DUCK CHESS

[@infantiltinferno]

"I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7", glorious.

[@FrogToadBug]

"I should have played Duck a3..."

[@elijahrose7913]

Nice

[@matteur11]

Ahahahhahahhaha

[@NotPeteMcCabe]

Duck slip!

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

I was just about to leave this comment. :)

[@Parangtha]

Eric: There's no escape *next move* Eric: Oh no, an escape!

[@VanquishR]

This variant is a constant rollercoaster

[@Dr._Bo]

@@VanquishR of emotions

[@jaydentan4336]

@@Dr._Bo OF CUM!

[@Brinez5]

@@Dr._Bo no not really

[@Dr._Bo]

@@Brinez5 I meant just for me but aight🤷🏾

[@ramachandra776]

"The stalemated player wins" - Eric will take to this variant of chess like a duck to water . 🙂

[@ckq]

Thing is you can move into check so stalemate is basically impossible

[@EebstertheGreat]

@@ckq It's like a reward for managing to find such a bizarre and rare position.

[@simont.2145]

With this in mind he will be duck chess world champion, mark my words😅

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

That's only if you ACTUALLY have no moves; not even a move into check. That almost never happens. If instead, your only moves are to move into check (which would be considered a stalemate in normal chess), you have Lost.

[@jonathanbarkins8480]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate That's what I was thinking. So Eric didn't actually have to worry about stalemate at all, am I correct? Edit: I made a FEN position of one of the only (at least simplest) stalemate positions I could think of: 3k1qBK/5PRP/6P1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 You can paste it into the lichess editor and look at it if someone wants to see it.

[@radosawkarwacki4386]

Watching Eric struggle to checkmate at the end was one of the funniest things I've seen this week. I'd love to see more of Duck Chess here, it's so entertaining!

[@whocares2277]

I'm up two queens, a rook and a knight, how do I checkmate?

[@enzymeaoe]

lol same here, this looks so annoying if you're eric!

[@jackester6742]

I think this could be an awesome series if he took it seriously and climbed as far as he could. That stalemate rule seems to fit Eric's skillset.

[@johnnytightlips1708]

hahahahahahaha

[@parzingtheasian]

@@whocares2277 "this is reduckulous"

[@AaronHillyer]

Is it just me or hearing Eric say "duck e2" just sounds so hilarious

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*Duckie Two!*

[@maestrofeli4259]

ducky too!!

[@Cherrypizzasquad]

@@theactualfrostspiritunhood8268 duck eat you

[@gabenugget114]

@The Actual Frost Spirit(Unhooded) he eat me

[@infantiltinferno]

When opponent Ducked the back rank mate, I was in stitches. This looks really fun.

[@parzingtheasian]

this is reduckulous

[@JDRed117]

@@parzingtheasian yeah agree, it's riduckulous

[@tomasbeltran04050]

it's really hard to win

[@andreasbobe5239]

Did you just make a double entendre with both meanings having the same meaning???

[@ThePinnacleSFA]

"i should've played Duck a3" classic blunder, Eric

[@michaeld519]

I lost my shit when he said that. Just so ridiculous. It's rare that a chess KZbin video can make me actually laugh out loud, but Eric made it happen.

[@someaccount3438]

This is why Eric is my favorite chess KZbinr/streamer. While everyone else is like "Magnus this, Niemann that", Eric plays duck chess.

[@Lufia4]

Chess simp do a lot of fun challenges! If you like alternative chess =D

[@lschess686]

Hey Eric, LSChess here, I thought i was holding, definitely missed the hang rook, thanks for the duck chess game!

[@IX_4]

you are good

[@Cheetahhh]

I definitely recommend more of this game. It's a fun concept, adds a completely different dynamic, and is super fun to watch. I would absolutely love to see what strategies the people that play this game a ton could come up with, I bet there would be some unbelievable tactics and such. Great video :D much love

[@jeanabiazar1183]

Yoo what u doin here lol

[@parzingtheasian]

oh hey it's sweaty bridge man and i guess he also likes chess

[@hoola_amigos]

+100

[@insight827]

What the fuck why is cheetahh here, so much crossover between mc and chess lmao

[@daanielson]

bro cheetahh i watch you why are you here bro lmfao

[@GMPranav]

I love how in a lot of these variants suddenly the knight becomes an ultra powerful piece.

