That's bold! I think I would try to avoid any opening against a player who wrote a book on that opening or after whom the opening is named. For instance, I would try to avoid playing the Benko Gambit against Pal Benko; although it would have been an honor to play him and lose - which I certainly would have. :)
That stalemate line at 22:16 was nuts lol, and hilarious to think of Eric sat in major tournaments just imagining all these lines where he "blunders" everything. This man is becoming the embodiment of the words gambit and sacrifice.
@@conormooney1298 Well in this scenario it would never work because most of the captures aren't forced and Eric's opponent could play just about anything (he was saying it more as a joke on this occasion, he has become known for getting some really sneaky last second stalemates in lost positions though) but if a player finds themselves in a losing position it is sometimes possible to force a stalemate (the player whose turn it is can not move any piece/pawn or their king to any square legally as they would be placed in check but are not currently in check, thus creating a draw). If your king is currently unable to move but you have pieces on the board that can be moved, sometimes you may be able to force a sacrifice with those movable pieces (as long as it doesn't move an opponent's piece from covering escape squares for your king for this tactic) creating a scenario where it is then your move but the only piece that is not blocked from moving is your king, yet all the squares it could move to are covered, resulting in a stalemate and draw. Eric noticed his king was effectively trapped, and pointed out if he was to SOMEHOW lose all his other pieces, it would leave him with just his king being unable to move. I probably made this a bit too wordy and overcomplicated it some, but I hope I helped get across the concept, if not just say and I'll attempt to explain it in a better way.
You know it's Eric when on move 40 his first reaction to being in trouble is : "Oh wait, what if I sac all my pieces and it's stalemate" even though he has 5 pieces
Just watched your 'How to crush the Caro' video a few days before the tournament started, and when I saw you go for it was so happy when I recognised it with the two knights. great game Eric, hope you're having fun and feeling good while playing :)
Hey Eric, my favorite chess UA-cam content maker. So mild mannered and wholesome. Thank you for all of the great content and education. Good luck on the matches!
*HIGHLIGHTS 🔥 (Main game parts)* 0:00 - Context 0:15 - play the Caro-Kann (A book by Jovanka Houska) 0:18 - Game with commentating starts 0:34 - ‘How to CRUSH the Caro-Kann!’ (his video) 0:30 - He tried a trap (but she had also seen his video) 0:48 - Her attack (trap) 1:00 - She took 1:01 - He took 1:07 - His tricky move (trap) 1:23 Trap (but she did not take this move) 1:35 - She took 1:36 - He took 1:37 - Main move (but she did not take this move) 2:16 - His cadet 2:23 - She took 2:36 - She took 2:49 - His fun position 3:06 - Her safer move 3:26 - She took 3:27 - He took 3:37 - Her typical move 4:18 - Her confrontational move 4:32 - She took 4:32 - He took 4:42 - She took 4:57 - His thematic move
Great job, Eric! Love these sorts of videos. It's educational since you're playing good chess and have time to think, but also the drama of following along with your tournament and seeing your thoughts is great.
9:30 When I was watching you play I was wondering why you spent a rather larger amount of time on 21.c4, since there weren't so many options that I was seeing and I intended to ask here, but it's nice to see that my question has already been awnsered. Great game!!
@Eric Rosen I've been watching and enjoying the Battle of the Sexes tournament intensely these past 3 days, and it's been such a pleasure. I'm a long time follower of your channel, and I've watched hundreds of hours of your content, yet these tournament recaps are the most exciting and educational for med. Following the game live, and then getting the player insight afterwards is extremely educational, since I have my own reflections and ideas that i then get to compare with yours. Also I just love to see you win! Congratulations on your win today!
When I heard you saying you were getting low on time again I too had flashbacks to the previous round. Glad that you didn't flag this time and squeaked out a draw!
21:20 When the protagonist is losing to an enemy he will always recall his tragic backstory and will magically defeat the enemy(or in this case, draw it).
