"I used to be good back in those days. Now I lecture you guys. So you see what happened." Under breath: "What did happen?" lmao

You blunder enough pieces, you don't need to sacrifice any 😂😂😂

This guy is so funny. and the fact that he tells a joke and doesn't smile, laugh, or even acknowledge the joke he just made makes it that much funnier.

Finegolds hair line is very suspicious

"Those of you watching at home... yeah, YOU!" Brilliant

There are a couple episodes on this channel when the camera zooms in, and it gives off a "The Office" feel to it accidentally LMAO

He keeps telling me I'm bad and I love it :)

Damn, Yasser only makes it to the intermediate class? Tough audience

Ben's humor is a lot easier to understand when you get all of his random movie references. Being a chess and movie geek, I just found him tolerable at first, then eventually found him really amusing and enjoyable to watch.

"Ra7 is risky because of Qd8 mate" lmaooo

New drinking game . Whenever Ben says terrible or suspicious take a shot .

Even the most dim witted individual with an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology can see this move.

This man has got to be super tactical because he's super humourous

"I am too old for this position"

I love this man! Even if he is "rude" at times, I don`t see it as rude. He just puts it in a humorous way, so I really don`t mind, because I know he does not mean it "bad"... Furthermore he makes fun about himself at times, so you see he is just a funny man. So you get entertained and learn something at the same time, isn`t that great!?

I liked the lecture. He didn't insult anybody and was quite humorous and engaging. More lectures with him please. To make it even better, there was an appearance by the incomparable GM Seirawan. Thank you for the uploads.

27:06 "I'm still confused" "yeah you should be" Kek.

No this guy is really super funny and entertaining. I like him so much :)

Billyray Martin, I felt the same way when I watched Ben the first time. I didn't know if I was learning anything between insults. So I watched the other GMs for a while and a few weeks later I went back to his. Then I found him quite entertaining and informative. If you "get" his humor you start to love him. I'd like to meet him some day.

When I attack I wave my arms around and go RAAWWR!

Ben and Yasser have a beautiful bromance.

Giving your students such a good confidence boost "you play badly, but I played worse... Not really" lol

haha ^^ never seen a chess comedian before !! great combination of knowledge delivering and keepin' the audience awake.

still watching this playlist.....almost nostalgically :)

Thank you for all of your great words of wisdom Mr. Dr. Professor. Grandmaster Finegold!!!

This was a great video! It was very instructive to me. I loved all the example games and in-depth explanations for each move.

6:40: "Well Bisguier wasn't Bisguier anymore and Soltis was never Soltis..." Bad Ben... Bad!

Nothing but love for Ben, please keep him coming!

I must say GM Finegold, I have been diligently and watching ALL your lessons here on youtube and I just had to say, I am LOVING IT! You are FANTASTIC!

gotta love how he rips on his students constantly

"In 1950..." That impression was on point

When will we get a lecture from GM Ken West?

Ben, love your videos and teaching style....!!!

another great lecture....my favorite part....Ben knows Canadian Geography!!!

Another entertaining from the 40 year old GM. Many thanks.

You ROCK Ben, God Bless you. You need to put out some DVDs and get some moola rolling in. U derserve it! Thanks for these Lectures. Thanks to the STL Chess Club and to Yasser. You guys are treasure troves!

The lectures off Ben are amazing, he is very knowledgeable but he is also really funny!

I fucking love this guy. Such a contrast from Akobian. If I was going to be taught, it would be by Ben.

"Now you're making some sense - not much, but some" :-D

Great lecturer 💝

He makes jokes but he does it in a nice way letting the people try and find the correct moves and not making them look foolish I like him.

Fine gold has lot of sense of humor which makes his lecture much much better............. he is unique....... I like him.......

The Vassilis Kotronias ref came out of the blue - like what?? I love these unexpected refs make you want to listen more.

hes great i love this dude

im studen from vietnam, really admire to you, to your lecture, respect!

i love this guy.

I watched this video and then only made 9 mistakes in the first 10 moves. Thanks Ben!

@ Cory Kent.. I thought the same at first, but when I watched more of his videos, I started to look at it differently. He's not really trying to "diminish" other people, because he makes fun of himself as well... It's just light hearted humour, nothing more.. I think when you watch more of his videos, you'll start enjoying it.

Super cool guy, pleasure to watch...

Excellent instructor!

LOL! Yes me. I am watching at home and I am a fish. Guilty as charged, however, I love your videos and Yassers and Irenas and thank you, hopefully I can learn something. God bless you all and keep the videos coming!

