Punishing 1.h3!? | Relaxing Rapid 

man, honestly I would never expect a guy who used to rage all the time and dances to techno music while streaming to make an actual chess ASMR it still fits this chanell perfectly somehow

This has interesting parallels to grilling a nice brisket, season properly, low heat, let it stew in its own juices, wait patently until it's time. Stick the fork in and enjoy.

This game speed and commentary by Eric is really helpful, instructive, and engaging.

Really liked the explained reasonings.

this is the best chess video I've seen in awhile. Instead of pedagogic kinda teacher to student lesson, he slowly walked us through your thought process. It's nice to know that a strong player like Eric has the same thoughts that I do and was able to so cleanly beat a player who shares my 1500 rank. The difference is confidence and decisiveness it seems like. I would much rather learn like this than be shown or told what is good chess by someone simply making guesses about why an eval bar is where it is. Definitely, definitely would love to see more videos like this from the brahs. Yall continue to put out the best chess content. keep it up

I like to bring out my queen and sac it into the pawn on h3 to assert dominance.

i literally commented wanting something like this and you delivered. thank you

I like the halo picture. Nice touch. It’s really cool how some video games have such beautiful scenery, music, etc.

Suggestion: Maybe lower the volume of the outro music, make it a bit more lo-fi and relaxing to avoid waking people up at the end

Extra special game Eric, probably never to be seen again 🤩

Would like to reiterate that chess ASMR is goated and you should continue this!!!

Wow great game. Instincts for positional sacrifices are one of the hardest skills to develop.

30:20 LMAOOOO AVATAR 1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂

Halo pic FTW! Chess ASMR like this should be an 8 hour video. I would play it everynight. I know...GHEY but I love falling asleep to chess with a calm explanation

There is some unique theory for h3 where the aim is to play against the QB and develop kingside then queenside so the king has luft and no Bg4 pins.

Aw man i wanna know which Last of the Mohicans song he was listening too…I would have guessed it 🥲

Whoa, is that Ringworld in the background?

I’M GASSED AND READY FOR MORE ASMR LET’S GO

Eric, you still playing the blitz tomorrow?

I feel sleepy😴

This was perfect. Literally put the baby to sleep while watching this on RU-vid. 🛌

Isn't 1.h3 punishment enough?

yeehaw

brooooo.... what was he about to call the bishop @30:50 ?? sus eric

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Haha no.176 noob.

Not going to lie, I hate this lol. Need some more T!

I love halo (The og one's of course)

Why did you throw the spot after 6 rounds??? 😵🤯