Watch live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen -- Follow to get notified when I go live! In this video, I play the final hours of lichess.org's 2021 Spring Marathon, which turned out to be the largest chess tournament in history with 31,332 chess players. Every game is time-stamped below! 0:00 Largest chess tournament ever? 0:18 Life is good with the LONDON 5:55 Attacking the English 11:00 TRICKY JOBAVA LONDON OPENING TRAP 12:57 9 MOVE LONDON WIN 14:14 First tough game of the stream 20:00 I turned down the draw 28:45 PIRC TRAP... sort of 36:24 Following a famous BUDAPEST GAMBIT game 41:56 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME 46:11 London vs IM (DAH!) 52:15 EASY PONZIANI WIN 54:09 LONDON VS GM LEVENTE VAJDA (TRANKUILIZER) 1:03:44 Knights are tricky 1:08:15 TYPICAL GRAND PRIX ATTACK 1:10:04 BUDAPEST GAMBIT Time Scramble 1:18:16 A pleasant Jobava London 1:22:15 Ideal Grand Prix pawn structure 1:28:19 Vienna Gambit vs FM 1:31:10 "Dah! I got forked!" 1:39:26 Walrus Declined 1:43:18 Tough London game 1:49:23 I blundered a pawn 1:53:57 LONDON TIME 1:56:10 London as Black gets sharp in time trouble 2:02:52 "NEVER RESIGN WHEN YOU HAVE A KNIGHT" 2:08:19 Accepting the SMITH-MORRA 2:13:37 How to beat the Hippo 2:17:39 MOUSESLIPPED A NIMZO (meant to play Budapest) 2:25:46 BERZERKING A STRONG PLAYER WITH THE SCHMID 2:31:31 YOLOING VS SCANDINAVIAN DEFENSE 2:33:33 Sharp setup vs Catalan 2:38:12 "OH, THERE'S A FUNNY LINE!" (LONDON) 2:41:21 TRAGIC MOUSESLIP ENDING (BUDAPEST GAMBIT) 2:47:23 2. Nh3 vs Dutch 2:52:22 ROSEN TRAP (WALRUS EDITION) 2:59:14 Orthoschnapp Gambit Declined gets really weird 3:04:27 From's Gambit and fond memories 3:13:46 SURPRISE FINISH AFTER MOVE 1 MOUSESLIP 3:18:23 SUPER FUN FOUR QUEENS GAME 3:23:10 Surprise tactic for quick win 3:25:52 QUICK WIN VS DUTCH 3:27:14 Do I use my Wiki page to get out of confrontations? 3:34:56 Official the largest tournament ever! (Also a London) 3:40:35 Do I have nightmares about my Wiki page being deleted? 3:45:30 Really tired of Wiki questions (Also a London) 3:49:42 Rough game vs London 3:53:47 Cleaning converting a pawn up 3:57:23 BUDAPEST GAMBIT IS FUN BUT TIME TROUBLE ISN'T 4:03:48 Gradually building up in the Grand Prix 4:10:06 LONDON REMATCH VS GM LEVENTE VAJDA (TRANKUILIZER) 4:14:29 "It's tough when the opponent doesn't berzerk back" 4:17:17 ENGLUND GAMBIT OPENING TRAP FAIL 4:19:14 Another tough London 4:24:48 The one that got away 4:30:13 "OH NO, MY THING!" 4:35:53 "Let's finish with dignity" (Hillbilly Attack) 4:39:46 Subscribe on YouTube! Final tournament standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/spring21 This video was edited by the amazing @Jonathan Schrantz! Visit https://go.chess.com/imrosen to get a free trial or paid membership of premium features like beginner lessons, unlimited puzzle training, and access to their extensive video library. Signups through the link will support my content! Watch live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen Stream schedule: https://imrosen.com/schedule Support my content: https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess Now accepting fan mail! My mailbox address: Eric Rosen 4579 Laclede Ave 205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ WEBSITE: https://imrosen.com/ TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen DISCORD: http://bit.ly/2KTDlBK TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2sFmNqa INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2HspaBa LICHESS: https://lichess.org/@/ericrosen CHESS.COM: https://www.chess.com/member/imrosen ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ See Eric in the chess documentary Chess State (2015): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/chessstate Chess book recommendations: https://imrosen.com/book-recommendations/ London Opening 8-hour video course: https://www.ichess.net/sale/8020-tactics-london-system-im-eric-rosen-offer/ #chess #ericrosen #springmarathon

• published: 07 May 2021
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