10 BISHOPS | Custom Chess Position Challenge

10 bishops. What else?
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In this video, I play a blitz game against lichess user Dareoth (1520). The normal rules of chess applied, but the game featured one big twist: I started with 10 bishops. This was a part of a stream where I encouraged viewers to challenge me to "custom positions" where they could make up any position of their wildest fantasies. This led lots of funny and memorable games. Stay tuned (and subscribe) for more content like this!
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[@Rubrickety]

“I have to be careful, I only have two light-squared bishops left” - rare chess quotes

[@ferna182]

"all my bishops defend each other"

[@makytondr8607]

“I’m running out of bishops” lol

[@evangriffin5792]

1k like

[@potatoaddict8192]

I mean cant you just promote all your pawns like a nerd destroying a 2 year old

[@wsemenske]

Key word "rare" not impossible until now

[@dopamine6650]

Your opponent fell for the classic 3 bishop batterie oppening trap.

[@stalinjosefstalin480]

He’s a 1500, it’s probably too advanced.

[@levistepanian5341]

Lol

[@Tigerssavedme]

@Vincent Rank what do you mean? I know OP is Vincent too but I don’t get your comment.

[@Tigerssavedme]

@Vincent Rank LOL okay bud I was just wanting to understand. Thanks

[@ploopybear]

@Vincent Rank Imagine not being Stalin LOL

[@ismayonez6865]

12:01 imagine seeing this out of context *has 4 bishops on board* "I'm kinda running out of bishops"

[@Mike14Gr]

He needed at least 1 pair of bishop to win Exept of a position where White has King on b6, bishop on c8 and black has King on a8 and knight on b8 and it's White's turn

[@Jengaliosh]

@@Mike14Gr no, all he needs to do is checkmate him. Duh...

[@snakebitesvideos]

@@Jengaliosh Checkmate is quite difficult with just one bishop, or two or more on the same colour.

[@jigglemcswiggle7186]

@@snakebitesvideos I think he was joking

[@raulalbanil1984]

@@snakebitesvideos wdym, you cant checkmate with any of the things you said

[@aashishkapoor295]

This gave bishop pair a new meaning

[@eric-rosen]

10 bishops is 5 bishop pairs 💪

[@aashishkapoor295]

@@eric-rosen I was so engrossed watching the video that I didn't even notice you replied lol

[@jmo235]

@@eric-rosen 5 bishop pairs from hell

[@Mike14Gr]

@@eric-rosen Next Video: 4 Queens

[@JordanMetroidManiac]

Next time you think about trading a bishop for a knight.. think again! Unless you should... 🤔

[@rbr4784]

"Black does not want to play b5" "Unless black wants to play b5"

[@PandaDude513]

I scrolled threw the comments to find this

[@dfg_nightblade2022]

truer words have never been spoken

[@gavinkearney9204]

This quote shall be remembered for 100 years

[@abcd1234___]

Was just about to comment this😂😂😂

[@rbr4784]

@@Dducksquad rofl

[@finnhackapell6560]

Chess The Vatican DLC

[@weidwingelobjegdiv]

@@inertialobserver5840 i laughed way to hard on that xD 🤣😂😅

[@skivvytv6229]

„I might have to mate with two bishops“

[@83gh]

"I have only two light-squared bishops left" must be one of the most unusual chess comments I've ever heard.

[@ethangrieshop9405]

I like to under-promote into knights in bullet games so when my opponent premoves a capture, I get a rook for a knight.

[@10thletter40]

Thats hilarious as it provides no benefit other than psychological, which is a huge one in bullet games 😅

[@uau_exitar]

If it was not a joke than it guess underpromoting does not change anything. It will all be same.

[@shivasurya7008]

The real question is why do you not have auto queen on while playing bullet

[@ethangrieshop9405]

@@shivasurya7008 That is a good question and one of many reasons I'm a 700 bullet player.

[@attackofthejiggli]

@@shivasurya7008 Because you don't always need queens to win games and it's often a good way to throw off your opponent

[@danielyuan9862]

3:19 "Black does not want to play b5... Unless Black wants to play b5." Amazing comment

[@voidzminer1017]

Lmao what

[@Em4gdn1m]

9:00 "I have a prediction that I'm going to have to mate with two bishops" Oh to bring me back to childhood...

