Crazy Queen’s Gambit Declined & Secret Preparation Revealed!

[@wsshambaugh]

"Low stress and high chess" - the best way to describe Rosen's streams!

[@Earsex4life]

This^

[@angel-ig]

Except the tennis ones XD

[@algiovannelli1271]

Only Eric could actually make the Queens Gambit Declined an exciting opening

[@weetabixharry]

I can do it too. As long as my opponent plays the "massive blunder accepted" variation.

[@mahraba874]

What about Charles White?

[@veromirko7032]

@BobbyFischer0000 thats not what they implied

[@weetabixharry]

@BobbyFischer0000 The "massive blunder accepted" variation of QGD is still relatively unknown at GM level. It's my secret weapon (that I use to shoot myself in the foot).

[@thecakeredux]

@@weetabixharry That's part of my prep. Just today I blundered my queen on move 12 just to get counter-blundered on move 25 and win.

[@DeADoaA]

A Belated Happy Birthday to Toggi

[@ant0625]

ayy an mcoc profile I see

[@DeADoaA]

@@ant0625 that's correct I play that game too

[@koyaaanisquatsi]

who is it?

[@DeADoaA]

@@koyaaanisquatsi Toggi is a very old subscriber of Eric Rosen on his twitch stream regularly gifts subs to him I have been hearing his name in every stream since I started watching Eric and that's well over 2 years

[@lach890]

Take a shot every time Eric forgets Queens can move backwards

[@Javerni]

Or knights, bishops, rooks and kings...

[@poisonedpawns-chess1291]

Are you trying to kill us all?

[@fasteddie5829]

@@Javerni don’t forget about the pawns

[@ollie7070]

Okhayh ikm didd itpfkddwnsbd

[@haveachocobar]

@@fasteddie5829 lmao underrated reply

[@REIMON666]

I was on the stream when toggi said "tomorrow is the day" or something like that, I saw the "7" on his name an guessed immediately it was going to be his birthday. I remembered at my job yesterday it was probably some chess fan's birthday. Happy birthday late toggi.

[@brunolevilevi5054]

who is toggi? is he just a frequent viewer or does eric knows him?

[@benwelch6917]

@@brunolevilevi5054 from the streams i've seen them, toggi seems to be a very active viewer with an emote deticated to them and over like 250 gifted subs and tons of bits Edit: they might also be a mod too

[@Sventimir]

23 moves of preparation to win a pawn. Great stuff ;)

[@acraftman2823]

It's how legends are born

[@keiganogrady7481]

Somehow Proceeds to an endgame where he has no pawns

[@-cookiezila-461]

@@keiganogrady7481 except for the first pawn he moved, and it never moved again

[@baoboumusic]

30:20 say hi to Toggi "Hi to Toggi!" I've never been on the Twitch stream but it already seems like Toggi is that guy everyone knows :D

[@aadivrath2407]

Absolutely insane you manage to edit amazing thumbnails, make KZbin videos, stream and still prepare such deep lines in chess.

[@BR4INlessBRI4N]

Dedication!

[@riynu7774]

Ah a fellow "philospize this" Listener

[@TheJuJuMonkeyBoy]

I’d like some merch with “Less Stess. More chess” and “Engine Approved.”

[@MattMascolo.]

Happy late Birthday, Toggi!

[@josiahbrush4324]

Eric, your “How to dodge bullets” / Matrix thumbnail is epic!! Major props.

[@ftmtor3451]

Shout out to Toggi

[@sassyPurr]

2:12 everytime i give up my queen in 6 moves

[@black9726]

17:42 Me blundering my queen after 3 minutes of thinking.

[@davaradl6833]

Lol

[@martinanorve7007]

lmao this is gold

[@dxfvgyhjh]

"The nice thing about being up two bishops is sometimes you can sacrifice one of them, and you're still up one bishop. It's nice how math works" -*Eric Rosen* 8/01/2021

[@michaeljenks4677]

Happy belated birthday Toggi! Great content as always Eric, thanks.

[@aesaehttr]

10:49: "Thanks for flushing." 11:28: "I forgot the queen can move backwards" -IM Eric "no reverse gear" Rosen

[@rubenmaes4062]

I love how calm you are! Your voice is very nice to listen to and hi Togi! edit and happy birthday Togi

[@cianely1047]

At 21:06 Eric had mate in 5 , if he played bishopf3 white cant take back with the pawn because queenh2 checkmate, so white needs to give up queen and its just forced mate. nice game :D

[@NStripleseven]

I like how two of the chapters in this video are about toggi.

[@robertcooper1952]

Thanks for the great video, Eric!

