Beating EVERYONE with the Stafford Gambit

I can't stop...
0:00 Intro
0:59 Stafford Gambit Time
2:18 Stafford Gambit Time
3:16 Stafford Gambit Time
3:54 Stafford Gambit Time
4:51 Stafford Gambit Time
6:40 Stafford Gambit Time
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11:50 Stafford Gambit Time
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21:09 Stafford Gambit Time
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[@pakasokoste]

I love that all time stamps are labelled Stafford gambit time😂

[@Mr.StealYourGirl81]

Lol that’s hilarious

[@konbkob4156]

My favorite part of Rosen's videos is when he said "it's Stafford Gambit time" and sacced his pawn, definitely one of the KZbinrs of all time

[@BottleOfCoke]

​@@konbkob4156 One of the youtubers, he is.

[@someoneelse293]

@@BottleOfCoke of all time (;

[@aliyutube]

lmfao

[@em4six348]

I loved the part where Eric says "It's stafford gambit time" and stafford gambited the opponent.

[@Mr.StealYourGirl81]

Oh no I made a similar comment just now 😂

[@em4six348]

@@Mr.StealYourGirl81 😭💔✋

[@GeorgeFoot]

Timestamp?

[@SpencerTwiddy]

@@GeorgeFoot 0:00-27:18

[@MiserableMidnight]

That’s such a funny joke wow! I laughed for 2 hours

[@rioleelive]

At 14:10 Eric doing THE ROOK impression..and then doing BOTH ROOKS! was fantastic hehe

[@usualhumanxd353]

Lol, yeah, i wanted to say it too)

[@twagetomato]

The editor throwing in a Levy jumpscare was perfect too lmao

[@ratioripbozo]

@@twagetomato I think he edits his videos. At least he used to

[@citizensoldier314]

@@ratioripbozo This one was edited by Jonathan Schrantz, if you look at the bottom of the description it will tell you.

[@ratioripbozo]

@@citizensoldier314 oh. Didn't know, thanks

[@danjixkrabix]

if anyone wanted time stamps : 0:00 Intro 0:59 Stafford Gambit Time 2:18 Stafford Gambit Time 3:16 Stafford Gambit Time 3:54 Stafford Gambit Time 4:51 Stafford Gambit Time 6:40 Stafford Gambit Time 7:38 Stafford Gambit Time 11:50 Stafford Gambit Time 15:21 Stafford Gambit Time 16:35 Stafford Gambit Time 18:50 Stafford Gambit Time 21:09 Stafford Gambit Time 22:41 Stafford Gambit Time

[@pairot01]

there's alreadytime stamps on the video itself my guy

[@fasteddie5829]

@@pairot01 r/whoosh

[@arnavnandan]

​@@pairot01 Get outta here

[@SidharthSreekumar-pv3jb]

@@pairot01 Then why you are here?

[@jondoe8014]

I wonder what gambits he'll do.

[@acxrn]

I literally live for Eric Rosen Stafford gambit content. This is heaven.

[@wsemenske]

This might be his magnum opus

[@jam-hu]

@@wsemenske his magnus opum

[@hiyo9144]

@@wsemenske Magnus’s opium

[@kaihaas4708]

How can u love such an arrogant only 3000 world ranked nerd?

[@MrRickeo]

LITERALLY YOU GUYS

[@felixaddes]

The number of times Eric's written "Stafford", this was bound to happen

[@Haakl1]

This is one of your best uploads…. My wife thinks im not going to bed because I wanted to watch the football match. Little does she know, it’s Stafford gambit time!

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Awesome

[@felixmerz6229]

"Two minute bullet game with no time to calculate? Of course I should enter the Stafford Gambit against the literal expert on the opening." Said literally everyone in that tournament. I mean, amazing content, but also baffling decision making there.

[@ameenaftab2803]

Yes exactly, no one enters it with me even on a 10 min game.

[@Hanqy]

@@ameenaftab2803 lol me too it always end up as four knight

[@pakasokoste]

19:40 insane that white is plus 7, but after forking the quuen and bishop with a PAWN, the eval drops to equality. Insane stuff!

