The master has lost more games than the beginner has played. Don't ask me to name the wise man who first made the above statement. I couldn't do it. All I can do is make it clear that it's not an original quote on my end. XD
I really appreciate Eric saying why he wasn’t scared about the bishop taking on H2 because you can trap the bishop. So obvious but I couldn’t understand why. Best channel ever.
Like he alluded to, that blunder is famous for the time Bobby Fischer made during his world championship match against Spassky. (It's not that he was unfamiliar with trapped bishops, but he miscalculated a line that he thought would free it again.)
In case anyone was wondering about the puzzle at 14:47 the solution is to ‘stalemate’ the black king and promote, a little like Eric showed in the video. You have to underpromote to rooks to avoid an actual stalemate. Kb6 fxe6 f7 Kd7 f8=R Ke7 c8=R Kd7 Rc7#
This is one of the best opening, with a lot of trick and traps, and it's easy to understand and remember. You are instructive, and thank you for everything you are doing😁
All the way from South Africa saying howsit, thanks so much for the instructive end game. Please can we get more of this. Really appreciate it. You're content is amazing and love the humour. Frikin entertaining. Keep up the grind mate.
I watch Eric at 2.5 speed and he still feels like hes talking in slow motion. Anyone else and I'd hate it but here its oddly soothing. Good way to relax after dropping 200 points in tactic puzzles.
This opening is actually incredible. I was stuck around 600 ELO for about a week and after learning this opening and the London system I went up to 700 in just 2 days and a few games.
Hey Eric, at 4:58 taking the knight with queen is a blunder because of Qh4 that attacks your bishop, and if you move it, then rook xe3. If queen xe3 then the other rook can swing over to e8.
@@Gerraint Black will still take the dark square bishop and then after queen takes brings his other rook with tempo. At the end irrespective of what you do, the light square bishop will fall. I just analyzed with stockfish
0:10:00 - I was rather happy to discover that trapping possibility the first time on my own, following opponent bishop taking one of the outermost pawns ... there are many cleverer things to find out for yourself, still a modest confidence booster Knights trapped similarly - oh no my rook moment ...
It's not that it is not funny when he says he sleeps when he is not awake, but he says it with no expression as if he just said I'm going to the store lol.
Hikaru is entertaining but you are where the real education is at. GothamChess is educational but you are where the real entertainment is at. You’re like the cool high-school teacher. And I’m sorry if you find that insulting but I think it’s one of the most important personalities to the development and continuation of our species. Keep being awesome.
@@kogureee indeed, so you underpromote to a Knight only if black captured g pawn, so that it wouldn't be a check, or, even better, capture with the f pawn yourself, so that black has no chance of queening h pawn
The skewer mentioned at 8:05. I wonder if it would be better for black to give up the rook and keep queens on the board or give up the black bishop but also trade queens. After Rad8, Bg5 Black can play Bf4. If Bxf6 Bxd2+ Kxd2 gxf6 it is an even trade where black ends up with doubled pawns. So White has to accept the sacrifice with either Qxf4, Qxf4, Bxf4 trading the queens or with Bxf4 keeping queens on the board. White also has the option to, before taking the bishop, further simplify by playing Rxe8+ I would love to know if anyone sees a better defensive option for black after they get skewered on g5
@@joshtyler7999 he didn't miss it. If he did capture the pawn then the b file opens up for the rooks and the queen thus endangering the position of his king.
I've watched this video many times in the last month or so, because I'm expanding my repertoire to include the Ponziani (and maybe the Alekhine). This time watching it, I just realized that there's something kinda funny that I hadn't noticed before. When asked about how to draw arrows, Eric said "Drawing arrows is just a matter of right clicking and dragging. You can't do it on mobile, you need a mouse; and if you have a keyboard, you can use combinations of shift and alt to make them different colors." If you can't do it on mobile because you need a mouse, that means that it can *only* be done on a PC...so why did Eric say *"if"* you have a keyboard? Are there people out there who own computers but not keyboards? I'm not making fun or trying to be a jerk, I'm a huge fan of Eric, both his online content and his actual chess career. That comment just struck me as really funny for some reason. 😂
Someone just played this against me. I honestly thought I was fine playing D5 against this opening, but then he did the queen move and I could not figure out what to do to keep the pawn. According to stockfish it's play f6, which I didn't think of. I was worse all the way through the game until the end game where he hung back rank mate.
I really like your videos and happened across your 80/20 tactical videos when I purchased a Club players bundle from Ichess. Studying along with you on the London system !!! I am looking forward to your other video lessons in the Club players bundle. Also, can you do a video on chess engines and how to properly utilize them. It would really help me. thanks in advance
You open a bottle of Ponziani vine, choose a Ponziani Cigar and listen to a Verdi piece of music Ponziani feeling. Oh, I forgot - you ask your Butler to bring Mr. Ponziani directly to you...
