Beating Everyone with the Same Opening Trap (Stafford Gambit)

[@eric-rosen]

SEQUEL: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXLQdI2XftOMppY

[@ninjaostrich2837]

ok

[@mariochartouni]

Based

[@uzking1140]

3liked 3comment

[@MM-uv7pi]

Me be stupido but why dont they just take the horsey looking thing at g4?

[@stetsoncase7970]

i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account? I somehow lost my password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.

[@GingerMathematician]

One of my students mentioned the Stafford Gambit so was curious to check it out... thanks for the video 🙂

[@qodbop425]

Hei u are my teacher

[@GingerMathematician]

@@qodbop425 Really?

[@qodbop425]

@@GingerMathematician yes i am

[@GingerMathematician]

@@qodbop425 Don't recognise the username!

[@migs6674]

Hei I am ur teacher

[@GaryTheGray]

I was at work and couldn't take part in the chat massacre, so again, thanks for uploading these gems to KZbin. It's appreciated.

[@thepapakush5251]

I’ll

[@duffin3503]

Reading the chat was so freaking funny. After the game I just saw a comment run by really quick that just said “White plays checkmate” and it made me laugh soooooo hard I snorted

[@philipjoswick2067]

What app is he playing on?

[@SenzuBeaner]

Take that shit

[@juanandrescavallin6107]

Chat had to have been trolling

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

This opening is now a meme literally every time I attempt it nobody takes e4.

[@pinpunch]

this.

[@rainbowarts6071]

Yea

[@leadnitrate2194]

No, they take on e5 but they don't take the knight on c6.

[@Bremontval]

@@leadnitrate2194 Hi I got the same problem most of the time they don't take the knight !!!

[@57thorns]

Because taking e5 is a bad move, you lose tempo. Guard e4 instead and keep developing your pieces.

[@jassagao694]

I remember back when i was 400 elo I get frustruated because my opponent didn't move the way I wanted them to move according to this video. good times!

[@jivan5956]

What's the best opening?

[@krix17]

@@jivan5956 cock gambit

[@kalistoo]

@@jivan5956 😂

[@ponmuthusenthilkumar]

@@jivan5956 vienna

[@broek6075]

​@@jivan5956your mom's

[@joshuawall2590]

when you're rated 930 in bullet this gambit is like a free win.

[@nikolson191]

Low rated players usually don't fall into this because they don't know enough opening theory. Usually only 1400+ player know that the best move in Russian Game is to play Nxe5, which is required to create a Stafford Gambit.

[@balto2455]

@@nikolson191 exactly. im 1100 and still a lot of players dont take the free pawn

[@MasterBronzeElite]

I'm 1000 in bullet and this does not work lol

[@joshuawall2590]

@@MasterBronzeElite The Stafford Gambit has multiple lines and several traps that anyone below 1500 in bullet can fall for. It's definitely a free win unless you don't know what you're doing.

[@MasterBronzeElite]

@@joshuawall2590 first off, not everyone starts with e4 in low rank. Second off, no one takes the free pawn.

[@Pzychotix]

Haha, chat is so bad. Also, I was in chat...

[@virenkundnani5320]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thebluesmurfdude]

Same 😂😂 this is what happens when you don’t pay attention to the Stafford gambit xD

[@Hasan...]

You're making fun of yourself!

[@landonphemister3941]

Beat me to it😂😂😂

[@pinchus2714]

Same, I asked him not to make fun of us :(

[@pdpgrgn]

I won two quick games yesterday with Stafford Gambit after Eric's last video of Titled Arena warmup. Thank you Eric. You are my favorite chess KZbinr

[@justinfoley7136]

Not samay

[@Justthinkalittle]

I dont understand opening game. Why not just take the knight with the pawn?

