the “babe, he likes chess” bit really makes me realize how weird it must for Kelsey to hear him make videos

cody playing chess now really just ties his character development together

Bold strategy, we'll see if it pays off

As someone who recently fell into the chess rabbit hole, this video was incredible

Cody is trying hard to sound like he isn’t enjoying how nerdy this all is.

Cody you're so smart and funny

This makes me really want Cody to just stream playing chess

Cody is slowly becoming a teacher asking everyone what they learned at the end of each video

didn’t think i’d be spending valentine’s day alone watching a video about chess memes but here i am

Cody wants to be a chess content creator but he’s terrified of losing his fan base and being mocked by the chess community

Shout out to Cody for going to a top ten college in America for CS and not remembering how to write code

Watching Cody try to code proves my theory that we as Software Engineers really only know how to code by googling.

As a chess nerd and Cody fan, never in a million would i be expecting this crossover

I’d kill to see Cody play some online chess

If he thinks the “Fried Liver” is cool, wait until he hears about the “Hyper Accelerated Dragon”

Magnus Carlsen the world champion and arguably the best player ever Cody: The guy that waited 25 seconds to make it more fair 😱😱

Just watch Guess The Elo. All of it. Better than drugs

cody being a pathological liar and a chess enthusiast is so great

magnus isnt just a chad who waits and gives his opponents time odds. Dude streams himself playing blitz chess (really fast chess) while downing beer after beer, with a bunch of his friends and girls for company, and still beats other grandmasters while practically blind drunk. Magnus is the ultimate gigachad end boss of chess

I think it would be so entertaining to watch cody play with or against someone really good. Make it happen Cody

It all started with the queens gambit for me

Had to do a double-take - my normal chess content has now merged planes with Cody Ko. What a time to be alive.

Cody is the only youtuber that could keep me entertained during a 16 minute video about complicated checkers

i legit wanna see a full on serious coding tutorial taught by Cody

Cody learning how to play chess is just perfect, next year he will start golfing.

I always imagine Kelsey sitting downstairs just going about her day and hearing Cody yelling out of context

As someone who isn’t into, or even passable at chess, but has also gone down the chess rabbit hole on KZfaq, Magnus Carlson is so enjoyable to watch.

"How do I close this??" Is probably the most relatable thing I've heard when it comes to learning chess.

As a chess player, seeing someone get into chess for the first time is truly exceptional. I love it.

Cody’s “Chess Influencer” is gonna be Magnus’s “little back end tech developer”

Cody, are we psychic? Out of nowhere I just started playing chess a ton in the few weeks... And now this?! Love you buddy!

0:07 the “brother-in-law” upgrade is so cute! You and Kelsey are literally couple goals

Cody needs to learn how to play classical piano because holy shit classical music memes go so dummy hard

Honestly the programmer meme was him forgetting how to program. Classic

cody should really let this become his thing that hes unironically into like noel is with racing, I would love a video of cody breaking down his training process and outcome

Cody learn the Bongcloud, best opening of all time! 🤠

My favorite chess moment is Charlie destroying XQC, then proclaiming how rock-hard he is to the announcers

We're starting to see Cody truly become an adult. Cooking/baking and now chess

I play chess regularly and I find these memes just as confusing

at 8:59 he goes from laughing at "The fried liver attack", to realizing how metal "The fried liver attack" is, to respectfully praising "The fried liver attack" for its sickness and how radical it is

Cody Ko's playing chess instead of paying checkers. He's good.

this once again proves that I'll watch anything just because it's cody

As a Londoner and a chess player, I must say. How did you master the London System so quickly?

Lowkey, Cody explaining his interest in chess sounds like a freelancer explaining the “entrepreneur” in their insta bio

I wanna see him and noel try to play chess

Cody : The bot played the worst opening ever Also cody : *counters the bot with an even worse opening*

It would be so cool if you started making more chess content. Everyone I watch is like crazy good, and seeing some else’s journey to becoming a better player would be cool.

12:20 this man created an entire app…let that sink in

the fact that there's a non-zero chance that i've played cody in a blitz game is WILD

Last year I was working with refugee kids in an after school program. One kid asked me to teach him chess even though I only know the absolute basics. I did so, and it opened a can of worms. EVERYONE wanted to learn, even the other teachers. We ended up having to do chess Fridays because all the kids ever wanted to do was play chess instead of practice language or work on homework 😂 a bunch joined chess clubs in school. They all quickly learned more than I ever have and easily beat me 9/10 times. For the holiday season we had a budget to buy them each board games, ended up pretty much buying most of the 40 kids chess sets 😂

13:59 .... Cody no... thats not what is happening lmao Edit: the joke is that is an illegal move meaning he cant just plop his king in the range of another king.

