Do You Even Rook Lift Bro? | Speedrun Episode 40

[@MC-nv4bo]

Everyone is gangster till Eric says “there’s a funny line here”

[@joshuakenny503]

underrated comment😂

[@Roberto-nn6kb]

imagine Eric in Mortal Combat, that would be his line before Fatality

[@wahito1456]

​@Roberto-nn6kb you're onto sth here

[@saber8560]

bahahahahha goated comment

[@mannylokzzz]

Just deliberately screwing with our sleep at this point

[@Cube_noob-cr7my]

Here's me wondering why I woke up so early

[@mangaranwow2543]

Oh no, your sleep, call an ambulance.

[@justinwerner54]

@@mangaranwow2543 OH NO! MY CIRCADIAN RHYTHM!

[@ruthxk7844]

😂

[@RealHappyHogan]

Why not just bookmark & watch later

[@ThePckt]

I feel like as these games get into the higher ratings it wouldn’t be the worst idea to up the time control to 15|10 so you can spend more time explaining and thinking through the moves. Loving the series! Best on KZbin!

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Or even just any increment. 100% agree.

[@mburg33]

Well it is after episode 40 so it makes sense

[@allanshpeley4284]

10/0 is already painfully long.

[@Bleuthatup]

I swear to god this series alone made me go from 500 to 800 rapid rating. It's probably the best chess series out there. Seeing and LISTENING how you reason your moves, how you calculate, your thinking process, and also HOW YOU TAKE AND USE YOUR TIME, made me realize how easier it was to climb the ranks than I thought. I thought I'd never beat some one rated 600 consistently and after watching the series I just climbed with ease. Thank you so much Eric please keep updating this series

[@quizzleme]

I've had a similar experience. In my case, from low 1200's to mid 1300's.

[@dooflydetailguuy4349]

​@@quizzlemeI've peaked at 1780, no way to get better, that's playing since middle school. I'm 29 now.

[@FluxXx7789]

@@quizzleme same here :)

[@TheColonelWaffle]

Shirt change was an instant like😂

[@HowNiftyYT]

Same 😂

[@Rundik]

He shoupd take off the shirt like Magnus does when he wants better performance

[@FatUncle-cg3jt]

Dork

[@hwhaht]

@@FatUncle-cg3jt ur just jealous of them gains bro

[@justinarnold1981]

Finally......... another installment. I was beginning to have speedrun withdrawal.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

I needed my fix

[@youdanpatgal]

I've been watching for a while. I love how the clock is a non-issue most of the time. You know roughly where the pivot in the game is happening and just spend your time in that moment, like moves 5-15. By move 15 you almost always have a clear advantage. And so far it boils down to, of course experience, but also a great deal of patience. So many players go for a quick win (or semi-quick win), and if you simply develop, improve pieces/position, open the center (pawn breaks), look for tactics (skewers, pins, forks ...), and put pressure in multiple directions at once (you employ your queen with devastating power) ... the opponents fall. Simple, but not easy to actually remember all those moves, move orders, positions, etc. Fun stuff and thanks for narrating us through it.

[@slowtyper95]

Most players probably will have a better game if they use their time "wisely". Doubt they even draw lines or think about opponent next move like Eric does. That's what makes the difference

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

@11:25 - it's a pretty solid position when you can checkmate your opponent after they make an illegal move.

[@wesleybrooks1538]

My shirt should be “Do you even blunder, mate?”

[@KingElrosTarMinyatur]

😂

[@nguyenxuanbach9048]

This should get more like

[@gristlecassidy3406]

Oh no my break from chess (I am now motivated to queue rapid games until 4 am)

[@binbuk2]

Loving the lichess Candidates stream!! You and Irene and Laura and Matthew are great to listen to.

[@mburg33]

Don’t forget Laura’s cat as well

[@ruthxk7844]

17:37 that's why I love watching your speedrun, you are drawn to ideas that I would not consider, or if considered, I sometimes struggle to make them work... love it!

[@mburg33]

Since this is episode 40, does this mean future games in this series are now going to have additional time?

[@pepperwestwood]

No talking - the arbiter

[@Superbri]

When does it become a draw by 50-video rule?

[@FatUncle-cg3jt]

Not funny

[@mburg33]

@@Superbri good question …. I actually don’t know lol

[@markwatson3076]

Not sure I could rock that tank top, I think a T-shirt is needed for us older folks 😀

[@Shadowwind4]

At 19:00 thats so cool that your queen helped with the checkmate even tho its pinned

[@apierce9999]

Keep it up! Can't wait for Season 2.

[@darcyhowe7393]

Eric, I’m sure you get this a lot but just want to remind you how helpful your videos are people learning and developing in chess. The fact that you speak aloud all of your thoughts behind your moves I think is one of the best ways someone can learn from a top player like yourself. Keep up the great content (Twitch subscribed)

[@StanislavHronek]

I hate people in the 10 min pool I thought it was just me but I see it happens to Eric too. They queue up a 10 minute game and play like its bullet and then only think when its already lost.

