Using a NEW London Opening Idea Against a Grandmaster

In this video, I play a highly instructive chess game in an obscure variation of the London System against GM Gyula Pap. Watch the whole video for analysis of some amazing opening lines.
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[@michaelf8221]

Wow seemless editing to make a 10+0 game with analysis last only 20 minutes. And all the explanations are still there!

[@thomasfowler2099]

Fr I didn’t even realize it was edited until this comment

[@MrTopherdrew]

I thought the same! Good content editing is invisible. Editors are so underrated

[@MrTopherdrew]

What an incredible and weird London line! Can't wait to completely butcher it and be lost in seconds next time I get the opportunity!

[@Sniper-ng5nd]

😂

[@MrTopherdrew]

​@@Sniper-ng5ndidk why you're laughing I didn't say anything that was a joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sniper-ng5nd]

@@MrTopherdrew I’m laughing because I would do the same thing lol

[@MrTopherdrew]

@@Sniper-ng5nd hahah was just playin and shitting on myself 🤣 lines look so easy like this then I'm mid blitz game and shit my pants over a game for internet points lol

[@robertovalenzuela3092]

One of the reasons why Eric is the best chess streamer is that he shows all of his games, whether he wins or loses, to extract ideas for his viewers.

[@tanookipower]

Rosen strikes again with another trappy line! Thank you for your chess content Eric. You inspire me to be a better player every day

[@Nikas320]

11:12 Angry Rozen. 😡

[@bona_fidess]

Why did it make me think of all these angry kitten memes 🙄

[@OswaldoLafee]

New subscriber Eric. I like your attitude in playing and teaching, for me it’s at the right revs. Plus you play a mean London which is where I’m at right now. Good luck

[@burningelement1656]

Out of curiousity, would you not want to save this idea for a classical game??

[@irjake]

Content > Classical 😂 ... seriously though, I was wondering the same thing.

[@UnbearableYT]

Sometimes you gotta give it all you got to try and beat a grandmaster 😅

[@joeb4142]

Eric's talked about this before. Not only does he make his living from online content but he enjoys sharing new ideas. OTB takes a very distant second. If you type in the !gm command in his Twitch stream you'll get a good idea of his priorities.

[@gustqm8888]

sometimes u wait for so long that just isn't a secret anymore

[@hotcocothepogchampion3950]

Maybe to see how it plays out, and it did seem pretty risky since the gm figured out the best move against it in 10 min game

[@jakapockaj2034]

great editing!

[@bona_fidess]

Great game, Eric!

[@jilsonjose8720]

I have a doubt. When we were looking at rook B2 position toward the end, what if rook takes B2, Knight takes B2 and if queen takes B2 then queen E8 is mate right?

[@konodavideda5981]

After move 26. ... Re8 you mentioned Rxb2 and you refused it saying:"queen takes", but if 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 don't you have 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 and 29. Nxc2 ? I still don't know what you would have had after Rxe3 tho

[@roiskuhupsu54]

Yep this has to be winning :P

[@ChessDose404]

yup I was thinking so (btw the square is b2*), also after 27. Rxb2 Rxe3.... he could play 28. Rxb8+ Kf7 29. fxe3 ....3 pieces for the queen but yeah after this white's pawn structure would be a mess (keeping in mind that black still has a queen)

[@l.4723]

If you took the pawn with knight after you sac the rook i think you had better chances

[@potat8089]

Greetings from Liverpool!

[@JuiceTubes]

15:56 the new opening is like a fried horse liver

[@Rubrickety]

It's fascinating how, by leveraging just one new opening idea, a strong player can quickly attain a losing position. 😉

[@brucericketts2346]

Am I right in saying that you could have played Nxe4 on move 18 (though it wasn't available earlier because of Rb8)?

[@6oliath]

thought so too at first, but this hangs the other knight on d4.

[@brucericketts2346]

@@6oliath ah good find. this is why I'm not him

[@-ashishtiwari-530]

Nice one Eric

[@bkokohut1980]

I remember this game from your recent "instructive rapid chess and puzzles" from the other day...

[@richardv.582]

One of the newer lines after b- f4 is p- c5..what is the best continuation?

