Breaking Opening Principles | Speedrun Episode 55

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Eric plays dubious opening principle violation for early attack against 2000+ rated player; opponent spends multiple minutes thinking and then plays suboptimal moves, immediately sacrificing a rook unnecessarily. I play same dubious opening principle violation for early attack against 1200+ rated player; opponent spends 12 seconds, plays top engine line and demolishes me.

[@danielfoudeh5915]

RIP beard...never forget

[@mitchelloeth4247]

🫡

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Beard gambit declined 😔

[@whitecrayon3281]

He looked sp good with it too... But the heat, I understand lol

[@scheimong]

11:04 "the funny thing about promoting is, when you promote you lose a pawn" that almost sounds like something Ben Finegold would say 🤣

[@Mitchfork]

Chess is hard!

[@tjitsekoster9379]

You can read all about it in his book "Cry like a Grandmaster"

[@fearlv1rattata]

I literally heard Ben when he played f6

[@johnhutton5491]

This is better than any Netflix series I’ve watched in a long time

[@malekhaouas7848]

Yesss yessssssssss

[@antonybelzile2697]

Oh no my beard!

[@R04drunner1]

😂

[@yemenviking]

You are awesome. Your playing so good but not making jokes from your opponents. You are polite and so gentle, and taking your time and not afraid to lose on time. You are a free school for nice and delicate chess. Thank you very much man. ❤

[@CoMMenDaToR]

Can not be better said.

[@thegreatNEb]

nice and delicate chess demeanour. Eric is still a ruthless bloodthirsty killer when it comes to the actual chess!

[@quackduckquack]

Eric before shave: 2 Game easy wins 35 minutes Eric after shave : 2 Game hard fought and 51 minutes It's obvious Eric with beard is suspicious. Time for the procedure.

[@luca_rr4660]

Stockbeard confirmed.

[@anonymous6180]

Bearded Eric is so evil villain.

[@Ptaku93]

don't you mean superior?

[@quackduckquack]

@@Ptaku93 what?

[@Ptaku93]

@@quackduckquack don't you mean that Eric with beard is superior, not suspicious?

[@wardm4]

There's something weird about the Scandi. Does it just attract people who have an aversion to learning theory? I thought it was just 900-1000 players who don't know the 3rd move of the opening they chose, but I guess this strangeness persists all the way to 2000.

[@yusie8306]

I was super confused when a 2000 player wasnt prepared for a super natural responce to Nc6.

[@howlingwolf317]

I think that's it. You get a lot of similar positions as black and get away with only being slightly worse into middlegame most of the time IF you know your stuff. I agree it's weird that at a 2000 level the opponent didn't have the first 10 moves blitzed out. I'd argue that learning theory can benefit a Scandi player a lot, since anticipating how the opponent wants to kick around your queen and setting up safe squares for it can lead to equal positions which is the best you should hope for when playing it as black.

[@GStarGoku3]

@@howlingwolf317 Even a 2000 tries something new or has their first time playing a line.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Because a lot of 2000 players actually rely on their brain and not memorized openings 🤷🏻‍♂️ I don’t know any theory at all and I’m 1900

[@lollycopter]

Yeah my inkling is that it's usually players with a certain type of timidness to main lines who end up playing the Scandi. They do that when lower rated and never give it up. I have a very comfortable record against the Scandi despite having the least amount of prep for it. I don't dare touch it with black - there's no point given all the other options I have against e4.

[@GK-ee7mw]

Those Nd5 lines in the first game are crazy. Wouldn’t have seen those in a million years

[@odiumimbues]

i really wanted him to play pawn d5.

[@Scrambles0o0]

No shame brother, fellow St. Louisian here confirming removal of my own beard for temperature advantage

[@raymondhuffman6258]

the trick is to grow it large enough to keep the sun off your face.

[@derpymoose9948]

That’s a huge lesson : when your opponent pauses to think, don’t get mad or impatient but use their time to your advantage! Thank you for your explanations and calm way of explaining things!

[@younghsu2070]

Rip beard. Was fun while it lasted. Stay comfortbale Eric!

[@simonhaines7301]

Woo new speedrun! Today is a good day :)

[@ElderRVer]

“then we have a big mess!” That’s what Eric said. 😂 That’s the kind of chess I understsnd.

[@charliebartonphilosophy]

Never having had a chess coach, it’s the little gems of knowledge such as the point that ‘when you make a queen you lose a pawn’ which make these videos really valuable to me. It’s obvious in a way, of course, but in these rare situations where you are are calculating such exchanges, it’s the kind of thing I might not have considered.

[@quackduckquack]

When you make a queen, you lose a pawn which is true if you still have the queen. In Eric's match, the guy didn't lose a pawn but a second queen. A pawn isn't as valuable as a passed pawn.

[@Rubrickety]

It's been fun watching this series progress from "Follow opening principles, stay solid, capitalize on mistakes" at the lower levels to "Calculate, calculate some more, also make sure to calculate" as you approach 2000.

