Since I don't see too many people mentioning it, thanks for editing Hammer's feed into the video! It adds a lot to have both perspectives.

@fifdspence

Жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here :D

@MrSilvo34

Жыл бұрын

Hey it's the OOT guy!

@TheKawww

Жыл бұрын

This

Eric so casually talks about his moves like it’s well documented duck chess theory. Surprised he’s not referencing games from the duck chess championships in the 1960s from legendary duck chess world champions

@JDRed117

Жыл бұрын

You mean *well duckumented?*

@MyBiPolarBearMax

Жыл бұрын

So nonchalant about it, i love it.

@jettaeschroff6924

Жыл бұрын

personally my favorite would be jose quackablanca

@shapular

Жыл бұрын

Garry Quacksparov was a legend.

@dylanklassen5436

Жыл бұрын

Eric will be duck chess world champion. Just wait

Hammer: “I’m moving faster than I ever have” Eric: “it’s been a while since I’ve played duck chess”

@balygaby

Жыл бұрын

so what?

@jay-el9pg

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was a funny way to point out their different playstyles

@ButcherParry

Жыл бұрын

Why so confrontational people in the replies? its just a comment on a youtube video, we're all here to enjoy ourselves and support Eric... please lets not be negative for no reason.

@davidecimino7112

Жыл бұрын

Its a funny parallel no need to attack the original commenter

@ARedJoker

Жыл бұрын

@3BDU If you can’t find the correlation between someone saying they haven’t played a game in a while and someone who’s desperately trying to make moves to make their opponent low on time, that’s on you. That’s not on them. Thanks for telling on yourself 😂😂😂

Never seen a GM try so hard to beat an IM

@shahilgupta8176

Жыл бұрын

Its actually a match between a squeak master vs The Quack Master

@ABunchOTrees

Жыл бұрын

And lose!

Honestly 90% of the reason I love watching Eric play duck chess so much is just watching him outplay everyone including like GMs and stuff

@johan_r59

Жыл бұрын

And 10% is due to the duck puns

@lonewanderer9499

Жыл бұрын

@@johan_r59 90% duck puns for me :)

@Sir_Isaac_Newton_

Жыл бұрын

@@johan_r59 And (limit when x goes to 0)% because of the impostor among us

@MyBiPolarBearMax

Жыл бұрын

I *really* want to see Eric play Magnus in duck chess. Itd be super interesting to see how it plays out.

@ChristianHegele

Жыл бұрын

Quacktics. Quacktivate.

Love the heavy theoretical discussion on piece value between two people who can’t hear each other

@dark6.6E-34

Жыл бұрын

i like how both questioned the others knowledge on piece value

A layman would think Eric misspoke when he called the duck a bishop, but I was there when he was ordained

Hammer: “I WILL EXPLOIT HIS INACCURATE FEELINGS ABOUT THE GAME!” Eric: “it’s important not to second guess myself.”

@pietropiscina6916

Жыл бұрын

Lmao hammer is hilarious

@dark6.6E-34

Жыл бұрын

loses bo3

OMG, that thumbnail! 🤣 And it's amazing how quickly Eric has become recognized as THE Duck Chess guy.

@ColdAndBrew

Жыл бұрын

He’s always been THE duck chess guy. The world has finally caught up and acknowledged this fact.

@mburg33

Жыл бұрын

The thumbnail was AI Generated fun fact

@flasher08

Жыл бұрын

What about "oh no my queen?"

Seeing Eric casually call out duck moves like "We might see Duck E3 next" is so fucking funny for no reason

@Flairis

Жыл бұрын

im literally the same bro 😂😂😂

Eric almost lost that last game because he played the Dutch instead of the Ducktch

@CheddarCheeseRebirthed

Жыл бұрын

Research concludes playing the Ducktch increases win percentages by 60% Only counter is the play itself (Ducktch vs Ducktch)

wow, no stalemate in king vs king & pawn endgame, it is completely winning for the side who is a pawn up; absolutely the future of chess

@harshilsangal6226

Жыл бұрын

Nigel Short knew it before any of us.

@sashaboydcom

Жыл бұрын

So there's no skill needed for endgames!

