Play the Caro-Kann Against EVERYTHING | 400-600

[@rhornjr]

Eric is underrated as a content creator. I find myself laughing at the little things he says, like: "snip," "eat," or "that was check, dumbass." It's just calm and enjoyable watching.

[@craigtimmons6907]

Agree

[@Crashawsome]

Nope. He’s rated

[@LFSPharaoh]

when every one of his pieces were contributing to a mate "every piece is doing their part, no one's getting laid off here"

[@louiea4276]

Nahh, that "dumbass" remark was pretty douchy. Stopped watching after that. I prefer Aman's style of play and content

[@bluemystic7501]

This is Eric basically driving through a school zone, lol.

[@duckman78910]

This is brilliant. I love the Caro against 1. e4 but I tend to struggle against 1. d4, so I’m super excited to see how c6 works against d4. Cheers to the new series!

[@juanroaguilo]

Me too!!!❤

[@jadontrout4429]

Always looking forward to more opening series. I watch all the channel’s content but these are my favorite. Cheers fellas

[@anandbenegal]

GM Eric runs into the strongest 400s to ever exist^

[@doublej4129]

Agreeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@rishabh5750]

Im 500 and i swear every one of my opponents play like they're GM. maybe I'm just bad

[@davidrobertson1980]

LOLOLOL Eric "Hello Yassar, I hope you're learning" LMAO dude

[@BreakingtheDeadlock]

The irony of the Andrew Tate guy playing the Hillbilly attack

[@SseriousGgamer3]

Watching you play filthy 500’s makes me think “wow these 500’s are complete garbage!” … then i remember I’m 515

[@danieljimenez2725]

What's the Song at 7:00

[@AmbroseEzzat]

I wanna know too

[@opticalmixing23]

Okay, class, pay attention... tap tap tap.😂😂😂

[@mariehart4294]

Eric, thank you for this video. It was very instructive!

[@chuckgravity]

I love your instructional videos! Keep up the good work.

[@JayWright-sk2ti]

Thanks Eric, love the chess, the thoughts, and the toons.

[@justinsmith3981]

The first guy finding the best version of the advance for white right off the bat is pretty impressive

[@artx_03]

music at 12:30 ?

[@mikeg.9788]

Yes

[@anonymous123456on]

These 400s are actually really strong for their rating

[@mdoebs5946]

Agreed...pinning pieces, maintaining the tension. Blundering pieces like crazy though. That will improve with time. My theory is all the chess content available these days (like this channel for instance) is causing elo ratings to become inflated (or deflated??) i.e. a 1000 rated player today would have been like, 1500 ten years ago, etc

[@zachsav3235]

Been stuck at 900-1000 for this reason, everyones watched these yt courses

[@fvhaudsilhvdfs]

@@zachsav3235 lol. then explain why i blew past 1000 without even learning openings? hint: it has to do with IQ :)

[@zachsav3235]

@@fvhaudsilhvdfs It has more to do with tactical/principal awareness and implementation but whatever strokes ur ego there big dawg

[@fvhaudsilhvdfs]

@@zachsav3235 sure kid enjoy chess in the 900s :)

[@AB-gn1ey]

That blunder around 23 minutes is crazy, I would never have seen that

[@TheDedloc]

22:30 underrated tactic.

[@sirsneedster]

What’s the song that starts around 17:30? “I’m over you” but I can’t find the right mix

[@sirsneedster]

Found it: Vancant - Naski

[@user-tt8ln8fm8s]

1:58 what if they go bishop h5 or do i just play against the best 400s that exist

[@user-tt8ln8fm8s]

i mean e5

[@fretmajik777]

lmao, HaHa Eric, you missed mate in one! Eric "It was check dumbass..." That cracked me up

[@jdalend]

Excellent!! Thank you!

[@dreamey3963]

You are amazing!!! Becoming a GM is extremely hard and you deserve all that!

