3:50 ONLY time I've ever seen Eric take so long to make the most OBVIOUS and ONLY POSSIBLE move to avoid getting mated lol. He's thinking 5 steps ahead true, but at that point there LITERALLY is no other option other than G3! haha
More terrifying than yelling is when your parents say they're disappointed, but most terrifying of all is when Eric says "Yeah that move was actually a mistake." The most devastating sentence
@@mcbublick in this context it sounds like he's referring to a known or discovered line not just any set of moves. Hard to say for sure though. He does speak dryly.
My spouse and I are recent converts to your channel Mr. Rosen. We had been viewing lots of Gotham chess ,but Levy goes too fast for us to catch on . Your laid back style and careful constructs are helping us pick up our games. It's to the point where I fear missing any videos that my partner has seen without me. Very risky for me to be sure. Thanks
@@CaslavNorisavljevic GothamChess has a bit more of a distasteful personality. His previewpics are cringe and he seems more geared towards children. But it's not that bad
@@ulcea7900 the quality of Eric's highlights is unmatched. when i watch a gotham video, his self-aware humor is what saves it. otherwise to me he just comes off as a good chess player who teaches for money. which is fine i guess. but Eric's passion for the game captured authentically is 100x better on every level, for instruction and for entertainment.
I've enjoyed a ton of your content, thanks! But WOW, that was utterly gangsta. Crushing while staying just one tempi ahead of opponent's mate. Edge of seat stuff.
I have been watching your channel for over a year now and as I think of it, it's incredible how much I've learned. Thank you Eric and keep up the good work!
"KH4 is funny" but in actuality it's hilarious and I still don't know why. I love Eric's games it's like watching a movie - so suspenseful and our hero always seems to win in the end when all these impossible obstacles are thrown his way.
6:23 bishop to b5 is also nice. Stockfish only gives +5 at the end but you basically force the queen trade and the situation becomes a lot less sharp for white
I looked at this game and found Black's E pawn is the key for Black to win. Black blundered by NOT moving the E pawn forward. Eric, luck played a role in this win. It was very entertaining to watch. The key to this variation is to know when to cut and run with the material gained or the disruption made upon Black's ranks.
Love your content Eric. Even though I’m pretty useless I just won a game with a Ponziani and Qa4 in 12 moves. It seemed to baffle my opponent and left him wide open. Really nice 😀
How Eric says congrats to his opponent even when the line is veeeery murky and unclear is masterful! Great content, wish I found your channel sooner. +1 sub🙂
Well there are a lotta players rated higher than him but idk why this guy has influenced me the most. Been a month since i started watching him and really had a good time learning stuff from his vids.
At 450 take center line pawn move rook over for check, bishop is locked by queen then check with your bishop then take his bishop with your queen for mate
Very useful. I've played the Ponziani a few times but tend to lose or not get a great advantage against opponents who play d4, so I must remember this! And there must be a cartoon animal - a cat, or snail, or sloth! - waiting for Eric to provide the voice for...
Eric - love the Ponziani content and thanks for the heads up re subscribing with prime, will do that today. Where would you recommend learning the Ponziani in depth? Also, do you have any anti siclian systems you play as that's my major stumbling block with playing 1e4 (Ive always generally played 1d4 to avoid it)
The ponziani only really works because nobody plays it. A few years ago I had some people play it all the time on FICS and I knew that 3... Qd6 just neutralized all threats against the centre and white just had little ways of giving problems. Then nobody played it for years and I kind of forgot about it. f6 seems like the main move but it looks a bit weird. Basically d5 just equalized if you know how to deal with 3. Qa4 or Bb5. And it is just like one move and the rest is a breeze. Defending e5 any other way than with f6 or Qd6 the pieces get in each others way.
Yes, 4..Qd6 looks the best (f6 is supposed to be good but it just doesnt feel right), but I guess it's also still very playable for white. e.g. 5.Na3?! is an interesting line
I played ponziani earlier today and after doing Qa4, by opponent did Bd7 and I had no idea how to respond to that. He also played d6 instead of d5 so I couldn’t take e5 pawn with my knight.
