I Attempted "Pokémon Chess" 

You can play it yourself at pokemonchess.com :D

In the wise words of Mr. Pokémon Challenges himself: "Should've played around the crit"

I respect the absolute blind faith in RNG at the end, RIP alpha

Jan's words echoed in your head: "Always play around the crit"

There is something poetic about a stall tactic falling apart to a critical hit

Bro’s biggest enemy was the rulebook

Legit, the pure irony of Alpha, one of the infamously lucky gamers, losing to RNG against someone seemingly infamously unlucky in pokemon RNG, and losing to a crit sends joy through me.

Alpharad losing to _someone else’s_ blind faith in luck is a truly ironic twist of fate.

Alpharad: *Is about to win via timer* Critical Hit: *Death whistle intensifies.*

Alpharad defeating Kidd in 2 moves by chaining 3 super effective moves and taking the king just to lose the finals match because the man that missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row in a pokémon tournament got a crit on the pawn that was protecting the king is just an absolute Pokémon chess moment

I love that the most unlucky person in the tournament actually got lucky for once in his pokemon career.

No one ever expects the bidoof gambit, truly one of the most formidable plays that few can play around

"Live long enough as the hero and see yourself become the villan" This is it guys The main character arc is over Alpha's rumbling arc begins

Chess is a complicated game. Pokémon is a complicated game. And now they’re merged. Truly beautiful.

how chaotic, i love it

The story telling is so on point and the way Alpha drags us through the narrative for the conclusion is truly stunning. I laughed so hard at the end 10/10

I think the last match illustrates Pokémon Chess really well You can get into the mind of your opponents and outplay them with a thought out strategy but that all means nothing in the eyes of a crit

This is definitely a video by Alpha. Never gets punished until the last second where his podium collapses underneath him.

A true nuzlocker always goes down to the crit

I audibly gasped when I saw the triple super effective move to win. Easily the best play out of the entire tournament.

That ending is honestly the most Alpharad thing I've seen in a while

As a PokeChess GM myself, Jacob is an up an coming star that is truly frightening for the scene

Alpha's insane RNG and Cybertron's 5 will-o-wisp RNG came together to create an absolute abomination that last game

What spectacular storytelling. Truly Phenomanal. Cyber getting that crit last moment was beyond clutch and just goes to show how you should always play around the crit Jacob

Holy crap... that final move looked like a Platinum nuzlocke.

Watched the LittleZ video first, and coming to this really makes me appreciate Alpha's ability to weave a narrative.

That was nothing short of a full tale of hopes, intrigue, valor and tragedy.

This is actually a brilliant evolution (pun intended) of chess. It adds more strategy and an element of chaos to make it so interesting. 10/10

Imagine getting out-lucked by the man who missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row?

As someone who is obsessed with both Pokemon and Chess, I'm very glad that this monstrosity exists

Wow. Cybertron really got a lucky crit with 2 seconds left. Holy hell. Love to see Frank featured like this. His channel and editing are so underrated.

Loved watching the whole stream. Would love to see more in the future

The fact that Alpha lost because he didn't play around the crit it's beautiful

That was literally the most Alpharad way to end the series 💀

Really great video! loved the music choice and the ending.

I love your choice of putting classical materpiece music in the background.

Of all the times lady luck decided she wasn't gonna help you, it had to be for $1000

He really tried stalling indefinitely, this is the most pokemon moment of all time.

You got to understand cybertron got unlucky throughout this tournament but still won from pure skills until the end where luck is really needed and he got it.

The end of this video is so freaking good, the classical music paired with a moment that really comes full circle, it's hilarious

Sometimes it feels like Alpharad is the villain of the internet, and he is.

This video has proven that not even Alpharad's luck is infinite

the pain of loseing 2.2 seconds away from winning. my heart goes out to you

I swear, this man is Icarus, but with infinitely regenerating wings, solely so he could burn them again

I would ask for the runback but there's no chance I'm ever coming back from all those blunders 😭

Awesome video, Alpha! Can't wait to see your next video on Pokemon Chess Boxing!

I love that in the clip at 2:38 where he says out of danger into danger that he shows a clip of danger into danger. XD

A man known for his luck against a man known for his bad luck was truly fitting for the finals

Aaron winning with luck feels incredibly poetic

Im so glad to see Aaron get a good rng roll. I swear he would have won words that year if the whisp hit

The critical hit from cybertron of all people still gives me chills

I love this game now I am actually obsessed playing this with friends

This was a real Alpharad moment

I watched the little z video, you played so well it's crazy!

