I have been watching the channel for a long time and IM Eric Rosen's lessons are certainly of the highest quality, I hope he is back someday. I have learned a lot from his videos. Thank you.
Give this man a chance! I find the lecture very interesting, especially with the focus on endgames. In a good world there are lectures by Eric Rosen , Ben Finegold, Jonathan Schrantz, Aviv Friedmann and the others.
Excellent job IM Rosen! I enjoy your lectures. I learn something new every time I watch. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Eric. It's very much appreciated✌🏾👍🏾
It took me a moment, but my jaw dropped when I found the solution to that opening puzzle. That's the funniest way to force a draw I've ever seen. At the moment, I have a 2621 puzzle rating online. It always bothers me that I don't see more stalemate puzzles. Sometimes the best move in a position isn't checkmate, grabbing material, or weaving a winning position. Blunders happen. When they happen, it's important to know how to keep a bad position from turning into a losing position. And yet, I only ever seem to get "winning" puzzles. If I got more puzzles showing me brilliant ideas like this, I'd feel a lot more confident facing material disadvantages.
At least Ben Finegold has character and is not so boring. I love his lectures. And there is no criticism in that, because every person has his own qualities. Eric Rosen is a good chess player and teacher, but having fun during a lecture, makes you remember things better. With Ben Finegold i have fun. And indeed, his bad jokes are also funny, because he knows it and does not take himself serious. I can hear him tell the same bad joke over and over again and still laugh :-)
@@yadasampatidasa8690 Eric is also funny in his own way. Especially in streams and on his channel he often said absurd things with a completely straight face.
This was a total hallucination. Unfortunately no one corrected me. The right move after Rb1 is not Rh7, but Ref1!! With the threat of Rh7 followed by Ne6#.
I don't think that is so important because we've got the idea. He just made a mistake. Of course you're correct but considering the whole quality of the lecture that mistake means nothing.
@Eric Rosen: Yeah, I was a bit surprised that no one corrected you. Nevertheless, great lecture, keep up the good work!! @Peristilo peris: I totally agree with you, the lecture was really nice and the positions were quite interesting.
The position with knight and rook forcing a draw. I saw this idea in the book "my system". The thing about chess is THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN! Lol what a fun game!
Very nice lecture thank you. In your game pawn takes queen was better rather than the rook. When you had the "grand master puzzle" it was as you said Re1-f1 that applies on either Rb1 or Kg5 because the advanced rook moves f7-f6-g6 Liked the rook and two pawn end game (under promote after rook capture), that was very helpful.
Great lecture! Eric just joined GM Friedel, GM Chirila and Jonathan Schrantz in my subjective group of the-best-teachers-ever on St. Luis Channel :D If you happen to read this comment Eric, could you recommend books from which you take the studies? GM Var Akobian once mentioned "Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies" and I'm looking for more good stuff like this :)
In that position, Rf8 is met with g7! forking the king and the rook. If black's King is on g8, then white can respond to Rf8 with Kg5 and Rf5 to force black's rook off the f-file
Also (around 21:07) Rf3 is met by Ba6 (Rf1?? Bxf1, or Ra3 Bc4 and black will move Rb1 next), or Rf1 Ba6 (, Rf3 Rb1, Ra3 Bc4 and white has no traction here, or Rg1 Bd3 (, Ra1?? Bxe4+ and white loses a rook, or Re3 Bc2) and black will still sneak in Rb1 the next move.
I'm still new to chess but at 43:30 how is h5 the "trickiest" move? Black can just just take on h5. and if white takes again, then black can walk the pawn on f7 down to f1 to promote to queen. and if white walks the king to intercept, then black still has pawns on the queenside to promote. Am I missing something here?
(At 33:41) I'm not sure I agree. I think black can simply harass white's king until white makes a blunder and allows a fork, pin, or skewer resulting in a loss or trade of queens, then black can march the h-pawn down the board, though this means both sides have to play exacting moves here; either side can easily throw away the full point with a mindless blunder!
