Beating Titled Players QUICKLY with the Stafford Gambit

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2021
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  • @dawsonshaver3024
    @dawsonshaver3024 2 роки тому +2016

    The stark contrast between Eric's calm demeanor and his excessively violent style of play is hilarious to me.

    • @louisedgewick107
      @louisedgewick107 2 роки тому +33

      It’s quite great I will agree

    • @coleeolee
      @coleeolee 2 роки тому +233

      “Ooh. There’s a funny line here” ~procedes to slaughter bloodlines with nothing but a pawn and bishop~

    • @itze_
      @itze_ 2 роки тому +11

      Yes! I was explaining this to my friend the other day

    • @Gacug1
      @Gacug1 2 роки тому +59

      He developed this style for online content. He plays positional chess over the board

    • @mochiman100
      @mochiman100 2 роки тому

      so true haha

  • @twoepicgamers4882
    @twoepicgamers4882 2 роки тому +241

    It seriously feels like Eric is on a mission to prove that the Stafford Gambit is the best opening in chess

  • @rudischulz4017
    @rudischulz4017 2 роки тому +242

    I thought the title was “Tilted Players” and was like, yeah, they probably were pretty tilted after that

  • @p.delano1439
    @p.delano1439 2 роки тому +836

    Can we just call it the Rosen Gambit now?

    • @christopherthompson5400
      @christopherthompson5400 2 роки тому +40

      Someone start a petition puhleeeeese I've literally been saying this for years and nobody's listened.

    • @Arkmag
      @Arkmag 2 роки тому +12

      @@christopherthompson5400 you start it

    • @cfilorvyls457
      @cfilorvyls457 2 роки тому +51

      @@christopherthompson5400 Be the change you want to be mate

    • @brucewayne2184
      @brucewayne2184 2 роки тому +8

      @@cfilorvyls457 see*

    • @lred1383
      @lred1383 2 роки тому +60

      The gambit itself should remain the same, to honour those who started it, but naming the g5 variation this could be interesting

  • @CodeShudder
    @CodeShudder 2 роки тому +156

    "Two second podcast" delivered as a serious thought cracked me up.

    • @griffinbur1118
      @griffinbur1118 2 роки тому +1

      Anand just saying his own name is pretty good as far as two-second podcasts go.

  • @AM_-wg1hj
    @AM_-wg1hj 2 роки тому +352

    That FM on the first game probably quit chess after losing brutally like that

    • @abcthecamper1799
      @abcthecamper1799 2 роки тому +44

      That game was extra disrespect

    • @thecoolring6431
      @thecoolring6431 2 роки тому +15

      The ending combination was really interesting

    • @sl523
      @sl523 2 роки тому +23

      The second game was more brutal.

  • @theragingbull9032
    @theragingbull9032 2 роки тому +443

    Eric Rosen bullying people in chess is all I need

  • @christiandelvalle282
    @christiandelvalle282 2 роки тому +70

    Fundamental chess principle: don’t let several of your pieces hang
    *Eric when he sees a finally line* : No

  • @brucewayne2184
    @brucewayne2184 2 роки тому +64

    *casually beats a 2500*
    "That was a funny game"

  • @KancerKowboy
    @KancerKowboy 2 роки тому +202

    That is one of the best games I've seen. I'm in love with this gambit

    • @Ewan_Smith
      @Ewan_Smith 2 роки тому +4

      Or maybe Eric can change his name to Stafford?

    • @gonzalo4658
      @gonzalo4658 2 роки тому +1

      The way he giggled lol like "im in danger" and wins 4 moves later

  • @joeysingingchannel
    @joeysingingchannel 2 роки тому +94

    I just died laughing at Qg3.

    • @RobFlaxMusic
      @RobFlaxMusic 2 роки тому

      Same

    • @ahmedalghafri4339
      @ahmedalghafri4339 2 роки тому +41

      One could say that was a funny line

    • @andnekon
      @andnekon 2 роки тому +2

      @@ahmedalghafri4339 good one

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 2 роки тому +25

      I saw it beforehand too. I was laughing before he played it. That first game was disgusting. All of Eric's pieces were hanging, but untouchable. All of his opponents appeared defended but weren't. Just nasty

    • @andrewmartin5930
      @andrewmartin5930 2 роки тому +2

      The kind of move the opponent suddenly knows it is f*cked up before analyzing it:)

  • @NuisanceMan
    @NuisanceMan 2 роки тому +22

    If you become a GM, you can identify yourself by saying, "Gee, am Rosen!"

