I Played GM Pia Cramling

In this video, I share my round 7 game against GM Pia Cramling from the Battle of the Sexes chess tournament in Gibraltar. The game featured a highly strategic and instructive battle emerging from a delayed Queen's Gambit Accepted opening.
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[@choco_addictee]

Recap!! I'm excited for this one ever since I've seen Anna Cramling's tweet, "oh no my mom".

[@j.21]

i think you have the first comment

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Lmao

[@nicbentulan]

Omg

[@artemis8368]

I read it in her voice lmao

[@nicbentulan]

@@artemis8368 omg. i didn't, but i did just now.

[@RishabhSharma10225]

I really like your style of explaining. Everything you explain makes perfect sense to me and it's very understandable.

[@shazmunchdylbertoid]

it's deceptive because you think you understand then you try to play chess 😬

[@prgnify]

@@shazmunchdylbertoid lol yeah, I read their comment and thought to myself 'I wonder what elo they are'. I REALLY enjoy these recaps, but I then find myself in my games thinking 'oh yeah, this here is a natural development' only to see a bunch of question marks later in the analysis board after another defeat

[@RishabhSharma10225]

@@prgnify I'm around 2000 on lichess rapid and blitz.

[@ramachandra776]

One of Eric's best games in this tournament . Excellent analysis as usual . Thanks .

[@kiliabgonzalez7826]

Eric has beaten two GM’s in this tournament. Dude is KILLIN’ it. Keep it up brother

[@niveshproag3761]

Just needed the rating requirements and he'd almost be a GM himself

[@billpence5444]

is is just me or is the fact that he's not a GM even better because he seems more approachable?? regardless I love all of his content

[@elihu2000]

I was really looking forward to this, I'm glad we finally got your analysis

[@davidheath5429]

I find analysis of your classical games really interesting and instructive - thank you. Congratulations on your win!

[@alexeimuravsky]

I'm happy that you keep analyzing your tournament games for us, they always brighten up my day.

[@elephantheart9988]

Yay! I've been waiting for this game coverage. This was the highlight of the tournament for me. Big of fan of both of you two. Pia has a beautiful mind. This was a great game.

[@maluchoi141]

was really anticipating this recap, always love the content!

[@alexanderperl6945]

Great video! Thanks for the recaps Eric, really enjoying the content

[@felixmerz6229]

This was the match-up I've been waiting for the most, very nice win!

[@1a1u0g9t4s2u]

I too enjoy your style of explaining the game as it develops. Your analysis is aiding me to start to see two or three moves in advance. Nicely done and look forward to more videos.

[@degenerate82]

Great game and instructive analysis. Appreciate it, congrats!

[@crustycarhartt]

Great video! I'm really excited to watch this series of videos. You're awesome, Eric! 🐯💕💯

[@UnderestimatedPho]

Love your stuff! New to chess and learning so much watch you and your games. Keep it up ♟️

[@renaudgauthier6985]

Eric I am so glad you are back with those recaps. Also I have grown to be kind of a fan of Pia Cramling thanks to Anna, which I have discovered through your collabs, so this recap was a delight !

[@joeb4142]

Wow playing a legend! Great video as usual Eric 👍🏻

[@salemtv5808]

Great instructive content thank you soooo much and congratulations on winning against such an amazing GM…on a very insignificant side note…this video setup is really excellent clean font against black drop and a black sweater with perfect portrait lighting…probably the best chess content visually 👏👏👏👏

[@KironKabir]

Eric Rosen: I played a legend Pia Cramling: I played a legend

[@aquilesg.4859]

Or Eric: I beat a legend Pia: I lost to a legend

[@devadathans5506]

​@@aquilesg.4859 Dude, she is past her prime. It is not fair to say that.

[@hazelelloyd]

Excellent game Eric, very nice combination of positional and tactical play. Thanks for sharing with all of us :-)

[@Tx66]

this is the recap i've been most excited about! such a fun game with an absolute legend.

[@witchyboy8147]

Ive always had problems with this classic opening, i generally try to stick to just a few options as i still learning basics. ^^' so im really happy to have the opportunity to learn more about it. thanks for another great video !

[@Bulkmaster27]

Rock solid play. Nice victory!

[@strings1984]

King to 2nd rank seemed like the only move to me. Great game easy to see why you and everyone else where so excited for it. Thank you for sharing.!