[@marcopeterson805]

Always has been

[@jomuffins6551]

Just cover it's best landing space and it can't do much

[@quarot]

*cough* atomic *cough*

[@koberburwa]

Knight isn't too strong in my opinion. Surely, duck can block the entire diagonal of a bishop and it can only block one knight's square. But knight only has 8 squares, and most of the times, 4 of those are either useless or behind the edge of the board, 2 are defended and 1 is losing to a tactic. Which means there are more often than not only one moveable square for a knight, which duck can prevent allright. And even in the endgame, taking a massive detour to reroute a knight just sacrifices too much tempo which is of the absolute essence

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Eric: Duck chess 🙂 Eric: Goose chess 😬😭

[@JunctionWatcher]

😂😂😂😂

[@alihijazi4451]

Geese are mean af

[@not2tired]

That will be his Swan Song

[@LuukSwinkels]

Oh no my duck

[@lukaspecko5807]

:D::DD::D:D:D made my day

[@josefharrison9036]

I swear that phrase is straight out of a DankPods video

[@_wetmath_]

more videos on this please!! this is so fun to watch, didn't feel like 20 mins just passed

[@MihaiNicaMath]

They should organize a tournament with all chess streamers. They could call it: the Tour-duck-ment

[@maxybg]

15:28 "yes! it's backrank checkmate" *proceeds to block with two pieces* "gah"

[@animefreak3010]

Great video. I was literally crying laughing at how surprised he was each time checkmate was avoided when he was checking him like 15 different ways

[@moox100]

So what we need now is 4 player, fog of war, atomic duck chess

[@IIIRobIII]

You forgot bullet, no increment

[@MatsMatsuo]

And this should be the format for the world champion title.

[@sgtnubbings6501]

With no turn order

[@chri-k]

@@sgtnubbings6501 yes

[@bonaaq86]

@@sgtnubbings6501 turns by cooldown

[@Joelthinker]

"It feels so good to move the duck" I never thought I'd hear a sentence like that in the context of chess

[@Tletna]

Man, that was hard. Your opponent kept ducking your checkmate attempts at the end there.

[@magician531]

Best Chess Varient yet. They didn't have to make it a duck. But they made it a duck and that makes the game.

[@GriffinK10]

The time trouble along with trying to figure out how to checkmate is so entertaining

[@Josh-ui7nq]

Because check isn't a thing, I think the only way to stalemate is to have no valid moves at all (ie the King fully blocked in)

[@TheGoldenRater]

Youd probably have to help stalemate the king with the duck tho. Meaning your opponent is almost self stalemating.

[@zada4a]

0:45 I believe no checks and objective is to take opponent's king means stalemate only can occur if both kings capture each other. But that would mean that both win because both are stalemated without a king. Remember that king can move on any square attacked by any piece in this variation, it can't be smothered.

[@mattriarchal]

Duck is neither friend nor foe. Duck simply is.

[@Neathar]

I was sure there would be at least 2 matches is this video, but I forgot that with a duck the number of moves doubles and so does the amount of time

[@nephandi2316]

No, move + duck counts as only 1 move, but there is a 4 second increment

[@Neathar]

A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be taken seriously. Usually it takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony or sarcasm, a logical incompatibility, nonsense, or other means.

[@maxkho00]

Lol your comment wasn't even close to a joke. It was just a relatable observation. I don't know why you posted that Wikipedia snippet.

[@Neathar]

The joke was implying that the time doubled because you had to make 2 moves per turn, when in reality I think the reason would be increased complexity and inexperience with this specific gamemode. But yeah, I guess in a sense you’re right

[@maxkho00]

@@Neathar No, believe or not, making two moves actually takes twice as long as one. There is no joke here.

