Eric used to mainly just hang around London, but he has expanded his horizons to Englund and English as a whole. Perhaps, in time, he will be experienced in the United Kingdom as a whole.
When teaching someone new how to play chess, once they start understanding opening principles and getting confident, I like to do one English or Dutch game to show them how much they have left to learn. 🤣
This series shows your true strength, Eric. One day viewers get crazy gambit tournaments, the other day you pull out super educative analysis of English sidelines. Keep up that mix! 👍
3 eric videos within 2 days . Christmas bonanza indeed . Thanks for another informative video on the English opening and also for the teaser on the Ballon gambit . 🙂
This is a great example of using sound chess principles to just gain an advantage in the opening. Nothing too flashy, or risky, calculating when needed, a slight surprise opening, well done 👍
Just started playing the English in the past month and it's really helped me develop as a chess player. Happy that this video exists, but also sad because it means that people will become more aware of the common mistakes lol
Inadvertently showcasing why I am generally not a Sicilian player; I play so often in Reversed Sicilian positions as White that being (relatively speaking) down a move is confusing.
I've actually been teaching myself the Botvinik English lately as something that will get many of my tourney opponents out of prep while still being very playable against better players.
@@Qppqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqppqpqpqpq He has quite a few videos with "dubious" in the title... Aaand I'm (kinda) wrong. He usually punishes or refutes these opening and doesn't play them himself.
If there's an equivalent tournament up here in Canada, I'd love to play 😂 being ~1500 and getting beaten by some real pros would be tough, but just getting to meet Eric would be totally sick!
I feel like i learn a lot of chess from watching full games like this and even if i don't remember everything i can still take key moves away for use in certain games. Chess is a pretty cool game😅
@@Qppqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqppqpqpqpq my bad not being more specific. I meant watching both sides of an English...how does Eric play with white in an English and how he plays with black against an English.
Not sure whether you really mean QGD with White playing e3 and NF3 or really meant to say a QGD with Black having played e6 and Nf6, but my advice would be the same as follows, A common reason for White to play 1. c4 is to reduce the number of QP openings to study and avoid some altogether. This doesn't necessarily mean that openings like the QG can be avoided altogether because sometimes it's to White's advantage sometimes to play a delayed d4 if it's not played early. But White also often has the option to "never" play d4 in the opening which would mean the QG is avoided altogether. If that sounds confusing, it's because White has the option to confuse by choosing what he wants to enter into and what to avoid. The recommendation for you as Black would probably be the same... If you like QG positions, then give White every opportunity to transpose into a position or line you like. But, you also need to be prepared that White won't take your bait and you will need to learn those positions as well.
I have had quite a bit of bad luck in the past defending against 1. c4. You really have to know what you're doing against a large number of possible lines.
No, because after Bxg5 Nxg5 Qxg5 Qxd5 White would be under developed. Bh3 or Bf3 put great pressure to the King, Rad8 wins tempi against the Queen... worse position for White.
Very nice. Interesting game, unusual theory, entertaining. I'm curious where you picked up the ideas for this opening and line (if you don't mind divulging a possible close secret). It's a bit off beat as far as English lines go, not something I've seen written about and appears very logical... A bit trappy so I can imagine it appeals to your taste.
Black playing symmetrically is a common trap for playing Black. If White recognizes what Black is doing, it's easy to enter a line where Black cannot continue imitating and will play a large part of the game with an inferior side. As Black you should play whatever you are most comfortable with, particularly if White isn't putting any pressure on you and watch carefully for moments when moves make a big difference.
@@KF1 he must really be struggling for content, I’m just pissed I didn’t see it was a 1400 till the very end when he got his Queen and Rook forked. I was like wait what’s this dudes rating then saw it was a 1400. I would have never even wasted my time watching the video had I seen that in the beginning.
@@marcuslarwa9098 while the opponent was underrated for him, I don't think a recap of playing a chess tourney in Dubai counts as "struggling for content". Where was your last tournament held? Hope you learned something anyway.
Anyone...I play a lot online and get really p*ssed off if I lose. I take it personally, and I shouldn't. I'm obviously not as good as I think I am, but how does anyone else shrug off blundering a queen?
You shouldn't shrug off blundering a queen. It should hurt. That's the motivation for you to learn and improve. When you've been staring at a chess book for an hour and are ready to give up, remember how you felt after the last time you blundered your queen. Imagine your opponent laughing as he tells his friends how he beat this newbie who blundered his queen. Then open up your chess book and get back to your studying.
Play to get better, don't play to win or gain rating. Treat your losses as learning experiences, look back on them and see how you can improve. You'll never improve without losses.
Watch Chess-Network blitz tournaments. Not just to improve at chess, but to see how he handles defeat. It's kind of funny sometimes how bad the blunders can sting.
