GM Ben Finegold: The Pirc Defense

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  • Опубликовано: 11 авг 2022
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  • @andreaferraris5277
    @andreaferraris5277 Год назад +192

    Pirc defense was named after GM Defense, if I recall correctly.

  • @bgdgdgdf4488
    @bgdgdgdf4488 Год назад +99

    Slovenian here, your pronounciation of Pirc is perfect. Good job, lecture on pirc I can actually listen to.

    • @matjazmazi8405
      @matjazmazi8405 Год назад +4

      Xe Xe, yeah - his pronounciation of 'Pirc' is O.K., but 'Vasja' is not - it is not Važja !... ;-)

    • @bgdgdgdf4488
      @bgdgdgdf4488 Год назад +5

      @@matjazmazi8405 true (: but can't ask for too much

    • @matjazmazi8405
      @matjazmazi8405 Год назад +1

      @@bgdgdgdf4488 zakaj ne ?

    • @bgdgdgdf4488
      @bgdgdgdf4488 Год назад +4

      @@matjazmazi8405 jah amerikanc je, a ni že to da zna Pirc izgovorit spoštljivo do neke mere

  • @nsiderultimaseth
    @nsiderultimaseth Год назад +56

    Gyula Sax was really an icon. Not only was he a terrific chess player, he had an entire family of musical instruments named after him.

  • @loganmyall660
    @loganmyall660 Год назад +75

    As a former Percocet addict, this opening really speaks to me

    • @rowanessam9154
      @rowanessam9154 Год назад +3

      LMAO

    • @thakurv1
      @thakurv1 Год назад +2

      Former?

    • @loganmyall660
      @loganmyall660 Год назад +8

      @@thakurv1 happy to say since I learned my wife was pregnant with our daughter almost 5 years ago I've been off Percocet. I suppose one is never a former addict though lol

    • @DragonHalo3D
      @DragonHalo3D Год назад +4

      @@loganmyall660 that's great to hear man i hope everything's been going well for you

    • @elredeano
      @elredeano 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@loganmyall660W RECOVERY

  • @AndrewWCarson
    @AndrewWCarson Год назад +39

    The beginning where you compared the Pirc to other openings was very helpful. Thanks!

    • @moniqueheubel8970
      @moniqueheubel8970 Год назад +2

      I have been studying the Pirc and KID all year and this was still helpful to me. Being a detailed person sometimes I get bogged down with individual details and and miss the general idea! I love the way Ben goes from the main ideas and then breaks it down.

    • @HughMorristheJoker
      @HughMorristheJoker 4 месяца назад

      This is also like the Nowegian, and even the Polish opening is a bit similar, and it can help to learn all of them.

  • @zamplify
    @zamplify Год назад +12

    This is the first time I've actually understood the difference between the KI, Modern, and Pirc.

  • @danjeory3659
    @danjeory3659 Год назад +35

    What I like about Ben Finegold's lectures is he cleary explains why each move is being made. It's like the RUclips equivalent of Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev. Plus tax.

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 10 месяцев назад +9

    The Czech Pirc is a monster against london players.

  • @sinis8834
    @sinis8834 Год назад +7

    Hans Günther Kestler was an IM in West Germany, peak 2400 something's something. He played for some minor chessclubs and I think in 3 Olympiads for West Germany. Greetings from Cologne.........

  • @tutucox
    @tutucox Год назад +40

    pirc is my favorite opening :D maybe thats why I'm so baaadddd

    • @AlexRodriguez-bf7dt
      @AlexRodriguez-bf7dt Год назад +5

      it's a great opening:)

    • @user-yz2xl1tu6t
      @user-yz2xl1tu6t Год назад +1

      @@AlexRodriguez-bf7dt it's a very good way to be completely lost in 15 moves

    • @dieterschneegans1850
      @dieterschneegans1850 Год назад +5

      @@user-yz2xl1tu6t not really. I doubt you'd just be winning in 15 moves against someone who knows what their doing in the pirc

    • @user-yz2xl1tu6t
      @user-yz2xl1tu6t Год назад +2

      @@dieterschneegans1850 it's a matter of preference i guess but i would never like getting murdered on the king side eith much slower counter play
      White moves in the pirc are so natural unlike blacks

    • @dieterschneegans1850
      @dieterschneegans1850 Год назад +1

      @@user-yz2xl1tu6t things are never that easy

  • @chungboislim2061
    @chungboislim2061 Год назад +8

    Damn, this is fantastic. I wasn't a big fan of your lectures, but this format without an audience is amazing.

  • @johnathangamble4539
    @johnathangamble4539 Год назад +3

    I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture. please keep doing these :)

  • @VogueWave
    @VogueWave Год назад +3

    Ben, great job explaining the Pirc. Thanks for another informative lecture!

  • @rogerwarr4673
    @rogerwarr4673 Год назад +1

    Great educational style, thnx for the vid

  • @magnusjohansson295
    @magnusjohansson295 Год назад +2

    Very nice lecture with lots of insight and humour.

