I Can't Stop Playing Duck Chess

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Quack in the comments if you want to see more duck chess.
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@morganrose7022 Жыл бұрын

The seriousness with which he says things like “the knight is defended by the duck” or “I forgot about duck f6” will never stop being funny.

@G_0_0_Zroot Жыл бұрын

His duck video has more views than UFC champions and WhiteHouse channel, in my feed. 😂

@noone-ld7pt Жыл бұрын

100% agreed, I actually laughed out loud multiple times during this ridiculousness!

@TymexComputing Жыл бұрын

And the smothered threat of duck h2... 8-D

@HolbrookStark Жыл бұрын

I love that nobody on the battlefield is willing to attack a duck, or even startle it by trying to walk past

@TymexComputing Жыл бұрын

@@HolbrookStark the duck should be able only to move diagonally, horizontally or like a horsey - duckey - that would make it the most flexible piece and still shared an invincible :) i also wanted to capture it anytime :)

@legoupil1819 Жыл бұрын

We need 960 duck chess. The duck likes chaos. We must feed the duck what it needs

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

Omg. Yes

@potatoonastick2239 Жыл бұрын

this

@hoola_amigos Жыл бұрын

Exactly this

@lucasmatsuoca Жыл бұрын

and maybe also more ducks , one duck alone is too sad

@sleazeberg Жыл бұрын

960 fog of war duck chess

@XYZ-zn6qz Жыл бұрын

Eric out here pioneering Duck chess theory

@lucasmatsuoca Жыл бұрын

"1.e4 Duck e6 : Best By Quack "

@BorisGamingChannel Жыл бұрын

g3 duck g2 is also good Eric should try it

@lucasmatsuoca Жыл бұрын

@@BorisGamingChannel i feel like fianchetto is a waste of time since the bishop is heavily nerfed

@auxiliaryboxes Жыл бұрын

@@lucasmatsuoca Yeah knights are way better in this mode especially on defense, since the duck can't undermine their control of squares. Rooks are actually super nerfed too because they typically utilize long line-of-sight to coordinate with other pieces. Interception duck tactics seem ultra frequent.

@vezquex Жыл бұрын

Kinda just winging it.

@vizualedit0r481 Жыл бұрын

_"Distant defenses are not that effective, when there is a duck that can block it."_ ~Eric Rosen, 10/4/22 *11:33*

@cineblazer Жыл бұрын

this was my favorite line from Pawn Sacrifice

@hunter-tm2kl Жыл бұрын

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

@jambas9970 Жыл бұрын

Next Agadmator quote I hope

@-dash Жыл бұрын

I like the "~". It's as if the quote was _probably_ said by Eric Rosen at _around_ 10/4/22, but some historians may disagree.

@chrisosborne4731 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if duck chess would be more balanced if the duck became available only on black's first move. So white gets the first move but black gets first duck.

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

This is an exciting idea

@Calabresa022 Жыл бұрын

Makes super sense, if we assume white has the advantage of the first move, black can then start blocking white's best moves and maybe force an opening.

@connorObye Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was thinking. We know white has an insignificant advantage in normal chess since they have the first turn but I think their advantage in duck desk is more significant since they can do their regular opening with no restriction and completely deny black from doing their regular opening. My idea was that black starts the game by moving the duck and then white can start as normal but your idea could work too. I prefer my idea though as giving black the first full turn can flip the game in their favor whereas allowing black to position the duck at the start means that both sides are restricted by the duck equally.

@Nyao35 Жыл бұрын

Yes or maybe black can place the duck before the game starts

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

@@connorObye Having it start with a half-turn/a duck-only turn for black makes sense. I think I like OP's version slightly better though because then each side gets precisely one unhampered move before the duck starts blocking things, which I feel like would enhance development effectiveness for the game & make things a little more interesting early on in terms of both available moves & available creative duck spots. Plus narratively I just kinda like the duck starting at some point after regular moves begin instead of being there up front, because then it's like a normal chess game began & then some omnipotent duck just wandered onto the battlefield & everyone suddenly found themselves simply accommodating it ... like that one story of whichever president's cat lying sprawled in the middle of a hallway & a bunch of diplomats & leaders there for dinner found themselves politely inclining heads to the cat & stepping to either side of it haha. Lol something about the duck arriving after a normal chess move feels poetically perfect that way

@henrik3141 Жыл бұрын

The only thing missing in this mode is a short "quack" sound when placing the duck

@colegieseking5136 Жыл бұрын

Please don’t stop playing duck chess.

