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This is the ultimate face-off in a contest of testing not brawn, but brains...

Some of the greatest minds from Marvel and DC are going at it in the ultimate chess tournament to match the might of their minds, not their muscles. Whoever's team has the most wins for their universe gets to continue to survive....the opposing team gets blinked out of existence. The matches are as follows....

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman =

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor =

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker =

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle =

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul =

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet =

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler =

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac =

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid =

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel =

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle =

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing =

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam =


Copy and paste the matches and then write who you think the winner of each match would be...and then count up the wins and see which universe has the most wins.

Feel free to give reasons why also...

Originally posted by Comicbook_kid
This is the ultimate face-off in a contest of testing not brawn, but brains...

Some of the greatest minds from Marvel and DC are going at it in the ultimate chess tournament to match the might of their minds, not their muscles. Whoever team has the most wins for their universe gets to continue to survive....the opposing team gets blinked out of existence. The matches are as follows....

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman =

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor =

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker =

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle =

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul =

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet =

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler =

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac =

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid =

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel =

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle =

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing =

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam =


Copy and paste the matches and then write who you think the winner of each match would be...and then count up the wins and see which universe has the most wins.

Feel free to give reasons why also...

1- Doom
2-Luthor
3- BP
4- Don't know
5- Ra's
6- Don't know
7- Hulk
8- Brainiac
9- Thanos
10- Pym
11- Xavier owz her
12- S-M
13- Shazam!

Probably Marvel, but not by a big margin

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Batman

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed Richards

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = Black Panther

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Iron Man

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul =Ra's Al Ghul

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Grand Master

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Hmm.

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = Lulz no thanks

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Hank Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Oracle

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Spider-man

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Shazam!

Should we also include things like how well people have done in Chess?

Originally posted by Mr. Slippyfist
Should we also include things like how well people have done in Chess? Hell no.

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Tough call. This match can go either way.

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = This is Lex's match to lose. Reed is smart, but this kind of match favors lex.

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = Joker. He's just that damn good.

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Which Beetle? Most likely Iron Man.

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Ra's. Beast is smart, but this is not his area. And Ra's is a master at Chess.

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Ganthet. Grandmaster is vastly overrated.

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Can't call it.

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac. Brainiac is in another league.

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = After the reveal of who was behind Countdown, there really should be no doubt who win this one.

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Not sure.

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Can't call.

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Nightwing.

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Can't call.

Originally posted by Mr. Slippyfist
Should we also include things like how well people have done in Chess?

For example?

For instance, do you mean if you have scans or issue #'s that shows a character playing chess or beating another character can you post it? Definitely. Anything you can add to back up your answers the better...

I remember a scan someone posted a while back that showed Joker beating Ra's Al Ghul in chess....and then Riddler beating Joker....

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Batman. I think this is where Batman's smarts are. Where Doom is the man with tech, magic, armours, mathematics, and science. Batman knows tactics and such. This match will last a while.

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Lex Luthor. Read above.

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = I have no idea with this one. I'll give the slight edge to the Black Panther. Joker will give him a **** of a ride though. It really could go either way.

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Tony Stark.

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Beast. This is what he does all day.

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Don't know either.

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Riddler. See Match 1 and 2.

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Is this a joke? Braniac.

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = The world shatters. I'll give this to Thanos.

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = I have no idea. They're both super-genuises.

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Professor Xavier. See Match 5.

Match 12 - Spider-Man Vs. Nightwing = Nightwing. He's Batman's son.

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Assuimng this is the wizard, not Black Adam. Shazam. Does Odin even know what Chess is?

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Tough call. This match can go either way.

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = This is Lex's match to lose. Reed is smart, but this kind of match favors lex.

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = Joker. He's just that damn good.

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Which Beetle? Most likely Iron Man.

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Ra's. Beast is smart, but this is not his area. And Ra's is a master at Chess.

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Ganthet. Grandmaster is vastly overrated.

