I'm Burt Izumikawa (2nd game opponent), and I found this hilarious. I was out of my league in that junior championship losing every game but the last one and only making it as an alternate for Jon Litvinchuk. Little did I know that a few participants would go on to be US champions. I only play chess casually now, but have a lot of good memories from that tournament, such as staying with fellow tournament participant Dan Edelman and walking through downtown New York, watching The Untouchables. Ben was hilarious then too. I don't recall the exact lines, but I knew he poked fun at fellow participant Vivek Rao to the tune of Janet Jackson's Nasty, something like "Who that refuting the Sicilian Dragon "Nasty Rao, Nasty Rao".

holy shit, i just discovered this guy and he is insanely funny. How do the students not laugh? This is better than stand up comedy . I could watch for hours straight

2:14 "usually I reserve that for a blitz tournament when I'm rushin' " LOLOLOL X-D

what did i do before ben finegold lectures?

this dude always cracks me up. I love his lectures

i actually took a screenshot of your nice center in game 1 :D

Love it when Ben talks to the audience at home - it's almost like he's there in the room and can see you. He caught me napping at 11:15 - sorry Ben!

Who disliked? Kummer?

0:40 I could've sworn either Alekhine or Tal had already written such a book.

My life wihout Ben's lectures? Terrible

Best lecturer of 2016!

Ben Finegold makes my day

A Ben Finegold lecture where he's explaining why he is the geatestest? Brilliant!

Ben deserves the funniest guy of century award.

Ben Finegold, you're the best, man! I live in the Netherlands and I watch a lot of your vids. They're so funny and learnful. Keep it up Ben!

more Ben Finegold ... yes!

Ben is my favorite GM for character reasons. No one loves Ben more than Ben loves Ben. Not even Ben's wife loves Ben more than Ben loves Ben. But, what makes Ben so great a chess personality is his ability to make light of his play while trash-talking his opponents. I like when he belittles the kids and they don't even know it. God bless you, Ben! You make chess fun!

Hey Ben. I'm glad to see you're still putting out lessons, which are entertaining and informative as a new player. I would love to see your other lessons that you uploaded personally but are no longer available.

.... As Carlsen commented on his games vs. Anand: You can take the credit for your opponent's mistakes if you pressured/annoyed/exhausted/... him into them.

This guy is so funny.

i took a picture of your center 8:01

I want my child to learn to play chess from Mr. Finegold.

i do wonder why a kid knows when Pulp Fiction came out :P Great jokes as always! I love that he talks to us, KZfaq viewers, all the time.

Found this video searching for middle game guidance and I can say with 100% certainty that I was NOT expecting Ben, a Grandmaster Chess Player apparently(Saltue!!), to throw out some savage quips and shots!! 😂🤙🏻I like your style Ben! You’re a good man!

Brilliant Finegold!

41 min, SOLID

I wonder how old those kids are. They seem pretty young to me, where do you get so many young kids willing to attend grandmaster lectures? :)

next book must have....Drink like Grand Master by GM Ben F Gold

tfw Spencer Finegold went to my high school : o

GM Finegold I like your videos a lot! I'm in St. Louis pretty often and was curious about the club. Do you give lectures for non-members to attend?

I WAS THEIR, I WAS THE GUY TALKING 4:11, i was a little sick though :(

'I check you, you check me ...' Barney LOL

24:00 I am analyzing the hole thing with stockfish and at that point it says -19.39 for black

"There's good and there's not good. That's not good." Haha

30:13 Savage

your right or my right?... all right :D

where can i see that 1'o clock that he mention

Bxf7 blew my mind

Hey Ben, can you tell us how you lost the lower front tooth? I know, it's a terrible question... Terrible!

I'm always Russian during a blitz tournament, too...

King on e4? Steinitz approves!

Love Ben's lectures they are so funny. That one kid who kept raising his hand before even thinking and saying "umm umm ummmmm" was annoying as heck though. Kept interrupting my train of thought because half of what he said made no sense. Lost braincells and elo from hearing that kid speak

"Ben never move pawns" :D

"It's not like knight c5 is mate".It is ...lol

Seems like half of all tactics are Bxf7. Look out for Bxf7 on every move and you're doing ok.

25:40

Brilliant joke @24:10

Gramdmaster Ben is unlikely to read this. However this being my first comment I shall proceed. First and foremost I hope I am united in congratulating the grandmaster for his patience with the young. Second, what if at 10:17 Black responds first with capturing the knight on c3 with check. Depending on what White plays Black can capture on e6 with a pawn before moving black Queen to c6 threatening white rook in corner forcing capture by white queen which helps black redevelop the knight to c6 or a loss of tempo because there is not any conclusive mating attack on the Black King even down a piece and necessarily an exchange knight or bishop for rook. White ought have castled. I feel a computer could have eked out a draw and so this is not grandmaster Ben's best play.

No love for that 1:00 class lol.

24:07 LOL!

Ben, would you say that 17:02 Re8 is a rookie mistake?

09:20 Is this the "dutch rules" kid?

0:45 any tips from Alekhine?

shit so desgusting to hear Ben swallowing the water. Great lecture

Never move pawns. I'm gonna use that.

17:30, ahah, it's mate indeed!

24:09 lol 😂😂😂😂😂 Black has already setup three pieces for the next game. 😂😂😂😂

OMG his face expresions when the kid is trying (doesnt he speak english) talk, hahaha

32:35 What about Pat Buchanan?

"Trust me, I knew them as juniors and they should have been in jail then too" I'd like my chess with dark social commentary 😁

27:40 Grandmasters argue about whether to play h6 or h5 I think h6 is terrible here and Ben is right to prefer h5 If you go e4 c6 d4 d5 e5 Bf5 h4 h6 g4 Be4 f3 Bh7 e6 Qd6 exf7+ Kxf7 f4 and computer says its OK for black but its tricky to defend and develop, very easy to just get crushed On the other hand if you play h5 you might lose that pawn but you'll have good play for it in the center and the game is much closer to a "normal" Caro Kann On the other hand (lot of hands here) you can just play a6 or Qb6 and respond to g4 with Bd7

O shit that's what mike kummer looks like

30:10 lol

"Except with lots of cheating." Classic deadpan.

Still waiting for a lecture with a Steve Harvey appearance

32:20 king E2

so.. Mike's last name is Kummer. Imma be a wiseguy and tell you that that's originally a German name and it means "sorrow". make of it what u will :D btw I like Mike Kummer^^

Ben would probably make a joke about himself like: tricky title, I don't have great midgames.

at 40:17 why resign? R×d1+ looks like it has some play

"That's the best variation because black has already 3 pieces set up for the next game" hahahahahahahaha

Bronxville? Not my Bronxville? I checked. It's true. My hometown hosted the 1986 Junior U.S. Championship. Who knew? Proof: chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1599356 www.nytimes.com/1986/10/26/arts/chess-against-the-odds.html archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/09/07/page/283/article/chess

I vote bxc3

32:30 bxc3

Ha

Bxc3

If you reach 3000 do you get to be a grandwizard? Then you always have white and black isn't allowed to pass the 4th rank or to take any of your pieces and his pawns, if they somehow broke the 4th rank rule, can't promote

23:16 the sound and sight of him drinking his extra super sugar fat Coke is so disgusting

staged

are we going to listen to political opinions each lecture for the next year? unsubscribed.