STAFFORD GAMBIT Chess Tournament!

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Look through the time stamps if you want to find the Stafford Gambit games.

[@Jesterian]

I skipped around and only watched the stafford games

[@arnavnandan]

"The good thing about being up a pawn is if you lose a pawn then it's equal" -Wise Words of Eric Rosen 2023

[@alucard4974]

🤔

[@pepperwestwood]

Just so tough to comprehend the math there 🤯

[@sam_c95]

Once again I enjoy how every chapter in this video is called "STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME".

[@anypsotis7976]

I actually laughed out loud when I opened the description and saw that lmao

[@joeb4142]

Eric’s awesome 😆

[@eboatwright_]

"Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture" *Eric playing in a Stafford Gambit only tournament *Eric playing in a normal tournament "They're the same picture"

[@doubleairdouble7004]

the line at 20:00 is insane...

[@blakep1444]

all prep... that's ridiculous

[@christopherw1248]

still makes me wonder how to remember a deep line like that. Amazing memory skill.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Imagine voluntarily entering a Stafford Gambit tournament against Eric Rosen. The only thing close would be playing a “BongCloud” tournament against Magnus. 😂

[@syedayman9322]

bruh

[@SevenTheJester]

Nakhmanson against Johnathan Schrantz. 😁

[@digineet8421]

Smith morra vs esserman.

[@joshinon6980]

Englund gambit against Aman Hambleton

[@pipandchuk6545]

As someone who almost never plays the stafford, joining the tournament to play and actually winning a fair amt of my games was rly fun! (even if I didnt get to play Eric) Proud to say I got as high as 4th place :D

[@smort123]

"Wait this endgame is just worse for me I'm down a pawn. Ooops." _He's just like me fr._

[@nephandi2316]

_wins it anyway_ Do you too win pawn down rook and pawns endgames ?

[@milanpopovic3018]

Hi Eric, thank you for a tournament and those interesting games, it was very funny playing Stafford gambit! Greetings from Popmilan95 :)

[@itsjustme2651]

Rip those innocent souls which u beat to get 38 points when eric had 25🤲

[@flippert0]

4:04 "I have the bishop pair, but white has it too" 🤣

[@RVeda-vh5on]

22:24 When Eric realizes he's blundered, he reacts like such a pro: full awareness of it, shared to his audience, but priority #1 is the next move, pumped out fast.

[@richardmendy4914]

What a good day for a Stafford gambit showdown. love the content Eric.

[@SevenTheJester]

Eric Rosen has won quote of the year, we can all stop trying. "This is my bowling ball, these are the pins. I'm not stopping. I feel like a powerful hurricane." It really doesn't get any better than this. The only thing that comes close to Eric Rosen Stafford content is Johnathan Schrantz content showing all the insanely dubious gambits he somehow wins with. 😂

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

I range 1300-1500 Lichess Blitz/Bullet. I just checked my stats and I win 58% of my Stafford games as black. Not bad for a patzer in an opening that is +2.4 for white!

[@warmateo6261]

1:20 without context is hilarious

[@choco_addictee]

I love the time stamps 😂

[@RVeda-vh5on]

26:07 not a 'fake tetris', but a genuine pentomino. Try fitting all 12 pentominos into a 6x10 rectangle. 2337 ways to do it, most people can't find one. The pentominos puzzle predates tetris by quite a lot. I hope you get a chance to try it.

[@rKentC]

The brilliancy on display at 23:42 was brilliant!

[@andersandersson-rx7wx]

Popmilan really went demonmode this tournament, jesus

[@leonard_be]

please never stop this

[@hunter4hire]

I specifically like that one game, titled STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME in the time code. Such a fun game.

[@rock6606]

incredible insight at 15:20. can't believe you don't charge for this.

[@Ilya_Sss]

Oh Yes! It is full stream of Eric Rosen playing Stafford! Thank you 😊

[@SofaStrafer]

Rosen and Stafford gambit is like peanut butter and jelly

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

So... one big sticky mess then?

[@GaryTheGray]

I don't recall ever seeing you play the f3 refutation as white until this stream. That was fun to watch.

[@circl_3]

when i get that upload noficiation i get an eric tion

[@webiwaboak473]

What the

[@hydro-6t960]

Love the content, keep it up bro

[@madzilla14]

Fascinating that even Eric doesn't know everything about Stafford ... yet we find the lack "disturbing" .... (If HE is not sure, ....)

[@goupil5842]

The Stafford-Rosen gambit

[@dabrownhornet99]

Can't tell you how many opponents I've annihilated playing the SG against me. Eric prepared me well.

[@luisrodrigueziii7316]

That second game was absolutely insane

[@filipblennow177]

Nice vid as always Eric!

[@tjweav1331]

37:30 you missed taking Milan’s rook for a winning position :p

[@em4six348]

10:31 Don't tell me nxc3 runs into reverse stafford gambit.

