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Chess defeats Billy Bars

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Recap: In what one could guess is one of the lamest angles ever attempted in battle rap history, Billy Bars decided that it would be ‘bright’ to build his round around Chess’ moniker with literal (“…and we’re running late to the next class”) schoolyard rhymes that were elementary at best, that he somehow thought were hype and had to leave your head shaking on how he got this battle in the first place. And yeah, he used ‘Leave it to Beaver’ in a bar…ummm yeah, this was just bad. Or better yet, only watch it for Chess’ steely (“My machete turns 6-feet nigga’s to 4’4″!”) urban dynamics–thank goodness he went first.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “I’m a send your silly ass down Gwitty path…Paper trail!”

Chess and Gwitty [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Judging from the brimming tension throughout and the boatload of material dropped, it seems like Chess and Gwitty had a lot on their mind before they battled here on WeGoHard. That makes for a competitive battle with a load of stinging personals, heated wordplay, showmanship, gritty street lines. nice (Gwitty: “Punches lumping up Chess….breast cancer!”) set-uos and of course, rich gun lines that at the very least, kept you entertained. Still, in the deciding 3rd round, what with Gwitty delivering consistent fire with anecdotal verbal theatrics and Chess coming just as uncouth, but scoring with real-talk urban drama, best to call this one even with a rematch being a possible necessity.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chess – “Dickhead, since when the fuck did the streets have a age limit?…since when did I need an ID to get a gauge lifted?!”

T Top defeats Chess

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Recap: T Top’s rich and potent trap (“I hit my plug like ‘yeerrppp’ we need more bails, but he nervous he only meet me in a cheap hotel”) talk proves to be too much for a spirited, but inconsistent Chess in this UFF semifinal matchup. No doubt Chess had his (“This nigga tried to walk the walk, I made him limp off”) moments along the way, but with candid storytelling bars, a more consistent flow, dope performance bars and winning name flips, T Top took this one easy to advance to the finals.

Verdict: T Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T Top – “I turn this chest [Chess] inside out like Will jacket”

Chess defeats Prep

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Recap: Shocking slip-ups by Prep along with a wicked array of slick performance bars and schemes by Chess gives the confident young’un a quality win in this first round UFF matchup.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “My niggas speak lead, they thought of a pistol,your niggas speak lead they thought of a pencil, you going up? Good! Well your jaw [points up] going with you [and] I keep bringing it up like I’m forcing the issue!”

Saint Mic defeats Chess

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Recap: Besides Chess managing to edge the second round with some fiery punchlines and sizzling (“Nigga, we ain’t really friends like that, he said Chess ‘we ain’t cool no mo…nigga, it been like that!”; “Have him leaning over the shot like he ain’t bent like that!”) haymakers, this one is pretty much all about a consistently nice Saint Mic who uses gut-drenching wordplay, pointed schemes and potent (“The only thing on the front page of the paper view’s is you trying to save your shoes while getting your ankle bruised…what’s that? Breaking News!”) punches of his own to take the 1st and 3rd, the win and I’m sure a ‘good job’ from the legendary Kid Capri.

Verdict: Saint Mic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Saint Mic – “I’m gonna put Chess to sleep at a record speed, and whoever roll with ‘bru, can get folded up, Cakes down, chest to knees, better 3rd arm, nigga my shirt don’t come with no extra sleeve!”

Aks defeats Chess

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Recap: I don’t know if Chess has got a bulls-eye on his back since his PG battle, but he may have to be on the lookout as it seems like dudes is really stepping up their bar game when facing him. Indeed, while Chess was more focused and nicer here (as opposed to his Dre Dennis battle), for a one-rounder, his came kinda short with the writtens and Aks took full advantage, with an elongated round dipped in grown man (“All your punches is forced, it’s like somebody made you fight, nobody can see me behind bars, It’s like I’m locked with no visitation rights”) bars, Cakes-iced personals and some nice wordplay throughout to edge this one.

Verdict: Aks (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Aks – “So F U and your ego….y’all don’t think that’s fire? Well F U and EGO is fuego and that’s FIRE!”

Dre Dennis defeats Chess

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Recap: Sometimes when you set the bar so high, a less than stellar performance can be seen as taking your art for granted, which in turn can provide an opponent with a window to win. Such is the case here as Chess, tho he certainly had his moments of executing some hot bars, fails to perform as consistently nice as you’re used to. Too bad as he gets schooled by a literal brickhouse in Dre Dennis, who spazzes on the little guy with enough elite schemes, haymakers, punchlines and self-deprecating (“I ain’t got one, so I know you ain’t coming for my neck nigga!”) rhymes to make your mouth water. Perhaps a hard ‘L’ to digest, but a good student will learn from this one.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “Chess, what’s your next move? I’ll tie his fat ass up and watch him starve in front of fresh food”

Chess defeats D.O.T.

