Black Wins Against 1.d4 | Games to Know by Heart - IM Eric Rosen

[@Zakdayak]

This is an example of a strong player who is a nice guy and who unselfishly shares his knowledge. A+

[@omarhussein5650]

Zakdayak Well he is getting payed

[@Jealod24]

It’s not unselfish because he is getting paid... and there is nothing wrong with that, he should be paid as a content creator. I think he’s very nice guy and generally nice to ppl but there are times when he is streaming in which he comes across a little full of himself while playing much lower rated opponents.

[@isaacd_13776]

AND ME you’re ridiculous if you think Eric ever comes across as full of himself

[@dnmclnnn]

@@Jealod24 I would be shocked if you have video evidence of Eric acting like anything but a humble gentleman

[@M1guel7Dias]

Somebody has a chess crush...

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

"Everyone has played black once or twice"? -Eric Rosen

[@theterriblece]

The facial expression at your pic matches the quote

[@PlatinumSpoons]

Big if true

[@mastamiagi]

I really like your teaching style, it's clear and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

[@fdllicks]

my favorite instructor. So cool! so humble!

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks!

[@jeremybowman4847]

Your demeanour is very calm, you explain chess in a way that is easily understandable. I always want to watch until the very end. It'd be really cool if you could do more lectures on your own channel. I'd be tuned in for every single one. Im just a 1500 player, 1600 on a good day. I use the London system quite frequently in my repertoire, and fail to notice some of the subtleties which you lectured on today. I've watched this video 3 times thid week, and seem to be having more success playing it. Thanks for all of your insight, it has been really helpful. Looking forward to hearing many more of your lectures. If you give private lectures via skype or face time, let me know! Thanks. Jeremy

[@timor-leste]

rip, no response after two years

[@supitschillbro]

Bring ERIC ROSEN BACK

[@acsmith1771]

GOOD NEWS

[@jimgag2]

You explain your thinking processes very clearly. Good job and thanks for posting.

[@berrieblanders9224]

I absolutely love Eric's lectures! Very interesting concepts, ideas and positions!

[@marcioaso]

I hope one day to pay a visit are the SLCC. GREAT initiative to publish their lectures on internet. I'm trying to watch everything to keep up, so there is a lot of content yet... but you are truly amazing. THANKS everybody! Greetings from Brazil.

[@theobeulakker3492]

good explanations very easy to listen to learn a lot no loud talk etc.

[@confusinglyquestionable4103]

Eric is the only chess player that I can watch for hours without zoning out. He is just so at pace with his viewers and speaks what we are thinking, makes it much more interbtaining and engaging. He is also an agressive tactical player like me so I guess that's a plus haha

[@florentingoyens7558]

You'r great Eric!

[@JosephVice]

Eric and yassar give my favorite lectures

[@electrician1602]

These videos are great. Thank you. I just discovered the beauty of a knight on e5.

[@christopherparsons3224]

I read a cool story about Capablanca and his demonstration of reciprocal thinking, when asked by a fellow player how he would solve a particular problem.

[@kingscourtchess]

People like Eric cause humanity to make real progress. Brilliant teacher!

[@MGMonasterio]

Excellent, as always, a brilliant teacher, and one of the most generous available!

[@stevenkelly3041]

Fantastic lectures, concise and informative in an original way... A great help, and inspiring. Thanks.

[@timothymcguirejr4270]

Thanks again Eric Rosen!!! You're the best!

[@coalwrd9423]

Great lesson thank you for being generous for sharing you tactics

[@enricopallazzo3244]

Rosen the Chosen is a beast.

[@EikaMikiku]

Eric Rosen is the bes

[@misomiso8228]

32:35 - why don't GM level players play that answer, and why at GM level is Black much more passive in the London system? ty great vid.

[@Eduardo-hg2bd]

Amazing! very instructive. thanks Chess Club and Scholastic Center!

