I'll always have a soft spot for speed runs. I've been watching Danya and Brah speed runs for a long time. I'm so happy you've gotten into this. Thank you, Eric!
this has hands down been some of the most helpful chess content i’ve seen in a long time. my game has significantly improved since this started. thank you for so clearly explaining your thought process and the tactics.
Yeah but he won, everyone knows that and everyone thinks he's the greatest player in the world. The Engine rigged the valuation of the position early and the only option was to incite a tonne of armed lunatics to storm LiChess HQ and have this result overturned.
[ Opponent is clearly tilted out of their mind, losing all of their pieces in one move ] Eric: Hmm they're sacrificing so that they can achieve stalemate 🤣🤣
I must say, I like the style of these videos. By your calm approach we can understand your thinking so easily. I like the time you put into the lower level stuff. Some streamers make moves without even explaining why.
I like how eric says it will be a bit of a challenge when he plays an opponent rated 1036 considering he would totally rekt me and im 2102 x) but i love these very instructive videos!
This series has been so good. It's helped me to focus on positional chess, to analyze weaknesses created by pawn moves, and to slow down and think through what my opponent wants to do and counter that instead of bulldoze through my ideas. I really look forward to these, and thank you for being an excellent teacher of the game.
Just had a chess lesson before watching this, and that first game in this video was super instructive for me and such a beautiful example on so many ideas we talked about in my lesson! I love how much life Chess has in it. Thanks for the awesome content!
Now I ve watched first 12 episodes of this speedrun in few (3?) days. Just amazing. I make the most out of it by stopping vid after an opponents move (in interesting position) and try to suggest my own move before Eric finds / plays his... So useful. Will probably revisit these vids after some time. Thanks!
Thanks Eric! I love your videos :) I moderate a small chess café and this series has made it very easy for me to teach begginers how to play chess and develop properly!
Thank you Eric. Believe it or not, I've found some of these mismatches interesting. On the one hand is the predictability in the opening followed by the random quality of the middle games. Another is the possibility of calculating in so many positions which continues for me to be a dangerous temptation, and in fact one of the aspects that brought me to the game (and keeps me interested in it); finally, there is this oddity of watching a game progress wherein there is no consideration for what the endgame pawn structure will be.
This series is simply amazing: on a better level for intermediate players than Danya's speedruns (which are also excellent). One recommendation: as opponents strengthen, switch to a 15+ time control, as you're more likely to enter an endgame, and it provides some breathing room. If opponents go on long thinks, there's always the option of editing for TH-cam (or you can fill the time with analysis, stories, or whatever). Thanks again for the fantastic videos: they reinforce good practice and teach how to analyze a position under moderate time pressure.
Just yesterday someone threw the wayward queen assault at me, and I responded quickly and effectively. I'm just about to break 1000, and these lessons have been very helpful! I have a tendency to overthink in simple situations and underthink in complex situations. I try my best to take a page from your calm and assured demeanor... to varying degrees of success. Thanks so much!
16:50 I was confused with you playing Bf4 there, thought it would just straight up lose the pawn on d5. But after Bxb5, Nxb5 and Nxd5 you can actually sac the queen here, because you can just win back the opponents queen immediately with a knight fork on c7 and be up a knght for the pawn at the end. You probably saw all that, but I just found that neat.
I face the Wayward Queen a lot when teaching. My trick, admittedly playing the player as much as the board, is just trading the minors-usually doing what you did up through the early opening and forcing a light-square bishop trade on e6, allowing the doubling of pawns. Black’s still better here without any extra material-not as good as best play, but I have found that lower rated players often get very excited about the doubled pawns, but you can usually use those to open the center (I play this sweet kid at club who, every time, is like “Mr. Bur, you blundered, I’m about to DOUBLE YOUR PAWNS”, LOL-I tease him every time I undouble them easily into beautiful d/e pawns). Again, it’s playing the player a bit, but if you know white is keen to attack, playing moves that preserve a small advantage for black (the advantage with engine play is -1; my approach is -0.5) and add tension often leads to very nice middle games where black’s two center pawns and white’s knight on the rim make winning very easy if you’re a higher-rated player, and white probably doesn’t even have much better option than trading the minors. Directly parrying this opening, which requires black to play super precisely and white to play very easy-to-find moves, does not seem worth it to me.
