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MODERN Chess VS ANCIENT Chess... Who Wins?

Pietro Checkmate

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Me and ‪@iwantcheckmate‬ decided to put to the test Chaturanga against chess, to see if modern chess really is stronger. The result was not as straightforward as we thought...

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20 Comments

@John_Youtube_Himself 3 weeks ago

"Chess but my opponent has strictly worse pieces"

@venomdog13 2 weeks ago

"Fools will resign, wise players might resign, but only a true genius would resign."

@jordanthomas8542 2 weeks ago

Pietro: he wants stalemate
Meanwhile tony: raaar!

@Chess_Ultra 2 weeks ago

"and he castles"
HE CAN'T IT'S OLD CHESS 😭😭🙏

@Unjoedoe 3 weeks ago

Oh my god, he did it. He found a variant that does NOT incentivize playing aggressively!

@Jay-Esha 3 weeks ago (edited)

King being one of the most powerful pieces in new chess 😭

@AS10056 3 weeks ago

SON how is this fair😭😭😭

@Ammar-d5j6t 3 weeks ago (edited)

14:45 I love how when the perspective goes to tony he is yapping about the philosophical implications of not adding a resignation button. 😂

@kamilrichert8446 2 weeks ago

I think in this arrangement Tony is incentivized to play aggresively

@Closest_to_Dao 3 weeks ago

8:00 buddy was so locked in he forgot he just said in chaturanga, castle isnt a thing 😂😂😂

@GooberMan-s9l 2 weeks ago

Pietro lost a rook, a bishop and traded a knight for an elephant and still ended up winning.

@TheReaIGuide 2 weeks ago

What might be more interesting is Queenless modern chess VS old chess

@14Balis 2 weeks ago

I like how tony forgot to add castling to his series for like 3 months and now he’s forgetting to remove it

@BelugaWhale220 3 weeks ago

You should see how many bots you can beat with Chaturanga pieces!

@cannot-handle-handles 3 weeks ago

I was rooting for the checkmate guy!

@BumpyFish 13 days ago

Whatever mf designed the ferz must’ve been trolling 😭

@DoubtX 2 weeks ago

The accidental upgrade to the elephant where it could jump horizontally and vertically actually gives it as much movement are a knight. If the ferz was upgraded to a dragon then you'd actually have a decently competitive set of pieces.