Just reached 1000 Elo today after two and a half months playing chess, this series has been so helpful in a lot of ways! Thanks for explaining everything easily.
He is somehow the most intimidating least intimidating man in chess. In some of these games I can practically feel the anguish in his opponents when they realise the loss is upon them, clock running down, no moves left to make. Eric's so soft but you can tell he knows that he's reaving ruin in his wake.
This is such torture as I check the channel religiously for the next episode of the speedrun. Before you were born there was a TV guide for your "can't miss" TV shows Eric. Now I pathetically check in multiple times daily for my fix. This score will tide me over for a few hours. My name is Sam and I'm a speedrun junkie.
I really enjoyed the Scotch game. I started studying the Scotch recently. When I saw your opponent go Qh4, I said, "I bet Eric knows to go Nc3." I really appreciated your insight, especially in that particular game. Thank you, from a novice.
I have been playing awhile without as much progress as I would like. I have always relied too much on tricks and traps. This series has been much more about playing solid chess and has helped me finally reach 1300.
A few episodes back some of the opponents were making it seem close (getting down to 5-12 seconds), and the last 3 episodes you've been trouncing everyone without a fight and plenty of time to spare. Is it because the openings you were doing before were standard king pawn everytime and italian? Curious why that is.
Just checked the stats for this video! 40% of viewers watched through the end of the third game. Average view duration was just below 20 minutes. I think this is pretty similar to most of the other episodes.
Opponent: plays a nonstandard move in the opening Rosen: ah yes I remember this being tricky but when I was 3 I analyzed every variation and there's a funny line here
Its amazing how these videos all have a similar but different theme. I know Eric can obviously help this along bynplaying similar opening each game but often even how the other player plays follows a similar theme throughout each video
I don't know how to improve at chess. I either take a very long time and lose on time or we both play many "abstact" moves until one blunders his/her way to victory. Very seldom I have this clarity and can sort of see the game developing ahead of time and in those cases I move very intensionally and win, either forcing mate or resignation. How can I genuinely become a better player?
I have been trying out the Scotch Game, so I was glad Eric opted to play it the last game. I had not seen that Ndb5 trick. That is sweet! I was thinking black might play Qe5, but that still leaves him vulnerable to a potential pin with Re1 and then move the bishop somewhere. Maybe black is just best off to give up on castling and play Kd8. I'll have to look at the engine later. Never mind; I see Eric covered that in the post-game analysis.
Eric, just a suggestion: a great book or course would be a selection of 30 to 50 Speedrun games from 1400 up with all of your thought processes written out.
Great games. To me though, that is enough sicilan to get me through the whole year. No more, please, I am full. ( That's only my feelings, nobody has to take them into consideration ). It was great to have a scotch game ! Thank you. Have a great day, everyone !
I'm shocked by how badly these 1800s play. None of them know any openings beyond move 3 and they consistently miss basic tactics. How am I only rated 1600????
1800's look like 1000's against a player like Eric. Everyone blunders more than they realize until they play someone significantly higher rated than them who can exploit those blunders...
The moves of a master aren't just sound: they're also testing. Against testing moves it is much more difficult to play correct responses than against moves that are merely sound.
@@manoftheforest7505 I'm sorry but just playing regular theory in the first 3-4 moves is not "testing". Sure if it gets deeper than that I understand. But there's really no way to blunder on move 4 in a standard opening unless you're seriously disregarding basic principles and not looking one move ahead. I agree that a master's moves are testing, but here Eric was handed the win on a silver platter most of the time.
It seems like your opponents are getting worse the higher you climb the rating ladder. You had some really tough games in previous episodes, but these guys were total fish.
At 20:05 1...Nd4 is interesting as 2.Re3 Qc2 threatening the Bishop on b2 and also threatening to win the b pawn after QxQ Nxb3. 3.Qxc2 loses the exchange to 3...Nxc2.
I believe he was referring to the case where he wins the c pawn with the knight, black tries to pin by playing Qc7, white trades off queen and knight with Qxe7+.
Hi Eric, great series. Just a note, I think if you could include the opening names in the title it helps a lot with discoverability. I usually look for videos for a specific opening.
When all the games of an episode feature the same opening, then I try to include the opening name in the title. That's only been the case for a few episodes though (Ponziani, Sicilian, Grand Prix, 1.d4). If you'd like to easily find episodes that feature a specific opening, check this out: www.chesstube.app/
I’m not very good. But I’ve won quite a few games where I should lose, simply by making it to the point where time is a pressure for my opponent. Surprised people seem to always throw in the towel.
