And today he won the candidates. Unbelievable

@12jswilson

Ай бұрын

He'll be competing for the world championship at 18 years old. And people don't think Ben knows what he's talking about. Frankly, terrible.

@n_nse_se

Ай бұрын

And the 2nd game is the same opening as Ian vs Caruana

@zacnewford

Ай бұрын

gonna beat ding too

@wl4dymir

Ай бұрын

@@zacnewford it's not obvious, Ding will fight. He's burned out but if he plays, he fights.

@vibovitold

25 күн бұрын

@@wl4dymir i don't know why people are writing Ding off like he's a nobody. in my opinion Ding still has a pretty good chance to retain the title - THIS ONE TIME at least. to me it's like 60-40 in favour of Ding. he had a bad tournament and isn't playing much. it doesn't mean he's not preparing for the upcoming match. if anything, it implies the contrary.

Vegas hates this one simple trick of listening to Ben's predictions.

Amazing prediction. He became the youngest challenger at the age of 17.

6:04 Ok Ben, I respect the game, I didn't realize you were a fortune teller, are you potentially Gukesh's good luck charm???

Babe wake up, new Finegold lecture just dropped

@user-qv5zb5jv4q

Ай бұрын

😂😮

Benstradamus at 6:00

Can't wait for the great players of the future lecture series!

@AllendeEtAl

Жыл бұрын

And now about 35th world champion Leyla Anyadike...

@answeris4217

Жыл бұрын

Who ever has a hard name to pronounce

@CynicalLurker

Жыл бұрын

first episode: GM eric rosen

at 6:02 : He probably will be fighting for the world championship. That was a great prediction

Ben Finegold July 20th 2022 "I expect to see him in olypiads representing India" Gukesh August 3 2022 6/6 in the olympiad representing India

@madhurkankane3472

Жыл бұрын

That too on board 1

@Krishnajha20101

Жыл бұрын

7/7 now.

@freewill99

Жыл бұрын

8/8 now beating Fabi 😱

@chessjess510

Ай бұрын

He will be fighting for the world championship at 18 or 19 LOL

@serrie85

Ай бұрын

World championship prediction was also very good

Damn no more kids audience, I will always miss them c:

Go, WREN! But stay there!

Gukesh has been playing amazing at the Olympiad. Perfect timing on the upload!!

@12jswilson

Жыл бұрын

6/6 as of this comment is pretty, pretty good.

@Idk-os4ix

Жыл бұрын

@@12jswilson 7/7 as of this comment is pretty,pretty,pretty good

@sudhanshusharma8103

Жыл бұрын

@@Idk-os4ix 8/8 as of this comment is pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good

@thedamnmoron

Жыл бұрын

@@sudhanshusharma81039/9 as of this comment is pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty pretty good

@vaibhavvb9898

Ай бұрын

Candidates winner as of this time. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.

You really saw his upraising coming !

Finegold will go down in history as the greatest chess lecturer of all time

“Better than playing the Berlin and groveling for a draw”, while looking straight into the camera 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Gukesh is now 8 out of 8 in the olympiads, with a rating of 2730 and a performance 3360... :o

Gukesh beat Fabi with black pieces today. Very convincing and a strong attacking game. Who says Gukesh is boring? GM Finegold was so accurate in his prediction and analysis. Hats off Sir!

Thanks Wren construction

Very timely with the Olympiad results! Love it!

6:08 yep close prediction

@michaelloverjimmy-op3ww

Ай бұрын

Exact prediction. Gukesh will be 18 next month so before the WCC starts.

He won 8/8 in olympiad, he really goes for the win even at slightest chance presented

South Indians have been writing their names in an unconventional manner for several generations. They initialize thier family name as the first letter and write their given name. So he pribably was writing his name as D. Gukesh. Dommaraju is actually his family name or last name. In the US and even in North India his name should be Gukesh Dommaraju. By the way his family should be originally from Andhra not Tamilanadu. Another entertaining and insightful lecture by Ben.

@mahatmagandhi2434

Жыл бұрын

gukesh is tamil by everymeans

@osipertin

Жыл бұрын

No every guy in the world has to know the complexities of south indian culture

@vaibhav8941

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@modustrollens7833

Жыл бұрын

This explains a lot thank you

@arghodas6254

Жыл бұрын

​@Osi Pertin some do want to know based on your logic, which means the poster wasn't out of line. In general people like to know details about good players. They may not care about your name because you're not that great in chess...but for players people do want to know.

im here cause gukesh won candiates 2024 lol

Few days after this video Gukesh played phenomenal chess at the olympiad.. With a perfect score he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist

@vibovitold

23 күн бұрын

he didn't achieve a perfect score, he scored 9/11 (drawing against Keymer and Mamedyarov, losing to Abdusattorov) - which is still nothing short of amazing of course, he won 8 games in a row, including beating Caruana with black!