[@gray_gogy]

What are you, Catholic?

[@Em4gdn1m]

@@gray_gogy not anymore!

[@cowspawnerthecringeworthy7815]

WHAT

[@JojoEditor1970]

That shit is cursed

[@mozarteanchaos]

it's deeply concerning that the comments are full of this. like not in a "how dare you make jokes about that" way, but more of a "jesus christ did yall really have it that bad?? yall got trauma? how and why does this happen"

[@anshb4154]

I like how he developed his bishop in his first move itself

[@ammarmujovic5703]

-All Bishops -"I love playing with minor pieces" Yup, that's about as close to the Catholic church as you can get

[@gonzalo4658]

HAHAHAHAHA! YOU’RE SO FUNNY! THAT WAS VERY. FUNNY. IT WAS FUNNY!

[@knightf8648]

@@gonzalo4658 yeah it was

[@kayblis]

@@gonzalo4658 hit too close to home?

[@arbitrage2141]

Lmao

[@oldgrub]

seethe, shill

[@crimsonair8890]

7:48 The wooden shield PogU He’s learning the new strats

[@Mike14Gr]

13:33 you had mate in two. 1.Ba7, a3 2.Bf5#

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Surprised he didn’t see that one. Same principle as a normal 2 bishops mate where one color bishop controls the adjacent squares to the king and the other bishop delivers mate

[@ayylmao3480]

when you see a checkmate with the king you gotta play it

[@Friek555]

I guess he saw that one but decided to play the beautiful mate with the king

[@rojodojo63]

That’s a good one!

[@gioarimas2369]

How can bishop go to a7? Am I missing something?

[@nitram3445]

An interesting strategy is to remove / capture all of whites bishops that contain the same colour . For instance if white only has bishop on the black squares left , they possibly can't win

[@michaelh878]

Cunning

[@rosiefay7283]

They certainly can't win.

[@anthre4366]

"I remember Naka." Eric, 2020.

[@dontheal]

"Black does not wanna play b5 unless black wants to play b5" Sun Tzu - The art of war

[@BESTvsWORST-vx2dg]

"I am running out of bishops" - Eric 2021

[@dbossstha]

the wooden shield is everywhere

[@tuddgrimley8532]

I like how although you start at -9 you have plenty of confidence and treat the position as though you have the advantage. Interestingly, Stockfish evaluates 1: d2a5 as 0.00, whereas with the 11 knights game the first move for white was evaluated at about -9. The power of the bishop dectet

[@Resurgence0313]

Queen is almost useless again 10 bishops, only useful in check

[@paulmorphy6314]

What are u talking about?

[@antonhelsgaun]

@@paulmorphy6314 probably because it's so easy to set up trades

[@g73hc3gsv3i]

Bishops are like snipers. The more they have a clear line of sight, the better. It was clever of Eric to remove the pawns to unleash the laser beams of the 5 bishop pairs. The mate was so satisfying:).

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

When you're trying to trade off bishops to win the bishop pair, it's a weird game.

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

I'd love to see more of these custom challenges. I feel like it has the potential to teach us things that we can't figure out by watching regular chess games.

[@josiahwestendorp9219]

3:15 "I like this move, because black does not want to play b5; unless black wants to play b5." Great logic Eric! XD

[@skivvytv6229]

„I might have to mate with two bishops“

[@gray_gogy]

Uh

[@CAMSLAYER13]

"Things you could say in both Sunday school and chess"

[@bobphantasmagoria2968]

“I’m running out of bishops”-man who has 4 bishops

[@lbright4568]

Fun fact: in normal chess, it is possible to get 10 bishops.

[@BohemianMapping]

Your opponent must be brain't to achieve that

[@leninheads]

@@BohemianMapping alternatively just be ben finegold

[@chessplayer8668]

New videos before I sleep, this is the life

[@matheustran8009]

“I’m going to have to mate with two bishops” O_O

[@soren6625]

Bishop only chess could be really cool to watch- the way the bishops take away swaths of the board and form 'super batteries' is really interesting

[@cyrusterzievthelin1779]

"This is not wooden. It's more powerful than wood. It's STEEL. Look at this. LOOK AT THIS!"

