Great Players of the Present: Wesley So
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8 ай бұрынCheck out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold covers Wesley So, a Filipino and American chess grandmaster and three-time U.S. Chess Champion. This lecture was recored on August 28th, 2023 in Roswell, Georgia.
Games:
07:45 Wesley So vs Li Chao, Singapore Masters 2006
16:32 Wesley So vs Morteza Mahjoob, Asian Championship 2007
20:40 Wesley So vs Garry Kasparov, Saint Louis Blitz 2016
29:59 Wesley So vs Var Akobian, US Chess Championship 2016
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@robertsanders7060 8 ай бұрын
Will there be "great players of the future" also?
@patrykapiezo1650 8 ай бұрын
Benjamin Stockfish 17?
@askthepizzaguy 8 ай бұрын
Possibly, in the future.
@sasquatch2 8 ай бұрын
It already came out tomorrow
@patrykapiezo1650 8 ай бұрын
@@sasquatch2 Terrible
@f.d.3289 8 ай бұрын
HAL 9000
@trishowsky 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the lecture GM Finegold. You look amazing lately! Go Ben!
@Solfonny 8 ай бұрын
That's So Wesley!
@askthepizzaguy 8 ай бұрын
He was playing like a super GM, but he wasn't a super GM yet. But here's the rub: If you play like a super GM consistently, soon enough you will indeed be a super GM.
@grahamdugan 3 ай бұрын
So if I keep playing like a 600 one day I’ll become one?
@Jk-tp2ll 9 күн бұрын
@@grahamdugan yes
@danjeory3659 8 ай бұрын
that So - Kasparov game really was like Morphy vs. N.N. Kasparov must have been wishing he'd stayed in happy retirement. But at least he got 2 free pawns, so ultimately, they both won.
@alohamark3025 8 ай бұрын
Wesley So is a super-GM who is not a loud mouth schnook. What's not to like? In the recent 2023 SCC, he won against Alireza Firouzja, no slouch at speed chess.
@JojenReed 8 ай бұрын
My favorite Silent Killer, So!
@Tom_Dutch-yc5rb 8 ай бұрын
Hey GM Ben, I really loved your lectures especially this one. I hope that there might be one who will sponsor a lecture to our first Asian Grandmaster, Gm Eugene Torre. He's indeed a great Filipino player of the the past. Thanks! - From your Filipino Subscriber.
@gidifihrer3966 8 ай бұрын
Crazy. Love to see why the top guys are where they are
@patrykapiezo1650 8 ай бұрын
The player that fell off the chair is GM Pawel Teclaf.
@not2tired 8 ай бұрын
As covered in Ben's "Great Chairs of the Past" series
@aureliencanet830 8 ай бұрын
The funny thing about the petrosian story is that Welsey plays like petrosian (the World champ)
@dixonbeejay Ай бұрын
Always sacrifice the exchange .... GM finegold 🙏love it
@steven99456 8 ай бұрын
Thanks Ben
@lincolnfrank9849 8 ай бұрын
I’ve always wondered what Ben considers his greatest strength as a Chess Player is. What other GM’s and IM’s were most afraid to face when playing him. Technique in the Endgame, calculation in the middle game, incredible prep.. I wish he would do a video on himself for these lectures !
@MissMailer 6 ай бұрын
"So the important thing is... everybody's angry." 1:20 😂
@derekrios8691 8 ай бұрын
You did save the best for last. What a game. I do enjoy this Wesley the most. Vladislav Artemiev is another silent assassin
@user-lq3ft9zh8e 8 ай бұрын
In your opinion, Mr. Grandmaster Finegold, why did Wesley switched to a more solid, drawish style from his sharp style beforehand? And do you think Wesley would have a higher rating if he would try for a win more than go for the safe draw (i.e. would he get more wins than losses if he doesn't settle for draws)?
@AlvinAlmuete 8 ай бұрын
Being at the top, it must so difficult to squeeze out a win. Chess players tend to play more solid than being reckless attacker in the long run.
@TheChessRunner 7 ай бұрын
I think it is just personality. And probably now more in line with his personality ( and that is just part of chess too, for example Magnus is a true killer). He managed to break out that for some time, but I have given up that he will consisently do that again. A pitty since peak Wesley is in my top 3 favorite players of all time
@infinitrixtv5847 8 ай бұрын
He's the actual Ronaldo of the Chess World, and he really put terror to the other super GMs. His accuracy is so computer-like, like he is a legit walking computer. 💯
@GigaShiv 2 ай бұрын
What is bro talking about 😂
@wesleythomas9131 8 ай бұрын
Go Wesley!
@rdm5687 3 ай бұрын
14:16 This was instructive.
