GM Eric Hansen Blitz Speedrun | 1500-1800

Grandmaster Eric Hansen continues his blitz chess speedrun. After hitting 1500 in just over an hour, he sets his sights on 1800. How long will it take him?
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[@Servaaa1337]

I should be sleeping and not watching chess video‘s at 3 AM ...

[@vortquake5611]

Servaaa CS:GO, BF & more accurate

[@nicklashelget8977]

Same

[@shapeless6755]

Rated R for relatable

[@filipbuczynski9905]

2AM here

[@tengisntf1364]

that is fking relatable

[@georg1808]

I truly enjoyed every single minute of this video!

[@Julianio]

same... I learn so many moves lmao

[@slimpwarrior]

You can watch 12+ hours of it on twitch, it's really enjoyable

[@yukin2344]

@@Julianio so true

[@pattmahiney]

Same

[@andreasnotis]

Me too broo.

[@Wtahc]

7:48 bxh2 would be a cute move here

[@petrwalek9901]

It's better to play good moves instead of "cute" moves and losing the game. :-(

[@Wtahc]

Woah, attitude. 1. He's playing to entertain. 2. The position is still completely winning. Fuck off

[@AmatsukaEd]

He doesn't give up

[@danilogouvea]

Gotta love these speedruns.

[@PhilippeCarphin]

@3:13 Couldn't black take the knight on g5 with his queen since the bishop is not on c1?

[@dasdas1837]

yeah

[@nathuramgodse950]

At 20:46 he could have won his queen with that bishop check

[@stephenh9483]

I can feel your power eric! shame it is completely nullified against Hikaru

[@ctlaxbro3538]

@3:08 why didn't the player queen capture g5? Wouldn't that be a free piece?

[@baoannguyen7649]

Yeah he blundered I guess, and didn’t notice.

[@JecIsBec]

Bro that israelgtrez guy was insane, I kept thinking they were blundering but it was an intentional bait, and then finally when they actually blundered the rook I was confused lmao

[@ukuleledude6646]

True! He had to play rook a2 when he blundered right?

[@companymo7767]

"please dont hurt me" me each time i play chess

[@thumperhunts6250]

its crazy how fast these players see 3 to 5 moves ahead, its almost less than a second

[@radicalbradical3164]

Maybe I’m too late for this and I’m probably not the best to give my opinion but I’ll try anyway. I’m rated 1912 FIDE which is not that high but it’s not hard to see far quickly. It’s more impressive to be slow and thorough. If I see 5 moves I don’t see the five moves individually I see the position after the five moves so maybe they do that on a larger scale.

[@just10NU]

It's cause they have played thousands of games.

[@bladenleague2668]

Im not trying to discredit them at all, but a lot of the time these GMs also just react on muscle memory, they've played so many gamea that they come accross the same position countless times and often theres no reason for you to change moves in a certain position if its the best move, especially during development, popular openings tend to have the same following moves just in different sequences. You're definetly not wrong, more often then not even when facing a completely different game they predict the position 3-5 moves ahead while playing, almost as if in their mind they are playing a game in the future. At the end of the day though, a big part of chess is memory, obviously not everyone has to play the same way but if you go by finding the best moves, they are often the same moves and only in the end game you start playing real chess. This is a big reason why Carlsen is the world champ. Most SuperGMs cap at about the same level but Magnus' end game sets him apart from the rest of them. Still entirely impressive.

[@PiçHasso66]

Its a mix of experience and recognizing mating patterns and positions. Its like doing similiar puzzles again and again

[@Endohell]

it is not only experience and repetition. you need a brain and majority of normal people dont have

[@rollingnay]

It's so weird when Eric plays other Gms all the moves seem reasonable and somewhat simple. But when plays these guys the moves look amazing and hard ! Fun to watch ! Cool speed run !

[@ym276]

That's because lower rated players don't play very sound chess, and therefore the positions become more tactical

[@rollingnay]

Y M makes sense . Thank u !

[@azice6034]

Lenny Pinskiy Magnus once said 1000-2000 all you need is tactics

[@japphan]

​@Lenny Pinskiy As long as you remember that you can use tactics to gain positional advantages or winning tempi for your developpement, and to look at potential opponent tactics. Studying tactics puzzles will help you exploit mistakes, and avoid making game losing moves. And such losses are very boring, and the wins because of blunders are not very fun either. So studying tactics will give you a more enjoyable chess experience, where you win by having the better plan, rather than being the one not to blunder.

