Kasparov's Immortal by GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.... GM Ben Finegold analyzes one of the greatest chess matches of all time; the Immortal Game between Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov in 1999. This lecture was recorded June 9th, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia
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Комментарии • 126

  • @3rdEarlRussell
    @3rdEarlRussell 2 года назад +92

    “Trying is the first step to failure.” - Ben Finegold

  • @zacharysherry2910
    @zacharysherry2910 2 года назад +148

    "it's really hard to beat Fischer...now" -Ben Finegold

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 Год назад +7

      Easy peasy. Even I could do it. Imma gonna need airfare for Iceland and a spade though.

    • @tomswiftyphilo2504
      @tomswiftyphilo2504 Год назад +1

      technically every game against fisher is a win by default

    • @f.d.3289
      @f.d.3289 Год назад +4

      I just wanted to post just the same comment.
      It's really uncanny, but in every single video of his, Ben has one throwaway line that just cracks me up.

  • @smort123
    @smort123 2 года назад +170

    "A guy gave me $100 to explain the game and I did. He said _thanks_. Five minutes later the Blackjack Dealer said _thanks_" 😂

    • @DarkSideChess
      @DarkSideChess 2 года назад +6

      Classic

    • @JojenReed
      @JojenReed 2 года назад +10

      Truth hurts!

    • @hoola_amigos
      @hoola_amigos 8 месяцев назад +1

      Timestamp?

    • @NYK01
      @NYK01 8 месяцев назад

      @@hoola_amigos2:05

    • @BREAKocean
      @BREAKocean 4 месяца назад

      First 3 minutes​@@hoola_amigos

  • @josephgarvey5400
    @josephgarvey5400 2 года назад +64

    When Kasperov and Topolov roamed the earth, this is what happened.

    • @JojenReed
      @JojenReed 2 года назад +4

      There was probably some guy named Kasperov at that time too but Kasparov was the chess dude 🙃

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 Год назад +4

      @@JojenReed None of the letters in your spelling of "Kasparov" look like backwards Ns or lunar landers, so I'm gonna have to yellow card your attempted pedantry there.

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 2 года назад +43

    3:30 classic Mr Attack joke

  • @maxfaberg128
    @maxfaberg128 Год назад +27

    "Topalov is Topalov and if you don't believe me he can show you his drivers license"

    • @thrylos32
      @thrylos32 Год назад +5

      Truth hurts

    • @emmahird2795
      @emmahird2795 Год назад +7

      This actually might be one of my favourite jokes ever, just for how it's told

    • @maxfaberg128
      @maxfaberg128 Год назад +4

      @@emmahird2795 amazin, isn't it? I'm still giggling

  • @Jabadamazo
    @Jabadamazo Год назад +84

    Kasparov calculating to RD7 is incredible. I believe it, but like, I kind of can't.

    • @michaelwright8896
      @michaelwright8896 7 месяцев назад +7

      Kasparov is the best player in the world at his peak he saw everything.

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​​@@michaelwright8896Tony Miles (who famously humbled Karpov by beating him with black after 1. e4 a6?) summarised Kasparov along the lines of: "I thought I was playing the World Champion, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything."

  • @SeddincY
    @SeddincY 5 месяцев назад +8

    3:31 "the Austrian attack. Named after Grandmaster Attack " 😂😂

  • @abbebjorkman
    @abbebjorkman Год назад +47

    I love your humour , your hilarious, my personal number one chess youtube. Going on a Ben Finegold binge

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад +2

      *you're

    • @whatthehirsch7385
      @whatthehirsch7385 Год назад +1

      *humor

    • @johncarlisle6865
      @johncarlisle6865 Год назад +2

      ​@@whatthehirsch7385that's the American way of spelling it, & I know it may be hard for you to believe, but they don't actually have the monopoly on spelling as much as they wish to believe otherwise

    • @zwlfelea9202
      @zwlfelea9202 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@johncarlisle6865truth hurts

    • @Eriseccha
      @Eriseccha Месяц назад

      Ben Finegold fringe you mean?

  • @chessbrahh2068
    @chessbrahh2068 2 года назад +90

    "This game was too hard for humans. And I would never be so bold as to call Kasparov a human" -Ben Finegold

    • @macleadg
      @macleadg 9 месяцев назад +4

      Kasparov got his opponent to… topple off…

    • @gaopinghu7332
      @gaopinghu7332 16 дней назад

      @@macleadg actually one of the most clever puns I've heard in recent memory.

