How to Beat Amateurs at Chess: 15 Highly Instructive Rapid Games

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In this video, I play a bunch of entertaining and instructive rapid chess games in the lichess.org Rapid Shield Arena while explaining my thoughts and strategies. This was originally live-streamed on Twitch on December, 8th 2022. Timestamps below!
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0:00 oh no my opponent
0:30 Petrov Defense gets CRAZY
9:43 Crushing the French or Alekhine Defense???
14:50 Highly Strategic Nimzo Indian Defense
29:45 Caro Kann CRUSHED
39:00 Facing the Rossolimo
55:30 AGGRESSIVE Scandinavian Defense
1:11:40 OH NO MY OPPONENT AGAIN
1:12:05 Budapest Gambit 11-Move Miniature
1:15:36 Playing Like Magnus Carlsen?! (Tricky English vs Slav)
1:26:10 Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit leads to funny tactic
1:36:25 Facing the Alapin Sicilian
1:55:00 Boden Kieseritzky Gambit
2:14:00 Ponziani Opening leads to near SMOTHERED MATE
2:19:05 CRUSHING a TROLL Opening
2:22:30 ahhhh
2:23:00 SUPER AGGRESSIVE FINALE (vs Caro Kann)
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@billsmith8397 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for existing, Eric ❤

@scottishrob7119 Жыл бұрын

Get on ur knees

@volodyadykun6490 Жыл бұрын

He created us all

@lolcoiby Жыл бұрын

@BlazeSLK Жыл бұрын

Existing is the strongest move in this position

@Dr._Bo Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽

@Overhemd Жыл бұрын

2.5 hours of Eric? My day just got a whole lot better

@XstonedmonkeyzX Жыл бұрын

what about AFTER the video ends?

@jadexsolaris6916 2 ай бұрын

@@XstonedmonkeyzXreplay it!!

@brett6468 Жыл бұрын

Ah! This should be good. Eric is a first rate Chess instructor.

@josecarranza4207 6 ай бұрын

the memory he has is just amazing, how he remembers what he played vs. X, what he was playing for oppening at different times in his life, honestly I cant remember what I played 3 games ago.

@syafon Жыл бұрын

Two Rosen trophies in one move should be an own Rosen trophy! You brought me back to chess, and even better Duck Chess! You are a huge inspiration for so many people around me! I live in Austria, so that tells you a bit about your influence around the globe. Thanks for existing! :)

@grantgreenberg2457 Жыл бұрын

Two Rosen trophies in one move is a paradox because then you would have three trophies in one move :)

@melle7505 Жыл бұрын

@@grantgreenberg2457getting 3 Rosen trophies should be an own Rosen trophy!

@thelucidmind2876 Жыл бұрын

@@melle7505 Three Rosen trophies in one move is a paradox because then you would have four trophies in one move :)

@pieTone Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people he influenced here in Romania

@DDHDTV Жыл бұрын

Didn't expect to see a fellow Austrian here!

@SinjonM Жыл бұрын

My favorite moment was when you played the ponziani opening! I'm only rated 1000 in blitz and 1200 in rapid, but I've been watching your videos for over 2 years. For the last few months, that's consistently been my opening, and I never knew that was the name of it. I'm glad I finally know now! I love your videos Eric, you're so wholesome!Keep up the great work! I'll be there watching always!

@12newangels Жыл бұрын

Nice, Good luck 👍

@newsbuster292 Жыл бұрын

I am watching a lot of your content to learn how you approach these games. Or simply put, learning how to think like you. I played a talent last week, a 15-year old who only started playing chess 10 months ago but who already is better than most players at my chess club. He put me under a lot of pressure early on, but after I forced him to exchange queens I was able to change the dynamic and ultimately beat him. Very proud of that. When we analyzed the game together I noticed he approached it very different than me, and he memorized all his moves, and mine, while I was struggling to keep up looking at my notes to see what I played. 😂I am sure he will be well above 2000 rated in a couple years.

@jasonTL Жыл бұрын

"Oh No My Opponent" had me rolling. So simple and so witty. Most importantly, a fun jab without being disrespectful.

@andrewmays3988 Жыл бұрын

Eric Rosen, you are a gentle scholar and kind gentleman. Thank you sir for your patient tutorials!!😇

@hansgruber9093 Жыл бұрын

This was super instructive Eric, thanks! Really great to hear your full thought process over a longer time frame, blitz sometimes can be a bit of a muddle for lower rated players like myself. Please do more in future!

@jarrodanderson2124 Жыл бұрын

I love the heart monitor idea Eric because I'm trying so hard to calm myself while playing. This game wipes me out!

