Videos of the more advanced classes remind you that Ben can actually give very good advice and that he is a really good teacher. But people will still watch the kids videos more for the jokes and the puns. The truth hurts!
I watch his videos because he's funny, but then I realize he's making fun of people who are bad at chess like me, and I'm just like my guy I just want to learn some chess. Still it's entertaining and instructional if you can deal with being made fun of.
Allirix 500s play like 1000s, except they are liable to make horrendous blunders at any time. I know because I used to be a 500 (now I’m the best player ever because I’m a 750).
@@Jhoto he didn't say the other ones weren't instructive he just said this one was especially useful for him. But if you can't read comments... 🙃 Sometimes I read a comment and I'm like damn. Must suck to be that guy. Not only is he stupid he has so much hubris. That's what I thought when I read your comment.
I found this game very insightful. I have been trying to figure out why class A and B players can play so strong at given positions but then completely blunder away the game with silly attacks. Now it all makes sense. I suppose it comes down to being impatient because moves like b6 are not difficult to find. Even Rf1 should have been a no brainer but again class B players often just want to attack and are not happy with a waiting move to better organize their pieces. Great lecture and thank you CCSCA for uploading!!
This is really helpful, and not just for the actual chess game. Ben's insight into the differences between lower- and higher-rated players is really wonderful. I know I tend to want to play extremely actively, even in a quiet position. Sometimes that just isn't best.
Yes!!! I've been waiting for this after seeing the previous two lectures geared towards lower categories! I highly agree with your comment on having to win all games in open tournaments. I started playing online first and was very dedicated reading chess books and watching lectures like this one to improve. So I started with a USCF rating of 1000 knowing that I was highly underrated. Over the next three months I played several big tournaments with usually 100-200+ participants and managed to win a prize in all of them. But... I only managed to share first place because I usually had a draw or loss somewhere. Not only do weaker players fold easily but there are also underrated players in the lower categories. One guy played me like an expert level player in one game which I verified with stockfish. Another player took a strategic half point bye to win first place and give me second even tough we had the same amount of wins (I had one loss). A big issue is the many scholastic tournaments which are not USCF rated allowing kids to gain plenty of experience before joining USCF events. The kid that won first prize with a half point bye won the same tournament 2 years in a row! Both times he went undefeated. Talk about horse shit Anyway, I think something should be done by the USCF to make the system fair but I suppose its possible that at the lower levels like categories D and E its always going to be like this due to online players that quickly improve to intermediate level without ever playing a tournament and scholastic players. EIDT: I forgot to mention that I can't be completely upset because I went from 1000 USCF to 1650 within 3 months. I also managed to defeat several 1800 players and draw with a candidate master in classical time controls. Even at 1650 I still consider myself highly underrated. Depending if I can find the time to play another tournament this month I might be able to reach 1800+ USCF by the end of next month and I'm hoping at that point I encounter less nonsense with underrated online players and scholastic players. Thanks for another awesome lecture!
Well, like GM Ben Fingold use to say: "The truth hurts!". If you play enough, the underratingness will eventually turn into realityness. Besides, ELO = EGO, which is pathetic as pathetic liveforms we are, and every games is really played against oneself.
