Beat Fischer, Karjakin, & Kummer | Games to Know by Heart - IM Eric Rosen

[@scheimong]

This Eric guy seems like a pretty good teacher. I think he should start making his own videos on KZbin

[@SmoothMike]

This guy has now given back to back lectures that are really golden. Super instructive, entertaining. Love it

[@eric-rosen]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them.

[@hosky3073]

I've been watching the CCSCTL videos for but 6months now. Eric Rosen's batting 1.000 so far! Thanks for the videos.

[@ratulr]

Who else is here in 2021 from Eric's new video on this?

[@dgmisal1979]

It's great to have new, fresh voices and instructors on this channel. I love Schrantz and Finegold, but Rosen here is a fresh face and equally solid as a teacher. Sometimes a great player can be a bad teacher, but that isn't the case here.

[@scarscrews]

I was very suspicious of this new guy but he's quite good and interesting ! Nice :D

[@eric-rosen]

I was very suspicious of the beginning of that sentence, but then I read the whole thing. Thank you!

[@warrenellul]

Terrible!

[@eshneto]

Best response.

[@volodymyrstepanov7068]

@@eshneto Raahhrr :))

[@A7MDRetr0]

@@eric-rosen hello Eric!

[@blueromeo1974]

good to have another good chess teacher thank you...

[@MrWithmere]

For some reason the way you speak and explain the game make a much more sense to me. Thanks

[@eric-rosen]

:)

[@VernAfterReading]

really good - more Eric please!

[@pphilip14]

Excellent lecture. Thank you.

[@Bapfal]

Good lesson, good instructor. Thanks Mr. Rosen! :)

[@eric-rosen]

You're welcome!

[@henrids]

Eric, you're an outstanding lecturer ! Your teaching style is clear and very instructive, revealing in a very accessible way the fundamental aspects of chess. I've been following the SLCC videos for a year now and I've learned the most from yours

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoy them :)

[@chrisliles664]

Two very fine lectures so far.

[@davidq.1321]

very instructive!

[@Cr0nUs1340]

This was very helpful! Thank you IM Rosen!!!!

[@tonyrigatoni766]

awesome video. Very instructive games!

[@edbegley5858]

fischer is easy but not sure if i can beat kummer

[@joshh6376]

This game is very revealing about bobby fischer's mindset early in his career. He was 5 when he played this game, known as "the diner game" it's the earliest confirmed fischer game. Fischer's opponent, Robert Burger, was actually a casual chess player from south jersey. He worked full time running the diner where they played. His son, also bob, runs the diner to this very day.

[@toddtrimble2555]

It's an interesting story, but are you sure about the chronology? I thought Fischer learned the game when he was 6, and then it was a while before he played anybody, much less gave a simul. (Just looked it up. Fischer was born in 1943, and this game may have been played in 1963 or 1964. Actually the game listed here www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044177, while it starts the same way as in this video, doesn't quite end the same way. All in all it's pretty confusing.)

[@joshh6376]

Todd Trimble sorry, i was just kidding. I thought it was funny after analyzing fischer's loss in depth to imagine him only being 5 at the time. Also robert burger = bob's burger's a tv show in USA i was going down that road. unfortunately your response is totally appropriate but hey i tried.

[@toddtrimble2555]

Sorry; totally didn't pick up on your humor! I'm still puzzled by the apparent divergence between the game here and what I saw over at ChessGames.

[@amaarquadri]

37:05 the position after Kg1 ends with a very nice smothered mate. Kg1, Qh5, Re8, Qh7+, Kf8, Qh8+, Ng8, Nh7#!

[@sleepy4x]

Great lesson.

[@cronaciadeloselotes558]

Thanks new anchor. you almost make me forget that there will be no GM Finegold for a while. ;)

[@arizgana1368]

Man this miniature games are so effective. . More video like this please thanks heaps

[@ESLteacher1965]

Thank you Eric. Just loved it

[@gratefuldude941]

Yeah, but how do I beat Ken West?

[@hugorneto]

Just play 1. C4 and he'll resign. Best by test!

[@grigorirasputin4871]

you don`t

[@alansong4754]

1. c4. it's too explosive for GM Ken West. Or was that Arjun?

[@alansong4754]

Maybe try playing on the right wing, he'd probably hate the east. Or move to NE!

[@ME-kd1ko]

If you're black, 1...f6 is the way to go.

[@guenterweber1963]

Very good, interesting, and well presented lectures ! Of course i'm still a Ben Finegold fanboy, but Erics Rosens lectures are a lot of fun !

[@eric-rosen]

Thanks!! I'm also a Ben Finegold fanboy.

