GM Ben Finegold: The Pirc Defense

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  • Опубліковано 11 сер 2022
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  • @andreaferraris5277
    @andreaferraris5277 Рік тому +178

    Pirc defense was named after GM Defense, if I recall correctly.

  • @bgdgdgdf4488
    @bgdgdgdf4488 Рік тому +96

    Slovenian here, your pronounciation of Pirc is perfect. Good job, lecture on pirc I can actually listen to.

    • @matjazmazi8405
      @matjazmazi8405 Рік тому +4

      Xe Xe, yeah - his pronounciation of 'Pirc' is O.K., but 'Vasja' is not - it is not Važja !... ;-)

    • @bgdgdgdf4488
      @bgdgdgdf4488 Рік тому +5

      @@matjazmazi8405 true (: but can't ask for too much

    • @matjazmazi8405
      @matjazmazi8405 Рік тому +1

      @@bgdgdgdf4488 zakaj ne ?

    • @bgdgdgdf4488
      @bgdgdgdf4488 Рік тому +4

      @@matjazmazi8405 jah amerikanc je, a ni že to da zna Pirc izgovorit spoštljivo do neke mere

  • @loganmyall660
    @loganmyall660 Рік тому +70

    As a former Percocet addict, this opening really speaks to me

    • @rowanessam9154
      @rowanessam9154 Рік тому +3

      LMAO

    • @thakurv1
      @thakurv1 Рік тому +2

      Former?

    • @loganmyall660
      @loganmyall660 Рік тому +8

      @@thakurv1 happy to say since I learned my wife was pregnant with our daughter almost 5 years ago I've been off Percocet. I suppose one is never a former addict though lol

    • @DragonHalo3D
      @DragonHalo3D 10 місяців тому +4

      @@loganmyall660 that's great to hear man i hope everything's been going well for you

    • @elredeano
      @elredeano 6 місяців тому

      ​@@loganmyall660W RECOVERY

  • @nsiderultimaseth
    @nsiderultimaseth Рік тому +48

    Gyula Sax was really an icon. Not only was he a terrific chess player, he had an entire family of musical instruments named after him.

  • @AndrewWCarson
    @AndrewWCarson Рік тому +36

    The beginning where you compared the Pirc to other openings was very helpful. Thanks!

    • @moniqueheubel8970
      @moniqueheubel8970 Рік тому +2

      I have been studying the Pirc and KID all year and this was still helpful to me. Being a detailed person sometimes I get bogged down with individual details and and miss the general idea! I love the way Ben goes from the main ideas and then breaks it down.

    • @HughMorristheJoker
      @HughMorristheJoker 2 місяці тому

      This is also like the Nowegian, and even the Polish opening is a bit similar, and it can help to learn all of them.

  • @zamplify
    @zamplify Рік тому +9

    This is the first time I've actually understood the difference between the KI, Modern, and Pirc.

  • @danjeory3659
    @danjeory3659 Рік тому +33

    What I like about Ben Finegold's lectures is he cleary explains why each move is being made. It's like the UA-cam equivalent of Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev. Plus tax.

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 8 місяців тому +8

    The Czech Pirc is a monster against london players.

  • @tutucox
    @tutucox Рік тому +39

    pirc is my favorite opening :D maybe thats why I'm so baaadddd

    • @AlexRodriguez-bf7dt
      @AlexRodriguez-bf7dt Рік тому +5

      it's a great opening:)

    • @user-yz2xl1tu6t
      @user-yz2xl1tu6t Рік тому +1

      @@AlexRodriguez-bf7dt it's a very good way to be completely lost in 15 moves

    • @dieterschneegans1850
      @dieterschneegans1850 Рік тому +5

      @@user-yz2xl1tu6t not really. I doubt you'd just be winning in 15 moves against someone who knows what their doing in the pirc

    • @user-yz2xl1tu6t
      @user-yz2xl1tu6t Рік тому +2

      @@dieterschneegans1850 it's a matter of preference i guess but i would never like getting murdered on the king side eith much slower counter play
      White moves in the pirc are so natural unlike blacks

    • @dieterschneegans1850
      @dieterschneegans1850 Рік тому +1

      @@user-yz2xl1tu6t things are never that easy

  • @sinis8834
    @sinis8834 Рік тому +7

    Hans Günther Kestler was an IM in West Germany, peak 2400 something's something. He played for some minor chessclubs and I think in 3 Olympiads for West Germany. Greetings from Cologne.........

