The Sicilian Defense, with GM Ben Finegold

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Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta

5 жыл бұрын

GM Ben Finegold discusses the Sicilian Defense using a few of his own games. This lecture was recorded August 19, 2018 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.
Games Discussed:
Davidovich, Manis vs. Finegold, Benjamin
Motor City (2002)
Brooks, Michael A vs. Finegold, Benjamin
Saint Louis (2012)
Liang, Albert vs. Finegold, Benjamin
Southern Chess Congress (2016)
Qiao, Caden vs. Finegold, Benjamin
ERG (2018)
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Intro and concluding music: “Da Jazz Blues,” by Doug Maxwell; • Da Jazz Blues - Doug M... . Thank you Doug!

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@pizzashark7067 5 жыл бұрын

The thing about Finegold lectures is that you can never be sure if you're watching something for the second time, or instead if he just happened to make the same jokes for the umpteenth time in a similar order.

@benjaminmiddaugh2729 5 жыл бұрын

It's even harder if KZfaq has decided to forget parts of your watch history.

@ssmilosevic1960 5 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminmiddaugh2729 that is impossible.

@robappleby583 5 жыл бұрын

Pizza Shark sometimes he transposes them.

@ramking7869 4 жыл бұрын

@@ssmilosevic1960 he was joking doofus

@r0yce 4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLYYY

@lukacalov1988 5 жыл бұрын

This is called Velimirovic attack named after Mr Attack hahahaahahha

@raulmontana13 4 жыл бұрын

Luka Calov 😂😂😂😂 what was that?!?

@erikhjortsater5461 4 жыл бұрын

Raul, did you just not get it or was it just weird?

@raulmontana13 4 жыл бұрын

@@erikhjortsater5461 He just inverted the names right?

@erikhjortsater5461 4 жыл бұрын

Raul, sort of. The attack is of course not named after a mr attack, it’s called an attack because it’s an attack. I was just more fumbled over your comment. What was the purpose of that sentence?

@schnabeltasse 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Attac is the most overworked person in chess. ;-)

@cowsshadow 3 жыл бұрын

"He might checkmate me, but I'm up a bishop" Ben never fails to make me laugh

@Nico2000 4 жыл бұрын

Finegold's jokes are like my chess openings: A few pointless variations of the same two lines

@whatrtheodds 3 жыл бұрын

I love his humour 😁

@abisheksoti3837 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing Ben's forearm, chess seems to be a dangerous game.

@Sphere723 5 жыл бұрын

So are ex-wives.

@ssmilosevic1960 5 жыл бұрын

@@Sphere723 thats what Iam talkin about !!!

@wapiti3750 4 жыл бұрын

He gets into frequent bar fights! LOL

@ash0143 4 жыл бұрын

A dangerous sport rather !😂

@scroogietw6878 4 жыл бұрын

He hurt his arm taking all his opponents pieces.

@FrankNobelMusic 5 жыл бұрын

“back to reality... oh... there goes gravity...” did finegold just quote eminem ... i’m dead lol

@enlightenedwarrior7119 4 жыл бұрын

That pretty bad if u know m in m lyrics bro rap sucks balls

@mattmart1345 4 жыл бұрын

@@enlightenedwarrior7119 I think I lost some brain cells after reading this.

@georgistanchev350 4 жыл бұрын

took me some time to understand as well, to the metal head, bro you’re listening to metal so i think there not much left to say... and yes, he also said dont sue me eminem, right after lol

@erikhjortsater5461 4 жыл бұрын

METAL HEAD, you might wanna consider rephrasing yourself, dunno wtf I just read

@omega041 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgistanchev350 metal is way better than rap

@Socialdogma 5 жыл бұрын

We need two things: 1. A Laughtrack 2. A Ben Finegold Drinking Game

@baoboumusic 5 жыл бұрын

Very suspicious.

@jjeremyhunterr 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone gets a different phrase and when it happens they have to skull their drink: Knife F5 C4 explosive Never play F6 Always play Bishop F1 Always repeat/ always retreat Retreat like a frenchman Karen reference - ladies drink Go Ben! - everyone drinks

@nicanornunez9787 4 жыл бұрын

@@jjeremyhunterr no airplane reference I see you sir drink like a responsible adult

@mathewg1747 4 жыл бұрын

I take you you take me (any variation) ... except that you don’t take me (any variation) Frankly.. He’s got Vishwa-nothin’ C4 explosive Always play (random move he never says to always play) Still theory!

