Stafford Gambit. OH NO MY QUEEN. Castle Fork.

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[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

White's castle was his worst move and black's was his best.

[@kevinlewis8736]

White’s worst move was playing 2. Nf3 instead of 2. Ke2

[@Caesar512]

OK Hikaru

[@NotQuiteFirst]

There's a beautiful symmetry in moving both the king and rook together, and having your rook attack the king, and your king attack the rook

[@PotterBuster]

opponent: moves eric: ... me: fuck he actually must be in trouble this opponent is really good! eric: haha theres a funny line.

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

this is the type of clamlnesss i need in my games

[@tomasluduena1701]

haha funny line goes zummmm

[@mouadhboukefa560]

hahaha same

[@AlexSmith-tz2lf]

He just turned to page 2 of the script. He wasn't even impressed.

[@jaygohel2801]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 and what about Oysterness

[@peacefuldawn6823]

I get so stressed when you waste time talking to chat, but then you premove a checkmate and it's all good

[@p3a.]

lol

[@WilliamGurebo]

You have watched Eric too little if you get stressed. Real fans are sure he’s got it lol

[@peacefuldawn6823]

@@WilliamGurebo Is a year too little? :'(

[@suryahr307]

@@WilliamGurebo he actually loses a lot on time especially when he berzerks

[@soheil4233]

Idk about others but the way he talks to chat and explains a lot of things is the reason why this is the only chess channel I watch regularly

[@aceeder2]

Eric: “So there’s this funny line” Opponent: “why do I hear boss music?”

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

evil laughs with funny lines

[@malikmuhammad7179]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 evil laughs in funny line*

[@drshizels]

I think it’s so funny that he says, “oh there’s a funny line,” & then actually laughs about it 😂

[@mannacharya4088]

Peak redundancy achieved

[@nacho__063]

its so cute

[@scheimong]

Girl in bar: "tell me a joke" Eric: "oh there's a funny line..."

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

e4 e5 ke2 ke7

[@anthonyrobert1376]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 lmao bongcloud

[@RubyPiec]

@@anthonyrobert1376 double bongcloud even

[@repairmen7323]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 lol the bongcloud: double king variation

[@shashwat_dubey_]

anyone else who gets anxious when eric starts talking to chat ,while his time is running out?

[@saab35draken39]

Bruh i thought ur pfp dead ass was another dead part of my screen because it lined up with thr othrr dead pixels

[@Puschit1]

By now I think he does that on purpose.

[@shashwat_dubey_]

@@saab35draken39 😂😂

[@the_Punisher_]

But then he premoves a checkmate so it’s all good.

[@gauravnagamaheswarpattem7069]

we got used to that! friggin' every time he does that

[@theodoremurdock9984]

The checkmate was a "Swallowtail", "Dovetail" is the diagonal version, where the king has a connected tail, in this version the king has the split tail like a swallow.

[@Thammarith]

Is it an unladen swallow? What's its air speed velocity?

[@danielbaratta885]

It could be an African swallow, but not a European swallow

[@RequiredAccountsSUX]

I've also heard of it referred to as a "shoulder mate".

[@ImpermColumn]

So there's this funny bird

[@robertwilson3866]

We call it a spread-eagle

[@shyamando9656]

Ok

[@eruptrl8893]

I saw the game live. You fought well!

[@ChrundleKelly]

Gg. I was the pawn

[@remcoterharmsel3147]

He is not lying, I was the board

[@capturescaptures8157]

Can confirm, i was the horsey

[@goldenboypierre3284]

Username checks out

[@ThisIsNoah1883]

“Shyamando… how shy are you gonna be here”

[@aliad1]

Love your content bro

[@eric-rosen]

Love your comment bro

[@amritaggarwal12]

Love your stafford bro

[@himanshukamble957]

@@eric-rosen love you bro

[@MrMotionCH]

love

[@lp4969]

Bro bro bro

[@chessstarter]

7:50 Castle Fork is "Like a Boss" Move!!!