33:25 I still don't understand this move here...(Yes I heard Eric's explanation) I think the safest way is to simplify and take the knight on f5 with the bishop on e4, but I'm only 1650. We are 1 full rook up, thats 5 points of material (And yes I know the bishop pair is worth a lot) I am really curious about the best engine move here..if anybody can replicate this game, I would very much appreciate it thanks
There's no rush to trade for the knight, it doesn't have anywhere to go. He focused on rescuing the knight getting all his pieces into play, which leaves open the opportunity for tactics and winning more material. Maybe he would've traded more quickly if the opponent's pieces were more active and they had dangerous counterplay.
I once had to play eric rosen in a 10+0 match, i didnt know it at the time but he was on his Smurf account. As usual i played in a freestyle manner, ignoring opening principles and eric developed soundly and prudently. Then i saw him hang a minor piece and i took it. This was a big mistake. Eric immediately pwtitioned to the lichess moderators asking them to allow him a takeback, luckily the site admins were on my side and told him that the code was definite and no edit was possible. Then eric kept trying to generate counterplay but i smartly traded pieces. In the end i had a queen and eric wrote in chat "oh no his queen" and i stalemated him with my queen the next move. Embarassed, i asked for a rematch, sadly he destroyed me in the following 3 games and later my friend told me it was eric rosens alt account
Stories out of the Paulaner Garden. 1) Eric never ever asks to take a move back. 2) It is you as his opponent who is in task to allow a takeback or refuse it.
Eric I have a question 🙋♂️ Why do higher rated players not play the Vienna game/gambit? I am enjoying it as a 1400 but I don’t ever see titled players use it. Cool video btw 👍
I like your phrase "My opponent's abstract ideas" whereas many others would say "My opponent's absolute trash play"!
Just reached 1000 Elo today after two and a half months playing chess, this series has been so helpful in a lot of ways! Thanks for explaining everything easily.
congratulations!!
Congrats man, remember to always take a break when you're on a losing streak.
@@AbdallaAmerithat helps
That's incredible! It took me about a year of playing every day to get to 1000 elo. Chess speedruns like this one helped so much as well!
What is. Your username iv been playing for a year still. At 900
Eric cracks me up! On the thumbnail photos, he tries to look tough and mean. We all know better!
He looks like he heard a funny joke and can‘t wait to tell it to you.
He is tough. Tough to beat at chess!
He is somehow the most intimidating least intimidating man in chess. In some of these games I can practically feel the anguish in his opponents when they realise the loss is upon them, clock running down, no moves left to make. Eric's so soft but you can tell he knows that he's reaving ruin in his wake.
Love this guy's videos because he actually explains his thought process in a very calm manner
then you should watch Yasser Seirawan
You played amazing again, the last 2 episodes our king was almost never in danger. The 1600s and the 1700s did a better job than these 1800s ;)
Is it because he's doing different openings now?
@@turtlebackflapjack could very well be. But for sure he is much more careful with the time, he even says out loud 3-4x per episode ;)
This is such torture as I check the channel religiously for the next episode of the speedrun. Before you were born there was a TV guide for your "can't miss" TV shows Eric. Now I pathetically check in multiple times daily for my fix. This score will tide me over for a few hours. My name is Sam and I'm a speedrun junkie.
you think Eric Rosen was born after TV guides??
"My name is Sam and I'm a speedrun junkie." Brilliant! Exactly. Same.
Hello Sam
I really enjoyed the Scotch game. I started studying the Scotch recently. When I saw your opponent go Qh4, I said, "I bet Eric knows to go Nc3." I really appreciated your insight, especially in that particular game. Thank you, from a novice.
I have been playing awhile without as much progress as I would like. I have always relied too much on tricks and traps. This series has been much more about playing solid chess and has helped me finally reach 1300.
I want these episodes to be longer but I also don’t want this speed run to end
This is an amazing run! Thanks for sharing, Eric!
love eating my lunch to these!! super informative and entertaining :D
Been watching since episode 1 and not gonna stop watching ❤
I loved the "knight rescue SWAT mission" in the last game.
Thanks for another instructive and well played set of games, Eric.
Thank you Eric for one more wonderful episode! I'm a big fan of this series.
Oh wow an upload just when I was browsing the channel!
A few episodes back some of the opponents were making it seem close (getting down to 5-12 seconds), and the last 3 episodes you've been trouncing everyone without a fight and plenty of time to spare. Is it because the openings you were doing before were standard king pawn everytime and italian? Curious why that is.
gotta wonder about viewer retention stats for these videos, maybe its one of those rare cases where majority watch it all the way to the end
Doubt it, most people on youtube have the attention span of an ant with shorts
@@Miesko1 but these are just so damn good
I am sure 90% stick to the end of these videos @@Miesko1
I tend to watch one game at a time, and grab the next one after dinner
Just checked the stats for this video! 40% of viewers watched through the end of the third game. Average view duration was just below 20 minutes. I think this is pretty similar to most of the other episodes.
