Great Players of the Past: Vasily Smyslov

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8 ай бұрын

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses several games of Vasily Smyslov as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded November 24, 2020, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia.
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@TwinDoubleHelix 8 ай бұрын

"anomynous!" 😂 Gotta love that sweet kid Oliver

@Derrickthepeng 18 күн бұрын

That’s how Trump pronounces it

@wmbriggz 8 ай бұрын

Too old (76) to enjoy much chess… but am enjoying hearing about the players ( and their games) I studied sooo determinedly…smile

@twelfthdoc 2 ай бұрын

I remember one of the very first lectures I watched was on Smyslov, and never forgot that he attended Ben's first marriage in London. I love hearing some of the old stories of things that happened way back when, stories are good 😊

@clubchess 8 ай бұрын

When Ben asks his class why he would easily beat Smyslov today, and no one immediately blurts out the frankly obvious answer, I find that very suspicious.

@dorkbink1698 8 ай бұрын

I think this is one of Ben's best. I've probably watched this 6 or 7 times since it originally was posted

@SevenTheJester 8 ай бұрын

What Ben said at 30:35 is undoubtedly true. I can't tell you the number of times I have said, right in the middle of a game with the black pieces, "Ha-ha. Your pawn on d4 is weak and you don't have any attack because we traded off all the pieces." I say it all the time, except for one thing. I've never said it. 😂

@donovan665 8 ай бұрын

Great games, great player, great lecture. Go Ben!

@wiadroman 8 ай бұрын

- Why would I beat Smyslov today in this position? - Because you'd put on the engine over the weekend? - Correct!

@Chessdummy 8 ай бұрын

Jaja, Smyslov not bad, not bad at all, jeje😅

@TheFilipFonky 8 ай бұрын

Great lecture, loved every minute

@arnislapsa1619 8 ай бұрын

been playing casually for years and never have had noticed that isolated pawn open bishops connection. thanks, Ben

@danbrooks6780 8 ай бұрын

There's actually an entire lecture on this channel about getting advantages out of isolated queen pawn openings.

@ZorbaPress 6 ай бұрын

Ben, this video fun to watch. And I learned a lot. Thank you very much.

@dromadrosis 8 ай бұрын

Great games. Great lecture. Great lecturer!

@Chessdummy 8 ай бұрын

Wanna know something funny, I’ve never seen nor read anything on such,BUT y’all know I’ve had fun. Goodbye chess world. Thanks Big Ben for the complimentary recaps. You are now my favorite GM. Eh, Super GM in my books!

@thrylos32 8 ай бұрын

Let's Go Ben ! 🎉🎉🎉

@TheSquiblitee 8 ай бұрын

ben is the best, GO BEN!

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

Everybody remembers the Roulette Wheel, but most early Candidates Matches were supposed to be tiebroken by coin flip. That never actually happened, but that was the rule. It's hard to find that mentioned anywhere because it was so ridiculous that they didn't want to talk about it. By 1980, they had something almost equally crazy, which is how Spassky-Portisch II was tiebroken by who won the most with black.

@MirinkaiserVODs 8 ай бұрын

Yay, another Falling Down reference.

@matthewschmidt5069 8 ай бұрын

Comments and engagement

@h0wnr681 8 ай бұрын

A witty reply with emojis ♟❤

@SkateSka 8 ай бұрын

Positive feedback

@sasquatch2 7 ай бұрын

More engagement and comments, via a reply

@oldcruddyofficermcguillicu4027 8 ай бұрын

Ben told Ron after their game "i started this gangsta sh#!!"

@justfun3677 8 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday

@jamesgoodsall4960 8 ай бұрын

My girlfriend is annoyed with me and she told me to go back to my Vaseline sizzler video

@danbrooks6780 8 ай бұрын

Your WHAT

@jamesgoodsall4960 8 ай бұрын

@@danbrooks6780 sorry there was a typo in my comment. I mistyped “mum”

@Chessdummy 8 ай бұрын

Great minds think and alike, world champion 4 sho

@danjeory3659 8 ай бұрын

I still laugh at Ben's jokes

@mitchellwilson4873 8 ай бұрын

Vaseline MeatSloth

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

"You've got to beat Botvinnik twice". That's not quite true. Smyslov only had to draw the rematch, not win it.

@TalsBadKidney 8 ай бұрын

it's a rerun

@schyllic 8 ай бұрын

You must be old school. Luckily, i haven’t seen it before

@CL-ek6pb 8 ай бұрын

Whatever...ALWAYS REPEAT

@TalsBadKidney 8 ай бұрын

@@schyllic me and Vasily are like THAT, son

@amosdraak3536 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, and it’s the same games from when he did the original lecture years ago. Unoriginal, so ppl have to specify what games so they don’t pay for an already free lecture that St. Louis CC has