CHESS 3.0 IS HERE! (Duck Spell Chess)

[@chess]

I like to imagine the duck has a little wizard hat

[@epicnongamer3592]

Oh hi chess

[@Frousted]

didn't expect for the board game to be here

[@NbNgMOD]

Easy for the embodiment of a chess piece to say

[@m3talh3ad18]

Lichess better

[@NbNgMOD]

@@m3talh3ad18 better for what? Ego trips? Dopamine hits?

[@MarcFromBerryland]

10:35 "If I freeze take and then duck" This is a phrase I never thought I would ever hear on a chess stream.

[@EDoyl]

If duck chess can have duckmate and spell chess can have freeze mate, winning normal chess must surely be called chessmate.

[@Starwort]

That's just when you play with Australians

[@GoldfishEmpire]

And winning in checkers is checkmate!

[@joeljohn839]

Duckchess has quackmate 🦆

[@UltraLuigi2401]

That logic would only work if spell chess had spell mate. Since it's "freeze mate", it's clear that the term has to do with the method of mate, not the name of the game. In normal chess, mate is delivered through check, hence "checkmate".

[@ichderlvki6635]

That's actually how it is in German. Chess and Check are both "Schach" following that Checkmate is Schachmatt is Chessmate

[@MrCheeze]

Something I always hope to see with variants like this is longer time controls, feels like the time scrambles always start when things are just getting interesting.

[@KQDUDE]

Agreed. Maybe just higher increment would help

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

Yeah, playing such a complex variant for the first time with 5 minutes is silly

[@VVeZoX]

That’s not the variant’s fault, that’s the players fault for agreeing to such a short time control

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

@@VVeZoX , who's said anything about fault, though?

[@Quedsedash]

rare megalovania man sighting

[@ModernArtery]

"I'm not sure if we can freeze a duck, but let's find out." -Eric Rosen, 2023

[@michael_betts]

I like the duck making it more defensive while the spells make it more offensive.

[@SlumberSnug]

Thanks so much for everything you do. Your videos are always instructive and entertaining. If you're ever interested in a new off beat opening that rivals the Bongcloud, consider the Salt Shaker. 1.Na3 2. Rb1 (and 3. Nh3 4. Rg1 if you hate winning)

[@Ichthyodactyl]

Something kind of funny about this is that Spell Chess kind of devalues the Knight since it can't benefit from the Jump spell but Duck Chess kind of overvalues the Knight since it can't be blocked by the Duck (except on the space where it would land). I'm not sure how valuable the Knight is in this mode but it's interesting to think about.

[@MatsMatsuo]

Knights are better in the endgame I guess, xD since you run out of jumps, but not out of ducks

[@Ichthyodactyl]

@@MatsMatsuo Probably true.

[@mikebaker2436]

When I was younger, we played a variant that was normal chess, but you can take your own pieces. It sounds dumb, but there are surprise tricky situations and sacs that you don't see in other games. 😅

[@m13253]

1. Kxe2 (Accelerated Bongcloud gambit, r/AnarchyChess variant.)

[@brighamaldrich]

Thanks for the games Eric!

[@andrewsemenenko8826]

Gg. But please don't stream snipe next time😉

[@brighamaldrich]

@andrewsemenenko8826 I always mute when playing someone who is streaming but I appreciate the concern

[@magodaairfryer]

I am very curious on how you did Thais variant

[@LostFragss]

​@@brighamaldrich" trust me bro"

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

@@brighamaldrich judging by the timing of the candidate moves you probably would make that Eric is mentioning, it did seem like you were stream sniping, but im guessing ur being honest

[@somezw]

I like how this has nearly 2500 possible moves per turn now which is even higher than the most complex of board games

[@HenryFromCentrelink]

18:46 I spotted the nastiest tactic Eric could have done. You freeze the queen and bishop, play queen takes E4 and, duck to E2.

[@Worldsportstalk24]

That’s cool but what if opponent just counterfreezes?

