Biggest Blunders from Best Players: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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Biggest Blunders from Best Players: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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GM Ben Finegold's list of 10 of the biggest blunders from the best players around the world.
This lecture was recorded on June 26, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Thank you to Joel and Margaret McEntire for sponsoring this lecture for their daughter Daisy! "Blunders by great players show it is ok to make mistakes and still be great."
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02:47 Magnus Carlsen vs. Merab Gagunashvili, World Blitz, 2006
07:22 Larry Christiansen vs. Anatoly Karpov, Wijk aan Zee, 1993
12:00 Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik, Novgorod, 1994
17:17 Peter Heine Nielsen vs. Sergey Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
22:13 Tigran Petrosian vs. David Bronstein, Candidates, 1956
27:00 László Szabó vs. Samuel Reshevsky, Candidates, 1953
31:50 Surya Ganguly vs. Mukhiddin Madaminov, World Rapid, 2023
34:25 Mikhail Chigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, World Championship, 1892
38:02 Deep Fritz vs. Vladimir Kramnik, Match, 2006
41:59 Friedrich Sämisch vs. José Raúl Capablanca, Karlsbad, 1929
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@NickKravitz 25 күн бұрын

After Kramnik's loss, he started the procedure against Deep Fritz.

@baoboumusic 25 күн бұрын

"Very suspicious" - Kramnik

@giacomogotta2253 25 күн бұрын

Apparently Deep Fritz was using an engine

@jbarth1986 24 күн бұрын

Kind of like when Kasparov accused the deep blue team cheating with human assistance lol

@scheimong 24 күн бұрын

He read Ben's book "Cry like a Grandmaster".

@aro3275 24 күн бұрын

Too bad kramniks daughter wasnt at the door so he could let her in.

@cmhiekses 23 күн бұрын

“Blunder less” as chess advice sounds like “buy low, sell high” as trading advice.

@oldmanyellsatscreen 21 күн бұрын

>Use your time, look around the whole board, do either side have a loose piece? Can I give a check or make a threat? Does my opponent have any threats? What did the last move do? Beyond that it's primarily just practice.

@ilanpi 25 күн бұрын

If I recall Petrosian's biography, this blunder led him to reconsider his play and adopt the strategy of defending threats before his opponent was aware of them (as described by Fischer).

@Momus2024 24 күн бұрын

does he at least describe it coherently?

@ilanpi 24 күн бұрын

@@Momus2024 It wasn't an autobiography.

@mydevice2596 25 күн бұрын

25:37 Maybe Petrosian was trying to play knight to i6, forking the king and queen.

@geo.j27 17 күн бұрын

We see a blunder he sees a tactic because he is playing 4d chess

@Smileater 14 күн бұрын

Underrated comment

@SeddincY 23 күн бұрын

"I was blundering before you were born" . God i just love Ben.

@andrew_owens7680 19 күн бұрын

Fake news. I'm older than he is.

@QuantumHistorian 24 күн бұрын

There's something comforting in knowing that, just like I lay awake at night thinking about some awkward thing I said 15 years ago, Kramnik lies there cringing about the time he blundered mate in 1.

@ibazulic 25 күн бұрын

This is probably the most awesome video Ben ever did

@Momus2024 24 күн бұрын

keep telling yourself that is the reason you are 1200 rated

@ibazulic 24 күн бұрын

@@Momus2024 a) you don't know what my rating is, and b) please look up what sarcasm is. Thanks.

@Matthew-bu7fg 24 күн бұрын

I'd seen a few of these blunders before but there were a few in here I'd never seen. The Petrosian blunder was absolutely mindblowing. Great lecture!

@tomasz9429 25 күн бұрын

"Kasparov played Bd7..." And that's when Kramnik's villain arc has begun.

@ProxorGaming 25 күн бұрын

Exquisite lecture. Thank you, the sponsor and your wife.

@MarkWiseTechno 24 күн бұрын

Peteosian's Ng5?? made me laugh so hard. He went from blundering his queen to extra double quadruple blundering his queen. 😂😂😂

@panache2521 2 күн бұрын

This has to be one of my favorite videos you've ever done

@facespaz 24 күн бұрын

Great idea for a lecture, thanks Ben!

@EqSlay 24 күн бұрын

What a great lecture and topic!

@markkthought 25 күн бұрын

watch this video to not feel so bad

@joelmcentire1 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for doing the video Ben. Good stuff

@bobbyfishstix1189 24 күн бұрын

Great topic! Big shout out to Daisy!!

@joelmcentire1 24 күн бұрын

@@bobbyfishstix1189 thank you for the shout out.

@sasquatch2 25 күн бұрын

3:21 I also know that if I'm facing someone named "Smith" or "Wilson" I'll probably be okay. If they have "villi" at the end of their last name (not only are they from Georgia), I'm probably going to have a rough time.

@Matthew-bu7fg 24 күн бұрын

Very surprised Capablanca was mouse-slipping moves in 1929

@theodentherenewed4785 23 күн бұрын

Imagine having to use a mouse made in 1929. it must have been a dreadful experience.

