The Art of King Hunting | Speedrun Episode 25
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Published 2024-02-02
In this Beginner to Master Speedrun Series, I try to climb the rating ladder while providing lots of lessons about chess along the way. In this episode, I play 3 instructive chess games that provide many important chess lessons.
0:00 A Weird Battle in the Stafford Gambit
17:44 4 Knights Opening -- How to Attack in the Middlegame
30:30 Facing the Nimzo-Larsen Opening (1.b3)
Special cameo by Ben Finegold. Video credit: • Checkmating Attacks | Mastering the M...
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All Comments (21)
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3:48 Went from oh no my queen to OH NO MY QUEEN!!
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I played you game one as GMScrizzy. I saw it was you and had to try the stafford. Watched every episode love the content
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I've accidentally stumbled upon your youtube channel and I have to say. No regrets. I just love how you explain every single move of the games you play and the calm atmosphere of it all. Wish you all the best in your chess career.
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Eric is by far the best chess content creator. Whenever I'm in a bad mood or stressed out, I watch Rosen's videos and always feel better. It's my therapy.
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Opponent plays Stafford Gambit. Eric: “You dare use my own spells against me, Potter?”
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I love how elated Eric is when realizing he could possibly be caught in a stalemate trap. Fun chess is the best chess.
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Can't express how much I'm enjoying and learning from this series. These are the kind of positions and openings that many of us encounter every day.
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29:00 happy i saw that from a distance, Rook pinning the pawn, nice looking checkmate
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Rare to see someone surprise Eric in the Stafford! Not to mention you had a potential to get stalemated! Very very impressive play by your opponent
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These 1200s are playing very well, I must say.. Every game in this episode, the opponents tried their best to survive.. 👍👍
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i checked the first game with the engine and Qxg4 is actually the top move. Second best would be d4 to block the bishop, sacrificing that pawn and if black is not carefull and takes on d4 with the bishop instead of the queen, you can then go for that Qxg4 idea and actually win the queen in the end
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That mate in on at 29:05 was amazing, when you said to look for it I saw the pin on the pawn and nearly jumped out of my seat!
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29:04 Unless I'm missing something, Qe3# because the f pawn is pinned by the rook on h2
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Eric is so good that even when he "blunders" in the first game, Stockfish confirms it's still the best move in the position.
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Don't think I would have seen the mate in 1 if you didn't mention it, but once you did it became evident. I'm completely addicted to these videos! Keep up the good work :D
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24:38 I think you overlooked Nxg5. I was wondering if that would work during the game, and afterwards did check and confirm it with SF. Looks scary with an open G file but SF says it's objectively equal.
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I didn’t see the mate before you announced it, but when you prompted me to calculate it did notice the pinned pawn :). beautiful nifty mate. Love the speed run videos because of your calm, kind nature so much Eric, i look forward to these videos every day.
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No series has me more looking forward to a new video. If I don't hop on YouTube for a while it's always the top on my feed. It's an instant click.
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I feel so much better about myself. Even Eric Rosen can overlook opponent's moves when calculating.
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Eric, these episodes are very valuable. By playing slower games comes out more explanation. And so even with lower rated opponents some tricky lines do pop up. I watch every episode of the speedrun. And also I try to play at least one rapid game a day not only to improve but also to have a chance to stumble into playing Eric 😀.
