Great Players of the Past: Vasily Smyslov

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses several games of Vasily Smyslov as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded November 24, 2020, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia.
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[@TwinDoubleHelix]

"anomynous!" 😂 Gotta love that sweet kid Oliver

[@Derrickthepeng]

That’s how Trump pronounces it

[@wmbriggz]

Too old (76) to enjoy much chess… but am enjoying hearing about the players ( and their games) I studied sooo determinedly…smile

[@twelfthdoc]

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 😊

[@clubchess]

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.

[@dorkbink1698]

I think this is one of Ben's best. I've probably watched this 6 or 7 times since it originally was posted

[@SevenTheJester]

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. 😂

[@donovan665]

Great games, great player, great lecture. Go Ben!

[@wiadroman]

- Why would I beat Smyslov today in this position?
- Because you'd put on the engine over the weekend?
- Correct!

[@Chessdummy]

Jaja, Smyslov not bad, not bad at all, jeje😅

[@TheFilipFonky]

Great lecture, loved every minute

[@arnislapsa1619]

been playing casually for years and never have had noticed that isolated pawn open bishops connection. thanks, Ben

[@danbrooks6780]

There's actually an entire lecture on this channel about getting advantages out of isolated queen pawn openings.

[@Chessdummy]

Wanna know something funny, I’ve never seen nor read anything on such,BUT y’all know I’ve had fun. Goodbye chess world. Thanks Big Ben for the complimentary recaps. You are now my favorite GM. Eh, Super GM in my books!

[@ZorbaPress]

Ben, this video fun to watch. And I learned a lot. Thank you very much.

[@dromadrosis]

Great games. Great lecture. Great lecturer!

[@thrylos32]

Let's Go Ben ! 🎉🎉🎉

[@TheSquiblitee]

ben is the best, GO BEN!

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

Yay, another Falling Down reference.

[@oldcruddyofficermcguillicu4027]

Ben told Ron after their game "i started this gangsta sh#!!"

[@matthewschmidt5069]

Comments and engagement

[@h0wnr681]

A witty reply with emojis ♟❤

[@SkateSka]

Positive feedback

[@sasquatch2]

More engagement and comments, via a reply

[@GraemeCree]

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.

[@jamesgoodsall4960]

My girlfriend is annoyed with me and she told me to go back to my Vaseline sizzler video

[@danbrooks6780]

Your WHAT

[@jamesgoodsall4960]

@@danbrooks6780 sorry there was a typo in my comment. I mistyped “mum”

[@justfun3677]

Happy Birthday

[@danjeory3659]

I still laugh at Ben's jokes

[@Chessdummy]

Great minds think and alike, world champion 4 sho

[@mitchellwilson4873]

Vaseline MeatSloth

[@TalsBadKidney]

it's a rerun

[@schyllic]

You must be old school. Luckily, i haven’t seen it before

[@CL-ek6pb]

Whatever...ALWAYS REPEAT

[@TalsBadKidney]

@@schyllic me and Vasily are like THAT, son

[@amosdraak3536]

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

[@farbiondriven]

03:09 UH-UH !

[@Doodloper]

Ben "Bold Beard" Finegold without a beard???

[@danielthehyperboy1]

He was no inferior to Botvinnik.

[@GraemeCree]

"You've got to beat Botvinnik twice". That's not quite true. Smyslov only had to draw the rematch, not win it.

[@glum_hippo]

Hey Ben, didn't this guy come to your wedding?

[@chrispope9418]

Was he really that good. Damn !!!!! Etc

[@quimiq6016]

Come on, Ben, you can't claim Oliver pronounced it wrong.
Anonymous may be whoever he/she/it wants. Anomynous, Amonymous, also Et cetera...
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