@ArturoSubutex

Жыл бұрын

@@sashaboydcom What do you mean there's no skill needed, it requires a lot of skill to shoulder the opponent's king and then 'duckstalemate' it

@pairot01

Жыл бұрын

How is it a win? White plants the duck in front of the pawn and you can't advance. Stalemating loses the game by rule.

@Modie

Жыл бұрын

@@pairot01 Stalemate is different in duck chess. You are allowed to move your king to a square that is attacked. So the traditional stalemate isn't possible. A stalemate position in duck chess would be that you are playing as white, your king is on a8 and you have two pawns, one on a7 and one on b7. Now if the opponent places the duck on b8, you can't move anymore (neither pawn nor king), because you have to move first and THEN place the duck. In this case, white wins, because black forced a stalemate by putting the duck on b8.

“We have a situation I know; I’ve studied duck Theory before.” This is a wild statement… Chess masters are truly a different breed. 😅

I love how chill and humble Eric is. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the kingdom of Duck.

@alvarezjnv

Жыл бұрын

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

@jedinxf7

Жыл бұрын

blessed are the duckmakers

@maloxi1472

Жыл бұрын

You my brother, are not coming to my church

"I will go back to practicing, and i will become faster" is like an anime quote

Dual commentary 😍 my favorite

That final game was probably my most favorite chess game I’ve ever seen. Please do more of this content Eric, you’re an absolute beast. It’s so beautiful to see just how much of a juggernaut you are at this.

If you release this on VHS it will be a duck tape. ☝😲

@rhoddryice5412

Жыл бұрын

You’ve secured the best duck chess comment of the year with “duck tape”

“You know you're in love with Duck Chess when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

The concept of Duck Chess is super interesting for someone that's not seen this variant before. The duck acts as a blocking piece so that others can't move into or through it. This results in some funky stuff, like denying bishops/queens/rooks their line of sight, which can make it really hard to mate someone or promote from a distance, cus you can just plant the duck in the way while you go about your usual strategy.

Honestly the most amazing and exciting chess content I've seen. That last game was Legendary and the build up to it from the previous games made it even better.

Appreciate the inclusion of Hammer's perspective. Really fun and good material.

I have my first college final today, this video being uploaded has made me feel a lot better. Thank you for playing more duck chess Eric 🦆

Duck Chess plays to Eric's greatest strength: A highly developed sense of humor. Anyone can be sarcastic and boorish. Eric is genuinely funny.

that's the most aggressive looking duck i've ever seen

@quazzydiscman

Жыл бұрын

The stuff of my nightmares...I have an irrational fear of being tied down in a room full of hungry water fowl...

@sibanbgd100

Жыл бұрын

@@quazzydiscman nothing irational about that fear.

@dark6.6E-34

Жыл бұрын

@@quazzydiscman that would genuinely be gorier than being torn apart by a hungry pack of wolves or lions. A very slow death

@quazzydiscman

Жыл бұрын

@@sibanbgd100 "irrational" as in most likely never happened and most likely never will... The FEAR is, in my mind, entirely warranted.

Are knights stronger in duck chess since they can't be blocked like bishops, rooks etc?

@user-svqmbiv

Жыл бұрын

Yes, knights are definitely better than bishops and possibly even better than rooks.

Tnx for sharing this,,, I was working, so I missed it. I'm impressed with Erics strength in DuckChess. Let's face it, Hammer is no joke of a chessplayer. Even though he's been mostly doing commentary for the last years. Hammer said afterwards he was slightly thrown off by the timecontrol, since he's been playing DuckChess with more time mostly. Not to take anything away from Erics skills in duckhess. You're really really good man. Tnx again, I loved this match. "We have a winning position yet again, let see how we gonna...screw...it...up" -GMJLH

38:38 actually Kb3 Db1 is just mate. If the king is trapped in the corner you don't even need the pawn to win. And yes, king + pawn v king is always winning, and so is king + any piece v king. CORRECTION: king + pawn vs king is actually a draw in a lot of cases. So the position at 36:50 is actually a draw with correct play and around 37:10 white makes some mistakes and the position becomes winning for black.

