notes for self: 4:14 when they play bishop g4. get mate 6:47 when they just take your knight with pawn instead. lead to take queen 8:58 bishop on e3 10:12 pawn f3 trap 12:20 if knight c3 early 13:14 this might be open. dive in and fork with the knight 20:17 if bishop c4. (and some various force mates right after) 24:55 bishop d2 trap 32:15 if they move the first pawn super far up 33:45 your knight is center and then pawn goes d4 34:53 when they deny gambit
31:44 if they move the first pawn super far up then we play our knight to e5 the centre. Then opponent play his queen to e2 to attack my e5 knight,,😮😮 then what would we play
What I like about Eric's explanations is that he is methodical in it. He finishes one method to completion and then mentions the alternatives. Other chess you-tubers, go all over the place with alternative chess roads for one opening. Go Eric
I agree. When other creators go through all the alternatives beforehand, it reminds me of movies when a person has a nightmare and then the character wakes up to still be in the nightmare lol.
@@kekwe3088 I absolutely did throw a couple of games after entering the Stafford gambit yesterday. You do need to play very accurately to pull them off. Every loss is a lesson learned though and I'll crack it eventually
@@ziwuri maybe, but not relevant - I was quoting Eric…treat a blunder as a gambit… Given that every novice is an expert (Dunning Kruger) I can only surmise your level is not dissimilar to mine 😂
yeah same. i hate when i learn an opening and my opponent doesn't play along, so i fall for all the gambits that i recognize so my opponent can practice
I tried this gambit in my recent games. Everything is under control during the first few moves but at one point the opponent makes a move not explained here .. boom, I fall in panic mode and crawl under the bed.
@@Windtell31 Very natural moves in the Stafford lose that advantage very quickly. White's defense has some unnatural moves. I like pushing to e5 then d4 and building a pawn chain in response to a Stafford, but if black plays perfectly, 4-5 moves later and white plays natural looking moves, the advantage goes down to 0.0 if not in favour of black.
@@Windtell31 1. White starts up by around .5 anyway, 2. Engines almost never like gambits so it's a bit harsh, and 3. The eval is assuming white plays perfectly and holds their pawn advantage, which is unrealistic until FM level.
Eric talking about the Stafford Gambit is like Einstein talking about his theory of relativity. You can see his enthusiasm in his eyes and his Genius in Chess!
This was such an in-depth study that I'm literally speechless. Amazing job of explanation and the fact that you explored every single response is mind blowing. As a gambit lover (idk the real term lol), I truly loved this video and Stafford is without doubt my favourite gambit for black.
I just played this for the first time against a friend of mine. He played literally every move as you explain in your video. Needless to say he got destroyed. 😂 Thank you for your wonderful lessons and videos Eric! 🙏
Ive played black over 100 times this week and I have not once had the setup opportunity to even begin a stafford gambit.. No one plays kings pawn opening followed by knight g3...
In the last game, f5 is a blunder, queen can check on c4 and pick up the bishop on c5 after. I'm surprised Eric recommended this move considering how long they talked about this being a important pan break. Other than that, love the content, can wait to play some standford after this!
Yea, I was trying to find this exact comment so I wouldn't have to write it out. check out if black had played Qg4 instead of f5 here. Relatively tricky, especially in blitz or bullet.
After looking at this video, it's great that I went ahead and watched Daniel's video about destroying the stafford. Cuz I know everyone is going to be playing this on lichess.
I think the stafford is the perfect opening to get someone thinking about complex traps, and how to incorporate them into their other games. So instructional
Woww I really wanted this video. Using an engine isn't very effective sometimes because line that are technically worse are very hard for humans to play.
Hey Eric! Is there any solution for black in the "early e5" line, if white just plays Qe2 after black moves the knight to e4? I'm struggeling in this line as black and i'm encountering it all the time :/
Move 9 in the f3 game after black plays f5, why can't the opponent play Qc4 check and win the hanging bishop on c5? Am I missing something? Eric does not mention it in the later analysis either. 55:25
Best Stafford Gambit vid and general tactics vid I've watched in a bit. Your pace is great for those of us who struggle to see optimal moves quickly. Great stuff Eric.
I learned how to play chess around 3 years old and when I was 8, I’d say I was probably around 900-1100 Elo level. We had a family friend who played a ton of variations of this gambit on me and I could never figure out how to defend it. Extremely frustrating and sort of have some mild chess ptsd coming up seeing this video. Amazing how memory works, thank you for the video!
