Every time after Eric's videos I go into the next game full of confidence only to realize that unfortunately I only play like his opponents in the video

@Johnnyvtg

Ай бұрын

Me too haha

@spindoctor6385

Ай бұрын

You are lucky, I need to go back to about episode 18 to play like his opponents.

@dj_enby

Ай бұрын

@@spindoctor6385episode 1 reporting in o7

I cannot believe betterhelp survived the KZread PR disaster in… 2017? And is back for more! Truly shocking

@zacherychapman8474

Ай бұрын

What's so bad about them?

@Tadd-qo1xx

Ай бұрын

They sell everyones sad data. @@zacherychapman8474

@moosetwin9023

Ай бұрын

@@zacherychapman8474 They falsely advertised their product, continuously broke HIPAA by selling many patients' personal data to Facebook, (the FTC eventually had to step in) and encouraged people to use their (ineffective) product instead of seeking needed medical attention.

@TheLaughingOut

Ай бұрын

@@zacherychapman8474 They shared user's health information with advertisers. They are really not a sponsor that Eric should be associated with, despite his good intensions.

@Skatche

Ай бұрын

@@zacherychapman8474 As far as what's incontrovertible and on the public record, they were caught sharing sensitive user data with other companies despite language on their website indicating they wouldn't. The FTC forced them to pay out something like seven million dollars. As far as general gripes with their business model, it has all the same problems as e.g. Uber/Uber Eats: underpaid workers, lousy service due to poor vetting, perverse incentives, etc. Could be a typical story of late-stage capitalism, except these guys are specifically targeted at vulnerable people. I'd also add that the very idea of online therapy strips out a lot of the humanity of therapy, as well as the benefits of setting aside a special time and location where you're just alone with this person who's supposed to care about you and your problems. A lousy therapist is going to be a lousy therapist either way, but a good therapist is really going to struggle to make a positive impact under those conditions.

Hey Eric. I studied the nc3, nxd4, bf4 lines of the ponziani. Come back down to 1400 to fight me like a real man.

@Ben-py2xq

Ай бұрын

The real men are at 800

@FluxXx7789

Ай бұрын

@@Ben-py2xq lol. Sooo, the worse, the manlier? :D

5 years of regularly watching your content. You continue to be integral in both my enjoyment of and improvement in chess. Thank you so much, Eric!

Thanks for the great series Erik!

I hate Knights with a passion. These things can mess up everything if you are not careful in the endgame. On the other hand, I love them for this reason X-)

Great installment to this series. That last guy played you very well. Love seeing the higher rated opponents hang on.

Eric Rosen is the best! ❤

19:07 I'm recovering from a broken rib and this man makes me laughing until it hurts 😂 canibalise my pawn🤣

120 games without a time-waster or cheater is pretty unbelievable...

Really do not vibe with the betterhelp sponsorships. I appreciate what you’re saying and encouraging people to seek help but they are terrible.

@Johnnyvtg

Ай бұрын

He might have signed some contract that binds him to do a certain number of sponsor segments for them before he can quit. Idk how KZread sponsorships work at all, but that sounds like something BH would do if they legally can.

@UKYusei

Ай бұрын

I vibe

@dp333

24 күн бұрын

Ignore them then

@XlogicXX

16 күн бұрын

Then don't watch it. You do understand the guy has to keep the lights on...

Glad the speedrun continues! :)

Please get a better sponsorship.

47:30 I laughed so hard after this mouse slip 😂

@The_Noticer_of_Things

18 күн бұрын

lol, same. Also, "i did not intend to mouse slip there" uhh I am fairly sure that is a required element with all mouse slips.

I literally saw this 30 seconds after you posted - enjoying the series!

Yo Eric! I’m so glad you uploaded a video for this series. It’s something I look forward to.

Psychologically, escaping a fork only to fall into a second fork is devastating. I don't think you can underestimate the psychological effect on a human player.

I'm so glad you finally put out the next installment

Suddenly my Friday is looking up.. a new Speedrun episode!!!

game's getting spicier every episode!

