The Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack, with GM Ben Finegold

GM Ben Finegold discusses the Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack (the Sozin Attack) using his own games. The lecture was recorded in the U1400 class at CCSCATL on August 19, 2018.
Games Discussed:
Davidovich, Manis vs. Finegold, Benjamin, Motor City Op. (2002)
Brooks, Michael vs. Finegold, Benjamin, Saint Louis 2nd (2012)
Liang, Albert vs. Finegold, Benjamin, Southern Chess Congress (2016)
Qiao, Caden vs. Finegold, Benjamin (2018)
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[@wayneisaacs4899]

Ben fought a bear just before the lecture, left arm reattached. You can see it on the bear's stream.

[@junaubomber6977]

Or a beaver. Rawr

[@zainquadri1206]

@5:50 "This is known as the Valimirovich attack after Mr. '?'...?"
"Attack"
Finally somebody's caught up with Fen Biengold... Well done kid... Here's to watching you lecture in the future...👏

[@HiReeZin]

Velimirović. Dragoljub Velimirović.

[@ivanzivkovic8224]

Whichever is funnier

[@joycongrip]

@@HiReeZinDragoljub Attack

[@AaronBrand]

This makes be wish I was a kid in chess club.

[@stephentaylor6617]

Opening named after GM Attack.

[@chef2581]

Have you heard of Grandmaster Counter-Gambit?

[@Galahad54]

@@chef2581Yeah. I lose to his openings all the time.

[@chef2581]

​@@Galahad54looks like they're all from same school

[@dartplayer170]

Since you are a big fan of Morphy you should do a game review of Fischer vs Addison 1970 as this game is very much in the style of Morphy.

[@100nacional100]

Ben's memory is amazing. He recalls a random game from his 1500 student and also in which city it was played (7:30)

[@answeris4217]

He probably looked at the game when preparing for this lecture. Or maybe he just has a great memory like most GMs.

[@chef2581]

39:55 Grandmaster Finegold how about Q×a4? still defends c2, saves the queen and the bishop well it's defended by the rook indirectly anyway..

[@HiReeZin]

Well that is a good question. First I thought 1.Qxa4 Nxf4 2.Rxa5 Re2 wins easily as there exactly are no any back rank issues. But then I noticed 3.Rc5!. Nevertheless it seems to me white is the one who has problem with his rooks and black still has a win there: 3...Nd3+! 4.cxd3 Qg5+ or 4.Rxd3 Qg1+.

[@chef2581]

​@@HiReeZin hmm.. so white is in a bad situation regardless of how he defends the position.. thanks for your reply

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

First time watching. Opening is named after Fischer and he was one of the main practicioners of it
O/U 2.5 "crazy like Fox News" references

[@charliepenguingaming]

No it’s named after grandmaster attack . Welcome to the channel!

[@spectralanalysis]

Noise from space haha

[@paulgoogol2652]

always retreat. always retreat... again. always play Qc2# with advantage

[@konstantinidismavroudis8884]

It reminds me of the famous hobbit animation song "retreat, retreat, retreat"

[@h0wnr681]

Damn, RIP Gene Wilder

[@vigilante8374]

I didn't even know he was sick!

[@Gregory_McIntosh]

Cool! I'm the first to view!

[@tylerkimbo7699]

Dont invite Dracula in. It looks like he has already gotten to you.

[@kamilhorvat8290]

Can we get more jokes next time please ?

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