This was a great game. One question that this video poses is: do you think your opponents can be well prepared against you given that you have a lot of good content here on UA-cam? Or is your prep for OTB a lot more advanced than we get to see here?
For sure his prep is more advanced than what he shows on YT typically. On occasion he shows rapid games where he uses the full extent of some line of his prep, but it’s pretty infrequent
Dont thinks so tbh, even if he didnt make chess videos they could still know what ye pkays online thanks to opening tree, you should check it out if u dont know what it is
Way to go Eric! Nice save! I watched it live and chatted that you never give up. I've been watching you for years on UA-cam. Thank you for all the wonderful content and especially the Stafford Gambit videos! Let's Go! Get this next one :)
Talks about how nice it is it have so much extra time to explore funny lines in classical **flags before time control and gets into to time trouble multiple games** haha
What a game ! I wanted a show for this game against Jokanka Houska and I was not disappointed. Very intense game. Well done Eric ! I wonder if Jovanka also makes some recap videos of her games. I would definitely watch that.
Eric thank you so much you made me laugh from my heart with the OH NO ALL MY PIECES stalemate funny line, that was hilarious.. you're the people's champ no matter what happens. GO ERIC
She used a resource which you didn't have - she simply watched your video which made her prep a good bit easier. Plus given the fact that you are the lowest rated player in the tournament, I'd say you did great. It's very unfortunate that your ideas are so easily accessible for your rivals, but keeping that in mind, it really shows that you are a true fighter. I'm so glad you didn't resign and played it until the very end. The result is amazing, considering that you were in a losing position!!
I mean arguably he could've read her book and looked for a chapter with something like "I like playing this line in classical games" and then prepared off of that.
The problem is in classical games you usually can't do these types of gambits. The thing I like about Eric is he likes to get into interesting positions but it just won't work in this time control against high level opponents
That funny line at 23:06 would surely worked if it was against a lower rated player in lower time control And the you tube video would be a master peice...
I really admire how you encouraged folks to follow the entire tournament and not just you. Rozman never does that when he advertises his sporadic tournament forrays or in his recaps. I commend your selflessness, which has won me over to become a subscriber. 😄
'She actually watched the video'. That is why it is tough being a content creator and trying to be a serious player. People are going to research your possible moves and prep.
I have your crush the caro kann video from a few months ago in my bookmarks and i always go back to it whenever i lose a game against the caro kann, lol
anyone feel free to correct me if this makes no sense, but at around 26:55 would it have made sense for Eric to move to d5? unleashing the bishop on the Rook, giving black and ultimatum as well. Then if Rc7 defending, could either trade pawns or put Be5 forking and causing black some trouble? new to chess, be gentle with me lol
The rook is attacked temporarily but can move away with tempo and it's own threat by checking on g3 forcing a king move, leaving the d5 pawn undefended. It might eventually give some form of counter play having the bishop finally able to get into the game but black has such a positional advantage with the king surrounded that pawn might have been white's saving grace.
I find it very interesting that it is evident from your first two rounds that opponent specific chess preparation is very important in over the board. Last round, you looked up the other player to figure what to play, here same thing and she had looked up your videos to counter. The mind game starts even before you push the first pawn.
Eric: I'm gonna play serious chess OTB. Also Eric with 30sec on the clock struggling to equalize: and then I thought what if I sac my knight and my bishop and my 2 rocks and my only pawn? Oh nice wouldn't that be stalemate?
7:00 "I want to play Bc3 [...] the problem with a4 is it allows Bb4" That's why the computer gives the very interesting Bc3!, because black cannot really take the pawn: Rxa3 Rxa3 Bxa3 Ra1. After the bishop moves, white can infiltrate with Ra7, regaining the pawn, while black still can't complete their development.