@shlomo8448 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric! I'm learning so much from these longer game videos.

@chuckdecker3765 Жыл бұрын

MORE like this on KZfaq please! 10min, instructional, slow where I can follow along with your logic is great!!!

@kurosakiichigo7475 Жыл бұрын

Wow eric, this is one of your best videos thank you so much for uploading some instructive chess. I learned a lot from this video

@blueguitarist Жыл бұрын

Long time format videos are maximum comfy, sounds like a great upload

@XIIchiron78 Жыл бұрын

>be ~1500 >"How to beat amateurs at chess" >Perfect, I never know how to punish weird moves >The amateurs are 1700 >Cry Edit: in all seriousness this was actually a good video, it points out some of the stuff I also do that can exploited

@gyrgrls Жыл бұрын

LOL! "Now I can start munching. This knight is hungry". 🤣

@sprcow Жыл бұрын

Sad that opponent didn't know any of the Petrov theory against Bc5. I play 3.d4 against the Petrov and was hoping to see how Eric fights the main line!

@Teunslang1999 Жыл бұрын

very relaxing content, love this stuff

@davidgodfrey880 Жыл бұрын

Eric - thanks for the content. Liked the Ponzioni game. Enjoyed this type of video.

@bartvansliedregt5482 Жыл бұрын

Always love the videos Eric. Thanks for being your great self

@davidrose7938 Жыл бұрын

Watched all 2 1/2 hours, opened my eyes to see more of what’s going on. Thank you!

@owenchessmood6761 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this instructive video!

@AdamBittner Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable, thanks Eric!

@mikebaker2436 Жыл бұрын

Me: Eating lunch and watching Eric. Co-worker walks in. Co-worker: "Is that Bob Ross?"

@mikebaker2436 Жыл бұрын

What milestone is needed to get an actual Bob Ross parody vid out of Eric? 🤔🤣🙃

@seanhunter111 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for everything you do. This is yet another great vid. The game white vs Caro Kann is missing a chapter marking at around 29m45s (between nimzo and rossolimo)

@stvsmultiplepassports6633 6 күн бұрын

Learning how to check mate in new ways from you Eric thanks so much.

@KessaWitdaFro Жыл бұрын

Replaying 14:02 on loop just to feel something 🥲

@200elochess Жыл бұрын

Thanks to you I can't stop listening to it🙂

@ChessWithDach Жыл бұрын

Your videos are inspirations to me 💯. Thanks for making chess contents

@jonnozomboid2649 Жыл бұрын

Great instructional videos. Gutted you didn't get your smothered mate after the disco. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from East of England.

@davidconnolly3340 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video Eric

@solidcents2761 Жыл бұрын

ERICCCC!!!! Thanks for the long vid!!

@grahamsmith5780 Жыл бұрын

I watched to the end. Interesting commentary thanks.

@VeritasAlienari 6 ай бұрын

Great content, good sir. Very instructive.

@anond2015 Жыл бұрын

You're pretty good at this chess thing. I know it's impossible to technically "master," but I bet you could compete "internationally."

@EpiDot52 Жыл бұрын

That Boden game near the end was exceptional. So interesting too. That could've got its own video.

@Quentin687 Жыл бұрын

I love building model airplanes

@seanlindholm7094 Жыл бұрын

Facts.

@KironKabir Жыл бұрын

Get your Airfix on

@chullupa Жыл бұрын

Everyone has a hobby everyone has skeletons in the closet

@Yea___ Жыл бұрын

@@chullupa oh no

@gyrgrls Жыл бұрын

@@chullupa ouch

@thehybridrider976 5 ай бұрын

the second last game was my favourite. You went beast mode on that guy and destroyed him quickly

@EpiDot52 Жыл бұрын

I love this type of content.

@brooklynkayak Жыл бұрын

These rapid tournaments always make for great instruction. I always get something out of them.

@csugabo85 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq live would be way more convenient for me for sure, definitely vote for you to go through with youtube streaming

@mattlambert3118 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you just made me hang my queen when you were talking about falling back down, getting up again, and thinking it was a song because I got all distracted and excited thinking you were referencing Rancid's "Fall Back Down". Super big letdown when it turned out you were talking about Chumbawamba. It's not like Tubthumping is a bad song, but it made me really happily surprised for those few seconds I thought you listened to Rancid even if it was a song from one of their poppiest albums. People I meet now are always surprised when they find out that deep down in my core I'm still the grimy punk rocker I was in my late teens and early 20s. I could see that being the case with you, too.