[@mikeanderson1722]

9:01 "Oh no, you pinned my queen!"

[@DocPsy-fy7nu]

Thanks!

[@ondrejmyslivec1782]

On no my time management😅

[@ShamanoftheVioletFlame]

Thank you for this series, such a pleasure to watch, love your calm thorough approach, doing my best to emulate, steadily improving too 👌👏❤️‍🔥

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

I've gotten out my anger for the day by yelling play d6 for the full 40 seconds you were analyzing other moves. 16:31 - 17:19 such an attractive move for so many reasons, i also really like putting a piece on d5 afterward to really annoy black but the bh6 move was critical and very accurate, nice find

[@KancerKowboy]

I tried 1.5 speed just for laughs. Rosen is even more entertaining at that speed if you can believe it LOL. Great series by the way. This, Chess Brah, Naroiditsky and Alessia Santeramo are all great speed run series 🙂

[@Not-You-Tuber]

I took a break from playing chess but your videos are making me play again.. Chess is really an addictive game.. There was a time when I used to play for 7-8 hours everyday..

[@bennyflexofficial9325]

always excited to see a new speedrun video!

[@funnyzenverse]

I just got your Do you even Rook Lift Bro shirt. Nice quality

[@millms74]

I love this speedrun so much!

[@johnr.4992]

Shirt switch was epic. Thx again for the content.

[@djgresearch]

Thanks Eric. Very instructive lessons such as completing development and not getting carried away burning time trying to analyse ambitious attacks. (I wonder if Anna Cramling is watching!) Also, the habit of taking a little time at the end to review the game.

[@freedomsqrd]

This is the most instructive series on youtube!

[@subby111]

like this speedrun. cause i like to see every win of you! :) but its also very instructive i think. thank you.

[@renemarquez433]

Greatest chess series ever. Thanks a lot Rosen!

[@celiane2]

American viewers casually give up sleeping: 😨🥱😢 Me in Japan: 😎

[@ArnieAlonzo]

South Africa too. 9am upload time.

[@celiane2]

@@ArnieAlonzo Good morning! 🌞

[@GojoSatoruUpperHalf]

I love Eric because he is so unintentionally funny

[@teaflavor8913]

On nights when I feel like a colic baby I put on your videos and fall fast asleep. Thanks Eric!

[@kylestueven6665]

Love the content! Always looking forward to a new speed run video! What rating level do you think you can get up to before taking a loss?

[@Starchyyyy28]

Just laid down after a 10 hour shift, so happy to see this upload.

[@catac83]

Amazing move with the rook lift and bishop to h6. The last opponent gave up too quickly at 1632..he still had a lot of material and a queen, wish I had opponents like him

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Outstanding title Eric. Content idea if you aren’t too busy, can you do some short game reviews of the Candidates games?

[@DocPsy-fy7nu]

Priceless chess advice for free. Eric is the best!

[@skrga984]

Eric, very nice videos so far, i learned a lot , thank you for that u have really good qualities in explaining the moves, n1 coach :)

[@TheHeroIsRisingUp]

I enjoy watching these episodes particularly when I want to sleep

[@mfed]

awesome i'll watch this at 3am :)

[@koettelfresser]

Guys I have a real "logical" question. As I understood, checkmate is defined as "The enemy king would be taken in the NEXT move". But in the checkmate in the second game at 19:20 , If the king moved to h8, it could actually not be taken in the next move because white's queen is also pinned. So the consideration is, white would play an illegal move theoretically as its next one, and basically win the "king" earlier than black. Is that right?

[@IAmEki]

Perhaps a better definition of checkmate is that the king is in check, and has no way to get out of it.

[@Carrejae35]

It can be taken before the other king gets taken, thats why the pin doesnt matter when its checkmate

[@Carrejae35]

If the rule was “first king to get taken loses” then who loses snd who wins?

[@jackiefranken590]

Best instructional chess series on the internet.

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

I have worked on using the Greco Gambit (game 2), but I don't really like some of the complications, beginning with 7.Nc3. Stockfish prefers either Nbd2 or Bd2, and while Nc3 looks like it works well when you look at the full Lichess database, it is absolutely annihilated by black in the GM games (which admittedly is not my level, but I just don't care for the positions that arise). Instead, if black plays 3... Bc5, I like 4.O-O, after which black will usually play either Nf6 (more common) or d6 (better choice for black). Either way, I am comfortable with the game that ensues.

[@kruksog]

Hey! I was watching something else! But when you post I have to immediately watch.

[@sebu1301]

Feels like Christmas came early when a new episode drops 🎄

[@jrb5077]

6:19 Did you consider Ng6 Re8 Qd5? I think it's winning the f pawn.

[@qwe1231]

Remembered the eval bar at 30:37....

