Beating “Elite” Chess Players

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In this video, I compete in the Elite SuperBlitz Arena on lichess.org.

0:00 Staring at chat for a little bit
0:30 SHARP LONDON gets crazy complicated
8:57 Is the Italian a good opening for 900s?
16:13 Weird Not-a-Stafford Petrov game
24:18 This could have gone worse
32:15 Using my MAGNUS CARLSEN STAFFORD GAMBIT PREP
38:16 SUPER SHARP LONDON gets extra complicated
46:56 OH NO… my dignity! (VIENNA GAME)
54:27 Pretending like he can’t take my pawn (PIRC)
1:01:30 Opponent LEFT THE GAME
1:06:43 Using my IM Minh Le ANTI-LONDON PREP
1:14:05 Not my proudest opening ever
1:20:56 DOUBLE BERZERKING the highest-rated player in the tournament
1:25:15 Addicted to BERZERKING (PIRC)
1:27:42 OPPONENT DIDN’T BERZERK BACK
1:33:37 Saying hi to YouTube πŸ™‚

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