My Craziest Game from the Reykjavik Open

In this video, I share my round 7 chess game against Tobias Becker from the 2023 Reykjavik Open.
The game featured a highly intense and chaotic battle emerging from Accelerated Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defense.
Check out the full playlist of my recaps! • 2023 Reykjavik Open
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[@Silent_Sounds]

lmao that Nieman clip caught me so off guard.

[@raylopez99]

It's so true too, I've seen Hikaru also say he just happened to be studying an opening he actually played later in the day. Must happen more often than people think.

[@mikebaker2436]

Chess speaks for itself.

[@mikebaker2436]

​@@raylopez99 Statistically, how many millions of games are played where someone didn't just research that exact line right before... alot of weight is given to the coincidences precisely because they are so rare.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

@@mikebaker2436 yeah most games reach unique board states in like 15 moves

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

It caught me off guard and I had already read your comment

[@xXHONEYBUNNiiE]

His opponent Tobias Becker was a childhood friend from me. We played chess in the same club until U12 and his father Alexander was our coach. I moved away a long time ago and haven't heard anything from my former chess mates. Was so excited to recognise his name on the starting list and then to see that you two were paired. So impressed that he is so good now and continued with chess through all these years! Falls du das liest, liebe Grüße von Stella P. Tolles Match!

[@spindoctor6385]

Do you know if he is any relation to Boris Becker? (Tennis player) Same country, same last name, same height, similar looking.

[@ruesselmaus]

Becker the German equivalent of "Smith" in terms of how common it is (and also means 'Baker', so similar style of name even) so quite unlikely

[@JackSparrow-rz3gp]

That’s really cool! Good for you!

[@chitchit2732]

Wholesome

[@embraceislamandeventuallyy1006]

What Elo are you now

[@binodtharu8348]

Eric thanks for making consistent content, your soothing explanation and good games are wonderful.

[@frequensea9434]

Can we just take a second to appreciate the different sweaters that Eric has?

[@infra_Gray]

This one is so cool

[@bobthemadmonkey]

That is one of the best sweater I have ever seen

[@lomiification]

He's in Iceland, probs buying a new one daily

[@c_bass1971]

Eric I think they already made the position at 23:30 a lichess puzzle. I just solved it very recently.

[@johnedwards4440]

Forget the game let's talk about THAT DRIP MY DUDE! That sweater is 🔥🔥🔥

[@jakobschwarz97]

It felt like I checked youtube thousand times until the next video came. I love the tournament video... amazing game @Eric :)

[@xanmancometh]

Incredible sweater, where did you get it

[@raylopez99]

in Iceland?

[@TVGUY333]

I believe they are free with the purchase of one piano.

[@xanmancometh]

@@raylopez99 Why you wrote this like you can't take clothes to another country

[@mikebaker2436]

The funniest existence in all of creation is the universe where all of the lines Eric ever wanted to go into were actually played. 😅

[@MatthewClancy1]

one could say the chess speaks for itself.

[@zdude1793]

The best rosen vids are his recaps! Amazing tourney so far

[@CarlosFloresP]

23:46 lmao. You gotta love this man 😂

[@BlitzWizard94]

the Hans Nieman cameo was so funny lol

[@davidalvarado7742]

Keep pushing in these tournaments, i feel like you are so close against some of these GMs!

[@lucasmatsuoca]

most of his opponents were not GMs though

[@Skyberg21]

Not to be a hater, but some of his tournament results have been a tad disappointing.

[@optimalbrand]

@@Skyberg21 It's these players who are 2-300 below titled players taking points off them with amazing draws. Feels like everyone over even 1600 is much stronger than their equivalents in the pre-2000 era.

[@mathiaslaustrup]

Hahaha when you said that about checking the line I thought "Suuuuuure, we've heard this one before"

[@Ramin2340]

LOL the Hans clip

[@OmneAurumNon]

I love these recap series :)

[@seventy3percent]

Been patiently waiting for this :) GG!

[@peterhawes9680]

Your opening preparation speaks for itself.

[@infra_Gray]

Sweet sweater!

[@GaryTheGray]

A crazy game with a snack on e5, and a funny line? You have my attention. Thanks for the entertaininment.

[@tristanrujano]

These are my favorite kind of games where there’s so much risk and alot of ideas involved, but I’m scared to play this way because of how easy it is to slip up😂

[@diggitus]

Wow, what a fight.

[@drewmiddleton9715]

lol i can hardly imagine eric knew his editor put that Hans clip in hahahaha

[@caseyvaughn4471]

Hey, Eric. Great games!

[@SmolOperator]

Truly An Eric Rosen Video

[@abdel-rhmnteyser9983]

I just want to say that your sweater is so beautiful

[@nelsonnicholson6175]

That's really cool you got to play with MrBeast! Keep up the great content!

[@mj72633]

Black panther jumper 😹

[@gioelesnider9402]

Preparation speaks for itself

[@trendygabriel]

i was in iceland yesterday so this is kind of cool

[@ligafftheindifferent3495]

9:45. It seems like White can play Bd1 and use his rooks to win your a pawn and that you have very little defense to that and the bishop on d1 looks well placed despite the fact that this is not a square where bishops tend to migrate.

[@emiliotucci965]

very nice sweater eric

[@jordylont1879]

This thumbnail is next level

[@erikkomaromi4500]

*Eric draws more arrow than there are in my old math book.* Eric: I'm pretty sure there's a mate there... Me: Yeah....Maybe.... In this arrow forest there gotta be a mate somewhere. You're awesome!

