We all know what the true beauty of this opening is, after sacking the Queen to promote to another Queen you simply say to your opponent, "Still theory"
Analysed this a bit with Stockfish, if white plays Qc4 on move 19 instead of taking on e5 (13:08), there is an even crazier line where you sac the queen, promote and sac the queen again: 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. d6 Nd5+ 21. Kb3 exd3 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Nc4 d2+ (If we take the queen it's losing because after white takes our queen with the bishop, the rook protects the back rank) 24. Nxe3 d1=Q+ (we still can't take the queen because after Kc2 all the promoting squares are protected) 25. Nxd1 Bxd5 (now the Knight no longer protects f1, allowing us to take the queen with check and promote) There are better lines for white after Qc4, just thought this one was hilarious.
Do you see any poisonous lines for black after this 19.Qc4 variant? I was studying the position, and although the engine gives black an edge I see no way to take advantage for black.
@@peteryonts665 after 19. Qc4 Nf6 the threats are Nxd5+, exd3(followed by Nxd5+ if Queen takes, winning the queen eventually) and Be2(attacking the pinned piece again). Only move for white that doesn't lose on the spot, is to play Nxe4, stopping all the threats, which we will take back with the knight Nxe4+(The Queen sac line doesn't work here, because white can take back with the queen, covering the promotion square). The problem for white is, even with perfect play, the white king is stuck in the center of the board, even though you're still up a piece, the knight on h8 cannot be saved and will be captured eventually, and then there is the f2 pawn, which probably will promote at some point.
how ironic that such a crazy position came out the "very quiet game" opening. maybe this should be called the giuoco fortissimo edit: the move is 4...f5, but maybe it should be notated "fffff" :^)
@@francismartinevans O-O is an excellent response for white, but the evaluation from Stockfish is deceiving. A line that leads to *at least* equality for black is 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Na5! (funny side line: 8.d4!? exd4 9.Re1 [...dxc3 10.e5! Ne4!!!, black sacs the queen!!] Nxc4 10.exf5+ Kf8 11.Nd5 Bxf5 12.Qc1!!, white has really tricky compensation for the piece [...c6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qh6+ Kf7 15.Nxf6 {Qxf6 16. Ng5+ loses the queen} Rg8 16. Nxh7, line keeps going]) 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 O-O 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nxf6 gxf6 12.Bh6 Rf7 (and for example, Nh4 f4 and black is really solid and the bishop is trapped) 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxf6 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Qh4 Kg8, completely equal. Definitely playable even if white doesn't play Ng5 :)
Stumbled upon this vid real late, but Lucchini Gambit is an anagram for "u bitching I calm" and other similar nonsense. If it had another 'N' to work with you could do a lot more to break away from swearing.
this has got to be the most incredible and interesting chess theory I have ever watched. Great work Eric, you are a never-ending chess content gold mine.
This is such a cool gambit. You look like you're losing for the first half, then start taking everything back with forced moves and a much better position.
Watching you has improved my chess game so much! You manage to make chess more fun and I constantly find myself laughing at portions of the video!! Thank you Eric!
Dude! I was literally trying to look into the Italian Game, Giuoco Piano and Giuoco Pianissimo just recently! I didn't realize this gambit was hidden in the list of subsequent moves! I gotta remember this one!
I tried playing the trap in one of your more recent videos since nobody accepts the stafford at 1400 elo, but turns out nobody accepts the knight d4 trap either. Perhaps this one will bring more luck
I've actually accepted a Stafford gambit in rapid just now, it's pretty fun when you find a way to stop all of black's initiative and stabilize the board. Don't know if I'm able to find those moves in blitz though since I took like a minute to find f3 and c3.
I actually played this exact game with my friend.. and he had no idea what hit him ..At the time I did not know a name for this opening.. this was so much fun..
Old video I know, but the Rousseau gambit (and of course Lucchini Gambit) is the only gambit I know decently, and with my low rating it surprises everyone. Of course I'm familiar with other gambits, but not to good detail.
Eric, this reminds me of a chigorin game against Victor Knorre in a weird way. Black gambited a lot pf material but just opened up the kingside and butchered white.
Eric Rosen before: Stafford gambit. My favorite opening, cause there's just so many traps. Eric Rosen now: Lucchini gambit. My favorite opening, cause everybody already knows about Stafford
3:00 7. Rf1 is playable, avoiding some of the Nf6-g4 dangers. If Black continues with the logical 7.. d5, 8. ed Bg4 9. Qd2 leads to a very random material imbalance after 9.. Be3! 10. Qe3 fe 11. dc e2, 12 R back to h1, when hilariously Black has got a pawn to the seventh by move eleven and White has two minor pieces and a trapped rook for his queen. Black looks a little better though as that knight likely won't make it back out.
