The Legend: Viktor Korchnoi - GM Ben Finegold

The Legend: Viktor Korchnoi - GM Ben Finegold - 2015.05.28

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9 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Ben Finegold profiles arguably the strongest non-World Champion ever, Viktor Korchnoi. A game from every decade the Soviet defector played strongly is featured.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Vladimir Zak, Leningrad (1951): D00 Queen's pawn, Chigorin variation
Vladimir Mikhailovich Liberzon vs Korchnoi, USSR Championship (1960): B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
Korchnoi vs Arturo Pomar-Salamanca, EU-chT Kapfenberg (1970): A00 Benko's opening
Korchnoi vs Karoly Honfi, Baden-Baden 32/127 (1981): A62 Benoni, fianchetto variation
Korchnoi vs Artur Yusupov, Cologne (1990): A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation
Korchnoi vs Pavel Kotsur, 34th Olympiad (2000): C02 French, advance, Wade variation

Пікірлер: 137

@benselectionforcasting4172 6 жыл бұрын

The leningrad joke at the start "Where were you born" "St. Petersburg" "Where did you grow up" "Petrograd" "where do you live now" "Leningrad" "Where do you want to live" "St. Petersburg"

@ienjoyapples 9 жыл бұрын

My life is going to go down the toilet if I spend any more time watching GM Finegold lectures, but what the hell. Chess > life.

@SIMUN2277 9 жыл бұрын

Leelee Phoenix What does that mean exactly?

@VACatholic 9 жыл бұрын

Leelee Phoenix terrible!

@danialbrown6068 9 жыл бұрын

I have maybe 6 hours left of homework... That is due in 12 hours... I feel your pain But Finegold too gggoooooddd

@gregbattis 8 жыл бұрын

+Danial Brown I resigned from college so I could watch Ben.

@mortalwomprat 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you’re doing well these days, buddy😂

@Dooban 9 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold lectures are best lectures.

@DampLover 9 жыл бұрын

Doomy I don´t watch anything else than the ones from him :)

@MrFartyman44 8 жыл бұрын

After watching many Ben Finegold lectures from the chess club of St. Louis, all I know about chess are the names Julien and Kent West

@atreorey 8 жыл бұрын

lol

@David-le8ik 6 жыл бұрын

Its Ken West

@Belfor09 9 жыл бұрын

When i saw Ben, i was like "WTF dude? That was supposed to be a joke?" And two days after that i cant stop watching this guy. He's really likable and his lectures are great not like the Yasser Seirawan (sleepy). Keep it up Ben!

@HamasakiFanz 9 жыл бұрын

Belfor09 how dare you calling Yasser's lecture bad! Yasser's lecture is better in term of detail (he's explaining every possible move clearly). Ben is more entertaining. Maybe you belong in sunday's kid class lmao

@Belfor09 9 жыл бұрын

***** I never said they were bad. I said Yasser's lectures are boring.

@HamasakiFanz 9 жыл бұрын

Belfor09 well, anyone reading: "and his lectures are great not like the Yasser Seirawan" will interpret it as Yasser's lectures are bad because the opposite of great is bad, not boring :D

@Belfor09 9 жыл бұрын

***** Yea and i also wrote "(sleepy)" in the end of the sentence :P But i guess you're right, i should've been more specific. Cheers!

@krisbroholm 8 жыл бұрын

+Belfor09 I had EXACTLY the same experience! First I was like, who is this idiot? But now I can't get enough of GM Ben Finegold's lectures

@RobsMiscellania 8 жыл бұрын

I just learned of Korchnoi's passing on June 6. Requiescat in pace, Grandmaster V. L. Korchnoi. Thanks for the great chess you left for us.

@zoroarkt 8 жыл бұрын

RIP the legend:( you will be in our hearts forever

@annarivera6081 7 жыл бұрын

zoroarkt he ain't dead

@annarivera6081 7 жыл бұрын

잘못 I thought u were talking about Ben LMAO

@annarivera6081 7 жыл бұрын

잘못 yepp

@GG-bi8tb 6 жыл бұрын

i hate when that happens

@MrKozake 2 жыл бұрын

This is Ben at his best. This lecture is hilarious and great as well. Plus anytime Grandmaster Ken West is there is always a delight

@theinstigatorr 9 жыл бұрын

I like how he addresses the fourth wall, very entertaining

@benstannard3574 8 жыл бұрын

It's rare to get such talent combined with such a hilarious sense of humour! I love Ben Finegold's lectures.

@insouciantFox 4 жыл бұрын

"The lesson is: never try." Finally a rule I can follow.

@jeddylajos 8 жыл бұрын

Ben is a great guy. What I really like about him is his honesty and dynamism. :)

@danielmanahan692 9 жыл бұрын

Educational, Entertaining, who can ask for anything more?

@missjessgem 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Viktor the Terrible

@AlexM-iw1kd 8 жыл бұрын

Finegold as a goalkeeper, very suspicious!

