I can imagine that first opponent thinking "Yes, I've confused my opponent and forced him to spend time in the opening!" Poor fellow.

@johnmcdonough955

4 ай бұрын

As the gladiators of the Colosseum used to say with weapons upheld, "We who are about to die salute you!" We salute you gladiators, coming into (bloodless at least) battle with an unseen foe!

@stayinspired1271

3 ай бұрын

Or he might thing that the opponent is using computer for cheating 😂

@jaydub2971

2 ай бұрын

First opponent is obviously agadmator on his alt. /s

That second game is the best game of the series so far

This is such an amazing video! I'm stuck at 1400 for a few months now because I can't seem to beat these random tricky openings that my opponents always play. I like how Eric calmly reacts to all that craziness and carefully explains all the moves in the opening, helps me understand what my thought process should be when I'm faced with something like this

MY FAVOURITE SERIES ON YT

I thought Eric was the tricky openings guy, now he's teaching us how to PUNISH them?! He's pulling the reverse uno card

@Alex-xk6md

4 ай бұрын

Well he had a close call against the alien gambit not so far back...not to worry, my mans had it locked like fort knox

@niffrig

4 ай бұрын

Whoever played the Evan's Gambit didn't know to play d4...

@lomiification

4 ай бұрын

It's all the times he's been punished

@mjtpli

4 ай бұрын

ONU my queen…

Even jetlagged, Eric's calculation is streets ahead.

@wolfMetall

4 ай бұрын

Streets ahead! Been a while since I head that one.

@cruetusnex

4 ай бұрын

​@@wolfMetall "streets ahead" is verbal WILDFIRE.

9:58 You can hear the ambulance rushing to Eric's opponent

@prplt

3 ай бұрын

dam I was watching on 3.0x speed and didn't hear anything, had to replay at normal speed to hear it 🤯

That last game was so hard to watch. Brutal af 🤣

Hey Eric, I've gone from 700-1200 in the past 3 months and I attribute that to this series alone! Thanks for the great analyses!

@danielward7008

4 ай бұрын

I think he's quietly the best teacher on KZread. No hype, no crazy variations. Just clear, concise overviews of his plans and calculations each game.

@Rathbun222

4 ай бұрын

@@danielward7008Daniel nardistky or however the f it’s spelt is also good

@danielward7008

4 ай бұрын

@@Rathbun222 I love Danya, but I find his analysis too much as he goes into all this cutting edge super-advanced theory that just isn't needed below master level. For beginner to intermediate level I think Rosen is the best.

@danielward7008

4 ай бұрын

@@Rathbun222 Irena Krush is also very good btw as she's used to teaching intermediate players (my level!) so understands what we need to learn to improve.

Eric’s games are getting very close to my current elo and it still seems effortless even down material… you’re a magician Mr Rosen.

@danielward7008

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I don't think he'll really get tested until he reaches 1700. Above that are players who have more or less mastered the basics and can compete at a higher level.

@macdonaldnnadi

4 ай бұрын

@@danielward7008he won’t get tested until around 2100 Lmao. Imo most 2100s can play at a low master skill on their best games. Coming from a 2100-2200 player.

@davidrobins1021

3 ай бұрын

And that's the mark of a strong player, or indeed a master of any skill. To make it look easy.

I wanted to let you know how much I admire the way you handle a loss. Today I explained to my 11 year old son, who was having a hard time when playing Risk, that you just say “what to do” and move on. Thank you for setting such a good example!

@tantefrusciante

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Maybe it could be an idea to talk a little bit about this in a video? For example your take on game psychology, dealing with defeat and how much/if you had to work on handling all this apparently quite well. Anyways, thanks a lot for your work! :)

The Evan’s gambit looks so fun. I would have struggled against that pressure for sure.

man i gotta say best videos on youtube i hope when u finish on this account you start over again it is so educational and so chill

How can someone be so calm.

@999SickBoy666

4 ай бұрын

Maybe it's going to sound weird, but - at least in my experience - it's just a decision, a choice you can make. The moment you decide you don't want to waste energy being pissed, annoyed/annoying, angry, anxious etc., everything else you need to be so calm comes from that decision. It's not necessarily easy but it is just a matter of deciding how you want to react to things.

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

4 ай бұрын

@@999SickBoy666 It's not weird at all, you are right it is so simple - but simple doesn't mean easy.