Hi Felix, I played my first tournament almost immediately after I learned chess then abruptly stopped for over ten years - no chess whatsoever. That's why my rating was 1000~ when I picked up again last year. When I returned to chess tournaments I had about 4-6 months of experience as a kid then 1 year since I started playing online (mostly blitz and some bullet). In terms of how long it took me to study chess before playing tournament games again I would say countless hours over the span of that previous year. As of today, I have about 2 years of experience and I have read several chess books about strategy, pawn structure, game endings, tactics puzzles, opening systems, and have watched countless chess videos on youtube. Essentially I spent the majority of my free time studying chess. Chess is a difficult game to master and not everyone has that kind of time to spend learning the game. As of right now I decided to take a break from tournaments so that I can focus on other life priorities. I expect that when I'm ready to return to serious chess I will easily break 1800 USCF and probably 2000. That sounds like a lot but refer to my original comment. If you are wondering how long it takes me to prep for a tournament then I would say 2-3 days or study sessions. I make sure I know my opening system very well and review important concepts up to the night before the tournament. Best thing to do is make a list of areas of improvement and work on that before any tournament. There is also the psychological aspect that you have to prepare for. Expect underrated players in the lower categories for the reasons I mentioned in my original comment. I was already playing at an 1600-1800 level before I decided to play in OTB tournaments and even then I struggled to beat some players. If you want some advice to improve I would say learn as much as you can about pawn structures and game endings. Then spend some time mastering the specific openings you like as white and black. That's in addition to solving tactics puzzles on a regular basis - I usually solve 2-3 per day but they are tough puzzles. This alone should take upwards of 6 months or longer if you spend your time wisely. Avoid too much playing because at the end it doesn't help as much as learning from the masters. I got to the point that I often could play the variations in my head straight from the book. I tried very hard to memorize the board coordinates by color - this actually helps a lot when you are reading chess books. Also, you can look up the games from your chess books online at chessgames.com or chess365.com and play the game there while you read the book - it will save you valuable time.
Supernova especially that last tip is great, thanks! I just wanted to estimate my own progress. I started chess in February 2018 and got to 1300-1400 so far, doing lots of tactics and endgame training, watching UA-cam lectures and I bought a book as well (need to focus on my engineering exams right now though, so chess has to wait another 6 weeks). Thanks for sharing your experience!
Not sure what you are complaining about when you are the perfect example of what you're criticizing. You had a rating of 1000 and now you are at 1650, so you were highly underrated due to studying and playing online instead of offline.
Ben you are a great teacher and a good guy and your barbed wit is part of the fun I like all your videos and are very good at improving lower graded players I am one of those lower graded players and am improving and winning more games drawing more but rare losss Patience is everything which works for lower levels don't panic and attack mindlessly It works !!!
The final puzzle has at least one more winning possibility. Knight, to e4, pawn to c3, rook to g1, pawn to c2 (check), king to e2, pawn to c1, rook to g8, check mate. That’s four black moves.
I have not played USCF rated tournaments since the 1970's when I was rated between 1500 and 1600. At that time most of the various open tournaments used the Swiss System for scoring. I would always end up starting at table 1-4 because I would be in the top of the bottom half and play my first 2 or 3 games against the best rated players in the tournament. I would usually finish the five or six rounds in Class D one position out of the prize. If 1st and 2nd got prizes I would be 3rd, if 1st, 2nd, 3rd got prizes, then I would be 4th. My rating would improve after each tournament because I was losing to Grand Masters, Masters and strong Class A's and winning games against B, C, D and the occasional Class E players.
19:30 on - I would play Bc5 with the idea to exchange it with the Kt on d4. White takes Bishop with Bishop(e3) and not Kt (b5) because of b2 (the reason why the Kt is on b5). But if the Bishop (e3) moves then it vacates the d2 square for the black Kt(e4) to fork the Queen and Rook. Of course, White can reply Bc5 with c3. Disclaimer: I have started playing after a very long break and not rated at all. Thanks for sharing. Lot of learning and entertainment.
The knights and rook vs king and pawn endgame is a forced mate in 5 even if you play Nd5. You don't have to stop c1=N. For example, 1. Nd5, c3 2. Ke2, c2 3. Ne7, c1=N+ 4. Kd1, Na2 5. Ng6#. The line Nb1 is a quicker mate but only by 1 ply.
The puzzle at 48:10 would be great except the obvious, natural move h7 is mate in 4 (Kg7, h8Q+, Kg6, Ncd5, c3, Qh7+,Kg5,Rg1#). Just one more move than Nb1's mate in 3.
Sure that will win the game at some point. But that is not the question, because the position is obviously winning for white. The puzzle on the other hand is about finding that mate in exactly 4 moves. You just changed the premise..
