How to PUNISH Beginner Mistakes: 10 Instructive Chess Games

[@jonnozomboid2649]

"And I think it only gets worse from here" (referring to opponent) lol I find it charming how polite Eric is. Very calm, instructional and knowledgeable. And always with a high degree of respect for his opponents. Love it.

[@DrLogii]

I really enjoy your style of explained your games. You don't judge bad players, but just show how some moves aren't as good as they seem. Thank you for being such a kind and chill person.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Danya Naroditski's speedruns are really good at this too

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Well I think he should be judging the bad players. Completely and absolutely *roast* them! Call them clueless novices, total pieces of shite etc. Completely destroy them! It would be hilarious!

[@DrLogii]

@@PreservationEnthusiast If you're looking for such content, I can only recommend you the channel of Gotham Chess.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@DrLogii Good tip. It would be cool if Eric roasted the novices too though!

[@BREAKocean]

​@SteamlocoScrapper eric doesn't really roast. Which I admire because it masks the viciousness of his play

[@alexschmitz3414]

Now my younger cousin doesn’t stand a chance.

[@rodriguezro9999]

I can beat up a baby so easily.

[@weirdox3350]

May god have mercy on his soul.. cause you won’t.

[@michaelwijayagames]

That sounds evil, I like it

[@LFSPharaoh]

Get em tiger

[@joemanix1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kruksog]

So, i actually really enjoyed watching you play the same openings over and over. It was cool to see your responses to different styles of play. Im sure youll want to change things up eventually, but for me (who is bad at chess), its nice to see the same ideas over and over to really drive the concepts home. As always, thanks for the vids. Love your style and presence.

[@troycongdon]

Thank you for dumbing it down a bit once in a while. I enjoy your chess streams the most out of all the players trying to make a living on KZbin. It is nice to have some of the more basic lessons presented in your style.

[@Groggers96]

Thank you for this video, it can be a bit intimidating as a lower rated player because a lot of high level chess streamers make you feel stupid for not seeing these basic traps or tactics, but you explain it in such an informative and non judgemental way.

[@scottspeig]

It's why I watch Eric & Anna - They're my top two chess streamers.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@scottspeig Better chess players laughing at my mistakes were one of the things which motivated me to improve more quickly to expert level. Nowadays in the woke society all the snowflakes have to be handled with cotton wool. Even though they lost due to a stupid blunder, they actually just came second and played a brilliant game! Everyone is a winner today. Every loser still gets a medal!

[@davewright8206]

im sorry i find him very aloof and derogatory !

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@davewright8206 Eric isn't aloof he's very nice. Anna isn't really about chess. It's more a blog about her and her sex appeal. A bit like the Botez girls. Give them all a few years and they wont be able to stream with any success as they don't have sufficient good chess content.

[@gabrielcodina6188]

​@PreservationEnthusiast Wow bro! You're such an edgelord! I wish I could be as edgy as you.

[@Pdstor]

8:14 From a beginner's standpoint, I'm happy to see someone with beginner content not going immediately to some "Fianchetto your bishop on the first move, then ease into the Syro-Malabar-Martin Variation" opening and then discredit the opponent for not learning book moves at 500ish level. We need basic principles **behind** openings so that we don't have to memorize them rotely; we should get to the point where we've just used them enough and seen them used enough to understand the purpose of each step and reasons to not take other steps. Thank you.

[@hudson5610]

seeing masters play slower time controls and explain their thoughts as they play games is very instructive and entertaining.

[@johns6795]

I'm 34 minutes into video. And I must say this is the speedrun I wanted to see. I prefer this format with fast changing ELO of new account vs. the the reset account that moves 8 points at a time. It also helps that Rosen loves traps and will look for them bothways.

[@johns6795]

That is the flaw with Stockfish at highest level. Yes it will win quickly, but kind of boring with no traps that would win even sooner. A human master knows his competition and which traps are likely to work for quicker wins.

[@suckonthebigtoe279]

@@johns6795why win quicker?

[@alexf0101]

Eric, this was excellent stuff. I don't usually watch your content, but you're really good at explaining basic stuff to us patzers, that other strong youtubers may take for granted. Would love to watch more of these!

