Opening Trap! | | Biel Chess Round 1

[@GothamChess]

I'm excited we get daily recaps now, and don't have to wait 1 month for them :)

[@alexanderperl6945]

Rosen and Rozman recaps everyday are great for chess 😊

[@NicholasAndreu-811]

Hello Gotham!

[@mathieupouillon5605]

Savage 😂

[@vincentacocella8602]

Can’t wait for the GM Rosen vs GM Rozman match

[@stevensutton2252]

Godhamchess 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TVGUY333]

I'd like to see Eric pick up a GM norm in this tourney. Go, Rosen !

[@__gavin__]

Eric seems to be focusing a lot more on OTB tournaments as of late. I don't think he's officially said anything about it, but I do suspect this is because he's gunning for the GM title, so would certainly be nice for him to get a norm!

[@benedikts.3974]

​@@__gavin__ He said he tries, he has also a GM coach

[@user-pz9eb3kp6e]

The London helped me win a lot of games in my early stage of chess, but now at the intermediate level, most of my opponents are already familiar with the London setup, and I tend to lose a lot of games with the London. I was even already considering abandoning the London opening, but this video has inspired me to study the London more and improve my game. Thanks a lot, Rosen! 🤗💓

[@AdrianZakrzewski-t7o]

London was what kept me stuck at 600 elo, once I switched to e4 I gained massive amounts of elo, 1200 now

[@cactus_szn6341]

Skill issue​@@AdrianZakrzewski-t7o

[@beaut7811]

No, give it up! If you want to improve

[@garys5175]

Love the OTB recaps that you do, Eric! Thank you.

[@AM_-wg1hj]

London for the win !!!!!
You're the reason why I played the London since I started chess and still do, I studied it for hours and hours but I still need a lot of work on it.

[@thomasdequincey5811]

Spend your time learning the Ruy Lopez or the Sicilian. You'll go a lot further than with the London.

[@I_am_Itay]

Nah, spend time on tactics training and analyzing your games, openings doesn't really matter​@@thomasdequincey5811

[@personwhoexists7689]

@@thomasdequincey5811 If an IM can play the London at a 2000+ level, I’m sure it’s fine for a while.

[@AM_-wg1hj]

@@thomasdequincey5811 Not interested in those openings, I'm not some 2600.
I recommend watching GothamChess's video called "stop playing these openings"

[@AM_-wg1hj]

@@thomasdequincey5811 Just as a sense of scale, the first time gothamchess started to learn about these openings you're saying along with the italian, is a few months ago.
Those openings are unbelievably extensive and build no consistency for my level, if I ever try to learn those openings then you will know that I'm a titled player already.
You can see how that 2000 player fell for a well known trap, in fact up until like move 18 in their game, I already had that same position in my london study and I put a note with it saying "white is much better and will win the endgame".
Even in bullet chess, I won more than 70% of my games with the london, and I almost never get a worse position before move 20, literally my worst fear in the london is getting a dead 0.00 position
Look, even Ding won against Nepo with the london in WCC2023, and Alireza won against Ding recently with it, I ain't planning to quit this opening ever, even GM Aman Hambleton said the london is a big reason why he got to where he is.

[@LuukSwinkels]

Oh no my opening trap!

[@newmanana]

Best of luck in the tourney Eric!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

opening trap specialist is back at it again

[@firnezzz]

8:45 мне нравятся такие моменты на моих 1200. Позиция - проверка на внимательность 😅
11:33 позиция - хорошая тренировка на матование (checkmate)
Спасибо за видео, было интересно 👍👍

[@lettuceturnipthebeets790]

точно есть чему поучиться в лондонской системе

[@derpymoose9948]

Great start! Good luck on the next round Eric

[@earlkjarbrown3753]

Good sound quality on the travel mic!

[@alexandershorse9021]

Great start, really clean win, congratulations!

[@yogagrin7783]

Will done, Eric 😊. Thanks for the recap. I really enjoy watching your games and learning from them. Wishing you all the best for your future games 🥰

[@GaryTheGray]

Congrats on the early victory!