Other chess players down a pawn with a bad position: I'll try and keep playing or just resign. Eric down a pawn with a bad position: Mhmmmm.... Stalemate in 6 detected!
excellent video content! now this is how chess journalists or teachers ought to present content, recognizing their mistakes, speaking fairly about the results of the game, admitting the good (and not just the bad) points of their opponents. Eric sincerely explains chess as simple as it needs to be for both novice and expert. his material is also fun and entertaining, watching his expressions on video is also valuable. at one point in the video he recognizes that he was lost but was fortunate to end with a draw. now that is honorable of a true chess professional and online commentator and content creator!
'She's written a book about the Caro Kann, so I decided to test her Caro Kann'
- IM Eric Rosen, resident sigma
I know, right? 🤣 This is exactly what I would expect of Eric.
Excellent example on how to blunder before the game even started.
"I read her book, but it turned out that she watched my video" *pikachu face*
But is the book any good? 😁
That's bold! I think I would try to avoid any opening against a player who wrote a book on that opening or after whom the opening is named. For instance, I would try to avoid playing the Benko Gambit against Pal Benko; although it would have been an honor to play him and lose - which I certainly would have. :)
Shr wrote a book about the Caro Kann, so I decided play e4 to test her on the Caro Kann ... interesting choice of strategy.
😂😂😂
Edgy play.
Chad move
Is it possible she knows even the funny lines?
Took note of the name calling. Tove or tiger cross?
Eric: "I love having all this time to calculate in classical games."
Also Eric: "So I made my move with 2 seconds on the clock."
That stalemate line at 22:16 was nuts lol, and hilarious to think of Eric sat in major tournaments just imagining all these lines where he "blunders" everything. This man is becoming the embodiment of the words gambit and sacrifice.
Eric the Trickster
Very new to chess so I don't know the rules behind this, but can someone tell me why this triggers a stalemate?
@@conormooney1298 Well in this scenario it would never work because most of the captures aren't forced and Eric's opponent could play just about anything (he was saying it more as a joke on this occasion, he has become known for getting some really sneaky last second stalemates in lost positions though) but if a player finds themselves in a losing position it is sometimes possible to force a stalemate (the player whose turn it is can not move any piece/pawn or their king to any square legally as they would be placed in check but are not currently in check, thus creating a draw). If your king is currently unable to move but you have pieces on the board that can be moved, sometimes you may be able to force a sacrifice with those movable pieces (as long as it doesn't move an opponent's piece from covering escape squares for your king for this tactic) creating a scenario where it is then your move but the only piece that is not blocked from moving is your king, yet all the squares it could move to are covered, resulting in a stalemate and draw. Eric noticed his king was effectively trapped, and pointed out if he was to SOMEHOW lose all his other pieces, it would leave him with just his king being unable to move.
I probably made this a bit too wordy and overcomplicated it some, but I hope I helped get across the concept, if not just say and I'll attempt to explain it in a better way.
@@conormooney1298 When you have no legal moves - all white's pieces are gone and his king has no legal squares left to move.
Jonathon Schrantz would like a word with you…
You know it's Eric when on move 40 his first reaction to being in trouble is : "Oh wait, what if I sac all my pieces and it's stalemate" even though he has 5 pieces
I played my first ever game in a tournament yesterday, I won in 14 moves with the Stafford Gambit, thanks Eric for all the videos!
Well done, ive gotten fond of stafford myself :)
Nicely done! Can you share the game?
I played my first game in a tournament yesterday, I lost in 14 moves against a Stafford Gambit, I'm not so thankful Eric...
Congrats Sam 👍✌
h6 and it's black +2 and white loses the attack
Jovanka: I wrote the book on the Caro Kann.
Eric: I'm gonna help this whole woman's career.
I like how Eric hardly ever resigns. Fights until the last moment.
Just watched your 'How to crush the Caro' video a few days before the tournament started, and when I saw you go for it was so happy when I recognised it with the two knights. great game Eric, hope you're having fun and feeling good while playing :)
same
The sad story of Eric's dark-squared bishop that never saw the light of day in this game
Hey Eric, my favorite chess UA-cam content maker. So mild mannered and wholesome. Thank you for all of the great content and education. Good luck on the matches!
