Finegold Takes on the Basics | 1 P.M. Kids' Class

Finegold Takes on the Basics | 1 P.M. Kids' Class - GM Ben Finegold

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7 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Ben Finegold shares a glimpse at the (in)famous beginner kids' class, also known as "the one o'clock." See basic principles of the game in action, like aggressive play and controlling the center.
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@jfein7273 5 жыл бұрын

"Did I leave my bishop there and lose my bishop? No, I retreated like a Frenchman." - Ben Finegold to elementary children

@danielc3463 5 жыл бұрын

epic

@joaomarques8000 4 жыл бұрын

9:20

@FrancoisTremblay 3 жыл бұрын

They're not that elementary. Some of those children are pretty complicated.

@jeffheyer7783 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@kovyiscool 5 жыл бұрын

I’m 27 and I belong in the 1 o’clock class.

@YesIAmSmarterThanYouPleaseCope 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta start somewhere. The best thing about it is that I'm learning stuff and enjoying it.

@serrie85 5 жыл бұрын

27 is your rating?

@orlonarsino6729 4 жыл бұрын

@@Heisenberg-bt4em 😂😂😂

@nicanornunez9787 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 28 years old and elo.

@hernanperez6435 2 жыл бұрын

@@YesIAmSmarterThanYouPleaseCope same

@bryanoberholtzer 6 жыл бұрын

I felt good because I could answer every question Ben posed, then the one kid said he's five.

@meetlawf3238 5 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling buddy

@treblebass8049 5 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

@ErnestLebedev 5 жыл бұрын

Does the truth hurt? ;)

@rishabhpartap 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@Schindlabua 7 жыл бұрын

"I'm a grandmaster at giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks!" This guy. :D

@grouseghoul215 7 жыл бұрын

I remember a wise cracking kid Named Ben Finegold at the East Detroit ( Michigan ) Chess Club in the late 1970's ( 1978 ) who was a joy to behold. He would play blindfold speed. He gave the ridiculous advantage of 5 minutes, and he only took 1 minute for himself. He would call moves and his helper would hit the clock. He either won outright, or forced you to lose on time. He was unbeatable. The adults couldn't win, the other teens couldn't win, he was simply a gift we all enjoyed while he was with us. I was the only person in the whole club who could out-wisecrack him. I think he didn't like it too much, but we both had fun with it. I used to tease him about being a good player for his age, and he would come back with something being a good move for it's age when the occasion arose. Ben would use an electronic clock, and his reflexes were so great, he made 6 moves and hit the clock 6 times in 1 second. The clock didn't move until he made his 7th move. Ben, I just found the chess section on youtube, and you are all over the place. Congrats on the life you've made for yourself, almost 40 years on, and you're still wisecracking your way through the game. I haven't played professionally in over 30 years, but play online all the time. I'm glad our paths crossed all those years ago, you made the life I had playing chess a lot more enjoyable, and I even learned a couple things. And you're wonderful for all the work with kids you're doing. That is a good move by anyone at any age. I would enjoy hearing from you. GG (Mike)

@kobbieamoah9025 7 жыл бұрын

Grouse Ghoul that's really nice what is ur rating now

@NinjaTurtling 7 жыл бұрын

Kobbie Amoah f

@nonamed56 7 жыл бұрын

rating or didn't happen

@misanthrop1958 6 жыл бұрын

+ Grouse Ghoul Ben didn`t answer to your post - suspicious...

@anonsensename5101 5 жыл бұрын

Grouse Ghoul The Ben from this video was born in Belgium I believe

@normanwiedemeyer3338 6 жыл бұрын

26:09 : "How could I attack this pawn?" one of the children: "With an airstrike" damn this guys first move must be c4!

@elrah2467 5 жыл бұрын

Explosive move!

@hamazhamza5162 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@renehenriksen1735 4 жыл бұрын

I didn´t know airborne rangers were that young.

@inanis9801 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this clip in a funny moments video from 2 years ago and had to track down the clip by the colour of the board and his shirt.

