Refuting a Dubious Opening

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Refuting a Dubious Opening | Qh4?! Scotch

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In this video, I play a blitz game against twitch subscriber psilo_simon (1545) on lichess.org. I encounter the aggressive, but dubious 4...Qh4?! variation of the Scotch Opening. While this opening can be quite annoying if white is unprepared, I was thankfully knowledgeable of the refutation. The game features a nifty trap where white wins material in less than 10 moves. To put icing on the cake, my opponent got JEBAITED shortly into the middlegame.
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0:00 Banana Story
1:00 HUGE Donation
1:31 The Battle Begins
2:16 The Refutation
6:50 JEBAITED
9:00 Post-game Lessons
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@Bipolarfuchs 4 жыл бұрын

When Eric says "oh no, my rook" you know it's time to resign

@JOOOOOOOE 4 жыл бұрын

ikr lmao

@italoalmeida1555 4 жыл бұрын

"Dah"

@griffinstaats1209 4 жыл бұрын

“call an ambulance, call an ambulance. BUT NOT FOR ME!”

@soar0284 4 жыл бұрын

When he says “ Oh no “ in general actually

@jonaslentz250 4 жыл бұрын

@@griffinstaats1209 😂

@psilosimon7911 4 жыл бұрын

It was a pleasure to be absolutely crushed in this game. Thanks Eric!

@psilosimon7911 4 жыл бұрын

Also I promise I had your stream muted, and was just playing badly...

@leadnitrate2194 4 жыл бұрын

@@psilosimon7911 I believe you

@nishiharach. 4 жыл бұрын

btw why would you play that? Not just against Eric but as an opening in general, What are great threats if white didn't play the right set of moves? (I'm not really that good at chess, guess you could say i'm still learning lol.)

@Hsel-lc1wt 4 жыл бұрын

@@nishiharach. honestly it depends on your play style and the time control - I'm a fairly agressive blitz player (rated about 1900 on chess.com) and a lot of the time threats are very useful to eat up your opponent's time, and there's always the possibility they won't find the right move. It's not without its risks though, so if you're planning on playing an agressive gambit you really need to know how to get to a solid position if they refute it correctly. Playing aggressively is definitely a lot of fun though :)

@psilosimon7911 4 жыл бұрын

@@nishiharach. In the games I've played with it, I haven't ever seen this refutation and the most common line I come across after 4...Qh4 is 5. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 dxc6, which is a middle/endgame position where black is a pawn up with decent position. There are also a lot of ways that white can play moves that look natural but are actually blunders. Definitely not a solid opening, but works if your opponent doesn't know the refutation.

@johnsmith-rb6me 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, he took that photo himself? Impressive

@EzraTF2 4 жыл бұрын

Right? I was wondering if it was stock footage or something, but I didn't think you would be able to find a picture like that online.

@ofsabir 4 жыл бұрын

He is an amateur photographer. He showed his albums couple days ago.

@paulmorphy6314 4 жыл бұрын

He said in the description that it took him 100+ tries

@davecash1568 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Morphy you gotta love that he went thru the trouble of 100+ tries just for a thumbnail 😂

@Nyxtia 4 жыл бұрын

He's a photographer and graphic designer when he's not playing chess lol.

@ucheagomuo2430 4 жыл бұрын

His acting is getting better.

@rickcarson591 4 жыл бұрын

Obviously the compensation is that the banana throwing suffers ....

@merdanrejepov9644 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 oh no my rook with little smile

@12345shipreck 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a professional stock photo when I saw the thumbnail and thought to myself "wow you really can find anything on stock sites" holy shit. Nice one man. You should definitely get prints of that pic, its really good.

@AdmBerner 4 жыл бұрын

Seconded

@redplanet2720 4 жыл бұрын

I made it my background on Lichess. Looks dope

@pokemonmaster42000 3 жыл бұрын

imagine how it looks without compression

@Omar_Merican 3 жыл бұрын

@@redplanet2720 how'd you get the image?

@royisabau5 3 жыл бұрын

Why is there a banana knocking the king over? I don’t fucking know but I’m here for it

@jameslogan410 4 жыл бұрын

“It’s a sad banana I traumatized it earlier”

@internetolas 4 жыл бұрын

we all know why the banana is that brown and traumatized lmfao

@BlaqRaq 4 жыл бұрын

The fruits, legumes and vegetables activists (FLAVA) should be all over this. 😁

@soar0284 4 жыл бұрын

7:36 "... but I win a queen, jebaited. " I actually laughed so hard XDD

@MrZidaneb123 4 жыл бұрын

Asking alexa what jebaited mean, then proceed to jebait the enemy lol

@soar0284 4 жыл бұрын

Zeveliano Zidane Barack Alexa got jebaited LOL

@Tempusverum 4 жыл бұрын

His acting is so good, he actually fooled me

@thisisJim85 3 жыл бұрын

That was great

@Corejanjan 3 жыл бұрын

Omg samee wtf I completely didn't see that so dirtyyyy

@CerebralOverload 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever Eric starts his statement with " Oh, no my...", I will know something amazing is coming ahead. Unless I'm playing with him. Then, press the resign button.

