Sardoche

Sardoche is the streaming alias of Andréas Honnet, a French content creator who rose to fame on Twitch as a League of Legends pro before becoming one of the most recognizable chess personalities in the French-speaking world. With over 1.2 million Twitch followers and 337,000 YouTube subscribers, he brought a massive gaming audience into chess through sheer competitive fire and emotional intensity.

Sardoche won PogChamps 3 in February 2021, defeating actor Rainn Wilson in a tiebreaker final to claim the championship belt and $20,000 in prize money. He was the highest-rated player in the field, and his knight checkmate in the deciding game became one of the most-clipped moments of the tournament. The event raised over $150,000 for charity.

In 2023, Sardoche expanded into chessboxing, a sport that alternates rounds of blitz chess with boxing. He won his first fight by TKO, his second by checkmate, and represented France at the ChessBoxing World Championships in Italy. His Chess.com rapid rating sits around 2081, and while chess is not the majority of his current streaming content, his legacy as a PogChamps champion and chessboxing competitor keeps him relevant in the chess content world.