The Trappiest Opening in Chess? | Win Quickly with the Stafford Gambit

[@zyreee1453]

0:34 Always say, “OH NO MY QUEEN!”

[@jofx4051]

Then they realizing red flag after watching this video

[@prometheus5218]

Always works against my friends

[@animal_blundetto]

call an ambulance, call an ambulance!! but not for me!

[@MmatanelL]

My thoughts 😅

[@54kareem]

Finally gonna channel my inner John Snow

[@sadeghsaati1335]

00:34 very important detail.

[@Cobblestonebob]

cant forget the cheeky "oh no my queen" bruv

[@SupremeDP]

You must say it even if you're online and noone is listening.

[@flippert0]

Saying this line is mandatory in the Stafford

[@scalpel5571]

@@SupremeDP I send a message to my opponent - Oh no my queen

[@deplios7799]

Discovered this gambit from the RosenGod himself. Now have 100% winrate against Cagnus Marlsen and Nikaru Hakamura.

[@bajuenarm1799]

Same I won against Naniel Daroditsky and even the legendary Lelix Fengyel

[@thedragon9850]

LMAO

[@aleksszukovskis2074]

Hiraku...

[@okuyasu4033]

I also rekt Nepo Ianmiachtchi using this epic opening

[@ojasdighe991]

I forced a draw against Danish Giri

[@scheimong]

10:19 I love how in this crazy position, SF just takes a look and goes "yep equal, nothing interesting here it's equal"

[@perpetual_suffering1458]

The King really do be out in the centre of the board and SF be like "dead draw"

[@Hasan...]

White king got some extra +points for bravery

[@PiercingSight]

Yeah. What engines don't tell you is whether or not the position is so sharp that one wrong move results in immediate death. Sure, it might be equal with perfect play, but uh... we ain't perfect.

[@andydecoy1138]

@@PiercingSight That would be a good suggestion for engine developers. To have them estimate the "sharpness" of position. By looking at how many good moves are available, and how severe are the alternatives. In worst case, there is only a single good move, and all others loose on the spot.

[@perpetual_suffering1458]

@@andydecoy1138 facts, I dont know much about computer developing but from the sound of it I'd say it would be a fairly easy thing to add

[@Spoon80085]

I'm proud to say I lost 4 games in a row using this

[@anushas3126]

watch the video again

[@jamessalmas7019]

Did you forget to say oh no my queen?

[@danielni4791]

Late reply, but oh no my elo!

[@tomjordan4123]

@@jamessalmas7019 more like oh no my king

[@tanmoymisra9061]

@@jamessalmas7019 Haha you cracked me

[@lerdi]

0:28 d3, Bg5 - develop bishop + pin 1:45 e5 - push pawn 2:43 d3, Nc3 - develop knight 3:30 Kc3, Bc4 - knight and bishop 5:30 Kc3, Be2 - king's bishop 9:34 d3, h3 - pawns

[@mindfulmagician7550]

@eric at 2:43 how do you respond after the 5. nc3 bc5 6.h3?

[@GaryTheGray]

I love how you explain the how with the why. I don't get to your Twitch streams as often and for as long as I wish I could, but you've already provided a lot of helpful tips. The Stafford Gambit will definitely be going into my repertoire against my friends. I suddenly feel evil...and I like it.

[@rbprem4268]

Eric literally teaches us nearly 50 traps Also Eric: We've just scratched the surface

[@lucid3563]

You,"50 likes!"

[@GoldTheAngel]

Better learn the counters to this gambit seeing how everyone's gonna be playing it for the next couple of weeks.

[@yahyaj4845]

Just play the caro kann to avoid it

[@jakubmotl7749]

Just play anything else than e4, if you do and they respond with e5, just go with vienna or develop the bishop first :D

[@XDcomequeso]

I just decline it and go for the four knight attack

[@J4ve]

kings gambit numba wan

[@J4ve]

i got to 1900 with kings gambit its op change my mind

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

"The trappiest opening in Chess". Not to be confused with the _trippiest_ opening in Chess, which is the Bongcloud.