Eric tries to protect his prep on the first game, and published his prep for the second lol
Wow, hell of a game. We're rooting for you Eric!
Hell aint good brother... Lets all Seek the light ✝️... Thank u🙏🙏🙏
@@abel2933 You can relax Ab El, hell is make believe.
@@abel2933 Calm down man, no need to be sensitive
Eric is a total hardass for basically taking her Caro Kann book in the fire and telling her to bring it!!!!
Eric “There’s a funny line” Rosen, soon to be a GM. 😎
*HIGHLIGHTS 🔥 (Main game parts)*
0:00 - Context
0:15 - play the Caro-Kann (A book by Jovanka Houska)
0:18 - Game with commentating starts
0:34 - ‘How to CRUSH the Caro-Kann!’ (his video)
0:30 - He tried a trap (but she had also seen his video)
0:48 - Her attack (trap)
1:00 - She took
1:01 - He took
1:07 - His tricky move (trap)
1:23 Trap (but she did not take this move)
1:35 - She took
1:36 - He took
1:37 - Main move (but she did not take this move)
2:16 - His cadet
2:23 - She took
2:36 - She took
2:49 - His fun position
3:06 - Her safer move
3:26 - She took
3:27 - He took
3:37 - Her typical move
4:18 - Her confrontational move
4:32 - She took
4:32 - He took
4:42 - She took
4:57 - His thematic move
Good stuff! Glad you hid the outcome of the game till the very end. Kept me on the edge of my seat
22:17 lmao this guy is killing me xDD
Great job, Eric! Love these sorts of videos. It's educational since you're playing good chess and have time to think, but also the drama of following along with your tournament and seeing your thoughts is great.
your recent vids on analysis of your games has just convinced me to subscribe. thanks for the cool insights & analysis
9:30 When I was watching you play I was wondering why you spent a rather larger amount of time on 21.c4, since there weren't so many options that I was seeing and I intended to ask here, but it's nice to see that my question has already been awnsered. Great game!!
@Eric Rosen I've been watching and enjoying the Battle of the Sexes tournament intensely these past 3 days, and it's been such a pleasure. I'm a long time follower of your channel, and I've watched hundreds of hours of your content, yet these tournament recaps are the most exciting and educational for med.
Following the game live, and then getting the player insight afterwards is extremely educational, since I have my own reflections and ideas that i then get to compare with yours.
Also I just love to see you win! Congratulations on your win today!
Other IMs: I'm in trouble...how can I make a draw out of this?
IM Eric Rosen: Ok, stalemate in 6. Let's go!
When I heard you saying you were getting low on time again I too had flashbacks to the previous round. Glad that you didn't flag this time and squeaked out a draw!
21:20
When the protagonist is losing to an enemy he will always recall his tragic backstory and will magically defeat the enemy(or in this case, draw it).
This was a great game. One question that this video poses is: do you think your opponents can be well prepared against you given that you have a lot of good content here on UA-cam? Or is your prep for OTB a lot more advanced than we get to see here?
For sure his prep is more advanced than what he shows on YT typically. On occasion he shows rapid games where he uses the full extent of some line of his prep, but it’s pretty infrequent
Dont thinks so tbh, even if he didnt make chess videos they could still know what ye pkays online thanks to opening tree, you should check it out if u dont know what it is
@@LV-mo6xs It's even easier now because it's a function in Lichess itself
On youtube/twitch he plays dubious gambits a lot which he wouldn't over the board.
Great analysis Eric. Good luck for future games.
