Facing Abnormal Openings | Speedrun Episode 32

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In this Beginner to Master Speedrun Series, I try to climb the rating ladder while providing lots of lessons about chess along the way. In this episode, I play 3 instructive chess games that all feature unusual opening ideas.
0:00 Facing the Rousseau Gambit
7:43 Facing an Aggressive London Gambit
29:42 Facing Weird Moves in the Giuco Piano (Italian Game)
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@Rubrickety 3 ай бұрын

For me, the benefit of being up two pawns is that I can blunder three pawns and only be down a pawn.

@mitchelllevine5664 22 күн бұрын

😂

@andnekon 3 ай бұрын

The second game was really enjoyable, kudos to your opponent

@carlsiefring1816 3 ай бұрын

I tell beginners that going pawn grabbing early in the game, with the black pieces, is generally not a good idea. You wind up three tempi down and not good enough to work through the pressure.

@Bach432hz 3 ай бұрын

This made me inspired to get back on that london grind

@RobertNikolovBUL 3 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@Eurekagivens 3 ай бұрын

“The benefit of being up 2 pawns is i can give back one pawn, and still be up a pawn. According the laws of mathematics.” Genius mr rosen, genius lmao

@BottleOfCoke 3 ай бұрын

Funny, I read this comment, the exact time he said it

@mariuszpudzianowski8400 3 ай бұрын

Deep calculation by Eric

@kruksog 3 ай бұрын

Its amazing to me that there are still lines in the london that surprise you, a london "scholar." It exemplifies the complexity of this game.

@vezquex 3 ай бұрын

He's definitely adding that game to his prep.

@vincentmiceli2554 3 ай бұрын

Several people offer annotated games but no one does it better than you. Thank you for these free lessons. My rating may not reflect it (yet) but I am definitely an improved player

@bbkr2063 3 ай бұрын

Eric, I learned one important lesson from you in this series - take your time during opening. I always rushed it too much, playing "on autopilot", without concern how my opponent reacts and what is his plan. So thank you for very instructive chess!

@wherestheoptoutoptionmfs 3 ай бұрын

Same. I used to find the openings boring, much to my own disadvantage. I also used to be quite scornful of all the pattern naming, you know London, Italian, Ponziani etc etc, finding it kind of snobby and elitist and not really wanting to get onboard with it. I now realise, of course, that without that it's impossible to strategise with any depth and that embracing those patterns is the key to getting better and being able to discuss and analyse games. These videos are like gold dust for me. Chess is interesting again.

@jaydub2971 3 ай бұрын

This. There's no benefit to having 6+ minutes left on your clock when checkmate occurs in a Rapid game. The clock is a piece. Use it intelligently.

@Superbri 3 ай бұрын

This video came out less than 2 minutes ago, but I'm a KZfaq commenter, so I'm going to pretend I somehow watched the entire video already. Wow, that one move you played in that one game to gain a winning advantage was really instructive!

@oscarsmith-jones4108 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm also way too early to comment, but that move was pretty cool

@roqsteady5290 3 ай бұрын

Actually, it should have lost immediately!?

@mitchelllevine5664 Ай бұрын

😂

@michaelmanios5007 3 ай бұрын

It’s cool to think other people are watching this video at the same time you are.

@andnekon 3 ай бұрын

Have you heard about streams?

@oscarsmith-jones4108 3 ай бұрын

Dude your mind will be blown when you discover twitch

@AyleidCraft 3 ай бұрын

Wait until I tell you about cable TV

@bartvansliedregt5482 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful sentiment

@Thogstacker 3 ай бұрын

Wait till you comment or ask a question on twitch and eric, levy or hikaru responds

@peterlenarcic526 Ай бұрын

I am a complete chess noob and started watching all of your speedruns and learned a lot. The thing that i am most proud of that i saw the move with the bishop sac and eventually getting it back. Guess i learned a lot from you how to figure out tactics and developing with tempo.

@LazyFloridian 2 ай бұрын

This speed run has been entertaining and very instructive, thank you. I see a lot of my own blunders in the moves of your opponents haha.

