"Chess is hard." Exchange sacs are awesome, the thing to look for if you're a B player and want to improve. My lone victory against a master hinged on an exchange sac on e4. It was G/60, my regret is that no scorecard was required so the game is now forever lost in the aether; stuck on the surface of a distant black hole.
Petrosian is my favorite master to watch and, learn. His method is fundamentally sound. He stuck to the basics, logic. He was the master of taking what he was given, hisnopening and midgame was simple enough to alter as needed. Petrosian was not presumptive, he secured his position, nullified the opponents offense and undermined the opponents position. Petrosian had the best games to study for someone beginning chess.
@10:30 why take back the f pawn with the g pawn and not the Bishop? Is it just that the pawn prevents either knight from going to e4? gxf5 breaks kingside pawn structure and locks in the Bishop, seems counterintuitive to me (then again I'm lowly rated)
Fischer claimed people were cheating whenever he suffered a setback. The most ridiculous example was in his game with Botvinnik. He was probably winning, and blew the advantage. After Fischer's blunder, Botvinnik walked up to his team captain, Abramov, and said something. Fischer then claimed that Botvinnik was getting illegal assistance. According to Eliot Hearst, the very idea that Botvinnik would even listen to advice from a player so inferior to himself was patently absurd, and no protest was filed. Botvinnik's version of the story is that he walked up to Abramov, and said one word: "Draw", which is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect a player to say to his Team Captain at that point. The captain needs to know how every game is going, to be able to tell others whether to play for a win or a draw. But I don't think Fischer claimed anyone was cheating in this cycle. There was no need to, as he had no setbacks that needed explaining away.
Despite the gentle ribbing of Doug Eckhert, he has written what was (when written and may still be) the best, and now probably well out of print, book on the Keres attack
Nobody ever had a harder road to the World Championship Match than Spassky as he had to beat really good players in matches on his way to the top in 66 and 69. If we had that system in play today I think it would really be a show of just how strong Magnus is. Spassky was really stronger than Fischer in the 60's. If Fischer would have been able to face the type of players Spassky had to play on a yearly basis he would have matured sooner. He might of thought of living in the Soviet Union just to get the playing experience. He did visit there when he was a teen but was rude and was told to leave. Besides the Cold War really was an highly antagonistic era for even Chess players. Rueben Fine did not play in the 1948 Match to determine Alekhine's successor because he said he did not want to waste three months of his life watching the Russsians throwing games to each other.
Ha ha ha ha ha I must laugh my ass off by the thought, that there was a chessplayer named Pachman, after the great cheese-eating hero from the modern PC-game.... ;) It´s so funny....
Pawn Sacrifice was a pretty good movie. Not the best movie ever, but far from the worst. How often do we get chess movies anyway? We should be grateful.
I have to disagree. It was filled with more inaccuracies than a game between two D players at a Sunday rapid. I could argue that a movie like _Pawn Sacrifice_ is why we _don't_ have more chess movies.
petrosian boring? all games of his that i see on the internet he sacs stuff, smothers his oponent in glorious styl and has positions thatone drools to when seeing them XD boring is more like Karpov or even worse Carlsen, when the guy does absolutely nothing the whole game and wins a pawn in the endgame XD Petrosian was no boring :D
When you said most "shocking" move: rook takes f4. Then, Qg5+ and queen picks up rook back. At that moment, Rg4 picks up black's queen. So, SLAP HIM!!!
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Finegold is the best commentator on this channel.
Great teacher, clear explanation full of funny asides and historical context. Cool video!! Thanks
Amen :) GM Finegold is phenomenal
Petrosian v Pachmann Bled 1961 is the game where he sacs the queen and chases the opponent's king across the board in case any one is interested.
Finegold has covered that game here: ruclips.net/video/iDV5G0cMIWk/видео.html
Thomas Scholz Thanks--I'm gonna go watch that!
many thanks!
@@thomasscholz2569 pathetic
@@kirkstable what??
Ben, make my day better he can....
Energetic commentary.
"Chess is hard."
Exchange sacs are awesome, the thing to look for if you're a B player and want to improve. My lone victory against a master hinged on an exchange sac on e4. It was G/60, my regret is that no scorecard was required so the game is now forever lost in the aether; stuck on the surface of a distant black hole.
Petrosian is my favorite master to watch and, learn. His method is fundamentally sound. He stuck to the basics, logic. He was the master of taking what he was given, hisnopening and midgame was simple enough to alter as needed. Petrosian was not presumptive, he secured his position, nullified the opponents offense and undermined the opponents position. Petrosian had the best games to study for someone beginning chess.
I like that the thumbnail is Ben going “RAWRR!
Ben is my favorite
@10:30 why take back the f pawn with the g pawn and not the Bishop? Is it just that the pawn prevents either knight from going to e4? gxf5 breaks kingside pawn structure and locks in the Bishop, seems counterintuitive to me (then again I'm lowly rated)
i think it's to keep the knights off of e4. also then black can play e4 to improve the dark-square bishop
SOLID
Classic game. Two exchange sacs and a queen sac!
I thought the Panov variation was named after mr. Variation
Only Finegold would reference OPP when lecturing to kids.
"...before the game started." At the end, cool joke!
Ben is legend, so random
At 22:21 in this video. I believe that's Bosque should have played Queen to g5. Connecting his rooks and staying out of the attack.
