When 1.d4 turns into a Ponziani Opening SQUEEZE

[@engkang6066]

Ponziani is a lifechoice and stafford is a lifestyle

[@maitreyeebanerjee9962]

Yea

[@wanhonghuang2384]

I really think it’s like that

[@fuzzykoala6168]

And london is a religion

[@SvarunPogani]

Man, I just want to thank you. I was junior bronze medalist in chess, got elo 2085 in age of 13, won vs IM @14... and I have played one terrible tournament at age of 19 with 1 loss and 8 draws after which I quit... I mean i quit for good, I haven't played a single game not even against my friends for next 17 years. Few weeks ago I have started to watch your channel for no apparent reason and started playing again and now I feel my passion is back :)))

[@adisonsmith2633]

Good luck mate, he got me into chess the last couple months and it's been a blast.

[@Kellestial]

Lies

[@polyglycerol3968]

@@Kellestial someones jealous

[@alpercanberkbalc4652]

Have you read stefan zweig chess

[@EarlOfWarwick1561]

Lmao I love the description that "the barista went rogue and added peppermint"

[@preferablygeneric]

I've literally never spent more than 10 minutes playing chess, i'm only here cuz its fun to listen to someone geek out about their passion

[@Pablo360able]

careful, that’s how I got into chess

[@KalizVids]

"If you're just joining I'm playing.... I'm playing chess" lmao

[@beaulobeaulo915]

I see you’re trying to capitalize on “squeeze” being a highly searched term. Well played

[@beejaytv6450]

SHORT SQUEEZE GME 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@buubaku]

💎✋

[@leo.messsi]

When you find a "mate", find a better "mate". -Eric Rosen

[@shloksoni2819]

Mate as in 'mate' or 'mate' ?

[@leo.messsi]

@@shloksoni2819 that's the joke

[@looterfromwarband]

@@shloksoni2819 mate as in mate

[@SnowFlameSupremacy]

@@shloksoni2819 wdym mean by "mate" or "mate", it obviously is referring to "mate", mate

[@shloksoni2819]

It's a forced Czech mate in 1 word.

[@shivanis1537]

Thank you for the amazing commentary. I have watched so many of your matches. You are so chill and you are an inspirational chess player. It's so nice to know even 2500+ ranked players blunder (even with time) or mouse slip, but you keep going anyway!

[@Sam-us6jn]

24:31 "If you're just joining, I'm playing chess"

[@pecfexfextus]

your thumbnails are also works of art themselves

[@DarrylHart]

Eric's voice is so soothing. I struggle quite a bit with depression so putting on his latest video always helps me relax and just forget about the worries of every day life. Thank you so much Eric.

[@shuvaadhikari6557]

Hi Eric! watching your videos makes me want to play chess. I started about a month ago and I'm not that good, I'm rated 630, but watching your funny informational videos makes learning chess fun. Thanks!

[@Julia_Bea347]

It’s been 5 months and I can confirm, Eric did not retire.

[@captainmado1412]

The thumbnails are better then my grades

[@MstrKipper]

Kind of a low standard, I think the thumbnails are really good

[@Frank7489]

than*

[@santaisreal]

@@Frank7489 thank you for your service

[@thepadawanchesschannel8323]

If Eric opens a restaurant, one of the appetisers is poisson pawn trap, main course is triple pork and dessert is Staffordshire pie fresh from the oven à la carte

[@visibilitypotion]

The only utensils you can use are forks, skewers, and fishing poles

[@biggustago2812]

Eric: "okay, plenty of time." Me: *looks at clock* Narrator: "But there was not plenty of time"

[@Nuru3754]

"Positional game turns into INSANITY" Also Eric: chill

[@Swimming_with_Josh]

"the barista went rogue" absolutely sent me as a Starbucks barista myself, great story

[@wojtekbear9832]

Lol 9 seconds left; “plenty of time”

[@mehdifattah708]

thank you for sharing such awesome games, the last bit of the second game was insane though! :) cheers

[@jamesr5106]

Your going to spoil me with all these 10 min chess! Love it!