[@dcraftbgdev]

A chess player went to the lemonade stand and he said to the man "backrank checkmate"

[@eduardwerner3087]

A few years ago, I invented ‘tombstone chess’ where there are four tombstones (bricks). They are getting placed after a capture on a square next to the square where the capture has occurred. When the fifth capture occurs one of the tombstones will be moved. This is also great fun and annihilates opening theory.

[@flighteldgar]

I dunno if you didnt see this or if you did but thought it was stalemate but at 17:48 , Knight e2 is game over since he has to move his king into the knight's attack allowing you to take it. Looks like the best method of winning is to make your opponent's king walk into check and take or have 4 queens and just attack all squares

[@gh.05t70]

I was wondering if anyone else saw this

[@GeorgeCowsert]

I have to ask. At 12:22 what was preventing you from taking the Knight with your own? You can threaten either a Pawn so you don't have to worry about Castling as much, or you can threaten Check by going the other way. And if the Pawn takes, your Rook is still developed enough to capitalize on the hole that pawn creates.

[@JayMannStuff]

"The duck adds a whole new layer of complexity" - Eric Rosen, 2022, out of context at 2:32

[@robologo]

18:15 hilarious lack of checkmate

[@ItsAsparageese]

This looks super fun, and I love that it's a variant that would be delightfully easy to adapt to OTB play :D

[@IIIRobIII]

With an actual rubber ducky😄

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@IIIRobIII Right, if you can find one tiny enough that'd be perfect 😆 I love the idea of a nicely carved Duck piece to add to sets, too

[@rhoddryice5412]

@@ItsAsparageese Or a board large enough.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@rhoddryice5412 True lol

[@Theking0fgg]

Just have to go to the local pond, wait for a duck to come, and then you can play all day long with a friend

[@thatchrisguy188]

11:00 Eric: You should always place the duck in the way of your opponent's best move. Opponent: *Places duck in the way of Eric's best move.* Eric: :O

[@thehulkyman]

Wow! What a fun variant! I'd Love to see a duck marathon

[@ckq]

6:45 he could've taken the knight and blocked the bishop. One thing noticed is if the Queen touches the king while attempting to mate, you can just take it and use the as the shield

[@resonance4452]

If he takes a knight there is Qxb5?

[@joeldanielferraris9380]

Uh white queen takes black queen on b5?

[@ckq]

@@joeldanielferraris9380 I may have gotten the timestamp wrong. I was talking about the opponent taking Eric's knight on g4

[@ckq]

@@resonance4452 he as in opponent taking knight on g4

[@deetrixreed8961]

Props to his opponent giving him a good run for his money, playing amazing at the start, and then making the same honest "mistakes" that Eric was. Really made for a great game. Cheers.

[@MatsMatsuo]

I think the trick to checkmate is to check very close to the king where it can’t be blocked or 1 square away where you block your own check an opponent has to move the duck in a way it can’t keep blocking the check. I’m not sure though, but it seems like an idea

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

Or create a suffocating checkmate with knight

[@MatsMatsuo]

Yeah, smothered mate still smothered mate. Only problem is that smothered mates are hard to get. But i presume you can get smothered mates easier if you block 1 of the escape squares with the duck. Since the pieces move first, the side getting smothered mated can’t move the duck to get a square

[@ReneZ11]

What Eric thought would be stalemate in the endgame is actually the way to win. If the opponent can only make moves that put him into check, they HAVE to make that move, leading to capturing the king on the next move. The only way to actually stalemate is to leave the opponent no moves at all, which is very hard to get in an actual game.

[@cdorresteijn]

I think the best approach is to do a double check.

[@AnxStudios]

@@ReneZ11 true. He couldnt think about it at the time scramble but king can move even that square occupied. Stalemate is very hard to get unless oppenent has only the king :D

[@speleospape2679]

Thx for all the great KZbin content you've been posting lately!

[@lul.t.6831]

The fact that “Qe7, ducky too” didn’t make him laugh of cuteness…

[@_wetmath_]

10:43 can he play Qxb5&Dc4, preventing white's queen from capturing back? this means that pieces defended by other pieces from long distances are not actually defended

[@HazhanJalal]

Naroditsky has to add another category/type for undefended pieces. Like Type 5head undefended pieces.

