that Scholar's Mate loss in his first game. I envy that ability to improve so fast!

[@Fishcaso]

It helps that he was coached by grandmasters :(

[@reamuji6775]

we were this close to a rematch

[@Fishcaso]

@8Ightz the guy said he envies his ability to improve so much. And I said "it helps he was coached my grandmasters." Wjats hard to understand about that

[@LAZYBONE0904]

Did Ludwig ever commentated for any of the pogchamp games? 54:15 can someone find the video please?

[@elfacun550]

24:28 no hikaru, draws do not exist with low rated players lol

[@mizuhonova]

9:46 Think about it!

[@ciuuin4098]

I LOVE Botez' reactions to these matches and the postgame interviews!

[@bruhwhat8586]

6:35 ludwig's cat enters the room

[@LeeBoost]

Alex and Hikaru are such nice guys! I love watching them. I hope they will continue working together!

[@adityachaudhry7566]

Yeah alex is a really cool guy

[@burntchickennugget8142]

@@adityachaudhry7566 I concur

[@hugodecroix294]

That final between moist and Ludwig gonna be hype

[@jimliashsr7196]

To be honest, this is very intense for me

[@elfacun550]

Chess is a game with a lot of tension

[@mohammadfahrurrozy8082]

A lot people call it a boring game Yeah,those people that didnt know what truly chess is

[@deuteriumtritium9700]

Ludwig singing 34:52 35:51 36:00 39:42

[@violetemmott3353]

omg that last game was cursed

[@arnab6476]

🤣

[@waiser4965]

I wanted to stop watching

[@TimYocraft]

it's a 3 minute car crash, you cant look away from it

[@3van660]

I fail to understand how one Canadian man can be such a 5head while at the same time being a complete pepega

[@skinnyramen5813]

I love how all the videos are a hour long the critical and xqc was like 2 minutes

[@negvey]

i like these pogchamp games, I saw people giving shit for em but honestly its good entertainment

[@ZeoThatZomi]

Xqc is like the main character of an anime facing all these challengers/bosses

[@qualitycontent1669]

XQCs first on mic interaction is so perfect

[@raihanaradhana2246]

23:45 pogchamps in a nutshell

[@johnobrian7024]

“My coach is hans, and he’s a virgin” lmao

[@lorenzparnada7246]

who is this hans guy

[@newmanana]

Hikaru’s reactions are priceless.

[@thatanimetamilian5356]

55 minutes and 39 seconds of Hikaru dissing Ludwig

[@OmarChida]

Ludwig played really really good, he was devastating

[@elijh1943]

he did played really good

[@prometheus5218]

That missed mate was really cringe for me but after that all his moves were on point, so yea I agree he played good

[@ziggle5000]

48:49 yeah he really played that well

[@juancarloscorrea8134]

21:25 easy checkmate. Ludwig takes the pawn with his queen using his pawn to protect the queen. Why tf would he move his king

[@TheEgoAndItsPwn]

@@juancarloscorrea8134 Cause.... he was in check...

[@Nr4747]

Best part is the interview, make sure to check out 54:45 until the end. xD

[@TheTrueWalker]

36:40 3 songs playing at the same time

[@TrevorLaVigne]

21:45 isn't this a missed checkmate by white if he takes the pawn with his queen???

[@wea]

Check

[@Raidur7215]

13:13 Hikaru and I both wondering, wtf was that sound?

[@paulhk2727]

23:45 Sums up the game

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

Imagine an alternate universe where xqc is actually 3head at chess

[@jhonmiths1344]

35:58 serious business

[@sot8546]

3 songs overlapping is earrape, pls fix

[@jamespottala7852]

Sot I’m guessing they do it so they don’t get copyrighted

[@sethipock6275]

honestly i’d be fine if they just changed their anti-copyright song bc it hurts me lmao

[@sot8546]

@@jamespottala7852 U right u right I forgot the *_D M C A_*

[@vera39440]

@@jamespottala7852 yeah it's better than muting altogether

[@gabegonzalez1076]

Seeing xqc winning is like watching an underdog

[@QuestionMark43]

7:50 Ludwig doesn't see the free knight and the song says "open your eyes"

[@martinred6237]

how is that free ?

