"Gotcha, bitch." -Adolf Anderssen, 1851

@sobaranski

2 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna start quoting that 😂

Thanks finegold you helped increase my rating over the time I been watching you by 5. I used to be 800 and now I’m 805. Whole 5 was because of you !

@adomaskuzinas2137

2 жыл бұрын

Good job mate :D

@thestonecold96

2 жыл бұрын

If you donate on ben’s stream you might even move to 806!

@shan8215

2 жыл бұрын

@@thestonecold96 I have heard donations help :D

@leadnitrate2194

2 жыл бұрын

@@shan8215 the more you donate, the more money Ben has

@sakuragi_hanamichi3263

2 жыл бұрын

This is not possible because at your level you don't gain or lose 5 points for games

Time for netflix to put out a brand new show titled "King's Gambit", picturing the meteoric decline of a white male grandmaster, battling his urges to be vegan and only drink Perrier. Will they do it? The answer is fries.

@VWabhijit

2 жыл бұрын

Only true finegold fans will get this!

@brssnj54

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, truth hurts

@Takrezz

Жыл бұрын

Just a terrible idea... terrible!

@HughMorristheJoker

Жыл бұрын

Very suspicious

@thomas6837

Жыл бұрын

This is one extremely funny comment.

I'm so happy that the lectures are back. GM Finegold's the GOAT.

@pschneider1968

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Sir, he is!

@sanelprtenjaca9147

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. I adore him, he make my day much more enjoyable.

@lostimpanis

2 жыл бұрын

YESSS

@ichhabahnung

2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos

@anosmianAcrimony

2 жыл бұрын

It's true, you know

I just want to say, I told at least 4 of my coworkers today, "trying is the first step to failure". Thanks Ben, for helping me inspire in the workplace.

That jazz-piano opening soothes my soul knowing what's to come.

@adomaskuzinas2137

2 жыл бұрын

Pure class!

@mattrogersftw

2 жыл бұрын

Truth hurts

@Tx66

2 жыл бұрын

I do miss the previous jazz solo though

Can’t overstate how much I enjoy your lectures.

@SelfReflective

2 жыл бұрын

Can't overstate how much I hate calling games between Rufus and Doofus as "immortal".

This video is typical of every Finegold video I watch. I didn't learn much about specific lines in the King's Gambit, but I spent an hour being thoroughly entertained and immersed in chess culture and history. Well worth the time spent.

"This is considered to be the greatest game of all time .... by people who aren't very good." 🤣🤣🤣 This is why I watch Ben.

Thank god you're doing more of these videos, I was very worried you weren't after the chess center closed.

@honeychurchgipsy6

2 жыл бұрын

@Professorfart (great name by the way) I didn't know the chess centre had closed - so no more listening to Ben making jokes at the expense of small children anymore - shame - lol!!

@akorthouwer

2 жыл бұрын

Why did it close tho

@ChaBoiNeil

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they sold it to someone else.

@gabeop9615

7 ай бұрын

​@@akorthouwera pawn moved forward? 😂😂😂

"McDonnell. M-C-D-O-N-N-E-L-L I heard he had a farm. And on that farm, he played the King's Gambit!" - so silly, but it made me laugh.

Ben has no idea some random guy often falls asleep at night to the sweet / calming sounds of Ben’s lectures. Truth hurts.

@sameash3153

2 жыл бұрын

Me rn

@davido4263

9 ай бұрын

Me too 😴😴🌜

@at7915

2 ай бұрын

Me but can't fall asleep because too interesting

"McDonnell hard a farm, and on that farm, they played the Kings Gambit" I died.

Finegold doing the Kings Gambit!? Yes please!

10 moves into the King's Gambit: GM: I have no idea what's going on. Class player: I got this.

I play kings gambit in blitz and worked up to 1900... when I am in a heated game not down at least a piece or 2, I am saying to myself "hell yeah"

I'm so glad these lectures are back :)

GM Finegold, At 17" into your lecture/dissertation I've decided you are VERY listenable. What a bargain! Of course, this lecture is the first such that I've chosen to listen to, and I've listened to a few such presentations, and I'm adding this to my file of KING'S GAMBIT presentations. Actually, I'm creating a playlist of such topics for resources for the trilogy of the history of chess that I'm writing.