[@MatsMatsuo]

Well, the danger about this type of moves is that you wasted your duck move without thinking too much ahead. I’m not sure but let’s say white plays Qg3 and Duck f5, now black’s queen is attacked by the bishop and the knight is attacked by the queen because the duck is blocking the defense of the bishop on e3. I don’t know if it works though, cause if we keep thinking through the lines it gets so so complicated, everytime you take a piece by blocking the defender, you are in danger because once the duck moves you’ll be attacked and the opponent can create a normal threat while unleashing the duck. I don’t know if you got me 😅. The tatics in duck chess are at least 2 times harder to calculate, and it keeps expanding in a factor of 2 per move, cause the duck is a variable.

[@_wetmath_]

@@MatsMatsuo im thinking: Qxb5+Dc4 (take knight and block defence) Qg3+Df5 (discovered attack on white's queen and double attacking white's knight, while cutting bishop's defence) then Qd7+Df3 (forming battery with bishop to overprotect knight, while cutting the white bishop's attack) but yeah my head hurts calculating this

[@_wetmath_]

hmm a piece isnt pinned if the duck can block (exchanging the thing that's pinned i guess) also you can safely capture a piece that is defended from more than 1 square away (capture piece and duck block) i think you need 3 rooks to ladder mate: 1 to cut off king and 2 to give check you know this is the time where an irl physical chess board would make calculation alot easier

[@MatsMatsuo]

@@_wetmath_ yeah, to understand this type of variant we should maybe start thinking if elementary checkmates are a thing, is 1 rook enough material to checkmate? Is not so obvious, are 2 knights able to checkmate 1 king? Also not so obvious. It’s almost an entirely different game. I assume that if someone create an “stockduck” engine it would completely obliterate humans in less than 20 moves. If in regular chess we already miss tatics, imagine duck chess

[@MysticPotato]

I laughed when he say "Duck E2"

[@Drhmo]

MOOOOORE !!!! We need more duck chess pls Eric! I solomly swear to watch like and comment on every single duck chess video from you :D

[@iliakatster]

That panic about the end was hilarious, esp since I think there is no stalemate b/c there is no check so unless the king is physically boxxed in, he can be forced to move into check and get captured.

[@robdubent]

Hahahaha watching you try and finish this game had me in tears😂 They should cal it ‘what the duck chess!’

[@NoisqueVoaProduction]

7:59 Eric Realized he could just take the bishop and block the check with the duck.

[@congobongoproductions5476]

How would he take the bishop if it wasn't his turn

[@GMBethHarmon]

I retired from classical chess to start my duck chess career.

[@WanisheMusic]

3:53 "that's counterpro duck tive" I see what you did there

[@eliyasne9695]

I can't even imagine how computer duck chess looks like...

[@irjake]

At 10:43 could he have just taken the knight and then blocked with duck c4? It seems like there were a lot of missed simple duck related tactics.

[@Maerowitz]

This was really fun to watch. Would love to see more duck chess!

[@pt1cemomot]

pretty funny to watch this after 3 mounts and know, that in that short period eric became one of the most famous and best players in duck chess

[@feelshowdy]

The phrase "duck tactics" is so satisfying to hear, also it reminds me of Ducktective.

[@brabhamfreaman166]

Wondering if ‘Duck Duck Goose” might be a future variant? Players each get their own duck, plus Eric’s goose idea.

[@jackbicknell4711]

Get working on it

[@manuelbergler6884]

I'd love to see stockfish analyze this game :D

[@emprost-kun2388]

I'd love to see hans Neimann analyze this game :D

[@cringename2757]

@@emprost-kun2388 the duck speaks for itself

[@UnbornHeretic]

Fish v. Duck

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

the duck will eat stockfish, it just doesn’t work

[@PkGam]

@@TheOneWhoHasABadName It could be added to Fairy-Stockfish one day. Lichess added it to their site to examine variants supported.

[@Jozaia]

A good tactic is taking a piece defended at long-range, then placing the duck in-between to cut off the defense… what a fun variant!

