This is what it feels like to peak at Chess

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  • Опубликовано: 24 май 2024
  • In this video, I reach new chess peaks in the July 2021 Blitz Titled Arena on lichess.org
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    0:00 Late joining the tournament
    0:28 Starting with 2616 blitz rating (London time!)
    6:04 Attempting to play a Stafford Gambit
    12:24 "OH NO! DID I FALL FOR MY OWN THING?"
    19:15 London Opening Trap higher-rated players fall for
    25:57 KNIFE f5
    31:38 Berserking was a dangerous decision
    34:34 Hoping for a smooth victory with the Qf3 London
    39:40 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
    45:31 YOLO VS 2700 (DIRTY FINISH!)
    52:15 "I THINK IT'S MATE..."
    56:52 One point away from HIGHEST BLITZ RATING EVER
    1:03:08 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
    1:08:27 I'M RUNNING OUT OF HAND SANITIZER
    1:15:42 Crab setup vs NM
    1:20:44 Exact same line as before so I don't have to think!
    1:24:30 Tough fight vs strong Grandmaster
    1:30:48 A pleasant Trompovsky game
    1:33:52 Very symmetrical London vs GM
    1:39:58 Opponent waits until the last second to berserk
    1:45:36 "IS THAT A MOUSESLIP?"
    1:52:08 A WILD KINGSCRUSHER APPEARS
    1:58:13 Everyone refuses to accept the Stafford :(
    2:02:46 How I handle the Catalan
    2:09:00 TOP 50!
    2:14:42 "I guess this is what it feels like to be peaking!"
    2:21:06 DANISH GAMBIT TO FINISH TOURNAMENT
    Final results: lichess.org/tournament/jul21bta
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Комментарии • 222

  • @abrahamgatling5056
    @abrahamgatling5056 2 года назад +206

    16:04 "It's supposed to help with focus"
    Blurry Eric: *_focuses_*

    • @JohnHazl
      @JohnHazl 2 года назад +17

      "It's supposed to help with focus" he says, while making a drink instead of focusing on the game

    • @coffeedude
      @coffeedude 2 года назад +1

      Lool

    • @sebaa1095
      @sebaa1095 2 года назад +1

      That timing lmao

  • @fmcountto123
    @fmcountto123 2 года назад +164

    2:18:07 Eric's opponent notices their rook on c1 could be better positioned, so they spend four moves switching it with their rook on c2.

    • @nourthedoor
      @nourthedoor 2 года назад +26

      Backwards rooks are a huge problem!

    • @gerald02121
      @gerald02121 2 года назад +8

      Hahaha, good eyes. That is funny

    • @psychohist
      @psychohist 2 года назад +7

      It worked, too!

    • @maciejglinski6564
      @maciejglinski6564 Год назад +1

      That was super funny. Good find.

  • @Fergus316
    @Fergus316 2 года назад +144

    39:20 Eric beats IM SmoothAsAHedgehog.
    Eric: "That was pretty smooth"

    • @sondrepedersen7919
      @sondrepedersen7919 2 года назад +10

      And the next sentence: 'thank you hairy bum'
      Not so smooth

    • @chair8833
      @chair8833 2 года назад +3

      lol, i just realized that hedgehogs are not suppose to be smooth

  • @brendanmostek4723
    @brendanmostek4723 2 года назад +139

    Youre dangerous Eric, I've been telling myself "I'm going to bed after this next game" for the past hour and a half

    • @cauler6627
      @cauler6627 2 года назад

      Exactly! SMH… With a L0L to boot

  • @kruksog
    @kruksog 2 года назад +269

    Eric answering chat's questions while his time expires just fills me with rage and anxiety 🤣

    • @eshw23
      @eshw23 2 года назад +16

      Eric disrespecting his opponents by being able to read and respond to chat at the same time

    • @aesaphyr
      @aesaphyr 2 года назад +21

      Witnessing Andrew Tang's ability to read and respond to chat while berserking hyper or ultra bullet games is peak anxiety.

    • @vitorcastro42
      @vitorcastro42 2 года назад +3

      @@aesaphyr and answering his dad phone calls

    • @MegaMarko8
      @MegaMarko8 2 года назад +2

      I would have said "with awe and admiration"

    • @cauler6627
      @cauler6627 2 года назад

      Almost everything about Eric fills me with rage and anxiety… Yet… YET! I’ve seen almost every one of his videos… What does that say about me!? Am I a mental masochist? Or a connoisseur of all things, including annoying and obnoxious, brilliant (I’m gonna choose the former and the latter;-) No?