"I like white. That rook on B7 is so powerful it scares the bejesus out of me." ...That's pretty close to how I analyze.

ok, he was my favorite so far. Terrible. thanks a lot for sharing all of these great vids.

This guy is incredible

"Knife f5." lmao

"The lower rated players in this class - which is all of you" lmao

This was uploaded on my birthday =)

Ben's jokes are always immortal😂😂😂.No matter how was ur mood VERY SUSPICIOUS!, the beginning of the video brings smile to everyone's face! TERRIBLE!!

lol at the hyperbolic topology comment. as a 1st year grad student moving into Algebraic Geometry, was excited to hear a nerd topic within a chess video!

At 28:30 doesn't Bxe5 work faster than the recommended f4? Just curious, as I don't use an engine.

Such a funny moment. At 24:41 Ben says "Especially watching at home. Yeah you." And I was like "Hey that's me." Then he's like "He knows who I'm talking about." And I was like "*insert head explosion* I know EXACTLY who you're talking about." That was funny.

[44:58] Where does Ben get these jokes. Now if he mates me, I mate him first.

I remember the pasadena us open in 1983. Peter Falk (Columbo) was there observing.

Ben knows how to get his point across in style. I admit when he said I'll bet you can't find a checkmate in one, I paused the video for the longest time and was swearing at the monitor. lol

Hiki catching strays back in 2013!

1:00-1:15 Had me in stitches!

LOL Morphy style was popular before Gangnum style, fo sho.

Finegold is gold bruh

Oh god this was in 2013, time flys

2:30 simpsons reference to the mad professor ( I can’t remember his name, maybe prof frink )

I find analyzing games that you lose more instructive than the ones you win.

this is a good video

He's cool!

Classic finegold

This guys effortlessly funny

"Yeah you! That's right!" The truth hurts.

13:51 "Such a nice guy." LMAOOOOO

I also played Albert Chow in Chicago in an exhibition match where he had one minute and I had 10 minutes. I somehow managed to win both games, even though I was, and still am a below-tournament-level player (a noob).

"I was good back in those days. Now, I lecture you guys" :D :D :D Legend!

“Trying is the first step to failure… Truth hurts.“ -Ben Finegold… A joke “modified“ by me strictly using ONLY Ben’s words! This dude is hilarious! The truth does hurt unless in this case it doesn’t(Another statement inspired by Ben! L to the friggin OL Feingold‘s humor is fine gold! Lol

6:50 he says his rating was 2000 at the US open in 1982...and he was also 12 years old at the time. Is that not a chess prodigy/genius?? I know that's not grand master 2500+ but a 12 year old being rated 2000 in 1982 seems incredible.

@ 20:40 why not move h4 bishop (somewhere/anywhere but xf6) for 1 move mate threat?

But which Kanye did the audience guy guess? (from the 35 minute - 36th minute extended joke part)

That reference to Nigel Short's gem haha

14:56 out of nowhere that frightened me

24:38 :'c

Intro name at starting?

genius

FUN!

what software is he using?

Notice how nervous Ben gets when Yasser walks into the room. It looks like he developed a tick, starts sweating profusely, and talks even quicker about something that has nothing to do with his game (probably a Yasser lecture from earlier on Short vs. Kasparov).

"Made a 9 question mark move." LOL

song in the begining?

Yasser is the only man the camera moves for

wooo, Mississauga reference

47:25 I think Bxd4. After cxd4, then Qh4+. Then, the king has 3 options. Ke2 or Ke3, which both lose to Re8+, followed by either Kf3 and Qg3#, or Kd2 and Rxd4 (That's why i wanted to take on d4 with the bishop, otherwhise i couldn't win the queen). The last option Kf3, seems to lose to Re8, trapping the king, and threatening mate in 1. The only defense i can find is Rg1, but that only seems to prolong the inevitable. With Qh3+ Kf2 Qh2+, Kf3 is forced, and then Qf4#. So either mate or wins the queen, but i can't find a forced mate in the Ke2 Re8+ Kd2 Rxd4 variaton, but it gives black a solid advantage. Is there anyone who can see it, because i can't...

Rawr!

4:42 he's talking about Manmohan Singh.

What's that into music!

Lively video. You would list the games on the summary, so that the viewer can look up the full games easily. The jokes were fine, but some of the comments (e.g. about Chow) were rude. Players should treat opponents with respect.