[@Znmann]

Great video great teacher

[@dannytranmusic]

Eric talks about the book "Imagination in Chess" but I've found two books that include that title. One is by Paata Gaprindashvili, and the other is by C. D. Locock and Sam Sloan. Does anyone know to which book he is referring?

[@ericrosen1501]

Gaprindashvili!

[@parthamukherjee3133]

paata Gaprindashvili.

[@jonshive5482]

This is perhaps the best Eric has presented. There's nothing like describing your thought processes while you were playing the game. Downside of course is other top players may gain an advantage, as IM John Bartholomew has learned. Anyway many thanks. Btw at 18:20 what would happen after White's Qc1?

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

nothing really. play something like g5 or even b3 completely ignoring it. everything is covered and if black wants to trade off the queen for a piece, let them. they can't follow with Qe3 because it's not defended and your queen takes for free.

[@chakra123view]

Eric is an amazing teacher.. Its a pleasure to watch and learn!

[@stevefucci8538]

He is a very good teacher who teaches down to earth for the people.just learning the game of chess also for the advanced

[@phillipdurand798]

Am I the only one who thinks Eric looks like he could be Kasparov's son?

[@groussac]

He is Kasparov's son. I thought everybody knew that.

[@thomasjeffersonlipko5445]

He had to change his name from kasperov to rosen because people were harrassing him

[@MargosEntertainment]

Tbh now that you mention it..

[@brooklynbound1000]

I hope he becomes a GM one day and continues to stream.

[@PaulPuzzlerBand]

Amazing games, Fabulous Eric!

[@lefterislef5630]

I really like Eric Rosen. What a chill pleasant teacher he is!

[@livanix4211]

such a great guy, i hope he becomes a streamer/ytbr someday

[@jayr526]

Good stuff, as always. Thanx, Eric.

[@erikgrubbs4364]

Knowing your classics really helps. Once I saw the piece sac on the board I immediately thought of short vs (timman-I think) with the famous king walk.

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Thanks Eric as usual

[@gabrieldincao5749]

That book you mentioned is a fortune!!

[@Tabaskuh]

My approach to chess now has a official name "The process of guessing". Thank you, didnt know that (-:

[@vybor]

Very instructive and helpful video -- thanks.

[@martinljonsson]

Another great lecture. Highlight: This walks into, still knight d2 😁

[@Drawfill]

Black has always been the pieces i've preffered, so it's nice to get some black theory for free on YT like that. Thank you mr Rosen :)

[@martinhadleigh5890]

Good instructional video….very useful 👍

[@koushikde6869]

Great video with nice lessons about some tricky lines and traps. One thing I didn't understand in the final game, and I don't know if I'll get any elaboration here, but still want to ask hoping for an analysis. Clocked at 51:33 of this video (final game), after Black plays bxc4; White goes for the move a3. But instead it seemed to me there was an instant move for White as c7 which wins the Rook at a8 on the spot (Bxa8 or xb8 plus Queens if White moves Rb8, also Rd8+ fails for White because xd8+ plus Queening which is also a Mate in 2 for Black). So either way White should be pretty fine and have a comfortable position to play since that Light squared Black Bishop would be stuck nearby to guard Queening square C8 for the rest of the game after losing that Rook on a8. Am I missing some obvious move or was it really a Blunder from White? Can someone please explain it?

[@anandshukla5887]

Sorry for a late reply, you had to wait too long. After c7 black blocks the white Bishop with e4. Thank me later.

[@V8SupersQirreL]

Simon Williams in his London Repertoire said he plays nf3 only after black played e6, otherwise he plays nd2 first and e4 to avoid complications after Qb6 and bf4

[@harekrishnahareram5066]

Superb explanation IM honourable Eric

[@verp4779]

When you see no bad comments... well.. that’s a good sign roiiight

[@GiulioKasparov]

IM Rosen is a great chessplayer and makes Great Videos. A question: "Do you have got a Course to destroy 1 d4?

