Ben's European days were so wild that I heard he even played f6

6:28 Ben: ...as in the game Fischer - Bisguier. What was Bisguier's fatal mistake? Ken West: Showing up. Man, Ken might not be learning from the chess but he's sure as hell learning from the savageness.

His videos as fine as gold to me

I love this dude

Ben Finegold is amazing, he can do anthing.. he can even beat usian bolt in chess.

Mondays are better with Ben.

Ben Truly understood what pedagogy is all about

"K, he should go on wheel of fortune and buy a vowel" 😂😂

NH3 smells. NH4 only exists in liquids and does not smell that bad.

:) I watch these lectures by Finegold in one sit.

I think Ben Finegold helped program Stockfish 7, i was just reviewing my last game and the computer said the best move for black was Nh8

the komodo dragon joke is really good!

Cool video. Thanks!!

More vids with Ben please.

Gorgeous game, that last one. :)

I got strangely hyped when it became known that Ben knows who Arthur Rubinstein is.

Ben is awesome really

32:35 "last but least" Gold. Finegold. Lol

Amazing

Thanks Ben your making me crack up and its only been 6 minutes.

I'm pretty sure Belgium doesn't exist.

He is fine gold !

Really liking the title Mr. Simon, sounds like you could have put a Ben hot tub story in here... But really, thank you for all your hard work doing these videos for us.

Awesome games and an Austin Powers reference: great video!

Will Grandmaster Finegold for sure be doing live, on-site commentary again at this year's Sinquefield Cup?

Hey Ben! It's great as always! Could you do more Chigorin defense games? The complexity fascinates me!

Did Ben Finegold get in a bar fight or something?

I had a game ending exactly like the one at 31:30, in a 10/0 match... pretty sure my opponent was floored after Rf8. (*Can't remember if the rook was on the f-file but the rest of the pieces on the queenside were in the exact same position.)

Finegold for President

If you can make Ben Finegold laugh, you`re pretty funny

42:58 "The King runs around de Boer" :D

3 weeks without a new yasser video!! :(

Thimbs up for Austin Powers joke =D

Is no one gonna talk about how the intro beat slaps hard af?

Could you tell me please the name of the song on the preview

you took more than one train to prague Ben? But i guess not at the same time?

yeah for Prag before I was born

19:40 rofl

6:22 ffs Ben😂

15:33

11:40 Re5!

ok ben simon😆☺

That woz fu@K'n hilarious! Do chess players really have this much fun?!!

Theres free, theres not free, thats not free

first game looks like a draw. I guess if there is a time issue it may be a different story. 21:21 But Kg6 you get the knight after rook takes rook. White then takes H7 pawn with check and then A7 pawn. White knight captures on C3. and it is 4 pawns vs 4 pawns, and a rook vs knight. That should be a draw, right? Or is rook vs knight only a draw if there are no pawns?

my god Ben you used to be a terrific player. I always wondered how you got to be a GM, these games explain it. Fantastic moves. Forget what the computer says. Computer moves are for computers. You were winning from the opening until the very end against Haba. It's like you said. If there is one single move for black and a dozen moves for white, that means white has an overwhelming advantage. The computer might say "equal" but that's obviously wrong. That's the whole point of chess! We play moves that make sense. We have plans. We create small advantages and turn them into larger advantages. Computers, they can calculate 20 moves deep and watching their games is like watching an episode of "Ancient Aliens." Humans just can't understand computer games. Yes we can put "ideas" behind computer moves, but in the end . . . it's a strange alien intelligence the computers have. so yeah you were definitely destroying Haba. The computer isn't wrong necessarily it's just playing a different game than humans play. Three incredibly strong games from a fantastic young IM about to get his norms . . . except it did take you a while for some reason.

"its not knight f5, its....." --- Unicorn f5?

29:30 hahahahahaha 😂😂😂

You hate the Dutch but are confused when people don't know what de Boer means. Very suspicious. Great lecture though.

So 5 years ago komodo was better than stockfish?

27:05 Isn't Qxd8+ excellent for white? Instead of Ne2. Kx loses a knight, Nx is impossible, Rx Nxc7+

are there any adult only classes... were can I get expert lessons?

HOUDINI IS BEST CHESS ENGINE

Poor Ken

you win. cant wait for the jokes

Ben I am going to have to sue you for ruining my grades over the last couple of weeks. Excellent videos from the entire team by the way. #Chessclubofstl

At 19:46 after black plays Kf6, couldn't white play Qh6 mate?

23:10 best jokes in the video 😂

what syllable did he want to add 4:55

Did Ben lost his lower tooth?

Delete this video if Spencer ever wants to run for President of the United States.

What is the intro song?

Playing h4 before alphazero

this guy says Jean Claude Van Dam

What was the chicken variation of the Caro Kann joke? I kinda missed that one

two bishops vs two knights endgame plz☺😊👍👍👍

"If there's a fly I don't kill it cause I'm a vegetarian." - GM Ben Finegold

19:33 can't white play Rxe4 here? The point being ...fxe4 Rg3+ Kh8 Rg7 Looks really good for white to me.

What happened to his teeth?

YEs, I agree. JCVD a good movie, maybe the only one good by Van Damme

At 14:19 I think he farted 😂

Ben should play Carlsen for the World Champion. Please make it happen.

loloololol

14:19 somebody farted?

first

It didnt give a value of the game just sayed you are terrible lol