I Unknowingly Faced the ALIEN GAMBIT
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- This video features my first ever encounter against the "Alien Gambit". This is a hyper aggressive and somewhat dubious variation against the Caro Kann Defense that has been popularized by @Witty_AlienClips. Watch the whole video for a CRAZY finish!
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Dear Eric,
Thank you so so much for making a video about Alien Gambit 👽 The first thing I read when I woke up, is that you made video about Alien Gambit, that me and my dear community invented 👽❤
Thank you so much!!! Thank you!!!
Qxg3!!!!!! So romantic move!!!!!!! 👽❤
Very romantic gambit! Thank you for inventing it ❤
common witty alien W
Somebody stop this guy from brillianting!!! ❤❤
You two should collaborate someday
This line is different from the Witty Alien's gambit though. This arises from the two Knights, yours is from the main line, no?
Tal took his opponents into deep dark forests.
This guy took you into Area 51.
Best comment ever
What about area 99 in sonic x
Remember In The Next Couple Of Thousand Years That This Guy Quoted It
Remember In The Next Couple Of Thousand Years That This Guy Quoted It
We need a Predator Defence against the Alien Gambit
It's c5
nooooooooooo
I have a bad feeling that this gambit s gonna die soon as well just like the others..wait until some gm make a video on it and refutes it..
Remember how danya killed the stafford :(
Same happened with the nakhmanson as well
Well played Mr Spidermiddleagedman, well played 👏
@@pushingyourownagenda9889"Kill" is not a good word here, as the Stafford still has some success in a good chunk of games. Not everyone's gonna spend 30 mins watching/prepping against the lines though.
Eric when his opponent has an opening trap: I need to cool down and think about what my opponent wants to do
Me when my opponent has an opening trap: yummy pawn, yummy piece, oh no my king
LOL so true
me when my opponent has an opening trap and i realize what's going on 1 move too late: "fuck....:"
@@Celatra literally me not knowing the traxler counter attack
Yes impressive how he immediately sensed that something was up
Queen sack + quiet move is a great combo. I’m too afraid to miss something.
My puzzle work is paying off. I was able to spot it, along with the bishop move before the rook to slide over. Now, when I'm in the driver seat, no way I'd spot it. But my "over the shoulder" chess skills are finally starting to show up.
@@cvindustries my peak currently is 2200 puzzle, i still can't do the quiet moves, too afraid that with such a move all the advantage would just plummet into the ground and somehow lose the entire attack, but by going too aggressive i alot of the times get the enemy king into safety
Still can't believe I missed rf2. Reckon I would've had you if you'd berserked and we'd gone into the same variation. Really happy you uploaded this, because I was hoping to see your side of it.
its you ?
@@TaoLaFusee the usernames match so I dont see why not
@@pearcyjackson280 ah I hadn't seen that thank you ( it was just a question)
15. Rxf6 was a great great move
you played great tbh
I remember when these two played in an arena and Eric was accepting all the romantic sacrifices and just hoping it wasn't checkmate 😅
Do you have a link to this?
@@ArturoSubutex "My best Titled Tuesday" from Eric, the one that has a bright gold background. It's Eric's first game.
@@sonphantrung Thanks!
Thanks again @@sonphantrung
The alien gambit really shows results on blitz and bullet. It's harder to get compensation for the lost piece on rapid
pretty sure that's the case for any dubious opening
This is not the correct one.The one that Witty alien plays is e4 c6 d4 d5 Nd2 dxe4 Nxd4 Nf6 Ng5 h6 Nxh7.The d pawn is already played which makes a huge difference.Its only like -0.5 there
@@bhavnabaid2131 I don't think it's -0.5. probably -2 instead of -3 but don't try to make this gambit look not dubious
@odysseas573 Check it with the engine yourself
@@bhavnabaid2131 engine says -2.7 🤔
This is one of those perfect examples of 'I don't need to win from stockfish, I just need to win from you'. When you create a game so insane that people are very likely to make blunders. I definitely would have made a couple in a few places here.
Really well played.
The great public usually love attackers, who doesn't?
But there is a poetic beauty in keep the calm, dodge all the threats, block all the attacks, then suddenly counter-play and mate.
That Queen sacrifice REALLY looked like a Judo tactics, using the violence of the attacker to finish him off all of a sudden.
Impressive composture and timing.
If there is some way to orchestrate a bullet match against Witty Alien i feel like that would be top tier content 🙏
Clicked because I didn't know what the Alien Gambit was, but then realized I've faced this opening before! I got it about a month ago, but didn't know it was a named gambit; I thought it was just a creative novelty. In my game, I found the correct opening sequence, but after Bc4+, I played ...e6. I also played far from optimal, but was eventually able to simplify while up in material and won the endgame.
This is why I play e4 :D
Does scandoff cover this line in his book?
@@pushingyourownagenda9889 :)
@@pushingyourownagenda9889 I don't think so.
