My Most Beautiful Stafford Gambit

[@cineblazer]

"there's a fun line here where--" _proceeds to simulate the next 11 years of reality in a 12 second diagram_

[@crynge9689]

I cried laughing when I red this. Well played sir

[@Der3ban]

Lol

[@Walking_W]

LOLLLLLL

[@heiroo]

i laughed when i red this to

[@kobfoster8545]

Awesome comment lmfaoo

[@Javerni]

“Is it afternoon somewhere?” Yes Eric, always.

[@stephenbabin1063]

“It’s high noon somewhere in the world”

[@gerardbehe9292]

@@stephenbabin1063 Nice reference

[@31redorange08]

How would he know?

[@gniewomircioek6845]

How about pacific?

[@RedSilencer]

5 o'clock, to be precise.

[@daxegen4301]

Kudos to the opponent for not resigning. 👏

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Yeah I hope somebody sends this video to him

[@amaryllis0]

I can't stand when people resign, a lot of the time. If your opponent has an imminent mate then let them execute it, don't ruin the fun by resigning. If you made a blunder in the first ten moves just keep playing and try to turn it around, don't resign.

[@speedstyle.]

@@amaryllis0 Depends on the game. If it's an actual endgame, and you're just playing it out in hope of a stalemate or flag, that's a bit disrespectful. If you're about to be mated by some nice positioning then yeah it's nice to give them the ending.

[@amaryllis0]

@@speedstyle. I personally dislike cheesing it so your opponent flags despite having a winning position, but I wouldn't say it's always bad, because time management is an important skill too. I don't agree that it's disrespectful to play for stalemate. If you resign here, you're cutting out an important part of the game - checkmate, especially piece mates - and allowing your opponent to not have to learn and practice it At GM level, sure it's disrespectful, but at amateur level? Nah

[@speedstyle.]

@@amaryllis0 Yeah I personally go all the way because I'm like 1000 (there's a 50-50 chance that they do stalemate). But at a higher level I think it could be a little disrespectful. Flagging less so, winning on time is fair enough.

[@bornamovafaghi6075]

Never resign, because there's always a chance you might end up in a piece of contemporary art

[@ethanolhaines4139]

I must apologise for being the 70th like 😔

[@harrisonlawton9630]

@@ethanolhaines4139 That’s okay, I just made it 420

[@beachloop1537]

@@harrisonlawton9630 i was gonna like the comment, but i couldn’t take that away from you

[@palpendick_ular6131]

@@harrisonlawton9630 I made 690

[@MidnightBloomDev]

Stafford is no longer a gambit But a lifestyle

[@dionel1388]

Cool game you made in your yt channel

[@dionel1388]

@Andrew Harper When I make a joke and it's cringey people call me that.

[@dionel1388]

@Andrew Harper When I make a joke and it's cringey people call me that.

[@1.4142]

You could make a religion out of this!

[@eduardoayala3204]

@Andrew Harper I ca just imagine the trickyness of a town called Stafford.

[@MatiasDLevy]

I mean, how often do you get to see "O-O-O#" in notation?

[@ytakarhaegar6666]

Not even once

[@filipporosatti6243]

I mean, just checking (no mate) with long castle happened a few times to me

[@socalacura1338]

This was absolutely beautiful, especially considering that this wasn't set up intentionally. Has to be one of the best games Eric Rosen has played

[@lilacdoe7945]

@@socalacura1338 this was clearly intentional, but no less impressive

[@socalacura1338]

@@lilacdoe7945 Sorry, by "intentionally", I meant like they didn't meet up beforehand to set up that position (aka this was a real game that the opponent was trying to win)

[@cryptonite8495]

"Please don't resign." That was like a cat telling an almost-dead mouse to stay alive just a little longer.

[@heatsflamesman5353]

XD

[@ethanolhaines4139]

I must apologise for being the 70th like 😔

[@Yaga_Al-Hadid]

That's what my boss said to me. Should I be worried?