[@ravindrasahasrabudhe8484]

Nice!!! this one is more beautiful than the 11 knights game and your commentary also good

[@Ruben-ry4hc]

GRATEFUL FOR THESE CONSISTENT UPLOADS GOOD SIR

[@cookiex6883]

If there was another bishop, placed at the same position as the 11th knight last video, i would have been checkmate in 5 moves wooow

[@sebastianshandy658]

Wut

[@DrakePitts]

They mean another bishop on b1 in the starting position

[@scorch855]

Not playing e5 around 11:30 to fork the king and rook bothered me more than it should hahaha. Very entertaining game, nice job.

[@TheGoldenRater]

Taken by knight

[@clarinetowl7554]

in the "Bishop Blast" mate, three bishops form together to create the Bishop Blast, which absolutely destroys the King through the power of friendship.

[@collrath8882]

You should definetly learn how to develop the other pieces dude, you only used the bishops here.

[@JDefoe1882]

counting values of pieces doesn't work, does it? So many bishops that protect each other are way stronger than rooks etc. They cover almost every square on the board...

[@rosiefay7283]

Rooks can defend each other too. Bishops can't possibly be stronger than rooks, because bishops are colour-bound, and king and 1 bishop can't mate.

[@furallds]

8:05 I actually did the math lol. All the bishops together control 43 squares (44 if you countthe king into consideration) out of 64, which is more than half

[@tryangarlorez2921]

Rosen: Oh no, my bishop. Opponent: Oh no, my king

[@ArRaNSqUiReS]

8:58 "I'm guna eventually have to mate with two bishops"

[@samuelwang3950]

Lol, stockfish says eric is actually up 0.8 points in the beginning edit: also, when u replace all the bishops with knights, white is losing (-13points)

[@MrCheeze]

Right, same principle as the bishop pair, they synergize excellently with each other (unlike knights).

[@wonwons2272]

Great video!

[@diabl2master]

The coordination after Bab3 is insane.

[@gonzalo4658]

13:02 bishop e7 is unstoppable mate in one eric, your pieces were perfectly placed 😆

[@snakebitesvideos]

How is it mate in one? If Be7, black moves a pawn, then Bd7+ the black king can go to b7.

[@levistepanian5341]

Epic mate!

[@dansattah]

The thumbnail and title: When your university's canteen offers a buffet, but you like only two of the items.

[@krutarthshah3302]

You used the trident to checkmate your opponent

[@hakzma3582]

"Black does not want to play b5... Unless black want to play b5"

[@KingChronoss]

This would be a good way to teach the concept of counting attackers and defenders

[@dankoverloadtv1409]

Eric - „Maybe bishop E5...” E5 - *becomes more densely populated than China*

[@brianchen1253]

9:19 Bc2 will pin rook and win material If room is moved then it would be a king trap xD I’m so happy I saw this

[@CapofLed]

Mate with those bishops. Make a cardinal!

[@alexd5957]

3:40 Couldn't Eric have played Bg3?

[@agagazaza3269]

Yeah I also found this move

[@chessaccount2422]

Me too

[@sarpdogan8113]

then king e8 or d7

[@asmrcompilations2023]

Black bishop on h4 stops it

[@danielblomberg7127]

@@asmrcompilations2023 the point being if its taken then you win the queen with bg5

[@Gravitraxbro]

7:51 The extremly common 5 bishop lightning bolt

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Now the other way around, Eric against 10 bishops.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

The bishops are at an obvious disadvantage, though. Eric was rated ~700 higher than his opponent but was still 1 bad trade from losing

[@catofmusic]

When the entire church takes over on chess:

[@maiwang2040]

Moral of the story: A group of snipers could form a suppressing fire.

[@Cowmilker98]

Love a good checkmate with the king

[@remcokok8425]

Which time do you stream useal? I life in the Nederlands, but everytime I look at twich, you are offline...

[@mrd8376]

In the final position after be4 a3 you should’ve played bd5 a2 kb5, winning connect 4 with the king and 3 bishops all aligned 😃

[@shinoidananami]

Brilliant move. Move pawn on 10 Bishops challenge

[@inertialobserver5840]

So many fun jokes to be made about this game, but either Eric deletes them, or the Vatican relocates them..