I played the number one rated player in austria, a few months ago in a simul. After all the games ended, we got to ask him questions about the games we played and whatnot. In the game I got completely crushed in a sicilian as black. He didn't even develop half his minor pieces and just steamrolled me with his pawns on the kingside. So I asked him how it comes that a lot of top rated players don't always develop all their pieces as fast as possible and still crush everyone. His answer was that to every general rule in chess there are exceptions and better players just find those exceptions more often. So I guess there's that.
Ha, I got that hard puzzle by logic. I figured we have to force him to promote a way of our choosing which implies we need to create a capture promotion and take away the forward promotion. Then it all fell into place. Nb1 takes away stalemate and creates a capture promotion. Ke2 runs to where promotion won’t be check. Rc1 blocks and creates mate when he promotes. .
A fine video. GM Finegold didn't remark on it but his opponent was rated somewhere in the 1700's and he is better than that. White understood the position well and made lots of sensible moves. It took a fair while for GM Finegold to get on top.
I've won a similar game with B N vs R someone told me R was better in end games than B N in the end game, but i did what you did just used B to protect and just shoved my pawns.
cocaine is a helluva drug, Mr. Sniffles. ;) Okay, that was a low blow, Mr. Finegold...your youtube vids have drawn me back to playing chess again and you are one of the most important reasons why people get into it. Thank you for that...you have made me find joy in something again.
"...so if I'm black, then the lower opponent might draw. But if I make the game really interesting, and they play really well...that's not possible. Why is their rating so low if they're playing so well?" You're such a dick...but you are SO relatable to the average player. Thank you for that...because it's hysterical while teaching us what we never knew.
i take the simple lesson here look after what is defended and what is not in every move . if i can do that in every move i think i will be a much better player
Plus, look what squares a move takes, and what squares it gives. Doesn't help playing against Fritz 10, though. That program is relentless and I get crushed even though I tried to adjust the rating, lol.
senior year of high school we had a middle aged guy who thought his rating was 782. rest of my friends and I were beginners and we were all 1580+. he came off a 3/5 win tourney vs. higher rated players but next month's chess life had him at 782 again. guy had a master's degree in chemistry. finally the prez of our club had mercy on him, "Ray, that's the expiration date of your USCF membership."
Yes but at the 11:55 position, the check’s golden rules says that before any move first search is to search at a possible check position and if it is possible make a check as Qg6+.
In the puzzle I saw mate in 5! 1 Nce4 1 c3 2 Ke2 2 c2 3 Ng5 3 c1=N+ 4 Kf3 4 Ne2 (Nd3(Nb3(Na2))) {doesn't matter where the black knight goes...) 5 Nf7# :D
Or you can play 1.h7 Kg7 2.ph8=Qh8+ Kg6 3.Rh5 Kf7 4.Ne4 Ke6 5.Qf6+ Kd7 6.Rh7+ Kc8 or Kd8 8.Qh8+mate or if 2. ... Kf7 3.Rh5 Ke6 4.Ne4 Kd7 5.Qf6 then 6.Rh7 and 7.Qh8+mate again
"Whenever my opponent does something, that mean whatever they did makes their position not what it was."
-Finegold 2018
Sounds like a finegold class
"See, he was there, playing good chess, so I robbed his house"
Law of zugzwang
Truer words have never been spoken.
"One of my wives - can't remember which one"
Classic Finegold.
I've watched A LOT of his lectures and I think this is BY FAR the best one. It offers some real insight into how stronger and weaker players think.
Videos of the more advanced classes remind you that Ben can actually give very good advice and that he is a really good teacher.
But people will still watch the kids videos more for the jokes and the puns.
The truth hurts!
wdym? He is funny enough here too. I laughed and learned
guilty as charged
He doesn't do many higher level videos or more people would watch them.
I watch his videos because he's funny, but then I realize he's making fun of people who are bad at chess like me, and I'm just like my guy I just want to learn some chess. Still it's entertaining and instructional if you can deal with being made fun of.
@@siLence-84 LOL, lefty got triggered.
11:35 "That makes noise. Don't do that. Just put it down." BONG - cracked me up.
