this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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[โ€“] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

I took his queen within the first six moves and got a red card.

[โ€“] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

Relevant: https://youtu.be/ucGhD2hC_6s

For those who don't know, iwantcheckmate is a really fun and wholesome chess YouTuber who usually plays chess variants and chess-themed games, and often creates challenges for himself against bots (mostly Martin from chess dot com). He's a very capable chess player (rated 2100 or so, IIRC) and it's really fun to watch him explain his thought process and take even his losses in good spirit even in videos where he does genuinely care about winning. He uploads daily (more or less), really fun for casual watching even if you know nothing about chess (like me!), can't recommend him enough!

The linked video is from 2 days ago where he challenges himself to beat Martin without going offside :)