Trying to Adopt the Botez Sisters with TRICKY & AGGRESSIVE Gambits

In this video, I play the team of Alexandra and Andrea Botez of @BotezLive!
The match consisted of 5-minute blitz on chess.com where I needed to win 10 games in a row (adoption) to be victorious. Watch from their perspective: • NEW FAMILY MEMBER? │ A...
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Chapters
0:00 GET READY
1:11 Smith Morra Gambit with SPICY h4!??!
11:50 WEIRD Mexican Defense vs London... DON'T HURT ME
23:18 TRICKY Nc3 Sicilian
33:15 OH NO! PLEASE FORK ME
43:33 BRONSTEIN GAMBIT
53:46 REVERSE QUEEN’S GAMBIT ACCEPTED- REAL GIFT OR FAKE GIFT?
58:45 PLEASE JUST ACCEPT MY MORRA
1:06:08 Early h5!?! and OH NO MY QUEEN!
1:18:00 SO BEAUTIFUL
1:26:05 Benoni + Dutch leads to EPIC FINALE (ft. HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING)
1:38:26 WHOLESOME POST-GAME DISCUSSION
Music Credit
Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@eric-rosen]

Thanks to Alexandra and Andrea for the match! Watch from their perspective: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pae3oI2vZqyfoM0

[@herbertcharlesbrown1949]

9:38 it's called Botez Gambit

[@ankushpatil7754]

Where you do stream? I can't get any notification about your stream on YT?

[@eric-rosen]

@@ankushpatil7754 www.twitch.tv/imrosen

[@ankushpatil7754]

Thank you so much now I can watch your each and every stream live❤️

[@bernhardriemann2700]

@@eric-rosen why was the last game drawn? See 1:36:25 1:36:25 1:36:25 Black can in fact mate white. For example: White will promote his g-pawn into a bishop (it'll be a *light-square* bishop, standing on g8) and will then place his king on h8 (after black had enabled this by removing his bishop from the h8 diagonal) then black will place his king on h6, preparing to onceagain bring his bishop onto the h8 diagonal, mating white, due to the g8 square being taken by the lightsquare bishop. (white's other pieces will enable all of the above, and will be placed in a way that cannot block mate). This can be done without breaking the 50-moves rule. The game should've been won by black.

[@gokseninserttas440]

"Every blunder is a sacrifice if you have the right perspective on life" - Eric "Oh no my queen" Rosen

[@ofsabir]

Sanat eseri gibi bir yorum...

[@GeneralBlorp]

Such a great quote and perspective

[@burrri]

Eric rosen videolarinda Turk gorunce seviniyorum

[@nic12344]

@@burrri Türkçe anlamadığım için şu anda ne yazdığımı bilmiyorum ama tartışmanın bir parçası olmak istedim.

[@burrri]

@@nic12344 "turkce bilmiyorum" proceeds to lay down perfect grammar knowledge

[@danielconde1410]

“We might just have a... normal game of chess..” - Says Eric, clearly uncomfortable

[@paulbrown1525]

“If you’re just joining, this is chess”

[@Lethal19]

"it's a board game"

[@DaDerpyCarrot]

"It's a game with 2 sides"

[@ollie7070]

"there's about 32 pieces"

[@1nt3rn4ltr0n]

"And 64 squares"

[@crawler9065]

"to win you need to place the king in an inescapable threat of capture, this is what we call checkmate"

[@midori58]

Why is eric so funny, like he doesn't even try

[@user-xw9lt1em3m]

Dry humour is the best

[@theo9706]

king of dry humour

[@gelatinousjoe7979]

"hey look a fork" wins the queen in a losing position

[@acpliego]

Bacon Pancakes funny and Zen, great combination

[@MrNadav1995]

bro ikr so unintentionally funny

[@anthonyanderson4980]

"it's a game of cat and mouse, and hippo." Eric Rosen

[@Ericbro64]

"It's fun making people scream." Eric Rosen. It's pretty entertaining seeing the two perspectives. The Botez sister's are the embodiment of high energy enthusiasm while Eric is fabulous at under-stated one-liners. I wish I could watch both simultaneously in real-time but my brain can't keep up so I guess I'll keep listening 30 seconds at a time. :D

[@spaghetttattatoui277]

16:00

[@couchpotatoe91]

I think it's not hard to guess the hippo would win...

[@gniewomircioek6845]

@@couchpotatoe91 how can hippo catch mouse or cat?

[@couchpotatoe91]

@@gniewomircioek6845 In due time. 😋 It's not like the mouse or cat pose any threat. If anything, hippos outlive them. 😂

[@alexandrufedericis9578]

"d5 is kinda ugly but.. OK no offense to d5" lmfao

[@neelparmar6690]

This is a regular thing where Eric is apologising to squares on the board, he’s so polite 😂

[@thekiingc7]

read this comment EXACTLY when it played in video -- amazing !