@Steveross2851 21 күн бұрын

In the Deep Fritz versus Vladimir Kramnik game, Ben Finegold says at 39:53 - 39:55 that he didn't know why Kramnik missed Qh7#. But I remember Kramnik's excuse. Kramnik explained that had the White knight been on g5 or f6 he would have seen Qh7# and prevented it but with the White knight on f8 it was on an unusual square for a knight to support a Qh7# threat so he missed it. Of course it's still extremely surprising that Kramnik missed it but now you know his excuse.

@Joseph55220 25 күн бұрын

Petrosian accidentally bumped the knight I believe. I believe he was reaching for the queen with a cigarette permanently affixed to his hand and hit the knight.

@bluefin.64 24 күн бұрын

When touching the wrong piece is catastrophic, tournament players resign, and the higher the ranking of the players the more certain this is. The score has both Petrosian's move and his opponent's game ending one. In any case, after the game Petrosian said it was humorous that he lost his queen to Black's only active piece, which indicates it was a blunder rather than an accident.

@ShoaibHassan-vo1ku 24 күн бұрын

Coldest pun paired with sneakiest plot twist 45:07

@utkuozdemir3111 25 күн бұрын

Go ben!

@michaelf8221 24 күн бұрын

Excellent topic. Gooooo daisy. But stay there.

@itze_ 20 күн бұрын

New lecture!

@askthepizzaguy 24 күн бұрын

In Kramnik's defense, his opponent was using an engine. Or were they? Is playing an engine the same as your opponent using an engine? Can an engine use an engine? Is water wet or does it just make other things wet? This is getting too philosophical for me.

@meandmynoodles76 24 күн бұрын

you should do a full video of kramnik blunders

@MarcoValli77 25 күн бұрын

I think Karpov went to win the tournament from which his blunder is taken; it was a 2-games matches format. Karpov won the second game, then beat Christiansen in the tie-breaks...and every other player he faced (too lazy to check, because I think I remember that well!)

@Goryus 24 күн бұрын

I hear deep fritz was using an engine

@Nippleless_Cage 18 күн бұрын

Smh my head

@88mphDrBrown 22 күн бұрын

Steinitz vs Chigorin 36:21 Ben says "I don't understand why he allowed Rxd5" If Rxd5, Nf4 forks the rooks winning an exchange. Maybe he was trying to provoke Rxd5.

@Alexander_Kantel 23 күн бұрын

Love you and your lectures from Georgia ( Gladly not from Soviet Georgia but independent )

@axerecords 24 күн бұрын

Hello, mr. Ben. Thank you for actually starting this series. I guess you don't have dementiia after all. How do I subscribe again?

@klatchabobby 22 күн бұрын

I actually made a 3D animated short film about the 1892 game. i'd forgotten the video but seeing the position again I'd remembered this was the game in the video

@flpsnk4848 24 күн бұрын

I am not Benjamin Finegold and I need to remind myself of that very often...

@stephenh9483 7 күн бұрын

love this, awesome

@knightrider585 24 күн бұрын

I remember back when athletes were not banned from sports for supporting their own countries.

@ianpierson9935 6 күн бұрын

There is a great book "How to beat Bobby Fischer, his 61 losing games of chess". Some cracking blunders in that, including a simple miscalculation of a pawn run.

@AliceYobby 14 күн бұрын

Man, that Petrosian blunder hurt me. I genuinely sat there for about 15 minutes with the video paused just admiring the strength of his position. And then the knight move is just the cherry on top. Distressing

@raymond5597 23 күн бұрын

This dude is unintentionally funny

@davidsinclair7439 25 күн бұрын

The topic and sponsor dedication make me wonder whether Daisy was a blunder.

@andress4780 25 күн бұрын

bruh 😮‍💨

@cassidydankochik3294 24 күн бұрын

"Usually you dont miss knight takes queen"

@lukacalov1988 24 күн бұрын

Kramnik: "Deep Fritz was using an engine"

@Steveross2851 22 күн бұрын

Someone told me a story about a Botvinnik versus Bronstein game and despite Ben Finegold saying (at 24:35 of this video) that there was no time pressure, if memory serves, actually their game featured in this video had an extremely wild time scramble. Thus Bronstein was reduced to making knight moves to make time control on move 40 and he made 8 knight moves in a row, his last being ...Nxd6 capturing the hanging queen. Then according to what I was told (I only turned 3 in 1956 so I only heard about it years later) at the closing ceremony Bronstein took the queen off the cake being served, gave it to Petrosian, and told him "now we're even."

@brekinat0r 24 күн бұрын

Notice that many of these blunders are due to not remembering how the knight moves.

@mypony891 22 күн бұрын

Kinda surprised you didn't mention the blunder Ding made when playing against Carlson recently.

@peterschmidt-nielsen3577 24 күн бұрын

At 36:18 probably Chigorin was thinking that if Rxd5, then Nf4, Rxe7, Nxd5+, king somewhere, Nxe7.

@88mphDrBrown 22 күн бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't include Fischer or Nepo's trapping their own bishop in the WC.

