My BEST Titled Arena (thanks to changing one simple setting)

Watch live: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen In this video, I experiment with turning on Zen Mode for an entire tournament and end up having my best ever performance in a lichess Titled Arena. Zen mode is a setting on lichess that hides the opponent's rating and username. Timestamps Below! 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Russian Game: Modern Attack, Center Variation - vs IM habasila 03:00 London - DONT MESS WITH MY PAWN DIAMOND - vs NM Chesspirate_Channel 05:51 Catalan Opening: Open Defense - vs FM Dmitry_Anikonov 08:43 Indian Defense - vs GM msb2 10:54 English Opening: King's English Variation - vs IM manitodeplomo 13:42 Queen's Pawn Game: Steinitz Countergambit - vs GM Bestinblitz 16:14 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit - vs IM FirstKnight 18:05 London - vs WFM Enchanteur 18:59 London - vs IM LANCELOT_06 21:48 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line - vs FM EXCELADDIKT 23:24 Pirc Defense: Kholmov System - vs GM Gannikus21 25:36 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan - vs IM toivok3 26:52 Russian Game: Three Knights Game - vs FM Achamian 29:40 Indian Defense - vs NM gooddave2017 32:17 Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Rubinstein Variation - vs FM L1m1t 35:08 Indian Defense - vs CM PlayForWinAlways 37:36 Indian Defense - vs GM rasulovvugar 39:50 English Opening: vs IM LANCELOT_06 41:59 Modern Defense: Standard Defense - vs FM DmitriyBiryuk777 44:13 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit - vs FM ARuperez 46:28 Indian Defense - vs FM P_Salman 48:02 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - vs IM AghasiyevKamal 50:13 English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation - vs IM LANCELOT_06 52:42 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - vs NM MerugaMentality 55:31 Stafford Gambit - vs IM Mlchael 57:22 English Opening: King's English Variation - vs IM LANCELOT_06 59:51 Indian Defense - vs GM sumsar42 1:02:21 Vienna Game: Mieses Variation - vs CM RussianBlizzard 1:04:53 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - vs GM Maurevert 1:06:30 Indian Defense - vs IM xasid 1:08:41 Stafford Gambit - vs FM goltsev2000 1:10:58 Indian Defense - vs GM neslraCsungaM77 1:12:31 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation - vs FM Brave_spirit12 1:15:24 Indian Defense - vs IM Ellaijio 1:17:33 Queen's Pawn Game - vs IM xasid 1:18:52 Indian Defense - vs GM neslraCsungaM77 1:20:30 Russian Game - vs FM adnaPZg0 1:22:39 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation - vs NM MerugaMentality 1:25:03 Indian Defense - vs FM FantasticInspiration 1:25:59 Pirc Defense - vs GM Gannikus21 1:28:47 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined - vs FM Brave_spirit12 1:31:22 Queen's Pawn Game: Steinitz Countergambit - vs IM TimIlyin 1:33:35 Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System - vs FM BilanDanila 1:36:11 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - vs NM Afisky 1:39:23 Queen's Pawn Game - vs IM xasid 1:41:20 Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation - vs NM MerugaMentality 1:43:49 Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System - vs GM Yuriy_Ayrapetyan 1:45:10 Indian Defense - vs FM chess-art-us 1:47:11 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - vs GM Rakhmanov_Aleksandr 1:49:29 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit - vs FM Brave_spirit12 1:52:17 London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation - vs IM AghasiyevKamal 1:53:34 Queen's Pawn Game: Steinitz Countergambit - vs FM bob_2004 1:54:09 Queen's Pawn Game: London System - vs CM Moiphatlakanyi 1:56:00 Queen's Pawn Game - vs IM LANCELOT_06 1:57:52 Queen's Pawn Game - vs IM chessajedrezz2020 Final tournament standings (spoiler): https://lichess.org/tournament/oct22lta Timestamps generated by https://lichess-youtube-timestamper.vercel.app/ SUPPORT MY WORK: ♙♙Subscribe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/products/imrosen ♙♙Support: https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess ♙♙Merch: https://shop.imrosen.com/ Send Me Fan Mail: Eric Rosen 4579 Laclede Ave. # 205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ MAIN CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/user/RosenChess ERIC ROSEN CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenclips ERIC ROSEN EXTRA: https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenextra TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen WEBSITE: https://www.imrosen.comWEBSITE: https://imrosen.com/ 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 ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ #chess #ericrosen