[@wesleymcbob]

my favorite was the stafford game

[@GaryTheGray]

The game at 3:55 took Eric a total of 7 seconds off his clock. He makes it look so easy.

[@ChristianHegele]

It is kind of amazing that Eric literally knows more about this opening than anyone who has ever lived.

[@TheKaryotic]

He might really not sure, but never ceases to amaze me relatively new to chess and this channel, every time I think I know most of the stafford I’ll stumble onto a different video from Eric proving me wrong.

[@AlanTwoRings]

@@TheKaryotic Not sure?! Who would be your other candidates for the most knowledgeable Stafford theoreticians of history then?

[@Luaporleafcutterant]

​@@AlanTwoRings there are more than a thousand grandmasters. Maybe one of them also likes this opening a lot.

[@nephandi2316]

​@@AlanTwoRings I always fail to remember the name but Rosen himself admits he's not the greatest expert in the Stafford lines, there is someone rated around 2000 who is (according to Rosen again) the greatest expert in the world on the Stafford gambit.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Yeah rosen talked about that guy drawing against stockfish using the stafford gambit

[@riuriu9815]

2 years ago and 30k subs on your yt channel, your stafford and ponziani opening are still my favs up until now. I'm glad you've gain a huge followers and subs. Hoping for your grandmaster title soonest 💛

[@mikebaker2436]

7:40 is my favorite. I really love the Stafford Gambit because it leads to such stable and equal positions that slowly translate into favorable end games with precise play. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nippleless_Cage]

I want Eric saying "🎵 Stafford Gambit time 🎵" as my ringtone.

[@amankg7]

Followed by tobey Maguire "Pizza time"

[@ryames9016]

i love watching eric's videos every time i come back from a night out. eating noodles while drunk and watching eric's chess games is the best experience ever

[@Haakl1]

I had a similar routine but with Bob Ross vids… kind of the same vibe though!

[@hectorlopezambiasanchez1161]

Been there ❤

[@javierrodrigo1009]

Sooo much venom in the Stafford! I mean, I get it why Grandmasters hate it in classical games but when Eric gets to play the Stafford in blitz it's almost unfair.

[@dumplangs5840]

Love how he named each time stamp Stafford Gambit Time

[@eridu77]

My fav was vs FM marantz3 that pin on the bishop was so cool. Pinned not to a piece but pinned to a mating square. Awesome.

[@benjaminkolbeck]

Here when it was titled Staford Gambit. 🙂

[@jibiteshsaha4392]

14:11 Him yelling the rook is so cute😂😂

[@henryaggerate9669]

This video reminds me of Ben Finegold’s Smith Morra lecture, where he spends half the video ridiculing Loek van Wely for accepting the Smith Morra against Esserman, who knows that opening better than anyone in the world

[@sneakytiki9424]

One thing I love about Eric's KZbin videos is he never puts out content for content's sake. He lives it, and shares it when he finds it.

[@markj228]

Always grateful for you, showing the Stafford gambit… As I love playing it!

[@Matthew.keppler]

I always look forward to a nice stafford gambit. Love it, thank you for showing me Eric.

[@spiderchopproductions8172]

When you’re 2700 ELO, but 4500 when playing the Stafford.

[@Karstendag]

I watch every video you upload. Best instructional and entertaining channel out there. Go Eric!

[@radioactivesdesigns3554]

My favorite part is where he yelled ITS STAFFORD GAMBITING TIME and Stafford Gambitted all over his opponent.

[@ageofengineering1417]

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 openings once, but I fear the man who has practiced one opening 10,000 times." Bruce Lee

[@IvanWongHongKong]

i dont fear the man who has practiced the shit opening 10,000 times 😂😂

[@ben1996123]

egg

[@eric-rosen]

🥚

[@ben1996123]

@@eric-rosen 🍳

[@Sky2042]

Egg

[@effperm]

🥚 egg

[@KMurreh]

I grew to love the Stafford since I first saw it from Eric in 2021 and I have got to be good at it. Cheers Eric. And keep on doing the amazing vids. And throw in a couple of lesson vids as well.

[@benb4728]

This is a good demonstration of the fact that it's not about how sound your opening is, it's about how well you have studied it, and how easily you can play it when out of theory, whether you know the structure, plans, weaknesses, etc.