  • @32braveheart
    @32braveheart 2 года назад +12

    5:58 Eric is comedy gold.

  • @LeoLukasievicz
    @LeoLukasievicz 2 года назад +31

    chat: do you need queens?
    eric: depends on the position
    i loved the answer 😂😂😂

  • @topherharrison8042
    @topherharrison8042 2 года назад +21

    Please add a shirt to your store that says "Treat every blunder as a gambit"
    I'd buy that in a heartbeat 🤣

  • @thomaspaine2217
    @thomaspaine2217 2 года назад +43

    You said "Luft" correct the first time.

  • @patriot1303
    @patriot1303 2 года назад +17

    I was blown away when you checkmated with a knight and pawn

  • @Immo21
    @Immo21 2 года назад +3

    Hey Eric! Love your Tournament Videos, helps me learn a lot about. Please upload more of the Tournaments you're playing, they are so awesome!

  • @draevonmay7704
    @draevonmay7704 2 года назад +15

    Eric peaks his blitz rating and gets 69th place simultaneously. nice.

  • @insight827
    @insight827 2 года назад +37

    If a beginner is ever confused about what profylaxis is just say “I have a plan of never mind”

    • @vivvpprof
      @vivvpprof 2 года назад

      Prophylaxis is when you medicate before you get a disease. Or when you show youngsters drugs before they get addicted, which has no effect but still is enough to get you state funding. Basically it's doing something before you need to deal with a problem.

  • @lecobra418
    @lecobra418 2 года назад +2

    11:44 I'm pretty glad I saw on the spot something Eric missed: Ne3+ forking the King and the Bishop. :)

  • @TDOLLA
    @TDOLLA 2 года назад +2

    I love how Eric has these sort of aggro titles and then when you click on the video he is literally the calmest man alive who's voice is the verbal equivalent of drinking tea with honey in it.

  • @charlesfunnell3101
    @charlesfunnell3101 2 года назад

    So excited for a long chess vid! Just started and I am so stoked :)

  • @Cardtrix77
    @Cardtrix77 2 года назад +1

    I’ve been waiting for another arena video let’s go!

  • @glennmathias1805
    @glennmathias1805 2 года назад

    Very Impressive. It is interesting to watch your thought process. I enjoyed this video very much. Thanks.

  • @tolgish1
    @tolgish1 2 года назад

    I missed that Titled Arena videos. Thanks!!

  • @McPocketCrafterHD
    @McPocketCrafterHD 2 года назад +23

    just a friendly hint from a german: the u in luft is not emphasized and not long so its "luft" not "luuft" :)

    • @mehdia5176
      @mehdia5176 2 года назад +5

      Life is already sufficiently complicated and we don’t need to make it any harder for each other. Luft or luuft or even luuuft, we got the meaning, language has served its purpose.

    • @einmensch6694
      @einmensch6694 2 года назад +8

      @@mehdia5176 Actually, if I didn't know what he means, I (native german) would not understand it. Same with "Zugzwang", which is just pronounced quite horribly everywhere.

    • @surveil3548
      @surveil3548 2 года назад +4

      @@einmensch6694 why do you even care when a non native speaker mispronounces a word that has a W after a Z which itself goes after a G? he isn't even a non native speaker, he simply doesn't speak german lmao

  • @jannik207
    @jannik207 2 года назад +12

    21:35 As your opponent I would be very afraid if you played Nf5 while holding a knife at OTB games 😂

  • @benbarri1982
    @benbarri1982 2 года назад +5

    It’s always a good day when eric posts a tournament vid

  • @matthewdallalana9869
    @matthewdallalana9869 2 года назад +5

    At 11:45 he had knight e3 forking the king and bishop

  • @mratkovich
    @mratkovich 2 года назад +74

    Didn’t Magnus peak with the highest blitz rating ever on this platform with this tournament?

    • @fivehighflush
      @fivehighflush 2 года назад +14

      He had something like a 95% wr over 35 games or something absurd. Lol

    • @austinnunez2031
      @austinnunez2031 2 года назад +21

      out of 34 games he won 32, he set the 3 records for the site: highest blitz rating achieved, highest win streak in a titled arena, and highest winning percentage in a titled arena

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 2 года назад +6

      @@austinnunez2031 94% win rate against titled players is certifiably insane

    • @vitorcastro42
      @vitorcastro42 2 года назад +1

      What was his peak blitz rating?

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 2 года назад +4

      @@vitorcastro42 he reached 3136 on Lichess.

  • @joeb4142
    @joeb4142 2 года назад

    Amazing how soothing and calming Eric’s voice is compared with the stress induced when he slowly contemplates moves as his remaining time quickly diminishes.