[@pwner-yd2te]

3:06 does black not have Qxg5 lmfao

[@songsmadeforyou]

yeah i just looked at that with stockfish cause it didnt make sense --- score is -3.9 at that point taking the knight

[@Wisefish99]

@@songsmadeforyou think they both thought the bishop was still on c1

[@pwner-yd2te]

@@Wisefish99 yeah that would make sense lol

[@Bennerboi]

@@pwner-yd2te As someone who has played a lot of Danish Gambit, I always did this mistake in the beginning! It's really intuitive and you need to remind yourself not to put the knight there! :D

[@sinanyaman2007]

just checked with stockfish and then came here to find the comment lol

[@Grannyknockers]

3:05 I couldn’t figure out what the continuation was if queen captures knight on g5 so I plugged it into the engine and he actually just straight up blundered a piece

[@123454321Anonymous]

Yeah the eval was -4.5 🤣🤣

[@Feinschmacker]

Could you actually just share your playlist for that background music? Some dope sound there.

[@PartidasInmortalesdeAjedrez]

Good games, Eric!

[@jessavz7476]

yo te conozco

[@nxoxpein]

psico saca una serie de speedrun pls!!

[@peguelosapo]

Haz un video jugando blitz

[@chananyaobrien2358]

For a chess player this guy is mad cool

[@propilotgershom4510]

Yeah except when he loses, then he's not so cool as in the sense of the word

[@victor6010]

14:35 someone pls do a gif

[@just10NU]

Why didn't you just do it yourself?

[@victor6010]

@@just10NU cuz I'm lazy LUL

[@pk-fi1ok]

@@victor6010 one year lazy?? that is cool

[@chessbrah]

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[@elijahmiller_23]

31:10 can you just be not so insane geez

[@tal8871]

8:15 "that's a good move.... POTENTIALLY"

[@basicallyyes1796]

0:53 so I was on the Eric vs Magnus vid and I accidentally pressed this and then thought he beated Magnus like that

[@mpendulojali454]

You are officially my favorite GM Eric. Your music taste is just outta this world

[@hey8174]

7:00 That bishop is a dagger!

[@arrogant8295]

Why didnt the f7 pawn took it ?

[@rafag9153]

@@arrogant8295 knight takes e6

[@thanosa.k.abaldi914]

@@arrogant8295 Nxe6 royal fork

[@Adam_le_Zigoto]

The play at 31:14 is incredible

[@MattePurple1]

whoever edited this, thank you for cutting out some of the time between moves.

[@Joachimhuby]

Can someone explain to me why the queen can't just take the knight at 3:06? I can't see Eric's follow up after that.

[@gijsvandorp5871]

It's a blunder from the opponent, guess he didn't see it

[@Parthasorenchess]

21:34 everything that I just planned is faulty

[@lastravenmph]

Demolishing lower rated players in style!

[@justin57153]

Right? It really shows how GMs are liiiiightyears ahead of us plebs

[@marksolvent3259]

I love Erics style of play. He plays hope chess like me unlike the other gms that make a point in trying to play solidly.

[@KosheiDeathless]

3:08 Doesn't Qxg5 wins a piece on the spot ?

[@marcelhenneberg249]

Bryan Pfaltzgraff yes. It was a big blunder

[@envy.2782]

Nope someone already commented this, even stockfish says taking is bad because white has good moves

[@emmanhechanova4635]

@@envy.2782 lol stockfish 11 evaluated that as -5.5 it is a big blunder

[@griffisme4833]

@@envy.2782 What are you talking about? It is a big boy blunder.

[@NewGames00]

K.O is the best, The King of Figthers

[@davidferguson4753]

19:22 Bishop on d6 moves by itself!

[@emaadhasan2458]

Demonic Bishop 💀

[@guapoglass]

At 4:55 I was screaming for rxd6 because queen can't take or it'll get pinned to the king

[@philippechauvire9157]

Allez Eric ! Go to 3200 ! ;-) Greetings from France.

[@cuentaenventa594]

Buen trabajo Eric, aprendo mucho de tactica viendo tus partidas, te escribo en español porque se que lo entiendes, saludos

[@hotmodelinbikini]

19:42 fellatio thank you for the 6 months.

[@jamarimcfarlane4844]

Hahaha!!! I was going to make that *cumment*

[@h.a.l.3980]

29:03 Rook C2 best move, first time I think I have seen the better move over Eric.

[@rubikscubechannel6588]

The Knight on A3.

[@ricardosantiago8547]

Why doesn’t the last guy to lose just take the Knight with one of the pawns? Pawn takes on f5 at 35:55

[@lukemeola]

20:54 couldn't you have went bishop h2 and have taken the queen with the rook?

[@robertbarlund4849]

yea

[@lafcinahrabri5516]

Eric I love ya man, so fun to watch and really educational. Keep it up! Can't wait for next part :)

[@ItamiPlaysGuitar]

you can follow and support them on twitch if don't want to wait for the next part :)

[@croprozero]

The main thing that interesting me the most is "starting moves" and you cut it...i want to see your openings pls sir show us that

[@Gukslaven]

Agree they should show the opening - a lot of learning opportunity there.