@eclecticexplorer7828 3 ай бұрын

It seems that OKGolfer went with an opening (s)he hadn't prepped for. Game 2 was a really interesting game. I was following along with Stockfish and saw the numbers swing wildly. When Eric called Ne5 a "really good move," Stockfish reacted to it as a really bad move. It went from +1.7 to -2.4. Eric's response of Rc8 swung it back to +0.8. (Stockfish preferred the Bxb1 line Eric had originally planned.) Time and time again, pieces were withdrawn when Stockfish called for the attack! In the end, pawn_z_scheme_king ran out of time when the position was almost dead-even. This is definitely an opening sequence I want to spend some time with. I would be curious to know the statistics had Eric clicked on game review. Game 3 was just a romp. jerninastos' position just steadily eroded from g6 onward. The failure to capture the bishop on f7, then giving up his bishop and knight rather than retreating were serious errors.

@lmabacus404 3 ай бұрын

These Poisoned Pawn Variation positions where black plays Qxb2 can get extremely sharp, and a lot of the engine's recommendations are very "engine move" like. Humans might see the +3 pawn advantage, but the engine clearly doesn't think much of black's outside connected passers when they're still in their original positions and difficult to defend, especially when white has all their major pieces.

@SEAKPhotog 3 ай бұрын

That 2nd game was a blast to watch. GG to your opponent!

@rhodeswolper8669 3 ай бұрын

I love every one of your videos. You seem to have found your flow. Keep it up Eric

@shawnwhite1645 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic chess as usual, Eric. Thanks for this awesome series. You could have given me that last position in the 3rd game and told me it was mate in 3, and I wouldn't have been able to find it even if I had 2 hours to look at it. You're incredible!

@jonathanharris9261 3 ай бұрын

You're content is awesome to watch Eric. Thank you for posting.

@alejopieroni4590 3 ай бұрын

Already watching this, thank you for the content!!

@justinarnold1981 3 ай бұрын

I think you broke your opponents will to live in that first game. Things ended so suddenly it was borderline shocking. Well done. Again.

@user-fw9go8wh8x 3 ай бұрын

Love your videos man! Keep it up. My love and joy of chess is limitless it seems so you should do more series like this one. It’s beautiful.

@user-fw9go8wh8x 3 ай бұрын

26:10 perfectly exemplifies a few times I’ve analyzed my games.

@user-fw9go8wh8x 3 ай бұрын

Flabbergasted at the complexity of this old board game.

@daandelombaert7198 Ай бұрын

That mating pattern the last game was really nice!

@dompie247 3 ай бұрын

Love this series Eric!

@robertprobel6153 3 ай бұрын

Genius!! Eric, Thank you!

@i.g.l.z.9215 3 ай бұрын

Interesting and instructive games, thank you!

@KF1 3 ай бұрын

Pawn Z Scheme played awesome

@jaydub2971 3 ай бұрын

Obviously Kramnik's training account. /s

@10097059 3 ай бұрын

Love this series

@robertmryan 3 ай бұрын

I agree. It is a rare combination of interesting content that is pragmatic, yet still wholly engaging. It’s really illuminating to hear the rationale, move by move, with discussion of threats, potential mistakes, etc. So much better than a narrative of a game between two GMs, for example. I’ve learned so much watching this series. And it is delivered with humility and a touch of humor. Perfect balance.

@jafulton89 3 ай бұрын

These aggro London openings everyone plays now are so grossly overpowered tbh. Had a similar line today and was +2 pawns as black and the computer still favored white the entire way. They usually have a clock advantage since the system doesn't vary much and they can fumble 2-3 pawns and still feel like they are winning/attacking.

@Lenny71993 3 ай бұрын

My favorite content on KZfaq! ❤

@JB_ECK 3 ай бұрын

Brillant series! Watched every Episode. Greetings from Germany. Love you to use German terms like Luft and Zwischenzug!

@bjaurelio 3 ай бұрын

Your London game looks like common positions I get playing the Caro Kann in the exchange variation, except the queen either has not moved or is on b6 defending.

@Internet_Angel_Yamero 3 ай бұрын

Rosen saved my sleep time this time. this is brilliant move.

@DotaMobaUnionRu 3 ай бұрын

As a Rousseau gambit player myself I was disappointed when black took on d4. Taking e4 is correct and leads to pretty crazy lines.