Even if white does not go into the trap with Ng5, and instead goes for Nc3, the position seems to equalize with best play on each side according to my lichess analysis, so it's not like black is sunk if the trap is declined.
We all know what the true beauty of this opening is, after sacking the Queen to promote to another Queen you simply say to your opponent, "Still theory"
Hit'em with the Finegold 😂
“Given that everyone’s learning the Stafford these days...”
*smirks and sips tea*
Why don't you actually try to improve in chess rather than playing cheap traps lmao. Get a grip.
Muhammad because they can help you win and the victories are satisfying
@@jacobklopp9982 maybe below 2000 lmao. Good luck improving beyond that with that mindset buddy.
Muhammad im guessing you don’t even know how to have fun
@@TyJoneZs well stop guessing and actually think for a second lmao.
It's insane what kind of miracles chess hides... Even in 2020...
Especially in 2020 xD
What's 2020 got to do with it?
@@zarrowthehorse Crazy chess discoveries keep happening and will keep happening even if chess is an old game, that's what I meant.
@@DionysisGalanis of course, there are millions of different outcomes
@@zarrowthehorse Much more... But this was shocking! 🤯
This looks like a good opening against engine cheaters. They'll play the engine top recommendation but in this line the engine is just confused
They probably will Play c3 in the italian
engine does not play ng5 it castles instead saying that the position is equal
Haha 😂
Actually bishop d5 is best notpawn d5 then whiteis not loosing
Just castle - white can keep a significant advantage without having to go into the complications
The engine analyzing this sounds like Ben Finegold. "I don't know who's better. Leave me alone. I'm an old man. Wahhh!"
Down a rook, a pawn, a knight, and a bishop for a single pawn.
_Just like the simulations_
Still theory.
Muzio Gambit in a nutshell
Star Wars memes are still in?
@@mkronos02 _"Watch those wrist rockets!"_
@@SkyNinja759 We’re just pawns, we are meant to be expandable.
Levy "I have an e4 course" Rozman
Eric "Levy has an e4 course" Rosen
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything"
Tyler Durden
"We get to a position where we're only down a pawn, with white's king on c4."
Okay, I'm convinced.
JediNxf7 GOD DAMN IT! XD
Yk, this could be a result of a devastating middle game attack but at the same time it could be a description of a drawish endgame lol
Analysed this a bit with Stockfish, if white plays Qc4 on move 19 instead of taking on e5 (13:08), there is an even crazier line where you sac the queen, promote and sac the queen again:
19. Qc4 Nf6
20. d6 Nd5+
21. Kb3 exd3
22. Qxd5 Be6
23. Nc4 d2+ (If we take the queen it's losing because after white takes our queen with the bishop, the rook protects the back rank)
24. Nxe3 d1=Q+ (we still can't take the queen because after Kc2 all the promoting squares are protected)
25. Nxd1 Bxd5 (now the Knight no longer protects f1, allowing us to take the queen with check and promote)
There are better lines for white after Qc4, just thought this one was hilarious.
This is why youtube has the comment section!
HA! You should update the comment to say 'you sack the queen, promote and sack the queen again, then promote again'.
Do you see any poisonous lines for black after this 19.Qc4 variant? I was studying the position, and although the engine gives black an edge I see no way to take advantage for black.
@@peteryonts665 after 19. Qc4 Nf6 the threats are Nxd5+, exd3(followed by Nxd5+ if Queen takes, winning the queen eventually) and Be2(attacking the pinned piece again). Only move for white that doesn't lose on the spot, is to play Nxe4, stopping all the threats, which we will take back with the knight Nxe4+(The Queen sac line doesn't work here, because white can take back with the queen, covering the promotion square). The problem for white is, even with perfect play, the white king is stuck in the center of the board, even though you're still up a piece, the knight on h8 cannot be saved and will be captured eventually, and then there is the f2 pawn, which probably will promote at some point.
LOL I went through your line on Stockfish too. So sick that the Knight takes two queens in a row and white is still losing lol
Eric, if you do play this against someone, PLEASE do post it on TH-cam (whether it works out or not). Thanks!
Why?
l3abo l_uci why not?
@@WesitoxD why?
@@kristiansyren3917 why not?
@@theultimatebananaboi163 Why?
how ironic that such a crazy position came out the "very quiet game" opening. maybe this should be called the giuoco fortissimo
edit: the move is 4...f5, but maybe it should be notated "fffff" :^)
Fortissimo!
This comment is underappreciated.
Yes
Oh this is outrageously good
Pianoforte
gmdillusion here, thanks for showing :)
Very cool, thank you!
