Playing Ultra-Aggressively with the French Defense

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  • Опубликовано: 31 авг 2021
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    In this video, I play the French Defense and encounter the Exchange Variation. While this has the reputation of being a dry and positional line, I play in a super aggressive style and thing get sharp and exciting very quickly...
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Комментарии • 155

  • @threck
    @threck 2 года назад +338

    "Worst case scenario, i have this or this. Best case scenario I win the lottery".

    • @jonathonjubb6626
      @jonathonjubb6626 2 года назад +18

      One of the reasons we watch this channel not his frantic pal with the dramatic hair... Lol

    • @Godamilk
      @Godamilk 2 года назад +6

      That was a funny line

    • @Samuftie
      @Samuftie 2 года назад +7

      Always comment with timestamp 13:26

    • @imaybestupid9707
      @imaybestupid9707 2 года назад +2

      @@jonathonjubb6626 you talking about levy?

    • @memith
      @memith 2 года назад +2

      @@jonathonjubb6626 why not both?

  • @malthenielsen9389
    @malthenielsen9389 2 года назад +460

    “Ultra-aggressive with Stafford”
    *sacks knight on move 6*
    “Ultra-aggressive with the French”
    *plays a standard game of chess*

    • @juanbautistasoria757
      @juanbautistasoria757 2 года назад +12

      You don't sack a knight in the staffotd gambit, you sack the e5 pawn

    • @Amoeba_Podre
      @Amoeba_Podre 2 года назад +70

      @@juanbautistasoria757 you clearly haven’t heard of the magical line

    • @utm0st
      @utm0st 2 года назад +70

      @@juanbautistasoria757 there's a funny line

    • @someaccount3438
      @someaccount3438 2 года назад +7

      @@utm0st oh no, my knight

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 2 года назад

      @@juanbautistasoria757 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 Nc6?! (sacs a N) 4 Nxc6 dxc6 5 e5? Ne4 (the trap) 6 d3?? (White should play 6 Nc3, 6 d4, or 6 Qe2) 6...Bc5!

  • @gastonsanchezcurbelo1297
    @gastonsanchezcurbelo1297 2 года назад +207

    I decided to gambit my time doing college stuff to see Eric crush someone

    • @lucmermans37
      @lucmermans37 2 года назад +15

      Hey I did that gambit too

    • @lalad0
      @lalad0 2 года назад +33

      The procrastinator's gambit. An all time classic

    • @angel-ig
      @angel-ig 2 года назад +7

      Oh no, your time

  • @nibbles1873
    @nibbles1873 2 года назад +124

    I can't believe aggressive and defense can be in the same sentence

  • @EarlOfWarwick1561
    @EarlOfWarwick1561 2 года назад +26

    The gam bits donation at 15:30 was peak Rosen humor

  • @dinkleberg794
    @dinkleberg794 2 года назад +70

    I love the longer games. I’ve been watching your old Classical Arena videos, they are much more instructive than blitz games imo

    • @egaga-
      @egaga- 2 года назад +4

      Yes, agreed. Great that some of the presumably uninteresting content is cut for watcher's benefit.

    • @oshavlfarms7239
      @oshavlfarms7239 2 года назад +1

      I second this, I really like seeing him analyze the positions and don't have time to sit in a stream.

  • @GaryTheGray
    @GaryTheGray 2 года назад +31

    Wow! The calculations that went into the final moves. So much fun!

  • @kruksog
    @kruksog 2 года назад +36

    I love how Eric makes sure to shout-out everyone who subscribes/ donates/ whatever. There was a guy around 7:35 who gave bits with txt2speech in the middle of Eric's calculations. It felt to me like a bad time for it and it almost seemed like Eric would ignore it. If he had, and I were that guy, it would feel kind of like Eric was annoyed at me for essentially giving him money. I dunno, I hope anyone who reads this sees what I'm getting at. He's just so warm and positive with his fanbase and it goes a long way for me. Like, I'd probably have words with someone talking shit on IMRosen (this scenario is completely imagined, because who could talk shit on Eric?)

    • @lecobra418
      @lecobra418 2 года назад +7

      Eric is the sweetest man I ever saw, he's genuine, even wholesome. I wish I could be half as positive as him.

