Preparing for the World Rapid/Blitz Championship With a Strong Grandmaster

I've been granted a wildcard spot to play in the World Rapid/Blitz Championship in NYC from Dec. 26 - 31, 2024! Learn more: https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/ Get Tickets: https://tickets.fide.com/ To help me prepare, very talented Grandmaster Hovhannes Gabuzyan, a member of the ChessMood team, graciously joined me about 45 minutes into the stream. We played a 6-game match, followed by analysis. All timestamps are below. Originally streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen on November, 21, 2024. Mentioned: World Rapid and Blitz Info: https://www.fide.com/news/3182 World Rapid and Blitz Tickets: https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/ ChessMood: www.chesshttps://chessmood.com/?r=rosen Get free access to more than 500 hours of high-quality chess instruction through Dec. 20 when you provide your email address. No payment method is required upfront. If you do decide to pay for a subscription later, part of the proceeds will support my content. 00:00 Today's Plan: Prepare for the World Rapid/Blitz 01:02 Sicilian Defense: Closed - vs ReySolis (2372) 07:51 Links to ChessMood free month and info about World Rapid/Blitz 09:42 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional - vs FiamaAc02 (2474) 13:35 The ChessMood AI Coach Feature 19:30 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional - vs untracked_capy (2362) 27:13 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation - vs gmgrischuk24 (2521) 36:55 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense - vs Metamorphic_Octopus (2434) 43:59 Welcome to GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan 48:14 GABUZYAN GAME 1 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional 56:54 GABUZYAN GAME 2 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Main Line 1:05:36 GABUZYAN GAME 3 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional 1:15:17 GABUZYAN GAME 4 Rapport-Jobava System (London) 1:21:07 GABUZYAN GAME 5 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional 1:31:34 GABUZYAN GAME 6 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 1:38:29 GAME 6 Analysis 1:48:38 GAME 5 Analysis 1:56:47 GAME 4 Analysis 2:00:43 GAME 3 Analysis 2:10:22 GAME 2 Analysis 2:14:48 GAME 1 Analysis 👕MERCH ► https://shop.imrosen.com/ 💜 TWITCH ► https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen 🤑 SUPPORT ► https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess 🔗 WEBSITE ► https://www.imrosen.com ❤️MAIN CHANNEL ► https://www.youtube.com/user/RosenChess 🎬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 20% ON CHESSMOOD ► https://chessmood.com/?r=rosen ♕ SAVE 10% ON CHESSUP SMART BOARD ► https://bryghtlabs.com/?ref=Rosen 📘AMAZON STORE ► https://www.amazon.com/shop/ericrosen 🗞️NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP ► https://mailchi.mp/d6e6ca1a42a1/imrosen-newsletter-signup ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📮CONTACT ME ► [email protected] 💌SEND FANMAIL ► Eric Rosen 4571 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