@gregoryzelevinsky9837

Жыл бұрын

Nice idea, exploiting the symmetry of the corner

@tcooke182

Жыл бұрын

I have written a small duck chess tablebase, and you are incorrect. King + Rook/Queen is almost always winning. King + Bishop is sometimes winning. King + Knight is occasionally winning. King + pawn usually wins if it is a flank pawn, or if the central pawn is sufficiently advanced. In this case, the first position (after White took the rook, at 36:51) was a draw with correct play. White's biggest mistake was at 37:10. Instead of moving out of check in front of the pawn with Kd3@e4, he needed to go behind the pawn. The duck can be used to stop the pawn advance. Then, if Black continues shouldering the king down to the edge of the board (say Black king on d8, White has the opposition on f8 and duck on d7) then Black plays Kc7@e7 preventing White from retaining the opposition. If White makes a king move, Black just moves back. If White makes a pawn move, Black wins the race to the pawn. This only works from behind the pawn because the pawn itself defends the squares diagonally in front.

@joulev

Жыл бұрын

@@tcooke182 Is there a way (web, github source, etc.) for me to try this tablebase? Duck chess endgame theories are really interesting actually, I completely didn't expect the way K+P/K endgame can turn out to be what it is at the end of the video.

@tcooke182

Жыл бұрын

@@joulev , I am happy to share the source. It wasn't written so other people could easily read or use it though. I don't have a gitlab acct though. Maybe Discord? I read the leela chess channel there, and I might be able to attach the source in the off-topic channel.

@eriksteffahn6172

Жыл бұрын

@@tcooke182 Interesting. I wrote a small tablebase myself (admittedly not a very good one, but it seemed to be correct) and my result was that bishop or knight is always winning, unless you lose the piece by force. I even tested it on some weaker pieces: a rook that can only move one square is still winning, a bishop that can only move 1 square is a draw, unless the king is trapped in the corner. What does sometimes/occasionally winning mean for you? Like only if the king is trapped on the edge of the board? About the king + pawn v king: I couldn't test that one, I just assumed it had to be winning, because eventually you have to stop blocking the pawn. It would be really interesting to see how the drawing mechanism works as it doesn't seem obvious to me at all.

Brilliant Eric, wonder why Hammer values bishops over knights, in Duck chess, the knight is so powerful.

That "I'm trying to make things more quacktical" at 11:00 caught me off guard.

love when eric figured out hammer was going by plain chess piece valuing, and started exploiting it

love having both up, seeing both perspectives.

I love this mode. I suck at it, but you make it seem really logical. You're amazing Eric! Keep the duck chess videos coming please! #1 at duck chess and #1 in my ❤️

That is an adorably intimidating duck in the thumbnail. I love it.

Great video format, great chess variant, great players, great games. The end game king+pawn duck theory was superb. Eric, you are truly deserving of the title Duck Master

I just want to hang a lamp on “Things are getting Quacktical” because that made my day

Eric: "things are getting quacktical."

At 6:55 GM Hammer deserves a special accolade for lining everything up neatly on the 6th rank

Quality Duck Chess content!!!

Best thumbnail ever!

Opponent: im scared Eric: 🙂

You seems very natural at this and I 200% believe that is because it has something to do with the duck, lmao. Also quack.

I have never enjoyed any other chess variant as I am enjoying watching Eric playing Duck chess. keep up the great work

Eric talks so smooth and calm even if he only have a minute or two. I have a mental break down under 5 min.

I love the continued use of duckzwang.

Duck Chess opening tier list!

10:15 Eric unknowingly responds to Hammer's comment 🤣

Eric is a Super Quack Master! 🦆🦆

"Duckpassant" is the funniest word I've heard all week.

Seems like knight is better than bishop in duck chess, not sure why he thinks otherwise

@metafishling

Жыл бұрын

I get the sense that he likes to control the center with pawns and bishops, and have multiple lines of attack or pins with bishops. But after being cracked by knights, maybe he will have to reconsider. Having only one bishop seemed to hurt his strategy.

Think it's safe to say Eric is the world's best duck chess player. Incredible to see an IM destroy a GM because they put so much time into the mode. Eric you demonstrated pure destruction at this mode. Not only are you better but faster too. Incredible

I love duck chess! It would please me greatly if you continued making duck chess!

Ducking great content Eric

4:36 Eric: _uuh, fancy_ Hammer: *why did I do that* Sounds like when I make a terrible sacrifice but my opponent respects it and doesn't take my hanging piece

At 11:07. "Trying to make things more quacktical.". That's gold.