[@Ben_Spinello]

@3:02 is this not just a blunder?

[@Ben_Spinello]

Yeah, stockfish agrees it's a blunder. Just wasn't sure.

[@Ben_Spinello]

It's weird, if I was coaching some random 1200 I would have instantly announced blunder, but when watching a GM I hesitate.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Why are you talking to yourself

[@Atheist1306]

You're asking questions and answering yourself?

[@Wtahc]

Different comments for different thoughts. Why are you trying to be funny?

[@4466svenjohnpetrucci]

21:40 hahaahhahahaaahhha

[@guhpeixoto]

please don't cut part of the game...

[@300Cpusher]

I was telling my co worker about your name the day after we played I had no idea it was you. Awsome

[@hamzaprince5754]

22:30 this guy is very dangerous haha xd

[@matthewm3769]

Why not queen takes knight at 3:10

[@ajitakhalsa2387]

Dude you are so fucking good it’s ridiculous.

[@felipeschmit]

Best serie ever on this channel, Eric. Keep doing!

[@mrrobot790]

4:54 rook d6 is sexy

[@dinkydarko]

had to check it wasn't a mistake as I saw a move a GM didn't :-D

[@mrrobot790]

@@dinkydarko Sort of popped right out to me but I guess it's easier when we're watching 😎

[@kartoffeldealer9020]

@@thenightfox8497 you can pin the queen to the king using the bishop

[@griffisme4833]

@@thenightfox8497 You didn't even see the pin but you are acting like we should take your advice. Winning material isn't a bad thing, he is down a piece, a queen bishop and rook and really solid for attacking, not to mention his f g and h passed pawns.

[@thenightfox8497]

@@griffisme4833 Holy fucking necromancy... why are you replying to a 9 month old comment.

[@miguelmiras7399]

at 3:06 doesnt he just hang his knight?

[@liam-ex8xg]

32:32 isn’t Bf5 winning?

[@quadknives9258]

I was looking at this and Nh4 threatens the bishop and the underdiscoverd check doesn't work anymore

[@liam-ex8xg]

@@quadknives9258 Nope, still works. After Nh4 Rxd2 Nxf4 Rxf2 you up a pawn and finish with tempo

[@MobilTemp]

Amazing

[@jarodbrooks1028]

20:45 Why not Bxh2 with a discovered attack on the white queen? I'm pretty low ranked so I'm sure I'm missing the reason why.

[@sugoonese4024]

His queen is hanging as well so it dun work

[@anonymoussecret5948]

Check whose move it is. At 20:45 it's white's move. Before that, Eric's queen was hit by the dark bishop. After 20:45. White's knight again was hitting the queen.

[@griffisme4833]

That's the best move, good job

[@yukin2344]

The most entertaining video and I can learn a lot of cool moves from this. I tried to watch another channel on low-level speedrun but they are kinda boring...

[@magnumdongsen2141]

that last game is so nasty 🤤

[@Joseph-nh6in]

Just so much good content, day after day after day. It never stops.

[@cretudavid8622]

03:10 why not queen takes knight?

[@lazypotato6743]

Coz they r stupid

[@billionquestions9014]

It's been 3 years and I'm still stuck at 1535 😥

[@torent40]

Bro there are people with 10-20 thousand games stuck at 1100. Look at the positive side, there are millions of players stuck lower ;)

[@lilnap9588]

@@torent40 gotta disagree to that, ik you trynna be positive but you can easily reach 1400 level after 10k+ matches even as a slow learner

[@lilnap9588]

I suggest focusing on analysis, try new openings especially with queens pawn with white coz it improves your tactical knowledge, saint louis chess club has a really good playlist for beginners to tryout, you can easily reach 1800 in a year if you follow and practice accordingly

[@torent40]

@@lilnap9588 Check out this guy www.chess.com/member/robitalian 170K games and still at 1200 !!!

[@mickestiler]

billion questions yeah in chess.com. One player i played at united states chess was a 1400 in 1996. Hes 1500 now

[@markattila9835]

This was a blast, to watch, too funny...I was betting that guy from Mexico around 19:00 was playing too well consistently and was bound to blunder statistically and he hung his rook right on the next move on e8 at 23:22, and you kept saying all along I'm gonna loose... ROFL

[@AvangionQ]

How many times did you predict their blunders? 😲

[@aryanmittal4564]

2:55 this looks like a danish gambit on steroids. 😂

[@mariovanderwal1695]

At 20:45 why not bishop takes H2 with check and after white plays whatever just take the queen with the rook on d8

[@Patolomy]

cause white to move first.. he counter attacks Eric's queen in that moment then blocks the discovery with check

[@murraym240]

F for Joe!