[@kenhaley4]

Way to go, Eric! And thanks for the analysis.

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

Great analysis ! Appreciated

[@xavierroberts620]

Hype underdog win! Fun to see your skills in action. Also excellent thumbnail!

[@SEAKPhotog]

Wow, nice game! Somehow I missed this win during the tournament. Great job!👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@paulgardiner4336]

At last. Someone who explains games at a speed I can almost keep up with 🙂

[@GreatUSTreasureHunt]

Well played and great analysis.

[@nigglewiggle4214]

what an incredible tactical game!

[@SebastianBohn]

Anna's recap of that game was already great. But now also getting your thought process rounds it nicely up. Thanks! Well played, congrats on "oh no, her mum".

[@stephenmccormick6584]

I really enjoyed watching the Gibraltar tournament. Has it changed any of your chess views / ambitions moving forward?

[@barefootalien]

What a fantastic game! I've been on pins and needles for _weeks_ to find out if you got a GM norm!

[@magictrickdev]

Fantastic game, Eric.

[@shajardror]

Another GM win over the board in a clasical game. Congrats Eric. This is a big deal

[@BenRook]

Strong positional play from you for the W...very educational.

[@sadabravat8127]

What a win!

[@hermanportugal6934]

welcome back Eric, I miss your video uploads. I hope you are really back and start uploading vids again. non stop.😊😊

[@moosewild4239]

Watched this on Anna's channel. Nice to see your side. Nice game.

[@drewcama2488]

Thanks I think this will really help with stratagy in an end game I'm currently playing..

[@AK-fu8ti]

I just realized that Eric is left-handed. Wow

[@jedinxf7]

It seems to me that part of the argument for a "delayed Bongcloud" structure for king safety in these positions for white, is that once blacks only minor piece is a DSB, the doubled pawn on f3 is actually part of the shelter instead of a target - the king protects its pawn cover and black doesn't have much that can easily attack it. The f2 pawn defends the e3 pawn on dark squares, creating what would be a light square weakness if there were a bishop or even knights to attack them, but there aren't! And so Ke2 is simply connecting rooks and maybe eventually preparing to take advantage of the g file to possibly target Black's castled king, instead of castling into an open file and a sad home.

[@jedinxf7]

(and the argument against is that black has a solid battery set up on the open c file already and at least at a glance, white doesn't obviously have the defensive resources to keep the 2nd rank from being penetrated and the queenside, at least, falling apart. Maybe preparing for this eventuality by swinging a rook over to the d file is an option but that's just sitting huddled and waiting for the attack. So I dunno, maybe the king safety here is still a little illusory)

[@peterwilson7532]

I have never seen a bishop completely hem a knight against the edge of the board like that. Brilliant.

[@alwaysinout]

Nicely done

[@simon_patterson]

Equally gracious in victory as in defeat. You're a great example to all, Eric.

[@billpence5444]

I'm soo happy for your success! you make chess so approachable.. even for a 44 yo like myself who is just getting into it! :)

[@ReklawLah]

Great game!

[@raylopez99]

I thought for some reason this was a casual game from the photo, in Ms. Cramling senior's house, but I see it was a tournament game.

[@heisenbergwalter3363]

congrats!

[@joscooper5875]

Anna reviewed this game on her KZbin channel, nice to see the thinking on both sides

[@briandoile5011]

Pia is amazing.

[@kelvinmakau3858]

The end game's epic ☺️

[@dannygjk]

Ke2 was my immediate desired move to play because if a black rook comes to c8 with my rooks disconnected and already having pressure on my knight made me want to connect my rooks immediately. That move also protects my queen and snuggles my king inside my pawns.

[@seanhunter111]

Love this game

[@elineia6382]

I played her in a simul once! Got crushed of course lol

[@GM4ThePeople]

Pia Cramling: What will he find out there? Eric Rosen: His destiny...

[@mattikarttunen3647]

I had the honour of being on the recieving end in a game commented by Pia, in Finland vs Sweden

[@Belemrys]

Getting them GM Norms!

[@kishoreb8030]

Though IM Eric won against GM Pia Kramling , he says it was an honour playing against her. He is so down to earth. Respect.

[@dash__]

call it the eric rosen

[@samilaliyev590]

Would you also say the overall score at the end of the videos?

[@omrigranot6221]

In the knight d5 you could take the queen with the queen and the take with the pon

[@eric-rosen]

Qxc2 is met with the in-between move Nxe7+!