At 25:17 you turn blue and then purple with a mysterious green Rosen with their eyes open hovering infront of you and then back to blue then normal again
After black takes the light square bishop (game 1) and follows with Nxe4, I was thinking that black's next move should be Bf5 instead of placing the pawn there. If he gets the chance, he can follow with Nxf2, presenting a double attack on the queen and forking for the rook. In game 2, after black plays a6, Qa4 would defend against axb4, because white then has Qxa8. If black instead started with Bxb5, Nxb5 prepares a discovered check, and if the check is discovered through Bc7, it is a double check, winning the king.
can confirm that I play Vienna Gambit in ~1300s, and a lot of people don't know the theory at all and just lose immediately after taking the pawn or playing Nc6, but even those who know 3. d5 often don't play d4
Thanks for this fantastic series! Can I ask a question about a game I had yesterday? If an opposing piece is pinned to both the king and the queen at the same time, does that mean my piece that was threatening the queen via pin is now useless (since the pinned piece can't move due to being pinned to the king), and should be moved to a better position?
The best strategy would probably depend on the exact position! In general, when a piece is pinned (especially to the king) it's mobility is greatly restricted. In these cases, you may want to look for ways to break the pin. This usually involves obstructing the line, moving your king off the line, or attacking/capturing the piece that is doing the pinning.
watching these speedrun videos is cool but also extremely frustrating. i'm rated ~1000 on lichess and i lose the VAST majority of games as black against the wayward queen. i don't get insta checkmated, but it seems like a really strong strategy because "address the threats" is really difficult to do. i will get myself to a position in 100% of games where the engine has me at +3 in an even material game just with a big positional advantage, but in practice the string of threats over and over makes it impossible to maintain i know it seems stupid from your pov cuz you actually know what you're doing but as an honest to god 1000, the wayward queen is a devastating and highly successful opening against black lol
28:30 Can someone please explain why at this point he didn't consider bishop to A3? Seems like a good move that leads to being up an exchange. Any problem with that that I'm not seeing?
APRedFox should play Bh3 before you moved the rook, and the game would become interesting to say the least. Pawn takes Queen takes and now Black has the threat of Knight g4, with the idea to play e7-e7, if white decides to defend, and make the chessboard an arena of gladiators!
Oh, I see that you did end up going for his line, but only after the pin prevents taking with pawn. With due respect, I think that line you played is just harder to play, if not actually worser. After the speculative …10. Qe7, white’s natural reply 11. f3, black punts most of the advantage.
15:46 "Black has not developed a single thing. Every single black thing is on its starting square." Um, Eric...? those "things"... they are called "chess pieces" XD
From 32:11 it is forced mate in 12 for black and, believe it or not, one of the lines IS LONG CASTLE CHECKMATE: 17. ...Ba6+ 18. Kf3 Qc3+ 19. Kf4 Qe5+ 20. Kf3 (in the game opponent played Kg5 and got mated) ... Qe4+ 21. Kg3 Be1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kh3 Nf2+ 24. Kh4 (here the other line with 24. Kg3 checks with long castles and mate on the next move) ... Qe4+ 25. Kg5 h6+ 26. Kxg6 Rg8+ 27. Kh7 Qe7+ 28. Kxg8 (and finally) ... O-O-O#
I'll always have a soft spot for speed runs. I've been watching Danya and Brah speed runs for a long time. I'm so happy you've gotten into this. Thank you, Eric!
dont support dose guys
@@sahan.dafchawhy
These speed runs give me a hard spot. 🤥
@@sahan.dafcha what is wrong with them?
@@LiberaTeMetuMortis it is a joke
this has hands down been some of the most helpful chess content i’ve seen in a long time. my game has significantly improved since this started. thank you for so clearly explaining your thought process and the tactics.
25:05 Eric’s latest gambit: “Oh no! My camera!”
*Oh no my electricity bill*
22:10 big opponent, HUGE opponent, possibly the greatest opponent that we faced so far. It could be, I don’t know. Some say he is.
Hehe... I was looking for a comment like this.
Yeah but he won, everyone knows that and everyone thinks he's the greatest player in the world. The Engine rigged the valuation of the position early and the only option was to incite a tonne of armed lunatics to storm LiChess HQ and have this result overturned.
Look at this big opponent. I entered the game and said what a big opponent this is.
