Great Players of the Past: Sergio Mariotti

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10 ай бұрын

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold covers GM Sergio Mariotti, the first Italian to achieve the title of Grandmaster, as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded July 27, 2023 in Roswell, Georgia.
05:15 Sergio Mariotti - Svetozar Gligorić, Praia da Rocha Zonal 1969
20:44 Sergio Mariotti - Viktor Korchnoi, Banco di Roma 1982
31:24 Sergio Mariotti - John Nunn, Islington Junior 1970
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@jstb6102 9 ай бұрын

I obtained my chess instructor's certificate with GM Mariotti. His signature on that piece of paper is one of the things that gives me the most joy to see! As a child he was a pupil of a Russian prince (Obolensky) who had expatriated to Florence. He occasionally quoted his master's teachings. His motto that I remember most was: "Never be afraid of your opponent!" He always worked as a bank clerk (computer scientist), never as a professional chess player, and this certainly limited his chess career. In some recent videos, where he comments in Italian on some of his famous games, he tells many interesting anecdotes about B. Larsen, M.Tal, V. Korchnoi and others. Thank you Grandmaster B. Finegold for this video.

@shayaknandi3838 10 ай бұрын

"Draw by Reputation" is just the kind of Finegold content I'm here for

@pierus01 10 ай бұрын

There is a video where Sergio analyses his six pawns attack against Gligoric. He said that after the game Gligoric asked him where did he take this opening, Sergio responded that he took it in a small book written by the chess master Gunderam. After the answer, strangely, Glicoric walked away saying nothing and Sergio wandered "I've said something wrong? Was I impolite?". Sergio tells that later he discovered that Gunderam asked to Gligoric to comment and write the introduction of his book, so he met before (but maybe he haven't remembered it while playing on the board). Furthermore Gligoric refused to comment the book because in his opinion that opening was too wrong and unplayable.

@ExtraCheeseProject 10 ай бұрын

Also, when Sergio answered Gligoric - even though it was 1969 - the Curb Your Enthusiasm music started playing.

@f.d.3289 9 ай бұрын

Great story xD So much for "bad" openings.

@emilpietras4428 10 ай бұрын

I'm great admirer of your lectures. It's my daily dose of fun and happiness, thank You, GM ❤️

@TalsBadKidney 10 ай бұрын

I used to be a member of the club where he became junior champion

@Tocinos 10 ай бұрын

It's a me, a Mariotti

@quinnhutson5566 10 ай бұрын

...this comment will now be my main take away from the lecture

@searchalexander5991 10 ай бұрын

I'm Italian so I really enjoy the lecture!

@danjeory3659 10 ай бұрын

Holy moly, that first game was insane! Love these lectures! I promise to donate at some point!

@SevenTheJester 10 ай бұрын

Some people play to win, some people play to not lose. Mariotti played to scare the hell out of his opponents. 😂

@mickeymaloney6276 10 ай бұрын

New lecture, let’s go!

@askthepizzaguy 10 ай бұрын

The first game reminds me of the famous game Gacha versus Betch.

@giuseppeindelicati7845 10 ай бұрын

Grazie per aver fatto una lezione su Mariotti! Ero già un tuo fan, ma ora ancor più! P.S. In Italia diciamo "mossa intermedia" più che "intermezzo" Ciao dall'Italia!😊

@BodhiGeraci 10 ай бұрын

Not intermezzo!?

@giacomoronchi7318 2 ай бұрын

yeah I agree we say mossa intermedia but come on "intermezzo" Is way more stylish

@A51838 10 ай бұрын

these lectures are some of the best chess content on the internet. thank you, ben and sponsors

@aarons3014 10 ай бұрын

Thanks very much to the sponsor. This was interesting and new to me.

@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579 10 ай бұрын

Great lecture, great games! Happy to learn about this player. Caruana won the Italian Championship at least a few times. But I guess we're not counting him as Italian? I don't know if he ever lived in Italy. Could check his Wikipedia page.

@Marlonbc90 10 ай бұрын

Did that for you. You could count him as Italian as he does indeed have Italian citizenship, but according to Wikipedia he never lived in Italy

@ScacCHichEpaSSione 10 ай бұрын

Grande Mariotti! The Italian fury! Grazie GM Finegold! Great contents! W l'Italia :-)

@mickeymaloney6276 10 ай бұрын

Great lectures of the present

@jayyy5270 10 ай бұрын

Finally I am in the one percent. Not how I wanted to, but my mother's mother's name got me there.

