This video played while I was sleeping due to autoplay. I don't play chess, but I've now been sleep-conditioned to from now on never make blunders, I'll double fianchetto my hippo and keep developing the minor pieces and castles. If I play H4 white will play G4 which I will not allow. I will do a pawn break!! Opening lines and files. I'll live by these truths forever
I”ll be honest - I enjoy these games with so much commentary much more than the higher level games, somehow there’s just not enough time to absorb all the complex ideas at those higher levels (master vs master), and unsurprisingly so. This series, on the other hand, helps build a repertoire of chess ideas, ever increasing in complexity! Thanks for that, Eric ❤
I agree. In this series, I can learn ideas to beat people around my level as an IM would, which has much more practical application than me trying to learn how to beat a grand master like a grand master would.
@@ZeJuggler 😂😂 Yeah except I only learn how to pretend to play like one and then get into the worst possible lines. Jokes apart, I didn't stress enough on "showcasing of chess ideas/strategies" in my comment, such as overworking pieces, simplifying, not making brain-dead, reactive moves, and much more...
This has been one of my favorite series on RU-vid in quite some time. I genuinely don’t remember the last time I’m watched every episode of a YT series like this one
@@mangaranwow2543 while that's an interesting guess, that opponent played 10 more games that day and lost 4 of them staying at around 1200 elo so prob not a spoof account
@@meu02136 I'm not sure he found some strong looking Intuitive moves that the engine didn't like. Which suggests that it can't be an engine move but he must have pretty good understanding to find it
@@Bighyphyaids the other guys didn't get it either lol when you play people who are at your skill or lower and you offer early draws, you lose a little bit of rating rather than playing it out. Simply because in a "drawn" or equal position, the better player has an advantage, but both can see that it's drawn/equal just by looking at material. sure, the better player is also a bit better at seeing who has an advantage, but his advantage would be even bigger if he would play it out hope that makes sense
Thank you, Eric! This series has greatly enhanced both my chess skills and motivation. I play every night, and without fail, I win the first game after watching. The wealth of strategic insights packed into each session is truly invaluable. Additionally, I find your personality very likable, which also makes this series great! Thanks!
25:00 white really played well unlike his/her rating. his/her tricky moves and best moves are really legit. i wish i can play against these type of players more
that jobava player was really good - you did well to find the win in that one. Interestingly his rating hasn't improved since that game - certainly felt like he was higher rated than 1100
32:30 WOW now THAT is what I call a strong attack! Perhaps you could also say that dancing is best done with your feet, and not your knights (especially to get a draw).
This thumbnail shows we slowly reach some interesting fights. From “total domination” straight to “I’m in trouble”. Curious what’s next. Clearly one of Eric’s best series. Keep the episodes coming!
Canadian player: So... it's move 3. Would you like to draw? Eric: No thanks. I have a video to produce. Canadian player: So... you have chosen inconvenience.
What would be the continuation in the last game after white takes the knight on g6, fxg6, g5 Nd7 Qd3? It seems the only way to defend the pawn on g6 is to play Kf7, and that doesnt look good
I wouldn't be surprised if letsseehowthisgoes21 was a strong player doing a speed run as well and the draw offer was likely due to them recognizing the name and trying to avoid a loss, ending the speed run.
That last player's account was eventually closed. Although it wasn't marked as fair play violation, so I guess they closed it themselves? Very odd. Maybe sandbagging
Why at the start of the second game he develops the b knight but not the g knight? From my understanding of openings the c pawn is the one you usually want to throw forward because the f pawn weakens the king
The hippo is such a passive opening that there's a lot less risk, so he was trying to punish it by potentially playing more aggressively on the King side. He would then be able to castle Queen side for a more aggressive game.
For everyone wondering I was that player at the end. After I lost I lost all my confidence and couldn’t do any better so I quit chess. This is my come back story.
Last game 1200 my ass, he was probably more than twice that. Be funny if Eric had lost and had his points refunded because opponent was also doing a speed run. 😅
The London Opening game was the most enjoyable to watch so far, and it isn't because I want to see Rosen squirm. He seems like a really nice guy, but I do enjoy watching fine play from both sides of the board rather than those games where a player does well for the first several move and then commits a serious error that will wind up losing the game for him. The longer the tension is maintained, the better. In retrospect, it did seem that Black's response to h3 with Bh5 was a mistake that forced him to put a lot of effort into protecting the bishop. Stockfish seems to agree on that. It recommends either cxd4 or Bxf3, both of which are rated at -0.2 at a depth of 37, whereas Rosen's Bh5 is rated at +0.6. That's a big swing. Worse yet was his move 9, ... Qb6, which took the Stockfish score from +0.6 to +1.9 (depth 30), but after White trades on c6 instead of playing a4, they are nearly back to even. Black then continues to trade pieces, and every exchange opens up the board and shifts the advantage to Black. Once White removed the bishop from protecting the f4 pawn, it became a landslide in favor of Black.
