Eric is underrated as a content creator. I find myself laughing at the little things he says, like: "snip," "eat," or "that was check, dumbass." It's just calm and enjoyable watching.
This is brilliant. I love the Caro against 1. e4 but I tend to struggle against 1. d4, so I’m super excited to see how c6 works against d4. Cheers to the new series!
I dropped to 600 when I first started playing. Decided to learn a couple of openings: chose 1.d4 as white, and 1.c6 as black to prevent Scholar's mates a bit more easliy (ended up learning a few moves of the Caro-Kann). Hit 1,000 within a month or so. Can confirm everything said in this video.
Agreed...pinning pieces, maintaining the tension. Blundering pieces like crazy though. That will improve with time. My theory is all the chess content available these days (like this channel for instance) is causing elo ratings to become inflated (or deflated??) i.e. a 1000 rated player today would have been like, 1500 ten years ago, etc
Got my elo from 1800 to 1900 with your bird, massive improvement but I’m still stuck when they fianchetto their black bishop early… thanks for the speed run!
dude. this is the thing for which I have been exactly searching. I play the ck and the slav. Why? becuase they are similar. I have been doing it as e4, c6 And when white does 1. d4, i do 1... d5, 2 c3, c5 (like a queen's gambit for black). or 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6.
That first player was quite strong for 400. Played solid pretty much the whole game until time pressure got the better of them. If they keep playing like that they could get to at least ~1300-1400 easy
LETS GO C6!!!! I need a good black opening, I use the stonewall and if they push the e5 pawn on me i go to the french. But i dont know the french quite yet. not that well atleast.
Eric, do u prefer the CARO KANN or the HIPPO for blacks? Alex Banzea has many series on the Caro kann but his humour is off and talks tooooo much....unlike u guys. And yes he copies content from you and Gotham chess......so thank u for doing the Caro Kann. I watch his streams on 2x speed........cant stand him.
WRONG, ERIC! 🙂 You can't play 2...d5 against EVERYTHING because 2.d5! I've only seen it twice in the 15,000 or so bullet games I've played with 1...c6, though. I laughed my ass off watching this video. 🙂Later in this speedrun I expect to learn stuff. Thanks for the content.
Eric is underrated as a content creator. I find myself laughing at the little things he says, like: "snip," "eat," or "that was check, dumbass." It's just calm and enjoyable watching.
Agree
Nope. He’s rated
when every one of his pieces were contributing to a mate "every piece is doing their part, no one's getting laid off here"
Nahh, that "dumbass" remark was pretty douchy. Stopped watching after that. I prefer Aman's style of play and content
This is Eric basically driving through a school zone, lol.
Always looking forward to more opening series. I watch all the channel’s content but these are my favorite. Cheers fellas
This is brilliant. I love the Caro against 1. e4 but I tend to struggle against 1. d4, so I’m super excited to see how c6 works against d4. Cheers to the new series!
Me too!!!❤
GM Eric runs into the strongest 400s to ever exist^
Agreeeeeeeeeeeeee
Im 500 and i swear every one of my opponents play like they're GM. maybe I'm just bad
Watching you play filthy 500’s makes me think “wow these 500’s are complete garbage!” … then i remember I’m 515
LOLOLOL Eric "Hello Yassar, I hope you're learning" LMAO dude
The irony of the Andrew Tate guy playing the Hillbilly attack
Okay, class, pay attention... tap tap tap.😂😂😂
as a 200elo player this was so nice to watch and learn
I dropped to 600 when I first started playing. Decided to learn a couple of openings: chose 1.d4 as white, and 1.c6 as black to prevent Scholar's mates a bit more easliy (ended up learning a few moves of the Caro-Kann). Hit 1,000 within a month or so. Can confirm everything said in this video.
The first guy finding the best version of the advance for white right off the bat is pretty impressive
This is actually pretty good repertoire to have.
You are amazing!!! Becoming a GM is extremely hard and you deserve all that!
Eric, thank you for this video. It was very instructive!
the first 400 played really well for their rating. I think they'll improve quickly. great opening showcase
Thanks Eric, love the chess, the thoughts, and the toons.
I love your instructional videos! Keep up the good work.
These 400s are actually really strong for their rating
Agreed...pinning pieces, maintaining the tension. Blundering pieces like crazy though. That will improve with time. My theory is all the chess content available these days (like this channel for instance) is causing elo ratings to become inflated (or deflated??) i.e. a 1000 rated player today would have been like, 1500 ten years ago, etc
Been stuck at 900-1000 for this reason, everyones watched these yt courses
@@zachsav3235 lol. then explain why i blew past 1000 without even learning openings? hint: it has to do with IQ :)
@@fvhaudsilhvdfs It has more to do with tactical/principal awareness and implementation but whatever strokes ur ego there big dawg
@@zachsav3235 sure kid enjoy chess in the 900s :)
Would be great to add the "episode" number in the title, I find that particularly useful when watching through the entire playlist
That blunder around 23 minutes is crazy, I would never have seen that
Love the Caro. Good choice Eric! Will definitely tune in for this series
Excellent!! Thank you!
this is the first video i watched of his and i just love the vibe of the videos ❣
i already do this so this is a fucking amazing series, thank you so much!!!
