I'm in trouble | Speedrun Episode 21

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In this Beginner to Master Speedrun Series, I try to climb the rating ladder while providing lots of lessons about chess along the way. In this episode, I play 3 instructive chess games that feature a mix of instructive lessons. The final game in this video was by far my toughest game thus far of the whole speedrun series!
0:00 Scandinavian Defense leads to OH NO MY QUEEN
3:34 Attacking the Hippo Opening
15:15 My toughest game so far! (London Opening)
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[@RuddyMuddyClod2]

This video played while I was sleeping due to autoplay. I don't play chess, but I've now been sleep-conditioned to from now on never make blunders, I'll double fianchetto my hippo and keep developing the minor pieces and castles. If I play H4 white will play G4 which I will not allow. I will do a pawn break!! Opening lines and files. I'll live by these truths forever

[@RuddyMuddyClod2]

​@@evilhippo887forgive me for uttering your name in vain

[@shevek5934]

This needs to become a copypasta

[@KironKabir]

You just gained 500 elo in your sleep

[@georgiepentch]

This is my new favourite comment

[@joeybaddog398]

This is too funny 💀

[@scialomy]

"That would be funny if..." generally announces the end of the game.

[@leomartino8783]

This has been one of my favorite series on KZbin in quite some time. I genuinely don’t remember the last time I’m watched every episode of a YT series like this one

[@Jesterian]

Im so happy whenever an episode comes out

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

same, its about to get spicy too.

[@f_i_z]

chessbrah's series that focus on a single opening has helped me a bunch, i do prefer eric though I don't learn as much

[@scheimong]

Damn that last game. That's the strongest 1200 I've ever seen.

[@Harlin67]

Yeah funny how he's lost loads of games against 900 rated players but plays like Carlsen in his game against Eric ;)

[@al87221]

@@Harlin67probably tried his best tal impression against those lower rated players

[@guanyin19]

Most likely cheating. I see this behavior often when a player offers a draw immediately after a few moves, as if to offer you an out so as not to hurt your rating, because they know they're going to be using some software to play the rest of the game, and because they only know a few safe moves to play in an opening before their lack of knowledge is completely exposed. The individual's rating stays low because it's dragged back down by many lower rated players accepting those draws.

[@DeHavenac]

​@@guanyin19if you check that opponent's profile, the bio says "no engine no sandbags," so he almost definitely knew he was playing against Eric Rosen and stopped cheating towards the end to not get caught

[@McCainenl]

@@guanyin19 tbf though the engine didn't like his moves that much, so that seems an odd way to cheat

[@KreatorX1029]

I”ll be honest - I enjoy these games with so much commentary much more than the higher level games, somehow there’s just not enough time to absorb all the complex ideas at those higher levels (master vs master), and unsurprisingly so. This series, on the other hand, helps build a repertoire of chess ideas, ever increasing in complexity! Thanks for that, Eric ❤

[@ZeJuggler]

I agree. In this series, I can learn ideas to beat people around my level as an IM would, which has much more practical application than me trying to learn how to beat a grand master like a grand master would.

[@KreatorX1029]

@@ZeJuggler 😂😂 Yeah except I only learn how to pretend to play like one and then get into the worst possible lines. Jokes apart, I didn't stress enough on "showcasing of chess ideas/strategies" in my comment, such as overworking pieces, simplifying, not making brain-dead, reactive moves, and much more...

[@joeb4142]

Well said.

[@pocketgroyper9301]

Props to the final opponent for playing the London in a non-boring way and making it an interesting game!

[@Eurekagivens]

This is my favorite chess series at the moment thanks eric!

[@jongler9775]

Eric is too powerful : he can even summon blunders ! Crazy stuff.

[@justinarnold1981]

What a beautiful tactical sequence at the end of that last game. Knight to E4, winning both the rook and the queen. Your oppenent was probably furious not to have caught that. Really fun game to watch!

