@@peterpoli2839 you only need to make sure there's girls at your party, because where the girls are, the boys will follow. Tupac said that, wise man. Died young, very sad
@@peterpoli2839 you only need to make sure there's girls at your party, because where the girls are, the boys will follow. Tupac said that, wise man. Died young, very sad
Eric's gambit naming sense goes to 1-100 real quick 1) Hilly Billy vs Caro Kann - Me: Oh wow! I can actually Google this opening! 2) Improvised English gambit - Me: Understandable 3) Anti-Stafford oh no my knight fun gambit thing - Me: ???
That last opponent was so rude, trying to flag your opponent and instead of accepting defeat and resigning when Eric had mate in 1 leaving the game wasting 30 seconds of Eric's time like a child
My games are similar to Eric's, with the only difference being that I usually go for the "oh no my King" tactic. Unfortunately lichess doesn't let me finish the gambit afterwards. Curious.
@Dominic Amoe I usually see hanging pieces. My issue lies mostly with forgetting about some weird move combination that the opponent has that puts me in a losing position.
I thought of similar, but i didn't find it pity. Seemed more like kitten from hell stealing dog-food. Or like: racer driving eyes closed, "oh no, cliff", 10s later... "let's try the parachute".
0:59 Surprisingly, black can still play 8. f3 exf3! 9. Qxd4?? fxg2. And the best line for white (according to the computer) is 10. Nd5 cxd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. Qf3 gxh1=Q 14. Qxh1 and black has overwhelming compensation (around -8). 9. Nxf3 Qxh4+ 10. Nxh4 gives -2.5 for black.
It really tells alot about the IM norm and what strong players can do, I mean a 2000+ is no joke even on Lichess (well closely around 2000 it really depends) and he is basically crushing them using really dubious openings . But once you realize the 600 points gap between them you can realize the journey one has to engage in to go from "good" to "strong".
@@Moorb0y52 yes and practically it gets exponentially more difficult to improve the stronger you are, so it’s even more impressive when you look at it that way
Hey Eric, doubt you'll see this buried amongst the other comments but thought I'd say thanks for the incredible content and for playing for fun. It's so great to see someone who plays chess to enjoy it and doesn't put other, lower rated players down. You're very wholesome and I can't wait to see more of your content! My favourite opening is the Giuocco Piano: Pianissimo (it's pretty much the only opening I can play well past move 6) so if you know of any gambit surrounding that I'd be really interested to see them! I saw your Traxler video, that was brilliant as well :)
Watched the whole thing. Eric playing gambits is always fun and I'll always watch the video through. My personal favorite gambit of the ones from this game is the Blackmar-Diemer gambit.
1:00:50 that was fucking exhilarating from a low rated player perspective. I thought you were playing to draw then found a fucking win out of no where? GOOD STUFF ERIC!!
Mathematically, The set of all RU-vid chess educational videos better than this one is an empty set and it probably remains empty for a long long time. Watching you has improved both chess and English language skills of mine. Thank you Eric.
Because if exf3 Qxd4 then fxg2 and white can't stop the pawn promotion because of the black knight but when black plays exf3 then white has Nxf3 and white is still in the game
The 3rd of September happens on a Friday on repeating years separated by differences in the pattern (starting from 2021) 6, 5, 6, 11. So the years 2021, 2027, 2032, 2038, 2049, 2055, 2060, etc. all have September 3rd on a Friday. This means that on average every 7 years September 3rd falls on a Friday, so you were right about 1 in 7 lol :D
Probably the easiest way to calculate this is to just know that there are seven days in a week and because there is a set amount of days in a set amount of years, neither of which happen to be divisible by 7 (1461 days in 4 years), over a long enough period of time youll have pretty much exactly one in seven years where September 3rd is a friday edit: the way i wrote it makes it look much more complicated than it really is lol
oh I thought it was about Friday 13th ! I once heard (and maybe double checked...) that those are more frequent than average (in the current calendar, 1582 - 20xx ... that was maybe ~10 - 20 years ago but might still apply ...)
Clock: 25 seconds Eric: "Interesting, hmmm, time to think about things - oh thanks for the subs by the way, wow wow wow, oh, what about this line.. anyway" Clock: 6 seconds Eric: Hmmm maybe a triple lindy widow-maker MOAB Damascus mate? Wow wow wow wow. Opponent: resigns
21:36 funny the opponent didn't resign immediately, probably thinking Eric will go "oh there's funny line" and not capture the queen for the sake of memes.
Had to start over to pick my favorite. I'm going with the "Oh no my knight" Stafford/Traxlerish whatever Party. I liked how you were able to reel him back in with the light squared bishop.
Since I did make it to the end, my favourite gambit is King's Gambit, but I also play the Englund and the Stafford. I used to play the Blackmar-Deimer-Rider Gambit too, when I was lower rated but people don't really fall for it anymore.
Oh, God, the position at 1:00:47 made me so happy. It feels like justice when your opponent tries to flag you in a position that's completely drawn and walks into a mate. 😂
In the first game Eric actually blundered a tactic, cuz on move 8 if black plays exf3 and white takes the queen, black is guranteed to win a rook with regaining the queen and the position is -8 for black.
Hey Eric, crazy tactic. First game, (hillbilly vs caro) 8th move, f3 doesnt work, since the pawn isn't actually pinned to the queen. If black takes exf3 and you take the queen, black keeps on with fxg2, and your rook is dead, and black makes a new queen. There are some weird engine defences that give up a lot of material to get back on the diagonal just so black cant keep the extra queen, but still, it's around -8 with best play, and -4 with natural play. Just a heads up! Hard to see/evaluate in 3 min blitz. Keep up the great content!
MY GOODNESS!!! At 1:14 there is exf3!! and after Qxd4 there is simply fxg2 and there is no way to prevent the pawn from safely promoting to a gueen and taking the rook!!! An absurd 14 point swing of material is simply unstoppable!!!!
There's a funny occurrence. Eric, Levy and Hikaru all come up with various mini chess series, then when done, they all swap and it all starts over again.
This video made me understand why my bullet rating is like 2x higher... Because.... in bullet, there's not much time for creativity. (I started chess from Bullet, which is false, i know/heard) They know potatoes, add new sauce and you win time and cause confusion / blunders / free lunch... At least under 2000R I've watched like 200 chess videos here,,, but this one is the best. What gotham didn't teach... Rules are here... (castle, pieces out etc...) Rules are for breaking. Curious to find out how many book keepers are in chess. Following the way up using creativity, while learning the tactics e.g. is the way for me, thanks to this video
I really missed these videos! 3 days later, finished watching. Gibbins-Wiedenhagen was my favorite. I don't really want a 12 hr stream although, y'know, if that makes you happy... I'm much happier with these 1~2 hr at a time streams. Even had this been like "trying to play slow positional chess in a single arena" that'd've still been great.
Awesome tournament! Love the content, always learning so much from your videos Eric! My rating has gone up from +/- 1200 to 1800 in the past 6 months thnx to you💪 🙏
I made it… I didn’t really have a favorite. You make all of them fun. But the weird one was rather entertaining. I think the thing I enjoy most about watching you play is that you genuinely have fun and are good at including others in that. Thanks
My favourite gambit is the Englund! I can't say that I'm *really* preped for it (chess is just a hobby for me), but I know the main line pretty well, and the Stockholm variation somewhat well. I must say I didn't remember the variation you played (move 17), tho I did see it once, as I can recall it. Thank you for reminding me of it, I'll make use of it in game!