[@TheMushybees]

bloody good video

[@eric-rosen]

bloody good comment

[@janezkermavnar3044]

Yes! Kummer is in the same league as Fischer ... great guy ;)

[@LuisNunez-gb9sn]

great video, can you do a Fischer vs Spasky game for a lesson? they had many games with Ficher playing great variations

[@Lennartguitar]

Very good lecture! Some great ideas and tricks you can directly implement in your play. The games are short and powerful which makes them really effective to know by heart. I tip my hat to you!

[@kevinbyrne4538]

22:18 -- Cute. I did find it, but I doubt that I would have found it over the board. Another nice lecture by Mr. Rosen. (This one on opening traps.) Merci.

[@johncarlisle6865]

thanks for this, it is very instructive. the mating combination at 14' 28" threw me because he called a mate in 5, which was actually a mate in 4 lol. I paused the video & found the correct solution, but doubted my calculation until he verified it

[@8point4LitreViper]

This was neat.

[@infrasonica]

Rosen's depiction of the Fischer vs. Burger game differs from the actual game history from move 10 onward, it seems. Anyone else notice that? Or am I crazy?

[@johnozols4318]

Lot of good ideas I can use against my opponents!!

[@damirpinter5680]

WHAAAT!?!?!? A FINEGOLD VARIATION ??? NEXT ON OPENINGS EXPLAINED PLS

[@dalecooper3994]

Hey, great content! Thanks a lot, recently i've been into memorising games, and these are definetly good. Any chance for a second part? :)

[@eric-rosen]

Thank you! There's another one coming soon!

[@sarmedalani2526]

thanks

[@fsr1960]

At 27:40, White should play Nb5! rather than g3?

[@michaelgamba7674]

lol i'd love to try and beat Mike Kumner playing black in the Italian game / 2 knights defense. does he play on lichess?

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

you get the best feeling when can you mate a super GM with knight and bishop

[@bengski68]

In response to 9:55 (the "soul crushing" move) - what if white responds with pawn D3, attacking the queen?

[@eric-rosen]

Qf5 looks pretty good!

[@bengski68]

I thought I was clever with follow up with bishop to D7 at first, but queen gets mate after F3. Also, D3 is now taken by the pawn. Good move!

[@groussac]

What we need here is a match game between Mike and Eric. Let's see if Eric's defense can beat Mike Kummer's Fried Liver. In fact, even though he didn't play it in his sample game, I'd like Eric's take on the Traxler--a defense that Mike puts down whenever he discusses it. Can Eric beat Mike with the Traxler? Would he dare play it against such an outspoken critic of moves not his own?

[@eric-rosen]

I saw Mike today and we talked briefly about the line (before he got distracted over wanting to beat some kid). He told me he would play 0-0 instead of d6 or c3. I'm pretty sure b5 would then give black a nice position. I'd be more than willing to play a match with him in this line :) On the other hand, I don't mess with the Traxler for either side. It makes my head hurt.

[@groussac]

Thanks Eric. So you don't like the Traxler? Looks like a cool line to me, but I've never played it myself. Never had to because I haven't faced the Fried Liver in a long time. But if I did, I would play the Traxler. It was developed by a catholic priest, so I would go into the opening feeling like I'd have a little extra grace in my moves. And there would be a certain moral vindication in punishing White for starting an attack without first developing his Queenside. Anyway, hope you and Mike get together on the Fried Liver. It would be fun for the rest of us and bragging rights for you two guys. Chess is, when all's said and done, a game. We should be having fun with it.

[@troystark5961]

In the third game, after h3, could black also play h5, like in the fishing pole trap, or doesn't it work in this set up? Maybe ...Nd4 is just a stronger move?

[@eric-rosen]

h5 is a tricky move, but it doesn't win anything. Nd4 wins material by force

[@BrotherDom]

Is the way he holds the mouse meta or contrarian. Everything I know to be true hangs in the balance

[@RayVitoles]

I liked how you began from the best to the worst player..Now I have some hope against the ferocious Mike Kummer

[@sammosammy]

There is NOTHING more important to me than crushing the greatest Chess player that ever lived - Mike Kummer.

[@yousiffarag9980]

Robatch defense pls

[@skaarlner]

came from the speedrun vid that game was crazy

[@Ekkerrr]

6:42. No that would be the wrong reason. The correct reason is always play Bf1.

[@afbdreds]

44:30 does b4 also work?

[@eric-rosen]

Not quite! After b4 cxb4 Bxb4, black has initiative

[@afbdreds]

Didn't see Bishop. My bad. Thank you

[@imaginationworld8699]

more of eric rosen pls but dont forget more of ben finegold too

[@GuanTones]

anyone else noticing how eric rosen uses his thumb to press mouse button 1

[@elbay2]

Believe it or not, I had black in the exact line of the first game in a CORRESPONDENCE game!