This is not the correct one.The one that Witty alien plays is e4 c6 d4 d5 Nd2 dxe4 Nxd4 Nf6 Ng5 h6 Nxh7.The d pawn is already played which makes a huge difference.Its only like -0.5 there
"I feel like this is one of those Tic Tok traps" lol
This😅💁🏻♀️
Wow, this was such an awesome video. New opening tech expertly handled by Eric into a stunning queen sac. Nice one
that was an excellent queen sac and quiet move combo for mate
that queen sac that you found in like 10 seconds, i would have struggled to find in a classical game
I saw it the moment he hesitated to capture the bishop on g3. Its called a Greco mate. Anyone who has trained on checkmate patterns should know it by heart.
@@MrSupernova111 yes, I've trained quite a bit on mating patterns, and I can notice that, but since it's not something I see very often it would probably be one of the last things I consider
@@prawnydagrate . Then I recommend the book/course checkmate patterns manual. 1000 puzzles of nothing but checkmate patterns.
13:16 Oh no, my Queen!
Facing the new gambit you have never played before against opponent’s preparation and still winning you are the best Eric!!!
this is now my fav eric rosen game keeping so cool and resourceful under extreme unexpected pressure. awesome chess, man!
Thank you Eric for featuring the Alien Gambit! The Alien community put so much effort into it
Out of interest what is the alien community? Some kind of crowd sourcing group that comes up with new moves and tactics? Never heard of it before as I don't follow tiktok chess 😊
new cult
@@robd1381
@@robd1381I think it's just Witty Alien's fanbase
Sometimes I feel like I miss out by not watching the twitch content but always appreciate the fun ones
5:58 "happy new year, stephen" 😂😂😂
Hope you're having a wonderful start to your new year! Keep up the great work.
I cannot tell you how helpful this is, hearing you voice the board anaysis. Yesterday I was able to stay calm and survive this kind of attack.
Eric content+witty content=romantic brilliance!❤
After BE6 I was screaming at the screen for QB2 to take the pawn and threaten the rook as it was tied to the back rank to stop mate. Same after your opponent played QF7, then if they threaten the bishop, KA6 for the exchange but it becomes a lot more complicated.
Excellently played Eric especially for facing an unknown opening! GG
Qxg3 is absolutely brutal
you and witty should play a blitz match and score the winner based on the Fighting Chess Index for aggressiveness :)
Witty super aggressive he sacs for fun
I have to say, Eric, you are the calmest chess player I have ever seen. Even when you're in a losing position, you still kept your composure, never losing your cool, even in situations where you had lost materials, and especially when you go ''Oh no, my queen!'' Goes to show that cooler heads prevails.
Excellent win, Eric, with a ‼️ queen sac at the end, love it
that is a nasty finish to an incredible game. Genius as always Eric, cant wait for the next vid where you play the alien gambit
"I hope I'm not walking into anything >>> I probably walked into something"
My favorite part 😄
Been a while since Eric sweated like that. Would love to see the heart rate counter for this game.
Super instructive queen sac. What an ending!
“I hope I’m not walking into anything,” he said, walking into things.
Eric’s chess instincts are 💯lol
Pausing at the checkmate to say ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE EVER SEEN. Audibly awed over here. Looking forward to your discussion now at the end of the video. Bravo Eric!
Witty finally getting realized by the higher ups.
now you know what it feels like to play against that stupid stafford gambit every time you face the petrov
Bravo! Signature queen sac FTW in your first alien encounter.
Wow, what a cool video! Really fun watching your thought process as you worked through this game.
How a man can stay calm down 7min in such a tattered position is beyond impressive. Finding a way to win.... awe inspiring
Its not an Alien gambit and its not new!
I have played this opening for over 20 years including many correspondence games!
Also beginning of December 2023 I did beat 2 CMs in over the board games with this. Both games happened in Latvian team championship, one in Rapid another in blitz.
Rapid game was also published on Facebook by tournament arbiter.
Additional info - even your opponent has stolen my idea - he missed to demonstrate to you even the main strategic idea why I am playing the opening this way and why the piece is scarified.
Additionally - the streamer whom you mentioned also does not know how to contribute the author because obviously by his age he can't be an author to this.
I first invented this sacrifice in late 199ties in my correspondence games and used it to trick opponents who used computers because engines of that time could not correctly asses long term positional plans that white have here.
I still play it in blitz and rapid games, but as I am not playing this in correspondence anymore - I stopped hiding it and for about last 3-4 years I play it on lichess and other online platforms often - so it got popular and got stolen and named Alien gambit - I am not alien - I am Vairis from Latvia and I play it for over 20 years!
Lets called it Latvian gambit.
brilliant! brilliant my dear friends.... bro thinks hes hikaru bro thinks hes hikaru...
The Alien Gambit has some similarities to the Busch-Gass Gambit.
Queen to d4 stops the knight. If the bishop attacks, take the knight while the bishop blocks the opponent’s queen from taking back.
Cant believe eric won in such an epic way. Really cool
sometimes I sit here yelling at the screen; do it... DO IT! Move the horse...and finally after wasting 2 minutes on the clock... yes, he sees it.
