Eric Rosen: Competition, Career, Chess Boom, Jobava's Deals | C-Squared Podcast | E003

[@TDOLLA]

Eric Rosen in life: very calm and polite and has a gentle way of speaking and seems like a friendly intelligent guy. Eric Rosen on the chess board: absolute scoundrel and trickster. Constant traps and aggressive lines lol.

[@paeturis]

*using GM tactics against a 400 elo opponent on his chess speedrun account*

[@raylopez99]

@57:00 LOL, Fabi talking about how in chess courses for sale, the opening prep offered doesn't have everything, just enough stuff for the average tournament player but for 2700+ secrets you're not going to find it in a $49.99 course at Chessables or anywhere else. You cannot make this stuff up and it's why this podcast is a treasure.

[@cooky123]

Fabi: Respect your promise

[@ДелијеВрбас]

What promise?

[@andrewjimenez8234]

@@ДелијеВрбас to play the Stafford gambit in titled Tuesday

[@nickmoore5105]

He just did it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/npSuhKSie9KFmqc

[@jorgemeza2494]

Of course he did!

[@adamstewart247]

We are waiting for it...give us more than 1 Stafford Gambit

[@s4m3r]

Very pleasantly surprised that this podcast exists, even though I'm not used to seeing Fabiano as the host. Love to see it!

[@TheMg49]

Eric Rosen seems like a good guy. I've learned some things from his KZbin channel. Good interview. Thanks. I notice that the C-Squared subscriptions are increasing. Hope that Fabi and Cristian are successful enough at this to continue doing it for a while.

[@stevethach3340]

Just wanted to let you know I don't normally care for podcasts, but this is the one that I'm consistently tuning in to! Great work guys!

[@kev_mclernon_family_channe4745]

I very much enjoyed the dialog, discussion points, and kindness. Meaning some chess content can be nutty. One thought I had when GM Caruna was discussing the ebb and flow of openings’ popularity - and I hope I’m remembering correctly, was the period when World Champion Spassky kind of came out of retirement., and he was beating some folks and then, it seemed to my memory, he started getting thumped pretty good and it was because the younger players weren’t playing the K or Q’s gambit. But it didn’t take them long to get up to speed. Thank you for a podcast that is refreshing, constructive, and helps the audience feel like they’re sitting with you enjoying the conversation. Great stuff!!

[@meeshka16]

Great podcast. You gotta get Jobava on!

[@stoutlager6325]

Seconded! He's a good interview.

[@sub.consciousnz1312]

I really hope you continue to publish videos! It's a pleasure getting insight from Fabi, an absolute master of the modern game with so much interesting to say :)

[@DSB42]

Absolutely love everything about this project. Great luck moving forward. I'm sure you'll be a success!

[@DSG_1]

Guys, first of all, thanks for all you do on this channel. Its Just great. But can you please think of putting some positions or studies you are talking about on the screen so we could give a try on our own? Thanks

[@cadefisher9186]

These podcasts are great, hoping that they keep this up.

[@dif1754]

This podcast is so relaxing and informative. Please make an episode about Fabi's Italian and Cristian's Romanian roots.

[@raylopez99]

Fabi speaking Italian and Christian speaking Romanian would be cool too.

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

@@raylopez99 Fabi can’t speak a word of Italian lol, he’s no more Italian than I am

[@Al-gv5uw]

@@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638 I don’t think that’s true

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

@@Al-gv5uw you can think whatever you like but regardless Fabi can’t speak a word of Italian and has never lived in Italy unless you think having a translator 2 feet away from him from 2005-2015 just for company, to my knowledge his parents haven’t either but I’m not 100% sure about that

[@UrghNoNames]

@@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638 Is language the only thing that makes someone x or y ethnicity? I'm of Italian descent but I speak French fluently. Does this make me a Frenchman?