[@m4thsciguy534]

Hikaru suddenly pops in my mind xD

[@sageoverheaven]

I'd say the Ware is the trippiest.

That's funny. Thats very very funny. Its actually really really funny

[@revimfadli4666]

I wonder when we'll see the double improved bongcloud

[@maxstepan8467]

Hey Eric, please do more videos in which you’re explaining some openings or traps in openings. It‘s very entertaining! Keep going your great work on this channel✌️

[@oxey_]

Jonathan Schrantz has some great videos on some gambits he plays too, definetely worth checking out if you're interested in that stuff

[@mrunknown6430]

Ya same i love this video . Do this type of video more

[@shreyashastry3946]

"Oh no my queen" has a separate fanbase to itself

[@aaronbarlow4376]

The trappiest opening ever video with Ne7 dxe7 then Bxf2+ and KxB then QxQ has a classic "Oh no my knight!" moment

[@nikolavladic8547]

I just won my first Stafford gambit game (on my first attempt), that "oh no my queen" was so satisfying, thank you Eric :)

[@hakanozsi]

Now you should make a detailed video about Botez Gambit too.

[@RemyWillard]

Did you miss the video where he used that exact gambit 39 times against the person who gave it its name? XD

[@neelparmar6690]

0:33 Botez Gambit accepted

[@Airblader]

Botez Gambit has say too many transpositions for a single video

[@orfunk-iller3417]

your voice is so DAMN relaxing. i love to fall asleep as you slowly embed chess talk into my brain

[@aryamantewari5122]

Creepy

[@armann8702]

this mans voice is one of the best . like really when i hear him speak i got relaxed like there's no worries. Amazing content ♥

[@salted3507]

One of the most educational chess video ive ever seen. Your enthusiasm in teaching the variations really helps!

[@syoudipta]

Just had my first Stafford game on Lichess with the exact same position as in 3:53. Had been waiting for opponents to play 2.Nf3 for last 3 days and finally got it. Reached my peak rating of 1797 with this win. Thanks Eric.

[@siqariqim5311]

ive been having problems staying over 1200 for the past 6 months. After adding this into my repertoire i now have problems staying 1300. Ty Rosen

[@juanditoooo]

what about now?

[@juanditoooo]

what about now?

[@hemag3895]

This was exclusively the opening I played! Curse you, Rosen, for exposing the tricks and making me inevitably lose rating since people won’t fall for them anymore!! (Not really, since you were the reason this became my favorite opening in the first place)

[@KevinWood44]

Eric......ur killing me. Stop showing people my lines lol Truthfully I learned most of these traps from you anyway.....but this is going too far 🤫😁

[@eric-rosen]

Oops

[@izs6946]

Im just gonna switch back to Scandi and Budapest and hope they all forgot about it by focusing on this one lol

[@diabl2master]

@@izs6946 Scandi has traps?? I have played vs Scandi so many times and never had trouble...

[@davy1409]

Same here. Lol

[@mohammadalihourieh7555]

Same Lmao

[@woodys9841]

I am 1850 on lichess and the Stafford is my main response to 1. e4. However, many people are afraid of playing 3. nxe5 and we often transpose into a four knights. I very often win with the stafford, usually in under 20 moves. Yes, its objectivly bad, but if you win over the board, then there is nothing to say.

[@geckogeico2212]

not a bad gambit if you win, exactly

[@PabloOzuna]

When I try to play this gambit, the knight never takes on e5.

[@swift-mik855]

There is a staffard gambit declined line you can learn

[@aaronbarlow4376]

@@swift-mik855 In other words just learn to play chess because there's limitless options once they decline it.

[@rozanfaust2967]

@@aaronbarlow4376 True. Just learning the gambit itself but not knowing what to do after someone declines it is a big mistake.

