Spell Chess is Mind-Blowing

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  • @adamh6094
    @adamh6094 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Eric experiences what we experience playing chess. The “wow, that’s checkmate!” says it all!!

  • @rubiks-monkey
    @rubiks-monkey ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Eric: I've never played a game where me or my opponent used all our freeze spells
    Eric two minutes later: I'm going to try and make the argument that a freeze spell is worth more than a minor piece 😂

    • @youjying
      @youjying ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I would say a freeze is worth 2 pawns and a jump worth a rook+

    • @ezra7088
      @ezra7088 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@youjying I think your first jump is worth a minor piece and your second jump is worth a rook+

    • @Mrf0rk11
      @Mrf0rk11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And this makes perfect sense. The threat of being able to freeze is worth a lot, that’s why people prefer to keep it in reserve.

    • @LastStar007
      @LastStar007 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      On the one hand, you get 5 freezes and only 4 minor pieces.
      On the other hand, spell chess theory is so undeveloped that most games are decided within 20 moves or so, which means that you only have 4 opportunities to freeze at the absolute max. More like 3 or 2 opportunities that make any tactical sense at all.
      What's more, a freeze isn't all that great when your opponent can counterfreeze, but a freeze when your opponent *can't* counterfreeze can be very opportune, and your own counterfreeze is a lifesaver in defense. Complex dynamics at play here; interesting to see nuclear deterrence theory tested out on the chessboard.

    • @LastStar007
      @LastStar007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chess has always had a temporal (number of moves) aspect to its strategy in addition to tactical and positional play, but heretofore it's been in support of the other two--mattering in the context of endgames, not falling behind in the opening, and tactical opportunities like complex exchanges and zwischenzugs. The spell cooldown seems to bring time to the forefront.

  • @stuarttwhite9775
    @stuarttwhite9775 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Things I've learned about this game:
    1. Don't move the d pawn.
    2. Double checks are usually fatal.

    • @eldeewt
      @eldeewt ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would also like to add that the wayward queen looks strong, but loses a queen for a rook

    • @All-star_Giga_Gargantuar
      @All-star_Giga_Gargantuar ปีที่แล้ว

      There's still Qf3 or Qf6 if you're black tho.@@eldeewt

    • @tisban3013
      @tisban3013 ปีที่แล้ว

      what about wayward but freezing the rook?
      @@eldeewt

    • @tianlecheng2656
      @tianlecheng2656 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya bcuz of the jump

  • @JustAnotherCommenter
    @JustAnotherCommenter ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Eric did what's called a "frumpmate", similar to duckmate's name origin. Frump is a combination of freeze first, then jump. There can also be a scenario called "jeezemate", you know where that comes from.
    Then there's the normal freezemate and jumpmate.

    • @LastStar007
      @LastStar007 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jeezing all over your opponent's king?

    • @Tzizenorec
      @Tzizenorec 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can you give an example where a "jeezemate" is possible? It sounds pretty hard to set up to me, due to the opponent having a full turn to react between the jump and the freeze.

  • @coreyyanofsky
    @coreyyanofsky ปีที่แล้ว +64

    just realized that when the attacking player has a jump available and there are two pieces between an attacker and its target (as at 23:24) _both pieces are pinned_ (neglecting one's own spell arsenal)

    • @I_am_Itay
      @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice observation

    • @Benjamin-mq6hu
      @Benjamin-mq6hu ปีที่แล้ว +13

      X-ray vision is much more threatening than in normal chess

    • @moocowpong1
      @moocowpong1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You see something similar with cannons in xiangqi (Chinese chess)

    • @moocowpong1
      @moocowpong1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Xiangqi also has the “flying general” rule, where the general (the king equivalent) can deliver check to the opposing general along an open file. This means a piece will end up pinned between the two generals if it’s the only piece separating the two along a file.