  • @chungboislim2061
    @chungboislim2061 Рік тому +7

    Damn, this is fantastic. I wasn't a big fan of your lectures, but this format without an audience is amazing.

  • @johnathangamble4539
    @johnathangamble4539 Рік тому +3

    I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture. please keep doing these :)

  • @VogueWave
    @VogueWave Рік тому +3

    Ben, great job explaining the Pirc. Thanks for another informative lecture!

  • @TheManudulux
    @TheManudulux Рік тому +1

    We not all do live in the US. Do not under-estimate your influence. It is worldwide. Best Regards from Luxemburg and thanks for the videos.

  • @rogerwarr4673
    @rogerwarr4673 Рік тому +1

    Great educational style, thnx for the vid

  • @magnusjohansson295
    @magnusjohansson295 Рік тому +2

    Very nice lecture with lots of insight and humour.

  • @stuartyaxley6689
    @stuartyaxley6689 Місяць тому

    Another brilliant lecture, thank you.

  • @alanex5225
    @alanex5225 Рік тому +1

    thanks for this instructive video. it shows some hope for black in the pirc. you do encounter some unusual positions sometime and sometimes they offer chances for black. thanks again

  • @gabrielesimionato1210
    @gabrielesimionato1210 Рік тому +2

    12:37 another Finegold pearl

  • @mbire831
    @mbire831 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Ben, excellent as always

  • @zeljkostojanovic3604
    @zeljkostojanovic3604 11 місяців тому +1

    Excellent explanation od Pirc defense...👍

  • @mendesnicolas06
    @mendesnicolas06 Рік тому +1

    Love to hear Ben randomly throwing some french words.
    Between your accent is good!
    🇫🇷

  • @omiqran9858
    @omiqran9858 Рік тому +11

    GM Ben off a pirc in this lecture

  • @justchessminiatures1167
    @justchessminiatures1167 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the lecture. Hope you could upload a lecture about the Schliemann Defense.

  • @tomtsu5923
    @tomtsu5923 Рік тому

    Great vid Ben thank you

  • @breezeb8720
    @breezeb8720 Рік тому +1

    That was a sweet Knight takes pawn G7 sacrifice “ SCREENSHOT!”

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic lecture! In game one it would have been amazing to mention what happens if e5 Nxd5?? attacking white's queen at 15:04 - white has mate in 9! with the follow up Nh5+!!

  • @truthpopup
    @truthpopup 24 дні тому

    I think it's an illusion that black can go toe-to-toe with white in the opening. It seems to me black's main goal in the first several moves is to avoid getting clobbered and to develop his pieces. The Pirc seems to do that.

  • @falseking989
    @falseking989 Рік тому

    38:00 If the black queen goes to C3 followed by white king to B1, then black knight to A3 is checkmate.

  • @pschneider1968
    @pschneider1968 Рік тому +4

    A very nice lecture AGAIN! All games were very interesting, but the third game was really beautiful! Black played so courageously, sacrificing the exchange and a rook on top!

  • @1001011011010
    @1001011011010 Рік тому +1

    I'd love something like this on the Tartakower defense

  • @rod9829
    @rod9829 Рік тому +1

    now this is the good stuff

  • @jaakko14
    @jaakko14 Рік тому +4

    Entertaining lecture as always Grandmaster Finegold. Not all of your viewers are from the USA. I for example am from Finland, your favourite country. I wish you and Karen have a nice day.

  • @Mutineer9
    @Mutineer9 Рік тому

    I wander, did BF6 and then BF7+ and qH5+ work on some stage? My feeling with out stock fish I think should work

  • @theroaman8759
    @theroaman8759 Рік тому

    How do you deal when white forks the knight and pawn on e4 on the 4th move

  • @banzaiburger9589
    @banzaiburger9589 Рік тому +17

    Thanks for this lecture Ben. The Pirc gets a bad rap (generally) lately, undeservedly so in my opinion.

    • @kingpin1199
      @kingpin1199 Рік тому +12

      it is a terrible opening. truth hurts

    • @EPE444
      @EPE444 Рік тому +4

      @@chicken29843 SuperGMs use it sometmes. Nepo drew Karjakin with it in a Sinquefield Cup.

