How to PUNISH These Beginner Chess Openings | Speedrun Episode 6

[@calebwhales]

Really enjoying you taking the time at the lower levels. I can get kinda anxious when facing these wayward queen attacks, it's nice to know there's always a way out.

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

@@ShsBssj1 if ur scared of it prob 100

[@ShsBssj1]

I have atleast 1400 rsting on ten minutes Do you have instagram

[@asdfghyter]

@@ShsBssj1 why are you asking everyone about rating and instagram? is that the new A/S/L?

[@leegoillaleikkimisvideoita6896]

Im under 200 elo iirc and this is true for me

[@bluemanmage605]

I appreciate the way you boil the opening down to just “following basic principles” rather than saying you’re doing whatever the specific name of that opening is

[@prodigygaming5102]

ah yes the , Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn

[@marklee331]

control center, develop pieces, castle

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Can you define the "basic principles" you learned here? If I can understand the principles of what the pieces can do, especially when working together, I can figure out my own effective moves. That is how Bobby Fischer beat all of state sponsored chess by communism as a thinking individual in 1972, and made it look easy. He did the study,--and then brought his own game. They did not know what to do against the innovative thinking individual, as communism never does, outside of some kind of violence.

[@plwadodveeefdv]

@@EarthSurferUSA oh word

[@DiabolicalHater99]

​@@EarthSurferUSAschizophrenia

[@johnchessant3012]

28:45 "my opponent's profile picture kinda summarized the situation they were in" lmao Eric's savagery is why I watch

[@baron9784]

this video was posted 23 minutes ago, how did you watch 28 minutes already

[@johnchessant3012]

@@baron9784 2x speed

[@torenjensen]

Huge fan of this series! Thanks so much for doing this.

[@ramachandra776]

The baby Rosen pic is so disarming that opponents will be lulled into thinking they are playing a baby with 600 elo but to their horror realise that it is someone who shows no mercy . 😊

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rsting

[@cationr]

@@ShsBssj1 I’m 1736 Oh and btw i don’t have instagram of course, i do have discord tho

[@ShsBssj1]

Wow Do you have istagram

[@Diogenes_71]

😂funny comment❤

[@jrock5830]

So much better than my six year old regularly trashing my elo with the iPad…

[@lucifermorningstar3709]

The decoy bishop is a move that I never would have thought of as a beginner hovering around 600-700. The queen pin with the hanging bishop that creates a triple fork is just so nice haha, thank you for the other tactics as well.

[@Desperoro]

I will never forget that 😂

[@kehlamangic1086]

Me too😂 the opponent fell for the bait😅

[@csabalakner2220]

I agree! It was an amazing movement, and thinking.

[@matthewlebron142]

I usually set up my moves to try to cut off areas for my opponents king to get a clean checkmate like what he did with the pawn and two rooks. But I’ve never thought to do that against the enemies queen. Truly a diabolical move. Eric is a real life villain on the chess board 🦹‍♂️♟️

[@devinegamingtv3427]

There are a lot of silent moves in Chess that has astounded me before. Queen + Knight can make some devastating nasty moves combined.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Hikaru speedrun: 1-minute bullet games that take him from 0 to 3000 in about an hour. Eric speedrun: 10-minute rapid games that take him from 200 to 700 in about two weeks.

[@Matheolh123]

But who wants to watch a narcisistic yelling head!!!

[@Matheolh123]

People watch Rosen because he is so much nicier to hear speak

[@J0HN3]

@@Matheolh123I agree. I find the easiest to listen and learn from.

[@milesmembreno456]

More instructive than any other videos I've watched. Eric has a gift for making basic principles intuitive and applicable to games with complex positions. Cheers mate.

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Prove it by defining the "basic principles" you learned here. That part is always missing in these praise comments.

[@ricayuf8369]

I’m a chess coach and the way you explain and show alternative moves… I would love to show your videos to my kids to help them grow for next season. You are awesome!