Wow. This was the best episode I’ve seen. Although I have not seen all SR videos, this one is the best one. 1️⃣
This speedrun has gotten me from ~400 to 830. Thanks for these, entertaining and informative
Opponent: plays a nonstandard move in the opening
Rosen: ah yes I remember this being tricky but when I was 3 I analyzed every variation and there's a funny line here
Congratulations on your win streak. I do not want to brag or anything, but I am currently on a two game winning streak.
I love the scotch but never understood beyond the opening moves. That was very helpful explaining all of that thanks!
Speedrun to 1 mill followers let’s go!
Qd3 morphy style in game three, nice! Funny enough I just watched your old video on that Morphy game
Its amazing how these videos all have a similar but different theme. I know Eric can obviously help this along bynplaying similar opening each game but often even how the other player plays follows a similar theme throughout each video
I don't know how to improve at chess. I either take a very long time and lose on time or we both play many "abstact" moves until one blunders his/her way to victory. Very seldom I have this clarity and can sort of see the game developing ahead of time and in those cases I move very intensionally and win, either forcing mate or resignation. How can I genuinely become a better player?
I have been trying out the Scotch Game, so I was glad Eric opted to play it the last game. I had not seen that Ndb5 trick. That is sweet! I was thinking black might play Qe5, but that still leaves him vulnerable to a potential pin with Re1 and then move the bishop somewhere. Maybe black is just best off to give up on castling and play Kd8. I'll have to look at the engine later. Never mind; I see Eric covered that in the post-game analysis.
I am really enjoying this series of videos thank you so much Eric
Love from Uganda ❤
This has done more to improve my chess than that levy book I regret buying
good job eric.
Eric, just a suggestion: a great book or course would be a selection of 30 to 50 Speedrun games from 1400 up with all of your thought processes written out.
After watching this series, I went from 400 to 800+ now
Love your speed runs
Game 2 was against a brit named TomJalland. Was that Tom Holland?
More likely a Brit who is a fan of his own countryman
Nice, smooth punishment for "abstract ideas".
Great games. To me though, that is enough sicilan to get me through the whole year. No more, please, I am full. ( That's only my feelings, nobody has to take them into consideration ).
It was great to have a scotch game ! Thank you.
Have a great day, everyone !
Please remember to turn on the eval-bar after each game. It's very helpful to learn. Thanks, Eric!
I'm shocked by how badly these 1800s play. None of them know any openings beyond move 3 and they consistently miss basic tactics. How am I only rated 1600????
It’s a weird phenomena
1800's look like 1000's against a player like Eric. Everyone blunders more than they realize until they play someone significantly higher rated than them who can exploit those blunders...
The moves of a master aren't just sound: they're also testing. Against testing moves it is much more difficult to play correct responses than against moves that are merely sound.
@@manoftheforest7505 I'm sorry but just playing regular theory in the first 3-4 moves is not "testing". Sure if it gets deeper than that I understand. But there's really no way to blunder on move 4 in a standard opening unless you're seriously disregarding basic principles and not looking one move ahead. I agree that a master's moves are testing, but here Eric was handed the win on a silver platter most of the time.
This was the weakest +1800 elo player I have ever seen. Gave away 3 pawns for free in the opening and lost immediately
He was basically rage playing instantly after the first mistake thats always really amusing
Loved game2
Oh no my evening plans
39:40 Treat every miscalculation as a serendipity 😉
This was meant for speedrun episode 50 😱
It was definitely the profile pic your opponent was scared of.
Danke!
At 31:38 I was really hoping that Bf4 would be played :)
It seems like your opponents are getting worse the higher you climb the rating ladder. You had some really tough games in previous episodes, but these guys were total fish.
"I think my opponent is realising there done here" 21:21
Helo I have question. Should I play active or passive? Thanks
At 20:05 1...Nd4 is interesting as 2.Re3 Qc2 threatening the Bishop on b2 and also threatening to win the b pawn after QxQ Nxb3. 3.Qxc2 loses the exchange to 3...Nxc2.
17:03 you spend a while thinking with the forced en passant on the board
Eric stays looking like Robert Smith without the lipstick on the thumbnail
At 03:15 how does queen C7, queen E7 work? Eric says to force the trade, but doesn't white just lose a queen for a knight there? I don't see the line.
Because the knight would have already moved to C6.
I believe he was referring to the case where he wins the c pawn with the knight, black tries to pin by playing Qc7, white trades off queen and knight with Qxe7+.
Great episode. I like your shirt what brand is it?
Wholesome chess bro Eric. Thanks for the content
I like the animation. I hope you leave it on.