  • @dave1123
    @dave1123 2 роки тому +35

    How do you say you are Rosen without saying you are Rosen:
    Stafford Gambit time!!

  • @worldwidehappiness
    @worldwidehappiness 2 роки тому +94

    Eric lost a few Stafford gambits recently, so I want to see analyses of them.

  • @yonosenada1773
    @yonosenada1773 2 роки тому +16

    Love watching you man. I learn while watching you genuinely having fun. Cheers!!

  • @dw3yn693
    @dw3yn693 2 роки тому +17

    i love how he just bodies titled players with this gambit.

  • @davidrobertson1980
    @davidrobertson1980 2 роки тому +10

    Oh congrats on the 1/2Million subs BTW, didn't realize you'd hit it!

  • @RyanEmmett
    @RyanEmmett 2 роки тому +7

    The first game was amazing! What incredible depths there are to the Stafford!

  • @JrPeople64
    @JrPeople64 2 роки тому +5

    I love Rosen when he plays the Stafford. The “oh no my queen” is real

  • @loveliescrushing
    @loveliescrushing 2 роки тому

    eric i just wanted to say you are an amazing person and your videos are so instructive, yesterday i won two very nice games using your tips against the karo kann :)

  • @Bleatmop
    @Bleatmop 2 роки тому

    I've watched this game several times now and this is just literal art. It's so beautiful I may cry.

  • @enriquevecerra4651
    @enriquevecerra4651 2 роки тому

    Buenas partidas!,gracias Eric por el vídeo.

  • @duffmandje
    @duffmandje 2 роки тому +3

    I want to see Eric playing against the refutations, either h3 or d5 followed by e4. I've stopped playing the Stafford (and I'm very low level 1000-1100 elo blitz) because 95% of players now knows how to refute the gambit.

  • @timelord7340
    @timelord7340 2 роки тому +2

    I get a lot of anxiety playing chess, but watching you has made it fun again !

  • @TheRealBlueSwan
    @TheRealBlueSwan 2 роки тому +8

    I've been playing Stafford against players at my level (~1500) on Lichess recently and even though the main traps rarely work out, the opening is still off-putting enough for people that I usually end up winning. Even had one player complain about Eric Rosen in the chat while losing to my Stafford. I was like "if you know the trap, why are you losing to it?".

    • @TheBjossi80
      @TheBjossi80 2 роки тому +1

      I have also got Eric Rosen comments in chat when playing stafford gambit 😄

  • @Ouijawii
    @Ouijawii 2 роки тому

    the triple pin at the end was fantastic!

  • @AdmBerner
    @AdmBerner 2 роки тому

    Love seeing Eric play Stafford

  • @erfanjafari9041
    @erfanjafari9041 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you mr.rosen for rosen gambits ❤

  • @snes09
    @snes09 2 роки тому

    Man those were some brutal beatdowns

  • @garagavia
    @garagavia 2 роки тому

    "When it does, it's a nice way of enjoying life"
    That is a really nice way of putting it

  • @newyorkslim2001
    @newyorkslim2001 2 роки тому

    I like to see Eric's face light up when an official Stafford is declared.

  • @grungeisdead4455
    @grungeisdead4455 2 роки тому

    Please more of this so I can expand my Stafford repertoire

  • @phenakismos
    @phenakismos 2 роки тому +11

    As much as I love Eric's content, I am starting to get annoyed that everyone I play against on lichess now plays the Stafford constantly.

    • @nikamumladze8220
      @nikamumladze8220 2 роки тому +1

      Play the bishops opening( e4 e5 bc4) problem solved🙂

    • @dhans9662
      @dhans9662 2 роки тому

      @@nikamumladze8220 c4 is explosive

    • @jayure1346
      @jayure1346 2 роки тому

      Or the Vienna (a bit more solid)

  • @enricopallazzo3244
    @enricopallazzo3244 2 роки тому

    Most entertaining video I’ve seen in so long.