9:43 “aw did somebody get addicted to crack?”

When he was talking about the openings, I immediately got excited for him to find out about the Accelerated Dragon.

Cody dipping his toes into chess? Now we need that chess colab with critical

This video made me laugh so much 😂 Cody’s best content is when he’s just having fun and doing things that he likes

Cody’s partner leaving that chess match in two seconds after cody talked up such a big game is unironically the funniest chess meme of all

"Pure, unfiltered testosterone... The way he clapped... Let's get a replay on that." You didn't have to do him like that bro.

I tried to get good at chess while I was in college. I did loads of research about openings and game play, I played with a computer app for hours, it's what I did in my free time instead of playing Tetris. This was months of me trying to get better and master the game. I was home for the holidays and asked my dad if he wanted to play a game with me. A man who hasn't played chess in probably 30 years. He beat me in about 5 minutes. He quickly beat me three times in a row. My dad doesn't even like chess

10:42 the pawn is actually panicking because getting promoted stale mates the king.

I LOVE that Cody posted a video about chess on valentine's day! I too love chess and running but not very good at either. we need more ppl that make content like this.

3 things Cody needs to learn about: 1. Pogchamps 2. r/AnarchyChess 3. The Bongcloud

As a chess player myself, It’s so sick to see so many different personalities like Cody getting into the game

I love your videos so much, fr the only things that be making my day

this made my night cody thank u

I’m here for the Cody Ko chess content. I hope we get a series where he progresses at chess and understands the memes more haha

Man, it’s gonna be pretty weird when we’ll have to start referring to Cody as a Grandmaster a few months from now

LOVED this video, need more obscure topics like this!

I love when my interests collide. Cody ko plus my recent fascination with chess equals chefs kiss

there’s a girl in my ap world history class that wears a “eat. sleep. CHESS. repeat.” hoodie almost every day lmao edit: so i think most ppl are assuming i’m a guy who needs tips on how to get w this girl … i’m a girl who is not interested or attracted to this girl in any way LMAOO

The joke here is that now we all will get chess video recommendations

this is the most relatable cody vid ever lmao i just got into chess like a month ago it is literally this

Post more! I love your vids!

Cody is so quirky hehe “wHooPs i AcCiDeNtALy PwaYeD aNoThEr GaMe oF cHeSs UwU” What a quirkster

Magnus is a goddamn alien computer from the future. Even 75% effort Magnus beats like most of the best people in the world, and when he tries it's just not fair.

this is lit i did the same dive into chess a while back during the word champ like 2 months ago

0:42 I have the same experience, and I learn that if you usually watch youtube vid and you only watch the thing you search rarely, it's not gonna really show up in the recommended section. And also I am glad they have option for "Not Interested" and "Don't recommend Channel"

I love all the chess community getting together just to encourage Cody into making more chess videos. Come on Cody we need more of RoOk tO g4

cody saying “how do i close this dawg” is too relatable when playing a game

I love this, I got into chess the same way last year. Thank you for making this.

Cody I got into chess too over holidays and bro ur video might have been the most relatable shit I’ve seen on this platform just point after point lmao

cody wanting to be included in the chess clique shows my entire childhood so well.

Ludwig is buds with Magnus so if you still have that friendship going you could prob get him to go on your podcast lmao

one of my favorite videos ever bc so relatable w the one youtube search leads you to the unending abyss of chess 😂

loved this one

Can't wait till Cody discovers Bingo

Cody's time at college was not wasted at all I see.

This video is amazing , so funny , under rated for sure , laughed so hard 😂

This happened to me as well like a month or so ago, and i still watch all of them

the timing is so exquisite, I just started learning chess

cody doesn’t even know about the *Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto, Pterodactyl Defense*

just got into chess & this is my new fav video

I need more of this

It would make my year to see Cody learn and play chess while collabing with chesstubers

The best part of this for me was Cody realizing he forgot how to write code

I loved the differentness of this video.

Cody, this vibe is so different and I fuck with it…. The beanie is fire and your diction is on point…god bless

Cody creating a niche meme is just as frictionless as ever

As someone who plays chess regularly and watches a lot of chess content, this video is fucking me up.

as a fellow chess player myself , seeing cody try to understand chess memes brings me back to when i was a 300 rated player ')

As a person that’s currently learning how to code, Cody releasing a Javascript for beginners course would be the best thing ever.