Beating Everyone with the Same Opening Trap (Stafford Gambit)
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This video features 3 games (played in the same day) in which the white side falls victim to the same simple and devious opening trap in the Stafford Gambit. The trap involves a "fishing pole" idea with an early h5 and Ng4. While the Stafford Gambit is not necessarily a sound opening, it is highly venomous. If white is not prepared, then it can be easy for black to win quite quickly!
Game 1: vs janeza12 (2128) lichess.org/LN...
Game 2 vs FM Stefan005 (2335): lichess.org/PO...
Game 3 vs Twitch Chat: lichess.org/G8...
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Me be stupido but why dont they just take the horsey looking thing at g4?
i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account?
I somehow lost my password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.
This opening is now a meme literally every time I attempt it nobody takes e4.
this.
Yea
No, they take on e5 but they don't take the knight on c6.
@@leadnitrate2194 Hi I got the same problem most of the time they don't take the knight !!!
Because taking e5 is a bad move, you lose tempo. Guard e4 instead and keep developing your pieces.
One of my students mentioned the Stafford Gambit so was curious to check it out... thanks for the video 🙂
Hei u are my teacher
@@qodbop425 Really?
@@GingerMathematician yes i am
@@qodbop425 Don't recognise the username!
Hei I am ur teacher
when you're rated 930 in bullet this gambit is like a free win.
Low rated players usually don't fall into this because they don't know enough opening theory. Usually only 1400+ player know that the best move in Russian Game is to play Nxe5, which is required to create a Stafford Gambit.
@@nikolson191 exactly. im 1100 and still a lot of players dont take the free pawn
I'm 1000 in bullet and this does not work lol
@@MasterBronzeElite The Stafford Gambit has multiple lines and several traps that anyone below 1500 in bullet can fall for. It's definitely a free win unless you don't know what you're doing.
@@joshuawall2590 first off, not everyone starts with e4 in low rank. Second off, no one takes the free pawn.
I remember back when i was 400 elo I get frustruated because my opponent didn't move the way I wanted them to move according to this video. good times!
What's the best opening?
@@jivan5956 cock gambit
@@jivan5956 😂
@@jivan5956 vienna
8:08 the one guy trying to sql inject the bot
HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
@@ImaginaryHuman072889 a SQL injection is altering/receiving any information to/from a database using sql statements that were unintended. So yes, this would be a sql injection.
wow u got some eye!!! lol .))))
Little Bobby Tables at it again
😂
Haha, chat is so bad.
Also, I was in chat...
🤣🤣🤣
Same 😂😂 this is what happens when you don’t pay attention to the Stafford gambit xD
You're making fun of yourself!
Beat me to it😂😂😂
Same, I asked him not to make fun of us :(
I was at work and couldn't take part in the chat massacre, so again, thanks for uploading these gems to TH-cam. It's appreciated.
I’ll
Reading the chat was so freaking funny. After the game I just saw a comment run by really quick that just said “White plays checkmate” and it made me laugh soooooo hard I snorted
What app is he playing on?
Take that shit
Chat had to have been trolling
6:31 “can you flip the board“ 😂😂😂
imagine being that 2100 getting called a 1600. Damn bruh he's gonna have nightmares now.
I think the reason why the Stafford Gambit works so well is because the correct way to play looks dangerous and sketchy, whereas the dangerous/sketchy way to play seems like the natural and most solid way. It's super counterintuitive.
It's very tempting for white to castle kingside because it just looks so natural and obvious. Otherwise, your king is going to stay in the centre for several moves.
But it's very tough to play pawn to c3 instead, because it effectively means that not only is your king stuck in the centre, but you've also made queenside castling less appealing, due to moving the c-pawn. So it seems like the most dangerous move, and yet it is the safest move.
also instead of g3, e5 is really strong
Ppl were trolling
You spell center centre
@@adamgardener8624 And you spell center center.
@@kenneththorberg6914 hahahah yep
I won two quick games yesterday with Stafford Gambit after Eric's last video of Titled Arena warmup. Thank you Eric. You are my favorite chess TH-camr
Not samay
I dont understand opening game. Why not just take the knight with the pawn?
@@thatguy2244 if you take knight with pawn, black retakes with pawn then mates with queen and rook anyways
At 6:29 white move e5, after bishop for knight, after tower e1 black loose the queen. If knight take e5 bishop take h5
Why doesn’t white pawn just take black Queen?
Even more traps in the Stafford Gambit: th-cam.com/video/nH_fiqlLp2U/w-d-xo.html
Déjà vu, not déjà vous 😉
Please challenge vidit or AD of India also welcome to Samay channel
Nice bro 👏👍
Can someone please tell me how black can win if pawn takes knight on g4
Thanks for the video, really want to try this opening now!
