CRUSHING EXPECTATIONS - Lichess Titled Arena

Thanks to Audible for sponsoring this video! Visit http://audible.com/imrosen or text "imrosen" to 500-500 to sign up for a free trial and to get a free audiobook of your choice! In this video, I play in the July 2022 Lichess Titled Blitz Arena. Despite a slow start, I have one of my best finishes ever in a Titled Arena. Timestamps below! Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:35 Thank you Audible 2:16 Playing a new and rare opening against the Reti 8:50 London vs Modern Defense — Completely Outplayed 15:10 Falkbeer Counter Gambit vs King’s Gambit 20:42 GOING HAM (but the wrong type of ham) 26:42 Tricky London Sideline = CLEAN GAME 32:27 My Opponent played Fabiano’s Weapon vs Taimanov Sicilian 39:30 BERSERKING MAKES ME STRONGER (London Opening) 43:25 I FEEL SO CONFIDENT (London Opening TRAP) 46:24 DOH I’M PLAYING NARODITSKY (Jobava London) 51:02 London vs Slav = Happiness 57:00 MASSIVELY CROWDED CENTER (London Opening) 1:01:38 STAFFORD GAMBIT DECLINED = MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT 1:03:02 London Opening CRUSHES IM in 18 moves 1:04:50 Weird Opening leads to instructive positional strategy 1:11:21 SINGLE H-PAWN DESTROYS OPPONENT 1:16:45 Not a Stafford, but interesting Petroff Opening 1:19:59 No Mercy vs GM (London Opening) 1:24:43 Entering more Petroff Defense Theory 1:30:30 Cool Gambit vs London Opening 1:35:36 It takes a lot of work to win a chess game (London Opening) 1:42:05 ATTACKING with the Queen’s Gambit Declined 1:45:50 Questionable Berserk Leads to CRAZY Finish (London Opening) 1:50:55 OH NO MY ROSEN TROPHY 1:56:10 Sicilian Dragondorf leads to NASTY CHECKMATE vs GM David Paravyan 1:59:00 Out of my prep on move 3 2:05:34 Sicilian Dragon leads to dirty finish vs GM 2:10:50 Ultra-sharp Vienna Gambit 2:13:45 Ultra-sharp London Gambit vs GM Fidel Corrales 2:17:30 My Favorite line against the London Opening 2:22:30 I got tricked by a GM in the Sicilian Defense 2:27:50 “wow” 2:31:40 Grandmaster’s Unexpected Resignation 2:34:33 IM plays a TROLL opening vs Sicilian 2:38:47 My highest rated opponent of the tournament (2900+) 2:43:59 New Cool Gambit vs English Opening 2:47:30 Aggressive Jobava London Gambit 2:50:20 Jobava London leads to ENDGAME SPECTACLE 2:56:50 Daniel Naroditsky, we meet again (RebeccaHarris) 3:01:00 Final Tournament Thoughts WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen MERCH: https://shop.imrosen.com/ SUPPORT: https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess Check out the ChessUp smart board at https://bryghtlabs.com/?ref=Rosen and use coupon code ROSEN to save 10% at checkout! IMPROVE YOUR GAME: https://go.chess.com/imrosen -- get a free trial or paid membership of premium features like beginner lessons, unlimited puzzle training, and access to their extensive video library. DISCLAIMER: Some links in the description are affiliate links and I may receive a commission on purchases made through these links. Thank you for supporting my content! Fan Mail Address: Eric Rosen 4579 Laclede Ave 205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ WEBSITE: https://imrosen.com/ TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen DISCORD: http://bit.ly/2KTDlBK TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2sFmNqa INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2HspaBa LICHESS: https://lichess.org/@/ericrosen CHESS.COM: https://www.chess.com/member/imrosen ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ See Eric in the Chess State documentary (2015): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/chessstate Chess book recommendations: https://imrosen.com/book-recommendations/ London Opening 8-hour video course: https://www.ichess.net/sale/8020-tactics-london-system-im-eric-rosen-offer/ #chess #ericrosen