[@drokmhere1336]

i appreciate the work you do on the thumbnails

[@JacksFilmRoom]

Love rewatching this from Twitch! Thanks Eric!

[@rajapanchal4273]

Hi Eric! I was just trying to solve the puzzle. At your move no 31, Bf1 to block & then Qg1 to checkmate.

[@tranquil_cove4884]

"I think we're still in my prep, actually" - Eric Rosen

[@jfrey123]

-Move 84 -Eric: “Okay, still in my prep.”

[@rock6606]

Really fun game. Super sharp and high level. Would love to see more of this type of video. Don't get me wrong, I love pawn cubes as well!

[@joeroot6664]

Hi Eric! Great prep, could you cover what to do against the lines with Ne2 followed by f3 and e4?

[@ElectronBasket]

“It’s nice how math works” ...Perfect

[@danielgoulding8733]

Happy belated birthday toggi, ps love the vids king x

[@mathias5618]

I love these deep opening videos where you explain the different lines, thanks Eric!

[@abelchess8430]

Search hanging paws and you will discover a mine if you didn't.

[@mathias5618]

@@abelchess8430 Just watched one of the london videos, great recommendation, thanks!

[@abelchess8430]

He deserves lots of subs and appreciations for his work. Just look at his content man.

[@crispywhiskers]

'low stress and high chess' never stop being you, eric

[@caeoranger]

At 20:36 move 38 Qg5 you can play Bf6 securing the g-file

[@eganichi1789]

A belated happy birthday toggi!

[@jandrewhill63]

Many happy returns @toggi7

[@jamesr5106]

Thanks for playing a longer games instead of the bullets. Amazing game

[@bytejuggler]

"what was I thinking... ?" -- gives me some comfort that GM's also do that sometimes...!

[@jfrey123]

Move 31 bf1 looked like it forces mate? This was a fun vid to watch all the calculation.

[@laladuina2045]

Happy Belated Birthday Toggi

[@UnfoldedDoll]

Happy belated birthday, Toggi

[@DoingYerMum]

woah epiphany77 is major highstakes poker pro charlie carrell. Cool to see him randomly sub in your vid

[@jayanthbellam9395]

Belated Happy birthday Toggi

[@STR4nG3boy]

Happy Birthday Toggi!

[@LokangoFreewar15]

17:13 didn't you have Bf1 threatning Qg1# and Qxg2# or Bxg2# unstoppable?

[@nuvoma2385]

cause white has rook h6, making unnecessary problems

[@lylealburo8244]

@@nuvoma2385 yes it does but they don't make a checkmate because of the rook on a8. Bf1 is pretty unstoppable

[@RomanBelisarius]

Eric didn't want to risk perpetual check I suppose

[@LokangoFreewar15]

@@RomanBelisarius i think that it is very difficult a perpetual when your dark square bishop and both rooks are defending so well the king, and deflecting the bishop can stop Qg1# but not Qxg2#

[@kalleleikos5260]

Happy birthday Toggi

[@rahul2001rk]

A Belated Happy Birthday Toggi

[@dailygratitude9466]

Bro solid work. Watching your vids just chills me out. New player here. Working on 900 rating. Going London against you when I challenge. 3.5 tennis here so bring A game lol

[@hsunk]

Hope you had a great birthday Toggi

[@Peter-xm3ol]

Happy belated birthday Toggi!

[@michaelhaag3367]

man, eric rosen is SO chill. I love it.

[@apprenchess]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOGGI !!

[@loganfinn2728]

Happy Birthday Toggi!

[@trop7736]

happy belated birthday toggi

[@omkarpardeshi2640]

Happy birthday taggyyyy

[@16engekl13]

@eric more tennis streams pls =)

[@pnkjgrko6708]

Toggi happy belated birthday

[@adamdavidson9717]

Happy belated Bday Toggi!

[@robbiekeen2644]

Happy birthday Toggi!

[@Chess_Improvement]

good game, nice prep , happy birthday TOGGI7

[@jamiestover6383]

happy bday taggi

[@gioraos5084]

AhHahahah Eric the tennis cutscene insterted there made me laugh :)

[@marcomaar5512]

Happy Birthday Toggi :)

[@LastManStanding2012]

Hi Toggi! Belated happy Birthday!

[@stijnburgers719]

You also play tennis?! I can see you are a man of taste.

[@joeyharrington1863]

At 17:00 doesn't Bf1 just win here? It guards g1 from the rook and there's no way for white to take the checkmating pieces. Maybe Rc8 since the bishop stops defending that square, but I think it should be okay after the rook trade and Rg8

[@Juanparv02]

Of course I will watch it complete, even tho I watched it already during the stream.

