Quick Checkmates from Single Blunders

Quick Checkmates from Single Blunders - GM Ben Finegold

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8 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Ben Finegold spends a short time on many games where a player blundered and lost several moves later. See if you can solve these mate problems faster than the class. You must be at least four years old to answer!
2016.01.10
Paul D Mechem vs. Ben Boaz, 2015
Alex Shimanov vs. Matthew Wendell Larson, 2015
Kevin Wang vs. Larson, 2015
Mark Waechter vs. Larson, 2015
Benjamin P Finegold vs. Gary Kitts, 1987
Ossip Bernstein vs Jose Raul Capablanca, Moscow (1914)

Пікірлер: 381

@Prof.CheeseDog 8 жыл бұрын

"I played e6" *child sneezes* "That's nothing to sneeze at that's a good move"

@mohitoness 6 жыл бұрын

loved u in big lebowski dude

@logansalyer6068 5 жыл бұрын

lol, is this really steve buscemi?

@klodm.2064 5 жыл бұрын

@tothegrave 5 жыл бұрын

@@klodm.2064 i laughed so hard at that, and was going to post the time, but you beat me 2 it 2 years ago fam

@matthewfitzgerald2530 5 жыл бұрын

I’m a child and I sneezed. No?

@jasoncoles7606 8 жыл бұрын

No one gets his jokes but he says them every time. They are all the same. The sarcastic jokes. We love you Ben. Keep up the good work.

@russellreal 5 жыл бұрын

I don't get his jokes either tbh, I be watching like "Wtf is he TALKIN' about!?!?!" but I keep watching coz I'm interested in his theory lol

@IFoundAUsername2 5 жыл бұрын

@@russellreal I can't tell if you're being sarcastic; I am laughing almost every time at his ingenious jokes

@heitorcaramez 4 жыл бұрын

The audience is made of children.

@Roswell12 4 жыл бұрын

I get his jokes everytime. I just don't laugh because I don't think they are funny at all.

@davidrasborcan8739 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's just not funny

@Jabadamazo 5 жыл бұрын

"And my student for 5 years." *cuts to blundering queen* Ringing endorsement for you there, Ben XD.

@meathead919 5 жыл бұрын

"Anyone know what my excuse was?" -- "It wasn't my turn to move!" The kids won't ever forget Ben! That's the kind of teacher who creates love for the game in kids.

@yinjianbo8685 Жыл бұрын

😂

@prmbiy 7 жыл бұрын

"let's call a random student", always Arjun

@hoola_amigos 5 жыл бұрын

Whoa.. is his name "Arjun"? I thought it was "Argian" or something.!

@88AndCounting 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me laugh every time.

@kevinbyrne4538 5 жыл бұрын

@@hoola_amigos -- There's a photo of Arjun Puri here -- David Edmonds (2016 May 12) "Creating the world's new chess capital" BBC News www.bbc[[dot]]com/news/magazine-36257742

@hoola_amigos 5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbyrne4538 thanks a lot dude.!! (Y)

@Parralyzed 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbyrne4538 >googles URL >first result: Go Figure: How can you explain cancer clusters? lmao

@VideosMPDO 4 жыл бұрын

I love how he says "it's too risky" when the kids want to blunder a piece, I feel like he wants them to keep the window open for when they're ready to learn sacrifices

@gluonpa6878 5 жыл бұрын

13:58 "Checkmate's good because you win" - The most important thing I learned today.

@alansong4754 8 жыл бұрын

10:00 Ben says: "King i8" and all the kids go crazy lol

@AgentFlea 4 жыл бұрын

9:52

@alachabre 7 жыл бұрын

"You're the best player in your chair!"

@goncalofreitas2094 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 relatable

@cmdrfun1 8 жыл бұрын

No one gets any of the jokes, which makes it funnier "That's nothing to sneeze at!"

@FilipM1 8 жыл бұрын

+cmdrfun1 17:52 ;-D

@TheRealBlueSwan 7 жыл бұрын

He's so quick with the jokes. That sneeze joke came within a split second of the actual sneeze.

@joachimsedic3220 7 жыл бұрын

i am german - i even don´t understand the german jokes ??? - are there realy german words in chess???

@nonnenhut 7 жыл бұрын

Ja, Zugzwang ist ein weiteres Wort, Akobian nutzt es z.B. häufig.