    • @coreyyanofsky
      @coreyyanofsky ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@OoUndeadOo i had noticed that the spell visual effect doesn't go away until the casting player's next turn -- by your report it's clear that the duration of the jump spell is one full turn, not just one ply

  • @dsimi415
    @dsimi415 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    At about 13:00 when you said you had a cool idea, I had the exact same up until when you said you used the wrong spell and wanted to freeze. I saw jump spell on the rook on h7 over g7 and take f7. It's defended by the other rook and the bishop covers e8 so I think that's checkmate

    • @jah_hern81
      @jah_hern81 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was yelling at my monitor for him to do that, lol. Crazy game.

    • @移居火星逃离地球
      @移居火星逃离地球 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true, he can freeze your rook on a7 and take your rook on f7, but your counter freeze the king and it's gg. Or freeze your rook on f7 and Qb6+, but you counter freeze the Queen it's mate in next move.

    • @bowserificB
      @bowserificB ปีที่แล้ว

      I also saw this. I thought this was the cool move.

    • @emanuelrosenthal4271
      @emanuelrosenthal4271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@移居火星逃离地球 You have to be careful though so you freeze both the queen and the king. Otherwise queen can block, since jump has already been used earlier in the combination.

    • @henrycook859
      @henrycook859 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jah_hern81same LMAO

  • @foestar
    @foestar ปีที่แล้ว +66

    5:50 When your opponent freezes to take a piece, you also have to freeze to take back a piece. You're trading freezes and pieces so to speak

    • @johnjantzen7508
      @johnjantzen7508 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I think Eric was trying to save his freeze because he thought it would be more valuable than the bishop but ya it does seem hard to justify not freezing back there.

    • @muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016
      @muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think Black has Qh4 in that position if you counter freeze

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah levy analyzed this@@muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016

    • @dynamic.6302
      @dynamic.6302 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What does QH4 do there? The knight can just take the queen because the opponent's freeze was in cooldown

    • @muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016
      @muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@dynamic.6302 if Night takes the the queen you use the jump spell and take the king with the bishop. Qh4 is double check basically

  • @joshfotsch3314
    @joshfotsch3314 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It seems the freeze jump combo is pretty insane. If you can check the king regularly and freeze it at the same anything they use to block it can be jumped over the next move. I think you would have to do a counter freeze to stop it, and I'm pretty sure its a forced win if you do this when their freeze is recharging

  • @amaarquadri
    @amaarquadri ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Someone needs to design a spell chess puzzle where the solution involves sacrificing a piece by using a jump spell to move a pawn 2 spaces and getting captured en passant.

    • @MenkoDany
      @MenkoDany ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my god can you please do this so that my brain can wrap around the en passant quirk?

  • @vivvpprof
    @vivvpprof ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Actually at the beginning I thought 'oh no, not another stupid variant' but towards the end of the video I actually not only started to appreciate the variant itself but also - and this is especially true of the Jump Charm - how playing this variant aid you in playing chess. This is indeed mind-boggling

  • @Zemkezis
    @Zemkezis ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I appreciated that you posted this content where you are already familiar with the mode, so we can see some impressive plays.

  • @George_Bland
    @George_Bland ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've been getting into spell chess, really enjoying it! I'm learning some trappy openings and I feel like I have some basic tactical awareness as well. (Also just broke into the top 1000 as well, something I don't think I can do in real chess...)

  • @eriksteffahn6172
    @eriksteffahn6172 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:08 using a freeze like this is very dangerous. I think white wins after Nb5, threatening various freeze mates, since you can't counter freeze.
    Probably the best move for black is Qa5+, saccing the queen to get the freeze back and avoid mate.
    The only other try I see is Kd7, which loses in spectacular fashion:
    freeze@e6&Ne5+ jump@f6&Bxe5
    dxe5 Ke8
    Nd6+ freeze@f5&exd6
    freeze@c7&Bb5, white wins the queen and blacks king is still in danger

  • @Iraqi_violinist
    @Iraqi_violinist ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Eric we love you from baghdad iraq❤

  • @Joseph-zd8jw
    @Joseph-zd8jw ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's stalemate in spell chess if you have no moves (this can happen if all of your pieces are frozen by your opponent).

