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

"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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

he says 1921 right at 1921, 19:20

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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!

Arjun will be a GM

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!

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

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

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

"Giant child hand in the way!" Savage.

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

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

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.

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

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

I could listen to this guy talk chess all day

The feared giant hand :'D

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This dude has dad joke on lock

Ohh yes, Ben Finegold

An entertaining lesson, as usual.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Superb. Best chess vids on the net.

More Finegold :D

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

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

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

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

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

is the last game really finegold vs carlsen?

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.

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

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

What software do you use for analyzing games?

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"!!!!!

It's all about the Benjamins lmao

27:36 "queen b4 what? Nice"

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

I love you, Ben

A good video.

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

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

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

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

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.

"Discovered attack fork......" ".... Everyone's happy..." Except for the spoons.

19:57 -- "His excuse for everything: he wasn't born yet."

what is the one o clock class??

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

Child’s giant hand in the way with Ben Finegold video

TY !

Ben is the hell of funny guy! X-D

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

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

I'm going to disguise myself as a little kid, and take this class. I would be awesome. I'd get the answer to questions he didn't even ask. I'd have my hand up the entire time, and sometimes I'd pump it even higher and go "Oh oh oh" when I was desperate to show that I was smarter than the other kids.

This guy is freakin hilarious xD

Great

The hand in the way was an improvement.

''Everybody has a king'' my favourite game of chess

this guy is hilarious

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

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

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.

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

"I was not born yet", his excuse for everything.

14:40 black needs to play knight f6

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

Maybe few years from today, there might be many grandmasters from the one o clock class, and they would be the one laughing at us

...Was that game really against Carlson?

awsome

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

Knight's retreating like a frenchman. classic.

8:50 Ben when a kid opens his or her mouth in his class

I didn't get the joke at 23:40 about "luft" please tell me!! I'm dying to know it

Anyone just know him from qvc?

i feel like arjun. Where's the nine o'clock class?

29:30 what if Be3, I mean I know white can play Rxd6 and win a pawn but it would still be possible for white to draw if he plays correctly right?