FIRST PLACE FINISH! | Arena Kings

[@forwardfollower2401]

The Canadian GOAT! A humble and deserving champion. You do us all proud all over the world.

[@schnappsundbier2096]

Congrats Eric! Loving the Hippo speedrun too.

[@hstephens78]

Same! Been playing it, mostly unsuccessfully due to the fact I suck, against the chess bots.

[@LK25278]

@@hstephens78 don't know which bots you're battling exactly, but i know from experience that it's much much better to play actual people. Low rated bots play in such a weird way, crazy different from human play.

[@hstephens78]

@Luka Kolak I'm up to "David" on the intermediate level. I play the bots mainly out of respect for other people, as in not wanting to waste their time.

[@KrynexYT]

@@hstephens78 bad reason.

[@jkirkpatrick3889]

@hstephens78 I agree that is a bad reason, I get it though, I play a lot of bots myself. David is a tricky one, honestly my advice against him is just play fundamentally sound chess. No special openings or tricks, just develop and protect your pieces and he will crumble eventually

[@12ervan]

Congratulations man! Well deserved, and a wholesome sponsor as well :)

[@bronzor1718]

Love spreading some awareness with the sponsor, two w's in one video

[@aleksandarjovic9896]

You can bet Iginla will soon have a Hansen jersey on his wall.

[@theblindcaine]

Congrats, always knew you had it in you

[@Innes1]

Unlucky start as well, that is a sour loss, but glad you worked around it!

[@edwardp7725]

Eric my favorite content on your channel is you playing blitz, so let me tell you I've watched a hundred of your TT/AK vids. I feel like I won along side of you, lmao. Congrats man and thanks for the great chess content!

[@awolnski]

Eric I want you to know that my wife came on to me while I was watching this video and we ended up doinking with you going on about pushing pawns in the background.

[@I-wont-read-your-replies]

Sounds like buddy got to pushing something else 😎

[@AnkhArcRod]

I am glad you won. The field wasn't weak either! Truly amazing performance. Furthermore, the first game was so unfortunate!

[@TheMarksT]

Congrats Eric!! Huge achievement!!

[@stickers-sounders]

congrats! you worked hard for it 🥳

[@chessbrah]

🥳

[@nikitakucherov5028]

The bishop sac right into the knight fork was so sick, you see that shit so fast its unreal

[@kostamilosavic3828]

Keep up the awesome work dude! Love the content, omw to see more of your videos

[@mratkovich]

When Eric starts in a good mood he doesn’t get tilted at mistakes and he does very well by the end

[@justwanna007]

This one gladdens my heart. It only shows that you shouldn't give up and keep going on! Well done Eric.

[@overnightdelivery]

Brutal having to play Naroditsky twice. But you held on. Great job. Arena Kings is more a game of when you get hot and who you match up against. Now you need an outright win on Titled Tuesday! 😎

[@tolkienfan1972]

Congrats! Kudos for supporting BetterHelp

[@hocuspocus6681]

DUDE FINALLY! AMAZING! CONGRATS.

[@drew9851]

Happy/high energy Eric is so fun to watch

[@winterbreed7001]

29:08 "your wife's boyfriend will love it" ?? xD

[@anond2015]

1:28:00 That comeback took me by surprise!

[@SaintD382]

Congratulations Eric! That was some great chess.

[@99xpert99]

Congratulations! You can finally pay your Ikea bills

[@jms4406]

Hell yeah dude congrats..well deserved

[@johnharrisjr.351]

Eric, I’m so happy for you. You deserve it, all that Sicilian study is showing off in blitz! Here we go.

[@peterm8461]

Congrats on winning but much more importantly coming out on top of the big Hick

[@Hirsutecyclist]

"and I'm still sitting on his face" 😂

[@LitCactus]

love to see a Canadian king winning!! 👑👑

[@kuab1313]

29:00 Eric spitting facts about London players

[@drew9851]

That made me laugh so hard but isn’t aman like an esteemed London player 😭

[@SiivaKlamer]

Congratulations 🎉 keep up the good work 😁👍

[@devamusic10]

Well done Eric, great stuff!!

[@willkp5491]

Love the sponsor, keep it up!

[@netsworld4968]

That flag at 1:11:00 was wild😂😂

[@lukerye55]

eric GOAT talk 🗣🗣

[@OtesOtesOtes]

1:17:31 brother seen the connect 5 incoming

[@zikaperic2133]

big belly buddy saying, we have a chess position called "sitting on his face" LOL

[@LFSPharaoh]

🏆🏆🏆 congrats brah :D

[@bashy8466]

Gooo Eric! TT next

[@weetabixharry]

I watched this live and I aged about 30 years in the tense last 10 minutes.

[@binks2413]

1:19:00 i like pairings like this 😊 I dont like like pairings like this ☹️

[@smoekee]

There was a chess portion?

[@DrStabkill]

Damn rough first match and ends up winning!

[@mashedpotato9628]

Eric, you did well!

[@darthvader5562]

yo its me GabrielCumming its pretty cool that im in this vid

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

that chessbrah spirit is OP

[@dalriada]

Nice one! Even more impressive since the first game was lost partly due to a tech glitch.