  • @Guineapigs_181
    @Guineapigs_181 2 года назад +8

    he's so wholesome tho I like this guy

  • @rossgeller6650
    @rossgeller6650 2 года назад +15

    It's weird that you are the most entertaining chess player I've ever watched including nakamura and carlsen

    • @alandouglas2789
      @alandouglas2789 2 года назад

      Nakamura is not entertaining at all lol… What does elo score have to do with entertainment anyways?

    • @rossgeller6650
      @rossgeller6650 2 года назад

      @@alandouglas2789 I ment blitz nakamura the real fun games..but stiill watching Eric is ma favorite part

  • @bailey4650
    @bailey4650 2 года назад

    These long tournament videos are my favorite

  • @troycongdon
    @troycongdon 2 года назад +26

    Luft is German for air (you are creating breathing room for the king) and would be pronounced with the same vowel sound as the English word “Book”.

  • @nabeelnawzar
    @nabeelnawzar 2 года назад +1

    1:07:10 "delayed half crab" Lmfao 🤣🤣

  • @ajedrezz
    @ajedrezz 2 года назад +1

    Great chess battle, bro!

  • @drewmiddleton9715
    @drewmiddleton9715 2 года назад +3

    the stafford gambit that starts at 1:03ish is one of the craziest games I've ever seen. I want to study it in more depth - confused why opponent can't play be3 after you play qe6 unpinning it.

  • @Sirzacharia
    @Sirzacharia 2 года назад +2

    I really enjoy the long tournaments that are 3 or 5 minute games

  • @isaactodman2015
    @isaactodman2015 2 года назад

    Just finished watching this great tornament

  • @WretchedTom
    @WretchedTom 2 года назад +9

    what an event, peaking with magnus

  • @inktag9190
    @inktag9190 11 месяцев назад

    24:01 “How do you write an academic essay, Eric?”
    “Just google it”

  • @rmendeljacobs2832
    @rmendeljacobs2832 2 года назад +1

    That was the coolest Stafford gambit I've seen

  • @dukedp5227
    @dukedp5227 2 года назад

    in a video around three years ago you spoke about cheap flights to london and just generally mentioned how you pay attention to cheap flights. As you are going to Russia now I am wondering, do you shape some travel trips depending on what cheap tickets you find?

  • @AbhishekBera
    @AbhishekBera 2 года назад +4

    Eric swallowing while thinking is my kinda ASMR

  • @goutvols103
    @goutvols103 2 года назад

    Another epic tournament Eric. At 32:03, would knight B4 being a good move as well? Thanks in advance.

  • @doctorbea
    @doctorbea 2 года назад +2

    2:14:49 "You are better than 99.9% of Blitz players."

  • @KF1
    @KF1 2 года назад +3

    If suffering from the plethora of ads, scroll just past on the bar to clear the lot and return to start. Wtf laundry detergent, get out of the way it's chess time.

    • @jwr1970
      @jwr1970 2 года назад +1

      that actually works! thanks.

    • @brianstark1527
      @brianstark1527 2 года назад +1

      Or get an ad blocker... lol

  • @chesscity3924
    @chesscity3924 2 года назад

    I have learnt so much from watching you Eric! Have started my own channel, a video tributed to you coming soon! 😅

  • @kevinsholisticrecordingstu916
    @kevinsholisticrecordingstu916 2 года назад +1

    What a Stafford to celebrate your new peak rating

  • @eboatwright_
    @eboatwright_ 2 года назад

    POV: You're playing Eric Rosen:
    Eric Rosen: "Oh, this is a fun line!"
    *starts sweating

  • @rossgeller6650
    @rossgeller6650 2 года назад +1

    No one:
    Eric: arrrh..oh no my!!

  • @andymion
    @andymion 2 года назад

    Happy birthday Stephen Gray!

  • @dgwallac2990
    @dgwallac2990 2 года назад

    Not even going to lie, I put this on to fall asleep, I watch the first few games and then pass out and then the next night I pick up where I remember

  • @frederickmcclure5027
    @frederickmcclure5027 2 года назад +1

    Highlight of the video was learning who was a good cat

  • @UnitaryInstinct
    @UnitaryInstinct 2 года назад +1

    What new camera did you get Eric?

  • @rubikashree7724
    @rubikashree7724 2 года назад

    this is free anxiety the silent kind

  • @martins.7021
    @martins.7021 2 года назад +1

    1:15:20 I've never seen someone feels kind of bad but with so satisfying smile...