  • @stuartyaxley6689
    @stuartyaxley6689 3 месяца назад

    Another brilliant lecture, thank you.

  • @alanex5225
    @alanex5225 Год назад +1

    thanks for this instructive video. it shows some hope for black in the pirc. you do encounter some unusual positions sometime and sometimes they offer chances for black. thanks again

  • @mbire831
    @mbire831 Год назад +2

    Thanks Ben, excellent as always

  • @zeljkostojanovic3604
    @zeljkostojanovic3604 Год назад +1

    Excellent explanation od Pirc defense...👍

  • @omiqran9858
    @omiqran9858 Год назад +11

    GM Ben off a pirc in this lecture

  • @mendesnicolas06
    @mendesnicolas06 Год назад +1

    Love to hear Ben randomly throwing some french words.
    Between your accent is good!
    🇫🇷

  • @justchessminiatures1167
    @justchessminiatures1167 Год назад +4

    Thanks for the lecture. Hope you could upload a lecture about the Schliemann Defense.

  • @1001011011010
    @1001011011010 Год назад +1

    I'd love something like this on the Tartakower defense

  • @tomtsu5923
    @tomtsu5923 Год назад

    Great vid Ben thank you

  • @Mutineer9
    @Mutineer9 Год назад

    I wander, did BF6 and then BF7+ and qH5+ work on some stage? My feeling with out stock fish I think should work

  • @pschneider1968
    @pschneider1968 Год назад +4

    A very nice lecture AGAIN! All games were very interesting, but the third game was really beautiful! Black played so courageously, sacrificing the exchange and a rook on top!

  • @theroaman8759
    @theroaman8759 Год назад

    How do you deal when white forks the knight and pawn on e4 on the 4th move

  • @rod9829
    @rod9829 Год назад +1

    now this is the good stuff

  • @breezeb8720
    @breezeb8720 Год назад +1

    That was a sweet Knight takes pawn G7 sacrifice “ SCREENSHOT!”

  • @gztamilangaming9274
    @gztamilangaming9274 Год назад

    how to play aganist austrian and 150 attack please tell about

  • @falseking989
    @falseking989 Год назад

    38:00 If the black queen goes to C3 followed by white king to B1, then black knight to A3 is checkmate.

  • @TheManudulux
    @TheManudulux Год назад +1

    We not all do live in the US. Do not under-estimate your influence. It is worldwide. Best Regards from Luxemburg and thanks for the videos.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic lecture! In game one it would have been amazing to mention what happens if e5 Nxd5?? attacking white's queen at 15:04 - white has mate in 9! with the follow up Nh5+!!

  • @gabrielesimionato1210
    @gabrielesimionato1210 Год назад +2

    12:37 another Finegold pearl

  • @kantsus
    @kantsus Год назад +1

    THANK YOU MR GRANDMASTER BEN FINEGOLD!!

  • @ActorAaronBooth
    @ActorAaronBooth Год назад

    And now I know why I have been seeing a lot of Pirc’s in the pool the last week…

  • @towb0at
    @towb0at Год назад +1

    I don't watch content by Mr. Finegold, especially longer videos.
    But this was a very interesting combination of a chess & history lesson
    that I couldn't stop watching after the first two minutes. Thank you very much!

  • @truthpopup
    @truthpopup 2 месяца назад

    I think it's an illusion that black can go toe-to-toe with white in the opening. It seems to me black's main goal in the first several moves is to avoid getting clobbered and to develop his pieces. The Pirc seems to do that.

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ah yes.
    The Pert Plus with dandruff defense Defense

  • @vancebocas7626
    @vancebocas7626 Год назад +2

    I grew up calling it Pirc (Perk) too. I still play it. I like the formations that come out of the opening....most of the time.

  • @banzaiburger9589
    @banzaiburger9589 Год назад +17

    Thanks for this lecture Ben. The Pirc gets a bad rap (generally) lately, undeservedly so in my opinion.

    • @kingpin1199
      @kingpin1199 Год назад +12

      it is a terrible opening. truth hurts

    • @EPE444
      @EPE444 Год назад +4

      @@chicken29843 SuperGMs use it sometmes. Nepo drew Karjakin with it in a Sinquefield Cup.

    • @justinliu6376
      @justinliu6376 Год назад +1

      150 is the refutation

    • @banzaiburger9589
      @banzaiburger9589 Год назад +2

      @@justinliu6376 it's pretty potent if Black has already castled kingside, but black has ways to deal with it by quickly launching on the queenside as soon as White appears to be setting up the 150. NM Robert Ramirez has several videos on the topic.

    • @FlourescentPotato
      @FlourescentPotato Год назад +1

      @@kingpin1199 once you can refute it every game, you're allowed to talk

  • @ryanoneal8480
    @ryanoneal8480 Год назад

    At 11:05 Ben talks about how it's not great for the bishop to capture on a6. If the position was different and the king was still in the center, and your opponent has pushed their kingside pawns, wouldn't it be worth it then to prevent their king from being safe the whole game?