[@stevejohn7459]

15:03 Eric Rosen almost hanged his queen if his opponent’s jump spell is ready because this really would be the accidental Botez Gambit Accepted, is his opponent’s jump spell is ready and if they know to jump take the queen and block with the duck. Opponent was too unlucky for being 1 away from almost getting a free queen.

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Now we need Duck Spell Bughouse 4-Player Fog of War 960 Fairy Chess with En Passant being forced.

[@VariantChessDaily]

agreed

[@AlanAC22]

I need a 10 hours video about this

[@Amoongusss]

The ultimate chessform.

[@VariantChessDaily]

100%

[@sam-zi9zw]

at 14:37 you could've played Qh4 and duck g3. Opponent has no spells and is forced to move the duck and his king so you jump and win the queen.

[@rcoder01]

What about responding with duck f4 or g4 to prevent the Queen from jumping?

[@concernedcommenter8258]

Cant play G4 because of the Checkmate threat. They could play Kd1 and duck G4 though, which seems to work.

[@loster369]

@@concernedcommenter8258 does that not just lose the queen to exd4?

[@christiaangildenhuys1293]

I think after Qh4 duck g3, white can play Kf1 and duck c6. Then if you take with the queen with the pawn or the jump you lose to bishop takes king because the jump recharged.

[@sam-zi9zw]

​@@christiaangildenhuys1293that's crazy. as if duck chess or spell chess weren't complicated enough on their own

[@vrstovsek]

That's exactly how I feel every time I play regular chess.

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Chess 2 Beta is looking crazy!

[@Rubrickety]

I love how seriously Eric commentates on such a ridiculous variant.

[@Molten404]

Now this with atomic there will be so many different mates LOL.

[@dsrree]

4:37 How non chess players feel when they see a chess video.

[@odomobo]

Brigham is really good at duck spell chess, finding a lot of strong moves

[@bobczech7774]

0:53 Duck e2, preventing him from pulling a hikaru and doing the bongcloud 😂

[@Patolomy]

I saw the four player duck spell chess pop up at the end. I'd love to see that.

[@scooterankle31]

At 18:57 I think the opponent could have played freeze d7 Qd7 duck f1 and if I'm not mistaken you can't counter-freeze the queen because she is in the middle of the freeze box! You can only counter-freeze centred on squares that aren't frozen.

[@luitmeinen1902]

Up next: atomic spell chess. Every game starts with M1

[@alonamaloh]

This looks like a really nice variant. I feel like in duck chess the sliding pieces are too weak because the duck can very effectively neutralize them, but the jump spell makes them powerful again.

[@papuce2]

This is so cool. I'm looking forward to some advanced tactics in the future

[@g0ldst0ne57]

We need a duck spell chess tournament

[@pablojuan4679]

8:27 I was like "FREEZE THE QUEEEN"

[@riccardo.toscano]

I think the internet has fulfilled its purpose

[@determineddaaf3]

This is all way too complex for me, but at 6:26 I was curious about Bb5. You're threatening to either jump over the pawn with your bishop to take the king, or to jump over your own pawn with your rook to take the queen. So basically you're winning their queen. Maybe there's a way to stop it, I wouldn't be surprised with all the different spells.

[@iMannyLP]

16:30 wasn't Qe8+ Duck c6 mate in 2? Because Kxe8 has to move the duck, and then Bxe8 with the jump spell :D

[@LyuboRyuk]

I love when Eric plays variants!

[@shatranj]

My brain got hot watching chess for the first time in a long time

[@Nae_Ayy]

Fr I love this feeling. Normal tactics just don't do it anymore.

[@akiyama1907]

This is surely a variations that are more fun and very good for the future of chess for non competetive players and people that only want to enjoy chess loving this

[@Wi11daThri11]

@18:32 Why couldn't Eric just take the knight with check!!? Duck was already blocking his king to keep it safe!

