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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • In this video, I play my very first game of Duck Chess. This is a new funny and entertaining chess variant that involves a duck. If you want to see more duck chess, leave a quack in the comments 🦆
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Комментарии • 737

  • @infantiltinferno
    @infantiltinferno Год назад +3678

    "I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7", glorious.

  • @Parangtha
    @Parangtha Год назад +2136

    Eric: There's no escape
    *next move*
    Eric: Oh no, an escape!

    • @VanquishR
      @VanquishR Год назад +40

      This variant is a constant rollercoaster

    • @Dr._Bo
      @Dr._Bo Год назад +2

      @@VanquishR of emotions

    • @jaydentan4336
      @jaydentan4336 Год назад

      @@Dr._Bo OF CUM!

    • @Brinez5
      @Brinez5 Год назад +1

      @@Dr._Bo no not really

    • @Dr._Bo
      @Dr._Bo Год назад +1

      @@Brinez5 I meant just for me but aight🤷🏾

  • @ramachandra776
    @ramachandra776 Год назад +2203

    "The stalemated player wins" - Eric will take to this variant of chess like a duck to water . 🙂

    • @ckq
      @ckq Год назад +87

      Thing is you can move into check so stalemate is basically impossible

    • @EebstertheGreat
      @EebstertheGreat Год назад +75

      @@ckq It's like a reward for managing to find such a bizarre and rare position.

    • @simont.2145
      @simont.2145 Год назад +16

      With this in mind he will be duck chess world champion, mark my words😅

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate Год назад +52

      That's only if you ACTUALLY have no moves; not even a move into check. That almost never happens. If instead, your only moves are to move into check (which would be considered a stalemate in normal chess), you have Lost.

    • @jonathanbarkins8480
      @jonathanbarkins8480 Год назад +15

      @@JimmyBoosterCrate That's what I was thinking. So Eric didn't actually have to worry about stalemate at all, am I correct?
      Edit: I made a FEN position of one of the only (at least simplest) stalemate positions I could think of: 3k1qBK/5PRP/6P1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
      You can paste it into the lichess editor and look at it if someone wants to see it.

  • @radosawkarwacki4386
    @radosawkarwacki4386 Год назад +1038

    Watching Eric struggle to checkmate at the end was one of the funniest things I've seen this week. I'd love to see more of Duck Chess here, it's so entertaining!

    • @whocares2277
      @whocares2277 Год назад +81

      I'm up two queens, a rook and a knight, how do I checkmate?

    • @enzymeaoe
      @enzymeaoe Год назад +11

      lol same here, this looks so annoying if you're eric!

    • @jackester6742
      @jackester6742 Год назад +21

      I think this could be an awesome series if he took it seriously and climbed as far as he could. That stalemate rule seems to fit Eric's skillset.

    • @johnnytightlips1708
      @johnnytightlips1708 Год назад +1

      hahahahahahaha

    • @parzingtheasian
      @parzingtheasian Год назад +1

      @@whocares2277 "this is reduckulous"

  • @AaronHillyer
    @AaronHillyer Год назад +798

    Is it just me or hearing Eric say "duck e2" just sounds so hilarious

  • @ThePinnacleSFA
    @ThePinnacleSFA Год назад +131

    "i should've played Duck a3"
    classic blunder, Eric

    • @michaeld519
      @michaeld519 Год назад +5

      I lost my shit when he said that. Just so ridiculous. It's rare that a chess RUclips video can make me actually laugh out loud, but Eric made it happen.

  • @infantiltinferno
    @infantiltinferno Год назад +722

    When opponent Ducked the back rank mate, I was in stitches. This looks really fun.

    • @parzingtheasian
      @parzingtheasian Год назад +33

      this is reduckulous

    • @JDRed117
      @JDRed117 Год назад +4

      @@parzingtheasian yeah agree, it's riduckulous

    • @tomasbeltran04050
      @tomasbeltran04050 Год назад +1

      it's really hard to win

    • @andreasbobe5239
      @andreasbobe5239 Год назад +1

      Did you just make a double entendre with both meanings having the same meaning???

  • @someaccount3438
    @someaccount3438 Год назад +302

    This is why Eric is my favorite chess RUclipsr/streamer. While everyone else is like "Magnus this, Niemann that", Eric plays duck chess.