@robbiestratton5901 4 жыл бұрын

Truth hurts

@xDMrGarrison 5 жыл бұрын

"I could lecture all day, because I get paid by the all day" man that mixup got me good xD

@szymonskalski5795 5 жыл бұрын

Archer is slowly becoming Ben It is scary and funny at the same time.

@lukastorngren7498 4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@TheMarksT 4 жыл бұрын

How can anyone not like Archers' grasp of these lessons though? Hope he sticks with it and plays Magnus and all the other elites! Thx.

@r0yce 4 жыл бұрын

Very suspicious.

@KOCAKGEMINGAMJIG 3 жыл бұрын

Archer: Sure

@prashiq 3 жыл бұрын

Its scary.. except it's not scary.. haha

@IncenseAgallochum 5 жыл бұрын

An essential game for any repertoire, Child vs Finegold, 2019

@raymondhmuifoo11 4 жыл бұрын

"We castle opposite sides and mate each other. And the audience loves it, and then my blood pressure goes up." Lmao.

@khanking-yf6gb 3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂

@radiobrain94 3 жыл бұрын

The only GM powerful enough to teach a class immediately after getting bitten by a python, absolute legend

@studywithmir1994 2 жыл бұрын

He is also the only one powerful enough to be bitten by a computer lenguage

@michaelwright8896 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Tal beat Kasparov on his death bed.

@frednimzowi9852 Жыл бұрын

Are you serious? If true, you cannot reproach the other GMs mot to have been bitten by a python. I thought python were strangulating their preys.

@garrettkuracka2277 3 ай бұрын

@@frednimzowi9852well they have to bite first to make sure you don’t get away lol, they don’t just slither on up and give you a big hug

@frednimzowi9852 3 ай бұрын

@@garrettkuracka2277 a big hug, lol 😂😂😂 You're right, Garrett, and you just taught me something I didn't know, thanks! Knowing that, if I ever meet one, I'll make sure to bite first!😭😭

@jonarmani8654 5 жыл бұрын

*GM Ben:* "...from a book called 'Beating the Sicilian, by _____ ?" Dread Pirate Roberts.

@Tempusverum 3 жыл бұрын

Jon Armani I see you’ve been studying your Capo Ferro and Agrippa.

@IsraelSilvaMonje 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@AndrewIsbell 5 жыл бұрын

GM Finegold: "I play boring" Also GM Finegold: "Look at all these sharp open sicilians I won"

@noahz 2 жыл бұрын

Confusing the audience

@MrFlankster 4 жыл бұрын

"What was the move I told you to remember" *me* ... Queen C2. *class silent* "They are screaming it at home" *me* ... Shit Ben is good (41:34) Love the classes! Much thanks Ben. More Futurama references. It will get you to 3000

@avishayberckovich3326 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think I could sit in his class without cracking up laughing

@nlslostenergyok9863 5 жыл бұрын

the suspicious part is nobody laughs there

@taserrr 3 жыл бұрын

maybe the first few times but I've seen like 5 of his lectures and he always has the same jokes, mr attack, guess again, etc. I'm sure we've all had that teacher in some class.

@RossTheNinja 5 жыл бұрын

Think I've seen this before. Very suspicious

@pedrogomes2189 5 жыл бұрын

Recorded august, 19, as written in the description...

@pedrogomes2189 5 жыл бұрын

The Fisher joke though

@lazy1peasant 5 жыл бұрын

As you all know, the other one is posted here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptVzpreT3pjRgZc.html

@kaigreen5641 5 жыл бұрын

@@lazy1peasant so that one was from the U1400 class, this is from the Over 1400 class?

@ygreck 5 жыл бұрын

@@kaigreen5641 It's the exact same video. Guess they just made a mistake

@pedrovpa1 5 жыл бұрын

I don't like Chess, I like Ben Finegold talking about chess

@PersimmonHurmo 4 жыл бұрын

You won't get his jokes if you don't like chess

@steveloftusmusic7376 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this so many times I know every joke he’s gonna say, still haven’t mastered the opening

@wixom01 5 жыл бұрын

I was literally lol at 46:42 "lost to Sevian, he was lucky. Lucky he was playing me!"

@cygnustsp 4 жыл бұрын

I kinda feel like i'm cheating on agadmator by watching Finegold but damn he's so entertaining and full of vast knowledge

@dallisjohnson662 4 жыл бұрын

@Cygnustsp wish I could see the two of them play.

@coleschemistrychannel4172 4 жыл бұрын

Dallis Johnson Agad is an amazing chess analyzer, but I’m not sure if he’s a finegold-level chess player

@dallisjohnson662 4 жыл бұрын

@cole frankenhoff But after the game agad gets to analyze the game. During the game GM Finegold can make funny comments. Win win.