Leave it to Ben to find the next World Champ challenger. Well done Ben.

it honestly boggles my mind as to why you are so under appreciated Ben. Go BEN!

His father's name is Rajnikanth, no wonder Gukesh is crushing people in the Olympiad. It was inevitable.

8:00 "he's uncompromising; he doesn't play slow, boring, drawish chess." That's my boy! The chess players we love! Go Gukesh! Especially liked the match with N. Abdusattorov. Two chess prodigies playing great chess.

Ben saw the future :o

@michaelloverjimmy-op3ww

Ай бұрын

Yep

Thank you for continuing to do lectures. I loved GM Finegold's lectures from years before the twitch stream and I am thankful there are still new lectures being made

In April 2024,, this almost 2 year-old video is looking like one of Ben's best. The comments starting at at 5:55 (especially 6:04) and 49:27 (esp. 50:00) have aged particularly well at this point. It is good to see a player who is solid in his preparation, likes "double-edged" and exciting matches, and gets wins as black. Obviously his Candidates performance didn't come out of nowhere. 4.5 points as black even with one loss! Impressive. Ben, we'll need another video, Gukesh v2. While you're at it, give us some good Candidates 2024 content too! Good luck to Gukesh in the world championsip match later this year!

As "an old guy", especially, (a mathematician, Go player, chess player, etc.) I am endlessly entertained by your facetiousness and self-deprecation, etc. Keep it up! :)

Who is here after he won the candidates

Benjamin that was a lovely presentation. I got insights into Gukesh's style

impressive that you detected this amazing player, that passed under our radar. well done Ben

Dommaraju is his surname . It is a telugu surname .same as erigaisi arjun,koneru humpy,pentala harikrishna,dronavalli harika . Eastern(chinese,korean) naming. Surname first and then given name

@mahatmagandhi2434

Жыл бұрын

but gukesh is tamil by every means , a sur name wont change that

@prajwalbharambe343

Жыл бұрын

@@mahatmagandhi2434 what's up with inferiority complex of tamils.

@arvindhmani06

Жыл бұрын

@@mahatmagandhi2434 Dommaraju is a Telugu name even if he speaks Tamil

@mahatmagandhi2434

Жыл бұрын

@@arvindhmani06 tamils dont have any family based or caste based surnames , so we keep anything as second names , my second name is kumar which is not tamil but its just a second name , my friend has sharma as second name but he has no relation with north india , his parents doesnt have a sur name either , its just a name . his mother tongue is tamil , he and his parents both from TN , he follows tamil culture . having a surname doesnt make him telugu

@mahatmagandhi2434

Жыл бұрын

@@arvindhmani06 there are even saurashtra people in madurai for 500 years who are originated from gujarat , they do consider themselves tamils now

A new lecture? Very nice! Go Ben!... but stay there.

Thanks for the great video

Good timing for this lecture! I am definitely looking forward to seeing more of Gukesh in the next few years

@truthalonetriumphs6572

Ай бұрын

Your wish came true

Great lecture.

Love your lectures, as always! I think the video looks better when you're facing the board rather than facing away from it like in this video. Draws the eye in better. ❤️

@cliffmcnamara6266

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice but yeah why did they switch?

Hey Congratulations on 100k, Ben! I know I'm late (terrible!), but still! Always enjoy your lectures (:

Man I miss these lecture

Thank you Sir given good information and analysis

Pronunciation guide: Gukesh: gook-AESH ('gook' like 'cook') Praggnanandhaa: prug-NAA-nund-uh ('prug' like 'plug') And repeating what others have already said - some Indian naming conventions put the father's name (or sometimes the place of birth or the name of the community/subcaste) in front of their given names. So Gukesh is his given name, and Dommaraju is possibly the name of his community. And Rameshbabu is Praggnanandhaa's (and Vaishali's) father's name.

Great lecture, very prescient. Thanks Ben

Thanks Ben

amazing prediction

Relentless attacks by Gukesh!

Nice Games ! Go gukesh !

Go Ben!

Was the Wren construction sponsorship a joke?