  • @maluchoi141
    @maluchoi141 2 года назад +52

    It's 3AM in Korea, and I should be sleeping...and boom! Eric uploads

    • @syahirfaham7949
      @syahirfaham7949 2 года назад +3

      It's 2:30AM in Malaysia and just like u, i should be sleeping but suddenly... Eric come :')

    • @GabuzonX
      @GabuzonX 2 года назад

      It's 9 PM in Italy and I should eat the food at restaurant

    • @windontheroad2930
      @windontheroad2930 2 года назад

      Its 2am here btw

    • @simusqq
      @simusqq 2 года назад

      1:30am lithuania.

  • @TheKawww
    @TheKawww 2 года назад +3

    I love your content Eric! Thanks for grinding like you do!

  • @mogapuppy
    @mogapuppy 2 года назад

    Love the slow pace and detailed commentary!

  • @Kevin-iq1vm
    @Kevin-iq1vm Год назад +1

    Thanks. I've finally found someone shows how to play french defense. Most videos on youtube only show how to crash frech defence as white.

  • @nickeastmusic9930
    @nickeastmusic9930 2 года назад +36

    white has 13 minutes on the clock yet uses no time when black is starting to sac and the game becomes tactical. You should really start to use your time once the game gets sharp.

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin 2 года назад +3

    White and Black mutually agreed to not use the open e-file for no reason at all.

  • @fuscofabio9868
    @fuscofabio9868 2 года назад

    This video gave me a lot of fun, really, thanks Eric.

  • @danielsayre3385
    @danielsayre3385 2 года назад +5

    For perspective on the 1800: I started playing (not just knowing that the horsey makes the L shape and pawns capture diagonally) during the same time. Dec 2020. Went from 700~ to 1200

  • @tonyallen2797
    @tonyallen2797 2 года назад

    Love the longer format!

  • @musicaplays8031
    @musicaplays8031 2 года назад +5

    I wish you’d post more of this type of content on RUclips honestly. I’m trying to break 2000 and these videos are very helpful

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 2 года назад

      look up john bartholomew on youtube, his older content is a lot of this

  • @danielonline7181
    @danielonline7181 2 года назад +17

    The dude that started playing in December 2020 and is now 1800 is definitely built different

    • @poopnugget7225
      @poopnugget7225 2 года назад

      Yeah I thought I was good starting at the same time and getting to 1500. That person stood me up though

    • @Mathijs_A
      @Mathijs_A 2 года назад +1

      May seem like I'm trying to brag, but I personally am really proud of starting playing in February 2021 and hitting 2060 classical (which ranks me around 1000th of active players) and 2150 rapid on Lichess. Still a big achievement for that person and of course it depends on how much you practice, but it's quite doable

    • @Mathijs_A
      @Mathijs_A 2 года назад +1

      Honestly, the best thing to do is only play classical (I just played about 2-3 matches a week) and analyse. Reading books or watching videos about grandmaster games can help as well, since you'll learn how to play more positional intuitively, and you'll also pick up on openings

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 2 года назад +2

      @@Mathijs_A lol wink wink 🤡

    • @victordeluca7360
      @victordeluca7360 2 года назад +1

      You guys are making me feel bad, I'm struggling to get to 2200 on Lichess and I've been playing for some good three years, and I thought I was doing ok

  • @brooklynkayak
    @brooklynkayak 2 года назад +6

    I like these 20+10 rapid games. Lots of strategy to learn.

  • @slamer2000
    @slamer2000 2 года назад +2

    Wow just as one of your donors said, your content is very instructive, and so was this vid. With a slower time we get to see all the many tactics and considerations you'd make in more detail.

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges 2 года назад +1

    I like these gentle time limits: it gives you me more time to understand your "funny lines".

  • @Boss.Stephen
    @Boss.Stephen 2 года назад

    As someone who plays the french defense exclusively against 1. e4, I'm very happy to see the Bd6 followed by Ne7 setup as I also only play that against the exchange (unless an early c4 is played).

  • @TheKawww
    @TheKawww 2 года назад

    I love this content Eric!

