20 Chess Games. 20 Different Openings!

4:13 not only that you missed pawn, he could fork your queen too lol

"I have to calm down," Eric says in the most calm voice possible.

“Sometimes the best winning strategy is just to not lose” couldn’t say it better myself Eric.

QG3 blundering Ne2+ had me out of my chair in anticipation

My advice for the French. The light squared bishop isn't just bad because it's passive, it's also bad because attempts to trade it off are usually even worse than letting it be bad. Trading it off on a6 pulled the knight away from instead piling on d4. I'm not a titled player so I might not know the French at this level, but I'm a huge nerd for French theory. Your video on playing the French Exchange with Bd6, Ne7, etc. queenside castle has won me nearly every game I've had with it, including a win against a titled player. I've adopted it as my pet opening and have found a ton of killer attacking lines in it.

"Yeah, sometimes the best strategy is to just not lose." ~ Eric Rosen 😂

That Stafford was delicious

I refuse to believe that 4:12 and 21:03 where played by the same person 😆 Great video as always

0:10 "The plan is to play chess"

Yes, finally! Eric plays the Bird's!

I'm 55 and have only played neighbours at chess over a drink or two (around 30 games), I've just started to play again (begin). I stumbled across Anna Cramling and started watching many others. I watch Pia evaluate Anna's games and it's like trying to watch a pair of socks in a washing machine. Then I saw Eric and WOW, what a lovely calm demeanour and clear soft voice, he is just so down to earth and unrushed, the kind of person you need in an emergency. What confuses me though is how Eric seems to slow down time, he sips his tea, plans his moves and forewarns us about tricks and pitfalls and still seems to have 5 mins left. Meanwhile in my universe: I've castled and I'm frantically scanning for the forthcoming zombie attack and there are open routes everywhere. Then it's my move and the board shrinks and I'm under house arrest and the clock is ticking faster and faster and faster, and I'm hoping I am not being streamed in some "How to beat an Idiot" video NOW though I've learned to calm down a little more and I can see the value of squares as well as pieces, it's a bit like Scrabble and having a triple letter square. In just over a few weeks I don't just see pieces (32), I see bus routes, journey times and rest stops, It's amazing. Thanks, Eric, you are wonderfully kind for sharing your talent and personality with us in such an entertaining way. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Thought this was interesting: At 36:29 in the Bird game, Eric correctly predicted Rf1 check, but his rook on A3 was hanging. If black takes the rook (which Stockfish says is the best move), Eric would have Ne4 discovered check. From that point, any of the 3 king moves leads to a royal fork, and blocking with either knight leads to a (messy) forced mate. Watching the video, I saw the hanging rook but not the crushing follow-up.

at 37:00 hahahah eric follows the principle "if you see a normal mate, look for the more complicated one" .... if queen blocks you just take with queen and it's mate on the spot, but nope, rook mate taking advantage of the pin, yup that's better

Thumbnail POV: an otherwise very whimsical wizard excitedly explains exactly how he'll kill you.

Awesome video Eric. You are incredible! Nice tournament.

That last game was like Indiana going back for his hat 😂

Always happy to see there's new content of yours when I open the YouTube app 😊

Wooo congrats on the win!

"Sometimes the best winning strategy is to not lose." -Eric Rosen 26:04 😂😂

One of your greatest videos!