  • @krytycznyziemniok2394
    @krytycznyziemniok2394 2 года назад +1

    2:02:08 Opponent fails to play en passant, is left with no option but to resign.

  • @gm_ahmed
    @gm_ahmed 2 года назад

    love the subtle Bitcoin..

  • @nathan9901
    @nathan9901 2 года назад

    "among us Carlsen"
    *Checks date*
    You're excused this time Eric...

  • @romainblackburn8158
    @romainblackburn8158 2 года назад

    apart from your playing style, I think you are a very relaxing person - I think Im gonna play your videos for that purpose - just to relax

  • @LeonelEBD
    @LeonelEBD 2 года назад

    51:48 noooo then yesss the time yesss hahahaha so dirty still so happy to c u win that

  • @danielonline7181
    @danielonline7181 2 года назад

    What defines Tea?- Master Eric
    *Master OOgway Joined the chat and left as he could not answer*

  • @sashaboydcom
    @sashaboydcom 2 года назад +4

    And this is what it feels like to peek at chess 👀

  • @enLight78
    @enLight78 Год назад

    Wooohooo I just encountered playing a crab 🦀 opening. In bullet chess. Wasn't prepared. Though I sacked my Bisschop Bxg6+ fxg6 Qxg6+ etc.
    Having crab for dinner!

  • @bobkreme2175
    @bobkreme2175 2 года назад

    my corona heroes are rosen, hansen and of course naroditsky ❤️❤️

  • @asliuf
    @asliuf 2 года назад

    2:11:00 can anyone help me understand what's so dangerous about playing b3, allowing Qb4? knight retreats to c2, everything's defended and queen can't infiltrate?

  • @thomasr7129
    @thomasr7129 2 года назад

    You are so relaxed, it is almost scary... Do you do any meditation, relaxation exercises? :)

  • @B0mbs0nda3dge
    @B0mbs0nda3dge 2 года назад

    On move 56 after white went Kg4 wouldn’t Ne3 be the best move to fork? @11:45

  • @vivvpprof
    @vivvpprof 2 года назад

    40:51 incredible that the engine gives this 0.00
    :D

    • @nikitaovsov8687
      @nikitaovsov8687 2 года назад

      Black hasn't got anything better than perpetual check in the line which was played

  • @ShionYTS
    @ShionYTS 2 года назад +1

    39:25 Thank you Hairy Bum 😅🤣😂

  • @iguana5979
    @iguana5979 2 года назад +1

    Nykterstein's winning streak looks sexy

  • @jwr1970
    @jwr1970 2 года назад

    just watched this, lot of lol's. thnx

  • @BrianRussell76
    @BrianRussell76 2 года назад

    FWIW, murder_bot may take their name from the excellent Murderbot Diaries scifi series by Martha Wells.

  • @thejazzcaptain
    @thejazzcaptain 2 года назад

    Yooooo Todd and Holland is two blocks from me, quality place

  • @Speedster___
    @Speedster___ 2 года назад

    Against Pierrotface those fork misses were slightly painful

  • @alonshafran4466
    @alonshafran4466 2 года назад

    The hand sanitizer XD

  • @xtxmidnightxtx1784
    @xtxmidnightxtx1784 2 года назад +1

    38:45 is Bxh6 playable?

  • @mlsanica7618
    @mlsanica7618 2 года назад

    DAHH MY SLEEP SCHEDULE!!!

  • @agnisen25
    @agnisen25 2 года назад

    At this point Eric is just going out of his way to find En passant mate !!

  • @yudeoyude852
    @yudeoyude852 2 года назад

    Does anyone know which london system variation at 13:04 Qa4 and Ba6

  • @sollertia_
    @sollertia_ 2 года назад

    0:15:43 was Qxd4 a clean pawn? Neutralizes all the fork threats as well

    • @eric-rosen
      @eric-rosen  2 года назад +1

      Qxd4 almost works, but it's met with Qxf8! Kxf8 Nxd4

    • @sollertia_
      @sollertia_ 2 года назад

      @@eric-rosen Dah! I just saw that there were no forks after Qxf8 and forgot the queen was still hanging lol thanks

  • @asliuf
    @asliuf 2 года назад

    2:14:50 "you are better than 99.9% of blitz players" I'M SO PROUD

  • @Squandarious
    @Squandarious 2 года назад +4

    Thumbnails are getting better, lets go.