People came to me, big, tough guys, with tears in their eyes, saying how unfair this was to that opponent. It was rigged, totally unfair...
“I’m on a 44 game win streak” *kramnik’s eyes narrow*
😂lmfao cried laughing at this
interestingggg
Interesssting
Meanwhile, the Internet thinks there's a vibrator in his tea cup
LMAO 😎🇺🇸👍
[ Opponent is clearly tilted out of their mind, losing all of their pieces in one move ]
Eric: Hmm they're sacrificing so that they can achieve stalemate
🤣🤣
That's funny. You're dead on
13:01 Congratulations win #45, I think Kramnik might find an analysis of your quick progress very "interesting"
This eric guy’s def cheating, dude’s won 45 games in a row (the fact the only opponents he’s played are lower rated than him doesn’t matter)
@@CharlieDarin tell me without telling me that you are a troll.
The word "Speedrun" takes a new meaning with Eric's calm and cool style
This is by far the best chess series I've followed
I get happy every time I see a new episode ❤
I must say, I like the style of these videos. By your calm approach we can understand your thinking so easily. I like the time you put into the lower level stuff. Some streamers make moves without even explaining why.
I like how eric says it will be a bit of a challenge when he plays an opponent rated 1036 considering he would totally rekt me and im 2102 x) but i love these very instructive videos!
This series is so cool I can’t wait until you start playing more prepared opponents!
This series has been so good. It's helped me to focus on positional chess, to analyze weaknesses created by pawn moves, and to slow down and think through what my opponent wants to do and counter that instead of bulldoze through my ideas. I really look forward to these, and thank you for being an excellent teacher of the game.
Lmao Eric Rosen taking a shot at Kramnik too, approaching “interesting territory” 😂
As a newer chess player around 550, this series is helpful. I'm addicted...
This is the main reason I open TH-cam rn. Thanks for this awesome series
Just had a chess lesson before watching this, and that first game in this video was super instructive for me and such a beautiful example on so many ideas we talked about in my lesson! I love how much life Chess has in it. Thanks for the awesome content!
That last game...
Black king: You guys go win the war for me, alright? I'm just going to stand here and have a smoke break while I wait.
Now I ve watched first 12 episodes of this speedrun in few (3?) days. Just amazing. I make the most out of it by stopping vid after an opponents move (in interesting position) and try to suggest my own move before Eric finds / plays his... So useful. Will probably revisit these vids after some time. Thanks!
Thanks Eric! I'm really enjoying these Speedruns!
Thanks Eric! I love your videos :)
I moderate a small chess café and this series has made it very easy for me to teach begginers how to play chess and develop properly!
Vienna player: "fu** man i cant beat peopls sub 1k elo even knowing 8 moves of theory I'm quiitting chess"
I never thought chess series could be this interesting, your commentary just makes me more eager to learn.
I love your series.
Thank you Eric. Believe it or not, I've found some of these mismatches interesting. On the one hand is the predictability in the opening followed by the random quality of the middle games. Another is the possibility of calculating in so many positions which continues for me to be a dangerous temptation, and in fact one of the aspects that brought me to the game (and keeps me interested in it); finally, there is this oddity of watching a game progress wherein there is no consideration for what the endgame pawn structure will be.
Soothing affect and voice delivers great content. You're like the Bob Ross of chess.
This series is simply amazing: on a better level for intermediate players than Danya's speedruns (which are also excellent). One recommendation: as opponents strengthen, switch to a 15+ time control, as you're more likely to enter an endgame, and it provides some breathing room. If opponents go on long thinks, there's always the option of editing for TH-cam (or you can fill the time with analysis, stories, or whatever). Thanks again for the fantastic videos: they reinforce good practice and teach how to analyze a position under moderate time pressure.
Just yesterday someone threw the wayward queen assault at me, and I responded quickly and effectively. I'm just about to break 1000, and these lessons have been very helpful! I have a tendency to overthink in simple situations and underthink in complex situations. I try my best to take a page from your calm and assured demeanor... to varying degrees of success. Thanks so much!
Wow…. I played Eric Rosen and got obliterated and I had no idea it was you. I’m honored. Very instructive game and it’s helped me a lot!
16:50
I was confused with you playing Bf4 there, thought it would just straight up lose the pawn on d5.
