How to ATTACK with the Grand Prix

How to ATTACK with the Grand Prix | Speedrun Episode 49

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Beginner to Master Speedrun Playlist: • Beginner to Master Spe...
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 highly instructive chess games that all feature fun tactical battles in the Grand Prix Attack.
0:00 Grand Prix Attack vs the Sicilian
19:13 Grand Prix Attack vs the English turns CRAZY by move 6
32:45 Grand Prix Attack PAWN STORM vs the Sicilian
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Пікірлер: 178

@kevinpapac7619 13 күн бұрын

In another universe, Eric is doing a Master to Beginner speedrun, currently on a 153 game losing streak.

@usageunit 13 күн бұрын

That actually has the potential to be interesting too. Start at 3000 Elo, keep getting paired with opponents who crush you, analyze your losses, and eventually get to a level where you have chances. Imagine what a rush that first win would be!

@Ezenji 12 күн бұрын

@@usageunit That sounds great tbh

@Ptaku93 12 күн бұрын

Would it be possible to reach 1 elo?

@pgress1867 11 күн бұрын

@@Ptaku93Mittens has an Elo of 1.

@andrew_owens7680 7 күн бұрын

@@usageunit I did that by starting at 1500. After thousands of games, I'm at 1480.

@jimskea224 14 күн бұрын

Since the first opponent waited 25 seconds to play 1..c5, was it a delayed Sicilian?

@KingPanda-lp5ir 14 күн бұрын

lol

@mitchelmodine9197 13 күн бұрын

Well played

@medvenlighilsenmvh 13 күн бұрын

My man

@roryasrorri701 13 күн бұрын

It is!

@Rubrickety 13 күн бұрын

He was going for the Decelerated Dragon setup.

@maximdelacy1701 13 күн бұрын

Missed the gorgeous discovered mate with bishop to e6 at the end there which blocks the queen from preventing mate.

@RGP_Maths 13 күн бұрын

Yes, I only noticed that because at the very end of the episode the engine says M1. I think I'd have played Bd5+ too.

@TheExstud 12 күн бұрын

love how he stopped the review on that M1 miss

@Semicolon42 12 күн бұрын

Wow! Such a cool checkmate! Thanks for pointing that out

@Bobby-fj8mk 12 күн бұрын

Yes - I saw that too. Eric missed it as he was greedy to take the Queen. LOL

@CodyOK1990 13 күн бұрын

At 45:13, Be6 was mate in 1 since that move also blocks the queen from blocking the rook.

@jasurmakhkamov 13 күн бұрын

When you have mate in 1, look for better

@eclecticexplorer7828 13 күн бұрын

"I do have to watch my time." (Eric Rosen in every episode.)

@chullupa 12 күн бұрын

When Eric Rosen watches his time, I say "Time to watch!"

@lequinow 13 күн бұрын

It feels like your opponents are the ones actually doing a speedrun, losing with 8 min on the clock.

@andrewcarter7503 12 күн бұрын

The Grand Prix attack was given its name by Leonard Barden in the 1980s as it began to be used frequently in a series of weekend tournaments in England called Leigh Grand Prix series. English Grand Master Mark Hebden was an early user. Barden was a stalwart if the British chess scene in the 1960s and 70s and credited with popularising the game in the UK. He's still around aged 94 and his chess column in the London Evening Standard is the longest continuous chess column by the same author. So now you know!

@burgerman1999 13 күн бұрын

I think i became addicted to this series

@Checkers1872 13 күн бұрын

27:17 Dude spent 12 seconds and blundered mate in 1. Just imagine if he thought for a little longer...

@mariuszpudzianowski8400 13 күн бұрын

People blunder M1, M2 or their queens in daily games. I just don't know how it happens, it's not even some unusual tactics or patterns, just simple one move threats.

@rizzalghul 7 күн бұрын

How it's a mate can someone explain please. Me 900 don't see it

@spleghegg1632 4 күн бұрын

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 the power of overthinking and overanalyzing

@Stanley_Yelnats 14 күн бұрын

I’m a simple man. I see Rosen, I click. 👌🏻

@pavangaikwad1249 14 күн бұрын

Same here

@erikbreathes 14 күн бұрын

easy as

@danielnaranjo3074 13 күн бұрын

Gay.

@suntorytimes1 13 күн бұрын

More like a simple bot, you see some comment get some likes, you copy & paste it, for some other bots to like.