*I'm so glad you covered the F7 Bishop variation, as a 1500 I often wanna know why the obvious moves wouldn't work*
Way to go Eric! Nice save! I watched it live and chatted that you never give up. I've been watching you for years on UA-cam. Thank you for all the wonderful content and especially the Stafford Gambit videos! Let's Go! Get this next one :)
Talks about how nice it is it have so much extra time to explore funny lines in classical
**flags before time control and gets into to time trouble multiple games** haha
Thanks Eric - we appreciate you keeping us updated live
What a game ! I wanted a show for this game against Jokanka Houska and I was not disappointed. Very intense game. Well done Eric !
I wonder if Jovanka also makes some recap videos of her games. I would definitely watch that.
An extraordinary game; a wonderful commentary, and analysis. More power to you Eric.
Great recaps, Eric! Very educational. Thank you!
*Just watched Gotham recap and your video is already here*
Eric thank you so much you made me laugh from my heart with the OH NO ALL MY PIECES stalemate funny line, that was hilarious.. you're the people's champ no matter what happens. GO ERIC
The middle game was so complicated that I wasn't able to find a single decent move for either side.
Great storytelling, thanks!
Hey Eric! Thanks for sharing!
28:00 and what happens if she goes ti the left?
I learnd one thing: "Never play f6!" and what does Jovanka do ... plays f6. Now my world is upside down -.-
Thanks Eric. Best of luck in the next round.
Nice Game Eric GM Norm-Rosen!
So should i buy her book?
She used a resource which you didn't have - she simply watched your video which made her prep a good bit easier. Plus given the fact that you are the lowest rated player in the tournament, I'd say you did great. It's very unfortunate that your ideas are so easily accessible for your rivals, but keeping that in mind, it really shows that you are a true fighter. I'm so glad you didn't resign and played it until the very end. The result is amazing, considering that you were in a losing position!!
I mean arguably he could've read her book and looked for a chapter with something like "I like playing this line in classical games" and then prepared off of that.
Thumbnail got me thinking Eric was secretly Ray Enigma in Levy’s video.
Was there forced mate at 21:20 with Rb7, Kd6, Rd8, Rd7, Rxd7? Maybe I'm missing something tho?
The refutation that comes to mind is Rb7, Kf6 (!) :)
Didn't play it out for too long though.
Terrific game Eric, I felt exhausted at the end; and I was only watching it!!
“Complete chaotic mess”…so…every game I play.
The problem is in classical games you usually can't do these types of gambits. The thing I like about Eric is he likes to get into interesting positions but it just won't work in this time control against high level opponents
Love this series! You’re playing great!!
Eric, you are amazing to watch. Best of luck today.
I love this content man! Love it! Good luck next!
"My beloved pork."
Eric in the thumbnail looks like Igor from Young Frankenstein
That funny line at 23:06 would surely worked if it was against a lower rated player in lower time control
And the you tube video would be a master peice...
Good draw.... in that situation.
*Gothamchess will remember that.*
I really admire how you encouraged folks to follow the entire tournament and not just you. Rozman never does that when he advertises his sporadic tournament forrays or in his recaps.
I commend your selflessness, which has won me over to become a subscriber. 😄
Thus concludes one of the deepest and best analysis videos I've ever seen. BRAVO! I learned so much!
Hahaha of course she watched your video 😅 that’s unfortunate
And in the previous round, his opponent had actually prepared against the Stafford gambit, but fortunately Eric didn't go for that.
Love the content, but like Finegold would say don’t play into your opponents game lol
Especially don't go for stupid tricks in their opening, *especially if they have written a book on the opening* 😅
"among us chair" day 3
18:23 I feel like at this point Levy would say "And the engine took a fat drag on its cigar and said 'It's 0.00 stoopid'"
'She actually watched the video'. That is why it is tough being a content creator and trying to be a serious player. People are going to research your possible moves and prep.