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Synopsis: Nice battle (tho someone’s gotta tell heads who wanna talk during a battle to go elsewhere) esp. for a PG matchup. Both D.O.T. and Chess had energy, similar styles, ill schemes, great wordplay and performance galore. Close throughout, but when you dissect the battle a little bit it clearly came down to who had more sensibility (Sorry Dot, but the Olympic logo has 5 rings, not 4. And “Gabby Davis”?!? Lupus being a “hair” disease?!? Really?!?) with his bars as well as who dropped more haymakers–that’s Chess on both counts.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “Pop your melon while you sleep, you’ll be yelling, that means I blew dreams out his dome for getting loud, but that’s regular, that’s dot, dot, dot, etcetera, etcetera . . .”

Chess defeats Cakes

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Recap: Too much talking in the back (like Tsu Surf mentioned, why heads come to a rap battle to talk is beyond me), but still a good-ass battle nonetheless between Cakes and Chess. Thought Cakes brought slightly more angles, styling on all the hype concerning Chess’ youth (the scheme about Steams always yelling out “He 16!” was hilarious) and I liked how he repped his hood with that “You on a winning streak? Nigga you gonna be under the L like you passed through Sutter” quip. But for all his hot bars and wordplay Cakes needs to work on his performance (unlike Ah Di Boom, he lacks that big man swag) and stage presence as too often he gets distracted by the crowd and has a bad habit of talking/gesturing during his opponent’s rounds. Still, Chess’ round was just a total barfest, impressing with delicious schemes, fierce (“You not Chess, so it’s hard for you to kill niggas that don’t cut it, out to cook, that’s my barber’s que [barbeque] to grill niggas”) wordplay and loaded haymakers all the while staying away from too easy fat jokes. Chess got this one.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “Don’t grip the nine, take his life with a knife, split his mind and leave head on both sides…..69”

Chess defeats Big Trap

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Recap: Who ate more? The decision here is Chess with a more consistent flow, better wordplay, dope performance (“…cuz’ to win y’all get bodied together, y’all Siamese for real!”) bars, nice personals and a couple of haymakers thrown in just in case you’re having a hard time subtracting the difference. Still a good one-rounder tho between the kid and Big Trap.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess -“Think Deebo, he act hard, but we all know he Tiny in real life”

Chess defeats Reepah Rell

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Recap: Oversaturated with too many standard name flips/young’un lines as well as listless bars, while (“Your name Chess, you should know tonight, move with L’s!”) lit at times, overall Reepah Rell just can’t keep up with Chess’ more bountiful barrage of aggressive urban hijinks, a potent body scheme and cogent (“Hold the phone, I’ll let it ring even if it’s uncalled for!”) wordplay in this one-rounder from Colosseum Battle League.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “He think he a G, ummm he getting chewed…WinterFresh!”

Chess defeats K.O.

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Recap: In this vets vs. rooks battle from WeGoHard, Chess and K.O. unload what’s left of their emtire battle rap notebook’s for what turns to be a solid, but a bit of an underwhelming battle. Don’t get it twisted, an aggressive K.O. dished some (esp. in the 1st round) quite a few (“It’s gonna remind Chess of Jumanji, the way those pieces unravel!”; “I’ll umbrella open his top like a frank stand!”) haymakers throughout, all the while using steely gun lines and some nice flips to edge round one. But for K.O., as his penchant for landing roundhouse punches on his opponent lessened, as the match went on, his rampant usage of filler increased that wasn’t helped by elongated rounds that we’re ironically used to seeing from Chess. All that combined gave an opening to the rapid, punch steady Chess, who even while not at his best when it came to spitfire bars and with his standard pedigree of going way over time limits, still spouted enough verbal (“What’s in store?, is you getting [makes like throwing a punch at K.O.] caught on cam…surveillance tape!”) hijinks, performance-rich heaters and consistency to his raps to edge the latter two rounds and pull out a close win.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “I named this [makes left hand like gun] monkey one, this [makes right hand like gun] monkey two, the right shoot, the left shoot, monkey see, monkey do!”

Chess defeats J-Krooger

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Recap: Can’t complain here, both Chess and J-Krooger did their thing, unfortunate that someone in the crowd tried to ruin the event. Still, Chess edges this 1-rounder with more clever wordplay and direct punches that more than made their mark.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “And if I do lose tonight your top flying, nigga I’m taking either side, I’m not biased”

Young Kriss defeats Chess

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Recap: I’d love to call this one for Chess as he certainly outnumbered Young Criss on haymakers, wordplay and performance, but those stumbles combined with a pretty dope and almost flawless performance from (“You say you do dirt? How much can you do when you under some?”) Young Criss hurt him overall. Regardless, for being only 16, Chess is way too nice…so check his ID anyway.

Verdict: Young Kriss (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “Y’all think this nigga got drive?, well if he staring down tell him not to bring his car clothes [close] to me, cuz’ I’m shooting at tire it’ll wear him out”

Chess defeats Rock Boy Rone

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Recap: How lethal is this one round bodybag? You could turn off the sound and peep the reactions from the crowd alone just to tell who won. Still, Chess’ incredible wordplay, backward alphabet scheme and fierce name flips against a clearly over-matched Rock Boy Rone are worth a looksie.

Verdict: Chess –

Favorite line: Chess – “I’ll put two on the side of your top like a square root!”