[@MaxIronsThird]

Yeah, there was a mate, but on him

[@spindoctor6385]

Is your oponent related to Boris Becker? (tennis player) He looks like him, shares the last name (if I heard it right)

[@janole654]

Becker is a common name in Germany very likely hundred thousands of people have that name, so it would be a huge coincidence, I don't think so.

[@brucewallace2]

Excellent game!

[@Joe-fc8ve]

Well played bro 😊

[@cemeteryman4633]

Great sweaters from this series, must be in Iceland

[@RandomCrewPotatoSoup]

that sweater is absolutely FIRE

[@DBGtherandomduys]

i find it funny how you're drinking icelandic water from a bottle in iceland where the bottle was probably just filled with tap water lmfao

[@Patryk-id9vs]

Eric did you by any chance learn Morse code before this game?

[@ulrichdaullary3886]

Nice game

[@tolkienfan1972]

That was a fun game!

[@shors5841]

who put a mustache on eric in the thumbnail 😂

[@PushyPawn]

Can you include the computer analysis afterwards please?

[@jaymendoza4616]

WAKANDA FOREVER!

[@mj72633]

That’s what I’m saying hahaha

[@bdpv025]

Itself speaks for chess

[@GodRabbit90]

The thumbnail created a very sus moustache for you...

[@keithkuhn6404]

Bravo!

[@RajnaTMS]

So many cars 😂😂😂

[@Foggydew931]

That's a geometric jumper

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Hey Eric, I’m a 900 rated player so forgive me if it’s dumb, but can you explain why Ra8 isn’t a good move in this scenario instead of Qg7? 17:40

[@Andreoliveira-gl4yg]

Hey Zac I'm not completely sure but I think white could have responded with Qe2 attacking e6 and the black Knight, pretty sure black loses a pawn with check at the very least! Eric can give a check with Qd4 also defending the knight but after the King moves you still have to deal with the fork. Hope this helped somehow.

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

@@Andreoliveira-gl4yg but e6 is already being attacked by the Rook and is already undefended. If Qe2 then black plays Qh5 defending the knight. White is free to take the pawn on e6, but after escaping a few checks the King runs to safety and white has removed their defender of h2. If white takes with Qxe6 that’s check, black plays Kg7, whites only check is Qf7 and the King escapes to Kh6 and is safe.

[@skye275]

After Ra8, Qe2, black has three pieces hanging and I think is losing material

[@Andreoliveira-gl4yg]

@@skye275 This was a much simpler explanation I should have gone for 😂

[@Andreoliveira-gl4yg]

@@zacharygrouwinkel1534 That line is much worse than what Eric played because you loose tempi and a pawn while being checked, the rook and bishop are still forked and white can calmly defend h2 with the rook they don't need to keep checking the King

[@brettonjohansen1619]

oh my gosh your sweater

[@LifeOutsideTheBubble]

Chess is great but that sweater is greater

[@SumNutOnU2b]

I'm confused. At 20:29 after …Nf2; you state that there's no better continuation than just moving the knight back to g4. But i was thinking that the whole point of the line was to play …Ne4, cutting off the white queen's view of the e6 pawn and reopening the threat of …Rf2+ So, uhh… what did I miss? What's actually wrong with …Ne4 there?

[@eric-rosen]

Ne4 is met with Qe3! and unfortunately black doesn’t have a great follow up

[@SumNutOnU2b]

Thanks! Yeah, I see what you mean.

[@O_Lee69]

At 17:40 why no rook a8 instead Qg7? Hitting the queen on a2 and saving the rook out of the fork. What am I missing?

[@lucasmatsuoca]

Qe2 and you have two pieces hanging, good habit to keep track of your loose pieces.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Because Eric felt like his Qg7 maneuver had a higher danger level. Going Ra8 would let the opponent cover d4 as well as centralize his queen on the edge of the board. If the opponent decides to target the weak e6 pawn, black has no good way to defend. (Also if you plug it into stockfish, Qg7 has an evaluation of -5 while Ra8 has an evaluation of... +6. All of white's pieces are basically as good as or better than black's as well as the powerful battery charging down the center board)

[@O_Lee69]

@@undeniablySomeGuy I see. Thank you.

[@chullupa]

Eric what is your preferred breakfast option, food donuts or toast

[@mikemartin5340]

Shit pretty cool you played against Mr Beast

[@querdenkerq]

Did anyone find the Rosen-Potatoe?

[@tizianoslavazza4221]

Tht building was built by Olafur Eliasson, a postmodern artist. I know this because i should be studying art history lecture rn instead of watching youtube

[@scottgodkins2017]

😂😂😂 Nice use of Hans

[@Don-nw5sy]

Accelerated Wakanda Dragon

[@arkasnatadas05]

17:32 winning tempo using Ra8 ?…although it’s has upsides and downsides.

[@shadowscp1391]

Loss of Internet connection = Drink water

[@eminence_]

cool shirt, is it local?

[@Zeldanerd7YT]

lmao that hans edit was out of pocket

[@mohamedalashhab5899]

Hope one day I become a good chess player

[@wolfgangvonharringa4414]

❤

[@justze6710]

Rosen potato?

[@robbiekavanagh2802]

gg

[@SENSEIZANDMAN]

U playing mister beast?

[@SENSEIZANDMAN]

Yo that's crazy

[@alejrandom6592]

Mr beast

[@astrocam11]

First I love you bro

[@raylopez99]

Leon bit you by "that much".

[@michaelvan6675]

Draws are so lame

[@dailtaylor]

Oh yeah Hans is a cheater

[@marslu5117]

second

[@leoni7560]

first ?

[@raylopez99]

Astro beat you by "that much"

[@harrisongoldsmith8564]

i hate that shirt

[@andersjonsson8403]

Thanks Eric for this, as You called it, Craziest game! 😊👍♟