[@yesntyesnt]

Your boss wants to mate you with his rook, that's why he wants you to not resign until then......

[@Foxatrot]

If someone queen side castle mated me I'd probably cry

[@ilikecats310]

I’d be too devastated to cry

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

Tears wouldn't be the only fluid coming out of me

[@retardery1488]

@@aggressivelyamicable5987 bruh

[@kaanthedesperate]

@@aggressivelyamicable5987 bruh

[@thecoolring6431]

@@aggressivelyamicable5987 bruh

[@vezz13]

"it's like when you go to an ice cream shop, so many different delicious looking flavors, and you can only choose one at a time" -Eric Rosen, 2021 while playing a game of chess

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Has Eric not heard of... the triple scoop?

[@henryviii267]

I hope to see this on an Agamator video

[@Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial]

*Opponent accepts Stafford Gambit* Eric: "So you have chosen death"

[@nicholastidemann9384]

*omae wa mou shindeiru*

[@marcelobulhoes6180]

Only doesn’t work against Hikaru Works against Magnus though

[@justinlouisantonio4981]

@@marcelobulhoes6180 wtf

[@marcelobulhoes6180]

@@justinlouisantonio4981 Eric won (or got a winning position, don’t remember exactly) against Magnus in the Stafford Gambit, but lost multiple times against Hikaru in it

[@justinlouisantonio4981]

@@marcelobulhoes6180 ohh okay

[@michaelbeiter5737]

Levy: How often do you see O-O+ Eric: How often do you see O-O-O#

[@MrChrisdube]

I would guess O-O-O# would be more "common" because the d file is typically half open while you would have to actually open the f file for O-O#

[@platinumcomplex7478]

@KErMIt ThE CrEeP ben finegold falling out of his chair again

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

Can’t stand that Levy.

[@jedinxf7]

@@MrChrisdube agreed

[@Whatsthenextstepoftheoperation]

What’s O-O+?

[@RimantasLiubertas]

"I'm kinda playing with my food"

[@MrCostantinho]

"But it's so delicious"

[@LureThosePixels]

Playing with his food, which happens to be someone on elo 2300 ;-;

[@ilianborisov5783]

Your Stafford gambit videos are the best!

[@mohammedfathi3592]

That was hilarious

[@mangaranwow2543]

"Eric"!!! "How many times have i told you, stop playing with your food"! "But mom, its so delicious".

[@amndrkwe]

forced bongcloud is the greatest chess strategy coined by gary chess himself

[@wtfpwnzored]

looks like r/anarchychess is leaking

[@watchableraven3517]

I really like the queens gambit, originally named after mr.gambit himself.

[@amndrkwe]

@@watchableraven3517 mr. henry gambit truly was one of the chess players. responsible for the creation of the king sacrifice to checkmate strategy

[@rufuslastname9121]

I call that the "peer pressure"

[@deegobooster]

@@rufuslastname9121 named after the great Tony Pressure himself

[@captainmado1412]

The thumbnails are really outstanding

[@the_master1715]

We can all agree; i think he even makes them himself which is even more awesome

[@Javerni]

@@the_master1715 yes he does! It’s incredible :)

[@thedsche9210]

True masterpieces

[@davidinawe791]

Its such a great idea too

[@justinejundequina2936]

*Eric: I just lost a pawn and a knight.... But my opponent just lost the game.*

[@joelhedtjarn9]

call an ambulance... but not for me

[@manuelrubio5011]

hahahaha this made me laugh a lot. Thank you.

[@RhysticStudies]

absolute chef's kiss

[@socalacura1338]

Woah, didn't know you were into Eric Rosen content! Hello Rhystic!

[@IcyWithItBTD]

Magic players unite

[@zacharyrichard3830]

Oh, Hey Rhystic Studies!

[@henrybash2285]

Rhystic freakin studies!

