2022 Yearly Blitz Arena: TRICKY CHESS

In this video, I compete in the 2022 Yearly Blitz Arena on lichess.org. This annual tournament featured several hours of fun and instructive 5-minute blitz chess. Watch until the end and you won’t regret it πŸ˜‰
0:00 FEAR MY ARROWS (English Opening)
7:25 Facing the Elephant Gambit
12:30 London Opening leads to funny checkmate
15:27 Crushing the London Opening with fun tactics
19:55 Ponziani leads to sweet rook sacrifice
25:40 Beating this 1596 Elo is not easy!
31:20 Ruy Lopez Schliemann Gambit
39:30 Raging Opening Attack with Soothing Pentatonic Music
46:10 Aggressive g5 idea against Italian Opening
54:00 How to crush the Caro Kann
59:59 QUINTUPLE FORK
1:07:10 Funny Petroff Opening line
1:13:34 Facing the WHALE opening
1:16:55 DANISH GAMBIT TIME
1:21:28 EVAN’S GAMBIT TIME
1:27:25 I refuse to stop attacking (Vienna Opening)
1:33:35 Benoni Gambit Accepted
1:41:40 Hippo-like defense vs Trompowsky
1:46:30 INSANE London Opening Variation
1:52:36 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME (common trap)
1:57:15 London vs Pirc leads to forking with the KING
2:01:46 How to win a drawish position (Petroff Defense)
2:07:00 London vs Dutch Defense
2:12:10 Budapest Gambit leads to INSANE ATTACK*
2:16:45 Stafford Gambit leads to crazy endgame
2:21:40 There’s a funny line…
2:27:40 Jobava London leads to WICKED ENDGAME CHECKMATE
2:35:20 Sweet Opening Trap in Jobava London
2:40:45 INTENSE London leads to 133 BPM HEART RATE
2:46:50 Benoni Gambit Accepted leads to intense endgame
2:54:10 When I gambit too many pawns… (English Opening)
3:02:10 Aggressive London. Weird Pawns. Crazy Mating Ideas.
3:10:45 WOW WHAT IS THIS MOVE
3:15:47 Hippo vs Delayed CRAB
3:23:48 WHERE’S MY MATE???? (HEART RATE = 148 BPM)
3:32:35 I’m so sad
3:40:46 TREAT EVERY BLUNDER AS A GAMBIT
3:48:25 How to Checkmate the Italian Opening in 13 moves*
3:49:40 EPIC FINALE vs GM SERGEY ZHIGALKO

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122 Comments

  1. Genuinely don’t understand the decision to berserk almost every game at the end. I know 5 points is better than 4 but 4 is much better than 0 πŸ˜•

  2. "Okay, where's my mate?" Eric Rosen 🀝 bucks this time of year

  3. A quackin ?? d ork and the opponents make moves to help Eric it seems. Every game the obvious is skipped to allow our hero to victoriously blitz all who dare to man overboard with him. Oh my, what can you do? Don't hurt me… Oh no I'm a ….??

  4. 2:47:48 black made it obvious he was cheating with QE7. Pretty amazing that you guys were dead locked even for like 50 moves while you were playing stockfish. Pinxit was banned a couple games later.

  5. Eric, you are pure inspiration in such a crazy world. @ 3:48:12 was a highlight for me. The previous game could have tilted you…and it did to an extent of the next game…but you prevailed. Your attitude is beyond model. Thank you for reminding me of what's best of this human race. saludΓ©!

  6. Ben Finegold: Never play f3.Eric Rosen: Always play f3 checkmate.

  7. So happy to watch this on Twitch as well while playing the tournament myself.

  8. I am having a headache right now Eric, thanks for uploading now I can calm down while laying in the bed :))
    Love from India☺️

  9. Oh, there's a funny line here!
    Wait it doesn't work
    Ohh noo

  10. I love watching you play, I can learn a lot from you

  11. I’m stuck at around the 1810-1860 mark, any tips I can do to get out of the plateau would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

  12. Quick questions how do you get the arrows to show? is it your stream or can I make them as well?

  13. A 3 hour video is really great . πŸ™‚ . Thanks Eric .

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