Doubled Pawns | Double King-Pawn Openings - GM Ben Finegold - 2013.08.08

Grandmaster Ben Finegold presents a lecture on doubled pawns at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The first is a game between Louis Paulsen and Paul Morphy.

[@robertoflores172]

it is nice because I understand Ben's english. He talks very clearly.

[@Cyber_Elf_Elpizo]

Excellent. It's always good to discover Chess lessons are accessible to non-native speakers

[@SHALKKETV]

Midwestern accents is very clear to brazilians

[@fanclub2010]

I really like Finegold's style of teaching. He's having fun while making fun of people.

[@PlguDctR-yb7mi]

Ironically, Morphy often played at parlors in a time where home telephones were uncommon and parlor public telephones were widely used. So his games actually probably were interrupted occasionally by the sound of phones ringing.

[@zeguitardude]

Ben had the audience he deserved this lesson

[@iehudim]

Finegold rocks, thank you for this upload.
Brasil !

[@IScipioI]

Thanks for posting all these lecture videos!

[@atomicpiano]

Funny ass audience in the classroom lol

[@franzroth2830]

18:30 ah yes, the legendary "throbbing" mate

[@dandiaz19934]

@22:58 "And nothing happens for a long time. If you've seen the Blair Witch Project, you're probably used to this"

[@deveshkurup3352]

Fine gold is Superfine gold.... Fantastic analyzing.. Thanks

[@stefanscholz940]

Like Bens "charming" style cause it's also entertaining.

[@angeloriggi6370]

I watch Ben but if someone said this guy used to be a Radio Shack counter guy, I'd believe it

[@TexasSizzle]

I swear, watching these STL Chess videos, I'm having Chessgasms soo often! Haha Lol!

[@aleksakocijasevic6613]

6:23 Ben actually speaks Russian (or some of the many Balkanic languages)! Very suspicious

[@jeffreymiranda8091]

#1 Fan here... The video is cut huhuhu!

[@ropezz]

34:55 after e6, I'm surprised Qxa4!! wasn't mentioned

[@cristofervidre8378]

i guess qxa4 from white would be the refutation

[@ropezz]

..Qxa4 Qxa4..Rxb2+ Ka1..Rb4+

[@theyneverlearn3679]

I assume you saw exf7+ after Qxa4???

[@yahya89able]

Tre Anderson then what ? Kf8

[@rubyred9436]

Is it a chess camp or a learn to play chess camp that you refer to :D

[@kokorevpm]

6:24 "Что?"="What?" хD

[@Thaumazo83]

Indeed

[@quelqunx7470]

10:11 black has a forced checkmate after 1.... Bxf3+ 2. Kf1 Rg2 and black is threatening 2 mates. 3.......Rxh2 and Rh1# and 3..... Rxf2+ 4. Kg1 Rg2+ 5. Kh1 Rg3# (if 5. Kf1 Rg1#). White cannot defend against both.
Saw this game on agad's channel. Twice. Seems like everyone is talking about this game.

[@bunnylova]

Let's make Ben fivefold famous

[@dandiaz19934]

Okay, honest question: Why are they called "King Pawns" if they are on the Queen's side of the board?? Am I missing something here?

[@alexandermiller4438]

The openings are king pawn openings. The doubled pawns are not king pawns.

[@DavidEmerling79]

Did Ben say, "Что?" (pronounced "Shto?") at 6:23? That's Russian for "What?" Does Ben speak Russian? Or, is that just a Russian word he knows? I know he lived in Belgium for a while, a country that can't decide whether their national language is Dutch, French or German; so, perhaps he speaks a lot of different languages. I don't know. But, Russian seems unlikely.

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

He knows chess terminology (all pieces, moving, notation, etc, you can see this easily if you watch him stream as he sometimes uses those randomly) and some basic stuff, I believe, from visits to Russia because of chess.

[@anonanon2146]

please, you can add closed caption

[@aanon4019]

lol

[@schnabeltasse]

I think, black can play Bf2 after Rd1 and the Queen also have to defend with Qf1.

[@jimmyalderson1639]

What would happen if Carlsen went back in time and played Morphy, who wins?

[@vernie7882]

jimmy alderson Carlsen would beat his ass.

[@yahya89able]

34:56 missed a good tactic , Qxa4 Qxa4 , Rxb2+ Ka1, Rxc2+ Kb1, Rb2+ Ka1, Rb3+ Rc3, Bxc3 # ,
And if not queen takes and exf7+ kg8 , Qxg5 Rxb2 + and the same technique.

[@bigmac329190]

Wow you get a lecture by a fantastic GM and don't even have the courtesy to turn your phone off? Some people are so rude.

[@xDMrGarrison]

Maybe he just forgot, no need to rawr at him.

[@arhamdugar6458]

if after rd1 then b*f2 with a unstoppable mating pattern for black

[@PticaLetit]

что?(c)))))

[@postnubilaphoebus96]

Even the most dimmided individual, with an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology?
He uses this line quite often and I don't really get what he's saying. Can someone help me? Regards from Germany!

[@ashvalkyriee]

+postnubilaphoebus96 dim-witted, as in "stupid"

[@coolestmaid]

it means the move is the most obvious move one can think of

[@m4rv2n]

+postnubilaphoebus96 It means he's a Simpsons fan.

[@ganjalfthegreen1574]

Dimwitted heißt "dämlich". Hyperbolische Topologie ist die Forschung hyperbolischer, geometrischer Figuren. Das hat einfach keine feste Bedeutung... es wurde nur bei den Simpsons zitiert

[@ganjalfthegreen1574]

"Selbst die dämlichste Person mit einem hohen akademischen Abschluss in hyperbolischer Topologie müsste zustimmen, dass..." wäre die Übersetzung.

[@averagejohnson3985]

Ben looks like just he just finished eating a double pawn

[@gowri75]

don't read it. never ever in urlife. something scary.
i told u not to

[@nignugnyuckaw7467]

Both played bad...