Winning with the Best Beginner Chess Opening

In this video, I play a chess game in the Ponziani Opening and achieve one of the most venomous traps.
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[@parzingtheasian]

its always such a clash between your content and levy's, yours is calm and relaxing, levi is over there idk, going insane or something

[@tulkas6725]

Like an herbal tea and an espresso, I want one before bed and one before... going insane? I swear I had something for this.

[@TamDNB]

totally, I found Levy first, then once I was tired of the....errrr.....energy, i found Eric luckily and now I no longer want to smash my phone when I lose

[@parzingtheasian]

@@TamDNB me personally when im playing any game i imagine im eric rosen, and im just calm no matter what happens, its great :)

[@alon3304]

Eric's channel could be so much more popular if he invested half the time Levy invested in creating content, 90% of his videos are just clips from twitch which is a bit lazy imo, but I still love Eric

[@Ptaku93]

Yeah, Levy is just so aggressively jewish, I can't stand his videos

[@iansalzman3672]

0:51 Love it when Eric shouts out smaller chess creators on KZbin

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Yeah, those shy, struggling chess creators like Gotham.

[@kennystimpson2775]

He is the true chess boom

[@parnluong885]

Fr

[@inshadgaming9656]

tf u mean “smaller” tho???

[@ocinprofession]

@@inshadgaming9656 5'1

[@SebastianBohn]

Just looking at Eric’s face after each trap he has set up is so precious. This game was a minefield. GG

[@bigshalev]

3:18 you actually got me there XD

[@Benjychess]

I got to play against Eric on this stream! Thanks again Eric i can die happy now. Even though our game was an “all you can eat buffet” 😂😂

[@ben1996123]

the reason it's gone from 3500 all the way to 68000 in 2 years is because the opening explorer was changed so that it now includes every game played on lichess, instead of just being a small sample of the higher rated games

[@1vader]

Actually, it always contained all highly rated games. But the lower rated games were indeed sampled which definitely makes up a large part of the difference. It still increased quite a lot though. The opening popularity history chart on Lichess for the position shows a huge uptake around this time. Setting the max date to December 2020 in the opening explorer, we can see that the real number at the time was 15k, so it's still a more than 4x increase. Though I guess a big part is also that a lot of new players joined right around that time and a lot of games have been played since then. The number of games since 2020 is very roughly the same as the number of all games before that.

[@DHHFanatic]

"Oh no my Queen..Oops .. Someone call the ambulance (but not for me)"- Eric Rosen (2023)

[@Jodabomb24]

Eric rosen viewers know better than to take a "free" queen at this point hahaha

[@connorhorman]

It was also a fairly obvious Re8#

[@noobwithaplan]

YES FINALLY ANOTHER ERIC ROSEN PONZIANI VIDEO TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION

[@geogeotagz]

I love drinking tea and playing Chess because of your channel.

[@Ninterd2]

I love comments that are like "yeah, you may have mated, but you missed a free piece two moves earlier".

[@kevinlee983]

I've been using this Ponziani since beginning of 2022 and people laughed at such dubious opening. So stoked to see this opening becoming a trend. I have collected all the games that I've won against 2000+ rated players in Lichess using this opening. This opening is definitely way to go.

[@richardmendy4914]

For the last year you have made me fall in love in chess. Am 18 and in a university so i needed something to use my time on other than school which didn't waste my time. THANKS ERIC. Good luck on the GM title.

[@dooflydetailguuy4349]

It's still a waste of time but we are all in eternal purgatory so why not attempt.

[@phoneticalballsack]

He's never getting it

[@dooflydetailguuy4349]

@@phoneticalballsack and you're never cracking 1200

[@grantjones1138]

​@@dooflydetailguuy4349 exactly. Pretty much every hobby could be considered a 'waste of time', but if you enjoy it as a way to use ur time its never a waste in my eyes. Especially if you can share it with others too.

[@shreyanssahani275]

5:35 Eric missed a fork of rook and king if he would have played pawn to c4

[@paeturis]

6:08

[@alvankyk]

I was just watching your ponziani opening video from last year and you uploaded another today! made my day :)

[@ahmad.r.61]

Qc4 was a beautiful sacrifice if he accepted Because In 16th move if he took your Queen then by Re8 you could check mate him

[@ItsAsparageese]

Yep, opera mate! Super pretty

[@MeltEmber]

3:17 black knew about the most basic rule of chess: If you take Eric's queen, you lose. Top tier acting!