[@AkshayKumar-od9uo]

Seriously though, the thumbnails are amazing

[@skylerharrison]

I thought Eric said, “I listen to music when I kickbox.” I had to rewind and hear it again haha! Take walks...much more on brand for Eric

[@275dpr]

26:05 new favorite way to describe chess pieces.

[@Sploooshen]

Am loving the longer videos so i don’t have to sleep.

[@xgrghn3480]

*Looking at these closed positions makes me question my chess level.*

[@buymynft8250]

DONT CLOSE YOUR POSITION. TO THE MOON 🚀

[@Fergus316]

36:26 Eric seethes with rage

[@abelchess8430]

I kind of feel that i subscribed you more for the calmness and positivity in my life than chess.

[@quinnsullivan1175]

Top tier thumbnail 👍

[@mikebaker2436]

London Fog is spectacular.

[@royandeers9201]

Eric if you ever see this i wanna say thank you so much! I recently reach 1100 elo, the highest rating ive ever had lol. Back then i was stuck at 800 elo, then i started using london system and it boost my elo so fast. Thank you so much!

[@eric-rosen]

Keep it up!!

[@S-Bbi-turbo]

1100 on lichess or chess . com? Because there's a difference. 1100 on chess . com is like 1500/1600 on lichess and 800 on chess . com is like 1100/1200 on lichess.

[@royandeers9201]

@@eric-rosen Will do!

[@Exayevie]

I knew this was an eric video cause no one else would put chess on a sponge

[@tcrpz7400]

That’s a lemon

[@mg7509]

8:06 . What do you guys think about Pawn e4 to e5. Black has to respond, the knight is atacked. If black takes with pawn on e5, and knight e5 takes, you threaten f7 with the queen and knight, and you also attack blacks queen. Didn´t look much more into it, but I liked it because you have ideas of putting the rook on g3, and it´s easy to play as white.

[@HungryForPi]

if nfd5 then aren't the knights just too strong?

[@anirudhgovada2753]

8:05 wouldn’t d5 be a move, shutting off the bishop

[@0O7]

Petition to make more long videos like this one

[@thetransferaccount4586]

oh no my rapid playlist

[@bobhope7648]

Opponent sacs the queen?!? Surely he should've given up the rook

[@bobhope7648]

Oops.. didn't see checkmate

[@ViewsKhan]

In Eric first game can the opponent not fork the Queen and the bishop with his bishop? Because the knight defends the bishop and it breaks the attack

[@cfoscoop]

The first capture in that second game was with like 2 minutes left on the clock lol

[@Filling_blanks]

Why at 12:00 does black offer queen? I assume not a blunder?

[@ianalbertobarrientosfortin6713]

If he didnt he wouldve got mated, look ar the position twice

[@JuanDavid-zr7cv]

If he move the queen then is mate

[@LikeWagon]

I can't believe that opponent got beaten twice by this Ponziani opening

[@Chesterzoo7cp]

around 5:50 you talked about your puzzle being higher than actual rating; for me that wasnt true until recently, and it's a bit annoying that it's in the 1500s when im in the 1200-1300 range

[@isaiahmonteleone]

I want this man to make the thumbnail for my life :o

[@31redorange08]

15:09 "There's no reason to play this move." Looks like it would've won an exchange, at least.

[@bhjihari6685]

Could you explain how? Not seeing it

[@31redorange08]

@@bhjihari6685 With Qh7+, the queen is vacating f5. After Kf8 there's Bf5 attacking Re6 and x-raying Rc8. One of the rooks is lost to the bishop.

[@Pablo360able]

@@31redorange08 It doesn’t work, because …Bc2 (defended by the knight) pins the bishop to the queen. Although now that I think about it, Bxc2 Nxc2 Qxc2 might still win material in that continuation.

