Punishing Beginner Mistakes | Ponziani Opening

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In this video I play a rapid chess game against fellow Twitch Streamer vengaard_live () who is a relatively new to chess— only been playing for ~3 months! In the game, I unleash the Ponziani Opening and proceed to show no mercy. I hope this game provides some instructional value when it comes to exploiting common beginner mistakes and using basic tactics to seize the advantage. Towards the end of the game (once I achieved a decisive material advantage) I put more of my focus towards answering various questions from the Twitch Chat. After the game, I provide some basic tips and advice and show how black could have improve the opening play against the Ponziani.
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    I've been wondering if Eric spends much time on r/AnarchyChess. That response to the Home by Phillip Phillips question said it all.

    Am I right in thinking the correct move instead of 10… a6 was 10… Qd5?

    It's kind of weird how all GMs are always like "I am showing no mercy" when they play down.. like, is it some ego thing with chess?

    Please teach David Pakman the mid and end game so he can make it a more interesting quarter final instead of being trashed by Forsen

    At 9:00, why wouldn't you move the queen to F3? Would keep an extra attacker on the knight, and also a defender on the dark square bishop.

    "Probly the E pawn, right? E for Eric? So I'll just have to live with the D pawn for now; change my name to Derek." I laughed way too hard at this.

    I love these types of videos, Eric – thanks!

    Opponent: *blunders a pawn, a rook, and a knight out of the opening
    Eric: "I actually expected my opponent to be worse"

    Oh so cool!
    GG Eric, I was hoping to at least make you think a bit harder, but oh well … haha.

    Bishop D5 5:10 black side, would it have been a good move since it will trap the rook and attack the queen at the same time?

    "Almost a wooden shield " Now where have I heard that before 3:52 😉

    What is that tea you drink so much Eric? I'll get some for me and maybe my concentration will improve😂

    3 Months? Seriously..? At 3 months I only learnt how pieces move and castling. This looks more like 1 to 2 years of regular play!

    Impressive how Eric manages to keep his king safe in the centre of the board

    2:30 An anti-Finegold position where f6 is the best move!!

    You're one of the 4 people on YouTube I have notifications for and you never disappoint. Look forward to watching.

    i am kinda late :C sorry eric i have failed you once again

    Whenever Eric takes a sip, you know something's gonna go down…

    Eric when will you arrange a tournament for YouTube viewers?

    4:46 Does chess improve concentration? No, I've just got distracted because I saw this video get uploaded 😉

    I’ll never understand why all these chess YouTubers consider people higher than 1000 “beginners”. You are not a beginner if you’re over a 1000, beginner is like 500

    it would have been way cooler if the dude had run out of time.

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