@nickmoore5105 Жыл бұрын

This is a lovely video to fall asleep to

@jefftaylor1186 5 ай бұрын

One of the main rules I learned really early on and I still follow to this day is “if you can attack a knight with a middle pawn in the first 10 moves, you should just do it“.

@lukeevans8119 Жыл бұрын

Already watched this VOD on twitch but I'll watch it here again happily ...can never have too much Eric "wholesome" Rosen in my life

@bergmoench Жыл бұрын

0:18 Oh no my opponent. =D Thats all I need!

@bargrimironshield2397 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@dalevigil Жыл бұрын

Love the stafford and boden k gambits

@DavidfromMichigan Жыл бұрын

Eric! Love this guy! Beast mode 20foe!

@dylanbarriero3383 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@stanleymyrick4068 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@bikedoc59 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@kevinmckay1389 3 ай бұрын

Eric: thats definitely a trap you fall for once and learn your lesson. Me: that’s where your wrong

@neo85ish Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you

@Doomted90 Жыл бұрын

1:14:15 had a game end just like this one recently. I even premoved the knight so they should have known something was up... still left the queen hanging and promptly resigns when I take it

@anthonypassarelli5534 Жыл бұрын

Most of your "oh no" moments I took seriously

@disinformationworld9378 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant games

@lanceareadbhar Жыл бұрын

I loved the game at 14:50 as those are the games I almost always lose because I don't know what to do when both sides have a knight, two rooks, and most, in this case all, of the pawns on the board.

@Joe-zu7lx Жыл бұрын

Love rapid!

@veri745 Жыл бұрын

1:02:40 knight can get to g6 via b8->d7->f6->h4

@nepal5043 Жыл бұрын

So soothing

@herrwolle316 Жыл бұрын

I am a big Fan of 10 min games. Please more.

@carlbonell Жыл бұрын

I found the game beginning @39:08 to be one of the most instructive I've seen, and I think that I watched it just at the right time... For, as a total beginner at chess, (2 months), I have, thus far, been playing puzzles and watching a few random longer games per day, and, when I watch a video, normally, I watch it very passively, and go into a daze where I'm just seeing the whole position and not trying to think about any moves. But today, after watching the game at @39:08, I can say that something came on like a lightbulb Eureka moment, and I saw so much beauty in the game, plus Eric's commentary started to make more sense. Really an inspiring game for me! Ps, It's astounding to me how difficult super GM games are to follow. Except when the positions are simplified but even then, I find their games hurt my head!! Mikhail Tal is a very interesting player! Sorry I had a lot to say but ultimately, thank you Eric for the lessons in this video

@nicserbo2689 Жыл бұрын

happy holidays

@borhenlakhoua2625 Жыл бұрын

Hello Eric, I don't see you play the Bishop opening much, do you know why? And how to analyse a game on Lechess on your profile or else ? is there a video to explain that ? please, thank you.

@michaelmassaro4375 Жыл бұрын

Good game pawn checkmate with the Rook third game I believe was kind of a pacif game as you say not too much doubt about the outcome at any point

@mikebaker2436 Жыл бұрын

Here is where I am at: 1. I am exclusive KZfaq. I don't use Twitch. I tried it... I don't like it. 2. I watch all KZfaq on demand on my schedule. I never watch premieres or streams while they are live. I rarely watch VOD rebroadcasts in total. I have a life. When I do watch 3+ hour unedited vod content, it is in pieces over several days or a week. I don't know what percentage of the KZfaq audience is like me (maybe I'm weird, or the majority, who knows...) I am largely indifferent to Twitch streamers moving to KZfaq with their actual streams. It won't really change what I'm doing.

@waetla1002 Жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat

@mikebaker2436 Жыл бұрын

@@waetla1002 I feel like large parts of the two audiences (KZfaq and Twitch) are seeking very different experiences. I could be wrong.

@krestwoodb 6 ай бұрын

I used to live in st louis. Thats cool.

@krullzor 5 сағат бұрын

Im playing this for my gf so she falls asleep. Thank you Eric Rosen

@Krell54 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous Pontianak.

@michaelmassaro4375 Жыл бұрын

Fun to watch I think your opponents are over anxious they’re making a lot of mistakes and bad moves they must be nervous feeling the pressure against you on you tube I like your casual style enjoyable like the game of Chess itself

@michaelmassaro4375 Жыл бұрын

I thought his opponent could have made better moves for sure in the game he got checkmated with queen and knight

@rhoddryice5412 Жыл бұрын

I would definitely have played the first game as well as Eric.

