Punishing Beginner Mistakes | Ponziani Opening

Watch live on Twitch:   / imrosen   -- Follow to get notified when I go live! In this video I play a rapid chess game against fellow Twitch Streamer vengaard_live (  / vengaard  ) 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. Analyze the game: https://lichess.org/tqGkP66S Stream schedule: https://imrosen.com/schedule Support my content: https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess Now accepting fan mail! My mailbox address: Eric Rosen 4579 Laclede Ave #205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ WEBSITE: https://imrosen.com/ TWITCH:   / imrosen   DISCORD: http://bit.ly/2KTDlBK TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2sFmNqa INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2HspaBa LICHESS: https://lichess.org/@/ericrosen CHESS.COM: https://www.chess.com/member/imrosen ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙ Chess book recommendations: https://imrosen.com/book-recommendati... London Opening 8-hour video course: https://www.ichess.net/sale/8020-tact...