Eric used to mainly just hang around London, but he has expanded his horizons to Englund and English as a whole. Perhaps, in time, he will be experienced in the United Kingdom as a whole.
English, Dutch, East Asia, Middle East, South Asia, etc Opening. If Eric learns all of that, he can unlock Universe Opening!
I live in London
@@aleksk4151 Well, wave to the queen!
So funny my grandma would laugh
@@Cursein Your grandma's a bish
When teaching someone new how to play chess, once they start understanding opening principles and getting confident, I like to do one English or Dutch game to show them how much they have left to learn. 🤣
Just have them watch Nakamura vs. So I watched slack jawed. I don't understand how So could be so dominanted.
@@lightunicorn1371 When a player is hot, they are hard to beat.
I just play c6 d5 against it
@@mikebaker2436 Wesley is an attractive guy too tho.
@@lightunicorn1371 Plus, Wesley's a professional. I doubt he'd let his attraction to Nakamura's good looks distract him
This series shows your true strength, Eric. One day viewers get crazy gambit tournaments, the other day you pull out super educative analysis of English sidelines.
Keep up that mix! 👍
3 eric videos within 2 days . Christmas bonanza indeed . Thanks for another informative video on the English opening and also for the teaser on the Ballon gambit . 🙂
Glad you are back
I like. Not only do I like to follow a series of games making a tournament, but I like the educational comments on the tactical thoughts.
I've played the english like 200 times in the past 2 months this video is amazing
This is a great example of using sound chess principles to just gain an advantage in the opening.
Nothing too flashy, or risky, calculating when needed, a slight surprise opening, well done 👍
THANKS for being so awesome eric you are so cool, and your easy way of speaking helps me to learn so much
Won my fastest game ever with this opening. Had 8:48 left in my 10 min game before he resigned!! Ty so much I've learned so much from your videos!
Just started playing the English in the past month and it's really helped me develop as a chess player. Happy that this video exists, but also sad because it means that people will become more aware of the common mistakes lol
Loving this series. Thanks for all the excellent content!
I do really enjoy these recap videos. Hope they do well for you
Really enjoy these analysis videos of your own OTB games, thanks!
Nice game. Thank you for the new opening.
Thank you a lot for the recaps! I'm really loving them :)
Very instructive, thank you.
Inadvertently showcasing why I am generally not a Sicilian player; I play so often in Reversed Sicilian positions as White that being (relatively speaking) down a move is confusing.
I just went to my first tournament and played every game with the english as white. Won every game, no one knows about this opening, its amazing!
More good stuff from Eric….thanks 👍👍
A reversed Taimonov but without E3 so the big question is, doesn't black have some fun and excitement with N-d4 when the queen goes to c2?
Awesome work
I've actually been teaching myself the Botvinik English lately as something that will get many of my tourney opponents out of prep while still being very playable against better players.
I saw "English Opening" and I thought about the London. My ELO severely dropped.
London is in England. Maybe thats why
Same
I live in London 😃
Same 😂
Even though I knew it's in Dubai I misread it as Dubious Rapid Chess xD
Which would make total sense with Eric.
Nice insult
@@Qppqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqppqpqpqpq He has quite a few videos with "dubious" in the title...
Aaand I'm (kinda) wrong. He usually punishes or refutes these opening and doesn't play them himself.
If there's an equivalent tournament up here in Canada, I'd love to play 😂 being ~1500 and getting beaten by some real pros would be tough, but just getting to meet Eric would be totally sick!
Thank you ,Eric Rosen
I feel like i learn a lot of chess from watching full games like this and even if i don't remember everything i can still take key moves away for use in certain games. Chess is a pretty cool game😅
I have much to learn lol. Nice opening Eric
Opponent played very well until he blundered, but seeing the rating difference I'd still say he played really on point
Thank you
Eric, I look forward to a video going deeper into Bellon gambit theory ^_^
Hope you enjoyed Dubai, good luck!
Can you make a video on Max Lange attack?
Eric, I don't watch your channel often. However, this English vid was riveting. I would watch more English games, both W and B.
There is no English opening for black, I suppose you meant sicilian defense
@@Qppqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqppqpqpqpq my bad not being more specific. I meant watching both sides of an English...how does Eric play with white in an English and how he plays with black against an English.
11:00why not Nfg5? U trade and then take the night on d5 and if something like bh3 u have Qf3?
I only play the English. I both love to see this because I can learn more, and hate to see it because now more people will be prepared for my madness
So London, English, Englund, Stafford...Eric seems pretty anglo-centric for a well-traveled guy.
Englund was a Swedish player around 1900.
I live in London 😃
Hello Eric !
Hello!
You never mentioned English before :) could you make more about it?
I find the move order 1.Nf3, Nf6 2.c4 the most annoying to play against w black as it prevents ...e5.