[@mr.zandman7898]

eric in 2018: Winning Games Quickly With Tricky Openings eric in 2023: MOST AGGRESSIVE GAMBIT EVER?!?!? GIVING UP MY QUEEN ON MOVE THREE [GONE WRONG] [GONE SEXUAL]

[@noirox4891]

See the comment right below you, it's a joke :P

[@dragonverde188]

@@forty1thousand is not like the content change for the titles, youtubers want exposure with the titles thats all

[@Chakkaly]

Eric in 2018: barely known Eric in 2023: 2nd biggest KZbin Chess Channel I see a pattern here

[@imightbebiased9311]

[GONE WRONG] [GONE SEXUAL] [GONE SEXUALLY WRONG] [GONE-ORRHEA]

[@MrGreenBeanBeenBeanin]

Gone wrong was the classic 2016-19 prank videos titles.

[@guywhoneversleeps]

1:10:10 "i can take the pawn twice and then get mated...thats probably undesirable" the funniest line by miles, had me rolling

[@bonniejunk]

1:10:08

[@jacobstahlmann6958]

He described his decision to leave the cap of his coffee on like it was a chess move lol

[@fisheatsyourhead]

thinking 5 moves ahead irl

[@radeklew1]

@@fisheatsyourhead drinking 5 moves ahead

[@Placibeau]

"spill potential"

[@danieldrago1419]

Draws arrow from can to keyboard

[@coosoorlog]

"I don't want to leave it uncapped because there's more spill potential." Great prophylactic move!

[@wucas123]

1:25:25 - “oh, did they play that just for the beauty of it?” Meanwhile in the other stream - “what?! How is this possible?!”

[@BitcoinMotorist]

Thanks, I wanted to see the thumbnail without watching the whole video

[@cee20.5]

"I should turn this into like a t-shirt"

[@davidrobins1021]

Seriously surprised a WFM together with an 1800(?) rated player would miss this...neither of them seeing it is remarkable.

[@stvia]

@@davidrobins1021 That's why they call it a botez gambit

[@GustoFormula]

@@davidrobins1021 everyone blunders, that's just how it goes

[@thefriendliestgamer4103]

He said “oh no my queen!” And I was like “haha he’s about to get them.” Then he actually lost his queen and I was so shocked

[@Jousef9]

Bob ross: "there is no mistakes, only happy little accidents" Eric Rosen: "Every blunder is a sacrifice, if you have the right perspective on life"

[@Antondmt1]

Eric is the Bob Ross of Chess for sure!

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

"That was a bold move... but not as bold as my coffee."

[@samgarncarz1430]

1:10:14 "I could take the pawn twice and get mated... probably undesirable..."

[@khoidiep1001]

39:33 "Oh no, I'm getting forked... Ah, they're not falling for it... Dahhh I'm still getting forked" lmfao

[@compresswealthdivideeconom3757]

As long as we don't see any mating going on.

[@grobertoac2430]

13:07 Eric after having drunk a weird coffee: "it's in the style of... it's in the spirit of the style of the sss... whatever"

[@ev1xc]

dont mess with the mexican coffee

[@stranger5398]

52:58 Oh no MY QUEEN !!

[@justsomegoosewithinterneta4199]

**Immediately wins the game**

[@youknowihadtodoittoem3579]

rosen gambit pog

[@annoynymouse1146]

1:15:29

[@decent_s]

1:15:30 when "Oh no my Queen" is actually blunder xD

[@adjunctentobtuse721]

I find it really funny that Andrea plays the London against Eric

[@bbfuita5427]

Should’ve seen their POV when they decided to do it

[@koalatycontent1305]

"Dah", for Eric, is equally useful when referring to blunders in chess and for existential long-term inaccuracies such as "I should lift more."

[@sycariummoonshine7134]

From their perspective you play like a gm From your perspective you just find happy little moves as you wing it. Love it.

[@sudhanshusharma8103]

17:36 That was hindi. Translation - May god help us.

[@leadnitrate2194]

Interesting that he said "Amen".

[@Barbutt]

17:05 “Unexpected cinnamon in this....” Robot voice: “More coming.” That’s spicy!!

[@overlordghs1081]

"while both sisters team up on me"

[@paradigmshift4686]

I found the title "Trying to Adopt the Botez sisters..." was quite intriguing.

