I Unknowingly Faced the ALIEN GAMBIT

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Published 2024-01-08
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!

Analyze the game: lichess.org/mo85iJlX/black

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All Comments (21)
  • @Witty_AlienClips
    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!!!!!!! 👽❤
  • 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
  • @tomask8304
    Queen sack + quiet move is a great combo. I’m too afraid to miss something.
  • @retro_sort
    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.
  • @D_Jinny
    I remember when these two played in an arena and Eric was accepting all the romantic sacrifices and just hoping it wasn't checkmate 😅
  • @ewarioevan783
    The alien gambit really shows results on blitz and bullet. It's harder to get compensation for the lost piece on rapid
  • @skylerdohr2205
    If there is some way to orchestrate a bullet match against Witty Alien i feel like that would be top tier content 🙏
  • @jaspermooren5883
    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.
  • @ilmaio
    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.
  • @kesetokaiba
    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.
  • @prawnydagrate
    that queen sac that you found in like 10 seconds, i would have struggled to find in a classical game
  • @maxhay9911
    Wow, this was such an awesome video. New opening tech expertly handled by Eric into a stunning queen sac. Nice one
  • @nathanheburn9153
    Hope you're having a wonderful start to your new year! Keep up the great work.
  • @chessn00b22
    Been a while since Eric sweated like that. Would love to see the heart rate counter for this game.