Don't Make These Common Mistakes! | Speedrun Episode 4

After 10 days of a thrilling and exhausting tournament at the 2023 Qatar Masters, I am resuming my Speedrun! In this Beginner to Master Speedrun Series, I try to climb the rating ladder while providing lots lessons about chess along the way. In this episode, I play 5 games that all feature how to punish common beginner mistakes.
0:00 Welcome back!
1:11 Punishing Opponent's Early Queen Move
8:50 Exploiting a Common Mistake in the Italian Opening
23:07 Important Opening Principles leads to "oh no my opponent!"
26:10 We've seen this mistake before! Maximum punishment ensues...
35:30 FEAR BABY ROSEN
36:26 Playing Aggressively against the Scotch Opening
43:02 How to play against the Queen's Gambit
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[@metrifiko_mag]

Eric is the perfect combination of a Chess Streamer: calm but not boring, excited but not loud, professional but doesn't take things too seriously, educational but doesn't explain things like you are a child who never played chess... It's just.. perfect!

[@Speedster___]

Definitely agree but If you want serious high level Danya is the goat of edu video content

[@andpan3478]

you have to be on another level not 400-600 to wach that @@Speedster___

[@AyushMo]

​@Speedster___ Any example videos that make you say that?

[@jonathanleonard1152]

The calm voice is a biggie.

[@Speedster___]

@@AyushMo watch any of his recent videos that have speedrun in the name

[@apollo_predates_soup]

I love this speedrun because I get the entertainment that cannot be achieved by good chess whilst also getting the educational value that cannot be provided by bad chess

[@mr_mr]

This is the way

[@filiphodak6792]

Well said, couldn't agree more

[@DaveMutsaine]

Most despotic acts: Like many of its neighbors, the controversial host of the 2022 World Cup in soccer is accused of many human rights abuses when it comes to its foreign workers, like setting them up in squalid labor camps separate from society, confiscating their passports upon arrival, and giving them a general lack of rights. That said, Amnesty International reports only sporadic instances of torture and abuse by state security forces. As for Sheikh Hamad's dictatorial bona fides, The New York Times writes: "While Qatar calls for democracy outside its borders, democracy here is provisional at best. While there are municipal elections, and women can vote in them, the country has a Parliament building but no Parliament -- or any other political institution, for that matter -- that can challenge the royal family's grip on power." Outlook for change: There have been no reports of internal dissent in Qatar. It does have a somewhat incongruous foreign policy, however, as it not only supported Saudi Arabia's move to send troops to help crush the Bahrain protests, but Qatar is also still the only Middle Eastern country to send warplanes to assist the Libyan rebels attempt to oust Muammar Qaddafi. These moves are all apparently part of the natural gas-rich Qatar government's efforts to become a major player in world affairs, which seem to garner it support from the West and its neighbors alike, making any unplanned internal democratic transition very unlikely.

[@johnchessant3012]

18:52 "over the board chess you can see your opponent suffer" lol

[@Yajoy-kh3kc]

My life has a purpose again

[@gw6667]

Your purpose is to watch Rosen? As enjoyable as he is, do yourself a favor and raise your threshold of a living a purposeful life

[@heatherenidwalker3145]

@@gw6667 Maybe what @Yajoy-kh3kc means is (re)discovering a delight in chess and in growing in strength and understanding of it in ways that also apply to the rest of life.

[@gIowtopia]

This comment thread just gets a magnitude deeper each comment 😂

[@theguitarloschannel8969]

36:04 Baby Rosen hungry…Baby Rosen want checkmate!!!! Lmfao I love this little insert in the lesson 😂

[@bootysnatcher8069]

To all the beginners out there, the most crucial tip I can give you (I’m 1800 classical) is to keep playing no matter what. Especially if you’re below 1000. I’ve recovered MANY lost positions when I first started out playing chess from stubbornly refusing to resign. Once you get a bit higher than 1000, I would start looking into stalemate or forced repetition traps to add to your arsenal when in a losing position.

[@easyhelp]

As a kid, I was known for having a brave king. I never gave up even in most critical situations and often I forced opponents to stalemate.