@@francismartinevans O-O is an excellent response for white, but the evaluation from Stockfish is deceiving. A line that leads to *at least* equality for black is 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Na5! (funny side line: 8.d4!? exd4 9.Re1 [...dxc3 10.e5! Ne4!!!, black sacs the queen!!] Nxc4 10.exf5+ Kf8 11.Nd5 Bxf5 12.Qc1!!, white has really tricky compensation for the piece [...c6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qh6+ Kf7 15.Nxf6 {Qxf6 16. Ng5+ loses the queen} Rg8 16. Nxh7, line keeps going]) 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 O-O 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nxf6 gxf6 12.Bh6 Rf7 (and for example, Nh4 f4 and black is really solid and the bishop is trapped) 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxf6 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Qh4 Kg8, completely equal. Definitely playable even if white doesn't play Ng5 :)
Wait but ur also a minecraft youtuber? You seem cool af dude
"Lucchini gambit is an anagram for gambit Lucchini."
Good grief...
Yare yare dize
@@mihir1181 not quite, you've got another C in there
Grief good
MIND. BLOWN.
Stumbled upon this vid real late, but Lucchini Gambit is an anagram for "u bitching I calm" and other similar nonsense. If it had another 'N' to work with you could do a lot more to break away from swearing.
this has got to be the most incredible and interesting chess theory I have ever watched. Great work Eric, you are a never-ending chess content gold mine.
You just blowed my mind Eric by uploading that video. Now im dreaming about playing that over the board
I played it once but I had to suffer a dozen Italian games for it. Not worth it xddd
@@DonFreeq xD
"The knight is pinned from behind"
-eric rosen
Kinky
Thats what she said
7:10
the contemptuous disgust in his voice while saying "knight" cracks me up every single time
You know what's cooler than the gambit? His explanation is worth more than gold thank you so much
'Dubois Variation' - more like dubious variation!
I was very confused for a good minute when lichess showed that name to me
This is such a cool gambit. You look like you're losing for the first half, then start taking everything back with forced moves and a much better position.
This was super cool to see, I’m gonna try that for sure.
Me: "Oh Eric made a new study on lichess."
Me after going through the line: "Let me play this right now before he puts it on youtube lol."
How did it go?
@@NotQuiteFirst Great actually.
[CH] in italian is pronounced K, a double C is pronounced with a pausa like Lucca [Luk'ka'].
Is not luccini but [Luk'kini]
Just as I won with Stafford Gambit
Thanks for your content, congrats to 130.000 subs on youtube :)
12:30 Looks like a GO position
Meanwhile in some juniors chess tournament one of the kids plays this abominations after facing the gucci piano and the jury is like 'huh?'
I actually looked at this gambit with early f5 in the italian and its great that you made a video on it
Watching you has improved my chess game so much! You manage to make chess more fun and I constantly find myself laughing at portions of the video!! Thank you Eric!
“I had to through out the banana from the thumbnail. It’ll be remembered though.” 9:06
That was a fun discovery! Thx for posting it to YT Eric!
Some day you will also be very glad to hear “your streams are top quality” again. But then it will be coming from your urologist
Dude! I was literally trying to look into the Italian Game, Giuoco Piano and Giuoco Pianissimo just recently! I didn't realize this gambit was hidden in the list of subsequent moves! I gotta remember this one!
Thank you for uploading this to TH-cam!!! Very cool 👍🏻
Thank god you put this on YT. Fascinating opening for sure
Just had my first win using lucchini gambit. Thanks, eric
Wow this is amazing! Thanks Eric, very intresting analysis
Omg I wish you had the extra stuff into the video, the promote to the knight is insane
That's very cool Gambit !!
"To put this in human terms" lmfao
What a line! Love your videos Eric. Used to watch ur lectures quite some time ago. Will have to join the twitch stream soon!
I tried playing the trap in one of your more recent videos since nobody accepts the stafford at 1400 elo, but turns out nobody accepts the knight d4 trap either. Perhaps this one will bring more luck
Well, not anymore...
I've actually accepted a Stafford gambit in rapid just now, it's pretty fun when you find a way to stop all of black's initiative and stabilize the board. Don't know if I'm able to find those moves in blitz though since I took like a minute to find f3 and c3.
Everyone is wise to the Stafford now. Everyone but Twitch chat, that is.
@@kys9611 low quality bait.
@@kys9611 I don't want to do that I want to use cheap opening traps instead
"lucchini gambit is an anagram for gambit lucchini"
I lol-ed after that one
thanks for helping make chess more interesting and motivating me to try new stuff everyday
9:10
"All that for a single pawn"
Reminds me somewhat of the Traxler Counterattack. Nice video! :)
I actually played this exact game with my friend.. and he had no idea what hit him ..At the time I did not know a name for this opening.. this was so much fun..
