"I have to calm down," Eric says in the most calm voice possible.

4:13 not only that you missed pawn, he could fork your queen too lol

@Siktiralloo

3 ай бұрын

I was looking for this

@eric-rosen

3 ай бұрын

dohhh! 😳

@SSBossman

3 ай бұрын

Thank you I thought I was losing my mind

@estemachine

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I came to see this, funny how anyone can miss that any level.

@DrRodox.

3 ай бұрын

Didnt catch this, was it at the exact time you point it out?

“Sometimes the best winning strategy is just to not lose” couldn’t say it better myself Eric.

QG3 blundering Ne2+ had me out of my chair in anticipation

"Yeah, sometimes the best strategy is to just not lose." ~ Eric Rosen 😂

@deadNdivine12

3 ай бұрын

What a great line.

@HungryScribbler

2 ай бұрын

LOL I love his simple quotes... The actual quote: "Yeah, sometimes the best winning strategy is just ta NOT lose." 26:05

My advice for the French. The light squared bishop isn't just bad because it's passive, it's also bad because attempts to trade it off are usually even worse than letting it be bad. Trading it off on a6 pulled the knight away from instead piling on d4. I'm not a titled player so I might not know the French at this level, but I'm a huge nerd for French theory. Your video on playing the French Exchange with Bd6, Ne7, etc. queenside castle has won me nearly every game I've had with it, including a win against a titled player. I've adopted it as my pet opening and have found a ton of killer attacking lines in it.

@zichrimerari2824

3 ай бұрын

Tell that to cagnus marlsen🙂

@TamDNB

3 ай бұрын

My advice for the French. Ne laissez pas vos baguettes rassis!

@neurathal0n534

3 ай бұрын

​@@TamDNB Google translated this as, "Don't let your chopsticks go stale." Lmao

@houstonisfake

3 ай бұрын

Nerd

@mauer1

2 ай бұрын

There are some lines where whites lightsquared bishop is the main attacker. If you can trade that off you can kinhside castle and win on the queenside before white kingsides attack connects.

I refuse to believe that 4:12 and 21:03 where played by the same person 😆 Great video as always!

@joeysingingchannel

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to chess.

That Stafford was delicious

Yes, finally! Eric plays the Bird's!

I'm 55 and have only played neighbours at chess over a drink or two (around 30 games), I've just started to play again (begin). I stumbled across Anna Cramling and started watching many others. I watch Pia evaluate Anna's games and it's like trying to watch a pair of socks in a washing machine. Then I saw Eric and WOW, what a lovely calm demeanour and clear soft voice, he is just so down to earth and unrushed, the kind of person you need in an emergency. What confuses me though is how Eric seems to slow down time, he sips his tea, plans his moves and forewarns us about tricks and pitfalls and still seems to have 5 mins left. Meanwhile in my universe: I've castled and I'm frantically scanning for the forthcoming zombie attack and there are open routes everywhere. Then it's my move and the board shrinks and I'm under house arrest and the clock is ticking faster and faster and faster, and I'm hoping I am not being streamed in some "How to beat an Idiot" video NOW though I've learned to calm down a little more and I can see the value of squares as well as pieces, it's a bit like Scrabble and having a triple letter square. In just over a few weeks I don't just see pieces (32), I see bus routes, journey times and rest stops, It's amazing. Thanks, Eric, you are wonderfully kind for sharing your talent and personality with us in such an entertaining way. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Thumbnail POV: an otherwise very whimsical wizard excitedly explains exactly how he'll kill you.

That last game was like Indiana going back for his hat 😂

Thought this was interesting: At 36:29 in the Bird game, Eric correctly predicted Rf1 check, but his rook on A3 was hanging. If black takes the rook (which Stockfish says is the best move), Eric would have Ne4 discovered check. From that point, any of the 3 king moves leads to a royal fork, and blocking with either knight leads to a (messy) forced mate. Watching the video, I saw the hanging rook but not the crushing follow-up.

