Vampire Opening leads to En Passant Checkmate

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@ubelmensch 3 жыл бұрын

A conversation about french bread leads to an en croissant mate. Truly like pottery

@kavinbharathi 3 жыл бұрын

pottery indeed...🤣

@dafenz5902 3 жыл бұрын

The first lines in the grimoire to summon GM Haikuru

@mayankkhedia6860 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@starsfan10 3 жыл бұрын

google en croissant

@mikloskiraly425 3 жыл бұрын

@@starsfan10 holy hell

@emielvanherck2968 3 жыл бұрын

Eric, a chess god: "Oh, white moves first?"

@francorios5134 3 жыл бұрын

Let's add that to the list of rules that IM Rosen doesn't know about chess Pawns can take diagonally White moves first Knights can move backwards

@danielk3530 3 жыл бұрын

@@francorios5134 knights can move backwards..

@francorios5134 3 жыл бұрын

@@danielk3530 adding that

@12jswilson 3 жыл бұрын

He read Ben Finegold's book "Whose turn is it?"

@robinraj4812 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it racist that always white moves first?

@mrluke1629 3 жыл бұрын

"Black probably wants to like, hurt my king" -IM Eric Rosen

@adkaquatics212 3 жыл бұрын

En passant checkmating someone is one of the only things more rewarding than winning a Nobel prize.

@0utka 3 жыл бұрын

also a castle checkmate

@sir_Edguhh 3 жыл бұрын

Have you won a Nobel prize?

@108hindu 3 жыл бұрын

A smothered mate is also pretty sweet.

@pjrousche1600 3 жыл бұрын

@@sir_Edguhh yes and it wasn't nearly as good as watching Eric do this

@asparagusmichy5611 3 жыл бұрын

what about queen sac knight backflip smothered mate

@artisorak 3 жыл бұрын

Opponent: desperately trying not to lose Eric: toast

@loldirt2893 2 жыл бұрын

@bennycheng1803 2 жыл бұрын

toast

@k27ism 2 жыл бұрын

From *Pain* to *en pessant*

@nowindjavdan6834 3 жыл бұрын

The opponent really tried to "oh no my queen" the master himself...

@adib_akmal2708 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he/she tried.

@user-kr4fz4fr8j 3 жыл бұрын

@@adib_akmal2708 Wonder why people say "he/she" when there's "they."

@William1w1 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-kr4fz4fr8j It's generally considered grammatically incorrect to use the plural pronoun "they" for a single person, so by saying "he or she," you will always be considered correct, even in the eyes of pedants.

@user-kr4fz4fr8j 3 жыл бұрын

@@William1w1 That's interesting stuff.

@argon7624 3 жыл бұрын

@@William1w1 welcome to modern english. They is our neuter pronoun.

@McSuilenroc 3 жыл бұрын

"I don't know any French words." Proceeds to play en-passant.

@crazy_king0096 3 жыл бұрын

Thats my brother, and he said he's been trying for 4 months to play a game with you, and with the en passant checkmate he couldn't be happier

@Jordan22220 3 жыл бұрын

@Louis Théoret hahahaha brothers gotta hug

@thurantpnh6687 3 жыл бұрын

Massive respect to him! That was quite the fun game to watch.

@maheshkumar-hb5lw 3 жыл бұрын

Say thanks to him for Not resigning! Good game

@okuhleminyi8143 3 жыл бұрын

So wholesome.

@translateconversion8752 3 жыл бұрын

You're brother was quite good! I really enjoyed his game.

@clashguideswithdusk7487 3 жыл бұрын

IM: Sees an en passant mate 15 moves deep Me: blunders mate in 1

@guillaumelagueyte1019 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he saw it way in advance haha.

@charliew6630 3 жыл бұрын

He has a sense for en passant, it’s his sixth sense

@angelamartinez5781 2 жыл бұрын

Me: misses mate in one 2 times 😭

@leonallinger8377 3 жыл бұрын

16:49 The reason it says nobody has captured the queen is because the database doesn’t store very short games.

@dabossnic5550 3 жыл бұрын

Or if the opponents rating is under 1600.I don’t think it’s about game length

@kajetanrachwa6742 3 жыл бұрын

Nakamura v Carslen 2021 is recorded in the database and that game was a grand total of 2 moves, so I don't think you're right.

