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Given that Tal was from Latvia which the Soviets invaded and annexed in 1940, and russified thereafter until independence was restored in 1991, it is entirely possible that your comment that there was a rule that he had to be called Mikhail has some sliver of truth. Wikipedia gives his Latvian name as Mihails Tāls and his birth in 1936. Though from what I understand he was very russified, even did his university degree in Russian literature
Man, Karen looks just like Bert of Bert and Ernie fame.
@12:40 "He's trying to play the dragon sicilian" Trying is the first step to failure...?
I'm not trying to seem rude or anything but I really don't like Ben Finegold. Something just feels off and wrong about him. I feel like he probably has used engines to win games and he probably stages/fakes some of his games.
sounds like a you problem
Tal's calculation is over-rated. I have it on good authority that he calculated 2 + 2 as 5.
I still remember when it was said that Lance Armstrong would not cheat, but would have particularly strong muscles. The question is rather who is not cheating in elite sports.
You pulled it out - thats what she said ....LOL
GO BEN!!
Lubalanja should be Ljubljana 😂😂😂
9:12 that "Petrosian" pronunciation was very good, go Ben!
this the oldest old man chess game i've seen in years
29:01
I’d love to see a look at that game one of Tals WC win. Goes in, smashes his opponent with some super secret tech as white in g1? Or some boring squeeze?
They all went to old school
@GMBenjaminFinegold You say things that are hard to listen. Things like "Coaches are irrelevant", "Reading books does not help", "Solving hard tactical problems won't do much",... And I got what you're saying . It kind makes us sad and disappointed. But, I know you're right. It is something I got admit and keep going forward. Studying and not playing lots of Chess will not make someone improve at chess. The thing is "Play lots of chess and analyze your games with a coach or engine..." and "Learn with your own games". Thank you, Ben.
Who was on Fisher's team ?
A King walkathon
Lingerie man, lingerie! That's future for all YT creators!
There is truly no greater joy than making a 12-year-old miserable.
Nice to hear my country used to host events such as these. Bled is beautiful! Shame this is all in the past and most young people don't know about our rich chess history and since the breakup of Yugoslavia chess is not talked about and deemed less important for some reason. We even had a candidate one time(Milan Vidmar) and he was among the greats of his time. Thank you for another great lesson, hope you will visit Slovenia again!
Wow, that was some good trolling of a kid.
i don't know why but i just love content about these dusty old 1950s-1980s tournaments and players. thank you so much Ben, it's always an enlightening pleasure to listen to you :)
Mikhail Tal is never dusty
When Ben does an accent it just sounds like a word he can't pronounce
Oh hell yeah, more Mike Tal content
These candidates came before Ben was born.
classic !
Korchnoi "would have been a bit young" Like 28? 😋
Go comment! What if I'm interested in sponsoring a lecture on Kramnik and his 'Make Chess Great Again' ideas? Nevermind, I just banned myself.
Thanks Phil. Thanks Ben "In this Position" Finegold.
Always second
Always comment first!
Very interesting lecture, as it helped me understand why the bishop+queen battery is so succesful in the Queen's Gambit. Maybe a way to defend from it is keeping the knights and try to exchange the white bishop? Many mates come from that battery. Interesting!
Did he try to decapitate your king too?
More Kramnik jokes!
Go Ben! Now go back! Now go Ben! Now go back! Checkmate. -This game if it were a youtube comment
So was Ben playing as boring as possible on purpose because he was playing against a kid? It's something I've done on purpose in the past. Kids will often get bored and lose focus, or they'll play something bad to try to make the game less boring. One of my most memorable tournament game wins was making a long series of innocuous boring moves while the kid opposite me moved instantly, visibly frustrated. But my shuffling had a threat he overlooked that got me the win. That'll teach him to try to have a fun game of chess.
Lol. Exactly!
"This is the Nimzoindian, an opening you shouldnt have seen before" "oh, ive seen it" "tshhhh, no talking!" 😂
Samuel Sevi-ain’t
Chess Slavoj Zizek (-voice)
How does anyone look at Ben Feingold and still believe GM's burn 6000 calories a day.
What?! About 4K views and only 81 likes??? Come on gimme a break I've never been so mad
What happens after the Qg6 check for white though, I thought about g5 but couldn’t figure this out because it seems that the queen can just take on g5 after the king slides away. I couldn’t see past that.
Theres a pawn on f7
@@berggeistwukong1650 now I feel dumb 😭 in my defense it was 3 am
"Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6
This is a Norm MacDonald-worthy shaggy dog.
That guy went on to become a doctor. Must have been a Steely Dan fan
I know that three pieces is vastly superior to a rook and three pawns, but Ben makes it look trivial
I literally stopped in the middle of driving to tell you please do not eat while you make videos it is so obnoxious
Beautiful checkmate there got dam
Thank you I appreciate your uploads so much
No arguments whatsoever. Cherry-picking I think this guy does not even understand what it means. Kramnik is very detailed. If you don’t agree fight him with arguments. But I guess Ben needs klicks for his KZread channel