0:10 "The plan is to play chess"

@MyBiPolarBearMax

3 ай бұрын

Mission accomplished lmao

at 37:00 hahahah eric follows the principle "if you see a normal mate, look for the more complicated one" .... if queen blocks you just take with queen and it's mate on the spot, but nope, rook mate taking advantage of the pin, yup that's better

@idonoy661

28 күн бұрын

I mean.... They're both mate in 1 so it doesn't really matter

Thanks Eric! I've watched hundreds of your videos, and I don't usually leave comments, but the way you pulled the rabbit out of the hat at the end with only two seconds left..... I think your new nickname should be " the Houdini of chess". Nice job man.

"Sometimes the best winning strategy is to not lose." -Eric Rosen 26:04 😂😂😂

Awesome video Eric. You are incredible! Nice tournament.

Always happy to see there's new content of yours when I open the KZread app 😊

Dude, you gotta go for the: Broken Cats Paw, The inverted Avalance, The Pringle defense, The drowning knight attack.

"Music to my eyes" 😂

Loving the ambulance emoji behind your name xD

Wooo congrats on the win!

One of your greatest videos!

Ahhh, the Hikaru-Kann!

>2/3M subscribers: congratulations Eric! You've earned this success.

You better got those 100 subs for winning the tournament.

Openings that aren't named after places or people: The Egg The Hippo The Halloween Gambit The Crab The Vampire Gambit The Hillbilly Attack Any more?

@O_Lee69

3 ай бұрын

The cow opening

@petertaylor4980

3 ай бұрын

Bongcloud. The King's Gambit and Queen's Gambit are named after pieces, not people. (Accelerated) Dragon if you ignore that its full name includes Sicilian.

@RGP_Maths

2 ай бұрын

Giuoco Piano (and Pianissimo), Monkey's Bum. Didn't Eric once play the beach café (or does that count as a place anyway)?

1:01:45 ...neveh blitz into Brooklyn unprepared if you know what's good fuh you. 😳🤣

Great watch! Intense

Eric hung his queen in the second game but the opponent missed Ne2+

Thank you for a long video!! It's been forever since you've posted one.

@eric-rosen

3 ай бұрын

I actually post a bunch of long videos here: youtube.com/@EricRosenExtra

Hey Eric, How about a series to achieve every trophy in rosenscore ?

Amazing!

When i saw the thumbnail i clicked fast as i could. KZread didnt even finish loading

Ah yes, the world famous Bird's Opening: Hobbs Gambit

Plays the Jobava-London, later plays bread and butter London, immediately goes into the Jobava-London.

Felicitaciones Erick

4:14 Opponent missed royal fork!

21:15 nice find with g4!!

@rmendeljacobs2832

3 ай бұрын

queen trap out of nowhere!

Congrats on winning.

Eric, you are so unfit. I watched the whole stream and my heart rate never went above 60. 😅 Love your incredible speed and combination attacks.

I'm still shocked at how many people castle into the Stafford. You don't need to learn any theory, just don't castle and you'll be much safer than if you castled kingside. Then just don't leave your queen undefended on d1 and you'll be golden. Even Qf3 is very playable.

Oh yes my Egg 🥚 good lord Eric you are a fiend 🙇‍♂️

Your game 3 opponent must’ve been so confused. 😂 but they did play a Bird so they are a little off lol

Nice blunder on the second game

4:13 i thought i was missing a deep line

Is the Grob always that easy? I had never heard of it. Seems like an opening I should learn...

Eric You are amazing , how do you do that?

42:33 Hikaru-kann Opening

57:34 I think you were threatening to win the c-pawn with your rook, but then they attacked your queen so doesn’t work

Day 4 asking Eric to say "bon appetit" in a video (I always watch your videos when I'm having dinner)

Trompowski? Am I watching Gotham? 😅 15:20

MATE IN THE CORNER! 34:46

@AlecMcGail

2 ай бұрын

King takes?

@nicholaslittle2312

2 ай бұрын

Rook takes bishop first?

WTF??? At 4:12 opponent could've forked your Queen and King with his knight on f2. Unbelievable that he didn't see it.

2nd game move 15 Qg3 blunders a queen. Good thing your opponent missed the fork.

nice chess game...

9:51 - Beautiful like 100% or 0%? - Less than 3

Was waiting for a blackmar diemer gambit, it's my favorite opening

@eric-rosen

3 ай бұрын

Well I saved your favorite opening for the final game!