[@romano-britishmedli7407]

I love the thought of the king hiding from his enemies behind a giant duck, and I think it's hilarious. XD What a fun variant of chess this is!

[@raul12300]

I love this way too much, please upload more of this variant!

[@kingdragmire5082]

Your content is already fantastic and I should’ve subbed long ago but the “that’s counterproductive” *long pause* “CounterproDUCKtive” made me sub on the spot

[@lunafoxfire]

Wow this is the best chess variant I've seen in a while haha. Super cool

[@mikebaker2436]

Eric: "The stalemated player wins... if only that was real chess." Me: "Flase. The stalemate is the higest of wins. Everyone but FIDE knows this." 🤣

[@angryducklinginstitution76]

Myself being a mildly-talented chess player, this video piqued my interests for certain reasons. I'm currently working on earning my online Bachelors of Science in IT. One of the classes I'd previously taken was an introductory course in programming with Python. That particular class taught us about the duck concept in which many programmers/developers/scriptwriters tend to engage: The idea involves setting a small rubber ducky toy somewhere on your desk, near vincinity of your computer. Whenever said programmer encounters a rather vexing problem they don't quite get, developer lore has it that verbally talking through the problem at hand can perhaps help one in finding a viable solution (or in this case, aptly "stepping through", a term which means a programmer is reading through someone's written code). In that same class we'd also went over the fact the Python programming language itself uses Dynamic Duck Typing, or in which case, if Python has some sort of variable, with that variable acting in a specific sort of way, then treat said variable by the way in which it acts. Example: I set a variable called my_variable. The value for my_variable is going to be equal (or in programming linguo, assigned) to the string (str) "My name is Kevin." A string is simply any form of text , whether that text be just one single word, or an entire paragraph. Strings have certain "properties" or principle characteristics which you must abide by, as does everything else that gets written in code. For instance, one specific property of a str is that you can't add it to any type of integer (int). If you tried writing the code "my_string + 3", that wouldn't make any sense, as you'd be asking the computer to add the number three to the sentence "My name is Kevin." You CAN, however, multiply a str and an int together. Multiplication of a str tells the computer to print (display) whatever indicated str by however many times it's being multiplied. E.G. - my_var * 3 would result in a print or display of the following: My name is Kevin. My name is Kevin. My name is Kevin. Therefore, in terms of Dynamic Duck Typing, if my_variable seems to be acting as if it has the properties of a str, then by all means Python will treat my_variable as a string. The original concept comes from the principle "If it acts like a duck, treat it like a duck." As such, I'd originally thought this video might be some kind of a cross between programming and chess. Hope everyone finds this little collision of worlds interesting! * Here's another interesting fact: I myself have been formally diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (among a few other conditions/disabilities). And I learned how to play chess from a guy who'd actually been a former student under world class chess legend Bobby Fischer, with Fischer himself also having been autistic. :)

[@Eric-yc7po]

I commend the resilience of the opponent. I, like Eric, thought multiple times that there was forced mate lmfao

[@christopherlee.]

"I should've played Duck A3" 💀💀💀

[@brett6468]

Excellent! So much fun watching a chess master learn The Way of the Duck in real time.

[@asahamada6403]

"I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7" lmfaoo

[@thevoteman]

he forgot that there's no checks. if the king can only move to a square where he's in check, and the duck can't block it, you win on the next move. there's technically a stalemate but it's nearly impossible to achieve.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

14:40 i just woke up my gf laughing out of nowhere at the nonchalant “I should’ve played duck a3” 😂

[@thecardczar8764]

Funny watching Eric panic over stalemate while opponent has a knight on the board in a game where checks don't matter so there are no absolute pins lmao

[@Thesnakerox]

Funny story: I've always had an idea for a piece that behaves in the same way as the Duck in that it can go to any unoccupied space on the board, and cannot capture or be captured. However, when to move it follows the same rules as any other piece, i.e it must be the only piece you move on your turn. Names I thought of included the Wall, Barrier, or Bastion.

[@Sorta8]

- What do I even... ah, duck it. - Duck it? - Duck it. - uh, Duck? - Duck.