@coleschemistrychannel4172 4 жыл бұрын

Dallis Johnson X XD, never thought of it that way

@somebodys7404 4 жыл бұрын

@@coleschemistrychannel4172 Good analyst maybe, but whether it's the KZfaq format or his skill, his presentation isn't nearly as instructive. Like, this stuff about Ben's bad moves vs Cayden's bad moves for example, I don't expect a compelling discussion from agadmator like we got here

@JimLink 5 жыл бұрын

This lecture looks familiar. Very suspicious...

@shyamdas6231 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@Morphior 5 жыл бұрын

@@shyamdas6231 Also, et cetera.

@brandonwade8094 5 жыл бұрын

“Eminem don’t sue me” 8:30

@n.trstenjak2499 2 жыл бұрын

This man is a legend, a true gem for the chess learning community.

@bujarmurati3004 5 жыл бұрын

6:00 I really had the urge to raise my hand and tell his story

@lukacalov1988 5 жыл бұрын

He got a lot of compensation except for one thing... no compensation lmao

@moralesj2239 2 жыл бұрын

2 years later and this is still a great video to learn the sicilian defense. Watched your video on the London system as well and have only played the two (or tried to) with good success in a very short amount of time. Thanks Ben!

@Dagoldenshizzle 3 жыл бұрын

I have had the privilege of watching a few of these videos. Love the humor throughout. Thank you for the great teaching 👍👍

@r0yce 5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who watches this guy to not only learn chess but coz we love this guy...

@Monkey_G5 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Finegold for another entertaining yet educating lesson.

@jamescooper7459 4 жыл бұрын

I love the lectures. I really enjoy your content Ben Finegold.

@HuefulPhoenix 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, it's my favorite defense and/or pizza.

@daveanthony3880 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Finegold, I have been watching your videos for years. Thank you for improving my chess game. I’m still relatively low rated but I have improved greatly. You are a fantastic teacher! Thank you DA

@mikegamerguy4776 5 жыл бұрын

Ben, I'm no good at chess and really have no interest in getting better or seriously studying it, but I do enjoy your videos. You manage to break things down in an interesting way and for some reason that i can't explain your jokes always make me chuckle. Keep doing you man!

@Killopotamus 4 жыл бұрын

Super entertaining and informative. Amazing!

@magnum66 4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin "my left arm got in a fight with a sabertooth tiger" Finegold

@matteopriotto5131 5 жыл бұрын

The Eminem quote was totally unexpected

@fightinggamesforever3364 5 жыл бұрын

Ben knows a lot about hip hop/rap

@chieffanLJ27 5 жыл бұрын

@@fightinggamesforever3364 hes like that cool substitute teacher that knows all of his pop culture references.

@chieffanLJ27 5 жыл бұрын

@@fightinggamesforever3364 futurama was out there too. Ive heard family guy, south park, music, just about everything.

@chieffanLJ27 5 жыл бұрын

Oh shit that rounders movie reference

@Blaisem 4 жыл бұрын

He does Ice cube and I think Biggy on another video.

@PDXJack87 5 жыл бұрын

Lolol. "He got to 2200 obviously...Cuz I'm the greatest coach ever..." Nice self promotion there finegold. Very sly plug.

@JTSmithMarketing 3 жыл бұрын

This guy had me laughing quite a few times. "I could lecture all day, because I get paid by the all day."

@rafaelnascimento6013 5 жыл бұрын

please keep doing this videos about especific openings :D it's great

@shaggystonedgamer2832 4 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold is amazing. Love watching him play chess and teach students. BEN FINEGOLD #1!

@n.trstenjak2499 2 жыл бұрын

"Named after Mr. - ?" "Attack." "Exactly." This man is awesome

@harishv902 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. I am a professor of mechanical engineering. Stopped chess long back (6 years before) after reaching my fide rating to 1243 as I couldn't afford for coaching. But after your coaching lectures and now got a professor job, my interest in chess started blooming. Thanks

@martinartwell1289 4 жыл бұрын

13:34 "Next move is queen c2 mate, with advantage" lmao

@jaywaup 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this insight.

@brucewillis542 4 жыл бұрын

Damne, during an attempted mugging that morning Ben blocked two bullets with his arm then strolled into class and started teaching.

@hamidzonch2951 2 жыл бұрын

Every time mr. Finegold speak I make progress. Thanks a lot🙏🤘

@nightdogggg Жыл бұрын

I am very pleased that I can understand your speech.