@rydersonthestorm7175 7 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold...the only man to ever ask a 5 year old what Lawrence Olivier said to Dennis Hoffman :)

@dusanmijatovic7913 7 жыл бұрын

Dustin*

@chappo8100 5 жыл бұрын

Just in

@mmgubin 5 жыл бұрын

Is it safe?

@red1728A 7 жыл бұрын

"Did he play correctly?" "No." "Does he ever play correctly?" "No."

@JD2jr. 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit. No wonder everyone was begging for more Finegold on all your past videos... He's witty *and* a great teacher. Laughed my ass off as he made joke after joke that none of the kids understood, but just doubled down when they acted confused. Thank you for existing, Ben.

@contactkeithstack 6 жыл бұрын

So much shade being poured on defenseless children.

@gideoncheung8731 5 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this 90% because of the humour and 10% because I'm 20 and belong in the 1 o'clock class.

@Scy 7 жыл бұрын

The mythical 1 o'clock class. I really thought it would be worse.

@kochtrevor 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a Grandmaster. I saw things before they were even filmed. Hilarious.

@ramil17998 7 жыл бұрын

Omg! 7:25 "Every move I make, every breath I take." I'm crying. How can you expect anyone in 1PM class to get it? XD I've been watching you, Finegold, I've been watching you.

@dLzzzgaming 6 жыл бұрын

He doesn't, but he just keeps them coming, it's so fucking great

@terrysouth7201 5 жыл бұрын

It's like watching spongebob squarpants...a whole lotta adult themed innuendo and references that goes right over the young heads..thankfully.

@noushigavakyan2269 4 жыл бұрын

Ramil Aleskerov its ill be not ive been

@parkerbeck3580 7 жыл бұрын

I'm 28 year old man and NOT a beginner, but these are my favorite videos on the internet.

@Bradley_UA 4 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be a 900 kid to enjoy the most entertaining, funny and instructive chess grandmaster on KZfaq.

@mmgubin 4 жыл бұрын

Even if I didn’t like chess, these videos are so good I would still watch. Love GM Finegold. Rawr

@bonerici 7 жыл бұрын

instructive Finegold video . If you remember back in 1963 Max Euwe came out with a book called "Chess Master vs Chess Amateur" the idea being that most beginners (or actually most chess players, especially club players) don't actually learn anything from watching a grandmaster play another grandmaster. The mistakes that the grandmasters make are so small and difficult to understand, well if watching great chess made you better then we should just watch those 3000 Elo chess computers play each other but those games are like watching aliens play, absolutely impossible to understand for humans. It's not the great games that educate it's the common games, with common mistakes and these two games really nail down the rules like move each piece once, castle, make sure that the pieces are coordinated (that is they all protect each other) this is the basic stuff you learn when you first being taking chess lessons but it is very difficult to follow the lessons, and the main reason I think is that we try to learn with grandmaster games, instead of watching masters dissect club players. There the lessons are all obvious. Not developing your pieces is punished. Moving the same pieces over and over is punished. In just two games, you have a dozen examples of what to do and what not to do. Hope to see more of these great examples. I am pretty sure I caught most of the jokes, but it's like trying to catch bullets from a machine gun they come by so fast.

@samsmusichub 5 жыл бұрын

He sets up jokes like 5 moves ahead, like he's playing chess with conversation.

@andyisyoda 7 жыл бұрын

fantastic lecture style - so many teachers could learn from his question and answer technique. This should be mandatory watching for student teachers!