I just played this opening in an OTB rapid tournament and won the game against a stronger opponent! Thanks for the video!
Pinning from behind is so beautiful.
In 3:31 it literally says its a dubois (dubious) opening 😂
Dubois is a french surname I believe. It's surprisingly close though to dubious!
@@Terrashark ok?
There was a novel from 1966 Van Goom's Gambit - opponents were dying with heart attack during play ... I think this is it :)
This opening is just too amazing
There are just endless possibilities
Which makes it amazing
this was such a crazy analysis
I play the Italian as white pretty often. People started using this against me about a week ago and I hadn’t seen it before that. Thanks for posting
I'd love to see you actually play this during a live game!
Throw away all the pieces, sac 1 of everything for a winning position, it's brilliant!
14:32 "we have literally sac-ed one of every piece except the queen"..
...the night is still young
-Dr. Lucchini
what a thumbnail, what a spectacular thumbnail!
The fact that i get to watch these type of content for free is very pog.
Thank You Eric.
As someone that plays white's main-line this was super informative. 👍🏼
So funny watching your increasing joy as you lose more and more pieces!
Thanks for putting this on TH-cam
Eric, I was able to play this gambit recently. To be fair the first time I played it a messed up the move order but second time was a charm.
You know Eric is gonna like this one when the Line is called Dubious Variation
Wow crazy gambit you discovered there
Well this was very interesting. I sure hope you upload a video in the future where you explore this opening in actual rated games.
Man you have to play it once! Please. That was sooooo epic. Loved it
Eric, just so you know: it’s pronounced Lucchini as in zucchini :-)
He'd probably pronounce "zucchini" wrong too
What a gambit, Eric! Ty for making a vid about it :D
What the absolute heck is this.
Look forward to the video of you playing it 👍👍👍
Reminds me of a Traxler Gambit because after white over extends with the knight we hit with Qh4.
Mesmerising! Many thanks.
What an insane gambit...can't wait fir you to play this in a live game
Old video I know, but the Rousseau gambit (and of course Lucchini Gambit) is the only gambit I know decently, and with my low rating it surprises everyone. Of course I'm familiar with other gambits, but not to good detail.
Eric, this reminds me of a chigorin game against Victor Knorre in a weird way. Black gambited a lot pf material but just opened up the kingside and butchered white.
Thanks for putting it on youtube!!
That is a crazy line. Might have to mess around with that.
The Queen is reborn....... Awesome as always rosen lol
I've now learned that Eric Rosen is just a better internet chess teacher than Gotham
Eric Rosen before: Stafford gambit. My favorite opening, cause there's just so many traps.
Eric Rosen now: Lucchini gambit. My favorite opening, cause everybody already knows about Stafford
Wow! This is crazy, and a great risk if player with black gets to forget the sequence.
Nice homage to the VampireChicken!
It’s fucking incredible still finding moves in chess that confuse engines
Wow pretty cool analysis🙏
3:00 7. Rf1 is playable, avoiding some of the Nf6-g4 dangers. If Black continues with the logical 7.. d5, 8. ed Bg4 9. Qd2 leads to a very random material imbalance after 9.. Be3! 10. Qe3 fe 11. dc e2, 12 R back to h1, when hilariously Black has got a pawn to the seventh by move eleven and White has two minor pieces and a trapped rook for his queen. Black looks a little better though as that knight likely won't make it back out.
This is an awesome line! Sac everything!
It sacrifices every piece, but I'm good at finding gambits that sac the king too.
Lukkini :) - a new thing but i always play like this in chess960 - push a pawn under attack to gain activity of the pieces that recapture my pawn :)
Problem for Black starts with this one when white makes move with bishop threatening the queen instead of moving with knight on g5.
This thumbnail is way beyond beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
King on C4 was all part of the end game plan for White. I mean Black's king can't castle and is still on the edge of the board. ;)
Big fan!!!!
Keep up the series
This shit is crazy. More powerful the the legend itself the Stafford Gambit
Even if white does not go into the trap with Ng5, and instead goes for Nc3, the position seems to equalize with best play on each side according to my lichess analysis, so it's not like black is sunk if the trap is declined.
I'm kinda looking forward to a game where Eric can blitz out these lines
Who needs the Computer when you have
Eric (The Great)? ..... 🌟
Oh man, I hope you can play this gambit soon Eric!
This is straight up insane
Maaaan, I've been getting behind a pawn, knight, bishop, rook and queen before it was cool.