GM Eric's 1.e4 Speedrun | 400-600

The first episode of Eric Hansen's e4 speedrun!
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[@MatthewThornhillTheDoctor]

spent the first 5 minutes trying to find the time control

[@tl7014]

I love these speed runs. Keep em coming Eric!

[@InfiniteQuest86]

I'm going to play aggressive. 500-level player: hold my beer.

[@unwisebobcat624]

Chessbrah, “ I wanna Smurf but not break the rules… let’s call it a 1.e4 speed-run” 😅

[@ShamH64]

Bro said "Don't support these guys" without saying it 💀😭

[@ash9788]

🤫

[@rickdynes]

I'm 55 years old... ..so Maybe it's okay for me to say that I am EXTREMELY PROUD of You and Aman and the Whole TEAM ... ..the Chess World 🌍 has become Really Cool and Fascinating and honestly SOLACE Gifting of late... and you guys are on the cutting edge of the ZEITGEIST ... just know that a huge number of people want you guys to be Wildly Successful.... p.s. when you or Aman lean into the Wholesome and Helpful Mentor Vibe... THAT is a Good Look!! That's pretty much how the world is Supposed to be... .. and WE AMERICANS still have so much to Learn from our Friends up North. God Bless that Canadian Vibe... CHESSBRAH, Second City et al

[@YouAreThatGuy]

Thank you Rick, Amen 🙏🏼❤️

[@alastairm.4028]

That 500 was impressive

[@peterlafrance5392]

he is 1200 rapid which makes much more sense

[@Neodynium.the_permanent_magnet]

@@peterlafrance5392 Oui, but why is he only 500 if he's that good at blitz?

[@rakhatthenut3815]

​@@Neodynium.the_permanent_magnetmaybe he once started playing blitz when he was a complete beginner, then he started to play rapid for a while and improved and then he came back to blitz. And also maybe he is just worse at blitz, I am too, for example, 1400-1500 rapid and only about 1000-1100 blitz. I often do good until i have 30 seconds and then i start to crumble

[@BenGilman]

@@Neodynium.the_permanent_magneti’m about 1300 in rapid and 300 blitz. i just crumble under time pressure

[@mcronrn]

@@BenGilmanme too! Adding (more) increment really helped! 🙏👍🏽

[@ryanleopard4869]

This is my speedrun omg, I've been speedrunning this same opening for a year and I'm still at 1200 🎉

[@davism101]

Love the account name. He's arguably the greatest rugby in the world. Big ups from all your SA fans.

[@jonaschristiancanpow6893]

This is exactly what I needed right now. I rewatched your old Blitz Speedruns like 3 times😂❤

[@hedgd361]

About time Eric released a new speedrun ❤❤

[@kkkjdnd2499]

Eric is the Eben Etzebeth of the chess world

[@jorjor1231]

Thanks for another speedrun. Was waiting for this and cant wait watching!

[@osas1684]

Really love the speedruns! Thank you Eric

[@JamesThompson-Lodge]

I would like to see a speed run for u tube when you tell us which piece you are planning to move without it next placement in order for us to pause the video and guess the right move. Except when you're under time pressure, of course.

[@leerobbo92]

I'm 1800: I know this is aimed at lower levels, but 7:15 is so instructive. That'd pretty much be an automatic capture on b5 for me to win the pawn, but seeing the resulting position with the other capture is a really nice visual moment!

[@LordTreyHowdy]

Thanks for adding some romance to my life Eric.

[@iseriver3982]

Oh shit, didn't know Eric was a Eben fan.

[@spencerswaggington]

love it when eric does speedruns!! Thank you!!

[@Lieutenant_john_]

Ain’t no way you guys played the song again 😭 I been asking for this damn song at 4:19 for so long. If someone knows it, I’m giving you money idc. I need this song. Eric or aman for the one time please

[@lars7051]

I've been trying to find it too, so far i was able to find that the vocal samples are taken from "I'm Just Trying To Dance" - KLY MO. But that's all, maybe one day we'll know. Paul Arcane & Leon Defranco - Arhat is super close to it.