    • @Lufia4
      @Lufia4 Год назад +9

      Chess simp do a lot of fun challenges! If you like alternative chess =D

  • @TheWizardsOfOz
    @TheWizardsOfOz Год назад +461

    Eric: Duck chess 🙂
    Eric: Goose chess 😬😭

  • @LuukSwinkels
    @LuukSwinkels Год назад +334

    Oh no my duck

  • @lschess686
    @lschess686 Год назад +171

    Hey Eric, LSChess here, I thought i was holding, definitely missed the hang rook, thanks for the duck chess game!

    • @IX_4
      @IX_4 Год назад +2

      you are good

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav Год назад +108

    I love how in a lot of these variants suddenly the knight becomes an ultra powerful piece.

    • @marcopeterson805
      @marcopeterson805 Год назад +9

      Always has been

    • @jomuffins6551
      @jomuffins6551 Год назад +1

      Just cover it's best landing space and it can't do much

    • @quarot
      @quarot Год назад +1

      *cough* atomic *cough*

    • @skylimitua
      @skylimitua 10 месяцев назад

      Knight isn't too strong in my opinion. Surely, duck can block the entire diagonal of a bishop and it can only block one knight's square. But knight only has 8 squares, and most of the times, 4 of those are either useless or behind the edge of the board, 2 are defended and 1 is losing to a tactic. Which means there are more often than not only one moveable square for a knight, which duck can prevent allright. And even in the endgame, taking a massive detour to reroute a knight just sacrifices too much tempo which is of the absolute essence

  • @Cheetahhh
    @Cheetahhh Год назад +167

    I definitely recommend more of this game. It's a fun concept, adds a completely different dynamic, and is super fun to watch. I would absolutely love to see what strategies the people that play this game a ton could come up with, I bet there would be some unbelievable tactics and such. Great video :D much love

    • @jeanabiazar1183
      @jeanabiazar1183 Год назад +1

      Yoo what u doin here lol

    • @parzingtheasian
      @parzingtheasian Год назад +4

      oh hey it's sweaty bridge man and i guess he also likes chess

    • @hoola_amigos
      @hoola_amigos Год назад

      +100

    • @insight827
      @insight827 Год назад +2

      What the fuck why is cheetahh here, so much crossover between mc and chess lmao

    • @daanielson
      @daanielson Год назад +1

      bro cheetahh i watch you why are you here bro lmfao

  • @moox100
    @moox100 Год назад +91

    So what we need now is 4 player, fog of war, atomic duck chess

    • @IIIRobIII
      @IIIRobIII Год назад +9

      You forgot bullet, no increment

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Год назад +38

      And this should be the format for the world champion title.

    • @sgtnubbings6501
      @sgtnubbings6501 Год назад +9

      With no turn order

    • @chri-k
      @chri-k Год назад

      @@sgtnubbings6501 yes

    • @bonaaq86
      @bonaaq86 Год назад +2

      @@sgtnubbings6501 turns by cooldown

  • @maxybg
    @maxybg Год назад +4

    15:28 "yes! it's backrank checkmate"
    *proceeds to block with two pieces*
    "gah"

  • @_wetmath_
    @_wetmath_ Год назад +204

    more videos on this please!! this is so fun to watch, didn't feel like 20 mins just passed

    • @mcnica89
      @mcnica89 Год назад +2

      They should organize a tournament with all chess streamers. They could call it: the Tour-duck-ment

  • @mattriarchal
    @mattriarchal Год назад +6

    Duck is neither friend nor foe.
    Duck simply is.

  • @animefreak3010
    @animefreak3010 Год назад +27

    Great video. I was literally crying laughing at how surprised he was each time checkmate was avoided when he was checking him like 15 different ways

  • @Tletna
    @Tletna Год назад +48

    Man, that was hard. Your opponent kept ducking your checkmate attempts at the end there.

  • @Josh-ui7nq
    @Josh-ui7nq Год назад +35

    Because check isn't a thing, I think the only way to stalemate is to have no valid moves at all (ie the King fully blocked in)

    • @TheGoldenRater
      @TheGoldenRater Год назад +1

      Youd probably have to help stalemate the king with the duck tho. Meaning your opponent is almost self stalemating.

  • @magician531
    @magician531 Год назад +10

    Best Chess Varient yet. They didn't have to make it a duck. But they made it a duck and that makes the game.