12:16 "Active aggressive" lol as opposed to passive aggressive?
that's double thinking which mentioned in 1984
I love his lectures...Arjun is my hero...
Night Moves came out in 1976, but Defer graduated highschool in 63. Thanks, Google
Wait there was only 1 win with white in the 1966 championshop, but 6 win black.. thats pretty crazy
whats the chessboard software you use
every finegold lecture should have that thump nail pic
Bravo!!!
That double exchange sac was beautiful.
6:36 Nd5 is bad because of Sd5: Ba1: Bd2 and 2 pices are hanging
Fischer claimed people were cheating whenever he suffered a setback. The most ridiculous example was in his game with Botvinnik. He was probably winning, and blew the advantage. After Fischer's blunder, Botvinnik walked up to his team captain, Abramov, and said something. Fischer then claimed that Botvinnik was getting illegal assistance. According to Eliot Hearst, the very idea that Botvinnik would even listen to advice from a player so inferior to himself was patently absurd, and no protest was filed. Botvinnik's version of the story is that he walked up to Abramov, and said one word: "Draw", which is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect a player to say to his Team Captain at that point. The captain needs to know how every game is going, to be able to tell others whether to play for a win or a draw.
But I don't think Fischer claimed anyone was cheating in this cycle. There was no need to, as he had no setbacks that needed explaining away.
wild and crazy or solid?
Nice Ben.
how old is he?
Enough
NO mention of Mike Kummer :(
+EvilSecondTwin He mentioned him!
Fabian Kröger
Where? I'm convinced I didn't hear his name.
RIP Taimanov
Despite the gentle ribbing of Doug Eckhert, he has written what was (when written and may still be) the best, and now probably well out of print, book on the Keres attack
Me, with the right comment.
i guess ben is pointing out to his very nice win against yuri balashov who was at least a 100 points higher rated than himself!!! that was pretty
Tal games are my favorite to watch...the Guy was a madman
Nobody ever had a harder road to the World Championship Match than Spassky as he had to beat really good players in matches on his way to the top in 66 and 69. If we had that system in play today I think it would really be a show of just how strong Magnus is. Spassky was really stronger than Fischer in the 60's. If Fischer would have been able to face the type of players Spassky had to play on a yearly basis he would have matured sooner. He might of thought of living in the Soviet Union just to get the playing experience. He did visit there when he was a teen but was rude and was told to leave. Besides the Cold War really was an highly antagonistic era for even Chess players. Rueben Fine did not play in the 1948 Match to determine Alekhine's successor because he said he did not want to waste three months of his life watching the Russsians throwing games to each other.
Keep this comment on an odd amount of thumbs up
You failed man
@@mk-ej3cz :(
Hooray!
I made it 61
I made it 65
He farts at 09:12
Lmaooooo 😂 😂 😂
Is Ben's son a chess whiz like Ben was?
28:30 lol i saw it before he even said it.
Alan Song bb
Ha ha ha ha ha I must laugh my ass off by the thought, that there was a chessplayer named Pachman, after the great cheese-eating hero from the modern PC-game.... ;) It´s so funny....
Workin' on our knight moves, baby!!
Ok sir
The "terrible movie" Pawn Sacrifice? That was a great movie!!!
LOL Seriously!? Any movie that has big inaccuracies is trash.
Thanks
They were using PK to influence the game
Rawrrrrrrr
Title: Pe--Trojan
"Thatss terrible"... good game from Petrosian
Pawn Sacrifice was a pretty good movie. Not the best movie ever, but far from the worst. How often do we get chess movies anyway? We should be grateful.
I have to disagree. It was filled with more inaccuracies than a game between two D players at a Sunday rapid. I could argue that a movie like _Pawn Sacrifice_ is why we _don't_ have more chess movies.
It's a movie, not a documentary. Artistic license is allowed.
Trash is trash artistic license notwithstanding.
As good as this game is, Game 12 is even more interesting. It doesn't get much love because it ended in a draw.
21:25
show indian gm vidit games
Ben you lied! I took exf5 in the Kong’s Indian and lost because of it
Spassky could've played N*c4. Gotten rid of the blocked knight with a threat and subsequent tempo...
BEEEN
"War is peace" 1984
Me yelling at the clouds!
33:40 ahahahah
He wasn't down with OPP.. LOL. An old school hip hop joke 99% of viewers wouldn't get.
Mike Kummer surely did
Whose down with OPP 😂 very underrated joke unfortunately probably only 3 people understood it
Yeah but I am not at home.
petrosian boring? all games of his that i see on the internet he sacs stuff, smothers his oponent in glorious styl and has positions thatone drools to when seeing them XD boring is more like Karpov or even worse Carlsen, when the guy does absolutely nothing the whole game and wins a pawn in the endgame XD Petrosian was no boring :D
When you said most "shocking" move: rook takes f4. Then, Qg5+ and queen picks up rook back. At that moment, Rg4 picks up black's queen. So, SLAP HIM!!!
If Rook g4 then black plays knight takes g4 and he's threatening all sorts of discoveries
after Bxf7, I thought Kf8 is a better try
I have a chess engine too
Ben didn't like "Pawn sacrifice"? Terrible!!!!!!!!!
"Never sacrifice"
Ur only know because the engin told u…stop running down professional chess players bro, ur just an amateur
Fucking hilarious guy.
Ben is lame 😤