Holiday Tournament Middlegames - GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубліковано 30 гру 2015
  • Grandmaster Ben Finegold went undefeated and won the Club's Holiday Chess Tournament. Ben looks at two of his games that had neat middlegames.
    2015.12.22
    Benjamin P Finegold vs. Wilson Gao, 2015: E00 Queen's pawn game
    Steven D Bange vs. Finegold, 2015: B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)

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  • @andyisyoda
    @andyisyoda 8 років тому +60

    "Now the old me, which coincidently was the young me..." Classic Finegold! Best chess lecturer in the world.

  • @sergi-13
    @sergi-13 8 років тому +94

    "Now the best move is resigns, but he couldn't find it". Classic.

  • @pizzashark7067
    @pizzashark7067 8 років тому +58

    1:00 "I had two good middlegames"
    -Ben Finegold 2015, coming clean about his career

  • @Joslinmeister
    @Joslinmeister 8 років тому +12

    When your opponent makes a move, it isn't where it was, it's where it went to. Because GM Finegold said so.

  • @andyisyoda
    @andyisyoda 8 років тому +8

    I just watched this a second time. I would love to meet Ben one day. Such a brilliant and funny guy.

  • @longcastle4863
    @longcastle4863 7 років тому +7

    08:05: The idea if you have an isolated a-pawn, consider trading it... Never thought or heard of that before, but it makes sense, and will probably result in an improvement to my overall game. Learning these kind of "general principles" is one of the reasons I like this channel so much...

  • @ishanr8697
    @ishanr8697 8 років тому +36

    "Nh4 smells. No? Nobody knows what ammonia is?" Yes, it's NH3 :D

    • @frankohero
      @frankohero 8 років тому

      +Ishan R Im not a chemist, but thats what I thought too :D : 4? What 4?
      So, I was right? Very surprising to me.

    • @srcoolz
      @srcoolz 8 років тому +2

      +Ishan R NH4 is Ammonium so kinda okay :)

    • @frankohero
      @frankohero 8 років тому

      Santhosh Ramani
      lol rofl! Okay :D

    • @srcoolz
      @srcoolz 8 років тому

      +frankohero Whats so funny :)

    • @frankohero
      @frankohero 8 років тому +2

      Santhosh Ramani
      I thought the 4 was wrong. NATURALLY, I, chemics-noob, got it wrong! Clearly what expected... more sad than funny - but I concentrate on the funny part (really hard :)

  • @scarscrews
    @scarscrews 7 років тому +7

    "Wilson Gao is a child about this tall"
    *camera shows how tall*

  • @bobdylan6237
    @bobdylan6237 8 років тому +1

    Awesome to hear that you're enjoying chess again Ben! Hope you have a edifying 2016!

  • @mickeykhan05
    @mickeykhan05 8 років тому +3

    Thanks to your lectures my chess game has improved drastically! And I am a dog in real life.

    • @SteveRunciman
      @SteveRunciman 8 років тому

      +Mickey Khan If you really want to improve your play, watch Yasser's videos.

  • @mhamedkhalfa5062
    @mhamedkhalfa5062 6 років тому

    Need more GM Finegold

  • @williamfitzgerald3344
    @williamfitzgerald3344 8 років тому

    So funny and informative. That audience does not deserve him

  • @MichelNabil
    @MichelNabil 8 років тому +5

    nice lecture :)
    and Happy New Year everyone ;)

  • @macemaker123
    @macemaker123 8 років тому +9

    first :] please keep making finegold vids- lol and why don't you upload these in chronological order

  • @greatsquare7046
    @greatsquare7046 8 років тому +17

    @21:20 "bc" that's an old move; but I played "dc" the marvel move... Hahahah HIlarious!

  • @dmaster20ify
    @dmaster20ify 6 років тому +1

    The best move is resigns, but he couldn't find it!

  • @majexword
    @majexword 8 років тому +2

    This guy is hilarious!

  • @JoeDidIt
    @JoeDidIt 5 років тому +1

    24:30 lets look at the danny variation
    danny sacrifices a piece because i tell him to always sacrifice a piece
    24:48 you're down a piece...
    i had to laugh so hard at this awkward variation

  • @_nemo171
    @_nemo171 4 дні тому

    Mastering openings ---> Karpov
    Mastering middlegame ---> Karpov
    Mastering endgames ---> Karpov
    Ben

  • @SamtheBOLD
    @SamtheBOLD 8 років тому

    Greg shahade loves his knights on b1 (:

  • @ErictheRed1978
    @ErictheRed1978 8 років тому

    Any chance to see Ronen again?