    • @macleadg
      @macleadg 16 дней назад

      @@gaopinghu7332 tx. I’m a Dad. I make Dad jokes…

  • @douglasquaid7550
    @douglasquaid7550 2 года назад +24

    I could watch these lectures for hours

  • @brodyr.5540
    @brodyr.5540 2 года назад +13

    we desperately need "The truth hurts.” merch ASAP

  • @donebydom3714
    @donebydom3714 2 года назад +21

    I love this guys dry humor lmao

  • @plsircanihavesomemor
    @plsircanihavesomemor 2 года назад +31

    From now on when I mate my opponent otb I’m announcing papa John instead of checkmate. Just feels right.

  • @NewQuinnProductions
    @NewQuinnProductions 2 года назад +12

    Is this a chess analysis or a standup routine? Ben is the best of both worlds.

  • @visgraatje859
    @visgraatje859 2 года назад +10

    28:58 most impressive part of the vid. Pronouncing the G sound in Dutch correctly.

  • @phihalbe7448
    @phihalbe7448 2 года назад +37

    very suspicious.

  • @EqSlay
    @EqSlay 2 года назад +9

    You are ridiculously frank, Ben.

  • @Deucely
    @Deucely 2 года назад +6

    I called Sheena Neegans, she's well and wish you all the best!

  • @whaddoiknow6519
    @whaddoiknow6519 3 месяца назад +1

    Surely Kasparov's greatest game is game 10 of the 1995 World Championship against Vishy Anand. In this game, Kasparov uncorked a beautiful novelty, the door-slam attack. In the match, Anand took the lead by winning game 9. Determined to win one way or another, in game 10, after every move he made, Kasparov would get up to go to the bathroom and slam the door behind him so hard the room shook. The young and mild-mannered Anand was too rattled to complain to the arbiter, and it is strange that the arbiter did not stop this behavior on his own either. No player has ever used this attack after Kasparov. So indeed he is the stuff of legend.

  • @TheMrBennito
    @TheMrBennito Год назад +15

    With the addition of the engine analyses, this game becomes even more mindboggling as it already was. I think I would end up in an asylum if I would be that talented.

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 7 месяцев назад

      Good. Never go full Fischer

  • @poly_hexamethyl
    @poly_hexamethyl 2 года назад +7

    8:04 "If you're a low-rated player...they don't see all these knight moves. They didn't listen to Bob Seger enough." LOL :-)

  • @sparkster4000
    @sparkster4000 8 месяцев назад +1

    I felt like RXD4 was the brilliancy, AND I called out the computer would like KB6!!! :D I’m so proud of myself

  • @zachhaywood1564
    @zachhaywood1564 Год назад +1

    This game was how I studied and got a fair grip on the Pirc Defense.

  • @bobbyfishstix1189
    @bobbyfishstix1189 2 года назад +4

    yes,, i love these lectures

  • @carlyoung7004
    @carlyoung7004 2 года назад +5

    When you 👀 see the game in different places, times, analyze, like you see different types of people playing each other

  • @ironhazes
    @ironhazes 15 дней назад

    I approve of your pronunciation of Gert and Wijk aan Zee.

  • @KyMy16
    @KyMy16 2 года назад +15

    at min 43 GM Ben says that the last world championship was 12 draws, he means the one before last(or he filmed this 2 years ago). Nice lecture.

    • @aakashbasu3219
      @aakashbasu3219 2 года назад +14

      This was filmed in 2021 before the WCC

    • @moderneros
      @moderneros 2 года назад +7

      It does say in the opening footage the date! No hunt needed

    • @stingaling
      @stingaling 2 года назад +4

      "This lecture was recorded June 9th, 2021" it says in the notes.

  • @youstandcorrected
    @youstandcorrected 2 года назад +4

    Fascinating. Thanks for the upload!

  • @elminster8470
    @elminster8470 Год назад +2

    Great game and commentary.