Hi, im new to chess (unrated) and i have been thinking for a while why black King didnt take bf7 at 7:06? after Qd7 check, black King could escape to g6 again? what am i missing? thx for helping and of course for your vids, sub is safe :)
I assume you mean on move 24? If Kxf7 then 25. Qxd7+ Kg6 26. Qxg4+ Kf7 27. Qxg3 and Black’s attack is dead, with 0 compensation for being down two rooks and a knight. Another line after Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Kf6 26. Re6+ Kg5 27. Rxh6 Kxh6 and Black is now down a Queen with no attacking chances left, especially with both the knight and bishop hanging. Last main potential line after Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 or Kg8 leads an immediate checkmate with 26. Re8#. There are potential other sub-lines after taking the bishop, but they all run into similar issues where white can neutralize black’s attack with a series of forced checks and then its game over for black, being down so much material. Took me a minute to figure it out myself. I would have never spotted the move 24. Bf7 as a good one in a blitz game. Such a savage move by IM Rosen, especially considering he played it so instantaneously and nonchalantly.
If black takes bishop with king, then white goes Qe7 and is either getting checkmate or a free queen. I thought what you were saying at first but after playing it out, it’s not a good option.
6:51 *has 8 seconds left on the clock*
Eric: wait a minute
Bruh moment
Lol I was going to comment the same
Same. I thought to myself: Eric... you don't have a minute.
3:50 ONLY time I've ever seen Eric take so long to make the most OBVIOUS and ONLY POSSIBLE move to avoid getting mated lol. He's thinking 5 steps ahead true, but at that point there LITERALLY is no other option other than G3! haha
@@tcg4111 he was considering to move his rook away to give the king an escape square... Probably.
Eric: Calmly winning with 5 seconds left
Me: Panicking and blundering all my pieces with 3 mins left
More terrifying than yelling is when your parents say they're disappointed, but most terrifying of all is when Eric says "Yeah that move was actually a mistake." The most devastating sentence
LOL. Said so calmly, then the punishment appears on the board.
"oh no my queen"
Eric always says "there's a cool line" like they're still in theory.
aren't they theory still though?
"lines" is not exclusive term for theory. any sequence of moves is a line
@@TheSoulBlossom Yes they are mate 👍
@@TheSoulBlossom it's just a plan or tactic for material advantage , check mate or intuition
@@mcbublick in this context it sounds like he's referring to a known or discovered line not just any set of moves. Hard to say for sure though. He does speak dryly.
"I need more Ponziani content on TH-cam to balance out the Stafford Gambit content" Hahaha
I genuinely hope he is serious, the Ponziani opening is one of my favorites.
I agree
Yeah me too I'd love to see more ponziani .
@@ArcadiaCv until everyone learned to counter it, because everyone started using it?
10:42 “Thanks son for being born.” - Eric Rosen 😂👌
Big fan🙌🏽
Is this real?
LMAO dj titled Tuesday
Dad energy over there.
You could hear the "...I guess" in his voice
My spouse and I are recent converts to your channel Mr. Rosen. We had been viewing lots of Gotham chess ,but Levy goes too fast for us to catch on . Your laid back style and careful constructs are helping us pick up our games. It's to the point where I fear missing any videos that my partner has seen without me. Very risky for me to be sure. Thanks
his voice makes me so calm that i want to drink a tea and chill while i watch a good chess video
Right!
"kudos to my opponent for surviving so long" Eric really be flexing out here
While his opponent is a CM
8:16 'what a gay man'
what a *game
@Titan
It's called sense of humor. You should get one. They're nice!
hahahahahahha
Sounds like true love, honeykins... It's your photo that gives you away, sweetie ...
Bro you are my favorite chess TH-camr with gothamchess keep going man👏👏
I dont know why i cant stomach gothamchess
My fav are eric and hikaru
@@CaslavNorisavljevic there is a bit of ego there but is that rly that much of a problem brat
@@CaslavNorisavljevic GothamChess has a bit more of a distasteful personality. His previewpics are cringe and he seems more geared towards children. But it's not that bad
@@ulcea7900 the quality of Eric's highlights is unmatched. when i watch a gotham video, his self-aware humor is what saves it. otherwise to me he just comes off as a good chess player who teaches for money. which is fine i guess. but Eric's passion for the game captured authentically is 100x better on every level, for instruction and for entertainment.
I've enjoyed a ton of your content, thanks! But WOW, that was utterly gangsta. Crushing while staying just one tempi ahead of opponent's mate. Edge of seat stuff.
This was amazing
one tempo singular
“El train de hípe”
What a coincidence. Yesterday I was just wondering about the Ponziani and thought of searching for some content about it. But here it is!
I have been watching your channel for over a year now and as I think of it, it's incredible how much I've learned. Thank you Eric and keep up the good work!
Call an ambulance, but not for me.