[@edwinguerra8892]

We NEEEED the hippo speedrun back. However, I enjoy seeing you kill it on arena kings :)

[@schmorrell]

He’s releasing it on Fridays. Great speed run.

[@ccdj35]

Congrats man, very good job.

[@chessbrah]

Thanks!

[@dnbmania]

How many hours do you study a week just curious

[@societyofchessaficionados5904]

Grats! Killa!

[@doctoreggman21]

well done big hansen

[@MisterPistol]

Why did Giantmutantoctopus resign?

[@takyc7883]

I love the music!! Keep the tunes [on in more videos yeah!

[@slyck_supracotra7136]

We've been waiting for this AK win👌

[@james.sailors11]

👍💪 Eric is a strong GM. Great victory bro.

[@Neodynium.the_permanent_magnet]

Well done!

[@lukerye55]

sweaty sweaty win

[@TheRockstarNathan]

Where speedrun

[@gabioto87]

Merecida victoria Gran y Mítico Jefe @EricHansen

[@zwarrior1983]

How UFC fighters talk trash: " your waif iz mi deems!", how absolute legends talk trash: " you can't see the standings?, good you'll see when Im on top ... hopefully!" 23:01

[@BumWatcher]

4:58 Since the rook now "attacks" the queen, the pawn exchange can go wrong for the foe if they take with the pawns both times. And one of the pawns has! to recapture. And the knight the second. I would suggest F takes, followed by only good recapture.. followed by bishop for knight exchange. Effectively killing any forward movement of the other knight. Rook f4 to "fork" both pawns, you not looking at it like a fork, but it still is, like a fork defense type situation cannot defend both if attacked one after another. Point is, R f4 is looking good at the end of that. Forcing broken structures and possible pawn wins. Forcing lines, like, winning in chess is basically seeing what the opponent CAN'T do, and that's find a move, cause you checked.

[@Rattlefatblobcow]

Hell yeah Eric

[@LosenkoNik]

The music is so great

[@pelimies1818]

@1:04:45 Epic collapse.

[@jaxx4040]

The E-therapy plug was for Alex to realize what she lost. 😢😂😂😂😂

[@KironKabir]

Let’s go big chief!

[@NSAKEY]

Congrats.

[@JW-qd3ol]

hell yeah!!! enjoy the win!!

[@arashkamangir331]

Go Canada!! You have easily the best leader and best chess player in the world!! O Canada!!

[@williamwallace4080]

👏 congrats

[@craighobbs1840]

Nice one dude

[@modolief]

502 error - database overloaded

[@flaviocastro1092]

Congrats!

[@razorrook218]

F in chat for Hicky

[@BabyfaceATL]

BRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[@edwarddewit43]

Way to go King

[@yuganugraha7142]

ERIC WIN = ME HAPPY

[@timgoppelsroeder121]

Lets go!

[@sneakerworldromania32]

You should get into poker

[@Nathougaming]

Holy sh*t he's a beast

[@srijan4622]

1:33:33 Lul Eric had enough of this.

[@cbreeze8596]

Didn't BetterHelp have a huge scandal

[@pelimies1818]

AnkanParasiitti.. WhatHäbbönd?!

[@bernard9823]

Congraatulasi

[@anastasiacaron6631]

Congrats!!

[@_Magunty]

Canadian Chess Chad

[@kasitrends3420]

My favourite grandmaster

[@Merlijnvv]

Mazel tov!

[@glennclapp2537]

Anybody else think GabrielCumming (864) in second place the whole time is kinda sus?

[@darthvader5562]

bro I was playing people my own rating

[@darthvader5562]

also I was not cheating check my account

[@143jcm]

gz!

[@williamcombis4836]

Next up, first place finish in Tilted Tuesday

[@imscott7]

LETSSSSSSZSSS GOOOOOO

[@buddhathashoota4350]

Better Help charges way too much. They offered me a “reduced” price of $50/week for basically an online buddy. Call me broke but $2.4K/yr? Scam. If you need real help, get a real therapist.

[@sneakerworldromania32]

You need one yes

[@LK25278]

Crazy

[@samscherer4100]

Does no one remember the massive controversy from like 5 years ago? The whole of KZbin was talking about how shady this company was.

[@raylopez99]

And he lost the first game!!

[@BearAfterABear]

Wasn't betterhelp a big scam ?

[@jackbicknell4711]

It came out that some youtubers who were advisising it were getting paid alot of money per customer who joined through their link, encouraging them to sell it by exaggerating their own mental health struggles. Not exactly a scam but definitely abit morally questionable

[@deltalima6703]

Hikaru finally got too old I guess, Its eric for the win every time now. No pressure, he can just relax and stomp those scrubs!

[@overnightdelivery]

😄 I think he's not quite washed up yet. But it's nice to see Hansen get one. The first win is the hardest. Especially against some of the best in the world.

[@EthelGumm-ShatteredDreams]

👣

[@vickmackey24]

Has Eric ever won a Titled Tuesday event?

[@overnightdelivery]

He tied for First once. Don't think he's ever outright got first. It's a tough field..

[@randomsleepyness]

Let's go