[@3cs3hs]

i find if i take my time on the second move, instead of just quickly playing NF6, i get more people accepting the gambit, playing very fast looks like you've done your homework and people are more hesitant to take on E5.

[@Scarlet_Dragon14]

True.. i have this same problem

[@seba_arg]

Wonderful gambit @Eric Rosen, thanks for sharing. After playing chess for some years (as a self learner), I was kind of stuck, kind of playing always the same lines, and this opening throws so many options that makes the game fantastic. Take care

[@manny9294]

To whomever sprung the question; thank you

[@Rhinjiva]

Again thanks for your videos. Yesterday I managed to pull one of these in a match after you showed us in twitch. I felt so accomplished, so satisfying when the opponent fall for the trap.

[@Gelfling66]

I'm just getting into chess, and this is exactly the type of content I'm looking for to understand my faults and best moves. Thanks!

[@paro1946]

This gambit is pretty hilarious, very straightforward and every attack is super telegraphed and still you can't stop it sometimes.

[@owaisahmad18]

Fiinallllyyy!!... this was the most long awaited video for Eric's Followers. Thanks a lot Eric.

[@NemesisAdrestia]

Been using staffords gambit traps with a lot of success , I've only been playing Chess for about 1 month and this is my favourite style of play! Learning a bunch of openings as a beginner just confused me but learning even a portion of this style of gameplay has taught me tons.

[@AliMhmdElsayed]

first trap 0:27 first trap diff veriation 0:57 first trap diff veriation 1:10 second trap 1:44 second trap diff veriation 2:04 second trap diff veriation 2:12 third trap 2:42 fourth trap 3:15 fourth trap diff veriation 4:14 fifth trap (eric's fav) 5:25 funny line trap 8+1:30 (my nine key doesn't work)

[@vishnuvadlamani363]

Make a free Stafford gambit course on chessable

[@herbertvuijk8]

This seems like a free course to me

[@incription]

by Magnus Carlson

[@Mrappbrain966]

There's a Lichess study in the description, it's better than a course.

[@Cnut_the_grape]

He's already done it on Lichess

[@nikitademodov3446]

I decided to learn Go now. Thanks for the inspiration, Eric!

[@yakzivz1104]

Very good information!!! I love this gambit and I'm going to study it more in depth.

[@stefanholbek2449]

Per 19th of August 2020 it's close to 800. I lost a fast OTB game in the club a few months ago ... was pretty angry ... went on lichess and played EXACTLY the Bg4 Mate line! That made me happy again! Thanx, Eric. I juzz luuuv your wild style! I aimed for the Capablanca/Botvinnik/Karpov solid style of chess, growing up as a chess player years ago, but nowadays I try to spice it up: Some players at my level just don't have a CLUE about these pawn sacrifices early on!

[@mikem4396]

So excited to start using Stafford! What a fantastic video!!!

[@WorkDayPegasus]

HAHAHAH I did this trap against my friend, IT WORKED!!!

[@mfbandit7930]

oh no my queen

[@edgecode5]

Dark chocolate and the Stafford Gambit are now my two favorite things! Thanks for the great lesson Eric!

[@edmis90]

I'm scared of playing this opening honestly. Because what if it propels me to a rating where I can't win games normally anymore and am reliant on tricks?

[@andrb8945]

Learn more tricks.

[@rogg0224]

And learn more non tricks

[@chandankumar-ir3cz]

Thank you Eric once again for making this dedicated video and showing some new lines in Stafford gambit . It is my favourite opening when i m black and you also play this regularly in your blitz games☺. I am desparately waiting for you to cover fajarowicz gambit since i have few questions in that and i could not find answers anywherelse

[@noirox4891]

For myself: 0:27 5. d3 9:34 6. h3 1:46 5. e5 1:49 6. d3 2:12 6. d4 2:43 5. Nc3 6. d3 3:20 6. Bc4 4:18 7. Qf3 5:29 6. Be3 9:34 6. h3

[@siddharthkandhway249]

Wow this is an incredible opening but the problem is my enemies are also watching this😅😅

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

Lol

[@larseunic]

But let's say you get to a certain elo, people dont fall to the classical traps right, or less and less

[@larseunic]

This opening has been played a lot after all

[@ruthxk7844]

hahahaha "my enemies"......... so epic 🤣

[@shashankk5990]

I WON 3 games straight within 2 minutes due to this

[@matteomarku7177]

Chess players hate this GM Find out how ! ! !