Eric Rosen with 10 seconds left and his opponent with over 1 minute left
6:50 Wait a Minute is bad if you have 10 seconds on the clock
You have a very soothing voice which makes learning easier.
Eric with 5 seconds remaining: "Hmm now wait a minute"
Remember JoannaTries? Lost against her when she was 915. (You were 2200 lichess at that time)
i totally agree. Ponziani creates a quick and simple imbalance but how to capitalize with mis placed knight is the trick
Hello Eric!
Thanks for another ponziani video ,was waiting for it!
"KH4 is funny" but in actuality it's hilarious and I still don't know why.
I love Eric's games it's like watching a movie - so suspenseful and our hero always seems to win in the end when all these impossible obstacles are thrown his way.
6:23 bishop to b5 is also nice. Stockfish only gives +5 at the end but you basically force the queen trade and the situation becomes a lot less sharp for white
I looked at this game and found Black's E pawn is the key for Black to win. Black blundered by NOT moving the E pawn forward. Eric, luck played a role in this win. It was very entertaining to watch. The key to this variation is to know when to cut and run with the material gained or the disruption made upon Black's ranks.
I see Eric Rosen video. I like it.
Eric is the type of guy that is so funny he doesn't realise how funny he actually is just by the tone of his voice much love brother from aus
8:16
"What a gay man"
bold of you to assume eric.
Oh no my queen, my beautiful queen. Checkmate.
The Ponziani is too strong!
Love your content Eric. Even though I’m pretty useless I just won a game with a Ponziani and Qa4 in 12 moves. It seemed to baffle my opponent and left him wide open. Really nice 😀
How Eric says congrats to his opponent even when the line is veeeery murky and unclear is masterful! Great content, wish I found your channel sooner. +1 sub🙂
Every time i blunder, I just hear Eric’s voice saying “yeah so that move was actually a mistake”
I feel like i could be put to sleep with rosen ASMR chess moves in my ear
Mate in 3 at 8:03 re4, kf3, qf5, bf4 and nd2#
I’ve never seen another chess youTuber, but I don’t think I need too. Thanks for all the videos!!
Yes, more Ponziani content is desperately needed
8 second left.
"Oh wait, there's a cool line"
I always got heart attack when there's only 20 sec left
Well there are a lotta players rated higher than him but idk why this guy has influenced me the most. Been a month since i started watching him and really had a good time learning stuff from his vids.
Eric, why does Josh's dad in Finding Bobby Fischer look like a cross between you and Ray Romano
you and john bartholomew provide the chillest kind of chess videos. i love it.
At 450 take center line pawn move rook over for check, bishop is locked by queen then check with your bishop then take his bishop with your queen for mate
Thank you for your videos, I just started playing , which one of your videos do you recommend for beginners?
You need to give THE KING A ESCAPE ROUTE
Love the Ponziani analysis. Your other video on it is how I found your channel.
Very useful. I've played the Ponziani a few times but tend to lose or not get a great advantage against opponents who play d4, so I must remember this!
And there must be a cartoon animal - a cat, or snail, or sloth! - waiting for Eric to provide the voice for...
That's the first game I ever saw you play... just to play....
You're vicious!
I like it.
Just today, I was looking up Eric's Lichess games where he plays the Ponziani and here's a video on it. Nice.
Eric, you have the best chess channel on twitch AND youtube. Thank you for your uploads and your passion.
05:1 you can move the bishop to A6, then the queen takes bishop and the king will move and take the rook.
yes pls more Ponziani content! i have used it quite a bit because of your vids
Ponziani is the oldest trap opening and they still fall for it
Really great to see you and very nice practical teaching. Stay blessed always.
Always waiting for the chess video by eric rosen😌
Black completely forgot his queen
Eric - love the Ponziani content and thanks for the heads up re subscribing with prime, will do that today. Where would you recommend learning the Ponziani in depth? Also, do you have any anti siclian systems you play as that's my major stumbling block with playing 1e4 (Ive always generally played 1d4 to avoid it)
Just played a ponziani variation against my opponent and they got destroyed... how is this man not GM
The ponziani only really works because nobody plays it. A few years ago I had some people play it all the time on FICS and I knew that 3... Qd6 just neutralized all threats against the centre and white just had little ways of giving problems. Then nobody played it for years and I kind of forgot about it. f6 seems like the main move but it looks a bit weird.
Basically d5 just equalized if you know how to deal with 3. Qa4 or Bb5. And it is just like one move and the rest is a breeze. Defending e5 any other way than with f6 or Qd6 the pieces get in each others way.