[@shadeburst]

I have let opponents stalemate me when my queen and rook had their king in a corner .

[@tookaysevon]

"OTB you can see your opponent suffer" ... that's savage XD

[@user-ml4xh9fh7q]

I think I speak for everyone here...don't worry how long your speed run videos are. An hour or an hour and a half is just fine. For those of us who love learning the time goes by in a flash and we come away knowing that much more. Keep 'em coming!!!

[@helxis]

Indeed. I just watch on 2x and it is great.

[@josiahstone2887]

​@@helxis??

[@helxis]

@@josiahstone2887??

[@corvusmonedulas4895]

I tend to not click on the longer ones.

[@user-ml4xh9fh7q]

@@corvusmonedulas4895 you’re missing out. So much info to absorb and utilize in longer runs.

[@apollo_predates_soup]

49:07 in the last game, I believe you missed mate in 3. after Qe3+ Kd1, instead of Bxd2 you had Bxf3+!! (Qe2 Qxe2#) gxf3 Qxf3+ (Qe2 Qxe2#) Ke1 Qe2#, using the fact that the queen is pinned once again to the king that returned to e1. but other than that, these games seemed great and thank you for the amazing content you keep providing!

[@pjhansen19]

Excellent find!

[@snek8421]

but queen is yummy

[@apollo_predates_soup]

@@snek8421 that's the best part! in almost all these lines you checkmate by takinhg the queen!!!

[@muhammadjuhlan]

Which position is the last line in?

[@tanyaborisova3997]

This is really pretty, thanks for sharing

[@cvindustries]

Misleading alternate title: Eric playing a bunch of beginners and it takes him 50 minutes to get a checkmate.

[@Ptaku93]

Lol 😂

[@knightrider585]

The instructional thing about seeing mismatched games is that often the purpose for a certain move in a certain position is practically demonstrated.

[@alexgee3762]

@Eric Rosen great video! Was wondering at 15:15 about knight takes on C7 with check to win the rook on a8??

[@joshka7634]

I wondered the same, but 11... d5 blocks

[@ridashlentejitas9788]

I really like this videos because the other videos aout opening theory requires the oponent to play good moves and im stuck at 900 elo and usually they do strange things and get me out of my small prep, thanks a lot for making content for everybody

[@caius6019]

An important tip that helped my openings a lot is trying to understand the moves you make and the goals of the opening. Even at a 1800-1900 level people make a lot of simple theory mistakes, but if you see a move that isn't part of your theory, you can recognize "hey this isn't optimal" and from there figure out why.

[@AdamBittner]

Eric "No mercy" Rosen. Thank you for making this series!

[@siprus]

5:00 There is also juicy trap Knc7 if Kxc7 then Knd5+ forking the queen.

[@pjhansen19]

Good find

[@ghost2350]

29:11 Erika playing softly in the background 🤣

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Whenever calculating point value, unless there is a *very specific reason*, 2 minor pieces will always be better than one and 3 minor pieces will be better than a queen - even if the relative “values” are equal.

[@AlanTwoRings]

I die inside a little every time a titled player refers to 4. Ng5 as the "Fried Liver." The fried liver is specifically the variation after (4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5) 6. Nxf7. The variation you show at @22:54 where you say the main-line is 5... Na5 is called the "Polerio Defense." 4. Ng5 is just called the "Knight Attack" line.

[@en20drayt87]

nerd baka

[@Checkernap]

More please!!! I am learning so much from the speedrun!

[@Uhtredrag1080]

Rosen is ruthless. "Maybe he's sitting their crying." LOL

[@djconnel]

This is a great video, as usual. I am reminded by the R + P for N + B trade of Morphy playing with "rook odds", missing one of his two rooks from the start. But he'd win so quickly, that there wasn't time for that missing rook to have entered the game anyway, so the handicap was illusionary.

[@RajnaTMS]

At 5:20 I wanted you to play knight to C7 :-)

[@texman3641]

Yeah I thought so to free Rook with discovered check.

