Can Twitch Chat Beat Me At Chess?

In this video, I played a game of chess against my Twitch Chat. Unlike previous games (see my Eric Rosen vs Twitch Chat playlist) sub-only chat was turned on for the duration of this game. This removed the presence of the many trolls that previously spammed "Ke2" or "resign". This game features an interesting and serious battle emerging from a London Opening. Oh, and I also played blindfolded. Watch until the end for an epic and unexpected finish!
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[@kingjensen8091]

16:09 "The whole chat is probably stream sniping" has got to be one of the funniest sentences I have heard

[@kurosakiichigo7475]

@JediNxf7 volume off? i guess

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Lmao wtf

[@ryansatoshi7932]

@@kurosakiichigo7475 You can see both sides in chess it's not fog of war

[@gabrieljohnson1118]

Went from 100 to 0 Real Quick

[@isaacpowrie465]

Lol

[@4llonsy]

“Water is basically flavourless tea.” ~Eric

[@AnandSivaram22]

Refreshing...very hydrating

[@freedomdiev3353]

The spiffing brit would like to know your location.

[@valleyofnotes5485]

WE BATH WITH TEA🤐🤮🤢🤢😂😂😂😂

[@thatoneguy9582]

But is he wrong your honour

[@Shashank147]

Water is just boneless ice

[@thomasswoodward]

Man, that's insane. "I just need to flip the board once". Fraction of a second..."Ok".

[@freedomdiev3353]

Ikr, that was just like a blink and done. Bruh.

[@zheniasemyanko8549]

You can flip the board on Lichess just by pressing the f key, so it is really quick

[@RubyPiec]

@@zheniasemyanko8549but he saw the board for only like a millisecond and he knew what the board was lke

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@RubyPiec he can play blindfolded, so it's not much for him.

[@airmanfair]

Well, it would be more impressive if he didn't mistake the board state so many times during the game.

[@andm4201]

3:56 "So this would be like the ideal moment to see if there is any trolls" *Guy in chat votes for resign*

[@soyalguienqueestamuyaburri8396]

Lol

[@ryans9094]

G you go

[@LetsPlayCrazy]

I mean... I'd resign too if I had to play against eric... buuut :D

[@jasonwillows5239]

5:31 "I've never seen that move before" Well technically, you still haven't, lmao

[@issacwoolwine2559]

I was looking for this comment, thank you😂

[@w7lves]

As a wise man named Eric Rosen once said "Water is just flavorless tea."

[@weeronnotochi2240]

Tea is just plant-flavored water

[@Mr.Opinion]

10:00

[@genericusername4206]

w7lves copycat andy

[@DariusKhan]

Water is also flavourless coffee and flat flavourless coke. Crazy

[@willhk4809]

Love how Eric positionally crushed chat out of the opening but just forgot about the e pawn.

[@sechsminus]

"I'm very impressed no one voting for king d7" lol

[@thalesreggiani2751]

*instantly someone vote for kd7*

[@HenryMcCraken4]

If I was there there wouldve been one.

[@AirNeat]

@@HenryMcCraken4 Yes good joke haha funny

[@veni1]

then he would get a queen and prolly win cuz of check

[@laytonjr6601]

@@thalesreggiani2751 I saw that. He was the only one to do so...

[@deplios7799]

Lmao we beat the guy who beat Carlsen.

[@connorlangan04]

Everyone is now stronger than Carlsen

[@AyushDuhan00]

spoiler alert

[@DylansLapplandSimping]

Chat > Eric Rosen > Magnus Carlsen We did it boys, Magnus World Champion is no more.

[@1hourmusic510]

@@DylansLapplandSimping legendary logic XD

[@connorlangan04]

GM Chat in the house!

[@TheLaprasMan]

36:24 - me in every chess game I play

[@dragonverde188]

hahhahahaha

[@FFAs]

The saddest part is, he was right. Only, no one could foresee how he would lose!

[@joshuagraham6874]

@@FFAs no he wasn't right lol if he played the right move it would've been a draw

[@FFAs]

@@joshuagraham6874 I do believe the second line went completely over your head.

[@joshuagraham6874]

@@FFAs no nothing went over my head lol you might have misspoke but I understood your comment perfectly well

[@elmacho1336]

Lmao that one guy who said 'resign' after bishop takes on c6. Right as he says if there are any trolls

[@w7lves]

Timestamp?

[@nathann1092]

4:03

[@w7lves]

@@nathann1092 lmao

[@ReasonMakes]

Aww Eric :( You can feel the pain in his voice for all the silly things that he can't believe happened. Moving the pawn one square further than intended, forgetting about the e pawn, and accidentally promoting to bishop. Sorry that happened Eric.