[@RemyWillard]

@@matteomarku7177 IM, but could someday be GM if/when it becomes a top priority.

[@Wooooahhh6272]

Matteo Marku BUT WAIT THERES MORE

[@eliasgonzalez9927]

Thanks for the great content eric! I’ve been looking to learn the stafford for a while now, great video

[@Daniele.Rossini]

Thank you again Eric! its always hard to play stafford after 6. d4! and i didn't knew about the trap for d4! but in any other line is a lot of fun!

[@marcusminifee3978]

I just found this gambit about 5-6 days ago and was working through all the possible lines to unleash it...oh well...LOL. I really like it.

[@ReasonMakes]

Incredibly instructive. Thank you Eric.

[@trinitrojack7532]

At 7:45 (black to move) surely Rook to h2 is best? It forces check, then Queen to h5 check, (3) Qh3+ Kg1 (4) Qg3+ Kh1 (5) Qh3+ Kg1 (6) Now black pushes black pawn to g3 and (7) Queen to h2 CHECKMATE

[@fastedeverything8555]

I can always tell that Rosen has released a new video because all my opponents start opening the same way.

[@KF1]

Crabtastically so

[@RemyWillard]

@@KF1 Don't mess with the Crab/Hippo/Walrus/Hedgehog/etc.

[@KF1]

@@RemyWillard it's kind of amazing how much influence he and Shrantz have over the novelties of modern chess entertainment. I look forward to being good enough to prep past move 7

[@AdanMartinez-ek1ee]

3:20 bishop C4... pretty much predicted the future Rosen... nice

[@CGoldthorpe]

This is the juciest gambit in the Petrov! Awesome tactics! Great video!

[@JT_Howls]

2:38 what if he plays Qxf3 , i cant find any good moves after

[@lustigername7092]

i love how he is explaining this: go here, say oh no my queen and then deliver mate

[@77smeagol]

At 3:10, I have trouble dominating with the bishop. Tips from that point? That’s where I usually end up with Stafford.

[@UrasSomer]

I've watched this video so many times. Thank you for this beautiful opening

[@earth4treeoaktree564]

@eric At 3:15 where it ends with the bishop dominates queen to f3 just kicks the bishop out. I’m not sure how it’s doing any ‘dominating’

[@Dubzeppelin]

Ive been getting so many wins as white just knowing this gambit and youve popularized it.

[@jameztorez6373]

6:58 that's the fishing pole trap if he castles most of my games I sacrifice my knight right there only if they do castle sometimes its not even a knight but its never a rook or queen also you need that h5 pawn there prior to sacrificing a priece after they castle on that side of the board to release the rook on h8

[@joshuawall2590]

I've been playing the Stafford gambit recently. These tricks are filthy.

[@ghostkmn5990]

*At the position shown at **3:41** can’t white just play D4 and eliminate the attack black has or am I missing something?*

[@maarten404]

After 8.d4 Black will play 8. ... Qxh2# and game over

[@KhoiNguyen-kq4jy]

I just started playing chess again and mated someone in 9 moves with this! Thank you, Eric! I'm so stoked! If anyone wants to see the game, I'll leave a link to it below 😁😁

[@bt5294]

Hi Eric! What do you do if white plays pawn e5, Ne4, then Qe2? Are there any good traps? Or is the fun line sort of dead there?

[@12346unkown]

Got really into chess like 6 weeks ago. Got to play my first stafford today against a 1200 rated. Mate in 14 😎 Had my first brilliant move in it as well. Thanks a lot!

