Thanks for all the love everyone!! For those interested, I stream a weekly basis on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/imrosen

„I thought i was playin‘ some random grandmaster“ I think i will never say that line…ever.

*Beats Carlsen*, "Okay, that was a nice start" XD Nice win

That moment when you accidentally enter Nightmare difficulty without realising

100% win rate against Carlsen :)

Congratulations.I appreciated your humble commentary.

"Maybe I'll attack him somehow" That's me every chess game just before hanging a piece

Smfh, this guy. First Magnus. Then later: "I had no idea I was playing AlphaZero, and I won."

bruh, I can't even imagine myself saying "just a random grandmaster"

When you accidentally set the difficulty on Nightmare but you finished it thinking it was on easy mode

"But Magnus was wearing flip flops so it doesn't count."

I feel like you should get a trophy that says "I beat Carlsen with Black". Sure, he was in a car, bullet chess, etc. etc., but how many people have beaten Carlsen as black in _any_ situation?

4:26, “I am playing too slowly” In the meantime, Me barely able to keep up with all the moves O.o

*beating Magnus Carlsen with the Budapest Gambit does not exist* Eric: Hold my pieces

This is interesting, maybe there should be an anonymous tournament, all gms and super gms are not allowed to know who they are up against, and then only when the tournament ends all the informations are revealed.

Man, you are so magnanimous. Someone might have boasted that I beat Magnus Carlson and I am better than him but you are so humble that you give him credit that he might have lost because he was playing on mobile. You are not just a good chess player but also a very good human being too. Respect Man !!

3:23 That's why you won! His rooks can't move diagonally!

I couldn't even pretend to play chess that quickly. Just me randomly moving pieces around the board whether they are legal or not and I still wouldn't be fast enough.

2:48 "The ultimate goal is to play Carlsen. I don't care about beating him - I just want to play him." XD

Eric is so humble. Dude wins against the world champion, and keeps making excuses like "I had a psychological advantage"

When I played Eric, I was so nervous that I hanged my Queen in the 5th move, and then my morale just dropped. So knowing your opponent is strong can definetly make you play a little worse than usual. But congrats on winning, Eric!

This is every chess players dream, congrats on this W!

I found out abt you on the 4 player chess game with Agadmator. Now i watch your videos to listen to your kind voice hehe

Bruh first 3 minutes “I hope I get to play magnus I’ve never played him before” *Plays him **Plays him first ***Beats him Wow

If Carlsen knew he was playing THE Eric Rosen he would have been shaking

Magnus still came 3rd playing on mobile, lol

Absolutely love your style of videos. It makes me realize how much I don't know about chess, yet I pick up so much from you. Thanks for the uploads

4:19 I wish I was that fast to recognize my mistakes in real life

Congratulations Master Eric, you beat the best player of the world!!! My englisk is very bad, but I want to say you, that psichogic is very important in a game, and you play so well, because not to know, that our oponent was Carlsen. Now study more for beat him more times!!!! Congratulations from Argentina!!

this was the video that introduced me to ur channel, have watched every vid since then, most humble KZfaq out there

what I love is this demonstrates a concept I love in gaming. The best players still lose sometimes even against "lesser" (for lacknof a better term) opponents, and that's just part of the game. You're riding chaos to the finish line, anything can happen.

You're awesome, Eric. Looking forward to more instructive chess!

One of my favorite chess channels, you're really modest and soft. I love the content. Thanks so much for teaching. Could you please do chess openings? I mean like basics up to move 8-12 of the openings... Thanks so much for everything!

Eric you are such a humble and down to earth person. Even after beating Magnus Carlsen, you mentioned about his cellphone lag.

Just noticed that Magnus was playing in a car and his screen name was "Man with a Van." lol.

Lol when you accidentally beat the world chess champion

Give this man a GM!

1:37 "I thought I was just playing some random player". --> a random GM at that lol

Rosen you're the most relatable chess player out there. Just calm, smart, and even funny in a very natural way, I love everything you represent about the chess world and people in general. If everybody was like you the world would be a much more sofisticated and humane place.

Hello Eric! Congratulations, its like a dream for many of us! i want to ask you if you can do a lesson of endgames? I found 1 old video, but maybe you can do another one, thank you!

*Beating Magnus by 5 seconds* "I'm up some nice time"... From a rapid player's experience, I find that really amusing.

I just discovered this channel, man u are so humble. Pure gold. +1 sub.

Congrats Eric!! Absolute legend.

Ha ha fantastic! Look at that gleaming face. Eric can't hide his joy. And why should he. I didn't even watch this video yet except for the first 30 seconds, I have been watching your videos for a while and now I can't wait to proceed and watch this one. Big congratulations, you're awesome. I hope this will further motivate you to do whatever it is you aspire doing.

Dude you just freaking beat the world champion, you should be so, so, so proud. Man how happy you must be right now.

Great lesson here: if you disregard who you're playing, you can trust your own abilities and not get phased, regardless who is in front of you. If Eric knew who he was playing, he would have lost.

Damn you can see how happy he is in the intro, this is awesome

Eric, you are one of the best chess streamers today in KZfaq. Your videos are very informative, you take the time to explain your plans to us, you are very humble and down to earth, and you are super talented. Very difficult mix to find. Thank you for creating all these awesome videos.