@joelcuerrier4833 24 күн бұрын

Make more good moves and less bad moves and your game will be more good and less bad. Wrote it down to remember.

@serrie85 24 күн бұрын

Kramnik wasn't the only one missing that mate against Deep Fritz. I hope I remember correctly, but I think the whole commentary team missed it too. And it wasn't a weak team, some IM's , GM's, think even Anand was there.

@kenmawer2588 Күн бұрын

Before the Botez Gambit, there was the Petrosian Gambit.

@tomer2724 24 күн бұрын

It wasn't a similar mate in the creator tournament, it was the same exact mate! The throbbing mate

@soggycardboardbox 22 күн бұрын

I could hear Thumbnail Ben saying "Truth Hurts".

@darkalman 25 күн бұрын

Petrosion plays the Botez gambit before she was born

@mariuszpudzianowski8400 24 күн бұрын

Was it MVL that blunder mate in 1 against Duda in the opening? That was funny as he was just following theory and ignoring threats.

@dco1019 25 күн бұрын

For the Magnus blunder, I thought you could have had the classical game Giri-Carlsen from the 2011 Tata Steel tournament. I seemingly remember Giri (then 16 years old) saying he blundered mate. But on further review of that game, it doesn't satisfy the requirement for it to be a blunder since I would need to see that it's a blunder, and I probably wouldn't spot it. Also magnus was getting outplayed already and then made the big mistake. Oh how times have changed huh.. pretty cool game to see though

@qazzaqstan 25 күн бұрын

Was expecting Fischer Spassky game 1 because I know that game and didn't know any of these other ones.

@baoboumusic 25 күн бұрын

Indeed. I was also expecting Kasparov Karpov 1985 (game 11 where Karpov played the wrong rook to d8). I love the selection, most are unfamiliar to me, few obvious choices here!

@worsethanjoerogan8061 24 күн бұрын

He probably skipped over that one because it's so famous.

@baoboumusic 24 күн бұрын

@@worsethanjoerogan8061 After seeing the full video: he skipped it because it wasn't on the level of a 1-2 move mate or losing a queen.

@muhammedsinanemlik6981 23 күн бұрын

Kramnik's parents made a big blunder.

@screbz6872 25 күн бұрын

What about Magnus-Ding in Norway chess ?

@mikkelhansen3714 19 күн бұрын

Lol i did the exact same thing as Ganguly hanging mate in one like that in a coordinated classical game against a WFM a week ago :/

@LizaFan 24 күн бұрын

0:43 and: everybody has those days

@tolkienfan1972 25 күн бұрын

Huh, my queen's attacked by a knight. I know, I'll undefend it

@wetraccoon99 24 күн бұрын

😂😅

@2saucytommy 24 күн бұрын

To answer your question Ben, I would prefer to lose very late in the game after hours of playing. I feel like there would be more respect in someone fighting hard for so long.

@xx44xx67 21 күн бұрын

Gothamchess claims in one of his vids, that petrosian was extremly bored cause Bronstein was mooving slow and bad, so he got up everytime he made his moove to then come back and again moove quickly. So he made a quick moove, realized the blunder and gave up.

@mmmu9638 24 күн бұрын

My whole life is a blunder, it is my identity

@smort123 24 күн бұрын

Go new cam!

@martin-eden 24 күн бұрын

Hello Ben. I am very grateful to you for what you do and for the way you do it, and I want to clarify that first of all I do not mean chess, but your attitude towards others, especially children. I wish you and your family all the best

@ilanpi 25 күн бұрын

Shirazi Wing Gambit.

@FCarraro1 24 күн бұрын

I think Ding's mate in 2 against Carlsen should have made the cut if the video is recent enough.

@Djangotot 24 күн бұрын

Always repeat

@EugenIustin 23 күн бұрын

the "GM's don't get to pay their rent if they blunder in a game" is such an American way to be looking at things.

@pelicans456 24 күн бұрын

Man even I could see the first Kramnik blunder

@pelicans456 24 күн бұрын

I Petrosian played Ng5 on me like that with his queen hanging I would absolutely assume he was about to pull some Tal shit on me and I'd panic-resign

@Aploplex 24 күн бұрын

what happened to the live lectures with the kids lol

@GMBenjaminFinegold 24 күн бұрын

That was 5 years ago.

@ncwadv1922 24 күн бұрын

21:20 The answer is fries.

@JimmyDaGent796 22 күн бұрын

The Botez Gambit was stolen from Iron Tigran.

@crdrost 12 күн бұрын

Firouzja was jealous that he wasn't in this video and just handed us the spectacular blunder against Fabi, 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Be4?! 8. dxc6 Bxh1?? 9. Rxa7 1-0 The resignation because if black plays Rxa7 then c7! and white will make another queen; or else white will play Rxa8 in short order and have compensation for the earlier Bxh1.

@wetraccoon99 24 күн бұрын

Could some of these matches had been fixed? Cuase its unbelievable that a grandmaster would blunder their queens like this lol. Considering that theze guys can see 15 moves ahead, right?