    • @MatsMatsuo
      @MatsMatsuo ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So if you’re losing and your opponent accidentally piles up all his movable pieces in a 3x3 area, you can force a stalemate and get a draw (assuming he does not have a jump spell to use on a blocked pawn). Very unlikely to happen but stalemates becomes much more common and part of tatics

  • @brandongillette6463
    @brandongillette6463 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here's an idea, Eric. You know a lot of strong players who are also entertaining on camera. You could get together 8 or 12 of them for a chess decathlon (or appropriate -athon depending on how many variants), where pairings cycle through different chess variants like bughouse, 960,
    duck chess, king of the kill, horde, kung fu, etc. and get points for wins, draws, and maybe bonuses for certain events/quacktics/etc. I would buy tickets to watch that!

  • @TotalStoicism
    @TotalStoicism ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Eric Frozen

  • @Ffaim7
    @Ffaim7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A player can jump through a piece the opponent charmed. this means he can also charm an additional one and jump through 2 pieces in a move, it just happened to me in a game.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    new to this variant but at 13:12 I believe Eric can win by playing Qa4+. king has to move since the queen can jump over any blocking piece, so Kf8 which loses to Rxf7 defended via jump by the h7 rook

    • @MatsMatsuo
      @MatsMatsuo ปีที่แล้ว

      What he did was basically the same thing but with a flashy and useless queen sac. (If he didn’t mess u the spells afterwards)

  • @foestar
    @foestar ปีที่แล้ว +5

    13:44 Rook jump from h7 to f7 should be winning

    • @commentator3074
      @commentator3074 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jump g7 Rhf7 - freeze f7 Qb6 (setting up jump c5 QxK) - freeze b5 Rae7 - ~ - RxK

  • @I_am_Itay
    @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว +3

    26:24 Nf3 instead Bxd5 with Nxh2

  • @artrisk1304
    @artrisk1304 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the king is safer in the center because there are many pieces in the center so opponent won't really be able to jump. When castling it it has only pawns in front which could be jumped over, I think?

  • @danielhoang289
    @danielhoang289 ปีที่แล้ว

    19:50 Good callout by Eric, admitting he got "oh no my queen" happen to him this time

  • @jonbain521
    @jonbain521 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some strange things that one doesn't realize: you don't have to jump over your jump -- you can use it to just create a check situation.

  • @twiglegg508
    @twiglegg508 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just had my first few games. Beagn developing some opening theory around it and learning a few tactics around the spells. In the majority of cases so far I've found its generally best no to be the first to freeze. Due to counter freezing tactics. I am hoping to figure out some possible instances where this isn't the case soon.

  • @mathematicsreadinggroup7288
    @mathematicsreadinggroup7288 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here's a tip for anyone who wants to think about freeze in an intuitive way.
    One thing I think about when trying to think for tactics in normal chess is "if there was something I could do in TWO moves instead of one, what would it be?" The idea being that sometimes the solution to a tactic is to play a quiet move that threatens something bigger. This is exactly the logic you use when searching for a good "freeze" move. You want to find a 2 move combo, so you make it yourself by taking away your opponents responses to the first move.

    • @easymoney1226
      @easymoney1226 ปีที่แล้ว

      But you still have to be aware of the counter freeze :D

  • @xanderlastname3281
    @xanderlastname3281 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poison spell: a 3x3 area in which any peice dies in........... uhh how do you balance this... 5 turns?
    So if you manage to hit the golden 9 peices thats 4 guarenteed dead.
    Actully how often do you see 9 of the opposing players peices all in one place? Make it dies in 4 turns. The spell itself lasts 6 turns.
    Recall spell: a 1 tile spell that lets you take any of your own peices, and recall it to any of your first three ranks (pawns are not allowed on your first rank)
    Haste spell: also 1 tile, lasts for 3 turns, allows for limited range peices to move an additional space in any of their directions when moving from or through the haste tile.
    (Pawns can move 2 or 3 if they havent moved), (kings can move 2 spaces and direction), (heres the tricky one, Knights can only move 1 additional tile in either direction, not both, depending on where the haste tile is. If the knight starts on the haste tile, it can move 3 in one direction, 1 in another, so a long L. If the haste tile is a traditional knighrs move away, the knight now has the option to move two tiles in oen direction, and 2 tiles in another. It would make more sense with visuals). All other peices remain unchanged since they already move infinitely.
    Skeleton spell: spawn a pawn. Thats it. Spawn a pawn in any of your first 5 ranks, minus the first rank again.
    Those are all of my ideas

  • @pairot01
    @pairot01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can't simply win material with a freeze. Always remember they can counter it. And also remember it when they froze you first, there's always a counter.