[@user-xf6ox6zx4w]

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[@lawsonian3858]

Petition to call this the Stanford-Rosen gambit

[@wsemenske]

The Rosen-Schrantz Gambit. Jonathon Schrantz is also a big evangelist for the gambit

[@Flightofphenomena]

%

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

@@wsemenske So Rosen-Schrantz is still alive eh? Guildenstern... not so much.

[@stephaniejanong4146]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc Rosencratz and Guildernstern I-

[@niveshproag3761]

Why involve Stanford though? That's just a university :p

[@ergjr1]

"But I didn't invest enough in my ROTH IRA" XD Rosen kills me

[@geoffreysayoc]

Hahaha I was cracking up at this too 😂

[@usagidubu_]

10:24-10:32 Me when Eric posts Stafford gambit content

[@haveachocobar]

Underrated comment lol

[@mohamedaakhil]

I would never think that

[@xgrghn3480]

If the thumbnail was a painting, it would be called. *"A masterpiece within a masterpiece"* by Eric Rosen.

[@EctobiusRex]

I think that "A masterpiece from a Piece Master" is better

[@vishalchidambaram1064]

@@EctobiusRex it's beautiful. I've looked at it for 6 hours now!

[@zenzombie72]

"The opponent is realizing their doom" I'm going to hear that in my head a lot now, when my rate of moves grinds to a halt.

[@xgrghn3480]

The opponent didn't realize he's that doomed probably.

[@Hasan...]

While Eric's audience knew ever since knight takes knight on move 3

[@baaldiablo8459]

Yea he would've resigned if he knew.

[@huckthatdish]

Yeah, if it wasn’t quite mate, he would be up material at the end. Obviously it was, but if you don’t see it, I can see wanting to play it out

[@blafoon93]

I'm pretty certain someone of 2200 elo understands they're doomed after Eric positioned the queen to attack. Eric's opponent probably has never seen these positions before and wanted to know how exactly they lost the game.

[@umershaikh8012]

@@blafoon93 AND ur playing Eric Rosen... why would you resign?

[@MikeMastropierro]

Eric Rosen is the Bob Ross of chess. Maybe not the best in the world, but the most relaxing and entertaining to watch.

[@Foxtrot6624]

Does Eric know that you're allowed get multiple ice cream flavours scooped into one cone?

[@joeb4142]

🤯

[@sehaj_deepsingh9956]

Moral : Never castle King side after accepting the stafford gambit..😂😂

[@warrenkeystone5195]

Literally any move: *exists* Eric trying to mate with Queen-side castle: *n o*

[@the_listamin]

2:37 Eric going full Hikaru mode.

[@johannzinnitz8893]

Here, here, here, here, here, takes, hit the juicer, here, here, here..

[@abelchess8430]

I don't know what i am doing but let's do it.

[@randycoe9054]

@@abelchess8430" I think I will just castle"

[@designz3660]

Lets just castle (with mate) lol how often do you see a O-O-O#

[@leon6777]

White is absolutely fighting for their life and Eric is just like "gonna paint a picture"

[@methylbenzodiazepine]

This guy's Stafford gambits keep me so interested in chess. I was done with chess, but then these vidéos got me right back into it. Keep it up. Very nice.

[@jadenhorky876]

3:58 this video was posted at midnight in Australia.

[@theplaylistpsycho]

Probably referring to when he was streaming.

[@leadnitrate2194]

Australia's not real

[@tgunsofficial1208]

@@leadnitrate2194 funny

[@usualhumanxd353]

Eric "Please don't resign, i wanna casle with mate" Rosen -_-

[@ethanmaruyama1149]

"It's so beautiful, I can retire now right? Ahh but I didn't invest enough in my Roth IRA."

[@oleenfernando2684]

2:59 Do you play Chess960? A person asks. Eric ignores. Even though he beat Magnus Carlson at Chess960

[@gniewomircioek6845]

Magnum Carlos you ment?

