Man, I disagreed so strongly with Kf1 that I actually asked stockfish. Turns out that Kf1 is the best move. IMs are a different breed, what a weird and silent move.

@bleachmobile

Жыл бұрын

His rationale when he played it makes so much sense tho

@poppanaattori89

Жыл бұрын

I was way more suprprised by Ke2 . I thought Rxc6, bxc6, Qxd6 would have made more sense than Ke2. Than again, I'm a total scrub.

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

How is it weird? What else you gonna play? c3? Well then he just trades the pawns, Kf1, king is safer and, if black wants to save his pawn then Bc5, and its the same position, with white to move and the king is safer. Black just lost a full tempo. Wouldn't say weird and silent. It's obvious really.

@thecakeredux

Жыл бұрын

@@BMWE-hm7uz I saw the pawn trade as a good thing, looking how he's up material and it gives the option of castling to connect the rooks and there being two ways to take, with knight or pawn, so it's reasonably flexible. By no means a bad move at all (stockfish gives it +3.0 as opposed to +3.6), just not the best.

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

@The Cake they're both fine, but that's a stock fish evaluation and we are humans, the complexity of blacks defence is a lot harder than to find attacking moves for white. We have a psychological edge, black is under pressure from being mated, has to find the right move every move, vs just being a pawn down and at least gets his king safe and can maybe hope for a draw. If I was black, I'd rather the engine say 3.6 in whites favour in an easier position than 3.0 in a very complex one. Practicality is the difference between stock fish and the average human mind. Sometimes the best moves aren't necessarily the best moves

Eric is the kind of guy you'd like to know personally as a good friend even more than a favorite streamer.

@josepherhardt164

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I could see us sharing a pizza and a pitcher of beer.

The first game I play after watching this video I ran into the French defence, followed your line and had exactly the position at 20:33 on the board, and went on to win thanks to the advice, so thanks, Eric! These 9 ratings points are dedicated to you!

@gorillachamp5271

Жыл бұрын

Lol I lost in that exact position with the french the day after 😂

Thanks Eric. As a less experienced Fort Knox player, this video taught me I can transpose from the 2 knights to defend myself. Instinct would’ve been 3….d4 to attack the knight (Nf6 played in-game) but that would’ve put me in unfamiliar territory. Love the videos, even if you are teaching the enemy. 🙂

The most chill person ever

@ahrrydepp493

Жыл бұрын

And the ugliest

@not-so-obvious3674

Жыл бұрын

Chilest

@Matthew-pf9mj

Жыл бұрын

Chilliest

@jsemblbej

Жыл бұрын

@@Matthew-pf9mj what's chilliest?

Literally looking at the two knights against the french yesterday and wishing you had a video on it this is crazy

The quintessential chess commentator. He also improves my chess, and improves my vocabulary. 😃

Love your educational content Eric!

Fun fact, the only game in the lichess masters database with 8... O-O actually has a win for black despite the position being completely lost for black after that move

Thanks Eric for the theory episode. I miss your st Louis classes when you gave similar lectures.

Great video. Thank you so much ❤

Very helpful for me who plays the French. Shows me which lines to avoid.

Thanks for the enjoyable content!!!

10:30 Looks like Ng4 gives black a load of counterplay, maybe equalizing? White must play Ng6 to trade down - trying to save the queen (castling either way, or moving the queen) is losing. Best for both sides seems to be trading down - for example, 1...Ng4 2. Ng6 Bxf2+ 3. Qxf2 Nxf2 4. Nxe7 Nxh1 5. Nxc6 bxc6 And white should be winning; black is a pawn up (soon to be two), but a bad bishop stuck behind its own pawns, and the knight should be trapped. But white still has to prove it.

@kylecoventry

2 ай бұрын

yeah looking at the positions with an engine, things are actually incredibly sharp, if Eric's opponent played Ng4 things would have gotten real interesting

BRILLIANT PLAY!!

Thanks Eric, simple concept yet wounded black still has fangs. GMs know how to win “won” games, middle club players like me take too long wondering “what now?”