[@sebast9131]

Oh no my sleep

[@SoulHuN7eR]

Last game, after knight takes d4, you hang the rook instantly instead of capturing knight. In between move. 😅

[@ImBoredLawdLol]

Maybe it's a silly question... at 40:32 why couldn't Eric of moved his knight to e7 stopping blacks Knight?

[@choco1101]

I got curious enough to check the engine. Apparently, NxB NxB there is Bh4+, Eric will have to move his king and the resulting king vulnerability has to take quite a few moves to address, giving opponent quite a big positional advantage.

[@tuckeyuk]

At 9:46 why not D5? Doesn't that win the bishop?

[@quazzydiscman]

Noooooooo!!!!!! I miss furry Eric

[@mikebaker2436]

Furry Eric... there's a visual I didn't need.

[@seleniticdawn]

if a pin and a fork is a pork, does that make a discovered fork a dork?

[@hermanblinkhoven1856]

Shaved at last, much better

[@bigt8746]

Evil Eric (with Beard) will be missed.

[@HungryScribbler]

You need to do a "Bearded Speedrun" from start to finish. With no shaving so we can see both the progression of rating and beard instead of just springing it on us at a tournament then shaving and its all gone.

[@shawnwhite1645]

Eric, I love your chess content. This speedrun has been fantastic! I have a question though. @5:01 - 5:35 when you're discussing Nd5, Qxd2, Nxe7+, Kh8, Bxg7+, Kxg7, Rxd2, Re8, Nxc6, Nxc6, you mention d5 forking the bishop and knight, but discard it because you feel it leads to you getting mated, but since the rook moves to e8, would that line have worked, if instead of d5 you went Bb5, pinning the knight to the rook, then after rook moves you can still push d5 forking, but giving you another move to open some breathing room for your king?

[@jiddick]

I am amazed that you have not managed to run into a single cheater yet.

[@rpralica]

Watching this series I realized that Eric is a strong chess player. Only now I can understand how strong GM is. I, as a fifty-two-year-old, got a lot out of this series, and I can imagine how much younger people will. This is one of the best channels, I I personally follow some others that are just as good, but I don't want to advertise them here. Kudos to Eric Rosen and thanks for this series.

[@mattianerve87]

Really liked “tempi” as an italian, it’s the right way to say it

[@Auxius.]

One tempo, many temps. Change my mind.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

"Temperature" is still better. Drives people crazy when you use it like this.

[@Btttady]

Oh no my sleep

[@anonymous6180]

I'm sad. I can't seem to catch a live Twitch episode. 😞 My sleep schedule is funky and the live streaming notice goes to promo emails. It said you won't be streaming for awhile... I will drown my sorrows in tea and poorly played bullet chess.

[@raymond5597]

Very good explanations thank you for the content

[@anindyaguha5615]

Love this content

[@mitchelmodine9197]

Wouldn’t the first game be extra hilarious if the opponent was Bizarro Eric on his own speedrun saying over and over again that he needed to watch his time?

[@yisus.avocado]

I think that after bf5 (in 40:01) nxf8 you have bxa7 and if nxa7 ra8 traps the knight, wich feels right for black

[@mikebaker2436]

My theory: The first opponent threw the game to keep from gaining any ELO. No one with that username wants to see anything past 1860.

[@jwplays78]

Hey Eric, if you see this, could you try a Benko gambit? It’ll be nice to see how to play it right on a higher level

[@MyChemicalFetus]

Still waiting for the oh no my win streak title

[@jpjpJPJPG]

Thanks Eric!!

[@Fartalot3000]

I have a big beard, and if anything, it makes me feel cooler in the summer. I mean, most of us don't shave their head when it's hot

[@MFreuden]

I love this series!

[@danielenge8491]

7:19 might be a silly question, but why doesn’t Eric consider Bb4 here? It attacks the pawn on d6 (and pins it to the rook), defends his d4 pawn, and unblocks his rook. I can’t see anything wrong w it and seems to present problems for black

[@danielenge8491]

I checked with an engine, but I’ll leave this here for anyone who was wondering the same. There’s a temporary pawn sac black can make that takes advantage of the bishop being undefended on b4. Black can then start marching down the b/c files w pawns

[@gabrielpadilla3470]

I would LOOOVE to see you play the Busch Gass gambit!

[@headshotgamers100]

46:37 Rosen playing Blitz(Krieg) Chess

[@shadeburst]

"Things got pretty murky here." That's the story of my chess career.

[@jaydub2971]

Oh no my Pirc

[@cparks1000000]

"Always play king b1." "Never play F3."

[@bw4593]

You’re adorable with or without the beard, but have to say with the beard 😍

[@robwarriors62]

One hopes the beard will make a return someday...

