Difficult King & Pawn Endings | Endgame Exclam!! - GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
  • Grandmaster Ben Finegold shows king and pawn positions from and inspired by real grandmaster games. Opposition and other themes are explored, and these positions are difficult to calculate.
    2017.06.20

Комментарии • 146

  • @aiurknight4367
    @aiurknight4367 7 лет назад +64

    "If all your moves are bad, you might lose." - Ben Finegold in 2017

  • @Kgroenholm
    @Kgroenholm 7 лет назад +132

    45 minutes of GM Ben Finegold, let me just get my popcorn ready.

    • @loluf969f86t
      @loluf969f86t Год назад +1

      Popcorn is toxic eat raw meat and ppey chess

  • @flpsnk4848
    @flpsnk4848 7 лет назад +56

    "Julian, give the right answer, please" thats a new rule

  • @bradenstewart6270
    @bradenstewart6270 7 лет назад +124

    Ben: "let me call on a random student" Me: "ARJUN!!!!" Ben: "Julian" Me: ahhhhh too bad

  • @FrankBakulov
    @FrankBakulov Год назад +8

    Ben is so awesome to listen. Great storyteller, makes learning chess much interesting.

  • @s1o2k3a4
    @s1o2k3a4 7 лет назад +38

    I was leaving the office when i saw there was a new video of Ben Finegold,.. I left the office 1 hour later... terrible!

  • @heremansmarc
    @heremansmarc 7 месяцев назад +2

    I saw this guy 🙂 in Brussels in the nineties. He was an IM. He played 1' (for him)-5' (the other player) blitz games against player 2200-2300 fide rated (good Belgian chess players).
    I remember that he systematically played moves like 1e3 or 1d3, unorthodox moves (with white and black), so that there was no theory at all. He won game after game...! I was impressed by his facility to win so easily.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 2 года назад +3

    Watching this again after 3 year! Phenomenal lesson!

  • @PaulRabilIsGod
    @PaulRabilIsGod 4 года назад +5

    Absolutely outstanding. Took a break from Glenn Flear's "Starting Out: Pawn Openings" textbook to watch this and I'm glad I did. Thanks for another great king-and-pawn endgame lecture. More endgame lectures are always welcome!

  • @roadpvp9640
    @roadpvp9640 7 лет назад +117

    I'm a simple man. I see a Finegold video, I like.

    • @florianl8273
      @florianl8273 7 лет назад +7

      I'm a simple man. I see a "I'm a simple man. I see a Finegold video, I like." comment, I like.

  • @lewis4402
    @lewis4402 7 лет назад +5

    More Finegold? You know how to treat us right Ben Simon

  • @bed693
    @bed693 4 года назад +4

    Me realizing I have access to 100s of hours of ben finegold on RUclips
    Happiness noises
    Me realizing I'm finishing all these videos faster than expected

  • @AnandCRockzz
    @AnandCRockzz 2 года назад +5

    4 mins of chess, 42 mins of interesting chess history

  • @vladimirlenin843
    @vladimirlenin843 3 года назад +6

    How did he get so old in 3 years

  • @jeffpolosmith6945
    @jeffpolosmith6945 7 лет назад +27

    The legend, the GM, the savage, Ben Finegold

  • @ginoginoh
    @ginoginoh 7 лет назад +5

    Love endgame studies, love Ben

  • @bobi5202
    @bobi5202 7 лет назад +50

    To the dudes saying they don't like Finegold - he's like the only reason I'm on youtube and I get butterflies every time there's a new video. Your indolence is inefficacious.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 6 лет назад +9

    Great lecture. This is a great companion to Silman's complete ending book. I recommend reading the book first as Ben goes fast through this examples and doesn't finish all the moves.

  • @user-wd4yj7ck6m
    @user-wd4yj7ck6m 7 лет назад +8

    We love you Ben!

  • @mowglu1
    @mowglu1 7 лет назад +113

    Ben's hairline looking very suspicious.