@TheMrthatdude17 6 жыл бұрын

andyisyoda this

@Metalhammer1993 5 жыл бұрын

well while his platonic teaching style (asking in a way, the student can get a vague idea of what´s right and fill in the blanks) is great, from my experience as a tutor (maths and chemistry) it´s the best working teaching method for most kids, he makes WAY to much adult jokes. like political jokes or wordplays or flat out racist jokes, that go way over the kids heads. like how would kids know what "retreat like a french man" means. they hardly even know there was a world war. let alone the second one. at least i´d guess that from the kids voices i heard in the video. i mean jokes like "when do you make a loosing move? i take 2 answers" "never" "i´ll take that, or when playing me" that´s a joke the kids can work with. but trump jokes, or the frenchmen joke are too much for children. i´m not saying they are not funny quite the opposite this guy nails my sense of humor perfectly. if he ever gets tired of chess he should become a comedian, i´m saying they are not suited for a childrens class. many jokes like that i´d only do with older students. like i´d even do really offensive jokes or borderline insulting ones. "you do the rest. you´ve got something between your ears yourself" "something between my ears?" "if you ask like that: pudding" but only with students ,that are old enough for this type of humor. i had a latin teacher who did that with exery student and a lot of the younger ones cried on a regular basis. cool dude great teacher for older students, strict, fair and funny if you are old enough for dark humor and sarcasm, burt totally not suited for younger children. Finegold reminds me a bit of him

@losingisimproving5147 5 жыл бұрын

Metalhammer1993 he makes those jokes for us. I think they’re funny

@jezmillz 5 жыл бұрын

He makes those jokes because this video was going on the internet. He's not just demonstrating for the kids, he's demonstrating for the internet audience as well.

@neilsterooyjohnny1379 5 жыл бұрын

Metalhammer1993 The Jokes wasnt for the kids.....

@douwehuysmans5959 6 жыл бұрын

26:08 "How could I attack this pawn?", "An airstrike!!"

@brainsfordinner7196 5 жыл бұрын

He's so good with the kids! He is constantly giving simple questions to give confidence while at the same time not worrying about going over their heads. He doesn't condisend to them. He jokes around as if they were adults, so what if they don't know who Tony Danza is, they'll catch up eventually, and the sooner the better.

@deenasiddharthbandi4098 3 жыл бұрын

True

@12jswilson 11 ай бұрын

He also said he needed to Long Island up the iced tea he was drinking. I don't think he was kidding with that joke.

@gentleqez5172 7 жыл бұрын

0:19 says kids will be quiet as the class will be on the net. Then says they won't see themselves, but hear themselves. Thats a real incentive to be quiet.

@lemeandre 5 жыл бұрын

you didn't understand. He meant they would be able to hear they were doing something wrong...

@u.a.8525 7 жыл бұрын

the legendary one a clock class

@janikut_ 4 жыл бұрын

The legendary 1 o'clock class

@syyhkyrotta 7 жыл бұрын

It's great to have Grandmaster Finegold back!

@superposition9497 7 жыл бұрын

i like the 1pm class just because I love when I see kids like chess

@Larkstream 5 жыл бұрын

Retreated like a Frenchman caught me off guard, my new favourite channel

@mannyv.2769 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 40 years old & thoroughly enjoy his classes. 😄

@DavidVaughan00 7 жыл бұрын

Loving that "tabula rasa" humor at the beginning

@tharindanimnajith3525 7 жыл бұрын

Ben Simon, Please film all the 1'O Clock Classes from now and put them on youtube!

@dodu8105 7 жыл бұрын

1.Never play f3 2.Always play Kb1 3.c4 explosive 4.Always play a4 5.d4 exclam! 6.some random pawn move:solid

@gregbattis 7 жыл бұрын

Never move pawns.

@dodu8105 7 жыл бұрын

That's not an alligator ,it's a crocodile

@dodu8105 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a grandmaster,i saw films before they were filmed.

@dodu8105 7 жыл бұрын

I'd talk hours about this position because i get paid by the hour.

@fibonacci112358s 7 жыл бұрын

h4! Put in an H!

@JimLink 7 жыл бұрын

When my Rook and Queen are protecting each other, that's powerful!

@thyhashbrown8298 4 жыл бұрын

Finally the one o’clock class we’ve been waiting for

@oicwutudidder 7 жыл бұрын

I'm going to watch this again on my birthday just so I can prove Ben Finegold wrong.

@mychessnotebook8653 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 49 years old and found this very entertaining.

@mmgubin 5 жыл бұрын

9:47 “You with some crazy comment” Kid: “you’re actually attacking the rook” Ben: “hey that was pretty crazy, thank you, good job” Bahahahaha

@mmgubin 5 жыл бұрын

Partial credit

@Bradley_UA 4 жыл бұрын

@@mmgubin frankly, ridiculous

@Elandrianthetrue 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the grown up humor presented to kids. Not the way to make kids laugh but sure makes me laugh.