  • @johnobrienii1156
    @johnobrienii1156 2 роки тому +2

    Maybe more prep for you, Idk...in game 2 after move 7 where you fork the queen and bishop and defend mate, White has only 4 "safe" squares for the queen: b3, c3, g3, and f4. Qh5 looks good at first, but after Black replies Qf6 defending the knight and adding protection to f7, the White queen can't hang around long as she is 2 moves from being trapped. First, the "quiet" h6, which prevents Bg5 as well, and then g6, when the White queen's only retreat is back into the "box" you trapped her in with Bg4...after which mate should be forcing again, I believe. Going back to the other 4 "safe" squares: f3 and g4 hang the bishop...so b3 or c3 seem to have been White's best moves in the game. Both remove the queen from the fork and protect the bishop. b3 forms a battery which, of course, Black can disassemble immediately by taking the bishop, or allow if they deem their own knight too valuable to trade in this position given all it does to attack White's king. c3 "threatens" the Black knight. In these cases, the White queen finds herself misplaced on the queenside of the board defending a minor piece away from the action. Hence, it would appear your opponent's attempt to Scholar's Mate you in response to your Stafford Gambit was ill advised all around.

  • @tedCain1
    @tedCain1 2 роки тому +7

    That was a beautiful last game

  • @mephistopheles858
    @mephistopheles858 2 роки тому

    IM NEVER GONNA GET ENOUGH OF ERIC'S STAFFORD AAAHHH

  • @kc_jones_gaming
    @kc_jones_gaming 2 роки тому

    I unintentionally used this to beat my Star Wars Episode 1 electronic chess set years ago… that thing was vicious af 😂

  • @neovulcan010cops6
    @neovulcan010cops6 2 роки тому

    Eric sounds so excited and lively

  • @jedinxf7
    @jedinxf7 2 роки тому +1

    that Qg3 finish deserves a gold coin shower if ever a move did

  • @DavidBrit101
    @DavidBrit101 2 роки тому

    I love this man

  • @bilaltoumir4475
    @bilaltoumir4475 2 роки тому

    U nailed it when u put the title

  • @SerpMolot
    @SerpMolot 2 роки тому +2

    Looks like Eric almost solved chess.
    Now we need somebody to prove the Irish gambit to be sound.

  • @johnnyhellgren6956
    @johnnyhellgren6956 2 роки тому +1

    Sorry for a noob question, but on your 8:th move, why didnt you go for Qd6 instead? Great videos, big fan. =)

  • @FreyFahren
    @FreyFahren 2 роки тому

    Thx for your performance👍👍👍

  • @brodien1806
    @brodien1806 2 роки тому +1

    IMRosen just becomes GMRosen which stands for Gambit Master Rosen

  • @sushilkhadse6814
    @sushilkhadse6814 2 роки тому

    I love Stafford content on your Chanel sir

  • @PeterBalkusTV
    @PeterBalkusTV 2 роки тому

    Great video Eric

  • @theayushr
    @theayushr 2 роки тому

    Loved these thumbnails eric ❤️❤️

  • @kross331
    @kross331 2 роки тому +1

    If/when you become a GM, I feel like you have to do a play on words with “Gee, I am Rosen.”

  • @hsp6798
    @hsp6798 2 роки тому

    so many fun and funny lines.

  • @imjonathan6745
    @imjonathan6745 10 місяців тому

    A 2 second eric rosen podcast can ba good

  • @andredecontiescobar6601
    @andredecontiescobar6601 Рік тому

    I gotta say man, I just love the way you are

  • @EarlSmith2469
    @EarlSmith2469 2 роки тому

    Way awesome, IM ROSEN

  • @hehermosilla13
    @hehermosilla13 2 роки тому

    how good this guy is!!

  • @jamesbuchen6256
    @jamesbuchen6256 2 роки тому

    That first game made me a Stafford believer

  • @TheChessGiant
    @TheChessGiant 2 роки тому +1

    The thumbnail game is on point.

  • @hamletabrahamyan2000
    @hamletabrahamyan2000 2 роки тому

    Consider capturing E3 Bishop with Queen on 11th move!
    Could be aggresive sacrifice!

  • @arivertoeveryone
    @arivertoeveryone 2 роки тому

    just a quick heads-up
    you might need to recheck the description;)

  • @davidrobertson1980
    @davidrobertson1980 2 роки тому +2

    What an awesome pair of games, I'm blown away, thanks Eric, you're a ledge ;) lol

  • @Stan0070
    @Stan0070 2 роки тому

    Well played 👍

  • @sachinpaul2111
    @sachinpaul2111 2 роки тому

    Video title idea (pun intended): making Titled players Tilted players with the Stafford

  • @ddolgov
    @ddolgov 2 роки тому

    what software or website does he use?
    also why not white to g3 at 3:03?

  • @Deekened
    @Deekened 2 роки тому

    The Stafford gambit working for the Rams too.