[@andrewlarson9633]

Baby Rosen is terrifying

[@89mrdha]

Hahaha loved the "terryfing baby Rosen"! The BEST! Loving your content, mate! Greetings from Brazil! ❤

[@user-xi7me5nh3s]

CONTENT SUGGESTION; Hiya Eric, I am thrilled that you listened to myself and others who suggested the instructve speedrun content on your previous video requesting suggestions. However, I do have a suggestion, the content is fantastic and absolutely helpful which is what we wanted to see, but I would like to suggest that each viddi moving forward approximately 100 rating points higher than the last video. For example this video is in the 500 rating area, so your next video could be 600, then the following video 700, with each video having around 5 games until you get to the higher ratings and you may need to reduce it down due to length and intensity. This way each video we watch in this speed run is a new rating range, soif we said this was; Speedrun Episode 3 5 ish videos long. Speedrun Episode 4 5 ish videos long Speedrun Episode 5 5 ish videos Until 1800 and maybe we start going up by 50 ratings as it starts to matter more. This would mean you would have to play some games not recorded to boost your rating ready for the next episode to begin with the correct rating range.

[@killr73]

Help! I'm trapped in an Eric Rosen binge

[@williamswan3711]

You have an EXCELLENT teaching style.

[@Hermaniac8]

Fwiw this feels like a good length to me for these speed run videos

[@Narratick]

I like the longer time formats! 20-30 minutes feel too short for me keep them long ones coming!

[@danielgilbert8338]

The fear baby rosen bit was quite funny. Great edit

[@jackthorn8619]

Yes yes more of this plz many thanks multiple times

[@Diogenes_71]

@18:55...Maybe he's trying to find a miracle recource...or maybe he's crying! I wet my pants😂 Eric's wonderfully dry humor is great!!!❤

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

3 advantages in chess: 1) Material (piece value) 2) Position (placement of pieces) 3) “Time” (not the clock but the number of moves. Such as developing with tempo or not having enough moves to rescue a piece) Development falls under both two and three. Humans are great at material evaluations but computers’ advantages come from their far superior ability to analyze 2 and 3 past simple ideas.

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

There’s also Pawn Structure, Space, Superior Minor Pieces, Piece Activity, King Safety, and Initiative. But I guess all these can be grouped into 2. Piece Activity can also be grouped into 3. Superior Minor Pieces, while not necessarily “Material” in the static sense, do tie in to piece value.

[@jackiefranken590]

Actual factual laugh out loud with the horror movie zoom in on baby Rosen. A+ content

[@humansareweird2866]

42:24 Qf4 is the move you were looking for Eric 🙃

[@dewhi100]

it was really fun calculating that

[@b0604]

More long speedrun episodes please!

[@IamJoshEast]

Looked like that one game transposed into a variation of the Stafford you have shown before. Really a savage turn for white

[@riceycakezz]

Thank you for this series, only really just starting out chess and getting insight into your thought process is so helpful to beginners! Love the simple theories; Control the center; develop & attack etc. If you get the chance, i would love to see endgame theories n setting up checkmates

[@veroxid]

"Never resign" is a concept I wish so many more people used. It isn't so much out of stubbornness or "the slight possibility you'd win," it's the chance of using that opportunity to get better. So many people I used to frequently play with (not just in chess) in the past was stuck in this mindset that if they are losing/weak in the opening *_OR_* not winning by the end of mid-game, they resign. If you always quit because you're behind, you'll never get ahead. Only after a loss is obvious _and_ you're experienced enough to know you wouldn't gain any extra insight from the loss should you consider resigning.

[@stevencary5527]

Awesome content. I’ve often heard you and other chess masters say “punish” a move without actually knowing what moves are recommended to do that. Your style is very instructive. Thanks

[@Thogstacker]

Really enjoying this speed run. Much more instructional that watching 20 games of bullet!

[@robertgelblum5154]

Eric's speedrun series is so much fun! Highly instructive for the beginner level players.

[@richardmarriott-smith9517]

Another great episode from your speed run. Again, I learned a lot. This is acting as a fantastic tutorial especially as I am very much a visual learner. Thank you so much for doing these videos.

[@TheKeystoneOfficial]

I was a big fan of having a longer episode personally! Amazing educational content, thank you!

