Blind Speed Chess TRAP!

In this video, I play a blindfold blitz chess game against a young challenger. @akaNemsko assisted in making my moves. The game featured a very tricky line against the Sicilian Defense.This was filmed in December 2024 during the World Championship match in Singapore.
Thumbnail photo by Eng Chin An / FIDE / Singapore Chess Federation

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[additionaddict]

Classic Eric, bringing out the gm prep against children. No Mercy!

[nephandi]

Nc6 ignoring the queen hanging almost got Eric to think she wasn't there, blindfold really is hard

[ramachandra]

Nemo understood the assignment. She moved the pieces as fast as she could . Otherwise the time scramble could have gone either way .

[augtsu]

The young opponent still did better than I could do. I am impressed by both players and the moderator. Judging by the evaluation bar, I believe Eric was playing nice against his opponent. Thanks for sharing.

[olivierbialais]

Both sides are impressive: you with the blindfolds and the little fellow who fears nothing. And both with a smile. 👍

[FrederickTabares-kjpl]

Blindfolded chess at high levels is much more impressive to me when the player loses track of a piece or move than when they stay within theory and never lose track of the board. Congrats on a excellent win

[Zildjian]

kid should have said "oh no my queen" 😅

[MyBiPolarBearMax]

Remember kids: we dont take gambited pawns if we don’t know the theory 👍

[phoenixinthetrees]

4:39 Me: He's got Qa3+ but he'll never get that, blindfolded... Eric: "Queen a3 check." Wow.

[ThundarrZ]

Just mind boggling! Beyond impressive Eric!

[jpb]

Nemo and Rosen in Team chess battle was great. Good to see the teamwork again. :)

[vivekchalasani]

Man doing anything blindfolded is insane

[parzingtheasian]

poor kid just got slaughtered in the calmest tone of voice

[Alex-xkmd]

That was impressive - "queen Haha

[matthewtimcho]

Being that good at chess is great but also being able to remember the board and all pieces at all times is Redic! Your blindfolded abilities especially with a crowd and distractions and keeping up a conversation

[chrisnolan]

Damn bro. Make a video about doing blind chess

[samsonpug]

At 2.35 black plays the very natural e5. This is immediately losing. The only escape is Be5 or the even weirder Bf8.

[emmanueltorres]

Kudos to you Eric, blindfold speed chess looks stressful

[suiybnfisyfe]

Are you and Nemo smooching behind the scene Eric? lets keep things professional shall we.

[M-F-H]

3min is hard, blindfolded, where you lose around 2 sec on each move since the "hand" has to understand the move before executing it...