[@justpressplaynyc]

Eric, this Speedrun series, compared to any other video, or book, lesson etc. has been the single most helpful, practical and educational tool I’ve encountered to get better at chess. I live for these videos. Thank you! Praise baby Rosen (and big Rosen too)!

[@robertolender2491]

This is a great series, not missing an episode. Wish they came out daily

[@CharlieDarin]

Agreed

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@cauler6627]

9:08 😊

[@ShsBssj1]

Caul Do you have isntagram

[@nicholasbunio]

loving this content! Even if it’s a “slow run” it’s better. Love the explanations. Very helpful for us beginners ;)

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@agamprasai2720]

Yes! When Mr. Rosen is the one teaching, there are a lot of lessons one can learn. Really enjoyed watching. And hey I learned something new. I will try using the decoy tactic more often in my games. I also liked watching your video because it didn't overwhelm us with excessive information. Just the right amount of information. Now, I will go catch up on the other episodes. YAY!

[@jaggy-snake]

Just took up Chess again and can honestly say this series is probably the best tutorial I have seen. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@enricodsilva3321]

Thanks, Eric. Very informative. I am a recreational player and do not want to go into heavy theory but just mimicking a few of your early moves, especially since you played as black, will definitely help me in learning some basic lessons in structure, formation and eventual attack. And the , "Oh no, my bishop!" decoy is spectacular :)

[@richiedarko]

this is exactly the kind of video I needed and I enjoy your chilled delivery

[@hotdogontology]

I appreciate your patient, calm, and detailed explanations in these videos.

[@George_Bland]

The biggest thing I’ve learnt from this speed run is that 600s can actually play chess! I’d kind of thought everyone below maybe 900 are just hanging pieces left right and centre but these games have actually been something!

[@dhochee]

It was crazy that a 600 player almost had Rosen in a difficult situation. I've had many similar experiences against friends who aren't as strong as me, but I'm no master. Kinda refreshing to see that happen even with such a giant disparity in strength. :D

[@TheeChosenWon]

In my experience a lot of 8-900 players have the capacity to be 12-1400 but they lack consistency and the occasional blunder will cost them games

[@floof6896]

some are probably just smurfing

[@exisfohdr3904]

​@@floof6896some, sure. Not all. An elo rating is just a number. We all start with a low elo, but that doesn't mean we just started playing chess.

[@AngryLadBDA]

I just started playing chess a few months back and in 10 minute games started at 250 and am now 600, most of games finish with 80+ accuracy and 1400+ rating there’s a lot of decent players at lower rank I feel like it’s just lack of games played for us which is why we aren’t there yet.

[@time3735]

Eric, thank you so much for these videos. I've never really understood chess until I found your channel. You have a great teaching style; slow, careful and very instructive. Unlike others who thinks their viewers are all prodigies, you don't always tell your viewers to memorise the moves instead you tell them how to think and approach and give them ideas. I'm learning a lot from you and my elo has started improving.

[@1a1u0g9t4s2u]

Watching your videos is really starting to organize my memory cells and thinking. I am starting to see the moves you make or at least comment on before taking a more tactical move. Thanks for sharing.

[@laytonmiller5865]

First video of yours I've seen, and you abruptly became probably my favorite chess content creator. The way you outline your thought process is awesome, and I also really like how understanding you are of your opponents. Very good sportsmanship exemplified.

[@kinglooey]

Favourite series on KZbin right now!!

[@brandonoliver6890]

SUCH a great series! A little something for everyone! Love hearing you talk through the positions I'm frequently in.

[@ergusto]

This was a great format. Best chess channel on YT by far, keep doing what you do!

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@KancerKowboy]

Loving this Series. These types of speedruns are the most educational, especially for those of us under 1800ish I think. I'm stuck between 1250 and 1400ish, mostly due to my lack of patience at times. Sometimes I really want to play and can't and often when I can play I am not in the best condition to concentrate. Chess is HARD. For those of you wanting more of this Alessia Santeramo did one of these recently and it is very similar and fun to watch too. I'm addicted to this format.