[@ChinaNumbaOne1]

The thumbnail is awesome 😂😂 never thought Id see Eric in a no sleeve

[@WiggTheMobileBarbR]

At the 30:55 mark he showed the tactic to get the queen but call it a “small miss” 😖 after explaining a brilliant tactic 😅

[@Verbalaesthet]

Nice games. But you won my like with the funny phrase of rook lifting.

[@danielalvarez8487]

Greatest chess video title of all time.

[@AZ-hg7qj]

Eric, did it take more than a week to post this because you were waiting for mail to get the Rook Lift shirt?! Great episode. Was worth the wait.

[@cannceyhan]

That atlet is so funny hahahhaha Eric you are something else

[@ajm7375]

Suns out guns out! Ima have to get one of ur shirts soon very clever!

[@parzingtheasian]

7:00 instead of nxd7, what about qb3? then ng6 becomes an idea + rooks connected + battery on f7

[@Joe-zu7lx]

this is my first episode but definitely of many!

[@martinhorvath6229]

It makes me so mad that 1600 players use an average of 2 minutes of 10 and get a totally losing position

[@tharpalan]

In game 128 at 3:33 move white Q to h6. Game over in one.

[@bkokohut1980]

Thought you straight gave up on this... been well over a week since last video.

[@jetsyrup481]

ladder anxiety

[@gaaalavant]

He's been doing commentary on Lichess for the Candidates. I assume he's been busy

[@abebuckingham8198]

The title is great. Well done.

[@SuperGutshot]

around 27:07 was Qh6 a good move?

[@arnoudh6203]

That hangs a bishop and the rook lift is not in time

[@FredPolis]

Babe wake up, new Rosen just dropped

[@jpjpJPJPG]

Thanks Eric!

[@Squilfinator]

Outfit change went crazy bro lmao

[@awekeningbro1207]

27:16 isn't Queen h6 a mate in 3?

[@SebastianBohn]

The series is great but that episode’s title, bro… 👊 😂 Like Eric’s subtile humour.

[@tenok8145]

29:15 I am confused, isn't this a wooden shield ?

[@dumbledorelives93]

It would be interesting if the rules of chess included making it so that if a piece "controls" certain squares, but is currently pinned so that they can't move to those squares, the king could move to those technically uncontrolled squares. Such as the position that led to checkmate at 19:00

[@yanair2091]

You mean "to those technically *controlled* squares"? If so, I find the idea really interesting. I guess it depends on the rule that the king in chess can't be taken.

[@Nn-3]

18:35 wow that position

[@kmiller2087]

27:08 isnt qh6 basically mate?

[@arnoudh6203]

Qh6 hangs a bisshop

[@thedigitalnerds]

How can you not click such a creative title!

[@yodydee]

How did your second opponent get to that respectable rating... I'm baffled by the "quality" of some of the 1,500+ players you encounter.

[@Trumpppp2024]

Oh YES my Friday night is saved!!!

[@rum3407]

I really want to buy this tank, and some other shirts too, any chance of making tall sizes?

[@alessandrodicesare8374]

Eric thanks to you i'm on the verge of being recognised as a senile prodigy!

[@gundarsmiks4889]

He plays so good!!!

[@chessanthemum]

I enjoyed you in that tanktop 🔥

[@shambolicentity]

I just ordered a tank top. I couldn't stop myself...

[@coreypollington6038]

It's all fun and games until an attire switch happens

[@htt2566]

Still catching up on episodes, very much enjoying them , and just requesting a photo update, please. 🙂

[@HoloDaWisewolf]

Nice rook lift bro

[@cameronletalien7517]

Easiest swag purchase ever

[@jwr1970]

I wonder if it's possible for you to reinstate your former barber 🤔😂

[@samsaauce]

thank u Eric

[@TymexComputing]

19:20 Interactive TV :)

[@williamswan3711]

Hey Eric, wow, you missed an opportunity to checkmate. When you could’ve put the queen on H6, and the bishop was on F6, Ask Bishop was on G7. He would’ve been forced to take the bishop, and then the queen could’ve taken the rook on F8 for checkmate. I can’t believe I found a meeting sequence that you missed. I must be getting better for spending hundreds of my hours watching you bro. Let me know if you find it.

[@gniewomircioek6845]

24:46 isn't it kxg6 winning?

[@rcbooster1]

I saved this for bedtime

[@VoidedTea]

Wish it was one or two games longer.

[@jaybingham3711]

Warmer weather? 🤣 Yeah...ok. Totes has nothing to do with highlighting dem guns...right? 💪 Damn impressive. Where do you find the time?

[@willejaha4696]

I absolutely love this series and have watched the vids where it’s my ranking multiple times.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

speedrun is speedrunning my time.. oh no my time

[@ashutoshagarwal8592]

I fear Kramnik would find your winning streak "interesting"

[@mikebaker2436]

Shout out to merch.

[@HungryScribbler]

Eric, in last game you said you didn't get to rook lift. But moving it from back rank forward past pawns is a rook lift isn't it?

[@elliotrodgerbeanextraordinare]

Finally!