[@Ebobster]

Enjoyable interview with IM Eric Rosen. I played Eric a blitz game at Tanner’s in LA and was struck how humble and gracious he was to thrill chess enthusiasts by playing his many fans among the Coffee Chess crew. What also struck me how youthful he looks; IMHO his youthful glow comes from following his passion and not being cooped up all day in an office cubicle. Anyway, these podcast interviews are immensely interesting for highlighting people’s paths in the chess world and preserve history.

[@JD-td8kl]

Really enjoying your podcast, lads. Keep it up!

[@sekk157]

Love this podcast with you two, really awesome to listen to the stories from your childhood and tournament experiences growing up. Very cool stuff.

[@a11pu1poj]

That C-Squared notification hits so good 😊

[@davidsirois6633]

merci pour votre poscast, real fun to watch!

[@0451Deus]

Rosen is the sage of chess, always so calm. Another great episode.

[@mrdudeman29]

I have really been enjoying the podcast!

[@SLKCHESS]

Amazing podcast with Eric Rosen one of my favorite chess streamer and youtuber

[@anything704]

love from Bangladesh Eric and Fabi. Good luck.

[@kamranabbasi6757]

Next time bring Ben Finegold please

[@raylopez99]

And give his a buffet. I'd like to see him eat and talk, it would be funny. Like some KZbin channels where they show nothing but people eating.

[@sebastianapolo8515]

@@raylopez99 we need spicy wings with chess players and I didn't know it

[@adhi_r]

So they should invite hans soon

[@wwd5149]

I'm diggin' these vids...dont be afraid to expand BEYOND chess in your content....I'd find it interesting to hear what your opinions are when it comes to some silly Marvel tv show or some pop culture news event....Peace!

[@nimzomitch]

You guys have great lights, and with great lights comes the necessity for makeup - just a little powder for each of you - Eric's especially shiny here 🙃

[@TuringMachine001]

1:00:20 I knew chess is drawish, but I didn't know it was so hard to prove an advantage with white in the opening. Very interesting to hear! Kinda makes me feel better about avoiding theory with things like the Panov Attack and the Exchange French with an early c4.

[@raylopez99]

Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann is deadly in blitz... so many forcing lines. My favorite online.

[@rambo2667]

Karpov used it

[@Oralion2]

Subscribed to channel because Fabi played the Stafford.

[@adamwilson7590]

Super cool to hear from the man himself, can't wait for more to come. Thank-you for posting.

[@kaszaspeter77]

Fabis hair never ceases to amaze me.

[@trevormuchenje1553]

big support to you guys

[@ethernalforestbess3758]

Great podcast! I could hear something else from the life of a chess player. Whether in the game of chess or other life inspiration

[@danielessien1871]

i like what you do here. nice interview

[@HenryTho]

Fabi and Christian have the best dynamic

[@fujiapple9675]

57:05 Fabi's like *but actually*

[@tomkavulic7178]

Stafford Gambit next Tuesday?

[@DaaimShabazz]

When I was a scholastic player in the U.S., we only got ribbons and trophies were small. I also played in Illinois.

[@msaiza3261]

From the short, I thought Eric is Interviewing Fabi

[@stormixgaming8389]

Another great one! Can't wait for the Nakamura interview!

[@raylopez99]

Think Naka would want a promotion fee for showing up? For sure!

[@pedrovilhena6389]

I think its was already recorded!

[@stormixgaming8389]

@@pedrovilhena6389 Yep just waiting for them to upload it, I imagine the have somewhat of a back catalogue now given the number of players in St. Louis recently.

[@exuviumisopods]

If you enable automatic captions in your videos that would help hundreds of viewer that don't comprehend English that good. And also CC are way more SEO-friendly. Personally only 1 - 2 times in the video I didn't understood what was said.

[@walterlotte4215]

I love how chess people are holding up the story of there being a longtime "chess boom". Just own up to best thing that ever happend to chess players was people being locked up at home..