[@hy7864]

Fun Fact: FM Ralph Betza (one of the Individuals notable for creating multiple chess variants) talk 'bout that piece in his article "Restrictions on Being Captured". Here's part of it: "What about an uncapturable Ghost? Is it worth a Knight because it blocks the enemy pieces so well? Is there a limit to how much blocking you can use, so that one iron ghost is worth a Knight, but seven iron ghosts are worth less than seven Knights (or their equivalent, for example two Knights, two Bishops, and two Rooks)? (Actually, if you have 6 or more Iron Ghosts, you can easily draw against the FIDE-chess army.). I think that an Iron Ghost is worth five or ten times as much as a capturable Ghost. This is just a chessmaster's feel for the value after a small amount of experimentation: Ghost equals half a Pawn, Iron Ghost equals a Knight or Rook, either estimate could be very wrong." -FM Ralph Betza 1996

[@esrohm6460]

that you needed 2 queens a rock and a knight to checkmate in an extremely convoluted mate pattern shows how much more complex this gets just through adding a duck. imagine it where a gees instead

[@Callipygous1975]

Thanks for the IntroDucktion! It's bound to be the very next craze😜

[@kartikeyasaxena3465]

Very nice

[@pariszohnson]

6:44 can the queen just take the knight and then block itself from the white bishop with the duck?

[@Aprch]

"Okay so Queen e7 Duck e2" lmao I completely lost it

[@JamesCA]

"it feels so good to move the duck. but it feels so bad when the duck is moved in my way."

[@jamesgarvey3895]

(in a very serious and reflective tone) "I should've played duck A3."

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Keep in mind that you have to make two moves at every turn, so you need at least 2s increment to survive unless you're Andrew Tang.

[@sans4071]

1:53 Bishop B4 and Duck D2 just kills the queen as it cant move but they have to move the duck so the queen dies. Easy.

[@Ramenenglish]

"I should have premoved Duck A3." -Eric Rosen

[@myfirstnamemylastname1244]

14:36 it's hilarious how he says this so seriously

[@OrangeHat9001]

Wow does this seem like a really fun variant. Please upload more of this content if you enjoyed making it!

[@edoardo7669]

Raising "quack" to a whole new level :D

[@blackman7186]

Oh God... I laugh my ass off whenever he says 'Duck'

[@jamesb8510]

It takes a lot to get me grinning ear to ear while sitting by myself watching KZbin. What a game

[@Cheeselog]

I would be very happy if you upload more duck chess. This is such a cool chess variant!

[@vko7059]

Dude, duck chess is so sick

[@jaingalt9444]

I wanted to see analysis SO bad. Engine says Duck A2 is forced goose🤣🤣

[@makotohanazawa6560]

both sides straightup joggling the duckling around each others queen for 5 moves or so so funny

[@berkayguler4453]

realization at 3:58 is gold lol

[@unclearuncle]

I need to see a Duckford Gambit.

[@raosahebsuryavanshi84]

"The stalemated player wins" - Eric will take to this variant of chess like a duck to water .

[@EebstertheGreat]

At 12:18 white could just take your knight and then block the check with the duck. White can easily keep beating any checks with the duck, bishop, and rook, especially since white can still castle.

[@kod4062]

This is it. Whittling a duck chess piece rn lol

[@juhonieminen4219]

The value of knight goes up, because it can't be obstructed by the duck. Bishop and rook can get badly stuck a duck'd.

[@nathanieltownshend2174]

Forget normal chess, this is the only version I want to see

[@fluziR6]

i can literally fall asleep while you are talking. your voice is so calming

[@chrishamilton1728]

Eric, the king can move into a check lol, the only way to stalemate is if the king has no unoccupied squares around it.

[@djconnel]

Eric forgets there’s no check and so there’s no checkmate and stalemate requires literally no available moves.

[@jaredjessen1379]

Really wanted to hear "Oh no, my Duck!" at some point

[@ultrawow65]

I think one huge strat would be to eliminate the oponent's knights as soon as possible

[@entiretwix1480]

I think it would be interesting to see you try Go again (as you are a strong chess player), but with a strong teacher this time.