[@eric-rosen]

I believe it.

[@chillian12]

I Guess you could say Eric Rose up to be as interesting as Ben Finegold

[@eric-rosen]

That's flattering

[@tjbredow]

How about how to beat Anand in 6 moves?

[@bombrix5195]

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer

[@OscarGarcia-sw2uo]

where's Ben Finegold

[@bierchen71]

as far as we know, he's probably busy dealing with divorce papers and such. Terrible.

[@rydersonthestorm7175]

Marriage anulled Double Exclam. Very suspicious...

[@scarscrews]

Explosive

[@luuk8268]

Starting a chess center in Atlanta.

[@OscarGarcia-sw2uo]

Luuk Zoetmulder Oh really? thats gonna be the best CC ever, with advantage

[@klimtkiller]

lol in the 3rd game i lost to the same mate a long time ago

[@mizuhonova]

How can you group Kummer with Fischer and Karjakin...

[@nicolamorawetz8435]

mizuhonova it's called humour

[@jashepoon]

mizuhonova hi lightning

[@mizuhonova]

Hey Jakob!

[@shinnightwood1971]

I feel very itchy whenever I see how he holds the mouse

[@johnkerpan7735]

Surprised it was not noted when the Greek gift was mentioned: the sacrifice almost requires the kingside-Knight (f3 or f6 respectively) to be displaced or traded off.

[@hamletfisherman5740]

No Finegold, very suspicious.

[@dottemar6597]

He looks like a young Kasparov

[@BlackKnight_217]

First time I've this guy, first thought to cross my mind is: Kasparov's son is an IM.

[@eric-rosen]

I'm not Kasparov's son, but I am Russian!

[@BlackKnight_217]

Eric Rosen Well, you two sure look related. Great vid, BTW.

[@flpsnk4848]

27:42 Nb5! Anotha freaky knight to the scene,.. also defending against Nd4 and after Qb8 you can now play h3. Seems legit

[@eric-rosen]

I forgot to show that line! After Nb5 Qb8 h3 h5!? with an interesting position. Black threatens a6.

[@flpsnk4848]

Thanks though for the lecture, it was really fun and took me off my chair! ;) Cheers Now I've got this Smith-Morra to analyze.. "phew*

[@lukacalov1988]

Ben Simmon learned chess by filming it

[@Freakschwimmer]

What's so wrong about calling them castle? - no hate, I'm genuinely wandering

[@TheMushybees]

it's not what they're called...

[@markphc99]

nothing , insist on calling the knight a horsey to really annoy

[@jameswhite7649]

Freakschwimmer it's just the wrong term. It'd be like calling a quarterback "pass" or goalkeeper "catch" or a pawn "en passant"

[@Freakschwimmer]

Ok, it appears to only be a colloquial term :/ I might consider using Horsey from now on though :D

[@Halibut86]

Castle is the name for a special move where you may move the King and Rook at the same time. Calling the Rook "castle" causes confusion, especially for new players.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

??? Does blitz games have different castling rules? You can't castle over an occupied field, I was told.

[@wolfgangwilhelm9699]

21:28 - I saw it 0-0-0 :)

[@spyroninja]

One of these things is not like the other

[@gratefuldude941]

A disgruntled Mike Kummer fan gave thumbs down.

[@huzheng2009]

Say hi to Eric for me! -Rex

[@eric-rosen]

Hi! :D

[@magicaryeh]

i guess mike's opponents didn't see that kumming Cx

[@dougholtby3035]

that`s the first thing I studied ! fisher vs. gligoric and keres !...........

[@Donzouan1987]

Hey man, you have coffee on your face xD

[@edbegley5858]

dam that's one painful way to use the mouse man

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

Okay, Fische;, Karjackin fine but Kummer. No! Impossible

[@gregbattis]

6 dislikes from Kummer

[@melol1653]

Karjkain is better ten fischer?? Fischer was world champion karkajian aint

[@eric-rosen]

Karjakin aint dead

[@nick14braun14]

wait... this is informative but not hilarious. where's finegold?

[@christophkuntz8523]

h3h3 :D great! and bookmarked!

[@ernestogarcillan1977]

if i white.. i played Re1 instead Qxf7

[@RobsMiscellania]

So, pretty much, don't play blitz if you want to play good chess. This is exactly why blitz is the antithesis of what chess really is. You ideally should take your time and play moves that are at the horizon of your understanding, not just throw some pieces out there and hope they work. In chess, as in life, we are wholly responsible for the choices and moves we make. If you make all your choices in your life in under five minutes, I call you an idiot. You can guess what I call you if you make all your choices in chess in under five minutes too. Blitz is fun every now and again for some idle entertainment, but in no way should it be confused with serious play for any student of chess who even halfway wants to become a better player.