@@chandankumar-ir3cz yes yes true. He has a couple that explain the two main opening traps. Other than that he has no instructional on ponziani as he does for london, french and stafford. He does play ponziani very often though. And as always i would love to see more lesson from Eric
What's the best defensive opening for a beginner playing white vs a GM? I mean, is there an opening line a beginner to memorise that will keep the game going as long as possible, regardless of what the GM plays?
have you ever covered the vukovic gambit against the ponziani? i’m sorry if it was in this video i haven’t watched the entire thing but i think it would be an interesting line to look at
When I lose games, I resort to your channel and get inspired to play just to lose again
losing is one of the best ways to learn!
I am forever a 1100
@@eric-rosen "sometimes you win, sometimes you learn in chess" this is da way
The master has lost more games than the beginner has played.
Don't ask me to name the wise man who first made the above statement. I couldn't do it. All I can do is make it clear that it's not an original quote on my end. XD
@@RemyWillard I saw this quote on Danya's channel
'I sleep when I'm not awake" couldn't have said it better myself
3:33 timestamp for ur comment dude
I love it!!!
That's... what sleep means 😂
That got me so good 😂😂😂
Oh yeah? Well, I’m awake when I’m not asleep!
I really appreciate Eric saying why he wasn’t scared about the bishop taking on H2 because you can trap the bishop. So obvious but I couldn’t understand why. Best channel ever.
Like he alluded to, that blunder is famous for the time Bobby Fischer made during his world championship match against Spassky. (It's not that he was unfamiliar with trapped bishops, but he miscalculated a line that he thought would free it again.)
@@MrCheeze thx for the info
Eric is the kid in school who is friend with everybody (even with bullies)
Yeah just look at all the Eric/Hikaru content
the guy even befriended goats, it's just impossible to hate him
And would even be chill with the shady guy in the back of your campus, with/without knowing what he really does there.
He would be the most chill guy in the school where everyone would be ok with him
I've often referred to him as the Bob Ross of chess. When he makes a bad move, it's only a "happy little mistake."
In case anyone was wondering about the puzzle at 14:47 the solution is to ‘stalemate’ the black king and promote, a little like Eric showed in the video. You have to underpromote to rooks to avoid an actual stalemate.
Kb6 fxe6 f7 Kd7 f8=R Ke7 c8=R Kd7 Rc7#
If you make a series on this opening, I will buy it if the title is “Eric Rosen’s Ponziani Scheme.”
Heck, I’ll take a dozen.
I'll only take 8. Gotta stay true to Zoidberg form, after all.
Invite friends to buy too and you get % lmao. I'd love to see this course though
Eric taught me this opening several years ago. The Ponziani is a great opening!
And I still play it to this day!
Eric taught women chess champion?
How could you not be a GM eric
This is one of the best opening, with a lot of trick and traps, and it's easy to understand and remember. You are instructive, and thank you for everything you are doing😁
All the way from South Africa saying howsit, thanks so much for the instructive end game. Please can we get more of this. Really appreciate it. You're content is amazing and love the humour. Frikin entertaining. Keep up the grind mate.
Wow a normal video-title without caps
Rare
No fence Eric is my favourite chess-content-creator
3:31 lmao how does he keep a straight face I’d laugh at my own joke
that bobby Fischer game reference is GOLD lmao
I watch Eric at 2.5 speed and he still feels like hes talking in slow motion. Anyone else and I'd hate it but here its oddly soothing. Good way to relax after dropping 200 points in tactic puzzles.
Eric Rosen ASMR
I was just learning the ponziani 14 hours ago through your old videos and you come out with another banger, great timing Eric!
"I sleep when I am not awake" - 26 years old man, Eric Rosen, 2021
He's only 26?
3:33 time stamp for ur comment
@@TtttTt-ub5xb 27, but I easily would have guessed 30-35 tbh
"every decent chess player can beat a gm from this position."
Me: can't mate with king and pown
endgame chess player*
I refuse to accept that I'm not decent at chess
Edit: good endgame chess player
@@nicolaidepue3970 im more of a first 2 moves chess player myself
I'm glad to see more ponziani, one of my favourite openings! :)
I love your explaining/ teaching style in your videos. Makes it so easy and enjoyable to follow & learn. Thank you.
Thank you for the instructive endgame.
This opening is actually incredible. I was stuck around 600 ELO for about a week and after learning this opening and the London system I went up to 700 in just 2 days and a few games.
