Beating the Queen's Gambit, with GM Nigel Short

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  • Опубліковано 3 кві 2024
  • Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta was honored for GM Nigel Short (Former #3 in the World) to conduct a simul and lecture at CCSCATL on March 15, 2019. Humorous, informative lecture!
    Game discussed:
    Keith Arkell vs. Nigel Short
    85th Torquay 1998 (British Chess Championship)
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  • @s.m.j.tayebi
    @s.m.j.tayebi 2 місяці тому +15

    I would like to appreciate GM Short's gentle way of teaching this session.

  • @asansfakeaccound5466
    @asansfakeaccound5466 Місяць тому +7

    i love how nigel short on the video is slowly dying from listening to our low elo ideas.

  • @_nemo171
    @_nemo171 2 місяці тому +78

    I'm not GM Finegold and you're not.

    • @mario97br
      @mario97br 2 місяці тому +3

      What if he reads it?

    • @_nemo171
      @_nemo171 2 місяці тому +6

      @@mario97br I'm short of ideas

    • @sigurdh.s8320
      @sigurdh.s8320 2 місяці тому +2

      «Incorrect!»
      - Ben Finegold, probably

    • @pirds102010
      @pirds102010 2 місяці тому

      I am Nigel Short and you're nort

    • @pirds102010
      @pirds102010 2 місяці тому +1

      ​​@@sigurdh.s8320Maybe he was Ben Finegold until he wasn't. Trans chesser etc. Mainly etc.
      Trying is the first step to failure.

  • @wlycdgrTheEverydayWorld
    @wlycdgrTheEverydayWorld 2 місяці тому +7

    That's so cool that you got someone that top level to come give a lecture at your club!

  • @Matthew-bu7fg
    @Matthew-bu7fg 2 місяці тому +20

    20:14 - the incredulity when he hears h4 get suggested 😂

    • @kaspafischer
      @kaspafischer 2 місяці тому +4

      Probably the worst move you could make in that position... 😂

    • @f.d.3289
      @f.d.3289 2 місяці тому +2

      or his revulsion when someone later suggests to push the f-pawn xD

  • @paulgoogol2652
    @paulgoogol2652 2 місяці тому +10

    Short is remarkable. Not all can deal with Bens tough students. This should be in Bens Wikipedia:
    "He who deals with the toughest students with a great deal of humor and pay-shhhhhh!-nce."

    • @chef2581
      @chef2581 2 місяці тому

      I'm just curious
      Let's see how GM Nigel Short would do with kids class of GM Ben

  • @AdmatHakodesh
    @AdmatHakodesh 2 місяці тому +7

    The h5 moment was explained so well. Incredible stuff. Thanks for having the great NS and uploading this.

  • @f.d.3289
    @f.d.3289 2 місяці тому +3

    40:02 "You have to love your structure."
    daaamn Mr. Short that was a great way to put it

  • @jonahzieske8834
    @jonahzieske8834 2 місяці тому +8

    A couple of short games

  • @aigzo
    @aigzo Місяць тому +1

    Probably one of the best chess lessons

  • @babrakoberma673
    @babrakoberma673 2 місяці тому +2

    Nigel has such good English. It is like a poem.

  • @peterflom6878
    @peterflom6878 2 місяці тому +8

    Fawlty Towers was one of the funniest shows in the history of TV

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 місяці тому +3

      It was the very thing I thought of when I heard Torquay. Then Short mentioned Fawlty Towers. I've seen them so many times I've lost count. It never gets old

    • @_nemo171
      @_nemo171 2 місяці тому +1

      Would you care for a rat?

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 місяці тому +1

      Is not rat. I hhhamster!

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 місяці тому +2

      Don't mention the war

  • @terryleddra1973
    @terryleddra1973 2 місяці тому +6

    Good old Nigel. Seen this before Ben posted this a few years ago.

  • @chef2581
    @chef2581 2 місяці тому +3

    20:11 "h4? h4?! Are you sure?!"
    The reaction was great 😅

  • @Tophbbq
    @Tophbbq 2 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic lecture

  • @iwasonceanalian
    @iwasonceanalian 2 місяці тому +6

    when someone on this level is teaching you chess, you listen and learn (hopefully lol), ty very much Nigel and geatings from a 1500 player from denmark

  • @Aphixx
    @Aphixx 2 місяці тому +8

    This isn't Ben! The truth hurts...

    • @chef2581
      @chef2581 2 місяці тому +1

      The only time that I'm happy it's not Ben

  • @newzild1
    @newzild1 2 місяці тому

    Great to hear Nigel's thought processes as he guides the audience through various plans.

  • @bajnicestanko4047
    @bajnicestanko4047 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Ben, Thank you Nigel

  • @mtp234
    @mtp234 2 місяці тому +1

    Really cool game ideas being shown off. I don't mind the slow pace because I have time to think about the position (and still be bad at finding anything). Cool upload!

