0 IQ Moments in Chess

Some of the best chess players and biggest streamers in the world have made moves so brainless they are hard to believe, and every one of them happened live on stream. These are the 0 IQ moments in chess that their streamers would most like everyone to forget. World number one Magnus Carlsen opens the video, followed by Witty_Alien with two queens and almost no time on his clock, comedian Samay Raina stalemating Hikaru from a completely winning position, and two chessbrah players who manage to waste three queens against a lone king. Jschlatt challenges Alexandra Botez sure of an easy win, iShowSpeed takes on Jynxzi, and Hikaru calls a two-rook checkmate that never gets played in a money match between Logic and xQc. GothamChess, Anna Cramling, Eric Hansen, Hans Niemann and Andrew Tang all have moments here they wish had never happened. Each clip is set up with a short line of context, so no chess knowledge is needed to see exactly what went wrong. 0:00 Magnus Carlsen on his own stream 3:36 Jschlatt challenges Alexandra Botez 6:30 Jynxzi begs for a stalemate Every clip comes from a live stream and is credited on screen. Smotheredchess cuts the best moments from chess streams into compilations, credited to the players who made them. --- © Smotheredchess 2026