Beating Titled Players QUICKLY with the Stafford Gambit 

The stark contrast between Eric's calm demeanor and his excessively violent style of play is hilarious to me.

I thought the title was “Tilted Players” and was like, yeah, they probably were pretty tilted after that

It seriously feels like Eric is on a mission to prove that the Stafford Gambit is the best opening in chess

Can we just call it the Rosen Gambit now?

That FM on the first game probably quit chess after losing brutally like that

"Two second podcast" delivered as a serious thought cracked me up.

Fundamental chess principle: don’t let several of your pieces hang *Eric when he sees a finally line* : No

Eric Rosen bullying people in chess is all I need

*casually beats a 2500* "That was a funny game"

That is one of the best games I've seen. I'm in love with this gambit

I just died laughing at Qg3.

If you become a GM, you can identify yourself by saying, "Gee, am Rosen!"

i love how he just bodies titled players with this gambit.

How do you say you are Rosen without saying you are Rosen: Stafford Gambit time!!

I love Rosen when he plays the Stafford. The “oh no my queen” is real

Eric lost a few Stafford gambits recently, so I want to see analyses of them.

Oh congrats on the 1/2Million subs BTW, didn't realize you'd hit it!

Love watching you man. I learn while watching you genuinely having fun. Cheers!!

The first game was amazing! What incredible depths there are to the Stafford!

I've been playing Stafford against players at my level (~1500) on Lichess recently and even though the main traps rarely work out, the opening is still off-putting enough for people that I usually end up winning. Even had one player complain about Eric Rosen in the chat while losing to my Stafford. I was like "if you know the trap, why are you losing to it?".

"When it does, it's a nice way of enjoying life" That is a really nice way of putting it

I want to see Eric playing against the refutations, either h3 or d5 followed by e4. I've stopped playing the Stafford (and I'm very low level 1000-1100 elo blitz) because 95% of players now knows how to refute the gambit.

As much as I love Eric's content, I am starting to get annoyed that everyone I play against on lichess now plays the Stafford constantly.

that Qg3 finish deserves a gold coin shower if ever a move did

Maybe more prep for you, Idk...in game 2 after move 7 where you fork the queen and bishop and defend mate, White has only 4 "safe" squares for the queen: b3, c3, g3, and f4. Qh5 looks good at first, but after Black replies Qf6 defending the knight and adding protection to f7, the White queen can't hang around long as she is 2 moves from being trapped. First, the "quiet" h6, which prevents Bg5 as well, and then g6, when the White queen's only retreat is back into the "box" you trapped her in with Bg4...after which mate should be forcing again, I believe. Going back to the other 4 "safe" squares: f3 and g4 hang the bishop...so b3 or c3 seem to have been White's best moves in the game. Both remove the queen from the fork and protect the bishop. b3 forms a battery which, of course, Black can disassemble immediately by taking the bishop, or allow if they deem their own knight too valuable to trade in this position given all it does to attack White's king. c3 "threatens" the Black knight. In these cases, the White queen finds herself misplaced on the queenside of the board defending a minor piece away from the action. Hence, it would appear your opponent's attempt to Scholar's Mate you in response to your Stafford Gambit was ill advised all around.

Looks like Eric almost solved chess. Now we need somebody to prove the Irish gambit to be sound.

I've watched this game several times now and this is just literal art. It's so beautiful I may cry.

If/when you become a GM, I feel like you have to do a play on words with “Gee, I am Rosen.”

I like to see Eric's face light up when an official Stafford is declared.

That was a beautiful last game

IMRosen just becomes GMRosen which stands for Gambit Master Rosen

I get a lot of anxiety playing chess, but watching you has made it fun again !

Video title idea (pun intended): making Titled players Tilted players with the Stafford

I unintentionally used this to beat my Star Wars Episode 1 electronic chess set years ago… that thing was vicious af 😂

A 2 second eric rosen podcast can ba good

Sorry for a noob question, but on your 8:th move, why didnt you go for Qd6 instead? Great videos, big fan. =)

The Stafford-Rosen Gambit.

IM NEVER GONNA GET ENOUGH OF ERIC'S STAFFORD AAAHHH

The Stafford gambit working for the Rams too.

eric i just wanted to say you are an amazing person and your videos are so instructive, yesterday i won two very nice games using your tips against the karo kann :)

The thumbnail game is on point.

the triple pin at the end was fantastic!

Eric be flexing his CC blitz rating 2600+

"Oh no my queen"

Thank you mr.rosen for rosen gambits ❤

I always watch Eric’s videos after a long day at school, it’s so calming

Eric sounds so excited and lively

Consider capturing E3 Bishop with Queen on 11th move! Could be aggresive sacrifice!

That first game made me a Stafford believer

Please more of this so I can expand my Stafford repertoire

How to leave queen hanging in 20 different ways. 😂

"This is a funny line" **wins**

It's not GM Rosen. It's GGM Rosen!

I used this opportunity to learn how to pronounce Vishy. I played that on 0.25 speed 10 times and it is still hard xD

“Here’s a funny line, this guy is fucked”

@2:15 He will have to start saying, "Gee, I am Eric Rosen".

You are the king of the Stafford.

3:37

I think Eric should create a course on the stafford gambit

Love seeing Eric play Stafford

Get it, grinder

Man those were some brutal beatdowns

stafford is the ultimate way to play

4:46 He Forgot To Say Something.........

Game 1 was so disrespectful lol.

The best lines are the funny ones.

Way awesome, IM ROSEN

just a quick heads-up you might need to recheck the description;)

I was reading "tilted players" first XD

Think ur safe counting *eggs* before they hatch. That way you’ll know how many eggs you have. Just don’t count chickens.

that game 1 was brutal.

I gotta say man, I just love the way you are

Buenas partidas!,gracias Eric por el vídeo.

took me a second to realize Eric’s playing on chess com because he’s playing in Titled Tuesday

8:09 that was so cute

Last one was beautiful

I hear "IM Rosen" the same as "I am Robot", so "GM Rosen" would be fine. Even "I am GM Rosen", when that happens.

Incredible lines. Pins. What a way to dominate. Poor opponent.

U nailed it when u put the title

In the first game opponent could’ve played Qe7+ and then bh2 obvs it’s very lost but not forced mate

The Stafford is unsound and it's not so hard to refute it. It's significantly less sound than the Boden-Kieseritzky in the 3 Knights game, which Morphy played a few times in the days before proper defensive theory was worked out. The ideas are similar.

5:50 "pinning the queen in two direction s" damnn sound unpleasant

2:15 XD

3:10 he could have just simply move black queen to g1 and it was checkmate right? idk why he moved the pon instead

you should add to your international master title another one "the stafford gambit master"

Rosen Gambit

I love Stafford content on your Chanel sir

"A nice way to enjoy life"

Most entertaining video I’ve seen in so long.

And now we want to see the Stalemate too.....

Opera House mate(almost)

so many fun and funny lines.

eric, man, youre scary on that thumb

Eric Rosen over here looking like Robert Smith in the thumbnail lol

He just calmly mutilated his opponent

I love this man

This thumbnail shouldve been used for a Halloween video 😂

what software or website does he use? also why not white to g3 at 3:03?

Hey Eric why people don't play the Stafford and they just decline it by Nc3 ?

What do you play in stafford gambit against 3. e5