GM Hambleton's English Speedrun | Part 2

[@znemdez273]

I once met Aman as he was running shirtless in the rain. He stopped and gave me $100 and saved my friends cat from a tree. Seemed like a good guy.

[@Jartran72]

all fake. Don't support these guys

[@Bugra76]

Meanest Canadian alive:

[@sqworm5397]

hi i am a canadiologist and the behaviour you described is very accurate.

[@null3007]

As the friend’s cat I can confirm this is true.

[@chwade6065]

Nah can't confirm. Don't support these guys.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

A CM trying to correct a monster GM like Aman was never gonna end well. I admire his confidence lol

[@ch.h.5532]

This is why he is a CM 😂

[@josephsalmonte4995]

@@ch.h.5532 I thought the same thing 🤣

[@ashmosqueda6825]

that guy was NOT a cm

[@Turnkey_BM]

@@ch.h.5532 I don't even know what a CM is.

[@anonymousbanana204]

@@Turnkey_BM candidate master

[@vishvarajjana7103]

3:54 Hambo took that CM to the woodshed

[@SCBB24]

😂 I’m only rated 900 and I know better than to leave my king open to a knight and queen combo for a lil rook

[@plumberbummer]

Queen could have taken the knight on e5 instead of the rook though.

[@davidburns7045]

Qd5 is absolutely winning eh? Lol that breakdown was sick. Thank you for the excellent series.

[@ram42193]

They just letting anyone be a candidate master these days huh

[@stormtrooper-w4e]

@@ram42193 eh*

[@ram42193]

@@stormtrooper-w4e true

[@austinlharris]

Aman just trashing Lucas at 4:12 needs to be a short "when correcting a GM goes wrong"... I legit laughed out loud

[@SCBB24]

You know he force quit the stream 😂

[@PiercingSight]

27:15 - That's an insane level of board vision that I will probably never achieve. But it won't stop me from trying.

[@mugheeshassan5857]

You'll get there, work hard \m/

[@johnybalohny]

I'm excited for this English speedrun, and I'll watch all the episodes. I really like the off-beat nature of this opening, and seeing someone good like you open with it over and over is really helpful and teaching me a lot. And you're funny and fun too. I've already casually tried this opening 3 times because of these 2 episodes, and plan to play it a lot more. Hope you show the French games you were playing as black at some point, would love to be walked through that too. Eric's Hippo series is great too, going to watch all those.

[@michaelescobar524]

28:13 beat drop is clean as hell

[@garagavia]

Keep loving this series. I've been playing 1C4 religiously ever since Yasser's old lessons on the opening from back in the day. It's such a strong opening, and so much fun to play.

[@jkirkpatrick3889]

Game 1 recap was SAVAGE🤘

[@facadeESEA]

My friend: I play my own opening, I don’t study My friend: 7:38

[@noahjorgensen586]

Lmao we have the same friends

[@derrickmarsh6136]

I ran the position at 3:45 through the engine, and Qd5 was the top engine move. That being said, the evaluation was merely equal, not "completely winning" as Lucas claimed. To make matters worse the follow up Qxh1 was indeed a huge blunder, taking the evaluation from 0 to +10.5.

[@alphgeek]

Scandinavian vs English hasn't worked since 600AD.

[@thomasash1346]

Would be cool to see you play some of the Simon Williams/Botvinnik lines, they're great fun and really confusing for a lot of opponents. Eg c4 Nf6, Nc3 g6, g3 bg7, bg2 d6, e4 O-O, Nge2 e5, O-O Be6, d3... is a line I get cheap wins out of because Black ends up really cramped, doesn't know how to open up the position and blunders something. You can also sometimes get a nice attack later on (in a kind of reverse KID style) with the f4 break and ...exf4, gxf4.

[@ddist0rtt]

I hope the french part of the speedrun makes the channel as well

[@ItsPandatory]

anglo-scandi: smith morra bongcloud variation

[@amigosXcorrespondenc]

I honestly thought this was a speedrun where Aman impersonates an english man. As soon as the video started and I saw c4, I felt like an idiot haha

[@megaape]

In all of life, there is a rhythm

[@user-wx2el9ok7y]

More please

[@Saurabhsingh1234-y2z]

English opening ....i think it is one of the most complex opening.....similar to catalan opening ....very complex and diverse ideas exsists ....if one wants to up ones game it can be tried ....but in hands of rating less than 1500 ...its tuff to handle for the lads

[@billjones8950]

No matter what opening I try I always find a way to mess it up

[@stoutlager6325]

It doesn't have to be. There are certain lines to avoid for sure but you can play it fairly simply in a way that doesn't get too complicated. It did take me the better part of two years to get completely comfortable with how the Botvinnik setup is supposed to work.