  • @TheFormerTeam
    @TheFormerTeam ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It would be nice if you could activate the abilities by a keybind like pressing 1 or 2 for jump or freeze instead of needing to click it with the mouse.

  • @I_am_Itay
    @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว +2

    19:35 Nxe4 is a nice move but its probably better to play e5 or Nh5 with the same idea (Bg4# or Nf4#) so white doesn't lose a piece ìn case you don't take on h1

  • @rodriguezro9999
    @rodriguezro9999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 25:05 Eric said his only move was Kg8 to avoid checkmate but he could've used jump Kh6. Riiiiight?

    • @commentator3074
      @commentator3074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      King can go only 1 at a time. For going h8 to h6 u need 2 moves. Jump spell let work only on rocks, bishops and queens

    • @Zebo12345678
      @Zebo12345678 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, jump doesn't give movement range. It's useless for the king, since it can't move far enough to reach the other side of a piece.

    • @papuce2
      @papuce2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting, I didn't know that. The description is not precise enough, so thx for info @@commentator3074

    • @rodriguezro9999
      @rodriguezro9999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see. That makes sense. Thanks gang.

  • @ssiwt
    @ssiwt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't tell Jonathan Schrantz that this is chess with spells, he's adamant that this is not chess, so that he can play it ;)

  • @fortherealle
    @fortherealle ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Couldn't he just have used jump on the g7 pawn to jump over and checkmate with the rook on h7? Sorry if I am making a mistake in advance.

    • @MatsMatsuo
      @MatsMatsuo ปีที่แล้ว

      He had no jump, he used accidentally on the last turn, it needs to replenish. The right move would be to just capture f7 last turn with no spells. Cause he would be the one able to counterfreeze if needed and also would have the jump to use on the other rook, but he massively messed up

    • @fortherealle
      @fortherealle ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MatsMatsuo i meant at 13:43 where he does indeed have a jump spell

    • @physchee651
      @physchee651 ปีที่แล้ว

      Freeze rook on a7 then King take rook on f7.
      But white can freeze king on f7 and pawn h6 for a double check which will be checkmate.

  • @vanq86
    @vanq86 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love these kinds of variants. A ladder that randomly swapped between Duck chess and Spell chess would be a lot of fun

  • @Squilfinator
    @Squilfinator ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro the checkmate with the freeze idea was insane

  • @skaarlner
    @skaarlner ปีที่แล้ว

    wow that last checkmate was genius !!

  • @Sghead
    @Sghead ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A wild ride of emotions at 19:28 😂

  • @lomiification
    @lomiification ปีที่แล้ว

    Itd be cool to add a third spell that lets any piece move like a king for a turn
    Turn your white bishop into a black one, or quickly adjust your knights

  • @magnusthorup3916
    @magnusthorup3916 ปีที่แล้ว

    We should coin the term freezwang - zugzwang from freeze, where one freezes all the active pieces so that the opponent have to make a bad move with the remaining pieces!

  • @ggmoyang
    @ggmoyang ปีที่แล้ว

    To disable CoC theme, go to boards setting and disable 'Enable Special Themes' option.

  • @user-zn5mw3mz2d
    @user-zn5mw3mz2d ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like the jumping mechanic. Reminds me of the cannon in Chinese chess

  • @papuce2
    @papuce2 ปีที่แล้ว

    26:45 is not a checkmate, opponent king can use jump potion to jump over the rook to e1.
    EDIT: King can't jump over the rook. King still only can move 1 square. Jump potion only works for pieces that can move longer distances (queen, bishop, rook, probably also pawns in the default position).

