Back Rank Checkmates: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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27 күн бұрын

GM Ben Finegold discusses back rank checkmate. This lecture was recorded October 28, 2018 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.
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@tukkis 26 күн бұрын

Make luft not war

@mikehartl8665 23 күн бұрын

😁

@atticussalmon9064 25 күн бұрын

Never in my life did I think I would hear Ben Finegold roasting some poor kid with Plato's Allegory of the cave

@antonio_brewer 25 күн бұрын

@17:05 The kid "I see mate" Ben "yeah so anyway Mike Tyson. . ." 😂

@alexandergedeon409 25 күн бұрын

Ben is really very good with the kids. Heartwarming! Nice work.

@12jswilson 25 күн бұрын

Great Lectures of the Past

@ostensiblyquerulous 25 күн бұрын

Hey Ben I'm doubtful you'll see this but I played in my first USCF chess tournament today and went 2/4 in the U1600 section. Just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me - I'm definitely older than most of the people there but I'm happy to challenge myself and learn.

@alphadoughnut2651 25 күн бұрын

Good work man. Keep it up and never lose sight of your goals whatever they may be

@ostensiblyquerulous 23 күн бұрын

@@alphadoughnut2651 Appreciate it! You too!

@guitarmachine13 17 күн бұрын

nice

@guitarmachine13 26 күн бұрын

rumour has it ben wrote bobby fischer's chess book

@f.d.3289 25 күн бұрын

then it would have been fun to read

@NelsonBoy2734 26 күн бұрын

GO BEN!!

@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579 9 күн бұрын

@31:27 Ben makes an Allegory of the Cave reference. This is why I watch.

@SeddincY 23 күн бұрын

Ben is just the best in teaching kids ❤ there's always this wholesome dad/uncles vibes whenever he teaches kids

@OblivionEight 25 күн бұрын

I played a Lichess Liga blitz tourney today and I noticed back rank tactics in SO MANY games today, thanks to this video. Even had a fun one where I forked a rook/queen/mate. Really great lecture!

@GregTurismo 17 күн бұрын

Hello young Ben. Didn’t expect to see you here.

@ircjesselee 22 күн бұрын

Etienne Bacrot sponsored the lecture, Kramnik accused him of cheating, and Ben said "No talking".

@trevkivela9426 26 күн бұрын

The truth hurts

@Taycatte 25 күн бұрын

TImely uploads as always, Ben!

@solidpython4964 24 күн бұрын

In the last game after Qb2, what is the response against Rc8? All I can see is that the black rook can't take the white rook or he hangs his queen, and the black queen can't take the white queen because it hangs mate. Maybe black is supposed to play Qb1 check afterwards, but then I think white blocks with Qf1. Clearly I'm missing something if the computer says it's plus 7 for black, I just can't see what. Edit: Nevermind, after Qb1 Qf1, you can trade queens and then the white rook is hanging so black wins.

@f.d.3289 25 күн бұрын

"Chessbase is just a stupid program." As a guy with 25 years of software engineering on my back, I want to agree most heartily. One of the really great things about Ben is that he just says what he thinks. Also, I'll always love every single video where he teaches a class of kids...

@f.d.3289 25 күн бұрын

20:00 this totally reminded me of a lovely trap with which i won several online games in 8 moves or so. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.e5 dxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1 7.Raxd1 Nh5 8.Nd5 Nxf4?? 9.Nxc7+ Kf8 10.Rd8# This lovely trap made me play the Jobava-London because I looked for something to kick King's Indian Defense players' asses and boy do I kick ass now. (Of course, against more serious players I play 5.Qd2 instead of 5.e5 and kick their asses more slowly :)