  • @thatchrisguy188
    @thatchrisguy188 Год назад +4

    11:00
    Eric: You should always place the duck in the way of your opponent's best move.
    Opponent: *Places duck in the way of Eric's best move.*
    Eric: :O

  • @eduardwerner3087
    @eduardwerner3087 Год назад +1

    A few years ago, I invented ‘tombstone chess’ where there are four tombstones (bricks). They are getting placed after a capture on a square next to the square where the capture has occurred. When the fifth capture occurs one of the tombstones will be moved. This is also great fun and annihilates opening theory.

  • @dcraftbgdev
    @dcraftbgdev Год назад +10

    A chess player went to the lemonade stand and he said to the man "backrank checkmate"

  • @GriffinK10
    @GriffinK10 Год назад +25

    The time trouble along with trying to figure out how to checkmate is so entertaining

  • @Neathar
    @Neathar Год назад +105

    I was sure there would be at least 2 matches is this video, but I forgot that with a duck the number of moves doubles and so does the amount of time

    • @nephandi2316
      @nephandi2316 Год назад +5

      No, move + duck counts as only 1 move, but there is a 4 second increment

    • @Neathar
      @Neathar Год назад +4

      A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be taken seriously. Usually it takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony or sarcasm, a logical incompatibility, nonsense, or other means.

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 Год назад +20

      Lol your comment wasn't even close to a joke. It was just a relatable observation. I don't know why you posted that Wikipedia snippet.

    • @Neathar
      @Neathar Год назад +4

      The joke was implying that the time doubled because you had to make 2 moves per turn, when in reality I think the reason would be increased complexity and inexperience with this specific gamemode. But yeah, I guess in a sense you’re right

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 Год назад +14

      @@Neathar No, believe or not, making two moves actually takes twice as long as one. There is no joke here.

  • @zada4a
    @zada4a Год назад +4

    0:45 I believe no checks and objective is to take opponent's king means stalemate only can occur if both kings capture each other. But that would mean that both win because both are stalemated without a king.
    Remember that king can move on any square attacked by any piece in this variation, it can't be smothered.

  • @MysticPotato
    @MysticPotato Год назад +14

    I laughed when he say "Duck E2"

  • @JayMannStuff
    @JayMannStuff Год назад +1

    "The duck adds a whole new layer of complexity" - Eric Rosen, 2022, out of context at 2:32

  • @lucasmatsuoca
    @lucasmatsuoca Год назад +62

    I think the trick to checkmate is to check very close to the king where it can’t be blocked or 1 square away where you block your own check an opponent has to move the duck in a way it can’t keep blocking the check. I’m not sure though, but it seems like an idea

    • @SanyaJuutilainen
      @SanyaJuutilainen Год назад +14

      Or create a suffocating checkmate with knight

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Год назад +13

      Yeah, smothered mate still smothered mate. Only problem is that smothered mates are hard to get. But i presume you can get smothered mates easier if you block 1 of the escape squares with the duck. Since the pieces move first, the side getting smothered mated can’t move the duck to get a square

    • @ReneZ11
      @ReneZ11 Год назад +33

      What Eric thought would be stalemate in the endgame is actually the way to win. If the opponent can only make moves that put him into check, they HAVE to make that move, leading to capturing the king on the next move. The only way to actually stalemate is to leave the opponent no moves at all, which is very hard to get in an actual game.

    • @cdorresteijn
      @cdorresteijn Год назад

      I think the best approach is to do a double check.

    • @AnxStudios
      @AnxStudios Год назад +4

      @@ReneZ11 true. He couldnt think about it at the time scramble but king can move even that square occupied. Stalemate is very hard to get unless oppenent has only the king :D

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction Год назад +5

    7:59
    Eric Realized he could just take the bishop and block the check with the duck.

  • @flighteldgar
    @flighteldgar Год назад +4

    I dunno if you didnt see this or if you did but thought it was stalemate but at 17:48 , Knight e2 is game over since he has to move his king into the knight's attack allowing you to take it. Looks like the best method of winning is to make your opponent's king walk into check and take or have 4 queens and just attack all squares

    • @gh.05t70
      @gh.05t70 Год назад

      I was wondering if anyone else saw this

  • @_wetmath_
    @_wetmath_ Год назад +11

    10:43 can he play Qxb5&Dc4, preventing white's queen from capturing back?
    this means that pieces defended by other pieces from long distances are not actually defended

    • @HazhanJalal
      @HazhanJalal Год назад +2

      Naroditsky has to add another category/type for undefended pieces. Like Type 5head undefended pieces.