[@MuhammadAnas-ct5om]

Wish they came out daily. Thanks so much for doing this. Love hearing you talk through the positions I'm frequently in!

[@MattMatek]

dude, this was a beautiful, beautiful explanation process and slow, enough to comprehend the concepts extremely well. thank you very much, you really helped me understand chess on another level for future games.

[@Hi-FiChess]

Awesome series!!! Please make them longer. They are so instructive. Especially for those of us just getting back into playing who get frustrated with those throwing their queen around. Thank you.

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@Zoomjah]

Loved this video! Been plateaued in 6-700 range for a while, but recently better humbling myself. Glad that videos like this really help enlighten me on what I should still be working on, without steering me too deep into the theoretical weeds.

[@JeanneTDeaux]

Eric Rosen is like the Bob Ross of chess. I'm waiting for him to say something like, "...and here we have a happy little fork". 🙃

[@benjiusofficial]

I really enjoy how explanatory you are with your thought process and how you don't seem pressed for time. I always stress the clock in rapid and it makes me play like crap

[@shauryagaming8318]

Am at 1500-1600 level. Been there for a while now. We don't get these openings and so have forgotten most of them. These videos are the best refreshers out there. Thanks Eric

[@MKPB-sy7dz]

I really appreciate how he does deep calculation/thought explanation this early in the speedrun!

[@edman1357]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I really appreciate how slowly you explain the moves with the notation. Most of the time, you chess wizards will give a deluge of multiple lines before taking a breath. And I get it, those things are natural to you, but it's still nice to slow it down for us amateurs lol

[@EnglishroG]

Thank you, Eric. I'm really enjoying this series. Despite it being for beginners I'm still learning a thing or two. It's great to see basic knowledge and opening concepts demonstrated so well.

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@EnglishroG]

@@ShsBssj1 Rapid = 1557. Classical =1713. I play on Lichess.

[@turtleng8973]

Loving this videos!. I love to pause the video and think waht i want to do in the next move... I am ashamed to say I am a beginner in chess despite watching your videos for the past number of months haha 😅. There is always something to learn from these videos!

[@robertgelblum5154]

A very enjoyable series of videos. I wish that such instructive videos were available when I was a beginner at chess. For sure, they would have catapulted me out of the beginner level very quickly!

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@Rearmostbean]

Wow it's like getting a personal coaching lesson. Thank you, very helpful for you to explain each step

[@piousheart]

It's a speedrun because normally going from 400 ELO to 2500+ takes decades!

[@brutusjack4911]

Love this speedrun. I learned great patterns, defense, ideas, chess tactics, strategy! I mean just Wow! Thanks so much Eric. Please do more of these! I feel I improved ELO points just watching this. You are an amazing teacher.

[@Fitness4London]

hi Eric, very entertaining and instructive. I like the way you calmly show us your thought processes, nice and slow to enable us to absorb what's going on. The triple fork with the knight is delicious.

[@draadjesvleess]

First video I watched from your channel and this is really helpful. I don't watch a lot of chess content, cause I like learning it myself. But seeing this, how calmly you explain basic principles is nice! Just dropped in to say that!

[@yrbadself]

I have run into a lot of people starting with the same queen attack. I like the way the you defend and attack against it. Very helpful video.

[@greglarsen3248]

You open up new ideas to old games. Now I see what to do with these common openings. Thanks for the lessons.

[@swqayxde]

I could watch these all day long! Always looking forward to the next one! I love how simply you can explain the positions, it's the best educative and fun series that I know. Keep up the great work and +1 for the longer videos! 😁

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@swqayxde]

@@ShsBssj1 I'm 800-900 right now, not too serious, I love the game and play for fun 😊

[@ShsBssj1]

I have atleast 1400 rating on ten minutes Do you have instgram

[@exisfohdr3904]

16:14 you go Qe7 or Qh4 Preferably Qh4. This protects knight at e3 and bishop at f2 while bringing more heat. If opponent plays pawn to g3 then Qh3 forces white queen to g2 and trapping white's queen, then Qe5 opening up for discover check when you move Bishop from e2 to d3. Its a wrap from there.