[@xtremrvolution]

great teacher!

[@leomermenang1360]

Bring eric back .!! Whos in 2018?

[@Pr0ud4ng3l]

at 18:52 why not Ne4 to block the queen coming in to e3? this also defends the bishop unless im missing something here

[@alfreedom3971]

Great job Eric! Be well, play well!

[@robjones6741]

You, sir, are an excellent teacher. Subbed ! 🤘

[@ajsdoa6282]

38:27 according to the lichess engine that is a entirely losing position for black, and the move that should be played first for white is queen takes on h5...

[@zerovolts7980]

Beautiful explanation....can u teach us caro kann defence karpo variation with black point of view

[@Ben_01]

So its awesome that you guys cover games, can you just have two teachers do live commentary as they play a game so that we know what they're thinking about and focusing on?

[@leojoseph6385]

Another excellent lesson!

[@estherezra2282]

sorry of its dumb but 9:48 cant the white queen move to d3?

[@Evidence1]

At 51:37 why not play c7?

[@chassetriel]

really interesting lecture, thank you :D

[@abhiram-iv5ee]

Super sir

[@fhadenal-mutairi3294]

i like eric rosen when his subject about opening..

[@jareencorinthianagbagala7732]

Amazing😀

[@fisher00769]

That's nice. In the first game at 16:06 I would have spent some time though in the position after you played 16... Rhe8 because it wasn't really clear to me at first why white can't just play 17. Ne4 there. It looks nice, forking the queen and the bishop, trying to eliminate one of the main causes of white's headache, but it turns out black can just sac the exchange and have an absolutely crushing attack against the king: 17... Rxe4! 18. Qxe4 Qxb2 19. Rd1 Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Ne3+ and white has to give up the queen to avoid immediate mate.

[@anzark9973]

3:20 Elephant's trap 5:54 Bishop+Night 8:19 Another trap coming 10:18 Important move

[@alexalto1021]

You are very good at explaining and ofcourse I'm great fan!

[@jagdishshukla8212]

Love u brother Eric.

[@surveil3548]

Being a pretty new follower of Eric, its kinda weird watching him do any hand gesticulation at all hahah

[@drhectoralmonte]

Great

[@dmitripisartchik1296]

Slight correction. The bishop piece is called officer or elephant in Russian. They are two different words referring to the same piece.

[@Orodin4444]

@51:36 White plays a3 here, but wouldn't c7 be better? It would be a discovered trap of the rook on a8 and black will lose material no matter what. Am I missing something?

[@FourSquares]

Bg4+

[@Shr3dderGaming]

Eric’s Ray robson variation is an idea I’ve seen before played by Dzindzicashvili if I’m not mistaken.

[@Evidence1]

What if white plays e4 instead of e3 in the first game?

[@melkamusewunet3972]

Great.

[@andrewmays3988]

Meet and watch your future world champion.....and a true gentleman!!!😇

[@Patrick-u3h3d]

16:00 onwards.... does white not have Ne4? eventually trading off knight for dark squared bishop?

[@eric-rosen]

Good question! After Ne4 Qxf5 Nxc5 Qxc5 it is very difficult for white to stop threats of Nd3 and Nc2

[@Patrick-u3h3d]

makes sense, thanks for clarifying!

[@boopathisairaju6173]

thanx bro

[@brandonbreaker7390]

good vid thanks

[@briankemery459]

There may be a common cause for it being called the elephant trap and the russian word for elephant being the same as bishop: iirc, bishops were originally called elephants in chataranga.

[@99baji99]

Yay! Lots of Noteboom ideas in that last one!

[@sunsidhe]

Show the quick win John Fedorowicz v Rosen.

[@acelito5033]

at 28:05 what happens after kd1

[@StankPlanks]

Great lesson mate, thankyou!