@evilution9419 7 жыл бұрын

oder "luft". deutschland prägte das schach sehr.

@datamonkey5653 6 жыл бұрын

he says 1921 right at 1921, 19:20

@matanrubin8726 5 жыл бұрын

Dude.

@LesterBrunt1983 5 жыл бұрын

We're all living in a fractal, a fractal, it is fractalbar.

@BGFutureBG 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously well spotted

@russellreal 5 жыл бұрын

It always amazes me what people see when there are thousands of eyes on the same thing... all research should be done in teams of 10,000 researchers

@fadyserhan9537 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@dariolazza559 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video ever because GM Finegold, showing his superior knowledge, says 1921 exactly at 19:21 Amazing.

@thedamnmoron Жыл бұрын

damn that's cool

@kallegeorge3913 8 жыл бұрын

Arjun will be a GM

@Prof.CheeseDog 8 жыл бұрын

+Kalle George Yeah I saw a comment saying he was only 6. He will go far.

@Michael-uw6vi 3 жыл бұрын

Any update on this?

@TheTrueGOATS 3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael-uw6vi He's not a GM but is classified as an expert and actually has at least one video uploaded to the channel where he teaches about 12 type of endgames everyone should know how to win or draw with

@zoomsp91 8 жыл бұрын

People at home saying what is th one o'clock class?? Ben, you mention it in every video, we know exactly what the one o'clock class is!

@STLChessClub 8 жыл бұрын

+Alberto One time, the one o'clock class was recorded because we thought you'd like to see it. Afterwards, we were like, "Why did we record the one o'clock class?"

@satadhi 8 жыл бұрын

+Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis please upload that too ! it will be fun

@pizzashark7067 8 жыл бұрын

+Satadhi Halder Upload the past consensus reaction to something that happened a while ago? What?

@PhilippeCarphin 8 жыл бұрын

+Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis terrible. *Looks up, shakes head*

@henrids 7 жыл бұрын

suspicious !

@Hvidbergen 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, perfect advice "never play f6". I just came home from a tournament, where I won a game in about 20 moves, and my opponent actually blundered quite badly by playing f6 on move 10 or there about.

@chess_is_a_vibe 8 жыл бұрын

It's all about the Benjamin's. Finegold is a good teacher lol!

@HIPHOPANTIFA 2 жыл бұрын

Puff Daddy ft Kim

@mrhomevideo314 8 жыл бұрын

As someone who hopes to have a 4 digit rating someday, I've been watching many of the Saint Louis beginner videos. This one was particularly entertaining and informative. Thanks to the Saint Louis Center for making these videos publicly available.

@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638 4 жыл бұрын

four digits??, did you get harpooned through the brain as a kid?

@hailbifrostglow 4 жыл бұрын

@@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638 You got me with your account name. I thought for a second there. Also, I thought the base chess rating was 1500

@jakeb.2990 3 жыл бұрын

@jqbtube 1000 FIDE is stronger than the average amateur

@jmarkellos 7 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh. I played Carlson the other day and now I know my mistake. Being down a rook against a world champion is bad.

@ji23delgado 7 жыл бұрын

jmarkellos I played carlsen last week At the endgame he was down 2 rooks and a queen but he checkmated me with his king

@puct9 7 жыл бұрын

+Ji Delgado chess set was rigged

@jorgelenny47 6 жыл бұрын

Uhhh! I hate when that happens

@maverickm44 5 жыл бұрын

Noooo...you were down all pieces except the rook and that's TERRIBLE

@user-wl1yt4mu7t 5 жыл бұрын

@@maverickm44 rooks are extremely powerful in the endgame. Don't doubt a piecies power

@huracan200173 Жыл бұрын

I've been watching Ben classes for years now, I don't care if it's for 400 rated players or 2000+. I love this guy, he's an amazing teacher and personality. Take care Ben, we need you to continue making chess fun but interesting!

@96Logan 7 жыл бұрын

I used to play chess a long time ago and fell out of it for some reason. Watching Ben Finegold has got me interested in it again :) I got a chess app a week ago in hopes of rekindling my love of the game and looked up offensive openings to give me the spark I was looking for. I bounced around several lecturers on KZfaq and almost called it quits until I found Ben Finegold. With a personality like that, it's hard to watch any other lecturer on chess! I always lose interest after a couple mins but I can watch Ben for hours. What a guy!

