Yasser Seirawan: Great Players of the Past by GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубліковано 18 лют 2023
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    GM Ben Finegold discusses three games of Yasser Seirawan as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded February 25, 2020, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia and was originally posted on the CCSCATL channel on April 5, 2020.
    8:59 Seirawan, Yasser vs. Timman, Jan. KRO Match (1990)
    20:26 Kovacevic, Vladimir vs. Seirawan, Yasser. Hoogovens (1980)
    29:09 Seirawan, Yasser vs. Kuligowski, Adam, Hoogovens (1983)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 104

  • @TrulyVerity
    @TrulyVerity Рік тому +131

    the last time this video was uploaded Yasser was in his late fifties, now he’s in his early sixties

    • @Tube_Chaser
      @Tube_Chaser Рік тому +9

      Time travelling! Go Ben!

    • @lunalove2259
      @lunalove2259 Рік тому +3

      I was just going to say, today is not February 25th lol

    • @thedamnmoron
      @thedamnmoron Рік тому +4

      @@Tube_Chaser Ben time travels 24 hrs every day, go ben! but stay there

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson Рік тому +2

      @@lunalove2259 now it's February 25th! However it's not Tuesday

    • @24fps78
      @24fps78 Рік тому +4

      The tooth hurts

  • @christopherpavlicas
    @christopherpavlicas Рік тому +25

    Ben talking to a group of six year olds "they furrowed their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation." I love it!

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin Рік тому +49

    I remember this video mainly for Yasser's style, which led me to comment "didn't know Yasser was actually all four members of Queen"

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 7 місяців тому +6

    When Alekhine died and they wanted to make Euwe the champ again he straight up was like “that’s great but I’m not good enough”
    A King among chessmen

  • @flpsnk4848
    @flpsnk4848 Рік тому +15

    "You didn't get that joke, stop laughing!" - I feel ashamed.

  • @francescoassanti8335
    @francescoassanti8335 8 місяців тому +5

    I tried to play as Yasser in the second game and I must say it led me to great improvements: now I get mated way faster

  • @virid6819
    @virid6819 Рік тому +10

    Yasser has unrivaled drip

  • @mycroftholmes7379
    @mycroftholmes7379 Рік тому +14

    Even in Ben's old age, his humor does not become dull! I love this guy!

    • @sorpresasfelicidad8314
      @sorpresasfelicidad8314 5 місяців тому +1

      He's still young. :D

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 4 місяці тому

      He was 53 years old when you wrote that comment. That's not "old age". Sheesh.

  • @davidengelmann1636
    @davidengelmann1636 Рік тому +13

    Dudes got the best voice in chess

  • @allanturmaine5496
    @allanturmaine5496 Рік тому +7

    Of all my favourite gms, I think Yasser is the one I'd actually want to meet. He seems so kind.

  • @negus8810
    @negus8810 Рік тому +5

    1:18 aged like fine wine.

  • @hashcr2
    @hashcr2 Рік тому +3

    i love Ben Finegolds teaching style.. he is a true teacher..

  • @duaflip
    @duaflip Рік тому +4

    One of my favorite players ever. Yasser is massively underrated by most chess fans

  • @FrankBakulov
    @FrankBakulov Рік тому +3

    At instant shock hit me when I've read the caption. Breathed out. Long live Yasser, his style is unmatchable.

  • @Jacob-bn9th
    @Jacob-bn9th Рік тому +9

    If you're a beginner those 'Winning chess' books he wrote are worth getting

    • @scottrackley4457
      @scottrackley4457 5 місяців тому +1

      I'd agree. The first one I read was Fundamentals by Cap, and My Praxis by Nim. I bought the books Yaz put out and then gave to my nephew after I read them. The brilliancies one is especially well done. Now nephew is in all of my chess books. I can't beat him anymore.

  • @aarons3014
    @aarons3014 Рік тому +6

    I love that Kovacevic game. Several players in the Pacific Northwest were amazed by Duncan Suttles, a Canadian player with an unusual style. Seirawan was the best of these players, and it looked as though he channeled Suttles against Kovacevic.

  • @SoyjackSam
    @SoyjackSam Рік тому +1

    Yasser has always been one of my favorite players. His videos at St. Louis Chess Club were my favorite

  • @liontx
    @liontx Рік тому +12

    Jan Timman gets crushed in so many Ben Finegold videos, but he probably deserved his own "Great players" video.

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson Рік тому +3

      You've got to be pretty good to be on the wrong end of so many amazing games

    • @scottrackley4457
      @scottrackley4457 5 місяців тому +2

      @@12jswilson It wouldn't be amazing if they were playing a donkey. Jan could play.