@Idk-bw3ib 11 ай бұрын

I don’t like it

@Cheetahhh Жыл бұрын

I can't even articulate how happy I am you're playing more of this game

@Climbby Жыл бұрын

go play the bridge

@Climbby Жыл бұрын

@null3007 Жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@null3007 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if I versed Cheetah unknowingly in duck chess.

@jettaeschroff6924 Жыл бұрын

cheetahh you're a monster for adding cereal to your milk

@johnpavlidis2689 Жыл бұрын

It's like this variant was made for Eric, he feels so happy and complete

@xnikoo Жыл бұрын

The chess duck variant would be hilarious over the board. Imagine moving your piece and then a rubber duck

@cineblazer Жыл бұрын

This has got to be my favorite chess variant. it's so simple, yet it completely alters the game while still being fair. such an interesting mutation on normal chess.

@luukas2660 Жыл бұрын

I do feel like white has an even bigger advantage than normally because getting to move the duck first is very strong.

@danielyuan9862 Жыл бұрын

@@luukas2660 Maybe black should be able to place the duck before white makes their first move.

@tetraedri_1834 Жыл бұрын

@@danielyuan9862 Or after blacks first move

@Sinzari Жыл бұрын

@@danielyuan9862 That wouldn't change much, since white can still play almost any opening since there is nothing to respond to before white moves. White should just be unable to place the duck on their first move so black can respond with their first move to white's opening before white can block

@Scientist93 Жыл бұрын

@@Sinzari That may be so, but not all openings are created equal. While I do agree that 1. e4 and 2. d4 openings tend to devolve into similar blockfests by the virtue of de6/dd6 and ...dd3/...de3, in my (admittedly very modest) experience with duck chess, the side that can successfully develop at least one of its Bishops 3+ squares from its starting position is going to end up with a sizeable advantage. Therefore, I don't see putting the duck on the board from White's 2nd move onwards as a good idea balance-wise. Now, if we're talking about doing it from the *3rd* move onwards, that might lead to more diverse openings and more open games in general, as both sides would have equal chances to develop at least one Bishop to an important non-long diagonal. Or maybe it would be best if *Black* would put the duck on the board initially, either on the 1st move or on the 2nd? That way, the advantage of White having the first-move advantage would be offset by having one possibility taken away.

@discoeur Жыл бұрын

there needs to be a duck chess championshipp id love to see super serious players like magnus take the duck seriously

@eaglegosuperskarmor Жыл бұрын

It needs to be otb too with a bright yellow duck.

@sleazeberg Жыл бұрын

And Ernie from sesame street singing the rubbie duckie song

@PaulHobbs23 Жыл бұрын

It should have 960 shuffling too imo

@ABearOnYouTube Жыл бұрын

Eric will become the Duck Chess World Champion

@brett6468 Жыл бұрын

I find Duck Chess very instructive. 1. You still get to see Eric develop his pieces at a high level. 2. You also get to see Eric block the opponent's best moves.

@alieninsectbass Жыл бұрын

"Duck duck oh no my goose"

@Sprtschk Жыл бұрын

"oh I blundered a piece!" "OK, I'm treating it like a gambit" Words to live by

@davidanoble Жыл бұрын

"The ducks were pretty impressed with the Stafford Gambit." love it

@AwkwardTurtle311 Жыл бұрын

*here from the future year 2045* Eric Rosen doesn’t know it yet but he is our Paul morphy. This truly is the beginning of duck chess literature, beautiful.

@PhyFlame Жыл бұрын

This game mode really is made for you. Just lovely seeing you play it. Also quack. _"Oh yes my duck!"_ [15:42] I truly love it^^

@Kirisame312 Жыл бұрын

18:50 "you always have to keep in mind... the deviousness of the duck"

@howlingwolf317 Жыл бұрын

Duck Chess is far and away the best variant available right now.

@truecuckoo Жыл бұрын

The knights gotta have more value in duck chess.

@christopherw1248 Жыл бұрын

Yep, its very strong, the only range for a piece to be effective is only 2 squares away usually, whereas 1-range square pieces like pawn and knight are always very effective.

