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

In this video, I play a bunch of entertaining and instructive rapid chess games in the lichess.org Rapid Shield Arena while explaining my thoughts and strategies. This was originally live-streamed on Twitch on December, 8th 2022. Timestamps below!

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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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