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 5 місяців тому

      @@scottrackley4457 Timman and Topalov were the 2 guys to play the game of your life against in the 90s

  • @yannilibbes8219
    @yannilibbes8219 Рік тому

    12:30 i love that little break of the finegold character: confused eyebrows and clear smile before he's back to the bit

  • @xavierpaquin
    @xavierpaquin Рік тому +3

    I don't think I've ever seen Ben on the high road... and that's the charm of his comedy

  • @pschneider1968
    @pschneider1968 Рік тому +15

    I'm undecided why Ben's chess videos are so great: because I learn a lot, or because I laugh my ass off 😁

    • @brechtsmit9845
      @brechtsmit9845 Рік тому +1

      Same here
      So funny

    • @f.d.3289
      @f.d.3289 10 місяців тому +1

      they are so great because both :D

    • @broken1394
      @broken1394 9 місяців тому

      Ben's humour is amazing, I had a lot of laughs...
      'How do you know he's a grandmaster? You can't say or Spell his name!'

    • @snookslayer4559
      @snookslayer4559 9 місяців тому

      Light hearted is one thing... I didn't click to hear stand up comedy. Somehow I doubt Ben's tutor spent the whole time telling jokes. Yet, that's how we're supposed to learn. Ugh...

  • @RafaelEKH
    @RafaelEKH Рік тому +3

    Yasser is a really good guy, I love his stories

  • @askthepizzaguy
    @askthepizzaguy Рік тому +8

    Re-upload for whatever reason. Help the channel and like the video again I suppose.

    • @chadmacgargle5311
      @chadmacgargle5311 Рік тому +4

      They're moving the atl club videos over because that page is closing or something

    • @h0wnr681
      @h0wnr681 Рік тому +1

      They are consolidating the videos on Ben's channel, it's more likely for people to search Ben Finegold than the name of their old chess center, and probably this channel is much more active.

  • @kapa1611
    @kapa1611 Рік тому +9

    Ben gives great lectures

  • @davidschneide5422
    @davidschneide5422 Рік тому +2

    Yasser is the king of anecdotes.

  • @jackwilliams7193
    @jackwilliams7193 Рік тому +1

    time for the yasser lecture on ben!

  • @ExtraCheeseProject
    @ExtraCheeseProject Рік тому +4

    "Watching this reminds of a time when I already watched this." 😁

  • @tolkienfan1972
    @tolkienfan1972 Рік тому +4

    Also, Yasser is a wonderful person

  • @frankspokes5282
    @frankspokes5282 Рік тому +2

    Go Ben!

  • @VARMOT123
    @VARMOT123 Рік тому +5

    When is the great player of the past Arjun erigaisi video coming up ?

  • @cedricgist7614
    @cedricgist7614 8 місяців тому

    I just "met" GM Yasser Seirawan late last week and have been enthralled with his career and commentary. I just "met" GM Ben Finegold in this video - although his name was familiar to me. Enjoyed the video and commentary. No talking!

    • @scottrackley4457
      @scottrackley4457 5 місяців тому

      GM Yaz is a cool guy, I met him a couple times in person, very friendly.

  • @CharlesDorazio
    @CharlesDorazio 2 місяці тому

    I agree with Ben: in online tournament games, resigning should not be allowed, for the benefit of beginners.

  • @salmarwow
    @salmarwow Рік тому +2

    14:14 - regarding castling queen side. That would be very funny to watch and to educate children in Ben's lectures. Because after O-O-O, white plays Ne5 and after Qe5 plays Bf4. If queen moves from the bishop, then Ba6 is mate. So black looses the queen for the bishop or resigns.

  • @scottrackley4457
    @scottrackley4457 5 місяців тому

    Pretty sure Yaz would smile at this video. I've met him, he's a funny guy.

  • @josevasjung9322
    @josevasjung9322 Рік тому +1

    Not only for a chess class, I can see Mr. Finegold bring this lecture on a Comedy Central's stage

  • @RoostersDilemma
    @RoostersDilemma Рік тому +2

    "He always gets randomly selected" 😂😂😂Finegold is too good with his quips!

    • @AG-ld6rv
      @AG-ld6rv Рік тому +3

      That's not a quip... that's GM Finegold telling a story from his life. If you know anyone who travels and is the "wrong" kind of foreign, they'll have told you how they get "randomly" selected all the time as well.

  • @fahmiluthfi7991
    @fahmiluthfi7991 Рік тому +1

    Ben is comedy gold

  • @asherreich9820
    @asherreich9820 Рік тому +3

    “Ben Finegold” is one of the easiest names to pronounce. Boom roasted

  • @dark_magician_sdy
    @dark_magician_sdy Рік тому

    Lovely

  • @skakdosmer
    @skakdosmer 10 місяців тому

    Holland is only a part of the Netherlands. It means "hole land", because a lot f it is below normal sea level.