@JayBopinwar 3 жыл бұрын

Man.. This is better than half the stand ups i watch

@soui6739 6 жыл бұрын

9:47 "Alright, uh... Partial credit" LOL

@bobdylan6237 7 жыл бұрын

This was the best Christmas gift! I've missed your videos Ben, please make some more!

@josephisadorebaldez8403 7 жыл бұрын

A peek inside this infamous class is the best Christmas gift this year

@spacecaptainseth213 7 жыл бұрын

Ben youre far too much and not quite enough all at the same time. I love you.

@spacecaptainseth213 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this more about me at home then the small ones. This is why youre the best, i feel LOVED

@spacecaptainseth213 7 жыл бұрын

I am trying hard to compliment him but its so much easier to insult grandmaster finegold

@lkjsdf1 7 жыл бұрын

He's just too good! I can only imagine how much these kids get out of this class!

@6u6u7o 7 жыл бұрын

Oh Finegold you're such a great pedagogue

@DemetriusFuller 4 жыл бұрын

Great teacher - love the dry humor with the kids, winking to adults. This is the most impressed I've been with hi humor. I now understand it. Please may I use this in my little chess club. Thank you.

@mmgubin 5 жыл бұрын

I love this man so much. The infamous 1 o’clock class. May be my favorite Ben Finegold lecture. I laughed my ass off. I sometimes listen to these videos without even watching...and I don’t have the ability to play blind, but love them. And I do learn a lot.

@soemoe8237 4 жыл бұрын

What a great teacher! Your lessons are very helpful even for adult beginners like me. Thanks.

@gamingbutnotreally6077 5 жыл бұрын

If only all my teachers were like Ben

@TheHornetSquad 7 жыл бұрын

Ben is bringing the salt with him today!

@19andthe16 5 жыл бұрын

The most hilarious class ive ever had. Period.

@IIIRobIII 4 жыл бұрын

from the perspective of someone in his late twenties who didnt even know that castling was possible on queenside and what en passant was, these lectures are worth gold. very good for absolute beginners like me.

@Fddlstxx Жыл бұрын

did you grandpa lie to you about castling, too

@ulfhansson4016 4 жыл бұрын

This is pure gold🙌

@dmyingjow 5 жыл бұрын

I liked the a salt and battery as well as all the other wisecracks. Thanks for spending your time and entertaining us as well as teaching us.

@freetherobots7441 3 жыл бұрын

I just love learning from Finegold! He's so funny w his commentary

@xStealthyy 5 жыл бұрын

This guy makes chess fun, i love watching his teaching methods and his jokes are so good.

@djrea4815 5 жыл бұрын

I don't even play chess this guy is just hilarious.

@marcelguikema7027 7 жыл бұрын

Great channel! Never saw this before but you just got a new student. Keep up the good work!

@petersmythe6484 7 жыл бұрын

Ben's lessons are quite fun. He is really good at teaching chess, possibly comparable to how good he is at chess in fact.

@CesarDainezi 6 жыл бұрын

"I'm a Grandmaster in giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks" LMAO

@adrianmarmolejo5035 5 жыл бұрын

im really enjoying this man

@douglasdiggins8296 5 жыл бұрын

I've just started watching Ben classes; this guy is hilarious and I want to play chess now...

@hendarinriandi1100 5 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy Ben Finegold videos ...... funny casual .... a bit crazy😀

@bryanoberholtzer 7 жыл бұрын

I'm nowhere near the target age for this class, but I express tell how much I enjoyed this video

@AM-sp6je 6 жыл бұрын

The infamous 1PM Kids Class :))

@juggsmcbulge82 7 жыл бұрын

I love this guy

@isaiahgunn6435 6 жыл бұрын

i love the ben videos !!!

@triptychlux 5 жыл бұрын

great man! I hardly ever play chess but I wish I had a chance to attend one of his lessons.

@coostrowski9453 5 жыл бұрын

Love this guy and his jokes

@Crisisbiker 7 жыл бұрын

Literally just starting to learn how to play chess and I never thought I would find stand up comedy at the same time! I was laughing so hard at some of his jokes and the comments from his (fans?) viewers as well.