@DeBert 3 жыл бұрын

Lichess games are only recorded after 7 moves I belive. Nakamura-Carlsen is imported in the Masters database.

@RandomAccount-pr5uq 3 жыл бұрын

@@kajetanrachwa6742 Famous game between grandmasters and an average game between 1500s or probably less? same thing

@eliaskjrbo8142 3 жыл бұрын

@@kajetanrachwa6742 how could the game be 2 moves?

@florentchevre886 3 жыл бұрын

"There is an En passant mate possibility" - E. Rosen, 12 moves before En passant check mate.

@brendanthornton4754 3 жыл бұрын

Things were moving a little too fast for me, but the slow motion replay helped. Good game Eric!

@turtle_7777 3 жыл бұрын

You havent even see the whole game

@koifish528 3 жыл бұрын

@@turtle_7777 maybe they watched it live and commented their thoughts here?

@mohammadmohd113 3 жыл бұрын

@@turtle_7777 he was being humorously sarcastic bub

@criticalbread1417 3 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to have been involved in this bread related discussion and en passant mate

@hmpf64 3 жыл бұрын

username cheks out :)

@BlanBlan19901990 3 жыл бұрын

Same!!! Good times.

@NaiveWorld 3 жыл бұрын

En croissant

@criticalbread1417 3 жыл бұрын

@@hmpf64 where the bread goes, so shall I

@fusettimatteo 3 жыл бұрын

@@criticalbread1417 are you a pidgeon?

@AstraIVagabond 3 жыл бұрын

“I don’t mean to rub it in. Except that’s kind of what you’re supposed to do to syrup, right?”

@dylantrevena3806 3 жыл бұрын

of all the funny things he said - this was the best - was searching the comments for someone else that noticed :)

@iei2781 3 жыл бұрын

“When you make French toast, you lose the essence of bread, but you gain the essence of toast. Ah now I’m hungry” This man is an absolute icon

@anarchychess4075 3 жыл бұрын

This is the single most beautiful thing we have ever seen

@fin6318 3 жыл бұрын

damn blacks bishop e7 premove earlygame was sharp asf. I 100% wouldve fallen for that and gotten mated

@alex0589 3 жыл бұрын

It made me drop my coffee in slow motion. I didnt know people could be this evil

@tricot6468 3 жыл бұрын

Im so good I wouldn’t have made that mistake because I didn’t even see that the queen could be taken

@Freakattaker 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a similar looking line/same line in one of Levy's videos before. Not sure if I wouldn't have fallen for it in an instant any way, but certainly made me eye what was happening within a good few seconds

@aquilazyy1125 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, especially after you’ve just got away with one legal move that defended the checkmate. There must be someone who has fallen into that trap. It’s just lichess doesn’t record games ended within 5 moves.

@SquidMead 3 жыл бұрын

very very new to competitive chess, mind explaining what the plan was for the bishop in e7? what was the trap exactly?

@johnchessant3012 3 жыл бұрын

17:05 lichess hides games that end in early checkmate from the opening database

@the_nephandi4551 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, you need your game to last, I don't remember, 4 or 5 moves ?

@renyhp 3 жыл бұрын

Oh. Why is that the case?

@mickeyboy90 3 жыл бұрын

@@renyhp those games likely aren’t worth the storage? Like for lichess to keep that data there.

@Nightmare94170 3 жыл бұрын

"When you make French toast, you lose the essence of bread, but you gain the essence of toast" Actually, we call it "lost bread" in french because we often make it with bread that's lost ("lost" in french = "stale" in this case). But yours was a more poetical explanation for sure. Thanks for the valuable content, chess wise as well as philosophical !

@kentoutcourt 2 жыл бұрын

In Québec, we call it "golden bread" :)

@shilohplus4898 3 жыл бұрын

I got an ad for a baguette when they were talking about French bread

@gsas3012 3 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

@paroxysmal42069 3 жыл бұрын

what do you mean about it 🤨🤔

@zacharyheflin6794 3 жыл бұрын

Everything about this game, from the interesting moves, the commentary, and finally the beautiful checkmate, it’s why you’re the best chess content creator on KZfaq

@orientalparadigm2934 3 жыл бұрын

CanadianSyrup: "YES! He's taking a long time to think about his moves, I must be doing good!" Eric: *F R E N C H T O A S T*

@NaiveWorld 3 жыл бұрын

That's like inserting that one meme about a guy sweating so hard YES YES HM UHM UH NO NO!! NOOOO

@wasp7969 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@RishabhSharma10225 3 жыл бұрын

Opponent tried to bait Eric with "oh no my queen" but didn't know that Eric is the master baiter.