    • @Lovuschka
      @Lovuschka 7 лет назад +8

      Your favorite Sicilian isn't pizza, I guess?

    • @RobertKaucher
      @RobertKaucher 5 лет назад +2

      He needs to put it in H.

    • @mr_m3d
      @mr_m3d 3 года назад +1

      Sus

  • @bongcloud
    @bongcloud 2 года назад +1

    9:08 coz when i teach, i give all the information
    🙏🙏 Thank you so much Mr. Ben

  • @dhruvshangari1664
    @dhruvshangari1664 7 лет назад +22

    Ben is a legend 😍

  • @vincent21212
    @vincent21212 7 лет назад +38

    Black is not as dumb as I look? It's an honor to be insulted by GM Finegold

  • @kristiann4346
    @kristiann4346 7 лет назад +5

    if i lived close by id go to all of his talks

  • @BongelaMnguni
    @BongelaMnguni 7 лет назад +10

    GM Finegold you're the best chess teacher.
    Can you please show us how to play pawn less endgames, where one side has a mating material but its difficult to win. E.g Queen+King vs Rook+King, Rook+Bishop+King vs Rook+King, Knight+Bishop+King vs King, ...etc. I've had all these endings several times on my games but I only drew when I was the offensive side and quickly loss when I was on on defensive side.

    • @zexisak4085
      @zexisak4085 7 лет назад +1

      Ridics R+B+K vs R+K is theoretical draw not mating material

    • @BongelaMnguni
      @BongelaMnguni 7 лет назад

      But I have been checkmated several times by the R+B+K vs my R+K, maybe its because I dont know the correct defense but either way, that ending is not just an auto draw. I've even seen GM Hikaru beating GM Grischuk on that exact endgame in Norway chess 2017.

    • @BongelaMnguni
      @BongelaMnguni 7 лет назад

      R+B+K vs R+K is not a draw, check out this game : chess-db.com/public/game.jsp?id=4126025.2016192.21771264.29700

    • @zexisak4085
      @zexisak4085 7 лет назад

      Ridics I know the side with only the rook often looses but it's still a theoretical draw.

  • @R4ndomWords
    @R4ndomWords 7 лет назад +25

    Ben, I found the solution to the puzzle that Hikaru Nakamura couldn't solve - can I have my GM title now please?

    • @alessandropodofillini2292
      @alessandropodofillini2292 4 года назад +2

      so did I, but just because i realized that Dvoretsky's manual discusses the same position a move after the one presented by Ben!

  • @elbay2
    @elbay2 7 лет назад +3

    Yay, some Finegold!... Yay, pawn endgames!!

  • @kripposoft
    @kripposoft 3 месяца назад +1

    "there's 6 people at home watching"

  • @Joslinmeister
    @Joslinmeister 7 лет назад +4

    *immediately downloads seven piece tablebase app

  • @albertaffstein299
    @albertaffstein299 7 лет назад +8

    was this really recorded on the 20th of june? i'm asking bc then 25:30 would be even funnier (naka vs mamedyarov)

  • @lqacwaz470
    @lqacwaz470 7 лет назад +1

    great video!

  • @michaelolesen1909
    @michaelolesen1909 7 лет назад +5

    "you showed up confused" LOL

  • @chrisgroves4097
    @chrisgroves4097 7 лет назад +4

    Ben, of course there are some other sports in which people can resign (kind of): boxing for example! When the guy is visibly badly hurt but not K.O yet, he can choose not to come back for the next round, or his coach throws the towel etc. i.e. no need for him to stay in the ring and get punched to death! love from Luxembourg near Belgium :)

    • @zogzog1063
      @zogzog1063 7 лет назад +3

      I thought all of Lux was near Belgium :->

  • @stuartyaxley6689
    @stuartyaxley6689 11 месяцев назад

    I like this guy, he's cracked me up a couple of times so far 😂

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk 7 лет назад +2

    All chess players who want to get more points should have a good book on basic chess endings, (or instructional CD on basic chess endings).