[@jonahpetrahn1993]

How much rating did you gain for this tournament?

[@nickfazzio5277]

Like a boss

[@-AIi]

Congratulations… you played yourself!

[@ma271]

Lets go!! Nice

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

When two of chess' most peaceful entities clash to the death

[@DaJC87]

GG

[@strings1984]

@11:15 I can't see how queen to six, then knight up to guard the pawn and then queen to 7 isn't equal or lost for black...

[@ajoshi1170]

Haha, when I saw the thumbnail I thought that an aging filter was used on Anna Cramling 😂 Makes sense that it's her mother

[@hgjgjfjfmd]

very epic

[@tobsi2256]

The floating head is talking!!

[@bearmerica6668]

I haven't played chess in 30 yrs but at 16:25 couldn't queen take knight and not trade queen? Help me out here, what am I missing?

[@nicbentulan]

Who would win: Anna and pia alternating turns Vs Eric Rosen ?

[@goku445]

Anna is also GM?

[@nicbentulan]

@@goku445 WFM

[@pauldeck4500]

Anna Cramling is Pia Cramling's mini-me. They look identical.

[@lnhaIee]

Eric for Gm!

[@gudimetlakowshik3617]

The new video quality is professional but I'd prefer the old background where you casually play chess and explain stuff.

[@Halibut86]

Pia is awesome!!!

[@kristopherbateman4872]

Name this open the... Rosen

[@alrineusaldore6764]

Finally, I've managed to guess a gm's move! Sadly it was her blunder knight move...

[@mustamuri]

✨🙏✨

[@nbi4220]

Nicely done. You played a solid accurate game making the most of the presented opportunities. I saw this game before the video and was shocked that a GM could uncork Na2 - and then drift into a position where her knight was fatally dominated by your bishop. I'm a rusty NM, but it would have been a struggle for me to overcome my instincts and play Na2. I would have burned a lot of time looking for an alternative. Had I played Na2 in that position our mutual acquaintance Dmitry G. would have scolded me for yet another "forbidden move". 🙄

[@stvia]

Well, thing is when you're a GM playing an IM you really don't wanna draw. Which was the best she could aim for if she does not play Na2. So it's kinda understandable that she would play such a bad move.

[@rainerbuesching1]

13:29 didn't calculate everythin, but what about simply Qa1?

[@jaker721]

Hi Eric!

[@martinhadleigh5890]

👍

[@pranavkanire9974]

instead of queen trade you could've taken the knight for free, anyways great game

[@tjitsekoster9379]

I believe the queen was pinned, so that wasn't an option

[@user-yz2xl1tu6t]

The queen was pinned

[@davidnelson4960]

Eric, I was wondering, Agadmator does recaps of famous games. Gotham does recaps of currents games and funny shtick, Botez does games in parks and streets, but no one is doing series on up and coming future super GMs. If you're career is going to be chess streaming, it might be advantageous to start covering the young players, so that when they get older, they remember you as the one who thumped them, the additional benefit being you are more familiar with their careers than other commentators. A once a week series on "Future Champions" on the the like.

[@David-es4pi]

At 16:30, couldn’t you have just taken the knight with check?

[@AbhiramManoj]

Queen was forked. If he moved the queen white would have taken the king

[@David-es4pi]

Oh thanks I didn’t see the pin lol

[@wesleymcbob]

will you play against northernlion?

[@fleurbird]

She always appears to me like a very nice person, how is Pia cramling in real life?

[@eric-rosen]

She’s super nice!

[@scottski51]

Anna's not gonna be nice to you next visit !!! You beat... her... Mom! Yikes!!

[@hamzaashfaq9395]

Noice

[@f3ynman44]

What are the chances of Eric becoming a GM? What are the requirements left for him?

[@keithrobben1183]

Low, as he is not actively pursuing the title

[@maximilianhorn2855]

Hey small tip from a german. Its not called "Luuuft" (making a "luuuft" for your king 11:54) but rather Luft. No extra pronounciation on the "u" or any of the letters. Just Luft, have a good one

[@jimmy-two-times]

Nothing like a good chess showmatch against your future mother in law

[@Dedboi_adi]

what the-

[@AliRLH]

عاش

[@j.21]

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[@gwbn]

First! Love the content!

[@randomname9291]

Incorrect

[@Ryokans]

First