Gukesh will be the world champion in a few years, mark my words

20:23 White: Qxc5, I love that move.

Players who can play any position regardless of how familiar they are with it will always have a huge edge in Chess

Which Wren Construction was he talking about? The on in Washington state or the one in UK or...? Perhaps be more specific of which area that company is servicing in future sponsorship segments.

Paweł Teclaf fell out of his chair, and rightly so indeed, because it happened after blundering a drawn position into a mate-in-2 or so. He uttered an expletive too : )

3 days later he is world #20 2729 :)

Mr. Finegold you forgot Arjun Erigaisi. Raunak Sadhwani is another but he may take year plus to get to 2700.

Ben, great content as always. But this is especially with how Gukesh is playing during the Olympiad.

" I have done deep anayls of these positions, and I have no idea what is happening" well guess we know who would win between Gukesh and Finegold lol

Doramamu Gukesh

Do you have a lecture on how to draw with black? You mentioned the Petroff and the "Baltic" ??

cant have better timing. Everyone is searching for Gukesh content

playing for the world chapion a month before turning 18! this video aged well

Go ben

gm benjamin finegold really does work well with a group to dunk on

This lecture has aged pretty well. Who hasn't aged so much yet is Gukesh himself.

Damn, Le Quang Liem played f3 and f6 in the same game :O he sure does want to loose that game

Hjartarson, 59 years old, born in 1963.

Dude, you never looked at that piece of paper until the show was on 🤣🤣

Me before watching the video: "Gukesh is a boring player he would never do anything untoward he would play solid, Ben Finegold is crazy!" Me now: 🤡

@prajwalbharambe343

Жыл бұрын

I love clowns.

1:20 btw Gukesh’s nickname is Guki

Great series, The Gooch is on fire!

Ben. U were less annoying than usual. Keep it up! 👍🏽👏

A knight on the 6th is like a bone in the throat.

GO WREN!! i mean BEN!!!

Watching this the day Gukesh, with black, defeats Carauana at the Olympiad

6:00 OK Ben which numbers should I buy for the lottery

34:58 Didn't Fischer advocate for more randomness, less preparation in chess? Gukesh is doing a great job of emulating those beliefs.

Nice show by Finegold - as always. But - chess can't be that easy with playing h6 and g5 and winning :)

Thumbnail idea: Ben's face photoshopped onto the Big Ben clock tower in London. Y'all can have that one for free. Love the content Ben and Karen!

@GMBenjaminFinegold

Жыл бұрын

look up "Euro Friendly Bullet Chess with Ben Finegold!" on here. Be warned: it might blow your mind. Thanks for the support! - Ben's Editor

Gukesh style is like Inish giri`s!

Gukesh D. is a top 10 junior for years now, getting stronger since the day he touched a chess piece. Years later now. He won six games in a row in a super strong tournament. What a great insight and discovery by Ben... Everybody saw Gukesh coming, since 2018.

It was IM Paweł Teclaw that fell from his chair. Now he is GM Paweł Teclaw

And now he dethroned Vidit... soon to dethrone Ding for the world title!

@michaelloverjimmy-op3ww

Ай бұрын

Yep

"He's barely 16" -Ben

Go Wren!

Why does he recommend to always repeat the position before declining a draw by repetition. Appreciate if someone can tell me why he gives this advice.

@yommish

Жыл бұрын

It’s kind of a joke, but also if your opponent thinks you’re willing to draw and chooses not to repeat first then they’re the one making a concession. It’s always worth it to repeat 1 or 2 times if you think it’s the best move.

@vaibhavvb9898

Жыл бұрын

He gains time on clock with the same position

"Its sort of like Ben, but its Wren"

22:52 Incorrect! They're both Asian

You're wrong, Ben. Source: I'm an internet person!

In olympiad he is on 6/6 beating alexi serove with black

It’s crazy how young these GMs are. The computer generation will push chess so far.

Aaaand... He just beat Caruana. Crazy form

@leadnitrate2194

Ай бұрын

And he's won the candidates now 🥶🥶

@vaibhavvb9898

Ай бұрын

@@leadnitrate2194crazy that you remember the comment you did a year ago

@leadnitrate2194

Ай бұрын

@@vaibhavvb9898 nah I just came back to this video and found my comment

Pride of India 💕💕💕

@madhurkankane3472

Жыл бұрын

Aren't you pakistani

Gukesh Nf3 blunder brought me here

Gukki is his nickname

Was this an ad or sarcasm?

1 billion people in India. Gotta be some chess talent