GM Finegold has the perfect mix of cocky, funny, and instructive. I love this guy.

@ELMO7TARAMQ8

5 жыл бұрын

i agree :)

@kevincastro6670

4 жыл бұрын

That's Mister GM Finegold to you

@Ianuarius

2 жыл бұрын

He's also grandmaster in dad jokes.

@thakurv1

Жыл бұрын

D rider

"It's not clear how he got good." That's actually an extremely interesting question.

@patrickmoloney672

7 жыл бұрын

Extremely suspicious I think.

@SynsityGW

7 жыл бұрын

Some people's brains are just wired for chess. It's really strange but there are some people who can just look at a board and understand it in a way that we could never even imagine.

@TheClassicWorld

6 жыл бұрын

It's very clear. He was a genius.

@larslowther1495

5 жыл бұрын

Obviously used an engine

@Cyber_Elf_Elpizo

5 жыл бұрын

A time machine

Paul Morphy won because he was not only a brilliant tactician, but also understood development and controlling the center. He was a player ahead of his time.

@SahnigReingeloetet

2 жыл бұрын

Morphy understood material better than most modern grandmasters. One of the, if not THE best attacking players of all time imho

@Dante-fe6dm

Жыл бұрын

Morph was not get and master

@innosanto

8 ай бұрын

He was not only ahead he was a century ahead and if he played up to 30y maybe would be 150 y ahead.

"If you play g5 check, suggested by Ken West in his head ..." Killed me!

@gunther-herbertv.7317

5 жыл бұрын

I thought about g5 while he said that... I felt personally attacked.

@dannygjk

5 жыл бұрын

ikr XD

If I taught a Legends class, it would be on GM Ben Finegold.

@JimmyLundberg

7 жыл бұрын

Yes! And the lecture is all about teaching his rules. "Never play f3, always play Bf1, never trade, always play Kb1" etc etc. Oh and most importantly: "Never try."

@J_Tramel

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Lundberg And of course allways play C4.... Because it's explosive.

@JimmyLundberg

7 жыл бұрын

double question mark

@halovalo4247

7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Kari terrible

@thijsyo

5 жыл бұрын

Knife f5

Morphy was also well known for his subtle intense smile appearing during a lot of his middle games realizing he still had his rook on a1

@eyezuel5307

9 ай бұрын

no way really??

'And then he died... Coz that's what happens when u r born 1837.'-GM Ben Finegold

@yadasampatidasa8690

5 жыл бұрын

And it is still happening ...

@Prachtbart

9 ай бұрын

Xdddddd dudes hilarious

I have watched most of the Finegold lectures and only now realized Ken West is not a GM.

@longlivelife3173

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I think most would keep that to themselves!

@munibzain1966

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, What!!???

@PriveGitaarles

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@red_l6634

2 жыл бұрын

Ken west is not a gm he is an idea

@stewartprice553

2 жыл бұрын

Ken West is a force of nature and a dream made flesh. His greatness transcends norms.

Got into chess about a month ago, trying to learn as much as I can but most informative videos are just so boring. This guy gives good ideas, humiliates you for bad ideas, and is hilarious if you appreciate his sort of comedy. Well done

So i was reading the wiki page out of curiosity. Morphy only ever played on and off. Never had any formal training. never a day in his life took the game seriously. He never played competitive matches due to his families moral code against gambling. Stopped playing all but entirely as he went to u of louisiana. Graduated early (because obviously hes a fucking genius) and had some 'free time' on his hands before he hit the minimum age for a legal servant, so he just decided to go become world chess champion? Im speechless.

@RonaldYengwayo

4 жыл бұрын

Unofficial WCC*

@bashbrannigan

3 жыл бұрын

He did play some serious chess, but there weren’t many to play in those days. He won the serious games as well.

@garrettohyeah7365

3 жыл бұрын

he played serious games, just never accepted money for winning

Ben: "He's threatening mate. Which one is it, Ken?" - "That one" "Correct"

The guy who play with Morphy and Stainitz was Anderssen.

@dgmisal1979

7 жыл бұрын

Agustin Ronconi and most impressively, Andersson got better than ever after playing Morphy.

@liammcooper

6 жыл бұрын

Eyyy, my 19th century chess trivia is still solid

@renehenriksen1735

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn´t his name Adolf Anderssen? And wasn´t he from Germany? If I remember correctly it was him who played "The Immortal Game" and "The Evergreen Game", where he played such sharp openings as the King´s gambit and the Evans-gambit. Both games was with White I think.