[@CaleboBand]

I think 'letsseehowthisgoes21' may also be an IM on a Speedrun! 😂

[@griffinbur1118]

I am very paranoid about cheating and sandbagging (rightfully), but I think this person is legit. Probably a 1500, but they didn’t play phenomenally, just very well for their rating…Eric made some mistakes. In particular, I was screaming for 13… Nd7, and I’m only 1800, but that is the top engine line and Eric paid the cost of white’s excellent knight. Not sure why he didn’t consider that in place of the sorta limp be7.

[@ndmb6333]

​@@griffinbur1118how do you know he is legit ?? He is blundering basic stuff against other 1100-1200 but against eric here for the first 18 moves or so played like a gm , not saying he is def a cheater but it's weird

[@griffinbur1118]

@@ndmb6333 It’s hard to tell, admittedly. The blunders at the end are sketchy, but I have done similar when I am under pressure-this guy likely knows he was playing Eric, who is one of the most visible people in chess. All I’d claim is that Eric chose a high-tension line…lots of good players make this mistake in speedruns (eg John Bartholomew). They can assume 99 percent of the time that they are best off not resolving tension early, but that is a high-risk, high-reward strategy. One risk is that it gives your opponent really obvious plans and lots of good moves, and you have to find very exact moves. So the game just isn’t good evidence either way. Better evidence is when you play cautiously and your opponent finds all the waiting moves because those are simply way less intuitive. Not all top moves are equal. But I will agree that the blunders at the end when Eric had almost no time were fairly weird.

[@stvia]

​@@griffinbur1118not a 1500.. I'm a 1500 and I don't play that well. At least 1700 or even more.

[@MJ-mi9qc]

@@stvia Yeah but you could likely see white's ideas no? The general gameplan was pretty logical. I think a 1200 on a good day can see those moves. It's like a flow chart, you see a few ideas and the more high in rating you go, you see more ideas. White just played very solid. Good counting and good positional awareness. There weren't any crazy 3-move tactics that white saw. In fact, white blundered the game on a 3-move tactic that they didn't see. I think it makes a lot of sense for white to just have a good game and play solid positional chess. It's possible they are casual and have a great intuitive understanding of the game but don't have any opening knowledge (explaining the strange moves in the opening), so they fall into opening traps to lower rated players. That's kinda how I am. I am almost 1100 rapid but I lose games to 600 rated players in bullet because I don't see traps sometimes.

[@lasshrugged]

32:25 shots fired!

[@Enzo222]

Im 1600 and the last opponent would've crushed me

[@mangaranwow2543]

Looking at the name of the opponent, it lokes like Eric encountered someone who has also wants to climb the ladder with a low rated account.

[@stephenphelps920]

@@mangaranwow2543 while that's an interesting guess, that opponent played 10 more games that day and lost 4 of them staying at around 1200 elo so prob not a spoof account

[@mangaranwow2543]

@@stephenphelps920 I once again talked without any knowledge. Yeah, based on your findings, it definately not an IM Master or up.

[@fortyofforty5257]

Eric, the way you talk through games move by move is very instructive. I love these speed runs. As you move up, the level will probably be beyond my skill to understand, but I'll try. Thank you.

[@bootysnatcher8069]

That 1200 player was definitely a smurf 😂😂

[@jafulton89]

Nah he just memorized the Jobava London like everyone else at this elo. The first 10+ moves of every single game always look the same.

[@TVGUY333]

Wow, that second game was very interesting. Thanks for this series!

[@thepinkestmoon]

Eric is the best. I love how he rarely doubts the integrity of opponents who play surprisingly well.

[@joeb4142]

He does but he keeps quiet about it.

[@peterflom6878]

This is a great series. Your comments are instructive and you always seem so calm.

[@anto9]

I absolutely love this series! Thank you Eric

[@SteveDickman1]

I fall asleep watching chess, I dream about chess, and I wake up watching chess

[@dj2875]

eric really has hypnotic voice i also fall asleep watching his long vids :D

[@rainerausdemspring3584]

Chess is very dangerous, indeed.

[@animefreak3010]

Same

[@user-ow2vo2th4t]

This series is too exciting for fall asleep...