[@davidnelson4960]

It's always good when we get more Rosen clips. Hope he goes after GM one day. You-know-what Eric, you and levy should splice in more clips of the other, the contrast between cool and excitable entertains and promotes you both, you know.

[@Danielagostinho21]

I laughed so much at the oh no, my queen moment

[@ChillBill1]

OK so that queen move was to sell more T-shirts... I get it.... so tempted to buy one.... even more so now.

[@Yzbirdyoutube]

I want only more ponziani and Stafford videos. I’m addicted 😅

[@onlyme2579]

I actually watched you play this game on lichess, I wasn't watching the stream, just the board on lichess. Very impressive game. A nice little break from the bullet games I was playing.

[@Chunda8]

IM Rosen: Finishes development, next is mate in 3 or 4. Only disappointment was he didn't get to say "...but not for me."

[@domidigital]

I've been playing the Ponziani exclusively since you posted the first video explaining the 3- knights-column-trap. Many thanks, Eric! But here's the thing: if black plays smartly you get an equal position with the Ponziani at best. If the knights are in the column though, expect good things to happen :-)

[@coloradodafronteira]

I play this opening a lot with white thanks to you Eric! Very tricky!

[@lucot3911]

Every time Eric uploads: Oh no my free time!

[@Ilya_Sss]

Thank you! You uploaded on youtube the record of twitch where you were watching your youtube video! Just looking forward for twitch online where you play this video and continue recursion

[@nianyiwang]

eric at move 26: i'm completing development

[@requinn1578]

Eric is always clutch in making me lose sleep

[@1hpcall911now]

This gotta be my favorite video in a while

[@luckysniper1659]

I was "studying" the ponziani on lichess but I couldn't get a game where I could play it. Just finally got a game with it and they played into a trap. AWESOME 😎👍

[@aussj4link214]

Damn that 1500 was pretty good at spotting some of the traps. Saw your ONMQ which I wasn't expecting.

[@dragonore2009]

My chess openings repertoire is really lacking since I'm just a casual player. As white, mainly Italian opening, Evan's gambit, Vienna and Italian game. As black, basically just the Caro-Kann only, all three major variations (advance, exchange, kaprov) and a little bit of slav. I need to just take an entire weekend and study more openings.

[@patrickhein9470]

I was wondering why you didn't check with dark bishop when you messed up queen. Love your videos.

[@jamesmunson385]

If he would have taken your queen at 3:25, you could have moved your rook to e8 and won

[@parnluong885]

"Bishop was slightly poisonous, cus rook e1" Eric Rosen 2023

[@boltz6721]

Someone should send this video to GothamChess

[@supercheesemega]

During the video he had Bishop take E eight taking the rook and the rook had nothing defending it

[@Red_emp_tion]

Lol "false alarm!"

[@TheDigiWorld]

I was laughing immediately after Qc4 even before he went "Oh noooo" 😂😂😂

[@WTF187SUCKAAA]

Bishop takes Queen on C4, Rook E1-E8 is checkmate. Right?

[@TheDigiWorld]

@@WTF187SUCKAAA Yes

[@WTF187SUCKAAA]

@@TheDigiWorld Do you think Eric moved his Queen on C4 on purpose as a deflection? Or did he not see Rook E1-E8 checkmate?

[@TheDigiWorld]

@@WTF187SUCKAAA he definitely saw it... After he said "Oh no... my queen" he literally tried to hide his smile by covering it with his hand

[@mykosen5679]

that was quite a pretty checkmate :)

[@vinayakonimani7628]

Eric, oh god XD what a hilarious person you are!!! I always wait for your videos, and i watch them more for your sense of humour haha!! Thanks for such great videos, always giving me a good laugh :D

[@DecvsJapan]

I dialled 91... but then Eric said not to call the ambulance so I hung up.

[@davidnelson4960]

5000 views in an hour. Way to go Eric.

[@Chessleisure]

clearly!

[@zenpool]

love the contrast with levy

[@Paimo97]

At 1:30, if queen b6, where should white play ?

[@babaksafari7506]

The last video is the only reason I used Ponziani for the last 2 years.

[@brett6468]

Zen and the Art of Chess.

[@randomname7918]

Levy sneezes like a labrador retriever, adorable

[@wolfgangvonharringa4414]

Caught many in that trap. Thanks Eric

[@LLJ0527]

Is there checkmate if bishop takes queen? On minute 3:29

[@orome9793]

I'm surprised he missed that. I'm 800 and caught it right away.

[@lukenixon_]

Move 25 you had c4! Great video btw, I must practice this trap

[@aposvlah1855]

Ponziani ? Can I use it regularly without thinking or when Knight coming out ?