@ji23delgado 7 жыл бұрын

Logan If you're starting chess again,I'd recommend familiarizing yourself with tactics first if you're looking for really sharp openings since it would require a really large amount of calculation.There's a grandmaster in this channel I'd recommend for that.Look up GM Alejandro Ramirez and his video Tactics Training Session. The tactics there are absolutely gorgeous and you'd learn a lot.That is if you're really willing to go back to chess.

@elvamp789 7 жыл бұрын

This. Ramirez is the best ''serious GM lessons'' while being a very likeable person.

@zeroqp 7 жыл бұрын

watching this makes me wish I was a kid in that class. You're a good teacher, Ben Finegold.

@JimLink 8 жыл бұрын

Master Hand < Crazy Hand < Giant Child Hand Giant Child Hand for SSB5. Do it Sakurai.

@zoomsp91 8 жыл бұрын

What about wall master??

@pizzashark7067 8 жыл бұрын

The year is 20XX. Everyone plays Ben Finegold at Stockfish levels of perfection. Because of this, the winner of a game depends solely on color. The RPS metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to it being the only remaining factor to decide FIDE ratings.

@alansong4754 8 жыл бұрын

what about a flush?

@blueromeo1974 7 жыл бұрын

that last checkmate got me there...felt dumb when finally saw paw equal knight #....

@ZanzibarBreeze 7 жыл бұрын

jqbtube Bit of a tit aren't you?

@Lovuschka 5 жыл бұрын

Arjen (however you write him) needs to get a girlfriend named Tina. She's Arjen-Tina then. Ben would love that pun!

@sameash3153 3 жыл бұрын

Read the bhagavad Gita bro, arjun is the main character

@mika274 3 жыл бұрын

Your pun game is good. Ignore the others

@HIPHOPANTIFA 2 жыл бұрын

No llores por mí Arjun-Tina

@solfeinberg437 5 жыл бұрын

9:49 - the first time I've seen one of Ben's jokes fall on truly appreciative ears. Kids are cracking up. Ki8 or Ki7.

@nikiyen6 2 жыл бұрын

He forgot about Kg9

@ThePkerhide 7 жыл бұрын

"Giant child hand in the way!" Savage.

@briancolyer4947 11 ай бұрын

I get every one of his jokes, and I laugh out loud all the time. Totally hilarious!

@Ohbubbano 3 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this guy talk chess all day

@bigwhite8049 7 жыл бұрын

But this was in 1987, and Barney the dinosaur hadn't existed yet. Which is strage because dinosaurs existed a long time ago. Anyway, so there's no "I take you, you take me", there's none of that. I TAKE YOU, YOU TAKE ME WE'RE A DAMN CHESS FAMILY

@MAMP 7 жыл бұрын

Never seen a checkmate like that last one!!!!

@upplsuckimcool16 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOOO!!!!! The end of this video man hahaha...... What a boss....

@K1ngJuli4n 8 жыл бұрын

The feared giant hand :'D

@pr0ject_nihilist 6 жыл бұрын

Ben you know your a great influence when you ask them a question and "All about the Benjamins!" is the answer you get. lol

@MAMP 7 жыл бұрын

17:50 girl sneezes "that's nothing to sneeze at!"

@g.c.5065 7 жыл бұрын

He _is_ really good!

@hoemberchess 3 жыл бұрын

An entertaining lesson, as usual.

@gabrielsantosm.3415 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks CCSCSL for all this videos with GM Finegold!! =D And also thanks GMM Finegold for the always funny and instructive lectures! =D

@Yaruko 8 жыл бұрын

Ohh yes, Ben Finegold

@Yaruko 8 жыл бұрын

+Kehkioishii ps. I put my chips on that one kid who is intuitively calling the right moves without realizing why they're good

@timoru7229 8 жыл бұрын

+Kehkioishii same he might be a future GM and he can also move the pieces easlily thanks to his hands :D

@iDeathSparky 7 жыл бұрын

Arjun is a genius tbh. He might not realize it but he is. And he's hilarious.

@djpro1782 4 жыл бұрын

"See you're the best player in your chair.." after coming up with an amazing mate-in-one. Hahahahah

@gregbattis 8 жыл бұрын

More Finegold :D

@joedavies1524 8 жыл бұрын

Superb. Best chess vids on the net.