16:24 hahaha, I play that sometimes when I am tired of playing the 4 knights 🤣

yay a long one

Eric, I love you.

Ive watched most of these but have never heard this Eric - around what rating do you predict your first loss?

Great chess. Good opponents. Loving this.

Better Help is hot garbage, they are not therapy

Speed run is awesome. Thanks for the content 🙂

that last game was intense! were getting into dangerous territory now... how much longer will the streak stand?

Eric please terminate the sponsorship contract with BetterHelp, you're better than this

Is it time for a new chess variant? Cannibal chess, where you can also take your own pieces.

Rosen gambits rock

One of fastest to see this because I'm so close to St. Louis!

@jasonmartin4925

Ай бұрын

So if you're closer to the person uploading the video the interwebs will zap it to you must faster... hmm ... i should move...🧐

@nathan2891

Ай бұрын

Yes! I'm watching with initiative

Thanks eric, your video make me sleep.

50:00 That white line that calculates the probable winner is incredible ;) What software are you using?

Watching since 1st one 🎉🎉❤

Hey Eric! Love the speedrun videos! At what times should I que games to have the highest chance to play against you?

2nd game seemed crazy not to trade a bishop for a rook+defended pawn+threaten a bishop (after trading the knight as well, moving the queen).. the bishop on d3 is not strong enough to give that up. If they don't take (to save their rook), you can go back and you have a pawn and still prevent castling.

Mastery mixed with humility.

Holey Smokes brother I was about to send out a search party, we have grown used to getting new material out every few days now, Also I have watched the entire speed run so far 2-3 times, very instructive chess. I think this should be your new go to videos, after this do another speed run and another, speed runs that are not really SPEED runs are my new favorite..... (one more also).... Also, don't you still have games from your last tournament (just before Bali) that you haven't put out yet?? I feel like we left that tournament hanging unresolved? Maybe i'm wrong. Anyway, Good Stuff Brother.

Hello sleep my old friend. 51 minutes?? I should get two nights of sleep out of this! :)

Hoping to see 1M Subs

Hey Eric, how do I find your merchandise store please?

Being around the ELO ranks shown in this video, I found the content absolutely awesome. Great ideas, great moves all around, and ... still no mercy ! Plus, it really conforted me to see THE Erice Rosen in a losing position on one of the games. This goes to show the first one to collapse loses. Eric being Eric, he won't be collapsing first, of course. Guys, we have to work on our stamina ! Chess is like a puzzle game played by two players. Each move, you present some problems to your opponent, who in turn has to give you back another problem. If you cannot crack it, or if you get tired, you lose. Brutal !

Wow, seems like a therapy company could've given better help.

I hit like before i watch every time there's an upload for this series Then i sip some tea

Great content, watched episodes multiple times. Can you do serie on how to solve chess-puzzles and how you approach them?

Great last game, was pleasure to watch!

8:07 is there a tactic Bxf2, Rxf2, Re1+, Kc2, Rxa1?

I have to ask....at 18:50, why not Qg4? Attacking the pawns on E4 and G7?

Watching this video helped me to go on an all time best win streak at puzzles, with 11 in a row of 2100+ rated puzzles. Thanks for the extra motivation!

I thought that @ 24:50 Qh4 would have been better than Bf6, even if it drops the pawn the h-file battery seems lethal. Am I missing something?

Really happy to see that players around my own rating are giving Eric some tough competition.

That's a pretty questionable sponsor, Eric. On another more positive note, you apologized for drawing too many arrows, but I really liked that you were going that far. Calculating all those moves and different "futures" is what it's all about and I think it fell very well in line with the title having "advanced" in it. Advancing this purely educational speedrun with theory that matches to what is to come, if that makes sense. I really enjoyed you showing all the different moves, because it also tends to validate the thoughts of me as a viewer.

I am enjoying this countdown to Eric losing a game. haha

At 14:48, why not play pawn to f5? (Bf5 was played) what's the difference between the knight vs bishop taking first on e4?