@@phenakismos yeah it really doesn't get rid of the initiative - Schrantz drew stockfish because it's incredibly hard for white to manage all of the different threats black had in the eventual position
PLEASE do more of these. I love Levi and Antonio, but the way you explain and teach things is so much better imo. Maybe it's just because you go slower, and I'm a lot slower, but this video was excellent.
I really like Eric's videos. He is calm, has a nice sense of humor (" o no, my queen") and is very instructive. I dared to play the Stafford gambit in a game the other day. After 1. E4 E5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 my opponent played 5. Be2. Any suggestions how to continue? I played 6. .. Bc5, but after 7. D3 I didn't really know how to continue.
The easiest way to play against the Stanford is D3, C3, then D4. There are a few moves in between like BE2 but if you follow that pawn structure and expansion you will have a very stress free position and dominant control while still being up a pawn.
I just tried this for 20 games on Lichess and not a single person accepted the gambit lol. Nobody takes on e5. Maybe the Stafford has become too big to accept 😄
Eric Rosen, you are my favourite chess educator! I really appreciate your calm and humble attitude. Your videos really help to understand the position, for example by posing guiding questions such as “How do you punish this move?”, those are exactly the kinds of questions that one should ask themselves throughout the game. Keep it going, I am a big fan!
Hola cordial saludo; despues de: 6 h3!? Axf2;!! idea JEIC Es una idea propia que jugue hace varios años en torneo oficial el cual les compartire en mi libro. Abrazos.
Trying to create this, but at my rating (+800) they are so unpredictable it never come to this... sad :( and against bots its not doable... I am trying to learn and learn to anticipate, but maybe one day if I reach +1500 it becomes better.
Oh, so this annoying thing that people keep trying against me while I find creative ways to survive and sometimes make it through the game HAS a name... Thanks for the superlesson!!
I watched this video then played a bullet game not thinking i wouldn't get a Stafford but i would try opponent played bd3 and i just applied the normal opening ideas and one the queen and found a maye in 6 the game was over in about 11 moves
Love these types of videos!!! Eric's instruction is very thorough, and he goes through many different variations, 75% of the time it's a move I was wondering "what if they do that instead" and he covers it. Such quality content. Gonna get a new Patreon member soon... 😉 EDIT: looks like he doesn't have patreon that I could find, but he has a PayPal, definitely worth a few bucks, if everyone did it it would be the cheapest and highest quality lessons ever. I've been watching for like 2 years now and it almost feels like that because his content so good. I'd like to find another way to support this channel besides PayPal but maybe I'll do both. Thanks so much Eric!
But what to do after white pushes pawn to e5 attacking the knight, then knight to e4, and then white queen to e2 attacking the knight. Seems that only move is retreat.
Just played my first Stafford Gambit, thanks to you, Eric! Opponent was higher rated and managed to avoid all the tricks, but blundered in the midgame and I managed to win. He even sent me congratulations after the game, I guess he is also one of your followers and wanted to cherish my Stafford Gambit :) Seems like SG and your channel bring out the best in us :)
Hi Eric! I tried the Stafford and went into a line which I found really difficult to play as black. Once you get the Stafford opening white plays d3, you get your bishop out to c5 and white plays bishop to e2, engine recommends you to play knight G4. White then takes the knight with his bishop, and then I go queen h4. After that white played g3, which led into a queen trade after I took the bishop on g4. After all this I didnt have so many pieces left to attack with, and as you said black doesnt want to trade of the queens when playing the Stafford Gambit. Interested to know what you would do in this situation!
I gambit my grades to watch these longer videos 😂
@sungaze uh, there are literally grades... What are you talking about?
@@ShowMe7. Sounds like a yoda quote. But yeah, there are grades.
"Pass or no pass. There is no try."
oh no! your GPA!
@@eric-rosen nice
@@eric-rosen wait.... it's actually my gpa
notes for self:
4:14 when they play bishop g4. get mate
6:47 when they just take your knight with pawn instead. lead to take queen
8:58 bishop on e3
10:12 pawn f3 trap
12:20 if knight c3 early
13:14 this might be open. dive in and fork with the knight
20:17 if bishop c4. (and some various force mates right after)
24:55 bishop d2 trap
32:15 if they move the first pawn super far up
33:45 your knight is center and then pawn goes d4
34:53 when they deny gambit
Gah I wish Eric could pin this
Edit: thumbs up so it stays at the top 👍
You mean g5?