[@johnchessant3012]

Eric should be a comedy show writer, with all these funny lines

[@balinparton]

He also played me that day prior to SHYAMANDO. Thank you Eric for playing me on the first stream I was able to make it to! I declined his Stafford gambit because I knew it was his expertise, lol. I’m the “Alaskan Rapper” if anyone remembers me from the stream.

[@h.l9635]

Playing chess: me: * frustration and suffering* Eric Rosen: "Oh, heres a funny line."

[@Matthew-he3jw]

Oh yes I know that feeling 😉

[@delx5751]

9:02 "10 Seconds to mate" the start of a beautiful romantic comedy

[@nomer440]

Ah Eric keeps on improving, I genuinely believed that was a mouse slip even though he’d just mentioned the line

[@jwr1970]

After black's move 26 Kd7, white coul have played Qxd6+ If king takes, Nb4+ with fork (botez gambit)

[@kaidoChess]

This whole clip should be titled ‘tell me you’re Eric Rosen.. without telling me that your Eric Rosen’

[@Ludwig-MariaAKern-yz2vs]

Oh there is a funny line...😂

[@tobiastriesch3736]

"Funny lines" to Eric are like "happy trees" to Bob Ross - they just appear everywhere :D

[@akshaysvnit91]

oww there is a funny line Basically means Opponent is about to lose material, and eventually the game.. 😂

[@Ludwig-MariaAKern-yz2vs]

Not quite xd I think the rx on 12:03 is just bad xd cause even he can pin the Queen withe has rg7+ and wins just the exchange here xd

[@kevsmith1980]

Chess Devices according to Eric: Pork = Pin+Fork Dork = Discovered Pork Cork = Castle Fork

[@Exayevie]

Today I learned that "you can't castle across a check" only counts for the king.

[@rileya07]

Keep up the content, love it! ❤️‍🔥

[@LeventK]

Opponent: plays a move Eric: there's a funny line

[@julianooms327]

This game is beautiful holy hell. I've never seen a castle fork before, thanks for this knowledge Eric :D

[@MarvashMagalli]

That was a great game, I saw the "oh no my queen" checkmate, but if I encountered it with anybody but Eric, I would have fallen for it

[@agnisen25]

Eric: let's play a casual constructive game Also Eric: makes 3 consecutive bishop moves in the opening !!

[@drljinson7908]

That black castling move while the rook is in their faces felt sooo illegal that it took me a few moments to process it that it's actually allowed, haha.

[@kruksog]

I always think that too, that the whole line must be unattacked while castling, but nope, just the squares the king moves across.

[@zackarywagers4296]

@@kruksog I rewound it multiple times cause i thought it was an illegal move...should have just waited for Eric's 1st person color commentary self instant replay explanation

[@kruksog]

@@zackarywagers4296 lol. I bet you people have reported a move like that as a bug before!

[@anotherstockcivic]

"10 seconds to mate" sounds like the next late night History Channel special

[@watchableraven3517]

One of the few phrases that are appropriate both in chess clubs and frat parties

[@josipmilicevic7110]

Oh no my euro semifinal

[@joshcourt6744]

That deep knight outpost was so dominant

[@kovacshuni]

Wow, Eric's gambit is crazy. Has so many variations and tricks. Go Eric!

[@tmass1]

7:46 call an ambulance! ... but not for me

[@nepalpiyush77]

Im really glad to be alive. I saw Nd2 fork while eric played Qa2. I am a 1000 and saw that haha

[@carsonwinters4947]

casually says, "10 seconds to checkmate." *checkmates in 4 seconds*

[@BkerBker]

Would you consider making a Chessable course for the Stafford gambit?

[@juliusking5126]

That strange line of the Stafford Gambit may be learned from the video of Saint Louis chess club: 12 difficult chess openings, and how to beat them!