@vit9480 4 жыл бұрын

Unless he’s playing against GMs, that means he’s really dropping the piece and is gonna lose the game.

@CerebralOverload 4 жыл бұрын

@@vit9480 hardly ever happens. hahah

@LFSPharaoh 4 жыл бұрын

I'm almost to the point of pausing the video immediately upon hearing that phrase, seeing if I can even fathom what's about to happen.

@CerebralOverload 4 жыл бұрын

@@LFSPharaoh Everyone is just as clueless as you are! Haha. More than moving the piece, it's the phrase that grabs my attention! Love Eric!

@angelmendez-rivera351 3 жыл бұрын

@@vit9480 Well, he doesn't normally drop pieces when playing against GM's. Not in serious games, anyway.

@TimTom 4 жыл бұрын

You took that photo yourself?! I thought you just got really lucky that the *perfect* stock photo existed haha.

@Moonbeam2806 3 жыл бұрын

You watch chess videos?

@calebtaylor4153 3 жыл бұрын

That's not James...

@fusion325 3 жыл бұрын

@@calebtaylor4153 🤔

@purgatory671 3 жыл бұрын

@@KieranDix0n it’s not James, James is “theodd1sout” on KZfaq not “TimTom”

@HaverOfHands 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you watch chess. Cool.

@benoootjes 4 жыл бұрын

"There is so much beauty in Black's sadness" Eric 2020

@jimskea224 4 жыл бұрын

Eric was evidently a Goth when he was younger. I can just imagine him in Goth makeup.

@oldgrub 3 жыл бұрын

racis!!!t!!!

@PabloGonza69 3 жыл бұрын

Eric Rosen white supremacist confirmed?

@ricsouza5011 3 жыл бұрын

Inb4 eric gets cancelled lel

@BethanyLowe8773 3 жыл бұрын

Can't tell if sadist or just poet

@Wolfessor 4 жыл бұрын

I actually stared at the bannana thumbnail for like 10 minutes trying to figure out where u got that from but u actually took it your self, I'm amazed.

@johan_r59 4 жыл бұрын

Stock images have so many weird pictures, but this could possibly be too weird - even for them. Btw: it's fun to just look at weird stock photos, and their word titles.

@ucheagomuo2430 4 жыл бұрын

When a dubious opening meets a dubious force, something is bound to fail.

@TheWolfnman 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to have seen the trap where you won the queen. The "Oh no, my rook!" Got my senses on alert lol

@shyamontikachoudhuri1074 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@pugsquad448 4 жыл бұрын

7:40 the most smug sip of tea I've ever seen

@Hasan... 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was editing... but it was an actual Photo of Banana striking the King... Great capture! (pun intended)

@DiegoAquila 4 жыл бұрын

I’m imagining Eric throwing a banana at a king on a chess board and this thought brings me immense joy xD

@DiegoAquila 4 жыл бұрын

Also- fun game!

@cfgauss71 4 жыл бұрын

That was the best 'Oh no, my rook!' Ever.

@Belinera 4 жыл бұрын

The STORYTELLING accompanying the usual "oh no, my piece!" is the golden touch

@leadnitrate2194 4 жыл бұрын

Wow didn't know Eric was such a skilled photographer.

@baldwraith5606 4 жыл бұрын

He does actually have a nice Instagram account!

@keinlieb3818 4 жыл бұрын

"It's a sad banana. I traumatized it earlier. It's brown." Ok then...

@mikamoschella3410 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing Ba3 at 7:40 before it was played was one of the most satisfying feelings I've ever felt watching an Eric Rosen video

@dezarmstrong5975 4 жыл бұрын

Eric, you are a cheeky son of a gun... "Oh no my rook!" - "oh no, my pawn" - "oh no I did it again". Laughed my butt off at that.

@haveachocobar 3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the day when Eric goes "Oh no, my king!"

@rosiefay7283 2 жыл бұрын

Amd then calmly parries a check with a checkmate.

@kenhaley4 4 жыл бұрын

"Oh no my (piece)" is eric-rosen-speak for "you're screwed".

@michaelmcgovern9881 4 жыл бұрын

When he lost his rook I thought he was being serious and blundered but no I am wrong again holy this human is insane

@jacksonhoneycutt 4 жыл бұрын

The jebaited moment was absolutely hilarious

@getreal155 4 жыл бұрын

Quote " there is so much beauty in black's sadness " lol ..Priceless ;)

@yogesh41090 4 жыл бұрын

7:34.. you got me there

@elyassaa6136 4 жыл бұрын

Eric, an IM in chess, and a GM in photography.