[@Toxodos]

probably not a coincidence that the guy who seems so underrated offers an early draw

[@Bighyphyaids]

I don’t get it

[@abdoudz3388]

​@@BighyphyaidsGM's commonly offer draws early in the game because they think the game will end in a draw anyways

[@meu02136]

@@abdoudz3388no because he’s cheating and that’s what cheaters often do to troll

[@stvia]

​@@meu02136 I'm not sure he found some strong looking Intuitive moves that the engine didn't like. Which suggests that it can't be an engine move but he must have pretty good understanding to find it

[@Toxodos]

@@Bighyphyaids the other guys didn't get it either lol when you play people who are at your skill or lower and you offer early draws, you lose a little bit of rating rather than playing it out. Simply because in a "drawn" or equal position, the better player has an advantage, but both can see that it's drawn/equal just by looking at material. sure, the better player is also a bit better at seeing who has an advantage, but his advantage would be even bigger if he would play it out hope that makes sense

[@georgesiaosi2087]

Last game was a little sus to me...offering a draw and then playing so well and then so badly after a little time trouble

[@arnoudh6203]

They didnt play badly in time trouble tho, they werent even in time trouble at all really

[@georgesiaosi2087]

3 mins on the clock adds pressure to a bad player. From about 3 mins or less their moves became far more sloppy and the end game moves were just bad like a beginner. The rest of the game was not like that. Why would such a strong middle game player offer a draw to someone with a rating that they should clearly beat? I'm just saying, IMO, it's sus.

[@seanstuchbery]

bad players can just make good moves sometimes😅

[@silasyoung1895]

Loving this series Eric, thanks for the great content!

[@Ermagerd2000]

That last game was amazing. Nice job clutching that

[@TrendingControllers]

that was such a good demonstration of the center game ive never seen that when learning chess and i started last march!

[@checkmate2408]

Could you put all of thes speedrun series into a playlist so it's easy to start watching from the first one?

[@eric-rosen]

Yes! The playlist is usually linked in the description of each episode. kzbin.info/aero/PLdT3OotRiHJkaRjrG0GSfaddcf0cDyqhn

[@checkmate2408]

Thank you so much! Also I have been using your 2 knights variation vs the Caro! Love your channel, great job.

[@73mordka]

This series is like a SPA for the mind. It's so calm and soothing thanks to Eric's attitude. Also very educational. I love to watch it.

[@smittywerben2781]

Love the speedruns. Keep 'em comin 😊

[@Questerer]

If he does that this series will be over sooner.

[@michaeljex8091]

That was great! Wonderfully informative series

[@asunasposibol]

That last have was really fun. Kudos to your opponent!

[@mistercallme3047]

Very informative series! I need your voice whispering in my head as i play!

[@renegade_filmmaker]

Thrilling! Had me nervous, can't break the winning steak! Gotta keep the tour de force entertainment streak alive! Great episode!

[@mrdooman]

TWO DAYS IN A ROW? *swoons*

[@matthewmckinley8123]

I love that last game! Hope to see more spicy games to come!

[@AJD...]

Oh my what a game that last one was. Making me a proud Canadian.

[@marcofrey2903]

Fun one. Thanks Eric!

[@DicraeoF1]

No way second guy is not smurfing there xD Insane game for a person of my rating

[@ChristianHegele]

Loving this series, my bedtime is coping.

[@spodule6000]

Thanks for explaining the prawn bakes.

[@ancientfish6872]

Did we spot the GOOSE?! Yeah baby!

[@neeru7298]

This series is so instructive, I never miss an episode. Last opponent was waaaay underrated, he played like an 1800

[@27Pyth]

Poor 1100 player plays the game of his life and still loses. You know he's sitting there, depressed, thinking "I thought i was getting better."

[@neeru7298]

@@27Pyth damn, this must've been depressing. I think he will understand that he wasn't facing a regular opponent when his points will get refunded

[@interessiertkeinen7227]

Possible it was also a Speedrun account of some sorts? The name "lets see how this goes" could imply that imo. Maybe some higher rated player tries to climb as much as possible before loosing a game or something like that and he recognized Erics speedrun account so he offered a draw.

[@stevezvonek]

@@27Pyth Seems like they know they're underrated since they offered the draw so early though

[@_BADCHESS]

Great video, Eric!