  • @erikmarkus7467
    @erikmarkus7467 ปีที่แล้ว

    when you play with aiden he takes your knight and you decide to dodge with the king, and aiden retreats, but he could have used to jump to take your rook on a1. i think thats a lot of material lost unless you have an attack, which you didnt at the time - had nothing developped yet.

  • @ic6406
    @ic6406 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've found a bug or a feature, idk. When you apply jump onto a cell, opponent can overpass this cell as well. I had two pieces in front of my king, put a jump on one of the pieces and the opponent put jump on the other piece as well on their turn an jumped over two pieces and took my king

  • @toomuchwub
    @toomuchwub ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Eric, I came across a weird stalemate in a game - by opponent had all their pieces in a 3x3 square and I was down in material. Turns out, if you can freeze all your opponents pieces in one spell, it's stalemate because they can't make a move!

  • @sachacek
    @sachacek ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesnt look like your regular chess game

  • @tylermaddox1321
    @tylermaddox1321 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 6:26 the bishop was hanging, you could’ve jumped over your pawn with your king and took.

  • @asteiner274
    @asteiner274 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This variant is so fun to watch but also really frustrating to watch lol

  • @yamgrenade
    @yamgrenade ปีที่แล้ว

    Excited for the Wizard-Eric thumbnail

  • @lodewijkentrop2337
    @lodewijkentrop2337 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is good to be careful when using your freeze, because if you use it, any check could be deadly.

  • @ggmoyang
    @ggmoyang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's stalemate in spell chess too and it's draw. And if you freeze all of the opponent's movable pieces it will be a stalemate. But you can't freeze your own pieces to make stalemate.

    • @linuslucke3838
      @linuslucke3838 ปีที่แล้ว

      What happens if you do freeze everything of yourself? You just lose on time?

    • @ggmoyang
      @ggmoyang ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linuslucke3838 You can't do that, such freeze is illegal move.

    • @linuslucke3838
      @linuslucke3838 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ggmoyang ah, thanks

  • @jacobcarrizales427
    @jacobcarrizales427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:43, missed literal mate in one jumping the g7 square.

    • @gokaytaspnar1355
      @gokaytaspnar1355 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's mate in 2
      Opponent can freeze the rook and take the rook on f7 and then white must freeze both queen and the king and mate

  • @quanhoang2547
    @quanhoang2547 ปีที่แล้ว

    17:54 This match puts Eric on a roller coaster!

  • @JR-jz4ts
    @JR-jz4ts ปีที่แล้ว

    Eric: "This game is so mind bending."
    Me: that's how I feel about normal chess 😢

  • @andermium
    @andermium ปีที่แล้ว

    At 6:36, the opponent could have traded a Bishop for a Rook by jumping the b pawn

  • @sergey_begemot
    @sergey_begemot ปีที่แล้ว

    On the last position, the white King may jump over a Rook

  • @valentinafuffa535
    @valentinafuffa535 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    but is it called chell or spess?

  • @garash2000
    @garash2000 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:55 I think opponent had freeze the queen and set up a double attack on her with Qd2. Even if we freeze their rook, we can't defend our queen from theirs.

  • @rideroftheforce5245
    @rideroftheforce5245 ปีที่แล้ว

    At a certain skill level I'd think that freezes become mostly useless because the opponent will always counter freeze the same area. The only time a freeze would be helpful is to delay a check

    • @guillaumec1636
      @guillaumec1636 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Counter freeze isn't enough when you can defend the piece that was used for the capture

    • @rideroftheforce5245
      @rideroftheforce5245 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@guillaumec1636 oh yeah, duh

  • @christophlehmann460
    @christophlehmann460 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Queensac at 26:20 doesn't work because of counter freeze and Nf3 then after Rh8 Nxh2 wins.

    • @MohamedAli-vu3dj
      @MohamedAli-vu3dj ปีที่แล้ว

      it would be a very nice backfire for Eric 😂😂😂 he was afraid of that

  • @LastStar007
    @LastStar007 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be interesting if Freeze froze in time as well as space, i.e. nothing could move into or out of the frozen area, Jump spells could not be cast on any frozen pieces, etc.