[@riadechahbouni]

blindfold chess tragedies...in a nutshell

[@Kutford]

And playing Qxc5 while explaining why it's inferior to dxc5.

[@theatog]

Garbage win. nothing to be proud of. winning by typo is not winning chess. I am so angry that it's so anti-climatic. Was hoping Twitch chat might win by some brilliant move. I feel cheated for wasted 40 min of my life : (

[@ReasonMakes]

@@theatog It actually is still winning 100%. As humans, sometimes we are very inconsistent. If this was a tournament or something however, then things would average out more and it would be very unlikely to win the tournament as Eric would be very unlikely to make these seem mistakes more than once.

[@ranomacc9473]

Aww Eric :( You can feel the pain in his voice for all the silly things that he can't believe happened. Moving the pawn one square further than intended, forgetting about the e pawn, and accidentally promoting to bishop. Sorry that happened Eric.

[@weetabixharry]

This totally restores my faith in the type of people who watch Eric's stream. Great job, past chat.

[@JimmyMac0424]

To be fair they only won because he was blindfolded

[@weetabixharry]

@@JimmyMac0424 For sure, but it was a very respectable performance either way. In the previous videos like this, the overwhelming majority of viewers were just spamming losing moves, which I felt made the whole exercise a bit pointless.

[@Livestreamlurker]

I think this "TTVChat" guy might be cheating. I mean he's taking almost exactly the same amount of time for every move. Clear sign of a cheater.

[@Usoda_]

Have you considered the quality of the moves?

[@kys9611]

@@Usoda_ r/woooooosh

[@icy-folly]

bruh those 2 replies

[@farresalt4381]

bruh those 3 replies

[@blackbed5108]

bruh those 4 replies

[@yuemaeve]

4:00 resign is definitely the right choice here

[@SuperNicejohn]

*Sees the move I'd make* *It loses 30-1* "One troll lol" Alrighty then

[@BorderOllie]

You should get a green blindfold to go with your greenscreen lol

[@SharinganMan]

then we could see his brains 😮

[@kyleangelocastro9460]

@@SharinganMan outstanding logic

[@watchableraven3517]

And he should use a picture of his face. *No one will suspect.*

[@mcgamescompany]

Alternative title: Hundreds of people almost lose against a blindfolded man on chess

[@mypony891]

"wait, what"... At the time when the rook was captured by the pawn, was priceless

[@icantthinkofaname5950]

Lol. Luckily for chat, b and n are right next to each other on a keyboard. MWAHAHAHAHA

[@gmoore6406]

Ha Ha yep lol

[@HenryFromCentrelink]

Knight starts a K lol

[@serulu3490]

@@HenryFromCentrelink in Chess N represent Knight. Because Knight sound like NAIT

[@figmentinfinity8259]

@@serulu3490 Bro what it sounds like night are you tripping

[@serulu3490]

@@figmentinfinity8259 no I am not are you alright? night also sound like NAIT so what?

[@akiyama1907]

"Thanks for the game eric you'll catch up to us one day" XD

[@sebastianapolo8515]

3:12 LMAO looks like Eric has hand tattoos, so gangsta

[@andyzhanmusic]

How can he type so accurately despite moving his hands off the keyboard in between? EDIT: nvm watched the ending 😂

[@ravihammond]

There are notches on the keyboard that tell you where specific keys are. This allows you to take your hands away and still be able to find your typing position without looking.

[@TunaBagels]

Did they stop teaching touch-type in school?

[@andyzhanmusic]

@@TunaBagels I can touch type but only when I have my hands already on the keyboard - forgot about the fact that the notches on F and J exist though

[@thatoneguy9582]

TunaSammich Might just be me but I wasn’t taught about typing in school, like, at all

[@JiveDadson]

They're not notches. They're bumps, i.e. antinotches.

[@starcubey]

5:18 "why aren't we using engine.. i dont understand"

[@Herbert.]

"No offense to the plebs" - Eric Rosen

[@AlmostM]

That sneaky e6 pawn. No fear of capture, just waiting for an ambush.

[@efebora6845]

The mouse-slip at the end was hilarious XD Your videos are always entertaining to watch, keep up the good work Eric !

[@tom.a6335]

20:15 when he didn't take the e Pawn with check I already knew he forgot about it :D

[@Pablo360able]

same.

[@maxwell2116]

That is really interesting to watch and also to participate!!! Hope you'll do that again at some point!

[@waslucids6023]

"You will catch up to us one day" ~Chat

[@nsk7356]

"Water is basically flavorless tea" That's some big brains!!

[@DanielDugovic]

39:21 Truly, this is a disadvantage of blindfold chess.

