Kasparov's Immortal by GM Ben Finegold

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold analyzes one of the greatest chess matches of all time; the Immortal Game between Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov in 1999. This lecture was recorded June 9th, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia
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Пікірлер: 118

@3rdEarlRussell Жыл бұрын

“Trying is the first step to failure.” - Ben Finegold

@zacharysherry2910 Жыл бұрын

"it's really hard to beat Fischer...now" -Ben Finegold

@vigilante8374 Жыл бұрын

Easy peasy. Even I could do it. Imma gonna need airfare for Iceland and a spade though.

@tomswiftyphilo2504 10 ай бұрын

technically every game against fisher is a win by default

@f.d.3289 10 ай бұрын

I just wanted to post just the same comment. It's really uncanny, but in every single video of his, Ben has one throwaway line that just cracks me up.

@WhiteThunder121 Жыл бұрын

"A guy gave me $100 to explain the game and I did. He said _thanks_. Five minutes later the Blackjack Dealer said _thanks_" 😂

@DarkSideChess Жыл бұрын

Classic

@JojenReed Жыл бұрын

Truth hurts!

@hoola_amigos 3 ай бұрын

Timestamp?

@NYK01 3 ай бұрын

@@hoola_amigos2:05

@BREAKocean 12 күн бұрын

First 3 minutes@@hoola_amigos

@lukacalov1988 Жыл бұрын

3:30 classic Mr Attack joke

@Jabadamazo Жыл бұрын

Kasparov calculating to RD7 is incredible. I believe it, but like, I kind of can't.

@michaelwright8896 3 ай бұрын

Kasparov is the best player in the world at his peak he saw everything.

@vibovitold 14 күн бұрын

@@michaelwright8896Tony Miles (who famously humbled Karpov by beating him with black after 1. e4 a6?) summarised Kasparov along the lines of: "I thought I was playing the World Champion, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything."

@josephgarvey5400 Жыл бұрын

When Kasperov and Topolov roamed the earth, this is what happened.

@JojenReed Жыл бұрын

There was probably some guy named Kasperov at that time too but Kasparov was the chess dude 🙃

@vigilante8374 Жыл бұрын

@@JojenReed None of the letters in your spelling of "Kasparov" look like backwards Ns or lunar landers, so I'm gonna have to yellow card your attempted pedantry there.

@maxfaberg128 Жыл бұрын

"Topalov is Topalov and if you don't believe me he can show you his drivers license"

@thrylos32 Жыл бұрын

Truth hurts

@emmahird2795 Жыл бұрын

This actually might be one of my favourite jokes ever, just for how it's told

@maxfaberg128 Жыл бұрын

@@emmahird2795 amazin, isn't it? I'm still giggling

@chessbrahh2068 Жыл бұрын

"This game was too hard for humans. And I would never be so bold as to call Kasparov a human" -Ben Finegold

@macleadg 5 ай бұрын

Kasparov got his opponent to… topple off…

@donebydom3714 Жыл бұрын

I love this guys dry humor lmao

@brodyr.5540 Жыл бұрын

we desperately need "The truth hurts.” merch ASAP

@abbebjorkman Жыл бұрын

I love your humour , your hilarious, my personal number one chess youtube. Going on a Ben Finegold binge

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

*you're

@whatthehirsch7385 10 ай бұрын

*humor

@johncarlisle6865 9 ай бұрын

@@whatthehirsch7385that's the American way of spelling it, & I know it may be hard for you to believe, but they don't actually have the monopoly on spelling as much as they wish to believe otherwise

@zwlfelea9202 4 ай бұрын

@@johncarlisle6865truth hurts

@douglasquaid7550 Жыл бұрын

I could watch these lectures for hours

@plsircanihavesomemor Жыл бұрын

From now on when I mate my opponent otb I’m announcing papa John instead of checkmate. Just feels right.

@SahnigReingeloetet 11 ай бұрын

Don‘t mate your opponent otb get a room

@phihalbe7448 Жыл бұрын

very suspicious.

@chitchit2732 Жыл бұрын

Kinda suspicious

@jjcool7141 Жыл бұрын

If you can call it suspicious

@visgraatje859 Жыл бұрын

28:58 most impressive part of the vid. Pronouncing the G sound in Dutch correctly.

@poly_hexamethyl Жыл бұрын

Gert-Jan De Boer

@NewQuinnProductions Жыл бұрын

Is this a chess analysis or a standup routine? Ben is the best of both worlds.

