Playing Ultra-Aggressively with the French Defense

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  • čas přidán 31. 08. 2021
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    In this video, I play the French Defense and encounter the Exchange Variation. While this has the reputation of being a dry and positional line, I play in a super aggressive style and thing get sharp and exciting very quickly...
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Komentáře • 155

  • @threck
    @threck Před 2 lety +338

    "Worst case scenario, i have this or this. Best case scenario I win the lottery".

    • @jonathonjubb6626
      @jonathonjubb6626 Před 2 lety +18

      One of the reasons we watch this channel not his frantic pal with the dramatic hair... Lol

    • @Godamilk
      @Godamilk Před 2 lety +6

      That was a funny line

    • @Samuftie
      @Samuftie Před 2 lety +7

      Always comment with timestamp 13:26

    • @imaybestupid9707
      @imaybestupid9707 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jonathonjubb6626 you talking about levy?

    • @memith
      @memith Před 2 lety +2

      @@jonathonjubb6626 why not both?

  • @malthenielsen9389
    @malthenielsen9389 Před 2 lety +460

    “Ultra-aggressive with Stafford”
    *sacks knight on move 6*
    “Ultra-aggressive with the French”
    *plays a standard game of chess*

    • @juanbautistasoria757
      @juanbautistasoria757 Před 2 lety +12

      You don't sack a knight in the staffotd gambit, you sack the e5 pawn

    • @Amoeba_Podre
      @Amoeba_Podre Před 2 lety +70

      @@juanbautistasoria757 you clearly haven’t heard of the magical line

    • @utm0st
      @utm0st Před 2 lety +70

      @@juanbautistasoria757 there's a funny line

    • @someaccount3438
      @someaccount3438 Před 2 lety +7

      @@utm0st oh no, my knight

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 Před 2 lety

      @@juanbautistasoria757 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 Nc6?! (sacs a N) 4 Nxc6 dxc6 5 e5? Ne4 (the trap) 6 d3?? (White should play 6 Nc3, 6 d4, or 6 Qe2) 6...Bc5!

  • @gastonsanchezcurbelo1297
    @gastonsanchezcurbelo1297 Před 2 lety +207

    I decided to gambit my time doing college stuff to see Eric crush someone

    • @lucmermans37
      @lucmermans37 Před 2 lety +15

      Hey I did that gambit too

    • @lalad0
      @lalad0 Před 2 lety +33

      The procrastinator's gambit. An all time classic

    • @angel-ig
      @angel-ig Před 2 lety +7

      Oh no, your time

  • @nibbles1873
    @nibbles1873 Před 2 lety +124

    I can't believe aggressive and defense can be in the same sentence

  • @EarlOfWarwick1561
    @EarlOfWarwick1561 Před 2 lety +26

    The gam bits donation at 15:30 was peak Rosen humor

  • @dinkleberg794
    @dinkleberg794 Před 2 lety +70

    I love the longer games. I’ve been watching your old Classical Arena videos, they are much more instructive than blitz games imo

    • @egaga-
      @egaga- Před 2 lety +4

      Yes, agreed. Great that some of the presumably uninteresting content is cut for watcher's benefit.

    • @oshavlfarms7239
      @oshavlfarms7239 Před 2 lety +1

      I second this, I really like seeing him analyze the positions and don't have time to sit in a stream.

  • @GaryTheGray
    @GaryTheGray Před 2 lety +31

    Wow! The calculations that went into the final moves. So much fun!

  • @maluchoi141
    @maluchoi141 Před 2 lety +52

    It's 3AM in Korea, and I should be sleeping...and boom! Eric uploads

    • @syahirfaham7949
      @syahirfaham7949 Před 2 lety +3

      It's 2:30AM in Malaysia and just like u, i should be sleeping but suddenly... Eric come :')

    • @GabuzonX
      @GabuzonX Před 2 lety

      It's 9 PM in Italy and I should eat the food at restaurant

    • @windontheroad2930
      @windontheroad2930 Před 2 lety

      Its 2am here btw

    • @simusqq
      @simusqq Před 2 lety

      1:30am lithuania.

