Attacking with the Scandinavian Defense

[@thisguy8551]

I love when he says the bishop sad when it’s blocked by a pawn

[@nisargbhatt4967]

The more I watch your videos Eric, the more I feel like you are the Bob Ross of chess - pretty relaxing to watch, and I can practice the content myself too!

[@PolrisTired]

Bob ross of chess is a wonderful comparison

[@michaelconnolly8960]

😂😂awesome

[@TheB787heavy]

Only us old people remember watching Bob Ross paint !! lmao

[@joseangel1119]

Have you seen gm Igor smirnov ?

[@anthonyvincel7266]

Eric, you have definitely grown as a streamer. As a fellow St. Louisan, I must say it gives me great joy to see you doing so well. Thank you for the memories, and here's to many more!

[@akashdtx]

Just when I needed it. I was learning more about Scandinavian. Thanks!

[@كورةاونلاين-م3غ]

Just go to chessable and show the course made by jone Bartholomew

[@Brian3xm]

You have such instructional videos from which I truly appreciate and learn. Thank you so much, Sir.

[@davidengelberts3599]

this is so funny i just watched your video about the belgrade gambit and i just randomly clicked on another one of your videos and the same resign position is on the board at the start of the video

[@chetheflin7447]

Very creative Scandinavian play, thanks!

[@manny9294]

F4 “one pawn fixing three pawns, it’s kind of sad” 😂😂😂

[@z-man1938]

I love watching your fun streaming / instructive game. Please make videos more

[@linussandstrom529]

I love u eric, if i were a richer man i would wanna have u as my coach :P

[@nickknight8065]

I've learned more middle game tactics in two weeks on Eric's channel than anywhere else on KZbin. Why didn't I sub two weeks ago? 💯

[@TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation } 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Nh5 11. Be4 Qe7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 1-0

[@Pauliezz]

Love this guy Eric,learning alot from him,love his tuition,thanks for heping us chess folks,,,your a cool guy,,,,came here frm slcc on yt,,,,cheers.

[@austinfromhouston12]

3 years later, and Siri is still failing to meet basic expectations.

[@VVoron45]

I would very much like to find out in your editorial office about the rare second moves in the Scandinavian defense.

[@Makavelit0t0]

why is the scandanavian not considerad a good opening yet people play it?

[@thelordananas1741]

good question! I am also interested since some top players play also the scandi from time to time.

[@seikosaucisse6989]

Makavelit0t0 It's a correct opening but if white plays well, he will often obtain a very good position with no risks, and i think that's why the scandinavian hasn't a good reputation at high level, but it's completely playable (Sorry if I made some mistakes, my english is not very good)

[@thelordananas1741]

@@seikosaucisse6989 But isnt that always the case for every opening...? Or do you mean, that for relativ good players this particular opening is too easy to play from the white perspective and thats the reason its not played so often? Maybe my question is silly but that may be because I have no real experience at all with the scandi... Also,... is it difficult to reach with the scandi the middle game...??? I am still looking for a black repertoire where one can reach most of the time some okay middlegame position with no risks and danger of some malicious opening traps. :D

[@seikosaucisse6989]

The Lordananas Yes, it's really easy to play for white, i've played the scandi for one year and it's difficult to win against weaker players, and against stronger players, they will have a safe position where they can press you whithout any risk. White has more space and easy plans. But it's not a bad opening at all, you have a solid position and I think that you can play it at all levels, it's just not very ambitious. But it's my opinion, try it to see yourself and play what you like, it's the most important !

[@seikosaucisse6989]

The Lordananas And sorry for you but there are malicious traps in all the openings :p

[@joseangel1119]

If he didn't blunder at the end oh no my queen was coming lol

[@jims.2783]

Okay, so at 3:43 (on move 8), instead of castling, the best move for white is Rd2. That's what Stockfish plays. At that point, black has only one move that doesn't lose instantly: Qb3. If you try to prepare a prettier looking escape for the Queen, by playing c3 first, you lose (Stockfish says +2.5, because white has killer tactics, exploiting the fact that black has no time to bring both the queen and rook to safety) So I would bet that you can win 90% of your games as white, when black develops the rook to g4 and you play the verboden, unconscionable f3 in response. Unless you're playing a master or higher, black is not gonna figure all this out. He'll just play c3, because it looks safer AND it fits in with the plan to use the Queen to attack along the diagonal, later.

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

Jim S. are u watching a different game? Where is rd2

[@GideonMcClure]

dude drew straight arrows with the knight? noice

[@LeggoMyLamb]

@Eric Rosen - I'm no expert, but I keep wondering why is the Scandi is considered a good defense. Queen is attacked multiple times while White keeps developing. Change my mind....all I know is that at my feeble ~ 1100 rating, the stats say I'm beating the Scandi handily.

[@guhmuhtruh]

What website gives you win rate stats against certain openings?

[@albertramirez1631]

The itunes hotkey is insane 💀💀

[@shivansh2413]

sir i am your bigest fan shivansh

[@genctasbasi]

06:03 I'm sorry that the iTunes is dead now, said no one ever.

[@short2go]

A LONDON PLAYER CALLING SCANDI REPETATIVE

[@israelgitlin4081]

At minute 10:00 why nit move the rook to G5

[@jeremycontreras6229]

If he moved rook to g5 it would put it in an awkward position where if white moves the pawn down, it threatens the rook. Moving the knight to e4 would also threaten it as well.

[@AbanoubMG]

That's where u left the past video

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

3:30 It seems like a threat but I don't think there are lines that can use that threat. Basically its a "mistake" moving the queen after that move. Even in this game we saw what happened just a bunch of time wasted to trade the bishops

[@emrecalk1585]

👋🏻 hey. I improved my chess with your vids my elo on chesscom has grown from 1000 to 1300 in month. I’ll keep on progress. Thanks a lot.

[@Simeon-Lev]

What’s the opening trap with the queen?

[@mikecantreed]

e4 d4 exd4 Qxd4 Nc3 h6 Nxd4 and the queen is lost

[@simohayha6031]

@@mikecantreed e4 d4 don't make sense

[@aldouscontractor8561]

@@mikecantreed lol

[@joseangel1119]

A chess game where the player moves twice after the third move would it be challengingly fun ? Lol

[@bilaltoumir4475]

Why your ideas are very simple but hard to find 🤔🤠

[@francyssalvador4835]

never play F3 :D

[@cruzer157]

Hate the scandi

[@apatheism2560]

hlo.Why dont upload complete live streaming videos in lichess on KZbin?

[@Phendoxia]

Second

[@wrathofgrothendieck]

It’s chess, all the openings are repetitive and redundant.

[@Ulujmf]

Audio to low

[@cikonianiggra1415]

Dislike. Too much talking, too slowly.

[@cellphone-electronics]

Have you ever played the scandunavian. I think u have little knowledge if it.