@dj_enby 13 күн бұрын

The old searosen diet

@ianfenton5261 13 күн бұрын

Game 152 is my favorite chess game I’ve seen. I was laughing at several points. 5 minute move, 3x calculations, stockfish favoring the opponent who had 5 minutes more on the clock. Fun!

@DiegoPerez-ji4ee 13 күн бұрын

In 45:07, Be6 would've been checkmate right away, right?

@SDSBass 13 күн бұрын

when you have mate in 1 look for better 😂

@catac83 13 күн бұрын

Nice catch but its hard to see that while playing

@markphc99 13 күн бұрын

Stockfish had the good sense to agree with me - castle kingside with black 25 mins in

@elcherry 12 күн бұрын

Exactly, I was almost screaming at the computer monitor lol

@EddieDunns 14 күн бұрын

Rosen is the 🐐

@bobbyfishstix1189 13 күн бұрын

This was great. It showed us how to use the grand prix attack against different setups. Thanks Eric!

@medelfilali10 14 күн бұрын

Kudos to luigi to deliver such a beautiful ending🎉🎉🎉

@luitmeinen1902 13 күн бұрын

39:12 it's not a real party until some clergymen are observing from a distance

@Nick97107 13 күн бұрын

Appreciate these videos Eric!

@pallettownkid4778 13 күн бұрын

Great video I'm halfway through but love the grand prix opening!

@Zeckellin 13 күн бұрын

Always look forward to this!!

@MajorAddiction 13 күн бұрын

32:10 that's sick

@Viebster 11 күн бұрын

Just started playing Grand Prix a few weeks ago and really enjoying it! Thanks eric!

@OregonMikeH 12 күн бұрын

FUN ANALYSIS, ERIC, THANKS FOR GOING OVER THE PLAY OUTS OF LINES YOU CONSIDERED.

@martinvitvavrik9417 3 сағат бұрын

Nice position in the second game. If you let the engine run for a while (I used the Stockfish 16 on Lichess until depth 50), the 5 top moves are Be7 (+0.1), Nxd5 (+0.2), Bb4+ (+0.2), Bxf2+ (+0.3) and Ne7 (+0.5). The top line of the interesting option is Bxf2+ Kxf2 Ng4+ Ke1 Qxg5 Nxc7+ Kd8 Nxa8 Ne3 Qd2 b6 Nf3 Qh6 c5 Bb7 Kf2 f4 cxb6 Nd4 (other options are mainly just different move orders). Here it already starts to get quite wild since if you capture the trapped knight you lose (White can take on a7 and later play Nxe5 protected with Qa5+ fork). Then it continues Qa5 (still can't take the knight) fxg3+ hxg3 Ng4+. Kg1 gets checkmated in four. The best move is Ke1 and you can't take the rook on h1 because White can trade on d4 and after Qg5+ Kc8 Qf4 Kd8 Qb8+ you lose. So the only move is Nc2+ Kd1 Nce3+, then if Ke1 you have to force a draw. If Kc1 the king blocks the square for the rook so now you can take the rook on h1. The only other move for White is Kd2 after which you have Nd4+ and after the king moves you trade queens and win the exchange back. If instead of Ke1 White plays the other best move Kg2, then the only moves are Qe3 bxa7+ Ke8 Nc7+ Kf7. Then one option is Nd5 Qf2+ Kh2 Nxf3 after which there are many options, if White recaptures then Black has to force a draw after exf3 Qxf3 (Bg2 or Be2 or Rg1) Nf2+ Kh2 Ng4+ Kh3. The other option Kh3 has multiple lines. Insane position.

@kyleuhlich8785 10 күн бұрын

Golden content once again. Thank you 💕

@George_Bland 13 күн бұрын

It’s funny how these episodes often seem to have themes

@pettychild5915 13 күн бұрын

Love this series

@Fkrngosnr 7 күн бұрын

What a great episode!!

@Brianpockets 13 күн бұрын

Yay! My favorite after dinner couch sit and watch ❤

@Kitty-mz5rz 13 күн бұрын

Yes! Wanna see more of grand prix!

@jpjpJPJPG 4 сағат бұрын

Thanks Eric!

@user-iq6ex6of4r 13 күн бұрын

Solid book 😂

@parlabaneisback 13 күн бұрын

17:55 I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the Grand Prix got it's name from being developed during the Grand Prix circuit of weekend chess competitions in the UK back in the seventies. It was a good weapon for stronger players who had to win when they were up against weaker opposition.

@robertrobertson1386 13 күн бұрын

Bishops observing the party from a distance is a lovely quote.

@dontbescaredhomie3137 12 күн бұрын

My koala loves to watch your speedruns. Your voice is soothing and makes my koala sleepy.