Doing God's work. Thank you 💕
31:44 if they move the first pawn super far up then we play our knight to e5 the centre.
Then opponent play his queen to e2 to attack my e5 knight,,😮😮 then what would we play
Why. Did Eric not tale KxBf3? 32:53? The bishop was not protected
Cant wait to pull up to chess club tomorrow and say "oh no my queen"
I have a tourna on Sunday, better learn this lmao
@@VeggiePatch stafford is dubious though, be careful lol
@@oru i end up loosing all of my pieces
@@oru As in I learn how to defend, *h a h a*
@@VeggiePatch oh yeah that's good lol, you got this!
What I like about Eric's explanations is that he is methodical in it. He finishes one method to completion and then mentions the alternatives. Other chess you-tubers, go all over the place with alternative chess roads for one opening. Go Eric
I agree. When other creators go through all the alternatives beforehand, it reminds me of movies when a person has a nightmare and then the character wakes up to still be in the nightmare lol.
I do like his explanations a lot as well
me watching this video: sees about 80% of the moves before eric says them
me playing games: ah shit i lost again
Relatable
Completely agree with you
Me: oh oh a Stafford! I’ve studied this!
Opponent: Checkmate
All the damn time...
its so weird how its easy to see the board while watching a video but when in game im half blind
Please do more of these tutorial videos. Also nice that there is someone you explain things to. Very nice and informative to watch. Thanks Eric.
I selfishly don't want this to blow up so I can keep these ideas to myself
Many new stafford players are easy targets tho, had 2 today who were lost very quickly
Kek We how to beat them stafford user?
@@WeeDZart there are timestamps in the description of the video
@@WeeDZart c3 and d4 are nice I think, the bishop on c5 is the root of all evil
@@kekwe3088 I absolutely did throw a couple of games after entering the Stafford gambit yesterday. You do need to play very accurately to pull them off. Every loss is a lesson learned though and I'll crack it eventually
The way Eric Rosen teaches chess makes you believe you could become a grand master one day, he is such a wholesome person.
Yes indeed he's very good
This whole Stafford saga is just a ploy to strike fear and doubt into Eric's opponents whenever he hangs a piece
its working lol
🤣🤣🤣
I heard that every handing piece is a gambit?
@@BurningPaperMusic It is if you're rated under 1000
@@ziwuri maybe, but not relevant - I was quoting Eric…treat a blunder as a gambit…
Given that every novice is an expert (Dunning Kruger) I can only surmise your level is not dissimilar to mine 😂
When I see my opponent developing Stafford gambit I willingly fall for their tricks just to make their day
Either way I am not winning 😌
you are the herp without a cloak
not all heros wear a cape
yeah same. i hate when i learn an opening and my opponent doesn't play along, so i fall for all the gambits that i recognize so my opponent can practice
This was so much fun. Thanks a ton for the lesson Eric, you’re the best!
hey it's the guy who always hits allegiance
Chess stream/vid soon? Please be so 😄
now u have to teach him how to play a teemo deck
Did you get all the value?
Wait i didn't realise it was you in this video lmao
I tried this gambit in my recent games. Everything is under control during the first few moves but at one point the opponent makes a move not explained here .. boom, I fall in panic mode and crawl under the bed.
what the engine sees: *+2 for white*
what eric rosen sees: -M7
Seriously though, when the engine says +1.7 for white, it's time to find a better gambit line :D
@@Windtell31 Very natural moves in the Stafford lose that advantage very quickly. White's defense has some unnatural moves.
I like pushing to e5 then d4 and building a pawn chain in response to a Stafford, but if black plays perfectly, 4-5 moves later and white plays natural looking moves, the advantage goes down to 0.0 if not in favour of black.
@@Windtell31 Engine evals mean very little in lines where even GMs can blunder in shorter time controls
@@Windtell31 r
@@Windtell31 1. White starts up by around .5 anyway, 2. Engines almost never like gambits so it's a bit harsh, and 3. The eval is assuming white plays perfectly and holds their pawn advantage, which is unrealistic until FM level.
45:04 White missed Qc4+ winning the bishop. It would have been completly lost for Black. Stockfish approved
Nice observation. So the KB pawn push was premature.
I was looking for this comment. I thought the same thing
I saw it and was like “why didn’t he comment on it?? Did I miss something?” Ty for verifying it with the engine!
Yes! I was worried that no one commented about it, but now I'm relieved.