[@afancypirate7754]

Instructive as always!

[@davidgatten1033]

Nice games dude! That last one was a doozy

[@alexfosterroman]

Good work Eric!!

[@zyto7904]

I love these videos so much.

[@pepperwestwood]

Was proud I saw ahead that line where you blundered. Tis very very rare for me to do so. Ggs

[@santiagoespindola6456]

Love to watch some of your games till i fall asleep

[@mypony891]

That last game really was an awesome game. Well played to your opponent.

[@jaredreeves451]

In the hippo game, was there a tactic where when he attacked the white queen with bishop b4 and black responded with c3, he could have played d4, opening the dark square bishop to seeing the knight while attacking the pawn that is blocking the bishop from seeing the queen. If white takes the bishop, you play bishop takes knight with check and win a free rook, and if white moves the knight, the rook is hanging.. if queen b2 defending everything, d takes c3 knight takes c3 bishop takes c3 queen takes c3 bishop takes b3 queen takes b3 the rooks left hanging to rook takes a1 check. And if you ever take the pawn on d4 either the knight or the rook hangs

[@stephenwells1559]

Of all the speed run content from all of the IMs and GMs out there, this has been one of the best. I REALLY like the fact that you have stuck to standard openings of e4 as white and standard responses with black. It really helps to give all us viewers a solid foundation and opening knowledge for all possible responses that opponents can try against basic chess principles

[@troycongdon]

I really enjoyed the last game. I thought in the opening the opponent might be cheating as they were playing so much better chess than everyone until this point. Perhaps you are correct, they are just severely under rated or they were having a really good day. Well done to your opponent for putting up such a good fight. This series is well put together, keep it up sir!

[@Epidombe]

I love when eric shows me his mating patterns

[@SilverGoldGaming]

I watch Eric’s video before I go to sleep. His soothing voice puts me straight to bed, dreaming about chess.

[@AlexDings]

That was the best game between two 1100s that I've ever seen 😄

[@George_Bland]

It is 5 am and the goat just posted!

[@Mast3rMahan]

"I have this move here. Does it work though?" ...As he proceeds to let go of the piece before determining if it indeed worked. Savage

[@BetaJim22]

32:30 WOW now THAT is what I call a strong attack! Perhaps you could also say that dancing is best done with your feet, and not your knights (especially to get a draw).

[@JayPeePee13]

32:24 SHOTS FIRED!!!!!!!!!!

[@5RustyBin]

that jobava player was really good - you did well to find the win in that one. Interestingly his rating hasn't improved since that game - certainly felt like he was higher rated than 1100

[@jorgegibbons6397]

Love your style, wit and the respect you demonstrate to each and every player. Congratulations and a huge thank for sharing your knowledge and expertise.

[@intrspection6224]

25:00 white really played well unlike his/her rating. his/her tricky moves and best moves are really legit. i wish i can play against these type of players more

[@benhoyland6371]

Thanks for another video

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

My fellow Canuck made it a real game there!

[@kuab1313]

32:25 effortlessly spicy Eric lmao

[@nvrdwn3140]

That last guy had the game of his life or he had some help.

[@HerrKapitaen]

Thank you, Eric! This series has greatly enhanced both my chess skills and motivation. I play every night, and without fail, I win the first game after watching. The wealth of strategic insights packed into each session is truly invaluable. Additionally, I find your personality very likable, which also makes this series great! Thanks!

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks so much!!!

[@prav777]

Man, you are too good.....makes me laugh all the while as you take down those normies....lololol !! The first checkmate I wasn't expecting.....lol

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Canadian player: So... it's move 3. Would you like to draw? Eric: No thanks. I have a video to produce. Canadian player: So... you have chosen inconvenience.

[@gregdobrick3410]

Enjoyed it. Thumbs up to all the 1100 1200 players out there.

[@knightrider585]

Haha nice dig about super grand masters and draws. I agree.

[@epoch1414]

that was awesome

[@joscooper5875]

I love the GM burn around 32 minutes in!