  • @TALKINGtac0
    @TALKINGtac0 2 года назад +11

    I thought the French Defense meant resigning

  • @trevormorrissey2123
    @trevormorrissey2123 2 года назад +1

    Eric Rosen is the goat, love the energy!

  • @parikshitrajkulkarni3313
    @parikshitrajkulkarni3313 2 года назад +2

    the guy paradox salad said the same thing in levys stream too bruh

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 2 года назад +1

      ofc he did cheaters like to flex lol

  • @arya6085
    @arya6085 2 года назад +8

    Title has to be my favourite oxymoron all week

  • @cadespaulding3837
    @cadespaulding3837 2 года назад +11

    Title: hyper aggressive
    Thumbnail: Main line

  • @henrywebstermusic1
    @henrywebstermusic1 2 года назад +1

    Gam-Bits. Can’t believe how long it’s taken for me to hear someone make that pun!

  • @ishaan9265
    @ishaan9265 2 года назад +2

    >clicks on new eric rosen video
    >oooooo I wanna play stafford

  • @lecobra418
    @lecobra418 2 года назад +1

    In this kind of similarish setup a good ol' fishing pole attack is most of the time the easiest way to win for me, for some reasons most players (of almost any rating) seem to be very confused about it and I rarely encounter people able to correctly refute it, especially if it's not a direct line but rather a transposition.
    Edit: Amusingly I wrote this comment before the end of the video and it transposed into the basic idea of the fishing pole, sacrificing a piece on g3 to open the h file and kick the knight out of f3 (often to a bad square) to attack with a rook/queen battery often supported by the dark square bishop.
    I don't know why white almost always takes the poisonous piece on g3...
    Fishing pole people!

  • @Lilly_by_choice
    @Lilly_by_choice 2 года назад

    i really like the Bd6 Ne7 lines

  • @rossmarino3045
    @rossmarino3045 Год назад

    Great example of how you can fight in the french!

  • @ic6406
    @ic6406 Год назад

    "I'm gonna do this. The worst case scenario I lose"
    - Eric Rosen

  • @andrewwang5223
    @andrewwang5223 2 года назад

    This is gold

  • @peppermintmiso4341
    @peppermintmiso4341 2 года назад +2

    20:45 "Could white prolong the mate?"
    The horsey could defend the bishop delaying it by a move
    Even better, white could play f4 and force en passant, *then* play horsey to f3! Boom! Crisis averted!
    Edit: Yoo Eric looked into an en passant situation!

  • @TheDigiWorld
    @TheDigiWorld Год назад

    Really nice game

  • @fili24
    @fili24 Год назад

    I actually play this same line, so that's cool

  • @TheLordiys
    @TheLordiys 2 года назад

    When I try to play like Eric - sacrificing pieces I just end up loosing because I calculated wrong or just miss mate in 1 and hang up my Q instead

  • @guyfawkes5006
    @guyfawkes5006 2 года назад +1

    Wow pls Eric if you read this: more videos like this french+long term sacrifice

  • @Mpivovitz
    @Mpivovitz 2 года назад

    Knife F4 was a killer idea

  • @russellbaker4256
    @russellbaker4256 2 года назад

    I always enjoy watching the French. Is 4...Bg4 more flexible than ...Bd6? Obviously the immediate c4 was reqd, as soon as ...Ng6 cd

  • @tomahawkfromscandinavia9406
    @tomahawkfromscandinavia9406 2 года назад +1

    The french offence

  • @timwilson7326
    @timwilson7326 2 года назад

    Great videos

  • @torrentialrage
    @torrentialrage 2 года назад

    Wish you had gone bishop c8 to attack the white bishop and create room to bring your knight out and check the king.

  • @mrwrong3940
    @mrwrong3940 2 года назад +3

    i hope to one day be that man who reached 1800 rating, so IM Rosen can tell me im "pretty good" 3:23 😂

  • @Ken-on6lr
    @Ken-on6lr 2 года назад

    This was a fun game. Aggressive play but not a loosing opening

  • @isayoldchap1
    @isayoldchap1 2 месяца назад

    Electric whisk thing -> milk frother

  • @ronilgiobertbanadera7692
    @ronilgiobertbanadera7692 2 года назад

    playing french aggressively is unusual, but ultra aggressive? woahh that isn't a calm eric forte.

