The Largest Chess Tournament in History | Spring Marathon Part 1

BEST GAMES AND HIGHLIGHTS IN ALL CAPS
0:00 Largest chess tournament ever
0:28 BERZERKING until I lose
3:39 NAKHMANSON GAMBIT TRAP
10:12 Opponent makes unfortunate premove
13:15 Double Berzerk London time
17:40 Beating the London in 11 moves
19:10 The first tough game
26:58 Is this an ostrich? (Hillbilly Attack)
30:29 Halloween Gambit vs a cheetah
35:57 Staying focused and not talking about animals anymore
38:28 Slow and steady vs Caro-Kann
45:17 Opponent rage quits
51:44 "MAYBE I SHOULD STOP MEMEING..."
57:13 Getting the groove back
1:01:32 Berzerking a strong opponent (Vienna Gambit)
1:10:10 CLASSIC SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT TRAP
1:11:02 Nobody allows the Stafford :(
1:14:13 This London was going so well...
1:20:08 FIRST STAFFORD GAMBIT
1:25:07 Opponent keeps moving the Queen
1:26:51 Advice for improving 1400s (also a London)
1:35:14 STAFFORD GAMBIT VS 2500
1:46:11 You can't play the Ponziani against the Petrov
1:49:46 Still not talking about animals
1:53:43 FRANKENSTEIN-DRACULA VARIATION IS SCARY AND STRANGE
2:01:50 TIME TROUBLE MIRACLE
2:10:46 Reverse center fork trick gets REALLY TRICKY
2:16:42 "No more Berzerking..." (INSTANTLY BERZERKS)
2:23:30 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
2:25:20 DRAMA with Ben Finegold?
2:35:37 A Ponziani... a mouseslip... but no talking about lemurs
2:39:54 What's your favorite animal? (LONDON vs higher-rated player)
2:51:11 Crushing the Caro-Kann
2:53:45 A perfectly civil Queen's Gambit Declined
2:56:56 ULTRA-SHARP PONZIANI OPENING
3:02:42 Falkbeer Countergambit gets complicated
3:11:04 Opponent didn't Berzerk back
3:19:39 Who's the oldest person to become GM?
3:27:07 ORTHOSCHNAPP GAMBIT DECLINED GETS TENSE
3:31:44 DIRTY CHEATER CRUSHES ME WITH HALLOWEEN GAMBIT
3:39:56 Will the Grand Prix cure my tilt?
3:45:32 "No berzerking this game..." (INSTANTLY BERZERKS)
3:50:07 Opponent declined my Hillbilly Attack
3:56:10 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
4:04:12 Boiling water for tea while playing the London
4:07:27 c3 Sicilian while brewing tea
4:11:31 "Am I losing material or winning material?"
4:14:58 Crushing the Trompovsky in 14 moves
4:16:57 Aggressive London setup against King's Indian
4:25:06 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
4:27:05 Nothing to see here... let's move on...
4:33:50 London gets out of hand
4:38:29 Really weird game
4:50:03 Mouseslip on move 1
4:58:39 Controlled aggression (Grand Prix)
5:06:57 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
5:12:10 "My body is awake but my eyes are tired" (London)
5:16:12 BLINDFOLD GAME TO REST MY EYES
5:24:53 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED VS UNKNOWN GRANDMASTER
5:35:32 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
5:46:59 Return of the Hillbilly Attack
5:53:37 London attack gets really weird
6:00:37 "I'm not proud of this"
6:03:43 NICE GRAND PRIX ATTACK
6:06:58 Battling another Trompovsky
6:13:56 OH NO, MY ROOK! (LONDON)
6:17:43 "I'M INVITING INSANITY HERE" (Bird's Opening)
6:25:01 ORTHOSCHNAPP GAMBIT is always fun
6:27:16 Top 100 if I win
6:30:27 EPIC ROSEN TRAP FINISH
6:36:35 Fun Grand Prix Attack
6:40:34 "I'm going to play more aggressively than normal" (London)
6:45:04 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
6:46:18 LAST 24 MOVES IN LESS THAN ONE SECOND (London)
6:55:21 I got tricked
6:59:23 I was just drinking warm water, not tea (London)
7:04:57 OH NO, MY QUEEN!
7:09:07 Opponent thinks 52 seconds on move 2
7:14:57 STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME
7:23:11 London but I'm low on time of course
7:30:43 FIRST ENGLUND GAMBIT
7:32:41 Accidental Trompovsky (I mouseslipped)
7:36:27 Top 50!
7:43:25 Playing until I lose a game
7:47:55 I lost
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