If you look at the most popular games on Twitch right now, you’re sure to find the staples: League of Legends, CS:GO, Fortnite ⁠— esports’ juggernaut titles. But recently a new game has climbed to the top of Twitch. The only game on the platform to go 1,000 years without slowing down — chess.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Some of esports’ most legendary and adored players have earned almost mythical titles. And in most cases, these monikers are worn like badges of honor, commemorating the unparalleled skill and excellence of these titans in game. But that’s not always the case with nicknames. Sometimes they’re given for different reasons, just look at an oddball like Kenryo “Mago” Haya

Every accomplished professional can think back on that one moment where they were able to look around, smile, and say with absolute certainty, I’ve made it.And in CS:GO one of those moments arrives when you punch your first ticket to a Major, earning you the right to design your own in-game sticker – weaving your name into the fabric of Valve’s busted code forever.But, for one of

Astralis are in the middle of DreamHack Masters: Europe. Eight days away from their first playoff match, they're busy doing their tournament prep, it should be business as usual. Except it’s not, because there’s new players on the starting lineup for the first time in two years.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

G2 Esports are the best European League of Legends team ever. In 2019 they won both LEC splits, made the World Championship finals, and became the first EU team to win MSI. So after finding all this success last year, you’d think the MSI champions and World finalists would simply run it back… But G2’s two carries swapped roles… again.For more great videos, be sure to subs

Faker made it back to the top of Korea in 2019. Armed with a new super-team composed of some of the region’s best players, Faker and T1 dominated the 2019 LCK season, winning both spring and summer. But all that success wasn’t enough to keep the T1 dream team together. T1 was forced to rebuild again, with Faker left to lead the new, young squad as the oldest player on the team.For more

JD Gaming jungler Kanavi made history this spring. The 19-year-old became the first non-mid laner named the LPL’s league MVP, beating out names like the reigning world champion Doinb. In his first-ever split as a starter, Kanavi achieved what most players spend their whole careers chasing. He wasn’t just named MVP, he became an LPL champion. But just a few months ago, Kanavi’s fu

Blaber is North America’s best jungler, and it’s not even close. In his first full split as a starter, the young jungler helped win Cloud9’s first LCS championship in six years. But Blaber did more than earn his first championship. The guy was also voted first-team all-pro jungler, and league MVP He only just became a starter, and he’s already taken the league by storm. But

Igor Fraga is one of F3’s newest drivers. In February, Fraga got one step closer to his dream by signing with F3 team Charouz Racing System, following that up days later by winning the Toyota Racing Series. But when he wasn’t racing on the track, Fraga was also competing in esports racing simulators.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Team Liquid are out of playoff contention. They bombed out of the Spring Split in what’s now the biggest downfall in LCS history. The guy taking the brunt of the team’s criticism was Doublelift. Doublelift under-performing was bad. But his attitude at the start of spring is what really got the community fired up.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao is one of the coin-flippiest competitive gamers alive and he’s developed a reputation for doing things that are so transparently absurd that it genuinely isn’t clear whether they’re strokes of brilliance, or fits of madness. And over the years, EnVy’s single-minded commitment to this unreliable fiftEE-fiftEE play-style has taken on a life

Lincoln “fnx” Lau is a problem. The two-time CS:GO Major winning, tatted-up Brazilian bad boy might be incredibly talented, but off the server he's known for being problem-causing liability for his teammates. So why is it that every roster that gives him the boot is doomed to never win a Major without him? Well it’s simple really: “No fnx, no Major.”For more great

Whenever anyone talks about great teams in esports, they usually just want to talk about the superstars. But as often as these gods might bask in the warmth of the spotlight, sometimes they’re known to burst into flames when they’re forced under it. But for Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth things are a little different...For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScor

There comes a time in every player’s career when they have to put it all on the line for a chance to win big. A moment where they throw caution to the wind and simply hope for the best. And sometimes those gambles have spectacular pay-offs. But there have also been infamous moments when players didn’t need to put anything on the line and chose to risk everything. Solo's was one of

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