  • @Justchillin145
    @Justchillin145 2 года назад +1

    They just couldn’t resist that en passant haha

  • @uujuu316
    @uujuu316 2 года назад

    Wow youre so good at calculating, if only i could 4 move ahead..

  • @mratkovich
    @mratkovich 2 года назад +2

    The move with the French name would lose the French defense game. How very French.

  • @soumyajitroy5239
    @soumyajitroy5239 2 года назад

    I want Jonahan Schrantz to play feisty french against Eric

  • @ThinkMoreOften
    @ThinkMoreOften 2 года назад

    what kind/brand of microphone do you use?

  • @arya6085
    @arya6085 2 года назад +1

    Johnathon schranz french defence blue print anyone?

  • @JacksonPriceSonder
    @JacksonPriceSonder 2 года назад

    yesss finally a french video for black

  • @qzrnuiqntp
    @qzrnuiqntp 2 года назад

    22:35
    Instead of en passant, g4 g3 seems more directly winning.

  • @inanis9801
    @inanis9801 2 года назад +2

    At 20:08 can't he just play rook h8 if f4 because the pawn on g4 stops the knight or queen from guarding?

    • @tjs1212
      @tjs1212 2 года назад

      Yeah but queen sac prolongs the game a little

  • @GaliReax
    @GaliReax 9 месяцев назад

    If the en passant line happened you'd have to take because it's forced

  • @antonpirulero9343
    @antonpirulero9343 2 года назад +1

    More French Videos!

  • @elad2054
    @elad2054 Год назад

    22:09 if queen blocks don't you have a3?

  • @crazychris6125
    @crazychris6125 2 года назад

    Is anybody confused on what happen at 13:02 lol

  • @creativekingchess9947
    @creativekingchess9947 2 года назад

    Nice Game :)

  • @wenceslaolopezjimenez3060
    @wenceslaolopezjimenez3060 2 года назад

    Is that how that defend works?
    I thought the mecanism was surrendering

  • @lightunicorn1371
    @lightunicorn1371 2 года назад

    Why did he play bishop g4 instead of f5 on move 7 I think.

  • @adamsalim101
    @adamsalim101 2 года назад

    i like french def

  • @sn00pryan
    @sn00pryan 2 года назад

    at 20:00 if f4 why not just swing rook over to h8?

  • @barath3847
    @barath3847 2 года назад

    @3:20 The guy who donated said the same thing in GothamChess's twitch stream. 😲😲😲😲

  • @achi5170
    @achi5170 2 года назад +1

    the video starts with *oooooo*

  • @SchneiderOSRS
    @SchneiderOSRS 2 года назад +3

    I don’t think ‘French’ and ‘aggressive’ can be used in the same sentence

    • @mentalrectangle
      @mentalrectangle 2 года назад

      French can be played aggressively. Winawer poisoned pawn is pretty scary for instance.

  • @valbarker610
    @valbarker610 Год назад

    At 20:15, Eric is calculating f4, after Qh7, but does not Rh8 just immediately force checkmate after f4?

    • @valbarker610
      @valbarker610 Год назад

      Yea I just checked with engine, f4 gxf3 Nxd4 gives away the advantage after Qd3, however immediate Rh8 after f4 is -8 and white has to give up the queen to survive

    • @valbarker610
      @valbarker610 Год назад

      Oh nvm I guess he analyzed and saw this at the end of the video

  • @MasonMcGowan95
    @MasonMcGowan95 2 года назад

    Lol I just found your videos after watching 5up v MrBeast and you low key sound like a deeper, slower toned 5up to me! 😂 maybe it’s because I came from that video but idk.

  • @jonasluysterborg5949
    @jonasluysterborg5949 2 года назад

    16:15 why not NE2

  • @Mini1124
    @Mini1124 2 года назад +2

    In what world is this considered ultra aggressive lol

  • @catedoge3206
    @catedoge3206 2 года назад

    hi im only doing london system and czech pirc for black. gained more than 120 points so far. i just play longer than 10-0 and analyze them after. so every game adds on to my knowledge to the opening.

