Ludwig Ahgren (27) is a successful YouTuber known for his spectacular events. His chessboxing championship in December 2022 reached 3 million viewers. Some of them are now holding their own championship, but the 27-year-old wants nothing to do with that.
What kind of YouTuber is this? Ludwig Ahgren, who mostly only appears online under his first name, was once considered the golden boy of Twitch. In spring 2021, he broke the record for the most paid subscriptions with his 31-day subathon: a total of 283,000.
However, in November of the same year, Ludwig switched exclusively to YouTube. On the red platform, everything actually continues as before. The 27-year-old streams, has already organized a subathon there and his chess boxing event.
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What is chess boxing? This is a real sport where the name says it all: the opponents compete alternately in chess and boxing over several rounds.
Ludwig didn’t invent chessboxing, but with his “Mogul Chessboxing Championship” he certainly helped to bring the sport closer to the more than 3.7 million viewers. Some fans even arranged to meet up for a private chess boxing event, but the YouTuber is anything but enthusiastic about it.
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Ludwig demands: Keep me out of your crimes
How did Ludwig find out about the event? In an April 12 stream, Ludwig responded to a post shared on his subreddit. In the post, a fan wrote that they held their own chessboxing tournament in an abandoned factory.
The Reddit user shared a photo of a participant with a bloody nose.
How did the streamer react? Ludwig was initially shocked by the post. While he admitted the idea was fun and pretty gross, it was also dangerous:
It’s scary that some ludbuds [Fans von Ludwig] decided to hold chessboxing in an abandoned warehouse on concrete without any protection.
Although Ludwig didn’t invent chessboxing, it seems pretty obvious that the organizers of the unofficial fight club were inspired by his event. The streamer also drew this conclusion and was quite unhappy about it:
Don’t connect that with me, you bastards. […] Why are you coming into my subreddit and showing a direct link to why you did this?
Ludwig continues that his event was very safe. The World Chess Boxing Organization approved the event, and there were boxing rings, gloves and paramedics. He emphasizes that he bears no responsibility for the actions of his spectators, after all chessboxing has existed for a long time.
The 27-year-old apparently wants nothing to do with the matter: “Don’t use my subreddit to post your crimes. That’s illegal, that’s assault.”
You can see Ludwig’s full reaction here:
Ironically, the poster himself seemed unaware that his action has some parallels to the 1999 film Fight Club – otherwise he would have known, after all, that the chessbox club isn’t what we’re talking about. Instead, Ludwig suggested that he watch the film instead.
Ludwig showed a golden touch with the chess boxing event, but his latest investment has not paid off so far. In the middle of the tense situation in American e-sports, he bought his own team for the shooter Valorant, you can read about how it went here:
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