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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2022
  • In this video, I play my very first game of Duck Chess. This is a new funny and entertaining chess variant that involves a duck. If you want to see more duck chess, leave a quack in the comments 🦆
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  • @infantiltinferno
    @infantiltinferno Рік тому +3666

    "I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7", glorious.

  • @Parangtha
    @Parangtha Рік тому +2128

    Eric: There's no escape
    *next move*
    Eric: Oh no, an escape!

    • @VanquishR
      @VanquishR Рік тому +40

      This variant is a constant rollercoaster

    • @Dr._Bo
      @Dr._Bo Рік тому +2

      @@VanquishR of emotions

    • @jaydentan4336
      @jaydentan4336 Рік тому

      @@Dr._Bo OF CUM!

    • @Brinez5
      @Brinez5 Рік тому +1

      @@Dr._Bo no not really

    • @Dr._Bo
      @Dr._Bo Рік тому +1

      @@Brinez5 I meant just for me but aight🤷🏾

  • @ramachandra776
    @ramachandra776 Рік тому +2199

    "The stalemated player wins" - Eric will take to this variant of chess like a duck to water . 🙂

    • @ckq
      @ckq Рік тому +86

      Thing is you can move into check so stalemate is basically impossible

    • @EebstertheGreat
      @EebstertheGreat Рік тому +74

      @@ckq It's like a reward for managing to find such a bizarre and rare position.

    • @simont.2145
      @simont.2145 Рік тому +16

      With this in mind he will be duck chess world champion, mark my words😅

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate Рік тому +52

      That's only if you ACTUALLY have no moves; not even a move into check. That almost never happens. If instead, your only moves are to move into check (which would be considered a stalemate in normal chess), you have Lost.

    • @jonathanbarkins8480
      @jonathanbarkins8480 Рік тому +15

      @@JimmyBoosterCrate That's what I was thinking. So Eric didn't actually have to worry about stalemate at all, am I correct?
      Edit: I made a FEN position of one of the only (at least simplest) stalemate positions I could think of: 3k1qBK/5PRP/6P1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
      You can paste it into the lichess editor and look at it if someone wants to see it.

  • @ThePinnacleSFA
    @ThePinnacleSFA Рік тому +127

    "i should've played Duck a3"
    classic blunder, Eric

    • @michaeld519
      @michaeld519 Рік тому +5

      I lost my shit when he said that. Just so ridiculous. It's rare that a chess UA-cam video can make me actually laugh out loud, but Eric made it happen.

  • @AaronHillyer
    @AaronHillyer Рік тому +794

    Is it just me or hearing Eric say "duck e2" just sounds so hilarious

  • @radosawkarwacki4386
    @radosawkarwacki4386 Рік тому +1033

    Watching Eric struggle to checkmate at the end was one of the funniest things I've seen this week. I'd love to see more of Duck Chess here, it's so entertaining!

    • @whocares2277
      @whocares2277 Рік тому +81

      I'm up two queens, a rook and a knight, how do I checkmate?

    • @enzymeaoe
      @enzymeaoe Рік тому +11

      lol same here, this looks so annoying if you're eric!

    • @jackester6742
      @jackester6742 Рік тому +21

      I think this could be an awesome series if he took it seriously and climbed as far as he could. That stalemate rule seems to fit Eric's skillset.

    • @johnnytightlips1708
      @johnnytightlips1708 Рік тому +1

      hahahahahahaha

    • @jettaeschroff6924
      @jettaeschroff6924 Рік тому +1

      @@whocares2277 "this is reduckulous"

  • @someaccount3438
    @someaccount3438 Рік тому +300

    This is why Eric is my favorite chess UA-camr/streamer. While everyone else is like "Magnus this, Niemann that", Eric plays duck chess.