  • @lockdowndb4863
    @lockdowndb4863 3 года назад +2

    15:05, I was only able to solve the problem on the first try with in minutes because I solved almost the exact same one except for the fact hxg5+ was already played. This is a good theoretical endgame to know and the book I solved it in was "Bruce Pandolfini's Endgame Handbook" where he explains all of the basic and semi-advanced theoretical endgames.
    YES he's an actual chess coach not just a consultant for The Queen's Gambit. He even coached 2018 World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana when he was a kid

  • @oritemis
    @oritemis 7 лет назад +17

    Hey, you should have asked Arjun!

  • @josbouma7924
    @josbouma7924 3 года назад +1

    I was expecting something else when he reached to his back at the start haha

  • @piotrszadkowski2422
    @piotrszadkowski2422 7 лет назад +2

    What app do You use for those presentations?

  • @Abhijeetraurale1234
    @Abhijeetraurale1234 3 года назад +1

    Julian the student of the year😂😂😂

  • @dusanmijatovic7913
    @dusanmijatovic7913 7 лет назад +1

    You've got to give your paaaaaawns awaaaaaaay

  • @keefursabertooth952
    @keefursabertooth952 5 лет назад +1

    On the last game on the video, can't white triangulate e5..., e4..., then f5 to gain opposition and keep his f6 pawn for an easier win? By the way, I used to be active in chess a very long time ago and have just started getting back into it again after retirement. I started watching your videos, so sorry about the very late post. You have always been one of my irreverant favorites. :-)

  • @Nekosamasensei
    @Nekosamasensei 6 лет назад +1

    b4 is one move away from not drawing. x1. ka1 ke7 x2. kxa3 kd6 x3. pawn anywhere is draw and king anywhere gives black the opposition because you don't have time to get 2 squares ahead. I paused before/if there is an answer to this. Just my thought. took me about 4/5 minutes. I am super slow lately. Love the puzzles btw. been trying to force these situations in 1 mins games by sacking to eternity but trying to end in one of the puzzles I know because of this now.

  • @bilyonarelifestile2226
    @bilyonarelifestile2226 2 года назад

    is the st. louis chess club theme song available on Apple Music ?

  • @sanju200100
    @sanju200100 2 года назад +1

    Who is Julian? He talks about him in every video

  • @Jairus_ja
    @Jairus_ja 4 года назад +1

    Awesome

  • @timpriest593
    @timpriest593 7 лет назад +1

    'With the pawn on a2, white is winning. Chess is hard.'

  • @hashimnawaz3201
    @hashimnawaz3201 3 года назад +1

    Lol pulls out his ID to remember his name but remembers the title of GM 😂

  • @trytoo5167
    @trytoo5167 Год назад

    For the second one, he complains about people resigning and not showing the full process and then proceeds to only show the winning move and not the full process.

  • @lolobuggah2670
    @lolobuggah2670 3 года назад +1

    You should take your own advise and play it out to checkmate.

  • @benselectionforcasting4172
    @benselectionforcasting4172 7 лет назад

    This video is Solid.
    For additional comments I'll take..... ARJUN!

  • @godgrace2337
    @godgrace2337 Год назад

    16:00 after hxg5 then i figured out this position was from endgame manual wait, Oh! Its from The Book "You must know 100 endgames"

  • @junaubomber6977
    @junaubomber6977 Год назад

    7:12 Aviv Friedman, FST? What does that stand for?

  • @TheAntonergud
    @TheAntonergud 4 года назад +1

    19:10 "black is not as dumb as you look" LMAO

  • @frostycold1689
    @frostycold1689 3 года назад

    8.30 How did the kings get on each others sides?

  • @haraldurkarlsson1147
    @haraldurkarlsson1147 2 года назад

    Hi Ben
    Your always funny.