[@Trumpcasino2020]

Now that this podcast has started, Magnus will also want to have a podcast, because that is how he's done! The HM Podcast it shall be named, the Hans Magnus Podcast

[@bastelwastel]

Awesome, but the volume is low?!?

[@jaekn]

Caruana is the human Beaker muppet

[@nathanphillips3104]

@c-squared what other games are pro chess players typically good at/ translate to?

[@raylopez99]

@Edwardian23 For a while some traders at the Pacific Stock Exchange hired a chess master to detect patterns and for a while it worked I recall reading. May have been just chance or maybe there was some short term predictable pattern at that point in time.

[@floridaman6982]

Plants vs zombies, ask fabi haha

[@A.Autrix]

@@floridaman6982, it looks like quite chessish game

[@mckenziearchibald4510]

Super enjoyable

[@shamballin3143]

26:55 That one there was a violation personally i wouldn't have it

[@driedpancake]

nice set

[@eg2821]

Jobava sounds like the robot devil from Futurama making dubious deals lmao

[@cmu6443]

Petrov scares me too 👀

[@KnightToRemember]

What do they mean? How could he watch anything during a tournament?

[@clawsoon]

30:12 - Eric was inspired by Gary Vaynerchuck? Now there's a connection I didn't expect. Talk about opposite public personalities!

[@guyscounter]

Good audio finally! I think your set is better without the mics on camera. Your set is so good, the boom mic arms ruining it.

[@raylopez99]

Looks kind of high-tech cool to me. I bet nowadays some pinhole mic would be almost as good, given how electronics constantly miniaturize, but I dunno.

[@bobobandy9382]

22:30 Well now we have to know the position.

[@cool7992]

Good job! Want to know about the next guest! It gonna be fun! Yeah!!! ^^V!!!

[@devoid5377]

:) amazing guest

[@alexeyayzin8512]

stoked :D

[@TheSwaghilist]

What runs more? Eric’s pawns up the board, the Boogers that run down his nose, Or Momma Rosen managing the eb and flows… Still calculating…..

[@c.c.1197]

1 year after .... Still calculating....

[@iluvatarchem]

He was very nervous hahaha. Very good guest though

[@raylopez99]

yeah you could see the bead of sweat under his lip, that he did not wipe off. Probably from the bright lights.

[@theguy9067]

They were all nervous, he was getting awkward vibes too

[@Fergus316]

It sounds like Jobava is just going to the guys he expects to win and trying to sucker them into dyeing their hair pink.

[@MrAM4D3U5]

Really disappointed Caruana didn’t play the Stafford Gambit on Titled Tuesday. Just when you think you’re starting to get to know someone, treachery strikes…

[@Ryokans]

You need to have a make-up person on your podcast to reduce glare or sweat on your guests. I think it has an impact quality-wise.

[@raylopez99]

Makeup artist? Maybe dye Eric's hair pink or bright red? That would have impact for sure.

[@Ryokans]

@@raylopez99 Every TV studio has one

[@floridaman6982]

Could they just reduce the room temperature, or softer lights?

[@dark_magician_sdy]

17:00

[@tiagorodrigues9270]

Get Grischuk please!

[@KnightMoves00]

Studs

[@vladpetre5674]

Man, Eric is sweating a lot :))

[@Fergus316]

The next step in video production is a bit of makeup. No Asian youtuber would be without it, but then again men wearing products is already more accepted in Asia.