[@spookydoo4697]

Awesome game. I also would love to watch the puzzle survival

[@Yolo-1020]

Eric, I’m no good at chess so this line might not make sense, but at 29:16 you claimed that white couldn’t play G3 because of QxF3, but if that move occurs then couldn’t white play Be4 which kicks out the queen and you cannot take because if you take with the rook white retakes with queen, forcing a queen trade or they just win the knight and then they’re in arguably a better position since they’re up material before this attack started?

[@andrewptob]

I like how Eric is at level that he casually crushes 2300-rated players and has no problem finishing such players off while under significant time pressure.

[@MrDanielfff777]

This is really helpfull thank you

[@ValentineC137]

Normal chess players: king safety Eric: *_closest piece to my king is an enemy pawn_*

[@APerfectPancake]

At 17:40 is bishop F1 a winning move? I'm not very good at chess and don't have time to calculate before my break is over. Seems from there white is forced to take bishop and be down their queen or take rook and king gets chased until it gets to f column where the black queen and dark square bishop are protecting it surprisingly well. Anything but that seems to be queen g2 covered by dark square bishop or if they take light squared with rook you just take back with queen and mate.

[@PetitAmiral]

Happy belated birthday Toggi :D

[@OmneAurumNon]

Hi Toggi! Happy birthday!

[@chrishardy6471]

At 29:24 isn’t kh3 kh1 qxf3 a faster mate? Or am I over looking something?

[@mychannel-te5ke]

Happy Birthday to Toggi!

[@arsicjovan9171]

Belated happy birthday to Toggi!

[@jakubsebek]

What about Rb8 at 14:25? Defending through back rank tactics

[@forsvar]

HB TOGGI !

[@XSpanier]

Hey Eric, loved the video! Do you know any traps in the QG for White?!

[@jaymoney5090]

Happy birthday toggi :)

[@theweekendwarrior6355]

Toggy happy belated.

[@Formula7Driver]

At 13:53, white had Qe3, with a double attack on rook and bishop, and you would have to lose one of them?

[@zaynkazmi7988]

yeah saw that too, not sure what black would do about that

[@PuttiaMDotADayS]

Always avoided this trap by not seeing the fork in the first place.

[@LostGz]

@18:00 Is Bishop to F1 viable? I'm only 750 or so, and may be missing something but isn't that mate in 1?

[@korezua12]

no, because white can check with the rook, listen to what eric says.

[@scheimong]

28:40 funnily enough I actually found Nf4 and saw the idea of mate on g2. But then I saw that after e5 black's queen cannot get on either g5 or g6 so I kind of threw Nf4 out. I completely didn't see that you can afford an extra tempo with Qe6 and still have the tactics work.

[@conno13]

We love Toggi

[@theunwelcome]

happi birthdai toggi

[@ma271]

Cool game!!

[@additionaddict5524]

22:53 oh no my queen!

[@QCteamkill]

Call an ambulance... but not for me!

[@MCSolaireBro]

very fun game to watch

[@SunbeamSmiles]

I think I just saw an old video of John Bartholomew where you played this same line against him

[@Javerni]

Happy birthday, toggi :)

[@SayandipDuttayt]

He has awesome editing skill

[@slamfistfire]

Was Queen D7 at 16:34 a blunder? I see a line, but don't know if I'm disregarding something important. I was looking at a pin with Bishop B5 that would serve as both a threat to the rook/queen, but also a trap for a back-rank mate depending what White does.

[@rishavroy5311]

Guys what about Bf3 at 20:06 ? 1. Bf3 gxf3 2. Rxf2# or am I missing something here?

[@MT-vs4xe]

Hello Toggi! Happy belated birthday :)

[@omertabach9794]

Thanks!

[@desktopuser2912]

Probably a dumb question - I´m very new at this - but is bishop to f1 viable at 17:26? The rook can´t take because q takes f1, mate, he probably would have to ease the pressure . Unless I´m not seeing some offensive line for mate in 1 for white or just making the black king run every move, it seems playable, no?

[@leadnitrate2194]

After white plays Rh6+ Kg8 Qe6+ black has to trade queens with Qf7. Because if you go to f7, then Qd6+. Now if you go to e7, stockfish says it's forced mate in 9, but anyway it would get uncomfortable with ideas of ladder mate. If you trade queens, of course black is winning because of the two extra pieces, but I guess Eric wanted to play for mate.

[@TheUltimateSay]

Let’s go Toggi!

[@eli_margetts]

Hey Eric, could you try a chat overlay so the youtube people can see chat as well?