@skmishra1991 7 жыл бұрын

@6:28 "if there was a referee, he'd stop the fight" gold, fine gold. :D

@ricardochapa 9 жыл бұрын

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE POSITION!!

@jamesngarua6935 3 жыл бұрын

thanks GM Ben from Nairobi!!! Korchnoi was the face of my childhood chess....I wish to have classes with u at some point in the future... Thank u once again...

@gamerondemand3605 8 жыл бұрын

RIP my favorite chess player ever

@geores9152 7 жыл бұрын

GamerOnDemand my favorite chess players are as follows, Magnus Carlton, Martin Ashley, Hikaru Nagasaki, Ken West, and Toby Mquire.

@vsyncci 6 жыл бұрын

You meant Kanye* West, yes? Great list, however I myself would add Eddie Morphy, José Raúl Tacoburrito, Bobby Kennedy and Fabiano Americana.

@stanleytweedle467 Жыл бұрын

@@vsyncci and you meant Fabiano Marijuana.

@jacobtarallo4370 9 жыл бұрын

Glad to finally see this!

@dtrane86 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched so many finegold lectures with no laughter FINALLY a good audience!

@RockinOtaku 7 жыл бұрын

More Ben Finegold Videos! He makes chess interesting!

@fightcancer 8 жыл бұрын

Love the BF lectures!

@dannygjk 7 жыл бұрын

GM Ben Finegold at 19:05 "The lesson is... Never try." Homer Simpson: "Trying is the first step to failure."

@davidbeech3589 7 жыл бұрын

It's a word for word reference from Homer talking to Bart about trying and failing.

@jcheever37 9 жыл бұрын

i was literally just wondering when we were gonna get a korchnoi video yesterday.

@howardgraff4084 5 жыл бұрын

Just sooo witty! When you're on form Ben, you're half GM (the truth hurts!) and half standup comedian. Much better than just being just another GM...

@MrHazlehurst 8 жыл бұрын

bishop f7 checkmate .. with advantage! :D

@skorz7889 5 жыл бұрын

Ben seemed super energetic this lecture

@samuelrosenbalm 8 жыл бұрын

Korchnoi likes being a pawn up because he knows better than anyone how to convert the advantage in an endgame.

@marianorivera3272 Жыл бұрын

Gets a pawn up then begins the defensive masterclass to hold on to that pawn, refuting attacks that look very scary and impossible to defend..

@russellfroggatt 6 жыл бұрын

The Yusupov story was hilarious "That's all you got?"

@Section8toMD 9 жыл бұрын

He's too funny...

@PJBoyYT 6 ай бұрын

25:17 idk what's so funny about the excuse "because it's a Benoni", but I laughed there too

@teodorliv9534 9 жыл бұрын

Well done GM Ben Finegold! Kind regards from your distant European cousins.

@Mathview 9 жыл бұрын

Like Leningrad , Korchnoi is also famous for his White Knights.

@AndrewIsbell 8 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace

@VincentFarrugia 4 жыл бұрын

31:09 The Cyrillic for Yussupov is юсупов .

@TalsBadKidney 3 жыл бұрын

yo ben is actually hilarious EVERY TIME

@stephenh9483 3 жыл бұрын

"He tried, and he failed mieserably. The Lesson is - never try" - future famous quote by Ben Finegold, circa 2015

@cartmansuperstar 9 жыл бұрын

at 9:00 Min. why doesn´t white play Qxd8+ Kxd8 Bxf5 and if Bxf5 then Nf7+ winning two rooks for a bishop ?

@TheMrBennito Жыл бұрын

never play f6. I haven't played for over 30 years, yet that one will stick to my mind :)

@atreorey 8 жыл бұрын

Finegold should be president of FIDE, that would promote chess all over the world. No more UFO abductions thats terrible.

@Parralyzed 4 жыл бұрын

21:21 ooo oooo o ooooo I'm gunna diddlysipp that pown right durr!!

@emir2591 8 жыл бұрын

Ben come back please why did you delete everything!??

@Atratzu 6 жыл бұрын

"And the lesson is.... Never Try." WOAAAHHHHH!!!! Savage. xD

@dreamdamons4576 9 жыл бұрын

I lov u ben..whats his email??i wanna persobally thank him. Lots of love from Iran

@Carbunkal 6 жыл бұрын

At 5:05 is Nd6 totally terrible? It seems like it keeps black from castling.

@jackismname 2 жыл бұрын

No it is totally winning.