[@Tremliy]

yeaa so lets continue to not learn theory and be bad at chess

[@GeorgeFoot]

For sure, in quite a few games it's not the Stafford Gambit traps that win, its Eric's ability to improvise and rescue a lost position

[@Yea___]

Thats why hikaru beats everyone with the bong cloud

[@benb4728]

@@Tremliy stafford is theory now

[@victorcarrillo7618]

Whenever I hear "There's a funny line" I immediately know I'm in for some galaxy brain moves

[@KidNoah2012]

Thanks for taking all the time and trouble it must have been to edit out just the Stafford games from such a huge stream. I'm kind of speechless honestly. I mean this could have been a course on Chessable selling for $30 over there. I share your enthusiasm for this nutty yet dangerous line.

[@dumbozo]

i loved it when he played the stafford gambit

[@bobapplebob9695]

4:43 "It's been at least 5 so far"

[@richardmendy4914]

Eric just keeps on making me love the Stafford gambit even with its defects.

[@SebastianBohn]

Oh so satisfying. This video is a bliss. Thanks Eric!

[@brett6468]

Nice! As a casual chess player I'm trying to build my understanding of the game around the Stafford Gambit.

[@mortadahasaad530]

My favorite part is when eric yelled "it's stafford gambit time!" And then he gambited all over the place

[@jrd33]

Outstanding work, Sir!

[@soumyadeeppaul5821]

Eric Rosen has stafford mastery🔥🔥

[@manum5550]

erick you are the magician of chess. thanks for the learning.

[@necr0mancrr]

The chapter titles are the cherry on top

[@Daniele.Rossini]

Nice Eric! This will be a nice update for the Bible! working on it today to refine those lines!

[@barrywuthrich8530]

These gambits are my favorite way to learn to see tactics. I play Stafford a lot with black, and Danish and Smith Morra with white. The Smith Morra is new to me and really hard to remember, but I suspect it will be worth the effort. Thanks to Eric, I have won numerous arena tournament games in under 12 moves with the Stafford. Lots of fun.

[@darkboromirify]

this is great content!

[@zenzombie72]

"Dubious but highly venomous opening". Yeah I'm starting to see that. Constantly playing black (so i can practice the Stafford) against Aron (700) who always responds with e5... my breakthrough came last week. One of life's "Wow, I did it. It works" moments.

[@hennessynochaser]

Ty for the content 😘

[@SiteReader]

Great video, great ideas. Really helped me.

[@muhammmadnurullah3010]

14:12 and 14:29 I love how he said "THE ROOK!!!" like Gotham 😂

[@the_potmo]

If Ken Smith got to put his name next to the Mora gambit, surely the Stafford-Rosen gambit is a more appropriate name.

[@itsgunner5562]

Been a sub since 2020, love to see u still playing Stafford with a cup tea/coffee to sip on while the opponents are brain scrambling to refute it

[@MohamedOsama-jo4sm]

Wooow genius man, you know all the lines 🔥😍

[@gerardduffy3406]

Love the Stafford, such a dubious opening but beats decent players

[@iconsworld9]

Stafford Gambit, Eric Rosen's gambit

[@andreadistasi8842]

Wow 30 minutes of real ADRENALINE! Loved it!

[@SanderBessels]

At 14:25, Eric saying “the rook”, shaking the screen intensely and saying “grrrrr” would not even scare a goose :). And not sacrificing the Queen just to be civil was also a very dignified way of slaughtering the opponent.

[@cerongul529]

I love this video and the way Eric say "The rooook"

[@danielhiggins5907]

I would like to thank you for getting everyone to play the insanely easy to refute/destroy Stafford Gambit.

[@Gingnose]

I want you to look up for Boden kieseritzky Gambit. This is basically tempo up Stafford Gambit and if they accepted it is very difficult to neutralize and the moves are counterintuitive!!

[@obscurelines]

The funny thing is that if you were playing Eric and he pursued SG you'd accept just because it's a bit of a good story to say you tried to defend SG against Eric Rosen.