[@MrMarlowe3488]

"Being a chess professional offers a lot of flexibility" Yeah so does unemployment, Christian

[@sekk157]

Someone tell this man to wipe his lips

[@Speedster___]

1:08:45 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZiUqYCQnayCq8U game 1 is the london

[@ChessJourneyman]

As much respect as Rosen deserves for everything he does, him talking about workouts is too funny because he's clearly never done a workout in his life 😂😂

[@SavantGardeEX]

Eric beats magnus LMAOOAOOOAOOOOO HANS IS THE GOAT FR

[@NoProHarrie]

I would be happy for you not to have Elon Musk on your show

[@verystablegenius4720]

sad story to leave U of I CS for freaking Webster University on a beer-fart Chess scholarship, LOL, Rosen never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@raylopez99]

LOL good troll

[@moisesespino2021]

"a man is nothing without his word"........... author: me its a shame at this level to see how a GM portrait himselve...... spoiler alert: Fabiano didn´t fullfilled his promise..... and even made it public not to

[@raylopez99]

Something lost in translation but thanks for the comment Moises.

[@dheerajbharti1180]

So, with the Magnus talk, it is actually E = m c_squared here!!! 😄😊

[@ragnorak56]

I love these podcast by Fabi and Cristian. As an adult who only learned in 2019 at 40years old I really enjoy Eric's and Yasser videos. They have very smooth relaxing voices. Was able to get to 1800 USCF thanks in large part to these videos.

[@colin7242]

From 2k when you recorded this to almost 7k already, the progress is huge!

[@Joseph-on7nf]

Nice to see Eric! I guess hikaru is next week. Ive watched both of them few times but have never followed either, just love hearing people talk, especially content creators, (and even better when what they do is talk create stuff about chess. This podcast is fast becoming my favorite!

[@David-qs7yv]

I want Eric to give a trophy room tour

[@madarauchiha-iy8em]

fabi please bring ding liren once to your podcast

[@Tx66]

I love this podcast so, so much. I sometimes wake up in a panic at night that they might not continue it. Please never stop

[@Gtmatt2000]

i got back into chess bc of Eric video of the London system, used to play chess when i was a kid... In 2018 my friend talked trash and destroyed me in otb game.. went to youtube, found Eric video and since i have never stop playing, thus my entry into the chess world.. (my circle of friends have never beaten me since) lol

[@dritslem4711]

I love fabi, but he looks like a corpse when he sits still and listens to Eric.

[@nulltube2530]

Lets podcast about Eric and Fabiano's voices for whose gonna be the real host to dub mordecai at regular show.

[@johnlangenecker5664]

I believe that the top players greatly underestimate the value of their childhood trophies. Charity auctions have raised big coin from Hikaru's broken mouse.

[@gajofre]

I'm really loving these podcasts.

[@jimc4834]

"I went from board 1 on the A team to board 4 on the D team" Wow, what a strange feeling that must have been! I went from board 1 in primary school (age 9-11) to instantly the best player in my secondary school at age 12, which meant I didn't improve as a youngster 😢

[@douglaslegvold9215]

To be mathematically correct, it’s actually 2C, not c squared.

[@95harshjoshi]

15k+ subs and counting, congratulations both of you guys 💐 this podcast episodes are amazing ❤️

[@olivercash6586]

Get niemann on the pod

[@dimejiabaniwonnda1945]

Very nice episode I wonder if they'll invite levy

[@gabrielul2608]

Great podcast! Go Cristian & Fabiano!

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

I used to love trophies when I was a kid, and one day I went with my parents to a shop that sold (among others) stuff like trophies, medals, etc. where people who organize competitions can go and buy them, and back then I didn't really understand the point so I thought if you could buy all of it for yourself then you'd be the most accomplished person at pretty much every sport.

[@sahandhemmat5447]

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[@mikecantreed]

Gary Vee inspiration shocking. Gary vee is a borderline grifter these days. Think he wasn’t always that way.

[@seamusthatsthedog4819]

I can't get over how Fabi looks like that film director college student from Better Call Saul

[@FerrisMcLauren]

You can thank Eric for helping earn another subscriber to the C-Squared podcast. Without him I wouldn't have found this podcast.

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

I have more respect for Eric Rosen then almost anyone on earth. He's in his lane a good man

[@whitedog510]

I can’t believe they didn’t ask him about his time staring in Blue’s Clues.

[@Otzkar]

Why are you guys blinking so much