I love Eric's life lessons he gives: "Usually, in real life you want to be generous and kind to others. But in a chess game, it's okay to be greedy. No mercy."
My biggest takeaway from this is something you said several times. When you're up material, you can take your foot off the gas and improve your position. I think I play decently in the opening and take free stuff when I see it, but once I'm up I think it's time to go in for the kill and end up being sloppy. That was a big light bulb for me, being more patient. Love this content!
I'm so impatient I keep sacrificing pieces for attack, then end up in losing endgames that I only survive because a lot of people are bad at endgames. If I could manage to play games without trying to attack I'd probably win a lot more haha :D
so so true. End up losing the game about 50% of the time because of one move blunders when up material, being cocky etc. When you look at the analysis afterwards its often all the play coming from me or the opponent and one of us will have thrown the game in one move. Very instructive comment and video. :)
I've probably has this same thought, but in like a 1 second bite from during a blitz game. It's good for me to read and process this so I can internalize this concept and play better.
@@Blackmystix For sure, I played a a few games last night after watching this and reading your comment, and won 4 out of 5, just being more relaxed when you know you're winning from being up material and from a strategic view point. Very instructive. .
These are my absolute favorite types of series, I wish more chess streamers would do these more often. Absolutely the most instructive ones!! Thank you, Eric Rosen
Chess might be the only game where a player can do some random opening moves with no reasoning, and a master can go oh that’s interesting they’re combining these things
Hey one of my favorite lunch breaks i've had in a long time! (Pizza and Instructional Chess) Thanks Eric! :) BTW No Mercy Eric(aka NME) is one of my favorite characters on the show!
My brain power is closer to that of monkey compared to you but the dead pan delivery of that story of losing to a 4 year old made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the content.
Listening to your thought process is so helpful. Thanks for this series. Btw bsjisqo - your last opponent is 672 now - definitely above the 500 from back then.
Qf6 is a good attempt since black is lost anyway but it doesn't work because of Qb3, if Qxa1, Bb2 traps the queen. You can also maybe incluse dxe7 before the Qb3, and allow black to win the rook and escape but to win a pawn + bishop and expose the black king even further, but probably Qf6 dxe7, black just retakes Bxe7 instead of going for the rook, and then Qb3 anyway. Anyway, it doesn't work but it's a good attempt to maybe try to make white blunder
Hi Eric, so good that you give these 'masterclass' for beginners. 👍👍 I guess a lot of students are young players, so maybe you should adapt your terminology to a level for youngsters. ❓
I seem to recall that the engine thinks Qg5 is even stronger than Qd5 in the last position you showed after the center fork trick. I think it’s the same idea you mentioned while also pressuring g2. Just have to be alert to discoveries if white pushes the d pawn.
At 7:57 why did Eric move to e3 when it blocks bishop development I have a doubt is it better to make your opponent move a piece many times in the opening or develop your own pieces
"Doubled pawn are notoriously powerful." finally the truth is revealed xD no but really i have often had a very easy game because my opponents love to exchange their bishops for my knights, doubling my pawns yes, but giving me the bishop pair... and often the choice of either taking towards the center for a strong center OR away from the center, thus having a solid pawn block on one wing and open lines in the center... of course, the decision often isn't easy, but really i'm fine with doubled pawns as long as they aren't blocked or isolated
I didn't want to like this video. I really didn't want to, but I did like it. Why? Because Eric Rosen played against "me" over and over. He played against opponents who play like I do, think like I do, move like I do. And Rosen dismantled them. I learned a lot from watching Rosen, and listening to his detailed contemporaneous analysis. He is quiet, not brash, not boastful, but you just feel his quiet confidence and his ability to see several moves ahead is impressive.
What i find crazy is form the begining of this game at 400 i flew to over 900 with many games just resign after my opining so i started a new one on me old phone and same thing i never saw anyone play as well at 400 sum this well
Ive noticed that lower rated players are WAY better than they were 5-10 years ago. I think it must be because of the pool of players being larger? I am currently trying go to rank up in blitz, and the average 500 player is still quite good.