@michaeledmunds7056 2 жыл бұрын

His master baiting does lose him a lot of queens though.

@negin1812 3 жыл бұрын

12:55 nobody talks about how far from the finish Eric forsaw the En Passant checkmate. I stopped at 12:55 and was trying to at least get a grasp of his plan, but I was not even close. And when it actually happened my mind blew away. What a genius

@christowers7307 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's ridiculous, my baby 700 rating brain can't even imagine that

@pinicius 3 жыл бұрын

Man, that "Rosen Gambit" donation had me smiling. So wholesome

@rhoddryice5412 3 жыл бұрын

I recently learned that “french toast” is called “Fattiga Riddare” in Swedish, which literally translates to “Poor Knights”

@joachimfrank4134 3 жыл бұрын

In Germany it is called arme Ritter, which also translates to poor knights.

@wolverine9632 3 жыл бұрын

Petition to change the Four Knights Opening to the French Toast Opening

@loganandjulie 3 жыл бұрын

In France it’s actually called “pain perdu”. The “lost bread.” Because if your bread went stale you could still make something out of it.

@rhoddryice5412 3 жыл бұрын

@@loganandjulie only if you are a poor horsie

@miroguerrikantola7856 3 жыл бұрын

Also in finnish they're called "köyhiä ritareita" which means poor knights

@sebastianholzl4668 3 жыл бұрын

Eric was immediately seeing the "oh no, my queen" that his opponent tried against him. The master. Also he saw that en passant mate from soooo far away. Like, how?

@Tubad4u 3 жыл бұрын

Unfairness

@robinraj4812 3 жыл бұрын

Experience may be?

@biedawo 3 жыл бұрын

And he made me hungry! grrr

@NaiveWorld 3 жыл бұрын

Such a cheater smh stop using engine

@mastery4667 2 жыл бұрын

@@NaiveWorld haters gonna hate

@littlelegend5133 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing this so far ahead is insane.

@khaleddoudechnumber1473 3 жыл бұрын

being a god is almost as good as en passant checkmating someone

@hmmodi9052 3 жыл бұрын

that is one dumb comment

@koifish528 3 жыл бұрын

I heard that if you checkmate 10000 people with en passant before you die, you become a god

@khaleddoudechnumber1473 3 жыл бұрын

@@koifish528 yeah this has been scientifically proven to be wrong since no mortal has the power needed to deliver en passant checkmate. Only titled players can do this and as we all know they are not even human

@henk7747 3 жыл бұрын

@@khaleddoudechnumber1473 cringe

@fis1ks752 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the lichess database doesn't include games that ended in less than a specific number of moves; I imagine the trap has a higher success rate than 0% in reality.

@xavierhibbs4850 3 жыл бұрын

"You lose the essence of bread" -chess wizard Eric Rosen

@StephenParlow 3 жыл бұрын

Chat educating Eric on French toast is so wholesome. Also, I'd love to see a cooking stream!

@joeb4142 3 жыл бұрын

Eric cooking while playing chess

@kraknoix0075 3 жыл бұрын

French bread is traditionally made from stale bread because you soak it in an egg and milk mixture first and stale bread can take up more liquid, making it an ideal use for leftover bread.

@owenclark9851 3 жыл бұрын

Opponent: man, I’ve got him thinking hard Eric: I’ve never actually cooked French toast

@diasthoughts 3 жыл бұрын

To be able to see en passant mate from that far away, bravo Eric

@owensmith6215 3 жыл бұрын

When Eric takes a while to move, and the opponent thinks he's got him scratching his head, but he's actually talking about the intricacies of french toast.