Good luck Eric
I have your crush the caro kann video from a few months ago in my bookmarks and i always go back to it whenever i lose a game against the caro kann, lol
Why not pawn d5 on 26:48?
attacking the rook and the pawn at the same time
rg3+ inbetween
The rook will give check on g3 and take your pawn for free on net move
anyone feel free to correct me if this makes no sense, but at around 26:55 would it have made sense for Eric to move to d5? unleashing the bishop on the Rook, giving black and ultimatum as well. Then if Rc7 defending, could either trade pawns or put Be5 forking and causing black some trouble? new to chess, be gentle with me lol
Rg3
The rook is attacked temporarily but can move away with tempo and it's own threat by checking on g3 forcing a king move, leaving the d5 pawn undefended. It might eventually give some form of counter play having the bishop finally able to get into the game but black has such a positional advantage with the king surrounded that pawn might have been white's saving grace.
Eric, can't u have gone with Bb4 instead of Nxe4 at 19:15? Or u were wondered about Kd7 Nxe4 Bxd4?
can u please include a lichess analysis or at least have the pgn in the video description...
"Wrote a book on Caro Kann" vs "Made UA-cam video called 'How to crush the Caro Kann'"
Lots of people pulling for you Eric.....keep it up....ps....congrats on round 3!!!! Love the content
Fascinating game and counter creativity. Good luck and Thanks Eric this is are fascinating parings. Thank you man, take care Pal & Enjoy! ... Mike.
Just saw you‘re third game live on lichess, great stuff Eric.! Things were crazy after that rook c2 move and the queen sac later
I find it very interesting that it is evident from your first two rounds that opponent specific chess preparation is very important in over the board. Last round, you looked up the other player to figure what to play, here same thing and she had looked up your videos to counter. The mind game starts even before you push the first pawn.
i really like your hoodie
Fascinating
Eric: I'm gonna play serious chess OTB.
Also Eric with 30sec on the clock struggling to equalize: and then I thought what if I sac my knight and my bishop and my 2 rocks and my only pawn? Oh nice wouldn't that be stalemate?
Remember to show the results of the other games/standings next recap
She is really good! Anyway I'm enjoying the content.
Thanks for the recap video Eric! Best of luck today!
7:00 "I want to play Bc3 [...] the problem with a4 is it allows Bb4" That's why the computer gives the very interesting Bc3!, because black cannot really take the pawn: Rxa3 Rxa3 Bxa3 Ra1. After the bishop moves, white can infiltrate with Ra7, regaining the pawn, while black still can't complete their development.
come on Eric!!
I love how the ads were placed in this video. Perfect cliffhangers.
Great job!
Congratz on the draw Eric! Hopefully you can get the win in another game ;)
Great game, Eric! You rock!
Oh no! Gotham's favorite survived :(. ;)
At the end, why couldnt the black king walk up the board towards the rook to capture it and stop getting checked all the time?
Probably Rf8 and Rg2+ Rd2 wouldn't work due to Nxf4
Snatching a draw from the jaws of defeat is your specialty. Well done, your team will need the 1/2 point.
Thanks - I was watching on GibChess, saw what looked like a mating net around your king, and completely missed how you escaped with a draw at the end.
Other chess players down a pawn with a bad position: I'll try and keep playing or just resign.
Eric down a pawn with a bad position: Mhmmmm.... Stalemate in 6 detected!
Lol. That's like Lebron James challenging you to any sport that you want.. and you choose basketball.
Amazing game eric!
Where is levvy to chime in on this
excellent video content! now this is how chess journalists or teachers ought to present content, recognizing their mistakes, speaking fairly about the results of the game, admitting the good (and not just the bad) points of their opponents. Eric sincerely explains chess as simple as it needs to be for both novice and expert. his material is also fun and entertaining, watching his expressions on video is also valuable. at one point in the video he recognizes that he was lost but was fortunate to end with a draw. now that is honorable of a true chess professional and online commentator and content creator!
Watching this live I hoped you would play the Hillbilly xd
Has Eric forgotten to upload the round 9 of his last tournament?I can't find it anywhere.
play b3 it has a lot of venom