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Ben makes me feel like the smartest person in my chair. Don’t touch my chair

In the game of chess, you must never let your opponent see your pieces

Go Ben! But also, stay there!

This is weird, I fell asleep last night watching your video on the 1984 match, then I wake up and find this, I'm somehow getting updates on decades old chess matches in real time.

Thank you Ben and all the lovely people who work so hard to give us these fantastic videos.

Phenomenal edit in the middle there, absolutely flawle - uh - I mean, what edit?

More, we need more games!

go ben

I like how Ben tells stories

Love the lectures

Thank you I enjoyed this

Bro I swear that this intro puts a smile on me every time I have no idea why, but I’m happy about it

Sixteen games seems a good compromise length for a match. I don't like the 10, 12, or 14 game matches either but I hate blitz finishes even more. Just restore the champion retaining the title in the event of a tied match.

Some of these lectures were filmed before you were born!!

You might have mentioned that Fischer/Karpov would have indeed happened had FIDE accepted Fisher's final condition, that the challenger had to win not only 10 games but also by a two-point margin. So a 10-9 'win' by the challenger would still have been insufficient to win the title.

looking for a chess coach; are you still in the market of coaching? if so, how can I look at your plans?

I went to two of the London games. Absolutely fascinating and memorable.

Karpov and Kasparov, one did this one did that.... *In the rythm of Paul Revere* He did it like this He did it like that He did it with a whiffle ballbat So I'm on the run the cop got my gun Right about now is time to have some fun The king Adrock that is my name And I know the fly spot where they got the champagne Don't forget that

Hooray!

The unlimited match seemed like a good idea at the time because people like Charles Kalme conned people into thinking that a match to 10 wins wouldn't go longer than 23 games, because that's how long such matches took in the 19th century. It sounds totally insane, but Kalme was a professional mathematician and had a series of specious arguments that people were afraid to challenge because of his credentials, and also because they really wanted to believe it, because the Unlimited Match was "Fischer's System". Basically, Kalme believed that there was an unalterable, scientific "Draw Expectation" that was 100% based on the match format, and was totally unaffected by other factors, like player parity, playing styles, era, or anything else. According to Kalme, a Pure Wins match was the best format, and guaranteed very few draws (because if people have to win 10 games, they'll obviously try to do it as quickly as possible). On the other hand, the worst format was the Wins or Points format, that Karpov and Korchnoi had used in the 1974 Candidates Final (never mind that the other 6 Candidates Matches that year used the same format, without getting the same results. Kalme was famous for tossing out data that didn't fit the pattern he wanted). Anyway, Kalme's views were ruined in 1978, when Karpov and Korchnoi had almost exactly the same number of draws after Game 24 in a Pure Wins match as they had had in the Wins or Points match. But the Pure Wins format struggled on anyway, until the 1984/5 match killed it stone dead.

1:41 Ben Finegold = Bruce Banner, confirmed.

at the final position in game 2, game is lost anyway, but what about Bh7 to defend against mate (Qe3) with g5?

At 27:02 you say that if ...,QxPd6 then Re8+, which wins Q for R. Better is your favorite move (Knife f5). That is, Nf5+ winning Q for free.

Wonder what Ben said when they needed to cut the video

nice game

Go ben!

Wasn't Nd7 in the second game a sealed move?

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I've seen this one!

Go ben go ben

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In the final position, black can play Bh7, so if white plays Qe3 then black plays g5.

Mrs. T opening a world chess championship is dope.

Ben is watching "Sweet Anita Speedrun to Prison", wtf :D

This video is full of weird things happening, weird things said..and good chess analysis..

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Definitely "or"

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Question! Why can't black play bishop back to h7 and the push g5 if check. Given that black is losing but there is still a chance?

29:15 What?

what is ben watching 29:15 sweet anita speenrun to prison lmao

Is Rc4 a blunder? Should he just take the rook?

39:55 where's the mate after Bh7?

hi ben 👍

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Ben, if you don't like the wiki page, you can add content to it.

Why is Kasparov better than Karpov? Because he has the spa.

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very suspicious

(EDIT: Last game) Instead of resigning Black plays Bh7 and White takes the c pawn. Black is still losing badly, more than a rook....less than a queen but the game goes on for while.

Wikipedia is a collective effort. Whoever knows something and has a reference can add that information. It's not a website that a single entity builds up.

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I don't think I agree with you that the "unlimited" match format is dumb... I think it sounds like it could be interesting. Maybe Magnus would be more interested in continuing to defend the title if it wasn't compressed down to two weeks or whatever it currently is. More time for preparation, or to just take a break for a few weeks or even months.

He's queening

Ben is not a Zoom grandmaster

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It's all about the Benjamins...

Fischer was right - chess players are petty and mean spirited. Chew on that.

Game one analysis was a bit sloppy. Too shallow, frankly, terrible.

Where is Grandmaster Benjamin Finegold ? I'm Carlo Cali 1800 and change no title and your not. Shalom Ben, you had better be Jewish too. What's your opinion ? Could the Jewish player from Brooklyn Bob Fischer have handed Karpov ? I must admit, I think he would, but he was terrified he might lose. I'm dying to hear what GM Finegold thinks. Oh the Iron Lady 👩.....

This is the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life. You need to get therapy not a clip mic to show off while you talk into your gaming headset for a 'lecture'

I googled Narcissist and it sent me here.