    • @spearmintlatios9047
      @spearmintlatios9047 2 года назад

      Try and throw some other openings in there too. London is a very slow and deliberate opening that only shows one style of chess. But analysis is a great tool to figure out how to handle different responses to your favorite openings

    • @catedoge3206
      @catedoge3206 2 года назад +2

      @@spearmintlatios9047 yes. for now i stick to it, i'll branch out as soon as i learn just enough of it that i can go standalone with at least 5-10 lines deep of 5 variations each line.

  • @chrisosborne4731
    @chrisosborne4731 2 года назад

    French -Defense- *Offence*

  • @athena546
    @athena546 2 года назад

    More like french attack

  • @kwieli5097
    @kwieli5097 2 года назад

    bonjour de la france

  • @glenncross956
    @glenncross956 2 года назад

    This video improves when played at 1.25x

  • @tgeo2880
    @tgeo2880 2 года назад

    Who is toggi?

  • @tron103
    @tron103 2 года назад

    Very romantic chess

  • @michaelf8221
    @michaelf8221 2 года назад

    Two different scenarios where en passant is a blunder - /r/anarchychess in shambles.

  • @TheLegendaryGamer34
    @TheLegendaryGamer34 2 года назад

    “Maybe white will forget… white didn’t forget”

  • @gemstorm
    @gemstorm 2 года назад

    So I was playing Stanford gambit, and after I recaptured the knight on c6 the opponent played Qe2, what do I do against this?

  • @kurosakiichigo7475
    @kurosakiichigo7475 2 года назад

    Bois Bois

  • @grzesiek7358
    @grzesiek7358 2 года назад +3

    Ultra-aggressive French Defence.
    French should know it in 1939...

  • @danielfallowfield8070
    @danielfallowfield8070 2 года назад

    hey toggi

  • @lucmermans37
    @lucmermans37 2 года назад +1

    your opponent needs to improve time managment. Blitzed out moves when you were on a big attack with critical responses

    • @kmarasin
      @kmarasin 2 года назад

      Got flustered by Rxh2 (doesn't make sense to me though, might be a relatively new player.)

  • @95harshjoshi
    @95harshjoshi Год назад

    Who said french exchange is boring 😅

  • @michael8815
    @michael8815 2 года назад +3

    i call bs on the guy saying he got to 1800 from beginner in 9 months.

  • @FessNiklas1987
    @FessNiklas1987 2 года назад

    that nose holes!!!

  • @KennyBky92
    @KennyBky92 2 года назад +2

    Person 1: "I'm a French player"
    Person 2: "Oh you're French? I didn’t know."
    Person 1: "No, no, I play the French"
    Person 2 : (confused) "So you play against Frenchs?"
    Person 1: (Visibly annoyed) "No, I mean yes sometimes but what I mean is, I play the French defense when I'm black."
    Person 2: "So, you're not French, you play against French players sometimes and you play against their defense other times but only when you're... black? I'm confused."
    Person 1: (Steaming) "Look here you little shit. I play chess, and when I'm playing as black, I open with the French defense. It's a chess opening. Get it now?"
    Person 2: "Ah okay,I get it."
    Person 1: "Yes, finally."
    Person 2: "So you play against a guy called Ches but you pretend you're black sometimes so you can surprise them when you show up with the French Defense but it's a move invented by Ches, so you're using their moves against them.:
    Person 1: "I'm gonna kill you"

  • @maevelouisa3801
    @maevelouisa3801 2 года назад +2

    What's up noti gang

  • @isaacpowrie465
    @isaacpowrie465 2 года назад

    Hello

  • @jinjurbreadman
    @jinjurbreadman 2 года назад

    3:30 who the fuck jumps to 1800 in less than a year of playing?

  • @mapleunix1
    @mapleunix1 2 года назад +4

    First? 😁

  • @shahzadahmed5238
    @shahzadahmed5238 2 года назад

    First

  • @danielvictor2498
    @danielvictor2498 2 года назад

    Tbh I never watched Eric before .. but this game was boring .. there was to much calculating of lines that eventually win in round about ways or allow room for a draw .. nothing was interesting until the rook sack.