[@optimchs]

@@Justthinkalittle if you take knight with pawn, black retakes with pawn then mates with queen and rook anyways

[@stefanodiomede5397]

At 6:29 white move e5, after bishop for knight, after tower e1 black loose the queen. If knight take e5 bishop take h5

[@katherinebrown2841]

Why doesn’t white pawn just take black Queen?

[@youknowwho_sid]

6:31 “can you flip the board“ 😂😂😂

[@EarlOfWarwick1561]

Answers to everyone's questions in the comments: Q: Why can't white play pawn takes knight on g4? A: After black responds pawn takes pawn on g4, it's mate in 4 for black, see 8:55 (Keep watching from this timestamp if you want to see other ways to defend that also fail, and also the best moves to play in the position) Q: After queen takes g3 check, why can't white take the queen with the f2 pawn? A: That move is illegal. Moving the f-pawn puts white in check from black's bishop on c5, see 0:46

[@Sid0419]

Thanks that helped

[@pavellambracht5823]

Thanks for explaining!

[@ar1590]

Oh i see. Im going to try this gambit :)

[@Fahimlol]

Moving f2 pawn is like king sacrifice

[@lemurwatch2928]

At 0.09 why can't white push pawn at e4

[@incription]

8:08 the one guy trying to sql inject the bot

[@nahilismail3144]

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

[@R3MIXMODZ]

@@ImaginaryHuman072889 a SQL injection is altering/receiving any information to/from a database using sql statements that were unintended. So yes, this would be a sql injection.

[@pk-fi1ok]

wow u got some eye!!! lol .))))

[@oliviapg]

Little Bobby Tables at it again

[@eshaangupta4101]

😂

[@DerangedAussieMan]

I think the reason why the Stafford Gambit works so well is because the correct way to play looks dangerous and sketchy, whereas the dangerous/sketchy way to play seems like the natural and most solid way. It's super counterintuitive. It's very tempting for white to castle kingside because it just looks so natural and obvious. Otherwise, your king is going to stay in the centre for several moves. But it's very tough to play pawn to c3 instead, because it effectively means that not only is your king stuck in the centre, but you've also made queenside castling less appealing, due to moving the c-pawn. So it seems like the most dangerous move, and yet it is the safest move.

[@derekliu793]

also instead of g3, e5 is really strong

[@m4rk0b0y]

Ppl were trolling

[@adamgardener8624]

You spell center centre

[@kenneththorberg6914]

@@adamgardener8624 And you spell center center.

[@adamgardener8624]

@@kenneththorberg6914 hahahah yep

[@iminatx3879]

I’ve been seeing the Stafford Gambit over and over for the last couple of days on lichess despite having seen it only one or two times before, and now I know why. You’re quite influential, Eric!

[@SaintDeezy]

imagine being that 2100 getting called a 1600. Damn bruh he's gonna have nightmares now.

[@G82Jesse]

0:29 Why wouldn't he just take with the pawn? What am I missing??? WHY AM I SO BAD edit: nvm I see it now. Pesky bishops way in the corner sniping you.

[@afryandichristianto2930]

Can't if the pawn take the knight, the black's pawn will take the white's pawn, and clear way for the black's rook which can protect the queen in the next move, another checkmate. The best move i think is to trade bishop and knight

[@gtabworld]

Still don't get why pawn didn't take queen on 0:29 can someone explain?

[@G82Jesse]

@@gtabworld Bishop on C5 prevents that pawn from moving. It would be a discovery check.

[@dabananasauce7610]

@@gtabworld the pawn on f7 is pinned to the king so they can't take

[@sweetpumpkinhmm5004]

0:20 Plsss somebody explain why he doesn't take the knight on b3???

[@eric-rosen]

Even more traps in the Stafford Gambit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHnCl5ynobGjaLc

[@alihouadef5539]

Déjà vu, not déjà vous 😉

[@odiabharibadhia88]

Please challenge vidit or AD of India also welcome to Samay channel

[@rainbowarts6071]

Nice bro 👏👍

[@abrahamgraham331]

Can someone please tell me how black can win if pawn takes knight on g4

[@mrceadge]

Thanks for the video, really want to try this opening now!