Yeah, smart kids.
Then he broke a pen. What a disruptive kid. lol
I think Ben is the rude one here
I like that he told the kid to stop in no uncertain terms. I guess this is the advanced class. In the easy classes he seems overly tolerant.
Sol Feinberg nope he tells the kids to be quiet all the time, a lot of the time they're just noisy but they're only kids so they gotta learn somehow
I'm 1200 so technically I'm under 2000
What a coincidence I'm also under 2000, 500 here
I vsed an insanely strong 500 today in a tournament. I've always thought 500s just didn't know the rules but damn
Allirix 500s play like 1000s, except they are liable to make horrendous blunders at any time. I know because I used to be a 500 (now I’m the best player ever because I’m a 750).
@@jarretberenson1214 hey, identity theft is a crime
the boss man ?
I've watched probably most if not the vast majority of Grandmaster Ben Finegold's video's, this is probably the most instructive one I've seen.
Also one of the funniest.
I can tell you havent watched many lol. The "vast majority" are instructive. But if the info goes over your head ....... 🥴
@@Jhoto he didn't say the other ones weren't instructive he just said this one was especially useful for him. But if you can't read comments... 🙃
Sometimes I read a comment and I'm like damn. Must suck to be that guy. Not only is he stupid he has so much hubris. That's what I thought when I read your comment.
Does he have any other under 2000 lesson?
@@Jhoto rude
10:29 "That's a very juicy square for my knight"
Kid: *schlurp*
How do you choreograph your jokes so well?
I’m so thankful GM Ben FineGold sharing this content.
Love the juxtaposition of the clean, jazzy intro with Finegold's surly style. Hilarious
icrlp05 knowing jazz musicians, it makes sense.
When he called 1700 low rated, it hurt.
Fide rated 1700 to be precise.
truth hurts
that kid answering the questions is pretty good
He is well on his way, got all the answers before the older guys
Anybody here knows who the kid is? It is better for him now to manage his own content in UA-cam. Dollar.. dollar.. ;)
"There was a domino effect which isn't good cause we are playing chess." - Finegold 2018
So glad i found this channel. Ive been almost obsessed with the game of chess the past couple of months
Great analysis. Great explanation of psychological aspects. Grandmaster Finegold is the best chess teacher.
Yes, this was a fantastic lecture for me as a class B soon to be A player.
I don't believe in psychology. I just believe in good moves. - Bobby Fischer
warrenginmartini dumb quote to be honest
That 1700 guy played really well. He has to be higher by now.
You can look him up on USCF he's 1800
@@radar9561 lol us ranking
Are you any good at chess?
@@siLence-84 what's your profile pic from?
Where am I?
This might be the best explanation you've ever made...I am in awe.
--Always makes fun of videos for being published 5 weeks after the lecture
--Lecture from 10/1/2017
So many weeks ago I can't count that high
@@kmarasin That sounds like something Ben Finegold might say
The lecture was recorded before I was born
Except for maybe 'you at home'. Why weren't you at the lecture 'you at home'? How come?
Finegold is the perfect stereotype for your elementary school history teacher.
Every teacher in elementary school is a history teacher. Except for maybe gym, music and art teachers.
Wow that last puzzle (Finegold's favourite) was insanely amazing!! Shows how great chess can be. 57:45
@Billy Farrington Right, it's strange Ben didn't mention this variation.
Billy Farrington thats mate in 5, so it doesn’t work
Joran De Braekeleer watch it again, 1:01:47
@@noobmasteryoyo5136 Yeah you're right, thnx for the correction!
I found this game very insightful. I have been trying to figure out why class A and B players can play so strong at given positions but then completely blunder away the game with silly attacks. Now it all makes sense. I suppose it comes down to being impatient because moves like b6 are not difficult to find. Even Rf1 should have been a no brainer but again class B players often just want to attack and are not happy with a waiting move to better organize their pieces. Great lecture and thank you CCSCA for uploading!!
Supernova it’s funny that my engine actually recommends the “bad move” Nxe6 in the critical position.
