Great Players of the Past: Efim Geller

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses four games of Efim Geller as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded October 21, 2018 , at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia. Originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on Apr 8, 2019. So yes, you've probably seen this one before.
Efim Geller vs. Vasily Smyslov
Candidates Quarterfinal (1965)
Robert James Fischer vs. Efim Geller
Skopje Skopje (1967)
Efim Geller vs. Paul Keres
USSR Championship (1973)
Efim Geller vs. Lajos Portisch
Moscow (1967)
Recorded at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta on November 6, 2018 and originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on April 16, 2019. So yes, you've probably seen this one before.
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@raskalnekov Жыл бұрын

Seasons change, as do world champions, but Ben's love of Perrier is eternal

@1989Armstrong Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben thanks for the videos. I watch your videos at bedtime. Your funny and knowledgeable. Watching chess helps me learn, and not focus on stressful life problems when I'm falling asleep.

@ostrol1590 Жыл бұрын

And today's "Great Lecture of the Past" episode is...

@beeble2003 2 ай бұрын

Minor correction: Karparov did indeed kick Shirov's butt (+15-0=13) but it wasn't "over 25 years". Their first competitive game was in Dortmund in 1992, and their last was in the European club cup in 2004. They also had a draw in a simul in 1986, which is a pretty respectable result for a 14-year-old against the world champion.

@hubertsang7418 Жыл бұрын

Efim Geller, great theoretician in the openings. He was part of the Argentinian tragedy (or massacre) of the Gothenburg Interzonal 1955.

@scottscheule Жыл бұрын

Great lectures of the past!

@rp1894 Жыл бұрын

I imagine stadiums of people chanting "EFIM EFIM EFIM EFIM EFIM!"

@arsenalfanrichi 3 ай бұрын

Yeah that olympiad team was pretty nuts, names not mentioned; Keres, Polugaevsky and Stein.

@Nippleless_Cage Жыл бұрын

What do I think about Geller? Efim.

@exitar1 Жыл бұрын

Winning record vs Fischer

@supremeboi6041 Жыл бұрын

Actually it goes Monica then Ross and then Efim

@Aizen343 Жыл бұрын

Efim is probably the most funny of those three.

@12jswilson Жыл бұрын

Ross is definitely last

@katzensprung7449 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson, thank you Ben!

@Brian-ve7ds Жыл бұрын

Geller did play that famous endgame though where he produced an insane move/idea with black pieces. Sadly can't remember more details lol. I think there was a pair of rooks and maybe a minor.

@jackismname Жыл бұрын

Geller vs Flohr, where Black plays King from f6 to g7, only winning move and by far the stupidest looking one on the board? It was two Rooks two kings and like 6 Pawns, but that move did strike me…. So incredibly dumb looking.

@Brian-ve7ds Жыл бұрын

@@jackismname haha ye correct. I was wrong the move happened with a pair of rooks. But ye what a concept. Am not sure why kf7 isn't just the same though

@fingerprince_ Жыл бұрын

Ben's lectured on that before, in the "10 greatest moves of all time" video!

@jackismname Жыл бұрын

@@Brian-ve7ds there is some intermediate rook check white can do on the open file and get behind blacks pawn before it queens, or thats what I remember cropping up in a lot of lines.

@jackismname Жыл бұрын

@@fingerprince_ oh yea thats where I saw it. I remember him hyping it up and saying look for the dumbest move, and you still wont find it. I did not and would never have found king g7 in a million years.

@vernerisavojoki2674 Жыл бұрын

In the prtich game Qf8 isn't mate in Re6 variation because f8 is defended by the other rook.

@ranaarjun10 Жыл бұрын

He is my 3rd best geller after Ross geller and monica galler

@jeffreyfisher3115 Жыл бұрын

Efim...no static at all.

@chanky1000 Жыл бұрын

32:42 after ...dxc5, doesn't d6 by white win immediately, trapping the knight?

@dannygjk Жыл бұрын

You can tell when it's Efim Geller by the way he smokes.

@exitar1 Жыл бұрын

What about Yuri Geller....

@xPlokked Жыл бұрын

Here

@sonarbangla8711 9 ай бұрын

Geller was the one Fischer was afraid of, lost more than won.

@jimhan8490 Жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold, how can I improve my elephant gambit????

@dannygjk Жыл бұрын

Bad opening anyway.

@suezuccati304 Жыл бұрын

By making your opponent play it instead

@arsenalfanrichi 3 ай бұрын

@@dannygjkNot that bad. I got to 2200 blitz playing it

@dannygjk 3 ай бұрын

@@arsenalfanrichi I question the skill of players who can't deal with that opening.

@456death654 Жыл бұрын

Why is every lecture being re uploaded from years ago. There was nothing wrong with the original

@Rayman120 Жыл бұрын

They're moving the videos from the old CCSCATL channel to this one

@456death654 Жыл бұрын

true lol thanks

@erlingurthorsteinsson7607 11 ай бұрын

Ruebenstein must not be forgotten

@fundhund62 2 ай бұрын

😂

@nunyabusiness8538 Жыл бұрын

Smoking in every picture the truth hurts lmfao

@yotoober1 Жыл бұрын

Before the game his opponents would remark, "I can beat this guy, F--- him!" Then they play and find out otherwise! 🤣

@yotoober1 Жыл бұрын

Guess they don't get it. If they were playing GM Anna Cramling they would be saying, "I can beat her and Effher too!" 🤣

@mycroftholmes7379 Жыл бұрын

Now try Portisch....ehe~

@michaelemerson1949 Жыл бұрын

Fm gella

@Aizen343 Жыл бұрын

"F-ing" Geller?

@mitshua Жыл бұрын

Geller? I barely even know her

@stevenmclain2825 5 ай бұрын

Cancel Ben! "If my student was black I would yell at them" -Benjamin Finegold