I remember one of the very first lectures I watched was on Smyslov, and never forgot that he attended Ben's first marriage in London. I love hearing some of the old stories of things that happened way back when, stories are good 😊
When Ben asks his class why he would easily beat Smyslov today, and no one immediately blurts out the frankly obvious answer, I find that very suspicious.
Love seeing the old Soviet Grandmasters and their solid but unique playing styles that are so informative and easy to learn from! Smyslav is just one of those Soviet GMs that a casual chess viewer most likely would never know but every GM or strong master knows by heart. So glad to see his prominence and legacy continued
What Ben said at 30:35 is undoubtedly true. I can't tell you the number of times I have said, right in the middle of a game with the black pieces, "Ha-ha. Your pawn on d4 is weak and you don't have any attack because we traded off all the pieces." I say it all the time, except for one thing. I've never said it. 😂
Everybody remembers the Roulette Wheel, but most early Candidates Matches were supposed to be tiebroken by coin flip. That never actually happened, but that was the rule. It's hard to find that mentioned anywhere because it was so ridiculous that they didn't want to talk about it. By 1980, they had something almost equally crazy, which is how Spassky-Portisch II was tiebroken by who won the most with black.
Yeah, and it’s the same games from when he did the original lecture years ago. Unoriginal, so ppl have to specify what games so they don’t pay for an already free lecture that St. Louis CC has
"anomynous!" 😂 Gotta love that sweet kid Oliver
That’s how Trump pronounces it
Too old (76) to enjoy much chess… but am enjoying hearing about the players ( and their games) I studied sooo determinedly…smile
I remember one of the very first lectures I watched was on Smyslov, and never forgot that he attended Ben's first marriage in London. I love hearing some of the old stories of things that happened way back when, stories are good 😊
I think this is one of Ben's best. I've probably watched this 6 or 7 times since it originally was posted
When Ben asks his class why he would easily beat Smyslov today, and no one immediately blurts out the frankly obvious answer, I find that very suspicious.
Love seeing the old Soviet Grandmasters and their solid but unique playing styles that are so informative and easy to learn from! Smyslav is just one of those Soviet GMs that a casual chess viewer most likely would never know but every GM or strong master knows by heart. So glad to see his prominence and legacy continued
What Ben said at 30:35 is undoubtedly true. I can't tell you the number of times I have said, right in the middle of a game with the black pieces, "Ha-ha. Your pawn on d4 is weak and you don't have any attack because we traded off all the pieces."
I say it all the time, except for one thing.
I've never said it. 😂
Also, no talking!
Great games, great player, great lecture. Go Ben!
- Why would I beat Smyslov today in this position?
- Because you'd put on the engine over the weekend?
- Correct!
been playing casually for years and never have had noticed that isolated pawn open bishops connection. thanks, Ben
There's actually an entire lecture on this channel about getting advantages out of isolated queen pawn openings.
Everybody remembers the Roulette Wheel, but most early Candidates Matches were supposed to be tiebroken by coin flip. That never actually happened, but that was the rule. It's hard to find that mentioned anywhere because it was so ridiculous that they didn't want to talk about it.
By 1980, they had something almost equally crazy, which is how Spassky-Portisch II was tiebroken by who won the most with black.
Great games. Great lecture. Great lecturer!
Yay, another Falling Down reference.
Really admire Smyslov fr... His system against KID is one of the main weapons i use to beat my opp
Ben, this video fun to watch. And I learned a lot. Thank you very much.
Ben told Ron after their game "i started this gangsta sh#!!"
Great lecture, loved every minute
ben is the best, GO BEN!
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My girlfriend is annoyed with me and she told me to go back to my Vaseline sizzler video
Your WHAT
@@danbrooks6780 sorry there was a typo in my comment. I mistyped “mum”
"You've got to beat Botvinnik twice". That's not quite true. Smyslov only had to draw the rematch, not win it.
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I still laugh at Ben's jokes
Vaseline MeatSloth
it's a rerun
You must be old school. Luckily, i haven’t seen it before
Whatever...ALWAYS REPEAT
@@schyllic me and Vasily are like THAT, son
Yeah, and it’s the same games from when he did the original lecture years ago. Unoriginal, so ppl have to specify what games so they don’t pay for an already free lecture that St. Louis CC has
He was no inferior to Botvinnik.
Ben "Bold Beard" Finegold without a beard???
Hey Ben, didn't this guy come to your wedding?
Come on, Ben, you can't claim Oliver pronounced it wrong.
Anonymous may be whoever he/she/it wants. Anomynous, Amonymous, also Et cetera...
+Tax
03:09 UH-UH !
yes i'm so bored of beating chess world champions too
Was he really that good. Damn !!!!! Etc