[@anurruti]

What if at 3:50 White takes the knight with the rook, instead of moving the Queen? IT would somehow neutralize Black's attack?

[@Daniele.Rossini]

0:46 Time traveller from 2022 here: right now this mate on lichess has occurred 7.838 times! Thanks to Eric more than 10 times the original amount of 2020!!!

[@pranavbandhu3861]

Do a video on the London system explaining different lines and is it good for classical time control sub 2000 level

[@KevinWood44]

There is an easy line that stalls most London players. Nf3, c5, Qb3 (threatening Qxb2)

[@atp485]

@@KevinWood44 Nc3,Qxb2 Nb5,Nd5 a3

[@joelmcbeath758]

@@atp485 a6, Rb1 Qa2, Qc1 axb5, Ra1 Qxa1, Qxa1 e5 and practically I think black has better chances. Of course against someone who was lower rated I would play d6 instead of taking on b2 to avoid the draw

[@KevinWood44]

@@atp485 Nc3, Nc7+.....etc. very draw-ish. Also Rb2 (instead of a3) can basically force a draw. Either side that does not repeat would be down substantially.

[@philipceballos5515]

@9:40 H3 was the sickest move I've been thinking against the line. I wanna know how to win on that crazy line because white is winning with 2 pieces if you cannot mate and white defend the massive attack.

[@rymichael7203]

Thanks for this video. It helped me break through to 1300 for the first time today.

[@danjeory3659]

In the final line, you can also just play 6...Nxe4 immediately. I had a game as white recently and played 6.h3, not aware of the trap and discovered it after in the analysis, but my opponent didn't know it either and just developed, leaving me with a pawn advantage.

[@RealFoodVillain]

7:45. Can someone explain why Bishop takes is necessary? Me being dumb obviously but I just can't see it. I can't see why getting the rook out of the way is necessary when the Queen is still there to defend? Why can't Eric just move his queen to h5 straight away? Pls someone explain im really missing something

[@ghsun]

Thanks Eric. What is the best sequence of moves for black after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. D3 Bc5 6. Be2 ? I tried h5, but then white countered with 7. c3. Thanks very much!

[@yash-gm6hp]

Very helpful, thank you Eric👍

[@gerrybaum6643]

I instantly played a stafford gambit and had this game 3:16

[@immervorn]

Why can white in min 3:56 min not take with the rock instead of move the queen to prevent check mate? Thanks for your info in advance :) You do great content!

[@taha801]

Thanks Eric. I've had huge success playing it in blitz

[@additionaddict5524]

More like this please....this was amazing

[@verp4779]

Eric quick take this down! If people know these lines I won’t be able to maintain my 1500 lichess!

[@thathighguy8624]

Christian leave him alone dude everyone’s different rating

[@verp4779]

Man, I mean I have to win games a white too

[@kaishah2822]

Tricks are fun I got to 2300 with gambits

[@KF1]

1500 is good. I am at 1800 classical/1300 bullet after a year. I look forward to seeing these gambits on lichess.

[@verp4779]

Christian Friedman it’s called the Stanford Gambit so lmao

[@joeyportgas9393]

I just executed the OH NO MY QUEEN checkmate line in a blitz game today! My opponent was so shook! Thank you sensei!!!! But sadly I forgot to say "oh no my queen" as I played it.....

[@wakeboardfan0]

Unreal content, thanks as always 🙏

[@NathanHarrison7]

Awesome Sauce! Brilliant. Thank you.

[@bobboby7439]

eric.

[@orfunk-iller3417]

eric.

[@marcusaurelius42069]

eric.

[@perpetual_suffering1458]

eric.

[@veliqntaslev9488]

eric.

[@madhukiran4037]

eric.

[@Vesale5]

Eric, at 0:53, what would you do if white plays queen to f3 (after pawn d3) then bishop c3 ?