Probably one of my favourite videos this year

Alpharad losing due to luck is irony at it’s finest

I understand the rage Alpha felt but, GOD DAMN, that was an AWESOME final move

You can’t even be mad at that ending. Cyber deserves the win with that gamble.

Getting to see this video from this perspective after seeing the original was not disappointing. Great vid.

I just imagined Magnus Carlsen losing the Chess World Championship Finals to a critical hit and bursted out laughing, truly a superior form of chess is being played here

Imagine pokemon chess becoming actually competitive and having other tournaments

Glad I found you love the pkmn videos

Truly, Alpharad was on a winning streak. He was getting so close! And all it took was a lucky critical hit to have that dream come crumbling down like the tower of Babel.

Anytime anyone references cybertron, it’s so funny that it always ends with the clip of will-o-wisp missing 5 times (or a joke abt missing)

Alpharad: "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point.

the last one was like losing a nuzlocke to the final elite four member or champion

The fact that at 7:50 1812 overture was playing which is a song about a war that got turned on its head is a good touch

Okay, but knowing Alpharad, that ending was the best possible conclusion. That was peak content.

Everyone in the comments already said how beautifully cursed this was, so I'd like to take a moment to ask the editors to perhaps turn down the music a bit since there is no subtitles. Although subtitles would be great anyway and that way more people can watch the video! Closed caption really really doesn't do the trick and I found it quite hard to follow with so much stuff going on, so who knows how many genius moves I missed!

This looks amazing. I would watch more Pokémon Chess content

That ending was so well set up. Bravo.

Can't wait for Pchall to react to this and tell him he should have played around the crit

I love how he uses classical music since chess is deemed a sophisticated and intelligent sport.

I love watching my favorite 7 creators and alpharad suffer by playing modded chess

I do think Jacob's biggest weakness in this game is his cockiness. I feel like that's what keeps him being a relatively average competitive Pokemon chess player, every time he does alright he acts like he's invincible. He's like the real life Pit: mid tier with an Icarus complex.

Wow, I wasn't expecting it to end like that. It hurts, man

I’ve already seen the Little Z video, so I’m excited to see your painful… painful 2nd place all over again.

this video was such a whimsical Journey to corruption vs Journey of near failure story, beautiful

I love that Vernius is so ripped but his face looks so baby XD

This is a reminder that even the internet funny man is truly not the protagonist of every single one of his videos. I felt the pain at the end of the video.

Pokemon chess is one of the most chaotic and amazing thing's ive ever seen

I liked the 1812 overture at the end. Such a great song.

I’ve watched Astroid for so long and now seeing him in an Alpharad video is so surreal

Glad to see Chess finally get some DLC

That last play was the VERY DEFINITION of an icarus moment

It wouldn’t be an alpharad video if something didn’t go horribly wrong

Love the video, but alpha when is the smash charcters tier list coming : )

If you told me Alpha would turn into the biggest PokeTuber 5 years ago I would have laughed. But here we are.

It is weird how luck is Jacob's biggest ally and enemy

0:30 honestly....that just sounds like someone added the gimmick of checkers to chess

This feels like a long RU-vid short I don't know how else to describe it

That ending was.. Was just so poetic.... I would be doing FLIPS. Good old crit RNG to the rescue again....

The music choices in this video just make so much sense I love it

the use of the 1912 overture at the end,,,,magnificent

I know nobody asked for or let alone cares about the names of the background music, but anyway, here goes: 00:00 The Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss II. 00:16 Winter, Antonio Vivaldi. 1:26 Trepak, The Nutcracker, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. 2:02 don’t know. 2:28 Moonlight Sonata, 3rd movement, Ludwig van Beethoven. 3:06 Carmen (Overture), Georges Bizet. 3:50 Ride of the valkyries, Wagner. 4:34 Nocturne op.9 No.2, Frederich Chopin. 5:55 La Marseillaise, French national anthem, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (I think) 9:00 1812 overture, Pyotyr Tchaikovsky. Please feel free to correct me or add any other classical pieces I might have missed.

always love Alpha's storytelling

This version of chess has a ton of potential plays, as seemingly you get to pick the typing of every piece! Would love to be able to play this and experiment

the victini in the thumbnail looks like it is having the most prolonged edging session of its life

Can't wait for Pokemon Challenges to tweet out you need to play around the crit.

Literally just finished the little Z video and was wondering when I’d get to see your perspective