  • @marekslazak1003
    @marekslazak1003 ปีที่แล้ว

    When i was a kid and my father taught me how to play chess i used to be very upset when loosing so i came up with the idea of "special potion" which would let my king escape when needed. I am glad i was like 20 years ahead. And i still can't play the game.

  • @guest_of_randomness
    @guest_of_randomness ปีที่แล้ว

    "and i have to be careful, i think this is ok. 'cause i dont have my freeze, and opponent got 5 freezes. every check can be deathly.... but this check... "
    OPPONENT: knight check
    "OOHHHHHHHH!!!"

  • @a_wild_Kirillian
    @a_wild_Kirillian ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, so many fascinating combinations in this video!

  • @CaleboBand
    @CaleboBand ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More spell chess please, love it!

  • @soloeurope2258
    @soloeurope2258 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 13:45, jumping the rook on h7 to f7 looks like a viable idea, talk about fancy

    • @commentator3074
      @commentator3074 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, that f7 jump and Rf7 was pain to look at

  • @SevakPogosyan-ln9vm
    @SevakPogosyan-ln9vm ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:52 you had queen takes d7 and freeze checkmate
    edit: I guess 1 spell at a time is allowed

    • @AZRockiesFan
      @AZRockiesFan ปีที่แล้ว

      You can only use 1 spell at a time

    • @Ichthyodactyl
      @Ichthyodactyl ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you Jump and Freeze on the same turn? I thought it was one or the other.

  • @arcaneminded
    @arcaneminded ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:37 free rook. 11:26 free knight. 11:55 knight and two rooks for a queen though?

  • @ewanstephens2701
    @ewanstephens2701 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the final position in the video I think the opponent could have jumped their king to e6 to avoid immediate mate

  • @Fadope78
    @Fadope78 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    26:55 he could have jump over his rook right?

  • @jesseclark7105
    @jesseclark7105 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:38, I think you hung a rook to a bishop Jump spell there.

  • @cparks1000000
    @cparks1000000 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:16 I think freezing the Bishop was correct.

  • @jaakezzz_G
    @jaakezzz_G ปีที่แล้ว

    the only way to use your own theme with spell chess is to set up a custom game and apply the spell chess rule to your game.

  • @6Monto
    @6Monto ปีที่แล้ว

    26:20 nice one!

  • @Palozon
    @Palozon ปีที่แล้ว

    Suggestion: make a wizard Eric thumbnail if there's another spell chess video.
    I recommend Big Hat Wizard Eric or Pondering-Orb Wizard Eric.

  • @Tvde1
    @Tvde1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope it goes on youtube

  • @nathanbandy2906
    @nathanbandy2906 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cmon Eric you literally just said you've never seen someone use all their freezes... lol you gotta use one there!

  • @eliasthememelord
    @eliasthememelord ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m loving the spell chess content

  • @notfranklin4916
    @notfranklin4916 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spell chess seemed really fun. Would like too a learning arc on it!

  • @jpthedio
    @jpthedio ปีที่แล้ว

    In the last game, white king can jump over the rook and un-castle. Lol. that's why there's no checkmate sound.

    • @yuurai
      @yuurai ปีที่แล้ว +1

      remember that the king can only move one square. jump spell doesn't work

    • @jpthedio
      @jpthedio ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yuurai oh okay. thanks!

  • @Calabresa022
    @Calabresa022 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the aesthetics of the pieces of thia mode, too bad we cant use them on normal chess

  • @maxomega3
    @maxomega3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really wish the time control was longer because most of the games ended in flagging. The ones that didnt were really cool though

  • @plop010
    @plop010 ปีที่แล้ว

    seems like checking is much stronger in this, bc blocking with a piece is bad... so the king has to move

  • @Confluence358
    @Confluence358 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played this and got to a rook endgame where my opponent had a jump, and I didn't have any spells, and it wouldn't let me take his rook with my pawn on the back rank! Opponent said he thinks there's no promotion in spell chess?? Which if so, is really silly, and I don't see why that'd be the case. but it wouldn't let me move my pawn to the back rank, so either it was a glitch, or there's no promotion.