@hobodawg9364 5 жыл бұрын

Assault and Battery ---- This guy is a legend!

@SelfReflective 5 жыл бұрын

Well, he's had many wives, I'm sure he knows legalese.

@TheMrthatdude17 6 жыл бұрын

Silly how i answer the questions as if i were there and one of those kids

@sharonjuniorchess 4 жыл бұрын

He has turned chess lessons into a Punch & Judy show 5:50 "I wonder what my Bishop's attacking?" "It's behind you ... its the Queen!" He takes audience participation to a completely different level and that's just the adults who are watching...Lol

@121moham21 7 жыл бұрын

Great teacher for kids and adult. very live teaching and funny!

@jphb95 5 жыл бұрын

Throwin’ seinfeld references to 5 year olds...you’re a legend, Mr. Finegold

@dusanmijatovic7913 7 жыл бұрын

I AM VERY EXCITED AT HOME!!!

@TheBackyardProfessor 5 жыл бұрын

FUN stuff Ben!

@satadhi 7 жыл бұрын

this is epic !

@richnern4601 7 жыл бұрын

Prime example of how the new generation is gaining an edge over the others. If only I watched this video when I started to learn chess, what kind of player would I become

@NorgeTVP 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Congrats on getting married!

@JeredL 6 жыл бұрын

You are too amazing!

@giorus 6 жыл бұрын

I don’t even play chess but this is so brilliant I subscribed!

@thomasscholz2569 7 жыл бұрын

How did he know I'm 43? Very suspicious!

@chucknola484 3 жыл бұрын

stop talking

@rossmitchell5453 5 жыл бұрын

The humor is just so above them it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 like every sentence has a genius joke in it like when he was talking about Star Wars and said “they were saying I went Rogue”😉

@dago6410 7 жыл бұрын

I want to see more 1o clock classes! I love'em (person who aint play chess here, but klnows the rules and watches this channel just to learn sth bout this game)

@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027 7 жыл бұрын

ONE O'CLOCK CLASS REPRESENT!!!

@TimedSquare 5 жыл бұрын

33:29 "but he played for the win, also known as playing for the loss" 😂

@orionp.9476 3 жыл бұрын

man that's actually a useful concept in chess for beginners to understand why GMs draw so much.

@joebrett3614 7 жыл бұрын

"Gotta Long Island-up that iced tea."

@Mersault1988 7 жыл бұрын

I missed you Ben ^_^

@AufdemLaufenden777 7 жыл бұрын

Ben you are a genius!

@raststattewoman.6178 7 жыл бұрын

Auf dem Laufenden he is =d

@connor991 7 жыл бұрын

It makes me feel comfortable in my journey to learn to be good at chess that even Ben Finegold can make a move like Rd1.

@rooseveltstokes7181 5 жыл бұрын

He has such a good sense of humor...

@area51xi 4 жыл бұрын

Pure genius.

@JohnSmith-tz7iy 4 жыл бұрын

I love this because its dumbed down for the kids but it's also dumbed down for an adult new to chess like me. Thanks ben, also nice zingers as always

@MultiAnonymous8 4 жыл бұрын

There needs to be a website that sorts all of Ben's quotes. And also explain them because I don't understand 3/4 of the puns

@brothershannon1990 4 жыл бұрын

Man Ben Sure Misses That Club And They Really Miss Him

@mmgubin 4 жыл бұрын

A Peculiar People definitely

@user-wl1yt4mu7t 5 жыл бұрын

Best. Class. Ever.

@jake_the_lawyer 5 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold is the BEST

@u.a.8525 7 жыл бұрын

hahaha i love bens videos great stuff

@spyroninja 7 жыл бұрын

(everybody complains) lol

@kaptenkrok8123 7 жыл бұрын

legendary 1 oclock class

@futurecollector 5 жыл бұрын

This dude for sure taught a night time comedy traffic school 😂😂

@terrysouth7201 5 жыл бұрын

not gonna lie...I'm learning some good stuff here with the kids and Ben, no shame in my game.