[@eric-rosen]

I usually opt for e3 in response to c5

[@hlebozavod6916]

This Saturday I will be playing chess against former world blitz and rapid chess champion Sergei Karjakin in a simultaneous exhibition. I'm thinking of using Bongcloud against him. After all, such an opportunity may never arise again. I'm a 600 elo player. Any advice?

[@zwlw]

Do your best to play good chess.

[@michaelloughnane]

You'll regret it if you don't give it at least a fair shot. You're not going to win, but that doesn't mean it's worth throwing away what could be a good learning opportunity!

[@RafaelMartins-fg9rb]

It might seem funny but you will most certainly regret playing a meme opening. As the other person just said, you should give it your best regard your chances of winning. Try studying some tricky line so you can make him think and stall the game while getting a drawish position. If its a simul you might get him in time trouble even though his endgame tecniche will probably destroy you. Just try surviving. I would do that. Im 1100sh rating but one of my favorite games was one that i drew a 2100. So go get him. Oh, and i wouldnt offer a draw even if it was equal position as it might look disrespectful but this is just me. If you want draw force it.

[@frankberger8243]

That'd be an insult to me, showing such amount of disrespect.

[@giovannivannicelli]

Nah that would be disrispectful...just play your best chess

[@chess2u]

You did not see the check with black Queen treating to win bishop so knight has to return to safe bishop and the king check delaying the check mate over black king

[@philljenner4045]

Nice new line for white. Try it on Levy, he'll take the bishop. 😁

[@chr7scr592]

Oh yes my new London Opening :)

[@nicholasbunio]

Levy teaches a variation like this in his D4 course :)

[@calebkoeller9586]

11:13 he says Rxb2 doesnt work because of Qxb2 but Rxb2 Qxb2 Qxe8 Rxe8 Nxb2 looks good for white. And if Rxb2 Rxe3 Rxb8 Kf7 fxe3 and white is better. What am i missing?

[@tristanrujano]

He mentioned in the end that after that exchange, black has Re2, skewering his knight on b2 and a2 pawn. He’d lose the pawn and the knights would struggle to stop blacks passed pawn from promoting

[@SEAKPhotog]

Sometimes ya gotta go YOLO!

[@babykirbyman]

The goat !

[@chessstarter]

"You guys still have new Line in London Opening!!"'🙄🙄

[@crazeedazee]

Eric!

[@insoft_uk]

6:20 I would of taken advantage of that pawn on d5 being pinned and taken the pawn on e4 with the knight? keeping the white square bishop

[@randomyoutubehandle1]

As he said, Na5 forces the queen off the diagonal, losing the Knight on e4

[@joeb4142]

Hard to beat an opponent who plays a perfect game.

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

It's not that hard to play like this, when the moves are easy to find. Eric has said that black's moves are very natural. Basically, you give a grandmaster a clear position and they'll grind you.

[@ponan0053]

Interesting idea! How do you discover this stuff?

[@eric-rosen]

Usually it's a combination of using the masters/lichess database and always having the top 5 engine lines showing during analysis. If the engine shows a move that looks crazy (even if it's 4th or 5th best), I'll look into it more deeply.

[@florianbenecke2000]

Why didnt you Just Take with the knight at 6:22 pawn ist pinned so He cant recaputre

[@randomyoutubehandle1]

Na5 and the Knight on e4 is lost

[@jamesduggan7200]

well, generally speaking the London makes more sense for black than it does for white, as the c8 bishop sometimes is a problem. I thought black conducted the game beautifully.

[@Spiros_p_64]

Hi

[@eric-rosen]

Hi

[@jensondavenport9691]

why couldn't knight take bishop at 10:19?

[@ellyouayenare2095]

Then you lose the other knight with tempo

[@maxomega3]

@@ellyouayenare2095 yeah i checked with engine to see why. really crazy impressive that Eric played the top engine move there under that time crunch

[@PhilE415]

Eric 🌹 n

[@rafaelrojas7249]

Very strange zero mistake....., maybe engine helps

[@azurediamond2323]

c4!!

[@brianjacob8728]

wow. don;t see you get dominated very often.

[@aaaaaa8656]

you don't look enough 😏

[@kinglooey]

First