Great Players of the Past: Paul Keres

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Жыл бұрын

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... Paul Keres (January 7th, 1916 - June 5th, 1975) was an Estonian and Soviet chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a world championship match on five occasions.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Keres
This lecture was recorded on April 27th, 2022, in Roswell, Georgia.
Game 1: Paul Keres - Boris Spassky, Candidates Match 1965 11:20
Game 2: Paul Keres - László Szabó, Budapest 1955 31:00
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@Lembo101 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in the Estonian diaspora meant hearing about Keres being great and all, but no one would give me a 1 hour explanation as to why that might be the case. Thanks Ben!

@mno7pro323 Жыл бұрын

Remember the more you donate the more he talks about how great your favorite player is!

@ttul-vy7ns Жыл бұрын

@@mno7pro323 does it make Keres less great?

@kallebanan1924 Жыл бұрын

I’m an Estonian from Sweden and he is a bit of a legend to us. We have a painting of him in Eesti Maja in Stockholm

@BaronOfGods Жыл бұрын

@@kallebanan1924 It is also fair to mention that Keres was pictured in our, Estonian, currency, the five krona bill. He left imho a very good legacy for the whole country along side other well regarded Estonian cultural figures. Albeit chess not being that popular "sport", if you will, I think the fact that we as a nation decided to "immortalise" him, again, if you will, is absolutely astonishing! On that note, thank you for pointing out that Stockholm has Eesti Maja, it will be a top list spot for me to visit next time I am in Stockholm!

@kallebanan1924 Жыл бұрын

@@BaronOfGods Palun! You're very welcome to visit.

@TheGhrumble Жыл бұрын

For the love of gravy, when Ben dies, someone write him a long, LONG, exagerated, overarticulated Wikipedia artical.

@moonbaseryan Жыл бұрын

Already on it.. it starts with "Arguably the best player to never be World Champion.. of course it's arguable, you can argue anything."

@hideomituns2184 Жыл бұрын

It will have all of his Finegold rules on it as well! He doesn't need a long article. His Finegold rules will enshrine him.

@mno7pro323 Жыл бұрын

@@moonbaseryan Grandmaster "Ben" Finegold is arguably the best chess player of all time, but not because of his chess... ooh snap!!

@thedancingveganatheist6310 Жыл бұрын

I agree -- it should be SUSPICIOUSLY long.

@Thomas-bz3xt Жыл бұрын

A loved this , was in stitches man lol

@Slywolf1992 Жыл бұрын

It's very cool that this lecture included that bill with Keres on it.

@rubenmatias6126 Жыл бұрын

Hey I gave Ben that Keres bank note! My greatest contribution to chess.

@kirbyculp3449 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, we appreciate you.

@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9 3 ай бұрын

Well done

@lukacalov1988 Жыл бұрын

44:33 In this position Ben missed a great moment for a "named after Mr Attack joke"

@ivan_7769 Жыл бұрын

Keres is one of my favorite players of all time! been waiting for that video for long ! Thank you so much Ben!

@alanESV2 Жыл бұрын

Oh, he died in Finland, you could say he “Finnished”

@DrJens-pn5qk Жыл бұрын

I learned chess from Keres' books, which were very popular in the GDR. He shaped my style (if you can talk about 'style' when it comes to an ELO 2000 something player).

@Muhammad_Hanif_1 10 ай бұрын

Book name please

@dennispresotto5574 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Since 2016 there also is a 2 euro coin featuring Paul Keres

@AriMakela 8 күн бұрын

It is a small special edition. I do have the note and the coin :)

@zenarrow3356 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, interesting and informative about a player that I have never heard of. Thank you

@pschneider1968 Жыл бұрын

I love those lectures! ♟🧡♟🧡♟

@keithwald5349 Жыл бұрын

For Finns, Estonian is frustrating because it's close enough to sound reasonable, but still different enough to be confusing. I'm not Finnish. I'm just showing Finnish empathy because I'm a caring person.

@MrSupernova111 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lecture! Thanks!

@stevemartinish Жыл бұрын

I played in a Paul Keres memorial in BC once. I won't talk about my results there.

@kirbyculp3449 Жыл бұрын

Its a win if you didn't die.

@zackcruise Жыл бұрын

you and Keres had the same score

@tarnumj7319 Жыл бұрын

Keres died shortly after winning a tournament. That's why I make sure never to win one.

@SrinivashM29 Жыл бұрын

That's why Ben also doesn't win tournaments.

@quivalla Жыл бұрын

In 1975, Keres won a tournament in Vancouver. It was his last tournament he would ever play. They are having the 46th annual Keres Memorial in Vancouver which ended today.