[@RobertFranksPlus]

Yes exactly.. was screaming Qh4.. would have worked well 😊

[@exisfohdr3904]

​@RobertFranksPlus lol, put it into analysis with stockfish. Qh4 wouldn't work out if the opponent goes Nxe4. Pushing pawn to f5 is what the engine prefers.

[@jurgen5557]

Wow! How great is that?! I played some chess as a teenager and are now coming back to this game since 2 months with much passion. I first saw you play in a Teams battle some weeks ago and now found your UTube channel. Subscribed immediately - this content is perfect for me to improve my beginner level skills.Thanks! So glad I found this.

[@oz8691]

This is the best speedrun I've seen in any game. Thanks Eric!

[@billwindsor4224]

This was excellent; thank you, Eric!! 🏆🏆

[@overproppedrob8956]

I have never really played chess so far, but these videos are so enjoyable and educational... simply great! Big thumbs up 👍👍

[@darrensmith8487]

I don't care what you call it. I'm finding this series very helpful. Also entertaining.

[@klavtech2715]

Every time I watch one of these videos from this series, my rating goes up for a day or so. Although then it wears off and I am back where I started.

[@willytingles]

This was super helpful! I have been hovering around 850 bullet and 1000 blitz. I saw his opponents making a lot of the same mistakes ive been making.

[@usageunit]

I play this Wayward Queen on my "for fun" account, and it still plays surprisingly well at a ~1600 level. Of course you get no scholar's mates, but the queen has nice pressure on the center thruout the middlegame, and black's bishop on g7 is just staring at the e5 pawn not doing much. On the other hand, white has to develop the knight to e2 where it has no prospects with f4 and d4 being covered. It's fun to play for a change of pace.

[@DonaldPYouAreTheMiracle-Cl-l8s]

Eric you make it look so easy!!! Really getting a lot out of these SpeedRun's!!!

[@neurathal0n534]

I love this series, I'm a new viewer and I can't get enough!

[@nickgowen7737]

Thanks!

[@the-art-of-organ-playing]

Loving this series, Eric, thank you so much for the great content!

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rsting

[@EnolinNel]

Normally other channels like yours play 5' blitz games and don't really explain their moves in the end. On the other hand this kind of speedrun was very instructive, so thank you.

[@howlingwolf317]

Even Danya’s first speedrun had people constantly chiming in with “It’s nOt a sPeeDRun ThoUGH!?!” until they finally wised up and shut it. Speedrun is better SEO than “rating climb”, and the point is to not lose games so it’s an efficient climb. What you call it is fine.

[@bradleythornton9473]

That was a fantastic episode, this is my favourite chess series. Thank you Eric 😎

[@defface777]

Eric is a great teacher, he has a calming voice too

[@dfast10]

The queen attraction into the royal fork is nutty

[@juleslondon3088]

14:35 A good example of where simply counting attackers vs defenders doesn’t work. White has two defenders of f2 and black has 2 attackers so a simple count says you can’t take. But white can’t take back first with the king; it would have to be with the queen, then black would take the queen and white would only get two minor pieces for the queen and pawn.

[@zacharyambrose3930]

Great content, I found it very informative. Thanks Eric!

[@cindyforish8081]

I like how you explain slowly. I'm new and some experts explain so quickly that I have a hard time following

[@simharris]

Thank you so much Eric! You’re a great source of info and calming entertainment I really appreciate it

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@MaxChessman007]

Really learning a lot from these videos, thank you so much for your time, and giving us beginners a solid place to start! Boy did that one opponent know his Scholars mate, and you walked us through the worse case scenario ending with a well deserved mate!

[@geoffreythompson7378]

This is great. You explain the moves and I can actually follow along .

