Great Players of the Past: Duncan Suttles

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Жыл бұрын

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GM Ben Finegold discusses three games of Duncan Suttles as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded February 27, 2023, in Roswell, Georgia.
9:40 Duncan Suttles vs Bent Larsen, Montreal 1974
17:43 Lubomír Kaválek vs Duncan Suttles, Olympiad Qualifying Group 2, 1974
35:30 Duncan Suttles vs Benkő Pál, Hastings 1973-74
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@aarons3014 Жыл бұрын

I'm Ben's age. It's hard to explain the reverence in people's voices when they talked about Suttles. We knew he wasn't top 10 in the world, but he was proof you didn't need to follow the rules of chess to be strong. It was as though he understood the game in a way no one else in the world did. It gave people hope they could be creative and weird, and still play well.

@zktruth4491 Жыл бұрын

About 10 years ago, I stopped at a coffee shop in North Vancouver where I'd spotted a half dozen folks playing some blitz. I was about 1700 strength at the time, so generally speaking had a good expected score against a random in a coffee shop. I took a seat with the white pieces across from a (slightly) older gentleman. We played a Scandinavian, and I was dead lost in about a dozen moves. Horrible! How could I be so bad? Then my opponent picked up and reset his clock, showing its bottom was signed "D. Suttles". I didn't feel so bad anymore.

@robertomariani626 9 ай бұрын

Ahah, that's a fun occurance, to meet top players in a random game, without knowing you're playing them!

@user-ro9md9wp3j Жыл бұрын

I can't believe Ben thanked Aunt Anna and Aunt Anna, but forgot to thank Aunt Anna and Aunt Anna

@alekhinesgun9997 Жыл бұрын

Ben's chair is shaking like a grandmaster

@euclideszoto997 Жыл бұрын

Another player who was like Duncan Suttles was Viktor Pupol's. They both played similarly weird.

@kyleboddy7806 Жыл бұрын

Still does. Playing at the Seattle Chess Club on the regular. A true legend.

@benjamindillard2391 Жыл бұрын

Love this series, GM Ben. Keep them coming!

@dragosantrach6283 3 ай бұрын

I was at UBC BC during the 70's while Duncan Suttles was getting his PhD in Math. His thesis was: Critical Density of Knights on the Infinite chess board. He often played with all of us at the Internation House, along with several IM's. We often played Cylindrical Board and Random set ups.

@kenkur27 Жыл бұрын

This brings back memories! Back in the 1970s we Canadian players were quite familiar with Suttles and his beloved 'Rat' (a popular name in those days for 1...g6 against almost anything). Many of the strong young players in Canada tried to emulate his style.

@ilanpi 3 ай бұрын

More like he ruined a generation of Vancouver players, since they weren't good enough technically to carry out these borderline unsound strategies.

@951genni Жыл бұрын

Samy Shoker stayed at my house recently and we played some games. He taught me and my son a bit., World's nicest guy!

@davidheath5429 Жыл бұрын

Great video - thank you. Suttles was always appearing in chess magazines in the 70s.

@jonathanbeeson8614 Жыл бұрын

Another dual GM of both OTB and Correspondence chess is of course Ulf Andersson of Sweden, who has been world class in both forms.

@daniellowinger3709 Жыл бұрын

Refreshing message to care about the quality of the game. The obsession with ratings and results, no matter how it happens; delighting in blunders, etc. doesn't really come from what's best in people imo.

@ilanpi 3 ай бұрын

Another possible explanation of why Suttles never attained the top level is that his strategy wasn't quite sound but it took the highest level of technical ability to deal with it.

@jasonquinlan731 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of Suttles until this video. Very enjoyable!

@smijam361 Жыл бұрын

Had never heard of Suttles before, but what a player. One of the great things about this game is how many different styles can be employed successfully. Thanks Ben and vielen Dank Wolfgang

@jetpaq Жыл бұрын

I love Bens digs at his friends!! Lol what a riot!!

@noahz Жыл бұрын

Those wins were *anything* but subtle.

@dannygjk Жыл бұрын

In a chess book decades ago I saw that some GM had said something like, "If you don't know what to do, do nothing but do it well." 🤔

@joelcuerrier4833 Жыл бұрын

really interesting player. Starts all timid, not moving anything forward... most people doing this would usually lose taking no space and moving backward all the time. But it all works for him.