@kirbyculp3449 Жыл бұрын

@@quivalla Who won?

@bertross9727 Жыл бұрын

Literally just searched 'finegold keres' yesterday watching a middle game video of yours. Had his book 'The Art of the Middlegame' sat on shelf for years, the weird notation slowed me down n was wondering whether it was worth picking up again. Maybe I'll watch this vid now n Finegold out!?

@ahrrydepp493 Жыл бұрын

My fooking favorite series

@TheJoaovasco Жыл бұрын

Go Ben! But stay there

@ViciouslyBuoyant Жыл бұрын

Yay lectures

@strongerthanlogic8710 Жыл бұрын

Paul Keres is a legend 🔥🔥

@izzymarz6788 Жыл бұрын

keres is the reason i play Qe2 followed by Rd1 a lot

@wesleythomas9131 Жыл бұрын

Go Ben!

@reybandaying8457 6 ай бұрын

I love chess because of Paul KERES🎉

@carlmanheim2635 Жыл бұрын

Great players of the past?! Paul Keres?! YES PLEASE

@ElColombre27360 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, finally! Nobody talks about the unlucky Keres in chess videos, I've been waiting for this for a long time!

@Mathemagical55 2 ай бұрын

Spassky wasn't "world champion for many years" before losing to Fischer. He was WC for three years, the shortest period possible at the time.

@koalabandit9166 Жыл бұрын

Paul: Keres Nakamura: not even Keres

@hideomituns2184 Жыл бұрын

Just watched Dan Heisman's FM presents "3 types of chess vision" Then watched this. It was fun comparing the two videos in the lens of a class player.

@WTBKaraoke Ай бұрын

26:40 I think Spasky played Rd8 so he could play Na6 on the next move and not have to worry about Qa4, forking the knight and pawn on d7

@ironman2818 Жыл бұрын

One thing I've learned in just the first few minutes, the truth hurts

@cranberogelio Жыл бұрын

does this kind of lectures still hapen with in-person attendance?

@kmarasin Жыл бұрын

8:57 Spassky became world champion in 196NINE, not 1966

@hideomituns2184 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sponsor for the game! Ben Finegold is an excellent teacher money well spent! Ben Finegold is like the Yojimbo summon in FF10 if you get what I mean.

@mychannel594 Жыл бұрын

no idea

@nl3064 5 ай бұрын

9:01 Spassky became champ in '69. Petrosian was still champ in '66.

@jordanbarnett1591 3 ай бұрын

don’t know how. but Rb4 was the first move i thought of.

@DWeirich76 Жыл бұрын

Ben should do a great players of the past on himself.

@giovannicorno1247 8 ай бұрын

Keres lost probably the best occasion when Alekhine refused his challenge after Keres won the AVRO 1939.

@largestcamil4854 Жыл бұрын

Wes Berger who's this guy

@leonardocontreras9690 Жыл бұрын

Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian are the only chess players that appear on money

@brucehighcock4568 8 ай бұрын

"Truth hurts" moment there he appeared to turn into a plant 😂

@rthmjohn Жыл бұрын

It's ironic that they guy makes fun of jazz as a signature bit uses jazz as the theme music for his videos.

@sjfstreamz5671 Жыл бұрын

He always says trying is the first step to failure so when he said trying is the first step to um ... solving them. Made me laugh

@SenatorBluto Жыл бұрын

I'd hate to play postal against Keres.

@Alkuf100 Жыл бұрын

Who is this Zabó mr GM Ben Finegold was talking about when showing the Keres-Szabó match

@bomnitoperro9422 Жыл бұрын

Sabo* from One piece

@dash_r_media Жыл бұрын

Lazslo Szabo

@bomnitoperro9422 Жыл бұрын

@@dash_r_media from one piece

@bomnitoperro9422 Жыл бұрын

@Oissev Onos From One Piece

@MrCupidd Жыл бұрын

Is Arnold Horseshack trying to learn chess?

@askthepizzaguy Жыл бұрын

27:40 Threatening the following move (spoiler if correct.... I do not know yet...) Always play Bishop F1, which was the point of moving the rook. I only got it because Ben says "youre ALWAYS threatening it." Thats a hint. Thanks for the hint, I was paying attention this whole time. I even got better at chess puzzles. If you did not say it, I still would have been looking for it because the rook lift could be trying to double up on the bubble up, or, it could be making space. Those are the only 2 reasons that could jump out at me for that rook lift. But since you said always, I wasnt thinking lift and double up. Plus the queen is right there.

@askthepizzaguy Жыл бұрын

Nice. I mean, the odds of that being wrong seemed long. I dont know where the queen was going after that.

