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
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