[@sanidhyapratapsingh4952]

Eric: There is a funny line... Viewers: It's aBOut to Go DoWn

[@agnisen25]

Eric: let's play a casual constructive game Also Eric: Ohh there's a funny line !!

[@agnisen25]

Sweeetttty

[@bhaumikmehta7718]

In the position at 8:49 can't white save the queen with rb7+ kxb7, qxd8? (Although white is still a piece down)

[@poedeboe4010]

Didn’t Eric miss a fork at 7:02 ? Ne2 forks the king and rook

[@allanshpeley4284]

9:02 "10 seconds to mate". Sounds about right.

[@sarahp3228]

Yooo... what a game! I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks for uploading on yt!

[@jacobhall6741]

The title is the most Rosen thing anybody could think of.

[@Tosshh]

Even though Eric uploads kind of a stream highlights his content is still pretty chill and I enjoy watching it, hope you guys enjoy it too. Castle in a shape of a fork

[@solomahoneboy4090]

This is the most Eric Rosen title ever.

[@merenz2482]

I've known Eric for 2 years and he even tricked me. That QxD4 move was awesome

[@wanderhillen2435]

I think that in the position at the end you can just take the rook on b7 and after the queen takes on d8 you can force a queen trade with Qd5? You'd go into the endgame with an extra knight and a passed pawn.

[@kasurusak5168]

Eric, u are so great, not only at finding a funny line, but u can also create one

[@David-el4gi]

In minute 17:01, after the oponent castled, is knight to e2 a move? Im not sure, but it seems like it right? Beause queen protects the knight and it forks the king and rook.

[@krothnetworker]

Pretty sure white could've covered BB4+ with his queen and material is even. Still a nice combination though!

[@mjohnson2807]

I love when he says "oh there's a funny line" then laughs about it. It's funny in the sense that the other person expects something and an unexpected different outcome occurs. It's like chess itself was a language and his moves are the punchline. 😂

[@SebastianBohn]

One of your most entertaining games recently. Keep up the funny lines. 👍

[@ich7me618]

Instead of Qxd8 on move 30 white could have played Rb7+ to force the black king away from the black rook and after Kxb7 Qxd8 at least not lose the queen (if 30... Kc8 then 31.Rb8+) still eric could have played qd5+ to trade queens or other things but I think it was worth mentioning it (sry for bad english)

[@yesno6917]

I love how long everyone has to think for when Eric blunders a peice

[@d0ubtingThom4s]

I was so hoping for bb4! at 6:34 but I guess it loses pretty badly to rd1 :(

[@tufanakarirmak7279]

Never take Eric's queen, ever.

[@davidlecki7598]

eric: 'oh no my bishop!' me: oh no my family... *starts to laugh maniacally*

[@calvinshu1435]

Eric: This bishop get a lot of excercise Everybody out of quarantine: What's that?

[@mr_mr]

Gambit Galore...thanks Eric! That castle fork is so slick

[@alexnaturalis1179]

Nice game! White played really well I thought. I believe he thought black's castle was illegal, his position fell apart from then on.

[@themightykabool]

that queen take on bishop was slick

[@fuego5350]

Eric: There's a funny line *And the world fell silent*

[@ericpalacios920]

7:01 Is Ne2+ on move 21 a valid fork or am I missing something he saw?

[@kasurusak5168]

u are right. but ur line is not funny enough 😁

[@ermes6358]

Yeah but king safety is more important than material so he went for dat king....

[@347Jimmy]

It's not a good fork, white's queen is right there to take the knight

[@AlexanderWeixelbaumer]

Eric and Tal: Oh no, my Queen!

[@Alex-dn7jq]

Poor man: I have Stafford Gambit prep Eric Rosen: Ok have a seat and I'll sincerely mock you and walk all over you to oblivion :)))

[@dakshmavi3428]

Eric : *down on time *Zen shūchū mizu no kokyū jūichi no kata , nagi*

[@Randyball711]

The title is more like a collection of the main content people watch this channel for

[@TheDiagoz1]

7:02 Ne2 and takes the rook in the next move.