Congrats !! Is awesome how happy you seem

Eric:*beats magnus carlson* Also eric:"Good start."

Ngl its nice seeing u so happy in the video pre-stream

Well done! That's got to feel pretty awesome. It's been interesting to see your vidios along with others that you do videos with. Keep up the great work!

Eric is so nice and humble

"Letting time run out instead of resigning will result in a temporary ban!"

this must still feel surreal. congrats dude.

Nice win capitalizing on an opportunity Eric. Great commentary!

im a bit surprise Carlsen had 166 wins , 42 losses 14 draws! and congrats to you

Congrats!!!

I have been watching your videos and I have never seen you this happy

Congrats Eric! Love your videos keep uploading.

You can see the wider smile Eric has in these videos xD. True happiness

Congrats man :) You even got featured in one of Agadmators videos

Never seen an IM as humble as you!!....keep up the good work man....

Congratulations man! It makes me happy to see you so happy 😃 well done!

Yes, that's definitely a nice start

Hi (Sorry for my bad english)

That smile says everything. Rarely is it so noticeable. Congratulations on the win.

I used to love chess years ago, playing against my dad and his dad. Been decades since I last had a game. Found this vid by random and signing up to that website! Itching for a chess game now!

Congratulations Eric you're dream came true happy for you love from India

man i’m 100% straight but eric is the most adorable person in the world

Nice win Eric,keep it up!

You're camera quality is amazing. I can see all of the details of your nose so clearly

Bro Eric is so humble he is not even a GM and beat #1, he's not even bragging that he won this is why eric is amazing :)

"I will go back in time...after the stream" -eric rosen 2019

A big congrats to your win!

Oh, yeah congratulations sir! I like your games and your approach! Well done! Greetings from Poland! :)

That's great! Not knwing who your opponent really is seems to be positive sometimes.

actually i know that cuz i saw agadmator talking about it ..... good job ... play by teaching really brighten u up ... hope u be a gm

Congratulations ! I like your introduction.

Love watching all your stuff. Well done. I can only dream!

this deserves a GM norm xd

Congratulations IM Eric Rosen! I posted a comment on Agadmator's channel to this effect as well because he had asked whether it's an advantage for Magnus to play anonymously or a handicap? My point was this: had he played under DrDrunkenstein perhaps, as you said in this video, you'd have been nervous and not as focussed on the game. I dubbed this psychological element "The Magnus Effect" and I'm sure almost any player would be somewhat affected by this. Is it an advantage for Magnus? If his goal is to win LiChess tournaments of course he should use DrDrunkenstein and make his presence known and take full advantage of "The Magnus Effect". But is this his goal? ... First, he's known to win online tournaments and immediately donate the winnings back, so he clearly isn't interested in prize money. My feeling is his real goal is this: entering these tournaments anonymously might present the only opportunity to play against opponents whose play isn't suffering under "The Magnus Effect"! Maybe the only truly objective test of his skill he can get against human players on a regular basis!! This is likely more valuable to him than winning LiChess tournaments which, as world #1 ranked and reigning World Champion should be the surest bet any time he enters. Maybe he was in a van on mobile with lag issues. Maybe you weren't hindered by "The Magnus Effect". But so what? You managed to not only play, but defeat the world champion! And even if he lost, at least he got to play you at your most focussed. Awesome result, congratulations.

You are Legend Eric. I've improved my chess much better since I started following you.

That was such a great game though. You played solidly. Phone/bad connection or not, you fought a good fight. BTW, will you be uploading the whole stream to KZfaq?

What's the score now 2 years later? Eric: 2 Magnus: 1

Man speed chess is satisfying to watch

2:49 So adorable. And ... congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment!

Congrats man hope one day you will be magnus and somebody else will post a similar video

Wow.. You are officially a chess stud.. lol.. Don't care what anyone says.. to be the man you have to beat the man. Props bro.. hella props!!!

"OoooK, that was a good start." Haha, if only you knew.

Trying to his best not to be smug but clearly loving every minute of it 😂

Saw this on Agadmators video and immediately went to rewatch your twitch stream. Didn't see your analysis at the end, so thanks for posting both. Great work!

How and when do you think you can become a GM?

Congratulations Eric! Now you can stop playing chess and start your checkers career. haha (joke, please dont stop chess :) )

Great video! I'm a chess newbie so all I could take away from it was that you seem like a really nice guy. gg

awesome video, i have a question on how to keep the focus during the game because some times i can play good and sometimes very very bad :D , i mean for example i been playing long maybe 25 years, some times i can go up to the 2200! and couple of times i break it to 2230 but suddenly after i drop to 1900, 1800, 1600!! like i cant keep it in almost fixed position!. appreciate your advice. thank you

A little late to the comments lol but I just wanted to commend Eric for being so humble. Like if I beat the world champion, even in bullet, I would start the video with something like “Hey everyone, new world champion here...” LOL

Same thing happened to me. Didn't know I beat Magnus Carlsen until my cousin told me. Then I woke up.

6:13 "feels random" 'twas the chess gods, Eric.

Eric is such a cool and chill dude