[@MarkoMood]

8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" spot on comment XD

[@lalad0]

x')

[@aa01blue38]

8:36

[@timnauwelaers6876]

Hahahhah legend

[@arunimachakraborty4596]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@spiffy269]

genijalno hahaha

[@ezekiel7061]

LMAO when the chat frantically typed "RESIGN"

[@slipksizz6039]

I searched for a trap beat and managed to get to Beating Everyone with the Same Opening Trap

[@matthewverfuerth151]

Wow, such an unstoppable series of moves and difficult to see the threat! Ty for sharing for us amateur chess players!

[@verne51]

Seems like a huge gamble hoping like fuck he castles the wrong way

[@rekingooo]

I feel like you made chat castle by saying they don't know how to write it correctly. Real smart

[@azcac8349]

No if you look at the chat you can see them typing O-O which doesnt work

[@malonchirara813]

@@azcac8349 even so, he still got some who wanted to prove they could to do so

[@NobuNobuSimp]

@@azcac8349 The mod in chat said they fixed that though.

[@makaveliaddicted]

@@azcac8349 b

[@unnamedC]

Poor Eric was so disappointed in twitch chat falling for the same gambit 😂

[@Tempusverum]

Chat was full of chess rubes and trolls

[@yugioh8810]

jesus man how can no one see that chat was trolling lmao

[@YAHOOISNOTG]

the chat was obviously trolling, guess being good in chess doesnt make you smart in general XD

[@lorrie14uwavila0nx9]

"I'm guessing 1600..... ooohh 2100" eric why you gotta burn him like that

[@A7MDRetr0]

@@lorrie14uwavila0nx9 man i saw that joke already in the comments

[@PolyGrapheneee]

Eric: "chat shows what are the most common moves" Chat: "haha king goes to e2 Ke2 Ke2 Ke2..."

[@CommaanderTaaco]

You forget that many people don't know how pieces maneuver

[@sadrevolution]

@@CommaanderTaaco Nah, they're just having some fun.

[@CommaanderTaaco]

@@sadrevolution that's true

[@vrvr6263]

@ 6:04 king to e2 isn’t allowed. Why?

[@player-hw7pe]

@@vrvr6263 there was a bishop in e2, so the king couldn’t move to e2

[@kurze3215]

10:05 Eric: That’s “probably” KZbin worthy *2.3 million views later*

[@chriscruciat2469]

I tried this for the past 2 weeks and no one is falling for it. I guess they’ve all watched your video 😏😂

[@burrri]

0:33 you can literally see the disappointment in Eric's face 🤣

[@Daniele.Rossini]

he was more like enjoyed than disappointed...

[@brianingle799]

At 7:00 he’s really disappointed 😂

[@dudemanaric]

@JD_Hollet his black bishop is there putting king in check

[@kyleangelocastro9460]

@@dudemanaric pinning is the correct term

[@Rommerio007]

the disappointed tone in his voice when chat played g3 and he said "especially like when I'm playing against my own twitch chat" lmao

[@imrehidvegi6033]

8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" spot on comment XD

[@kenneththorberg6914]

@@imrehidvegi6033 It depends , let´s say that his twitch chat was just a bunch of chess pro´s , then democracy would make sense obviously , if you get my point.

[@thathighguy8624]

Eric you’re posting my favourite opening what if my friends see this and I can’t use it anymore!! Love the upload

[@matthewbiggin9887]

I don’t know how you managed this so much Eric. I literally tried 40 matches in a row with black and not one single time did my opponent play the moves that would have allowed me to do this. It looks awesome though.

[@ScorpionKing1980]

What's your rating?

[@matthewbiggin9887]

@@ScorpionKing1980 1386

[@ScorpionKing1980]

@@matthewbiggin9887 well, those moves are for low rated... the higher your rating will be, the less you'll see opponents playing those moves.