[@exnerhimself]

very interesting games this episode

[@andreypetukhov4250]

The last opponent decided to stop using the engine at the right moment 😅

[@highgatehandyman6479]

Gg Rosen. That was a sticky one

[@starboii568]

Damn last opponent strong

[@davidnelson4960]

bro, you rock

[@michigan53105]

The only safe space that exists is in chess and my king is in it

[@davidramirezrodriguez3373]

9:10 free bishop lol

[@Destroyer3O3]

Let’sseehowthisgoes21 played so well. Especially to get you in low time. incredible game.

[@johnsimmons6136]

I enjoyed this video. I prefer instructional videos like this, over clickbait type videos.

[@dextermorgan2633]

Love you from Mars

[@peteshilale7065]

Wow, great game Eric. We’ll played

[@driesheremans6104]

What would be the continuation in the last game after white takes the knight on g6, fxg6, g5 Nd7 Qd3? It seems the only way to defend the pawn on g6 is to play Kf7, and that doesnt look good

[@ABronyNamedBurnie]

Man I wish when I got low on time I was able to play an endgame with zero mistakes to crush in under a minute lmao

[@eatmyfrigginshorts]

let's go eric

[@ThunderChickenBucket]

Nice

[@m8fright]

Hey mate good series! Just thinking it would be a good idea to chuck the start and ending ratings of the episode in the title.

[@jonathonjubb6626]

Wouldn't surprise me if the last opponent was Levy in disguise...

[@jessinrodenburg7728]

Even though I'm rooting for Eric, I do like to see you in trouble

[@SWAGMASTER69xd]

Could you play the kings indian/pirc openings in future episodes, would be very neat because i mainly play those, and thanks for the videos they are very educational!

[@swiszcz93]

at 33:00 couldn't you play Ke4? if the knight takes it you take with the bishop saving it. If he plays h5 atacking the bishop, you take the knight atacking the queen so he has to deal with it and then you can rescue the bishop playing Be4. What am I missing?

[@darwinn8333]

he pushes f3 and your bishop is trapped

[@colegieseking5136]

11:00 white’s position actually looks pretty reasonable here.

[@arnoudh6203]

True, except for the pawn that theyre missing

[@colegieseking5136]

@@arnoudh6203I forgot that white was down a pawn, but even so I could see white getting some benko style compensation on the h and g files

[@arnoudh6203]

@@colegieseking5136 Oh wow you know what the benko opening is congratulations, I dont

[@colegieseking5136]

@@arnoudh6203I’m confused, I can’t tell if that was sarcasm or not. I wasn’t trying to be a know-it-all or anything.

[@lucasirineu2824]

Why at the start of the second game he develops the b knight but not the g knight? From my understanding of openings the c pawn is the one you usually want to throw forward because the f pawn weakens the king

[@Sinzari]

The hippo is such a passive opening that there's a lot less risk, so he was trying to punish it by potentially playing more aggressively on the King side. He would then be able to castle Queen side for a more aggressive game.

[@George_Bland]

In the first game what’s to stop you playing c4 on the third move to defend the pawn

[@davidl.7027]

Nothing really. C4 is a very popular move in that position. Bb5 just carries with it more tactics and is more aggressive.

[@George_Bland]

@@davidl.7027 thanks, I ask just because Eric never mentioned it and it was the first move I thought of

[@Sinzari]

Nothing wrong with it, but the reason it doesn't give an advantage is that after c6, if you take, black gets very fast development as compensation with Nxc6 and you'll have trouble defending your c pawn, and if you don't take, there's no way to defend the d pawn long term. There's other continuations too, but that's one option for black.

[@that_matt]

Phew from the title I was worried the goose caught up with you

[@kinglooey]

I’m in big trouble! Staying up late to watch these late night Rosen videos

[@cakejune]

I wouldn't be surprised if letsseehowthisgoes21 was a strong player doing a speed run as well and the draw offer was likely due to them recognizing the name and trying to avoid a loss, ending the speed run.

[@Al-gv5uw]

Two years ago I bought the Catalan course and I got all the way to 1200 and then they hit the button on me and now I am finally over 1000 again

[@stephenphelps920]

37:25 nice diss