Thank you do a part 2. Why not, this was great

I was searching for info on king's gambit, thanks a lot I love your videos!

So glad these lectures are back!

Ben, you are an outstanding teacher. I thoroughly enjoy your lectures (and so does everyone here apparently)!

Thank you for the advice, will prepare this for my OTB games

Always look forward to your lectures ben.... excellent teacher

Ben sort of yelling the whole time is hilarious lol. Thanks for the lesson!

Happy for comeback, Sir ! Love You !

This was a great lecture. I do wish we had seen some more recent games, but it IS the King's Gambit so...

@raphaelhudson

2 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of recent games. He just chose some of the most famous. For some recent notable super GM wins as white you could look at - see Ivanchuk v Peter Leko 2020, Ivanchuck v Giri 2013, Ivanchuk v Ding Liren 2016, Nepomniatchi v Firouzjja 2021, there were a number of notable draws in the london chess classic too a few years before that. Nepomniatchi has an expensive course on chessable on the kings gambit where he looks at more of his games. But the analysis is not helpful for beginners. If you want someone modern who played it as a main weapon Alexei Fedorov played it against every super GM under the sun from the 90s to about 2004, his last game was a draw against Carlsen. Carlsen himself has played it sometimes but his last notable game in a tournament he played some crazy line where the king goes to E2 and lost to Ding Liren. Simon Williams has a number of courses on it too, and I honestly find Simon's analysis to be more helpful than nepo.

As always fascinating insider knowledge, and promoting awareness of great players of the past

Thank you so much for the opening lecture, Benedict Goldstein! This really helped me increase my rating.

These are so timeless.

You got me into chess again Grand Master Ben! Thank you!

27:28 "this was the first instance ever, of someone saying I got you bitch" Man, that line just go me down rolling on the floor laughing. Comedy and chess? What more could i ask for.

The best chess teacher on his chair! ❤️

Go Ben!! Love your lectures!

Lectures are back!

Have been waiting for this lecture for a long time! Thank you 🙏

Thank you for helping me GM Ben!!!

Great stuff man!

This was one of the first chess lessons I ever watched

The Kasparov Karpov variations video was so good

This humor is fantastic, just what I need to keep intrested

King's Gambit is perfect for a pub/bar name

@barranquillarespondetv2512

2 жыл бұрын

As well as Great cocktail name

@scottscheule

2 жыл бұрын

King’s Gimlet perhaps?

Ahh yeah! time to go blunder a few 5+3 with the Kings gambit. (really enjoyed this GM Finegold)

Still the most entertaining chess commentator out there!!

Ok first time I say you on chess tv late night / it was ok - it’s different - now I’m convinced you are the best chess video dude. Strange

this is absolute gold!

Man i love your lectures alot

@drithligh

2 ай бұрын

*a lot

Good stuff, thanks!

BENs lectures are the best!

Thank you!

Great music track at the beginning!

Cool how he took the time at the end to answer that dudes question. Go Ben!

@scottieb6442

2 жыл бұрын

Ben’s such a chill dude

Good explanation of the Botez gambit!

hey Ben just wanted to say thank you. If I know how to play chess "decently" is 90% merit of your lessons. Thank you!

Thanks Ben for the lecture on one of my favorite openings. I would like to see you analyze a game where black wins though. To make a suggestion: Carlsen - Ding Liren comes to mind. That to me is the closest thing to Fischer's famous quote "it loses by force", but I have no idea what's so lost by default about being down a pawn. So I hope that's somehting you could explain in a follow-up lecture, or even a short video. Thanks for all the great content from Europe

@adamanonymous6885

2 жыл бұрын

I know you want more detail than this, and I would agree it would be helpful to hear a full explanation from a GM level player, but broadly speaking, the issue with being down a pawn is that if the rest of the game proceeds with even trades, eventually you are most likely lost by force (with a few rare cases being a draw). This means that being down a pawn is essentially a ticking clock on your chances to win the game. You HAVE to either reclaim an equal standing by winning the pawn back, or win the game before all the pieces come off.

@jonjones5092

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamanonymous6885 It's not rare at all for a pawn down draw, 1 pawn can often stop 2 and one minor piece vs piece and pawn is also frequently a draw. Trading down past a certain point kills the advantage.

I always learn so much watching these lectures. Now if i only could apply this knowledge in game i wouldnt suck so much.

