I feel like as these games get into the higher ratings it wouldn’t be the worst idea to up the time control to 15|10 so you can spend more time explaining and thinking through the moves. Loving the series! Best on RU-vid!
I swear to god this series alone made me go from 500 to 800 rapid rating. It's probably the best chess series out there. Seeing and LISTENING how you reason your moves, how you calculate, your thinking process, and also HOW YOU TAKE AND USE YOUR TIME, made me realize how easier it was to climb the ranks than I thought. I thought I'd never beat some one rated 600 consistently and after watching the series I just climbed with ease. Thank you so much Eric please keep updating this series
I've been watching for a while. I love how the clock is a non-issue most of the time. You know roughly where the pivot in the game is happening and just spend your time in that moment, like moves 5-15. By move 15 you almost always have a clear advantage. And so far it boils down to, of course experience, but also a great deal of patience. So many players go for a quick win (or semi-quick win), and if you simply develop, improve pieces/position, open the center (pawn breaks), look for tactics (skewers, pins, forks ...), and put pressure in multiple directions at once (you employ your queen with devastating power) ... the opponents fall. Simple, but not easy to actually remember all those moves, move orders, positions, etc. Fun stuff and thanks for narrating us through it.
Most players probably will have a better game if they use their time "wisely". Doubt they even draw lines or think about opponent next move like Eric does. That's what makes the difference
I hate people in the 10 min pool I thought it was just me but I see it happens to Eric too. They queue up a 10 minute game and play like its bullet and then only think when its already lost.
17:37 that's why I love watching your speedrun, you are drawn to ideas that I would not consider, or if considered, I sometimes struggle to make them work... love it!
I took a break from playing chess but your videos are making me play again.. Chess is really an addictive game.. There was a time when I used to play for 7-8 hours everyday..
I have worked on using the Greco Gambit (game 2), but I don't really like some of the complications, beginning with 7.Nc3. Stockfish prefers either Nbd2 or Bd2, and while Nc3 looks like it works well when you look at the full Lichess database, it is absolutely annihilated by black in the GM games (which admittedly is not my level, but I just don't care for the positions that arise). Instead, if black plays 3... Bc5, I like 4.O-O, after which black will usually play either Nf6 (more common) or d6 (better choice for black). Either way, I am comfortable with the game that ensues.
Hey Eric, wow, you missed an opportunity to checkmate. When you could’ve put the queen on H6, and the bishop was on F6, Ask Bishop was on G7. He would’ve been forced to take the bishop, and then the queen could’ve taken the rook on F8 for checkmate. I can’t believe I found a meeting sequence that you missed. I must be getting better for spending hundreds of my hours watching you bro. Let me know if you find it.
I tried 1.5 speed just for laughs. Rosen is even more entertaining at that speed if you can believe it LOL. Great series by the way. This, Chess Brah, Naroiditsky and Alessia Santeramo are all great speed run series 🙂
one rule I don't understand in chess is how is it that a pinned piece is also attacking? it's not like it can move to capture the piece it's attacking. for example in 19:55 with the queen pin.
At around 7 minutes, you missed Qb3, no? Reinforcing the attack to the f7 square. Black could respond with Q8 and Q7 but both options seem to have counterplay. EDIT: Nope.
I've gotten out my anger for the day by yelling play d6 for the full 40 seconds you were analyzing other moves. 16:31 - 17:19 such an attractive move for so many reasons, i also really like putting a piece on d5 afterward to really annoy black but the bh6 move was critical and very accurate, nice find
Eric, I’m sure you get this a lot but just want to remind you how helpful your videos are people learning and developing in chess. The fact that you speak aloud all of your thoughts behind your moves I think is one of the best ways someone can learn from a top player like yourself. Keep up the great content (Twitch subscribed)
Thanks Eric. Very instructive lessons such as completing development and not getting carried away burning time trying to analyse ambitious attacks. (I wonder if Anna Cramling is watching!) Also, the habit of taking a little time at the end to review the game.
Guys I have a real "logical" question. As I understood, checkmate is defined as "The enemy king would be taken in the NEXT move". But in the checkmate in the second game at 19:20 , If the king moved to h8, it could actually not be taken in the next move because white's queen is also pinned. So the consideration is, white would play an illegal move theoretically as its next one, and basically win the "king" earlier than black. Is that right?
Amazing move with the rook lift and bishop to h6. The last opponent gave up too quickly at 1632..he still had a lot of material and a queen, wish I had opponents like him
Could you please shrink the size of the chess board just a little? On my screen the name and rating of your opponent is cut off. Or is that intentional?