[@ItsAsparageese]

This reminds me a lot of the opera game. Obviously not structurally really (except that bit where the ohnomyqueen would have resulted perfectly in opera mate lol) but I mean more, like, in beauty and ~ v i b e ~

[@zrax9064]

now if black go for Bxc4 in move no. 16 and white moves Re8 is it a checkmate ?

[@dashvash5440]

You scared me with that queen move at first haha

[@madzilla14]

ambulance 🚑 (!) but not for me ..... !! ["Squares Around The King" are LOCKED...]

[@MelbourneChessCoach]

A reminder of my free course which has recieved a lot of eyes recently because of you two :P "Devious Ponziani"

[@Habitt5253]

Realizing you hung a queen. 😨 The sigh of relief when your opponent doesn't see it. 🤗😂

[@asdkjgsefnhad1357]

5:35 he missed c4

[@bradburns491]

Please do a video on the Jerome gambit lines. TY

[@merdishakki]

lol completing the development and checkmating in the very next move

[@danieldrago1419]

Recently I was unable to watch Eric’s streams due to a combination of school, life, and timezones. I miss the instructive chess so much! Also, what happened to Eric’s lichess rating? 😅

[@leugimrc]

I never understood why the horse, move there. Black pawn d5 is a big fyou on these opening

[@CiuccioeCorraz]

He almost got what is known as a pure checkmate! It's when only one piece is checking the king and every square around the king is inaccessible for one and one reason only. Sadly, the d4 square was controlled both by the c3 pawn and the d1 rook.

[@ricardomorattelrandriamiha6391]

Someone call an ambulance🤣🤣very funny

[@user-m8k9d]

I'd recommend using less of Levy

[@abdul_sharma]

Eric is trying to seduce me with that voice

[@robjbrooker]

Awesome game

[@theduzzel8109]

Bro you didn't even watch the vid

[@haddymcbatty]

Wholesome

[@Brandon-tz5pn]

I can’t believe he didnt take his queen lol

[@maxprivate9678]

gothams video got me to your chanel!

[@ramachandra776]

The Painziani opening trap explained by sensei Eric . Nice cameo by dear friend Levy . 😁

[@chri-k]

“painziani opening trap” is an interesting pun, even if accidental

[@jaingalt9444]

Free Knight vs up the exchange WhatToDo🤣

[@David-qs7yv]

Levy is so dramatic. The contrast... is even worse cutting from Eric and back.

[@Ari69-b]

Slayy Eric

[@AlanTwoRings]

Please don't put jump-scares in your videos. Thank you

[@MichaelIhde69]

rule #1 never take eric rosen’s queen

[@Malcolm.Y]

"Being up material is only good if you pieces can exert dominance." ReallY? And what is good when your pieces can't exert dominance?

[@most_sane_piano_enthusiast]

fatality

[@gel.blaster.j7943]

Everyone over 800 takes my queen if I play something stupid. Is it because I play 15-minute games

[@dragonYT2023]

Best opening , blunders queen ?

[@madarashunin-ug8dd]

OMG he never see that quinn hhhhh

[@AdamBittner]

I wonder how much time Eric spends watching KZbin

[@spirdemem]

Clips with Levi are awesome

[@dav327]

Eric I love you

[@Jonsson474]

That was a rather low standard game for being you I believe. 🙂

[@rhoddryice5412]

So 3300 two years ago and I’m one of almost 64000 since who played it.

[@hudaalaska]

Semangat

[@GCDYLYL]

Quit exposing my favorite opening! 😫

[@TymexComputing]

So many vodeos

[@egads3696]

Didn't take the queen?!?cant watch after that.

[@TheRealBlueSwan]

It was a trap. Taking the queen leads to mate in one.

[@medhanshgupta5979]

3:22 over acting bro every audience know what is the meaning of your "oh no"

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Hey Eric, how are you enjoying your job as KZbinr /photographer etc

[@11WileyKyote]

i love u Eric

[@educat1on166]

lmao ive just watched the gotham ponziani vid only a few hours ago

[@RajnaTMS]

g g

[@Blargel]

KZbinrs: "Don't fall for this trap" >amount of people falling for the trap increases a ton Task failed successfully. Seriously though, it's probably because being made aware of this trap means they can use it against others if they get the opportunity.

[@ersticktdenzeitgeist]

5:36 not 25.b4 but 25.c4 check & bye bye rook

[@casper14301]

Did you even watch the video...