(At 18:31) Rf7 Rb1, Rh7+ Kg5, Ne6+ is only check, not mate as black has Kf6. White is lost here; once black's bishop gets to d3 it's all over, as it threatens e4, as well as defending the b1 square, guaranteeing black the exchange. Black can then scarf up the center pawns, and the bishop is too agile vs. white's lonely knight.
Yes. I totally Hallucinated. Unfortunately no one corrected me. The right move after Rb1 is not Rh7, but Ref1!! With the threat of Rh7 followed by Ne6#.
19:45, after Rg1, Rb1, wouldn't h4 win? King is forced to g4 or h6. If Kg4 then Rf4 is mate, and if Kh6, Rh7 is mate. Why would you play Kh2? I mean, I'm no GM, but that looks like mate in 2?
I think that the reason why Komodo found the last solution may be that it always tries to find forcing moves, and a check is a forcing moves, then it finds a solution where it keeps giving a check and says "well, at least the material doesn't change (i.e. the pawn doesn't promote)"
please excuse my boldness...but at minute 18...that brilliant winning variation after blacks Rb2...Rf7 pretty much loses, because after Rb1, Rh7+ Kg5, the Knight check Ne6+ isn´t a check mate in my book...simply Kf6...and then what? e5+???? Rf1+ is also highly unrecomandable at that point ^^ but a nice lecture anyways ..thx
Funny the first time I heard of Eric Rosen was yesterday watching this game in Pro Chess League: www.chess.com/live/game/1897763666?username=Mammadyarov
It has something to do with the only piece not used by white in this puzzle showed here in the video... If RxH6, then A8Q. After Rx+Rx, it turns into rook vs rook endgame, which is a draw. When solving puzzles, the pieces are usually there for a reason, and not only for deception. Stop for a second and think why is the pawn on a7, when it wasn't needed for the perpetual? If it wasn't there, RxH6 is winning.
18:42 what is this guy talking about. It's not even checkmate. Not even close, actually. I gotta say, sometimes I admire their listeners for accepting such bullshit without saying anything :/
44:47 "Resigning is usually the worst possible move" -Eric Rosen
@Life-Sky After this awesome lecture I'm never resigning! I'm playing to the bitter end!
Awesome lecture, Eric is an excellent lecturer!
I appreciate the kind words!
Amir B, i make your words mine.
Amir B i agree with you..
This was awesome, Eric! Seen some of your other lectures, too. Good work :)
An excellent trickster
I have been watching the channel for a long time and IM Eric Rosen's lessons are certainly of the highest quality, I hope he is back someday. I have learned a lot from his videos. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words! I'll be back in August!
Give this man a chance! I find the lecture very interesting, especially with the focus on endgames. In a good world there are lectures by Eric Rosen , Ben Finegold, Jonathan Schrantz, Aviv Friedmann and the others.
Varuzhan Akobian, Yasser Seirawan, and the rest of the gang! Awesome YT channel!
Yeah gotta love 'em
*no homo*
My favorites are Eric and Finegold
👏
Excellent job IM Rosen! I enjoy your lectures. I learn something new every time I watch. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Eric. It's very much appreciated✌🏾👍🏾
Great lecture. Eric's lectures are extremely instructive. I can't wait to see more of this!
Thank you! There are more to come!
This was very inspiring! Never resign! (where have I heard that before?)
It took me a moment, but my jaw dropped when I found the solution to that opening puzzle. That's the funniest way to force a draw I've ever seen. At the moment, I have a 2621 puzzle rating online. It always bothers me that I don't see more stalemate puzzles. Sometimes the best move in a position isn't checkmate, grabbing material, or weaving a winning position. Blunders happen. When they happen, it's important to know how to keep a bad position from turning into a losing position. And yet, I only ever seem to get "winning" puzzles. If I got more puzzles showing me brilliant ideas like this, I'd feel a lot more confident facing material disadvantages.