@kyvss 8 жыл бұрын

#leavekenwestalone

@dusanmijatovic7913 7 жыл бұрын

lol

@betuscb5707 8 жыл бұрын

muy fuertes la posición muy complicada maestro

@meenay2728 6 жыл бұрын

East or west Ben is the best

@Tibi1q2wthesecond 9 жыл бұрын

"No dogfood for Viktor tonight..." :DDD

@Saracelio 8 жыл бұрын

please ,you should show the audience

@KillianDefaoite 7 жыл бұрын

@41:31 why not Nc5 for white

@genericnameSS 7 жыл бұрын

All those jump cuts. Keep the good stuff in lol

@nikoss3194 8 жыл бұрын

RIP

@pschneider1968 2 жыл бұрын

Ben's lectures are gold - fine gold! ♟🧡😀

@bennysaravi149 7 жыл бұрын

Finegold has a great sense of houmor

@skakofilsanonims4434 5 жыл бұрын

Best intro ever hahaha!

@therottenrook 8 жыл бұрын

When are we going to get a video on the greatest GM never to win the Championship...??? GM Ken West....!!!!!

@johnstephen399 Жыл бұрын

38:38 "Before Black castles, we have to punish him...he's already in Istanbul so halfway done."

@v3spirit 2 жыл бұрын

11:05 "Korchnoi played e4 exclam"

@kursatosmanoglu6888 7 жыл бұрын

Condolences to Ben and Vishy. Istanbul is not such a bad place to be.

@sho16Gaming 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Korchnoi

@drob9673 7 жыл бұрын

Ben is doing better job promoting chess, than any Super GM incl Carlsen :D

@AM-sp6je 6 жыл бұрын

Obviously. SuperGMs have a tougher job of playing precise chess.

@Parralyzed 4 жыл бұрын

32:20 "That's all you got?!" 🤣

@ling6701 5 жыл бұрын

But who is ken west ?

@Deftmovies 6 жыл бұрын

40:42 what if Qc4 exclam?

@traviswilliams3034 5 жыл бұрын

White plays Nd2 and proceeds to win a piece.

@mustangw8ford415 4 жыл бұрын

5:04 Nd6 check and white is winning

@jackismname 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, crazy how no one seems to have noticed.

@jsskrishnakanth97 5 жыл бұрын

Can somebody explain the istanbul joke at 38:39

@Tesudzi 3 ай бұрын

U literally can put any non American city here and the joke stays the same.

@srsa2436 Ай бұрын

Late here and you might know it now, but Istanbul is at the border of Asia and Europe (iirc part of it is in Asia and part of it is in Europe, connected by some kind of a bridge)

@Tesudzi Ай бұрын

@@srsa2436 lol so how this is a joke? Ben talks about a punishment, and dude is in Istanbul so he is already punished

@srsa2436 Ай бұрын

@@Tesudzi Ah sorry, yeah, I was thinking about the "not being able to decide whether in Asia or Europe" joke I guess this joke is more or less meaningless

@gregbattis 8 жыл бұрын

Rip vishys mom. :(

@ogeraxbabuyen3110 5 жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me who's the girl laughing @16:45? I'm inlove with her. (Seriously)

@ogeraxbabuyen3110 5 жыл бұрын

PLEASE!!

@totalpwnership 5 жыл бұрын

It's a boy I think...

@vclapem9140 4 жыл бұрын

Ogerax Babuyen bruh it’s a kid of the male gender

@markphc99 9 жыл бұрын

I thought Ben was 69 , not born in '69 , sorry Ben

@DWeirich76 8 жыл бұрын

My wife thinks I'm suspicious.. what should I do

@victordeluca7360 5 жыл бұрын

"I fononanser! Fween dee h!" 29:32

@cryoshakespeare4465 9 жыл бұрын

It looks like I share my birthday with Mr. Finegold. Checkmate, atheists!

@VincentFarrugia 4 жыл бұрын

31:07 In Russia it's Юсу́пов

@derichpacheco2095 2 жыл бұрын

Julian Incorrect

@geores9152 7 жыл бұрын

That first game was total destruction for white

@dusanmijatovic7913 7 жыл бұрын

39:49 is desperado

@toSirius 7 жыл бұрын

is Zwischenzug ^^

@floydselkin899 Жыл бұрын

7:10

@dusanmijatovic7913 8 жыл бұрын

45:35

@JohnSutcliffe1988 9 жыл бұрын

Nice lecture but the kid with the super fake laughter was too obnoxious.

@BrezHurley 8 жыл бұрын

Laugh out loud commentary. Very witty

@viktoronopko2090 7 жыл бұрын

Kanye West?...

@CapnSaltine 8 жыл бұрын

...and he hasn't been paid in two months. Terrible.

@evamakarski8590 3 жыл бұрын

The lowly company supposedly smile because porcupine fourthly trouble into a pricey flesh. overconfident, straight laundry

@levsedmak8324 5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA TERRIBLE! HAHAHA, SWINEGOLD YOU'RE THE BEST, HAHAHA! SUSPICIOUS! VERRRRY SUSPICIOUS! SWINEGOLD YOU'RE MADE OF GOLD! PUN INTENDED!

@luckyarabr Жыл бұрын

“FineGold” is revealed to be the worst of its kind. Superficial analysis, little knowledge, very dirty in appearance and unpleasant. He also tries to pass for a nice guy without noticing that his analyzes and his person are unpresentable.