[@Trizzer89]

How are these guys blundering mate in 1? I'm not rated that high and I can see those

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

Desperation. When you employ strategies at your own level and suddenly you feel your opponent is vastly superior and just sees everything and attacks you at your weak points without even thinking, you start scrambling.

[@wisecat324]

On 3:07 why he played Ng5? He offered a free knight since it can be captured by the opponent’s queen? And why wasn’t it captured? I’m confusion

[@Learnnorwegiannow]

As a 1800 #wannabeGM it was exciting to watch this, reminding that there is hope for me at some point. :-D

[@PhantomAyz]

20:43 Black should have taken the h pawn with the dark squared bishop which comes with an exposed attack to the queen from the rook

[@joha4574]

Look closer.

[@zacharimaureenp3648]

The debonair step-grandfather commercially manage because steven sadly damage amongst a opposite penalty. fallacious, hard-to-find noise

[@marioluigi3405]

good music.

[@iHeartCoolStuff]

At 3:06 why can't black just play Qxg5? I play this line all the time with white but have never considered sacking the knight like this.

[@Jambzerino]

Hi guys, amateur here :) At 3:10, why would the black queen taking the knight on g5 be a bad move ?

[@danielmatlock4125]

It's not a bad move. Mistakes were made

[@GridSludge]

Love the series, hate your editor. Why show the beginning of a game and just skip to the next game? So frustrating.

[@alexfresh8951]

I am waiting for you at 3011

[@ruakh9589]

sometimes i have to rewind to see what just happened

[@joseantelo7090]

The violent protest reilly face because catamaran occasionally park as a voiceless packet. insidious, frantic flax

[@johntatum1951]

Nice speed run! Pretty good dance music.

[@pgcnrctt5325]

play very funny with eric hansen and he is 1992 younger than me 1 year

[@DavidDetgen]

3:08 he is blundering, isn't he?

[@magnumdongsen2141]

gotta be lol... i rewind and pause that every time i watch this. i think he forgot he'd moved his bishop while talking to chat? or it's some tactic over my head

[@Alkuf100]

wtf Eric just hung a knight at 3:07 and his opponent didnt take it. why dont 1500 play like this against me

[@xenonhawk9748]

At 29:34, how does rook c2 win?

[@Schmoobs]

Xenon Hawk it doesn’t they made made a mistake. They forgot the knight on a3

[@peterh8771]

@@Schmoobs rook c2 wins because after the knight takes the rook, the white queen is blocked and the black queen can start a mating net on d2

[@matiasostrower5963]

1:00 Qc3 doesn’t win a rook?

[@banjoleb]

It does but no point delaying the game longer if you can entangle your enemies pieces and checkmate faster

[@realitymatters8720]

Why not keep that annoing shit music in a headset, not forcing people who wants to hear the comments to listen to that distracting crap aswell !

[@theresnoonehereatall4807]

They lost ad revenue not posting the entire videos for this. I've watched this so many times!

[@makarandthakare9174]

Really educational video. understood very well as I m from the same range. Do more like this 💕💕

[@AcceleratorUlz]

Lol same range

[@stephenhughes1862]

I love it when Hansen presses the Street Fight KO button. Hell yeah!!

[@blockclutches]

Make my hand blue

[@joha4574]

Why on earth would skip the openings. THat's so annoying.

[@yureft]

The video is good and this guy is an even better player but this shitty music pisses me off

[@seppe8156]

Next episode: Eric vs the Germans

[@Ryan-kb8ui]

Seppe zee gehmunz*

[@DavidStengaard]

@ 0:59, Why didnt he go Queen c3 for a triple fork with check

[@CoolNameBreh]

@3:07 why didn’t black take the knight on g5?

[@jaynetyrrell7114]

I don't know , although white could chase the knight off with their f pawn .e.g. pawn pushes forward to f4 or possibly queen moves to d7 , sacrifice and take queen but it's not profitable so it was probably a mistake on black . Fortunately , that should answer your question . Thanks for asking and bye!

[@davidkezi6086]

Show the full games and stop jumping the opening please

[@clementmercier529]

Two bad that you dont put the beginnings of the games

[@АндрейР-ы1т]

33:40 why resignation?

[@gabriejuniotavares]

20:52 why not Bh2+ and takes the queen?

[@ryanbranch3708]

Your own queen would still be hanging with check after that sequence. Bxh2 kxh2 rxd2 nxg6+

[@mikeock2087]

3:05 can anyone tell me why Queen can't capture Qxg5

[@zhamed9587]

Why doesn't he capture his rook on g8 at 4:28?