@abrarulhaqshaik 4 жыл бұрын

7:00, it was at this moment he discovered the queen trap

@7heBoss 3 жыл бұрын

"In general you should really only play this line against newbs..." Dang, must be why people are always using it on me.

@Totalycrafted 3 жыл бұрын

Every time Eric speaks, I feel so at ease, despite him sounding like the world's biggest memer. I want like a compilation of the things Eric Rosen says

@GaryTheGray 4 жыл бұрын

"There's so much beauty in Black's sadness." Some of your lines are funnier the second time round when I don't have the distraction of chat.

@Tempusverum 4 жыл бұрын

The eminently quotable Eric Rosen. I don't know where he finds these phrases

@ciandoyle4508 4 жыл бұрын

I love how like neat and clean the videos are and how everything is labeled. Makes my ocd happy hahaha!

@davisnguyen5413 4 жыл бұрын

Youre acting made his video great Eric and i love the community you have with the commentary its great ill be sure to go to one of your steams some day. Thanks for the videos Eric!

@Thomas_Dilley 4 жыл бұрын

Cannot describe the absolute based feeling of watching an Eric video with my coffee in the morning

@Tempusverum 4 жыл бұрын

Tom Dilley I found that watching him increases my chess quality by 15% just by emulating his calm thinking patterns

@Thomas_Dilley 4 жыл бұрын

Robert Olin having seen your profile pic I need to add ‘while listening to Bach’ on my original comment

@rayclay2 4 жыл бұрын

King gets it, with the flying yellow banana boomerang attack.

@86Sandrone 3 жыл бұрын

I want a compilation of Eric saying "oh no my...." makes my day every time !

@Squatsheldon 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty famous game featuring Qh4 in the scotch NN, H. Bird, England 1850 Black loses the rook to Nc7 like Eric goes for here, black plays Kd8, and brings his remaining rook to e8, and puts a knight on e4

@levitheentity4000 3 жыл бұрын

7:14 Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!! But not for mey

@shekharbhandakkar1641 4 жыл бұрын

This channel deserves more views and more subs. Love to watch your videos.

@Killersnake1233 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible video yet again Eric, didn't know you took that fantastic photo yourself. Pretty please upload more games to youtube as i dont have much time to watch live. :)

@Madchaskon 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a very low rated player and I have fall for this so many times, but thanks to trick openings like this I've learned how to counter a couple of them. It's absolutely satisfactory when the opponent stops autopiloting and the clock ticks like 1 or 2 minutes and you imagine the face they are doing now. Off course I'm still falling to some gambits when I'm not paying enough attention.

@baldwraith5606 4 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail force is strong with this one

@dannyhuffman3587 4 жыл бұрын

“Oh no, my rook!”

@haumana5987 4 жыл бұрын

Your demeanor is very Bob Ross like. Very mellow but full of substance. 'preciate you.

@skiesofarcadia4885 3 жыл бұрын

When Eric asked Alexa to define jebaited, my own Alexa activated out of her long slumber to define "jaded," which in fact was an experience of being jebaited by a jaded Alexa.

@ngc5195 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I learned this variation the easy way

@whaloob 4 жыл бұрын

“I have a banana. It’s a sad banana. I traumatized it earlier.” Lmaoooo

@horowitz8680 2 жыл бұрын

"It's a sad banana, I traumatized it earlier." Jeez, Eric.

@TheFrodoBaggins33 4 жыл бұрын

That banana thumbnail is actually beautiful, I thought it was something you found online when I first saw it. Rosen a man of many skills

@Kokurorokuko 2 жыл бұрын

"I kept throwing banana at the king" -Eric Rosen, 2020

@camrenkimmerling9406 3 жыл бұрын

He said he “traumatized” the banana, and I thought he meant something else

@chryptonh.draper8575 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll buy that banana poster as soon as you print it. I love that.

@jskelton25 4 жыл бұрын

"There's so much beauty in black's sadness" Marvellous

@JuiceChocolate 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Consistently awesome chess and commentary. Thanks for the content!

@w7lves 4 жыл бұрын

7:15 had us in the first half ngl

@mrclean642 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I can’t get over the fact when he takes pawn at 10:21 that Eric’s horse can take his queen right off the bat.

@mrclean642 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh I just seen that his bishop was blocking the horse from moving yeah I’m slow.

@crisishotl1ne 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought the banana picture was CG. It looks great.

@regularguychannel2967 3 жыл бұрын

This guy plays blitz chess while commentating and sipping coffee and just crushing opponents. Damn.

@paulbrown1525 4 жыл бұрын

So cool you take photos for your own thumbnails, I was sure it was a photoshop job when I first saw the video posted. Very impressive, love your content

@AjeetSingh-xq4yb 4 жыл бұрын

I was so engrossed, I ended up getting jebaited by that. Well done Eric.