Yes, 4..Qd6 looks the best (f6 is supposed to be good but it just doesnt feel right), but I guess it's also still very playable for white. e.g. 5.Na3?! is an interesting line
At 3:45 you can take queen by q d5 and q f7
Bruh its getting mated
Qd5 ok fine check the black then Qf7.
Then black queen h2 mate
yes please bring on more Ponziani content!
I just won a game using the ponziani. I checkmated with a pawn.
That was a brutal beatdown ouch
More checks than a Mongolian buffet
Start-2:20 & 9:45-11:40
Last time I came this early my girlfriend was disappointed
Don’t be like that mate. She’s used to it by now 👍
Well played
If she loves you she loves you for that too.
That makes two of us
Yeah, those inflattable dolls these days getting more and more realistic by the day.
Lol I got an ad by some GM on how to crush the ponziani opening as black in the middle of this vid
Your name sounds like the silent smart character in an anime and coincidentally you are hella smart.
Lmao how tho his name is very American like to be anime haha
Strong players hate this one trick!
The computer is helping growing players so much! It's scary, but really cool!
Nice game but Black missed 14... e3!
I have dabbled with the Ponz in slow speed internet games years ago, having received notes from David Taylor.
At 7:09
Why didn't the King take Bishop ?????????
Now i see where this trick came from. I lost like 3 games in a row
Great content as always. I gotta check your Twitch streams more often. Cheers!
at 3:45 he nearly transformed to hikaru its a very rare thing to happen
whenever i see erics face in a thumbnail of a suggested video i know its about a dirty trap lol
I have accidentaly done this opening without even knowing it existed...and i did it today, strange
Leonhardt's Gambit or Caro's Gambit pretty much puts the Ponziani in the bone yard.
Eric I fall asleep to your YT videos. I mean I come for the chess but your voice I sware I’m out in minutes.
Loving the ponziani content
More Ponziani please! 🔝
Eric Rosen please make a ponziani video with every single line and opening possibiliry
thanks Eric! i play this opening now cuz of u!!!
8:45 After Bb5, what if he pushes the c6 pawn and the pawn is protected by the queen
can you do a video on how best to use the analysis feature ?
Excellent content, Eric!
I played ponziani earlier today and after doing Qa4, by opponent did Bd7 and I had no idea how to respond to that. He also played d6 instead of d5 so I couldn’t take e5 pawn with my knight.
Hi, im new to chess (unrated) and i have been thinking for a while why black King didnt take bf7 at 7:06? after Qd7 check, black King could escape to g6 again? what am i missing? thx for helping and of course for your vids, sub is safe :)
wondering the same thing
Agadmator,Gothamchess and Eric Rosen
Holy Trinity
From a practical standpoint
Given a time situation
Hey I’m new to your channel. I’m curious where/how did you learn all of these gambits, books etc?
This guy is the deffinition of a chess nerd
Are we gonna ignore the fact that the legendary JoannaTries subbed this video?
Nice video! enjoyed the tennis stream btw
I really wanna know everything about ponziani opening
three years later, hi gavilin
Include the games of Evans, Budapest and other gambits
7:53 bishop to e5
Is there a reason why the black king didn't take the rook at 7:05? I don't get it.
I don’t understand , someone please explain why black did not take the unprotected bishop with his king??? Thanks for a response
I assume you mean on move 24?
If Kxf7 then 25. Qxd7+ Kg6 26. Qxg4+ Kf7 27. Qxg3 and Black’s attack is dead, with 0 compensation for being down two rooks and a knight.
Another line after Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Kf6 26. Re6+ Kg5 27. Rxh6 Kxh6 and Black is now down a Queen with no attacking chances left, especially with both the knight and bishop hanging.
Last main potential line after Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 or Kg8 leads an immediate checkmate with 26. Re8#.
There are potential other sub-lines after taking the bishop, but they all run into similar issues where white can neutralize black’s attack with a series of forced checks and then its game over for black, being down so much material. Took me a minute to figure it out myself. I would have never spotted the move 24. Bf7 as a good one in a blitz game. Such a savage move by IM Rosen, especially considering he played it so instantaneously and nonchalantly.
Black could easily take his bishop by his king in 7:08 I mean that probably gonna help him a lot idk why he didn’t take it
If black takes bishop with king, then white goes Qe7 and is either getting checkmate or a free queen. I thought what you were saying at first but after playing it out, it’s not a good option.