You know ben's story gonna be fire when he starts saying "when i was living in belgium... "

Donner, not only a GM but had a remarkable side hustle as a Reindeer.

@spiderchopproductions8172

18 күн бұрын

And he invented the kebab. Incredible.

@xwngdrvr

18 күн бұрын

@@spiderchopproductions8172 You have got to be Shishing me.

@EqSlay

17 күн бұрын

I donner bout you, but I found this lecture to be very interesting

@xwngdrvr

17 күн бұрын

@@EqSlay Another veteran of the Punic wars, I see. Well met.

@mikehartl8665

17 күн бұрын

😁

I knew Donner well. He was actually only 3 inches tall but weighed over 4000 pounds.

@donsimons9810

18 күн бұрын

what? cm please

Donner wrote a great book. One of my favorite stories is how he came up to somebody who lost to a player from China (it was in the second half of the last century, so China wasn't nearly as strong as it is today), and asked "How do you feel losing to a Chinaman?". Needless to say, he lost the next game to a Chinese player in the very next round. A legend of Dutch chess.

@redmardamsma7917

19 күн бұрын

One of my favorite stories in the book (actually it is a collection of his articles) is when he wrote in a feminist’s magazine that women can’t play chess. As you might imagine, he got a lot of backlash. One woman wrote, ‘next he is going to state that black men can’t play chess’. His reply was ‘This woman has not understood my point. Black men can play chess, black women can’t.’

@donsimons9810

18 күн бұрын

I guess Ben is concern trolling. I was surprised to learn of the concept of woman gms. Like, here we’ll just lower the expectations so women can get gm titles? The fact that any woman could say “sure, that works” is surprising. Like, don’t you have pride or expectations for yourself? This comment will probably gwt flagged. That’s how sad this world is, and how much I wish people like Donner didn’t have to struggle so much.

@ennerz-hq8pq

18 күн бұрын

​@@donsimons9810Donner was wrong so no one listened to him. That's probably also why no one listens to you

@vigilante8374

16 күн бұрын

@@ennerz-hq8pq He's literally saying the exact same thing that Judit Polgar said, but in the 2020s black is white, up is down, egalitarianism is misogyny, and 50-IQ YT comments are voted up to +10 in response to +1 comments saying sensible, sane, egalitarian things.

@donsimons9810

14 күн бұрын

@@ennerz-hq8pq oh, lots of people agree. don't worry. women aren't going to be evolving that quickly anytime soon - you've noticed people aren't getting smarter right?

I am not dutch but according to my research a donner gets to about 75lbs and goes well with pita bread source: nutritionfacts

@Joseph-sj9uf

19 күн бұрын

Always love a good donner and some chips after a night out

@f.d.3289

18 күн бұрын

i am not dutch but a donner is an italian woman and a german thunder 😂

I'm so excited for the Ben Finegold story about how what I play with white got its name. I've played the Chinese variation with 5. g4 for years, mostly from a 1.d4 2. Nc3 transposition, and score about 70% in blitz online because it's so rare and so brutal.

Donner knew that guy's name was the Lord when he played Qxg6. Bam.

1:48 "Donner was an oldschool person. Sooo... he was incredibly sexist, and... he was incredibly outspoken about things he didn't necessarily know about!? So he would have been perfect for Twitter." XD XD XD Ben, never change, you keep making my life better -- and my chess too :)

@f.d.3289

18 күн бұрын

@@donsimons9810 i will always encourage Ben whatever he does dude 😊

@donsimons9810

18 күн бұрын

was an expression, baby duck.

@f.d.3289

18 күн бұрын

@@donsimons9810 quack quack, at least i don't delete my cringey comments 🤣

@donsimons9810

14 күн бұрын

@@f.d.3289 at least i don't tell a random stranger they make my life better after quoting a cringey woke ATL bit of cliche metoo jargon. Get a working soul

His take on computers is understandable. If I was told then how far computers would advance in just a few decades I would think that whoever was talking was... Frankly, ridiculous.

@JerehmiaBoaz

13 күн бұрын

We're in almost the same position with AI now. If you want a good indication of where a technology is going don't focus on what it's capable of today, focus on how much money is being invested in its development.

“When Bobby was about to make his 30th move, in a slightly inferior position for Donner, he touched a piece and with a sickening feeling realized it was a mistake. It clinched a draw. As Donner described it, ‘After touching the Bishop, Fischer sat for seconds with his finger on the piece desperately looking for another move. he had seen the point at the last minute-as usual, there is no other move!’ Fischer was no less than furious.” - “Bobby Fischer Profile of a Prodigy” p101

Donner's book The King is the best chessbook ever.

That last joke was hilarious!😂

I assume he invented the very serious and important Donner Opening: a4 e5 Ra3

@user-rx1xt2nd5e

19 күн бұрын

Didn't know it had a name but Brandon Jacobson won against Naroditsky in a 70 game match only playing this

@_nemo171

19 күн бұрын

Very suspicious!

@zlatkofelic8820

19 күн бұрын

Oh, you mean the Viih Sou opening?

@marcusevans2733

18 күн бұрын

Always sac the exchange!

I hope the class doesn't shrink! Donner, class of 11.........wait, 10......9...8

Corrections: The last game is Liu Wenzhe vs Donner, not the other way around. The last move shown was not checkmate, still Qh4, then Rxh4 is mate.

I didn't know Stephen Fry was a GM.

I consider Jan Donner to be the Jan Timman of Dutch chess.

From wiki: Apparently Fischer declined to play in the 1st Piatigorsky Cup cuz his demand for an appearance fee of $2000 was not met. In the 2nd one, he lost 3 games straight, the last one of which was against Spassky! But then immediately won 4 straight .. eventually he finished 2nd to Spassky. Donner finished last in the tournament.

in the last game he resigned two moves fron mate (Qh4)

6:05 and that kid was Ben Finegold

only when you have absolutely no idea about something you may talk about that on Twitter/X

Damn Son, that was fun!

Not gonna forget that last game any time soon.

Leuk man 👍

I agree.

Döner is to be eaten in Turkiye guys.. :)

Very suspicious lecture.

He went to the Donner Party A free banquet that bore his name A chance to try new recipes And eat his way to fame But it’s all right now He learned his lesson well You see, you can’t feed everyone So you got to feed yourself

“Sexist” - I really don't understand what this modern expression is supposed to mean

What happened to I'm Ben and you're not.

I don't agree!! *shakes fist*

Finegold is butthurt that Donner disagrees with him politically. Wahhhh.

@willywonka7812

10 күн бұрын

Hopefully you grow up soon

Don't believe him kids. The TRUTH LIBERATES !!🌟 Ignorance hurts ! ' If pain persists see a Dr'. 🪷

I agree.

I agree.