[@oleenfernando2684]

No. Actually I meant Magnus Carlson, the current chess world champion.

[@oleenfernando2684]

Magnus Carlsen

[@suplawlaw1836]

@@oleenfernando2684 he was joking lol

[@heatsflamesman5353]

@@oleenfernando2684 lmao

[@SnowFlameSupremacy]

Thumbnail is a MASTERPIECE

[@kalpshah4624]

Opponent : " Oh, let me think for 10 seconds what should I move " Meanwhile Eric : I went to future and saw 1.4 million possibilities to mate this guy

[@GridSludge]

"I don't need more stafford gambit content" Yes, but we do Eric.

[@karlfairbanks1574]

This was a great video already watched the whole thing at 1000x speed

[@irontigran6846]

@8:39 Qb4 check is winning I think. If c4 then Q*c4 is mate.

[@brinetw]

He said he want to mate by castling

[@jairusheraldleopoldo4152]

Yeaah, I think so too

[@jairusheraldleopoldo4152]

Nvm, just saw the next move and its awesome

[@nickfazzio5277]

I had to read the comments to see if someone else noticed Qb4 leads to forced mate in 1

[@andyojones]

I enjoyed the game, sure, but mostly I enjoyed the joy that Eric exclaims when discovering how perfectly the game ended.

[@f1reman192]

At 8:40, queen B4 so he moved his pion to C4 to protect his king, so you eat his pion and the game ends.

[@nijatnazarli9741]

Yeah I also first saw and stopped for a while to realize that if there is something that I dont see but Qb4 is mate in two

[@VinnyQuest]

Was thinking the same thing

[@RulezAPower]

He was trying to mate with queen-side castle doe.. lul

[@alejandrors3892]

3:00 WAYTOODANK !! Cheers from Barcelona! best quote ever -> " Oh no, my queen "

[@ollieols3418]

I love watching the stafford gambit. It just feels right

[@loveandfeedanimals2629]

At 8:56, you could also use Queen to b4 to mate.

[@zaernss28]

Mate in two Queen to b4 , white pawn c4 queen takes c4 mate

[@Haakl1]

Saw this live on lichess and knew I’d find it on KZbin at any moment.

[@thegremlin9876]

Eric and Levi are the most wholesome chess streamers even and you cannot change my mind

[@charleslando6706]

8:39 missed mate with Queen to B4 still a beautiful finish

[@artemaleksanyan4419]

Eric I love your videos so much man. The way you play chess makes it looks so fun and technical. Your thumbnails are top-tier. Keep it up man!!

[@tanishdhankhar2896]

9:15 Qb4 is a mate !! IDK Y he didn't notice it Maybe he was trying to create a masterpiece. 😂

[@shaashwatsingh3207]

Qb4 and f5 are both mate in 2. But f5 is more stylish so he went with that.

[@RahulSingh-zo7sm]

C4

[@sierramikekilo6925]

"If you have mate in 1, always try to find mate in more" Finegold, Ben

[@tanishdhankhar2896]

@@sierramikekilo6925 Na na they say 'i am a grand master don't take my knight owooowwoo' 😂

[@zigayrette1142]

@@sierramikekilo6925 „If you have mate in 1, do mate in 6, because that’s usually better“ -Levy Rozman

[@ApusApus]

9:25 After e5 would d3 be a move? That would open c3 for the king to run away, blocking the rook on h3.

[@yuyah7413]

no because black has a5 or Qb4

[@Hasan...]

Why is it that when I try Stafford, the opp doesn't take the pawn with the knight !! It's so annoying! (I'm 1500-1600) Anyone else?

[@usualhumanxd353]

because people are SCARED :D Eric scared us all with these stafford games lmao

[@anotherreview5586]

Everytime I try. They always do something Rosen hasn't prepared me for and I can't remember every line lmao

[@faznaz7455]

I usually play Nf3 then Nc3 to avoid the Stafford.