[@chibzyt5699]

That last game was pure Eric Rosen never give up energy! Loved it

[@lucmedina]

11:26 f5 wins black's bishop. If ... Qxf5, Bxc6+ winning the queen.

[@kreisliga500]

timestamp for stafford gambit please

[@jmixOff]

Stafford master is back 😭

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

man, no part of that went how i expected. 😅

[@stan12345]

Why didn’t you play Kg5 after opponent plays b6 at 45:45 ? By attacking the rook with the night it traps the rook if I’m correct. Im 700 elo so there is a possibility that I missed something😂

[@andrewcod]

Ng5 is a good spot, and does trap the rook. But he wouldn't want to trade the knight for the rook in that position - he's down too much material, so it'd be simplifying into a losing endgame. Better to keep the knight on the board and use the move to create other winning chances.

[@stevensutton2252]

A lot of rosen trophies

[@nicholaschannel144]

U have to live in stafford playing stafford :D

[@MlemDotaPersonal]

From the description, it seems like it may be STAFFORD GAMBIT TIME?

[@b05-casumbaltedfrancisiis.54]

Have you seen infinite chess by naviary it's very recent

[@bassguitarbill]

I was hoping for game after game of you doing 'em dirty with your bag of tricks. To avoid spoilers I won't say whether I got what I came for, but it was a great video either way!

[@sheikmanzoor5003]

At this point there is probably no one who doesn't know the Stafford Gambit

[@Diederikk]

Stafford gambit time!

[@dalemcdowell2684]

ER seriously has to be the best loser in chess. Maybe the best winner, too.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

stafford gambit is time tough

[@elijahwallace5300]

Eric "Woah, i'm black!" Rosen.

[@coolstickmanpoop9766]

im trying this is 700 elo but no one doing it

[@valeriekeefe8898]

14:22 And Ben Finegold disappeared in a puff of Vegan Hummus.

[@Grincl]

1:19 Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jwr1970]

I need some danger levels 🎉⚠️

[@josedammert]

eric: stafford gambit time me: :)

[@theMosen]

20:49 Why is the King forced to the d-file?

[@christopherw1248]

There is only 2 legal moves for the king, E1 and D2, E1 leads to a check with the knight and forces the queen to trade with the knight, the other moves leads to trade with the rook.

[@theMosen]

@@christopherw1248 Ke1 Nd3+, Kd2 and now the knight is blocking the ...Rd8 pin. White is under a lot of pressure but I'm not sure they have to lose the queen?

[@christopherw1248]

@@theMosen Ok already used an engine to answer this. It looks like after Nd3, the king is force to Kd2. White move Rd8 will x-ray pinned the queen to the king. Any move from the queen to safety will leads to M2 from Qf2 and Nb2.

[@christopherw1248]

After arriving in this line, this give 0.0 eval on both teams. Pretty amazing line.

[@theMosen]

@@christopherw1248 Ah, I see. So I was wrong, white does have to sac their queen, but still would have been up material and in much less of a pickle if they had played Ke1 Nd3+, Kd2 Rd8, Qxd8 Kxd8, Kc2. Apparently neither white nor Eric saw this line, because Eric was hovering over d8 with his rook rather than preparing to play ...Nd3.

[@Josh8far]

I live in stafford

[@yahushaking4367]

make a denied stafford

[@mateo1466]

I can't believe you didn't win Eric

[@choco_addictee]

There was a Stafford gambit arena?? What an amazing idea.

[@jacobgoldman5780]

Arena arena it says lol

[@maleperson2449]

That FM was suss as with those move times in game 2

[@tjweav1331]

Professional chess player rated 3000 bullet can premove in a completely winning ending? Who’d have thought!

[@kaboissonneault]

Iskaral_Pust? WITNESS

[@XVRMEDIA]

😃

[@LetItBRain]

Whi doesnt anyone ever play with white? 5. e4… 6. d5

[@garys5175]

Eric is so fun! Love ya, man!

[@joshash5944]

Black has nothing for the pawn after 5. e5 and then 6. d4 It's that simple.

[@burNinggg3492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4rJmntti9x-bJY here, queen takes f3 doesnt work??

[@hanspeters4948]

That FM was sniping so badly lol

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Eric practically invents the Stafford and still gets schooled by others.

[@gw6667]

If by "invents" you mean "popularized" then maybe but by no means did he invent it in the traditional usage of the word

[@gerardadamiak917]

first

[@jalleortiss356]

1st

[@indecipherable22]

fist

[@doodaw2]

Im gonna be honest, I dont like this video

[@elpibe1924]

Why

[@nooblivecam]

Ok

[@kimchipappi1762]

What is the purpose of this comment?

[@doodaw2]

@@kimchipappi1762 to state an opinion

[@joeb4142]

Then go away

[@muffntheB]

oh no, my definition! sacrificing quality with the potato cam gambit i see

[@rayclay2]

that was fun to watch live on twitch.~! always exciting. thank you for sharing♟♥ IMRosen we believe. black wins 51 %