Crushing The Stafford Gambit

Hikaru analyzes a game he played against famous chess Youtuber @eric-rosen in his best known opening! A lesson on how to diffuse the dangerous Stafford Gambit.

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[alanjeremy]

"Oh no my stafford gambit" (Eric Rosen voice)

[StarPiercerAwl]

This is the highest level of chess content out there. Amazing quality. Understanding the underlying intentions behind hikaru's moves helps me out a lot, even when I play my wgm teacher, I don't get as many ideas and as much education as watching these hikaru videos. This specific video taught me a lot about position evaluation, for instance when hikaru played rook b1 instead of 0-0-0, he explained that the king side pieces like the bishop and rooks were not going to participate in the game, which makes castling a bad move (on top of the pawn threats). I will put all this to good use, thank you for your content hikaru! I am glad people like you exist

[tusharsrivastava]

Hikaru: 'I trade when I'm up a pawn'
Me(1000 rated): loses with two extra pieces

[Nagatomo]

Hikaru looks like a classic father in this shirt

[MasterXleb]

Thanks, big Hikaru for video! Several times i was losing agains Stafford Gambit... but your confidence helps me to lose more games)

[raul]

Hikaru on move 37: "so you have to be a little bit careful here"
Yeah I would have lost already

[infinitytoinfinitysquaredb]

Hikaru trolling Eric is funny.
I suspect they are friends unlike with the other Eric.

[casua.]

Drinking game: Take a drink everytime Hikaru says "Simply."

[mayurdave]

This is the kind of content I requested in the poll, thank you so much! It was really fun to watch

[teixeira]

every gambit is refuted when you have perfect play haha

[barddz]

i'm loving this kind of video teaching how to get better

[contesaidou.e.m]

Can't wait for other openings tutorials, this was very helpful

[Krissco]

The terrible knight and rook looks incredibly frustrating to own, and very satisfying to have caused.

[Chunda]

White's position looks very good at 8:08. Where I've seen the Stafford work, the gambit is accepted and White just takes all the offered material. Where the Stafford is declined and White just plays principled and sound Chess, there doesn't seem to be as many threats. It is well-defended here for sure.

[jmtx.]

Thanks for an awesome breakdown of your game!

[philh.]

tell me one opening hikaru would not crush eric

[ruthxk]

omg didn't expect this!!

+++ so much time hearing about the Stafford Gambit and I finally find out what exactly it is... in a video of Hikaru refutating it xD never too late I guess!

[srijanraghavula]

I almost got a heart attack when i realised how dangerous small things can be. Thank you nakamura. I never realised.

[gaminpark]

The genius thumbnail after that Magnus comment on chess Kick boxing. 😂😂

[Jayvees]

Stafford Gambit is a difficult gambit to crush as White. But Hikaru finally crack this strong gambit and it was spectacular.