What if your opponent was another IM or Master doing his own anonymous speed run and he recognized the rosen in your fake name and that's why he offered a draw so early yet was able to play competitively against you?
Only authorized speedrun accounts are eligible to do this. It’s Smurfing if it’s not authorized. Authorized accounts give everyone their rating back. Anonymous accounts do not.
I am once again asking for games with increment genuinely don't understand why not...I feel like the last game this episode is really demonstrating why it'll be more and more essential as the rating goes up. maybe I'm crazy but it feels pointless to have a pedagogical game with any chance of losing on time
Pawn e6 is a move like pawn e5. Both moves would control the center and prepare to develop the bishop. Pawn e5 is just is a bit more active and controls more space.
@rneriwana yeah not sure if it's a joke. Seemed like the joke was meant for him losing after winning like 60+ straight... but he hasn't lost yet, so I don't get the joke
Most likely cheating. I see this behavior often when a player offers a draw immediately after a few moves, as if to offer you an out so as not to hurt your rating, because they know they're going to be using some software to play the rest of the game, and because they only know a few safe moves to play in an opening before their lack of knowledge is completely exposed. The individual's rating stays low because it's dragged back down by many lower rated players accepting those draws.
@@guanyin19if you check that opponent's profile, the bio says "no engine no sandbags," so he almost definitely knew he was playing against Eric Rosen and stopped cheating towards the end to not get caught
I am very paranoid about cheating and sandbagging (rightfully), but I think this person is legit. Probably a 1500, but they didn’t play phenomenally, just very well for their rating…Eric made some mistakes. In particular, I was screaming for 13… Nd7, and I’m only 1800, but that is the top engine line and Eric paid the cost of white’s excellent knight. Not sure why he didn’t consider that in place of the sorta limp be7.
@@griffinbur1118how do you know he is legit ?? He is blundering basic stuff against other 1100-1200 but against eric here for the first 18 moves or so played like a gm , not saying he is def a cheater but it's weird
@@ndmb6333 It’s hard to tell, admittedly. The blunders at the end are sketchy, but I have done similar when I am under pressure-this guy likely knows he was playing Eric, who is one of the most visible people in chess. All I’d claim is that Eric chose a high-tension line…lots of good players make this mistake in speedruns (eg John Bartholomew). They can assume 99 percent of the time that they are best off not resolving tension early, but that is a high-risk, high-reward strategy. One risk is that it gives your opponent really obvious plans and lots of good moves, and you have to find very exact moves. So the game just isn’t good evidence either way. Better evidence is when you play cautiously and your opponent finds all the waiting moves because those are simply way less intuitive. Not all top moves are equal. But I will agree that the blunders at the end when Eric had almost no time were fairly weird.
@@stvia Yeah but you could likely see white's ideas no? The general gameplan was pretty logical. I think a 1200 on a good day can see those moves. It's like a flow chart, you see a few ideas and the more high in rating you go, you see more ideas. White just played very solid. Good counting and good positional awareness. There weren't any crazy 3-move tactics that white saw. In fact, white blundered the game on a 3-move tactic that they didn't see. I think it makes a lot of sense for white to just have a good game and play solid positional chess. It's possible they are casual and have a great intuitive understanding of the game but don't have any opening knowledge (explaining the strange moves in the opening), so they fall into opening traps to lower rated players. That's kinda how I am. I am almost 1100 rapid but I lose games to 600 rated players in bullet because I don't see traps sometimes.
3 mins on the clock adds pressure to a bad player. From about 3 mins or less their moves became far more sloppy and the end game moves were just bad like a beginner. The rest of the game was not like that. Why would such a strong middle game player offer a draw to someone with a rating that they should clearly beat? I'm just saying, IMO, it's sus.
Eric, the way you talk through games move by move is very instructive. I love these speed runs. As you move up, the level will probably be beyond my skill to understand, but I'll try. Thank you.
