The Closed Sicilian: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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2 ай бұрын

This lecture was recorded on March 04, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Thank you Griffin for sponsoring!
04:21 Boris Spassky vs Vlastimil Hort, Bugojno 1978
14:05 Boris Spassky vs Jan Timman, Hamburg 1982
21:29 Richárd Rapport vs Kristian Stuvik Holm, World Blitz Championship
29:38 Nigel Short vs Zhang Pengxiang, Beijing 2003
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Пікірлер: 58

@alanvagner1041 2 ай бұрын

Ben with another great lecture! Always comment.

@jakob.conrad 2 ай бұрын

Ben with another great lecture! Always comment. Always repeat.

@scheimong 2 ай бұрын

Always repeat.

@frankspokes5282 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@lukemarks3281 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@user-or1vh5wf5j 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@seventhtenth 2 ай бұрын

The reason I am scared of expanding my opening repertoire is that then I won't have a scapegoat

@timseidelll 2 ай бұрын

The reason I don't expand my repertoire is because my opponent won't play book by move 2 anyways. We are not the same😂

@nsiderultimaseth 2 ай бұрын

Great lecture! Loved seeing the Spassky games.

@conorO184 2 ай бұрын

10:16 this is the GM level analysis I came here to see!

@WastrelWay 2 ай бұрын

Hehe "Your Bishop is defended zero times. Zero times is not enough defense...." So true! The truth hurts.

@OblivionEight 2 ай бұрын

Awesome lecture! I've been playing the KIA lately and a lot of ideas seem to cross over between the two openings. Loved this one!

@mcronrn 2 ай бұрын

That was Beth interesting, thank you! And your sponsor! 👍🏽🙏

@mcronrn 2 ай бұрын

Haha from very to Beth?? 🤣🤣

@NelsonBoy2734 2 ай бұрын

GO BEN.

@dbwstein 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for posting. Great stuff!

@luisgomez1335 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Ben!

@alexeihensel6257 2 ай бұрын

Needed this.

@barkman1739 2 ай бұрын

Commenting as requested. Thanks for the lecture!

@aDushandrii 2 ай бұрын

Nigel game was really nice, my fav out of this list.

@cardanoshield1326 Ай бұрын

Great lecture!

@cw6136 2 ай бұрын

Don't eat frosted mini-wheats. Otherwise you'll end up on the couch, watching chess videos 💨

@gandharjoshi5851 2 ай бұрын

Go Ben and go Griffin

@marcomonti5758 Ай бұрын

Very good video!

@Roberto-bd9fq Ай бұрын

I just started playing this, so this will help.

@philosopher24680 2 ай бұрын

After watching this lecture I decided to give it a try and absolutely crushed a 1500 in Rapid, mainly by taking advantage of that D5 square for the knights. Thanks Ben!

@Shark_Arise 2 ай бұрын

I never really bothered looking into this opening because it looks awkward with the e4 pawn blocking the bishops diagonal and the weak f3 square. Surprising how fun and tactical the positions and plans are, will definitely be trying it out.

@WastrelWay 2 ай бұрын

Very nice. I remember playing the Closed Sicilian in a chess club tournament game. I didn't play g3-Bg2 because my opponent apparently didn't understand the opening. He must have expected d4, and he played it sort of like an Open Sicilian, because that was what he knew. I can't remember the details, except that I castled Q-side, he castled K-side and I got an overwhelming attack and a glorious win.

@threegon 2 ай бұрын

Ben❤

@bahmankargosha4946 2 ай бұрын

Good choice of games

@matthewpaul985 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ben. No sarcasm either.😊

@penknight8532 2 ай бұрын

Still Theory!

@MrYetiFace 2 ай бұрын

Hi Ben, as someone who doesn't know anything about chess I've come to have a pedantic go at you in your KZfaq comments. At 26:43 you state: "[..] and the idea is White wants to play Qg4 which leads to checkmate" BUT ACTUALLY the immediate idea is Nh6#, checkmating purely with the two knights. I am shocked and dismayed that you did not cover this in the video.

@RafaelSang-tq8ur 2 ай бұрын

World Champions Smyslov and Spassky were masters of this opening.

@asansfakeaccound5466 2 ай бұрын

i always love this kind of jokes when Ben says "and this position is good after checkmate" or something like this

@mikkelhansen3714 Ай бұрын

26:38 - Instead of Qg4 mate there is also a cooler threat of Nh6 mate

@GabrielC-fm7bd Ай бұрын

"The dogs don't like it" that was great😂

@matthewpaul985 2 ай бұрын

Mr Perkins says hello.!

@ldv1970 2 ай бұрын

26:48 There is a more dangerous threat than Qg4+: Nh6#.

@beeble2003 Ай бұрын

Truth hurts.

@LauchSkillerTV 2 ай бұрын

When you were watching Spassky on youtube but the game was interrupted and you are wondering on what platform the rest of the match was continued 18:25

@TylerGeffeney 24 күн бұрын

Can someone explain why at 11:37 he says it’s illegal for black bishop to take white queen?

@Rubrickety 2 ай бұрын

I like the way Ben handles names whose pronunciation is unclear by just switching between them randomly. Rapport, Rappour, Spassky, Spossky, whatevs. 😁

@firehood9426 Ай бұрын

Like Vienna mieses vs Sicilian

@dauphindauphin6607 Ай бұрын

Thanks Ben, for "don't walk in a fork in real life"

@douglaslarosa8782 2 ай бұрын

The moment white had connect four and a bishop on g2, black was doomed. Doooomed!

@cw6136 2 ай бұрын

@KELLOGGS wants to sponsor a class. Sup Karen!

@WhizzerdSupreme 2 ай бұрын

Or as I like to call it: "I don't care if you play c5, I'm playing the Vienna" 😂

@Steve-xo4nb 2 ай бұрын

21:40-21:45 lmao

@czarlguitarl 2 ай бұрын

Position: **is checkmate** Ben: "This position is good for white" (sarcasm) lmao

@paulgoogol2652 2 ай бұрын

when you rely on opening prep a lot and can't handle an opponent who plays nonsense you've never seen before in your grandmaster game examples that means you are not a good player. not a better one in any case. then chess is probably not for you. maybe learning opening theory is your thing :p but then why waste time with playing chess?