    • @Lufia4
      @Lufia4 Рік тому +9

      Chess simp do a lot of fun challenges! If you like alternative chess =D

  • @LuukSwinkels
    @LuukSwinkels Рік тому +331

    Oh no my duck

  • @infantiltinferno
    @infantiltinferno Рік тому +720

    When opponent Ducked the back rank mate, I was in stitches. This looks really fun.

    • @jettaeschroff6924
      @jettaeschroff6924 Рік тому +33

      this is reduckulous

    • @JDRed117
      @JDRed117 Рік тому +4

      @@jettaeschroff6924 yeah agree, it's riduckulous

    • @tomasbeltran04050
      @tomasbeltran04050 Рік тому +1

      it's really hard to win

    • @andreasbobe5239
      @andreasbobe5239 Рік тому +1

      Did you just make a double entendre with both meanings having the same meaning???

  • @TheWizardsOfOz
    @TheWizardsOfOz Рік тому +461

    Eric: Duck chess 🙂
    Eric: Goose chess 😬😭

  • @lschess686
    @lschess686 Рік тому +171

    Hey Eric, LSChess here, I thought i was holding, definitely missed the hang rook, thanks for the duck chess game!

    • @IX_4
      @IX_4 Рік тому +2

      you are good

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav Рік тому +108

    I love how in a lot of these variants suddenly the knight becomes an ultra powerful piece.

    • @marcopeterson805
      @marcopeterson805 Рік тому +9

      Always has been

    • @jomuffins6551
      @jomuffins6551 Рік тому +1

      Just cover it's best landing space and it can't do much

    • @quarot
      @quarot Рік тому +1

      *cough* atomic *cough*

    • @skylimitua
      @skylimitua 8 місяців тому

      Knight isn't too strong in my opinion. Surely, duck can block the entire diagonal of a bishop and it can only block one knight's square. But knight only has 8 squares, and most of the times, 4 of those are either useless or behind the edge of the board, 2 are defended and 1 is losing to a tactic. Which means there are more often than not only one moveable square for a knight, which duck can prevent allright. And even in the endgame, taking a massive detour to reroute a knight just sacrifices too much tempo which is of the absolute essence

  • @moox100
    @moox100 Рік тому +91

    So what we need now is 4 player, fog of war, atomic duck chess

    • @IIIRobIII
      @IIIRobIII Рік тому +9

      You forgot bullet, no increment

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Рік тому +38

      And this should be the format for the world champion title.

    • @sgtnubbings6501
      @sgtnubbings6501 Рік тому +9

      With no turn order

    • @U20E0
      @U20E0 Рік тому

      @@sgtnubbings6501 yes

    • @bonaaq86
      @bonaaq86 Рік тому +2

      @@sgtnubbings6501 turns by cooldown

  • @_wetmath_
    @_wetmath_ Рік тому +205

    more videos on this please!! this is so fun to watch, didn't feel like 20 mins just passed

    • @mcnica89
      @mcnica89 Рік тому +3

      They should organize a tournament with all chess streamers. They could call it: the Tour-duck-ment

  • @Tletna
    @Tletna Рік тому +47

    Man, that was hard. Your opponent kept ducking your checkmate attempts at the end there.

  • @Cheetahhh
    @Cheetahhh Рік тому +167

    I definitely recommend more of this game. It's a fun concept, adds a completely different dynamic, and is super fun to watch. I would absolutely love to see what strategies the people that play this game a ton could come up with, I bet there would be some unbelievable tactics and such. Great video :D much love

    • @jeanabiazar1183
      @jeanabiazar1183 Рік тому +1

      Yoo what u doin here lol

    • @jettaeschroff6924
      @jettaeschroff6924 Рік тому +4

      oh hey it's sweaty bridge man and i guess he also likes chess

    • @hoola_amigos
      @hoola_amigos Рік тому

      +100

    • @insight827
      @insight827 Рік тому +2

      What the fuck why is cheetahh here, so much crossover between mc and chess lmao

    • @daanielson
      @daanielson Рік тому +1

      bro cheetahh i watch you why are you here bro lmfao

  • @mattriarchal
    @mattriarchal Рік тому +6

    Duck is neither friend nor foe.
    Duck simply is.