Like 👍
Eric talking about the Stafford Gambit is like Einstein talking about his theory of relativity. You can see his enthusiasm in his eyes and his Genius in Chess!
well said
This man has the most soothing voice in the entire earth i can literally listen to this my entire life
At this rate, people will gonna get anxiety to take eric's pieces
I thought people already did
Owo bruhify gang
Oh no my king
If Eric Rosen gambit anything, don't take it. Instead counter gambit it
~by a legend
Only in blitz tho
This was such an in-depth study that I'm literally speechless. Amazing job of explanation and the fact that you explored every single response is mind blowing. As a gambit lover (idk the real term lol), I truly loved this video and Stafford is without doubt my favourite gambit for black.
4:40 also when you do this you should say OH NO MY QUEEN so that your oppenent takes the bluff
But if you're a Eric Rosen it's not quite working))
Is it considered bad sportsmanship to type 'Oh No my Queen' into the chat to make sure your opponent takes the bait?
@@darrenhunt4479 I dont think so :)
Hahaha
@@darrenhunt4479 It’s OK unless you type it in all caps.
I just played this for the first time against a friend of mine. He played literally every move as you explain in your video. Needless to say he got destroyed. 😂 Thank you for your wonderful lessons and videos Eric! 🙏
Could you have a ponziani opening instructional Eric? It really seems like a great opening and a lot of us would love to see you teach it to us
Seconded
correct
agreed
I think he has, I watched a video Punishing beginner mistakes: Ponziani
The ponziani is really cool, I've been winning a lot of games with white, people don't seem to properly know how to defend against it
Ive played black over 100 times this week and I have not once had the setup opportunity to even begin a stafford gambit.. No one plays kings pawn opening followed by knight g3...
Hearing Eric say “I might put this on TH-cam” always makes my day
Hearing him say that in the middle of a TH-cam video has the same vibes of watching a movie and hearing a character say the title of the movie
I hope he puts it on youtube, it's really instructional
@@Tvde1 Yeah, I do too
I hope he does
Now teach us the Ponziani please Eric
Who would've guessed eric uploads another stafford video 😂
Ya like he is the Stafford God
Oh, so this is why literally all of my games with white over the past 3 days have been this opening
In the last game, f5 is a blunder, queen can check on c4 and pick up the bishop on c5 after. I'm surprised Eric recommended this move considering how long they talked about this being a important pan break. Other than that, love the content, can wait to play some standford after this!
Yea, I was trying to find this exact comment so I wouldn't have to write it out. check out if black had played Qg4 instead of f5 here. Relatively tricky, especially in blitz or bullet.
After looking at this video, it's great that I went ahead and watched Daniel's video about destroying the stafford. Cuz I know everyone is going to be playing this on lichess.
finally, i can use "oh no my queen" against my friends
Your friends play chess.. mine don't,
@@rogg0224 lmao same i taught it to some but they only play with me so they're shit
@@rogg0224 your friend dont play chess... i dont have friend,
I think the stafford is the perfect opening to get someone thinking about complex traps, and how to incorporate them into their other games. So instructional
Woww I really wanted this video. Using an engine isn't very effective sometimes because line that are technically worse are very hard for humans to play.
45:00 wait what about Qc4+, picking up the bishop
Exactly.
@renderinggg i mean yeah but Eric is an IM.
@@jasperhalsey8574 IM ≠ super gm
This is the video everyone has been waiting for.
The other guy is so much obsessed with Queen D4 move 😂
The "oh no, my queen" Masterclass
Hey Eric! Is there any solution for black in the "early e5" line, if white just plays Qe2 after black moves the knight to e4? I'm struggeling in this line as black and i'm encountering it all the time :/
The Master Class we've all been waiting for
Ive casually watched your channel but i subscribed because of this. This is fantastic, please do more tutorials like this!
Ditto
I am halfway there already, having mastered losing fast with black. I will now add winning fast to my repertoire.
"A beginner lesson with stafford gambit"
me: just don't blunder
The Sub named “MASHTURBATOR” in the bottom right corner caught me lackin lmao😂
Me: seems stafford gambit guide :o
It’s one hour long: DAH
Wait, is it?
What does Dah mean
@@bar.kar.5770 It`s used to imply regret or sadness but it has no meaning on it`s own.