[@debrascott8775]

Great start! Keep on going!

[@maizy_th3dog]

Could you go deeper into your calculation and other possible lines as well as more positional ideas?

[@swift8821]

Let’s go Eric!

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Love the recaps. Can you generate GM standards against anyone or does that person have to be a GM themselves?
Would appreciate if you did a quick display of the accuracy graph at the end too. Always interesting to me to see the other stats of the game.

[@jamesduggan7200]

Good game; I didn't think you could trade off the white bishop. I learned something there.

[@Terminal125]

That thumbnail really trapped me into opening this video. I guess it works

[@nickfazzio5277]

Love it my man Rosen

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Imagine playing the London in Biel 🤔

[@unkukyrie3600]

Hello Eric 👋

[@tamatamt]

Cool, all the best for upcoming matches

[@roberthall3841]

Excellent, you're a great teacher, thank you.

[@LukeGGWP]

Good game, good luck for the rest of it

[@unkukyrie3600]

Who said the London was dead 😅

[@user-m8k9d]

no one ever said that, it's just boring
(if white doesn't care what black plays)

[@AM_-wg1hj]

@@user-m8k9d As a London player, every move that black plays affects my move order or my setup entirely.

[@user-kq9se2ww7e]

Oh no, wheres my speedrun vid?

[@mrmathijs91]

Please do a London beginner to master Speedrun ❤

[@jacobcarrizales427]

Only here so I know how to defend this because I’ll see it in every other game now

[@seniorbeginnerguitar]

well done, Eric. Enjoy the Thai food.

[@Rubrickety]

Nice combination! (I'm referring of course to Thai food and sleep).

[@arbuzow]

Great video!

[@rayclay2]

oh yes~! ty very cool

[@thomasdequincey5811]

What ... you only played 4 rounds in Madrid?

[@humansareweird2866]

Forgot to hide the notations!!!

[@DrRodox.]

3:20 Why not bishop to E5?

[@choco1101]

My 1700 mind sees after black castles, white either loses the bishop pair, or has to move the same bishop again, losing a tempi. Sure, black can take if white went Bg3 in the game, but then is bishop bishop trade so both don't have bishop pair. There may be stuff deeper than that.

[@kruksog]

Well-played by a kiddo born in 2010! Insane how young that is to be so skilled at this game. And I understand this is one of many "young men's games," but still, crazy to be so young and talented. I just think it's important to recognize young folks doing such impressive things. (Also, obviously well-played Eric.) From a nearly 40 year old 1600.

[@Wex-dw9oy]

Hello eric I miss your videos. I'll be subscribing again with this new youtube account

[@cr4zym00s3]

What do you think of Biel as a city?

[@chopperchopper7324]

What would u play if he took on your dark square bishop, i always try to avoid these kinda postions because it leaves a akward position after bishop trade

[@diggitus]

It's not great for Black to open White's h-file for him

[@awesomeSquirel]

Congrats Eric, you just created another London Hater xD

[@courtneykachur9487]

You skipped a lot of side lines i would have liked to see. Instead of 12 … nd7, what about ne4?
Or instead of qxc5, why not nxc5 threatening to take on b7 or fork on d7?
Wish i had chess rebiew software so i could look at that myself.

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

License is free

[@RealHogweed]

Use lichess, it’s the same you see in the video and its free

[@eric-rosen]

You can analyze the game here: lichess.org/broadcast/57th-international-chess-festival-biel-open--master/round-1/4QrbgPJL/yCQXNZgO
To answer your questions,
12...Ne4 can be met with 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 and black will still lose a pawn as c5 and e4 are both hanging.
16. Nxc5 is totally fine, but can be met with Bc8 and black defends against the threats. I played Qxc5 so the knight could access d4 or a5 to pressure the weak c6-pawn.

[@markphc99]

liked the video , btw does anyone know if YT are going to do anything about the arse bot commenters currently infesting their site?