[@stefanmirea5305]

Agadmator be like: Eric Rosen holy game

[@scuffed_carrot]

He said get red e4 it his light squared bishop is on e4 and it delivered the mate

[@gigsy737]

Ah yes Eric, the wooden shield, very advanced play. 5Head

[@tusharverma2439]

Hutch would love to play this. Ifykyk

[@supremespark4755]

You do not mess with the Pope lmao

[@12wholepizzas13]

3:55 doesn't Bishop g3 work here . Since you attack the bishop that is defending a potential fork on the king and queen

[@NimW]

So frustrating he was counting the material it's right there on the screen 😂

[@kenhaley4]

That was fun to watch. Puzzle: I wonder if it's possible to contrive a legal game with 10 bishops on one side? (All pawns from one side under-promoting).

[@mkj2112]

when your so early there is like 10 firsts

[@paladin9876]

Yo how do you get those lichess move and take sounds?

[@jordanalex6880]

at 4:00, bishop to G3 followed by bishop F6 wins the queen

[@vibe3015]

I think at 3:56 you have a very nice tactic of Bg3 deflecting

[@Vixmann]

King checkmate

[@_wetmath_]

3:57 i think Bg3 wins here. If black takes, then Bf6 skewering the queen (either bishop works). If the bishop retreats, we still take it and skewer the queen. Best continuation is probably Bg3 Qd7

[@TheLoginatoR]

when your tf2 pub team decides to go all sniper for some reason

[@dimitrisanastasiadis4768]

3:45 Me thinking he doesnt see Bf6. Saw black bishop after 3 moves lol

[@benjaminwang7860]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@jarommoody6860]

At 3:50 bg3 wins material, deflecting black's Bishop from defending the queen and king from a pin

[@Jive33]

What is this they are playing on? Can they choose what setup they want? Or is it random?

[@HR-jz9qd]

11:30 u could take the knight on c6, after the pawn takes u can go be5 to fork the rook and king and win the game... maybe

[@RecursiveTriforce]

13:41 Should have played Be3, Kd5, Enemy promotes, Ke6# That would mean he would have won while down material and his pieces would be in a line from e3 to e6.

[@LevianDaWolforca]

bishop together.... strong!!

[@joaomatheus6222]

13:00 when you're just a lonely chess player with social anxiety

[@eleftherios2003]

4:10 bg3 was nice i guess

[@JoseGarcia-yh4tu]

3:56 you could have done bg3... If black bishop captures you check the king and win the queen. If bishop moves to any part of the diagonal it gets captured and king check. If you dont move it again king check. Losing queen.

[@yvarin]

How do you get that challenge interface with twich, is it a plugin.

[@Raveio-hr3zr]

How do you set up a costum position

[@rolandkrenmayr8566]

3:04 bishop takes horse pawn takes bishop bishop takes pawn and you would win the rock

[@apsu2618]

bishop on d5 is pinned by the queen

[@apsu2618]

so he will actually lose a bishop if he went for that

[@rolandkrenmayr8566]

I see hahaha how bad i was back than

[@willhk4809]

14:37 Did Eric's accent break?

[@chrisosborne4731]

3:39 You missed Bg3. Black cannot capture this bishop because of the threat of Bhf6+, skewering the queen, and there is no retreat square either. It wins a piece.

[@yooser359]

My Stockfish engine analyzes the opening position as a slight advantage for white... the bishops are too powerful!!!

[@enlightenedmonk01]

im running out of bishops ~eric rosen

[@moonbeer1747]

At 3:56 couldn’t you have sacked with Bg3, if black takes you can skewer with Bg5, black blocks with the pawn and you skewer again with Bbxf6, Bgxf6 or Bhxf6 ?

[@merlijnbell8747]

Your voice is so soothing

[@CSmr-cc7ge]

In 8:16, your bishops had influence on 40 squares out of 64. So 62.5% of all squares.

[@Russellbeta]

13:33 @ move 39 bishop a7 and bishop f5 was mate in two instead of 4