  • @RossKnows
    @RossKnows 2 года назад +3

    oh my, the Night Moves Bob Seger reference

  • @pranjilgrover8650
    @pranjilgrover8650 Год назад +4

    I fucking love you man

  • @tolkienfan1972
    @tolkienfan1972 29 дней назад

    Fabi is doing pretty well right now in the Sinqefield

  • @krs48
    @krs48 2 года назад +3

    Wild game good explanation

  • @michaelemerson1949
    @michaelemerson1949 2 года назад +3

    Thnx gm Benjamin. I have never saw these variations!

  • @Janet_Airlines802
    @Janet_Airlines802 2 года назад +3

    Stockfish came out with 15 not long ago.

  • @shariarpapaon5305
    @shariarpapaon5305 4 дня назад

    "the austrian attack named after the grandmaster attack"

  • @Frank-wr2nf
    @Frank-wr2nf Год назад

    Sf 15.1 NNUE says Kxa3 and Rd1+ are roughly equal, Bd7 gets played at move 35 of Rd1+ variation and white is +3, Rxf7 is second best at +.7 as said.

  • @AC-xq4hh
    @AC-xq4hh 2 года назад +3

    Exactly

  • @robbied2113
    @robbied2113 9 месяцев назад +1

    35:29

  • @ja734.
    @ja734. 2 года назад +12

    For some reason Ben seems to think that Topalov is a legit world champion but that Khalifman and Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov aren't, but really he's no more legit than any of them. He won the title in a round robin tournament, not a match, and the title was disputed while he had it, only being reunified when he lost the match to Kramnik.

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis 2 года назад +20

      It's probably because unlike the other 2, he actually played 2 world championship matches and basically tied Kramnik in 2006, only going down in the rapid format. He was also world number 1 for a while, and being world number 1 is almost as respected as being world champion, just look at how everyone still considered Kasparov the best player even after he lost his title to Kramnik in 2000.

    • @kirokirov-lu8cs
      @kirokirov-lu8cs 5 месяцев назад

      Compare Russia and Bulgaria? The achievement of those you mention is much less. Seven million Bulgaria beats great Russia in weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics and chess, not every time but most of the times.And we have success even in billiard games and many other non-"Slavic sports".

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 5 месяцев назад +1

      Topalov was legitimately rated #1 in the world on several rating lists, unlike Khalifman or Ponomaov. Of course he wasn't an undisputed world champion, but he obviously belonged in the same league as Ktamnik and Anand, unlike those grandmasters (with all due respect to them; I don't believe they would deny it themselves)

  • @nicholasimholte7359
    @nicholasimholte7359 Год назад +2

    Bulgarian last names are pronounced the same way as Russian. Just as you put the emphasis on second syllable in kuh-SPAR-of, you should do the same thing for his opponent. It's not TOP-uh-lof. It's Tuh-PAL-of

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 8 месяцев назад +1

      Today, I learned something. Thanks!

  • @FrankBakulov
    @FrankBakulov 10 месяцев назад

    B R I L L I A N T ! Saved to favorites after 1/3 of watching. Ben's comments are terrific too.

  • @fabian13333
    @fabian13333 7 месяцев назад

    What a game

  • @worsethanjoerogan8061
    @worsethanjoerogan8061 2 года назад +5

    29:28 Nah Ben the point of your story was to mention that you won the Brilliancy prize. It's also an instructive anecdote though!

  • @jeffheyer7783
    @jeffheyer7783 Год назад

    “Working on those knight moves.”

  • @scheimong
    @scheimong 2 года назад +10

    frankly, ridiculous.

  • @iamofflineyesreally
    @iamofflineyesreally 2 года назад +1

    Hey you can set up your channel to auto mute people when they join, just fyi. In discord it's done with roles, I'm not sure about other programs.

  • @dobragab2
    @dobragab2 Год назад

    Stockfish 15 today says 24. Rxd4 is the best move.

  • @hellopleychess3190
    @hellopleychess3190 2 года назад +2

    ROOK TO D7!!

  • @adamkatz6532
    @adamkatz6532 2 года назад +5

    the truth hurts

  • @countingongod3900
    @countingongod3900 Год назад

    C3 p'od... a future classic

  • @treschocos5529
    @treschocos5529 11 месяцев назад

    I probably won't see bf1 and rd7 when there's time controls there's too much calculation , black is winning if there's no capture on h8

  • @hellyea489
    @hellyea489 Год назад +2

    man the truth hurts

  • @sciencetube4574
    @sciencetube4574 7 месяцев назад

    Ah come on, he's an older player, but not that old that I would call him immortal...