[@jonahbergman4221]

Literally all you could want in a chess video title from Eric. Stafford gambit, oh no my queen, and castle fork. I clicked so fast

[@kyle_14808]

this is my first time seeing the castle fork . thanks for the video

[@NathanHarrison7]

One word for you… Awesome! Art and science in motion.

[@mvuyisimbabane583]

Started chess again because I saw your Vids, then improved great. Then stopped watching you and started watching Hikaru and learned nothing and now I suck. But now I am back to learn more, your videos are always educational. I am never leaving this channel again

[@TinyHistorians]

opponent: im winning against rosen eric: there is a funny line opponent:im still winnin eric:there is a funny line opponent: pawn trade eric:o-o-o castle fork

[@andrewbraien2533]

I love you man your such an inspiration greetings from egypt

[@lucasgehrtsdeambrosispinhe8973]

so castle fork is..... cork?

[@theroboman727]

It seems so

[@GeorgeFoot]

When Eric leaves his Queen hanging, you know you're in trouble

[@0biwan7]

eric does a botez gambit. his opponent knows him well enough to decline it

[@idenafshar3451]

10 seconds left “Ooo there’s a really funny line”

[@HCM_official]

09:00 "Oh, 10 seconds to mate." Needs 4.

[@mouadhboukefa560]

Fucking amazing. you just don't get enough of this Stafford Gambit. no one accepts it when I play it. its always declined thanks to you XD everyone is scared of Eric Rosen's Gambit

[@trailermaker2009]

7:02 He missed Ne2

[@sweete9952]

Thanks for putting this on KZbin, I enjoyed it very much. :)

[@lexsec]

"...but this is kind of a feel bad stafford" LOL

[@michaelgorsuch7838]

He missed a rook fork with his knight when he took pawn with queen

[@michaelgorsuch7838]

7:00

[@LitCactus]

That castling fork was so cool!

[@Luca-N]

if eric blunders his queen i dont think his opponent will take it.

[@vspython3385]

Hello Eric, love your content. I have a question, isn't there ne7 forking the rook and the king on 7:02 ?

[@yorgoskontoyiannis6570]

It is a fork, but the computer is convinced this position is a dead draw even after the fork (up to depth 50). I don't think I could say why. Computer prefers Qxf4 Qxf4 Ne3+ Kb1 Nxf4 forcing a trade of queens. Eric's move is apparently a mistake: the computer likes its chances in an attack after centralizing the rooks and putting the queen on g3.

[@ourdailybread8874]

@@yorgoskontoyiannis6570 Re3?

[@engr4051]

I'm confused by your coordinates bro, I think you mean Ne2.

[@vspython3385]

@@yorgoskontoyiannis6570 Ah, Okay! Thank you for the analysis.

[@vspython3385]

@@engr4051 Oh yes, that was a mistake :(

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

All those mate spotting, hot damn.

[@jf7075]

damn im just in awe. when he sacc'd the queen i couldn't even work out why lmfao

[@Matthew-he3jw]

Opponent: 1 e4 Eric: "Oh, there's a funny line..."

[@lukecastellan721]

eric, you know what must be done. guilt will end you before the brick does.

[@dutchchessbetterthancheese1239]

Man i played years and years but that long roccade and taking the rook with king i never never saw happening hahaha

[@EarlOfWarwick1561]

Classic Rosen all the way through! Incredible game :)

[@seancallinan5352]

We need a shirt that says "There's a funny line here" (Maybe with a chessboard and a knights 5 future moves highlighted? LOL)

[@rockybruno9316]

The cork, castle fork, has been invented.

[@rushceo3119]

7:49 castle

[@swift8821]

Dang it! Saw this one live!

[@ashbash9103]

What a beautiful tactical game. Castle fork!

[@aquacuber505]

Great content as always 😀