Punishing Beginner Mistakes | Ponziani Opening

black moves pawn to a6 me: good move eric: ok this is the first big blunder

Chess does not improve focus, it worsens it. Everytime I try to do something, I want to play chess so I can't focus on the task at hand

Online chess is far inferior to normal chess. I can’t flip the board in anger.

"I'd say sleep (and exercise and diet) are probably the most important things for concentration." ... "yeah it's 2:30am for me here"

10:44 "If you hang all of your pieces at once, your opponent can't take them all" ~Sun Tzu, Art of War

Me (Beginner): Movin a pown 2 steps Gm: hes traying the harscan taktic on me Me: moves a secound pown Gm: No way he switched from harscan tactic to the dubbel pown menuever Me: who has no idea What i did feeling my self

Oh so cool! GG Eric, I was hoping to at least make you think a bit harder, but oh well ... haha.

19:29 man drops a sick joke and then stares into the abyss contemplating life

I love how "wooden shield" is an etablished chess term at this point.

this guy's memory is wild. he can recall that he was in this exact position against this specific player like 10 years ago.

Did I watch this from start to finish? Yes. Do I know anything about chess? No

When the enemy queen becomes open to an attack, ur next move is obvious U launch a RT-2PM2 TOPOL-M cold-launched three-stage solid-propellant silo-based ballistic missile

"He said he's only been playing for three months. Still, I'm gonna show no mercy, but I'll try to be instructive." That's the difference between a good teacher and a great one. Eric knows that going easy on someone is not how you help them get better, but he's also not going to be a jerk about crushing them. You give 'em all you've got, and then you teach them what they did wrong afterwards. Just one of the many reasons that I personally think that Rosen is one of the absolute best chess coaches teaching and playing today. Thanks for all your hard work and the great content! 👏👏👏

"Probly the E pawn, right? E for Eric? So I'll just have to live with the D pawn for now; change my name to Derek." I laughed way too hard at this. I love these types of videos, Eric - thanks!

I watched the Queen's Gambit i know what is going on

Him: "I don't want to say his possible bad moves... He might be watching the stream..." Also him: (casually says his master queen capture plans like he is alone)

Erik: Mentions sleep as one of the best aids to concentration and focus. Me watching this at 1 A.M: Yes, Exactly!

14:00 Very impressive how Eric avoids the copyright trap of the Home by Phillip Phillips opening

"I'll just have to live with the D pawn for now, change my name to Derick." Why did I laugh so hard at that?? 😂

I love how tranquil and humble this guy is. Helps me alot to understand what he's thinking