@Deucely Жыл бұрын

I called Sheena Neegans, she's well and wish you all the best!

@EqSlay Жыл бұрын

You are ridiculously frank, Ben.

@youstandcorrected Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Thanks for the upload!

@bobbyfishstix1189 Жыл бұрын

yes,, i love these lectures

@elminster8470 Жыл бұрын

Great game and commentary.

@SeddincY Ай бұрын

3:31 "the Austrian attack. Named after Grandmaster Attack " 😂😂

@krs48 Жыл бұрын

Wild game good explanation

@carlyoung7004 Жыл бұрын

When you 👀 see the game in different places, times, analyze, like you see different types of people playing each other

@zachhaywood1564 Жыл бұрын

This game was how I studied and got a fair grip on the Pirc Defense.

@TheMrBennito Жыл бұрын

With the addition of the engine analyses, this game becomes even more mindboggling as it already was. I think I would end up in an asylum if I would be that talented.

@12jswilson 2 ай бұрын

Good. Never go full Fischer

@poly_hexamethyl Жыл бұрын

8:04 "If you're a low-rated player...they don't see all these knight moves. They didn't listen to Bob Seger enough." LOL :-)

@skydragon3857 Жыл бұрын

its strange how the knight moves

@KyMy16 Жыл бұрын

at min 43 GM Ben says that the last world championship was 12 draws, he means the one before last(or he filmed this 2 years ago). Nice lecture.

@aakashbasu3219 Жыл бұрын

This was filmed in 2021 before the WCC

@moderneros Жыл бұрын

It does say in the opening footage the date! No hunt needed

@stingaling Жыл бұрын

"This lecture was recorded June 9th, 2021" it says in the notes.

@AC-xq4hh Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@michaelemerson1949 Жыл бұрын

Thnx gm Benjamin. I have never saw these variations!

@RossKnows Жыл бұрын

oh my, the Night Moves Bob Seger reference

@Frank-wr2nf 11 ай бұрын

Sf 15.1 NNUE says Kxa3 and Rd1+ are roughly equal, Bd7 gets played at move 35 of Rd1+ variation and white is +3, Rxf7 is second best at +.7 as said.

@nicholasimholte7359 8 ай бұрын

Bulgarian last names are pronounced the same way as Russian. Just as you put the emphasis on second syllable in kuh-SPAR-of, you should do the same thing for his opponent. It's not TOP-uh-lof. It's Tuh-PAL-of

@beeble2003 4 ай бұрын

Today, I learned something. Thanks!

@ja734. Жыл бұрын

For some reason Ben seems to think that Topalov is a legit world champion but that Khalifman and Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov aren't, but really he's no more legit than any of them. He won the title in a round robin tournament, not a match, and the title was disputed while he had it, only being reunified when he lost the match to Kramnik.

@Obi-WanKannabis Жыл бұрын

It's probably because unlike the other 2, he actually played 2 world championship matches and basically tied Kramnik in 2006, only going down in the rapid format. He was also world number 1 for a while, and being world number 1 is almost as respected as being world champion, just look at how everyone still considered Kasparov the best player even after he lost his title to Kramnik in 2000.

@kirokirov-lu8cs 26 күн бұрын

Compare Russia and Bulgaria? The achievement of those you mention is much less. Seven million Bulgaria beats great Russia in weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics and chess, not every time but most of the times.And we have success even in billiard games and many other non-"Slavic sports".

@vibovitold 14 күн бұрын

Topalov was legitimately rated #1 in the world on several rating lists, unlike Khalifman or Ponomaov. Of course he wasn't an undisputed world champion, but he obviously belonged in the same league as Ktamnik and Anand, unlike those grandmasters (with all due respect to them; I don't believe they would deny it themselves)

@scheimong Жыл бұрын

frankly, ridiculous.

@fabian13333 2 ай бұрын

What a game

@iamofflineyesreally Жыл бұрын

Hey you can set up your channel to auto mute people when they join, just fyi. In discord it's done with roles, I'm not sure about other programs.

@pranjilgrover8650 Жыл бұрын

I fucking love you man

@jimmytwotimes802 Жыл бұрын

Stockfish came out with 15 not long ago.

@robbied2113 4 ай бұрын

35:29

@jeffheyer7783 Жыл бұрын

“Working on those knight moves.”