  • @animefreak3010
    @animefreak3010 Рік тому +27

    Great video. I was literally crying laughing at how surprised he was each time checkmate was avoided when he was checking him like 15 different ways

  • @maxybg
    @maxybg Рік тому +4

    15:28 "yes! it's backrank checkmate"
    *proceeds to block with two pieces*
    "gah"

  • @Josh-ui7nq
    @Josh-ui7nq Рік тому +33

    Because check isn't a thing, I think the only way to stalemate is to have no valid moves at all (ie the King fully blocked in)

    • @TheGoldenRater
      @TheGoldenRater Рік тому +1

      Youd probably have to help stalemate the king with the duck tho. Meaning your opponent is almost self stalemating.

  • @magician531
    @magician531 Рік тому +10

    Best Chess Varient yet. They didn't have to make it a duck. But they made it a duck and that makes the game.

  • @dcraftbgdev
    @dcraftbgdev Рік тому +10

    A chess player went to the lemonade stand and he said to the man "backrank checkmate"

  • @GriffinK10
    @GriffinK10 Рік тому +26

    The time trouble along with trying to figure out how to checkmate is so entertaining

  • @zada4a
    @zada4a Рік тому +4

    0:45 I believe no checks and objective is to take opponent's king means stalemate only can occur if both kings capture each other. But that would mean that both win because both are stalemated without a king.
    Remember that king can move on any square attacked by any piece in this variation, it can't be smothered.

  • @Neathar
    @Neathar Рік тому +105

    I was sure there would be at least 2 matches is this video, but I forgot that with a duck the number of moves doubles and so does the amount of time

    • @nephandi2316
      @nephandi2316 Рік тому +5

      No, move + duck counts as only 1 move, but there is a 4 second increment

    • @Neathar
      @Neathar Рік тому +4

      A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be taken seriously. Usually it takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony or sarcasm, a logical incompatibility, nonsense, or other means.

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 Рік тому +20

      Lol your comment wasn't even close to a joke. It was just a relatable observation. I don't know why you posted that Wikipedia snippet.

    • @Neathar
      @Neathar Рік тому +4

      The joke was implying that the time doubled because you had to make 2 moves per turn, when in reality I think the reason would be increased complexity and inexperience with this specific gamemode. But yeah, I guess in a sense you’re right

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 Рік тому +14

      @@Neathar No, believe or not, making two moves actually takes twice as long as one. There is no joke here.

  • @MysticPotato
    @MysticPotato Рік тому +14

    I laughed when he say "Duck E2"

  • @lucasmatsuoca
    @lucasmatsuoca Рік тому +62

    I think the trick to checkmate is to check very close to the king where it can’t be blocked or 1 square away where you block your own check an opponent has to move the duck in a way it can’t keep blocking the check. I’m not sure though, but it seems like an idea

    • @SanyaJuutilainen
      @SanyaJuutilainen Рік тому +14

      Or create a suffocating checkmate with knight

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Рік тому +13

      Yeah, smothered mate still smothered mate. Only problem is that smothered mates are hard to get. But i presume you can get smothered mates easier if you block 1 of the escape squares with the duck. Since the pieces move first, the side getting smothered mated can’t move the duck to get a square

    • @ReneZ11
      @ReneZ11 Рік тому +33

      What Eric thought would be stalemate in the endgame is actually the way to win. If the opponent can only make moves that put him into check, they HAVE to make that move, leading to capturing the king on the next move. The only way to actually stalemate is to leave the opponent no moves at all, which is very hard to get in an actual game.

    • @cdorresteijn
      @cdorresteijn Рік тому

      I think the best approach is to do a double check.

