Great Players of the Past: Richard Verber

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Ай бұрын

This lecture was recorded April 8th, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Thank you to David Buck and the 1995 Illinois Math and Science Academy Chess Team for sponsoring this lecture!
Games:
07:50 Edward Buerger vs Richard Verber, Illinois Open 1963
18:17 Richard Verber vs Jim Warren, Illinois Open 1963
25:47 George Botterill vs Richard Verber, World Student Team 1969
33:03 Steven Tennant vs Richard Verber, Chicago Open 1970
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Пікірлер: 42

@paulgottlieb Ай бұрын

I remember Richard from when I was just starting out as an unrated player in 60's Chicago. He was one of the strongest masters in Chicago and highly respected both as a player and an organiser

@geggs3731 Ай бұрын

“Richard Verber is dead” - headlines don’t come more blunt than that.

@twistedoperator4422 Ай бұрын

I wish I had the fuck it attitude chess man has.

@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9 Ай бұрын

Nerd

@geggs3731 Ай бұрын

@@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9 Hey, thanks!

@Bianstus Ай бұрын

Truth hurts

@alipakdin7372 Ай бұрын

As our friend said, you should also have a series, Forgotten great players of the past, and this is a very good fit,I think most of the viewers are hearing about Richard Veber for the first time

@callenkoester9078 Ай бұрын

how about a "forgotten, but not gone" series? a la on cinema at the cinema

@vigilante8374 Ай бұрын

He did that for a little while; I forget the exact name of the series was. I remember he did a few names from the early 20th century. I don't think it was a 45 min lecture but something like 5-15 per person.

@callenkoester9078 Ай бұрын

@@vigilante8374 FORGOTTEN but NOT GONE

@vigilante8374 Ай бұрын

@@callenkoester9078 What? You do realize that this guy is both forgotten *and* gone, right? Also, are you actually assuming people are immediately familiar with a random year-old KZfaq video, in an unrelated genre, that literally has under 5,000 views? (Also, what's the opposite of "Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?")

@callenkoester9078 Ай бұрын

@@vigilante8374 it's a funny bit mate

@fsr1960 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I am a Chicagoan who starting playing in tournaments after the 1972 world championship. I knew Verber as an organizer and tournament director. He was a very strong player, rated 2490, one of the highest ratings in the country at the time. A very sad story.

@timpriest593 Ай бұрын

Verber was a man of action

@sicoles Ай бұрын

Will there ever be more videos about forgotten players? I loved that series. Go Ben!

@PrithwijitTripathi Ай бұрын

Except for one thing ,stay there!

@mrpocock Ай бұрын

Come for the chess, stay for the anecdotes.

@davidb6477 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Ben! This was super nostalgic for those of us who were a part of the generation that benefitted from his enthusiasm and love of the game. He was a great teacher and a killer blitz player. RIP.

@aarons3014 Ай бұрын

I played in a tournament Verber organized. I was a slender teenage male at the time. My friend, similar age but who had been playing chess his whole life, warned me not to be alone with Verber. Modern language might call it a gay me-too warning. That's the only time anyone warned me about any chess person.

@PatchworkPS Ай бұрын

That's not the type of anecdote you typically hear about forgotten chess players, but it sure is illuminating. Thank you for your comment

@dionlindsay2 Ай бұрын

A teenager who had been playing chess "his whole life"? Looks a weird way of putting things. Not to take away from the main story, but...

@aarons3014 Ай бұрын

@@dionlindsay2 But what?

@dionlindsay2 Ай бұрын

@@aarons3014 Sorry - I thought it was clear enough. "Not to take away from the main story, but "a teenager who had been playing chess "his whole life" ' looks a weird way of putting things".

@BongelaMnguni Ай бұрын

The intro reminded the greatest chess player ever in his bed, GM Ken West. You should do a video on his games

@aarongifs 29 күн бұрын

you should sponsor it! all of these are sponsored lectures :)

@BongelaMnguni 28 күн бұрын

@@aarongifsCan I sponsor it with my cat?

@StoshGalumpke Ай бұрын

You're the best, Ben !

@f.d.3289 Ай бұрын

daaamn, two finegold great players lectures in one day -- is it christmas?!

@jeffreyfisher3115 Ай бұрын

Your ", who you've never heard of" line is usually is not true for me. But it's sure true this time.

@sekk157 Ай бұрын

Verber ate Buerger

@williamblake7386 Ай бұрын

I have 3 different types of thoughts when i see new "Great Players of the Past" video 1. Ofc he's great, every kid knows that 2. Nah, this dude was nothing special 3. Who?

@god_is_god5563 Ай бұрын

not even i have heard of this guy

@AdmatHakodesh Ай бұрын

Watching this great lecture, I think to myself maybe we should more often go over games where strong masters beat decent club players. Watching two super GMs play doesn't really help us outplay and eventually beat players at our level.

@answeris4217 Ай бұрын

I need somebody to fix my Engine. I always sack the exchange and it always gives me double question marks.

@atwarwithdust Ай бұрын

No Wikipedia for Richard Verber?!?

@Rubrickety Ай бұрын

Verber was a master at weirding language.

@SamuraiMomo Ай бұрын

What happens in the end position of the first game if white continues by playing Ktc3?

@yotoober1 Ай бұрын

Is that Verber in the thumbnail or à younger Ben? Some facial resemblance there? 🤔

@CakeEatingBear Ай бұрын

Man, it seems everybody is a "great" player nowadays :-P I get the feeling even I can feature in one of these if I just pay for it

@donsimons9810 Ай бұрын

was this shot after you figured out a medication was making you ill? one can really see a difference in your energy. You seem more like your ‘old’ self here, confusing the audience

@bernie4366 Ай бұрын

I get super annoyed by Ben's occasional politicking, but I understand also that he has a right to speak on his opinions if he feels the need. What I don't understand is how Ben Finegold still only has 138k subs. That's just shameful.

@AdmatHakodesh Ай бұрын

Quality is something only few appreciate.