@sparkster4000 3 ай бұрын

I felt like RXD4 was the brilliancy, AND I called out the computer would like KB6!!! :D I’m so proud of myself

@dobragab2 Жыл бұрын

Stockfish 15 today says 24. Rxd4 is the best move.

@worsethanjoerogan8061 Жыл бұрын

29:28 Nah Ben the point of your story was to mention that you won the Brilliancy prize. It's also an instructive anecdote though!

@FrankBakulov 5 ай бұрын

B R I L L I A N T ! Saved to favorites after 1/3 of watching. Ben's comments are terrific too.

@countingongod3900 Жыл бұрын

C3 p'od... a future classic

@hellopleychess3190 Жыл бұрын

ROOK TO D7!!

@adamkatz6532 Жыл бұрын

the truth hurts

@hfontanez98 Жыл бұрын

38:20 What was the drawback of playing Kc2 instead of c1?

@hfontanez98 Жыл бұрын

Just saw it... Other than losing h pawn, it's a longer mate.

@lostsoul2184 Жыл бұрын

Wooooowooooo

@treschocos5529 7 ай бұрын

I probably won't see bf1 and rd7 when there's time controls there's too much calculation , black is winning if there's no capture on h8

@hellyea489 Жыл бұрын

man the truth hurts

@lostsoul2184 Жыл бұрын

۹:۵۵ :)))) that " eggzagtly " :))

@sciencetube4574 2 ай бұрын

Ah come on, he's an older player, but not that old that I would call him immortal...

@alexandernipracs6292 Жыл бұрын

from 35:00 to 37:00

@thecurefan1 Жыл бұрын

Before “ I’m gonna be laughed at” why not check then take the rook?

@wreynolds1995 Жыл бұрын

Qe4+ Kd2 and the Rook is defended.

@chadmacgargle5311 Жыл бұрын

What about Karpov?

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

What about him?

@chadmacgargle5311 Жыл бұрын

@@davidcopson5800 I think it's probably because Ben has done 900 million lectures of Kasparov v Karpov... so it's like a joke...

@paulandaloro8514 8 ай бұрын

i have a cavity. The tooth hurts.

@dreddscott3873 Жыл бұрын

How long did he think before playing Rxd4?

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

Just long enough.

@alexpotts6520 9 ай бұрын

AFAIK he only thought a couple of minutes on Rxd4, but he thought for nearly an hour a couple of moves previously, which was presumably when he was when he saw the rook sacrifice idea and decided to analyse it.

@wizardatmath 11 ай бұрын

But Topolov clearly blundered by taking that bishop back....

@bjorneriksson6480 Жыл бұрын

Topalov was world champion? Really?

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

Only in the second tier, not the lineal.

@zero_nova2849 Жыл бұрын

Yes but unfortunately the ability to be excellent in chess doesn't translate into being more intelligent in other areas, which Kasparov is a good example for.

@vigilante8374 Жыл бұрын

I mean, it's true he's slightly nuts but he was dead-on accurate with what he said about Putin and Ukraine. He wrote an entire book about it.

@MarzipanCat. Жыл бұрын

@@vigilante8374 what did he say about Putin and the Ukraine?

@vigilante8374 Жыл бұрын

@@MarzipanCat. He said that Putin was the enemy of the free world and would definitely try to take all of Ukraine. He's been loudly anti-Putin and anti-Russian corruption since long before most people cared, and ran against him for the office of Russian president at some point.

@StKozlovsky 9 ай бұрын

@@vigilante8374 The problem is that among the many Russian people who say all that and are also loudly anti-Putin and anti-corruption, Kasparov is one of the nuttier ones and is much more popular abroad than at home, where people know other, more likeable opposition figures than him. He's also very salty that people now think Navalny is a more important politician than him. Truth hurts! Still much saner than Fischer though.

@vigilante8374 9 ай бұрын

@@StKozlovsky The elephant in the room is how nutty the Russian people are, who a year and a half later are still supporting this insane invasion which--regardless of the morality of it--can't possibly improve Russia's prospects over the long term. Navalny is a prop, not a real politician at this stage, and he's on record opposing giving Crimea back so he isn't really acceptable to the West, either. I'm not saying Kasparov would stand a chance in any free election; I'm just saying that as nutty as he is, he's not any nuttier than the Russian populace, the Russian political establishment, or the most popular figurehead of the Russian opposition.