@matteopriotto5131 Жыл бұрын

6:30 that's a compliment, Ben! It means you play like Karpov! Just to be clear for those who don't know, once Karpov famously replied "I have no style" after being asked what his style was.

@thekurdishtapes8317 5 ай бұрын

which is funny since Karpov is a player with a very distinctive style, known as the "Anaconda"

@ullupdrost4740 Жыл бұрын

Larsen, I love. This guy, I may love even more.

@NelsonBoy2734 Жыл бұрын

I really like Suttles now that I have seen his play. I love you videos Ben! GO BEN!!

@rathelmmc3194 Жыл бұрын

What a great way to play. Very creative player, wish I could play like that. Also this lecture is brought to you by Chessable, Aimchess and the 2 bishops, one for each of ya.

@ak3dog Жыл бұрын

I live in the NW and have "followed" Suttles since 1972, yes the distance to tournaments limited Suttles. The real reason that we don't know if he or Pal Benko would be in the top 20 was at that time there were a lot of players in Eastern Europe who were pretty good but, they didn't get to travel either. Quick side note: Yasser's first big open event was US Open 1974 in Chicago and who did Yaz play in round 1? Uncle Duncan!

@zacharyheflin6794 Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the most critical chess series available for free on KZfaq. History is very underrated, at least in my world

@Thatotter223 10 ай бұрын

Hey ben, hope everything is going great! You are awesome.

@juanjuzgadoibiza558 Жыл бұрын

When i grew up in the 80's There was no Internet and to study openings i had to read Ludek pachmans 's books.

@WorldOfDeepThought Жыл бұрын

Suspicious chair

@mitchellwilson5770 Жыл бұрын

I hope to sponsor a great players of the past lecture someday, when I’m a little more flush with cash ;) An amazing series, I love the history

@elevenears4785 Жыл бұрын

Yay Ron Finegold! Yay Aunt Anna!

@wyomingtreeplanter 5 ай бұрын

In my humble opinion, the most Suttlesesque game is Barczay-Suttles, Sousse, 1967. Prove me wrong!

@QuietFaith1 Жыл бұрын

The overview of Duncan Suttles is insightful. A GM described as "playing whatever he wants" is worth a full watch. Thank you, sir.

@Rubrickety Жыл бұрын

That second game is known as the Reverse Kavavalanche

@666nevermore Жыл бұрын

Ben finegold was born[..] he can’t lose his GM title… bro that shit got me totallycracked

@renehenriksen1735 Жыл бұрын

Would like to give Ben a ride on my motorcycle to show him that it says Raaaawrrrr Raaaaawrrrr and that Einstein was a genius when he concluded that E= MC2

@lightgrove7751 Жыл бұрын

Nice content idea, here for it

@bjorneriksson6480 Жыл бұрын

Ulf Andersson is a real GM and correspondance GM

@cparks1000000 Жыл бұрын

13:32 Some of us are lowly (untitled) Math PhDs.

@ItaIianStaIIion Жыл бұрын

That’s cool that Ben Finegold and Led Zeppelin were born in the same year

@DC66DC Жыл бұрын

Looks like Ben is on a massage chair when it's shaking like that haha great lecture

@goda743 Жыл бұрын

Man, that shaking chair really distracted me with my short attention span. Also, go Ben, but stay there!

@dooflydetailguuy4349 Жыл бұрын

You forgot about Ben Finegold

@lynge77 Жыл бұрын

shaking chair 😅

@jorymil Жыл бұрын

It's a sad truth that you really need to live within a few hours' drive of a major metro area to be able to compete at a high level in chess. In North America, that's NYC, Chicago, Texas, and Los Angeles. And St. Louis because of their club. Maybe Mexico City?

@adamborder4148 Жыл бұрын

Grandmaster, I heard you had or went for a history major. Don't know your degrees, yet with your content, I'm surprised you haven't received an honorary history doctorate from a university based upon your research.

@12jswilson Жыл бұрын

I don't think Ben ever went to college. I think he immediately started playing chess as a pro and moved to Europe.