@fosterbalance 4 жыл бұрын

I learn a lot and I laugh my ass off. Unique and appreciated presentation style.

@3ntra 5 жыл бұрын

Ive been waiting for a Sicilian video forever

@3ntra 5 жыл бұрын

just realized ive watched this before. suspicious

@younisbensalah7118 5 жыл бұрын

@@3ntra So you've watched it… AGAIN!

@pavelhorak2865 4 жыл бұрын

27:13 "try to slice that up" had me dying =D

@TheMarksT 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember descriptive notation in the chess books of the '70s being a self-taught (otherwise) student of chess then myself in Detroit! Have no idea now why I didn't like standard notation then, as it transformed to today. Yeah it's better than ...Q-K1, lol. ...Q-e8 now -- from 6:30. Thx, brought back memories.

@billucf96 4 жыл бұрын

Just found Finegold...came for the chess, but staying for the jokes....wait, and the chess

@DeliriousBacon 3 жыл бұрын

I’m new to the chess world and have just stumbled across Ben Finegold man he’s hilarious 😂

@jonnmostovoy2406 4 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold is like the best.

@Ronbo710 4 жыл бұрын

Love those "...except for one thing ..." 's

@benjamingarner6450 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for putting your videos on you tube this has helped my chess a lot!

@jmoney1941 4 жыл бұрын

Love this guy

@silvastomp 3 жыл бұрын

Hes just awesome

@harrymills2770 3 жыл бұрын

Good gamesmanship advice. My intro to the Sicilian was Najdorf. I don't think I put the knight on c6 much, if ever. I think it was because of a Bobby Fisher game, when ... Nbd7 seemed like such a cool move, supporting the knight on f6, leaving the long diagonal for the Bishop after ... b5. I was never very coherent about when to do what. I'm coming to like ... Nc6, more, after watching GJ_Chess channel and this video.

@florentingoyens7558 5 жыл бұрын

I feel that I've watched this video many times before even though it was posted today

@vasileapati8418 3 жыл бұрын

At 40:07 the move white should play is Queen x A4 defending the bishop , defending the check mate on C2 and very important attacking the E1 black‘s rook. Then if black knight takes bishop , rook D5 X A5 bishop and the white rook ‘ s on A5 can oppose the black C1 rook on C5.IF C1 rook takes C5 White check mates Queen takes rook on E1.

@serhiiorlyk2189 5 жыл бұрын

Did Ben walk into a fork in real life?

@ernestodelgato930 4 жыл бұрын

"He can't do Viswanothing" I was still recovering from the eminem reference but this is just tooooo refined! Ded

@arunk6187 2 жыл бұрын

no way awonder!! so crazy hearing your name in chess videos that i watch

@manawearblack 2 жыл бұрын

It's not crazy at all, when this video was released he'd not long become one of the youngest American grandmasters of all time lmao, that's like thinking that a motorsport documentary mentioning dale earnhardt is crazy

@tweakmeup1 4 жыл бұрын

GM Panda is the best and the funniest teacher ever!

@imamgiuseppe5103 4 жыл бұрын

I love this defence....it makes my opponents lose because they always looking for a way to checkmate and when they try the often shoot themselves in the foot

@Bjarku 4 жыл бұрын

Bob Finegold is the best

@RaWMajkeL 4 жыл бұрын

Make a video about albin countergambit variations!

@brylancaldwell1556 5 жыл бұрын

The god of chess has come to teach us mere mortals

@talk4dews 4 жыл бұрын

40:18 How about Qxa4 instead of Qf5? That does all the same things and prevents the knight fork.

@anuragbundela1483 4 жыл бұрын

Then knight captures on f4 and you cannot recapture because of Qc2

@Mati-zc2ym 3 жыл бұрын

@@anuragbundela1483 Qxa4 Nxf4 Rxa5 lol

@GLOKD 4 жыл бұрын

QxC8 in the last game looks quite interesting for white at the end.

@askildskovgaardbrnmo5802 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that aronian actually beat karjakin yesterday - in a Berlin is really amusing to me XD 46:00

@leventeadamszabo5852 4 жыл бұрын

At 39:48 what about Qxa4? That would save all the three threats, although White would still be in a losing position...

@mohammedsalah5169 3 жыл бұрын

that guy is hilarious LOL , am not sure what i enjoyed the most , his humor or his lecture

@MrDombosfi 4 жыл бұрын

At 10:05 he says why you don't take knight f5, how do you check mate from that possition, what am i missing?