@fenderchen182 4 жыл бұрын

@8:58 After fxg6+, Kg8 you also have gxf7+, Kg7 only legal move and then f8 under-promoting to a bishop with checkmate. Juicy.

@repp181 3 жыл бұрын

that's exactly the video I needed in my progression in chess, thanks

@RemyWillard 4 жыл бұрын

"Don't get jebaited." Sage advice near the end of this video.

@janb.3600 3 жыл бұрын

9:10 Imagine taking that out of context so it looks like he talks about the Stafford.

@gangsterguardsman4576 3 жыл бұрын

If that photo of the banana was a poster i’d totally buy it, lowkey

@jakethesnake17 3 жыл бұрын

3:45 That stare from Eric

@LFSPharaoh 4 жыл бұрын

7:26 ya boy had me fooled there for a second. I was picturing bishop a3 check first, but he does what looks very risky at first, and ends up easily winning a queen in the end.... this is why he's an IM, and "I M" not lol

@andrewboyd9948 4 жыл бұрын

If that were a poster, I would buy it

@nafnosseb 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good thumbnail "Banana one", I noticed it immediately before you started talking about it. But it was on another video I think.

@srinidhipadmanabhan 4 жыл бұрын

Eric actually knows everything but still he intentionally says.. Oh no my.....

@patrickwonders 3 жыл бұрын

That is a great photo of the banana and the king...

@donb2527 4 жыл бұрын

«Would people like this as a poster? Like a motivational poster?» yeah because nothing screams motivation like a banana hitting a chess peice

@medisshehi9335 4 жыл бұрын

He drank from the cup like he was drinking salty tears of 1000 opponents

@andrew6069 4 жыл бұрын

Qh4 is a thematic move for black in the scotch, a really nice line is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Qh4 (attacking f2) 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.h3 (preventing nasty Ng4 ideas) d5!!, explore further for crazy possibilities

@TheOnlyIchiban 3 жыл бұрын

Eric always activate my Alexa when I’m watching at 2 am with people sleeping

@fisher00769 4 жыл бұрын

In case some of y'all are wondering, if black plays 7... Ba5 I am pretty sure white can just take the pawn on c7 anyway, because the bishop is overloaded (has to keep the knight on c3 pinned that is attacking the black queen)

@VKScAr514 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as he pointed out his rook was gonna get taken. I knew he would sac it for the queen

@luxemas1282 4 жыл бұрын

The banana and king thumbnail was a seriously good picture btw

@mathisbourcier1126 4 жыл бұрын

3:45 Eric gets possessed by the devil for a brief moment.

@Tempusverum 4 жыл бұрын

How do you think he got so good? 😈 ♟

@fabiogaucho77 4 жыл бұрын

You should make a video where you allow the fried liver attack and defend the knight with king e6. The follow-up is a complicated refutation that a lot of people would like to see.

@joejitsu034 3 жыл бұрын

At 04:32 you can’t attack the Queen with the Bishop because you’d be in check unless I’m missing something

@inevitable854 3 жыл бұрын

If i had a dollar for every time Eric says "dubious". It'd make a good drinking game

@Belinor6 3 жыл бұрын

"oh no, my rook", call an ambulance, but not for me!

@burrri 4 жыл бұрын

I think in a lot of these Eric knows the opponent might be watching his streams and he takes a fun edge out of it

@davidwithington140 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. I wish I could see ahead that many moves to take the queen.

@xiaohuwang4173 3 жыл бұрын

I dream of one day mastering the art of knowing exactly when Eric’s “oh no” is irony and when not

@nathaneverson3262 4 жыл бұрын

ripe bannana, some oats maybe, peanuts, strawberries(frozen=awesome) and protein powder but its good(maybe better)without it. Its an awesome recipe i found as a weight gainer shake but thats really only if you add protein powder.

@mohammadalhakeem184 4 жыл бұрын

He pulled a sneaky on us all 😂😂😂

@terrancemoodley9562 3 жыл бұрын

You are really an amazing player. Keep up the good work

@e.p.9771 4 жыл бұрын

Great trap! But I'm wondering at 6:43 if there is Nb4 for blackto at least regain a quality

@FrostyHandled 3 жыл бұрын

"its a sad banana. I traumitized it earlier."

@Melpheos1er 3 жыл бұрын

one piece down and no queen and the guy is still trying to play... Makes me think of the dark knight in Monty Python

@imissmydeadcat.74 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people don't know this, but "IM Eric Rosen" actually built lichess himself. His name is Glorpdozen Clapdidon Vasiticus. In 1909 he was promoted to the chess league in Ontario, Canada. Every day he begins his lush therapeutic trachtenberg with rich oily botanicals collected from the gravy garden in turkish heights.