[@colinwiggins2500]

Rip

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

More like 24:23

[@Skullmiser]

Oh no! He's forgotten the pawn! Chat knew he forgot, too.

[@Michael_Deti]

I had a lichess bug today where I suddenly couldn't see the black knights, no matter which side I played. It was in some 1 minute games and I got very confused and lost them all xD

[@duskhound2883]

I joined a tournament last weekend and the black queens were gone. Ctrl + F5 fixes it.

[@partimentieveryday]

@@duskhound2883 I do that in response to Evans every game, works every time.

[@harleykf1]

Happens to me frequently where pieces magically vanish

[@dylanli1474]

41:07 hello twitch!

[@adithyak5145]

"Water is basically flavourless tea" xD

[@prakasavigraha6104]

"...but more refreshing." Hahahaha.

[@potatoonastick2239]

I honestly didn't expect this video to be this instructive AND funny, keep it up my dude :P

[@nofanfelani6924]

That looks fun, and that bnight under-promotion at the end was epic!

[@sum_andres31]

Blindfolded, board flipped, beated by a lot of people... Damn, I guess that's how you come to greatness

[@Droid15243Z]

Best part is that they didn't "win", he mistyped.

[@quentin580]

@@Droid15243Z and because he was basically telling chat his strategies throughout lol. You notice the chat would type the "right" move very frequently when he explained his thought process or why he forgotten or mistyped a move he wanted XD

[@TheBloodsuger150]

29:35 “Eric the first” 😂😂😂

[@AbdoTheEmperor]

"d8 promote to bishob" 😭😭😂

[@unicockboy1666]

"Never seen this move before" This time you didn't see this move either...

[@anugrahrai1318]

*normal conversation* . . Water is just flavorless tea

[@knightrider585]

"No offence to the plebs" ahahhahaa

[@stamy4605]

5:28 A blindfolded man saying he's never seen that move before is somewhat funny to me. Also, these chess players memorize boards way too fast, how the hell?

[@RutherfordBcrazy]

lmao i actually laughed out loud when it promoted to a dark colored bishop and all the peices are on light squares.

[@user-kk5ew7hd2g]

IM Eric Rosen is one of my favorite people. So much more class and intelligence. Thank you Eric! If our paths ever cross it'd be tantamount to me as a major celebrity encounter :)

[@a.s.7160]

36:41 gcook1729 foresaw the future

[@Moodoo20]

The best part is that I played with chat while watching the video

[@Wombo-Combo]

That was so much fun to watch and also painful, well played Eric and also chat!

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

Even though I din't play back then, I still feel part of the crowd.

[@christopherneedham9584]

The first documented case of actual twitch chat grandmasters.

[@doraorak]

Him forgetting the e6 pawn was hilarious XD

[@whamer100]

"ill just visualize" ah yes, everyone with aphantasia's dream of being able to do yay for me :L

[@lyranlover6904]

Lol yes we got aphantasia but we can still remember placement by the feeling of it the same way we remember which road to turn onto

[@whamer100]

@@lyranlover6904 fair enough

[@prussia9255]

What about just a twitch plays chess stream where you set up a new account and see what rating twitch gets and whatnot?

[@icantthinkofaname5950]

Against the rules

[@mattmurdock3335]

@@icantthinkofaname5950 if it's coordinated with lichess it could be fine

[@averyrobinson4666]

plus chat would time out every game

[@prussia9255]

@@averyrobinson4666 if they play long time control they wouldn't. Just look at the game here m8

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

They should probably have two streamers’ chats fight each other. I wonder how that would go.

[@niemand262]

Best comment on chat, "OUR GLORIOUS BISHOP"

[@soupenjoyer6173]

tfw eric plays better blindfolded with the board flipped than i do playing a normal game

[@gojartdestani213]

“Chess version of spirit bomb” lol

[@Doenerking47]

i cant comprehend how incredibly difficult and impressive it is to play chess blindfolded

[@niemand262]

I'd love to see an fMRI or EEG of your prefrontal cortex (where working memory is controlled) during this. Maintaining the board state on mind probably has your brain going overdrive, which is why it feels so energy draining.

[@suola_]

5:34 You didnt even see it this time

[@xyqueum]

Eric blundered a Rook and ruins a pawn promotion and still dam near draws the game. Well done Eric. Hi Twitch!

[@anandshatdal3140]

You forgot the part where he missed black hanging its rook to a fork and the part where he only lost b/c the b and n keys are next to each other and he’s blindfolded.

[@xyqueum]

@@anandshatdal3140 Exactly.

[@1nf3ct3dTT]

You should let normal chat play vs sub chat

[@danielhagberry8910]

That was super fun to watch! GOOD GAME TO BOTH TEAMS 👏

[@italianhockeywall]

Eric mouse slipping on the keyboard is just hilarious.