  • @kruksog
    @kruksog Před 2 lety +36

    I love how Eric makes sure to shout-out everyone who subscribes/ donates/ whatever. There was a guy around 7:35 who gave bits with txt2speech in the middle of Eric's calculations. It felt to me like a bad time for it and it almost seemed like Eric would ignore it. If he had, and I were that guy, it would feel kind of like Eric was annoyed at me for essentially giving him money. I dunno, I hope anyone who reads this sees what I'm getting at. He's just so warm and positive with his fanbase and it goes a long way for me. Like, I'd probably have words with someone talking shit on IMRosen (this scenario is completely imagined, because who could talk shit on Eric?)

    • @lecobra418
      @lecobra418 Před 2 lety +7

      Eric is the sweetest man I ever saw, he's genuine, even wholesome. I wish I could be half as positive as him.

  • @nickeastmusic9930
    @nickeastmusic9930 Před 2 lety +37

    white has 13 minutes on the clock yet uses no time when black is starting to sac and the game becomes tactical. You should really start to use your time once the game gets sharp.

  • @Kevin-iq1vm
    @Kevin-iq1vm Před rokem +1

    Thanks. I've finally found someone shows how to play french defense. Most videos on youtube only show how to crash frech defence as white.

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin Před 2 lety +3

    White and Black mutually agreed to not use the open e-file for no reason at all.

  • @TheKawww
    @TheKawww Před 2 lety +3

    I love your content Eric! Thanks for grinding like you do!

  • @mogapuppy
    @mogapuppy Před 2 lety

    Love the slow pace and detailed commentary!

  • @danielonline7181
    @danielonline7181 Před 2 lety +17

    The dude that started playing in December 2020 and is now 1800 is definitely built different

    • @poopnugget7225
      @poopnugget7225 Před 2 lety

      Yeah I thought I was good starting at the same time and getting to 1500. That person stood me up though

    • @Mathijs_A
      @Mathijs_A Před 2 lety +1

      May seem like I'm trying to brag, but I personally am really proud of starting playing in February 2021 and hitting 2060 classical (which ranks me around 1000th of active players) and 2150 rapid on Lichess. Still a big achievement for that person and of course it depends on how much you practice, but it's quite doable

    • @Mathijs_A
      @Mathijs_A Před 2 lety +1

      Honestly, the best thing to do is only play classical (I just played about 2-3 matches a week) and analyse. Reading books or watching videos about grandmaster games can help as well, since you'll learn how to play more positional intuitively, and you'll also pick up on openings

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Mathijs_A lol wink wink 🤡

    • @victordeluca7360
      @victordeluca7360 Před 2 lety +1

      You guys are making me feel bad, I'm struggling to get to 2200 on Lichess and I've been playing for some good three years, and I thought I was doing ok

  • @brooklynkayak
    @brooklynkayak Před 2 lety +6

    I like these 20+10 rapid games. Lots of strategy to learn.

  • @danielsayre3385
    @danielsayre3385 Před 2 lety +5

    For perspective on the 1800: I started playing (not just knowing that the horsey makes the L shape and pawns capture diagonally) during the same time. Dec 2020. Went from 700~ to 1200

  • @musicaplays8031
    @musicaplays8031 Před 2 lety +5

    I wish you’d post more of this type of content on CZcams honestly. I’m trying to break 2000 and these videos are very helpful

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 Před 2 lety

      look up john bartholomew on youtube, his older content is a lot of this

  • @fuscofabio9868
    @fuscofabio9868 Před 2 lety

    This video gave me a lot of fun, really, thanks Eric.

  • @TALKINGtac0
    @TALKINGtac0 Před 2 lety +11

    I thought the French Defense meant resigning

  • @tonyallen2797
    @tonyallen2797 Před 2 lety

    Love the longer format!

  • @parikshitrajkulkarni3313
    @parikshitrajkulkarni3313 Před 2 lety +2

    the guy paradox salad said the same thing in levys stream too bruh

  • @cadespaulding3837
    @cadespaulding3837 Před 2 lety +11

    Title: hyper aggressive
    Thumbnail: Main line

  • @slamer2000
    @slamer2000 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow just as one of your donors said, your content is very instructive, and so was this vid. With a slower time we get to see all the many tactics and considerations you'd make in more detail.