@the_sad_wallet1553 3 жыл бұрын

I swear Eric’s voice is so damn soft and smooth it’s like listening to chess asmr

@ivellos 3 жыл бұрын

12:52. Visualize En Passant Checkmate 12 moves before it happens. Impressive, to say the least

@PratoPhoto 3 жыл бұрын

5:32 is when Eric Rosen became one of my favourite youtubers

@willtaylorchess 3 жыл бұрын

the most opportunities for "Oh No my Queen!" in any line I've seen, woah

@jawadthabet 3 жыл бұрын

the fact that 'En Passent' is itself french also makes me rethink my life possibilities

@rikikoyama9905 3 жыл бұрын

CanadianSyrup: “oh he’s thinking” Eric: “how do you make french toast”

@repp181 3 жыл бұрын

I had to go back to when he called it first and pause for like 5 minutes trying to see the En passant and still couldn't see it.

@Pessimisticpaul 3 жыл бұрын

when rosen becomes a gm: oh no, my title

@GhostPuddle 3 жыл бұрын

"Oh white moves first" -Eric Rosen, International Master.

@scion1606 3 жыл бұрын

I would have definitely took the queen on impulse 😌 This game is pretty unique I’ve never seen this risky position

@heath_00000 3 жыл бұрын

The video started very shortly after my twitch sub and message. Oh no my immortalization of a happy moment!

@lasagnaravioli 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen him so excited

@floustache9303 3 жыл бұрын

Talking about french toast and ending by an en croissant mate. I feel blessed with this video

@derpymonke4008 2 жыл бұрын

Me:I’m not gonna study openings. Also me:

@ergusto 3 жыл бұрын

This is Eric at his best. This video was excellent, thanks Eric.

@ketzbook 2 жыл бұрын

dude, he really did see that mate way in advance

@user-ji1qv7ld4y 3 жыл бұрын

just bought a "oh no my queen shirt " first time i buy merch from someone ,im happy to support your channel! :)

@scion1606 3 жыл бұрын

You are such an inspiration- I’ll see you in 5-10 years when I hope to be where you are now or better

@Wooooahhh6272 3 жыл бұрын

It’s incredible how he saw that mate from that far away.

@hamletfisherman5740 3 жыл бұрын

‘Pain, or pan?’ Neither, but closer to the second one. Written like the first.

@xaviermarie8949 2 жыл бұрын

I love to listen to this dude, he’s always talking in a kind way, also idk why but I really like when he’s talking about small things like he did with the toasts etc

@Maszt14 3 жыл бұрын

There are so many opening posibilities and i'm happy i learned them from you

@giansieger8687 3 жыл бұрын

„I don‘t want to rub it in. Except that‘s kind of what you‘re supposed to do with syrup“ -a true comedic genius

@stephena.sheehan9959 3 жыл бұрын

I happened to be watching live when this was played. Great game!

@trevorswartz1559 3 жыл бұрын

When the ad starts right before the slow-mo replay and ruins the moment

@CGR89 2 жыл бұрын

It's called "lost bread" because french toast is traditionally made with stale bread, basically you're finding a use for bread which would have otherwise been "lost" to the garbage bin".

@moukatelmomo6985 3 жыл бұрын

the opponent: Oh no my queen!! wait, it's Eric Rosen, whatever Eric Rosen: lol, he tried to ohnomyqueen me hahahah

@hamletfisherman5740 3 жыл бұрын

Quite impressive how soon you saw the mate possibility. That was cool

@Cjloken 3 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how far out he saw that en passant mate! Love your videos:)

@AdrianWan 3 жыл бұрын

"en passant is like on croissant" put that on some Rosen merch

@garys5175 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric! We love it when you put it on KZfaq!

@Artherus 2 жыл бұрын

5:35 He literally pre-moved his laugh 😂

@BlanBlan19901990 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: When you look up the word chill in the dictionary, the only thing you’ll see is a headshot of Eric Rosen.

@malachimason9790 3 жыл бұрын

Oh god not a head shot. Who killed Eric?

@BlanBlan19901990 3 жыл бұрын

@@malachimason9790 no it’s a sweet headshot eric rosen made in modern warfare 2. It was a 360 no scope. Pretty fucking awesome.

@malachimason9790 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlanBlan19901990 ah ok that's more Understandable

@genaricTallGuy 3 жыл бұрын

6:51 I literally out loud said, "damn me too" then you had me busting out laughing xD

@brentsholbrook 3 жыл бұрын

You sir have a vision like I can only dream off...Nice one!