[@crazypomp927]

The ultimate finger slip at the end there

[@ragris4593]

"no nO NO, i confused my self 0_0"

[@whisper__]

This, This didn't feel like 45 minutes

[@Sac_the_king]

I'm by no means a proficient endgame player, but chat's endgame execution was just painful to watch

[@Lol-mr2eb]

”water is basically flavorless tea”.... Actually tea is flavored water😂😂😂

[@kaptainzero932]

22:39 Correct me if im wrong, but I think the move to play here was Rb1followed by Rg7 and then u can push the a pawn to a7, then dance the knight around to d7 and then b6 to force the rook out, if the rook stays on the 8th rank u can play rb8, and at this point promoting the a pawn to a queen is unstoppable. Their bishop went h5, so it cant stop any of these attacks. So yea :/.

[@samibreeze7621]

Me = learns 8 opening theories and think I can play chess. Eric = Memorises the current position in a second and plays a perfect game blindfolded.

[@sharathiitm]

24:30 the chat after Eric's rook blunder 😂😂

[@SuperMichael996]

Having visual memory or the capacity to have the entire layout in your mind without seeing the game seems awesome. Too bad I don't have that gift. :p Eat your cereal.

[@DylansLapplandSimping]

Water is flavorless tea. Tea is flavored water. This makes to much sense for me.

[@Mothuzad]

That endgame! I'm over here wanting chat to skewer the knight to the king with their bishop if king takes pawn, but they didn't go for it.

[@Mothuzad]

Analyzed, and white can just not take the c pawn to avoid this tactic, ultimately winning the f pawn instead.

[@RCmies]

I was watching this so closely and I was so pissed when he underpromoted to bishop by accident

[@chessmasters9012]

if you put 39:30 in slow motion you can see eric's smile go away :D

[@cheesiechess3656]

I got disturbed eric didn't take on e6 for soooo many moves and chat ignored defending the pawn for soooo many moves. Am I the only one seeing the free pawn on e6 for white to take with the knight, sometimes even with check?

[@eurickevardone2976]

Yeah, but he forfeits his a pawn by doing so.

[@kissthefish2188]

@@eurickevardone2976 not if they take with check and then move the knight back

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Eric forgot about e6 and chat knew it too.

[@Dielrecording]

That's what u get after saying " I did not realize that chat can play good movers"

[@anmolagrawal386]

And this why chat, you should know your rook pawn endgames.

[@rcmrocks2374]

i really enjoyed this video. its nice to see that even twitch chat > chess masters xD

[@abbenylund]

chat being proud they won when he made multiple major mistakes cus of his *blindfold*

[@Daparaus]

"water is basically flavorless tea" hahahhahahha NO!!! tea is flavored water!!!!

[@liamcruickshank8331]

Maybe I'm just trying to invent hope-thats deep

[@AndrewYatzkan]

Chat’s Magnus number is 2

[@KORR]

Dude, your stream is so great

[@jacobmosovich]

Imagine a game if everyone who voted for the move that didnt win got removed from the poll. So then youd be having chat get more and more refined in their moves until everyone is like in synch

[@RassionellMaddman]

Majority at the earlier moves are rarely the superior players, instead it's the majority later on in a competent chat group who are probably more refined. Endgames are more concrete on what's right to do, earlygames are an artform where risky openings and responses are made by geniuses at times.

[@dragonherald]

look in to getting aviation foggles, you'll be able to see the keboard, but not the screen.

[@Mati-zc2ym]

Can they beat me? No. They hang e6 all the time Yes. Because i blunder the rook No. Because they blunder c6 and i have insane Kd2 with underpromotion that draws Yes. Because ima missclick and promote to a bishop xD

[@wildansyauqi1804]

im dead when he promoted into bishop

[@diegomarroquin4662]

Early morning chess, the best.

[@flicker6741]

I just feel happy when I can see at the end game with only blindfolded tho lol

[@edbraunn7720]

eric really loves this game, i do too

[@landonphemister3941]

Go eric!! But stay there

[@i_wanted_cool_nickname]

Nice job, chat

[@mun_e_makrpsn1328]

22:32 a7 works cuz Ne7+ checks the king and gives the whitening breathing room, idk if there are mating ideas after that tho.

[@Rubrickety]

That was very reminiscent of the 1963 Candidates match where Petrosian forgot Geller had a pawn, and later, after fighting back to a draw, accidentally promoted to a bishop.

[@KF1]

Really good video. Much better when you're not getting bongtrolled!

[@Shepp420]

this man the daredevil of chess lmao