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Год назад +2

      Well, the danger about this type of moves is that you wasted your duck move without thinking too much ahead.
      I’m not sure but let’s say white plays Qg3 and Duck f5, now black’s queen is attacked by the bishop and the knight is attacked by the queen because the duck is blocking the defense of the bishop on e3.
      I don’t know if it works though, cause if we keep thinking through the lines it gets so so complicated, everytime you take a piece by blocking the defender, you are in danger because once the duck moves you’ll be attacked and the opponent can create a normal threat while unleashing the duck. I don’t know if you got me 😅. The tatics in duck chess are at least 2 times harder to calculate, and it keeps expanding in a factor of 2 per move, cause the duck is a variable.

    • @_wetmath_
      @_wetmath_ Год назад +1

      @@lucasmatsuoca im thinking:
      Qxb5+Dc4 (take knight and block defence)
      Qg3+Df5 (discovered attack on white's queen and double attacking white's knight, while cutting bishop's defence)
      then Qd7+Df3 (forming battery with bishop to overprotect knight, while cutting the white bishop's attack)
      but yeah my head hurts calculating this

    • @_wetmath_
      @_wetmath_ Год назад +2

      hmm a piece isnt pinned if the duck can block (exchanging the thing that's pinned i guess)
      also you can safely capture a piece that is defended from more than 1 square away (capture piece and duck block)
      i think you need 3 rooks to ladder mate: 1 to cut off king and 2 to give check
      you know this is the time where an irl physical chess board would make calculation alot easier

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Год назад +3

      @@_wetmath_ yeah, to understand this type of variant we should maybe start thinking if elementary checkmates are a thing, is 1 rook enough material to checkmate? Is not so obvious, are 2 knights able to checkmate 1 king? Also not so obvious. It’s almost an entirely different game. I assume that if someone create an “stockduck” engine it would completely obliterate humans in less than 20 moves. If in regular chess we already miss tatics, imagine duck chess

  • @WanisheMusic
    @WanisheMusic Год назад +2

    3:53 "that's counterpro duck tive" I see what you did there

  • @manuelbergler6884
    @manuelbergler6884 Год назад +48

    I'd love to see stockfish analyze this game :D

    • @emprost-kun2388
      @emprost-kun2388 Год назад +24

      I'd love to see hans Neimann analyze this game :D

    • @cringename2757
      @cringename2757 Год назад +47

      @@emprost-kun2388 the duck speaks for itself

    • @UnbornHeretic
      @UnbornHeretic Год назад +4

      Fish v. Duck

    • @TheOneWhoHasABadName
      @TheOneWhoHasABadName Год назад +8

      the duck will eat stockfish, it just doesn’t work

    • @PkGam
      @PkGam Год назад +3

      @@TheOneWhoHasABadName It could be added to Fairy-Stockfish one day. Lichess added it to their site to examine variants supported.

  • @robologo
    @robologo Год назад +3

    18:15 hilarious lack of checkmate

  • @mikebaker2436
    @mikebaker2436 Год назад +1

    Eric: "The stalemated player wins... if only that was real chess."
    Me: "Flase. The stalemate is the higest of wins. Everyone but FIDE knows this." 🤣

  • @berkayguler4453
    @berkayguler4453 Год назад +4

    realization at 3:58 is gold lol

  • @eliyasne9695
    @eliyasne9695 Год назад +8

    I can't even imagine how computer duck chess looks like...

  • @Joelthinker
    @Joelthinker Год назад +1

    "It feels so good to move the duck"
    I never thought I'd hear a sentence like that in the context of chess

  • @ItsAsparageese
    @ItsAsparageese Год назад +13

    This looks super fun, and I love that it's a variant that would be delightfully easy to adapt to OTB play :D

    • @IIIRobIII
      @IIIRobIII Год назад +6

      With an actual rubber ducky😄

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Год назад +5

      @@IIIRobIII Right, if you can find one tiny enough that'd be perfect 😆 I love the idea of a nicely carved Duck piece to add to sets, too

    • @rhoddryice5412
      @rhoddryice5412 Год назад +2

      @@ItsAsparageese Or a board large enough.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Год назад

      @@rhoddryice5412 True lol

    • @Theking0fgg
      @Theking0fgg Год назад +1

      Just have to go to the local pond, wait for a duck to come, and then you can play all day long with a friend

  • @ckq
    @ckq Год назад +7

    6:45 he could've taken the knight and blocked the bishop.
    One thing noticed is if the Queen touches the king while attempting to mate, you can just take it and use the as the shield

    • @resonance4452
      @resonance4452 Год назад

      If he takes a knight there is Qxb5?