  • @thecurefan1
    @thecurefan1 2 года назад +1

    Before “ I’m gonna be laughed at” why not check then take the rook?

    • @wreynolds1995
      @wreynolds1995 2 года назад +1

      Qe4+ Kd2 and the Rook is defended.

  • @lostsoul2184
    @lostsoul2184 2 года назад +1

    Wooooowooooo

  • @wizardatmath
    @wizardatmath Год назад

    But Topolov clearly blundered by taking that bishop back....

  • @paulandaloro8514
    @paulandaloro8514 Год назад

    i have a cavity. The tooth hurts.

  • @hfontanez98
    @hfontanez98 Год назад

    38:20 What was the drawback of playing Kc2 instead of c1?

    • @hfontanez98
      @hfontanez98 Год назад

      Just saw it... Other than losing h pawn, it's a longer mate.

  • @dreddscott3873
    @dreddscott3873 2 года назад +2

    How long did he think before playing Rxd4?

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад +1

      Just long enough.

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Год назад

      AFAIK he only thought a couple of minutes on Rxd4, but he thought for nearly an hour a couple of moves previously, which was presumably when he was when he saw the rook sacrifice idea and decided to analyse it.

  • @alexandernipracs6292
    @alexandernipracs6292 2 года назад +1

    from 35:00 to 37:00

  • @lostsoul2184
    @lostsoul2184 2 года назад +1

    ۹:۵۵ :)))) that " eggzagtly " :))

  • @chadmacgargle5311
    @chadmacgargle5311 2 года назад

    What about Karpov?

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад +1

      What about him?

    • @chadmacgargle5311
      @chadmacgargle5311 Год назад +1

      @@davidcopson5800 I think it's probably because Ben has done 900 million lectures of Kasparov v Karpov... so it's like a joke...

  • @bjorneriksson6480
    @bjorneriksson6480 Год назад

    Topalov was world champion?
    Really?

  • @Terabofnelf15
    @Terabofnelf15 2 года назад +11

    terrible.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Год назад

      Ivan the

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 8 месяцев назад

      @@davidcopson5800 Hey, what do Ivan the Terrible and Thomas the Tank Engine have in common?
      The same middle name.

  • @zero_nova2849
    @zero_nova2849 2 года назад +4

    Yes but unfortunately the ability to be excellent in chess doesn't translate into being more intelligent in other areas, which Kasparov is a good example for.

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 Год назад +6

      I mean, it's true he's slightly nuts but he was dead-on accurate with what he said about Putin and Ukraine. He wrote an entire book about it.

    • @MarzipanCat.
      @MarzipanCat. Год назад

      @@vigilante8374 what did he say about Putin and the Ukraine?

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 Год назад +5

      @@MarzipanCat. He said that Putin was the enemy of the free world and would definitely try to take all of Ukraine. He's been loudly anti-Putin and anti-Russian corruption since long before most people cared, and ran against him for the office of Russian president at some point.

    • @StKozlovsky
      @StKozlovsky Год назад

      @@vigilante8374 The problem is that among the many Russian people who say all that and are also loudly anti-Putin and anti-corruption, Kasparov is one of the nuttier ones and is much more popular abroad than at home, where people know other, more likeable opposition figures than him. He's also very salty that people now think Navalny is a more important politician than him. Truth hurts!
      Still much saner than Fischer though.

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 Год назад +1

      @@StKozlovsky The elephant in the room is how nutty the Russian people are, who a year and a half later are still supporting this insane invasion which--regardless of the morality of it--can't possibly improve Russia's prospects over the long term. Navalny is a prop, not a real politician at this stage, and he's on record opposing giving Crimea back so he isn't really acceptable to the West, either. I'm not saying Kasparov would stand a chance in any free election; I'm just saying that as nutty as he is, he's not any nuttier than the Russian populace, the Russian political establishment, or the most popular figurehead of the Russian opposition.

  • @mskcrc
    @mskcrc 2 года назад +1

    also what if you used a decent mic, Ben

  • @dixonbeejay
    @dixonbeejay 5 месяцев назад

    I think Magnus would of been in his nappies or prob still swimming in his dad's bags