[@MatsMatsuo]

14:49, Qh4 and Duck g3 I think it was winning, because you guarantee nothing will be blocking the diagonal on the king on your turn, and you are simultaneosly threatning to take the queen on D4. Forking both King and queen by jump spells and White is forced to move the king and lose the queen. What you can learn by that is that the duck is a interesting thing to use in combination with the jump spell If the opponent jump spells is in cool down, by forking 2 jumpable pieces and blocking one of them toa void they blocking with the duck on your turn, although this only works if there is only 1 blockable square, in this case it was G3. I think Eric accidentally made a smart knight sacrifice trap, but didn't manage to correctly follow up. This is an incredibly specific tatical theme.

[@michaelgoldberg4000]

4 player spell duck atomic hoard 4D chess 960 What are we even playing anymore

[@AdamBittner]

This variant feels like atomic chess where you can just lose immediately if you don't know theory.

[@mymyscellany]

Eric, this is kind of a crazy idea but what about taking just the audio from this video and making some sort of abstract asmr video with quiet music? Like the words in this video you're saying don't sound like they should make any sense lol. IDK I feel like it could be a pretty legendary video

[@tylerd819]

U could’ve maybe jumped the rook over your knight to next to your king to save it in the first game. This is so complex tho, super fun games!

[@mauer1]

its interesting. with the spells bishops get so incredibly stronger. but the duck helps them keep in check.

[@dontuserachelslurs]

They said "spell duck chess?" and I said "D U C K C H E S S"

[@alexbaytenov]

Curious if bishop-knight balance is restored by the jump spell, compared with ordinary duck chess.

[@turtleng8973]

That endgame was so so so confusing haha😂

[@GhostyAce]

you should do a duck spell chess series where you challenge other streamers in duck chess, then spell chess then duck spell chess and see if they can keep up😂

[@rohungupta8435]

Finally, I can rest peacefully now

[@theuseraccountname]

At 11:00, I think he could have frozen the queen, Be3 (threatening to jump the pawn to take the queen), and d@c7.

[@Γιώργος-ε3τ]

if the opponent has only a few pieces left and you freeze all of them then is that stalemate?

[@Dotopv]

At 16:43 on move 6 for white, isn't queen e8 and duck c6 checkmate?

[@lazerpo95]

I thought the same, but maybe he could have frozen the bishop

[@MatsMatsuo]

On your timestamp it's Blacks turn, so it doesn't make sense, and if you are talking about the previous turn, you would lose immediately because you hang the king

[@wuthefwasthat]

@@MatsMatsuo siriocorvino means at 15:56, when it's white's turn. eric's freeze spell was on cooldown. i was thinking the same thing, don't see why it wouldn't work

[@morganl8192]

That’s what I thought too but it hangs Qxe1 for black, using a jump spell

[@MenkoDany]

The more I watch Eric, the more I realise Duck chess is a legit chess variant along with Fischer Random, Indian chess and japanese chess (and so on)

[@reccemdown]

Oh no, my free time!

[@PushyPawn]

Next: *Duck Spell Chess960*

[@metafishling]

At 17min, I think Queen takes Knight on g2, duck f1 would have been strong. It'd force white to freeze to stop the queen, but then Eric has his queen in close and move it point blank and freeze the king from escaping, while opponent has no way to use the duck or jump to take Eric's queen. I think forcing your opponent to freeze when you don't have to counter freeze is really strong. Unfortunately, Eric quickly discarded any idea of the knight capture early on.

[@fiendfi7119]

11:14 insane duck spell chess opening trap

[@opposite342]

8:40 here you have pawn f6 jump to take rook and promote

[@WilliamKiely]

15:54 Eric missed 6. Freeze-d7 Qe8 Duck-c6, but then I think black has 6... Freeze e8 Qxe4 winning white's queen.

[@George_Bland]

Trouble is with this, I can just about calculate enough to have a decent sense of what’s going on in one of the variants, but combine them together and I’m so clueless!