    • @joeldanielferraris9380
      @joeldanielferraris9380 Год назад

      Uh white queen takes black queen on b5?

    • @ckq
      @ckq Год назад

      @@joeldanielferraris9380 I may have gotten the timestamp wrong. I was talking about the opponent taking Eric's knight on g4

    • @ckq
      @ckq Год назад

      @@resonance4452 he as in opponent taking knight on g4

  • @deetrixreed8961
    @deetrixreed8961 Год назад +4

    Props to his opponent giving him a good run for his money, playing amazing at the start, and then making the same honest "mistakes" that Eric was. Really made for a great game. Cheers.

  • @LegendaryFartMaster
    @LegendaryFartMaster Год назад +17

    I was fortunate to see these games live. Absolutely insane tactics!

  • @lul.t.6831
    @lul.t.6831 Год назад +1

    The fact that “Qe7, ducky too” didn’t make him laugh of cuteness…

  • @pieter-janorban2670
    @pieter-janorban2670 Год назад +5

    QUACK

  • @thehulkyman
    @thehulkyman Год назад +18

    Wow! What a fun variant! I'd Love to see a duck marathon

  • @thevoteman
    @thevoteman Год назад +1

    he forgot that there's no checks. if the king can only move to a square where he's in check, and the duck can't block it, you win on the next move. there's technically a stalemate but it's nearly impossible to achieve.

  • @pt1cemomot567
    @pt1cemomot567 Год назад +1

    pretty funny to watch this after 3 mounts and know, that in that short period eric became one of the most famous and best players in duck chess

  • @feelshowdy
    @feelshowdy Год назад +1

    The phrase "duck tactics" is so satisfying to hear, also it reminds me of Ducktective.

  • @brabhamfreaman166
    @brabhamfreaman166 Год назад +10

    Wondering if ‘Duck Duck Goose” might be a future variant? Players each get their own duck, plus Eric’s goose idea.

  • @Thesnakerox
    @Thesnakerox Год назад +5

    Funny story: I've always had an idea for a piece that behaves in the same way as the Duck in that it can go to any unoccupied space on the board, and cannot capture or be captured. However, when to move it follows the same rules as any other piece, i.e it must be the only piece you move on your turn. Names I thought of included the Wall, Barrier, or Bastion.

    • @Sorta8
      @Sorta8 Год назад

      - What do I even... ah, duck it.
      - Duck it?
      - Duck it.
      - uh, Duck?
      - Duck.

    • @hy7864
      @hy7864 Год назад

      Fun Fact: FM Ralph Betza (one of the Individuals notable for creating multiple chess variants) talk 'bout that piece in his article "Restrictions on Being Captured". Here's part of it:
      "What about an uncapturable Ghost? Is it worth a Knight because it blocks the enemy pieces so well? Is there a limit to how much blocking you can use, so that one iron ghost is worth a Knight, but seven iron ghosts are worth less than seven Knights (or their equivalent, for example two Knights, two Bishops, and two Rooks)? (Actually, if you have 6 or more Iron Ghosts, you can easily draw against the FIDE-chess army.).
      I think that an Iron Ghost is worth five or ten times as much as a capturable Ghost. This is just a chessmaster's feel for the value after a small amount of experimentation: Ghost equals half a Pawn, Iron Ghost equals a Knight or Rook, either estimate could be very wrong."
      -FM Ralph Betza 1996