[@matthewbiggin9887]

@@ScorpionKing1980 no because I've played loads against low rated opponents, and the computer, to try to get this outcome. Almost 100 matches now as black, and not a single one has had these exact moves. I've had some very nearly's though!

[@ar3uuu]

Sir, I want to thank you so much for uploading this video to youtube. Because of you, I managed to won a round in a chess tournament today. Again, thank you.

[@surrender9001]

Silly chat. I absolutely, positively, would not have fallen for that three times in one day without learning my lesson. Really. Please believe me.

[@francescof3267]

Have you watched the whole 6 hours long stream ?

[@surrender9001]

@@francescof3267 I watched most of it live. I slept for an hour or so during though.

[@Tempusverum]

Chat proves the reason why people can’t have nice things

[@derekliu793]

of course you wouldn't, youre a youtube viewer and we have unlimited access to rosen lessons

[@willdavid3501]

We believe you

[@Musicrafter12]

I love how at 1:21 the top game on the list in the lichess database is literally the one you just finished playing 5 seconds ago

[@Exayevie]

This new chess player just found her first favorite line.

[@TheNoobsteak]

Castling early seems sound in theory but then you've chosen a side for them to target.

[@vekyll]

It was a long time ago, but our chess instructor explicitly said that circles in castling notation are letters, not numbers. PGN agrees, at least according to Wikipedia. I think Mr. Chat really should accept O-O too. :-) 6:47 Now you know how I feel every time after the exam. _I covered the exact same thing in lecture last week! Weren't you there?!_ :-D

[@jimgrude]

I was at 799 for rapid, and decided to try this. The position was slightly different, but it still worked, helping me break 800 for the first time. Awesome trick, and easy to memorize for noobs like me.

[@liudvikassablauskas1950]

"tebahpla" amazing

[@jonnamechange6854]

MD Amazing

[@redace4821]

Got damn that Opening game was so fast, I look away for like 5 seconds and already here the winning sound

[@rosengigi2211]

I'm so lost. I'm getting to understanding chess with your channel. 😊

[@AM_-wg1hj]

That first game reminded me of that tragedy video when he was on a winning streak

[@TymexComputing]

The opening book at lichess will show up that mainly Eric Rosen wins in Stafford gambit accepted or he just chooses the correct oponents to play that way :)

[@breezeb8720]

Eric is such a polite tormentor

[@joseblanco9045]

Beautiful Sir . I’ll use it in my next tournament in Mexico. That’s awesome, Thanks.

[@cephastay2144]

Hello GM Eric. I watched your video on the London system with st. Louis chess club and I've been playing that with significant progress. Thanks

[@UnemployedPlantGuy]

I love coming here and learning some new off-meta strategy, now can i apply it......

[@12Bore]

This is my go to trap...i reach this position from sicilian queen Q7 and english Qc2..and IMs FMs 2400s all have fallen for this in bullet blitz rapid etc.. thanks for teaching a different way to reach the same position Eric sir..

[@victoryender2284]

Minimalistic editting and calm personality. Noice

[@claudiocastro5487]

Here after watching the Queens Gambit

[@jaspermanda7301]

Nothing I guess

[@LethalStickZ]

@@yubnub3000 I’m addicted to chess now after watching it lol

[@CheeseBurgerBurglar]

I still haven't seen most of it. I used to play a lot of chess in grade school but my friends just got me back into playing

[@gavin5410]

H3 IS BLUNDER "Ah, h3 is actually good move"

[@niveous5392]

I wonder why everyone ends up with the same moves, you’d think they’d deviate. Good trap though

[@dormetheus]

Doesn't seem like good moves. Why would you castle into a threat?

[@kenneththorberg6914]

@@dormetheus That´s because it´s not that obvious if you´re not familiar with it.