  • @abidulmuhaiminrahbar
    @abidulmuhaiminrahbar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was on spell chess whole day. Was waiting for you to start streaming, so i could play with you just one match😅
    Edit: i reached 1700 with just a opening trap with white. It was awesome so many players fell for that

    • @chesscrush
      @chesscrush ปีที่แล้ว

      Mind sharing the trap? 😅

    • @abidulmuhaiminrahbar
      @abidulmuhaiminrahbar ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​​​@@chesscrush
      You have to start with white to do that.
      1. e4. e5
      2. Bb5 with freeze c7. Counter freeze on Bb5 and h6
      3. Qa5. Opponent has to stop double check by moving the Ke2
      4. Qxe5+. Opponent cant stop you taking king
      Edit: ik It's super confusing. I'm a noob at chess don’t know how to use notations correctly and also It's confusing to how to explain check but its not really check, just a pawn in the middle, so you can jump it

    • @willbobsled
      @willbobsled ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abidulmuhaiminrahbar I think you're the guy I played against, GM-something right? You got me after 2...g6 freeze@b5 3.Qh5!! Nc6 4.Qxe5+ 1-0
      Indeed, it is an awesome trap

    • @abidulmuhaiminrahbar
      @abidulmuhaiminrahbar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@willbobsledI'm not a GM or have gm in my username. But It's quite a similar trap i think.

  • @mrd8376
    @mrd8376 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 13:47 can’t you jump over the g pawn with your h7 rook for checkmate?

    • @bowserificB
      @bowserificB ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes he could have. That’s what I thought he meant with his cool idea.

  • @IONProd
    @IONProd ปีที่แล้ว

    I noticed that double capture thing too lol

  • @pierremichel1334
    @pierremichel1334 ปีที่แล้ว

    At the end the opponent could jump ver his pions I think

  • @bowserificB
    @bowserificB ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 13:44 you missed mate in 1. You could have used jump with your h7 rook.

    • @MatsMatsuo
      @MatsMatsuo ปีที่แล้ว

      No he couldn’t, jump was reloading

  • @Nathan-qc4gz
    @Nathan-qc4gz ปีที่แล้ว

    26:35 jump@f1 and ke1

  • @harrisonw4559
    @harrisonw4559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In that last game could the opponent’s king have hopped over his rook to escape?

    • @Puschit1
      @Puschit1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Since a king can only move 1 square - no

    • @guillaumec1636
      @guillaumec1636 ปีที่แล้ว

      A king still only moves one square, the jumped square still counts I figure

  • @jaker721
    @jaker721 ปีที่แล้ว

    White could’ve escaped to e3 with the jump spell in the last game

  • @argothiel
    @argothiel ปีที่แล้ว

    White king could have escaped by jumping over one of their own pieces.

  • @DerZeppterdesAldi
    @DerZeppterdesAldi ปีที่แล้ว

    14:51 If you played jump on g7 and took on f7 with the h rook instead, it would be instant mate...

  • @ChristianHegele
    @ChristianHegele ปีที่แล้ว

    As a chad, I only use my jump spell when moving the knight.

  • @I_am_Itay
    @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว +1

    16:00 gxxf3 is so funny

  • @AFrenchman31
    @AFrenchman31 ปีที่แล้ว

    One day, someone is going to make another variant called "Quantum Chess". Oh wait, it already exists, and is really mind-numbing.

  • @greenglade47
    @greenglade47 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need a way to do daily/correspondence games with variants 😂currently I think you can only do that with Chess960 - if we could do it with all variants I think the popularity of variants would skyrocket

  • @almightyhydra
    @almightyhydra ปีที่แล้ว

    Combining duck and spell chess gives you spuck chess, sponsored by Dell

  • @I_am_Itay
    @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:40 I don't think it has aydenrchess. Its a funny coincidence that I played with her today and her account's name is aydenrchess lol probably just a diffrent NM

    • @aidengaming4230
      @aidengaming4230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was me. My main is Aidenrchess

    • @I_am_Itay
      @I_am_Itay ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aidengaming4230 oh lol