  • @angryducklinginstitution76
    @angryducklinginstitution76 Год назад +1

    Myself being a mildly-talented chess player, this video piqued my interests for certain reasons. I'm currently working on earning my online Bachelors of Science in IT. One of the classes I'd previously taken was an introductory course in programming with Python. That particular class taught us about the duck concept in which many programmers/developers/scriptwriters tend to engage:
    The idea involves setting a small rubber ducky toy somewhere on your desk, near vincinity of your computer. Whenever said programmer encounters a rather vexing problem they don't quite get, developer lore has it that verbally talking through the problem at hand can perhaps help one in finding a viable solution (or in this case, aptly "stepping through", a term which means a programmer is reading through someone's written code).
    In that same class we'd also went over the fact the Python programming language itself uses Dynamic Duck Typing, or in which case, if Python has some sort of variable, with that variable acting in a specific sort of way, then treat said variable by the way in which it acts.
    Example:
    I set a variable called my_variable. The value for my_variable is going to be equal (or in programming linguo, assigned) to the string (str) "My name is Kevin." A string is simply any form of text , whether that text be just one single word, or an entire paragraph. Strings have certain "properties" or principle characteristics which you must abide by, as does everything else that gets written in code. For instance, one specific property of a str is that you can't add it to any type of integer (int). If you tried writing the code "my_string + 3", that wouldn't make any sense, as you'd be asking the computer to add the number three to the sentence "My name is Kevin." You CAN, however, multiply a str and an int together. Multiplication of a str tells the computer to print (display) whatever indicated str by however many times it's being multiplied. E.G. - my_var * 3 would result in a print or display of the following:
    My name is Kevin.
    My name is Kevin.
    My name is Kevin.
    Therefore, in terms of Dynamic Duck Typing, if my_variable seems to be acting as if it has the properties of a str, then by all means Python will treat my_variable as a string. The original concept comes from the principle "If it acts like a duck, treat it like a duck."
    As such, I'd originally thought this video might be some kind of a cross between programming and chess. Hope everyone finds this little collision of worlds interesting!
    * Here's another interesting fact: I myself have been formally diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (among a few other conditions/disabilities). And I learned how to play chess from a guy who'd actually been a former student under world class chess legend Bobby Fischer, with Fischer himself also having been autistic. :)

  • @myfirstnamemylastname1244
    @myfirstnamemylastname1244 Год назад +1

    14:36 it's hilarious how he says this so seriously

  • @edoardo7669
    @edoardo7669 Год назад +2

    Raising "quack" to a whole new level :D

  • @asahamada6403
    @asahamada6403 Год назад +1

    "I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7" lmfaoo

  • @iliakatster
    @iliakatster Год назад +1

    That panic about the end was hilarious, esp since I think there is no stalemate b/c there is no check so unless the king is physically boxxed in, he can be forced to move into check and get captured.

  • @Callipygous1975
    @Callipygous1975 Год назад +26

    Thanks for the IntroDucktion! It's bound to be the very next craze😜

  • @Eric-yc7po
    @Eric-yc7po Год назад +2

    I commend the resilience of the opponent. I, like Eric, thought multiple times that there was forced mate lmfao

  • @jamesgarvey3895
    @jamesgarvey3895 Год назад +1

    (in a very serious and reflective tone) "I should've played duck A3."

  • @Jozaia
    @Jozaia Год назад +1

    A good tactic is taking a piece defended at long-range, then placing the duck in-between to cut off the defense… what a fun variant!

  • @Ramenenglish
    @Ramenenglish Год назад +1

    "I should have premoved Duck A3." -Eric Rosen

  • @robdubent
    @robdubent Год назад +1

    Hahahaha watching you try and finish this game had me in tears😂
    They should cal it ‘what the duck chess!’

  • @vko7059
    @vko7059 Год назад +3

    Dude, duck chess is so sick

  • @esrohm6460
    @esrohm6460 Год назад

    that you needed 2 queens a rock and a knight to checkmate in an extremely convoluted mate pattern shows how much more complex this gets just through adding a duck. imagine it where a gees instead

  • @thecardczar8764
    @thecardczar8764 Год назад

    Funny watching Eric panic over stalemate while opponent has a knight on the board in a game where checks don't matter so there are no absolute pins lmao

  • @lunafoxfire
    @lunafoxfire Год назад +5

    Wow this is the best chess variant I've seen in a while haha. Super cool

  • @GMBethHarmon
    @GMBethHarmon Год назад +2

    I retired from classical chess to start my duck chess career.

  • @nathanieltownshend2174
    @nathanieltownshend2174 Год назад +1

    Forget normal chess, this is the only version I want to see

  • @chrishamilton1728
    @chrishamilton1728 Год назад +1

    Eric, the king can move into a check lol, the only way to stalemate is if the king has no unoccupied squares around it.

