Fear the Hedgehog! | Speedrun Episode 73

[@EddieDunns]

Mr. Rosen! I’ve gone from 1000 to 1700 since I’ve started watching your videos! You are the man!

[@KyleGreyshock]

Impressive!

[@Laporta-potty]

When did you start watching him?

[@EddieDunns]

Started religiously watching the speed run in July

[@parzingtheasian]

he is the guy!

[@Katharsis939]

I've gone from 950 to 950. 😥

[@Verity7x]

These episodes are getting super interesting considering the rating level, also love the frequency of the episodes lately!~ ❤️

[@Laporta-potty]

Seriously! My first thought when I saw another video

[@dxshywxshy8916]

Actually impressive how little you lost on the way up to this rating. So entertaining to watch!👏🏽👏🏽

[@Sghead]

This episode is quintessential Eric Rosen: Hedgehog thumbnail. Hot Tea Szn. Funny mate. Clipart hedgehog walking across the screen. London. Someone call an ambulance meme IRL . All that was missing was a rubber duck or a photo of a goat playing chess.

[@lnhaIee]

Instead of the photo we got a whole hour watching the goat

[@MrOnosa]

The clipart hedgehog walking across the screen had me laughing so hard people around me were, like, "How are you finding chess so hilarious?" and I didn't know what to say 🦔🤣

[@Rubrickety]

I better go to bed; I halucinated that an actual hedgehog walked across the screen.

[@optykgenesis]

For me it’s “oh yes my sleep schedule” Eric’s soothing voice helps me sleep

[@mitchsmix269]

Lets gooo. Last couple episodes have been awesome, cant wait for the gambits speedrun

[@prakasavigraha6104]

Eric is such a humble and mellow guy. It makes learning much easier because we are not contending with a huge ego.

[@BlazeSLK]

Oh no my sleep schedule.

[@thetree1994]

Hi honey it’s mom, go to bed you have a test tomorrow love you mwa

[@oldgold8247]

Oh no my original comment

[@Shawnmell]

Oh no this same comment on every video

[@ckq]

Same but at 3am

[@mr.almezeini647]

​@@thetree1994oh no my cringe

[@fixipszikon6670]

The opponent's name in the second game in original greek is Πτολεμαῖος, which is Ptolemaîos with english pronanciation, and Ptolemy as the english decided to say it. He was the successor of Alexander the Great and became the Pharoh of Egypt and was the ancestor of Cleopatra.

[@alexandershorse9021]

Love the hedgehog, so interesting to see what you do with it, your games are so instructive.

[@aronericson4732]

I got terrified when the hedgehog walked across the screen. So I obeyed the title of the video.

[@tangerinq]

That final endgame was very well played, especially considering the clock situation.

[@younghsu2070]

Greatest chess series on yt

[@CoMMenDaToR]

Awesome as always, congrats Eric the King!

[@TheChessNerd538]

Love the speedrun videos! Happy November to you too!

[@akobifan5428]

I love your chess content as it never fails to educate and delight in equal measure. A cup of mango lychee grean tea ready,let's go 😊

[@brandongillette6463]

Anyone else here to ask about the critter that looked way more like an albino possum than a hedgehog?

[@chandrakiran6258]

2000+ speedrun is super good... Love it

[@gunnarsamuelsson4611]

Well played today and good lessons on defending against dubious but dangerous attacks!

[@larryd9577]

2:50 "Maybe rE8" This is a move I would never consider, because not only is the file not open with both pawns alive, but is almost fully occupied.

[@jpjpJPJPG]

Thanks Eric! I appreciate every video!

[@thanosa316]

@Eric, this video is missing the timestamps in which we could see the opening names. That piece of info was really helpful as many times we are not able to understand the name of the opening in the oral format.

[@jacktaylor2830]

Whatever double macha means, playing Makkel something something. Eric getting loose in the hoody season. Go Eric.

[@andrebotha5753]

Opponents now tend to hold their own in opening and middle. Eric's quality in end game still markedly stronger.

