Now you HAVE to beat 100% of players next

30:32 - 33:31 → Interactions like these is why I love this channel so so much. He doesn't shout into the mic, is really soft spoken and states both chess and life lessons very clearly. There are many good chess players some  chesstubers even but there are not many who are very good chess narrators(whilst playing). He explains every move of his so very clearly and doesn't do the annoying youtuber things like clickbait and engagement farm(I have never heard him ask viewers subscribe). Recently he even made a website so we can play the crazy bots that he plays in videis, with no ads or account, totally for free, which must've cost money to run ,which he didn't have to do and he gains nothing financially from it. He clearly does it all for his love of chess.

Haha I learned a new term today: "discovered defense" 14:53

Rapid was fun to see you climb bc (ironically) its relatively slower then the other variants so it actually gives you time to explain moves and thoughts! Personally i like when you bounce back and forth between more "real" chess and and chess themed games.

0:14 who else immediately checked how long the video was after hearing this lol.

9:59 It's the leningrad dutch and I won my first club championship round with it. From my 1400 elo experience it either progressively overwhelms white's position or blows up on itself completely. Basically you're playing for a win but are ready to leave huge weaknesses in your king side defense. It's really fun.

24:32 you can highlight multiple colors?!?!

This is probably my favourite video you've made so far. I love how you explain all your tactics and possible countertactics from your opponent.

Hello IWC! I just found out I am suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome from a Concussion I never realized I had, and sadly may be facing some permanent issues with my right eye due to leaving it unchecked for so long. (a 1x1ft block fell on my head from 6ft up, I only had a headache for a day or two, then nothing! I only realized something was up when I looked in the mirror and flashed a light in my eye when it was feeling weird, turns out some really funky stuff with eye dilation goes down when you get a concussion. (Never seen my pupil breakdance before!)

I always return to this video to have something to fall asleep to. Especially now of all times, feeling some extreme medical anxiety, it has really come in handy. So thank you so much for uploading as much as you do, through many of your struggles and whatever you feel that weighs on you. You have some people that really appreciate what you do, so please take care of yourself so you can keep being awesome.

Keep shooting for the stars Tony! You're awesome.

49:55 - TRAP THE ROOK?

literally never been this quick to a video lol. i am one of the og subs at under 1k

16:09 Bro i think in that position you could’ve recaptured with the queen and won a knight in case of recapture

11:35 Iwantcheckmate is becoming hikaru with those arrows

Haha I love how you learned from the past thumbnail and made one which others creators popularised

Now he has to beat 99.9% of players in FPS Chess!

21:20 I was looking at Nxd6 Qxd6 Bxh7 and then just drop it back to Bc2 if they go Kh8. I think it'd be cool to see you do a brief engine analysis of each game before moving on

I am in the top 99.99% of players, maybe even top 99.98% on a good day 😂

I’m sure you’ll reach top 0.1% soon

14:38 I think if black started to trade on e6, you could take with the queen first rather then the knight, so it ends up forking their queen, preserving the knight in the end.

Really enjoying the rapid chess since I am mostly a rapid player, so I find this stuff to be very educational.

Love the videos man! Keep it up! <3