Facing Danya's Jobava London

[@dohpam1ne]

Not only do you upload tough losses, you also give Danya and Bortnyk's course a shoutout. Pure class

[@reconnaisance]

Imagine if he were Hikaru 😂

[@banzaiburger9589]

Absolutely classy. Also Danya's course is good, though it's his first course.

[@banzaiburger9589]

​@@reconnaisance or Gata

[@maxhay9911]

Damn, takes true humility to upload losses like that. Mad respect and a good lesson for me in my own life

[@Truffle_Pup]

Respect for posting L vids and not just W's. Danya is pretty terrifying tbf.

[@rayshido1908]

This is the best free advertisement someone can do to Danya's course

[@Samuftie]

11:21 we're gonna not get a losing position from the opening. We're gonna get a losing position later on.

[@kaybest9607]

Foreshadow

[@bhamdeezy]

Great intro Eric, love how you gave them a shoutout for their courses. It benefits all of you for showcasing how strongly knit the chess community really is. Proud to have been subbed to the channel for as long as I have been. Keep up the great content brothers!

[@chrisbrown9036]

Hate those were back to back frustrating loses...but....crazy cool and super humble that you posted the losses.....most wouldn't. Mad props!!

[@XlogicXX]

Look at Danya with the 2 knight attack supported by the pawn. Savage!

[@grahamdugan]

Really cool of you to upload these games, I play the Jobava and I’ve been meaning to get their course. Class act man, Chessbrah is based af.

[@robdubent]

I’ve been having a lot of luck with the Jobava lately. Crushed a guy in tournament a couple days ago.

[@astronemir]

Fuck everyone is playing my favorite opening now. People are starting to learn how to respond

[@robdubent]

@@astronemir that’s what I said- I’ve been playing it for years. I don’t really care- I can handle the resulting positions so even if they respond correctly we just end up playing chess…. I don’t play for the traps and cheapos but gladly take them if they play into it. Most of my opponents (2000+) don’t usually fall into them and just try to play defensively

[@steelsteez6118]

Love the humility Hansen. A true gentleman. (that knows how to have fun when the time calls 😉)

[@mcronrn]

Wholesome, posting losses to the JL after they used their course material 👏🙏👍🏽 chess could use more of this generosity ☺️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SoulCaliburDeathCrie]

17:45 Temptation island >>> Theory Eric

[@sjaak515]

very instructive and entertaining as always

[@nowshadmonishi8083]

Eric Hansen shows he is a classy gentleman of chess. Enjoyed and learned some things from his Bird opening speedrun.

[@BenRook]

I don't really watch your games but respect your play always!

[@RobDanny-sm7rt]

Both games were interesting. thanks for posting.

[@cptnoremac]

11:37 No, it does NOT beg the question. It RAISES the question. Those are entirely different things.

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Eric after getting paired against Bortnyk: ' Ah, Shit. Here we go again"

[@iseriver3982]

I play jobava, a6 is a hell of annoying.

[@TOPVideo07]

Jobava, Bortnyk, Naroditsky, Wonderfultime(Minh Lee) London system 🤣🔥

[@ckclau3422]

Waiting for Eric’s anti London course now hahaha

[@Samuftie]

Secret is out, prep jobava london if you vs eric.

[@Rainersherwood]

Damn that London variation is nasty.

[@yumitho2832]

I'm jobava london player too. I'm playing this opening over 4 years. i should say it's a most tricky opening u can ever face it in blitz and Rapid time control. But not very effective in classical chess because of the positional reasons

[@yahiabns5251]

When i watch danya's stream playing against eric i hope danya wins. When i watch Eric's stream playing danya i love to see eric wins.

[@LlamaBG]

sometime win, sometime lune

[@tomastuszynski218]

How is Queen A5 not winning the knight for like half the game?

[@Chodaine]

Pawn to c3 blocks check and defends knight with queen

[@j.r.8176]

Rest assured this was ALL theory.

[@exisfohdr3904]

At 3:04 Ouch! Should have gone Bf5 instead of Ne4. After, if exd5 then Nxd5 threatening fork on rook and king If Nb6 then Bxc5 trapping his knight

[@Wi11daThri11]

@6:03 -- Why not d3 by black to unleash the battery onto the king??!!

[@joseantoniojimenezgarcia8466]

Queen a4 check? loss tje knight? i dont understand your move

[@j.p.jordan3357]

Did you work on the Jobava since then?

[@Kelvinllovejr]

3...c5 is very strong. Only after e3 cxd4 and then a6. a6 is premature in that position

[@tommy_noble]

Anytime I watch a vid like this, I run into everyone doing the same scheme on lichess lol.

[@giancarlodisalvo1784]

Doesn’t queen a5 check early win back that pawn? He plays c3 we take with d pawn he takes back with knight we win c pawn and if he recaptures w b pawn his isolated pawns on c file are bad?

[@rodneygreenwell7620]

You should buy the course

[@jimdaily737]

Song name for most of game 1?

[@yuhanchen1386]

Michael FK - Blush

[@uPenguin]

I've seen a lot of Jobava content recently and I've been playing it myself for a year now, is it bad that I now want to change my opening up? 😅

[@Alpacastan21m]

How is Queen lost at 12:16 if Qxg6?

[@Oujry]

Hard to see you get beat eric but great video bro

[@inakimurillo5447]

at 12:25 Bortnyk could win the exchange with 14.b4 Ba7 15.Ad6

[@josephmcbrien7646]

Big chief what's your go to reality shows?

[@MrHaVko1]

Even I saw bf4 . Cmonbruh. 😂

[@Omar_Merican]

6:12 what about d3 in this position?