Kinda sus you have zero losses, they should investigate this guy tbh
@@W.I.C.E.D yeah man just kidding around. Sorry for upsetting you
@@W.I.C.E.D that's a reference to Kramnik, he has accused Hikaru of cheating because of his high win streak
@@W.I.C.E.D yeah, cus everyone knows a joke is made much funnier when you explain it right after you say it.
Cheers man !
@@W.I.C.E.D Its ok, sorry for stressing you out.
@@W.I.C.E.D Ok thank you. Sending you good vibes, hope you're having a good day brother
Hi Eric, great series. Just a note, I think if you could include the opening names in the title it helps a lot with discoverability. I usually look for videos for a specific opening.
When all the games of an episode feature the same opening, then I try to include the opening name in the title. That's only been the case for a few episodes though (Ponziani, Sicilian, Grand Prix, 1.d4). If you'd like to easily find episodes that feature a specific opening, check this out: www.chesstube.app/
@@eric-rosen Oh No My Knowledge! How did I not know about chesstube? Thanks a lot!
How many point ma are need for masters?
unlucky tyler1 is back to playing league for now. bet he wouldve had a solid chance of playing eric with his 12h/day sessions
I’m not very good. But I’ve won quite a few games where I should lose, simply by making it to the point where time is a pressure for my opponent. Surprised people seem to always throw in the towel.
Didn’t know there were animations
Wow it isn't posted at midnight!
That depends on where you are :)
Just as I was watching a GTA SA Speedrun, I would rather watch this and leave that for later
Yay!
I seriously eric would probably sac the queen at d6 at 30:08 but sadly he didnt😢
33:25 I still don't understand this move here...(Yes I heard Eric's explanation) I think the safest way is to simplify and take the knight on f5 with the bishop on e4, but I'm only 1650. We are 1 full rook up, thats 5 points of material (And yes I know the bishop pair is worth a lot) I am really curious about the best engine move here..if anybody can replicate this game, I would very much appreciate it thanks
There's no rush to trade for the knight, it doesn't have anywhere to go. He focused on rescuing the knight getting all his pieces into play, which leaves open the opportunity for tactics and winning more material. Maybe he would've traded more quickly if the opponent's pieces were more active and they had dangerous counterplay.
Nothing complex here, idk, any 1500 would know this
What happens after Kd8 in 39:00? The knight cannot capture the c7 pawn..
Eric explains this further: it is the best move for black but they lose castling rights, so this is still good for white
@@alexanderkhainson2665 So basically you can't reclaim your lose pawn 😢
wolk sedoi means "grey (haired) wolf" in Russian... pretty scary...
oh no my 40 mins
I can't understand how he took at 17:37
DID NOONE ELSE SEE THIS?
Like this series, would enjoy longer analysis but maybe thats just me 😅
How was that first opponent rated 1645...
Hoe is s that first game an 1800 level game.
hm
Shh, don't tell people how to deal with the Steinitz variation. I like my one pawn up positions without the counterplay
speedrun? more like a slowrun how long you've been doing this
4 days and 7 hours of playing and analyzing
And all of them entertaining.
Brain dead comment
I've been speedrunning to 1400 for 35 years
Well, he's only been gaining Elo points, so I guess you could argue that this actually _is_ the fastest way to climb the ladder.
I once had to play eric rosen in a 10+0 match, i didnt know it at the time but he was on his Smurf account. As usual i played in a freestyle manner, ignoring opening principles and eric developed soundly and prudently. Then i saw him hang a minor piece and i took it. This was a big mistake. Eric immediately pwtitioned to the lichess moderators asking them to allow him a takeback, luckily the site admins were on my side and told him that the code was definite and no edit was possible. Then eric kept trying to generate counterplay but i smartly traded pieces. In the end i had a queen and eric wrote in chat "oh no his queen" and i stalemated him with my queen the next move.
Embarassed, i asked for a rematch, sadly he destroyed me in the following 3 games and later my friend told me it was eric rosens alt account
Stories out of the Paulaner Garden. 1) Eric never ever asks to take a move back. 2) It is you as his opponent who is in task to allow a takeback or refuse it.
Tricks are for kids.
The opponents are supposed to be 1800 + , and making so many mistakes.
First!
he is hacking
How can you hack in chess?
No views in 18 Seconds. Eric fell off.
“…maybe my opponent got a pizza delivery..” 😮😂
Eric I have a question 🙋♂️
Why do higher rated players not play the Vienna game/gambit? I am enjoying it as a 1400 but I don’t ever see titled players use it. Cool video btw 👍
it was amazing that remembered 10 years back match
last speedrun moves.
I forget then n there
Loving the speedrun!!