@climbscience4813 4 жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing. One thing he could do is pawn to f6, the pawn on g7 is pinned and he would lose the bishop if he takes with it. However, if you then take on g7 with the rook, the king can still go to h8. I guess the trick is to get the queen involved somehow. If you get your queen on g7 it's game over. Don't know the exact line for that though.

@StahliCell 5 жыл бұрын

Guys I have a quick question; around 40:20 when he asks what move defends everything, isn't bishop e5 a pretty good defensive move? it could go something as: bxe5, kxe5 rxe5, and finally maybe h4 to defend the rook on e5?

@StahliCell 5 жыл бұрын

PS: sorry if the notation is incorrect, I'm a true noob in chess and I'm just trying to ask, if it's unclear I can explain again

@aliceinwonder8978 Жыл бұрын

replying 3 years later but if bishop goes to 5, then knight takes, rook recaptures, then whites rook takes, and queen cannot recapture b/c it must defend c2

@Matthew-he3jw 3 жыл бұрын

Where's the mate for Black at 14:06? Qc2 no longer works as the Knight has been captured and the rooks are blocked.

@therenewedpoet4292 4 жыл бұрын

30:00 the preamble

@Qeduhh365 3 жыл бұрын

What's the Ne5 line @9:28?

@robbieklein6162 3 жыл бұрын

Master Finegold, you're the man. Also, your background to these videos is suspicious. You've gotta liven things up there.

@srikantann 4 жыл бұрын

Manis Davidovich is a very good friend of mine :) he's a national master from Michigan... Known to play weird openings :D

@johnhall87 3 жыл бұрын

I love when Ben's bad joke protege in the room

@V8SupersQirreL 5 жыл бұрын

I try to follow your rule: Always play Qc2 mate - but it's hard to do, sometimes my opponents won't let me! This is not fair!

@certifiedcoverboy 3 жыл бұрын

does anyone know the name of the tune / pianist of the intro music?

@trewq398 4 жыл бұрын

that intro music is so good

@scowell 4 жыл бұрын

It is a sly dig at St. Louis... the happy part of St. Louis Blues. Ben used to work there.

@randoomingnope7574 4 жыл бұрын

AT 40:00 why not go Queen A4?

@TGoat123 3 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of this guy until just now...

@whoadityanawandar 4 жыл бұрын

@6:30 what is he saying about the typo in the book, I didn't get it?

@ShadowK0ng 3 жыл бұрын

He's saying he knew in that position the move that was commonly played was Qc7, so he thought the diagram with Qe8 was a typo, till he found out it was a different way of playing the same position

@5p00kh4rdc0r3 5 жыл бұрын

To me, the English attack is far more common, especially with lower rated players. Also, I think the move d6 at 4:35 is an inaccuracy, used to have bad games whenever I played it. Sicilian works much better for me since I started developing the B knight to d7 instead of c6. (first d6, then Nd7.) People dont capture with the queen on d4 unless g6 has already been played, which I dont recommend doing so early. Just sharing thoughts and experience.

@salmarwow 4 жыл бұрын

Most likely you play Najdorf, then Nd7 is natural and almost a must. Ben doesn't play Najdorf.

@hoffi9949 3 жыл бұрын

What happens at 42:59 If White sacrifices his queen for a rook and a bishop with qxc8, rxc8, rxa5?

@Plankeh 3 жыл бұрын

Qxc2#

@offline-404 3 жыл бұрын

This is similar to the tata steel game that magnus played this year

@jakoblaun6012 4 жыл бұрын

This should be called calling people out with ben finegold

@bujarmurati3004 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, is this a reupload?

@dominicg554 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i think so

@santtu2075 5 жыл бұрын

Yep i was thinking same and that queen e8 move make me sure.

@BobJones-bg4ui 5 жыл бұрын

His witch doctor made me sure.

@richey2008 5 жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure if he liked making the same jokes at first, but the zoidberg discussion made me sure

@dudaseifert 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptVzpreT3pjRgZc.html here's the original

@aesaehttr 3 жыл бұрын

12:38 "cuz you can't to Viswa-nothing" lol wow

@Jk-ki7tr 3 жыл бұрын

I can't tell if i like his humor or not but i keep watching hoping it'll get better

@bennelson9181 5 жыл бұрын

This is the same video as "The Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack", on the same channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptVzpreT3pjRgZc.html

@Kirisame312 3 жыл бұрын

39:50 why doesn't queen A4 work?

@benjaminperrin6066 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you don’t have qe2! Shirts on your website

@phnomjay 4 жыл бұрын

10:09 how does he checkmate you???