Gaining 100 Rating Points in a Single Chess Tournament

In this video, I compete in the January 2023 Titled Blitz Arena on lichess.org. I played every game in ZEN MODE which is a setting that hide my opponent's username and rating, allowing me to solely focus on the chess. In total, I played 37 chess games and gained a lot of rating. Timestamps below! 0:00 London Opening leads to insane time scramble 7:00 BRUTAL Stafford Gambit 8:34 Stafford Gambit Quickie 9:55 Tricky London Opening 16:50 Queen’s Gambit Declined leads to WEIRD pawns 23:00 Tricky Petroff Defense 29:40 Short and Sweet Jobava London 33:17 ALL OUT London attack leads to CHAOS 39:37 Vienna Game: Mieses Variation 44:40 My favorite attacking opening for blitz 50:16 Stafford Gambit. Nice. 55:49 Sneaky London leads to epic battle 1:02:44 I’m so dead… Or am I? 1:10:06 Casually beating a GM in 14 moves (Stafford Gambit) 1:13:26 Opponents plays SUPER AGGRESSIVE vs London 1:18:01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack leads to OH NO YOUR QUEEN 1:20:47 London / Queens Gambit Hybrid leads to Fancy Tactic 1:26:28 Symmetrical Italian becomes super sharp 1:31:32 Ultra Aggressive Opening leads to UNSTOPPABLE Attack 1:34:45 All out ATTACK against Italian Opening 1:39:52 Accidental Gambit vs London Opening leads to POWERFUL Tactics 1:44:04 Unknowingly Beating a GM in 8 moves 1:45:27 Mystery Grandmaster BERSERKS. Craziness ensues 1:49:36 London leads to DIRTY ENDGAME 1:55:35 Pterodactyl Defense leads EPIC attack & time scramble 2:00:34 Weird Crazy Opening. I can’t believe who my opponent was. 2:06:01 Unknowingly playing one of the most famous chess players on the planet!! 2:10:10 Hungarian Opening leads to clutch checkmate 2:15:16 Grandmaster who I previously beat in 8 moves tries to get revenge 2:20:52 Russian Game: Tricky Murrey Variation leads to funny finish 2:26:51 Most basic Stafford Gambit Trap leads to unbelievable finish 2:33:29 Fighting a TROLL Opening 2:37:12 Danish Gambit Declined: Sorensen Defense 2:41:52 London leads to super close endgame 2:48:37 Petroff Murrey Variation vs famous strong GM 2:52:24 London leads to instructive King Pawn Endgame 2:55:19 Italian Game — AMAZING fight vs Berserking 3:00:55 Final thoughts and tourney recap Final tournament standings (spoiler): https://lichess.org/tournament/jan23bta 👕MERCH ► https://shop.imrosen.com/ 💜 TWITCH ► https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen 🤑 SUPPORT ► https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess 🔗 WEBSITE ► https://www.imrosen.com 😍ERIC ROSEN EXTRA ► https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenextra 🎬ERIC ROSEN CLIPS ► https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenclips 📸INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/ericrosenphotography 🐦TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/IM_Rosen ✨ TIKTOK ► https://www.tiktok.com/@ericrosenchess 🔥DISCORD ► http://bit.ly/2KTDlBK 🖥️LICHESS ► https://lichess.org/@/ericrosen ♖ CHESS.COM ► https://www.chess.com/member/imrosen 🧑‍🏫BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS ► https://imrosen.com/book-recommendations/ ♗7-DAY FREE TRIAL CHESS.COM PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP ►https://go.chess.com/imrosen ♕ SAVE 10% ON CHESSUP SMART BOARD ► https://bryghtlabs.com/?ref=Rosen ♘ SAVE 10% ON LIMITLESS CHESS ► https://www.limitlesschess.com/ (COUPON CODE ROSEN) 🫖SAVE 10% ON UPROOT TEAS ► https://uprootteas.com/discount/ERIC10 📘AMAZON STORE ► https://www.amazon.com/shop/ericrosen 🗞️NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP ► https://mailchi.mp/d6e6ca1a42a1/imrosen-newsletter-signup ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☝️BRAND AND SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES ► [email protected] 📮ALL OTHER INQUIRIES ► [email protected] 💌SEND FANMAIL ► Eric Rosen 4579 Laclede Ave. # 205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ❗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! #chess #ericrosen