This lecture is far different of what we used to, full of creation & enthuasim, Thnx alot ^^
Thanks for a great lecture. The final problem's solution is really beautiful.
l liked this very much! Love to see More vids from ER. Eric speaks very clearly so even non native english chess fan like myself can enjoy.😊
Really great lecture with no bad jokes from ben xD
LeftAsBlank well they are quite funny
To each his own; I find Ben Finegold hilarious! Even the bad jokes are good!
elbay2 ya bad jokes can be funny sometimes ahahah
At least Ben Finegold has character and is not so boring. I love his lectures. And there is no criticism in that, because every person has his own qualities. Eric Rosen is a good chess player and teacher, but having fun during a lecture, makes you remember things better. With Ben Finegold i have fun. And indeed, his bad jokes are also funny, because he knows it and does not take himself serious. I can hear him tell the same bad joke over and over again and still laugh :-)
@@yadasampatidasa8690 Eric is also funny in his own way. Especially in streams and on his channel he often said absurd things with a completely straight face.
wtf, on the 18:42 minute, night e6 is not mate, you have f6 available for your king. It's not the same position when you had the queen on board.
e5 kf5 rf7 mate
Rishab Mehra what If after e5 black plays dxe5?
This was a total hallucination. Unfortunately no one corrected me. The right move after Rb1 is not Rh7, but Ref1!! With the threat of Rh7 followed by Ne6#.
I don't think that is so important because we've got the idea. He just made a mistake. Of course you're correct but considering the whole quality of the lecture that mistake means nothing.
@Eric Rosen: Yeah, I was a bit surprised that no one corrected you. Nevertheless, great lecture, keep up the good work!!
@Peristilo peris: I totally agree with you, the lecture was really nice and the positions were quite interesting.
Thanks, very instructive and plesently presented !!
I have never seen a Leacher by you but this is very well done endgames are hard to understand but I like the never surrender idea
Excellent video! Really enjoyed it. Eric, do make more videos..
Superb lecture, more please!
The position with knight and rook forcing a draw. I saw this idea in the book "my system". The thing about chess is THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN! Lol what a fun game!
10:07 that's crazy that white was mated, I'd have never seen that
I like this lecture. This gives more positional awareness.
Love the eric rosen content!
Pls more eric rosen i love his lectur pls more eric rosen
There will be more!
Yay!
I would like this video twice if possible
18:42 can't the king go to f6? So is it possibly losing because white has no mate?
There's a mistake at 18:42, check not mate. None the less, its a decent video on saving endgames. Very familiar.
at 24:54 after white plays Qb8 isn't g5 winning? it creates a flight square for the king and how do you stop the pawn from promoting???
Great lecture
Very nice lecture thank you.
In your game pawn takes queen was better rather than the rook.
When you had the "grand master puzzle" it was as you said Re1-f1 that applies on either Rb1 or Kg5 because the advanced rook moves f7-f6-g6
Liked the rook and two pawn end game (under promote after rook capture), that was very helpful.
Great lecture! Eric just joined GM Friedel, GM Chirila and Jonathan Schrantz in my subjective group of the-best-teachers-ever on St. Luis Channel :D
If you happen to read this comment Eric, could you recommend books from which you take the studies? GM Var Akobian once mentioned "Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies" and I'm looking for more good stuff like this :)
At 37:02, if black goes rf8 stopping white rf5, the variation at 38:10 wouldn't work would it? Or maybe it'd just take longer.
In that position, Rf8 is met with g7! forking the king and the rook. If black's King is on g8, then white can respond to Rf8 with Kg5 and Rf5 to force black's rook off the f-file
@Eric: does the strategy (put rook on 5th rank and then push) work with any 2 connected pawns? or only rook & knight pawns?
At 34:58 h7?? is a draw after Re7 because if Rxe7 it's stalemate and if the rook moves away from the 7th rank the h7 pawn is captured.
I feel like I've been watching these lectures randomly my entire life.
Loved it.