@trygveplaustrum4634 Жыл бұрын

"My queen, why haven't you captured the enemy king yet?" "I would, my liege, *but there's a duck in the way!"*

@hydra66 Жыл бұрын

I love this variant. Doesn't feel gimicky and the duck adds its own set of tactics/ counterplays Definitely has me watching Eric's videos again

@madbananaman13 Жыл бұрын

I'd been hoping you'd put out some more duck chess content and this is the jackpot :)

@PissFingers69 Жыл бұрын

Quackpot

@randomperson01 Жыл бұрын

This game mode is so addicting, it feels like a small simple change, but the way you think about chess really expands

@SNEEDANDBREED Жыл бұрын

*addictive

@yankeery12 Жыл бұрын

@@SNEEDANDBREED *"People with addictive personalities love duck chess. This game mode is very addicting."

@SNEEDANDBREED Жыл бұрын

@@yankeery12 No. That's not even close to correct.

@yankeery12 Жыл бұрын

@@SNEEDANDBREED The dictionary is your friend

@SNEEDANDBREED Жыл бұрын

@@yankeery12 addicting has never been a word, and dont come at me about the dictionary bro, they'll change anything for complete mentally handicapped degenerates.

@amcub Жыл бұрын

This actually gives me an idea for a tournament. Idea is based on the poker game HORSE, where the game changes as play goes on. Tournament features 5 or so variants, 3 are played each round. Each player picks a variant to remove for their games thst round, no removing the same variant 2 rounds in a row

@Modie Жыл бұрын

I am new to duck chess, but I feel like you can make more advantage if you use the duck to prepare an attack. For example, at 9:58 you could technically move the queen to a square that is covered by the bishop but then use the duck to block the bishop. So the opponent has to move the bishop in the next move, because the duck will move as well. I feel this changes a bit the way the pieces function. Covering certain squares might not be as valuable anymore, because you can just use the duck to block this covering to then unleash your attack, which makes the queen the most important piece since she can attack anywhere AND she doesn't have to be as careful to be captured when lining up the attack because the duck covers for her.

@Oldlard Жыл бұрын

How long before books on Duck Chess theory.

@Rubrickety Жыл бұрын

Man, Eric is totally addicted to Duck Chess. To be honest, he's the last KZfaqr I expected to develop a quack habit.

@dummybugstudios6450 8 ай бұрын

seriously underrated comment

@charlieascroggins Жыл бұрын

I'm not even positive how else to share this with you, Eric- I'm a simple man who watches KZfaq only, but here we go. I had an idea about a fun twist on chess that I haven't seen before and I'd love to experience it and more to watch you play and add your sensational commentary to. If it exists already, I'm obviously not aware and would love to see what I call either Zombie Chess or Double Tap Chess. It's a standard setup with the only caveat being that the pawns and/or pieces have to be taken twice (other than the king, of course). Once something is taken, it's on its second life and will reappear after the piece that captured it moves to a new square. In the event of multiple captures on the same square, the piece captured first would reappear after the second captured piece is moved. That's all I have and hopefully this gets noticed. Either way, thanks for all the entertainment through the years (so far) and I love the awesome ONMQ shirt my wife got me!

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

Yay, looks like he saw your comment! :) I hope he gets to playtest your idea, I think it sounds awesome! (PSA just in case: be sure not to edit your OP now or it'll remove the heart)

@charlieascroggins Жыл бұрын

@@ItsAsparageese Thanks for the feedback and info! I'd absolutely love it if he had a chance to as well, of course. I was since told that Zombie Chess is a different iteration of chess and is taken as a name, but Double Tap Chess seems not to have been used. I just hope to see it in action!

@Tonjevic Жыл бұрын

34:10 I feel it is relevant to mention that lowering the volume of one track (i.e. the background duck video) so it doesn't drown out another (i.e. Eric talking) is actually called ducking in audio engineering.

@null3007 Жыл бұрын

My duck chess addiction needed this video.

@grzesiek7358 Жыл бұрын

OH NO, my real chess study... OH YES, my daily dose of duck chess!

@JB-my4pp Жыл бұрын

Duck Chess World Championship 2023: Eric "oh no my duck" Rosen against Magnus "Quacknus" Carlsen

@d_andrews Жыл бұрын

Eric's latest merch: Oh yes my 🦆

@Rubrickety Жыл бұрын

Theoretically, Bird’s Opening should be optimal.

@danielyuan9862 Жыл бұрын

One hour of Eric Rosen playing Duck Chess. Now _this_ is the content I didn't know I needed.

@gedankenspiele4773 Жыл бұрын

Can the duck promote to a goose?