8:35 I think you realized a moment later, but it actually is en passant checkmate; because it's a double check with Bishop and Rook Black cannot block with the queen

@jayure1346

Жыл бұрын

First comment in a while that’s actually right

I play the 2 Knights vs the French! It’s super broad, but so fun!! 👍🏽👍🏽

You just gotta love eric

I don't understand, how did you play 12. Qg3 when en passant is forced?

13:03 how about Qc7? Maybe I'm missing something but that looked to me like the best move

19:36 you cant block a double check thanks for all this glorious insight oh great eric rosen. xD

Eric, can we see your advance variation game (that you mentioned) agains the GM ?

Love how with less than a minute you start editing the sound settings 😅

Oooo, Dragonfly mate. Nice.

16:18 eric forgetting that after Qh4 Qxg2, there's Qxd8, no? Or are there shenanigans with the f3 square and queen bishop combo? Looks survivable idk

@lucasmatsuoca

Жыл бұрын

didnt calculate but looks very dangerous after Qf3, king cannot go back or rook falls with check, dark square bishop coming, idk, but this is enough to discard the variation and go for a simpler and safer line

Can you make a content about the Anti-Dutch Line of your London System about the Senechaud Gambit?

Can anyone answer me, why did black not play pawn d4 in the beginning instead of castling? This would threaten a piece forcing a retreat and be defended doubly, out defending white w the bishop covering the queen

21:40 a Little Prince mug 🙂

"Ohh yes my two rooks" haha

eric can you please play the paradigm chess 30 variant

Our dear Eric hung a discovery twice :p 16:40 Bh2 wins the exchange back

@spartanthe300ththermopylae4

Жыл бұрын

@Stargazer not quite an exchange, but a Queen for a Rook & Bishop.

At 16:36 why didn't black play Bh2? Doesn't it give a discovered attack on the queen while targeting g1 rook?

This is one of those games where you feel you are close to checkmate but black keeps side stepping rhe attack. Very frustrating

I love the game plus review videos

At 12:26 would Queen to C7 have been a better move? Only asking because I’m curious if it doesn’t work some how.

@Saadramzan315

Жыл бұрын

I saw qc7 and saw no reason why it was bad, and it is stockfishes 1st move on my phone

Omg I've been wanting a weapon against the French for ages, and now imericrosen is sharing one. Amazing 🤩

At move 27, does bh2 not just win a rook because black queen is defending rook

10:30 there's something I'm missing, because I don't see why Nxe6 on move 14 wasn't better by a pawn than the sequence that ultimately got played.

@lucasmatsuoca

Жыл бұрын

Ne6+ Ng5, important to know that the discovery check, if given by the queen, can be blocked, in this case with the piece that was hangging

@valeriekeefe8898

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasmatsuoca ohhh... Yeah, dislodging the king could be worth a pawn.

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

It's just a pawn thst isnt really doing anything and the initiative that white had at that moment was greater in the position, than the e6 pawn was worth. Just a different imbalance to look at and try to think about in your future games, that material isn't always the deciding factor. Once the initiative disappears, you've then lost the dynamics of the position and your playing out a pawn up endgame. The variation Eric chose was complex, over complicated, so many threats, king looks silly on g6 and bear in mind that Eric had already sacrificed a piece, can't sac a piece and then play normally afterwards. You sac, you've gotta mate, or you're just gonna lose if black consolidates the position and trades everything off

@valeriekeefe8898

Жыл бұрын

@@BMWE-hm7uz I generally agreed already, but you lost me at the point where all sacrifices must end in a mate. Eric had his material compensation as well as an unpleasant position for Black. There is more than one way to win from there.

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

@Valerie Keefe I mean more like once the attack runs out, you must have another positive Imbalance in your favour to exploit, be it material advantage, a winning endgame, But more in general, once you've sacrificed a piece, you've gotta keep going with the initiative and don't let black consolidate his position. With less space, trading pieces only helps black as the pieces are cramped on his side of the board, takes one of your attackers off of the board, and practically speaking, gives black less to think about.