  • @clementmukuka8317
    @clementmukuka8317 2 роки тому

    I think Eric should create a course on the stafford gambit

  • @russellterry6005
    @russellterry6005 Рік тому

    The Stafford-Rosen Gambit.

  • @zetacrucis681
    @zetacrucis681 2 роки тому

    The best lines are the funny ones.

  • @_Tenshan_
    @_Tenshan_ 2 роки тому

    "Oh no my queen"

  • @EdwardPorian
    @EdwardPorian 2 роки тому +1

    Get it, grinder

  • @mephistopheles858
    @mephistopheles858 2 роки тому

    that game 1 was brutal.

  • @cheese9293
    @cheese9293 2 роки тому

    "This is a funny line"
    **wins**

  • @sassas7128
    @sassas7128 2 роки тому +1

    You are the king of the Stafford.

  • @BlitzWizard94
    @BlitzWizard94 2 роки тому +1

    Eric be flexing his CC blitz rating 2600+

  • @f00dw3b
    @f00dw3b 2 роки тому

    this man is a genius

  • @olehendricks6160
    @olehendricks6160 9 місяців тому

    What do you play in stafford gambit against 3. e5

  • @dansehyanou6827
    @dansehyanou6827 2 роки тому +3

    I always watch Eric’s videos after a long day at school, it’s so calming

  • @sebastiandierks7919
    @sebastiandierks7919 2 роки тому +1

    I used this opportunity to learn how to pronounce Vishy. I played that on 0.25 speed 10 times and it is still hard xD

  • @pukulu
    @pukulu 2 роки тому

    The Stafford is unsound and it's not so hard to refute it. It's significantly less sound than the Boden-Kieseritzky in the 3 Knights game, which Morphy played a few times in the days before proper defensive theory was worked out. The ideas are similar.

  • @AdeshBenipal
    @AdeshBenipal 2 роки тому

    Opera House mate(almost)

  • @user-oh5gz4ue6r
    @user-oh5gz4ue6r Рік тому

    stafford is the ultimate way to play

  • @Francadam
    @Francadam 9 місяців тому

    In the first game opponent could’ve played Qe7+ and then bh2 obvs it’s very lost but not forced mate

  • @ivancarli1800
    @ivancarli1800 2 роки тому

    Last one was beautiful

  • @Zelda1990s
    @Zelda1990s 2 роки тому

    @2:15 He will have to start saying, "Gee, I am Eric Rosen".

  • @13DMUSIC431
    @13DMUSIC431 8 місяців тому

    3:10 he could have just simply move black queen to g1 and it was checkmate right? idk why he moved the pon instead

  • @TheDelarch
    @TheDelarch 2 роки тому +2

    3:37

  • @Andrew-vy6rr
    @Andrew-vy6rr 2 роки тому

    Game 1 was so disrespectful lol.

  • @mojopa2201
    @mojopa2201 2 роки тому

    I was reading "tilted players" first XD

  • @sheikmanzoor5003
    @sheikmanzoor5003 Рік тому

    How to leave queen hanging in 20 different ways. 😂

  • @hamzaprince5754
    @hamzaprince5754 2 роки тому

    you should add to your international master title another one "the stafford gambit master"

  • @grzesiek7358
    @grzesiek7358 2 роки тому +9

    It's not GM Rosen.
    It's GGM Rosen!

  • @brightlightdun
    @brightlightdun 2 роки тому

    "A nice way to enjoy life"

  • @bocz4317
    @bocz4317 2 роки тому

    This inspired me to play the Stafford gambit also..

  • @LKnightOHD
    @LKnightOHD 2 роки тому

    This thumbnail shouldve been used for a Halloween video 😂

  • @nwngenisys8969
    @nwngenisys8969 3 місяці тому

    Very Nice Pony Tricks / Traps.. :D

  • @winthermolina6178
    @winthermolina6178 2 роки тому

    Rosen Gambit

  • @bohanwithb1546
    @bohanwithb1546 2 роки тому

    8:09 that was so cute

  • @mephistopheles858
    @mephistopheles858 2 роки тому

    2:15 XD

  • @thebishopchess
    @thebishopchess 2 роки тому +3

    took me a second to realize Eric’s playing on chess com because he’s playing in Titled Tuesday

  • @ignantxxxninja
    @ignantxxxninja 2 роки тому

    “Here’s a funny line, this guy is fucked”

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 2 роки тому

    Incredible lines. Pins. What a way to dominate. Poor opponent.