@willzang3000 3 ай бұрын

2nd game was really good

@goransaraginoski1935 3 ай бұрын

You're getting up to my rating quick Eric! Im at 1520, but I only ever play 15/10 or 30/0, might have to jump back into the 10/0 queue for a chance to play you and be on the channel!

@cautiouse 3 ай бұрын

woah eric your excited enthusiastic intro gave me a little fright haha

@jackzagunis9246 2 ай бұрын

so good! what about doing d4 opening?

@alexandershorse9021 3 ай бұрын

Eric knows all the gambits!

@cyb3rtooth199 3 ай бұрын

My first time being this early. Can't wait for you to reach 1800 so that I learn how to break past it.

@blaz3ofglory570 2 ай бұрын

His memory for opening names is just insane

@barryderoode 3 ай бұрын

Great content as usual. Now pressing F5 for the next episode.

@GaryTheGray 3 ай бұрын

You're uploading new content faster than I can keep up... an embarrassment of riches! 🍕🍵

@Zamiroh 3 ай бұрын

Ty for doing this run. I find I learn more from your games than I do a top gm (not that you are not really good!) I am close to 1700, so trying to understand how a gm is thinking as they play can be difficult!

@Malvegil357 3 ай бұрын

I am caught up to this current one. How often does he do these?

@kingcowgirl 3 ай бұрын

Eric gains more rating in three games than I do in three days HES SO SOLID

@FluxXx7789 3 ай бұрын

@Eric: At 19:14, after white played Qb3, what about Na5, attacking whites Queen and also defending the b7-pawn instead of Qd7? Was the first move that came to mind, I don't see any drawback to it. What do you think? Love your speedrun, your channel in general, I learned a lot watching this series and gained about 200 elo since. Thank you very much! Edit: I just realized that white can play Qb5, forcing my Knight back and then win the b2-pawn, lol. Nevermind

@markmeluskey2278 2 ай бұрын

Imagine playing an abnormal opening in order to get your opponent out of prep, then your opponent is Eric. At least it ends quickly, I guess.

@Zyrexia 3 ай бұрын

I recommend taking the pawn in the rosseau gambit. and when he pushes the pawn, we go with Nd4!!

@gavinmartin1311 3 ай бұрын

When will you post the Saint Louis games?

@scottwible1532 3 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing games at my rating

@syahrizasan2497 3 ай бұрын

Watching this in 4am 😂

@jeffreyepiscopo 3 ай бұрын

Whoops I missed it, congrats on 100 win streak! You’re doing this speed run at the same time as Daniel Narositsky. Do you ever get worried you’ll get matched with him and lose your streak?

@wildman1978101 3 ай бұрын

I play the rousseau a little above this level and almost never see the best move against it. It is my most winning opening.

@oh11nathan 3 ай бұрын

Another classic instance of “oh no my bedtime”

@MrAndrew990 3 ай бұрын

You should re do this series it must have been good for you channel

@user-db4zi8bm8r 3 ай бұрын

hey! im really strugling to find something easy to learn and understand vs d4, could you recommend any?

@joviel6620 3 ай бұрын

Have you checked out King's Indian Defense?

@user-db4zi8bm8r 2 ай бұрын

@@joviel6620 its just so boring

@nicancelin3714 3 ай бұрын

I’ve just crossed from 1400s to 1500s and found it to be a considerable step up in quality and difficulty

@el_burritoslapper 3 ай бұрын

Thumbnail giving some dubious vibes

@JustRob96 3 ай бұрын

Second game was really good! 23:07 - Can't white simply respond to Ne2 with Kh8? Black's queen is attacked while the knight is hanging. Black would still have b-pawn/exchange issues after as well.

@yodydee 3 ай бұрын

26:19, you do have ways to defend.

@sebast9131 3 ай бұрын

Yeaaah eric!!

@courtneykachur9487 3 ай бұрын

You ever hear “i have him thinking i think i might win a pawn” in you head when he comments that opponent is taking time???

@Lukas-ht9xm 3 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, what rating are you actually aiming for? What's the goal? Just curious

@eric-rosen 3 ай бұрын

At least 2200!

