Great Players of the Past: Richard Verber

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  • Опубліковано 11 кві 2024
  • This lecture was recorded April 8th, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Thank you to David Buck and the 1995 Illinois Math and Science Academy Chess Team for sponsoring this lecture!
    Games:
    07:50 Edward Buerger vs Richard Verber, Illinois Open 1963
    18:17 Richard Verber vs Jim Warren, Illinois Open 1963
    25:47 George Botterill vs Richard Verber, World Student Team 1969
    33:03 Steven Tennant vs Richard Verber, Chicago Open 1970
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 42

  • @paulgottlieb
    @paulgottlieb Місяць тому +15

    I remember Richard from when I was just starting out as an unrated player in 60's Chicago. He was one of the strongest masters in Chicago and highly respected both as a player and an organiser

  • @alipakdin7372
    @alipakdin7372 Місяць тому +22

    As our friend said, you should also have a series, Forgotten great players of the past, and this is a very good fit,I think most of the viewers are hearing about Richard Veber for the first time

    • @callenkoester9078
      @callenkoester9078 Місяць тому

      how about a "forgotten, but not gone" series? a la on cinema at the cinema

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 28 днів тому

      He did that for a little while; I forget the exact name of the series was. I remember he did a few names from the early 20th century. I don't think it was a 45 min lecture but something like 5-15 per person.

    • @callenkoester9078
      @callenkoester9078 27 днів тому

      @@vigilante8374 FORGOTTEN but NOT GONE

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 27 днів тому

      @@callenkoester9078 What? You do realize that this guy is both forgotten *and* gone, right?
      Also, are you actually assuming people are immediately familiar with a random year-old UA-cam video, in an unrelated genre, that literally has under 5,000 views?
      (Also, what's the opposite of "Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?")

    • @callenkoester9078
      @callenkoester9078 27 днів тому

      @@vigilante8374 it's a funny bit mate

  • @geggs3731
    @geggs3731 Місяць тому +23

    “Richard Verber is dead” - headlines don’t come more blunt than that.

  • @fsr1960
    @fsr1960 29 днів тому +2

    Thank you for this. I am a Chicagoan who starting playing in tournaments after the 1972 world championship. I knew Verber as an organizer and tournament director. He was a very strong player, rated 2490, one of the highest ratings in the country at the time. A very sad story.

  • @sicoles
    @sicoles Місяць тому +13

    Will there ever be more videos about forgotten players? I loved that series. Go Ben!

  • @davidb6477
    @davidb6477 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you, Ben! This was super nostalgic for those of us who were a part of the generation that benefitted from his enthusiasm and love of the game. He was a great teacher and a killer blitz player. RIP.

  • @mrpocock
    @mrpocock Місяць тому +4

    Come for the chess, stay for the anecdotes.

  • @timpriest593
    @timpriest593 27 днів тому +1

    Verber was a man of action

  • @f.d.3289
    @f.d.3289 Місяць тому +1

    daaamn, two finegold great players lectures in one day -- is it christmas?!

  • @StoshGalumpke
    @StoshGalumpke Місяць тому +1

    You're the best, Ben !

  • @aarons3014
    @aarons3014 Місяць тому +14

    I played in a tournament Verber organized. I was a slender teenage male at the time. My friend, similar age but who had been playing chess his whole life, warned me not to be alone with Verber. Modern language might call it a gay me-too warning. That's the only time anyone warned me about any chess person.

    • @PatchworkPS
      @PatchworkPS Місяць тому +1

      That's not the type of anecdote you typically hear about forgotten chess players, but it sure is illuminating. Thank you for your comment

    • @dionlindsay2
      @dionlindsay2 28 днів тому

      A teenager who had been playing chess "his whole life"? Looks a weird way of putting things. Not to take away from the main story, but...

    • @aarons3014
      @aarons3014 28 днів тому +2

      @@dionlindsay2 But what?

    • @dionlindsay2
      @dionlindsay2 28 днів тому

      @@aarons3014 Sorry - I thought it was clear enough. "Not to take away from the main story, but "a teenager who had been playing chess "his whole life" ' looks a weird way of putting things".

  • @BongelaMnguni
    @BongelaMnguni 23 дні тому +1

    The intro reminded the greatest chess player ever in his bed, GM Ken West. You should do a video on his games

    • @aarongifs
      @aarongifs 22 дні тому

      you should sponsor it! all of these are sponsored lectures :)

    • @BongelaMnguni
      @BongelaMnguni 21 день тому

      ​@@aarongifsCan I sponsor it with my cat?

  • @answeris4217
    @answeris4217 27 днів тому +1

    I need somebody to fix my Engine. I always sack the exchange and it always gives me double question marks.

  • @jeffreyfisher3115
    @jeffreyfisher3115 Місяць тому +2

    Your ", who you've never heard of" line is usually is not true for me. But it's sure true this time.

  • @sekk157
    @sekk157 Місяць тому +10

    Verber ate Buerger

  • @god_is_god5563
    @god_is_god5563 Місяць тому +1

    not even i have heard of this guy

  • @AdmatHakodesh
    @AdmatHakodesh 28 днів тому +1

    Watching this great lecture, I think to myself maybe we should more often go over games where strong masters beat decent club players. Watching two super GMs play doesn't really help us outplay and eventually beat players at our level.

  • @atwarwithdust
    @atwarwithdust 29 днів тому +1

    No Wikipedia for Richard Verber?!?

  • @williamblake7386
    @williamblake7386 Місяць тому +6

    I have 3 different types of thoughts when i see new "Great Players of the Past" video
    1. Ofc he's great, every kid knows that
    2. Nah, this dude was nothing special
    3. Who?

  • @SamuraiMomo
    @SamuraiMomo Місяць тому

    What happens in the end position of the first game if white continues by playing Ktc3?

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety 29 днів тому

    Verber was a master at weirding language.

  • @yotoober1
    @yotoober1 Місяць тому

    Is that Verber in the thumbnail or à younger Ben? Some facial resemblance there? 🤔

  • @CakeEatingBear
    @CakeEatingBear Місяць тому

    Man, it seems everybody is a "great" player nowadays :-P
    I get the feeling even I can feature in one of these if I just pay for it

  • @donsimons9810
    @donsimons9810 Місяць тому

    was this shot after you figured out a medication was making you ill? one can really see a difference in your energy. You seem more like your ‘old’ self here, confusing the audience

  • @bernie4366
    @bernie4366 Місяць тому +1

    I get super annoyed by Ben's occasional politicking, but I understand also that he has a right to speak on his opinions if he feels the need. What I don't understand is how Ben Finegold still only has 138k subs. That's just shameful.

    • @AdmatHakodesh
      @AdmatHakodesh 28 днів тому +1

      Quality is something only few appreciate.