@@jobo6846 Ben himself said that that is not a bad move. White's intention behind the move (and his followup) was what's wrong.
I was all excited because I solved the puzzle, and then I remembered I've seen this video before.
Ben "Let's rob his house" Finegold
Just remember its all about positioning and tactics
Big ups to Ben for use of the word "heretofore".
One of Ben's best lectures. Enjoying it for the 2nd time.
This is really helpful, and not just for the actual chess game. Ben's insight into the differences between lower- and higher-rated players is really wonderful. I know I tend to want to play extremely actively, even in a quiet position. Sometimes that just isn't best.
this is some seriously incredible teaching. prob the single best chess video for beginner/intermediate players Ive ever watched! holy crap, ben.
I like the fact that he jokes
This one was especially terrific.
25:26 "they're from New York so they're already not too bright" 😭😂
Priceless.
Yes!!! I've been waiting for this after seeing the previous two lectures geared towards lower categories!
I highly agree with your comment on having to win all games in open tournaments. I started playing online first and was very dedicated reading chess books and watching lectures like this one to improve. So I started with a USCF rating of 1000 knowing that I was highly underrated. Over the next three months I played several big tournaments with usually 100-200+ participants and managed to win a prize in all of them. But... I only managed to share first place because I usually had a draw or loss somewhere. Not only do weaker players fold easily but there are also underrated players in the lower categories. One guy played me like an expert level player in one game which I verified with stockfish. Another player took a strategic half point bye to win first place and give me second even tough we had the same amount of wins (I had one loss). A big issue is the many scholastic tournaments which are not USCF rated allowing kids to gain plenty of experience before joining USCF events. The kid that won first prize with a half point bye won the same tournament 2 years in a row! Both times he went undefeated. Talk about horse shit
Anyway, I think something should be done by the USCF to make the system fair but I suppose its possible that at the lower levels like categories D and E its always going to be like this due to online players that quickly improve to intermediate level without ever playing a tournament and scholastic players.
EIDT: I forgot to mention that I can't be completely upset because I went from 1000 USCF to 1650 within 3 months. I also managed to defeat several 1800 players and draw with a candidate master in classical time controls. Even at 1650 I still consider myself highly underrated. Depending if I can find the time to play another tournament this month I might be able to reach 1800+ USCF by the end of next month and I'm hoping at that point I encounter less nonsense with underrated online players and scholastic players.
Thanks for another awesome lecture!
Well, like GM Ben Fingold use to say: "The truth hurts!". If you play enough, the underratingness will eventually turn into realityness. Besides, ELO = EGO, which is pathetic as pathetic liveforms we are, and every games is really played against oneself.
how long did you "study" and "exercise" before playing your first tournament? beginning from when you picked up chess for the first time?
Hi Felix, I played my first tournament almost immediately after I learned chess then abruptly stopped for over ten years - no chess whatsoever. That's why my rating was 1000~ when I picked up again last year. When I returned to chess tournaments I had about 4-6 months of experience as a kid then 1 year since I started playing online (mostly blitz and some bullet). In terms of how long it took me to study chess before playing tournament games again I would say countless hours over the span of that previous year. As of today, I have about 2 years of experience and I have read several chess books about strategy, pawn structure, game endings, tactics puzzles, opening systems, and have watched countless chess videos on youtube. Essentially I spent the majority of my free time studying chess. Chess is a difficult game to master and not everyone has that kind of time to spend learning the game. As of right now I decided to take a break from tournaments so that I can focus on other life priorities. I expect that when I'm ready to return to serious chess I will easily break 1800 USCF and probably 2000. That sounds like a lot but refer to my original comment.
If you are wondering how long it takes me to prep for a tournament then I would say 2-3 days or study sessions. I make sure I know my opening system very well and review important concepts up to the night before the tournament. Best thing to do is make a list of areas of improvement and work on that before any tournament. There is also the psychological aspect that you have to prepare for. Expect underrated players in the lower categories for the reasons I mentioned in my original comment. I was already playing at an 1600-1800 level before I decided to play in OTB tournaments and even then I struggled to beat some players.
