RARE and TRICKY Idea vs the Queen's Gambit

I can picture you during the game saying, "there's a funny line..."

13:30 You are pulling the Queen into the Fork with the Pin. That's a Pulled Pork.

18:48 Great instinct on seeing the problem with white’s activity with the two rooks. Someone suggested the line in chat to go up 2 pieces for a rook and i checked the engine. It was around +1.5 for white. Blacks knight is so out of play it almost counts as nothing.

wow the opponent was very tough and tactics were spotted all the way through the game, ironically he fell into a simple fork in the end... very nice game

@eric-rosen I saw you in Biel yesterday! Its a shame you were too busy playing or I would have asked you for a selfie 😊 Congrats on a great tournament!

I LOVE CHESS TRAPS ITS AN ADDICTION-

Great win! Someday I'd like to see some kind of a mock pregame prep video. To an 1200ish player like myself, it always feels miraculous that an IM/GM-level player can memorize entire trees of variations for a specific opponent in just an hour or two. I realize it's probably a hard thing to capture on video; I imagine you're just zipping through variations and soaking it all in. Maybe you could record a prep session, then replay a section of it at half speed or with pauses, and overdub what's going through your mind ("He probably wouldn't choose this line... this looks interesting but I don't fully understand black's compensation... this variation looks tricky for my opponent...")?

This is so beautiful to see how you analyze the game. Thank you.

Love your tournament recap videos. Much success in Biel!

What a game! I love the dichotomy of your calm demeanor and ruthless chess. I hope you have a great time in Switzerland and many wins!

Kasparov said if you make 10 threats in a row your opponent will collapse, this game was an illustration on how to play with the initiative: black was making threats all the time from the opening, almost like he was white

Those engine lines at the end are absurd.

Nice win!!

I definitely paused the video when i heard your messages to tell my gf she was getting a text 😂

Sick opening prep and sick endgame play

Great tactical game Eric!

It looks like Be8 was a big mistake. I set up the board just before that move, and Stockfish gave it +0.1. After that move, it was -2.5 (depth: 23). Nd4 instead keeps things balanced. And instead of having the queen get kicked around so much, Stockfish favors Qc4 instead of Qf4 a couple of moves later, offering the exchange of queens.

Call that tactic a "slow roasted pork" as it requires 2 moves. 😂

Eric with the PORK! Love it

Actually, one question. Did you look at Bc6+ Be4 Rd3+ after Nc3? I was thinking you could trade bishops there and maybe have some rook activity on the third rank? You definitely prepared it much better by waiting and improving your dsb. Super tactical. But wanted to know if you looked at it beforehand or if I missed anything, since I didn't look at the engine for this.