  • @TheMotogee
    @TheMotogee 2 года назад +3

    "Let's play a London ... I have a knife"
    -IM Eric Rosen, 2021

    • @self-righteousideologue9398
      @self-righteousideologue9398 2 года назад

      I laughed out loud at that part. I shouldn't have, because knife crime in London is pretty bad, but I don't think Eric gets political too often, so it's funny when he does

  • @lucasgehrtsdeambrosispinhe8973
    @lucasgehrtsdeambrosispinhe8973 2 года назад

    Brazilian guy in 1:23:39 , you are a legend

  • @mathgeniuszach
    @mathgeniuszach 2 года назад

    1:45:49 qf4 would be a novelty XD

  • @liopp226
    @liopp226 2 года назад

    as a german i can give you a hint on how to pronounce the word luft: just say it like the double oo in look! great content as always

    • @LeonelEBD
      @LeonelEBD 2 года назад

      Or remembering the german air force :)

    • @ChessJourneyman
      @ChessJourneyman 2 года назад

      It's pretty common knowledge in Europe, doesn't take a native...

  • @davidgustavsson4000
    @davidgustavsson4000 2 года назад

    On the pronunciation of "luft": same vowel sound as "looft", but short.

  • @jamesp6376
    @jamesp6376 2 года назад

    It amazes me how Eric can go from playing the London, the most sober and boring opening ever to playing the Stafford Gambit, the wildest and most aggressive opening imaginable.

    • @angel-ig
      @angel-ig 2 года назад +1

      When you play London like Eric, it's never boring or sober...

    • @chessmasters9012
      @chessmasters9012 2 года назад +2

      the london being boring is the biggest misconception in chess

  • @ZenPossum
    @ZenPossum 2 года назад +3

    16:04 "Supposed to help with focus"
    *Camera focuses*

  • @kruksog
    @kruksog 2 года назад

    Dah! My hand sanitizer!

  • @misteryosano2966
    @misteryosano2966 2 года назад

    11:44 missed the fork

  • @georgeconstantin1913
    @georgeconstantin1913 Год назад +1

    1:07:00 wtf was this game dude... such an amazing game lol

  • @jonathanleonard1152
    @jonathanleonard1152 2 года назад

    Are you familiar with “The Second Empire Strikes Back”?

  • @user-xl5ct2ou4m
    @user-xl5ct2ou4m 2 года назад

    1:03:04 this is NICE

  • @Andrew-vy6rr
    @Andrew-vy6rr 2 года назад

    I saw Eric streaming this and I tried too late to get in and play him!

    • @leadnitrate2194
      @leadnitrate2194 2 года назад

      You're a titled player?

    • @Andrew-vy6rr
      @Andrew-vy6rr 2 года назад

      @@leadnitrate2194 I saw late that it was titled players only, it wouldn't let me join cause it said it was too late, but i'm not titled so it wouldn't have worked anyways

  • @DaBoondocks7161
    @DaBoondocks7161 2 года назад +1

    1:06:42 free queen right? Or am I missing something

  • @yorickstrangefield2976
    @yorickstrangefield2976 2 года назад

    40:12 Why does Eric play this 2-piece gambit? It's just ridiculously unsound, right? I guess he just figures he'll run out the opponent's clock?

  • @AnteSocial86
    @AnteSocial86 2 года назад +2

    "I have a plan to- ..nevermind." should be on a shirt.

  • @TheDannytaz
    @TheDannytaz 2 года назад

    19:30, the birth of a meme?

  • @otomarrudolph651
    @otomarrudolph651 2 года назад +1

    11:43 isn't there a fork of the King and Bishop?

    • @infectedfox9345
      @infectedfox9345 2 года назад

      Yh but it’s easy to miss in time trouble

  • @juliusking5126
    @juliusking5126 2 года назад

    In Latin language, when the letter pattern -gn- met a, e, I, o, u in front of it, it would sounds like -ng-n-. Of course "Magnus" is a Latin male word which means "big, great", so its real pronunciation is sounds like "mang-nus".

    • @juliusking5126
      @juliusking5126 2 года назад

      Also, the letter "u" in the Latin language, its only pronunciation is the vowel sound "u", maybe you think there is another sound which sounds like the letter "ü" in the German word über, but unfortunately, that's "ū", which is often simplified as the form of "u".

    • @juliusking5126
      @juliusking5126 2 года назад

      Also, the letter "u" in the Latin language, its only pronunciation is the vowel sound "u", maybe you think there is another sound which sounds like the letter "ü" in the German word über, but unfortunately, that's "ū", which is often simplified as the form of "u".

  • @luqman7107
    @luqman7107 2 года назад

    Missed the fork 11:45

  • @shivenmaliwal7938
    @shivenmaliwal7938 2 года назад

    You are my fffaaaavvvooouuurriittteeee