@@yigitcengil2465 gotcha thx
@@bar.kar.5770 You are welcome :)
i didn’t notice this was an hour long, never learned something easier, amazing teaching
Move 9 in the f3 game after black plays f5, why can't the opponent play Qc4 check and win the hanging bishop on c5? Am I missing something? Eric does not mention it in the later analysis either. 55:25
@45:18
@@davidgeorge6253 yea both are the same move, I just had the analysis time stamp
35:40 what if after Nxe4 black plays Bxf7 with check right now? I think it wasn't mistake
Ive been waiting for this for 4- no 5000 years
Hi discord sharky emoji
40:40 really??? You just "Oh no my Queen in a wrong way", ask for a takeback, you get it, then you "Oh no my Queen and checkmate him" LOL :-))))
Eric is definitely the kindest person on earth
To be precise he is one of two. The second of them is BadlandsChugs
No he's not
45:03 white could just play Qc4+ lol Eric wtf xD
hed lose the queen
The guy that you are teaching is really good actually
Thank you
Best Stafford Gambit vid and general tactics vid I've watched in a bit. Your pace is great for those of us who struggle to see optimal moves quickly. Great stuff Eric.
YO I just realized Eric's teaching GrappLr! Very nice.
WTF I DIDNT KNEW THATS GRAPPLR
44:46 "Oh no my bishop" after f5 there's Qc4+ check and hitting the bishop
yeah saw it too
At 45:05 isn’t Qc4+ a fork for white? I didn’t see it come up in post-game analysis.
Probably just Kh8 and if Qxc4 he hasn't stopped our original threat of Qh4+ g3 Nxg3. It's not completely winning, but we do get a kingside attack.
@@michaelf8221 I don't understand what you mean. If Kh8, we lose our black bishop and our queen can't go to h4 because of pawn at g3
@@readmore3490 Yup you can safely ignore what I wrote above. I didn't count the tempi correctly. Qc4+ was an easy win for white.
I learned how to play chess around 3 years old and when I was 8, I’d say I was probably around 900-1100 Elo level. We had a family friend who played a ton of variations of this gambit on me and I could never figure out how to defend it. Extremely frustrating and sort of have some mild chess ptsd coming up seeing this video. Amazing how memory works, thank you for the video!
A Stafford gambit update! Can't get enough of the Stafford imo.
Learning the stafford gambit from the man himself that specializes it. What an honor.
44:51 f5 blunders a bishop
Eric: "I don't want to overwhelm you too much."
Me: "Too late."
Just waiting for Danya to release his 1 hour 'How to refute the Stafford (Eric Rosen's favorite)' video
41:50 It has already been demonstrated in this video. Arguably the best, and most straightforward refutation of the Stafford Gambit.
Danya recommends d3, Be2, and c3, so it's a different refutation and not covered in this video, unless I missed it.
@@phenakismos Jonathan Schrantz has a video where he draws stockfish playing that variation (as black) tho so it doesn't seem like it refutes it imo
@@Hsel-lc1wt yeah not an outright refutation, but anything that gets rid of black's initiative is enough to count for me...
@@phenakismos yeah it really doesn't get rid of the initiative - Schrantz drew stockfish because it's incredibly hard for white to manage all of the different threats black had in the eventual position
I've watched this video about 50 times and I still manage to fuck it up...😬
PLEASE do more of these. I love Levi and Antonio, but the way you explain and teach things is so much better imo. Maybe it's just because you go slower, and I'm a lot slower, but this video was excellent.
@Eric Rosen bruh...
@Eric Rosen stop
@Eric Rosen lol most obvious scam ever, try harder, eric would never do this in the comments
What a great analogy; you know where your bed is and your bookcase! Never thought like that..
now we need Grapplr giving Eric a Legends of Runeterra lesson
I really like Eric's videos. He is calm, has a nice sense of humor (" o no, my queen") and is very instructive. I dared to play the Stafford gambit in a game the other day. After 1. E4 E5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 my opponent played 5. Be2. Any suggestions how to continue? I played 6. .. Bc5, but after 7. D3 I didn't really know how to continue.
Now everyone will know the lines😭😭😭
I'm sorry Eric.
*Reported this video!*
*Reason:* _Disclosing all my tactics publicly_
The easiest way to play against the Stanford is D3, C3, then D4. There are a few moves in between like BE2 but if you follow that pawn structure and expansion you will have a very stress free position and dominant control while still being up a pawn.
I just tried this for 20 games on Lichess and not a single person accepted the gambit lol. Nobody takes on e5. Maybe the Stafford has become too big to accept 😄
Most people accept
I've played over 100 games using the Stafford
This person is such a good student!
kind of
Why didn't Eric say "Oh no my queen!!" during the first trap line? :(
Eric Rosen, you are my favourite chess educator! I really appreciate your calm and humble attitude. Your videos really help to understand the position, for example by posing guiding questions such as “How do you punish this move?”, those are exactly the kinds of questions that one should ask themselves throughout the game. Keep it going, I am a big fan!
