How to Beat Amateurs at Chess: 15 Highly Instructive Rapid Games

0:00 oh no my opponent
0:30 Petrov Defense gets CRAZY
9:43 Crushing the French or Alekhine Defense???
14:50 Highly Strategic Nimzo Indian Defense
29:45 Caro Kann CRUSHED
39:00 Facing the Rossolimo
55:30 AGGRESSIVE Scandinavian Defense
1:11:40 OH NO MY OPPONENT AGAIN
1:12:05 Budapest Gambit 11-Move Miniature
1:15:36 Playing Like Magnus Carlsen?! (Tricky English vs Slav)
1:26:10 Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit leads to funny tactic
1:36:25 Facing the Alapin Sicilian
1:55:00 Boden Kieseritzky Gambit
2:14:00 Ponziani Opening leads to near SMOTHERED MATE
2:19:05 CRUSHING a TROLL Opening
2:22:30 ahhhh
2:23:00 SUPER AGGRESSIVE FINALE (vs Caro Kann)

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[josecarranza]

the memory he has is just amazing, how he remembers what he played vs. X, what he was playing for oppening at different times in his life, honestly I cant remember what I played 3 games ago.

[Overhemd]

2.5 hours of Eric? My day just got a whole lot better

[brett]

Ah! This should be good. Eric is a first rate Chess instructor.

[syafon]

Two Rosen trophies in one move should be an own Rosen trophy!
You brought me back to chess, and even better Duck Chess! You are a huge inspiration for so many people around me! I live in Austria, so that tells you a bit about your influence around the globe. Thanks for existing! :)

[hansgruber]

This was super instructive Eric, thanks! Really great to hear your full thought process over a longer time frame, blitz sometimes can be a bit of a muddle for lower rated players like myself. Please do more in future!

[newsbuster]

I am watching a lot of your content to learn how you approach these games. Or simply put, learning how to think like you. I played a talent last week, a 15-year old who only started playing chess 10 months ago but who already is better than most players at my chess club. He put me under a lot of pressure early on, but after I forced him to exchange queens I was able to change the dynamic and ultimately beat him. Very proud of that. When we analyzed the game together I noticed he approached it very different than me, and he memorized all his moves, and mine, while I was struggling to keep up looking at my notes to see what I played. 😂I am sure he will be well above 2000 rated in a couple years.

[SinjonM]

My favorite moment was when you played the ponziani opening!

I'm only rated 1000 in blitz and 1200 in rapid, but I've been watching your videos for over 2 years. For the last few months, that's consistently been my opening, and I never knew that was the name of it. I'm glad I finally know now!

I love your videos Eric, you're so wholesome!Keep up the great work! I'll be there watching always!

[XIIchiron]

>be ~1500
>"How to beat amateurs at chess"
>Perfect, I never know how to punish weird moves
>The amateurs are 1700
>Cry

Edit: in all seriousness this was actually a good video, it points out some of the stuff I also do that can exploited

[sprcow]

Sad that opponent didn't know any of the Petrov theory against Bc5. I play 3.d4 against the Petrov and was hoping to see how Eric fights the main line!

[chuckdecker]

MORE like this on Youtube please! 10min, instructional, slow where I can follow along with your logic is great!!!

[andrewmays]

Eric Rosen, you are a gentle scholar and kind gentleman. Thank you sir for your patient tutorials!!😇

[jarrodanderson]

I love the heart monitor idea Eric because I'm trying so hard to calm myself while playing. This game wipes me out!

[shlomo]

Thanks Eric! I'm learning so much from these longer game videos.

[davidrose]

Watched all 2 1/2 hours, opened my eyes to see more of what’s going on. Thank you!

[blueguitarist]

Long time format videos are maximum comfy, sounds like a great upload

[jasonTL]

"Oh No My Opponent" had me rolling. So simple and so witty. Most importantly, a fun jab without being disrespectful.

[mikebaker]

Here is where I am at:
1. I am exclusive YouTube. I don't use Twitch. I tried it... I don't like it.
2. I watch all YouTube on demand on my schedule. I never watch premieres or streams while they are live. I rarely watch VOD rebroadcasts in total. I have a life. When I do watch 3+ hour unedited vod content, it is in pieces over several days or a week.

I don't know what percentage of the YouTube audience is like me (maybe I'm weird, or the majority, who knows...)

I am largely indifferent to Twitch streamers moving to YouTube with their actual streams. It won't really change what I'm doing.

[kurosakiichigo]

Wow eric, this is one of your best videos thank you so much for uploading some instructive chess. I learned a lot from this video

[mattlambert]

Dude, you just made me hang my queen when you were talking about falling back down, getting up again, and thinking it was a song because I got all distracted and excited thinking you were referencing Rancid's "Fall Back Down". Super big letdown when it turned out you were talking about Chumbawamba. It's not like Tubthumping is a bad song, but it made me really happily surprised for those few seconds I thought you listened to Rancid even if it was a song from one of their poppiest albums. People I meet now are always surprised when they find out that deep down in my core I'm still the grimy punk rocker I was in my late teens and early 20s. I could see that being the case with you, too.

[jefftaylor]

One of the main rules I learned really early on and I still follow to this day is “if you can attack a knight with a middle pawn in the first 10 moves, you should just do it“.