[@1a1u0g9t4s2u]

I am learning more with your speed run than from other channels. Glad you happen to answer a lingering question I had about beginners or intermediate players resigning early in a game. Finally I see the advantage of thinking two or three moves ahead is a tactical skill beginners can exploit playing against equally rated players. Thanks for sharing.

[@riley_028]

18:23 I always just think "don't let your opponent be bad at end games and get away with it, play on"

[@salvador0893]

Almost 1 hour Full of Eric? This day Ends in the Most Perfect way :)

[@lydstok]

The profile pic idea is clever

[@strollinrain]

That fear baby Rosen part was awesome. It actually made baby Rosen so scary. It reminds me of an old film, Shining😂

[@CallMeSethler]

Thanks Eric. Love this series and your channel has become one of my chess content favorites in a hurry!! 🔥💪🏻😄

[@Reza090]

Thanks so much for the series and even more for sticking to the main lines so that non professional players like myself can be both educated and entertained❤❤

[@Tenseiken_]

19:10 "Over-the-board chess you can see your opponent suffer." Jesus man beneath that calm, mellow and warm voice is a pretty sinister mind lol.

[@f.d.3289]

"opponent's taking time... maybe trying to find a renewable resource... maybe crying" XD

[@seanmcdonald8998]

Nice, I just watched all 3 of the previous episodes yesterday. Nice timing!

[@marcoromanin902]

I followed many courses in my life, also paying, but none of them had me enjoying and understanding this much the "whys" of some early moves, and It's not just that but many other little big things. I can't wait to see babyrosen get to play against high ranked players, as much as I can't wait to see senior Rosen to become a GM. This is not just chess, is attitude. As an external point of view I hope It helps you to feel that you took the right path in your life and that you're going to achieve what you deserve soon, as we all wish.

[@htt2566]

Thank you. Very instructive.

[@omarcos3228]

Great approach to teaching Eric. Love watching your videos,

[@bartvansliedregt5482]

Hey I love these! Keep up the great work Eric 😁

[@joshallerton1860]

Love the videos Eric, and your calm and gentle instructions

[@erhudy]

30:52 i am a terrible chess player but i saw this pawn hanging while Eric was analyzing the previous moves and when he went “wow i didn’t see that” i momentarily felt like the next coming of Morphy

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

I click 'like' before 'play', I know they're going to be that good... I enjoyed the QGD game at the end. I'm weak against d4 openings as Black, so am always looking for ideas to counter them. Thanks, Eric.

[@recordplaymusic]

This is a great series, especially for people like me who don't play as often as they'd like, thanks Eric!

[@user-fs8qy8ho9l]

Thank you! Very instructive!

[@BNelTwo]

I lol when you did the dramatic music and profile pic zoom in during the disconnect :D

[@pluecle_1d1ot31]

Love your videos Eric, keep up the good work

[@knightrider585]

two minor pieces for a rook and a pawn on the seventh rank is a good deal though. ;)

[@forceward]

Nice to watch your speedrun series again

[@marcoporta6319]

Thank so much Eric! Your style is wonderful! Have a nice day bye.

[@dannyb_89]

Thanks bro your channel is great I’m learning a lot you’re really good at teaching and easy to watch and understand

[@abramisme]

Keep up the speed run! Always good stuff. Maybe do a gambit one haha

[@user-mj6cd3bm1u]

35:58 baby rosen is too terrifying👻😱😂😂

[@gregdobrick3410]

Another great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I was glad to see the center game example, but your point opponent moved the queen all the back. I really struggle with this opening when the queen moves to the side of the board.

[@danielnorton6073]

Its good to see content for genuine beginners. It's not for me, it's a lot of time to learn absolutely nothing but I'd recomment it to new players.