@TheMosayat 7 ай бұрын

Disco pork was a ridiculously awesome idea

@MSMNBC Жыл бұрын

@ 30:37 as soon as black moved the knight, I would have shoved my horse onto G6; because at my level (1200), I can see a lot of people snatching my knight just to be mated by my queen.

@josepherhardt164 Жыл бұрын

How to beat amateurs at chess: Bring along a cudgel. :)

@user-sw2pg1xv4l Жыл бұрын

MORE LIKE THIS

@lukecamp4902 Жыл бұрын

My fav moment was your opening joke

@trial8358 Жыл бұрын

Live stream on KZfaq is a great idea

@stvia Жыл бұрын

58:07 didn't white have knight takes e5 or am I missing something (after bxe2, Qxe2, Qxe5, Qxe5, Nxe5 there is Re1)

@gundarsmiks4889 Жыл бұрын

Rosen is gonna become a GM. Easy peasy.

@simonnguyen692 8 ай бұрын

the mate pattern you used in the nimzo could’ve happened by sacrificing the b pawn when white was moving around one rook

@pauldearhouse8309 Жыл бұрын

1:20:27 oh no my castling rights 😆 ...where will this madness end? Oh no my queenside majority oh no my time advantage

@lukeelkins6870 Жыл бұрын

Ahh just in time to watch while I go to sleep

@chullupa Жыл бұрын

Watch Eric Rosen at night and Gotham during the day

@haptictv Жыл бұрын

@@chullupa NEW CRAZY STRATEGY BREAKS CHESS IN ONE MOVE CHESS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME- Gotham's title for the first game.

@rawkurface Жыл бұрын

@@haptictv With a picture of Hikaru Moke Carlsen in the thumbnail.

@kaidannies 9 ай бұрын

@Eric Rosen 1:04:56 ... do you have an "oh no my queen" moment with 14. .. exd3 15. bxc5 dxe2 into a fork where he either gives the queen back or loses the rook back there?

@Siderite Жыл бұрын

How about an opening pawn scale? Like a chess arpeggio or something. You play a4 first game, when b4, then c4 and so on until h4. Of course, when you get White.

@rileymiller6002 Жыл бұрын

At 30:55, did Eric have checkmate in 2 if knight to g6, pawn takes queen g6 checkmate. And if pawn doesn’t take them wins a rook? Or am I missing something?

@TheKawww Жыл бұрын

Eric the goat 🐐 also quack

@GirlGeekLovesStampin Жыл бұрын

In that last game with Larshusum why didn’t you consider fxe5?

@hampusskold6595 Жыл бұрын

This is a POGGERS video! I love watching you! Go big dad rosen!

@cognitiveclipss Жыл бұрын

52:19 better move for black instead of Qf5 was Qg4 (mate in 8) eric missed this

@nand8705 Жыл бұрын

Sixteen

@eric-rosen Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately one of the games wasn’t so highly instructive

@AnubhabLeo Жыл бұрын

@@eric-rosen but we still enjoyed it 💖

@jettaeschroff6924 Жыл бұрын

@@eric-rosen it's okay, i enjoy all the content anyways

@Praximacent Жыл бұрын

@@eric-rosen It was instructing me to play e4 and win in one move.

@nand8705 Жыл бұрын

@@eric-rosen wait i didnt even mean to make a meaningful comment i just commented "sixteen" the moment the video came out because i have a habit of posting useless random useless comments on videos, i literally hadnt even seen the first 5 minutes of the video at the point of me posting this

@veri745 Жыл бұрын

44:56 Bg5 looks good to me. Any reason that doesn't work to deflect the rook?

@roberttheis3832 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 😅 Haven‘t checked it with an engine, but I‘m pretty sure it wins material by force

@antimatter2417 11 ай бұрын

Thought the same, and it's the engine's best move

@joe2mercs Жыл бұрын

I always like starting chess games because even against the best players you can keep up with them for at least three moves, unless it’s E4, oh no! LOL

@inf0phreak Жыл бұрын

It's curious how 17... Bg5! wasn't on Eric's radar at all in the Rossolimo game (45:00 ish). Kick the rook away from e3, then take f3 and White should be toast since he's a pawn down and his king is super weak.

@rohitranjan2767 Жыл бұрын

At 30:45 , how about the crazy move knight E6?

@PushyPawn Жыл бұрын

You are winner, ha ha ha.

@somnathchakrabarty3462 6 ай бұрын

43:43 was n't there N×e5...If bishop takes queen then N×c6 attacking queen and also double attack on the bishop on Be7...I know u wud get 2 pieces for queen but the attack looks promising.