Also (around 21:07) Rf3 is met by Ba6 (Rf1?? Bxf1, or Ra3 Bc4 and black will move Rb1 next), or Rf1 Ba6 (, Rf3 Rb1, Ra3 Bc4 and white has no traction here, or Rg1 Bd3 (, Ra1?? Bxe4+ and white loses a rook, or Re3 Bc2) and black will still sneak in Rb1 the next move.
After Rf3 Ba6 Ra3 Bc4, the eventual Rb1 threat can be met with Rg1!
I'm still new to chess but at 43:30 how is h5 the "trickiest" move? Black can just just take on h5. and if white takes again, then black can walk the pawn on f7 down to f1 to promote to queen. and if white walks the king to intercept, then black still has pawns on the queenside to promote. Am I missing something here?
Yes- the position is still completely lost after h5. It's the trickiest move, because the threat of g5 can easily be overlooked.
(At 33:41) I'm not sure I agree. I think black can simply harass white's king until white makes a blunder and allows a fork, pin, or skewer resulting in a loss or trade of queens, then black can march the h-pawn down the board, though this means both sides have to play exacting moves here; either side can easily throw away the full point with a mindless blunder!
I guess you're the one who might argue! 33:28
At 18:43 Ne6 is not mate. Black plays Kf6
(At 18:31) Rf7 Rb1, Rh7+ Kg5, Ne6+ is only check, not mate as black has Kf6. White is lost here; once black's bishop gets to d3 it's all over, as it threatens e4, as well as defending the b1 square, guaranteeing black the exchange. Black can then scarf up the center pawns, and the bishop is too agile vs. white's lonely knight.
Yes. I totally Hallucinated. Unfortunately no one corrected me. The right move after Rb1 is not Rh7, but Ref1!! With the threat of Rh7 followed by Ne6#.
15:24 I think he missed mate in one after Qf7+ Kh6....
He can just Qxg6# instead of Qh7+ and Ne6#
Yes! Qxg6 saves energy!
19:45, after Rg1, Rb1, wouldn't h4 win? King is forced to g4 or h6. If Kg4 then Rf4 is mate, and if Kh6, Rh7 is mate. Why would you play Kh2? I mean, I'm no GM, but that looks like mate in 2?
I love the diagonal king pawn puzzle
I think that the reason why Komodo found the last solution may be that it always tries to find forcing moves, and a check is a forcing moves, then it finds a solution where it keeps giving a check and says "well, at least the material doesn't change (i.e. the pawn doesn't promote)"
18:40 Ke6 isn't mate. Need rook on f1 but it's on e1.
25:27 g5
Eric you rock :)
I love it. Thank you
please excuse my boldness...but at minute 18...that brilliant winning variation after blacks Rb2...Rf7 pretty much loses, because after Rb1, Rh7+ Kg5, the Knight check Ne6+ isn´t a check mate in my book...simply Kf6...and then what? e5+???? Rf1+ is also highly unrecomandable at that point ^^ but a nice lecture anyways ..thx
great tutorial!
Finegold's reign shall return again.
am i missing something or is that not mate at 18:42
At 17:17 why not Rook take Bishop and even if promoted Rh7 is mate!?
Qf6 stops the mate and protects the b pawn, temporarily. But then white can play e5 and I think black has to settle for a perpetual check draw. 25:10
9:22 KB7!! RAWR!! I've been screaming at the video this entire time
15:22 Kh6, Qg6#?
15:23 doesn’t Qg6 mate instantly?
When you see a good move look for better Qh7 force checkmate.
Yay Eric!
Resigning is the last thing i would do in a chess game
27:00 If you aren't putting the king in check with every move in the very end of the end-game, you better make damn sure you aren't stale-mating.
18:32: makes no sense. He probably wanted to show this, but forgot the line: 1...Rb1 2. Rfe1 a1Q and then the Rh7 and N f6 -Mate
I wonder what are those intermittent whistle sounds for 🤔
A friend of mine always says that resigning decreases your winning chances by 100 %.
Is Eric Rosen replacing Rich Evans... oops I mean Ben Finnegold?
LMFAO
is CCSCS replacing Best of the worst?