[@bloodmoney88]

Great shows, thanks for all your efforts. I'm definitely going to give your cow versions a rattle at my local over the table group for some fun. ADD: I like your no resignation play. I do that myself, I came to it a different way, I thought, as I do lose a lot, to give my opponent the joy of playing out their win to the end, even though they can see it & you do too, it's art in motion beyond the minds eye... bringing fruit to the tree. & with that I have learned as you say; to fight harder in weak positions, finding ways forward in the worst of odds... very satisfying if you can turn it around. Because of my sloppy play I find myself having to come from behind in many games, my elo going through the floor... but it's fun, that's why I play, I have no delusions of grandeur. Also I'm glad you eventually make all the moves I would have made.

[@Misteramen]

19:35. Sack the d5 knight to f6 for checkmate before the rook moves back to F file, assuming the enemy pawn takes, though it causes some trouble by unpinning the enemy knight, but for lower rated players they are more likely to take the knight.

[@denaro572]

such a great series! keep going!!

[@frankrank7449]

This was really good thanks!

[@maxomega3]

15:11 engine actually prefers knight takes pawn so good call

[@gerardduffy3406]

Even in these simple games, there comes a point early on where eric finds the best move and it creates winning chances that i would probably have overlooked

[@user-uw4uv3cy7l]

I've been waiting for this!

[@Hobie152]

I'll bet baby Rosen played with his food, too.

[@westonhastings2665]

In game 2 I believe I noticed a neat tactic if black defended the pinned knight with Rf7. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in that situation you play Nxc7 and both of their rooks are attacked. So they'd play Qxc7 to take the "free" knight and then you play Bxf7. You're up a clean 3 additional points of material in that exchange instead of Nxe7 Rxe7 Bxe7 Qxe7 where you'd be up 2 points.

[@solomontruthlover5308]

Really enjoyed these

[@curraghtreanor]

Loving this series

[@mojarnpiett2032]

I was just about the fall asleep when the babyrosen music kicked in

[@sirseal2424]

36:33 1...Ke5!! Hyperaccelerated bongcloud

[@shadeburst]

I love the way you say, "I think we could have a checkmate here," while I'm thinking "Oh no that's a blunder say goodbye to your queen Eric!"

[@desjarr]

Thank you for your Speedrun series! It's very informative.

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks so much!

[@juleslondon3088]

I’m noticing that in this rating range and below lots of players are resigning as soon as they find themselves in a worse position. If you’re much below, say, 1500 I wouldn’t recommend resigning. Firstly your similarly rated opponents will make lots of mistakes. Secondly, as Eric intimated in the video, you miss the opportunity to learn how to be hard to beat and recover bad positions. I also think that giving up each time you make your first mistake in a game is the wrong mindset for improvement or even for winning. You just guarantee that you lose.

[@nanni5230]

21:15 I was looking at Nf6 to try and go for mate, because if he just plays something like d6, you have Nf7#, and if gxf6, you have Bxf6#. I'm not sure what happens after Rc8 though it probably gets really messy. Maybe a knight sac on h7 followed by Qh5# but yeah, just though it looked interesting

[@Maks_Chess]

Black could also play g6 (which is still, of course, terribly losing) with some defense

[@cliorc96]

Very goid episodes this i like more those long episide 1 hr + so i get more lerning tooles from more situations! Thx for thoae vids

[@user-ml4xh9fh7q]

LOL "Over the board I can see my opponent suffer"....Love this guy!

[@kingrex1931]

In the last game it looks like white formulated a plan and never deviated from it regardless of what you did. The made the blunder of never considering their opponents threats or what their opponent was trying to do.

[@IsaacBenevides]

Yay, Rosen speedrun is back!

[@NoExitLoveNow]

I'm enjoying these, and I think I am learning as well.

[@petermead8229]

@15:12 I'm curious why you couldn't go knight to c7, grab a pawn, then when white moves out of the discovered check, knight to a8 winning the rook - black then takes your bishop....that's a white bishop for a black pawn & rook no? Love your channel man, thanks brother!

[@maurymiceli3929]

same

[@imperator9343]

"this is one of the reasons i prefer over-the-board chess... You can see your opponent suffer" So soft spoken. So savage.

[@kmarks173]

I am really enjoying these. I like to hear what you are thinking.

[@namdaten]

18:12 Chess gem. So True

[@TheKawww]

Great to see you back home! Great results in the Qatar masters!

[@TheKawww]

Also, Quack