@Lukas-ht9xm 3 ай бұрын

@@eric-rosen Nice, thank you. Big fan of the channel btw. I love the calm nature of your videos. It's very peaceful.

@art_azr 3 ай бұрын

In the third game you could trap the queen instead of bishop to d5? Not sure

@Alberto_Ma 3 ай бұрын

Props for pawn_z damn

@paulcortez8048 3 ай бұрын

How do you defend against your cabbage opening?

@rjwhitt8753 3 ай бұрын

hey Eric. I just wanted to say that i prefer the tan/brown board over the blue. that’s all

@ZakEames 3 ай бұрын

9:00 “Not the common move order “; May be at elite level. But it’s the most common move order at us peasant and pagans level 😅

@igorthemeister 3 ай бұрын

Second game is something that i wish i have with whites. Two rooks and queen with opens files, two bishops on open board. Who cares about three pawns, its laser party 😂

@koodauskanava9096 3 ай бұрын

This is nice content. I was thinking that it would be nice to see the eval bar while you are playing. You could edit that in from the game afterwards. Of course you would not see it while playing and would be just for the youtube viewers. Maybe some top engine move hints too. I think it would enrich the content of the video and give viewers more insight while watching you play.

@maxomega3 3 ай бұрын

23:55 engine prefers Ne2+ instead of f5. not sure how you thought Rb8 worked bc you just lose the rook to the dark squared bishop

@Auxius. 3 ай бұрын

I've seen him check his right whenever he's unsure of the opening 0:30. Anyone know what's going on there? Perhaps explaining his 0 draws 0 losses?

@decafcoffee0935 2 ай бұрын

…you’re suggesting an IM is incapable of going +104=0-0 against opponents slightly over half his rating without checking the engine?

@Auxius. 2 ай бұрын

@@decafcoffee0935 My reply got deleted, I genuinely asked how it is he looks off any time he has an opening he's unsure about. Chess's site doesn't report on the opening while playing right? I've seen him do this multiple times.

@AndMoreGame 3 ай бұрын

My running theory on the discrepancy between game 2 and game 3 is that some people like to actually play 10 minutes and some people just want to have a blitz game without running into time trouble.

@mariuszpudzianowski8400 3 ай бұрын

You also have the difference between 1400 who got to that rating with less than 100 games and someone who has couple 1000 - they can be te same rating but they won't play at the same level.

@chad4858 3 ай бұрын

Your thumbnails are scary

@tobias4411 3 ай бұрын

People nowadays seems to play uncommon move order and also play the most rare moves available. Everything they can just to take you out of theory. The rare lines are not often studied 😅

@sebu1301 3 ай бұрын

Taking out of theory at 1400 elo? Doesn't that backfire, I mean the theory lines are the best lines, do the players really know the theory so well at that level? I'm a little lower, 1200+, and I can't say I know the main line theory of any opening. I can see that strategy working for much higher rated players though

@JM_-ix7yh 3 ай бұрын

jeez this thumbnail

@TymexComputing 3 ай бұрын

Hi Jerry! ;D

@uifwastaken 3 ай бұрын

What's the goal of this speedrun or like when will it end?

@colegieseking5136 3 ай бұрын

2:25 how is Ng5 not just crushing?

@jimskea224 3 ай бұрын

The first opponent was okgolfer. Is that Peter Heine Nielsen's account?

@jimmellen3304 3 ай бұрын

One thing I'm really taking from the last two, as you approach my rating, and I think I never have the same sort of tactics as you, your basic setup is much stronger, with pieces supporting other pieces sometimes multiple times. It seems like that really solid structure leads to far more opportunities to use tactical play. That on top of the obvious I just don't see all of them you do. But even in using the analyzer you get more opportunities. But by having pieces supported better those opportunities seem to show up more often.

@danielward7008 3 ай бұрын

He makes it looks easy to slice through what I consider to be strong players. Just shows how many levels there is to chess.

@jimmellen3304 3 ай бұрын

I commented the above after just the first game, had just watched the previous episode today as well. I think the second game kind of proves it. With extending yourself more, you didn't have tactics available in the same way.