35:30 I like how Eric's like: finish him
Also the opponent was like: good, he's thinking, he blundered 😁😁
Ay! I just started learning caro kann after changing my repertoire and so happy to see this. Go Caro Kann!!
Been looking for a black opening since my kings indian defence is trash.
Hey what music is this
This really turns my mind on
Song at 17:30 is Vancant - Naski
lmao, HaHa Eric, you missed mate in one! Eric "It was check dumbass..." That cracked me up
What's the Song at 7:00
I wanna know too
Love this video hearing your thought process
Really enjoyed the video. Looking forward to more, thanks
22:30 underrated tactic.
Got my elo from 1800 to 1900 with your bird, massive improvement but I’m still stuck when they fianchetto their black bishop early… thanks for the speed run!
What song is playing at 16:45?
What’s the song that starts around 17:30? “I’m over you” but I can’t find the right mix
Found it: Vancant - Naski
Love using the bishop to prevent castling. Drives the opponent nutz!
How often will we get parts of this speedrun?
"They have a mind of their own" - Eric H.
1:58 what if they go bishop h5 or do i just play against the best 400s that exist
i mean e5
great series, thank you!
music at 12:30 ?
Yes
Thanks for using the easy-on-the-eyes green board.
12:47 they're thinking outside the box
This is already paying off in my ridiculously low elo blitz games
23:00 "classic blunder" bro my 800 rated brain really struggled to understand why that was a blunder at all
i mean i did get it afterwards but
Bb4 at 20:31 looks awful tasty to me. I believe it's mate if they take.
Eric, it seems that on the c6 speedrun playlist the 2000 to 2200 video is missing. I found the video by itself but somehow is not on the playlist.
Fixed thanks for letting us know!
best repertorie
I've been playing the skandi exclusively, religiously. Finally something to get me off that terrible habit.
Keep doing these new speedruns cause they're fire content
I need to know the song / Mix he's listening to 🙃🙃
Song at 17:30 is Vancant - Naski. Had to play RUclips with Shazam
@@sirsneedster lol nice!
do more videos on 400 players please! VERY HELPFUL
How do you always get the black pieces
I find b6 against everything is simpler due to use of light squared bishop and pressure on e4 square.
yes but what about c5 vs d4... newbs minds explode when you make that move
I like how he moves a little extra slow for us.
Based on the way Eric says Cari Kahn, made me realize he probably says pecans not pecans.
looking forward to this run
dude. this is the thing for which I have been exactly searching. I play the ck and the slav. Why? becuase they are similar. I have been doing it as e4, c6 And when white does 1. d4, i do 1... d5, 2 c3, c5 (like a queen's gambit for black). or 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6.
Love all your videos
Odd question, but what playlist is this?
Poojafan69 with the cricket pfp is just comedy gold lmao
Eric y no time stamps please?
That first player was quite strong for 400. Played solid pretty much the whole game until time pressure got the better of them.
If they keep playing like that they could get to at least ~1300-1400 easy
35:28 whys this so funny 😂
And c3 d4 with white?
he played the bird as white
It's a speed run with the black pieces.
C3 d4 doesn't make much sense with white , as you generally don't need 2 moves to play c4
@@nat-moody I know it but then the video wouldn't need to be edited.
As a Caro player, I'm always not sure what to do with 1D4 and other variations. Stoked to build something up!
LETS GO C6!!!! I need a good black opening, I use the stonewall and if they push the e5 pawn on me i go to the french. But i dont know the french quite yet. not that well atleast.
Is this opening good for intermediate players too ??
Magnus beat you so bad you had to go pick on some 400-600s? xD All jokes aside great video.
Can't believe you gave up the bishop pair to capture the queen? Botez gambit being perfected at all elo's!!!
ericthank u...but just call it CARO KANN
Thats exactly my favourite opening with black
Great 🎉🥳🥳
10:29
Eric.... You missed mate in one
: )
No as he said the white Queen checked him. Had to take the queen with pawn before he could carry out the check mate
There's a non zero chance they play Qg3 and get circumcised.
Nice.
Please do a c6 RUN to >2K
12:37 🤣
Thank you for making this video series. I have been an unsuccessful c6 player for a bit!
Poojafan69 is a really nice nickname, even because with Pooja we had the best cheating episode so far 😂😂
eric you missed mate in 1
lmao at the hustlers university comment
There is yet to be a chess streamer who plays better music than this guy💯
Looking forward to this, I suck even more with white 😂
Why is the name and dp of this profile so Indian?
9:45 isn't Nxd4 sexy?😂
Ply c6 on everything
Eric, do u prefer the CARO KANN or the HIPPO for blacks?
Alex Banzea has many series on the Caro kann but his humour is off and talks tooooo much....unlike u guys.
And yes he copies content from you and Gotham chess......so thank u for doing the Caro Kann. I watch his streams on 2x speed........cant stand him.
Omg carokann!!!
Big chief, you guys gotta bring some testosterone to the background music.
I struggle with how people can be this bad at chess. Are they moving without thinking?
WRONG, ERIC! 🙂 You can't play 2...d5 against EVERYTHING because 2.d5! I've only seen it twice in the 15,000 or so bullet games I've played with 1...c6, though.
I laughed my ass off watching this video. 🙂Later in this speedrun I expect to learn stuff. Thanks for the content.
10:36, Eric you missed mate in 1
hi eric
Yesss❤❤❤❤
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I play it all the time!)))
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