By the way Of how many people will be the subset (CCSC/RLM).
If you are one of them let me now.
Only complete nerds would play both Chess and watch RLM at the same time.
Terrible
Seprix I see what you did there... I recognize that!
Though Rich doesn't play Chess
awesome
18:43 ne6 was not checkmate the king can go to f6
What happened to your[previous video?
This was my first recorded lecture. There are more to come!
what program do you guys use?
ChessBase. The best chess software ever!
nice skills u r good at lectures.Wat is ur rateing
You really need to work on your spelling, that sentence was painful to read.
HI MY REATING IZ BERY HKGH HOW IS URS?
18:42 there is no mate: Rh7 Kg5 Se6+ Kf6; black should win now, his king is safe and the pawn on a2 will queen
Funny the first time I heard of Eric Rosen was yesterday watching this game in Pro Chess League: www.chess.com/live/game/1897763666?username=Mammadyarov
I had no success saving the hopeless position against Mamedyarov!
All I saw on the board were clouds roaming. Loved the lecture, btw.
18:42 Ne6 is NOT mate. ..Kf6!
Rosen and finegold are the best
54:37 - If RxH6, then A8+Q and it turns into Rook vs Rook draw? This is tricky business.
at around 40min, you say that you shouldn't promote to queen, but a bishop is ok... how does that work?
Promoting to a queen would end in stalemate! Promoting to a bishop would lead to an easily winning position.
If you promoted to a queen or a rook, it would have been a stalemate. Promoting to a bishop or knight still wins but doesn't stalemate. 39:14
I want to get into a lost position and see what counter-play I can come up with...
23:54 I would play Qb8 & ya it's a draw! This threatens mate if Qf1+ to ascort b1=Q.
The game Polgar - Karpov is a bit misleading. She certainly is the only woman who ever defeated Karpov.
7:03 ?! Old chess .... I must google
LOL, you don't know Komodo very well, do you? That beast won't fail to find such a draw.
Is it stronger than StockFish 8 I wonder?
I don't think so. Stockfish is too strong,
Ok, good to know!
Two things I got out of this:
1.) Never Resign
2.) This is so inspiring it inspired my brain to work so that I wouldn't blunder my opening.
11:33 White to move and be tricky
What is "exclam", some kind of dead bivalve?
Ishan Exclam "!!"
"exclaim" is not "exclam".
46:10 "the problem is that I'm white and I have no moves" well that's a classic
My opponents hate this lecture!
18:41 that's not mate though...
18:41 not a mate
kf6 e5 kf5 rf7 mate
That's what happens when I hallucinate! The right move after Rb1 is not Rh7, but Ref1!! With the threat of Rh7 followed by Ne6#.
Why would black go kf5 when he has dxe5
If you were a real IM, you saw that h4 is forced checkmate.
ah yes more eyebrows 11:27
10:00 it took me less than 10 seconds to see the win XD. I was sceraming at my laptop when the students got the wrong move
And rosen trap was born here😂😂😂
18:42 Nice Mate Mr. "IM"
Rb1 Rh7+ Kg5 Ne6 is not mate. Kf7 is an escape with reference to 18:40, other than that, excellent video!
3:30 Qd5 ends up winning for black :)
he is just IM but he is amazing teacher
54:35 why can't the rook just take the knight
It has something to do with the only piece not used by white in this puzzle showed here in the video... If RxH6, then A8Q. After Rx+Rx, it turns into rook vs rook endgame, which is a draw. When solving puzzles, the pieces are usually there for a reason, and not only for deception. Stop for a second and think why is the pawn on a7, when it wasn't needed for the perpetual? If it wasn't there, RxH6 is winning.
11:17 well hello there
c(mkb)
here I mean great
the intro seems like it was made in garageband
why post this? It's munged.
is that the real ben fingold
Fritz won't find it.. 😍 I m as strong as Fritz engine.
18:42 what is this guy talking about. It's not even checkmate. Not even close, actually. I gotta say, sometimes I admire their listeners for accepting such bullshit without saying anything :/