- Eberechi Eze beats YouTuber Sapnap in final
- Crystal Palace player was taught chess by Michael Olise
Eberechi Eze has followed up his starring role in Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final win with another personal success: first place in an online celebrity chess tournament. The 26-year-old England international, who scored as Palace beat Villa 3-0 at Wembley last Saturday, won Chess.com’s four-day, 12-player amateur PogChamps tournament, involving athletes and content creators.
Eze beat the American YouTuberSapnap 2-0 in the final, livestreamed on Twitch, winning the $20,000 (£15,000) top prize. Chess.com said Eze “showed that he’s as good at defending as he is at attacking”, taking advantage of Sapnap who “missed a key attacking idea, which led to an unfortunate brain fart and piece blunder”.
