Undoubtedly the best chess content provider. \does what a content provider should do - PROVIDE CONTENT. No annoying music. No annoying attempts to be cool with non-chess-related banter. Just calm, clear and concise explanations of everything that is happening and why. Great stuff and very much appreciated.

@joe-myc

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, levy looks like a counter example after getting big on his channel

@HazhanJalal

4 ай бұрын

Eric and Danny (Daniel Naroditsky, AKA Rebecca Harris, AKA The Prophet) are the best in providing commentary and explanation for moves and helping you get better across all levels in my opinion. If you haven't seen Danny's videos give him a watch too (lookup Daniel Naroditsky, he has multiple speed runs). Though Danny's style is abit different, he sometimes goes so deep in explaining that you might feel overwhelmed, needs abit more attention since he might talk about a single game for an hour, you gain so much information if you keep focus, when I crave deep knowledge I immediately run to his videos. But Eric keeps it concise and short and still explains so many possible moves and variations, both super entertaining and insightful to watch.

@BetaJim22

4 ай бұрын

Also, if your chess needs honest no filter gut punch to reality from an Aussie give Chess Coach Andras a chance (in particular the Amateurs mind playlist). A good counterbalance to the calm and relaxing Rosen and the school teacher approach from Naroditsky. I watch them all and they make a beautiful harmony. People like Gotham and Hikaru are entertaining at times but they just aren't instructive.

@pobg

4 ай бұрын

Why are you bitter?

@HazhanJalal

4 ай бұрын

@@BetaJim22 I have never heard of him before. I just watched one of his videos from the Playlist you suggested, his jokes and style of explanation were super fun for me actually. Cheers for introducing me to another great coach 🌸

One thing I really like about this speedrun is that even when Eric is up a lot of material and has a dominant position, he still takes the time to explain his opponent's potential threats and compensation.

Speedrun my favorites, so much learning

34:06 Oh no my opponent… making life very easy there. 😂

@GizasRadigeris

4 ай бұрын

xDDDDDDDDDDD

I love this serie! I'm 1700 elo and it's so instructive and so chill I would love to have other speedruns after that one with different openings (like gambits and agressive chess, d4 with you london repertoire, or others) !

@SumNutOnU2b

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm similar in level to you and feel the same way. I just love instructive games. even when it's still below my level I still feel like I learn a lot.

@RoccoBronson

4 ай бұрын

Rosin please pin this. thx

@vetra8599

4 ай бұрын

agreed, d4 london is sublime

@Zach_Routhier

4 ай бұрын

I'm right there with you. Let's see your london rep and some other gambit openings and traps. Thanks for the instructive education. We are all learning a lot!

The Andrea Botez clip from 13:17 hasnt gone unnoticed , made me chuckle :D

@davidanderson_surrey_bc

4 ай бұрын

If Andrea and Eric were chess teachers in public school, Andrea would be teaching elementary students and Eric would be teaching middle school students.

@Paul-stillbuzzin

4 ай бұрын

Andrea cameo made this video cult

33:03 after rg1 you have qxg1+!! followed by rd1# after kxg1

@MyBiPolarBearMax

4 ай бұрын

reset the r/chess counter 😂

@arnoudh6203

4 ай бұрын

@@MyBiPolarBearMax what's the r/chess counter?

@AbdusSalam-jd3ku

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, very sharp line❤

@MyBiPolarBearMax

4 ай бұрын

@@arnoudh6203 on r/chess subreddit they post puzzles and it’s almost always queen sac’s so when a queen sac gets posted people say to “reset the counter” until the next one is posted

@medoanwar9854

4 ай бұрын

​@@arnoudh6203i think it's where he tracks how many wins and losses of the series

I think the last opponent simply missed the fact that his rooks weren't connected at the end. A shame, as he was putting up some dogged resistance until then.

@doublekicker2253

4 ай бұрын

Yep, I felt that one. "I've still got both rooks, so this will be fine" ~ Me

the last game you went deep into calculation only to have your opponent give you mate in 1 lol, funny stuff XD

This series is the best! As soon as you reach the master level you can just start over again and I'll watch every episode.

