@@randomizednammeI once got annihilated by a 6-year-old. Of course, he was over -19OO- 1600 and I was (and am still) nowhere near that Edit: poor memory lol
Even leaving aside that there are some very strong children out there, you show your opponent respect by taking them seriously and playing your strongest game. Be kind and friendly and welcoming off the board, and be as cutthroat and lethal as you can on the board.
In any competitive game where you can play against children in rated matches you better be prepared to blow them out of the water because there are prodigies lurking everywhere. I once played in a Magic tournament against a 13 year old kid who was playing a deck that routinely killed people on the first turn of the game. You better believe I took him seriously when I got paired against him.
”I was analysing the Stafford Gambit before the tournament, and then I realised that white wins with like any move. And like I… I don’t want to diss Eric’s opening, but I couldn’t bring myself to play it. It was just, like, I couldn’t analyse it. Every move wins. It was terrible.”
@@ScoutrunnerTopic You have no idea what you're talking about. Stafford is losing for Black. Not only does Stockfish properly evaluate the Stafford, it also gives concrete, forcing winning lines for White, whatever moves you throw at it. Stafford Gambit is kindergarden chess.
@@milankotevski1663funny that you're calling the Stafford kindergarten chess on a video of a literal chess master playing it in a rated blitz tournament and winning. It's called a dubious opening for a reason.
Love this format of tournament footage with Eric narrating us through his thought process on the overlay board. Highly appreciate more of that. Also, seeing your otb Stafford win is a rare gift.
there's no better way to teach a beginner the important basic structures to be scared of than playing all the dubious gambits there are. these things never exist in 'serious' openings so your eye never learns to spot them from those. and if you don't spot them you'll keep falling for them every time.
Hey Eric, i'm a big fan! I learned to play the sStafford from your games (I study your opening repertoire on lichess). Just had a quick question regarding the position you got in game. After 10. Bf4 you responded with 11. Qe7 Online you tried once 11. Qh5 According to the computer the best move by far is 11. Qf6. Did you study this and decided that Qe7 is the trickier move? Or that the position is pretty hard to play for black after Qf6 ? Or did you not consider Qf6 as a candidate move ?
It’s wild how the engine eval is so in favor of white in the Stafford; the position looks scary with all the open lines of sight for black’s pieces; unless the refutation is in white’s prep, they’re going to be down a lot of time if they manage to make it out of the middlegame
@@otternox2 queen takes and the rook still trapped, the thing is you win a rook and the attack severly burns out, white would have a piece and a pawn for it and this is no where close to an easy win. I'm pretty sure Bh3 is better since it prevents the F pawn and the king from moving, even if Bf3 was worse, for blitz it's worth the problems the opponents have to deal
@@otternox2 Bishop can take bishop, but queen can take back and then there's nothing that can stop Black's light-square bishop from taking White's rook on the next move.
8:06 Believe me or not, despite h3, I have still played h5 and carried on with Stafford after they castle! It literally superimpose into the same Stafford attack almost every time 😅 (at least for my/opponent level of 1750 elo)
Every single time I’ve tried this I get some kind of Rosenbrah phenom playing immediately d3 and Be2 and it quickly becomes obvious they are more prepped than I am 😂 NEVER AGAIN!
Give me a call sometime. I'll show you a system that will make you drop the Stafford dead in its tracks. You'll gain 100 points and have even MORE fun at chess!
Fabulous game! Sorry if this has been explained somewhere, but what’s with the limp handshakes in chess? Does it have something to do with the nerves / anxiety that builds before & after a game, thus you’re worried about squeezing too hard or giving a clammy, sweaty handshake so you opt for a gentle, minimal-contact one?
Life rules: - Don't spit into the wind. - Don't say what happened in Vegas. - Don't ask Mussorgsky what happened that night on Bald Mountain. - Don't accept the Stafford Gambit against Eric Rosen.
