The Benko Gambit: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... The Benko Gambit, named for GM Pal Benko, is a popular opening. However, it is a bit unusual as gambits go. Black, not White, gives up a pawn for long-term positional compensation. Someone who plays the Benko is not looking for a quick, sharp, tactical knockout, but instead is trying to wear down their opponent.
04:28 Anatoly Karpov - Boris Gelfand, Candidates 1995
24:31 Hikaru Nakamura - Viktor Bologan, Biel 2012
36:05 Magnus Carlsen - Viktor Bologan, Biel 2012
45:34 Vladimir Kramnik - Veselin Topalov, Wijk aan Zee, 2003
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Пікірлер: 49

@manmanman2000 Жыл бұрын

Drinking game: Take a shot everytime Ben says "White's up a pawn."

@stingaling 11 ай бұрын

So drunk now....

@Evilanious 11 ай бұрын

After this video I'm a bit confused about the material situation in a Benko gambit. That aspect wasn't really mentioned.

@gabrielesimionato1210 Жыл бұрын

It's my favorite. Invented by mr Gambit himself

@chrisSo91 Жыл бұрын

That's grandmaster gambit have some respect

@rakib17874 11 ай бұрын

HUSH !!! NO TALKING 😡😡😡😡

@sayandas5 Жыл бұрын

The Karpov game was pure wizardry.. the attack in the end came so fast, and completely blindsided Gelfand

@dannygjk Жыл бұрын

I wonder how much of the Soviet behemoth helped AK with the prep.

@JM_-ix7yh Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they guy who requested the lecture wanted a load of games where the Benko gets absolutely torn to shreds lol

@StratteraCapsules 11 ай бұрын

He said at the start the sponsor wanted to see why the Benko is refuted at the super GM level.

@Alramech 11 ай бұрын

As someone who knows him well, the answer is yes 😊

@TheAmazingJordiny 10 ай бұрын

Wasn’t that the reason he requested it?

@steveurick3044 25 күн бұрын

Dear Ben Finegold, thank you for all the great videos. People who complain, have some gratitude and show some respect, please.

@ABronyNamedBurnie Жыл бұрын

It's always funny to me that the price for a lecture is aggressively unavailable without contacting Karen. I guess it's the kind of thing where "if you have to ask, you can't afford it."

@A_critter Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr hensley!

@Al-gv5uw Жыл бұрын

I play this every game

@Al-gv5uw Жыл бұрын

That’s why I am 200

@danielgautreau161 Жыл бұрын

At 10:26 Svetozar Gligoric played h3 instead of g3, giving up a tempo to put his king on h2, against Walter Browne. Browne wrote it is "something to think about". It was an interesting game until Browne left a Rook en prise and resigned when Gligo took it.

@pschneider1968 11 ай бұрын

It's also called Wolga Gambit, mainly in Europe, but also mainly and so forth.

@user-zn9bl7wo6k Жыл бұрын

i have analysed the benko for hours and the only way to black to get a game is with early Qb4 lines

@loafes1352 11 ай бұрын

I think the modern approach is with early e6 lines. I'm a lifeline Benko player and this lecture perfectly demonstartes why I have accepted i need to give it up. the good players are just a pawn up. but i believe there are some modern sharp ways for black toplay where e6provides tactical solutions

@CyanGM 11 ай бұрын

@@loafes1352 100% the e6 lines are the way to go nowadays. The only "problem" is that white can get a very stable advantageous position after 5... e6 by playing Nc3, but at least black gets some compensation in the center (see Duda-Christiansen game from New in chess classic 2021). If white doesn't go for Nc3 and instead takes on e6 black gets a really good position and rapid development, which is why dxe6 scores so badly for white even though the engine thinks it's fine.

@chessjess510 10 ай бұрын

Talk about taking the fun out of things. I was looking to start playing this. Sheesh. Nevermind

@artsaliva8895 11 ай бұрын

The description you gave for desperado is for a tactic called Dump

@buffalodebill7986 11 ай бұрын

- What kind of an advice do you give to a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, when his skin looks really dry? - "Vaseline, Topalov!"

@Bianstus Жыл бұрын

Great lectures of the present, plus tax!

@Evilanious 11 ай бұрын

41:41 Eagles, Ben, 🦅!

@raysun1681 3 ай бұрын

Nice lecture. I have no hope of winning the Benko gambit as black now...

@SomeRandomNameOrOther 11 ай бұрын

The mouse cursor is missing and judging by some of Ben's comments it's clear this is not the intention.

@teundegroot8196 Жыл бұрын

I've said it once, and I'll say it again

@kmarasin 11 ай бұрын

It's just like how I feel playing the Dragon. "Oh darn. Why am I playing this opening, I'm down +1."

@Luv2Boogie 11 ай бұрын

Magnus played the Benko in a young Masters tournament over covid (probably 2021) and rolled them. So it’s relevant to an extent. If you’re Magnus 🤣

@ivand2248 11 ай бұрын

I actually fell asleep watching this karpov game. let me try watching this video AGAIN

@skye275 Жыл бұрын

I believe kehlani told you to put your knights like that

@JosefDerKaiser 16 күн бұрын

Is this why there are no benko gambit as black videos?

@anubis2745 Жыл бұрын

17:32 Why not Bxc3 and then Rxa2?

@mahendrank3391 Жыл бұрын

because after bxc3 the rook and queen are lined up with a2

@DavidEmerling79 4 ай бұрын

The wobbly chair backrest is distracting, Ben. Have somebody buy you a better chair for streaming! :)

@yeahyeah54 10 ай бұрын

I'm Italian... I don't understand the joke at 10:00 :(

@jackson32 Ай бұрын

So basically since everyone watching this video is lower than a GM, the Benko Gambit is very playable for black. If white declines the gambit, black gets equality.

@arupian666 5 ай бұрын

32:47... uhm excuse me Professor Feingold, you'll remember that Tony Miles famously defeated a certain Mr Karpov by answering 1.e4 with 1...a6 !! DOUBLE exclam. I mean, your point is still valid, Karpov was obviously the better player, but NOT on that day. 1...a6 !! against the World Champion, the balls on that guy.

@johnsknows3135 7 ай бұрын

@simontscharf9613 7 ай бұрын

so if carlsen, nakamura and kaprov usually win against it vs a worse player its bad? Makes sense

@KingNovastars 10 ай бұрын

is this dude going to vibrate the whole time?

@ruffianeo3418 10 ай бұрын

All that "super GMs are too good for opening xy to work..." is not really valid reasoning. I bet a magnus vs stockfish 16 match over 10 games in wolga gambit start position - magnus with white would still lose the match.

@GSBroker 9 ай бұрын

We're talking about two equally matched strong players

@vitahast Жыл бұрын

if you buy my chessable course KEKW

@kleefan8 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Benko video. Only problem is, the two Bologan games shown from Biel 2012 pretty much killed this 12 a4 line for Black, so nowadays the mainline is 6...Bg7 with delayed capture on a6.

@pramodkumarnarayanan9520 11 ай бұрын

This guy is jst talking alot from his prime time to his present old daya...jst present the game man..stop unnecessarily talking!! 54 min vid in which 30 min he will be talking non stop...