@rocker1260 3 жыл бұрын

17:08 I don't know the exact cutoff, but games that are below a certain number of moves don't go into the database. For example if you check wayward queen attack in the database, black allowed mate in 1 about 300 times and white never mates according to the database. As all the games in which mate occurred are cutoff.

@aadikochhar4028 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is like the Bob Ross of chess

@burrri 3 жыл бұрын

16:31 "oh cuz en passant is.. like.. en croissant" you can see eric sweating and dying inside

@gurderguile9258 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine playing Eric over the board and listening to him ponder how French toast is made while he kicks your butt

@luis-wn2yx 3 жыл бұрын

loving those random discussion with some chess in the background

@thomaslopez8395 3 жыл бұрын

That incredible that Eric saw Enpassant Checkmate out 12 moves

@99monsters12 3 жыл бұрын

Slow motion replay lmfaooo

@diadrite 3 жыл бұрын

I just got the trap you showed at the end of the video in a bullet game today and my opponent took the queen. It was a satisfying moment after being on a bit of a losing streak for a few games

@PushyPawn 3 жыл бұрын

You even saw this ending on move 31, extra nice.

@TVGApparition 3 жыл бұрын

I finally caught ONE Eric Rosen stream live on twitch. And as I tuned in and started watching, it was right here. The next youtube upload :(

@travisphilp8215 3 жыл бұрын

I’m just waiting for the cooking stream

@lesliewessling4714 3 жыл бұрын

Low key chill hilarious, have my sub!

@ryanphillips713 2 жыл бұрын

"i dont mean to rub it in... except that's kind of what you're supposed to do to syrup" wow

@MrTheDif 3 жыл бұрын

Eric anthropomorphizes the pieces "Both bishops are happy. The pawns are happy..."

@brendanwoods4175 3 жыл бұрын

The talk of French words foreshadows the En Passant mate

@Speedster___ 3 жыл бұрын

The commentary was gold

@NinjasOfOrca 2 жыл бұрын

@9:15 the dryness of the stale bread helps the bread absorb the egg

@ericm1839 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know which hurt me more, Rosen not knowing how to make french toast or implying that one should "rub in" syrup to "spread the flavor"

@ibrahimstracey3724 3 жыл бұрын

The pre-moving the bishop is actually something Levy mentioned in one of his videos about the Dutch Defence, as a tactic that he uses in bullet games!

@soluna1679 3 жыл бұрын

when you think you are making this guy struggle for 2 minutes before making his move, but in reality dude just sits there talking about toast

@JoseAntonio-qu8nk 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Rosen saw it far before it happened.

@rcmrocks2374 3 жыл бұрын

im here for the en passant checkmate, ive waited so long

@TheAlaskaninja 3 жыл бұрын

Holy Hell!

@alex0589 3 жыл бұрын

The title alone gave me a nosebleed

@lolhi9626 3 жыл бұрын

"Vampire opening" I swear these openings are named after the most random things.

@d.l.7416 3 жыл бұрын

Does it not look like a vampire to you? (tone indication is hard, this is meant to be read as a sophisticated flamboyant art critic asking a rhetorical question which after some silence they then follow with "Well then, let us continue". Also they have a posh British accent)

@turtle_7777 3 жыл бұрын

@@d.l.7416 ok.

@turtle_7777 3 жыл бұрын

icmb

@lolhi9626 3 жыл бұрын

@LegacySeeker Yes indeed

@mrlucasftw42 2 жыл бұрын

French toast is what can be done with bread that is past its prime, to make it good again. Hence the 'lost bread'

@aurelienhermant2242 3 жыл бұрын

Pain perdu is not exactly toast, this is bread soaked in egg and milk then we put it in the fried pan It's literally called lost bread not because of "the essence of bread lost" but because usually, we use bread that otherwise would have been lost. By that I mean old bread from several days that is becoming a bit hard

@EebstertheGreat 2 жыл бұрын

It's not exactly toast, but it is exactly what the English and Americans call "French toast." Typically in America at least, French toast is made sweet with egg, milk, cinnamon, and sugar. And people do put maple syrup on it.