[@CardCollectorKing]

By far my favorite chess series. I am a beginner sitting at 750 elo and I see these moves all the time. It’s nice to see counters.

[@originaljazzgirl]

I'm finding this to be one of the most instructive things I've watched. I really appreciate how you don't talk too fast, and you're really good at explaining your thought processes and going on. Great teacher!

[@ranlit7717]

Dear Eric, I can’t express how much I look forward to watching your whole series!! One thing, I really wish we can just… randomly pick openings based on “your mood of the day”. Just don’t stick to “one main suggestion” PLEASE. I believe that would really help making this series more useful and fun for everyone. e4 players, d4 players, whatever

[@Leonhard_Euler99]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 It's easy to refute. Jump spell on h7 and Rxh5.

[@pwndnoob4937]

Good find! I like g6 and Duck g5, but this is obviously better!

[@CST1992]

29:00 That is instructive. I never knew there was this THIRD line of attack for the Scholar's Mate. Thanks for showing how to defend with the f6 knight and counterattack the queen.

[@rakhatthenut3815]

There is no such thing as the third line of scholar mate. He just went completely bonkers and immediately lose his queen. There was no threat even, the h pawn was completely defended

[@milesmembreno456]

I gained like a 100 elo after watching this (900->1000). Great educational content. So methodical and calm. Keep it coming!

[@fg14159]

I hope this speedrun goes to higher elos too, would love to see you explain how to punish intermediate mistakes

[@dksdmusic]

This was a really instructive video Eric. Thank you!

[@mananpanchal710]

Thank you for being such a humble & calm teacher, Eric. Not many people have this skill to teach with such effectiveness. Definitely gave me a lot of important lessons for improving my game 🙌🏼

[@troyberry2078]

Hey Eric! Could you make a playlist for the Ponziani? After watching your videos, its my new favorite opening! I also heard there are 15 total traps for the Ponziani, thought all 15 could make for a great video idea! Thanks for the amazing content. You're a legend!

[@frostgodqq]

yes please

[@TruthSurge]

28:32 why not knight to d4 attacking the queen and threatening to fork king and rook? maybe it's just not sustainable since q can move to protect that fork.

[@EnglishroG]

A really informative video - I love the 10 mins format; it results in short games, but with enough time for thought and analysis.

[@anthonypassarelli5534]

It appears it is called the "Noah's ark" trap because the door is closed on the bishop to escape and they dont realize before it is too late, just as the door of the ark was closed on everyone in world, and they didn't realize until it was too late.

[@davidgodfrey880]

I really appreciate this type of video. The commentary & thought process was interesting and insightful. I like to think I'm a stronger player than your opponents - but truth is I make enough blunders that this was helpful for me. Thanks and it would be great to see more of these types of videos.

[@lilmentor3]

Speedrun for the algorithm, logically a rating climb is better title. Starting off at 400 and keeping to generally the same openings is my suggestion. Thanks Eric for a very educational insightful video.

[@bigsluggy]

being around this elo myself, i love this content as this is really looks familiar to me - i see these moves and tactics all the time so good to learn how to punish!

[@Checkernap]

Is there gonna be a second part? I loved the video.. it was so instructive and I feel like I already improved just by watching all of it

[@KosherCookery]

Content like this is why this is the best teaching channel.

[@23Fibonacci]

I''m not just lunch I'm an appetizer LOL.

[@HowToSandAFloor]

Omg the chill tones of Eric are such a relief from the motor mouths, levy and hikaru.

[@wakethemountain9467]

Dude!!! Love this video. So helpful seeing the thought process.. and seeing the defence to cheesy openings. Learnt so much!!

[@marcduffy1792]

Thanks!

[@supernaut1432]

I really appreciate this as a beginner, I've been coming across these same kinds of positions and crumbling.

[@gregdobrick3410]

Loved it. I would be surprised if this isn’t your most watched video. I’m not sure what photo you should use , but maybe a very young picture of yourself.

[@KravMagoo]

I love Eric's use of the word "funny", where "funny" means "splitting someone in half from behind", as in: "There's a funny move where I can...".

[@TruthSurge]

Is it correct to say "castle as early as you can"? I mean, can sometimes it be more advantageous to wait and then castle on the side that seems stronger?