[@zarifshoeb]

The dislikes are from people who lost against the Stafford Gambit 😂😂😂

[@ericwang8152]

Would love to see more of this

[@MaximeTanti]

At 7:32 you say that after 11 Kg2, the only winning move for black is 11 ... Bxf2. However, unless I am missing something, playing rook to h3 before taking with the bishop is even more crushing. Because: 11 Kg2 Rh3 12 Bxg4 Bxf2 if the white bishop takes the rook, then white gets mated with the following: 13 Bxh3 Qxg3+ 14 Kh1 Qxh3++ Or if instead white tries to defend using the queen with something like Qf3 then white will lose the queen with the following fork: 13 Qf3 Rxg3+ if the white queen takes the rook then the black queen takes white queen with check 14 Qxg3 Qxg3+ or if the king moves out of check, then the rook takes the white queen. If the white bishop takes the rook, then the black queen can move in with ... Qg3. This defends the black bishop, attacks the white bishop and the white king has nowhere to go.

[@jaganraj4464]

What if after dxc6, d3 Bc5 and then Be2??? In this variation the Qd4 can be met with Be3

[@nik4546]

what to play if they retreat the knight at the beginning after taking a free pawn?

[@Crackery380]

Take Their pawn and ur even

[@byShinzoh]

@@Crackery380 and if they bring their other knight out, take it and put yourself in the stafford's victim's position.

[@alexzeqa7220]

2:00 if king goes to e2 he wont lose the queen what happens if that line appears? i am confused why would he capture with the king?

[@S008555]

Hello Eric, what if when white plays Nc3 and h3?

[@Mogidizmo]

Just got one of the Stafford traps from the vid one of the first times I try the opening. 5.d3 Bc5, 6. Bg5 Nxe4, 7. Bxd8 Bxf2+, 8. Ke2 Bg4# reminds me of the Légals mate of the philidor defence that I get quite often so feels natural to play. Thank you master Eric for all the great content! 🙂

[@willemvanderspek8182]

What about d4 on move 5, with the intent of taking away the c5 square from the bishop?

[@zanti4132]

5. d4 just allows Black to get his pawn back with 5...Nxe4. However, 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 looks quite good. White has a space advantage, an extra pawn, and two center pawns vs his opponent's zero center pawns. From here I'd hold off castling - castling too early seems to be the issue with most of the quick attacks coming out of this opening - instead focusing on getting my minor pieces out, and finding good squares for them won't be a problem at all. Really, getting a significant advantage should be easy. Even better will be how demoralized your opponent gets when he realizes he has no counterplay, instead of the quick mating attack he thought he'd get.

[@edisvelicanin8854]

Do more videos like this. This is helpfull in so many ways

[@scheimong]

Also I have seen a significant increase in Stafford gambit players in the past few days on Lichess... I think your videos are doing damage already. Thankfully you also showed the very stable plan for white: ... d3 Be2 h3 Nd2 c3 d4... I had some quick wins with this line without really thinking

[@Kanakaflip]

That was dope. Mahalo for sharing. This is the gambit I enjoy playing. Could you do stafford gambit declined as well?

[@bartek8945]

I reached once in classical tournament position from 8:42 and after 14. Bf3 I played g:f3?? and later lost that game. It was painful.

[@peterkelly1257]

Hi Eric. Its a really interesting line. What if white responds to BC5 with BE3? Trade impacts pawn structure on kingside but it seems to shut down the gambit.

[@sl523]

At 1:28, isn’t it better to play Re8 first before playing Qd1+?

[@sheikmanzoor5003]

I have won many games with this gambit. Thank you so much Eric Rosen.👍😎. Hope u become a GM soon and share more such openings.👍

[@leojoseph6385]

Great content and really helpful! Thanks!

[@amazingcato5315]

8:43 Queen checks but instead of Kd4, white should play Bf3 which I believe defends. White is 2 pieces up and can afford to give back a piece to defend its king. All the other lines look pretty good though. 😊