    • @justinliu6376
      @justinliu6376 Рік тому +1

      150 is the refutation

    • @banzaiburger9589
      @banzaiburger9589 Рік тому +2

      @@justinliu6376 it's pretty potent if Black has already castled kingside, but black has ways to deal with it by quickly launching on the queenside as soon as White appears to be setting up the 150. NM Robert Ramirez has several videos on the topic.

    • @FlourescentPotato
      @FlourescentPotato Рік тому +1

      @@kingpin1199 once you can refute it every game, you're allowed to talk

  • @gztamilangaming9274
    @gztamilangaming9274 Рік тому

    how to play aganist austrian and 150 attack please tell about

  • @kantsus
    @kantsus Рік тому +1

    THANK YOU MR GRANDMASTER BEN FINEGOLD!!

  • @vancebocas7626
    @vancebocas7626 Рік тому +2

    I grew up calling it Pirc (Perk) too. I still play it. I like the formations that come out of the opening....most of the time.

  • @towb0at
    @towb0at Рік тому +1

    I don't watch content by Mr. Finegold, especially longer videos.
    But this was a very interesting combination of a chess & history lesson
    that I couldn't stop watching after the first two minutes. Thank you very much!

  • @ryanoneal8480
    @ryanoneal8480 Рік тому

    At 11:05 Ben talks about how it's not great for the bishop to capture on a6. If the position was different and the king was still in the center, and your opponent has pushed their kingside pawns, wouldn't it be worth it then to prevent their king from being safe the whole game?

    • @ryanoneal8480
      @ryanoneal8480 Рік тому

      @Jordan Nephsnafsky haha I don't care much about giving double pawns because unless it's an endgame I don't feel like I'm good enough to exploit it

  • @polytopproducts880
    @polytopproducts880 Рік тому

    What's the best book about porc defense would any of you guys recommend me?
    I would really appreciate any advice and I hope that you guys have a nice day, cheers.

    • @chesslover8829
      @chesslover8829 Місяць тому

      1) Pirc in Black and White: Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening
      2) The Pirc Defense (Grandmaster Repertoire)
      3) Pirc Alert! Second Edition

    • @polytopproducts880
      @polytopproducts880 Місяць тому +1

      @@chesslover8829 thank you so much broo

    • @chesslover8829
      @chesslover8829 Місяць тому

      @@polytopproducts880 You're welcome!

  • @dingoDogMan
    @dingoDogMan Рік тому

    the perk defense!

  • @ActorAaronBooth
    @ActorAaronBooth Рік тому

    And now I know why I have been seeing a lot of Pirc’s in the pool the last week…

  • @random9-548
    @random9-548 Рік тому

    Please make a Petrov defense lecture

  • @tzodearf2596
    @tzodearf2596 7 місяців тому

    It's 19:49, the video is adjourned.

  • @stevereade4858
    @stevereade4858 3 місяці тому

    Gyula is pronounced "Jul-ya" and Sax probably "Shacks", but may have retained the German pronunciation since it's a German name in which case it would be "Zacks". Learned very little about the Pirc from GM Feingold's lecture, save the issue with a pawn on C4. Funnily, he didn't even mention its similarity to the Sicilian Dragon, although others have pointed it out - and it's C file attacking possibilities. Overall, I was very disappointed. I guess I don't "get" GM Feingold's sense of humor.

  • @exuviumisopods
    @exuviumisopods Рік тому

    I am glad you covered the Pirc Defense, it's my favorite opening when playing with the black pieces. I still struggle because of my 650 rapid elo, but it's the opening I prefer. Kudos also for the pronunciation, this is how Vasja's Pirc name is pronounced in their language.
    10:36 in the Pirc defense the pawn moves to c6 (not c5).
    19:32 why Korchnoi resigned? Nxc4 forks white's queen and rook. And when queen moves Nxd2. Rook is gone.
    28:14 a better move for black would be Qxd5 threatening white's queen, rook, bishop so white has to exchange queens.
    31:26 top 10 in the world and he didn't kill the white rook with his queen?
    Fantastic game by Hans Guenter Kestler. Savrificing both rooks! 🤩

    • @randomshadow4620
      @randomshadow4620 Рік тому +1

      Lmao. I hope you're joking. All the moves you mentioned were so bad.