I love that you turned on the eval bar for the analysis! Really puts the thoughts you expressed while playing into perspective! Love the series

Thanks Eric! Always nice to hear your calm, soothing tones

Keep up the good content, Mr. Rosen. This is presently my favorite KZread series!

Woah as a low ELO player it's amazing and honestly scary how much I would be out of my comfort zone if I were in your shoes in the first two games, those were such tricky positions!

This felt like a pretty substantial step up in opponent compared to a a video or 2 ago. More need for opening knowledge and such. Might just be that the level is now above mine! Thanks as always

@danielward7008

4 ай бұрын

Don't be intimidated. You can only learn good habits from strong players 👍

Such a great series, learnt so much already

Opponent wanted to play the Evans Gambit like Paul Morphy but some of his pieces never left their starting positions. 🤣

It's interesting watching this after re-watching some old speedruns by other youtubers, people got so much stronger in last 2-3 years. Back then 1300s would blunder a piece on move on 3 and lose by move 12, had almost no opening knowledge, not it's so much different.

Really fun games and super pedagogical comments throghout, thank you!

Great series so far!

Enjoyed the episode. Thank you.

Agadmator would be very interested in that first game.

one thing i didn't realise about this series, which is genial, is the fact it gives us a chance to stumble into playing Eric as he passed through our rating bands

Well done Eric. Keep it up 👍🏻

I like how every other game in this direction Eric says: "you shouldn't move your F-pawn early, but..."

IM Rosen drops a new Speedrun video. That's my Thursday evening sorted.

Eric always blessing my feed with content. Not the hero we deserve but the one we need

How effectively you have taught us a great lesson and simplified every move and it's logic. Love from India.

Loved these videos, it teaches me how you think in chess😙

Eric we have been waiting for your videos the hole week 😢

Lovely video as always Eric. Where is that mug from? I envy it every time it appears on steam/YT!

Amazing games. That 3rd game, your first loss in the series. What a chance running into that GM. Good game!

I didn't expect the direct look at the 4th wall at the end. 🙂 It caught me off guard.

The name of the third opening is the St George defense: Woodchuck variation if he had moved his knight back to a7 when you advanced then moved b6 after. But obviously he didnt know that 😂 P.s., Magnus played it against Hikaru a few months ago.

@Epidombe

4 ай бұрын

Okay literally as i finished this comment you said that but i worked too hard on it to delete it

You make great chess videos 👍

Poacher turned gamekeeper!

Your videos help me sleep, thanks Eric

In the last game wasn't rook takes bishop mate next move

I think that in between the title to the video, and you on camera there is space to include the current last few moves. That helps those of us playing this out on our boards, for "board sight" rather than just viewing it on a 2d screen. Just a suggestion, because it's nice to see some of the current game score.

39:26 when he said its mate in 3 I was like isn't Rxf6 mate in 2, and then his engine said its mate in 4 and I sat there looking at it for a while and couldn't find why Rxf6 doesn't lead to mate in 2 so I checked with engine and it said Rxf6 is mate in 2 ?? Why did his engine not show that ? Can anyone explain ?

@hxtchkiss

4 ай бұрын

Spotted that too, shows on the engine on the chessvision app

37:00 Fun detail: Nxb7 Kxb7 Bxg8 Rxg8 Qd5 fork wins the rook. It is not a forcing line so white does not surely win the rook, but given black's bad situation, it is easy for black to fall into that trap. At least white would win a pawn after Nxb7.

Against the Nimzovitch Defense I play Nc3 and leave them either with the Vienna or some other non-Sicilian semi opened transposition.

Hello Eric, I know you may never see this comment but I just want to thank you. I quit chess for 3 years, and I have never thought of the game until recent times when I came across your videos. You have inspired me to go back to the game and to never quit again, and I just have you to thank. Keep doing what you are doing! You are a GM in my eyes!

I miss the sub battles between both streams, and you both chatting throughout

Please can you do some Sicilian and Nf3 opening games :) love the content

Instant 800th like, just on title alone 👊🏻🔥 #nomercy

Eric: "We see an Evans gambit. White is offering a pawn, which I will take..." Me: "NOOOO be careful it's Antonio doing a speedrun!!"

I saw your post about content coming soon. I wasn’t expecting it today. Haha

I was just recently getting seriously into chess. I had no idea how brutally you could punish the Evans gambit

Thank you Mr. Pleasant ;)

The Evans Gambit is beautiful, just not how it was played here

Oh goody, yet more great Rosen chess play!