  • @juhonieminen4219
    @juhonieminen4219 Год назад +1

    The value of knight goes up, because it can't be obstructed by the duck. Bishop and rook can get badly stuck a duck'd.

  • @Aprch
    @Aprch Год назад +1

    "Okay so Queen e7 Duck e2" lmao I completely lost it

  • @MyBiPolarBearMax
    @MyBiPolarBearMax Год назад +3

    14:40 i just woke up my gf laughing out of nowhere at the nonchalant “I should’ve played duck a3” 😂

  • @Drhmo
    @Drhmo Год назад +3

    MOOOOORE !!!! We need more duck chess pls Eric! I solomly swear to watch like and comment on every single duck chess video from you :D

  • @blackman7186
    @blackman7186 Год назад +1

    Oh God... I laugh my ass off whenever he says 'Duck'

  • @JimmyBoosterCrate
    @JimmyBoosterCrate Год назад +2

    Keep in mind that you have to make two moves at every turn, so you need at least 2s increment to survive unless you're Andrew Tang.

  • @Maerowitz
    @Maerowitz Год назад +7

    This was really fun to watch. Would love to see more duck chess!

  • @wyattcrider8367
    @wyattcrider8367 Год назад +1

    watching eric try to mate at the end was downright painful

  • @speleospape2679
    @speleospape2679 Год назад +8

    Thx for all the great RUclips content you've been posting lately!

  • @ultrawow65
    @ultrawow65 Год назад +1

    I think one huge strat would be to eliminate the oponent's knights as soon as possible

  • @djconnel
    @djconnel Год назад +1

    Eric forgets there’s no check and so there’s no checkmate and stalemate requires literally no available moves.

  • @entiretwix1480
    @entiretwix1480 Год назад +2

    I think it would be interesting to see you try Go again (as you are a strong chess player), but with a strong teacher this time.

  • @kod4062
    @kod4062 Год назад +1

    This is it. Whittling a duck chess piece rn lol

  • @raosahebsuryavanshi84
    @raosahebsuryavanshi84 Год назад

    "The stalemated player wins" - Eric will take to this variant of chess like a duck to water .

  • @ericz0r
    @ericz0r Год назад +1

    This was WAYYYY more entertaining than I thought it would be. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @JamesCA
    @JamesCA Год назад

    "it feels so good to move the duck. but it feels so bad when the duck is moved in my way."

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Год назад

    “The duck is a strong piece.” -William Steinquack

  • @jaredjessen1379
    @jaredjessen1379 Год назад +1

    Really wanted to hear "Oh no, my Duck!" at some point

  • @noraeld5020
    @noraeld5020 Год назад

    "the duck adds a whole new layer of complexity"

  • @FiendishFuManchu
    @FiendishFuManchu Год назад

    Constructing that mating net is how I feel playing regular chess

  • @brett6468
    @brett6468 Год назад +1

    Excellent! So much fun watching a chess master learn The Way of the Duck in real time.

  • @raul12300
    @raul12300 Год назад +2

    I love this way too much, please upload more of this variant!

  • @KironKabir
    @KironKabir Год назад +2

    apparently chess also quacks for itself
    🦆

  • @makotohanazawa6560
    @makotohanazawa6560 Год назад +1

    both sides straightup joggling the duckling around each others queen for 5 moves or so so funny

  • @MyBiPolarBearMax
    @MyBiPolarBearMax Год назад +2

    Forced duck moves are a real thing.

  • @tomwallen7271
    @tomwallen7271 Год назад +1

    Winning in Duck Chess might be the most difficult thing imaginable.

  • @jamesb8510
    @jamesb8510 Год назад +1

    It takes a lot to get me grinning ear to ear while sitting by myself watching RUclips. What a game

  • @safrprojects
    @safrprojects Год назад +5

    It seems like pieces have to be defended twice in case the duck blocks one
    Also, Knights become much stronger

  • @TheNOOCH333
    @TheNOOCH333 Год назад +4

    The duck is so OP its insane

  • @kingdragmire5082
    @kingdragmire5082 Год назад

    Your content is already fantastic and I should’ve subbed long ago but the “that’s counterproductive”
    *long pause*
    “CounterproDUCKtive” made me sub on the spot