At 15:20 Rc6 bxc6 and Qd6 was fine?

Dumb question I'm sure but at 15:20 can't you do rxc6 and after ...bxc6, qxd6 and you have 2 bishops for a rook?

@mostafasallem8271

Жыл бұрын

Black then can pick up a rook with Qc1+

@b2bgchannel510

Жыл бұрын

I am very dumb

19:22 the moment of realization :D

A steampunk weapon against the French Defense.

I would have been lazy and taken the white bishop with the rook just to avoid all bishop pair shenanigans and play an endgame with easy targets!

I think in 15:31 you should play Rxc6 because if pawn takes Qxd6 and there is literally no either best move for black.If there is,comment pls

@cerievans4099

Жыл бұрын

Rxc6 bxc6 f4! is the way to go.

I love the Orthoschnapp too much to ever not play it against the French.

16:40 what’s wrong with opponent playing bh2?

12:35 Aha, there it is: Eric is NOT trying to get the GM title. I was wondering about this.

17:10 does Bh2 works?

at 5:00 why not Qh4? Mate in 2 unless queen takes knight?

@datbubby

Жыл бұрын

probably just didn't see. Seems to work

@eriksteffahn6172

Жыл бұрын

Black is better after Ndxe5

@mgpilsung

Жыл бұрын

Because black just takes the pawn on e5 and the king is safe on f6 after Qg7+

@lucasmatsuoca

Жыл бұрын

Nxe5? what's the follow up? Eric didn't mention before that black had this treat of taking e5 if not defended....

I think black might have stood a better chance by just playing Kh1 instead of accepting the ‘gift.’

Some months ago I saw Eric using the two knights against the French and I have been using it ever since. Works really well at the 1500 level

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

Everything works well at 1500 level if you know how to play chess 🤣

@Amoeba_Podre

Жыл бұрын

​@@BMWE-hm7uz ok. Then play f3 g4

@3looy

Жыл бұрын

@@BMWE-hm7uz you see that’s the problem, we don’t know how to play chess properly at 1500 lmao

@BMWE-hm7uz

Жыл бұрын

@@Amoeba_Podre I genuinely think I could get away with that at the 1500 level 1 out of 5 games probably

My head hurts just watching this

Glad to see this. French defense is my kryptonite.

It's the same 3 first move to defeat karokann.... ❤

"A Simple Weapon to Beat The French Defense" Hmmm. March through the Ardennes?

3. E5

I will stick to the Tarrasch with 3.Nd2.

There was a good rook sac at 15:23. My man missed it

@jaivanttitus

6 ай бұрын

Doesn’t really work as after bxc6 and qxd6, qc1+ picks up the other rook

Ardennes-Offensive? KEKW

Ah yes, a simple weapon against the French. I will internalize this video and use it to win many games. *1. d4*

@Roma-kg9ld

Жыл бұрын

You can do it if your opponent plays e6. I play d4 too but always take a French if they play the Horwitz with d4 e6 e4

@ekiM2K

Жыл бұрын

@@Roma-kg9ld I sometimes transpose against players I know play queens Indian but they typically play d4 Nf6 instead. I prefer d4 c4 positions mostly anyway

Ilove to play against French defence iam from Greece if you know you understand

@Overhemd

Жыл бұрын

Because everybody hates the French?

PLAY QD3 ITS THE BEST

I play the french. Better get ready for everyone and their mother to play this against me.

Qd3

Qh5

4:05 en passant is forced

Hello Eric Sending love from Oman 🇴🇲!

@quazzydiscman

Жыл бұрын

Oh man! Nice country❤ mate!

@NotQuiteFirst

Жыл бұрын

@@quazzydiscman Oh man, my Sultan!

Beating the French defense? My neighbor Austrian painter once told me just go through Belgium. He did it and it worked!

@volodyadykun6490

Жыл бұрын

Are you from Argentina?

h5

noo eric this is my only response to e4, why would you do this to your viewers???

She

first

@salimalkathiri9142

Жыл бұрын

I’m first 😌

Ha

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