  • @gunsimar
    @gunsimar 7 лет назад

    MAESTROO

  • @godgrace2337
    @godgrace2337 Год назад

    27:50 we need to reverse this position and it comes from endgame manual

  • @VoteForShort2012
    @VoteForShort2012 7 лет назад

    isn't this a repost of a previous video?

  • @MrKritik77
    @MrKritik77 7 лет назад +2

    The only thing I don't like about Ben's lectures in general is, when he sells him self short. Yeah, he may not be a "super GM", but he is still a great player, an excellent lecturer and one incredibly funny dude.

  • @Michal_Ce
    @Michal_Ce 6 лет назад

    39:12 Why not triangle Ke5 forcing black king to go 8 rank, then Ke4 and back to f5? Black to move and next white king to G6?

    • @TheLiberal1776
      @TheLiberal1776 5 лет назад

      After Ke5, Kf8; Ke4 .. black can choose to not go Kf7 and instead go Ke8 or possibly Kg8(I haven't calculated this one). Then after Kf5 black have Kf7, both Black and white make a triangle and it's back to the position before Ke5, and still white to move.

  • @thegloriousdefense
    @thegloriousdefense 6 лет назад +1

    "I'm up 2 pawns and never win." - Grandmaster Simon Williams

  • @MrPrush-ji4gs
    @MrPrush-ji4gs Год назад

    Seth Rohan of Chess master

  • @voteforno.6155
    @voteforno.6155 5 лет назад +1

    Because I said so.

  • @turtle207
    @turtle207 7 лет назад +1

    hikaru didnt solve the puzzle cause did find his horse.

  • @a.c.8599
    @a.c.8599 4 года назад

    At 31:47 instead of ...Ke7 couldn't black just have played ...a3 giving his pawn away the black king can reach the b6 square to draw

  • @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll
    @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll 7 лет назад

    who is can west ?

  • @kapa1611
    @kapa1611 7 лет назад +1

    12:40 again with the "whom" :/ no sentence that uses "whom" is correct!

  • @phroge9045
    @phroge9045 2 года назад

    I'm 12 years old and my rating is 1300. Earlier today, my dad, rated 2200, let me play a game on his account. I won.

  • @kristiann4346
    @kristiann4346 7 лет назад +1

    15:35 savage

  • @fozzmaniac7053
    @fozzmaniac7053 7 лет назад +16

    I agree that resignations shouldn't be allowed.

  • @danielw2807
    @danielw2807 6 лет назад +1

    17:15 BLACK CANT WIN, NEVER MOVE YOUR F-PAWNS

  • @underaverageguy
    @underaverageguy Год назад

    ah ben finegold, literally the god of chess comedy, (except Jon Federowicz)

  • @collinstump9706
    @collinstump9706 7 лет назад

    Poor Ken West... XD

  • @musicjam5570
    @musicjam5570 2 года назад

    I never resign

  • @TheClassicWorld
    @TheClassicWorld 7 лет назад +1

    Gru! I mean...

  • @cauler6627
    @cauler6627 2 года назад

    “Trying is the first step to failure… Truth hurts!” --Ben Finegold (only SLIGHTLY modified by me/combining two of Ben’s statements) …if you don’t think Ben is funny then comedy is subjective, unless it’s not! (((((TOLAH‼️)))))
    ((((toot out loud and holler! .((((🐘💥💨))))
    (((((((🤣SMH😂)))))))

  • @Dlerma-bq8oh
    @Dlerma-bq8oh 7 лет назад

    29:59 how about B4

  • @brahmisawesomealphabravo5234
    @brahmisawesomealphabravo5234 5 лет назад +2

    8:00 Kg5 wins. :)

  • @user-fl6ui1pr9l
    @user-fl6ui1pr9l Год назад

    Name the video me and my funny stories instead....

  • @ihk2421
    @ihk2421 2 года назад

    Ben Finegold is such a great chess lecturer if he stopped making awkward jokes people wouldn't hate him so much

    • @cielant
      @cielant 2 года назад +3

      Well, his jokes don't strike me as awkward.