@swiszcz93 14 күн бұрын

on 17:05 didn't you have the check with pawn g5 and after king h5 you have the fork of king and rook with knight G3?

@user-vq9dc6ru9o 14 күн бұрын

he did

@idonoy661 13 күн бұрын

He was looking for mate but you say also work and completely winning

@nitroh7745 13 күн бұрын

Playing the grand prix is a large part of why I still play e4 ❤️

@oraz. 13 күн бұрын

Nice last game. All 3 were cool

@haydenbrown2714 14 күн бұрын

@32:18 out of context sounds so funny

@salmaofinlandes6793 13 күн бұрын

Least race obsessed american

@pyrokinetikrlz 13 күн бұрын

Man, this is the most instructive speedrun (probably also Naroditsky one)

@ahmedamir3807 14 күн бұрын

Just gave my graduation project's discussion today and I've been watching you since I was a freshman , thanks for the great content 🫡❤️

@ahmedamir3807 14 күн бұрын

Was 900 now I'm just above 1700

@tylermfdurden 12 күн бұрын

It's crazy to me how many people will start a 10 minute game and blunder mate because they didn't want to spend more than 10 seconds looking at the board before moving. That player was still over 8 minutes on clock, they were under attack from both knights and didn't stop to consider forks.

@catac83 13 күн бұрын

32:45 I really wonder when these opponents are gonna start thinking… this kamikaze guy is playing like its a bullet game. My money is on the guys over 2000. I would be pretty upset if I were 2700 like Eric and losing to a 1762 harakiri guy

@rohithreddy75 13 күн бұрын

You are very pleasant person eric :)

@realdanley 13 күн бұрын

12:19 ooo

@ravelfett 14 күн бұрын

at this point im just watching to see when will be his first loss

@kruksog 13 күн бұрын

I'm still impressed he hasn't run into a cheater yet.

@veri745 13 күн бұрын

45:15, Be6 is just mate, right? prevents the queen from swinging over. What am I missing?

@ChristianHegele 13 күн бұрын

I love the Grand Prix so much I'm often willing to play it a tempo down against the English, in no small part because few English players at my level know what the ideas are.

@smittywerben2781 13 күн бұрын

Chess Community: GTE is the best series on KZfaq. Eric: Hold my tea.

@AvatarOfBlues 14 күн бұрын

oh noes this feels like a setup - i kinda feel the winstreak fading at the 50th episode :O

@jestswcjx1259 13 күн бұрын

thank you

@schattenhuhn611 10 күн бұрын

Most scary thing on this Planet musst be when erics spends half his time and then sacs a piece

@malekhaouas7848 13 күн бұрын

Just wow 😮

@asenkochanov1877 13 күн бұрын

The Grand Prix is my go-to answer to the Sicilian (it replaced the Smith-Morra gambit after I gained too much ELO for it to be viable). At my level (1900-2000 blitz/rapid) people often don't realize the dangers and sometimes even get pawn avalanched.

@MrDanielfff777 13 күн бұрын

Omg i hit 1800 for the first time too yesterday, congrats brother!!

@JacobVanlunen 13 күн бұрын

Yesssssss!!!!!!!! Really needed to open KZfaq and see this after the Knicks lost

@prakasavigraha6104 13 күн бұрын

"Stockfish said I should have just been calm castled which is not even a move I considered. I was only looking at all the crazy lines." Lol. Only Eric could say that.

@namuhtsuj4025 13 күн бұрын

In the last game, that attack is brutal. Black is so close to having a successful attack but in the end has to give up all their pieces only to be checkmated.

@chilaw2004 13 күн бұрын

The “pork”! Lolz!

@gerardduffy3406 13 күн бұрын

I haven't watched the episode yet but as a (terrible) proponent of the grand Prix I'm looking forward to this. I sometimes launch the pawns too early.

@haydenbrown2714 14 күн бұрын

Wake up babe new Rosen speed run episode

@phoenixinthetrees1446 8 күн бұрын

I've played the (British) Grand Prix attack, based on a free Chessable course by Simon Williams, but didn't find it too productive. I played 2. Be2 rather than Bc4 as Eric plays here, so maybe that's something to change in future.

@SparkyForce 12 күн бұрын

I am proud to say that I found that mate in one immediately at the end of the third game

@MrDilness 14 күн бұрын

Can you have an episode where try playing a Vienna?

@jennifers6055 13 күн бұрын

OMG the PORK! That's my new goal. I will never play chess again if I succeed with the PORK.