[@loijz1740]

Usually I am sitting here, hoping, that a new video will be released soon. No I am here, with 3 clips unseen. What a day :)

[@pax1913]

Wow, almost one episode per day, Eric must be having so much fun now that he gets to play the best players at 2200+ x)

[@jeroenaarts85]

For the dutchies, did Eric play the first game against Tex de Wit? :)

[@nomer440]

Eric’s favourite weapon: Getting squished in the Sicilian

[@Timeticker]

Judging by the name, I think you played a famous Dutch person in the beginning. Tex de Wit is a journalist working for several Dutch TV programs, namely Zondag met Lubach and...Makkelijk Scoren. Tex is a great player, once having an over the board rating of 2300+.

[@hansoskar1911]

All these ambulances and eric asking himself if one of these ambulances is for him.

[@martynplays6862]

Really enjoyable and instructive episode you seem to need more patients as the rating level increases

[@thomasdequincey5811]

These higher rated games have been good. Very enjoyable.

[@crazyexbf]

22:34 that name i believe is just a Hungarian for an ancient scientist (Ptolemy in English), and i remember him as a geocentrist from school! (yes with my >90% absence its pretty crazy to remember the random stuff)

[@dustinoverholser7469]

I think it means twice the amount of macha.

[@jamesduggan7200]

In Game 3, I never much liked N:c6, bc:; and I believe you handled the ensuing tactics very nicely. I feel like I learned something watching. Thanks. Game 1 was a textbook Sicilian and it looked to my amateurish eye that f4?! was a mistake, especially after Kh1. Pawnstorming is often double-edged, IMHO.

[@davesmith9122]

When the opponent makes the move at 5:47, why not play pawn h6 as defense? Preventing the opponents pawn from kicking the knight?

[@arnoudh6203]

He explains it during the analysis of the game

[@davesmith9122]

Ya thanks saw it! Turned out to be the best engine move lol!

[@kruksog]

Yay. Happy hoody season to you.

[@dmitrymashkov9379]

Can’t help asking. Since you play Taimanov a lot what is your take on O’Kelly? I have played a6 on move two for years. I recognize familiar positions when you play Taimanov. I suppose for one thing a6 seems slow, but then after that the game flows easily. I learned the Sicilian by my mistakes mostly and at some point I was desperate for more aggression after playing c5. People recommended the O’Kelly and since then it has been my main weapon. I’m just curious if you ever came across it or considered fun

[@1031LiLg]

Can you play the urosov gambit pls

[@CrouchingCrab]

There's so many ambulances outside... but not for me!

[@willwhite1842]

I have that same hoodie. GGs

[@yairdvora871]

Yay!!! One more! Thanks Eric!

[@Lazy_crazy1]

Need a gambit only speedrun next 🙂

[@kecskebaszok]

Its amazing how you are at 2250 and your only loss is still due to a mouse slip

[@StevenC-9]

I think Vampire Chicken’s hedgehog got loose and walked across the screen!

[@SyaminiKaushik]

Now that it's November, please don't shave!

[@LieuweStraatman]

20:00 a hedgehog setup, goddamnit

[@Katharsis939]

Is Eric's Hedgehog-Opening the natural counter to Anna's Cow-Opening?

[@shankmcgank]

Love the series and I know you have to get paid, but the ads on this video were out of control compared to all the previous episodes.

[@evanmobley5117]

at 30:21 how come a pawn just doesn't take his knight??

[@thekilla1234]

Then the king takes his bishop. So it's either knight for bishop, or pawn for pawn. Doubling up your pawns to save a center pawn that is hard to defend is not a great prospect.

[@kingrex1931]

Since your taking suggestions on openings, you should play the cow.

[@mattwright4800]

I think Ive mastered the hibernating bishop strategy.

[@ChessUnderFireLearningJourney]

Hedgehog for the win ;-)

[@mjnowak]

You should have transposed from the hedgehog into the hippo!