@andrewfauble Жыл бұрын

*New* duck-chess rule idea: black gets to place the duck before move 1

@AlexK-jp9nc Жыл бұрын

I really like duck chess and I want to see the game database for this. I want duck chess theory. I think this interests me as a game more than normal chess does

@AlexK-jp9nc Жыл бұрын

I imagine that making an engine for this would be really hard, as there's now an extra (number of moves)^(empty squares) possibilities to consider

@Workhorse1011 Жыл бұрын

Having the worst week. This video was a awesome break from it. Thank you.

@jayyy5270 Жыл бұрын

"I put the duck on h1 to force my opponent to have to move their mouse further." Brutal

@joshuagollaher9614 Жыл бұрын

Eric pioneering the Fried Duck Attack

@ThePapaja1996 Жыл бұрын

That don't exist yet but Dubbel Duck formation exist

@DrXtoph Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one tickled by hearing "Ducky too" when Eric says "🐥E2"?!😂

@lg3rm553 Жыл бұрын

if a move is played but the duck hasnt been moved yet, the move can actually be taken back by clicking the arrow next to the yellow duck sign on the bottom

@anujku Жыл бұрын

"We have to always keep in mind, the deviousness of the duck" - Eric 2022

@Eric-yc7po Жыл бұрын

After watching this and playing chess it confused me greatly because I was constantly thinking about duck tactics

@elliottturner9029 Жыл бұрын

Ambient duck noises just made this 10x better and it already was good. Background sound is a straight up plus for these streams, and no one else does it!

@e4jasperi Жыл бұрын

“The knight is defended by the duck” 😂

@kahwigulum Жыл бұрын

plays duck chess "just winging it"

@Maerowitz Жыл бұрын

Yes we enjoy this! Thanks for posting a bunch of these games with your commentary!

@elleszabo8655 Жыл бұрын

at 25:54, could you sac the rook on A3, Qa3+, then bring your other rook into the game? you could even do duck A4 to trap the king!

@lyqst Жыл бұрын

I had just finished watching the first duck chess video, and when it ended I wished there were more. Lo and behold, this video shows up in my home page. Today is a good day.

@oliomphalos3657 Жыл бұрын

This is more addictive than normal chess and I don't know why. I think I'm thoroughly ducked.

@Gabriel64468 Жыл бұрын

52:45 9...f60f7!! seems like a really strong defensive move here - making a new square for the duck so you can keep it on the King-Queen diagonal.

@KF1 Жыл бұрын

"This opening... I'm kind of just winging it" Never change, Eric. Unless you want to. Like changing your shoes for duck slippers. That's a good change. Unless you don't want to.

@JimmyBoosterCrate Жыл бұрын

Eric still beats everyone in a variant where basically no theory is known and everyone including himself is discovering it. His normal chess knowledge probably still does help but I think it shows how clever and quick-witted he just naturally is compared to most people

@MiningPie_ Жыл бұрын

the game really does change by a huge amount with the duck in play, especially at 41:21 whenever the duck being on the board means that you dont have to take en passant

@ts4gv Жыл бұрын

4:02 your reasoning here has immediately sparked my interest in this variant.

@connorObye Жыл бұрын

Black should get to position the duck at the start of the game so that white doesn't get a free unrestricted turn at the start.

@dadoleyna Жыл бұрын

We don't have a duck at the school where I teach, but an oversized, red, ceramic pawn does a nice job as an understudy. Kids that felt less skilled and less interested in standard chess have taken a liking to starting a new game on a level playing field with the kids of greater traditional chess skill and experience. Call it differentiated instruction.

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

This is really cool to hear! I think that may be a big part of why it's taking off so much among fans, too. It's super encouraging to watch a highly regarded champion of this game fumble through a new variant and learn theory for us all as he goes, haha. It does indeed feel like a more even playing field than chess usually is.

@TymexComputing Жыл бұрын

the duck should be able only to move diagonally, horizontally or like a horsey - duckey - that would make it the most flexible piece and still shared an invincible :)

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

A (normal) piece that does that is called an Amazon, I believe. The idea of a pacifist Amazon/an Amazonian duck is definitely intriguing hahaha

@codyjackh8051 Жыл бұрын

The counterproDUCKtive joke got me. Funniest thing I've seen this year

@lambchu6459 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see more if this. So interesting

@james-rl4wz Жыл бұрын

this is ur most entertaining series Eric keep it up!

@matttondr9282 Жыл бұрын

Duck chess has one major deficiency. It doesn't allow Eric to say: "Oh no, my duck!".

@ironwoodironwood4895 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a marathon 12 hour duck chess session. Quack.

@uwedegenhardt Жыл бұрын

Eric is such a smartie!😄

@JamesSully Жыл бұрын

I can't stop watching you play duck chess. A match made in heaven.