[@vegetamajin7658]

Who woudnt xd

[@hoola_amigos]

*What are you doing there big brother?* 😏😏

[@Chakkaly]

@@hoola_amigos Delete this

[@gonzalo4658]

Deividy Gomes delete y o u

[@dominiks5068]

@@hoola_amigos weirdo

[@marmotato2135]

"Oh no my queen!": Mate in 2 "Oh no my queen DAAAH!": Time to dirty flag These games were really intense, thanks for the vid Eric!

[@shampooshampoo8378]

1:26:27 "i got my last IM norm playing this variation in a tournament". - wow even before he became an IM he already plays funky openings

[@srcp1551]

The ending though!! With the music!!!

[@thalesreggiani2751]

the king climbed the mountain to flag

[@thalesreggiani2751]

Look for a video called "don't hurt me" from 1 week ago, was perfect

[@henrg]

Can't believe a game of chess gave me such stress!

[@DadoLMN]

“When in doubt, En Passant” -Eric Rosen 2020

[@Gui_Calheira]

"It's in the spirit of the style of this...whatever" Eric, these words represent my life choices. 13:10

[@GaryTheGray]

20:15 "That's fun making people scream." -- Eric Rosen, 2020

[@atsubbie8876]

Knew this would have to be down here! Legendary comment

[@GrayHatter]

> mellow contemplative stream > "you should click on their video" > Me like an idiot, clicks on their stream > Both Botez SCREAM as the opening to the video. > I rip my headphones from my head, now deaf... Thanks Eric, you got me. :D

[@akina9633]

starts the video by saying gambit in the title increases views doesnt make the titleTRICKY & AGGRESSIVE Gambits..

[@eric-rosen]

ohh good point... title updated 😋

[@ishaanshrivastava8671]

This went down well.

[@likhithd9714]

what was the title before?

[@joejitsu034]

Likhith D “Winning with tricky gambits” 👍

[@gonzalo4658]

He actually changed the title i didnt see this before the second version

[@snooglers]

1:14:04 I love your dry humor! This tickled me way more that I think most would call healthy 🤣😂

[@shacharoren2788]

That was one of the best matches I've seen. Real quality for a 5 minutes blitz.

[@MrKayDeeJay]

GGs! Love the ending with the music as well! Thanks Eric

[@tbc2002]

Thanks Eric, wasn't expecting to watch the full videos from both you and the Botez' perspectives, but I did and it was super exciting and educational!

[@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel]

1:25:20 Now I know why it's called fourk

[@adjunctentobtuse721]

The Wooden Shield V2: Knight Edition.

[@MrAdravix]

The fourk knight variation

[@NogaRuka2987]

stop

[@Aciek25]

Eric: they want to be stalemated. Botez: I hanged my queen.

[@xentothemoon]

Hey Eric, awesome matches. I've watched the final match on their channel. My ears need to recover for at least 24 hours.

[@eboubaker3722]

i'm glade that you put the chapters for the video, i can navigate easily.

[@themediocrehunter4152]

"Always play f3." Seconds later: "I have to make Ben Finegold proud!"

[@andrewtaylor9433]

This was a super fun match to watch side by side. Thanks for the games.

[@hitchikerspie]

I just watched your previous video with them where you always queen sacked and it really helped my blitz games where I blunder, keep it complicated and the opponent will struggle to manifest their advantage :)

[@akiyoshi_cook]

Oh man the music towards the end definitely got me all jumpy. Nice games btw!

[@aadharverma]

The music at the draw game got me real hyped up!!!!

[@sanjeevkhurana6628]

"Every blunder is a sacrifice" -- Eric Rosen, 2020

[@hardiksharma1428]

"OH NO MY QUEEN!" -- Eric Rosen, 2020

[@DaDerpyCarrot]

2nd part: "...some just don't have compensation"

[@kenyablonsky]

Actually pulled up both YT videos and watched side by side. With the music from Eric's and watching to the very end it was so damn exciting. What a great match! Awesome to see it end on a draw.

[@TechSupportDave]

damn now i regret not doing this. Definitely will do it next time the opportunity arises.

[@ghimdo-triom-phi1591]

I watched this from the Botez sisters side the other day and it was hilarious. Just now getting to yours. I would love to see more of these matches vs. Other chess streamers.

[@kyoopihd]

Eric's anthropomorphization of chess pieces adds something joyful to his commentary.

[@jonas-om3th]

Eric sais "oh no my queen" so many times i never no if its real or a trap 😂

[@apackman1822]

"wow look at this move... its not good, but it is confusing" XD

[@bahrss]

Watched both videos. That was amazing

[@KingJonXVII]

That finale! That was great! Great games man

[@mrburns805]

That ending was so intense. The music was just 👌

[@Morphior]

Watched this live. It was amazing.