Sometimes opponents have to leave when they are at work or when they are young an parents come in and tell them to go to bed 😅. This makes half of my elo 😂
"This is the present moment" is such a funny thing to say. I mean yes, of course it is the present moment, you are not able to form words in the past or in the future. (Yes I also understand his point, I juts think its funny mkay)
… and football is also the most precise word to describe it. The sport you like to call «football» in the US, involves using your hands and an egg shaped ball, so the more correct term would be «handegg»😂
Man he says it's gonig to be instructive but he just goes wrong straight away. He said when I'd be watching it, it would be the past, but I've checked my watch and it's definitely the present. Love this series.
2 Things: 1.: At 19:40 you move the rook to the open file - I get that, but why not just castleing long, so combine it to bring the king to safety? Is it because White is more active on this side? And 2.: make "Luft" haha that is so funny for a German like me :D so cool that many words, for instance also Zugzwang are German :))
My ELO was low in the past because I had to resign a lot because my mom made dinner. It's low today too, I have to resign a lot because my kids need dinner.
I hope when he hits the 900s i get a match with him i dont expect to win but id love to opin with the staford gambit i leared from him and i know he put out a counter vid witch i noticed people wernt goin for it
I love Eric's life lessons he gives: "Usually, in real life you want to be generous and kind to others. But in a chess game, it's okay to be greedy. No mercy."
My biggest takeaway from this is something you said several times. When you're up material, you can take your foot off the gas and improve your position. I think I play decently in the opening and take free stuff when I see it, but once I'm up I think it's time to go in for the kill and end up being sloppy. That was a big light bulb for me, being more patient. Love this content!
I'm so impatient I keep sacrificing pieces for attack, then end up in losing endgames that I only survive because a lot of people are bad at endgames. If I could manage to play games without trying to attack I'd probably win a lot more haha :D
That was actually a huge insight. As i was reading this this I realized that i do the same thing
so so true. End up losing the game about 50% of the time because of one move blunders when up material, being cocky etc. When you look at the analysis afterwards its often all the play coming from me or the opponent and one of us will have thrown the game in one move. Very instructive comment and video. :)
I've probably has this same thought, but in like a 1 second bite from during a blitz game. It's good for me to read and process this so I can internalize this concept and play better.
@@Blackmystix For sure, I played a a few games last night after watching this and reading your comment, and won 4 out of 5, just being more relaxed when you know you're winning from being up material and from a strategic view point. Very instructive.
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Love this content
Africa is my favorite content
@@JohnnySmith-gm3yt that’s continent
@@auztin98 I dream of the day that we judge men not by the color of their skin but by the continent of their character
@@auztin98 checkmate
These are my absolute favorite types of series, I wish more chess streamers would do these more often. Absolutely the most instructive ones!!
Thank you, Eric Rosen
Chess Vibes has been doing one for the past few months if you haven't checked it out yet!
Slowbrah is also in the same style and aman is a nice chill guy too.
Chess might be the only game where a player can do some random opening moves with no reasoning, and a master can go oh that’s interesting they’re combining these things
Really enjoying this series - Looking forward to the next installment already!
This video format is perfect
Eric, thanks for doing this series, it's very helpful for us lower rated players
Love the chapters in this series to make it easy to navigate games
Loving this series. Very helpful seeing these early games explained.
Thank you for making this it is the most instructive series I’ve found for beginners
THIS IS THE SERIES I NEEDED! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I'm enjoying this quite a bit more than other speed runs I've seen streamed. Looking forward to these.
I`m 1600 in rapid on lichess and still am learning so much out of this serious, thank you eric!
Wow good bro I’m 1565 in rapid lichess does that make use intermediate players btw I wanted to know
that four year old? magnus carlsen.
Very funny and helpful for beginners! Thank you!
Oh no, my opponent.
@21’34” give them nothing! But take from them everything!! Eric Rosen king of Spartans :) great vid .