@defunctbooks Жыл бұрын

2:11 "I'm kind of just 'winging' it."

@popebender1351 Жыл бұрын

We need blindfold duck chess

@cineblazer Жыл бұрын

Next up: Duck chess against an actual duck. Will Eric be successful in becoming king of the ducks?

@gamestory2834 Жыл бұрын

Duck Chess Boxing: Man vs the Duck.

@big_darkside2716 Жыл бұрын

It's always so fun to watch duck chess :)

@johnchessant3012 Жыл бұрын

10:17 "it was one of the few games he played in St. Louis"

@rebeccajoyner3858 Жыл бұрын

I’m getting hooked on it too Eric! It’s so much fun! Also, I’m loving atomic too!

@LarryBordo Жыл бұрын

"There's no engine for this game" I was talking with the guy who maintains "Fairy Stockfish" which is a variant chess engine. He says that the reason duck chess and other multi move variants aren't implemented is because the alternation of moves is an assumption baked into the code of the chess engine itself. That's part of the pruning, for instance, to reduce branches of possibilities

@jensino Жыл бұрын

Duck Chess adds so many new layers to the cake. It is simply amazing. 🙂

@kaipierce3463 Жыл бұрын

"you always have to keep in mind the deviousness of the duck" are words that I will never forget.

@Purin1023 Жыл бұрын

I tried a couple games myself and, man this variant gets frustrating really quickly sometimes. Constantly getting the same moves blocked turn after turn. I guess setting up multiple good options is part of the learning curve though.

@nuagor Жыл бұрын

Quackers! Fun variant. Thanks for sharing, Eric!

@GloriousCoconut Жыл бұрын

Omg an hour of duck content this is amazing

@Feedroid Жыл бұрын

Eric: "I forgot duck f6 was possible." Legendary

@BaconBuddyMC Жыл бұрын

I've been loving duck chess and the interesting ways duckzwang can be used

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment. Duckzwang accurately evokes how this variant seems to be extra good for setting traps & just generally forcing the opponent into awkward spots

@DominikRoost Жыл бұрын

I somehow feel with those wierd variants we come closest to what the early chessplayers felt like, when there was no theory and you just tried to figure out this game before you. Kinda cool

@Saucygames Жыл бұрын

20:40 that opening is a blunder, you could have put the bishop next to the pawn in front of their bishop and blocked their pawn and from blocking and bishop from taking. Winning a bishop, they can save the rook by moving the knight but bishop was lost

@Buphido Жыл бұрын

"You always have to take into account the deviousness of the duck" are truly words to live by

@mashedlinks3512 Жыл бұрын

An hour of duck chess?? Oh. My. God. Yes.

@henrywebstermusic1 Жыл бұрын

I prefer watching you play than playing myself because when I watch you we win more often. 🤪

@Rubrickety Жыл бұрын

I understand why they made it end with a king capture; the way ducks mate is horrific.

@wisebluehillwarrior6411 Жыл бұрын

I forgot duck f6 was possible. 😅 That just sounds so funny.

@tastethecrainbow6149 Жыл бұрын

Only having just discovered this, against 1. e4 and most duck moves as Black, 2. c6Dd3 is hilarious. Playing a Caro-Kann where they can't put 2 pawns in the center has been a delight.

@flippert0 Жыл бұрын

In duck chess, pieces that cannot be blocked while taking, like knight, pawn and the king gain in value. Of course those pieces can be blocked, too. But only during normal movement, not while taking enemy pieces.

@taggartaa Жыл бұрын

Black should get to place the duck in the opening board. That would give black compensation for not moving a piece first.

@lerlay950 Жыл бұрын

I actually think duck chess might be the best new chess variant I've seen, I can fully see this as a competitive format

@noraeld5020 Жыл бұрын

"in this opening I'm kinda just winging it" genius

@extol2247 Жыл бұрын

"I think in this game bishops are less powerful than knights" tbh I think this goes for all pieces in this mode. Kings are still the same strength because ducks can block their attacks, but everything else has to be connected in a sense.

@IlluviumGaming Жыл бұрын

24:34 This game looks so tricky. I wanted something like Rxe7Dd8 (or anywhere off the diagonal or e file really) because the rook and bishop both are attacking, but he would have anything takes e7 and duck back to b5.

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

That awesome knight trap sequence needs a name that honors your contributions to duck chess theory! Something like "the Sir Rosen" or "the Oh No Your Knight"