20 Chess Games. 20 Different Openings!

[@civwar64bob77]

"I have to calm down," Eric says in the most calm voice possible.

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

“Sometimes the best winning strategy is just to not lose” couldn’t say it better myself Eric.

[@djoleczw339398]

4:13 not only that you missed pawn, he could fork your queen too lol

[@Siktiralloo]

I was looking for this

[@eric-rosen]

dohhh! 😳

[@SSBossman]

Thank you I thought I was losing my mind

[@estemachine]

Yeah I came to see this, funny how anyone can miss that any level.

[@DrRodox.]

Didnt catch this, was it at the exact time you point it out?

[@craiginboro679]

I'm 55 and have only played neighbours at chess over a drink or two (around 30 games), I've just started to play again (begin). I stumbled across Anna Cramling and started watching many others. I watch Pia evaluate Anna's games and it's like trying to watch a pair of socks in a washing machine. Then I saw Eric and WOW, what a lovely calm demeanour and clear soft voice, he is just so down to earth and unrushed, the kind of person you need in an emergency. What confuses me though is how Eric seems to slow down time, he sips his tea, plans his moves and forewarns us about tricks and pitfalls and still seems to have 5 mins left. Meanwhile in my universe: I've castled and I'm frantically scanning for the forthcoming zombie attack and there are open routes everywhere. Then it's my move and the board shrinks and I'm under house arrest and the clock is ticking faster and faster and faster, and I'm hoping I am not being streamed in some "How to beat an Idiot" video NOW though I've learned to calm down a little more and I can see the value of squares as well as pieces, it's a bit like Scrabble and having a triple letter square. In just over a few weeks I don't just see pieces (32), I see bus routes, journey times and rest stops, It's amazing. Thanks, Eric, you are wonderfully kind for sharing your talent and personality with us in such an entertaining way. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@corylong5808]

My advice for the French. The light squared bishop isn't just bad because it's passive, it's also bad because attempts to trade it off are usually even worse than letting it be bad. Trading it off on a6 pulled the knight away from instead piling on d4. I'm not a titled player so I might not know the French at this level, but I'm a huge nerd for French theory. Your video on playing the French Exchange with Bd6, Ne7, etc. queenside castle has won me nearly every game I've had with it, including a win against a titled player. I've adopted it as my pet opening and have found a ton of killer attacking lines in it.

[@zichrimerari2824]

Tell that to cagnus marlsen🙂

[@TamDNB]

My advice for the French. Ne laissez pas vos baguettes rassis!

[@neurathal0n534]

​@@TamDNB Google translated this as, "Don't let your chopsticks go stale." Lmao

[@houstonisfake]

Nerd

[@mauer1]

There are some lines where whites lightsquared bishop is the main attacker. If you can trade that off you can kinhside castle and win on the queenside before white kingsides attack connects.

[@samsullivan2280]

QG3 blundering Ne2+ had me out of my chair in anticipation

[@billyfarrington374]

"Yeah, sometimes the best strategy is to just not lose." ~ Eric Rosen 😂

[@deadNdivine12]

What a great line.

[@HungryScribbler]

LOL I love his simple quotes... The actual quote: "Yeah, sometimes the best winning strategy is just ta NOT lose." 26:05

[@filipblennow177]

I refuse to believe that 4:12 and 21:03 where played by the same person 😆 Great video as always!

[@joeysingingchannel]

Welcome to chess.

[@robd1381]

That Stafford was delicious

[@ZakyChan_]

Yes, finally! Eric plays the Bird's!

[@Palozon]

Thumbnail POV: an otherwise very whimsical wizard excitedly explains exactly how he'll kill you.

[@luca_rr4660]

0:10 "The plan is to play chess"

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Mission accomplished lmao

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

at 37:00 hahahah eric follows the principle "if you see a normal mate, look for the more complicated one" .... if queen blocks you just take with queen and it's mate on the spot, but nope, rook mate taking advantage of the pin, yup that's better

[@idonoy661]

I mean.... They're both mate in 1 so it doesn't really matter

[@Torisson]

Thought this was interesting: At 36:29 in the Bird game, Eric correctly predicted Rf1 check, but his rook on A3 was hanging. If black takes the rook (which Stockfish says is the best move), Eric would have Ne4 discovered check. From that point, any of the 3 king moves leads to a royal fork, and blocking with either knight leads to a (messy) forced mate. Watching the video, I saw the hanging rook but not the crushing follow-up.

[@richardeley6550]

Thanks Eric! I've watched hundreds of your videos, and I don't usually leave comments, but the way you pulled the rabbit out of the hat at the end with only two seconds left..... I think your new nickname should be " the Houdini of chess". Nice job man.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

That last game was like Indiana going back for his hat 😂

[@virtualDon]

Ahhh, the Hikaru-Kann!