But after Bxb5, Nxb5 and Nxd5 you can actually sac the queen here, because you can just win back the opponents queen immediately with a knight fork on c7 and be up a knght for the pawn at the end. You probably saw all that, but I just found that neat.
That's cool, I completely missed that idea.
I recently won a game because i had white's knight pinned to the king and took out two rooks that way. Thanks Eric! Victory is sweet
25:11 "ohhh noooo" Honestly the most relaxed and well collected person :D
25:38 It happened again I love it "Oh No My Queen" sounds more convincing than the real one XD
First game was interesting. Having all pawns still on the board while being up 11 points of material is quite an achievement at this rating level.
I face the Wayward Queen a lot when teaching. My trick, admittedly playing the player as much as the board, is just trading the minors-usually doing what you did up through the early opening and forcing a light-square bishop trade on e6, allowing the doubling of pawns. Black’s still better here without any extra material-not as good as best play, but I have found that lower rated players often get very excited about the doubled pawns, but you can usually use those to open the center (I play this sweet kid at club who, every time, is like “Mr. Bur, you blundered, I’m about to DOUBLE YOUR PAWNS”, LOL-I tease him every time I undouble them easily into beautiful d/e pawns). Again, it’s playing the player a bit, but if you know white is keen to attack, playing moves that preserve a small advantage for black (the advantage with engine play is -1; my approach is -0.5) and add tension often leads to very nice middle games where black’s two center pawns and white’s knight on the rim make winning very easy if you’re a higher-rated player, and white probably doesn’t even have much better option than trading the minors. Directly parrying this opening, which requires black to play super precisely and white to play very easy-to-find moves, does not seem worth it to me.
27:06 "also hoping my opponent will not survive much longer" ~OhNoMyRosen 2023
He wasn't joking when he said this series would be no mercy LOL
Probably enjoyed watching you beat BigTrumpFan too much.
26:20 "oh no my camera battery" 🤣 said in Eric's usual dulcet tones.
Amazing infotainment, Eric. Really appreciate you sharing this with us 🤟
i love the series! i think you can change the settings so you can get paired with higher rated players so the climb goes faster
thanks for the video eric, i hope to learn a lot today
Loving the speedrun Eric, very instructive!
This was a great episode. I'm definitely rooting for you but it's fun to see your opponents actually be competitive during these games.
At 25:11 ,I really thought he was gonna say "Oh No! My Face"
Or "Oh No, My Rosen"
Sacrificing the camera. Next level tactics
"The question is what to do next." - Eric Rosen, 2023
At 25:17 you turn blue and then purple with a mysterious green Rosen with their eyes open hovering infront of you and then back to blue then normal again
I have trouble with the Vienna gambit so I appreciate you explaining 3..d5!
I really like the way you speak and talk about your opponents.
Im a simple man. Is see a new speedrun from Eric Rosen. I click the video.
Really enjoy your coaching, I have learned so much, thank you.
I was stuck between 300 and 400 Elo for 3-4 months and I am now close to 600 elo just by watching your speedrun series
47 win steak, very interesting.
After black takes the light square bishop (game 1) and follows with Nxe4, I was thinking that black's next move should be Bf5 instead of placing the pawn there. If he gets the chance, he can follow with Nxf2, presenting a double attack on the queen and forking for the rook.
In game 2, after black plays a6, Qa4 would defend against axb4, because white then has Qxa8. If black instead started with Bxb5, Nxb5 prepares a discovered check, and if the check is discovered through Bc7, it is a double check, winning the king.
gracias Eric. por tus videos comentados para principiantes, aprendo mucho con tus comentarios. muy buenos
can confirm that I play Vienna Gambit in ~1300s, and a lot of people don't know the theory at all and just lose immediately after taking the pawn or playing Nc6, but even those who know 3. d5 often don't play d4
Thank you for this series Eric !
13:00 '45 game streak....' Mr. Kramnik finds this interesting.
I was surprised to see BigTrumpFan not immediately pushing pawns to build a wall
Oh no, my camera! Call an ambulance!
Such a fun series. Never seen a chess speed run before!
Thanks for this fantastic series! Can I ask a question about a game I had yesterday? If an opposing piece is pinned to both the king and the queen at the same time, does that mean my piece that was threatening the queen via pin is now useless (since the pinned piece can't move due to being pinned to the king), and should be moved to a better position?
