Great Players of the Past: Sergio Mariotti

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9 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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@shayaknandi3838 9 ай бұрын

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

@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.

@pierus01 9 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 9 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 9 ай бұрын

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

@TalsBadKidney 9 ай бұрын

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

@searchalexander5991 9 ай бұрын

I'm Italian so I really enjoy the lecture!

@giuseppeindelicati7845 9 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 9 ай бұрын

Not intermezzo!?

@giacomoronchi7318 2 ай бұрын

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

@Tocinos 9 ай бұрын

It's a me, a Mariotti

@quinnhutson5566 9 ай бұрын

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

@SevenTheJester 9 ай бұрын

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

@danjeory3659 9 ай бұрын

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

@askthepizzaguy 9 ай бұрын

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

@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579 9 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 9 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

@mickeymaloney6276 9 ай бұрын

New lecture, let’s go!

@aarons3014 9 ай бұрын

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

@A51838 9 ай бұрын

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

@ScacCHichEpaSSione 9 ай бұрын

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

@mickeymaloney6276 9 ай бұрын

Great lectures of the present

@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!

@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 9 ай бұрын

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

@omarcos3228 9 ай бұрын

Great lecture. Thank you.

@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.

@jayyy5270 9 ай бұрын

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

@scottmorgan3734 9 ай бұрын

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

@eugenechadwell8557 9 ай бұрын

love theses lectures! GO BEN!

@juhonieminen4219 9 ай бұрын

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

@PatchworkPS 9 ай бұрын

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

@vernerisavojoki2674 9 ай бұрын

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

@juhonieminen4219 9 ай бұрын

Him, or Pirlo, Totti or Buffon.

@AlbertoOlivieri 4 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...

@cmblumenroder7286 8 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.

@TheSquiblitee 9 ай бұрын

NEW LECTURE LETS GOOOOOOOOO ... but stay there

@anubis2745 9 ай бұрын

24:53 Qxc3 blunders Rxe4

@dmitripisartchik1296 9 ай бұрын

Solid.

@Sevenigma777 9 ай бұрын

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

@MrBonified66 9 ай бұрын

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

@stefanwicklein4435 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@TheMonster10RickSteves 9 ай бұрын

Go Ben! But stay here

@anybodykill6666 9 ай бұрын

NEW CONTENT!!!!!

@atwarwithdust 9 ай бұрын

Nuttiest game ever.

@marcoparpinel4767 9 ай бұрын

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

@jessicapottte7970 9 ай бұрын

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

@redskins973 3 ай бұрын

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

@louiscypher6919 9 ай бұрын

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

@h0wnr681 9 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!

@JojenReed 9 ай бұрын

Where's the beef??

@dariolazza559 9 ай бұрын

Ben is vegan so there's no beef.

@JojenReed 9 ай бұрын

@@dariolazza559Where's the be'f??

@minipashki 9 ай бұрын

why is Ben shaking in his chair?

@erickent4248 9 ай бұрын

The last game didn't effect me Nunn

@mickeymaloney6276 9 ай бұрын

Chigorin next :)

@Marlonbc90 9 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 4 ай бұрын

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

@ArthurCravan-pr3bh 4 ай бұрын

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