When you think about the evolution of chess over the centuries, what we call "artificial castling" today is actually REAL castling, and when we do the king-rook dance all in once move under the modern rule, that is actually artificial castling.

@williamcampbell9859

4 ай бұрын

According to what?? This is so dumb. Just because casting used to take two moves and now it doesn't, somehow that makes it "real" castling? Everyone knew what Eric meant.

@mmmmmmmmmmmmmm-thats14m

4 ай бұрын

@@williamcampbell9859 They were just pointing out a fun fact about the history of chess, no need to be aggressive, friend :)

you missed to call out the moment of 1234 rating points :D

I’m just here to drink coffee and watch Eric calmly putting the sword to everyone he meets.

Good to see a a new episode ! Thanks Eric

Was curious about that knight sacrifice in the last game, so I checked it out on analysis. Turns out, it actually does work, and may even be the best line on deeper depth. What you missed, is that you need to move your bishop before you move your queen, and that forces white to do a lot of other things. you end up at the end of that sequence up a queen for a bishop. Here is the line move 16. Kf3+ 17. gxf3 bh3 (crucial, allows for your queen to move with check) 18. Qxb5 Qxf3 19. Qg5 Rd1 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Re5 g6 22. Qg3 Rxa1!! 23. Qxh3 (only move to avoid checkmate) Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rd1 25. Qxd1 Qxd1+

@Oseb0y

4 ай бұрын

21. Be5*.. right?

Great video, thanks for posting it. The part I found very interesting is where you come up with a plan after the opening and going into the middle-game. It is something I still cannot do and these videos help a lot.

2nd game was first end-game of the series, I think. This series is fantastic -- I've watched the whole thing up to this point. Specific openings are hard for me to retain but the important thing is just the systematic way in which positions are analyzed, without any panic from zero-increment time pressure. Of course having instant, near-perfect board vision helps with this :).

Great and instructive as always!

This speedrun is somehow my sleep playlist 😂 cant fall asleep without anymore…. So please never stop with it :)

@Montezuma0

4 ай бұрын

Chess commentary is nice to sleep to lol

Such a good series! Have been looking forward to this episode

I am loving this series so far.

Yes! I’ve missed this series so much

I am really liking the speed run series. In today's episode I was able to see a few of moves you end up taking, which is a compliment to you as I have been watching your channel regularly and starting to remember your reasoning to make those moves over the past few months. Thanks for sharing.

Died laughing at the Botez clip 😂

The guy thought he could switch the engine off and takeover himself at the end of that last game lol.

I've been waiting for this episode

that endgame from the Scandinavian game was so instructive, loving the series Eric

So happy this series is back:)

Thank you for the nice offensive games!!

Loved the Botez cameo!

Missed the speedrun glad is back!

02:00 if I had a chance I would have played Stafford gambit for this position and It would have been an epic moment for me, I'm currently around 1450 and hoping to get a right timing for a match with Eric.

I'll have to review your tactics on that line of Petrov's again. I often score the extra piece but wind up with pawns at my front door. Thank you for the content.

I'm eating this series like a dessert. I love e4 games, keep it going! Looking forward to some Sicilians too!

Really loving these, Eric! I run the Marquette High School Chess Club (I’m a teacher there)and we’re all fans. Hopefully we’ll catch you at a live event in the CWE some day. 🙂

Eric, thank you so much for the great content. In my opinion, this is the best playlist for instructive Chess on KZread. Also, thank you for taking the time to film while traveling!

Another great addition. I really wish you'd have gone for the knight F3 sacrificial line in that last game. I totally get why you didn't but it woulda been fun to watch.

Yes! Was already starting to go a bit cold turkey over here

I have liked Your T-Shirt Bro!

Dude your camera color makes it look like The Matrix: Chess Edition

First player was crazy

My favorite chess series by far. gg

After watching ur speedrun videos i went from 900 to 1100 in a week btw i just play solid always as u prefer

Why are erics advertisements the best Ive ever heard

Hi Eric, Do the pictures you use correspond to your rating at the time? Thanks for the speedruns! They're my favorite.