Answers to everyone's questions in the comments:
Q: Why can't white play pawn takes knight on g4?
A: After black responds pawn takes pawn on g4, it's mate in 4 for black, see 8:55 (Keep watching from this timestamp if you want to see other ways to defend that also fail, and also the best moves to play in the position)
Q: After queen takes g3 check, why can't white take the queen with the f2 pawn?
A: That move is illegal. Moving the f-pawn puts white in check from black's bishop on c5, see 0:46
Thanks that helped
Thanks for explaining!
Oh i see. Im going to try this gambit :)
Moving f2 pawn is like king sacrifice
At 0.09 why can't white push pawn at e4
10:05
Eric: That’s “probably” TH-cam worthy
*2.3 million views later*
I’ve been seeing the Stafford Gambit over and over for the last couple of days on lichess despite having seen it only one or two times before, and now I know why. You’re quite influential, Eric!
8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" spot on comment XD
x')
8:36
Hahahhah legend
🤣🤣🤣🤣
genijalno hahaha
I feel like you made chat castle by saying they don't know how to write it correctly. Real smart
No if you look at the chat you can see them typing O-O which doesnt work
@@azcac8349 even so, he still got some who wanted to prove they could to do so
@@azcac8349 The mod in chat said they fixed that though.
@@azcac8349 b
0:29 Why wouldn't he just take with the pawn? What am I missing???
WHY AM I SO BAD
edit: nvm I see it now. Pesky bishops way in the corner sniping you.
Can't if the pawn take the knight, the black's pawn will take the white's pawn, and clear way for the black's rook which can protect the queen in the next move, another checkmate. The best move i think is to trade bishop and knight
Still don't get why pawn didn't take queen on 0:29 can someone explain?
@@gauthamworld Bishop on C5 prevents that pawn from moving. It would be a discovery check.
@@gauthamworld the pawn on f7 is pinned to the king so they can't take
0:20 Plsss somebody explain why he doesn't take the knight on b3???
I don’t know how you managed this so much Eric. I literally tried 40 matches in a row with black and not one single time did my opponent play the moves that would have allowed me to do this. It looks awesome though.
What's your rating?
@@TheRomanianWolf 1386
@@matthewbiggin9887 well, those moves are for low rated... the higher your rating will be, the less you'll see opponents playing those moves.
@@TheRomanianWolf no because I've played loads against low rated opponents, and the computer, to try to get this outcome. Almost 100 matches now as black, and not a single one has had these exact moves. I've had some very nearly's though!
LMAO when the chat frantically typed "RESIGN"
Poor Eric was so disappointed in twitch chat falling for the same gambit 😂
Chat was full of chess rubes and trolls
jesus man how can no one see that chat was trolling lmao
the chat was obviously trolling, guess being good in chess doesnt make you smart in general XD
"I'm guessing 1600..... ooohh 2100"
eric why you gotta burn him like that
@@lorrie14uwavila0nx9 man i saw that joke already in the comments
Eric: "chat shows what are the most common moves"
Chat: "haha king goes to e2 Ke2 Ke2 Ke2..."
You forget that many people don't know how pieces maneuver
@@CommaanderTaaco Nah, they're just having some fun.
@@sadrevolution that's true
@ 6:04 king to e2 isn’t allowed. Why?
@@vrvr6263 there was a bishop in e2, so the king couldn’t move to e2
I searched for a trap beat and managed to get to Beating Everyone with the Same Opening Trap
I tried this for the past 2 weeks and no one is falling for it. I guess they’ve all watched your video 😏😂
the disappointed tone in his voice when chat played g3 and he said "especially like when I'm playing against my own twitch chat" lmao
8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" spot on comment XD
@@imrehidvegi6033 It depends , let´s say that his twitch chat was just a bunch of chess pro´s , then democracy would make sense obviously , if you get my point.
0:33 you can literally see the disappointment in Eric's face 🤣
he was more like enjoyed than disappointed...
At 7:00 he’s really disappointed 😂
@JD_Hollet his black bishop is there putting king in check
@@dudemanaric pinning is the correct term
Eric you’re posting my favourite opening what if my friends see this and I can’t use it anymore!! Love the upload
8:34 "Democracy is a mistake" LMAO
Wow, such an unstoppable series of moves and difficult to see the threat! Ty for sharing for us amateur chess players!
Seems like a huge gamble hoping like fuck he castles the wrong way
Silly chat. I absolutely, positively, would not have fallen for that three times in one day without learning my lesson. Really. Please believe me.
Have you watched the whole 6 hours long stream ?
@@francescof3267 I watched most of it live. I slept for an hour or so during though.