    • @AnxStudios
      @AnxStudios Рік тому +4

      @@ReneZ11 true. He couldnt think about it at the time scramble but king can move even that square occupied. Stalemate is very hard to get unless oppenent has only the king :D

  • @ckq
    @ckq Рік тому +7

    6:45 he could've taken the knight and blocked the bishop.
    One thing noticed is if the Queen touches the king while attempting to mate, you can just take it and use the as the shield

    • @resonance4452
      @resonance4452 Рік тому

      If he takes a knight there is Qxb5?

    • @joeldanielferraris9380
      @joeldanielferraris9380 Рік тому

      Uh white queen takes black queen on b5?

    • @ckq
      @ckq Рік тому

      @@joeldanielferraris9380 I may have gotten the timestamp wrong. I was talking about the opponent taking Eric's knight on g4

    • @ckq
      @ckq Рік тому

      @@resonance4452 he as in opponent taking knight on g4

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction Рік тому +5

    7:59
    Eric Realized he could just take the bishop and block the check with the duck.

  • @ItsAsparageese
    @ItsAsparageese Рік тому +13

    This looks super fun, and I love that it's a variant that would be delightfully easy to adapt to OTB play :D

    • @IIIRobIII
      @IIIRobIII Рік тому +6

      With an actual rubber ducky😄

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Рік тому +5

      @@IIIRobIII Right, if you can find one tiny enough that'd be perfect 😆 I love the idea of a nicely carved Duck piece to add to sets, too

    • @rhoddryice5412
      @rhoddryice5412 Рік тому +2

      @@ItsAsparageese Or a board large enough.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Рік тому

      @@rhoddryice5412 True lol

    • @Theking0fgg
      @Theking0fgg Рік тому +1

      Just have to go to the local pond, wait for a duck to come, and then you can play all day long with a friend

  • @LegendaryFartMaster
    @LegendaryFartMaster Рік тому +18

    I was fortunate to see these games live. Absolutely insane tactics!

  • @_wetmath_
    @_wetmath_ Рік тому +11

    10:43 can he play Qxb5&Dc4, preventing white's queen from capturing back?
    this means that pieces defended by other pieces from long distances are not actually defended

    • @HazhanJalal
      @HazhanJalal Рік тому +2

      Naroditsky has to add another category/type for undefended pieces. Like Type 5head undefended pieces.

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Рік тому +2

      Well, the danger about this type of moves is that you wasted your duck move without thinking too much ahead.
      I’m not sure but let’s say white plays Qg3 and Duck f5, now black’s queen is attacked by the bishop and the knight is attacked by the queen because the duck is blocking the defense of the bishop on e3.
      I don’t know if it works though, cause if we keep thinking through the lines it gets so so complicated, everytime you take a piece by blocking the defender, you are in danger because once the duck moves you’ll be attacked and the opponent can create a normal threat while unleashing the duck. I don’t know if you got me 😅. The tatics in duck chess are at least 2 times harder to calculate, and it keeps expanding in a factor of 2 per move, cause the duck is a variable.

    • @_wetmath_
      @_wetmath_ Рік тому +1

      @@lucasmatsuoca im thinking:
      Qxb5+Dc4 (take knight and block defence)
      Qg3+Df5 (discovered attack on white's queen and double attacking white's knight, while cutting bishop's defence)
      then Qd7+Df3 (forming battery with bishop to overprotect knight, while cutting the white bishop's attack)
      but yeah my head hurts calculating this

    • @_wetmath_
      @_wetmath_ Рік тому +2

      hmm a piece isnt pinned if the duck can block (exchanging the thing that's pinned i guess)
      also you can safely capture a piece that is defended from more than 1 square away (capture piece and duck block)
      i think you need 3 rooks to ladder mate: 1 to cut off king and 2 to give check
      you know this is the time where an irl physical chess board would make calculation alot easier