[@tanvirarafat8018]

Love this video hearing your thought process

[@cappbell9360]

Really enjoyed the video. Looking forward to more, thanks

[@leerobbo92]

I dropped to 600 when I first started playing. Decided to learn a couple of openings: chose 1.d4 as white, and 1.c6 as black to prevent Scholar's mates a bit more easliy (ended up learning a few moves of the Caro-Kann). Hit 1,000 within a month or so. Can confirm everything said in this video.

[@humanrightsadvocate]

This is actually pretty good repertoire to have.

[@porkerdapig]

as a 200elo player this was so nice to watch and learn

[@sakshamray9981]

Hey what music is this This really turns my mind on

[@sirsneedster]

Song at 17:30 is Vancant - Naski

[@retrogamer3907]

35:30 I like how Eric's like: finish him Also the opponent was like: good, he's thinking, he blundered 😁😁

[@williame4175]

Love the Caro. Good choice Eric! Will definitely tune in for this series

[@retrogamer3907]

12:47 they're thinking outside the box

[@pratyushpandya8243]

this is the first video i watched of his and i just love the vibe of the videos ❣

[@joeyzalman8254]

great series, thank you!

[@FT029]

the first 400 played really well for their rating. I think they'll improve quickly. great opening showcase

[@blubberdust]

Bb4 at 20:31 looks awful tasty to me. I believe it's mate if they take.

[@AviaToshko]

Would be great to add the "episode" number in the title, I find that particularly useful when watching through the entire playlist

[@urd3adnow]

i already do this so this is a fucking amazing series, thank you so much!!!

[@thatjoaosilva]

"They have a mind of their own" - Eric H.

[@Bach432hz]

Ay! I just started learning caro kann after changing my repertoire and so happy to see this. Go Caro Kann!!

[@leebumble]

Love using the bishop to prevent castling. Drives the opponent nutz!

[@E8oL4]

I need to know the song / Mix he's listening to 🙃🙃

[@sirsneedster]

Song at 17:30 is Vancant - Naski. Had to play KZbin with Shazam

[@E8oL4]

​@@sirsneedster lol nice!

[@EvelinaBotkin]

How often will we get parts of this speedrun?

[@TheHelmShow]

How do you always get the black pieces

[@JiveDadson]

Thanks for using the easy-on-the-eyes green board.

[@iseriver3982]

Been looking for a black opening since my kings indian defence is trash.

[@9outof10]

This is already paying off in my ridiculously low elo blitz games

[@TopOnlinePromotions]

Eric, it seems that on the c6 speedrun playlist the 2000 to 2200 video is missing. I found the video by itself but somehow is not on the playlist.

[@chessbrah]

Fixed thanks for letting us know!

[@tidusuwu3125]

Keep doing these new speedruns cause they're fire content

[@r0bz0rly]

Poojafan69 with the cricket pfp is just comedy gold lmao

[@teslachess7319]

And c3 d4 with white?

[@whatlez]

he played the bird as white

[@nat-moody]

It's a speed run with the black pieces. C3 d4 doesn't make much sense with white , as you generally don't need 2 moves to play c4

[@teslachess7319]

@@nat-moody I know it but then the video wouldn't need to be edited.

[@thecakeredux]

I've been playing the skandi exclusively, religiously. Finally something to get me off that terrible habit.

[@brandonanderson3067]

Odd question, but what playlist is this?

[@MarcelFuret]

Love all your videos

[@zachsav3235]

looking forward to this run

[@pokerchannel6991]

dude. this is the thing for which I have been exactly searching. I play the ck and the slav. Why? becuase they are similar. I have been doing it as e4, c6 And when white does 1. d4, i do 1... d5, 2 c3, c5 (like a queen's gambit for black). or 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6.

[@ldizai]

do more videos on 400 players please! VERY HELPFUL

[@princechess3299]

Is this opening good for intermediate players too ??

[@higoralves9802]

best repertorie

[@bleu9730]

35:28 whys this so funny 😂

[@GregTurismo]

Based on the way Eric says Cari Kahn, made me realize he probably says pecans not pecans.