[@64MilestotheGallon]

Longer episodes for this series would be awesome

[@GwEClanGaming]

Biggest take away was the decoy bishop to fork the queen. That position happens in so many games I feel. Great tip for me! 💚

[@BeachBumzz101]

Great content!! Please do at least 5 Games per video. Ive learned a lot from these videos ❤

[@chefmonsur]

The last game was very instructive....love the attraction/Royal fork tactics

[@apmarra]

Amazing attacking chess for a player at that level in the 1st one

[@matthewlebron142]

At 18:09, would queen to H4 be an acceptable move? As you apply pressure, closing in on the king while defending/being defended by dark spot bishop and protecting knight at E4

[@arlinbeqaraj2445]

This series is amazing i can't wait for the next episode. wish they were longer!

[@joeelvinofficial]

That bishop decoy trick is very smart, thanks for sharing!

[@Starchyyyy28]

for some reason, these videos are have been the most helpful for me. Thanks!

[@alexcsilaban]

This is surprisingly funny and educational, so different from other chess tutorials!

[@PanteRan]

I love that the lesson is slow so that i can understand the process behind every move

[@Goldadon]

Damn really nice. Im struggling with these queen openings while im pretty ok with middle game tactics my opening suck. I find these videos real good.

[@Shottty101]

For the people talking about the speed of the speedrun, think of how many years of chess it takes to get as good as Eric or Danya or whoever and compare that to how quickly the account is getting ELO. I don't know ages, but imagine it took 20 years to get where they are today and compare that to how fast they hit around their current ELO. Even if it takes a year it's still WAY faster than the first go around haha

[@adam-petrovic]

as a long time danya viewer I've always thought this, it would be like completing a 20 hour game in 15 minutes but people saying it's not a speedrun because the world record is 5 minutes

[@JerryCricketGaming]

This is so helpful as someone who's new to chess! I learned so much from you!

[@sorinsandu451]

thanks Eric! looking forward to the next ones

[@dylanthomas9661]

This is better than the usually chess masters on here ....i am at about 800 ...but i can not go any further ...many others teachers on here ...but impossible to remember all you told or see ....me certainly not smart enough ..moving on in years ...certainly old gentlemen like myself ....i like these videos ..simple and easy to watch ...thank you

[@andersonandrew112]

I'm brand new, with less than 15 games. After watching just these six videos, I just beat a player with 9k games under their belt. Thanks!

[@Saltheart_Foamfollower]

I'm just starting out (at age 56!). You are going to be a very helpful teacher for me. Thank you.

[@MistaRizz2000]

Love you big dawg, keep up the great content

[@dfw-k6z]

I"ve seen a vid or two in Daniel Naroditsky's series. They're great, but I still like Eric's vids most. There's a certain calmness that Eric brings that transcends chess.

[@APDeVo10933]

Very interesting. Helpful. I appreciate hearing your thoughts along the way.

[@haddymcbatty]

Awesome. Enjoyed that Eric. Thanks

[@josebaca715]

Decoy lessons were great, Thank you so much, keep sharing your knowledge and calm....:))

[@SWATEngi]

No arrogance, just a calm tone explaining things as they are... Nice :)

[@yadigg4437]

you’re a great teacher i learned alot from this. thanks Eric

[@ShsBssj1]

How mich your rating

[@yadigg4437]

@@ShsBssj1 700

[@ShsBssj1]

I have )atleast 1400 Do you have instagram

[@UnflatteringRealities]

I love how he explains so calmly

[@PROJ3CKT]

love this series. started learning chess a few months ago and finally hit 1000+ and then started to get sloppy and lose alot recently but this has been useful for refreshing my chess brain thank u

[@ShsBssj1]

How much your rating

[@PROJ3CKT]

1100, started learning in august i think@@ShsBssj1

[@werners5191]

Eric is such an awesome person. There is nobody I am more eager to see become a GM!

[@andrewwhite8762]

An excellent video addressing that queen attack!

[@danielely7437]

Always a joy to watch and learn from you. Thank you

[@thechuckberryfan98]

I’ve just seen your first game. Good stuff. Thank you for this content Eric, and btw, it was Anna Cramling who introduced you to me.