[@Lieutenant_john_]

⁠​⁠@@lars7051we need to just get together and force them to say it. Clearly people want to know and it’s edited and placed there so they have access to it but just choose to not share it.

[@nepsabeats2]

Would love to know this track name too. I stripped his commentary from the audio to isolate just the music and shazam doesn't have an ID for it. Might be unreleased or part of some royalty free mix these guys use as free license for their videos.

[@ottosilver]

Our Brah is clearly rugby fan. Eben Etzebeth, the beast, the legend. :P

[@RhombicChthulhuSONIC]

I noticed 500 to 700 rated players on blitz are actually pretty strong. Definitely stronger than rapid

[@JaceMcKenzie88888]

I look forward to new Eric series more than I can comfortably explain to my family and friends.

[@surf2553]

Thanks guys! Great show!

[@alexanderimmortal4354]

I loved the no castle run bro, u should do it again man🔥🔥❤️

[@chessbrah]

tell your friends!

[@lilmurloc]

thnx for the speed run eric ! always enjoy the content

[@shuvro40]

when was this recorded? 2022 or 2021?

[@m77mo65]

Looool

[@ronpoklitar5122]

Good chess either way

[@MiSTeRJoKe96]

Yeah i would prefer something fresh from Eric, 95% of the recent videos are from Hambo, and Eric ones are just reuploads lol

[@pifprime]

Does anyone know what track it is starting around 4:30?

[@luckybuck6882]

Love this series...keep them coming😂😂

[@crazytrain86]

This should be called "making your opponents cry speed run" 😂

[@paulgoogol2652]

like in the game of Paul Norphy against Guy WhoGotBrutallyCheckmatedByMorphy.

[@paulgoogol2652]

Morphy: "Mate in 9" Guy: "What is mate?"

[@Mateiblundered]

Wish List: 1) match Eric or Aman at the ~800/900 level 2) find the game on Chessbrah 3) Receive a comment from either stating “wow, that’s a really strong 800” A man can dream…😂

[@grasshopper6484]

18:53 am I watching Eric Rosen or Eric Hansen? I’m confused

[@IcarusGravitas]

The intro had me thinking that Eric was grounded and was going to have to do the series from his room. This will be excellent either way!

[@apin7108]

finally... new series new eric 😅😅

[@myz06rocks]

E4/F4 and E5/F5 speedrun would be fun

[@mcronrn]

Bishop’s Gambit, please! e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4!! Favorite of legendary attacker, Judit Polgar!!

[@stanislavhirt545]

Funny how they attack Rambo style one against the whole army and then scratching their heads.😅 cool anf funny video Eric

[@ShamH64]

Where is Eric's another d6 speedrun with black😭

[@divergentlife493]

Thumbs up! I just subscribed. I like this. Explains everything. Especially since the only thing I know how to play as white is Danish and Smith-n-Mora. And some kind of trick when they go Scandi. And some form of Tal when they go Carrot Can. But still trying to figure out how it works. And also still trying to figure out what to do against French. As black I play Carrot Can and Benoni.

[@Imrandela1920]

Kramnik watching for 500 Elo 😂

[@penguin6600]

Eben as the symbol of "romantic" chess 😂

[@demoman2]

This song was amazing the first time I heard it and now I feel like I am going crazy. editors pls let’s get something new up in here

[@F8alaty45]

Please between the 1100-1700 range, some vienna.

[@roelofliebenberg2880]

Eben Etzebeth.... yeah! best rugby team in the world

[@robertg6019]

Interesting to see e4, i stopped playing that years ago as I really enjoy d4. The other thing I've noticed is that elo has changed an old 800 elo is like 600 now. Either that or I just suck lol

[@scotland369]

They got harder for sure. I regularly encounter ~1300 rapid players that the engine rates at 1800+.