@lucaregini7440 6 ай бұрын

Sergio is retired but still involved in chess in the local italian chess scene. He is still a beast with a chess mind that is sharp as ever.

@f.d.3289 9 ай бұрын

20:45 "Youuu're so next" Ben keeps amazing me with his film culture. Love this guy. Ben & Bugs forever!

@omarcos3228 10 ай бұрын

Great lecture. Thank you.

@giovannicorno1247 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU GM Ben, for remembering our dear Sergio Mariotti❤, the Italian Fury! He had to work in a bank, he was not a professional, otherwise he could have reached better results! He was a very strong blitz player as well.

@MrPrezer 10 ай бұрын

Man,what a player!!I didnt know him!He was hitting you like a train!!

@eugenechadwell8557 10 ай бұрын

love theses lectures! GO BEN!

@scottmorgan3734 10 ай бұрын

At 24:55, if Qxc3, not Qxd5, but Rxe4 winning a piece.

@TheSquiblitee 10 ай бұрын

NEW LECTURE LETS GOOOOOOOOO ... but stay there

@AlbertoOlivieri 5 ай бұрын

Hi Mr. Benjamin! I'm Italian ..playing Chess in the 70s Sergio Mariotti( our first Gm) was like an Hero for us...I saw him in the Amazing MIlan tournment in 1975 with Tal ,Karpov, Petrosian among others..unfortunately was not a good one for him...

@vernerisavojoki2674 10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Greco is the most famous Italian player. :)

@juhonieminen4219 10 ай бұрын

Him, or Pirlo, Totti or Buffon.

@PatchworkPS 10 ай бұрын

I need a break after watching the coverage of that first game, damn

@anubis2745 10 ай бұрын

24:53 Qxc3 blunders Rxe4

@juhonieminen4219 10 ай бұрын

15:12 Draw by reputation. Why is that not listed in game statistics?

@cmblumenroder7286 9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the joke with "six pawns' attack" is rather old! It was first written by David Levy in the earliest 80s! (How to play the King's Indian Defense? / Wie spielt man Königsindisch) - I own the German edition of 1983.

@Sevenigma777 10 ай бұрын

Ben is definitely a GM not just a Grandmaster but also a Great Man!

@dmitripisartchik1296 10 ай бұрын

Solid.

@MrBonified66 10 ай бұрын

Nunn still plays the British Senior Championship. Everyone else is playing for second.

@TheMonster10RickSteves 10 ай бұрын

Go Ben! But stay here

@atwarwithdust 10 ай бұрын

Nuttiest game ever.

@anybodykill6666 10 ай бұрын

NEW CONTENT!!!!!

@stefanwicklein4435 10 ай бұрын

Cool

@marcoparpinel4767 10 ай бұрын

Hello! There is a Playlist with him! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZZhg810yJnIk2w.html

@jessicapottte7970 10 ай бұрын

Hi Ben, have you prepared Ben's version of this for when there is no more Ben ?

@redskins973 4 ай бұрын

Caruana doesn’t count as the most famous Italian grandmaster of all time?

@minipashki 10 ай бұрын

why is Ben shaking in his chair?

@JojenReed 10 ай бұрын

Where's the beef??

@dariolazza559 10 ай бұрын

Ben is vegan so there's no beef.

@JojenReed 10 ай бұрын

@@dariolazza559Where's the be'f??

@erickent4248 10 ай бұрын

The last game didn't effect me Nunn

@louiscypher6919 10 ай бұрын

Thought it's gonna be bout Ginger GM, truth hurts.

@h0wnr681 10 ай бұрын

I'm guessing he did give that lecture yesterday, but it won't be up on KZfaq for a while still. I'm stoked that there are a lot more lectures coming apparently!

@mickeymaloney6276 10 ай бұрын

Chigorin next :)

@Marlonbc90 10 ай бұрын

I am Italian and I can confirm I can't name a single Italian GM, except for Caruana, but that's kind of cheating

@vibovitold 9 ай бұрын

That's interesting - Italy is only 33rd in the world by the average ranking of top 10 players. That's weird for a country which was once a chess powerhouse (as evidenced by so much of chess lingo: intermezzo, fianchetto, not to mention Guoco Piano, Sicilian etc.). and yet it's behind Serbia, Sweden or Peru (with all due respect, those countries haven't had a comparable impact on the landscape of chess).

@romeoami7911 9 ай бұрын

Luca Moroni

@AlbertoOlivieri 5 ай бұрын

@@vibovitold Because we don't have any school or Government plan about Chess..shame on us..

@ArthurCravan-pr3bh 5 ай бұрын

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