[@bveencamp3538]

I would like to know why at 51:32 you dont play c7 with the white pawn. You are almost guaranteed to not get a queen out of it, but itt wins the black rook no matter what.

[@SlowedReverbMafia]

I thought of that too but then I saw Ng4 threatens the fork on Nf2 winning a pawn + rook; unfortunately, that isn't quite good when white moves the rook out of the way. They other idea is Bg4+ giving the rook room to move to safety or possibly even attack the pass pawn and ultimately winning the pawn which isn't favorable for white.

[@bveencamp3538]

Miguel Oyler-Castrillo thats why you move the pawn first then the rook forcing the same position. Say if pawn c7, then knight f4, rook e1 still leaves black rook hanging with no compensation.

[@SlowedReverbMafia]

again if c7 then Bg4+, white has to either move his king or block with bishop thereby giving black a tempo for the rook to escape and either move elsewhere, blockade the pawn, etc. So basically Bg4 check is the only thing keeping black from this disastrous situation

[@eric-rosen]

Correct! c7 will simply lose a pawn to Bg4+

[@القناهالاسمائيه]

Very gooood explanation❤❤

[@vortexkd]

how's QC1 for white at 18:50? it defends E3 from the black queen....

[@alext5497]

vortexkd Im looking at Qc1 Be3 Qb1 Bb6 Qc1 Qc5

[@adolfosamson1939]

I like your way of tutoring chess game.

[@zanti4132]

In the Robson game, since White is a piece up, can he try sacrificing a piece to get the rook out of his tomb? For example, in the position at 54:29, I'm thinking play Ra3 with the idea Bxc4 followed by Rxb3 and the rook escapes.

[@kuhnsanuk]

You cite the book, Imagination In Chess. Is this the book by Paata Gaprindashvili or by C.D. Locock?

[@lordofblood2024]

He is an IM but he teaches better than a GM. Big fan! 🙏

[@yahya89able]

Very decent mr Rozen

[@thetransferaccount4586]

nice games to know by heart actually

[@MilkCheaks]

40:40 what about g6?

[@georgiboynov6677]

15:55 what about Knight E4 ??

[@eric-rosen]

Re8 looks like crushing response

[@fullglorywr8322]

Love to see the enthusiasm of Eric in this video. That’s basically what I’m like when explaining ways on how to stay in shape in the gym. Nice video. 😄

[@mharing]

Thank for the lecture! 🤙🏽 Could you reference the author of the book Imagination in Chess please? 📚

[@peterfarleigh6314]

Who is the author of Imagination in Chess?

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

Eric "Oh no, my Queen!" Rosen ❤

[@SomeDumbTrucker]

Alot of people come ty videos from here, and for thati thank you. my tutorials are paying off.

[@shanelevene4864]

Whatever it is, this guy's got it! I could just sit here and watch his hair grow. What a fascinating specimen. You can feel his brain bubbling away, a soup of squares and letters and numbers, traps and pins and reveals. This is one guy you'd not want to bump into down a dark alley with a stolen chess set. He'd have ya cuffed, bent over the bins and mated in seconds. Hmmm, I'm thinking a Chess Super Hero of sorts. The world sure as hell could do with one just now. A rogue chess nut who has flipped out and taken to riding the shadows of the night. A bounty on his head from just about every chess club in the country; online vigilante groups hunting him down with hundreds of pages of old chat logs; an innovcent man whose only crime was declining a Queen's Gambit against the wrong guy. Jeez, I could really be onto something here. A black skintight lycra suit with a silver King emblem across the chest... a pawn on each knee... a chequered cloak . How about a pair of rocket boots in the shape of Castles? A back story of how he lost his toes to an evil chess baron! A modern home invasion story with a twist! O, this is my Eureka moment and it happened in a KZbin comment section - how totally modern. Your move chap...

[@Synky]

ur comment has me dieing

[@Asdayasman]

Reading this comment instantly aged me 50 years put me in a home