@Blaisem

5 жыл бұрын

I knew this because I watched the other Morphy video here from Finegold, which he made a few months before this one and he talks about Anderssen, Stainitz, and Morphy

@jodybarnes9466

5 жыл бұрын

Anderssen was my thought as well. He was a pure tactician...making him a beast against players of the time...but meant he'd have no consistent shot against Morphy, who had an understanding of position and strategy.

I like the humor Ben Finegold. People who don't appreciate Paul Morphy don't understand chess.

I love how I have no idea who Ken West is, but Finegold shits on him every lecture, so I have this image in my head of him being an awful player.

@gaming2top759

8 жыл бұрын

+bobbyfearfactor not just an awful, but also the one who is playing for long time and does not really improve :D

@liver1865

8 жыл бұрын

+BTDroad 2TOP I wonder why he is called 'Grandmaster' Ken West. :):):):):):):D

@thekkl

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Zheng I think sarcasm.

@liver1865

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what I meant

@joseluisparreno4999

7 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha good!

And Ben Finegold is the Paul Morphy of chess lecturers. Great stuff, as always!

Morphy was pure talent and it is talent in what we have to think if we want to compare him with today's players, if we bring morphy to the present day in order to be fair we should fill his brain with today theory or if we pick any gm from the present and take him or her to the past we should empty gm's head of theory and once we've done that see who is better.

@dannygjk

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@sylver76

4 жыл бұрын

Morphy might never have become the attacking genius he was if someone had feed him thousands of computer lines, canned defenses and ready made draws. And all the time modern players spend on preparing computer lines and studying old games could have been spend on developing their own lines. We know without the shadow of a doubt that Morphy was brilliant, but we can't compare him to modern players because the scene has changed too much for a valid comparison.

What a treat to come across this! Morphy's my favorite and Ben's always fun to watch, so glad this exists.

Thanx to GM Finegold for mixing humour n teaching helps me remember alot n thanx to the producer Ben Simon for giving us access to the videos keep up the good work👏👏👏

Your "Legends of Chess Lecture Series" are outstanding! ~ Thanks GM Ben!

I really like his lectures. Good stuff.

thanks for this video ben, I've been working towards seeing thousands of moves ahead ever since watching this.

A new Finegold lecture on Morphy? Sweet!

Man, funny and instructive, fiercely enjoyed it!!!! greetings from Belgium 🍻 thank you very much for your lesson

First 10 minutes without a game, only Ben speaking, luv it

Morphy: most entertaining chess player Ben finegold: best entertainer when talking with peeps

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!! YOU KNOW SOMETHING important Morphy know everithing

theres 2 reasons why I watch chess club & SCoSL videos: to get better in chess and to laugh about ben's jokes :-) thank you..!! waves from switzerland...

@dylanperry377

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't like him when I first seen one of his lectures, but then I started to notice that his trash talk isn't malicious. And even though he is corny, he seems like a good, humble, honest, funny guy.

GM Finegold is hilarious. Always puts me in a good mood.

I never thought that it was possible to hear about Vasilios Kotronias at a lecture about Paul the First.. Nice presentation btw, thanks GM Finegold :)

great presentation style.... and sense of humor...

17:37 "Oh, Kc6? I missed that. Okay. But that blocks the knight, that's ridiculous." He was messing with that dude, right? That's a mate in one with Nd8. Moments like this are why Finegold is my favorite lecturer.

still watching these in 2019

You make the best presntations. Not only do you know your stuff really well, but you are hilarious.

i cant belive how many times ive seen this

This guy is so funny ! I love this !

Thanks!

Ben you are a legend!

Fantastic stuff....the thing that struck me ....was the accuracy of Paul Morphy.......calculating through to mate leaving captures and avoiding seemingly powerful short term advantages while making his moves in the face of weaker opposition is the kind of thing computer engines do routinely against weaker human opponents.....only there were not computers then calculating with brute force or enjoying the breath of a data base to work from. back then............or were they (cue twilight zone theme : ).....there is no question given recorded history.....that he was well ahead of his time....great lecture Mr Finegold.....

17:38 for those of you that don't know: answer to ..Kb6-c6, is Nf7-d8#

Very instructive even with Ben's sarcasm overload...lol. I genuinely feel that GMs before the age of computers are not given enough props. Unbelievable stuff from Morphy.

I love this guy

Paul Morphy was such a beast! By far the best player of all time when compared to his peers.

Shit stopping brillant commentaries by the wonderful Mr. ben....love his patter...love his jokes...yeah....

I'd like to see a game between Morphy vs GM Ken West ;)

I really enjoy GM Finegold's down-to-earth humorous style of presentation.

I totally love the somewhat obscure but brilliant Simpson's reference, "Put it in H" !

@scowell

4 жыл бұрын

I know Ben is a font of all arcana Simpson... but I thought he copped this one from GingerGM.