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges Před 2 lety +1

    I like these gentle time limits: it gives you me more time to understand your "funny lines".

  • @arya6085
    @arya6085 Před 2 lety +8

    Title has to be my favourite oxymoron all week

  • @Boss.Stephen
    @Boss.Stephen Před 2 lety

    As someone who plays the french defense exclusively against 1. e4, I'm very happy to see the Bd6 followed by Ne7 setup as I also only play that against the exchange (unless an early c4 is played).

  • @TheKawww
    @TheKawww Před 2 lety

    I love this content Eric!

  • @trevormorrissey2123
    @trevormorrissey2123 Před 2 lety +1

    Eric Rosen is the goat, love the energy!

  • @henrywebstermusic1
    @henrywebstermusic1 Před 2 lety +1

    Gam-Bits. Can’t believe how long it’s taken for me to hear someone make that pun!

  • @ishaan9265
    @ishaan9265 Před 2 lety +2

    >clicks on new eric rosen video
    >oooooo I wanna play stafford

  • @Lilly_by_choice
    @Lilly_by_choice Před 2 lety

    i really like the Bd6 Ne7 lines

  • @lecobra418
    @lecobra418 Před 2 lety +1

    In this kind of similarish setup a good ol' fishing pole attack is most of the time the easiest way to win for me, for some reasons most players (of almost any rating) seem to be very confused about it and I rarely encounter people able to correctly refute it, especially if it's not a direct line but rather a transposition.
    Edit: Amusingly I wrote this comment before the end of the video and it transposed into the basic idea of the fishing pole, sacrificing a piece on g3 to open the h file and kick the knight out of f3 (often to a bad square) to attack with a rook/queen battery often supported by the dark square bishop.
    I don't know why white almost always takes the poisonous piece on g3...
    Fishing pole people!

  • @rossmarino3045
    @rossmarino3045 Před rokem

    Great example of how you can fight in the french!

  • @ic6406
    @ic6406 Před rokem

    "I'm gonna do this. The worst case scenario I lose"
    - Eric Rosen

  • @TheDigiWorld
    @TheDigiWorld Před rokem

    Really nice game

  • @andrewwang5223
    @andrewwang5223 Před 2 lety

    This is gold

  • @TheLordiys
    @TheLordiys Před 2 lety

    When I try to play like Eric - sacrificing pieces I just end up loosing because I calculated wrong or just miss mate in 1 and hang up my Q instead

  • @guyfawkes5006
    @guyfawkes5006 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow pls Eric if you read this: more videos like this french+long term sacrifice

  • @tomahawkfromscandinavia9406

    The french offence

  • @fili24
    @fili24 Před rokem

    I actually play this same line, so that's cool

  • @russellbaker4256
    @russellbaker4256 Před 2 lety

    I always enjoy watching the French. Is 4...Bg4 more flexible than ...Bd6? Obviously the immediate c4 was reqd, as soon as ...Ng6 cd

  • @timwilson7326
    @timwilson7326 Před 2 lety

    Great videos

  • @Mpivovitz
    @Mpivovitz Před 2 lety

    Knife F4 was a killer idea

  • @mrwrong3940
    @mrwrong3940 Před 2 lety +3

    i hope to one day be that man who reached 1800 rating, so IM Rosen can tell me im "pretty good" 3:23 😂

  • @peppermintmiso4341
    @peppermintmiso4341 Před 2 lety +2

    20:45 "Could white prolong the mate?"
    The horsey could defend the bishop delaying it by a move
    Even better, white could play f4 and force en passant, *then* play horsey to f3! Boom! Crisis averted!
    Edit: Yoo Eric looked into an en passant situation!

  • @torrentialrage
    @torrentialrage Před 2 lety

    Wish you had gone bishop c8 to attack the white bishop and create room to bring your knight out and check the king.

  • @mratkovich
    @mratkovich Před 2 lety +2

    The move with the French name would lose the French defense game. How very French.

  • @Ken-on6lr
    @Ken-on6lr Před 2 lety

    This was a fun game. Aggressive play but not a loosing opening

  • @Justchillin145
    @Justchillin145 Před 2 lety +1

    They just couldn’t resist that en passant haha

  • @uujuu316
    @uujuu316 Před 2 lety

    Wow youre so good at calculating, if only i could 4 move ahead..