Just play the same setup you use against 1.d4
London is Life
More!
love ya eric
Little eric 😊❤
Eric, hi! What can you recommend on English? Studies, books, anything really.
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As black, facing C4, can you easily force a transposition into a queen's gambit declined with E3 or nf3?
Not sure whether you really mean QGD with White playing e3 and NF3 or really meant to say a QGD with Black having played e6 and Nf6, but my advice would be the same as follows,
A common reason for White to play 1. c4 is to reduce the number of QP openings to study and avoid some altogether.
This doesn't necessarily mean that openings like the QG can be avoided altogether because sometimes it's to White's advantage sometimes to play a delayed d4 if it's not played early. But White also often has the option to "never" play d4 in the opening which would mean the QG is avoided altogether.
If that sounds confusing, it's because White has the option to confuse by choosing what he wants to enter into and what to avoid.
The recommendation for you as Black would probably be the same...
If you like QG positions, then give White every opportunity to transpose into a position or line you like.
But, you also need to be prepared that White won't take your bait and you will need to learn those positions as well.
I have had quite a bit of bad luck in the past defending against 1. c4. You really have to know what you're doing against a large number of possible lines.
fuck yea, hardly anyone cover The English, and its my main opening and this video is very helpful, thanks Eric
Round 3 round 3
Was Neg5 an option to save the king side pawn structure?
Doesn't that just lose a piece after Bxg5 Nxg5 Qxg5? Or are you talking about a different position
No, because after Bxg5 Nxg5 Qxg5 Qxd5 White would be under developed. Bh3 or Bf3 put great pressure to the King, Rad8 wins tempi against the Queen... worse position for White.
At 10:35 doesn't Ng5 work? Bishop take, knight takes, queen takes, queen captures knight in the center
Edit: queen covers mate on g2
GO ERIC
Do you have an English course???
English opening is kryptonite against me
Very nice.
Interesting game, unusual theory, entertaining.
I'm curious where you picked up the ideas for this opening and line (if you don't mind divulging a possible close secret).
It's a bit off beat as far as English lines go, not something I've seen written about and appears very logical... A bit trappy so I can imagine it appeals to your taste.
If I played against you I would lose, but I would enjoy playing until the bitter end.
Can I play the Sicilian against the English? Kinda like a mirror
You can play 1…c5 (the Symmetrical Variation), but that’s not the Sicilian because White didn’t play 1.e4.
Black playing symmetrically is a common trap for playing Black.
If White recognizes what Black is doing, it's easy to enter a line where Black cannot continue imitating and will play a large part of the game with an inferior side. As Black you should play whatever you are most comfortable with, particularly if White isn't putting any pressure on you and watch carefully for moments when moves make a big difference.
I always play Eric on 1.5 speed
Pawn g3 would have made Yasser happy.
mr rosen ur very cool
Nice game. I like to click +1 on all the comments.
Never any hate here…
lets go first two minutes
U played a 1400
I imagine that this is a scholastic tournament and he's crushing the 15 year olds. Absolutely stomping them. Remorseless, really.
@@KF1 he must really be struggling for content, I’m just pissed I didn’t see it was a 1400 till the very end when he got his Queen and Rook forked. I was like wait what’s this dudes rating then saw it was a 1400. I would have never even wasted my time watching the video had I seen that in the beginning.
@@marcuslarwa9098 while the opponent was underrated for him, I don't think a recap of playing a chess tourney in Dubai counts as "struggling for content". Where was your last tournament held?
Hope you learned something anyway.
@@marcuslarwa9098 not that deep dude
Hype
The pawnzioni is the best opening
Hi
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Anyone...I play a lot online and get really p*ssed off if I lose. I take it personally, and I shouldn't. I'm obviously not as good as I think I am, but how does anyone else shrug off blundering a queen?
You shouldn't shrug off blundering a queen. It should hurt. That's the motivation for you to learn and improve. When you've been staring at a chess book for an hour and are ready to give up, remember how you felt after the last time you blundered your queen. Imagine your opponent laughing as he tells his friends how he beat this newbie who blundered his queen. Then open up your chess book and get back to your studying.
Bruh if you're one move blundering your queen ,you shouldn't read "chess books". You should just focus more while playing instead
Play to get better, don't play to win or gain rating. Treat your losses as learning experiences, look back on them and see how you can improve. You'll never improve without losses.
Watch Chess-Network blitz tournaments. Not just to improve at chess, but to see how he handles defeat. It's kind of funny sometimes how bad the blunders can sting.
Hide the notation!!!
if you spoke a bit less calm, it would get my attention a lot more, now i often get lost doing other stuff while your videos are playing
I am first
Playing 1400s lol?
Cringe thumbnail. I would fire whoever designed it