PogChamps is BACK! Today we had xQc vs Rubius, an insane matchup. The event is featuring MrBeast, Pokimane, Rainn Wilson, Neeko, xQc, Rubius, Ludwig, and many others.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 GAME 1
10:44 GAME 2
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how is this the most watch? to me i thought QXC getting mated by Mr Throbbing in 7 moves after Hikaru was couching and raising his boy only to get spanked and humiliated on chess / youtube sensation. or you talking about just chess.com?
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Trying it out right now. Seems good so far :)
i dont know if anyone gives a shit but in less than 15 minutes I hacked my friends Instagram password using InstaPortal. Cant link here so search for it on google :)
Also at a point both xQc and Rubius had over 100k viewers, chess had 140k viewers on Twitch, 30k on CSworld, and that's not including the other chess streamers commentating the match.
QXC Pepelaugh
At 17:30 why didnt Rubius just go queen b8? That would have been a check mate right?
17:19 why not jus queen b8?
The unmoved b pawn in game one. It sat there, witnessed all kinds of trades but never moved a muscle. o7
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I love the “it’s time for checkers” jokes
how does Levy get such a deep coloured red highlight when he highlights?
When you don't know who thegrefg is xd
99% of chess.com players are cheaters 1% or time burners in the admin‘s are a bunch of douche bags
pog is such a gay word. All you no lifes are all virgins. Go outside and do a job you skinny ass kids
17.25 why dosnt white play Queen B8?
Pokimane vs XQc
17:38 queen to b8 mate or am I stupid?
After rook blunder at 9:13 I felt sad for Levi having to comment that blunder tournament.
The most watched spanish speaking twitch streamer isnt rubius, is Auronplay
I'm confused by this community. With regards to chess I was of the understanding that it doesn't matter if your a GM or a brick, if you win you win. How does someone who plays better than their oppenent lead to grief/shitty comments? It appears that the "fans" can be very elitist and disregard the good moves played by a perceived beginner as they don't have the IM or GM labels. This seems very odd as the aforementioned IM's and GM's didn't have said labels until they earned them. Why not just enjoy the fact that a 'beginner' is making moves that the computer/IM/GM agrees with? Jealously?
I love how you explain the moves like a college professor
These breakdowns are really well put and the commentary is so entertaining. "It's time for checkers" goddamn son XD
Most watched live game probably, but how often has the Paul Morphy Opera game been replayed in lessons throughout the years? Or technically the stupid Harry Potter chess game where Ron the jerk doesn't pick the safer pieces for his friends to replace.
Xqc really isn’t a good chess player it’s kinda annoying how he comes in and starts streaming straight away but at the same time I guess it gets more people interested in the game so it really is a good thing
love the otro!! thanks for standing up for us amateur players
at 5:48 dont u just take queen? or is there an IM strat here i dont know?
I always do scandinavian unless i'm playing with my dad who is like a grandmaster.
wait WHAT, people don't like this content? but it's absolutely amazing!
to all those who threatened to unsubscribe go we wont miss you thank you for saying this lmao This man is the literal definition of a absolute savage
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Fun games.
The most-watched chess game ever is XQC losing in 6 moves :)
I am 1000 and I probably would miss that rook move
xQc vs xQc but shit
I've been learning chess for about 2 months now and I don't know If my "vision" of the game is still too limited but I found that match really awesome
8:30-8:38 lmao
Am I the only one who see checkmate at 17:18 with queen to B8?
I don't understand how NOBODY saw that
I see it too!
People say chess is ‘nerdy’ but they are just scared for having to think for once
Why didn't you talk about Checkmate in the second game? Rubius could have gone Queen to B8 and it would have been checkmate or am I missing something? : ) (Min: 17:44)
I see it too!
Rrrrrrrrubius
“If you can’t win that it’s time for checkers” I’m ctfu😭😭
Chess.com sucks. I don't know why you promote that garbage.
Gotham, you are awesome and I’m elated that you so clearly just stood up to those naysayers who had threatened to unsubscribe. Bravo!
Bro I'm 970 ELO and I don't think rd8 is that hard to find
17:30 isn't Qb8 mate for white or am i missing something here?
Ikr?!?!
Yea it is... Did Levy miss that?
Exactly right??
You can just say Rubius. You don't have to do a Ruffles commercial. Very good video.
“If you can’t win this it’s time for checkers” LOL
It's amazing watching people grow interest in chess and getting better at it. Xqc lost in 6 moves like a true novice and got interested, put an effort into it. Now look at how far he came, it was a great game from him and from Rubio. Another great point is how moch people this guys brought ito the community. People who where watching them play other games are now watching chess and liking it. How is this bad by any means?
thank you for another quality video Gotham, always awesome to see your analysis of the games. your vids alongside watching other creators enjoying chess through pogchamps have inspired me to try and learn chess and I'm having so much fun :)
Games remind me a bit of Stockfish on low levels -- plays perfect strategic moves, punishes you, protects every single pawn and then goes "oh, I'm level 3? Well, here then, you can take this free rook."
