RARE and TRICKY Idea vs the Queen's Gambit | Biel Chess Round 6

[@joshfriedel]

Hey Eric, thanks for the shoutout! Your QGDs are certainly more exciting than mine are. I have a feeling you'll have fun doing a video for today's game also. :D Good luck in the rest of the event!

[@mikebaker2436]

13:30 You are pulling the Queen into the Fork with the Pin. That's a Pulled Pork.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Oh no! My bacon!

[@choco1101]

18:48 Great instinct on seeing the problem with white’s activity with the two rooks. Someone suggested the line in chat to go up 2 pieces for a rook and i checked the engine. It was around +1.5 for white. Blacks knight is so out of play it almost counts as nothing.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Perfect example of why material isnt everything. The two best rooks against 2 effectively worthless minor pieces.

[@KnightToRemember]

Kasparov said if you make 10 threats in a row your opponent will collapse, this game was an illustration on how to play with the initiative: black was making threats all the time from the opening, almost like he was white

[@Superbri]

I can picture you during the game saying, "there's a funny line..."

[@Rubrickety]

Great win! Someday I'd like to see some kind of a mock pregame prep video. To an 1200ish player like myself, it always feels miraculous that an IM/GM-level player can memorize entire trees of variations for a specific opponent in just an hour or two. I realize it's probably a hard thing to capture on video; I imagine you're just zipping through variations and soaking it all in. Maybe you could record a prep session, then replay a section of it at half speed or with pauses, and overdub what's going through your mind ("He probably wouldn't choose this line... this looks interesting but I don't fully understand black's compensation... this variation looks tricky for my opponent...")?

[@SebastianBohn]

Now this is what I call entertaining chess. Full of traps and venomous lines, with a little bit of pulled pork. Kudos to your opponent for holding on. And definitely a win you can be proud of.

[@Karma-fp7ho]

This is so beautiful to see how you analyze the game. Thank you.

[@tobsi2256]

What a game! I love the dichotomy of your calm demeanor and ruthless chess. I hope you have a great time in Switzerland and many wins!

[@levth21]

wow the opponent was very tough and tactics were spotted all the way through the game, ironically he fell into a simple fork in the end... very nice game

[@gattra]

one move away from time control too. he must be really kicking himself

[@KnightToRemember]

@@gattrait was lost anyway so probably kicking himself for missing Rb1

[@toara]

The time pressure is so real 😂

[@Victor-ji1rz]

It's surprisingly easy to miss the fork simply because none of the pieces involved moved on the last move, but instead the square was vacated by the bishop

[@KnightToRemember]

@@Victor-ji1rz he missed it because of a combination of 4 things 1 time pressure 2 tired from defending the whole game 3 since Bb4 attacked the c5 pawn he thought that was the only threat (if Bb4 didn’t attack a pawn he would have probably saw it) 4 your reason

[@maximjussim1024]

Love your tournament recap videos. Much success in Biel!

[@Bas-q1c]

@eric-rosen I saw you in Biel yesterday! Its a shame you were too busy playing or I would have asked you for a selfie 😊 Congrats on a great tournament!

[@maryisviczous]

I LOVE CHESS TRAPS ITS AN ADDICTION-

[@Sjarieon]

Those engine lines at the end are absurd.

[@michaelf8221]

Sick opening prep and sick endgame play

[@Mal1234567]

I’ve been waiting forever it seems to hear the words “Queenless middle game” rather than “endgame.”

[@coltonward8592]

Crazy how good the engines are. Watching Eric break down all the tactics I’m like wow I didn’t see that. He pulls up the engine and becomes me Yeah, Eric, watching your analysis for me probably feels like you checking the engine 😂

[@chrisomattic1111]

I love your style of chess. Great game Eric.

[@Nick97107]

Great tactical game Eric!

[@choco_addictee]

Nice win!!

[@jonathonjubb6626]

Quite un-Rosen like match, you did well to win this..

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

It looks like Be8 was a big mistake. I set up the board just before that move, and Stockfish gave it +0.1. After that move, it was -2.5 (depth: 23). Nd4 instead keeps things balanced. And instead of having the queen get kicked around so much, Stockfish favors Qc4 instead of Qf4 a couple of moves later, offering the exchange of queens.

[@michaelrstover]

The lines the engine spots are crazy! And the problem doesn't seem to be that they're deep, but rather that they're moves the humand mind rejects unconsciously and also the opportunities for tactics to erupt come all the time. Humans seem to rely on intuition feel to look for crazy tactics in a position vs playing fast with a safe looking move. How do you know THIS is the move to examine counter-i tuition choices? Crazy.

[@tianrunzhang6557]

10:06 is the best move here pawn a6 to kick the knight

[@JeefTheThief2]

Wow what a fun, tactical game. Well played!

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Excellent game. Constant forks is kind of incredible to see.

[@jpjpJPJPG]

Thanks Eric!

[@Loveiathan]

this game needs Japanese anime VA's role-playing an epic fight as black and white. Mind blowing chess. Also that was an incredible amount of effort to win back one pawn.