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Рік тому +3

      @@_wetmath_ yeah, to understand this type of variant we should maybe start thinking if elementary checkmates are a thing, is 1 rook enough material to checkmate? Is not so obvious, are 2 knights able to checkmate 1 king? Also not so obvious. It’s almost an entirely different game. I assume that if someone create an “stockduck” engine it would completely obliterate humans in less than 20 moves. If in regular chess we already miss tatics, imagine duck chess

  • @flighteldgar
    @flighteldgar Рік тому +4

    I dunno if you didnt see this or if you did but thought it was stalemate but at 17:48 , Knight e2 is game over since he has to move his king into the knight's attack allowing you to take it. Looks like the best method of winning is to make your opponent's king walk into check and take or have 4 queens and just attack all squares

    • @gh.05t70
      @gh.05t70 Рік тому

      I was wondering if anyone else saw this

  • @thatchrisguy188
    @thatchrisguy188 Рік тому +3

    11:00
    Eric: You should always place the duck in the way of your opponent's best move.
    Opponent: *Places duck in the way of Eric's best move.*
    Eric: :O

  • @manuelbergler6884
    @manuelbergler6884 Рік тому +48

    I'd love to see stockfish analyze this game :D

    • @emprost-kun2388
      @emprost-kun2388 Рік тому +24

      I'd love to see hans Neimann analyze this game :D

    • @cringename2757
      @cringename2757 Рік тому +47

      @@emprost-kun2388 the duck speaks for itself

    • @UnbornHeretic
      @UnbornHeretic Рік тому +4

      Fish v. Duck

    • @TheOneWhoHasABadName
      @TheOneWhoHasABadName Рік тому +8

      the duck will eat stockfish, it just doesn’t work

    • @PkGam
      @PkGam Рік тому +3

      @@TheOneWhoHasABadName It could be added to Fairy-Stockfish one day. Lichess added it to their site to examine variants supported.

  • @eduardwerner3087
    @eduardwerner3087 Рік тому +1

    A few years ago, I invented ‘tombstone chess’ where there are four tombstones (bricks). They are getting placed after a capture on a square next to the square where the capture has occurred. When the fifth capture occurs one of the tombstones will be moved. This is also great fun and annihilates opening theory.

  • @speleospape2679
    @speleospape2679 Рік тому +8

    Thx for all the great UA-cam content you've been posting lately!

  • @eliyasne9695
    @eliyasne9695 Рік тому +8

    I can't even imagine how computer duck chess looks like...

  • @robologo
    @robologo Рік тому +2

    18:15 hilarious lack of checkmate

  • @berkayguler4453
    @berkayguler4453 Рік тому +4

    realization at 3:58 is gold lol

  • @Joelthinker
    @Joelthinker Рік тому +1

    "It feels so good to move the duck"
    I never thought I'd hear a sentence like that in the context of chess

  • @thehulkyman
    @thehulkyman Рік тому +18

    Wow! What a fun variant! I'd Love to see a duck marathon

  • @WanisheMusic
    @WanisheMusic Рік тому +2

    3:53 "that's counterpro duck tive" I see what you did there

  • @raul12300
    @raul12300 Рік тому +2

    I love this way too much, please upload more of this variant!

  • @JayMannStuff
    @JayMannStuff Рік тому +1

    "The duck adds a whole new layer of complexity" - Eric Rosen, 2022, out of context at 2:32

  • @Maerowitz
    @Maerowitz Рік тому +7

    This was really fun to watch. Would love to see more duck chess!

  • @Thesnakerox
    @Thesnakerox Рік тому +5

    Funny story: I've always had an idea for a piece that behaves in the same way as the Duck in that it can go to any unoccupied space on the board, and cannot capture or be captured. However, when to move it follows the same rules as any other piece, i.e it must be the only piece you move on your turn. Names I thought of included the Wall, Barrier, or Bastion.

    • @Sorta8
      @Sorta8 Рік тому

      - What do I even... ah, duck it.
      - Duck it?
      - Duck it.
      - uh, Duck?
      - Duck.

