Sac and Attack! | Speedrun Episode 16

[@afancypirate7754]

My favourite series on youtube right now!

[@ChezburgerLeaf]

Indeed

[@charliedarin8349]

SAME

[@filipstan2135]

My fav all time

[@MartyMcHighh]

Likewise

[@twincobras7501]

SAME

[@debrascott8775]

As a newer player, it's so exciting to be able to follow and even anticipate the correct moves here. So helpfully instructive.

[@biffski]

Right!? When I play games... "What would Eric do...?"

[@atulbali8230]

Eric has such a soothing voice and calm demeanor, while slaughtering his opponents.

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

He reminds me of a presenter on a British tv chess programme for kids called Play Chess (I've just looked it up - the memorable opening titles are on KZbin); the presenter was Bill Hartston and had a similarly soothing voice. It was my favourite programme (for a while) when I was young!

[@Internet_Angel_Yamero]

Eric the gentle

[@michaelzardalian4076]

That game... With the aggressive opening and the moves at 21:20... Is too too educational, exciting and entertaining. Thank you so much Eric for this amazing content! I am enjoying these series and definitely learning a lot!

[@charbroiledmonk1033]

During the second game, while Ne5 is a good move and winning, there is an absolute BOMBSHELL move here with Bg8!! that "sacrifices" the bishop in order to open the queen to the checkmating square on f7. Even with best defense, engine announces mate in 12. Some of the lines are absolutely amazing, showing the absolute coordination of white's pieces and the chaos in black's camp. 19:12

[@stephendean7655]

No, that's not right as black would have taken it with the rook and then the Queen would have no support so white would still have had to play NE5

[@yanair2091]

How is mate in 12 better then this? Remember, people are not computers, even a grand master often can't see mate in 12.

[@badgerbadger5061]

This series is the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks, Eric.

[@SocialSophia]

*I love how you show a more stable style, you avoided the center fork trick and a few more advanced tactics to help the newer players that's really nice*

[@radosawkarwacki4386]

Nearly an hour of Eric Rosen doing a speedrun. It's like Christmas came again!

[@professorx3060]

Christmas came again all over the place I'm sorry to everyone who had to read this 😅

[@nachirulo3870]

52 min of Eric playing chess. This is my christmas gift!

[@joneichelberg6432]

Thank you for making these speedrun episodes. You are one of my favorite KZbinrs and the longer episodes are more enjoyable!

[@楊學翰-m5i]

As far as I’ve seen, Eric makes the most educational content playing with beginner/intermediate opponents! Better than Hikaru and Levy!

[@jamesmyers9150]

Chess vibes is excellent also imo.

[@martzipanski]

Levy seems like a general conceited guy, I despise hearing his voice xD

[@KironKabir]

Eric’s videos are my therapy. Positive mental health ftw

[@daltonward1215]

I need at least 70-80 more episodes of this and I will be happy. ( and maybe even good at chess)

[@doughy4693]

Thanks!

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks so much!!

[@andersonandrew112]

This guy is so easy to watch. Relaxed and a total class act

[@MartyMcHighh]

Eric is both well known and also massively underrated at the same time

[@bikedoc59]

Thanks!

[@joeb4142]

I was just about to look for an old IMRosen VOD to get my Eric fix on and saw this upload. Yay! 🎉 “Chess can be an emotional roller coaster” says the chillest guy in chess. 🧘🏻‍♂️

[@TomerKoron]

My favourite series on youtube right now too! Thank you Eric for all the patient and thorough explanations. To be honest, I watched many of your chess videos so far, and it was sometimes a bit hard for me to see your (in my perception only) arrogant approach... And in this series, I am totally enchanted by your softness, humbleness and respect to all the opponents, in terms the language you use (e.g. when you know for sure you gonna wn, but you still take seriously their now-totally-irrelevant "threats") :) Keep up the good spirit and much thanks again!

[@fieldfire]

Damn! Close to 1h deserves a like even before watching!

[@uzfnjzubtfjzbd]

absolutely !!!

[@nawafshafi2356]

Yess a whole hour of this series that’s exactly what we needed, thank you Eric!!

[@literal-tree]

very glad you're doing longer episodes. i find these so helpful and i also just generally enjoy watching your content, so the more the merrier!

[@ralphderkapitaen9875]

i love these episodes! Eric doing a great job explaining his thought process!! thanks for sharing. Happy New Year!

[@f.d.3289]

24:22 i really love that d5 line -- that ending is just kinda funny.... after all the attacking and tripling up on the e-file, black simply hides their king behind white's own pawn, and all the heavy pieces can do is stare at their pawn and just HATE it XD

[@biffski]

I only discovered you and your channel at the start of this speed run and so for me this episode (game 2) really revealed just how advanced your theoretical is! And I'm sure this is just only the surface 👏 Thoroughly enjoyed this as a new chess player 👏

[@davidrobertson1980]

Thanks Eric, KNOW you had a good Christmas, taking 4 days to post this lol, so have a happy new year dude. Good teaching games here!

