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

International Master Eric Rosen equips you with some openings for Black against 1.d4. See games where Black wins when White opens with the queen pawn.
2017.05.11
Kameron Tolliver vs. Eric Rosen, 2017: D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora vs Viktor Laznicka, Chess Olympiad (2010): D02 Queen's bishop game
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Jennifer R Yu vs Anna Sharevich, US Championship (Women) (2017): D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
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Allan Stig Rasmussen vs Ray Robson, Arctic Chess Challenge (2009): E04 Catalan, open, 5.Nf3
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[@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

[@fdllicks]

my favorite instructor. So cool! so humble!

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks!

[@mastamiagi]

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

[@supitschillbro]

Bring ERIC ROSEN BACK

[@acsmith1771]

GOOD NEWS

[@jimgag2]

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

[@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

[@yai4486]

@@timor-leste this isn't eric's channel it's the st louis chess club so chances of him seeing it are slim

[@berrieblanders9224]

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

[@stevenkelly3041]

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

[@florentingoyens7558]

You'r great Eric!

[@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.

[@electrician1602]

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

[@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

[@theobeulakker3492]

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

[@jayr526]

Good stuff, as always. Thanx, Eric.

[@timothymcguirejr4270]

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

[@chakra123view]

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

[@MGMonasterio]

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

[@PaulPuzzlerBand]

Amazing games, Fabulous Eric!

[@Eduardo-hg2bd]

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

[@coalwrd9423]

Great lesson thank you for being generous for sharing you tactics

[@robjones6741]

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

[@vybor]

Very instructive and helpful video -- thanks.

[@JosephVice]

Eric and yassar give my favorite lectures

[@kingscourtchess]

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

[@chassetriel]

really interesting lecture, thank you :D

[@reza6718]

Great video great teacher

[@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.

[@martinhadleigh5890]

Good instructional video….very useful 👍

[@leojoseph6385]

Another excellent lesson!

[@alexalto1021]

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

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Thanks Eric as usual

[@StankPlanks]

Great lesson mate, thankyou!

[@eika6814]

Eric Rosen is the bes

[@xtremrvolution]

great teacher!

[@harekrishnahareram5066]

Superb explanation IM honourable Eric

[@alfreedom3971]

Great job Eric! Be well, play well!

[@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

[@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.

[@user-vl7dm9uj1t]

Very gooood explanation❤❤

[@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.

[@livanix4211]

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

[@enricopallazzo3244]

Rosen the Chosen is a beast.

[@lefterislef5630]

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

[@gabrieldincao5749]

That book you mentioned is a fortune!!

[@zerovolts7980]

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

[@martinljonsson]

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

[@brandonbreaker7390]

good vid thanks

[@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 :)

[@adolfosamson1939]

I like your way of tutoring chess game.

[@99baji99]

Yay! Lots of Noteboom ideas in that last one!

[@33ksubscribe7videos-publicpain]

I like your teaching style sir

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks!

[@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. 😄

[@jareencorinthianagbagala7732]

Amazing😀

[@boopathisairaju6173]

thanx bro

[@brooklynbound1000]

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

[@GiulioKasparov]

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

[@jagdishshukla8212]

Love u brother Eric.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@abhiram-iv5ee]

Super sir

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Bring eric back .!! Whos in 2018?

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Great.

[@drhectoralmonte]

Great

[@mizochess7344]

Very interesting

[@fhadenal-mutairi3294]

i like eric rosen when his subject about opening..

[@Tabaskuh]

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

[@thetransferaccount4586]

nice games to know by heart actually

[@Shr3dderGaming]

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

[@andrewmays3988]

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

[@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

[@kuhnsanuk]

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

[@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..

[@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

[@surveil3548]

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

[@dmitripisartchik1296]

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

[@mharing]

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

[@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...

[@estherezra2282]

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

[@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.

[@SomeDumbTrucker]

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

[@user-pj2lv5ev1q]

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

[@user-pj2lv5ev1q]

makes sense, thanks for clarifying!

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

Eric "Oh no, my Queen!" Rosen ❤

[@ryanhalpert9245]

I know I’m new, but what if black to move, what if white Qc1, how does the mate end for black?

[@verp4779]

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

[@deddymokoginta3229]

Good teachers

[@sunsidhe]

Show the quick win John Fedorowicz v Rosen.

[@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

[@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.

[@onyinye8459]

plsssssss make a video of King's Indian Attack. And if u r can u plsssssss be the host cus u r the best

[@janodiaz92]

39:50 why not bishop f1 to rotate to D3 and launch an attack on black's pawn H7... kinda newbie over here, but wouldnt that force a rook B5 exchange and undermine blacks attack or get black into mate in a few moves?

[@thenateyoulove]

I love eric rosen

[@RB-pn6wn]

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

[@Evidence1]

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

[@TheKrazyLobster]

Eric is such a treasure

[@Evidence1]

At 51:37 why not play c7?

[@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.

[@anzark9973]

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

[@shinjinator100]

if you study computer moves and use them online would you get banned? Because how does the system know

[@sam-bf6nv]

I mean that's just preparation so why should u get banned