    • @hy7864
      @hy7864 Рік тому

      Fun Fact: FM Ralph Betza (one of the Individuals notable for creating multiple chess variants) talk 'bout that piece in his article "Restrictions on Being Captured". Here's part of it:
      "What about an uncapturable Ghost? Is it worth a Knight because it blocks the enemy pieces so well? Is there a limit to how much blocking you can use, so that one iron ghost is worth a Knight, but seven iron ghosts are worth less than seven Knights (or their equivalent, for example two Knights, two Bishops, and two Rooks)? (Actually, if you have 6 or more Iron Ghosts, you can easily draw against the FIDE-chess army.).
      I think that an Iron Ghost is worth five or ten times as much as a capturable Ghost. This is just a chessmaster's feel for the value after a small amount of experimentation: Ghost equals half a Pawn, Iron Ghost equals a Knight or Rook, either estimate could be very wrong."
      -FM Ralph Betza 1996

  • @deetrixreed8961
    @deetrixreed8961 Рік тому +4

    Props to his opponent giving him a good run for his money, playing amazing at the start, and then making the same honest "mistakes" that Eric was. Really made for a great game. Cheers.

  • @Callipygous1975
    @Callipygous1975 Рік тому +26

    Thanks for the IntroDucktion! It's bound to be the very next craze😜

  • @OrangeHat9001
    @OrangeHat9001 Рік тому

    Wow does this seem like a really fun variant. Please upload more of this content if you enjoyed making it!

  • @brabhamfreaman166
    @brabhamfreaman166 Рік тому +10

    Wondering if ‘Duck Duck Goose” might be a future variant? Players each get their own duck, plus Eric’s goose idea.

  • @myfirstnamemylastname1244
    @myfirstnamemylastname1244 Рік тому +1

    14:36 it's hilarious how he says this so seriously

  • @alexcoroian3983
    @alexcoroian3983 Рік тому +1

    he forgot that there's no checks. if the king can only move to a square where he's in check, and the duck can't block it, you win on the next move. there's technically a stalemate but it's nearly impossible to achieve.

  • @Cheeselog
    @Cheeselog Рік тому +1

    I would be very happy if you upload more duck chess. This is such a cool chess variant!

  • @ikilem
    @ikilem Рік тому +1

    This is amazing. More of this please!

  • @Drhmo
    @Drhmo Рік тому +3

    MOOOOORE !!!! We need more duck chess pls Eric! I solomly swear to watch like and comment on every single duck chess video from you :D

  • @Jozaia
    @Jozaia Рік тому +1

    A good tactic is taking a piece defended at long-range, then placing the duck in-between to cut off the defense… what a fun variant!

  • @lydianlights
    @lydianlights Рік тому +5

    Wow this is the best chess variant I've seen in a while haha. Super cool

  • @fili5118
    @fili5118 Рік тому

    This just looks like so much fun! Thanks for the video Eric

  • @juhonieminen4219
    @juhonieminen4219 Рік тому +1

    The value of knight goes up, because it can't be obstructed by the duck. Bishop and rook can get badly stuck a duck'd.

  • @spacejhnny
    @spacejhnny Рік тому +1

    Always love your vids dude! Keep it up!

  • @feelshowdy
    @feelshowdy Рік тому +1

    The phrase "duck tactics" is so satisfying to hear, also it reminds me of Ducktective.

  • @brett6468
    @brett6468 Рік тому +1

    Excellent! So much fun watching a chess master learn The Way of the Duck in real time.

  • @lul.t.6831
    @lul.t.6831 Рік тому +1

    The fact that “Qe7, ducky too” didn’t make him laugh of cuteness…

  • @jamesb8510
    @jamesb8510 Рік тому +1

    It takes a lot to get me grinning ear to ear while sitting by myself watching UA-cam. What a game

  • @chrishamilton1728
    @chrishamilton1728 Рік тому +1

    Eric, the king can move into a check lol, the only way to stalemate is if the king has no unoccupied squares around it.