[@theoofsweden]

this is the best chess video ive ever watched haha. THE ROOKS!!!🤯

[@antaress8128]

Finally up material.

[@Punkledunk]

It’s SO funny seeing how fast people dig their own graves. I just think of an old Disney cartoon of someone enthusiastically digging a hole with a huge smile on their face and they are sinking rapidly, and a caption saying “unaware average joe playing against the stafford gambit”

[@dl1272]

Great win!🏆

[@KironKabir]

He whips out lines as if he’s doing chessable training

[@foxus-a113]

Yesss we need more stafford gambit videos

[@PhO3NiX96]

Most hilarious description I've seen in a while

[@jerryrivers4256]

Eric Rosen, Even sleepless for hours, whatever time they throw at you, it doesn't matter, even from high-raters. You are a BEAST!

[@jakub_p3352]

Great vid :D

[@freezeflame6565]

This is your notice to take a moment to look at the description, if you haven’t already ;)

[@TruthSurge]

I think these players lost because they didn't expect 2800 rank to even play that move so they were not prepared and had their minds on that pawn-pushing party in the middle which you didn't participate in. They were thinking DEVELOP IN THE MIDDLE and HURRY UP but they needed to consider defense as well.

[@ScaramouchedaVinci]

You are a artist!

[@mrkmed7050]

Omg i missed you bro havent watched you in 2 years ❤❤ i haven't forgot the name when i'm back to playing chess i remebered you the stafford is amazing 😂

[@kasra4306]

Hey eric can you pls make a video teaching how to study lines? That would be much appreciated

[@socute9248]

Beautiful

[@user-id2nr1zp1u]

5:11 "The screen has to shake intensely" *one intense shake later* "I just minimized all my windows"

[@julienpoirier7383]

So when are we officially changing the name to the Rosen Gambit?

[@davewiltshire4262]

Very helpful to have chapters with titles

[@mannylokzzz]

My friends can’t understand how I could possibly be laughing so hysterically at a chess video

[@Arvl.]

Now i wanna play this

[@Zeldanerd7YT]

he goes so fast from "stafford gambit time" to a beautiful win

[@ismailfaturrohman8715]

Auto Watch when see Eric using his signature weapon 🔥🔥

[@sethcaldwell2126]

the thing that made me laugh the hardest here was the time section notations. @eric - do you have a chessable course on the sg? would be also interesting to see a bit of review of the few games where you got into a bit of trouble and what moves you should have played

[@SanderBessels]

At 18:14, Eric playing Rf5 and pre-moving pawn takes f5, leaving his queen hanging was a very scary moment. Could have broken the Stofford winning streak. With 30 seconds on the clock, up material, looking at chat, what could possibly go wrong? 😅

[@zakariaben9466]

Yes except the queen wasn't hanging so ..

[@jayfeezal8773]

Im new to chess and you just earned a subscriber.

[@malahkaisle]

I keep hoping this is the timeline where your mastery of the stafford gambit makes you a super gm

[@TruthSurge]

Last one only lost due to time constraint, really. But still interesting to see the various ways that gambit was dealt with.

[@Mr.StealYourGirl81]

I love when he said “it’s Stanfording time!”

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

20:27 Eric is so crazy, like who else makes a 2500 player hang mate in 1

[@BillyWayneMcCann]

Savage.

[@TobiasRust]

great vid

[@mcusson2]

Gotta admit, after you achieved the pawn cube... I never looked away and missed the rest of the game admiring it.

[@steve_m7383]

Eric makes it look so easy

[@dragonskulle7283]

Stafford Gambit Time! 🍵 there's a new t-shirt for your merch 😁

[@humansareweird2866]

21:10 A-set! Ggs Eric :)

[@miguelparada5283]

My little stockfish phone app goes 5 f3 Bc5 6 c3 and the problem for Black is that not having central pawns makes it very hard to crack open White's position. Against this gambit White can simply go steady, plant two pawns in d4 and e4, and just smother all the fireworks.

[@ViciouslyBuoyant]

This is it. This is the climax of this channel. This is why we’re subscribed. This video cannot be bested. The end is near.

[@deadNdivine12]

Just remembered about your channel after saying "oh no my queen" to myself.