[@31redorange08]

@@Pablo360able This would win a knight, which is worth even more than an exchange.

[@Pablo360able]

@@31redorange08 yeah, I noticed after I said it, but it’s easy to miss that in a live game and get scared off by the threat of Bc2

[@Omegle-Support]

I'm sorry but the story of the barista going rogue and making peppermint London fog was too much 😂🤣

[@cruetusnex]

9:30 why not bishop c2? This defends that diagonal more- you won't be losing material at that point If he takes your pawn a4, you take bishop with queen, then queen takes queen, then bishop takes queen, right? You win +2 points?

[@clementscharroo728]

Nxc2, and then he'll take on a4

[@cruetusnex]

@@clementscharroo728 ahhh, thanks for this

[@patrickkorte1701]

Have you noticed your uploads with the words “winning” avg. far more views? You deserve 1 millions subs and more my man. Thank you for all you do for the community

[@fssocrates]

Hey, its July! Five months passed!

[@CatSurfer]

Hey, its August! Three years have passed!

[@ich7me618]

300k subs, well deserved Mr. Stafford

[@birdwatchingandmoltoaltro4985]

When do you streaaaam??? I never manage to catch you

[@darth_sidius5311]

He streams on twitch only uploads it on KZbin

[@razermouse6462]

@@darth_sidius5311 he meant at what time does he usually stream

[@Adam-oh3pc]

@@darth_sidius5311 he said when not where

[@darth_sidius5311]

Ok my bad guys And yes I don't have any idea about time coz it may vary on time zone

[@razermouse6462]

@@darth_sidius5311 its ok

[@bertmurillo1535]

I do not understand, I would move the queen to check King ca not move no time that would be chek mate/am I wrong

[@maleperson2449]

What an awesome time scramble!

[@ettarose70]

Where do you stream? I wanna watch you play live

[@saqiboy6409]

Twitch

[@JohnSmith-ck5qk]

hopefully Eric Rosen's elo grows like GME's price 🚀🚀🚀

[@jedinxf7]

rocket rocket rocket gamestonks!

[@Veyrohh]

Okay question, he was happy to lose the pawn in tje opening; but when considering to re route tje Knight to G3, he didn’t wanna lose the pawn, got me confused IM ROSEN

[@andrek6920]

because in the opening you can win the knight if the opponent takes the pawn, you cant do so later on.

[@theman695]

Are you ever going to play the gamestop gambit?

[@leobesa2887]

43:43 Ponzi-us Pilate washing hands as he crucified his opponent (jesus) lol

[@butterflyeffect5198]

Your voice is like soft pillow. I watch u for sleeping lmao

[@ginoginoh]

Around 26:00 Bb5 threatening d5?

[@samazon52]

If Bb5, then ...e5xd4, c3xd4 Nxe4, which loses a pawn.

[@ginoginoh]

@@samazon52 then d5 and you are up the exchange

[@samazon52]

@@ginoginoh Oh yes. Nice.

[@danboi9841]

I one day aspire to pull off a triple pork

[@kishorkishor1926]

Which app is he playing?

[@BrezHurley]

Peppermint tea is the best (also a laxative)

[@wh3elson]

Damn this squeeze is as almost as good as the GME stock squeeze lol

[@weapo187]

The streak is real (#18)

[@RafaelMartins-fg9rb]

Toggi is always there wtf

[@jonathanhaas8342]

I have 1700 puzzle rating but my blitz rating is 800 :(

[@sowmyapradeep7878]

Awesome sir

[@Thaplayer1209]

is the thumbnail supposed to be "squeezing water out of stone" instead of hold a potato?

[@Hoonter]

Think it's an orange/lemon/something like that

[@davidazerad998]

It's an homage to the stock market happenings of this past week... Look up Gamestop , Citron , Short Squeeze..