  • @444vito444
    @444vito444 Рік тому +2

    "You have never heard about 1977"🤣

  • @noahweeks3643
    @noahweeks3643 Рік тому +1

    At 28:57, I realize it was a joke, but I believe Kovacevic actually beat Fischer. He was a very good player

  • @f.d.3289
    @f.d.3289 10 місяців тому +1

    25:30 "That's why he's a great player of the past, and you're some kid falling out of their chair."
    Love that one of aforementioned kids totally loses it :)

  • @ahmednasr7022
    @ahmednasr7022 Рік тому +1

    0:33 "can't make that joke" i think he means:
    although barely alive
    or
    if you can call him alive

    • @leo-um6yt
      @leo-um6yt Рік тому +1

      maybe it’s just “if you can call them people”

  • @mobileprofessional
    @mobileprofessional Рік тому

    Nice biography

  • @TubularBarry1111
    @TubularBarry1111 Рік тому +4

    Ben is good with the kiddos

  • @sublimeade
    @sublimeade Рік тому

    Can you do a lecture on the kids games

  • @shanastroskyphazer8172
    @shanastroskyphazer8172 Рік тому

    I've actually already seen this lol

  • @euclideszoto997
    @euclideszoto997 Рік тому +3

    Can you do one on Ulf Anderson and Henrique Mecking?

    • @Xmask19
      @Xmask19 Рік тому +1

      there is an ulf lecture iirc

    • @emmahird2795
      @emmahird2795 Рік тому

      @@Xmask19 yeah there is, it did a good job explaining the positional squeeze he put on Karpov in that famous exchange sac game

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 Рік тому

    Finegold must have woken up angry lighting up those kids. hahaha

  • @f.d.3289
    @f.d.3289 10 місяців тому

    45:45 "If you like that video, what's wrong with you?"

  • @polgarbertalan4147
    @polgarbertalan4147 Рік тому

    what does sugar me do means?

  • @joepierecipes5432
    @joepierecipes5432 8 місяців тому

    I am dying seeing Yasser w a fucking afro

  • @Curtains1337
    @Curtains1337 Рік тому +2

    yasser frankly

  • @enoksurg4427
    @enoksurg4427 Рік тому

    February 25th👽👽

  • @phildo3668
    @phildo3668 Рік тому

    Just one more thing..

  • @justsomeboyprobablydressed9579

    If resignations were forbidden, I can imagine hilarious situations where the losing side helps the winning side mate him in the fewest possible moves.

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 Рік тому

    Vladimir Kovacevic was a very good player from Yugoslavia, he beat Bobby Fischer for example and many others

  • @marklandwehr7604
    @marklandwehr7604 10 місяців тому +1

    Why would we not have read the forward in Bill Gates 21st century Edition my system by Aron nimzovich where Yasser does the forward about nimzovich which he doesn't much prefer or maybe downright dislikes it because he has something better to play or for whatever reason yessirs well-known he just unknown to you there in Georgia apparently he's known in places in Georgia I really enjoyed studying his pro chess, Mentor series it was incredibly awesome he's very methodical and goes over everything in great detail his classes are worthwhile to pay attention to

  • @SwoopGD
    @SwoopGD Рік тому +1

    Much better than his sister Yasqueen

  • @electorofsaxony7646
    @electorofsaxony7646 Рік тому

    Fries

  • @nasserghazi9832
    @nasserghazi9832 Рік тому

    ben is good friend to yasser

  • @Elbownian
    @Elbownian 11 місяців тому

    Yasser is the Masser

  • @peruviancowboy
    @peruviancowboy Рік тому

    can someone tell me the joke

  • @playermartin286
    @playermartin286 Рік тому +8

    Amazing that ben’s still alive

  • @lucasmazeran3136
    @lucasmazeran3136 Рік тому

    Is Yasser a great player of the past because he played B4 ?

  • @jamesbell1613
    @jamesbell1613 2 місяці тому

    Them you have no pieces. You guys know what that's like.😂

  • @7herm
    @7herm Рік тому +10

    What's the joke?

  • @mariemjlassi723
    @mariemjlassi723 7 місяців тому

    If you liked the video what's wrong with you 😂😂😂😂

  • @frodo_1e170
    @frodo_1e170 Рік тому +1

    Free pawn yummy yummy.

  • @ivancoral6845
    @ivancoral6845 Рік тому

    Yay first

  • @rick4400
    @rick4400 Рік тому

    Wow. This was a fanta---shtick seires of games and analysis. Thanks BF