If you want some advice to improve I would say learn as much as you can about pawn structures and game endings. Then spend some time mastering the specific openings you like as white and black. That's in addition to solving tactics puzzles on a regular basis - I usually solve 2-3 per day but they are tough puzzles. This alone should take upwards of 6 months or longer if you spend your time wisely. Avoid too much playing because at the end it doesn't help as much as learning from the masters. I got to the point that I often could play the variations in my head straight from the book. I tried very hard to memorize the board coordinates by color - this actually helps a lot when you are reading chess books. Also, you can look up the games from your chess books online at chessgames.com or chess365.com and play the game there while you read the book - it will save you valuable time.
Supernova especially that last tip is great, thanks! I just wanted to estimate my own progress. I started chess in February 2018 and got to 1300-1400 so far, doing lots of tactics and endgame training, watching UA-cam lectures and I bought a book as well (need to focus on my engineering exams right now though, so chess has to wait another 6 weeks). Thanks for sharing your experience!
Not sure what you are complaining about when you are the perfect example of what you're criticizing. You had a rating of 1000 and now you are at 1650, so you were highly underrated due to studying and playing online instead of offline.
I miss the classroom lectures with GM Ben. :(
"You can't beat me by taking hung pieces" My dreams are ruined XD.
That's my favorite way to beat people. My second favorite is my opponent walking into a one move tactic.
@@12jswilson My favorite is walking into a one move tactic to mate them a few turns later
1:04:50
The 3 move mate I saw was Kd6, black does anything, Qc4, black does anything, queen mates anywhere along c6-c8 that works.
1 Kd6, Kb6; 2 Qc4, Ka5; and I don’t see a 1 move mate (Qa4+, Kb6) ua-cam.com/video/qlX_806ZwOk/v-deo.html
54:57 when the kid says "the truth hurts" 😂
Bens little quips are really underappreciated by his audience.
I don't have a chess rating, but I did solve the puzzle at 48:20 (pausing the video for about 7 minutes). I do have a go rating over 2000.
1:01:34 mate in 2 1.bc7-k7 2.b7
Ka8
I love that he is so rea here, in the higher rated class.
Rawr!
Ben you are a great teacher and a good guy and your barbed wit is part of the fun
I like all your videos and are very good at improving lower graded players
I am one of those lower graded players and am improving and winning more games drawing more but rare losss
Patience is everything which works for lower levels don't panic and attack mindlessly
It works !!!
The final puzzle has at least one more winning possibility. Knight, to e4, pawn to c3, rook to g1, pawn to c2 (check), king to e2, pawn to c1, rook to g8, check mate. That’s four black moves.
Pawn to c1 (promote to knight) puts you in check. Then you have to make another move, so not mate in 4.
I have not played USCF rated tournaments since the 1970's when I was rated between 1500 and 1600. At that time most of the various open tournaments used the Swiss System for scoring. I would always end up starting at table 1-4 because I would be in the top of the bottom half and play my first 2 or 3 games against the best rated players in the tournament. I would usually finish the five or six rounds in Class D one position out of the prize. If 1st and 2nd got prizes I would be 3rd, if 1st, 2nd, 3rd got prizes, then I would be 4th. My rating would improve after each tournament because I was losing to Grand Masters, Masters and strong Class A's and winning games against B, C, D and the occasional Class E players.
Is there fund raiser for Ken West moving to Atlanta? I would donate to it.
no he wont
"Don't be a debil" lmao great advice
Yes bring Ken West to atl
Great lesson and best puzzle ever. Many thanks for sharing with us.
Great lecture, great advice, great puzzles!
the most instructive chess video on the internets
19:30 on - I would play Bc5 with the idea to exchange it with the Kt on d4. White takes Bishop with Bishop(e3) and not Kt (b5) because of b2 (the reason why the Kt is on b5). But if the Bishop (e3) moves then it vacates the d2 square for the black Kt(e4) to fork the Queen and Rook. Of course, White can reply Bc5 with c3. Disclaimer: I have started playing after a very long break and not rated at all. Thanks for sharing. Lot of learning and entertainment.