  • @danielcrase
    @danielcrase Місяць тому +1

    Remember Short is tall and Tal was short.

  • @ayushagrawal5807
    @ayushagrawal5807 2 місяці тому

    need more of him

  • @pastorofmuppets4552
    @pastorofmuppets4552 2 місяці тому +9

    Wait, I’ve heard of this guy

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 місяці тому +1

      Was it a short time ago? 😁

    • @zainquadri1206
      @zainquadri1206 2 місяці тому

      Maybe, maybe not but if you don't know the game "Nigel Short's King March" you've definitely NOT heard of him... You have to know that game to have heard of him...

    • @wlycdgrTheEverydayWorld
      @wlycdgrTheEverydayWorld 2 місяці тому +3

      Well, he WAS good enough to play Kasparov for the World Championship, although he came up rather short in the end. (God, the poor man must be SO tired of hearing variations on that)

    • @Aphixx
      @Aphixx 2 місяці тому

      (That means he hasn't heard of him)

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 місяці тому

      @@zainquadri1206 I knew Short before that game

  • @rchoi
    @rchoi 22 дні тому

    That was great :)

  • @DiegoBilo
    @DiegoBilo 2 місяці тому

    it would have been much easier to follow and understand the game if he had made the arrows and the variant moves on the board.

  • @jugglingbeast
    @jugglingbeast Місяць тому

    Short is actually more than 6 feet tall

  • @King.Mark.
    @King.Mark. 2 місяці тому

    got to draw with ben bot ,i could of winning but my pencil broke

  • @CrispyKorn
    @CrispyKorn 2 місяці тому +4

    British chess players eh ?

  • @babrakoberma673
    @babrakoberma673 2 місяці тому

    Pán Profesor Šort ;-)

  • @Joseph-sj9uf
    @Joseph-sj9uf 2 місяці тому +5

    Nigel is going back to Britain with stories of Americans suggesting h4, f3, and f4, to his shock and horror

  • @ahrrydepp493
    @ahrrydepp493 2 місяці тому +1

    Brother where is the canidates recap???
    Please dont tell me you wont cover that

  • @Al-gv5uw
    @Al-gv5uw 2 місяці тому

    What was Ben thinking about Hikarus loss today

  • @danjeory3659
    @danjeory3659 2 місяці тому

    Love Nigel, but by the time he finishes asking if you'd like a cup of tea, it's time for cocoa instead 😂

  • @Al-gv5uw
    @Al-gv5uw 2 місяці тому

    What’s crazy about being English is Fe fi fo fum means absolutely nothing to anyone from any other country so strange to imagine.

    • @Al-gv5uw
      @Al-gv5uw 2 місяці тому

      And it’s like our language and everyone in the world is speaking it now and not very well I will add

    • @Al-gv5uw
      @Al-gv5uw 2 місяці тому

      Really the worst lingua Franca too because it’s so subtle and nuanced so many words. It’s almost impossible to have a conversation with anyone now that the iq is dropping to zero or lower. Sad state of affairs

    • @douglaslarosa8782
      @douglaslarosa8782 2 місяці тому

      I liked how none of your comments where relevant to anyone, so here I am to give you the attention you deserve:
      *keep waiting in English*

  • @moonlightiguana
    @moonlightiguana 2 місяці тому +1

    Fawlty Towers? No, this is the pinnacle of British comedy! Just kidding.

  • @ahrrydepp493
    @ahrrydepp493 2 місяці тому

    Where gm ben who is this guy

    • @chef2581
      @chef2581 2 місяці тому +3

      Boo!
      Why would you comment it instead of searching it?
      Learn some manners too..

  • @StoshGalumpke
    @StoshGalumpke 2 місяці тому

    Yikes !

  • @TheSummersilk
    @TheSummersilk 2 місяці тому

    Keep crying.

  • @professorjessen
    @professorjessen Місяць тому

    Unwatchable. Literally. Gesturing at potential moves on a room display we can't see ... is unwatchable.

  • @humpy322
    @humpy322 2 місяці тому +5

    I vomited a bit in my mouth watching NS, don't do that again please

    • @monsignorjames
      @monsignorjames 2 місяці тому +5

      You chose to watch it, he's even in the title.

    • @chef2581
      @chef2581 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@monsignorjamesobviously it's a hater situation

    • @supplyequalsdemand2739
      @supplyequalsdemand2739 2 місяці тому +5

      Tell your bf to not thrust so hard.

  • @MrMorlaf
    @MrMorlaf 2 місяці тому

    what a horrible talker. i watch at x1.5 speed. his chess is sound. a lot better than mine ever will be. but he is a terrible speaker 😞

    • @GuntherVerheugen
      @GuntherVerheugen Місяць тому

      He is quite good when he drinks, but here he is too slow.

  • @timothylovecock4332
    @timothylovecock4332 2 місяці тому

    Something about Nigel Short is off.