@mirr0rd

Ай бұрын

Bf5 is a developing move, but you wouldn't play it against bishop on e4 because they win a piece with Bxf5

Great chess.

Could you please play sicilian defense for black Eric? You have never played this opening in this series. Thanks!

So glad a new video dropped:) I’m pretty sleepy too

Oh no my sleep cycle

Hey guys, quick question. At 8:57, could re2xf2? Cause if NxC5, then rf2xrf1 and it’s a skewer, no? Lmk if I’m missing something

@jurygoose1422

Ай бұрын

not a bad observation and thats true. but i think he didnt like the fact after Rxf2 white can instead play Rxf2 and even though your up a pawn the position is a lot harder to play. the free pawn on f2 isnt as good as losing his very powerful rook. so instead he took it with the bishop allowing himself the pawn and the still very powerful rook that will continue to stare at the pawns

@thewildanimals2590

Ай бұрын

@@jurygoose1422 okay that’s a good point, thanks dude

I saw that knight fork in the last game and wondered why the opponent didn't play it. I thought I had missed something obvious that both Eric and his opponent were aware of because it's one of the easier tactics to see.

at 7:45 what about Kg5, attacking the rook and two pawns?

Love what you're doing with this series and in general, but please drop Better Help as your sponsor ASAP, they are extremely bad news. Unlicensed and underpaid therapists, selling client data to advertisers, shady payment/pricing tactics, and more. They were bad when they got called out years ago and they're arguably even worse now.

On this beautiful day, IM Rosen invented the game of Cannibal Chess, which is normal chess except you can take your own pieces. You lose material, but can gain new positional attacks, even mating nets, in the process!

you meeting a random person: Hi *points to shirt text*

12:56 "or maybe just allow it..." *dsbm starts playing*

Never resign! Your opponent might mouse-slip.

47:33 any bishop move to the right side was just checkmate instead of the whole mouse slip sequence :P

When you started this series on January, I was at 1200, now I am at 1600, you are catching up to me really fast... can you please send me your study material on scandinavian and london, I wanna get to 1800 before you do.... thanks...

25:00 Qh4!

@niekka1978

Ай бұрын

Oh just noticed after posting about the same move. Seemed good to me as well 👍🏻

I would like to play you. You're pretty good

chess battle advanced

Watched 1st 2 games, chess should not be this simple!! I understand all the principles here, yet can't play like this 😪

Eric rosen should wear a tie

Eric stop taking money from scams. You are above this. Just refuse the money or forever be known as a shill.

Not to derail this entire comment section or anything but BetterHelp is a terrible company

@haiyueluo9048

Ай бұрын

Can you please expand? Not going to use it personally but have seen lots of their adverts

@trevorbeverly6062

Ай бұрын

No worries; your comment is the most important in the section.

@uifwastaken

Ай бұрын

As a wannabe psychologist i don't sing its praises either.. yes, it's better than nothing but for most people in person sessions are simply more effective, i mean always depends on the case, i'm just saying that even though they're qualified, it doesn't replace the human contact

@roryluukas2703

Ай бұрын

​@uifwastaken they were also caught selling sensitive patient data to third parties... to me that's not something you should be allowed to crawl back from. Google it, its really damning stuff. Not only did they do it, they tried to cover it up. No shade on Eric though, feel like he chosses his spinsors from a good place. This one just doesn't sit right with a lot of people. That is BHs fault not Eric's.

@cjguitar.

Ай бұрын

@@uifwastakenTherapy doesnt work

Eric, this is Karson Stanley writing to you. I know you but you do not know me yet. I’ve been waiting for I believe over 2 months for the rest of your tournament videos. Thank you for everything and please continue to upload the speedrun but I’m begging you, I want to see how the tournament is or was

why did the first opponent lose 20 ELO?

"This is not the type of move a player of this rating would make..." You never know, dude. My rating is the same as your opponent here and I saw this move immediately.

