Highly Instructive Classical Chess

[@markcaza6083]

Oh my gosh! Classical chess is the best to watch. Educational and slow enough for my mind to make its own conclusions. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@howlingwolf317]

Dang, winning with 96% accuracy against an IM who gets 93% accuracy with 21 total games on your account. Must be a hidden savant at chess.

[@flutiyama]

Eric starts the run explaining why berserking would not be a good idea, and proceeds to destroy people lower than 2000 Elo within less than 10 minutes spent, every time.

[@filipstan2135]

He's just being humble

[@bkokohut1980]

It's not smart to berserk for only 1 reason... losing the +10 per move... of you could berserk and keep that or have it halved just like the time.... then, that would make more sense.

[@MrOnosa]

well... 67% of the time anyway

[@mustafaabdullah4951]

32:00 Ben Finegold must been controlling the engine lol

[@simonasas3179]

😂😂

[@toddy1976]

Instructive Rapid 10 mins is my fav

[@zenfrog1973]

Hey Eric! So nice to hear your kind words about Queenside! It was such a highlight and honor for us to have you there! Shame we had to close the cafe. Might open a ‘chess bar’ one day, just so we can have the Rosen back on the menu! 😂

[@lillcrumb]

My favorite videos are ones like these; it really helps

[@OregonMikeH]

Absolutely greatly enjoy the extended speed runs!

[@invis19]

My favorite time control that you do, great stuff!

[@choco1101]

love it for dpo18 to get to try the Stafford against Eric

[@KF1]

About the ads, I make a practice of instantly closing the video when an ad pops up. Yt has an algorithm about viewer ad-tolerance, so the more vids you close out, the less ads you get. That's why I don't watch your vids when going to sleep, because when the ads get a chance to play in full, it messes with my perceived tolerance levels. Good games btw. That Stafford was well prepped and ironic to watch from the other side.

[@waterlmao]

just use an ad blocker lmao??

[@KF1]

@@waterlmao yt stopped allowing them for a while. Vid wouldn't play at all. I have adblock on the pc, but not on the tablet

[@waterlmao]

@@KF1 oh i never had a problem, probably need a better blocker

[@KF1]

@@waterlmao thanks, will look into it

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

​@@KF1, look into the app injection scripts. There's a certain modified client.

[@HiddenLemur]

"There was a time when stockfish didn't fully understand how much counter play black can have" - Eric Rosen This guy literally watched stockfish catch up with him

[@vezquex]

The magical anti-Stockfish Stafford gambit is hilarious.

[@abdullahmohammed20y]

I can't resist clicking ur vids

[@gravythegreat]

he like-a da chess

[@milehighslacker4196]

"A really long time ago, at least 4 years." :-)

[@danhegner7410]

LOL! “Black found a way for me to not take the knight because taking the queen instead is more attractive.”

[@PeterHavord]

I love you Eric

[@HoloDaWisewolf]

Classical! So cool

[@mikebaker2436]

1:26:03 This is why Hikarrrrru is the GOAT.

[@catac83]

What about the previous move where he sacrificed a rook to get to an already won pawn game? This move looks like a hallmark of engine play where is uses tablebases of already won pawn endgames

[@user-deevt]

nice!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

real hikaru might have played that

[@ifomichev]

Did it turn out to be the real Hikaru in the end?

[@alexweitz]

No, probably just a cheater

[@spodule6000]

White giving away a rook at the end to transistion into a won pawn endgame is a hallmark of engine play, useing tablebases to find a guaranteed win.

[@spodule6000]

Also I looked at the Lichess profile, it's deffo not Hikaru unless he's been losing to 1700s at blitz lol.

[@catac83]

@@spodule6000nice catch!

[@robd1339]

That last Hikaru opponent played like a grandmaster or was he using an engine?

[@5t.8bby26]

Never play F3!! Even if it's okay apparently.

[@ryanbone3537]

First opponent overrated