I got TRAPPED in my favorite opening

[@eric-rosen]

For those asking, "what about Stafford Gambit or London Opening?" Stafford Gambit is my religion. London Opening is my lifestyle.

[@luccalambert9869]

i love this guy

[@khaelkugler]

No one says "Live, Love, Life" anymore, but rather "London, Stafford, Ponziani"

[@danielbroto6366]

This is the way

[@RemyWillard]

What does that make the Jerome?

[@STR4nG3boy]

Man I love you :D

[@shades4313]

Eric with 18 seconds left: “I gotta stop looking at chat I’m low on time” *proceeds to pull up Web page and talk about his next video *

[@dlirvin432]

And then Eric with ten seconds left: oh look, there's my mate xD

[@HiFisch94]

C4 was a real "call an ambulance, but FOR me" moment

[@nicosc2204]

hahahaha xD

[@tatertatertatertatertater]

Lives up to it's name

[@jidsaw4400]

@König Gurke LOL

[@pairot01]

for ME

[@fruitcloud5679]

So just call an ambulance

[@traerooks4543]

“Knights are lined up. There gonna do some weird tik tok dance.” LMAO

[@TrevorOFarrell]

I can't stop thinking about knights dancing now

[@avramyleitner910]

HAHAHAHAH

[@ash5033938337]

Eric is a bonafide genius

[@cruetusnex]

He said this in another ponziani opening, it was so funny

[@Ketamine-For-Dinner]

Bro... he becoming a comedian very slowly

[@logoffdeux4035]

Me: *blunders queen* Also me: I guess I'll have to treat this like a gambit

[@cofphin6109]

Underrated comment

[@чиабатта-р9с]

But it is a Botez gambit

[@Lightyin]

*Botez has entered the chat*

[@jonnamechange6854]

@@cofphin6109 durr rated comment

[@trendygabriel]

me all the time😔

[@markweighell7894]

"I only have 18 seconds I should stop looking at chat"..... then proceeds to bring up you tube info covering the chessboard ... There is chill..... chiller...... and the ultimate chill Rosen

[@zissler1]

I read this comment, and laughed so hard when he did this, I couldn’t believe it. You really got to have some confidence in your bullet game I suppose

[@michaelsmithwhitewater]

Everyone talking about the Stafford, last time I was this early Eric was still ‘the London guy’ lol

[@AUG_Glow]

I miss those days

[@raphaelkrait7655]

wait until he becomes the ponziani guy

[@veromirko7032]

4:12 ah yes the famous "time gambit"

[@geckogeico2212]

Berzerking

[@shazers7313]

That's called thinking

[@ni1ix]

The end of the video could be called a "Oh no, my tea!"

[@cardibmh7182]

Every time I see a “I got trapped” title I expect you to say “ I got to watch my time” at least 3 times a video

[@lp4969]

Hahaha

[@47eoghan47]

As soon as I read this comment he said it

[@krishnateja503]

Lol ! It’s true

[@weeb8812]

time gambit

[@marksnazzy4737]

Eric Rosen on Move 1.378: "This is still prep"

[@Sothey727]

still theory

[@Livestreamlurker]

Actually, I think the longest possible chess game is only 1,100 some odd moves. Edit: I looked it up and it's nearly 5,900 moves

[@user-cc32vcg811]

@@Livestreamlurker Eric Rosen's prep phase: rookie numbers

[@sypherop]

At the end .." Oh! No. My Tea."

[@donut1375]

Why did I think you were talking about the Stafford

[@thomasb.5643]

Yeah the Stafford is gonna be jealous, Eric is cheating on him with Ponziani

[@eric-rosen]

Ponziani is my favorite opening. Stafford Gambit is my favorite religion.

[@ryancattungal6473]

@@TheFlagMaster. yeah lol

[@imienazwisko4109]

@@eric-rosen Hey Alexa, how do I convert to pgn?

[@maximilianthegreatest]

@@eric-rosen ahahah

[@milamber80]

"I should focus" followed by "Here's a KZbin video" with the clock at 18 seconds and ticking down, that's just legendary 😂 Great stuff by Eric!

[@cloudude_lxp]

It was definitely interesting to see Eric get a bit confused by a Ponziani variation as it's one of the oldest openings in the book and one of his favourites - it's times like these I realise how much chess is about prep.

[@Hasan...]

Oh No My Stream!

[@baoboumusic]

5:42 "that's a good move!" Stockfish: "Yeah nah."