Love Finegold !!!

Besttttttttttt videooooooooo everrrrrrrrrrr

@parthsexperiments7366

5 жыл бұрын

Thank u

Great Comment i love Paul Morphy

I was really looking forward to the Bronstein Lecture! Please post it!

@STLChessClub

9 жыл бұрын

Spiritbro77 Sorry, but it wasn't recorded.

@Spiritbro77

9 жыл бұрын

That's a shame. He's my favorite chess master. Oh well. Can't go back in time to record something.... Merry Christmas to everyone at the Chess Club!

@MainlineNovelty

9 жыл бұрын

Morphy could, he has a time machine...

@patrickmoloney672

7 жыл бұрын

First thing I read this morning. Today is a good day.

Super 💯 explained

wow these games are cool

28:32 "They're like _'Wow, a pawn_! Wow!'" LOL! I almost choked to death on my sandwich laughing at that. GM Finegold is seriously hilarious. He should do stand up.

Morphy employed most of the pieces if not at all in the attack. Its amazing and something too be considered.

"He likes to retreat, like any frenchman." Man, a lot of trash talking goes on in St Louis.

@siLence-84

4 жыл бұрын

Common joke about the French..

@Remyfication

3 жыл бұрын

And its getting old...

BEN if you read this please never stop.

ahh.. what a shame that the bronstein lecture is unavailible! I really like his style, and I bet gm finegold showed some awesome moves and combinations of his.. Well, you can't have everything I guess.

more Finefold please ..

21:33 - Ben: "White resigned" - Sweet-ass crowd: "Ooooowww :("

Finegold is like really funny and he's got stories.

Hello GM Finegold, I like your lectures and am a great fan of your teaching. One lesson that stuck with me from your lessons is 'use all your pieces'. Below is a game where I used all my pieces(sacked most of them, dare I say Morphy style) , and checkmated my opponent, who didn't move three of his pieces. I know the game is 'very suspicious' , but I thoroughly enjoyed playing it, thanks to you. [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.06"] [White "puttaloo"] [Black "Dan-27"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1475"] [BlackElo "1550"] [TimeControl "30|0"] [Termination "puttaloo won by checkmate"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.d4 g5 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.b3 c6 7.Ne5 Bxe5 8.dxe5 b5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qh5+ Kg7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Nd2 Qe6 13.Nf3 c5 14.O-O-O Kf8 15.Rd6 Qe8 16.Qg4 Rh7 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Qxg5 Qf7 19.Rf1 Rg7 20.Qd8+ Qe8 21.Rxf4+ Rf7 22.Rxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rf6+ Nxf6 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.e6 Qxe6 26.Qg7# 1-0

Nice!

The first game showed was against his uncle. What a beating to receive from your nephew.

@leadnitrate2194

3 жыл бұрын

Khal Draco? Is that a GoT reference?

@12jswilson

3 жыл бұрын

@@leadnitrate2194 it's a combination of several different fandoms, including GoT.

Mr. Ben is funny, would love to meet him :D

@liver1865

8 жыл бұрын

+altair91100 ME TOOO!!!!

Morphy was a machine

I could beat morphy if he didn't have atleast one of his pieces That piece is the king.....

@4pm462

4 жыл бұрын

how are you checkmating him if he doesnt have a king

@hamidurrahman8736

4 жыл бұрын

If Ben was not drunk, for sure he wanted to say, that piece was the Queen

@noahstonemusic

4 жыл бұрын

So you would lose?

@danytzvi861

3 жыл бұрын

if you think you can win at chess when your oponent doesnt have a king then you will have a tough time with morphy haha

queen e8 was mate also in second position when he block check with queen to f6. Anyway very good video :D

more Ben Finegold!!!

excuse me Ben, imma let you finish, but Beyonce made the greatest video of all time. The greatest video of all time.

@brianred7146

5 жыл бұрын

Rotfl!

@dannygjk

5 жыл бұрын

lol XD

"Well, he is setting up for the next game" LOL

I wish Ben Finegold would write a book about Paul Morphy's games

unsurpassed chess beauty !!!

Hey, in the last game, isnt it R4f3? With R1f3, it makes no sense because after h5 black could play Nxf4, and after Bg4 white could just play Rxg4 both instantly winning. It makes sense if the rook is on f1 in stead of f4 though.

That's a great mate in the first game.

Comedy gold, finegold!

Morphy truly was the greatest!