@beloglavisup2 Жыл бұрын

Next best player of the past, Yusupov.

@Dybbouk Жыл бұрын

Personally, I think Keres would have beaten Alekhine (and Euwe) in the late 30s.

@romd4031 Жыл бұрын

Keres winning AVRO 1938 was a clear statement that he was next in line for the WCC.

@fundhund62 2 ай бұрын

@@romd4031Alekhine beat Keres rather handily most of the time (even in the 1940s). I doubt Keres would have had much of a chance in a match. Alekhine was another calibre.

@Admiralmeriweather Ай бұрын

wait I thought Polgar beat that many world champions at least

@SelfReflective Жыл бұрын

@9:00 Spassky did not become world champion in 1966. Petrosian retained his title. Shame on you, Ben :)

@jackanderson719 Жыл бұрын

I found a move. Instead of F5 around 19:00 what about Qween D1 check trade Qweens knight E2 capture the c1 bishop and material is equal.

@donsimons9810 Ай бұрын

radiohead…. meh ok. STP????? oh, Ben you’re becoming my favorite chess guy with jokes like that

@bertross9727 Жыл бұрын

At 22m40, if black gets greedy and takes another pawn, isn't the problem after white plays Bc4 more an immediate issue of his king safety than his badly placed rook? Black has Nxe3 forking the queen and rooks, until it gets pinned. I must be looking down a dumb line tbw, think i need a bit more spoon-feeding on that part!

@bertross9727 Жыл бұрын

@Oissev Onos true dat

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

Belyavsky didn't really beat 9 world champions, he beat people like Ponomariov and Khalifman who held the FIDE title but were never undisputed world champion. Keres and Korchnoi are the only ones with 9. Petrosian beat 8 world champions, but didn't make it 9 because he couldn't play himself. I think Reshevsky beat 7 world champions, but never beat Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, or Karpov, even though he played them all at least once. But just to have played 11 world champions must be some kind of record. Up through 1985, Reshevsky had played *every* world champion except Steinitz.

@henkoosterink8744 Жыл бұрын

I still play a6.....

@HughMorristheJoker Жыл бұрын

Nice chair

@predragnikolic3040 Жыл бұрын

Paul Keres result with Fischer is 2-2

@countingongod3900 Жыл бұрын

Keres in Hebrew is "rhyme" חרז. Alekhine in Hebrew is "my nephew" אלהחיין

@JosephTruelson Жыл бұрын

RAR!

@robbrown8483 Жыл бұрын

At the risk of sounding conspiratorial, there was no way the Soviets were going to let an Estonian beat their favourite son, Botvinnik.

@Dybbouk Жыл бұрын

Nice plant in the corner. Alekhine would have pissed in it!!

@user-ts2co4ov5h Жыл бұрын

Good videos on great players... But I notice every time you put one of these videos you only analyze their most famous wins which many people are familiar with and are shown in many videos and books... Please find lesser known games.

@sameash3153 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best truth hurts jokes

@danielgautreau161 Жыл бұрын

How many world champions did Judit Polgar defeat?

@12jswilson Жыл бұрын

A lot but didn't defeat all of them in classical. Some were rapid. A lot were also the winner of the tournament they had during the title split like Khasimdinov rather than winning through matches so there were more world champions to play against

@mothecat776 9 ай бұрын

BEN. Paul Keres. Who Keres? your a "pun" loving guy...

@Dybbouk Жыл бұрын

Of course Bobby called him a 'Russian'.

@ulrichschmidt5559 Жыл бұрын

Spassky became world champion in 1966?? Ahem... You need to get your numbers straight... Spassky became world champion in 1969...

@bomnitoperro9422 Жыл бұрын

This is who hikaru thinks he is. But the truth hurts.

@chesswars Жыл бұрын

truth hurts

@philrobertson2995 Жыл бұрын

Spassky was only World Champion for three years.

@henkoosterink8744 Жыл бұрын

Only?

@philrobertson2995 Жыл бұрын

Feingold states that he was WC for "many" years, @@henkoosterink8744.

@philrobertson2995 Жыл бұрын

You don't need to keep saying "the truth hurts".

@Evilanious Жыл бұрын

Yes, he does.

@fink7968 Жыл бұрын

You are on the wrong channel if you're gonna get irritated by repeated jokes/phrases

@philrobertson2995 Жыл бұрын

Evidently, @@fink7968!

@celinelorenzo3642 Ай бұрын

How can live à lonely nazi on earth,when we are sure that a only ben "that we all love " is alive ?the truth hurts !from south of france with love .

@jasonbeardsley7059 2 ай бұрын

Wow come you’re so knowledgeable, yet so crap? The truth hurts! Only kidding!!! Thanks x