  • @ronilgiobertbanadera7692

    playing french aggressively is unusual, but ultra aggressive? woahh that isn't a calm eric forte.

  • @arya6085
    @arya6085 Před 2 lety +1

    Johnathon schranz french defence blue print anyone?

  • @isayoldchap1
    @isayoldchap1 Před 2 měsíci

    Electric whisk thing -> milk frother

  • @inanis9801
    @inanis9801 Před 2 lety +2

    At 20:08 can't he just play rook h8 if f4 because the pawn on g4 stops the knight or queen from guarding?

    • @tjs1212
      @tjs1212 Před 2 lety

      Yeah but queen sac prolongs the game a little

  • @ThinkMoreOften
    @ThinkMoreOften Před 2 lety

    what kind/brand of microphone do you use?

  • @soumyajitroy5239
    @soumyajitroy5239 Před 2 lety

    I want Jonahan Schrantz to play feisty french against Eric

  • @JacksonPriceSonder
    @JacksonPriceSonder Před 2 lety

    yesss finally a french video for black

  • @creativekingchess9947
    @creativekingchess9947 Před 2 lety

    Nice Game :)

  • @lightunicorn1371
    @lightunicorn1371 Před 2 lety

    Why did he play bishop g4 instead of f5 on move 7 I think.

  • @elad2054
    @elad2054 Před rokem

    22:09 if queen blocks don't you have a3?

  • @antonpirulero9343
    @antonpirulero9343 Před 2 lety +1

    More French Videos!

  • @wenceslaolopezjimenez3060

    Is that how that defend works?
    I thought the mecanism was surrendering

  • @qzrnuiqntp
    @qzrnuiqntp Před 2 lety

    22:35
    Instead of en passant, g4 g3 seems more directly winning.

  • @MasonMcGowan95
    @MasonMcGowan95 Před 2 lety

    Lol I just found your videos after watching 5up v MrBeast and you low key sound like a deeper, slower toned 5up to me! 😂 maybe it’s because I came from that video but idk.

  • @sn00pryan
    @sn00pryan Před 2 lety

    at 20:00 if f4 why not just swing rook over to h8?

  • @adamsalim101
    @adamsalim101 Před 2 lety

    i like french def

  • @crazychris6125
    @crazychris6125 Před 2 lety

    Is anybody confused on what happen at 13:02 lol

  • @barath3847
    @barath3847 Před 2 lety

    @3:20 The guy who donated said the same thing in GothamChess's twitch stream. 😲😲😲😲

  • @achi5170
    @achi5170 Před 2 lety +1

    the video starts with *oooooo*

  • @GaliReax
    @GaliReax Před 9 měsíci

    If the en passant line happened you'd have to take because it's forced

  • @SchneiderOSRS
    @SchneiderOSRS Před 2 lety +3

    I don’t think ‘French’ and ‘aggressive’ can be used in the same sentence

    • @mentalrectangle
      @mentalrectangle Před 2 lety

      French can be played aggressively. Winawer poisoned pawn is pretty scary for instance.

  • @Mini1124
    @Mini1124 Před 2 lety +2

    In what world is this considered ultra aggressive lol

  • @valbarker610
    @valbarker610 Před rokem

    At 20:15, Eric is calculating f4, after Qh7, but does not Rh8 just immediately force checkmate after f4?

    • @valbarker610
      @valbarker610 Před rokem

      Yea I just checked with engine, f4 gxf3 Nxd4 gives away the advantage after Qd3, however immediate Rh8 after f4 is -8 and white has to give up the queen to survive

    • @valbarker610
      @valbarker610 Před rokem

      Oh nvm I guess he analyzed and saw this at the end of the video

  • @jonasluysterborg5949
    @jonasluysterborg5949 Před 2 lety

    16:15 why not NE2

  • @catedoge3206
    @catedoge3206 Před 2 lety

    hi im only doing london system and czech pirc for black. gained more than 120 points so far. i just play longer than 10-0 and analyze them after. so every game adds on to my knowledge to the opening.