[@jiaan100]

They never take the pawn right away but after I develop my bishop it's 50/50. I almost always lose with the stafford though lol

[@koenhaan2045]

1100-1200 as well, its annoying, they always play the 2 knights defence

[@wengemurphy]

3:00 Reminds me of my favorite Finegold joke: "And with so many arrows, there's no defense"

[@supercool1312]

you really love the stafford huh

[@BreakY0Ankles]

WE really love the Stafford

[@alexattewell591]

Stafford is a religion Eric said in another video, i'm feeling cultish

[@ImaginaryHuman072889]

Amazing modern chess miniature. Reminds me of morphy’s opera game. Rapid and efficient development while giving away material to keep initiative.

[@Maxdog920]

“Do I retire now? I haven’t invested enough in my ROTH IRA” lmao

[@themohanveera]

Just curious, at 08:45 why not Qb4+? And then it is forced mate in 1 right?

[@lukecastellan721]

he wanted the castle mate

[@sasmitsinha2766]

The thumbnail though

[@ThisIsModus]

Please continue with Stafford gambit content. It is gold

[@mendo4207]

8:39 Forced Mate in 2 moves Qb4, c4, Qxc4

[@ralphmalasakit9543]

Yeah. I think he almost miscalculate that last checkmate.

[@constantine78692]

Yeah .. he missed that

[@johnobrienii1156]

I saw this too. It's definitely forced. I think Eric didn't miss it so much as he wanted his queenside castle mate. It was over in 2 just the same.

[@soleriox]

Yeah saw that too. But the queen side castle checkmate was worth it

[@MrAM4D3U5]

I am analyzing some of these lines in my Stafford study on lichess and from the position after move 10, 2:23 timestamp , the engine has black at -9.3 if white makes the best move which is to to sack both the bishop and queen for whites rook on the h file, that's how strong that rook is (11. Bh5...Rxh5, 12. Qxh5...Qxh5, 13. d4...Bxd4) killer trap variation for black to be basically won in 10 moves with white playing fairly intuitive and natural looking moves

[@williamhu9567]

Love how he over plans everything for the sake of our entertainment

[@tonylikesphysics]

“I’m playing with my food, but it’s so delicious.” - Eric Rosen

[@RoyDeweyStorey]

Eric, keep making the Stafford content. We want to see the beautiful development of the Stafford. All of its amazing lines.

[@skii_mask_]

checkmate from long castle after an opponent's en passant might be the most ganger shit I've ever seen in a chess game.

[@marksnazzy4737]

This masterpiece is equally to a world champions title!! no doubt :-D

[@attune347]

In the position at 5:34, there is a fun line (haven't checked with an engine though) instead of taking on e2 playing b5+, Kxc5 Qg5+, and if Kb4 (Kxc6 Bxe4X) then a5+ Kb3 (Kc3 ends in the same way but quicker after Qc5+) a4+ Ka3 b4+ Kxb4 Qb5+ Kc3 Qc5+ Kd3 Bh5+ Ng3 O-O-OX. It would be a fun exercise to try to find in that position a way to force mate with O-O-O, but I haven't found a way. For example in this line, if you take on c6, or if you go Ka3 instead of Kb3 or Kc3, there is a quick mate, but no way to force a mate with O-O-O, I think.

[@soumyajitroy5239]

Just a piece of art, excellent

[@rngsomeone1003]

9:10 Qb4+ forces mate immediately, as after c4, the only legal move, Qxc4# happens.

[@leo.messsi]

If my ex was as beautiful as this, she wouldn't be my ex

[@Christmasmoose714]

Lmao

[@leo.messsi]

@Un señor muy serio wanna bet? haha

[@leo.messsi]

@Un señor muy serio cause eventually I broke up for a more beautiful girl soooo

[@twistedsector]

@Un señor muy serio Rawrrr

[@logeconners171]

@Un señor muy serio yoooooooooooo

[@niranpoudeli1924]

At move 21,there was Qb4+ and mate.