The knights and rook vs king and pawn endgame is a forced mate in 5 even if you play Nd5. You don't have to stop c1=N. For example,
1. Nd5, c3
2. Ke2, c2
3. Ne7, c1=N+
4. Kd1, Na2
5. Ng6#.
The line Nb1 is a quicker mate but only by 1 ply.
Great video, thank you.
The puzzle at 48:10 would be great except the obvious, natural move h7 is mate in 4 (Kg7, h8Q+, Kg6, Ncd5, c3, Qh7+,Kg5,Rg1#). Just one more move than Nb1's mate in 3.
That's mate in 5 not mate in 4.
suspicious nose problems
coca cola
Everything you just wrote = very suspicious.
Not that suspicious, just a side effect of him using cocaine
The truth hurts
Yayo, yayo, all I know is yayo
Hi, for the puzzle 52 minutes in, the simpler solution is not to let black pawn advance and advance your own pawn. It forces kG7 then Queen checks.
Sure that will win the game at some point. But that is not the question, because the position is obviously winning for white. The puzzle on the other hand is about finding that mate in exactly 4 moves. You just changed the premise..
@@DeglintoNisto I see, thanks
I plugged the last problem into an engine analysis, and it gave me a solution where white castles, lmao.
I like those lessens ... GM Ben you are amazing
"You guys arent playing GM's in tournaments your playing Rufus and Dufus"
Very instructive indeed
18:23 New engines say E3 is the best move, with Rd1 a close second.
Thank you, that you first thought about the rg1 idea as that of ocean's, cause I solved it just because of that
20:02 what sort of plan is this? NEVER PLAY F6
1. White doesn't have a light squared bishop
2. Open the file!
3. The Dutch like to take it one step further with f5, regardless of bishops.
Sicarius Noctis he is somewhat ok with f5, but he almost always attacks people for playing f6 lol
I played the number one rated player in austria, a few months ago in a simul. After all the games ended, we got to ask him questions about the games we played and whatnot. In the game I got completely crushed in a sicilian as black. He didn't even develop half his minor pieces and just steamrolled me with his pawns on the kingside. So I asked him how it comes that a lot of top rated players don't always develop all their pieces as fast as possible and still crush everyone. His answer was that to every general rule in chess there are exceptions and better players just find those exceptions more often. So I guess there's that.
you a chest master too?
@@GoDbax if you mean me, no I'm not. I'm rated somewhere between 1700 and 1800.
At 41:46 there's Qxa4, Rxa4, Rxf1+, bg1 and then Knight f2 checkmate as the Bishop is pinned.
Ok but after Qxa4 white can play Qxe6
Ha, I got that hard puzzle by logic. I figured we have to force him to promote a way of our choosing which implies we need to create a capture promotion and take away the forward promotion.
Then it all fell into place. Nb1 takes away stalemate and creates a capture promotion. Ke2 runs to where promotion won’t be check. Rc1 blocks and creates mate when he promotes.
.
These puzzles were mindblowing, raaaaawr! Nice ones!
"I wanna win with little risk, but when I'm black, you gotta take some risk."
-GM Ben Finegold
"You went to three classes - who did that make happiest?" A: The people in the fourth class.
A fine video.
GM Finegold didn't remark on it but his opponent was rated somewhere in the 1700's and he is better than that. White understood the position well and made lots of sensible moves.
It took a fair while for GM Finegold to get on top.
Bishop takes queen for free and the retreat if you needed it to in the game at 37-42 mins
I've won a similar game with B N vs R someone told me R was better in end games than B N in the end game, but i did what you did just used B to protect and just shoved my pawns.
I used to hate finegold now i love him
I used to finegold him now I hate love
Sometimes he tries way too hard to be funny. He’s good in this video.
