Haha.

Haha.

I've seen this lecture 3 or 4 times and I always find information I missed. Tooth hurts.

Same… Its borderline weird.

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HOW TRUE! I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF SWINEGOLD EITHER! HIS JOKES ARE SO GOOD I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING! EVEN NOW! AHAHAKRAAAHAHAHA!

"swinegold" holy shit hah

IT was the same for me.

I dont agree that he is hilarious. He is ignorant. Not funny. Chess, not ignorance, ok?

I'll never forget it :-)

But Kanye West does not. He's too damn dumb to play chess.

1-That always happens 2- That happens even quicker when you get a job as a teacher 3- Ben is sure very far from his best shape. And I don't mean only his chess shape.

hahahahaha---3.

It never was over 2500.

@@kensanity178 he was 2563 at one point. The last time he was over 2500 was mid 2016. Obviously he's not been competing very much for quite a long time now anyway

Yeah, I was surprised when Finegold said the computer didn't think much of the exchange sac because it gave a score of almost zero. If the computer doesn't like your exchange sac, it scores it -2 or worse. Any time it says you're about equal when you're down on material, that means you have a ton of compensation and you're in a good place and, typically, your opponent has to play very accurately to maintain that near-equality. I'm sure Finegold knows all of this!

I'm a chess player. I make a sacrifice if in my analysis I'm going to gain some positional advantage. Judging positional advantage should be the kind of thing Finegold is teaching. Not comedy.

It's not a sin to lose a chess game. But too lose on time is dumb. Cant you see your opponents clock?

Rxb7*

Surely you jest.

What? You didnt get the dead fishes? It's a Sicilian message, Ben's comedy sleeps with fishes.

Ne4, Qb6, Qxd6+ etc. I just put it through Fritz, it's roughly .6 worse than Qd6.

Nice spot

To play chess, or to pretend to play chess. That is the question.

ChessBase 12.

Damn, I was two years late to that joke

Nonsense, Queen can't play f7, there's a pawn on g7.

Octo Pusish Oh, I see now, thank you.

Bf2+ isn't working for said reason, but c4 or Qxb2 might?

perkalov Houdini says C4 is +2,41 for white (Bd5 and if you take f2 you are -5 after Kxf2)Qxb2 is +2,41 for white after Bb7

Vinícius Borges Well, obviously white is better, it came as no surprise :P In theory White have material compensation as well as a better position. The point would be to find a better option then Qxa6 as in the game or Bxf2+ as suggested earlier.

perkalov The best continuation is Rf8, then white is a pawn and a half ahead. White is probably winning no matter what.

I'm not really a strong chess player, but I think after g5, white can play g4 to win the knight as a compensation. if Ng7 then the black bishop now has a safe square, and if Nf6 then the bishop not only has a safe square but it can also capture g5. btw I might be wrong.

The h5 knight's hanging

A chess book.

Fritz Chess 13 - www.amazon.com/Viva-Media-V01001-Fritz-Chess/dp/B00604IFBQ

For a beginner, it doesn't really matter. You just need something that will run through your game and point out the tactical errors, and any engine can do that. And, for now, ignore any suggestion that changes the evaluation by less than about 0.5 -- essentially, it's saying "Well, this move is better, as long as you then start playing like a grandmaster" and you're not gonna do that. (Yes, I know this comment is six years old, so you're probably not a beginner any more. But maybe my response will be useful for somebody else.)

Old comment I know, but i think white's threat after a4 is either knight to b6, winning the pawn.

As soon as you learn to analyze who has a positional advantage, you will know when to sacrifice. Look at the 'game of the century'. Its not clear, but Bobby knew he had a solid position advantage and it was set up by the queen sac on move 17.

Well, a rook can challenge a queen on a rank/file while a bishop cannot, and last time I checked, there are 8 ranks and 8 that both have 8 squares to control, while there are only two long diagonals, both only 7squares. Sorry, but it should be Queen: 9.0, Rook: 5.0, Bishop, 3.1, Knight 3.0, King, 3.5.

See my video "Chess Secrets The Value Of The Pieces" and then make an informed decision. Thanks for your comment.

My Diametrical u are silly

Daniel Jesús Valencia Sánchez Bishop takes rook

Both! :-)

I agree. Obviously knowledgeable about chess, not funny. Show us a game where you're a piece down, but you have two connected passed pawns. Show us the correct way to win a game like that.

Ok, I'll add another right now!

If they're used as synonyms then they're synonyms. Language is not prescriptive. However people use it is what is correct.

In my opinion Ben qualified to be called both.

And final!

Finegolds Folley.

Wireless communication with someone operating a chess engine to recommend the optimum move.

+arbitterm But where to hide the receiver? Aren't they checked for gadgets before the matches?

Usually, yes. The one case I read about used a tiny earpiece which is very popular amongst certain students (i.e. those cheating in exams). A walk-through airport detector would not find it, and a hand-operated scanner would need to be set to high sensitivity and directly scan the ear. Plus, the device could always be planted at the scene in advance.

The way I've seen used most frequently is when your opponent makes a move that isnt legal or possible. You sit there in shock wondering what to do.

Yes I Etherealy agree with that.

My fiber is always gleaming like a dinghy.