@eoghaininfacundodiarmuid 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this Wesley So analysis
@gm2407 8 ай бұрын
Super impressed with that Kasparov beat down. He may be retired or semi retired but Garry is still a super GM with a lot of knowledge, experience and sharp memory.
@MastermindCpp 8 ай бұрын
There's 2 Bens, one is kind and funny teacher, and another's passing all pawns before checkmating when playing subscribers
@tolkienfan1972 8 ай бұрын
Did So and Petrosyan ever have the $5000 grudge match? I'm guessing not
@TalsBadKidney 8 ай бұрын
hell yeah
@shikaru1730 8 ай бұрын
At 40:02 you missed he could have given up the queen also for two bishops and rook mate, flor the pizazz
@xtaf82 8 ай бұрын
At 19:18 doesn't Nxf5 work as well?
@remigiomagaan4550 7 ай бұрын
Go, Wesley!
@emask4725 7 ай бұрын
Wesley So vs Ding Liren was the game of his life. Simply because it reflects his life! Serawan relates it to Wesley losing his mother and gains a foster mother.
@MrCupidd 8 ай бұрын
The latest update is Tigran Petrosian is still dead
@antoniobergara7878 8 ай бұрын
A bit unfortunate what Magnus did to him in the SCC yesterday.
@markritchie8874 8 ай бұрын
Kasparov isn't generous in defeat, and his "...that was Morphy vs Amateur and I was the amateur" makes him sound generous in the re-telling. Actually he was playing down Wesley's achievement in that game. Yasser said, "...wasn't Wesley amazing....? etc" and Gary shrugged and said what he said - ie, "I played so badly, so far below my usual level that it was like Morphy v Amateur. Not such a big deal really." And re Wesley and his friendship with Akobian - in the interview after the snitching episode he replied to the question "you're friends with Akobian aren't you?" by saying "I was". So I thought it was that way round, ie He was, Snitch, he wasn't - - not, He wasn't, Snitch, he was (friends). It was a very mean snitch.
@A_critter 8 ай бұрын
Whats the thing petrosian said?
@upvotecomment2110 8 ай бұрын
2:06 This is because Wesley So is a God Damn Artist! He DRAWS Get it? "Artists" He doesn't win because he "Draws" ..... Ok, I'll stop now.
@HWLee-vu4hv 8 ай бұрын
Nice story
@JPCPSeto 8 ай бұрын
I remember Wesley saying in the post-game interview - after Akobian so pathetically had him forfeited - that they weren''t friends anymore. Odd to hear now that they 'became' good friends after all.
@Rubrickety 8 ай бұрын
Hm, so Wesley has a big crush on Ray Robson. I learn so much from these lectures!
@wowyaywowyaywow 8 ай бұрын
Mainly and So forth
@emask4725 7 ай бұрын
There was a time that Wesley would sac a queen in every tournament and wins the game.
@BREAKocean 6 ай бұрын
What did tigran petrosian say?
@chesstacticchannel2867 7 ай бұрын
Wesley is the nicest guy. Ben is the funniest guy in in the chess world.
@tonybernard4444 8 ай бұрын
At 40:25 there's the silly looking queen sac, but then KxB2, BA3, KxA3, RxE6 and black is up the exchange, down a couple pawns. Edit: Sorry, after QxB2, BxB2 and I should stop pretending I play chess.
@mistrzmateraca 8 ай бұрын
Może zrobi Pan jakiś konkurs z nagrodami?
@patrykapiezo1650 8 ай бұрын
Great idea to suggest that in polish....
@SGTumbor 8 ай бұрын
Pan Spokozłoto, daj pan konkurs z nagrodami@@patrykapiezo1650
@Rdavis6593 7 ай бұрын
When you introduce someone (i.e. Austin), please include last name.
@sheryinmoua8486 6 ай бұрын
5:14 loooool hahahah 8:00 lol 2 wesley sos facts
@chessjess510 8 ай бұрын
Yo Ben could I sponsor a video called Mediocre players of the present where you analyze some of my games?
@CryOfTheLyrebird 8 ай бұрын
Tigran’s opponent was the best player in his chair, until he wasn’t
@alfiecollins5617 8 ай бұрын
30:00
@ericrobinson7184 8 ай бұрын
So is just too nice, he could become world champion, but doesn't want to hurt their feelings?!
@kmarasin 8 ай бұрын
Man, Wesley So is like the James Harden of chess. Savant, but never gets right to the top. All the candidates tournaments he's just laid eggs. He can't seem to get past Nepo and Ding and Karjakin and Caruana. I can see why Ben is such a big fan of his chess, but for some reason it isn't translating to the world championships.
@infinitrixtv5847 8 ай бұрын
I don't think So. Wesley So is more like Ronaldo who is improving more and more his craft. He is a savant but he acknowledges that there are some players that are better and when you look now at his battle against Firouja he is going balistic and he is unfavorable most of the time but he shows time and time again that he's a world champ.