@Crvi 14 күн бұрын

1800 yay, pfp change time possibly

@Epidombe 13 күн бұрын

18:35 when black trades knights, am i correct in saying that in general the defender wants to trade pieces with the attacker? *Obviously it didnt work in this scenario, im only wondering as a general concept.

@catac83 13 күн бұрын

Only if black has at least 1 pawn advantage or if white has more attacking pieces than blacks defenders concentrated on blacks king- not the case here. The last game is a good example of that

@SSBossman 13 күн бұрын

Eric I love you

@_BADCHESS 13 күн бұрын

My chess game is so similar to my golf game, subpar.

@beerbaron3003 13 күн бұрын

White has an amazing pork!! 🤣🤣

@chullupa 12 күн бұрын

I always sacrifice my F pawn at the start to gain a little lead in development. When my opponent tries to trade minor pieces i fiencetto my bishop and set up a desperado attack. This causes them to go for the pin only to be met with my zugzwang en passant checkmate. Viewing the game with stockfish i see that my average centipawn loss was less than 0.01

@jamesduggan7200 13 күн бұрын

In game 2: Qd1-d2 was unpredictable, but the kind of thing that happens when the attacking force gets too close.

@shaffiehillary 13 күн бұрын

"the opponent is controlling how they lose"

@Victor-ji1rz 13 күн бұрын

Me when he stops analyzing just before the mate in 1 I proudly spotted 👺

@yrtepgold 13 күн бұрын

37:54 "winning connect 4"

@uifwastaken 13 күн бұрын

21:17 Kd8 Ne6+ 😊

@user-vx3rw2mz4t 12 күн бұрын

17:02 did Eric miss a knight fork after Kh5?

@wallacesantos0 13 күн бұрын

27:24 its a pork mate

@coenkuijpers1800 13 күн бұрын

Completely unrelated to this vid, but I can't find the answer elsewhere. In Lichess the Englund gambit is evaluated as +1.3 for White after d4 e5. Why?

@eric-rosen 13 күн бұрын

The Englund Gambit is an objectively dubious opening as it loses a pawn. If white plays precisely, black shouldn't get much compensation for the lost pawn. However, lots of players don't know how to effectively play against the Englund Gambit, so it can still be a decent weapon at the amateur level.

@TheAndresyourself 13 күн бұрын

Can someone enlighten me? In the first game @9:20 why was Kg5 NOT the right move?

@kalin83 13 күн бұрын

think u missed a fork in the line g5+ Kh5 2. Ng3+ forkes the rook and the king at 17 minutes in to the video.

@thetransferaccount4586 12 күн бұрын

the grand prix speedrun

@giuseppeatzeni9085 14 күн бұрын

I was watching dune part 2, then i saw there was a new beginner to master speedrun video. I think Zendaya can wait...

@MsKwaiChang 11 күн бұрын

@27:24 A "Pork" demonstration..

@mitchelmodine9197 13 күн бұрын

All the arrows at 24:01 look like a traffic jam waiting to happen

@GuusBronkhorst 13 күн бұрын

9:05 why does Eric not play fxg6 here? Black cannot take back because he would lose the night

@eric-rosen 13 күн бұрын

The knight on g4 attacks my queen!

@GuusBronkhorst 13 күн бұрын

Ah yes that explains why I’m 1000 😂

@suntorytimes1 12 күн бұрын

Oh no, Eric’s queen!

@mariuszpudzianowski8400 13 күн бұрын

After this episode I might actually go back to playing GPA instead of going into Open Sicilians

@MyChannel-kq4dv 11 күн бұрын

Oh no my night

@Stolkmen 12 күн бұрын

I feel so happy. The fact that in the second game, the move to play was castling instead of what rosen did. And I, a meager 700 elo player, found it, Is quite cool.

@mangaranwow2543 13 күн бұрын

At what point will Eric have completed the speedrun? 2k, 2.1k....?

@sh0ker 13 күн бұрын

Isn't the Grand Prix very similar to the Vienna opening?

@fergs1561 13 күн бұрын

8:55 haven’t checked or put it on a board, but Qh3 looks better. After Ne3 Nh5 Nxc4 (Nxf1 Nxg6 looks crushing) Nxg6 fxg6 (Kg7 dxc4 fxg6 fxg6 with compensation) fxg6, but now I see Qe7 and after dxc4, it’s unclear if white has anything concrete. Probably silently calculated by Rosen if I’m right about that

@catac83 13 күн бұрын

18:23 “qf4 was fine” according to the engine