  • @rushilbansal7216
    @rushilbansal7216 8 років тому

    Please could I know what software was used for the chessboard? Thanks I really loved the video!!

    • @MrMariogrcic
      @MrMariogrcic 8 років тому

      +Hype Army its called chessbase i think u can download it for free but im not sure.

    • @rushilbansal7216
      @rushilbansal7216 8 років тому

      Thanks a lot :D!

    • @winston9920
      @winston9920 8 років тому

      He is using Chessbase 13 which costs money. But you can get Chessbase Reader for free. But it is not as good

  • @TheFoxciteWonderLuft
    @TheFoxciteWonderLuft 8 років тому

    24:30 Black by 2.0 pawns says the oracle

  • @bigbrother5024
    @bigbrother5024 8 років тому

    By now I really wonder how "crush da kids" Ben would perform vs. Yasser. Being a GM is for life and doesn't say anything about play strength after all. Please CCSCSL, do a round robin Rapid tournament of all commentators!

    • @leadnitrate2194
      @leadnitrate2194 3 роки тому

      Yasser is much stronger than Ben (Yasser used to be world top 20). The truth hurts

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 11 місяців тому

      ​@@leadnitrate2194 top 10 in the world. He was a candidate multiple times. Ben was "world's strongest IM" for about a decade and roughly the strength of an average GM at his peak but didn't finish getting the norms until he was 40 years old

  • @ugandanknuckles5278
    @ugandanknuckles5278 8 років тому

    Do a Bobby Fischer Vs Spasski game number 5

  • @rost187
    @rost187 8 років тому

    Can anyone tell me what checkmate with advantage is?

    • @felixeisenmenger6254
      @felixeisenmenger6254 8 років тому +6

      You checkmate your opponent and you are at least a pawn up (+1). It is redundant since you checkmate him anyway but it's one of Finegolds little jokes.

  • @emokehaupt8584
    @emokehaupt8584 8 років тому

    At 43:13 after Be4 just Rxe4 and if queen takes Qxf2#

  • @adeather
    @adeather 8 років тому

    what happened to Ben's tooth??

  • @HeshmiY
    @HeshmiY 7 років тому

    I'm from 2017

  • @t0mcc
    @t0mcc 6 років тому

    21:18 looooooool

  • @anujrockstrong5019
    @anujrockstrong5019 8 років тому

    thats yasser's bishop

  • @brucewayne2184
    @brucewayne2184 2 роки тому +1

    Honestly I'm learning nothing. Is this normal?

  • @2birdbrained4u
    @2birdbrained4u 8 років тому

    It's NH3 !! not NH4...

  • @liam314
    @liam314 8 років тому +4

    Ben should take over for Mike Kummer in the beginner break down slot cos his games are TERRIBLE! ;)

    • @bigbrother5024
      @bigbrother5024 8 років тому

      +liam314 Yay, you really wonder what Ben is doing day in and day out w/o doing a lecture and/or posting a yt vid. It's not like he's doing it for free, all the positive comments around here should satisfy him more than enough.

    • @liam314
      @liam314 8 років тому +1

      +Big Brother I enjoy Ben's lectures but I wish he would lecture on recent world class games rather than his own games. His games are obviously better than anyone watching these vids but I think Ben is at his best when explaining world class games to us patzers!

  • @inkolore2
    @inkolore2 8 років тому +2

    3:25 That joke is too advanced for me can anyone explain it to me ?

    • @dusanmijatovic7913
      @dusanmijatovic7913 8 років тому

      +IceNoob88 I don't know about that. Please explain Ben.

    • @dusanmijatovic7913
      @dusanmijatovic7913 8 років тому

      +Dragan Mijatović U mean The answer is fries?

    • @linda1lee2
      @linda1lee2 5 років тому +1

      It doesn't make sense to me but it comes from the Simpsons starting at 2:31 of ua-cam.com/video/2O5RVsmxqiA/v-deo.html.

    • @xDMrGarrison
      @xDMrGarrison 5 років тому

      @@linda1lee2 Hey thanks for linking that! I've heard him say "the answer is fries" dozens of times and I never thought it might be a reference to something, and now it is so much funnier :D

  • @dkahmedkhalaf
    @dkahmedkhalaf 7 років тому

    Liam Neeson

  • @SteveRunciman
    @SteveRunciman 8 років тому

    Still no Yasser.