@tylermarvets8543 8 ай бұрын
Since this is about great players when are you going to talk about bobby fischer? What made him so great?
@aarons3014 8 ай бұрын
Are you meming? In case you don't know, someone famously disrupted a lecture Ben was giving by demanding he talk about Fisher.
@virid6819 8 ай бұрын
@@aarons3014 Was that uploaded on the channel? I'd love to see it.
@aarons3014 8 ай бұрын
It was when he was working at St Louis. I don't know if it was recorded, but he told the story on camera. @@virid6819
@paulgoogol2652 8 ай бұрын
He beat Bens father. At that moment he realized that he was able to be the world champion.
@tylermarvets8543 8 ай бұрын
@@aarons3014 yeah thats almost word for word how they interrupted ben in that instance. Then when ben got to a game where the legend he was talking about played fischer, she had already left lol
@pierQRzt180 8 ай бұрын
P1p1
@aakashbasu3219 8 ай бұрын
Pampers
@danielroberger2374 8 ай бұрын
Why angry about Wesley???
@DrugzMunny 8 ай бұрын
Damn, is Wesley So of the past? Wikipedia says he's still of the present.
@DrugzMunny 8 ай бұрын
Damn. When I posted this comment 3 hours ago, the title said "Great players of the past." Now it says "Great players of the present." My voice is really making a difference in the world.
@DrugzMunny 7 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to whoever had to change all of those video titles because of me. Sorry Karen.
@answeris4217 8 ай бұрын
That Jesus joke...wow so funny.
@HereWasDede 8 ай бұрын
soooooooo
@Danthrax81 8 ай бұрын
So what?
@danielroberger2374 8 ай бұрын
I agree with Wesley So about Jesus. Thats for sure.
@evanm6739 8 ай бұрын
Purple shirt = Purple board >:(
@joelcuerrier4833 8 ай бұрын
If So said so, is it not so? It gotta be so if So said so.
@ghostx1xx 8 ай бұрын
What's wrong with his voice
@vigilante8374 8 ай бұрын
The tooth hurts.
@askthepizzaguy 8 ай бұрын
Guessing dental issue.
@ericgomez6801 8 ай бұрын
He wants to sound like Wesley So
@zrs1019 8 ай бұрын
@@vigilante8374The only time "the truth hurts" joke made me laugh
@_nemo171 8 ай бұрын
Aims to confuse the audience.
@PhildoBaggins 8 ай бұрын
And you can read more about it in the Bible
@basvanvliet288 8 ай бұрын
Does he have new false teeth that are too big ? Edit: you can see his left cheek is a bit swollen and hanging, think he just got a molar extracted. Hope it gets better soon!
@ArmstrongMC1 8 ай бұрын
Just want to say that is unfair he has Jesus helping him. Terrible!
@iseriver3982 8 ай бұрын
Im not a fan of countries buying foreign players, no matter how nice they are, its just stupid.
@OrangeBarnacle 8 ай бұрын
In most cases, they leave due to inadequate support from their original country. It then makes sense to go to the countries with the best support
@iseriver3982 8 ай бұрын
@@OrangeBarnacle there's thousands of football players playing outside of their native countries because their domestic leagues aren't very good. That doesn't mean they should be eligible to play for a foreign country.
@drbrightrules8397 8 ай бұрын
@@iseriver3982so you would prefer geniuses like So never get their chance to get to the level they deserve?
@reconnaisance 8 ай бұрын
Wesley wanted to move to the US, practically, for a better life. You're calling him a bad guy for wanting that.
@iseriver3982 8 ай бұрын
@@reconnaisance he can live in the USA and still play for the Philippines
@sublimeade 8 ай бұрын
Ben developing a speech impediment?
@germanchris4440 8 ай бұрын
Just one important point in passing: the Lord Jesus Christ is not a religion, but the truth. I am enormously happy to hear that there is a top GM who has accepted this saving truth!
@mikkelhansen3714 4 ай бұрын
Inside Wesley there are two wolves. One of them is gay - the other one is also gay.
@fireballxl-5748 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying Wesley is a Christian. I can't wait to play him in heaven. I'd like to play you too but....Jews are still partly blinded until after the church age is over, which may be in a few days...in which case you'll likely have to die for your faith but it's much better than burning for eternity. Get saved today Ben and you'll avoid having to die AND/OR living through 7 years of hell on earth. MUCH BETTER. I bet if you accept your Messiah I will beat you in chess in about a million years, but that's okay because that's only a million years and eternity is forever.
@spyroninja 8 ай бұрын
Ben is for sure an atheist. Just a jew in name.
@mattkim96 2 ай бұрын
26:53 “sacking the exchange 🫰💃 Again”
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