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Can't call it.

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac. Brainiac is in another league.

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = After the reveal of who was behind Countdown, there really should be no doubt who win this one.

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Not sure.

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Can't call.

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Nightwing.

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Can't call. You didnt give one marvel character a solid win here.

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Doom

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Luthor

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = Black Panther

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Iron Man

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Ra's Al Ghul

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Grandmaster

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = The Riddler

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = Thanos

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Hank Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Professor X

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Nightwing

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Shazam

That would make it Marvel 7 - DC 6

Originally posted by Comicbook_kid
This is the ultimate face-off in a contest of testing not brawn, but brains...

Some of the greatest minds from Marvel and DC are going at it in the ultimate chess tournament to match the might of their minds, not their muscles. Whoever's team has the most wins for their universe gets to continue to survive....the opposing team gets blinked out of existence. The matches are as follows....

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman =

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor =

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker =

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle =

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul =

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet =

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler =

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac =

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid =

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel =

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle =

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing =

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam =


Copy and paste the matches and then write who you think the winner of each match would be...and then count up the wins and see which universe has the most wins.

Feel free to give reasons why also... 1. Doom
2. Reed Richards
3.Joker
4.Iron Man
5.Al
6.Grand Master
7.Hulk
8.Brainiac
9.Thanos,its obvious hes much smarter than Darkseid and more successful
10.dont know
11.Xavier
12.Nightwing
13. This is a tough one and I cant decide.

Darkseid loses his match because he obviously doesn't know anything about chess. When he was playing the Monitor he said they were at the Lucena position, but that can only happen when there are only 5 pieces left on the board, and there were way more than that.

Originally posted by Darth Martin
Does Odin even know what Chess is?

Of course. Check out Thor annual #9. Odin has to play chess with Dormammu...which ends in a draw.

Ds plays everybody at the same time and wins

Ds plays chess with universes wtf can other people do against that type of planning?

Originally posted by quanchi112
You didnt give one marvel character a solid win here.

Shouldn't you be backing up Thanos?


Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Batman

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = The Joker

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Iron Man

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Ra's

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Grand Master

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Prof. Hulk

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Braniac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = ...hahahahaha

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Oracle

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Spiderman

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Shazam

Originally posted by Gecko4lif
Ds plays everybody at the same time and wins

Ds plays chess with universes wtf can other people do against that type of planning? Darkseid and Solomon are playing chess together. Lets see how it turns out and lets not all assume Ds is going to be the victor here.

Remember genesis and how Ares made him look oh so stupid as he took the godwave right out from under him.

Originally posted by quanchi112
Darkseid and Solomon are playing chess together. Lets see how it turns out and lets not all assume Ds is going to be the victor here.

Remember genesis and how Ares made him look oh so stupid as he took the godwave right out from under him.

I already explained how it's obvious Darkseid has no clue what he's doing

Originally posted by Eon Blue
Shouldn't you be backing up Thanos?


Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Batman

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = The Joker

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Iron Man

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Ra's

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Grand Master

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Prof. Hulk

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Braniac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = ...hahahahaha

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Oracle

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Spiderman

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Shazam

I agree with this list except i put beetle over iron man

Originally posted by Gecko4lif
I agree with this list except i put beetle over iron man

Perhaps.

DS played a reality-warping chess match with Eclipso awhile ago. The match ended in a stalemate.

I've NEVER seen Thanos play chess.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
DS played a reality-warping chess match with Eclipso awhile ago. The match ended in a stalemate.

I've NEVER seen Thanos play chess.

I want to play Thanos at a game of chess.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
DS played a reality-warping chess match with Eclipso awhile ago. The match ended in a stalemate.

I've NEVER seen Thanos play chess.

Darkseid just pretends. He has no clue how to actually play.