[@tessalexander4569]

it is a sponge

[@maximeandre4995]

Poor dude, beaten a first time with a ponziani, tries to have his revenge, does the same opening, flags.

[@S-Bbi-turbo]

This was a nice win!

[@samuelreese5826]

my puzzles is 2030 rapid 1370 blitz 1135 bullet 1050(I think that there might be a slight inbalance)

[@jedinxf7]

my numbers are worse. my puzzles hit 2600, bullet in the 1200s, blitz like 1500 and rapid maybe 1700 (but I never play anything that slow with a clock). daily chess is in 2100s tho. basically, I can't play games quickly, but I can solve puzzles.

[@JuanDavid-zr7cv]

Mine is 2000 puzzles, 1000 bullet, 1100 blitz and 1650 rapid haha, really unbalanced

[@SuperCristian1231]

*Plays a sharp line that involves a sacrifice* 11:07 “So I didn’t really calculate so much beyond this, I’m just hoping that there’s compensation.” sums up pretty much most of my games lmao

[@Shr3dderGaming]

22:47 "Which I actually... I checked with Stockfish, ahh I played h3" Is checking stockfish while in a game allowed now? :D

[@tranquil_cove4884]

eric turns off the engine when opp targets his pawn lmao 19:25

[@MrTheDif]

I've been watching some of these videos on a VR headset which amounts to seeing it on a 125" screen.

[@binarycat1237]

ROUGE BARISTA

[@Porodyn]

SQUEEZE referring to the gamestop short squeeze?

[@danieldarnell8188]

Might trick the youtube algorithm into recommending the video more

[@Shanmugarajeshwaran]

Hi, what is this voice over 17:25. Any one know?

[@stephentroy3930]

This video was taken from his twitch stream. When someone subscribes on twitch, they add a message which is automatically read out to him by the computer

[@Shanmugarajeshwaran]

@@stephentroy3930 oh. Thanks 😅👍

[@epiceric9]

41:53 Eric Pog

[@emilgraichen4522]

Last time i was this early i was mated

[@shri7105]

Just wanna say ,Eric's thumbnails are the most beautiful

[@aidenhastings6341]

35:39 clock goes 3:03 to 2:57.. how many other jumps have I missed

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

The thumbnail is how chessboard looks like in my head when I try to play blindolfed

[@thomasb4467]

I’m a huge fan of the London Fog.

[@miso-ge1gz]

Ponzi squeeze Oh no it's not looking good for my 320 dollars haha

[@Frank7489]

Is Hikaru’s editor working with Rosen now too?

[@traerooks4543]

Hey Eric do u have a ponziani lichess study? I want to enter the cult of ponziani

[@HitovMoustache]

No bishop f1 3:28. Ben Finegold is mad

[@sinnloseessenz9210]

Gme to the moon🚀 let it squeeze🍋

[@zik2000]

was looking for this!!! GM.. positions... squeeze... this is a hint!

[@mineshaftrisotto]

List of best squeezes: 1. The gamestop stock squeeze 2. Ponziani - Rosen variation

[@josephi8661]

Convenient time to post a video with SQUEEZE in the title 💎✋🏼🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@mrbenthedog8347]

Most exciting games

[@loveless8241]

17:25 is one of the cutest things I've heard ever.

[@AdamBittner]

My investor told me to avoid this kind of ponziani scheme

[@f00dw3b]

Hey Eric, why do you use fruit in your thumbnails? I've been on your channel for a bit, but I just now noticed. Much love, from Ukraine

[@fynnstarke]

It‘s a sponge because it gets squeezed

[@g73hc3gsv3i]

Hey taggi happy belated birthday!

[@djvone8172]

when Eri gonna be gm?

[@Runofthemillcookie]

Try to dirty flag stockfish!

[@L4nd0TheM4nd0]

How do you highlight like that

[@GroovThe]

My every opening against stockfish (even low levels) always looks like this. I have no idea how to continue from there. It seems like every move is just giving away time for stockfish to mate me.