@eric-rosen

4 ай бұрын

That's the idea! They don't correspond exactly, but I try to keep it somewhat close.

@Jesterian

4 ай бұрын

@@eric-rosen good to know you weren’t better than me by age 12 😆 Thanks for all your content, you’re the only chess streamer I actually watch consistently.

yay more speedrun :D

At minute 34, in the sequence that starts with the knight sacrificing on f3, I think the pawn blocking the queen would have had time to move forward thereby unblocking the queen after you move your bishop to h3

Damn, the sponsor today was mazing. "If you feel like you're in zugzwang" hits hard.

At 7:30, Rc8 is not the knockout punch people are saying. You can defend with your b pawn, and then if they react by pushing their b pawn, you can threaten a fork with your knight, winning back the material instantly. Whether or not Eric saw that… the world may never know!

I have a question on a line i saw. On the first game. @5:33 instead of queen d2 does the move knight takes pawn threatening the queen make sense as a possible for an early queen trade and if queen moves a fork of rook and bishop on d6? Too agressive?

I can hear the quack of the Goose!

I didn’t see a win but I was looking at a line in the Knight sack where you play Bh3 threatening mate in 2. Like you said you opponent can play Qc7 and Qg3 to defend, sacking the rook. But you can trade queens, take the rook and play Rd1+ to paralyse the white pieces getting ready to get your second rook into play. Worst case scenario is potentially a rook v bishop end game where the pawns should be pretty weak. Maybe not most efficient but it kills most counterplay.

Thanks!

@eric-rosen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Good matches

lets just say Nf3+ would have worked after pawn takes in the last game, what is the continuation if the pawn doesnt take and just Kh1?

Eric seems really happy in this video, if this is because rule no.3 or another reason, i am happy for him.

@debrascott8775

4 ай бұрын

He is in Bali. I'd be happy too.

I just realized upon seeing the new picture, that your nickname could be "bushy brows". ;)

Every episode Eric gets closer to my rating and I dread that I'll wind up playing him and doing some dumb blunder that'll wind up in the video.

Damn the opponent on the last game doing everything in his power and actually power through quite well and then the rook move happened. That was quite abrupt.

Wow. You missed a mate! I believe. So at 33:00 instead of rook to d1, you SAC the queen, king takes back, and then Rd1 checkmate. The move played Bc4 was top engine move, but Nf3 was a very very close 2nd best move.

Good job breaking 1250! I love this series, but if you are struggling playing real games at the top level, this series could be why. I firmly believe you play to the level of your opponents. If you are playing high rated players, you play better. If playing low rated beginners, not as well. That's my philosophy.

@debrascott8775

4 ай бұрын

Is this directed at Eric? 😂

Thanks a lot Eric! your videos are very fun to watch and instructive, best plan for the lunch break is to come here! keep it up

hi Eric, I hope you are good!

3:10 After dxe4, Bxe5, exd5, Qxd5, don't you have f5 winning the bishop on e5 by force? It's still pinned, even if the queen protects it, so you win a piece and a pawn. Am I missing something?

Love speedrunning (definitely not first😂)

Can you play the caro kann apocalypse attack?

@7:29 doesn't Bxc5 run into Rc8, skewering your two bishops, and then if Na4 to defend, b5 forks the bishop and knight?

If re1 at the end of the last game i think theres rd7 trapping the queen, and this probably makes bc4 a genius move as it sets up the queen trap

@mauer1

4 ай бұрын

queen is not trapped. but yeah it makes Bc4 guaranteeing winning the Quality.

1234 rating is so satisfying

That ad read 😂

Thank you. Cute picture too.

I love how accomplished 1200s feel when they take a hanging corner pawn. Does not matter that their king has no squares, cause they got a corner pawn.

Mate, you shouldn't be pushing Better Help. They were caught sharing sensitive user data and the FTC forced them to pay out $7.8 million. Pretty scummy thing to do to people in distress. I know you gotta make money, I just think there are probably better sponsors out there.

i think white can also respond to Nf3 with Kh1 during game 3?

I had the same hoodie as in your profile picture when I was a kid. I might actually still have it in a closet somewhere.