If after white sacs the rook he then blocks the black check with Rf2 rather than playing Kh1 in order to save the rook from recapture I think white would be close to winning. Good defending by Eric.
Nice queen sac. Worthy of a puzzle.
Really nice queen sac and forced mate sequence. I learn so much watching your content.
The start to middle are quite boring but I'm glad I kept on watching. I didn't expect the last move to be the iconic 'oh mo my queen' moment.
This gambit probably works far better in a 5-minute or 3-minute format, when Black has very little time to figure out a viable defense.
Agreed. Probably best for bullet games.
I was thinking qxb2 around move 20-21, solves bc3 threat and poses mate again, the engine on post game analysis seems to like too
Bro has an ultrawide display just so he can see the bishop coming
"I don't think I made that game look easy" while his heart rate never crests 40bpm
your videos super chill to watch man thanks!
Reminds me of Johnathan Schrantz's iconic _"Beat the Caro-Kann in 5 Moves"_ video.
It's different, very, but also quite reminiscent of it though.
The audacity of hope to stop it bebe
This was all analysed by John Nunn about 30 years ago in 'John Nunn's best games' I believe...
i have direct experience of this line from the black side. there is one player who plays it against me in hyper and has a really good record against me. I know the computer says it's good for black but it's extremely tricky to play. I feel at least partially vindicated when I see that even Eric Rosen struggled against it. Really nice queen sack to mate at the end though.
A Rosen video about a gambit: oh yes!
Wait, he's the victim of a gambit: oh no!
Good thing I'm from Australia and used to things being upside down
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@@gw6667 witty alien meows because of mittens
Ngl witty alien is really entertaining to watch
That alien just looks pissed that someone moved a piece in the game he was playing with his cousin xenu.
what a cool game! the Alien is wild. And a nice Q sac by Eric to win it and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
I play the caro kann a lot and have faced this opening numerous times but had no idea it was a meme opening. Thank you for this video! Imma go check out how I've done against it...
Wow great game, so many tricks and traps by your opponent. Very interesting one and such a nice mat too!
As a parttime carokann player, people have been playing this exactly with these lines and ideas for ages on constant basis in online chess. Obviously, highly dubious knight sacking is first playful instinct any chess player has, and in blitz 50% in two knights variation go for this. Any next move is pretty much only logical move.
Eric: "I don't usually play the Caro Kann..."
Me: "I don't neither; because I love fun and want to enjoy chess."
This is funny the repertoire I bought also covers this line. Essentially black should play e6 and drop the king back to g8 when white goes Ne5 and Bc4. Black is pretty cozy and if white goes d4 then the usual plan of undermining it with c5 is pretty strong
Fantastic recovery for an opening you have never seen. This Alien must have come from Alpha Centauri.
witty is definitely going big with this
You showed some strenght. Very impressive, nice defense sense !
Its funny because you play the alien gambit after the two nights, instead of d4. An instrucional video after this variation( it is slightly different then the original alien gambit), would be very helpfull
I LOVE defending these kind of positions. So exciting. Way to fight
Bro destroyed alien Gambit unknowingly with brilliant queen sac, 😮
The Alien Gambit may be unsound, but that's okay, because the Caro-Kann is unsound in the first place.
Amazing finish wow, tactically giving back material was really cool too
I've never seen an IM say they're scared from an opening before 💀
@Witty_AlienClips He gotta watch pt.1 and pt.2 of Alien Gambit tutorial
Oh my God the Queen sacrifice was so good
Thanks for posting this! I lose to this garbage all the time and watching you struggle against it makes me feel a lot better
Love how you punished that cheese.
Wow, this was an amazing game. The most enjoyable I have seen in a while.
Welcome to the wonderful world of caro-kann, where if black doesn't know opening theory, then black is lost and if white doesn't know opening theory, they lose in the endgame (or sometimes to a vicious kingside attack). Funnily enough falling for all those traps has made me study caro and made me a nightmare for every e4 player. People at the club just don't want to play e4 against me anymore.
The alien gambit is unstoppable bebe ❤️❤️❤️so romantic 🥰
spam the queen sac emote 👸💰
I'm just relieved to see that I'm not the only one that will kill half my clock figuring things out on moves my opponent takes a minute to make.
Should’ve put a mind flayer as your alien and get some of that baldurs gate meta data lol
In audacity of hope we play knight take f7🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ my friends
"I hope I'm not walking into anything"
Famous last words
?? I thought it was a known opening. Here in Italy I saw it played several times already a couple of years ago.
Here's what I learned: As black In the Alien Gambit your King should seek shelter on a6!
Probably could have a collab with Witty Alien now to go over this game with him
In the end of the video I thought that my screen is dying. I don't know if I watched this video at night, maybe I would've scared that my eyes are not seeing anything 🥲
I can't believe you worked your way out of that hole and came back for the win!?!
Wow! That was some nerve-shredder from another world (pun intended!)
Eric defeating the alien gambit with o no me queen is too hilarious
I just lost a game against that opening and UA-cam gives me the solution nice
Great “silent” bishop move. I only saw rook check then Bishop d4
Happy new year Steven 05:58 😂