The best strategy would probably depend on the exact position! In general, when a piece is pinned (especially to the king) it's mobility is greatly restricted. In these cases, you may want to look for ways to break the pin. This usually involves obstructing the line, moving your king off the line, or attacking/capturing the piece that is doing the pinning.
The last game demonstrates why I call the Vienna gambit the apocalypse opening. Win or lose, everything gets destroyed.
“I’m entering interesting territory” excellent
Amazing video as always, Eric! What is your longest ever winstreak?
You crushed that guy so hard your camera felt unsafe to record it
I'm a very casual chess fan/player, but love Rosen's vids. Such a chill and relaxing guy to watch play
camera *mysteriously* turns off at @25:15
interesting...
Every time you say, “Oh, no...” I think you’ve made. mistake, only to see it’s your camera! 😂😂😂
I look forward to these episodes so much :)
I have seen 13 episodes of this in 2 days omg
watching these speedrun videos is cool but also extremely frustrating. i'm rated ~1000 on lichess and i lose the VAST majority of games as black against the wayward queen. i don't get insta checkmated, but it seems like a really strong strategy because "address the threats" is really difficult to do. i will get myself to a position in 100% of games where the engine has me at +3 in an even material game just with a big positional advantage, but in practice the string of threats over and over makes it impossible to maintain
i know it seems stupid from your pov cuz you actually know what you're doing but as an honest to god 1000, the wayward queen is a devastating and highly successful opening against black lol
"Oh no, my camera"
-Eric Rosen
25:43
He sacrificed his camera. Didn’t see that coming
13:23 the opponent plays the Hyperdelayed Dragon - Resignation Variation.
28:30 Can someone please explain why at this point he didn't consider bishop to A3? Seems like a good move that leads to being up an exchange. Any problem with that that I'm not seeing?
The levels to this game... We're at 1000 and opponents don't stand the slightest chance. Wonder when Eric will face the first actual challenge.
APRedFox should play Bh3 before you moved the rook, and the game would become interesting to say the least. Pawn takes Queen takes and now Black has the threat of Knight g4, with the idea to play e7-e7, if white decides to defend, and make the chessboard an arena of gladiators!
Oh, I see that you did end up going for his line, but only after the pin prevents taking with pawn. With due respect, I think that line you played is just harder to play, if not actually worser. After the speculative …10. Qe7, white’s natural reply 11. f3, black punts most of the advantage.
You probably won't get any more Wayward queens at this elo level, but f5 instead of Nf6 leads to some very interesting traps.
Of course someone that opens Scholar's Mate would then follow up by trying for a lame stalemate.
I would rename the series to "Oh no! My time!"
25:06 oh no my camera
As a Gotham e4 course owner, he does indeed teach the queen line here.
Best series ever.
How do Antonio and Eric keep uploading within the same minute lol
Scheduled uploads
amazing win street this one
47 wins... that's interesting 🤔
I am not a beginner I am 2000 online elo player but I like this video's sooo much
Did d5 get hung in the second game? Black takes bishop, knight takes and then it’s 2x1 on d5.
At 25:04 Eric sacrifices his camera for a devastating attack
15:46 "Black has not developed a single thing. Every single black thing is on its starting square."
Um, Eric...? those "things"... they are called "chess pieces" XD
25:05 Oh no! My camera. 😅
We need the next episode soon. Like tomorrow or something like that.
25:10 "Oh no, my camera."
From 32:11 it is forced mate in 12 for black and, believe it or not, one of the lines IS LONG CASTLE CHECKMATE:
17. ...Ba6+ 18. Kf3 Qc3+ 19. Kf4 Qe5+ 20. Kf3 (in the game opponent played Kg5 and got mated) ... Qe4+ 21. Kg3 Be1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kh3 Nf2+ 24. Kh4 (here the other line with 24. Kg3 checks with long castles and mate on the next move) ... Qe4+ 25. Kg5 h6+ 26. Kxg6 Rg8+ 27. Kh7 Qe7+ 28. Kxg8 (and finally) ... O-O-O#
Thanks!
25:14 OH NO MY ROSEN
45 game win streak... Very interesting.
Should be investigated
997 vs 944 -- Porsche battle!
Great series
25:22 "oh no, my camera"