Thanks so much Eric for doing these lower level games - it helps so much. Often, it is after getting all your pieces out that I flounder a bit. ❤
Love this series
These are so good. And you are so good. You play with such style and elegance, its hard to describe. Like watching Federer play tennis.
This isn't a speedrun this is a walkthrough
Thank you so much for explaining the moves as you did in this episode. I learned so much.
I like how he contemplates. Like. "Hmmm yeah. Yeah I think I wanna do this." Like he didn't know that was the move 3 moves ago XD
Hi Eric, I adore this series by the way, I'm learning loads and it has reinvigorated desire to improve! Thanks!
Enjoyed the games and your excellent explanations!
These lessons are very generous. Thank you very much, Eric.
Thank you Eric. Excellent analysis.
Really enjoying this!
Hey one of my favorite lunch breaks i've had in a long time! (Pizza and Instructional Chess) Thanks Eric! :) BTW No Mercy Eric(aka NME) is one of my favorite characters on the show!
Thank you for the instructive games
I am a Paramedic and always play at work, fair to say this leads to lots of random resignations 😂😂
I been waiting for this! Love the series
Other chess videos 400 elo players are literally eating dirt and chess pieces but in this speed run 400 elo players are playing pretty decent
More of the series
I enjoy this so much! Thank you!!!!
You should play games with increment!
love this! Longer episodes would be great, but I understand those aren’t recieved well by the algorithm
Nice 👍 Explaining the basics is something I need😎
Best series!
My brain power is closer to that of monkey compared to you but the dead pan delivery of that story of losing to a 4 year old made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the content.
Very instructive.
Encore une fois merci.
3:20 oh no my opponent!!
I don't care about the content anymore if the duck isn't named Gerome by the next episode.
Humbly,
You subscriber
Listening to your thought process is so helpful. Thanks for this series. Btw bsjisqo - your last opponent is 672 now - definitely above the 500 from back then.
amazing speedrun 2
make this into a playlist, Eric... please
loving the thumbnails
Great stuff 😮
Did black not have queen f6 at 12:07 ? Love the content btw!
Qc2, Qxa1, Nc3 traps the queen on a1. But i think black can get two rooks for the queen here. Maybe i'm missing something though...
Qf6 is a good attempt since black is lost anyway but it doesn't work because of Qb3, if Qxa1, Bb2 traps the queen. You can also maybe incluse dxe7 before the Qb3, and allow black to win the rook and escape but to win a pawn + bishop and expose the black king even further, but probably Qf6 dxe7, black just retakes Bxe7 instead of going for the rook, and then Qb3 anyway. Anyway, it doesn't work but it's a good attempt to maybe try to make white blunder
thanks
“Pawns are also pretty good at forking.” Giggity
Hi Eric, so good that you give these 'masterclass' for beginners. 👍👍
I guess a lot of students are young players, so maybe you should adapt your terminology to a level for youngsters. ❓
Double ponds are notoriously powerful and cause opponents to resign instantly)
the blind fold on the duck gave me a great idea - blind fold duck chess.
Got Wilfred Brimley in the Diabeetus pump... damn... 😂
Yo this is so cool!
Love the vids. But I wish you'd make the board bigger and have the Webcam in the corner or something.
I seem to recall that the engine thinks Qg5 is even stronger than Qd5 in the last position you showed after the center fork trick. I think it’s the same idea you mentioned while also pressuring g2. Just have to be alert to discoveries if white pushes the d pawn.
helpful!
At 7:57 why did Eric move to e3 when it blocks bishop development
I have a doubt is it better to make your opponent move a piece many times in the opening or develop your own pieces
It does block the light bishop some, but it opens the dark bishop while also attacking. It does 2 good things and only kinda does 1 bad thing
"Live to tape" were the words Eric was searching for at the beginning
"Doubled pawn are notoriously powerful."
finally the truth is revealed xD
no but really i have often had a very easy game because my opponents love to exchange their bishops for my knights, doubling my pawns yes, but giving me the bishop pair... and often the choice of either taking towards the center for a strong center OR away from the center, thus having a solid pawn block on one wing and open lines in the center... of course, the decision often isn't easy, but really i'm fine with doubled pawns as long as they aren't blocked or isolated
At 23:15, is Qd4 not a better move than Qe6? You keep the pin whilst still attacking the knight on top of the bishop and the B pawn
Rosen: In real life you should help the grandma across the street but in chess you should beat her down into the ground below 6 feet
No mercy 😊
Have we given up on this?
