Ben's European days were so wild that I heard he even played f6

6:28 Ben: ...as in the game Fischer - Bisguier. What was Bisguier's fatal mistake? Ken West: Showing up. Man, Ken might not be learning from the chess but he's sure as hell learning from the savageness.

His videos as fine as gold to me

I love this dude

Ben Finegold is amazing, he can do anthing.. he can even beat usian bolt in chess.

:) I watch these lectures by Finegold in one sit.

Mondays are better with Ben.

Ben Truly understood what pedagogy is all about

Cool video. Thanks!!

I think Ben Finegold helped program Stockfish 7, i was just reviewing my last game and the computer said the best move for black was Nh8

Gorgeous game, that last one. :)

Thanks Ben your making me crack up and its only been 6 minutes.

"K, he should go on wheel of fortune and buy a vowel" 😂😂

Ben is awesome really

Amazing

More vids with Ben please.

He is fine gold !

Awesome games and an Austin Powers reference: great video!

the komodo dragon joke is really good!

I got strangely hyped when it became known that Ben knows who Arthur Rubinstein is.

Really liking the title Mr. Simon, sounds like you could have put a Ben hot tub story in here... But really, thank you for all your hard work doing these videos for us.

Hey Ben! It's great as always! Could you do more Chigorin defense games? The complexity fascinates me!

Will Grandmaster Finegold for sure be doing live, on-site commentary again at this year's Sinquefield Cup?

NH3 smells. NH4 only exists in liquids and does not smell that bad.

I'm pretty sure Belgium doesn't exist.

Did Ben Finegold get in a bar fight or something?

I had a game ending exactly like the one at 31:30, in a 10/0 match... pretty sure my opponent was floored after Rf8. (*Can't remember if the rook was on the f-file but the rest of the pieces on the queenside were in the exact same position.)

32:35 "last but least" Gold. Finegold. Lol

Could you tell me please the name of the song on the preview

If you can make Ben Finegold laugh, you`re pretty funny

Finegold for President

42:58 "The King runs around de Boer" :D

3 weeks without a new yasser video!! :(

Thimbs up for Austin Powers joke =D

ok ben simon😆☺

are there any adult only classes... were can I get expert lessons?

Ben I am going to have to sue you for ruining my grades over the last couple of weeks. Excellent videos from the entire team by the way. #Chessclubofstl

yeah for Prag before I was born

That woz fu@K'n hilarious! Do chess players really have this much fun?!!

At 19:46 after black plays Kf6, couldn't white play Qh6 mate?

Is no one gonna talk about how the intro beat slaps hard af?

15:33

what syllable did he want to add 4:55

6:22 ffs Ben😂

first game looks like a draw. I guess if there is a time issue it may be a different story. 21:21 But Kg6 you get the knight after rook takes rook. White then takes H7 pawn with check and then A7 pawn. White knight captures on C3. and it is 4 pawns vs 4 pawns, and a rook vs knight. That should be a draw, right? Or is rook vs knight only a draw if there are no pawns?

27:05 Isn't Qxd8+ excellent for white? Instead of Ne2. Kx loses a knight, Nx is impossible, Rx Nxc7+

Did Ben lost his lower tooth?

you win. cant wait for the jokes

Theres free, theres not free, thats not free

29:30 hahahahahaha 😂😂😂

19:40 rofl

Poor Ken

What was the chicken variation of the Caro Kann joke? I kinda missed that one

"its not knight f5, its....." --- Unicorn f5?

What is the intro song?

you took more than one train to prague Ben? But i guess not at the same time?

So 5 years ago komodo was better than stockfish?

You hate the Dutch but are confused when people don't know what de Boer means. Very suspicious. Great lecture though.

my god Ben you used to be a terrific player. I always wondered how you got to be a GM, these games explain it. Fantastic moves. Forget what the computer says. Computer moves are for computers. You were winning from the opening until the very end against Haba. It's like you said. If there is one single move for black and a dozen moves for white, that means white has an overwhelming advantage. The computer might say "equal" but that's obviously wrong. That's the whole point of chess! We play moves that make sense. We have plans. We create small advantages and turn them into larger advantages. Computers, they can calculate 20 moves deep and watching their games is like watching an episode of "Ancient Aliens." Humans just can't understand computer games. Yes we can put "ideas" behind computer moves, but in the end . . . it's a strange alien intelligence the computers have. so yeah you were definitely destroying Haba. The computer isn't wrong necessarily it's just playing a different game than humans play. Three incredibly strong games from a fantastic young IM about to get his norms . . . except it did take you a while for some reason.

11:40 Re5!

23:10 best jokes in the video 😂

HOUDINI IS BEST CHESS ENGINE

this guy says Jean Claude Van Dam

Playing h4 before alphazero

"If there's a fly I don't kill it cause I'm a vegetarian." - GM Ben Finegold

two bishops vs two knights endgame plz☺😊👍👍👍

19:33 can't white play Rxe4 here? The point being ...fxe4 Rg3+ Kh8 Rg7 Looks really good for white to me.

What happened to his teeth?

YEs, I agree. JCVD a good movie, maybe the only one good by Van Damme

Delete this video if Spencer ever wants to run for President of the United States.

loloololol

At 14:19 I think he farted 😂

Ben should play Carlsen for the World Champion. Please make it happen.

first

14:19 somebody farted?

It didnt give a value of the game just sayed you are terrible lol