    • @spearmintlatios9047
      @spearmintlatios9047 Před 2 lety

      Try and throw some other openings in there too. London is a very slow and deliberate opening that only shows one style of chess. But analysis is a great tool to figure out how to handle different responses to your favorite openings

    • @catedoge3206
      @catedoge3206 Před 2 lety +2

      @@spearmintlatios9047 yes. for now i stick to it, i'll branch out as soon as i learn just enough of it that i can go standalone with at least 5-10 lines deep of 5 variations each line.

  • @kwieli5097
    @kwieli5097 Před 2 lety

    bonjour de la france

  • @tgeo2880
    @tgeo2880 Před 2 lety

    Who is toggi?

  • @chrisosborne4731
    @chrisosborne4731 Před 2 lety

    French -Defense- *Offence*

  • @glenncross956
    @glenncross956 Před 2 lety

    This video improves when played at 1.25x

  • @gemstorm
    @gemstorm Před 2 lety

    So I was playing Stanford gambit, and after I recaptured the knight on c6 the opponent played Qe2, what do I do against this?

  • @athena546
    @athena546 Před 2 lety

    More like french attack

  • @danielfallowfield8070
    @danielfallowfield8070 Před 2 lety

    hey toggi

  • @tron103
    @tron103 Před 2 lety

    Very romantic chess

  • @michaelf8221
    @michaelf8221 Před 2 lety

    Two different scenarios where en passant is a blunder - /r/anarchychess in shambles.

  • @TheLegendaryGamer34
    @TheLegendaryGamer34 Před 2 lety

    “Maybe white will forget… white didn’t forget”

  • @maevelouisa3801
    @maevelouisa3801 Před 2 lety +2

    What's up noti gang

  • @grzesiek7358
    @grzesiek7358 Před 2 lety +3

    Ultra-aggressive French Defence.
    French should know it in 1939...

  • @kurosakiichigo7475
    @kurosakiichigo7475 Před 2 lety

    Bois Bois

  • @95harshjoshi
    @95harshjoshi Před rokem

    Who said french exchange is boring 😅

  • @lucmermans37
    @lucmermans37 Před 2 lety +1

    your opponent needs to improve time managment. Blitzed out moves when you were on a big attack with critical responses

    • @kmarasin
      @kmarasin Před 2 lety

      Got flustered by Rxh2 (doesn't make sense to me though, might be a relatively new player.)

  • @isaacpowrie465
    @isaacpowrie465 Před 2 lety

    Hello

  • @FessNiklas1987
    @FessNiklas1987 Před 2 lety

    that nose holes!!!

  • @michael8815
    @michael8815 Před 2 lety +3

    i call bs on the guy saying he got to 1800 from beginner in 9 months.

  • @KennyBky92
    @KennyBky92 Před 2 lety +2

    Person 1: "I'm a French player"
    Person 2: "Oh you're French? I didn’t know."
    Person 1: "No, no, I play the French"
    Person 2 : (confused) "So you play against Frenchs?"
    Person 1: (Visibly annoyed) "No, I mean yes sometimes but what I mean is, I play the French defense when I'm black."
    Person 2: "So, you're not French, you play against French players sometimes and you play against their defense other times but only when you're... black? I'm confused."
    Person 1: (Steaming) "Look here you little shit. I play chess, and when I'm playing as black, I open with the French defense. It's a chess opening. Get it now?"
    Person 2: "Ah okay,I get it."
    Person 1: "Yes, finally."
    Person 2: "So you play against a guy called Ches but you pretend you're black sometimes so you can surprise them when you show up with the French Defense but it's a move invented by Ches, so you're using their moves against them.:
    Person 1: "I'm gonna kill you"

  • @jinjurbreadman
    @jinjurbreadman Před 2 lety

    3:30 who the fuck jumps to 1800 in less than a year of playing?

  • @mapleunix1
    @mapleunix1 Před 2 lety +4

    First? 😁

  • @shahzadahmed5238
    @shahzadahmed5238 Před 2 lety

    First

  • @danielvictor2498
    @danielvictor2498 Před 2 lety

    Tbh I never watched Eric before .. but this game was boring .. there was to much calculating of lines that eventually win in round about ways or allow room for a draw .. nothing was interesting until the rook sack.