Chat proves the reason why people can’t have nice things
of course you wouldn't, youre a youtube viewer and we have unlimited access to rosen lessons
We believe you
Whenever Eric says “dah!” It reminds me of that video where alpha zero kept forking him. Got forked so hard
Which reminds me of that video where Stockfish kept forking him.
This new chess player just found her first favorite line.
Castling early seems sound in theory but then you've chosen a side for them to target.
Can someone explain why the king had to be moved and you couldn’t just take the queen with the pawn?
Pawn can't capture queen because the pawn is pinned by bishop on c5.
@@manmeetsingh4719 thank you :D
I wonder why everyone ends up with the same moves, you’d think they’d deviate. Good trap though
Doesn't seem like good moves. Why would you castle into a threat?
@@dormetheus That´s because it´s not that obvious if you´re not familiar with it.
I love how at 1:21 the top game on the list in the lichess database is literally the one you just finished playing 5 seconds ago
The opening book at lichess will show up that mainly Eric Rosen wins in Stafford gambit accepted or he just chooses the correct oponents to play that way :)
I was at 799 for rapid, and decided to try this. The position was slightly different, but it still worked, helping me break 800 for the first time. Awesome trick, and easy to memorize for noobs like me.
Sir, I want to thank you so much for uploading this video to youtube. Because of you, I managed to won a round in a chess tournament today. Again, thank you.
It was a long time ago, but our chess instructor explicitly said that circles in castling notation are letters, not numbers. PGN agrees, at least according to Wikipedia. I think Mr. Chat really should accept O-O too. :-)
6:47 Now you know how I feel every time after the exam. _I covered the exact same thing in lecture last week! Weren't you there?!_ :-D
"tebahpla" amazing
MD Amazing
H3 IS BLUNDER
"Ah, h3 is actually good move"
Got damn that Opening game was so fast, I look away for like 5 seconds and already here the winning sound
This is my go to trap...i reach this position from sicilian queen Q7 and english Qc2..and IMs FMs 2400s all have fallen for this in bullet blitz rapid etc.. thanks for teaching a different way to reach the same position Eric sir..
Could you do a full opening video on the Stafford gambit? It's so fascinating!
I'm so lost. I'm getting to understanding chess with your channel. 😊
Eric is such a polite tormentor
Hello GM Eric. I watched your video on the London system with st. Louis chess club and I've been playing that with significant progress. Thanks
At 7:04 why didn't they just use the pawn to kill the queen? Am I missing something? (Not the best at chess, haven't played that much)
Its pinned by the bishop at c5
As itzzmatt said it's a pin. The pawn on f2 cannot move because moving it would cause white to move into check from black's bishop on c5. I am also bad at chess but learning piece pins has won me a few of the disaster matches me and my friends play against eachother 🤣
That first game reminded me of that tragedy video when he was on a winning streak
2:54
"I just wanna play the stafford gambit" lololz😂
Why doesn’t the pawn take knight on g4?
I thought the same thing but then figured it out. If pawn takes g4 then black pawn takes g4 and if u play anything beside e5 which is the correct move queen moves h2 and its check mate cause of the rook. Hope that helped
Here after watching the Queens Gambit
Nothing I guess
@@yubnub3000 I’m addicted to chess now after watching it lol
I still haven't seen most of it. I used to play a lot of chess in grade school but my friends just got me back into playing
0:30 Why can't the white pawn in top left by bishop and cannon just eat the queen instead????
Because there is a black bishop diagonally across from it and if the pawn is moved, the bishop would take the king, so you can’t move the pawn in order to protect the king and block the bishop from attacking the king.
@DoLLaR Sign OG's ok meanie
Minimalistic editting and calm personality. Noice
0:55 Hold on! How did Eric get to play two consecutive moves with black? I don't understand. Play at half speed and you can plainly see it. Or am I missing something?
Pre-moves mate, he already knew what he would play and so as soon as white took their turn he already had it all set, so as to lose as little time as possible
I love coming here and learning some new off-meta strategy, now can i apply it......
It is interesting that human beings so easily fall into the same trap.
Players below 1800 are "human beings"???
@@TheRomanianWolf Players below 3000 are human beings.
Hey Eric, have you seen "5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel" yet? So far I've only seen more general gaming youtubers play it, I'd really like to see what an IM can do with it.
WGM Qiyu Zhou (akanemsko on twitch) played it and it blew her mind
@@flyingkillercob Thanks, I'll check it out.
Why do they keep playing the g2 pawn and don't take your knight with the h3 pawn instead?
Because opening the column for the rook on the king is suicide... I would sacrifice 2 knights, not just one, to open such a column!!! It's basic positional chess.
1:23 "36 times" - today it is 298, thanks Eric
I'm French and I love how you pronounce "déjà vu" :)
Thank you for the trap, I'll try it soon.
chat falling for the trap and trying to resign was so dam funny
I am pretty confident to say that they purposely fell for the trap.