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

Seasons don't fear the Hedgehog, Nor the French nor the Caro-Kann.

[@JohnClem56]

Your first opponent's name translates from Dutch as something like "easy score" or "nice score".

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

It’s also beard season Eric.

[@samgreer8596]

There is so much rampant cheating on that website I'm surprised you haven't had more losses and rating refunds. Maybe you're just beating the cheaters!

[@giridharpavan1592]

the grand speedrun

[@RightHandShot]

Getting tougher now

[@vitahast]

someone called an ambulance but not for eric

[@stoneyantoni]

Oh no my queen! Has never been on b8 or a8 lol

[@choco1101]

Uh oh. I haven’t finished watching the last one 😂

[@TortaSabrosa]

It's rare that a 2250 would play Qxb2 in the second game.

[@rickstermandude]

Yes, they usually do that in the 3rd game.

[@ThomasWilliamBartley]

The need for more detailed explanations in the opening becomes less and less the higher rated you go.

[@dmitrymashkov9379]

Wait a minute. You have played another speedrun account 😆. Your last opponent

[@Cyco-Dude]

OK...but is it *beard* season? (the answer is yes, btw).

[@magnificcenTCG]

next series, beginner to GM slowrun.

[@LitCactus]

Please do not use AI images for your channel. I'm a longtime subscriber who is deeply disappointed by your recent use of generative AI

[@baoboumusic]

11.111 views 11 hours ago... Yeah I'm not sure what it means either. I just like it and wish it were on 11/11.

[@Semicolon42]

AI thumbnail much?

[@Micha-Hil]

I don't think you should use genAI for your thumbnails honestly

[@zBrain0]

Honest question. Why do you care?

[@masonsteel6072]

AI generated thumbnails look like trash imo

[@ccemcoffingonzalez5304]

Rosen is the one on the left

[@Semicolon42]

I care because gen ai takes a lot of resources, power and water from local communities, and it generates images based on art taken from human artists with no compensation for using their art to train their machines. Plus, it often looks kind of bad. It has a weird quality to it. There are thumbnail artists that online people can use that often make better images more appropriate for the video. And support artists directly rather than the subsidized hidden cost of all the gen ai stuff

[@tangerinq]

I agree. The AI art is as bland as it gets.

[@superdan2593]

It's just my opinion but I prefer the first episodes from this series as I can relate much more. At this level I have a really hard time following. This is still entertaining though.

[@LieuweStraatman]

Something something, woman, from the Netherlands, this is too ez

[@LieuweStraatman]

To get the marocsee setup

[@LieuweStraatman]

You are incredibly good at this

[@LieuweStraatman]

Have sex no

[@LieuweStraatman]

Standard move

[@LieuweStraatman]

C4

[@BlurgenTrugen-zx4bz]

Wohooo!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@djgresearch]

I love a hedgehog. On toast, usually. No - only joking. It often appears in the Symmetrical English, I've noticed. Or a Modern Defence.

[@tamatamt]

73..like it share n watch it

[@B00B13S_L0L]

HEYYY ERIC..... hi :)

[@fahadjamali3541]

Sir sir plz it is a humble request just play the move and dont explain too much bcz it get frustrating that WHEN IS ERIC GONNAAA MOVEEE PLZZ

[@jacobsawyer6861]

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[@hulkernaut]

Oh yeah! I saw this movie. Denzel plays the role of Joe Biden, the captain is Trump, and Cob is Mike Pence.

[@Sonikman103]

please stop using ai generated images in the thumbnail. extremely disappointing :/

[@MultiColoredHairBoy]

A cute lil hedgehog photoshop would have been so cool. Too bad Eric Rosen isn't cool. :(

[@masturbates]

Seriously? He's an independent creator. It's a resource that can help indie channels out. I'd complain if large companies did this, but a guy running his own chess channel, there's no problem here.

[@kiliabgonzalez7826]

What’s the problem with that lol?