[@billjones8950]

@@stoutlager6325 but the fact you spent 2 years learning a setup is the point. No one is gonna learn this opening in a few days. It takes a long time. In order to know why a move is bad you really have to try it.

[@Keep701]

I thought Qxe5 was winning for black, didn't realize the bishop was hanging though, lol.

[@brettjames9088]

Love playing the English against lower rated players and getting the Scandinavian. Just pre-move that knight c3, look for the queen fork with check.

[@theiceburger]

That first game recap 😂

[@GIGADEV690]

Thank you Eric and aman you guys helped me to improve my chess reached 1000 elo 🗿soon 1500.

[@alecholston1156]

This shit had me rolling

[@GMBethHarmon]

Did Aman play Sicilian for the black pieces during this speedrun?

[@jkirkpatrick3889]

No he played the French for black

[@GMBethHarmon]

@@jkirkpatrick3889 TY

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

Is that english opening ???

[@Jokerscastle]

Whats the song on 22:00 ?

[@giancarlodisalvo1784]

Hi, could you please make more videos analyzing your matches against people above your elo or around that level? A video on that magnus game would be great. THank you

[@juanlujan9856]

No

[@chumdm3]

This opening is destroying these 900’s. Aman’s GM board vision doesn’t hurt either. But this opening seems to KO more than the other speed runs.

[@stoutlager6325]

That's part lack of familiarity with it at this rating, the fact that ordinary development doesn't quite work against the english, and people are readily playing e5 which leads straight to the sharpest lines. If there is anything I will say to beginners and intermediates who are fuzzy on how to play against the english, don't go e5 and enter the reverse sicilian. Not without looking at some lines ahead of time to get an idea what you're supposed to do.

[@mehrdara6545]

Nimzo/Larsen Speedrun please

[@prodigygetgud7921]

This is my fav speed run

[@wsemenske]

They are all good, but the queen sac one is glorious

[@Righteous_Judas]

I face the Anglo-Scandinavian Defense line a fair bit against the English. At first, I just assumed my opponent blitzed out their usual opening or had a sudden onset of dyslexia, probably the latter… nonetheless, I’m pretty sure they learned it from GothamChess.

[@nickframe1508]

Anyone know Song @ 8:45??

[@nickframe1508]

Found it, Orlais by Mintz

[@all_n_baby]

Aman in this thumbnail looks like Reviewbrah lol

[@ch.h.5532]

Yeah, the "CM" (Lucas2007?) that claimed Qd5 was absolutely winning is a real CHESSGOD.... maybe this is the reason he is far away from being a GM

[@dvillegaspro]

Many a night ago, I took a trip to Las Vegas with some close buddies for my bachelor party. We were having a blast, smoking cigars and drinking Blue Moons, and I had about $120 left of my gambling money. I decided, what the heck, let's go all in, and I played a hand of blackjack. And I won. And I won again. I won $15,000 dollars that night. On my way out of the casino, about 3am, I see Aman. I was shocked and giddy, as one of his biggest fans, I said "What's up Aman!!!". He replied, "That was a cheeky night, huh buddy?", and congratulated me on the way out. Aman and his crew followed me to my Airbnb, stole all my winnings, left a note saying, "You should have looked for better", and then got married to my fiancee. Don't support these guys.

[@Alan-qv7fv]

That roast was harsh. Dont support these guys

[@Dakodi_]

It felt like that loafes guy was cheating. He had the top engine move all game and plays the english 5% of all of his games. He has no plan, all his moves are just perfect. connected pawns pushed 1 step on every alternating file? what? nobody plays like this.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

comment english is dope and move on

[@quazzydiscman]

Holy shit Aman looks like a young Jude Law in the thumbnail

[@aarongull5]

lol, that Rxf8# premove would have been an instant report from me for cheating. Love this content Aman

[@plumberbummer]

To the CM's point, what about Q takes the knight on e5 instead of taking the rook in the corner on h1?