I don't understand at 6:18, after dealing with your check, won't black do knight to H8 and get your rook?
Would be good to see some French defense games as well
Great games
MOAR
I didn't want to like this video. I really didn't want to, but I did like it. Why? Because Eric Rosen played against "me" over and over. He played against opponents who play like I do, think like I do, move like I do. And Rosen dismantled them. I learned a lot from watching Rosen, and listening to his detailed contemporaneous analysis. He is quiet, not brash, not boastful, but you just feel his quiet confidence and his ability to see several moves ahead is impressive.
What i find crazy is form the begining of this game at 400 i flew to over 900 with many games just resign after my opining so i started a new one on me old phone and same thing i never saw anyone play as well at 400 sum this well
Probably the first opponent resigned when he realised who he'd been playing (after clicking your nickname) 🙂
Plot twist: the first opponent would actually be rated 2000+ but keeps resigning when he thinks of a slightly better move and destroying his ELO
Oh yes my Rosen
I keep looking at the duck thinking he has a crazy hairdo
Ive noticed that lower rated players are WAY better than they were 5-10 years ago. I think it must be because of the pool of players being larger? I am currently trying go to rank up in blitz, and the average 500 player is still quite good.
At 4:40 , How about Qg5? When the knight goes back you capture g2, forcing the opponent to castle queenside whoch will take at least 4 moves
It’s a good move as well.
It’s an alternative move.
I, personally, like Qd4 better.
It’s preference.
At this point were just waiting for two gm/im speedrun acounts to run into one another.
Sometimes opponents have to leave when they are at work or when they are young an parents come in and tell them to go to bed 😅. This makes half of my elo 😂
"This is the present moment" is such a funny thing to say. I mean yes, of course it is the present moment, you are not able to form words in the past or in the future.
(Yes I also understand his point, I juts think its funny mkay)
… and football is also the most precise word to describe it. The sport you like to call «football» in the US, involves using your hands and an egg shaped ball, so the more correct term would be «handegg»😂
Ha. We seem to be around 50/50 here and football is often disambiguated with footy or aussie rules
i dont know if the rating will settle as long as you win every match
Best seriesq
You know what I said about ELO ratings below 800.
I have one question Eric, how do I prevent myself from playing a move like Queen e5?
Oh no my opponent :-)
what about ...c5 after Qxd4 in game 4
wish the board was more in the center of the screen
other than that love the series so far
It'd make my year if I get matched with this account when it gets to my Elo!
Man he says it's gonig to be instructive but he just goes wrong straight away. He said when I'd be watching it, it would be the past, but I've checked my watch and it's definitely the present. Love this series.
I think all videos are recorded in the present. LOL
2 Things: 1.: At 19:40 you move the rook to the open file - I get that, but why not just castleing long, so combine it to bring the king to safety? Is it because White is more active on this side? And 2.: make "Luft" haha that is so funny for a German like me :D so cool that many words, for instance also Zugzwang are German :))
Just saying, you can’t castle through check :)
@@Deus-u2r Ah yes of course, I am stupid! ^^ Thanks for the answer!
My ELO was low in the past because I had to resign a lot because my mom made dinner. It's low today too, I have to resign a lot because my kids need dinner.
I hope when he hits the 900s i get a match with him i dont expect to win but id love to opin with the staford gambit i leared from him and i know he put out a counter vid witch i noticed people wernt goin for it
definitely like the 5-10 game sizing in the videos...2 games is way too little
9:59 Qa4 would save material
if qa4 there is bxc5 still, it's not like queen on d1 is not defended (and actually trading queens would make things for black even worse).
Why not play Queen G5 in Ruy Lopez?