[@cinemainsymphony737]

Just love Eric Rosen. Discovered attacks, discovered checks, sacrificial led checkmates….sipping on tea (usually). I love Levy too, but Eric is da bomb! So laid back. So good too. Clever traps.

[@michaelceraso1977]

yea haha I was watchin the o]part where he MATED the clown who brought out queen to try and mate with the K Bishop and he defended with his Q and boom he mated wth his Knight lol

[@asliuf]

super pumped for the speed run, also very fun and helpful to see you giving advice for these very beginner games, even though i'm at ~1400 lichess!

[@McLKeith]

Videos like this one are so instructive. Thanks.

[@jasonyoungblood9359]

Great video! I feel like I'm learning alot in a short amount of time. This is very instructive and you definitely punished beginner mistakes.

[@Aerixes.]

28:28 what about knight d4? attacking queen and threatening a fork, if queen goes either d3 or c3 they are also either blocking the center pawn from getting developed or they are preventing their knight from developing

[@chadmeyer451]

My favorite Rosen moment simply stated at 52:52 "i was probably going to find Knight takes Queen" almost spit out my water!!!

[@M4TT4TT4CK]

I love his humor. He's so wholesome

[@Jordan-kk5xj]

At 1:32:49 would a better move be to take with the bishop (so attacking the knight) rather than taking with the knight? If not, why?

[@moai9552]

Awesome video eric! At 55:46, would playing bishop g4 win the white queen? im new and i saw the move but since it was never played or mentioned im not totally sure

[@adituv8565]

Bg4 then Be2 for example, so I think there's nothing there yet. It's a clear weakness though so worth paying attention to see if the attack becomes possible later

[@moai9552]

​@@adituv8565I forgot about that!! Thank you for pointing it out!!

[@kewnst]

i like the full game explanation and the game review after. really educational thank you. i hope maybe future games can mention middle game plans and positions? that way we can patter recognize them in our own games? suggestion 2 .: maybe have oppenings videos ? like .. play 5 games as ruy lopez. straight. 5 games with the sicilian. .. ? things like that. maybe talk about some common traps after each game?

[@gemisthegod2]

Feedback: 1900 player. This content is awesome. Been waiting for your speedrun for years. Please do a blitz one at some point too

[@HelloImDavid1000]

Blitz does make it harder to find time for commentary in game

[@CarlosMagallanes-v4w]

I am 38 years old, and thanks to you I rediscovered my love for chess! Greeting from Uruguay!

[@hehehhe5461]

The fact that you play the same opening makes it so nice to follow as a beginner. Please keep this up you are awesome.

[@bloomersound]

The absolute DECIMATION of that scholar's mate attempt was so satisfying to watch lol EVERY single game in the 400-800 elo range has been that, over and over and over. So annoying.

[@starseed855]

Hey Eric! thanks for all your work. Could you make a video for players between 1600 and 1700?

[@Rubrickety]

These games provide some nice examples of the "duelling proverbs" which are so confounding for weaker players (including myself): "When ahead material, trade." "When ahead material, attack." "Put your rooks on open files." "Rooks belong behind passed pawns." WELL WHICH IS IT, MAKE UP YOUR MIND! 🤣

[@PaulSnowdon-d2b]

Terrific! I'm about 1050 rating and I learned a lot from this video ... verbalising your thoughts is very enlightening, for the likes of 'me'. Excellent, thanks Eric!

[@jesseclark7105]

Your profile picture should be the thumbnail of that "Eric Rosen fighting technology" video, where you're holding a tablet and looking sort of panicked.

[@Ism8090]

36:16 Eric makes traiding with him sound so pleasant; he's a calm before the storm 😂 Really enjoy your channel, mate!

[@KravMagoo]

@1:13:49, when dude pushes the pawn, you spent a lot of time deliberating, but why not push h7 to h5? It prevents the queen from pushing to the h-file and frees your rook for staring down the g-file.

[@EmperorOHI]

At 18:10 why not Nc5?

[@johns6795]

Looking forward to next preliminary episode more, than actual speedrun. This is more of a true speedrun. And next episode gets into my ratings range currently 1350 rapid.