[@shawnwhite1645]

Awesome video Eric. You are incredible! Nice tournament.

[@jwr1970]

Always happy to see there's new content of yours when I open the KZbin app 😊

[@pjhansen19]

Plays the Jobava-London, later plays bread and butter London, immediately goes into the Jobava-London.

[@chullupa]

When i saw the thumbnail i clicked fast as i could. KZbin didnt even finish loading

[@roybatty3989]

Dude, you gotta go for the: Broken Cats Paw, The inverted Avalance, The Pringle defense, The drowning knight attack.

[@andrew_owens7680]

Openings that aren't named after places or people: The Egg The Hippo The Halloween Gambit The Crab The Vampire Gambit The Hillbilly Attack Any more?

[@O_Lee69]

The cow opening

[@petertaylor4980]

Bongcloud. The King's Gambit and Queen's Gambit are named after pieces, not people. (Accelerated) Dragon if you ignore that its full name includes Sicilian.

[@RGP_Maths]

Giuoco Piano (and Pianissimo), Monkey's Bum. Didn't Eric once play the beach café (or does that count as a place anyway)?

[@simonbradbury5181]

>2/3M subscribers: congratulations Eric! You've earned this success.

[@flutemcglute]

"Sometimes the best winning strategy is to not lose." -Eric Rosen 26:04 😂😂😂

[@EpiDot52]

One of your greatest videos!

[@jwr1970]

"Music to my eyes" 😂

[@Moshinoki]

Ah yes, the world famous Bird's Opening: Hobbs Gambit

[@GlassOfWater87]

You better got those 100 subs for winning the tournament.

[@johnr.4992]

Great watch! Intense

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

21:15 nice find with g4!!

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

queen trap out of nowhere!

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Eric, you are so unfit. I watched the whole stream and my heart rate never went above 60. 😅 Love your incredible speed and combination attacks.

[@eboatwright_]

Wooo congrats on the win!

[@BeatrizToro-t4v]

WTF??? At 4:12 opponent could've forked your Queen and King with his knight on f2. Unbelievable that he didn't see it.

[@edgaryanez2022]

Felicitaciones Erick

[@meneermankepoot]

Loving the ambulance emoji behind your name xD

[@gerardduffy3406]

Eric hung his queen in the second game but the opponent missed Ne2+

[@mikebaker2436]

1:01:45 ...neveh blitz into Brooklyn unprepared if you know what's good fuh you. 😳🤣

[@icepoemix8820]

Day 4 asking Eric to say "bon appetit" in a video (I always watch your videos when I'm having dinner)

[@alexgee3762]

Oh yes my Egg 🥚 good lord Eric you are a fiend 🙇‍♂️

[@samgreer8596]

Congrats on winning.

[@bkokohut1980]

Thank you for a long video!! It's been forever since you've posted one.

[@eric-rosen]

I actually post a bunch of long videos here: youtube.com/@EricRosenExtra

[@Tomaterojow]

Nice blunder on the second game

[@rivetace]

I'm still shocked at how many people castle into the Stafford. You don't need to learn any theory, just don't castle and you'll be much safer than if you castled kingside. Then just don't leave your queen undefended on d1 and you'll be golden. Even Qf3 is very playable.

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Your game 3 opponent must’ve been so confused. 😂 but they did play a Bird so they are a little off lol

[@jaydub2971]

Trompowski? Am I watching Gotham? 😅 15:20

[@ArkiUnknown]

42:33 Hikaru-kann Opening

[@thetransferaccount4586]

nice openings display

[@Checkers1872]

4:14 Opponent missed royal fork!

[@JazzieHERO]

Hey Eric, How about a series to achieve every trophy in rosenscore ?

[@prieten49]

Amazing!

[@KDobrowo]

In the bird game, at 36:16, a mate was missed. 36 - Qxd5ch, Qc6, 37 - Knc5ch, Kc7, 38 - Ra7ch, Kb8, 39 - Rb7ch, Kc8, 40 - Qxc6ch, Kd8, 41 - Qd7mate. What a game nonetheless!

[@samgreer8596]

2nd game move 15 Qg3 blunders a queen. Good thing your opponent missed the fork.

[@rusdiAsry]

nice chess game...

[@Fanchen]

1:00:23 does Rb5 trap the queen?

[@RGP_Maths]

14.Rb5 Nxd4 looks tricky. If 15.Rxd5 Nxe2+ 16.Bxe2 exd5 Black has won an exchange and a pawn. Or 15.cxd4 Bxb5 16.Bxb5 it's R&P for B&N. There's probably much more that I'm not seeing though.