That was a record lecture judging by the number of times he referred to this Ken West guy )

Those games are awesome. Just sacrificing all of pieces and still win. Also.. Ben Finegold FTW Also.. Class dismissed

@altair91100

8 жыл бұрын

+Belfor09 I love games from 19th century, they are so dynamic, brilliant and beautiful. Grandmasters' games nowadays are like 35 moves, nothing happens, then someone ends up with an extra pawn and his opponent resigns, meh

@KARTIKEYA007

8 жыл бұрын

+Nerian I bet you cant find the combos which morphy used to find in the 1800s, implying that u would also get smacked by him.

@KARTIKEYA007

8 жыл бұрын

***** Professional chess players would be complete shit without computers and no chess theory to learn from. Morphy had no theory at all to study but still made the best moves according to engines, you can check out the game in engine of today and see that many of his moves were top recommendations. In other words, if a person today becomes 3300 rating when all others are around 2800, then he would be considered a genius, same was with morphy. He was MUCH higher rated than all of his opponents that why he is considered a genius. Engines today completely beat any super GM in all games(black / white). Engines are considered to be around 3300 elo. So does that mean that the super GMs of today are bad?? does it mean that? no. It's just that the conventional chess wisdom of today cant see the complexities which engines manage to see. Some day crossing 3000 would be easier but that wont mean that carlsen etc will become bad.

@TheClassicWorld

8 жыл бұрын

+KARTIKEYA007 In fact, Morhpy never once opened a single chess book! True genius. Greatest chess player of all time, by far. Really just like the Leo of chess.

@Bobobhehe

8 жыл бұрын

ciri :3

In this lecture GM Finegold mentioned his own KZread channel but I can't find it. Anybody know the channel name?

@LudiCoka

9 жыл бұрын

channel name: "Ben Finegold"

@colourmegone

9 жыл бұрын

LudiCoka Thanks! Now subscribed.

@colourmegone

9 жыл бұрын

***** Spanner. Next question...

@wasreallygoodnikka

9 жыл бұрын

colourmegone You probably went over his head with that one.

A prize for the most King moves! LMAO!

Yeah, Ken West!

Morphy😘💪💪💪💪💪

Damn it, Ken West!

Poor Ken West gets absolutely BTFO in every Finegold lecture and I love it.

at 15:28 Nf5 loses to Qb4+ Nd2 hxg5, very suspicious

Morphy is a chess legend!

I allow myself two corrections: the date of the match Morphy-Maurian and 1857 and the match attributed to Thomas Herbert Worrall in reality he was never in New York in 1857 it is about some other opponent this match was played during the 1st american Chess Congress and Worral was never there

Murphy didn't hate chess after 1859. He just had no competition. And as for his disregard of chess as a profession... I wrote a paper on this in my PhD program. It was a common thing in the mid 19th century. Chess was considered akin to whist.

@innosanto

8 ай бұрын

Is whist not good? It is a simplified bridge? What is wrong with whist? Oh you mean it was considered passtime activity?

What is the line after at 37:27 black plays Nxf4?

@ja734.

4 жыл бұрын

The game is wrong. Write didn't play R1f3, he played R4f3. There was no rook on f4.

Ben slays me.

In the Seargent(?) book there are two consultation games with Morphy/ someone VS. Staunton/ someone. Morphy's side wins both games and you can sort of tell Morphy is calling the shots. They are very interesting games.

@giriiyer3968

Жыл бұрын

Morphy/Barnes vs Staunton/Owen. One game is available but the other is not Anyway in my opinion Staunton was quite poor quality even by the 1858 standards. It was a correspondence game which Morphy side won. It wasn't such a good game,and May be a bit funny,as Staunton was not all that good. Of course,imo alone.

There IS a rating system for backgammon, (4:50) it's called Performance Rating (PR). It measures, on average, how much a player loses per move as compared to eXtreme Gammon. (BG program). For instance Mochy is about 2.5., so he's 97.5% perfect.

I like the outro song

"Dude this is too easy let me play you as _enjamin or _eingold!!?".All Morphy's games are chess lectures in themselves ,superbly instructional.

My favourite player that ever lived is ben Finegold

Hi guys, I'm from Germany and I have a question: Every time a piece moves to h4 Finegold says "h4, put it an h". I don't get that. Can someone explain this joke to me?

What does he mean when he says "check with advantage" or "mate with advantage"?

@Callofduty1952

7 жыл бұрын

SynsityGW it's sarcasm because the advantage is obvious

@MarCel-ih6ui

5 жыл бұрын

"Mate with a slight advantage" says everything

whose the kid he was talking about at the end mako veo?

At 17:25 when black king on b6 was checked by bishop he had another move...moving to c6, did anyone else catch that?

@Frankdtankspanks

9 жыл бұрын

kevin franklyn then Knight d8 is mate

Great presentation on Morphy ... I agree, the best there ever was, but I'm not too sure how he'd come out against a Fischer..