[@Mumbolian]

Anyone else feel like a genius at the end whilst waiting for Eric to spot the bishop slide? Nice to see he’s still human. Really enjoyed the video - my first one from Eric.

[@lifesurfer2417]

Love this idea, and will watch all of these for sure. Profile pic ideas: 1. You with facial hair from a few weeks / months ago. Sort of alternate universe Rosen. 2. A frozen duck.

[@Whooboy]

Wow this is such excellent content. Cant wait for more of this. The way you explain the thoughts behind all of the moves is amazing. Outstanding teaching.

[@lillemy5062]

28:25 and in this positon which a lot of newbies reach there is only a couple moves that don't lose the game for white. Ne2, c3 and Nc3 and Qd1. If they don't do that then you smack them with Nd4 to which players from 100-1000 might play Qd3 which loses on the spot to d5. The only move that works there is Qd1 and is not easy to spot for lazy scholar's mate players. The whole tactic with d5 is Bf5 which forces the queen of the d3 square and opens up for the Nc2 fork.

[@AndersDeleo]

Thank you for this video. This is a great video for me, for several reasons. First, you play standard openings that i play myself so i can learn them deeper. Second, you explain what your thoughts are. Third, it is nice to see opponent get punished for their beginner traps that I fell for so many times. Fourth, I get to hear your evaluation of a move, e.g why it this move is more efficiant than this. Thank you again - I am going to go get me some merch :D

[@SevenTheJester]

At 30:34, Eric suggests playing chess according to Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirates Code. "Take what you can. Give nothing back." 🏴‍☠️😂 Then, at 54:39 Eric was thinking "Man, I wish one of my opponents would just break _every_ opening principle, so I could have a super instructive game," and his opponent read his mind and said "Don't worry, bruh. I got you." 😮😂

[@yuvibitter]

This has got to be the most chill speedrun I've ever seen

[@itsalwaysfriday9766]

Thank you for these. At 49:10, why not move the knight to b4 to prepare for a three way fork instead of checking with the bishop?

[@johndaly7493]

Great instructional video. It would be great if you could do a series of these as you progress through your ranking, that way everyone gets to see you play at their own level and learn valuable insights. PS. Every time I watch a few hours of your videos My ranking goes up, then I think I've cracked it, stop watching and my ranking starts going down again. Thank you for your valuable insights.

[@aox-joshua-cb7670]

10:13 what about king to D3, pawn to E5, rook to g7 and then king to h7 is mate right?

[@the_luggage]

Mate, if you did 20 of these videos I'd watch every second twice; thanks so much!

[@drorster]

Question: on 1:17:12 time, white slips - black seems to be about to lose a queen. How do you defend black move c5 preparing knight d6? Great video btw

[@ghali1153]

1:33:46 wasn’t knight d3 the best move since it has like so many effect defending the threatened pawn, pinning black knight, attacking the other knight on the last row AND ATTACKING black bishop ALL AT ONCE so double attack + defense + a pin

[@ghali1153]

mb i just saw he said this just after

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Eric, 1:07:16 , wouldn't the queen trade result in the gain of material? (either ne6 or nf7 follow up?)

[@dgheindel]

Eric - I've never commented here before, but I've been watching you for a few years. I just want to tell you this is my favorite content from you, though I love watching all of it, (except bullet which is too fast follow, and when you bezerk against strong players, because I always like to watch you win!) Anyway, this content plays like a chess course. You are such a great teacher -- you almost never leave obvious questions unanswered, and you have such a humble, friendly, and light-hearted style. I know it's not at all your intention to "show off", but I have to observe this content demonstrates what makes chess masters, er, chess masters. You have broad and often deep familiarity with so many openings and patterns. The rest of us can only wish to get where you are. The Noah's Ark trap? It might have taken me 15 minutes to find that line if it was a chess puzzle. Or maybe I never would have, but you saw it coming a mile away, and taught us all how to look for it. Many thanks for this great content! I wish you great success in all you do, and I truly appreciate the great example of kindness, graciousness, and humility that you are even in the midst of great skill and notoriety.