  • @pt1cemomot567
    @pt1cemomot567 Рік тому +1

    pretty funny to watch this after 3 mounts and know, that in that short period eric became one of the most famous and best players in duck chess

  • @iliakatster
    @iliakatster Рік тому +1

    That panic about the end was hilarious, esp since I think there is no stalemate b/c there is no check so unless the king is physically boxxed in, he can be forced to move into check and get captured.

  • @pieter-janorban2670
    @pieter-janorban2670 Рік тому +5

    QUACK

  • @tadtastic
    @tadtastic Рік тому +2

    i want to see more content on this variant and more youtubers playing it

  • @robdubent
    @robdubent Рік тому +1

    Hahahaha watching you try and finish this game had me in tears😂
    They should cal it ‘what the duck chess!’

  • @stevedeall425
    @stevedeall425 Рік тому +1

    Love how invested Eric gets - so funny

  • @mikebaker2436
    @mikebaker2436 Рік тому +1

    Eric: "The stalemated player wins... if only that was real chess."
    Me: "Flase. The stalemate is the higest of wins. Everyone but FIDE knows this." 🤣

  • @ultrawow65
    @ultrawow65 Рік тому +1

    I think one huge strat would be to eliminate the oponent's knights as soon as possible

  • @angryducklinginstitution76
    @angryducklinginstitution76 Рік тому +1

    Myself being a mildly-talented chess player, this video piqued my interests for certain reasons. I'm currently working on earning my online Bachelors of Science in IT. One of the classes I'd previously taken was an introductory course in programming with Python. That particular class taught us about the duck concept in which many programmers/developers/scriptwriters tend to engage:
    The idea involves setting a small rubber ducky toy somewhere on your desk, near vincinity of your computer. Whenever said programmer encounters a rather vexing problem they don't quite get, developer lore has it that verbally talking through the problem at hand can perhaps help one in finding a viable solution (or in this case, aptly "stepping through", a term which means a programmer is reading through someone's written code).
    In that same class we'd also went over the fact the Python programming language itself uses Dynamic Duck Typing, or in which case, if Python has some sort of variable, with that variable acting in a specific sort of way, then treat said variable by the way in which it acts.
    Example:
    I set a variable called my_variable. The value for my_variable is going to be equal (or in programming linguo, assigned) to the string (str) "My name is Kevin." A string is simply any form of text , whether that text be just one single word, or an entire paragraph. Strings have certain "properties" or principle characteristics which you must abide by, as does everything else that gets written in code. For instance, one specific property of a str is that you can't add it to any type of integer (int). If you tried writing the code "my_string + 3", that wouldn't make any sense, as you'd be asking the computer to add the number three to the sentence "My name is Kevin." You CAN, however, multiply a str and an int together. Multiplication of a str tells the computer to print (display) whatever indicated str by however many times it's being multiplied. E.G. - my_var * 3 would result in a print or display of the following:
    My name is Kevin.
    My name is Kevin.
    My name is Kevin.
    Therefore, in terms of Dynamic Duck Typing, if my_variable seems to be acting as if it has the properties of a str, then by all means Python will treat my_variable as a string. The original concept comes from the principle "If it acts like a duck, treat it like a duck."
    As such, I'd originally thought this video might be some kind of a cross between programming and chess. Hope everyone finds this little collision of worlds interesting!
    * Here's another interesting fact: I myself have been formally diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (among a few other conditions/disabilities). And I learned how to play chess from a guy who'd actually been a former student under world class chess legend Bobby Fischer, with Fischer himself also having been autistic. :)

  • @JimmyBoosterCrate
    @JimmyBoosterCrate Рік тому +2

    Keep in mind that you have to make two moves at every turn, so you need at least 2s increment to survive unless you're Andrew Tang.