In the Scandy game after the black Queen moved to e7 is there anything wrong with the move Nb5 with the idea you'll take the bishop threatening both Rook and Queen whilst unleashing the dark square bishop to double control c7?

@DavidCook-pm4yf

23 күн бұрын

I guess the move Na6 would prevent c7# and then It's unclear what the Knight is doing on b5. Thanks anyway love your content.

The botex quick troll was a nice touch.

Last game last move was epic. Didnt expect something from the opponent 😢

In the line he was calculating in the last game, after rg1, can’t you play Qxg1 with Rd1# to follow?

79 winstreak? *i n t e r e s t i n g*

Chess ASMR

7:32 Though, it is too little too late. Black has Rc8 winning one bishop at least.

Opponent blunder at end of last game was disappointing. Loving the series, though. Very educational.

Who lied to you and said we were being patient with the speedrun delay? I’ll permit it this one time, Mr. Rosen.

79 win streak? Interesting.

5:25 why not knight takes e4?

26:20, actually theory there goes d5 not queen f6

I don't understand how is it that when KZreadrs play against 1200 elo players, these opponents are mild, but when I play 1000 elo players, they are experts.

Damn! Baby Eric is so cute!! I don't know who that kid was on the right tho.

As a 2000 elo player I love this series

7:31 doesn't Rc8 trap the bishop?

@vincerafaelcastro5778

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I noticed that too, he will need to give a piece back, eric would still be up a piece so it's still completely winning.

@pavlestojanovic270

4 ай бұрын

I think you can defend the bishop with the knight and then if b6 you play Ba6 attacking the rook and getting off the c file, then black only wins 2 pieces for the rook, don't know if Eric saw that

@Tom-fk3dh

4 ай бұрын

@@pavlestojanovic270 True, but if Na4 Black has b5, which is a fork. Is Na4 the move you were thinking of?

@pavlestojanovic270

4 ай бұрын

​@@Tom-fk3dhYep, Na4, is the b5 pawn not just hanging? I see Eric gives a different line in another comment, basically there's a Nd5 idea that threatens some forks on e7

34:03 sorry i actually laughed so hard idk why... Rd1!! brilliant

Eric looks like Lia from Itzy

❤

I'll tell you what, I did NOT expect Andrea Botez in this video

Interesting

Why did eric's mouse get so big at 16:10 O_O

@eric-rosen

4 ай бұрын

This is a quirk on the mac operating system. Shaking the mouse will temporarily make it bigger 😂

@epoch1414

4 ай бұрын

Ooh thank you!! xD

Game 3 - no Stafford Gambit?? Aww

Eric's sponsor ads are always too wholesome to skip ❣️ Let's go!!! Edit: 💀

@muchograndeyolatengo

4 ай бұрын

Too bad his wholesomeness is wasted on a fraudulent company :(

@mburg33

4 ай бұрын

Yea this is the 3rd time he’s took money from them and BetterHelp violated patient privacy so much they had to pay millions in fines and to the customers.

@muchograndeyolatengo

4 ай бұрын

@@mburg33 That's just the tip of the iceberg where The Federal Trade Commission had to step in and order them (on top of a huge settlement) not to sell confidential client information to Facebook, Snapchat etc.(ffs). But even before that there were tons of shady stuff going on. They had some terms of conditions hidden somewhere in fine print where no one was looking. One of those conditions (that people didn't know about) was that you weren't guaranteed a licensed or even a trained professional. You could get hooked up with a random person who's never studied or practiced psychotherapy before and had absolutely no idea what they were doing. Which resulted in a shitstorm of former clients testifying anything from unprofessional conduct to downright abuse behaviour. One girl wrote that it'll take a lot of years for her to have the courage to seek professional help again because she was so heavily traumatized by the experience. Another thing that was hidden in fine print was a ton of extra fees you'd have to pay on top of the prices advertised which resulted in people getting surprised and confused by a bunch of automatic credit card withdrawals they had absolutely no idea were coming. Pretty disgusting.

Speedrun so slow! 😂 Jk Take your time to produce gold Eric. We love it.