[@DecartesGreatStar]

These speedruns are great, get to learn opening ideas without buying a chess course

[@chreeshawn]

i love this chess channel

[@demolitionbmxd]

Yesss, new speed run!

[@banzaiburger9589]

Great speed run!

[@jmilla321]

Who the hell was that 500? no way that the real rating. Like he had some sharp moves and then even his really bad blunders had a lot of good logic behind the intention

[@tele-marmotte]

2:11 Lol "no ! Not king g3"

[@JohnC-q7m]

Love the name.....RWC champions...bokke🎉

[@ippimerawr]

Chessbrah speedruns > Sex (whatever that is)

[@Ironman1127bap]

10:24 Aman would have played Qg7 instead of Qf7. 😅

[@wallace9045]

Babe, wake up! E4 speed run just dropped.

[@Frank-wr2nf]

I wish I heard the original with swan lake

[@billjones8950]

Underdog? We gonna have chess bestball soon? 🤣

[@pontusbergqvist171]

This gonna be fun, learn from the pro

[@gurukilla]

The first 3 guys were actually good, they should not be 500😂

[@yagamilight1231]

thanks ericccc !

[@thetransferaccount4586]

cool speedrun

[@thethinker3888]

That f3 move by the 500 was absolutely bizarre lol, I don't think I would ever play that move. Qe2 Qe7 did pop up on my radar but I thought it looked too absurd that I discarded it right away...these 500s are not messin around

[@yura979]

Your nickname sounds awfully lewd in Russian. I like that.

[@spencer6194]

27:10 re1 is winning here, no?

[@TaylorFade]

Moar Danish!

[@slyck_supracotra7136]

the best opening 🗿🗿

[@MrSoloComentarios]

An Argentine being the best as always

[@fabricelealch]

Nice, 1. e4. DO support these guys.

[@albertabella6604]

Does anyone know 0:55 song ?

[@m77mo65]

Hello GM handsome ☺️

[@andrebidersten7146]

Music playlist pls!!

[@alasdairmacintyre9383]

Aw man no more no castling?😢

[@markn.7914]

Eric’s gone out of ideas 😂😂

[@tylerdodson5003]

I am HYPE love the speedrun series

[@Danielsen00]

Tell us the name of the first song ffs!

[@cptnoremac]

Noooo, no more disgusting green board theme. If you have any aesthetic sense at all, you'll change it to a normal color that doesn't look like regurgitated peas.

[@benjaminbjerkemd7426]

Kind of like Khabib taking on a white belt

[@McHorsesCreations]

"Romantic chess" I see Witty_Alien influence here 👀

[@Allyourneedsmet]

Na, no difference in skill, so far you've gotten to the 2200s anyone below is a piece of cake

[@IvanOleksandrovych]

Eric you play many different openings. Novice need to remember some one opening in one time i think

[@Thogstacker]

As much as I enjoy watching grandmasters trash beginners, I prefer it revolve around around a specific opening so I can learn to use that opening at different levels. E4 just too general.

[@Matt-lv1jl]

Where's the time tho :(

[@OtesOtesOtes]

Finally u learned a good move fool not playing with increment it's like u h8 chess daddy Fischer to Eric Zoomer 11:30 boring techno is classical music ok to preface this last bit of this roast: both candidates of the upcoming Presidential election are bad / old...and I cope with this by ignoring them to the best of my ability. u have a personality very similar to that of Donald Trump 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ez ty

[@ken-scottleembruggen6887]

Its just not fun seeing a GM destroy 400-600 rated playeres

[@CASS1__]

Bro doesn’t know what a speedrun is

[@BumWatcher]

You "speedrun" like an old lady... Speed RUM my ok.

[@BumWatcher]

You "sure" you got the speed rums, my man? lol VVVVvvvvVVv

[@dis_630]

13:31 most boring king's gambit game

[@yodydee]

First time watching but bailed out after seconds due to the insufferable music.

[@saitamabeach2200]

I do like a nice Danish, especially with a coffee. 🫣