[@smexyapman]

chat falling for the trap and trying to resign was so dam funny

[@donkbonktj5773]

I am pretty confident to say that they purposely fell for the trap.

[@nevinkuser9892]

2:54 "I just wanna play the stafford gambit" lololz😂

[@dalriada]

"Oh. 2100." The most withering neg I have ever heard. Rosen is a master of understated trash talk.

[@LostSymbolic]

Could you do a full opening video on the Stafford gambit? It's so fascinating!

[@LarisaCarliArt]

omg this actually worked, played three games after watching the video, one walked right into it 😂 it makes sense though since the moves are really intuitive after taking that pawn

[@baillargeonnmario345]

Thanks Eric! I managed to beat a couple of opponents with this openning.

[@kevinesquivel221]

Maybe it's just me but I think you look like David Krumholtz in the early 2000s. Great game and commentary, keep it up!

[@bobmamurov5027]

Well, everyone needs to watch this :) I've just had a game where my opponent played exactly as in your games with white... LOL

[@doji-san]

10 hours later!! Feels like a Spongebob episode with Patrick! LOL

[@enrichissez-vous9468]

I'm French and I love how you pronounce "déjà vu" :) Thank you for the trap, I'll try it soon.

[@bigcaptainschannel]

I enjoyed this video. Very instructive. Keep up the good work.

[@saifchowdhury3581]

The excitement in this video is palpable.

[@thelacedog1915]

How did chat not remember the move that he showed on stream 6 hours ago that's unbelievable

[@splenden2235]

They did, they were trolling

[@sephyy.c5360]

8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" LMAO

[@JBrad-ht2sx]

Hey Eric, love your content. I was wondering if one day you could make a video using the Reti opening? I'm a beginner in chess but for whatever reason I'm really drawn to that opening. Keep up the great work.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I'd never learned about this trap, but also, I barely play chess. So that made it very cool to see!

[@worldchesschampionship5249]

There are many methods and tricks of chess, thank you for teaching. There are many people who do not know

[@krishna1surujdeo187]

At 7:04 why didn't they just use the pawn to kill the queen? Am I missing something? (Not the best at chess, haven't played that much)

[@itzzmatt848]

Its pinned by the bishop at c5

[@jamiewarren2307]

As itzzmatt said it's a pin. The pawn on f2 cannot move because moving it would cause white to move into check from black's bishop on c5. I am also bad at chess but learning piece pins has won me a few of the disaster matches me and my friends play against eachother 🤣

[@Thomassantucci]

Did I search for this? Absolutely not Did I exit the video? Absolutely not Why? In case I choose to pick up chess for the first time in my life

[@Quillar1]

I like the part where he said "its chessing time" and chessed all over the board

[@zameytmoliveshow7130]

I’m a Beginner in 2022 and after watching your moves I’m now graduating to a pro

[@cagnusmarlsen5490]

Bruh hes so humble like he casually destroys someone and then hes like "that was nice" like what? He sounds so calm too

[@angeladyson7367]

It would be great to see this in slow motion 😁

[@nishanperera6874]

wtf wdym?

[@ErikvO]

Hey Eric, have you seen "5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel" yet? So far I've only seen more general gaming youtubers play it, I'd really like to see what an IM can do with it.

[@flyingkillercob]

WGM Qiyu Zhou (akanemsko on twitch) played it and it blew her mind

[@ErikvO]

@@flyingkillercob Thanks, I'll check it out.

[@PsychoKern]

0:30 Why can't the white pawn in top left by bishop and cannon just eat the queen instead????

[@ethank2463]

Because there is a black bishop diagonally across from it and if the pawn is moved, the bishop would take the king, so you can’t move the pawn in order to protect the king and block the bishop from attacking the king.

[@hairohukosu433]

@DoLLaR Sign OG's ok meanie

[@doraorak]

Eric: Mates 2 people using the same method Chat during the match: I am gonna pretend i did not see that.

