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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
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