I know I’m in a minority, but the only thing Eric does that I dislike is when he plays meme openings like beachcafe/baggage/cabbage/egg/cow etc it doesn’t feel in the spirit of playing dynamic, instructive chess, and just feels a bit trolly and mean.
That's not at all what I dislike about it. Firstly it generally is much more fun as an idea than it is in practise. In practise these openings generally make for terrible chess games. Secondly it doesn't feel that fun for the opponent. They are trying their best and their opponent plays some total garbage but then just beats them later because they are an IM, have much more tactical awareness etc. That feels pretty unfun and quite disheartening to me.
@@seanhunter111 that makes sense, I get what you're saying. From the perspective of someone who plays chess for a living every day tho I think it's important to mix things up every once in a while to keep things interesting
@@seanhunter111I think that being able to identify tactical ideas regardless of the position is actually very good at teaching how the pieces can actually interact with one another, and playing terrible openings also forces you to move your pieces to optimal squares without jeopardizing your own defences. There’s a lot to learn from any layout of pieces and seeing how a strong player both adequately defends a poor position while generating threats is great learning material. Seeing the exact same positional ideas from the same general opening is great for rote memorization, but ultimately to learn how to approach unknown positions there’s nothing more valuable than forcing them.
I have heard Eric say in another video that he likes playing these meme openings because it makes it harder for people to prepare for him in tournaments
Rapid is by far my favourite time control. More of this please!
I agree, it really is the perfect balance, A friend of mines only plays 15|10 while I play 10|0, 15 with incriment is very nice though
Always impresses me how quickly he finds the correct response to a move he's not familiar with, like in the first game.
I love when these videos show up
Me too!
Same
Like little surprise presents from Eric 🎁
Just in time to watch while struggling to sleep
Very intresting and wisdom
Considering the date this video was recorded on, you should've sacrificed more your towers. Or maybe play Atomic and make them explode. Just sayin
27:10 idea, rook e7, bishop f7, and rook there, make you died again in cutar championship(😅)
Dont burn the gasoline, im not shit. Hih
I know I’m in a minority, but the only thing Eric does that I dislike is when he plays meme openings like beachcafe/baggage/cabbage/egg/cow etc it doesn’t feel in the spirit of playing dynamic, instructive chess, and just feels a bit trolly and mean.
I also dislike it when people have fun with a game
That's not at all what I dislike about it. Firstly it generally is much more fun as an idea than it is in practise. In practise these openings generally make for terrible chess games. Secondly it doesn't feel that fun for the opponent. They are trying their best and their opponent plays some total garbage but then just beats them later because they are an IM, have much more tactical awareness etc. That feels pretty unfun and quite disheartening to me.
@@seanhunter111 that makes sense, I get what you're saying. From the perspective of someone who plays chess for a living every day tho I think it's important to mix things up every once in a while to keep things interesting
@@seanhunter111I think that being able to identify tactical ideas regardless of the position is actually very good at teaching how the pieces can actually interact with one another, and playing terrible openings also forces you to move your pieces to optimal squares without jeopardizing your own defences. There’s a lot to learn from any layout of pieces and seeing how a strong player both adequately defends a poor position while generating threats is great learning material.
Seeing the exact same positional ideas from the same general opening is great for rote memorization, but ultimately to learn how to approach unknown positions there’s nothing more valuable than forcing them.
I have heard Eric say in another video that he likes playing these meme openings because it makes it harder for people to prepare for him in tournaments
You should have played Nemo you wasn't doing anything
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