@SteveRunciman 8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Davies The only comparison are Yasser's vids.

@Majora1988 8 жыл бұрын

Poor Matt, losing during the lecture, tough I tells ya'!

@Sh4tterdL0g1c 3 жыл бұрын

31:33 “My knights retreating like a Frenchman” Bruh 😂😂 the jokes get makes to a room full of kids that just go right over their heads are hilarious

@MadScientist3000 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for letting me know there was a giant child hand in the way, i would not have noticed

@dzigerica666 8 жыл бұрын

Ben you were in Novi Sad in 1988! i had 5 years then i was watching tournament with my dad maybe i saw you !!!!!!

@Folopolis 7 жыл бұрын

We know exactly what the one o'clock class is. That's when Pat Buchannan plays F6 and then resigns to Mike Kummer, then they go out and eat Froyo with a fork.

@askthepizzaguy 7 жыл бұрын

Is the live chess game in this old video still being played live? I have to know, this is important stuff and I can't figure it out. XD

@billiamreynolds 6 жыл бұрын

This dude has dad joke on lock

@RipplzMusic 6 жыл бұрын

I don't even play chess very often but this dude rules. I wish this was the guy throwing jokes and math problems my way when I was a kid.

@thomasthetankengin7722 8 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Finegold (showing the proper respect) - please could you recommend one or two of your favourite chess books for an intermediate player with very suspicious openings? Love your videos by the way. Can't watch anyone else without falling asleep now.. I know I'm missing out because of the bias.. Stop being so entertaining. It's not fair on the other lecturers! XD

@shyamdas6231 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these videos. Benjamin Finegold is amazing. Why can't we see Ben Simons and other people often addressed by him in the videos? Let us know who the students are.

@CINMANofHOD 7 жыл бұрын

Shyam Das Ben is the camera guy...

@sarbikdutta3455 5 жыл бұрын

"King to I8...Wait is it I7?? " You gotta love this guy

@billmorrigan386 3 жыл бұрын

A good video.

@natereeves2807 5 жыл бұрын

Ben should go down in the chess hall of fame. He has helped so many of us enjoy and get better at the game

@zeroqp 7 жыл бұрын

I love you, Ben

@JacobALibra 4 жыл бұрын

27:36 "queen b4 what? Nice"

@viktorwillyam 4 жыл бұрын

“Which non of you got by the way” this man is more than gold... he is a fingold

@orieliyahu3073 4 жыл бұрын

is the last game really finegold vs carlsen?

@cyxFrag 8 жыл бұрын

TY !

@DarkNomadness 5 жыл бұрын

at 24:12 queen to C2 was one way to defend it but then black to queen A1 then white queen to C1 and then black rook to D1 is a force mate

@mike62mcmanus 4 жыл бұрын

The hand in the way was an improvement.

@SteveRunciman 8 жыл бұрын

What does Ben mean when he says next week is his last week at the chess club? He's not actually leaving, is he???? Please say "no"!!!!!

@loudej 8 жыл бұрын

+SteveRunciman Moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, I think. Terrible!

@STLChessClub 8 жыл бұрын

+SteveRunciman He has a residency in Charlotte for a few months. Ben will be back.

@SteveRunciman 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ben gonna be back! I'll just re-watch his old videos until he returns.

@liver1865 8 жыл бұрын

+Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

@iDeathSparky 7 жыл бұрын

He's back, and he commentated the recent Juniors championship alongside Aviv Friedman and Alejandro Ramirez.

@langa77777 5 жыл бұрын

14:40 black needs to play knight f6

@winnah2314 7 жыл бұрын

this guy is hilarious

@umutko9304 6 жыл бұрын

This guy is freakin hilarious xD

@hsnanwr9897 4 жыл бұрын

"his excuse for everything he wasn't born yet" 😂😅

@salvadorguerrero8654 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I admire how Ben has patience to explain kids captures that don't make sense like exchanging a queen for a knight... Other teachers just yalk about the main things