@FatUncle-cg3jt

Ай бұрын

Shut up beta boy

Eric’s first paid in-video promotion 😃😃😃

Hey Eric, love the content, hate BetterHelp

Eric, if you have the ability, please disable these 30+ second ads. Even though it says they are less frequent, your videos go on ad break all the time and the long ads are very unpleasant.

@dadahuman

Ай бұрын

Adblock my friend

@adamfenyvesi

Ай бұрын

I wish. On SmartTV or the phone, adblock is not that straightforward.

@dadahuman

Ай бұрын

@@adamfenyvesi ah, hadn't thought of that

@debrascott8775

Ай бұрын

KZread red. Content creators need to make a living.

Very clever use of chess for the ad, unfortunately they are a bad company :(

Dont take betterhelp sponsorships Eric

Shouldn't you change the avatar again? 😅

All the people saying to drop Better Help can put their money together and sponsor the next video 😂

Wow! It's funny that most of the comments on this chess video is about the sponser. Focus on the chess - no talking! Lol x

Stop taking money from better help, it’s sad you’re doing business with them. The way they treat their employees is fucked up.

@danielward7008

Ай бұрын

He's gotta earn a living and we're getting all this high quality content for free as a result. Don't use 'em if you don't like 'em.

@thekilla1234

Ай бұрын

​@@danielward7008 This isn't a great take. You are basically saying no matter what he does to get money we should just accept it because it pays him to make content and you personally can ignore it. If he got a sponsor for a company that used exclusively unpaid child labor for its operations, you could ignore it with the excuse "well he's getting paid and it doesn't affect me", but that doesn't prevent it from being pretty fucked up.

@randomizednamme

Ай бұрын

@@danielward7008there are plenty of other sponsors

@danielward7008

Ай бұрын

@@thekilla1234 If you don't like a company don't use their services. End of.

@mburg33

Ай бұрын

@@thekilla1234 yea these logical fallacies are propping up everywhere now, it’s almost as if BetterHelp is doing damage control.

For those of us who are watching on a phone, you talking into a mic is bigger than the chess board. Make the board bigger and you smaller.

@Johnnyvtg

Ай бұрын

The device you are watching on does not affect the ratio between the size of the board and the face cam.

@Scotz9

Ай бұрын

@@Johnnyvtg I watch naroditsky and chessbrah and the board is bigger

@jpg7616

Ай бұрын

I’m on phone and it looks fine. Chess board is larger than his video box

@3xpl0i79

Ай бұрын

fool's mate is made for you dawf

Maybe the best BetterHelp plug ever

Please don't take sponsorships from BetterHelp

Eric avoids controversy by doing widely-done mildly unethical things. I still like him as a person and would like to play chess with him, but I am disappointed in some of the choices he makes as a content creator.

@debrascott8775

Ай бұрын

How much are you paying him for this content?

@valeriekeefe8898

Ай бұрын

@@debrascott8775 how much have you paid for education in the field of economics? I want to know how hard you'll derisively laugh at an accurate answer.

@jimhalpert8996

Ай бұрын

People in glass houses shouldnt throw stones

@suntorytimes1

Ай бұрын

@@jimhalpert8996Nice “tu quoque”.

Or maybe just allow it…ok

Because It's Eric, I listened to the promo.

This entire comment section sounds like an echo chamber. "Dont get in bed with betterhelp". "Betterhelp is terrible, stay away eric". Let the man make his own decisions. Everybody chirping, companies make mistakes. Go do something with your life, improve something in your life, and let others do the same.

@talentedgambler7327

Ай бұрын

Me when I accidentally sell customer data

Bro, please don't promote this betterhelp garbage. Great content otherwise.

First time I didn’t skip the sponsored part

Better help is still a scam

Brother, STOP taking sponsorships from Better Help and just do a bit of research. I'd rather see you pushing NFTs and crypto scams than them.

You almost lost from the 1600 guy because in all your games instead of playing your elo which is IM , you play vs your opponents elo. Sober up, and make more videos like. Thank you mister