[@sidhart6744]

53:00 oh no my queen! xD

[@Andrei-Marian]

I think the sisters might just spark a fire on the chess streaming scene. Such frantic and chaotic energy with moments of pure hilarity is entertaining gold. They manage to make watching chess entertaining even for someone like me who knows very little about the subject. If you haven't watch the stream on their channel I suggest you at least watch the last game.

[@paulbrennan4163]

That was so much fun watching it on both streams. Really made me laugh.

[@krouchingtigerr]

It's kind of wild when you can't help but celebrate a draw... Great games, Eric! Thanks for the content!

[@ursanotsomajor]

Royal fork of beauty 😁 The ending with a Hall of Mountain King was just plain epic, whoever donated this song is timing genius

[@coosoorlog]

For anyone who's played Oblivion, Eric's "gah" kind of reminds me of the sounds npcs (especially the guards iirc) make when they take damage and die.

[@kshgarg1]

i thought you would have more than a million subs. Highly underrated. Keep up the good work.

[@ONE-vt1fz]

Rosen: “Mexican cold brew but my palms are sweating..” Me: “KNEESWEAKARMSAREHEAVYTHERES-“

[@michaeld519]

"I don't want to bum anyone..." -Eric Rosen and every 'good guy' ever 😂

[@mjacton]

I'm so impressed by how concerned Eric Rosen is that people will watch the Botez sisters' stream also.

[@fomori2]

Plenty of people will WATCH the Botez sisters play. Whether they actually care about chess, is entirely another matter.

[@Emploon_Yeesly]

Thanks for keeping the post-match discussion in!

[@TechSupportDave]

T his was one of my favourite streams. Eric was just all-time lowkey entertaining, and the matches were very good. Chess videos are the only things I watch no matter how long they are. I watched a 3 hour stream of Eric's before this one. 5 hours of watching him play chess. It's just so relaxing listening to him and analysing the board as he plays.

[@jonashey4618]

I love Eric. Sich a nice guy and his voice is so soothing

[@cordial]

the music at the end. wonderful.

[@MrMaos97]

Second game was great! Nice!

[@UL789]

Most captivating set of games I have ever seen. Thanks

[@AyLim]

Loving the "hall of the mountain king" moments!

[@TeaAndCreampie]

That ending was great. Nice music choice

[@idahogunslinger263]

I mean this in the absolute most complimentary way, you are the Bob Ross of chess, I could and do watch you for hours. I learn a ton from your videos.

[@jacobhunwick1588]

Eric speaks in nouns without articles. It's hilarious 😂 "I can take with Queen"

[@chikinnuggie2487]

Thank you for saving my sleeping schedule. Your voice is so calming and I get to refine my chess

[@usualhuman5051]

Love your videos so much!) Keep it up!)

[@sauer3664]

Thanks for the content Eric! :)

[@coronasean88]

The crescendo was incredible!

[@nathanbates9561]

"They want to get stalemated." Lol. No, I'm pretty sure that was just another Botez Gambit.

[@raicyceprine8953]

"Every blunder is a sacrifice, if you have a right perception in life" An unintentional quote by Eric Rosen 2:06

[@okibelieveyou7553]

Lol 1.g3 h5 The Lasker Simul special. I laughed when you played that since it's my weapon of choice vs 1. g3. It's most fun when you play h4 next and force White to start interacting with you. I always get the impression anyone who plays 1. g3 is looking to avoid early confrontation.

[@Beaurisque]

That was super fun to watch ! The perfect fork was majestic!

[@WildernesSam]

9:58 Nf3 is crushing i think theres a double attack on the rook and a fork on the queen

[@b.piening2887]

i love eric he has such a calm voice.

[@rekhac12]

You're the best Eric!! Looking forward to more videos👍

[@Hope16449]

I love this quote 2:05 "Every blunder is a sacrifice if you have the right perspective on life"

[@hamletfisherman5740]

I love that thumbnail man, great video thanks!

[@indrajeet_99]

I loved the music you put in there👌🐣❤

[@whateverthisis3929]

This was fun i want to see more

[@2Links]

In the hall of a mountain king worked very well for that last match, especially as the song picked up right as the game became more intense.

[@prieten49]

WOW! That's the first time I've seen both Rooks, the Queen, and the King forked at the same time!

[@mikef.pauciello1026]

I hope to play one game of chess like you one day, keep it up brotha

[@PepekBezlepek]

this is A+++ content omg

[@leowei2575]

intense games! loved it!

[@FooFighter193]

At 52:46 when you said "Did the thing crash", my pc crashed. Nice stream!

[@gonzalo4658]

They WERE playin damn quickly for playing together