@adomaskuzinas2137

2 жыл бұрын

Thats the hard part, seems so easy when it's explained well like this, much harder to apply in own games though!

@caiosilva8202

2 жыл бұрын

This is way passive learning is not good in chess, want to learn and apply on your games? So you got do your own work

im learning the kings gambit thats for sure

10:43 "and Ke2 gets mated probably or worse" 😆

"Trying is the first step to failure" So inspirational

@thesnackbandit

2 жыл бұрын

12:57

Great stuff, glad the lectures are continuing despite the club closing. Much prefer proper lectures to streams crowded by Twitch chat (terrible)

@madhavsanap6690

Жыл бұрын

Club closed ? Why ?

@robertomariani626

10 ай бұрын

@@madhavsanap6690 With covid around it was costing too much to maintain it, they were actually losing money from it

The b5 move in the Anderssen / Kieseritsky game is known as “Bryan’s Counter-Gambit” or at least that’s what I’ve known it by for the last 30 years.

Missed this content.

I really, really like 10 minute chess. The clock is an absolute weapon. I find myself winning games with far less time than my opponent left, and usually when I lose I have more time.

"it was the first reported instance of someone screaming GOTCHA B7_€&!" lol I died

@lorefox201

Жыл бұрын

"the opponent doesn't know how to handle it he can't handle the truth" 🤣

"So he played Ng8... obviously setting up for the next game"

thanks to this lecture my rating went from 3 to 1. that means i am #1

Ben Finegold's the best lecturer on the circuit.

My fav chess blogger!

both danya's and yours king's gambit lecture was posted on the same day

your music is awesome!

Ben lectures on King's Gambit? Is this an early birthday gift?

At 52:35 (Spassky - Fischer) Bf6 also looks like a move, to possibly help with the overworked bishop, but also looses (it) after e.g. ...Qd6.

Nice ty GM Ben

These games are insane!

19:05 Okay so that hurt, but like...it's such a *beautiful* game though. Anderssen and the romantic era just has some beautiful looking games!

Fischer published an article called “A Bust to the King’s Gambit” in 1961. Would’ve liked GM Feingold to have opined on that, maybe he has in some other video.

Yeah my favorite opening

Thank you! I’ll be making a contribution on twitch.

55:32 I analysed this with SF14 NNUE, and it said LaBourdannais played literally perfect except for 2.f4 and 5.Nc3, which were still book(for our time).

great video

Fun fact: Boris Spassky never lost in Kings gambit

@xilpes6254

2 жыл бұрын

Well I have too

Are the new lectures going to feature Grandmaster Ken West?

@38:00 “...and Spassky said, “no talking.” 🤣

My wish came true!

So, around 25:15, I was under the mistaken impression that white had 'mate in two with Nc7, so I was surprised when he pushed the e pawn. Going back to check, I then realized the knight defending e7 was the problem with my idea, so the checkmate eventually happening on e7 after removing that knight via a queen sacrifice was _incredibly_ gratifying to see.

That first mate was filthy.

18:28 "he literally doesn't care" chat, he doesn't care. no, chat, no..no like literally he doesn't care. Love the subtle Hikaru reference!!

Goo lectures!

It’s always extemporaneous When you are good at something, it’s always extemporaneous

GO Ben!

oh man that "gotcha bitch" was funny

How should go about sponsoring a lecture, I would love to support and there are many topics or players I would like to learn about

Happy birthday Jesse !

Nice shirt! Go Ben

Finegolds under appreciated!!! And has best lectures... he really needs to go into comedy school and do stand up.

@qqqmyes4509

9 ай бұрын

What is comedy school

Hey Ben, have you heard of or know what the Cunningham/Wild Bertin Gambit is? 🤔

"It's not finite it's infinite ... Hard to understand on a finite board" LOL!!!!

I would love to see a King's gambit at the 2750+ level, sadly I don't think I ever will.

@cristianandrei5462

Жыл бұрын

I think hikaru played it otb, if I remember correctly he played the variation where he sacs the knight on f3.

@dwaynekeenum1916

9 ай бұрын

Judit polgar kinda

Smith-Morra is typically crazy (in 99.9% I play with white), so is the King's Gambit. Although the latter seem more difficult to play with white.

@19:00 - hilarious.