[@donut1375]

I thought the Stafford was your favorite

[@skalakiss]

Stafford is his fav with black i think. He hasnt said anything about the reverse Stafford with white

[@sassyPurr]

No its London system

[@hotcat6687]

@@skalakiss He made a video about the stafford gambit for white

[@TheJoaovasco]

And isn't Stafford a defense anyway?

[@lucasdelhove1568]

@@TheJoaovasco Stafford is a gambit which starts out as the Petrov defence.

[@algiovannelli1271]

'Oh no my Egyptian Liquorice'

[@mrjj1075]

My oponent just played b6 against my ponziani and I remembered this line. Got that cool mate in 2. Feels awesome tbh., great video!

[@exfearz6829]

0:52 is why eric is my favourite chess youtuber

[@deven9565]

The subtlety of the thumbnail is killing me, we need you in advertising, Eric

[@valleeinberger2993]

Better actor than Jake Paul no cap

[@peep2268]

I'm fucking tired of all the perks

[@oleenfernando2684]

Ponziani sounds like a type of Italian food.

[@cherrypie9390]

no one: Eric when he has just 18 seconds left: i should probably stop looking at chat. (looking at chat)

[@lea-qi5eu]

17:00 Oh no! Ahhh

[@Fafnersbane]

Oh no, my tea!

[@shaanpatel3413]

“A bit more sus” - perfect words out of an awesome guy

[@veromirko7032]

Almost thought Eric got Stafford'd

[@laddou1]

7:50 « i appreciate all the support, all the love.. and especially... THE NOW MATING ATTACK !!! » 🤣

[@nickc31648]

“Ok the knights are lined up, they’re gonna do some weird tik tok dance” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Caesar512]

Alexa giving the actual answer to the question asked.

[@axelholm319]

"How did that laugh?" "Ok lets play e4"

[@karlarsch56b]

The "Oh no, my tea!"-moment :D

[@peterdreyer3224]

Me with 18 seconds left, blunders pieces left and right. Eric with 18 seconds left, “I should probably stop looking at chat”, then proceeds to mate opponent with 10 seconds remaining.

[@flynnfehre7359]

In the end was the "Oh no my tea"-trick. You think the tea is hanging but then comes the coffee with mate in 3.

[@CanonNikonMan241]

The anxiety I got when you pulled up a web page with 17 seconds left right after saying you need to focus....

[@Claudio-gv2lz]

Eric: blunders Also Eric: yes so there’s this gambit

[@commanderpeacekeeper937]

the real title of this video should have been, "oh no, my tea"

[@mikebaker2436]

Not since 2150 BCE has Egypt seen such a collapse.

[@leadnitrate2194]

Too soon man. I lost relatives in the civil wars

[@danielchoritz1903]

trapped in a trap, relaxed talking. presenting tea-chaos and "aaah"

[@narex45635]

16:56 "oh no my tea"

[@folksyoxytocin]

"Ok 18 seconds left, time to focus" *immediately promotes new KZbin video*

[@ItsAsparageese]

What a whimsically humorous way to cut the ending XD

[@finalspoon7881]

What happened to the London and Stafford, explain yourself Eric!!!

[@fixipszikon6670]

Oh no! It's the tea box disaster gambit.

[@harrison1860]

he moved his pawn up and he thought about that for 5 minutes

[@sulimanalzanki9546]

"There's a funny line... " Y'all know how that ended

[@Mr.Not_Sure]

Ending was quite epic

[@ane_world]

when the camera started zooming i thought my monitor was falling over

[@mr.potato3759]

Eric, "okay the knights are lined up, they're gonna do some weird tiktok dance". The more i think about it the funnier it gets

[@blobfishblake6776]

the knights are lined up... about to do some tiktok dances or something

[@jenoyestewart1516]

He should have captured that pawn on G6 forking the queen and rook.

[@matthewvickers3406]

Question, instead of pxc3 at 10:39 isn't Qh8 mate? Am I missing something?

[@anchovist]

Came to the comments to say the same thing... that is mate lol. He even said Qh8 is threatening mate but didn't play it Edit: wait bishop defends Qh8. Not a mate

[@yz249]

@@anchovist qh7 instead

[@dexmagedan5530]

You won. You didn't get trapped.

[@jagadishbabur.a7794]

I reheared that wierd laugh more than 10 times hahahaha

[@bruceching4078]

At the end of the clip, I expected to hear "Oh no, my tea!"

[@raffertyuy]

ok that was a funny way to end the video! keep it up Eric, loving your videos!

[@rohankrishnamurti9941]

Isn't 10:23 just a mate? Qh8 would be a mate I guess........

[@theinacircleoftheancientpu492]

The Bishop... they can go backwards you know.