@unstopable_rob

3 ай бұрын

@eric-rosen yeah I've been playing chess since I was 2 and I just love how quick the opening is, especially when you queen side castle so the rook eyes down the d file in the center

In the bird game, at 36:16, a mate was missed. 36 - Qxd5ch, Qc6, 37 - Knc5ch, Kc7, 38 - Ra7ch, Kb8, 39 - Rb7ch, Kc8, 40 - Qxc6ch, Kd8, 41 - Qd7mate. What a game nonetheless!

In game you can press "z" to toggle zen mode, I think

A non-pawn creature is discovered 😮

Combining the pin and the fork, so this is a pork

1:00:23 does Rb5 trap the queen?

@RGP_Maths

2 ай бұрын

14.Rb5 Nxd4 looks tricky. If 15.Rxd5 Nxe2+ 16.Bxe2 exd5 Black has won an exchange and a pawn. Or 15.cxd4 Bxb5 16.Bxb5 it's R&P for B&N. There's probably much more that I'm not seeing though.

@Fanchen

2 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@RGP_Mathsah okay I missed Nxd4. Thanks

4:12 In game 2: 15. Qg3 didn't that hang your queen? Opponent didn't see it but that should have been winning for black right? Or am I not seeing something?

tasty tourney

These thumbnails 😂

he Erik hang is Queen in Game 2 at 4:13

@ 4:12 am i seeing a queen king fork wrong??

Qg3 ah yes, OH NOOO

Mate in 3 at 54:14

I thought if you press "z" it toggles zen mode on and off

I'm playing 1+0 bullet and I keep losing on time.

I should have read comments. Others saw what I saw at 4:12. :)

4:14 doesn’t Qg3 lose a queen after Ne2+? Maybe you see something I didn’t. I suck, I’m only 900 Elo Rapid but as soon as you moved it I was questioning

@40:55 Why is Eric allowed to have chat tell him info like that? Isn't that kind of unfair?

@Sploooshen

2 ай бұрын

41:37 He goes over it and it’s not a forced mate. I personally don’t see it as unfair because after he read the comment it was like 10 moves past and he said it “looked close to mate.” I generally trust eric to know the position more than chat.

@3TQHAJSHNQ

2 ай бұрын

@@Sploooshen Maybe not in this specific scenario, but you do see how having 100 (or how ever many) viewers giving commentary on a chess game that is CURRENTLY being played is unfair right?

@3TQHAJSHNQ

2 ай бұрын

@@Sploooshen also what do you mean "better than chat". Why couldn't people just have the game in an engine live?

@Sploooshen

2 ай бұрын

@@3TQHAJSHNQ If Eric wanted to cheat he would just use the engine. Anyone in chat is free to ask a question. If someone in chat kept giving the top engine move sprinkled in his games. They would be muted or banned. And that’s if eric actually uses that chatters move. Normally he makes a move then looks at chat. Every top chess streamer does that. It does at first seem like an advantage, but it just isn’t. It’s more distracting than anything.

Please don't insult my backward spawn, i beg you.

I sure hope this thumbnail I’m getting is part of A|B testing because my lord 😭

at 20:28, could you have just taken the knight with your queen?

@rmendeljacobs2832

3 ай бұрын

lol nvm queen would take back with check, don't let me be your chess coach

930

Second

Diemer was a Nazi, maybe not honor him and just call it blackmar gambit :)

Frist

@eric-rosen

3 ай бұрын

congrats!

second?

Hello Eric can you DoorDash me a burrito I’m starving

It's okay, Eric. 😂 You didn't have to remove the 'heart' from my comment about the Lichess devs in your other video 🤣. Everyone knows what they're like. Don't bow to pressure. You gave that heart to my comment and then when that little white knight comes bustling in with his nonsense defense of them, you removed it. Come on, have more spine lol. Lichess aren't good devs. They're like, "We're free, we did our bit a decade ago when we launched. You lot are on your own now, bugs and all. We're done. We're out. Later." It's just a fact about them.

Beautiful_solitude won the battle only to lose the war. Tragic