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = stalemate

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor =reed

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = joker

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle =iron man

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = stalemate

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = gmaster

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = nigma

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = thanos

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = oracle

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = parker

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = odin

Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Doom

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = BP

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Ted Kord

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Beast

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Idk

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Riddler

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = Thanos

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = stalemate

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Parker

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = idk

Originally posted by Mindset

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Ted Kord

hells yeah


hells no

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
DS played a reality-warping chess match with Eclipso awhile ago. The match ended in a stalemate.

I've NEVER seen Thanos play chess.
Oh yeah, I forgot... apparently Darkseid thinks you can eliminate both players pieces at once...

Originally posted by quanchi112
You didnt give one marvel character a solid win here.

Funny that mostly everyone is giving Shazam the in over Odin who stalemated Dormammu in chess

But they were actually fighting... Thor only PERCEIVED it as chess.

I think Odin is far above Shazam in Chess, though.

I think Shazam is just as wise as Odin but the clairvoyance gives him the edge.

Mister Terrific comes in and shows them how a real man plays chess...

Originally posted by Gecko4lif
hells yeah


hells no You really think Darkseid is in Thanos' league in terms of intelligence.

Intelligence isn't even a major factor for chess players in real life. Look at Bobby Fischer, he was a deranged, paranoid, delusional lunatic, and yet many people say he was the greatest player ever.

Originally posted by quanchi112
You really think Darkseid is in Thanos' league in terms of intelligence. Yes he is Darkseid is one of the most intelligent beings in the Dc universe.

Originally posted by iceman24567
Yes he is Darkseid is one of the most intelligent beings in the Dc universe.

Yes.

I don't think Reed is beating Luthor.

Originally posted by quanchi112
You really think Darkseid is in Thanos' league in terms of intelligence.
Yes I do. Thanos has much more tech then Ds but whetever Ds makes is pure platinum baby

As opposed to thanos's hit and misses

Plus the whole I think so fast I can count pico seconds thing....

no fair if xavier plays against somone cause he knows what move the other player is gonna do

Originally posted by spidey-dude
no fair if xavier plays against somone cause he knows what move the other player is gonna do

NO!!! That would be cheating...and as we all know, "CHEATERS NEVER WIN!!"

But seriously, no use of mental powers or any other powers...only the pure strategic and tactical uses of their minds here.

Everyone's saying so and so doesn't know how to play chess...If they aren't smart enough to learn it, then they really shouldn't even be on the list.

Originally posted by Placidity
Everyone's saying so and so doesn't know how to play chess...If they aren't smart enough to learn it, then they really shouldn't even be on the list.

Ummmmmmm.....HUH??????

Originally posted by Comicbook_kid
Ummmmmmm.....HUH?????? I think he is trying to say that so far people in this thread are using the we don't know if 'Such-and-such character knows how to play Chess therefore they would probably lose' excuse.

He says that if these characters aren't smart enough to learn how to play chess to begin with then they shouldn't be in this match to start.

Originally posted by Mindset
Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Doom

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = BP

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Ted Kord

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = Beast

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = Idk

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = Riddler

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = Thanos

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = stalemate

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Parker

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = idk

lulz @ grandmaster losing a chess match.

Originally posted by Comicbook_kid
Match 1 - Dr. Doom Vs. Batman = Victor

Match 2 - Reed Richards Vs. Lex Luthor = Reed Richards

Match 3 - Black Panther Vs. The Joker = The Joker

Match 4 - Iron Man Vs. Blue Beetle = Tony

Match 5 - Beast Vs. Ra's Al Ghul = R'as Al Ghul

Match 6 - Grand Master Vs. Ganthet = dunno

Match 7 - Professor Hulk Vs. The Riddler = E. Nygma

Match 8 - The Vision Vs. Brainiac = Brainiac

Match 9 - Thanos Vs. Darkseid = Darkseid

Match 10 - Hank Pym Vs. Steel = Pym

Match 11 - Professor Xavier Vs. Oracle = Xavier

Match 12 - Spider-man Vs. Nightwing = Nightwing

Match 13 - Odin Vs. Shazam = Odin