[@10thletter40]

Pawn is blocking off the escape route... king cant capture queen, nothing can block. Id say yes... If it wasnt blacks turn

[@10thletter40]

At that point you trade queens, lose a rook. And end up with a bishop and a rook versus blacks two rooks and knight, with them being in a fairly alright defensive position

[@makytondr8607]

Oh no, my knight! Oh wait... FOR REAL OH NO MY KNIGHT!!!

[@henrywebstermusic1]

I was listening thinking your voice sounds so much better today, then realised the lovely mic upgrade. Nice!

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

How can ya not like Eric. He's a cool dude. Good chess player too. I quess even the best get trapped every once in a while ☠️

[@Scott-jv6po]

Eric the iceman. 18 seconds better start watching my time. Hits beast mode.

[@additionaddict5524]

Eric should do a lesson with Daniel Negreanu. He loves gambits and Hikaru didn’t know the Budapest so he couldn’t show him.

[@JCsflock]

Hey ERIC! 1 question. Who was so influential in your life to make you so calm and collected? It's a trait I wish I had and I'm as old as your grandfather.

[@isira1000]

Knights are lined up. They're gonna do some weird...tiktok dance I had to pause the video coz I was laughing so hard lmao

[@tufahmed7806]

You made me laugh a few times in this video 😂 the ending was hilarious

[@Dtownpunk77]

Did Eric just teabag his whole audience?? Egyptian licorice jenga bomb to end the video!

[@davidreid5599]

After 6.....g6, Qd4 looks strong. Threatens the knight, the rook indirectly. Qa4+ if d6.... It is quite natural-looking.

[@TheBramVermeulen]

Instead of Bg5 couldn't you have played Ng4 saving a piece?

[@totalhysteria]

Nxg4

[@TheBramVermeulen]

@@totalhysteria Ah yes indeed, missed that.

[@dobeeeeval]

I also was thinking Ng4 seemed fine and also missed Nxg4 in response.

[@commentking320]

at 10:20 isnt queen to h8 mate? why take the bishop?????

[@paulvincent3166]

You miss a move, you can mate it when you move your queen to h7 because there’s a pawn there lol

[@paulvincent3166]

King cant go to f7 because there is a pawn

[@overlayklips3382]

Eric blunders the Egyptian Licorice at the end #OhNoMyDahhh

[@Howard_.]

Very smart thumbnail there!

[@meirochou02]

Wow, I'm watching a month old short clip of your stream. Wish I could watch live

[@JuanMendez-eb9uk]

Watch you and then I’m like ok I remember that move and then I try to play my dad and I forget it right when I start 😂

[@christopherclubb9167]

17:01 Video terminated by calming tea

[@lucmedina]

16:12 And this is mate too after the black king moves, Kh6++

[@codylevant206]

im telling you, this guy needs to do asmr

[@WilliamJonesChess]

White can play d6 at 03:15, breaking up the pawn structure.

[@srihari.r2528]

At 8:45 queen h7,kf8 ,qh8,bxh8,rookxh8,kg7,rookh7, rook takes queen good for white

[@sasolzr]

10:09 isn't queen H7 check mate?

[@jaaaadn]

I listened to the laugh 4 times

[@juliaalinaS]

Aah yes, the oh no my tea gambit

[@a.l.hshuvo1534]

The ending editing!!! focusing eric the chill one!and oh yes ! oh no my tea!

[@epvtrinidad]

That ending 😆

[@МихаилАшихмин]

Ahah, I love just how this videos are starting and ending.)

[@derulantinho6260]

Why didn’t he move the pawn to e6 threatening the bishop and eventually his king?

[@beersnarkunbleached5660]

That tea structure was great but he blundered it

[@Scott-ir5eg]

Didn’t he miss checkmate at 10:15?

[@NStripleseven]

Welp, guess this is a gambit now.

[@jprue577]

what a strange ponziani line.. never seen that in any videos or any games

[@ZeriteI]

16:55 "Oh no my stream!"

[@davidnelson4960]

best chess stream out there. Eric, how do we contribute to your stream?

[@bob574]

Can someone explain why white wouldnt take pain with knight at 8:50, forking queen and rook?

[@SayandipDuttayt]

Weird TicTok dance, he says 😂😂

[@stardustie]

This is a month old game? Dude.. How much content have you saved up lol? Thought u uploaded small vids like these daily or weekly after the streams

[@ompaliwal3643]

Okk let's focus

[@margaretstott8865]

*cries in Stafford*

[@hippophile]

Good recovery!

[@nirmal148]

How do you know to castle queen side in such a situation..... I think that made the biggest difference

[@jackwest1459]

Keep up the great content