I was hungry prior to watching this video, but after that all you can eat buffet, I'm good!

I see how brilliant you finish the game, despite the aggressive attack initiated from the opponent

20:00 POLAND MOUNTAIN

17:40 "I guess if I wanna play a6 then 9 moves later I'm still up a pawn"...I wish my brain worked like this

how do you add those attack lines? seems like a useful counting tool

Hi, could you please let me know how you have the computer showing the moves before you move ur piece? thanks

speedrun nis back

Happy 666.000 subscribers!

30:43 Look at that C file

wow ur opponent in the 1st game just stumbled through top Evans gambit theory

If one of my games got called “an opening disaster” by Mr Rosen 😭😂

Your Queen was en pris to the rook near the end, although your opponent didn't see it.

That last game looked a lot like a Kings gambit.

I'd love to see what happens had the second one actually found B4

I think its mate in 2 in the last game with rook sacrifice f6 taking the bishop protecting the mate .

Finally, I'm all caught up.

Watching your stream now

Cosa ci sia di sorprendente nel gambetto Evans mi è difficile capirlo, è una apertura nota da due secoli.. vedi la partita sempreverde Anderssen Dufresne per esempio. P.s. la dicitura partita italiana dopo Ac4 è imprecisa.... Molto imprecisa e infatti gambetto Evans e partita italiana sono due aperture diverse.

When trading queens at 24:30 why not crash the queen into g2 with check to get a pawn out of the exchange?

For the 2nd game, would a desperado Qxg2 have been better than just letting White's knight take it? Seems to me like it delays white's knight advancing, and exposes white's king a ton. Though I guess you do go down a knight in that line.

24:10 Is Nf3 winning the rook? If pawn takes it might be mate in 3?

I need to see twitch stream now

In the analysis of the second game (30:25) ; wouldn't it be better for white to take the bishop on C5 with the pawn instead of the queen? Why didn't Eric look at that line?

When is the Stafford gambit coming????

Opponent has probably watched some KZread lol😂

It's 'Al-yek-in'

In the 3rd game, after 50i5 was down to the king and a pawn, and Rosen had his knight on c4 protected by the pawn on b5, Rosen could have played his rook to e3, which would have kept the white king to the queen's side of the board. Rosen could have stormed any of his king-side pawns down in safety. I think it might have been a little bit quicker than the path he took. In the last game, when Rosen forked the rooks, I would have taken the rook on h8, despite it being further from being active, because I could follow up with taking the knight if he failed to respond. If TOTO45165 still went ahead with Bg6, trading the knight for the bishop would have been a no-brainer. If TOTO play d5 instead, Rosen could choose whether to trade bishops first or bring out the knight, leaving the decision on the trade up to TOTO. Any other move, I think, the knight just slips on out. I had to look up the opening on the last game, but after 2. .... a6, the opening is called the "Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck Variation."

17:44 eric Nakamura

Why not bishop to D3 if pawn to D4 in your after game scenario?

Great stuff! Thanks to these videos I'm creeping up slowly but surely to my target of 1200 but I wish Eric would drop a course for 1000ers to level up! #takemymoney

"Eric the Punisher"

Instead of taking the rook for knight in game one could you have not played Bb5 and the Nd3 to save the pieces?

At 24:24, instead of trading queens, wasn't there a desperado sacrifice on g1 as an intermezzo? That way you get a queen and a pawn for the queen.

@RGP_Maths

4 ай бұрын

You mean on g2? I was thinking the same thing at the time, but no, Qxg2+ Kxg2 Nxb5 Nxb5 and Eric has dropped a Knight.

@timg6125

4 ай бұрын

@@RGP_Maths You're right! I'm so bad at chess.

@RGP_Maths

4 ай бұрын

@@timg6125 Me too, don't worry!

Let’s get Eric off the 666,666 subs

39:30 isn't mate in 2? Rxf6, Kxf6, Qg7?

22:14 Why did your mouse cursor enlarge like that?

The second game the player was interestingly strong for 1311

Hello from twitch

3...Nd4 could be very toxic

40:50 if you are carlsen you play Nb8 and win anyway.

How can you find that the piece is trapped so quickly?

@psyrider666

4 ай бұрын

If u play as many games he has played u would know too😊

Absolutely love your content but creepy thumbnail this one man 😂

Saint Georgovich.

Come on, Eric. Just make the cube center and checkmate