One day this will reach 1 million veiws. Great vid !
the best teacher ever!!!! wish you could come to India to teach
cocaine is a helluva drug, Mr. Sniffles. ;)
Okay, that was a low blow, Mr. Finegold...your youtube vids have drawn me back to playing chess again and you are one of the most important reasons why people get into it. Thank you for that...you have made me find joy in something again.
"...so if I'm black, then the lower opponent might draw. But if I make the game really interesting, and they play really well...that's not possible. Why is their rating so low if they're playing so well?"
You're such a dick...but you are SO relatable to the average player. Thank you for that...because it's hysterical while teaching us what we never knew.
sorry if I just double posted
i take the simple lesson here look after what is defended and what is not in every move . if i can do that in every move i think i will be a much better player
Plus, look what squares a move takes, and what squares it gives.
Doesn't help playing against Fritz 10, though. That program is relentless and I get crushed even though I tried to adjust the rating, lol.
knight castle checkmate is my guess on that hardest puzzle. writing it down before u give answer for self glory or self ridicule
"Can I go to the bathroom...?"
lol
Love these puzzles. Rawrrr!
very excoting and instructive thank you Ben! ;)
Excellent lecturer
It is very good! Thank You!
”You with a comment that doesnt make sense” 😂
Couldn't watch the video because all I saw was Ben's blinding t-shirt. Gaaaaah so bright!
Terrible!
Then get some eye drops, I dunno! Or lower your monitor's brightness. I have a shirt in that colour too.
Rawr! My shirt is bright
senior year of high school we had a middle aged guy who thought his rating was 782. rest of my friends and I were beginners and we were all 1580+. he came off a 3/5 win tourney vs. higher rated players but next month's chess life had him at 782 again. guy had a master's degree in chemistry. finally the prez of our club had mercy on him, "Ray, that's the expiration date of your USCF membership."
Everyone class with Ben Finegold
Ben should make a Stetler and Waldorf joke (you know, the Muppet characters that hang out on the balcony and heckle people).
(I say completely preemptively before watching the whole video. . . Maybe he _does_ make such a joke. . . )
Best chess lecture ever. The truth hurts!
I did find bishop c5 as an unranked casual player feelsgoodman
Also simpler for the puzzle at 1:03:00 is to take c2 with queen, nothing here prevents the perhaps more elegant mate with knight on c7.
the last puzzle was the only one I solved on my own
Can u do an under 1000 class :-)))
Yes but at the 11:55 position, the check’s golden rules says that before any move first search is to search at a possible check position and if it is possible make a check as Qg6+.
Qb6+ désolé
In the puzzle I saw mate in 5!
1 Nce4
1 c3
2 Ke2
2 c2
3 Ng5
3 c1=N+
4 Kf3
4 Ne2 (Nd3(Nb3(Na2))) {doesn't matter where the black knight goes...)
5 Nf7#
:D
I thought I solved the puzzle like that, because I didn't saw black can promote to a knight with check and survive 1 move longer.
@ 1:01:29 isn't there another mate in 2? Bishop C7, King A7 is the only move for black after that. Then Pawn B6 is checkmate.
I think that it's mate in 3. After what you have played, King goes A8 and then Pawn B7, checkmate.
King back to a7
25:26 Hahaha this guy is hilarious. Great job Ben 👍
been watching for a few months and risen from 1000 to 1200 points I blame ben
These are terrific. Merci.
This video makes me want to move to Atlanta just so Ben can teach me
Dude that final puzzle is intense
"He's here, which means he's not home, so I robbed his house"
Or you can play 1.h7 Kg7 2.ph8=Qh8+ Kg6 3.Rh5 Kf7 4.Ne4 Ke6 5.Qf6+ Kd7 6.Rh7+ Kc8 or Kd8 8.Qh8+mate or if 2. ... Kf7 3.Rh5 Ke6 4.Ne4 Kd7 5.Qf6 then 6.Rh7 and 7.Qh8+mate again
Im around 1600. This lesson is powerful! Thanks Ben!!
How can I know my rating? is it accurate to chess.com?
Eugenio Campos more or less, but yes
"you played g5" "i played what?! g5??" made me laugh