[@nathancavenor316]

At 2:29 what's wrong with qa5+, c3, dxc3, bxc3 and Bxc5? Sure white might give you doubled pawns on the kingside but b5 looks strong.

[@Longwe0]

Seems like you've got the answer yourself

[@connornguyen7803]

I assume Qa5, c3, dxc3 then b4 would give white a strong pawn trio with Nb6 eventually and a loose c3 pawn to take

[@johncampbell3912]

go flames. Oh wait...

[@megatruble22]

Mad respect for posting tough losses 🫡✊🏼

[@henrikapitzsch]

Song at 13:20?

[@marcopetruzzi4571]

at 6:03 why not just d4d3? seems like winning for black

[@horribleville]

How does it not just lose a pawn? Take with pawn and queen now defends checkmate threat

[@marcopetruzzi4571]

@@horribleville just run it on the cpu and you'll see

[@horribleville]

​@Marco Petruzzi yeah +9 for white with your move, loses a pawn

[@marcopetruzzi4571]

​@@horribleville you're right! my bad

[@MultiTrace22]

Had me on the first half, ngl

[@jmarinotripp240]

Insert “yomamma london system” joke here

[@ZeOrangutan]

5:02 why not knight to e5, saving castling rights and targeting bishop?

[@imcool3487]

If knight e5, then white can just play f4 attacking the knight. Then the knight couldn't move because of the pin. I checked the engine and knight e5 actually isn't half bad because of whites weak queen side, but only if you were playing the top engine moves consistently afterwards. Generally it's a bad move so I think that's why Eric didn't consider it.

[@ragibmorshed6464]

at 2:54, Queen to a5 basically wins a knight, right? Or am I missing something

[@imcool3487]

If he played queen to a5 check then white just plays c3 which blocks it and opens up their queen to defend the knight at the same time.

[@ragibmorshed6464]

@@imcool3487 Then I take the pawn on c3 and threaten a discovery attack with that same pawn if it takes on b2. Right?

[@imcool3487]

@@ragibmorshed6464 yeah but white would just not take the pawn and attack blacks queen instead with b4

[@checkcallfold7095]

12:00 e5 followed by e4…

[@jeskillzzz6443]

why doesnt he check the king with the queen at 2:55 and take knight after?

[@dinoracki2503]

C3 is playable by white.

[@motoporn9055]

The knight could just go back to cover, but I was thinking the same but after checking the king I would take the pawn with my bishop...

[@psysch21]

anyone knows the music playlist ?

[@E8oL4]

ghost town - mintz

[@psysch21]

@@E8oL4 my guy 🙌

[@davidbatchelder85]

I want to tip my hat to you in regards to your class of honor. You siir are what chess should be defined by. Amen, May Jesus bless you in all that you do.

[@Victor-ji1rz]

How much did they pay you for that

[@Maggiore_G]

Why do people say Danya instead of Daniel?

[@vir8801]

nickname given to him by his coach, it stuck

[@jahhone5892]

damn danya with the juiced ass rating

[@mratkovich]

2:38 why not Qa5 forking the king and knight?

[@NordicRest]

C3 is the response there. It wins back the pawn, at least for a while, but you're weakening your centre a lot.

[@failedreactions001]

white plays c3

[@tr4nnel752]

Why would Eric play the Jobava against Danya? Are the alternatives worse? I'm an E4 player myself, I don't know much D4 theory at all, but why are you basically forced to play this? In Blitz anything goes right?

[@lunalove2259]

Eric is black, white chooses to play the jobava. The only alternative is the Englund gambit which is far worse than going into the jobava at the GM level.

[@gkorp]

@@lunalove2259 This is just flat out wrong

[@Auditas]

@@gkorp Why?

[@felipearayaperez2610]

​@@Auditas There are other alternatives, even if the main line for black allows the Jobava

[@sjoerdpeeters3797]

6:03 i think you had d3 in this position, threatening check while also attacking the queen

[@god0fgames100]

Yea I saw the same. Don't see the refutation there but I'm probably missing something.

[@londoncalling1328]

cxd3 and the queen protects checkmate

[@SR-ti6jj]

Why

[@nathansnow11]

$50 for a chess course!?

[@leon6777]

Danya's? He has so much free courses on his channel, look at his most recent blitz speedrun(Scotch as white, Sicilian as black) it's so good

[@RG001100]

Danya reckoned it’s comparable to chessable courses (without video).

[@salli2883]

People pay $100s for KZbin "courses" and never get 1000 subs, if u really care about chess maybe it's worth

[@onionhater7994]

3:00 doesn’t Qa5 just win the pawn back?

[@silencer5854]

Doesn't it just win d Knight

[@davidchristensen2667]

​@@silencer5854 c3 ties together the position, so the queen defends the knight and the knight defends both c3 and C5 😊

[@onionhater7994]

@@davidchristensen2667 I can still take on c5 though, bishop and queen are attacking it

[@Gurb-cr3wl]

one of the loveliest sights in existence. a win for london and Hansen losing this badly

[@KrynexYT]

Theory is one of the most boring parts of chess

[@michaelf8221]

The truth hurts

[@XVRMEDIA]

Then why do you sacrifice pawns if you don’t know theory?! Just play c6 and keep the position solid 👎 Or play the old Benoni and avoid the bullshit.

[@antimatter2417]

Cause he's a gm and you definitely arent

[@XVRMEDIA]

@@antimatter2417 If all GMs played like that I would be world champion

[@A51838]

lol how much did danya pay you to upload this

[@iconicae8814]

Second 💗💗

[@Trez1238]

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