  • @elijahrose7913
    @elijahrose7913 Рік тому +2

    Would like to see more of this please

  • @vko7059
    @vko7059 Рік тому +3

    Dude, duck chess is so sick

  • @esrohm6460
    @esrohm6460 Рік тому

    that you needed 2 queens a rock and a knight to checkmate in an extremely convoluted mate pattern shows how much more complex this gets just through adding a duck. imagine it where a gees instead

  • @EebstertheGreat
    @EebstertheGreat Рік тому +1

    At 12:18 white could just take your knight and then block the check with the duck. White can easily keep beating any checks with the duck, bishop, and rook, especially since white can still castle.

  • @Ramenenglish
    @Ramenenglish Рік тому +1

    "I should have premoved Duck A3." -Eric Rosen

  • @Eric-yc7po
    @Eric-yc7po Рік тому +2

    I commend the resilience of the opponent. I, like Eric, thought multiple times that there was forced mate lmfao

  • @rahulvignesh2775
    @rahulvignesh2775 Рік тому

    This one was so much fun to watch. Thank you Eric

  • @panupentikainen953
    @panupentikainen953 Рік тому +1

    This is super funny variation and makes the game more complicated than I first thought. :)

  • @makotohanazawa6560
    @makotohanazawa6560 Рік тому +1

    both sides straightup joggling the duckling around each others queen for 5 moves or so so funny

  • @jamesgarvey3895
    @jamesgarvey3895 Рік тому +1

    (in a very serious and reflective tone) "I should've played duck A3."

  • @asahamada6403
    @asahamada6403 Рік тому +1

    "I wonder if my opponent meant to play Duck D7" lmfaoo

  • @GMBethHarmon
    @GMBethHarmon Рік тому +2

    I retired from classical chess to start my duck chess career.

  • @kingdragmire5082
    @kingdragmire5082 Рік тому

    Your content is already fantastic and I should’ve subbed long ago but the “that’s counterproductive”
    *long pause*
    “CounterproDUCKtive” made me sub on the spot

  • @yeahno3167
    @yeahno3167 Рік тому +3

    It looks like you can trap your opponents pieces much easier, for example, attack opponents queen with a bishop and block his escape route with the duck 😅

    • @atulkrishan7830
      @atulkrishan7830 Рік тому

      And they will block your bishop using duck and will attack your bishop.. 😂😂

    • @secretunknown2782
      @secretunknown2782 Рік тому

      But in the next turn opponent can just remove the duck and again make escape route for queen

  • @safrprojects
    @safrprojects Рік тому +5

    It seems like pieces have to be defended twice in case the duck blocks one
    Also, Knights become much stronger

  • @TheNOOCH333
    @TheNOOCH333 Рік тому +4

    The duck is so OP its insane

  • @awesomeleozejia8098
    @awesomeleozejia8098 Рік тому +3

    For like a thousand moves opponent could have taken the Knight on G4 then blocked bishop with DUCK

  • @nathanieltownshend2174
    @nathanieltownshend2174 Рік тому +1

    Forget normal chess, this is the only version I want to see

  • @jadriellaracuente2692
    @jadriellaracuente2692 Рік тому

    Me and my buddy got bored and made a similar version of this, i called it jester chess. The peice was a dice block. Each player would have one, it could move anywhere, and wasn't capture able. It can't attack or block checks. But and it would count as its own move

  • @rokaspetreikis6093
    @rokaspetreikis6093 Рік тому +4

    We need more of duck chess, please :) !

  • @djconnel
    @djconnel Рік тому +1

    Eric forgets there’s no check and so there’s no checkmate and stalemate requires literally no available moves.

  • @ericz0r
    @ericz0r Рік тому +1

    This was WAYYYY more entertaining than I thought it would be. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @wyattcrider8367
    @wyattcrider8367 Рік тому +1

    watching eric try to mate at the end was downright painful

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Рік тому +1

    This has to be my favorite variant