[@jacobsawyer6861]

I love watching you play chest

[@gumball135]

I love this series so much, please never stop.

[@chriselcombe847]

Love your speed run episodes. So much better than everyone else's. Your explanations are fantastic and helping my chess improve! Thank you!

[@edg531]

Eric, you are amazing. So calm, and yet so clear and concise in your commentary. I’ve learned so much!

[@matthewcoffin5144]

Thanks Eric, this helps a lot with the Italian & Philidor. I get a lot of opponents who play d3, and I'm glad to see that it takes time to break down the position

[@acxrn]

Apart from some of the classic Stafford gambits on this channel, that second game was some of your best content. I am a beginner and you made that game, and it's tactics, so easy to follow!

[@misterlukeflips4065]

At 14:00 I always love playing d4 right away. After the pawn recaptures I then play c3. If takes again you can sac the bishop on f7 and follow up with a queen check on d5 if the king takes back. It's called the haxo gambit I think

[@seanhunter111]

Thank you very much for this series. Please don’t feel pressured to make longer episodes than you feel happy to but obviously selfishly it’s really great and I am learning a lot with each episode.

[@johnmcdonough955]

8:08 Qg5? Really enjoying the series. Suggested rule for the conclusion is where you are beaten three consecutive times by different opponents or five consecutive times by the same opponent. You will have done us proud as we are very proud to know you.

[@CHUNGAandNANOOK]

Immensely valuable stuff! Ty Eric!

[@whispersandechoes]

Hi Eric. Thanks for this series - I'm really enjoying it, and I'm sure it's improving my game! I know you had some comments asking for longer videos. For me, I think shorter more frequent uploads would be better. I'm sure whatever you do, someone will complain about it! No matter what people ask for, I suggest you make the content that YOU want to make. Thanks again. :)

[@SamsNotFunny]

Thanks for the longer episode Eric. We appreciate you taking our comments on board

[@SeanGallagher-d6v]

Thanks for the longer video!

[@xordid]

that Greco attack theory game was awesome, shout out to coach! lovely longer episode, thanks Eric :) great content

[@Kayoger1]

Thank you for this episodes, it helps me to improve my chess a lot.

[@pieter_holland112]

33:05 I was looking at f4 here with the idea to pin the queen to the king. Did you consider that move? Off course a lot was already winning in this position :)

[@pinkflower3341]

was looking at it too 😄

[@tamatamt]

thank you for this series'; happy new year

[@kryanbart]

Absolutely love the long video format to this series. i look forward to these episodes and i’m elated when i see a longer episode. 😸👍🥳🎉

[@DaveCharbonneau1]

My wife overheard this video and said Eric sounds like the 'Bob Ross of Chess'.

[@BetaJim22]

Also belated Merry Christmas Eric Rosen. This long episode is a fantastic present from you to us

[@Late_Night_Mega]

8:20 Is there a reason not to play bishop takes bishop on g2? It comes with check, and either the king takes back or the queen does, and either way knight takes knight looks good after that.

[@jsifford]

I love this series and can't wait to see what you do when you get to my world (1300-1400.) Seeing the though process throughout the rating climb is very instructive!

[@Martynovic]

Great video eric! Watched all the way through and cant wait till you get to the 1500+ range! (I could do with some good rosen commentary against my rating range :))

[@ajeways86]

I love the long episodes! Thank you so much

[@benjaminpierce742]

Been waiting for this level. I think I will get alot out of these next few videos that I will use!

[@akhil2717]

big fan of u , watching ur vids since last 3 yrs … very very informative , gr8 job bro😊

[@jeremycapil135]

Wow. These are exciting games. Best episode so far. A lot of tensions.

[@Zoomjah]

Loved that "Oh no my knight or bishop" moment. Chess is such a beautiful game.

[@pieter_holland112]

Yes another one of my favorite speed runs !!

[@robertgelblum5154]

As always, great stuff, Eric. Keep up the good work!

[@ArdentKadoshi]

i use these when i need to sleep earlier, thanks for the asmr eric

[@alexandershorse9021]

I really enjoy the precision of the moves.

[@richardmarriott-smith9517]

I really enjoyed this video. So much to learn. I also appreciate your dry humor “…so opponent does have some time to ponder…Maybe regret their earlier life decisions…” 😂

[@mychannel-te5ke]

Eric, thanks a lot for a longer episode!

[@andrewdstokes]

Hi Eric - love the series. Can you showcase some Jobava London openings next? Just want to see how you handle these lower ranks with 2. Nc3.

[@joeperry1188]

I really love the longer episode format

[@FullHearts-v8z]

Thanks for the longer episode. I liked it!

[@StevenFfr]

Thank you Eric for these series!