[@intrspection6224]

Hey Eric, my friend and I have been watching your speedrun since the beginning, and our mindset and calculations have really improved. Just wanted to say thank you and keep going. By the way, you look better without a beard. :))

[@alithebongo]

Wait a second.... Eric also plays as white!?!

[@bigmoose1439]

Hard to play against people that don’t want to make moves

[@guzxam]

its possible he runs into tyler1 in one of these games

[@hippiemuslim]

Like 1 in 100000 chances

[@slowtyper95]

When you promote, you lose a pawn - Eric Rosen

[@yaslam1omani42]

Thanks for the episodes man

[@flpsnk4848]

Pro tip - Láznička = Laazniechka

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

I'm only here to see the winning streak ending. 😉

[@01Parzival]

They are taking time because you are

[@willwhite1842]

Third game when you were so worried about Ng6, does Kg7 not work??? Couldn't you have just moved your king (or knight) to defend the g6 square?

[@RyanEmmett]

I have never understood the mentality of players who don't speed up their play when they get low on time and just let their clock run down until they lose on time. Moving faster might lead to more mistakes but not moving faster guarantees losing. It's like seeing an approaching train about to flatten you and not getting out of the way!

[@Auxius.]

They know they are going to be on KZbin, rather go down with the ship than look stupid for a couple hundred thousand people. I get that.

[@RyanEmmett]

@@Auxius. I suppose that might be true for those playing Eric in this video if they recognised his username, but I've seen people who do this in regular games against ordinary people (including me).

[@finlayson6868]

43:00 why do you not consider Ne7? It covers g6 and f5 and white can't exploit the rook in the corner.

[@JohnClem56]

I kept thinking the same thing. But when he didn't even consider it I just assumed I was missing something obvious...

[@finlayson6868]

@@JohnClem56 yeah, and in the evaluation afterwards the computer didn’t seem to favour it. So I’m more wondering what I’m missing.

[@choco1101]

@@finlayson6868 I got curious enough to check the engine. Apparently, NxB NxB there is Bh4+, Eric will have to move his king and the resulting king vulnerability has to take quite a few moves to address, giving opponent quite a big positional advantage.

[@owenring]

Can you play an English? I am stuck at around 1800 and use the English as my main opening with white

[@catac83]

Thank you for another great episode! I don't understand what the first 2 opponents were doing...they were losing a lot a time and neither increased their tempo in the last 2 min.. I expected more from them at this level

[@dedykadysimbolon6773]

Manionggor: Aha do na i aha Imana? Tommy: Nga Hu alusi do ndang dongan mi ahu alai tong do. Manionggor: Tong do!! Tommy: olo.

[@WildlifeEthics]

LOVE clean-shaven.

[@fearlv1rattata]

I'm in Florida with a beard Eric. No excuses. Bring it back.

[@flpsnk4848]

Interesting and funny that it never really occured to me - "when you promote, you lose a pawn"

[@alekszewczyk9271]

46:34 🧐

[@alex-cg6hq]

Pawn rhombus at 45:52

[@Vulecro529]

[@OregonMikeH]

My Favorite Series, Thanks Eric!

[@ijebusjebus]

That last game was wild! Three different viable lines to calculate after every move it felt like

[@ihatemana3121]

putting that last game into stockfish is a rollercoaster

[@shaneand4]

40:46 knight c7?

[@kaidoChess]

Best speedrun

[@anderslinden4701]

Beard gambit

[@felixjouanneau7853]

OH NO MY BEARD

[@straycat1081]

He who shaves his beard for comfort, deserves neither. 😂 great games and series!!

[@johnmcdonough955]

If a pin and fork is a pork, a discovery and a fork is what?

[@andrewdavies7720]

Now im curious what the beard looked like....

[@DerykNathe]

fierce

[@dedykadysimbolon6773]

Manionggor: Want Match, Bro Eric?

[@thetransferaccount4586]

when the speedrun comes.. i come

[@JuiceTubes]

how have you not run into a cheater yet? I've had 2 that were banned in the last ~75 games

[@gumball135]

He could edit those games out if it was blatantly obvious and the cheater got banned.

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

🧔🏻‍♂️➡️👦🏻

[@jamesduggan7200]

Game 1 black has no plan.

[@MrDanielfff777]

Nice

[@wolfMetall]

Always play King b1

[@kingrex1931]

32:29 why not 0-0-0, it protects the pawn and creates the battery.

[@TimmyBraun]

Cannot castle on check :)

[@kingrex1931]

@@TimmyBraun I don't know how I missed that. I had to pause the video for a minute, maybe that is why.

[@fishlobs]

thanks 4 vid eric

[@phanindrakumar3221]

Ohh no my beard😂😅

[@jordanm7025]

Oh no my beard...

[@trevorpennington924]

Oh no my sleep!!!

[@4711felixable]

Love the speedrun

[@alextotheroh8071]

Upvote if you now DEMAND that Eric grows a big ol' burly ol' beard.

[@depan55]

FYI beards actually act like radiators and keep you cool in the summer