What to do if u place ur knight to e4 preventing to be eated by pawn attacking it in e5 but then he play pawn attacking knight once again in f3??
Haha, broo, I love you soo much. I literally got somebody with the "oh no my queen" the day I watched this.
Hola cordial saludo; despues de: 6 h3!? Axf2;!! idea JEIC Es una idea propia que jugue hace varios años en torneo oficial el cual les compartire en mi libro. Abrazos.
Trying to create this, but at my rating (+800) they are so unpredictable it never come to this... sad :( and against bots its not doable... I am trying to learn and learn to anticipate, but maybe one day if I reach +1500 it becomes better.
Thanks Sir very much
Oh, so this annoying thing that people keep trying against me while I find creative ways to survive and sometimes make it through the game HAS a name...
Thanks for the superlesson!!
I watched this video then played a bullet game not thinking i wouldn't get a Stafford but i would try opponent played bd3 and i just applied the normal opening ideas and one the queen and found a maye in 6 the game was over in about 11 moves
45:01 going f5 is a blunder because of Qc4+ and Qc4xBc5, or am i wrong?
correct.
Love these types of videos!!!
Eric's instruction is very thorough, and he goes through many different variations, 75% of the time it's a move I was wondering "what if they do that instead" and he covers it.
Such quality content.
Gonna get a new Patreon member soon... 😉
EDIT: looks like he doesn't have patreon that I could find, but he has a PayPal, definitely worth a few bucks, if everyone did it it would be the cheapest and highest quality lessons ever.
I've been watching for like 2 years now and it almost feels like that because his content so good.
I'd like to find another way to support this channel besides PayPal but maybe I'll do both.
Thanks so much Eric!
Me: *Sees this video*
Also me, having just picked up chess again, crushing other 700s with the Ponziani: "Ah shxt, here we go again"
I'm not here because I plan on using the Stafford. I'm here because now everyone is gonna be using this and I need to be prepared
What is the best response for black if Queen to e2 is played after Stafford gambit is accepted? For my game is was on whites 5th move.
Took three Ls to the Stafford and now I know why I’m suddenly facing it so much
Before vedio: fav white 🤍
After vedio : fav black 🖤🐈⬛🐈⬛
The best gambit of this gambit is playing it against your child and they either never play chess again, or you never win against your child again.
But what to do after white pushes pawn to e5 attacking the knight, then knight to e4, and then white queen to e2 attacking the knight. Seems that only move is retreat.
Can somebody help me out, what do you do when white responds with queen e2 after you play the knight in the early e5 part?
I have literally no BS played this opening 10 times back to back and have been checkmated in some cases almost instantly 🤦🏻♂️
Don't
I love gambits, but always play the moves in the wrong order!
Just played my first Stafford Gambit, thanks to you, Eric! Opponent was higher rated and managed to avoid all the tricks, but blundered in the midgame and I managed to win. He even sent me congratulations after the game, I guess he is also one of your followers and wanted to cherish my Stafford Gambit :) Seems like SG and your channel bring out the best in us :)
I just ran my first Stafford Gambit! Worked like a boss! Thanks for the great lesson Eric Rosen.
Hi Eric! I tried the Stafford and went into a line which I found really difficult to play as black. Once you get the Stafford opening white plays d3, you get your bishop out to c5 and white plays bishop to e2, engine recommends you to play knight G4. White then takes the knight with his bishop, and then I go queen h4. After that white played g3, which led into a queen trade after I took the bishop on g4. After all this I didnt have so many pieces left to attack with, and as you said black doesnt want to trade of the queens when playing the Stafford Gambit. Interested to know what you would do in this situation!
Tried this opening as a black for my last 50 games.
Ended up losing 50 games. Lol.
you did not talk about the situation where white after d3 and Bc5 plays Be3? how does this end to a nice situation?
Is there a trap after accepting the gambit if the opponent plays queen e2?
I really wish Eric would have explained e5, Qc2. I still struggle with that one
This is really interesting imma try it out... *10 opponents in a row AVOIDS e4*
Thank you so much for releasing your preparation!
What would you move, when 32:03 the Opponent will Play Qe2?
I’ve just come across this line in a game and wasn’t prepared, luckily still crushed my opponent in the endgame so all ended well