Hey Eric, at 4:58 taking the knight with queen is a blunder because of Qh4 that attacks your bishop, and if you move it, then rook xe3. If queen xe3 then the other rook can swing over to e8.
What if light square bishop to e2?
@@Gerraint Black will still take the dark square bishop and then after queen takes brings his other rook with tempo. At the end irrespective of what you do, the light square bishop will fall. I just analyzed with stockfish
Don’t try to act like you know it’s a blunder cus of your own thinking
Change your comment to “the engine says taking with queen is a blunder”
I enjoy your instructive streams like this where you describe your thought process. I learned a lot, thanks
Eric: "TH-cam, say hi to Twitch chat"
Me: I guess we'll time travel...
🎶 Simple and smooth is the way that you’re making me feeeeel toniiiight🎶
0:10:00 - I was rather happy to discover that trapping possibility the first time on my own, following opponent bishop taking one of the outermost pawns ... there are many cleverer things to find out for yourself, still a modest confidence booster
Knights trapped similarly - oh no my rook moment ...
« We just traded everything except the kings and the pawns », ah yes, the king trade
classic king sac
Ohh no my king
*Vidit Gujrathi enters the chat*
I was just thinking before watching this video that I needed to improve my Pawn end game. Thank you!
I am a simple man - i see ponziani, i press like.
Definitely handy, as im trying to learn the ponziani... Thank you (also the king pawn end game was handy too!)
I don't know what Chenz a menz is but Daniel has donated to you before with that message it might just be his thing Eric :D
Thanks for answering my request Eric, of making a video about the Ponziani
When he said " apologies to who are colour blind " I laughed. Idk why bit I did and now iam sorry
Stronk.. hevign stonkr
This might be my favorite chess opening!
Hi Twitch people, love Eric's videos, very informative and practical
It's not that it is not funny when he says he sleeps when he is not awake, but he says it with no expression as if he just said I'm going to the store lol.
"If you follow the rule always play f6!" Lmao
From Ponziani to pons only
Press on young man, you are our soul. Last one on the rosen bandwagon is the oregano.
Eric great teacher 👍
Hikaru is entertaining but you are where the real education is at.
GothamChess is educational but you are where the real entertainment is at.
You’re like the cool high-school teacher. And I’m sorry if you find that insulting but I think it’s one of the most important personalities to the development and continuation of our species.
Keep being awesome.
it's so relaxing to listen to your games
16:46 for stile points, you capture fg instead of hg and promote to a knight, and checkmate them after they queen
pawn H1 would be check and a big throw
@@kogureee indeed, so you underpromote to a Knight only if black captured g pawn, so that it wouldn't be a check, or, even better, capture with the f pawn yourself, so that black has no chance of queening h pawn
TH-cam loves Eric! Pawsiane is just an extra flavor
Its impossible not to like this man
Very instructional game. I learned how to draw arrows
Eric, love your content. Curious, at 9:38, why didn't you take the pawn at b6 with your light-square bishop?
Same
@@huggyskyway oops, looks like I meant b5…
He is a human , they make mistake
@@MR__MAD__MAX or maybe there’s another reason which they wanted to know. They’re trying to learn
The skewer mentioned at 8:05. I wonder if it would be better for black to give up the rook and keep queens on the board or give up the black bishop but also trade queens. After Rad8, Bg5 Black can play Bf4. If Bxf6 Bxd2+ Kxd2 gxf6 it is an even trade where black ends up with doubled pawns. So White has to accept the sacrifice with either Qxf4, Qxf4, Bxf4 trading the queens or with Bxf4 keeping queens on the board. White also has the option to, before taking the bishop, further simplify by playing Rxe8+
I would love to know if anyone sees a better defensive option for black after they get skewered on g5
" I sleep when I'm not awake". I can still hear the crickets.
Thanks for the great instructional content.
I wonder why Bxb5 to take the hanging pawn wasn't considered for move 18 at 9:28 - am I missing something?
I know this is old but, you're right, I guess he just missed it. Trading the bishop actually weakens his position quite a bit
@@joshtyler7999 he didn't miss it. If he did capture the pawn then the b file opens up for the rooks and the queen thus endangering the position of his king.
Hi twitch chat! I like ponziani especially pinning the night in c6 PINziani
Sub: "When do you sleep?"
Eric: "I sleep when I am... not awake"
Nice one
Why would someone trade everything off then they're a pawn down?
Crazy.
I got my first oh no my queen moment yesterday. !!!
@renderinggg yes. I mated the guy.
i love the ponziani so much
I've watched this video many times in the last month or so, because I'm expanding my repertoire to include the Ponziani (and maybe the Alekhine). This time watching it, I just realized that there's something kinda funny that I hadn't noticed before.