    • @thakurv1
      @thakurv1 Рік тому

      Lol why do you think those moves are good

    • @luiscarrasco603
      @luiscarrasco603 Рік тому

      Well, to all of your sugestions you should check with a computer, but also remember your Elo is just 650 and theirs are wayyyyy higher

    • @luiscarrasco603
      @luiscarrasco603 Рік тому

      1) the c4 pawn is protected by the bishop so the knight would just get taked
      2) the pawn is protected by the knight SO the queen would just get taked
      3) he would exchange the queen for the rook, he could keep playing a little but it is just losing.

    • @siraf1234
      @siraf1234 10 місяців тому +1

      1. Its still the pirc, c6 is just the more common way to play
      2. Nxc4 Bxc4 1-0
      3. Qxd5 Bxe7+ Rxe7 Qxe7+ Kg8 Qxg7#
      4. That's the same as resigning.

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk Рік тому +1

    iirc Fischer used the Pirc vs Spassky in 1972 WCh.

  • @StoshGalumpke
    @StoshGalumpke Рік тому

    You're the best.

  • @caesarsailor4051
    @caesarsailor4051 Рік тому

    Came to learn the Pirc, now idk if I wanna play it 😂 lol

  • @benivarius1
    @benivarius1 Рік тому +1

    Val Kilmer was SO good in tombstone

  • @aluminiumknight4038
    @aluminiumknight4038 Рік тому

    I love attacking the Pirc

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 8 місяців тому

    Ah yes.
    The Pert Plus with dandruff defense Defense

  • @alyssaskier2656
    @alyssaskier2656 Рік тому

    32:50 - "I like to play g4 ... g4 is not a good move."

  • @malachickisawesome
    @malachickisawesome Рік тому

    Let’s go

  • @danmertz3734
    @danmertz3734 Рік тому

    Nice 3 card Monty T shirt

  • @12jswilson
    @12jswilson Рік тому +1

    2:30 also Yasser Seirawan pronounces it the*Perk defense." Frankly, terrible.

  • @bonestep6133
    @bonestep6133 5 місяців тому

    As a beginner this opening is hard to play with black. Chess is hard.

  • @Sparrows587
    @Sparrows587 4 місяці тому

    Played against the East Indian defense. Used this opening (didn’t even know it). Granted I’m 1k but I won. Haha

  • @alanESV2
    @alanESV2 Рік тому

    Oh no. I like to play f3 against the pirc

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 Рік тому

    Anthony Gentle lol... i know Ben was holding it in not to make any jokes

    • @maerskamg
      @maerskamg Рік тому +2

      I wouldn't mind 😁

  • @mariabernadettebredfeldtle4934
    @mariabernadettebredfeldtle4934 2 місяці тому

    Is the lessons point not to play the pirc?😮😮

  • @chipmanly1359
    @chipmanly1359 Рік тому

    Pirc op plz nrf

  • @eyezuel5307
    @eyezuel5307 10 місяців тому

    0:25 IM at 43 and GM at 46???

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 5 місяців тому +1

      International titles were introduced in 1950. So he was one of the first batch of recipients of the title when he became and IM. Only 27 players got the grandmaster title in 1950. He got the Grandmaster title the year he won his 6th Yugoslavian title, I don't know if they're linked.
      Well noticed.

  • @kefkajanar1629
    @kefkajanar1629 Рік тому

    Perc defense ⁉️

  • @sameash3153
    @sameash3153 Рік тому +2

    How much do I gotta pay to sponsor a bird's opening lecture?

  • @rod9829
    @rod9829 Рік тому

    new music? terrible

  • @mirekcieslowski2134
    @mirekcieslowski2134 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for pronouncing the name correctly. It really cringe me when I hear “The Pirk”. It require proper respect.

  • @baderalrawais2189
    @baderalrawais2189 Рік тому

    too much talk, when he will start?

  • @ianrhys
    @ianrhys Рік тому

    Ok Benji, here's how I play. ... If e4, Pric ... else if d4 Kings indian ... else I win .... same game plan on both.

  • @Chessdummy
    @Chessdummy Рік тому

    It's slow and weak.

  • @ketchembass5869
    @ketchembass5869 Рік тому

    He can play chess, but there’s no one more boring than Ben.