[@kamalkablan7308]

Was stuck at my low rating for months, losing and wining quite evenly, not really learning anything. I played 10 games since I saw this video (once) and won 9 of them! Thanks a lot. I will go through the entire serie🤓

[@KathleenOfThornbury]

We (beginners) love the cadence and detail, it’s very much appreciated! Thank you!

[@JagBetty]

I’ve learnt a few things here which will make me play more confident attacking chess, so thanks Eric.

[@Hunned1000Trill]

this was really helpful for a beginner like myself. thanks and hope you keep em coming.

[@user-m8k9d]

56:50 I love that feature 😂 I wonder if it still shows the notification at 3000 level

[@MrZordex]

The "no mercy" is the best part IMO, much better that "what would I play if I were 1000" kind of stuff

[@screamingliner]

I love how Nice Guy Eric is so coldblooded and ruthless.

[@frankschwemmer7501]

very calm and understanable explanations. Thank you!

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

can u explain how u found the move qf6? 1:01:15

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

As a 1000 rated player this video was incredibly helpful and I’d love to see more of it.

[@scheimong]

I'm now about 2100 rapid on Lichess so I'd say I'm not too bad; but I often find myself struggling to win games quickly after a much lower rated opponent played nothing but ridiculous pawn moves out of the opening. Honestly it can get a bit baffling. And I usually check these games with the engine afterwards, and surprisingly often it will say that my advantage is actually not nearly as great as I would imagine.

[@crugy7]

Yeah, I understand your struggle. What has helped me was adjusting my mindset from "how can I punish this ridiculous set up" to "what can I do to improve my position". I have noticed that these setups usually fail to challenge *your* perfect setup, so you win by getting everything you want. Eventually, they will run out of useful moves (if you do it right, it will take some practice)

[@mikebeier7928]

Great instructive games! I really enjoyed it, especially when I could see the same moves you were planning. Perfect that you used the same opening and stuck to basic principles.

[@scheimong]

I'm surprised they haven't got the API to just set an initial volatility (or using Glicko vocabulary, "deviation"). It's just a floating point number that gets stored alongside the rating after all.

[@rayclay2]

very infrastructural commentary as long as those who sleep actually watch.. and listen.. thank you IMRosen 🏅

[@johnregabo2865]

Thank you for giving an in depth dive on your gameplay. I usually go for English and Sicilian opening. It's hard when things aren't repetitive for me.

[@freeragechicken1455]

So because I'm new to chess I'm wondering at 32:18 why not knight to e4?

[@mschauer97]

That video was the perfect level of difficulty for me. I could learn so much, it literately opened my eyes, demonstrating how beautiful chess can be. Have only watched your Stafford Gambit videos before. Thank you so much! :)

[@andrewboyd3373]

You are the Bob Ross of chess. That's a compliment because Bob Ross is a legend.

[@chesswithbill]

Love this, sir. It seems to me that about half the players I run into with "~500" elo are, in fact, *much* more skilled!

[@abdulosman8846]

You said to take free pieces, so why didn't you take the opponent's e4 pawn (@32:02)?

[@barclayv8282]

I love what you did at the hour mark. Threatened bishop problem into checkmate. I'm a novice and stuff like that just makes me want to be creative.

[@SweetJP.]

Your content and explanations are a thousand times better than Hikaru and Gotham. I love the super relaxed gameplay, making it very easy to follow. I love you, Rosen. Please have my babies. 1:07:17 Here I would probably have traded queens and went Nf7. Since i'm around 1400, I couldn't see my opponent missing the Qf7 trap. 1:27:23 Rosen explaining how rating in chess works, hilarious :D

[@Hambone6]

Great video! I'd love more of these.

[@gamingwithkarl87]

50:05 why not knight e4 right away then if Queen takes rook e1?

[@AdamBittner]

Would love to see multiple rating climbs, with each playing one opening, like one with all London, etc. Those are my favorite videos from Levy but I prefer your style.

[@rohithreddy75]

Your voice and vidoes make me calm down and its like i am having a chill time,thanks eric

[@LiorAssouline]

Steel cold no mercy... Plus calm voice.. Chilling... 🥶

[@Itwasalwaysme_Noone]

0:00 "This is going to be monumental for me.. Because I have never done an official speedrun before" Don't worry Eric, I'm always here with you.