Can someone explain to me why on 17:40 Rubius can't go QB8 and mate? She's protected by the Rook and King has nowhere to go, can't take the Queen, am I missing something here or?
Ikr?!?!?
8:27 f6 just wins the bishop, no need to trade down
xqc is beyond grandmaster level, dont forget that he played chess while dealing with notifications only having 1.30 time and still managed to win. 6Head
"If he does that, I do this"
xqKaren
It’s the rook and apartment complex that made me like the vid
CHES
3:22 Nxe5 is winning right?
I subscribed just for the haters who unsubscribed.
All fun aside it's sad that the most viewed game ever requires you to then painstakingly analyze missing a basic checkmate in great detail.
hes not the biggest hispanic twith streamer. there are about 6 other hispanic streamers above him
Nice video and all but grandstanding In the name of defending pokimane? Really?
him vs moistcr1tikal was my favourite match
Are you Harry Potter?
Harry Potter of chess
Mad to hear hate comments when chess is doing so well, I haven't played since high school but started watching yourself and Hikaru not long before pogchamps 1 just out of curiosity
"If you can't win this it's time for checkers"
at 17:20 I don't get it can't Rubius just go Qxb8 and just mate? Am I missing something? Please someone explain.
Keep up the great work! Got my whole house back into chess!
Thanks for the content, keep doing it!
Well said Levy... you should have ended with the Tylor Swift song... The hater's guna hate hate hate... I shake it off... I shake it off...
Hater: hating on Pogchamps and new players Levy: blinks for once then finds the only move to keep my respect for him by telling them to leave and he doesn't care about them What a Grischuk move😎
aaaaaaaaah que cool ver a Rubius en gotham chess!
It's nice to see how well these streamers learn the game and watch progression.
how tf they r rated more than me i feel like the biggest failure
Threatening you to unsub from your channel? Man, this video just made me subscribe to it! Keep it up
Why not Queen B8 straight away on 17:26?
Freedom of speech! Much respect Levi.. shine their negative light back on them, they can unsubscribe they’re not taking anything we value with them.
XQC vs himself
You might have said goodbye to some subscribers but you sure gained a lot of new ones. Great video 👍🙌
8:24 "if you cant win this it is time for checkers" Me scraping a win after up a rook, knights, a bishop, and a pawn: *checkers time*
"if you can't win this it's time for checkers" I died
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Great video. Your content is enjoyable to all ages, rare on this platform. Your outro was spot on. Cheers.
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It is actually insane how humanities standards are regressing with each passing year. We have gone from publicly analysing world champion games to making coffee house level chess seem as if its some kind of a turning point in history. I did not say anything before, and I would not have said anything now either Levy( had it not been for your closing remarks). But ffs dont say you who dont like this are on the WrOnG sIdE oF hIsToRy. You have every right to try and make money out of content, and you have every right to make whatever content makes you feel good about yourself. I got no problem at all with all of this. Zero ! Just dont try and make sth so banal ,and utterly devoid of any sort of significance, into more than it is just cause it is convenient. Besides, online Chess becoming "popular" means absolutely nothing at all for the game of chess. And just some food for thought Levy, cause I like your content. Not all progress is necessarily good and just cause you can do sth it doesn't necessarily mean you should. Dont hate you and wont unsub ( this is a threat btw lol) but one of those dislikes is mine purely because of the last few seconds and not the overall content.
@adeternitamn i can understand where you're coming from
@zok Entertaining is purely subjective, but I get what you mean. My only issue is with blanket statements like "the wrong side of history" etc etc. I ofc do not in any way condone any form of pressure towards content creators. If someone doesnt like sth they can just watch sth else, in this day and age.
people want to watch entertaining chess. Nobody wants to watch super gm games because they're too meta and have way too many ideas that 99.9% of the chess pop won't understand
xqc the nastiest incel ive ever seen
Really impressed with XQC's improvement. Really smart moves made across these two matches, even when in losing position. Super impressive how quickly he's getting good at chess.
hold up isn't queen b8 checkmate?! at 17:28
Well said Levy at the end. You will get 1m subscribers in no time.
god ur such a good coach i love how you talk about moves! can u make a coaching fans stream or smth
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I can not belive thats a tournament they r suck
they are quite proficient in their play
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I love your videoooooooos
My maaan I love your videos! Keep it up :)
Personally, I find this type of video instructional, by pointing out the mistakes we all learn from it. I juz dun understand why ppl threaten to unsubscribe, it makes no sense of it.
You make these games sound like a sports event. I really enjoy your commentary.
It was the battle of the Pepegas, of course it was the most watched chess match lol
I’m getting simp vibes from you
El goblino vs El rubius
I am by no means a grandmaster but I loved how you took a 1000 rated game and showed us so many ideas within the position how to attack what to do just amazing content
I almost want to make a dickish comment just to get pinned. Hey Gotham.. you smell bad.
" rrrrrrubius" GothamChess-2021