Eric Rosen

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Eric Rosen, 2017
Association United StatesUnited States United States
Born September 3, 1993
Evanston , Illinois
title International champion (2015)
Current  Elo rating 2353 (November 2019)
Best Elo rating 2423 (June 2015)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Eric Rosen (born September 3, 1993 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American International Chess Champion (IM) . He gained worldwide fame as a web video producer for instructional videos and online chess on Youtube and Twitch .

Life

Rosen grew up in Skokie , a suburb of Chicago . He learned the rules of chess at the age of seven. Two years later, he won an Illinois state school tournament . He received professional training at an early age, including from Tamara Golovey, Dmitry Gurevich , Yury Shulman and Mesgen Amanow . In 2007 he achieved a national score over 2000 points for the first time and won the US Junior Open in Milwaukee in 2009 . In the same year he became National Champion of the United States Chess Federation . In 2011 he won the national " K-12 Championship " (for high school visitors) and made the 1st IM standard at the U18 World Cup in Caldas Novas . Rosen fulfilled the second IM norm in 2013 at the North American Masters in Skokie, and in 2015 he secured the 3rd IM norm at the Philadelphia Open with a 1st place in the U2400 player category. Shortly afterwards, he met a fourth IM standard at the Chicago Open and achieved his highest FIDE rating to date with 2423 in June 2015 . In the United States Chess League , Rosen played for Chicago Blaze from 2009 to 2011 .

In 2015–17, Rosen successfully completed a bachelor's degree in " Interactive Digital Media " at Webster University ( Missouri ) . There he also played for the top-class and internationally successful university team SPICE (" Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence "). After graduating, he started working as a freelancer , including as a chess teacher, chess photographer and web video producer. Rosen lives today (2019) in St. Louis .

Trivia

Eric Rosen won at least twice against the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in online chess. In the first game of bullet chess (1 + 0), Carlsen played anonymously under a new account, and Rosen only found out afterwards who his opponent was. This success brought Rosen to the front page of the social news portal Reddit on November 17, 2018 . Rosen won the second game in February 2019 in the chess variant Chess960 with a time limit of 2 + 1. At the beginning of July 2020, it reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Web links

References

  1. ↑ Illinois State Chess Tournament, Bloomington, March 29, 2003 to March 30, 2003. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Eric Rosen: Timeline of Career Highlights. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Rosen Wins Junior Open as Closed Kicks Off, Milwaukee, July 10-12, 2009. Accessed September 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Rosen Tops High School Nationals, Nashville, April 28 - May 1, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Sucesso in Brazil, November 30, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Title Applications 86th FIDE Congress 2015, September 1-9, Abu Dhabi, UAE International Master (IM) Rosen, Eric S. In: FIDE. Accessed November 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Eric Rosen: FIDE Rating Progress Chart. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ SPICE: Chess Team Accomplishments. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Eric Rosen Bio. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ The Perpetual Chess Podcast: Episode 130 - IM Eric Rosen returns. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Youtube: Unknowingly Beating the World Chess Champion. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Reddit: Small time chess streamer enters ... Accessed November 3, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Youtube: Playing the World Chess Champion in Chess960. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Rosen, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston , Illinois