[@kester4466]

I did not know I needed this

[@iamtheteapot7405]

This is the Turducken of chess

[@stuvius]

Chess 2 looks awesome! Would be even better with more time on the clock

[@TheDibule]

So many tricky moves. On move 6 I think the black queen could jump over the pawn to take the rook and block the white queen with the duck for example…

[@TheDibule]

And on move 7 I think Eric could have taken the queen with his queen, freezing the knight and blocking the rook with a duck!

[@TheDibule]

Oh no he was out of freeze…

[@janaki3829]

3:23 So many clicking!

[@TCG-Collector77]

My brain is melting 😂

[@SebastianBohn]

Next escalation level when mixed with Kung-Fu chess?

[@bluefire6470]

This is mental

[@gableyisherebruhh]

LETS GOOO! DUCK SPELL CHESS!

[@weakw1ll]

Somehow this isnt overbearing i like this

[@umurtanrverdi4506]

05:14 QxR and duck blocks White Q? Unless the duck can be jumped over, I dunno.

[@ghilonetienne6851]

22:02 you could have moven your king and duck first rank to save your queen

[@pedrovieira4227]

8:23 what about Nh3 "sacrificing" the knight? If Qxh1 then Qxh1 by jumping over the king If Qxh3 then Rxh3 by jumping over the pawn

[@pedrovieira4227]

Nevermind, the duck prevents the Queen from recapturing

[@Adam13Chalmers]

The Quackulations!!!

[@Benjamin-1776-]

@16:37 couldn't the opponent sac the Q on e8 place the duck on c6 and win the next move with the bishop jump taking on e8?

[@gregoryzelevinsky9837]

14:51 I would play duck g3. Opponent can't stop the check so had to move the king, then they lose the queen to the pawn?

[@nanditasreejesh8338]

I made chess 4.0 and it’s called Fatal modified fourth king of the hill

[@1.4142]

Imagine this madness + crazyhouse

[@Dan_Hess]

At 8:55, can you play jump spell G7, then pawn takes H8?

[@jacobgoldman5780]

Would have been OP if you could freeze the duck for a move.

[@anotherpromotor]

1:52 so real

[@austinpowers9360]

@16:25 is it not forced mate with Qe8 duck c6 king has to take and move the duck and bishop jump the king

[@gustavoarce5782]

More of this please!

[@vata7_]

magine 5D duck spell chess

[@seanm3189]

“D-U-C-K chess” aka “spell duck chess”

[@moocowpong1]

Would duck chess be better if black placed the duck before white’s first turn?

[@Derply]

you can make custom variants. and in there you can add multiple ducks too!!!!

[@mikebaker2436]

I have four words: Fischer Random Duck Chess

[@cobalius]

instead of Qh4+duck c6, he could have played Qh4+duck g3, to have a mate & queen threat simultaniously

[@JediJess1]

The funniest thing to me is seeing 5. freeze@b6 b4 Θd7,... is one move

[@wiioui]

4:12 thoughts on Bb5 Duckd7 ?

[@Potbelly76]

There should be a Turducken Chess that also combines this with Fog of War

[@gaberialsmanzo3631]

Wait in a four player game of spell chess, what happens if three players all freeze one guy? Is it stalemate? Is it checkmate? Does the frozen player just time out???

[@2332Dude]

At 20 minutes, wouldn't knight to F6 have been better? As white would be forced to move the king like he did and he wouldve lost his queen instead of the bishop?

[@lmfao3293]

6:27 you could just take the queen and froze the knight

[@Sak153158e]

I want to see this play with extra time; 10 or 15 minutes. Not quite fun when players make quick moves and blunder because of time trouble. (I know the player who challenge decide the clock, so pls challenge Eric with bigger clock.)

[@dominicmckeough9930]

16:49 would it be a good move for queen takes e4 then freeze e6 then duck e5

[@harishanjaneya]

5:17 Could the opponent have jumped over a2 to take the rook and block with the duck?

[@RockyMonnK]

Eric you had Qh4 duck g3 And he couldnt do anything next turn with no spells so just jump and win the king

[@AySpecter997]

Best chess vid ♟