[@dietfruit]

Caught this live! ng4 was awesome to see real time

[@massimopetazzoni499]

Thanks for sharing very informative and useful 👏👏👏

[@SomeoneSomewhere42069]

Before I watch the video, the idea in the thumbnail, is one I do ALL THE TIME 😂 my thought process is "If they block with the knight, I have a pin, if they block with the bishop, we can trade if we decide to, but hopefully, they block with a commital pawn move. In all outcomes, I can always move the bishop back if I don't like it." My favorite outcome though, is when they block with the knight, and then move the Queen 😂 I get to take the knight and double their pawns Edit: Wow, what a game! I didn't see that the queen was free to move lol but I wouldn't have seen the line Eric saw! I suppose that's why I'm still a low rank 😂

[@cparks1000000]

The tactics were crazy. Nice game.

[@rylandmitchell]

This game is so sensitive for me because like your opponent im terrible under time pressure. I need to think things through completely, at my own pace. He was playing well until time got the better of him and that hits home for me.

[@Spiethstar]

Awesome game with awesome coverage. Think Hikaru and Levi both are eating dust in your wake on the content creation aspect. Just saying as they both think of themselves as the best chess tubers. Do love them also btw. 😉

[@OGBobbiJohnni]

Eric with the PORK! Love it

[@michaelf8221]

I can only guess the flurry of messages at the end of the video had to deal with US politics...

[@ArkiUnknown]

a very time consuming confusing game . ggs to the both of you

[@jaydub2971]

Call that tactic a "slow roasted pork" as it requires 2 moves. 😂

[@choco_addictee]

Actually, one question. Did you look at Bc6+ Be4 Rd3+ after Nc3? I was thinking you could trade bishops there and maybe have some rook activity on the third rank? You definitely prepared it much better by waiting and improving your dsb. Super tactical. But wanted to know if you looked at it beforehand or if I missed anything, since I didn't look at the engine for this.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

I definitely paused the video when i heard your messages to tell my gf she was getting a text 😂

[@Simba-mr1je]

Pork 😂😂😂

[@debrascott8775]

Watched the entired game on twitch. Been looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

[@leedsmanc]

So many clever ideas, all expertly nullified by your opponent, who is clearly a very strong player, this is the sort of stuff that convinces me to stop being so over-confident in the mid-game, no matter how clever I think I am, i should expect the opponent to find a way out.

[@williamswan3711]

Nice game Eric. Good commentary. I’ve NEVER had you respond to a comment with your million viewers but I was wondering, HOW do you evolve to a point of seeing moves and moves ahead? Is it just experience or is there some secret to get ther faster?

[@carlosernestocalderonnoriega]

Muchísima táctica en esta partida, se debía estar muy atento para no dejarse nada por el camino.

[@BRM2X]

absolutely insane game

[@Nimzowitz]

Good luck for round seven and blitz!

[@thebigshot187]

Some wild engine lines

[@number94]

So much better than Gotham

[@thetransferaccount4586]

the fun battle is really fun indeed

[@PROJ3CKT]

with the line at 12 minute with the rook sack, what if they just didnt take knight and the queen moved to a safe square? would that sack have been worth while another way?

[@rudiausbuddeln7573]

What a Game

[@mitchelmodine9197]

If a pin and a fork is a pork, what do you call a skewer and a fork? A skork?

[@uzfnjzubtfjzbd]

a forker!

[@adrianoelias6549]

i love to hear i was on my own tbh😂😂😂

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

"Pretty much exclusively plays the queen's gambit" is like saying "relies almost exclusively on the pile driver in street fights". This is clearly not a human being but some kind of demented cyborg. :)

[@tamatamt]

wish you all the very best

[@catac83]

Congrats for beating this swiss cheese FM Eric!! And chill out with the analysis, only an AI could see counter-intuitive moves like Qb8 or KxC5

[@Waynezeal]

Big up and stay blessed with chess ❤

[@DeraMonica-lj9ig]

I love your games

[@jasonphillips3817]

Engine lines are so complex is it really ever worth analyzing with them?

[@justcallmeharrison377]

There's certainly a spectrum. However, the lines involving multiple computer moves from both sides are on the far end of that spectrum. The vast majority of engine lines are very understandable when everything is laid out. The unprecedented skill of today's top players is in no small part thanks to the accessibility of chess engines and the incredible motifs they inspire.

[@thekilla1234]

It doesn't matter how complex engine lines are. If you have calculated a line, you can check with the engine to compare it with your intuition. If the engine matches your line, then your intuition is probably good. If you engine doesn't match your line, it will either show you an obvious thing you have overlooked, or it does something you don't understand and you can try and understand it to learn. It just doesn't make sense to not use engine analysis. It takes seconds to do and gives you a another pair of eyes to look at a position on demand, which at worst you can just shrug off as "engine only gameplay", but will almost always will give you insight into a position that you originally overlooked. It's like a 1000 rated player refusing to watch GM games to learn because "GM lines are so complex is it really ever worth analyzing with them?"

[@Pleeze]

Imo yes because it's super interesting and you never know how complex the line is until you look at it. Sometimes it was something you could've seen.

[@ash5033938337]

Very nice

[@thomasdequincey5811]

Nice game.

[@maxmustermann-xs6kg]

lets goooooooo

[@alexandershorse9021]

So tactical, as complex as a Smith Morra

[@samgreer8596]

Engine says your opponent played 87% accuracy. It didn't seem like that to me. This game was like 2 5th degree blackbelts throwing down mental martial arts. Really impressive play from both sides.

[@phenom1tsmith]

bro said his opponent took FIFTEEN minutes to move the queen away from the bishop... jesus christ.

[@SoulHuN7eR]

Wow what a great chess game. And kudos to your opponent for finding every possible answer. That must have been super exhausting a game to play in! 🫡