@theoneandonlysmack 8 жыл бұрын

9:50 was a good one :D

@jonaskoelker 5 жыл бұрын

At 1:41 Ben doesn't go into black's other losing variant: 1. Nxh6+ - Kh8 2. Nf5+ - Kg8 (check is discovered, also knife f5!) 3. Rxe7, threatening 4. Rxb7 and 4. Nh6+ Kh8 5. Nf7+ Kg8 6. Qh8#. If 3. -, Rf7 then Qxf7+, Qxg7+, Qh7#. If 3. -, Q?? 4. Nh6+ gxh6 then 5. Qg6+, Qh7#. At 9:00, what should black have done instead of Qb2-e5? White might like Bg5 and Bf6+ and either mate or winning black's queen. Ne4 is an annoying defender, so maybe first Bxa6 Nxa6 to distract it, depending on what black plays first-which should probably be R?8-but white also has Re1, threatening Re8+ Rxe8 Qxe8#, and of course Qf8# if black's rook leaves the 8th rank. White can also look at Bxa6, Qxa7, Qxb6 and cash in the passed b-pawn for a piece if all else fails.

@thatisjake 5 жыл бұрын

What software do you use for analyzing games?

@mrjohnp555 8 жыл бұрын

This is too funny. Please post a video of the one o'clock class...

@pedropicapiedra3598 5 жыл бұрын

Ben is the hell of funny guy! X-D

@KlepticHeist 7 жыл бұрын

It's all about the Benjamins lmao

@bobgeorges 8 жыл бұрын

Ben rocks! What if he stay in Charlotte for good?

@LouBoogaloo Жыл бұрын

"it's all about the Benjamins"-. Random kid Lolol that got me rolling hard

@MrJoshAbbott 8 жыл бұрын

In regards to the Capablance game at 22:41. After Queen B2, what if white plays Rook C8???

@tharindanimnajith3525 8 жыл бұрын

+MrJoshAbbott Qa1+ Qf1 Qxf1 Kxf1 Rxc8 Blck is up a rook.

@CINMANofHOD 7 жыл бұрын

Never would I ever have thought about knighting the pawn...

@renaldoawesomesauce1654 5 жыл бұрын

at 14:31 black can just play knight f6 and block that attack almost entirely? Am I missing something with that move? Why would black play pawn h6 over knight f6? Thank you if anyone sees something that I don't.

@timnickname3530 5 жыл бұрын

Bishop takes rook a8 for free

@Mooseinator756 3 жыл бұрын

At the position at 22:50 would rook D3 be a solid move? If rook captures white then queen can recapture and also be in position to defend at F1. If black queen takes on E2, rook on D3 can take rook D8 and checkmate.

@dr.bluesfield3629 3 жыл бұрын

not too solid, simply Qb1 check and white loses all of his pieces

@RossTheNinja 5 жыл бұрын

Ben - I had a good excuse Kid - it's all about the Benjamins? Good answer

@collarbeam 5 жыл бұрын

At 24:30 there is Qc2 for white, ending the attack and giving time for an escape square for the king.

@dr.bluesfield3629 3 жыл бұрын

Are you trolling? He's down an entire piece!

@chessassassin2220 4 жыл бұрын

One of these days I'm going to offer GM Finegold time odds.

@fabiocanedo6345 4 жыл бұрын

what comes after Qe3 defending against the fork in 29:35 ?

@Dundo1986 4 жыл бұрын

'' his excuse for everything, he wasnt born yet ''

@AmandeepKamboj19jan 3 жыл бұрын

Great

@tarmovie3964 8 жыл бұрын

30:48 He is never right, that's solid looollll, Ben is great

@KunalSharma-so6jv 5 жыл бұрын

Every one of Ben's comment section is filled with the quotables in the video.

@EnduroNerd 4 жыл бұрын

At 14:20, a better defense for black would have been Nd5-f6 ?

@ronpoliquin9829 7 жыл бұрын

awsome

@liver1865 8 жыл бұрын

BILLIONS OF HANDS!!!

@KarimKhan-el3qk 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly funny guy

@SeanBenson23 3 жыл бұрын

...Was that game really against Carlson?

@nezihlevent1333 3 жыл бұрын

Hodor: Hold the door! Giant Child Hand: Hold the camera!

@andbogaming369 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone just know him from qvc?

@DoomRater 7 жыл бұрын

In the Capablanca game, I think white has a better chance with Rc8. Now if black takes the queen, Rxd8# and if black takes the rook he's down a queen. It's still losing for white (NOW you check the king and trade queens and win the rook) but when black has more blunders than good moves that's better than having no obvious blunders on the board!