Capablanca Endgames with GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @ShadowEnlightenment69
    @ShadowEnlightenment69 Рік тому +11

    Thanks

  • @edsal467
    @edsal467 Рік тому +18

    This seems like the beginning of a beautiful lesson.

  • @clagan415
    @clagan415 Рік тому +12

    Love these lectures... have improved tremendously 🙏

  • @ibazulic
    @ibazulic Рік тому +49

    Ben is always amazing, but I have to admit, I sometimes miss the jokes about names, like "Marshall gambit was named after Mr Gambit" and such :-D

    • @johndeaux8815
      @johndeaux8815 Рік тому +6

      Huge misconception about Gambit’s, they’re actually named after the games Gambit played, either the Location GM Gambit played the game, or the person GM Gambit played against.

    • @TravelingMooseMedia
      @TravelingMooseMedia 11 місяців тому

      What’s not to get. He’s just being silly, saying it was named after Mr. Gambit like he’s a real person.

  • @Deucely
    @Deucely Рік тому +25

    Capibaras have the perfect attitude to play chess.

  • @notdanroth
    @notdanroth Рік тому +16

    Oh man huge burn on Naka from that kid xD

  • @isaaccraft5977
    @isaaccraft5977 Рік тому +1

    Kf7 is a draw because the knight can create a blockade on the Q-side. The king cant get in. Curiously the move Nf5 is losing because (while it trades pawns in the endgame) it gives white a monster passed pawn. @ 8:52

  • @grecuccionicola
    @grecuccionicola Рік тому +1

    In the game , duras capa , can white play Ra8 Ke7 , Rh8 , then it’s posible to play g3 and h4

  • @shrayanmajumder7517
    @shrayanmajumder7517 Рік тому +1

    Great stuff

  • @germanchris4440
    @germanchris4440 Рік тому

    To me, the Janowski-Capablanca position is an example of middlegame strategy. Not everything without queens has to be an endgame.

  • @chessanthemum
    @chessanthemum Рік тому +8

    I love Casablanca

  • @jordanmcmorris5248
    @jordanmcmorris5248 Рік тому +4

    If any piece goes to g7 it's a Fianchetto

  • @SevenTheJester
    @SevenTheJester Рік тому +2

    I love that this kid just said, unironically, that the second best chess player *in the world* "isn't a super grandmaster." 😂

    • @patrykapiezo1650
      @patrykapiezo1650 Рік тому +1

      At the time the video was recorded, Nakamura was only 10th.
      Frankly - terrible.

    • @SevenTheJester
      @SevenTheJester Рік тому

      @@patrykapiezo1650
      Tenth highest rating ever recorded in history. Not tenth alive and playing today.
      He's currently considered #3 in the world, behind Carlsen and Caruana, but that's classical chess, or "standard time control," to FIDE.
      He's #2 in blitz, behind only Carlsen.
      He's somehow #14 in rapid, which I can only assume means that he doesn't play a lot of rapid, because I don't believe there are 13 people alive who are better than him. I believe there are one or two, but those last two statements are just my opinion. It was also my opinion when I said he was the second best player in the world. That's just what I think. If you consider all of their skills across all time controls, I happen to believe Nakamura is better than Caruana. A strong case can be made to the contrary, I'm just stating what I believe.
      ...and all of these things are based solely on rating, which is why there is no mention of the current world champion. He has the fourth highest rating, behind Nakamura - but he is the reigning world champion.

    • @patrykapiezo1650
      @patrykapiezo1650 Рік тому +1

      @@SevenTheJester Thanks for your wall of text.
      The video was recorded in October 2017, and Nakamura was ranked 10th, though.

    • @SevenTheJester
      @SevenTheJester Рік тому +1

      @@patrykapiezo1650
      You're quite welcome for the text, but that's not a wall; that's just two paragraphs.
      In October of 2017, Nakamura was rated tenth in _classical_ chess.
      He was also rated fourth in both rapid _and_ blitz, because those are the game types that he was predominantly playing in late 2017.
      My opinion would still be that he is the second or third best active player in the world, though.

  • @Jumper300035
    @Jumper300035 Рік тому +3

    Casablanca is a real Gangster

  • @isaaccraft5977
    @isaaccraft5977 Рік тому +3

    lol
    kid: naka isnt a super GM
    Ben: oh, he's not?
    Kid: no
    Ben: that is funny... it is funny because you are being serious
    .... better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all shadow of doubt

  • @eladiocamacho5088
    @eladiocamacho5088 Рік тому

    Hey this is the guy from the place I'm time

  • @thedigitalnerds
    @thedigitalnerds 11 місяців тому

    Karen deserves better than the world treats her.

  • @rp1894
    @rp1894 Рік тому +6

    Petition to call Capablanca PapaCapa.

  • @tomswiftyphilo2504
    @tomswiftyphilo2504 Рік тому

    aw crap I'm internet people

  • @WastrelWay
    @WastrelWay 10 місяців тому

    The anecdote about the two astronomers 500 years ago raises some interesting epistemological questions. Or maybe just one. It's not chess, anyway. Let's move on...

  • @pascualfernandez2301
    @pascualfernandez2301 Рік тому

    Do you have to be so negative man ?????
    Obviously the people in your class are kids and you do nothing but belittle them
    If i had a teacher like you when I was a kid I would not be playing chess now…..