[@dullknife0490]

7:24 all the resigning was so funny LMAOOO

[@alexkeen5113]

Saying 'alphabet' backwards in 2 seconds is a measure of this man's genius.

[@omrisamia1002]

He got it wrong

[@SawHanSay]

Tebahpla

[@michaelbrantley6039]

At like 1:35 why does white pawn not take queen to get out of check? Why is that mate?

[@Phlample]

The pawn was pinned to the king because of the black bishop on c5

[@michaelbrantley6039]

@@Phlample thank you. I'm a casual. I felt dumb after posting this I went back and saw it.

[@joeyjiggles77]

Eric: beating everyone within 10 moves Me who blunders on move one

[@Tweetogreggieb59]

Two thumbs up👍👍, best black work Ive seen in awhile. Host & Video recommended for like minded individuals. 🧐

[@meokbye]

Nothing like a spot of fishing, love the variation.

[@diegofloor]

We all know crowds are only good at coordinating when it comes to memes and jokes. Obviously they were seeing how many times they could get the same outcome.

[@cristiantigan7731]

0:24 I don’t understand why the pawn just doesn’t take the knight

[@1wolfe980]

At about 8:45 he goes over the line

[@alxswb6817]

The pawn is pinned by the bishop on c 5

[@thehumanpractice2985]

@@alxswb6817 They mean hxNg4

[@bronsonking5090]

Why don’t they take the knight at g4 with the pawn? I know there is a reason but I feel dumb Edit: Can’t white take out the queen with the pawn at f2?

[@diremist2826]

The H4 pawn can't capture the knight, as it would be recaptured by the H5 pawn, opening up the H-file which would still threaten Queen H2 mate as it would be protected by the rook, and the F2 pawn can't capture the Queen as it is pinned by the Bishop.

[@bronsonking5090]

@@diremist2826 ohhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes a lot more sense, thank you for opening my eyes!

[@Komyets]

Wow I was about to ask the same thing about the white pawn not attacking the black queen. It is true, black bishop would get an opening go the white king in that case. Thanks for explaining!

[@damiendupa2389]

Thanks! I can take a good advantage of all my opponents who use this gambit with the proper refutation, free win for me as white 😀

[@TasteTestBattles]

He was correct, you really can beat everyone.

[@Thedogthatscool]

Im just surprised this man played chest for more then 7 hours 🤣

[@FayazPA]

@6:40 chat never learns...

[@colinsteele9733]

You have to try 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel on stream one day

[@baphnie]

Okay, I want to get into this game. Subbed.

[@petermccabe9529]

I think it would be great if during one of these games against the chat-team, somebody on the chat posted "Oh no, my queen!"

[@Chuuniboy]

Everyone learned a valuable a lesson.. never accept the Stafford gambit

[@WaterCursed]

Why didn't white in the first game take the knight? 0:22

[@same9322]

The black pawn takes white pawn then queen h2 is checkmate because it gives the rook and opening

[@WaterCursed]

@@same9322 aha, now I get it. :D Thanks mate! *pun not intended*

[@alexanderphilips1101]

Now i am sort of a noob at chess even through ive been playing for 10 years, but why didnt he take the queen at 00:30

[@sksinha9609]

The pawn was pinned as it was protecting the king from the bishop :)

[@alexanderphilips1101]

@@sksinha9609 damn i didnt see that😂

[@alekob.3791]

Essentially just a spicy fishing pole trap

[@SuperYoonHo]

Thank you so much!!!

[@kevinreyeskev2475]

6:46 he looks so disappointed at his twitch chat

[@RubyPiec]

"We should ban king e2" what if its midgame

[@adamfruhauf5699]

@0:30 Wait, how did the opposing player not take his Queen with the pawn on F row. Do you have to move the king when in check? I thought you could capture the threat in any way possible and carry on. Edit: Nevermind, there's the bishop at c5. Clever, damn.