[@Fanchen]

⁠​⁠@@RGP_Mathsah okay I missed Nxd4. Thanks

[@dabeamer42]

Is the Grob always that easy? I had never heard of it. Seems like an opening I should learn...

[@jwr1970]

A non-pawn creature is discovered 😮

[@TylerRayJohnson]

4:14 doesn’t Qg3 lose a queen after Ne2+? Maybe you see something I didn’t. I suck, I’m only 900 Elo Rapid but as soon as you moved it I was questioning

[@RIP_Texpert]

Was waiting for a blackmar diemer gambit, it's my favorite opening

[@eric-rosen]

Well I saved your favorite opening for the final game!

[@RIP_Texpert]

@eric-rosen yeah I've been playing chess since I was 2 and I just love how quick the opening is, especially when you queen side castle so the rook eyes down the d file in the center

[@benjodinho]

MATE IN THE CORNER! 34:46

[@AlecMcGail]

King takes?

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Rook takes bishop first?

[@AdamPershan]

In game you can press "z" to toggle zen mode, I think

[@HungryScribbler]

4:12 In game 2: 15. Qg3 didn't that hang your queen? Opponent didn't see it but that should have been winning for black right? Or am I not seeing something?

[@ic6406]

9:51 - Beautiful like 100% or 0%? - Less than 3

[@ThembaMavimbela-v8w]

Combining the pin and the fork, so this is a pork

[@jacobstahlmann6958]

57:34 I think you were threatening to win the c-pawn with your rook, but then they attacked your queen so doesn’t work

[@alexanderkambas3381]

Mate in 3 at 54:14

[@waldemarlichosik3576]

Eric You are amazing , how do you do that?

[@HungryScribbler]

I should have read comments. Others saw what I saw at 4:12. :)

[@dabrownhornet99]

@ 4:12 am i seeing a queen king fork wrong??

[@thomasmarsden4632]

I thought if you press "z" it toggles zen mode on and off

[@jwr1970]

Please don't insult my backward spawn, i beg you.

[@mrbigglesworth69]

These thumbnails 😂

[@3TQHAJSHNQ]

@40:55 Why is Eric allowed to have chat tell him info like that? Isn't that kind of unfair?

[@Sploooshen]

41:37 He goes over it and it’s not a forced mate. I personally don’t see it as unfair because after he read the comment it was like 10 moves past and he said it “looked close to mate.” I generally trust eric to know the position more than chat.

[@3TQHAJSHNQ]

@@Sploooshen Maybe not in this specific scenario, but you do see how having 100 (or how ever many) viewers giving commentary on a chess game that is CURRENTLY being played is unfair right?

[@3TQHAJSHNQ]

@@Sploooshen also what do you mean "better than chat". Why couldn't people just have the game in an engine live?

[@Sploooshen]

@@3TQHAJSHNQ If Eric wanted to cheat he would just use the engine. Anyone in chat is free to ask a question. If someone in chat kept giving the top engine move sprinkled in his games. They would be muted or banned. And that’s if eric actually uses that chatters move. Normally he makes a move then looks at chat. Every top chess streamer does that. It does at first seem like an advantage, but it just isn’t. It’s more distracting than anything.

[@alexkojak6587]

Qg3 ah yes, OH NOOO

[@stoneskull]

tasty tourney

[@ken-scottleembruggen6887]

he Erik hang is Queen in Game 2 at 4:13

[@ethangilworth7891]

I sure hope this thumbnail I’m getting is part of A|B testing because my lord 😭

[@andrew_owens7680]

I'm playing 1+0 bullet and I keep losing on time.

[@WhoTFisChedda]

You blundered m8 sgainst Beautiful Solitude

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

at 20:28, could you have just taken the knight with your queen?

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

lol nvm queen would take back with check, don't let me be your chess coach

[@janetoss]

930

[@jmirgel]

Diemer was a Nazi, maybe not honor him and just call it blackmar gambit :)

[@HMUP7]

second?

[@Sirzacharia]

Frist

[@eric-rosen]

congrats!

[@rypaz87]

Second

[@spinblade6459]

It's okay, Eric. 😂 You didn't have to remove the 'heart' from my comment about the Lichess devs in your other video 🤣. Everyone knows what they're like. Don't bow to pressure. You gave that heart to my comment and then when that little white knight comes bustling in with his nonsense defense of them, you removed it. Come on, have more spine lol. Lichess aren't good devs. They're like, "We're free, we did our bit a decade ago when we launched. You lot are on your own now, bugs and all. We're done. We're out. Later." It's just a fact about them.

[@ericpotts6143]

Hello Eric can you DoorDash me a burrito I’m starving

[@bl0ndi550]

Beautiful_solitude won the battle only to lose the war. Tragic