Actually at 38:38 you go king b3 duck b1 to win, instead of pushing the pawn like Rosen said

it would be so cool to see a rematch after Hammer learns that knights are better than bishops in duck chess because they are less blocked

“He’s moving the f-ing duck as far as possible!” LMAO

Eric: ooo, duckchess Other guy: THE TIME CONTROLS, I CANT PLAY FAST ;-; god I fuckin love both cams at once

The classic endgame theory of "King And Pawn And Duck vs King And Duck" (and even funnier considering "and" is the norwegian word for "duck")

LOL not even "duckpassant" lmao I like that one!

That duck endgame was so cool

OG - that Hammer is as crazy as duck!

I just realized today that I know nothing about duck chess. Crazy to see how much Eric progressed.

"I hate time." lmao

The duck in the thumbnail looks like the final boss in a game

Eric, on move 24 of a game of duck chess " Yeah this is getting confusing now "

I think there’s a simpler win in the final position: after Ke1da2 black goes Kb3db1. White has only Ka2 and Kb2 with black capturing the king on the next move

Those quacktics were amazing

I *really* want to see Eric play Magnus in Duck chess.

@enmanuel1950

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how good Magnus would be at this mode. Cause one would think that all Super GMs would be amazing at it, but if you've seen Hikaru play you know that's not the case.

@tomc.5704

Жыл бұрын

Pattern recognition just goes out the window. Openings are different. Hanging pieces is different. So much training and instinct that now leads you right into mistakes. You practically need to re-train your brain. If Magnus spent six months training in Duck chess? He'd probably be pretty good. But that would also probably damage his normal chess skills -- at the level he plays at he can't afford to give an inch.

that endgame was crazy cool

When you come for the king, you best not miss.

Hello Mr. Rosen. Another great video

You would think Hammer would know that having a winning position against someone who inspired the eponymously named "Rosen trap" is not equal to winning . 🙂 .

What a beautiful battle!

eric with the duck chess endgame theory

Duck chess is one of the best varietiants I’ve ever seen

I love how calm and composed eric is compared to the GM

the notation is great

Who’s the best female Duck Chess player? We need a Duchess of Duck Chess.

Yay! New duck chess video!!!

This is so entertaining, and the GM is really a great personality

Hammer is a video game villain

Man, I like how a simple duck on the board makes GMs feel like they're really bad

Eric have you played the Seirawan chess variant? That could be some awesome content (though you'd probably need another streamer at your level to play with since it's not quite as popular as Duck Chess yet). It's basically normal chess but you can develop a hawk (bishop+knight) or elephant (rook+knight) to any square on the back rank on the first turn you move that piece. Way fun stuff.

@jkws0

Жыл бұрын

Check out his "New chess pieces" video from a month ago

Eric seems quacktically very strong at this.

I had to watch the end at .5 speed. So intense!

2:24 black missed Nxb2θd2 queen discovery check winning Eric's queen

Yessssss!!! The duck chess is back

the grandmaster look like he is always angry

24:06 Could you play Ra7 Db7 as check? Not that I think that is a great move, just wondering how the duck works in that case.

I was in a match with him in duck chess 3+2 but he just left lmao

Eric such a beast in duck chess 😳

White gets to make their first move without a duck in the way, but black has to deal with a duck from the get go. The first move advantage is even stronger in the current rule set. White either shouldn’t get to place a duck on the first move, or the game should start with black placing the duck on the board

Who wants to see Eric abolish hikaru at duck chess? We all know Eric would crush. Lol

Ever since Duck chess has been invented, Eric Rosen took it SERIOUSLY xD

I didnt know there is a mate pattern for with king pawn vs king endgame lol.

What do you use as a duck OTB? An actual duck seems somehow impractical - dunno why, just my instinct. Donald Duck figurine’d work. As, I guess, would *any* appropriately sized duck/bird model/figurine.

@pieTone

Жыл бұрын

A rock.

@Kaepsele337

Жыл бұрын

We're usually using a rock. It fits well with the blocking feature of the duck

@_-__-____

Жыл бұрын

Rubber ducky

@molokoko786

Жыл бұрын

A Gandalf figurine

@Kaepsele337

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@@molokoko786 Do you have to yell YOU SHALL NOT PASS everytime you block a check?

Wow sick endgame

"He thinks knights are worth more then bishops I will crush he incorrect feelings" Oh no