    • @tellahsage6477
      @tellahsage6477 Год назад +2

      His jokes are what makes him so good tho

  • @tonyrigatoni766
    @tonyrigatoni766 7 лет назад

    Lol I have the same wallet

  • @josephtownsend7481
    @josephtownsend7481 7 лет назад

    wait how is the position at 5:06 not a complete win for white?

    • @josephtownsend7481
      @josephtownsend7481 7 лет назад

      I don't understand this opposition stuff. Can't you move you king back and just push the pawn with the king guarding it?

    • @robertvolgman6590
      @robertvolgman6590 6 лет назад

      You can push it one square in front of your king, but you can't guard it while pushing it up the second square in front if black keeps the king behind the pawn.

  • @saadkhondoker1031
    @saadkhondoker1031 3 года назад

    33:10 damn funny

  • @spindriftdrinker
    @spindriftdrinker 5 лет назад +1

    I'd say this is 75% shtick, 25% chess.

  • @g73hc3gsv3i
    @g73hc3gsv3i 3 года назад

    33:15

  • @piotr.kaczmarski
    @piotr.kaczmarski 7 лет назад

    #BringMikeKummerBack

  • @GeorgeAlexanderOz
    @GeorgeAlexanderOz 7 лет назад

    I'm watching this on a smartphone with a low rate connection, and my ISP seems to have huge problems to get the ugly fart on the left-hand side through the air. Can't they show just the board? Also, an audience-friendly audio would be nice too.

  • @Itisthemuffin
    @Itisthemuffin 2 года назад

    This is guy is so wierd

  • @karthikkallam7647
    @karthikkallam7647 7 лет назад

    189th

  • @TheDaveBloom
    @TheDaveBloom 7 лет назад

    New Finegold? Terrible.

  • @brodigy254
    @brodigy254 4 года назад

    Kanye West would draw all the time...if he was white 🙃

    • @Kabobsta
      @Kabobsta 4 года назад

      He said Ken West not kanye west

  • @bektasuteubekov5788
    @bektasuteubekov5788 7 лет назад

    first

  • @rafaela.coutocabral8067
    @rafaela.coutocabral8067 Год назад +1

    I think there is value in what you do in this video. but some of your side comments are just arrogant and borderline cockiness and just made me switch off from the video.

  • @RSU1973
    @RSU1973 3 месяца назад

    90% time he is talking trash, instead of teaching ..Wonder how he still has students !

    • @pepa3647
      @pepa3647 2 месяца назад

      go cry about it. this is the best way of teaching.

  • @josiahfindley2727
    @josiahfindley2727 7 лет назад

    I am so siked. another Ben video. TERRIBLE.

  • @TawhidAnam
    @TawhidAnam Год назад

    80% USELESS BLA BLA SO DISGUSTING AND MOST OF THE TIME I CAN'T CONCENTRATE AND LOOSE MY INTEREST

  • @jnormanton
    @jnormanton 5 лет назад +2

    It is hard to know what is going on with all the unnecessary BS.

  • @MaqalatFiAlbarmaja
    @MaqalatFiAlbarmaja 7 лет назад +1

    too much speaking please hit the point.

  • @SonofNewo
    @SonofNewo 7 лет назад +14

    Ben Finegold should stick to chess. His political commentary is uninformed and out of place.

    • @peterparkerthegod
      @peterparkerthegod 7 лет назад +13

      SonofNewo lmao

    • @SonofNewo
      @SonofNewo 7 лет назад +6

      If Ben wants to make political commentary, he should clear it with the donors to the STL Chess Club, which pays his salary, first.

    • @eshneto
      @eshneto 6 лет назад +2

      You should stick to chess, maybe not even to that.

    • @Mastouril
      @Mastouril 6 лет назад +8

      You should stick to chess. Your political commentary is uninformed and out of place.

    • @anwu9496
      @anwu9496 6 лет назад +3

      SonofNewo Freedom of speech he can say whatever he wants