[@avi4689]

23:00 "classic blunder" bro my 800 rated brain really struggled to understand why that was a blunder at all i mean i did get it afterwards but

[@GeminisArising888]

Eric y no time stamps please?

[@aslandiesyt]

I like how he moves a little extra slow for us.

[@Aria.Sterling]

Got my elo from 1800 to 1900 with your bird, massive improvement but I’m still stuck when they fianchetto their black bishop early… thanks for the speed run!

[@GeminisArising888]

ericthank u...but just call it CARO KANN

[@LightSquares]

I find b6 against everything is simpler due to use of light squared bishop and pressure on e4 square.

[@hypekillacsplaya]

LETS GO C6!!!! I need a good black opening, I use the stonewall and if they push the e5 pawn on me i go to the french. But i dont know the french quite yet. not that well atleast.

[@abdullahnada5957]

Thats exactly my favourite opening with black Great 🎉🥳🥳

[@Dankmemes187]

yes but what about c5 vs d4... newbs minds explode when you make that move

[@mikamoschella3410]

That first player was quite strong for 400. Played solid pretty much the whole game until time pressure got the better of them. If they keep playing like that they could get to at least ~1300-1400 easy

[@joefawcett2191]

lmao at the hustlers university comment

[@eltonvieira4783]

Poojafan69 is a really nice nickname, even because with Pooja we had the best cheating episode so far 😂😂

[@derekbaker4763]

Can't believe you gave up the bishop pair to capture the queen? Botez gambit being perfected at all elo's!!!

[@ndumisomtshali383]

There is yet to be a chess streamer who plays better music than this guy💯

[@GeminisArising888]

Eric, do u prefer the CARO KANN or the HIPPO for blacks? Alex Banzea has many series on the Caro kann but his humour is off and talks tooooo much....unlike u guys. And yes he copies content from you and Gotham chess......so thank u for doing the Caro Kann. I watch his streams on 2x speed........cant stand him.

[@Tiago-vo1ff]

12:37 🤣

[@DroppinFactz]

There's a non zero chance they play Qg3 and get circumcised. Nice.

[@bluefin.64]

WRONG, ERIC! 🙂 You can't play 2...d5 against EVERYTHING because 2.d5! I've only seen it twice in the 15,000 or so bullet games I've played with 1...c6, though. I laughed my ass off watching this video. 🙂Later in this speedrun I expect to learn stuff. Thanks for the content.

[@MMaster34th]

Magnus beat you so bad you had to go pick on some 400-600s? xD All jokes aside great video.

[@naithans212]

Please do a c6 RUN to >2K

[@davidarthurcole]

10:29 Eric.... You missed mate in one : )

[@malcolmirwin5641]

No as he said the white Queen checked him. Had to take the queen with pawn before he could carry out the check mate

[@NoahPrentice]

eric you missed mate in 1

[@timw22020]

Big chief, you guys gotta bring some testosterone to the background music.

[@sdgc543df]

Looking forward to this, I suck even more with white 😂

[@sunondo8671]

Why is the name and dp of this profile so Indian?

[@sunondo8671]

9:45 isn't Nxd4 sexy?😂

[@KrisRoxas]

10:36, Eric you missed mate in 1

[@VVeZoX]

I struggle with how people can be this bad at chess. Are they moving without thinking?

[@opticalmixing23]

Ply c6 on everything

[@semiotik]

As a Caro player, I'm always not sure what to do with 1D4 and other variations. Stoked to build something up!

[@henrywycislo9454]

Thank you for making this video series. I have been an unsuccessful c6 player for a bit!

[@hellmonkey00]

Snipping is cringe

[@juanroaguilo]

Yesss❤❤❤❤

[@mathesen]

hi eric

[@amirismail7153]

👍

[@Arrezzz]

gold content

[@xuankienta3246]

Omg carokann!!!

[@tvrskkngdm2333]

I play it all the time!)))

[@davidcsaszar4191]

PoojaFan 😂