@jimmellen3304 3 ай бұрын

@@danielward7008definitely! I was just noticing because I've been focusing a ton on puzzles hoping to get to use more tactics, but I think I also really need to focus on more solid setups.

@danielward7008 3 ай бұрын

@@jimmellen3304 Tactics are still the most important thing to focus on at amateur level IMO. There are ALWAYS tactics in games, and the more you recognise the patterns, the more you are able to put your pieces on squares that allow tactics to happen.

@nicomolina 3 ай бұрын

if you have question leave them below, I won't answer ever

@dilon5596 2 ай бұрын

reminds me of queens gambit

@nwood1311 3 ай бұрын

I struggle against unusual openings especially in blitz.

@nwood1311 3 ай бұрын

You make chess seem so simple.

@InfiniteQuest86 3 ай бұрын

2nd guy, genius or super lucky? I doubt he really weighed all those decisions deliberately. I'm pretty sure he hung the rook but was just so aggressive it luckily worked out.

@thetransferaccount4586 21 күн бұрын

dunce opponents are nice to have

@wesleyyoder4953 3 ай бұрын

At what level do you think your opponents start recognizing that they're playing someone much stronger than them?

@Phr8 3 ай бұрын

This series is based.

@marekcmonster1937 2 ай бұрын

Not me who plays the rousseau in competitve tournaments...

@ruthxk7844 3 ай бұрын

😊😊😊

@Desperoro 3 ай бұрын

Second one played 1000 elo lower and third one 1000 elo higher than they had

@user-iv3gd2lu9i 3 ай бұрын

3)Ac4 non è la partita italiana, la partita italiana si verifica a mossa quattro .... La apertura che si è verificata in partita è il gambetto Greco differito, oggi qualcuno lo chiama gambetto Rousseau, ma questa ultima dicitura è inesatta... Fu analizzato dai grandi giocatori italiani del rinascimento .... È scorretto ma difficile da confutare.... Video comunque interessante.... Denominare la apertura in modo corretto sarebbe stato però meglio...

@Phr8 3 ай бұрын

I notice you say "These sort of positions" in your videos. Can you maybe categorize them when you say that. "These sort of positions, where my opponent is underdeveloped, and I am well developed," or "These sort of positions where my opponent has pawns further forward than me." I'm still a rookie, so understanding what you're seeing would be really helpful.

@jamesduggan7200 3 ай бұрын

The first game, which I believe you called the Rousseau Gambit (?) looked exactly like the kind of thing one would find in an IA Horowitz instruction manual from the 40s or 50s. I think his most successful book advertised that most games are won (or lost) in the first ten moves. Still, there are lessons left in the past that are forgotten and rediscovered. . . . The second game was just burglary, with all the heart-pounding drama of nearly getting caught and knowing it. In an alternate universe, black loses his queen.

@abnormality00 3 ай бұрын

@CrashCourse2024 3 ай бұрын

Im only gonna say this once as a warning: do not play gambits against Eric Rosen. 😂 just not your lucky day if you do.

@groovelinee 3 ай бұрын

While the videos aren’t at all, the Italian is getting boring!

@unknownuser6757 3 ай бұрын

Hdfuhvxfyrt

@sakerberg4512 3 ай бұрын

@zwischendurundmoll3968 3 ай бұрын

There are 42069 kilojoules in a negawatt

@JohnClem56 3 ай бұрын

Really.... I think it's -42069 kilojoules in a negawatt... 😛

@andrewdavies7720 3 ай бұрын

I think it's minus 42069 because u spelled it nega-watt

@andrewdavies7720 3 ай бұрын

Great minds think alike. I'm not a c9nment theif

@MimicYT 3 ай бұрын

First.

@billyjames9861 3 ай бұрын

If your 1400 on that site, your actual ELO is going to be near to 2000 cos of all the cheaters - Especially considering you know your openings. If you play on L I C H chess you'll find out.

@Joemamahahahaha821 3 ай бұрын

He’s an IM lol

@billyjames9861 3 ай бұрын

@@Joemamahahahaha821 O right, didn't know - So he's doing a chess school ?

@danielward7008 3 ай бұрын

That's not true as strong players rarely play rapid online. 1400 in rapid is around 12-1300 level.