When asked about how to draw arrows, Eric said "Drawing arrows is just a matter of right clicking and dragging. You can't do it on mobile, you need a mouse; and if you have a keyboard, you can use combinations of shift and alt to make them different colors."
If you can't do it on mobile because you need a mouse, that means that it can *only* be done on a PC...so why did Eric say *"if"* you have a keyboard?
Are there people out there who own computers but not keyboards?
I'm not making fun or trying to be a jerk, I'm a huge fan of Eric, both his online content and his actual chess career. That comment just struck me as really funny for some reason. 😂
Eric talking to Alexa like she's the housekeeper who's in the early stages of dementia, and he's used to reeling in her rambling tangents.
I challenge you to the ponziani again! This time, I am a bit prepared!
"F6 is easy to play when u follow the rule 'Always play f6'"
Great insight during this game.
Someone just played this against me. I honestly thought I was fine playing D5 against this opening, but then he did the queen move and I could not figure out what to do to keep the pawn. According to stockfish it's play f6, which I didn't think of. I was worse all the way through the game until the end game where he hung back rank mate.
I am wondering why u didnt take the pawn on the b file , when he wanted to trade the white bishops, wasnt it a free pawn?
thought the same
5:00 if black plays Qh4 here he attacks your bishop and also threatens to capture on e3 because f2 is pinned. Coulda been scary
Correct! Move 14: if black plays Qh4 Stockfish has black winning by 6 points.
I really like your videos and happened across your 80/20 tactical videos when I purchased a Club players bundle from Ichess. Studying along with you on the London system !!! I am looking forward to your other video lessons in the Club players bundle. Also, can you do a video on chess engines and how to properly utilize them. It would really help me. thanks in advance
"So we just traded everything except the kings and the pawns."
Damn I kinda wanted to see a king trade 😕
I'd pay a fortune just to have a tea talk with Eric.
You are right. I like Ponziani.
Every time I try the ponziani I mess it up and I watch every video of yours that talks about it lmao
2012 was not a movie, it was a documentary of how we survived 2012.
love your content and your style.
Didn't love the coffee slurping sounds that are picked up SO well by your quality mic.
You open a bottle of Ponziani vine, choose a Ponziani Cigar and listen to a Verdi piece of music Ponziani feeling. Oh, I forgot - you ask your Butler to bring Mr. Ponziani
directly to you...
Oh yes... After a couple of comments, Legend Rosen heard my call for the ponziani instructional. I can go in peace now
I think he has video in the past as well on ponziani. May b u have missed it ☺
@@chandankumar-ir3cz yes yes true. He has a couple that explain the two main opening traps. Other than that he has no instructional on ponziani as he does for london, french and stafford. He does play ponziani very often though. And as always i would love to see more lesson from Eric
@@barabooe ok👍
You make endgames look easy!
Yo Éric Come back to Sénégal 🇸🇳 plz, BIg Fan
Beautifully done
Hi Twitch! Second time seing this game, Very goood
I thought he was going to show triangulation in the king pawn ending
I was watching the live stream as you uploaded this lmao
Agree with Manish Batta, 14...Qh4 rather than Qf6 is nearly winning for black
nice job. good instructional video.
we love ponziani content
"I sleep when I am not awake"
Yes, that is what sleeping means. XD
chenz a menz
Good boy daniel
Eric! on move 14 Qxd2 is a blunder! I was putting the game on stockfish for deeper analysis and it found 14. Qh4! as an alternative to 14. Qf6?
lmfao when he called out Bobby F. @ 7:26
10/10 would instruct again
Okay but what *is* Eric's sleep schedule though? And what *is* chenz a menz??
Chenz a menz
Both ponziani videos eric was wearing the same yellow jacket with a hoodie
What's the best defensive opening for a beginner playing white vs a GM? I mean, is there an opening line a beginner to memorise that will keep the game going as long as possible, regardless of what the GM plays?
great tutorial, thank you
3:33 "I'm sleep when I'm not awake"
Can you make a video on the Locock Gambit? It's similar to the ponzioni but they make a slightly different move on the second move.
have you ever covered the vukovic gambit against the ponziani? i’m sorry if it was in this video i haven’t watched the entire thing but i think it would be an interesting line to look at
that one friend: im not drunk
also that one friend: 3:33
“this is a pretty routine win” but i’d lose every time lol
Blacks bishop move early in the game was just silly. A few winning ideas can be played from that point.
please make a video on the vukovic gambit
@16:49 you should've promoted to a Knight, allowed promotion on H1 and then played Ne7##
Games against stronger opponents is nice. But this one was very compliant. Gave a pawn and never made any counterplay for it.
Everybody gangsta until Eric says "Alexa, quiet!"