[@bakublader1999]

local man gets addicted to chess openings.

[@koalai8240]

2:52 Me: "Yes, yes, very fun line indeed." My brain: "I have no idea what he is taking about."

[@aoop7208]

Stafford Gambit: Exists Eric Rosen: LETz MAkE a THUmbnaIL

[@YuujiHoshi]

Before 9:23 there is forced checkmate with queen b5 all he can do is pawn c4 then queen takes pawn since it is supported by b4 pawn

[@truebeerus]

300k incoming!!

[@jerome1688]

I don't often give a like on KZbin videos but you clearly deserve it ! Well done !

[@paramdrall]

*A Comment Just to Appreciate Video Editor and Thumbnail Artist ❤️👑*

[@nirbhaychess]

8:45 Black move Qb4+ then white C4 Then Q×c4#

[@benoplustee]

Ah, a wovewy Staffowd Gambit by one of my favowite chess pwayers/stweamers, Ewic Wosen uwu

[@ChessRaptor]

Eric to move 21: Another possible Castling Mate: Queen B4, then White blocks with Pawn to C4, then Eric Castles for Mate. I'm pretty sure.

[@oleenfernando2684]

Once there was a person. No one knew this person until a king made him popular after finding out his abilities. The person went on to change into a chess form called "Stafford Gambit". And the king was Eric.

[@xxFortunadoxx]

At 8:50 Qb4 is forced mate as well. Opponent's only legal move is C4, then QxC4 and it's mate.

[@madshaolin]

Most amusing and satisfying mate I've ever seen Eric. Nice.

[@lastdigit6609]

@4:38 the moment I saw the position my instincts were screaming b5 to cut off the escape route of the king. My instincts were telling that giving up the white square bishop is a necessary sacrifice. So, I decided to analyze the position and what I saw is a series of forced moves leading the white king going back to e4 and a mate. In case that white decided to move other pieces, white would be crushed thoroughly and painfully accept its doom.

[@kellamyoshikage286]

"He just took our pawn en passant! Our queen is royally skewered and we're down a full piece!" "He's right where I want him."

[@kevintan9483]

I feel like there's a whole new genre of chess in the era of the internet: Meme Chess, where you just try to make the most ridiculous plays-just because you can. I happened to see the en-passant with mate video yesterday, and now the Algorithm shows me this! I can't get enough!

[@torben22.16]

its not just castling queenside with mate, its also unpinning the queen from the kind, while she is still being attacked by a pawn and a rook, and the pawn en passent beforehand

[@zethzz3524]

This is why i like Eric, he doesnt always play the best moves, but instead have more fun with chess and the chat

[@borisburd2951]

We dont need new stafford gambit content. We just need ANY stafford gambit content. We love it

[@deviant6string]

9:05 alternate line Qb4+, forcing c4, then Qxc4#

[@bvbull200]

I've watched this video a dozen times over the past couple months. It's so satisfying.

[@luisramrod9121]

Eric has the most calm voice from all chess youtubers.

[@jonathanson5735]

“I can finally retire right?... but I didn’t invest enough in my ROTH IRA” 😂😂😭

[@Th3CuriousGeorgE]

That really is the most beautiful sequence I've seen.

[@noahvercampt3936]

Here for the Stafford gambit content. Keep it coming. Never gets old

[@michaelfroger1816]

Eric: "this is so much fun" ...The other guy: "I am never playing chess again"

[@barnabaspsyedits]

9:30 he could play pawn d3 to escape?

[@Carzey]

Eric is just toying with 2300's like they're beginners.

[@justanotherhotguy]

“I’m kind of playing with my food, but it’s so delicious.”

[@mohamedaakhil]

8:55 qb4 was mate in 2