[@felixlps1]

@@martinred6237 I think he's taking about tge move before white could have talken the black Knight on a6 with his bishop and black couldn't have taken it back with the pawn because by moving the bishop the rook attacked blacks queen. So he had to defend the queen.

[@47jakobi]

Ludwig versus Jesus... this will be a match for the ages

[@47jakobi]

And in the consolation finals no less

[@1animorph]

Jesus hath won

[@incription]

If you could do commentary over ludwig vs penguinz0 that would be awesome.

[@mr.100rupees3]

Last time I was this early xqc wasn't beaten by moistcritical

[@felix56p]

dude this was 3 hours ago, not early

[@radman1056]

Hi guys ... i need to find name of the music playing on 15:19 ludwig screen ... please.......🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘

[@SuitsyWifax]

Me too! If tou got it please let me knkw

[@radman1056]

@@SuitsyWifax well nobody answers ...

[@guren4152]

I remember watching this live, that 3rd round was so fucking hype

[@chadless7216]

The epic YMCA remix Ludwig was playing is called "T.I.M.E." by Neil Cicierega

[@vipinsl]

Love your pfp.

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

Literal banger

[@Top_Hat_Walrus]

Hans Zimmer and the village people should not work

[@paulhk2727]

What about the song at 5:45

[@stoked-6996]

Neil is legendary

[@heybaeuwb8888]

I love hikarus comments on games its like he is just from another planet of chess.

[@hex2cee]

35:54 Hikaru: very very serious Ludwig: y m c a

[@Kolon01]

That beat that keeps playing everytime they switch camera ruins my emursion

[@TH-dg2mm]

Hikaru: I like everything XQC is doing here. Hikaru: I like everything Ludwig is doing here. Me: :S

[@TheMarksT]

Spolier Alert though -- for the 1st game: Yeah that (25:15) can happen, lol. Like a magnet -- into mate! Thx. Ouch for...

[@bensmith5581]

couldn't he have checkmated at 21:58 though just by taking the pawn

[@TheMarksT]

@@bensmith5581 yep! Lol.

[@jus12chat]

At around 21:49 couldn't kid just win by using queen to take the pawn in front of xqcs then it's a checkmate because if king takes takes the queen then pawn takes the king?

[@dontwatchmydoomvideos]

31:20 was half-expecting them to join xcq's stream to just hear "TOWERED PAWNS"

[@יהונתןאטין]

Ludwig has a video game villian vibe idk why ahh

[@pvpu3304]

BROOOO the awkward silence around 3:20 was actually so funny

[@AugustusAus]

The sound mixing in this video makes it almost unwatchable with sound. Maybe they need a sound controller.

[@aqaridot]

the music is cuz dmca

[@ChocolateMilk..]

"It's definetley not the right way to play this" Well, Stockfish begs the differ.

[@Zdekoms]

Let's listen in to Ludwig aswell Ludwig: *absolute silence*

[@JecIsBec]

The 3:0 game at the end was embarrassing for both players but they played really well otherwise.

[@symptomgaming5288]

48:55 he missed a checkmate on f7....

[@jakehague1555]

He knows it was throwing for content

[@joshualee2652]

25:18 Hold the ball guys

[@03AAB]

At 4:18 if XQC had moved his queen to E7 wouldn’t it have been checkmate just wondering

[@jakefromstatefarm6969]

Nah queen or white bishop can block

[@abjaaksm]

Alexandria is such a good announcer

[@shadowalien40]

Tfw when Hikaru is right and they're both clueless

[@nbain]

lud looked BOOMED after the first game holy

[@88mphDrBrown]

"Its so beautiful, I have a fork" LMFAO

[@cautiouscountry4415]

While watching I saw the bishop move and sadly he never do it as an amateur chess player I’d like to play in something like this I feel like the different strategy’s would Improve my skill by far.

[@hamsnadwich6767]

I just noticed... Alexandra kinda looks like the female version of FitMC Especially at 45:10

[@liam3491]

Lol now that you say it! Maybe she'd also make a good baldie.

[@eneco3965]

More like Katie McGrath

[@satansujay]

More like Amanda Schull

[@cergio8420]

xQs and Hikaru are like Naruto and Jiraya