Why don’t they take the knight at g4 with the pawn? I know there is a reason but I feel dumb
Edit: Can’t white take out the queen with the pawn at f2?
The H4 pawn can't capture the knight, as it would be recaptured by the H5 pawn, opening up the H-file which would still threaten Queen H2 mate as it would be protected by the rook, and the F2 pawn can't capture the Queen as it is pinned by the Bishop.
@@diremist2826 ohhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes a lot more sense, thank you for opening my eyes!
Wow I was about to ask the same thing about the white pawn not attacking the black queen. It is true, black bishop would get an opening go the white king in that case. Thanks for explaining!
9:01 and what does that white queen acomplishes there getting captured by black king??
Fooling you. The rook on h8 guards.
At like 1:35 why does white pawn not take queen to get out of check? Why is that mate?
The pawn was pinned to the king because of the black bishop on c5
@@Phlample thank you. I'm a casual. I felt dumb after posting this I went back and saw it.
omg this actually worked, played three games after watching the video, one walked right into it 😂 it makes sense though since the moves are really intuitive after taking that pawn
0:24 I don’t understand why the pawn just doesn’t take the knight
At about 8:45 he goes over the line
The pawn is pinned by the bishop on c 5
@@alxswb6817 They mean hxNg4
10 hours later!! Feels like a Spongebob episode with Patrick! LOL
7:24 all the resigning was so funny LMAOOO
Beautiful Sir . I’ll use it in my next tournament in Mexico. That’s awesome, Thanks.
How did chat not remember the move that he showed on stream 6 hours ago that's unbelievable
They did, they were trolling
Now i am sort of a noob at chess even through ive been playing for 10 years, but why didnt he take the queen at 00:30
The pawn was pinned as it was protecting the king from the bishop :)
@@sksinha9609 damn i didnt see that😂
Why didn't white in the first game take the knight? 0:22
The black pawn takes white pawn then queen h2 is checkmate because it gives the rook and opening
@@same9322 aha, now I get it. :D
Thanks mate!
*pun not intended*
"Or maybe you're the same people, so maybe, you can make fun of yourself".....💀-that sounded villainous bro
Eric: Mates 2 people using the same method
Chat during the match: I am gonna pretend i did not see that.
Well, everyone needs to watch this :) I've just had a game where my opponent played exactly as in your games with white... LOL
I always play f3 against the Stafford. Learned that lesson a while ago
Hey Eric, love your content. I was wondering if one day you could make a video using the Reti opening? I'm a beginner in chess but for whatever reason I'm really drawn to that opening. Keep up the great work.
I enjoyed this video. Very instructive. Keep up the good work.
im so confused why did white not kill blacks queen with the pawn when he was in check?
We all know crowds are only good at coordinating when it comes to memes and jokes. Obviously they were seeing how many times they could get the same outcome.
"Oh. 2100." The most withering neg I have ever heard. Rosen is a master of understated trash talk.
Eric: beating everyone within 10 moves
Me who blunders on move one
Thanks Eric! I managed to beat a couple of opponents with this openning.
can someone please explain to me (novice) why whites Pawn (F2) can’t capture blacks queen when he moves QG3?! I cannot understand why - thank you!
Because the pawn is pinned by the bishop.
Did I search for this?
Absolutely not
Did I exit the video?
Absolutely not
Why?
In case I choose to pick up chess for the first time in my life
It would be great to see this in slow motion 😁
wtf wdym?
@6:40 chat never learns...
Sometimes I can't understand the urge to castle of many people, especially when the central pawns are still in strong positions.
this I never understand. Castling never works out in my favor unless the central pawns are gone or not in a good position. I'm trying to understand why people like it so much. It seems to just trap your king in the corner.
Maybe it's just me but I think you look like David Krumholtz in the early 2000s. Great game and commentary, keep it up!
"We should ban king e2" what if its midgame
You have to try 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel on stream one day
6:46 he looks so disappointed at his twitch chat
I’m a beginner could you explain me why enemy doesn’t just g3 and eat the queen ?
Black bishop would auto win the game if that pawn moved.
6:38 in this position why wouldn’t white move rook to e1?
Because from what i see you can avoid being mated that way. What am i not seeing?
Edit Nevermind i think i figured it out. After rook e1 queen gives check on h2 king moves to f1 and then back rank mate on h1 with the black queen. 😕
Everyone learned a valuable a lesson.. never accept the Stafford gambit
I like the part where he said "its chessing time" and chessed all over the board
@0:30 Wait, how did the opposing player not take his Queen with the pawn on F row. Do you have to move the king when in check? I thought you could capture the threat in any way possible and carry on.
Edit: Nevermind, there's the bishop at c5. Clever, damn.