[@johanp4061]

You’re one if the first chess youtubers i’ve watched❤

[@Tommy-tj6qm]

I love the combination; the most chill IM playing the most aggressive lines

[@dsmacd46]

On my best day I might play at 1,000, so I'm not presuming to make a suggestion but want to ask a question. One of my problems is seeing what seem like good moves, and discovering after I make them that I missed something and they were terrible moves. I'm flummoxed over how to learn to calculate. Example: at about 32:47 when you pulled your dark bishop back to e3 & black took your knight at d6, I got a phone call and froze the screen while I had a long conversation. Staring at the board, I thought I KNEW what move you'd make next; you'd move that dark bishop to c5, pinning the rook against the queen ... but you didn't. Yet, I don't know what I missed. Is it just practice to learn to anticipate my opponents' next moves?

[@capungjanda4962]

been 2 years not seeing you..i quit chess for awhile.. now i m trying to learn again.. stuck in 2000

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

You mentioned the Légal Trap (Légal's Mate). When you showed it to us before, I thought it was something I might add to my repertoire. However, after looking into it further, I found that after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 ... (exposing the white queen as bait for the trap) Black should just respond with 5. ... Nxe5. Black is up a knight vs. a pawn, and the threat has been successfully mitigated. According to Lichess (using Stockfigh 16), black is up considerably (-5.3).

[@BillsYouTube1960]

I love these speed runs where you go over each move in such detail and explain everything, but it is a little depressing when I realize how little I know

[@64MilestotheGallon]

In the Greco attack at 20:24, why not do Ng5 to keep the e file open for your rook? Love the longer video!

[@AlexeyPismenskiy]

19:40 why didn’t you play re1? I thought it would be easier to fork the queen with bxe7 and then check mate with two bishops?

[@templink]

That was fun and interesting, keep the video longer for it is very good lessons

[@ArturoSubutex]

I saw the bishop sacrifice, rook F3 and then queen sacrifice idea at the end of the last game! I actually paused the video and put the position on Stockfish because I was curious why Eric didn't play it. Turns out, it is winning but Stockfish still recommends saving the bishop first. Goes to show, Chess Masters' instincts are something else.

[@BetaJim22]

Best Better Help ad I've ever seen. Mental Health is important.

[@crazytrain86]

These are awesome! Thanks for making them!

[@francescopuglisi9067]

At 24:32 why white is not taking the knight here? Can someone explain?

[@richardmartin5147]

Great series, loving these videos

[@Thogstacker]

Great series. Thank you!

[@f.d.3289]

37:15 still amazing how many disconnections you get when you just play a winning move

[@usageunit]

I feel like the only one who likes shorter videos, since sometimes I just don't have the time or attention span to watch even a half hour all at once. It's easier to watch multiple short videos if I have the time, rather than have to save a long video to come back to later and hope that KZbin starts it back up where I left off.

[@GaliReax]

Well work on your attention span then. If you can’t watch an hour long video that’s definitely something you’d wanna improve.

[@teilzeitamigo]

Thanks for the long video! I like the shorter videos, too, though :)

[@whatscivic0157]

Hi Eric could you play the scotch game in the speed run. I like the opening, but run into the exchange variation at intermediate play and want to see you how you play those positions. Ps love your content💙

[@malekhaouas7848]

I hope that you get this series longer and longer

[@nullthenightcat]

Don't push yourself too hard, but the long video is very very appreciated!

[@Theojoe190]

Eric you find some of the most beautiful tactics. I think his biggest strength is punishing non threatening moves

[@kevinwelshons6399]

27:32 Qh5+ [Ke7 Qxe5#]. If g6 Qxe5+ winning the Rook. Maybe more? I don’t think the queen gets trapped or black has counter attacks

[@kevinwelshons6399]

Nvm I reviewed it. Qe7 block then if Qxh8 Nf6 would trap the Queen

[@charliecryer4820]

Black also has Ng6 to block the check and diffuse the fork threat

[@kezzaguy]

Great series, very instructive

[@TaylorL4664]

one of the best add reads i've seen. They got their money's worth

[@kellerbrown3454]

I like seeing all the little tricky lines that I miss in my games :)

[@alessiosanti6969]

Eric is the only one i trust, even for advising thing!

[@Hambone6]

Love your series

[@kaidoChess]

Best ad ever

[@add-iv]

It's the 16th episode and I'm still learning something new every game

[@kiracite]

Id love to see some dutch defenses if you are so inclined next time!

[@fortismonsadventures]

Great stuff! Play the Vienna and Caro!

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Center Game got really popular around this level recently, was there some course released or soemthing? People know it pretty well even at 1k elo

[@TruthSurge]

9:11 screw up. Should take rook with bishop first, K takes bish, you now have no undefended bishop to lose THEN take the free hanging white knight while attacking white's queen with the rook.

[@mgodbold1080]

love these episodes

[@lachland592]

Yessss long episode!!!