    • @ryanoneal8480
      @ryanoneal8480 Год назад

      @Jordan Nephsnafsky haha I don't care much about giving double pawns because unless it's an endgame I don't feel like I'm good enough to exploit it

  • @random9-548
    @random9-548 Год назад

    Please make a Petrov defense lecture

  • @polytopproducts880
    @polytopproducts880 Год назад

    What's the best book about porc defense would any of you guys recommend me?
    I would really appreciate any advice and I hope that you guys have a nice day, cheers.

    • @chesslover8829
      @chesslover8829 3 месяца назад

      1) Pirc in Black and White: Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening
      2) The Pirc Defense (Grandmaster Repertoire)
      3) Pirc Alert! Second Edition

    • @polytopproducts880
      @polytopproducts880 3 месяца назад +1

      @@chesslover8829 thank you so much broo

    • @chesslover8829
      @chesslover8829 3 месяца назад

      @@polytopproducts880 You're welcome!

  • @dingoDogMan
    @dingoDogMan Год назад

    the perk defense!

  • @caesarsailor4051
    @caesarsailor4051 Год назад

    Came to learn the Pirc, now idk if I wanna play it 😂 lol

  • @jaakko14
    @jaakko14 Год назад +4

    Entertaining lecture as always Grandmaster Finegold. Not all of your viewers are from the USA. I for example am from Finland, your favourite country. I wish you and Karen have a nice day.

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk Год назад +1

    iirc Fischer used the Pirc vs Spassky in 1972 WCh.

  • @exuviumisopods
    @exuviumisopods Год назад

    I am glad you covered the Pirc Defense, it's my favorite opening when playing with the black pieces. I still struggle because of my 650 rapid elo, but it's the opening I prefer. Kudos also for the pronunciation, this is how Vasja's Pirc name is pronounced in their language.
    10:36 in the Pirc defense the pawn moves to c6 (not c5).
    19:32 why Korchnoi resigned? Nxc4 forks white's queen and rook. And when queen moves Nxd2. Rook is gone.
    28:14 a better move for black would be Qxd5 threatening white's queen, rook, bishop so white has to exchange queens.
    31:26 top 10 in the world and he didn't kill the white rook with his queen?
    Fantastic game by Hans Guenter Kestler. Savrificing both rooks! 🤩

    • @randomshadow4620
      @randomshadow4620 Год назад +1

      Lmao. I hope you're joking. All the moves you mentioned were so bad.

    • @thakurv1
      @thakurv1 Год назад

      Lol why do you think those moves are good

    • @luiscarrasco603
      @luiscarrasco603 Год назад

      Well, to all of your sugestions you should check with a computer, but also remember your Elo is just 650 and theirs are wayyyyy higher

    • @luiscarrasco603
      @luiscarrasco603 Год назад

      1) the c4 pawn is protected by the bishop so the knight would just get taked
      2) the pawn is protected by the knight SO the queen would just get taked
      3) he would exchange the queen for the rook, he could keep playing a little but it is just losing.

    • @siraf1234
      @siraf1234 Год назад +1

      1. Its still the pirc, c6 is just the more common way to play
      2. Nxc4 Bxc4 1-0
      3. Qxd5 Bxe7+ Rxe7 Qxe7+ Kg8 Qxg7#
      4. That's the same as resigning.

  • @aluminiumknight4038
    @aluminiumknight4038 Год назад

    I love attacking the Pirc

  • @stevereade4858
    @stevereade4858 5 месяцев назад

    Gyula is pronounced "Jul-ya" and Sax probably "Shacks", but may have retained the German pronunciation since it's a German name in which case it would be "Zacks". Learned very little about the Pirc from GM Feingold's lecture, save the issue with a pawn on C4. Funnily, he didn't even mention its similarity to the Sicilian Dragon, although others have pointed it out - and it's C file attacking possibilities. Overall, I was very disappointed. I guess I don't "get" GM Feingold's sense of humor.

  • @StoshGalumpke
    @StoshGalumpke Год назад

    You're the best.

  • @benivarius1
    @benivarius1 Год назад +1

    Val Kilmer was SO good in tombstone

  • @tzodearf2596
    @tzodearf2596 9 месяцев назад

    It's 19:49, the video is adjourned.

  • @malachickisawesome
    @malachickisawesome Год назад

    Let’s go

  • @alyssaskier2656
    @alyssaskier2656 Год назад

    32:50 - "I like to play g4 ... g4 is not a good move."

  • @danmertz3734
    @danmertz3734 Год назад

    Nice 3 card Monty T shirt

  • @mariabernadettebredfeldtle4934
    @mariabernadettebredfeldtle4934 4 месяца назад

    Is the lessons point not to play the pirc?😮😮

  • @chipmanly1359
    @chipmanly1359 Год назад

    Pirc op plz nrf

  • @alanESV2
    @alanESV2 Год назад

    Oh no. I like to play f3 against the pirc

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 Год назад

    Anthony Gentle lol... i know Ben was holding it in not to make any jokes

    • @maerskamg
      @maerskamg Год назад +2

      I wouldn't mind 😁

  • @12jswilson
    @12jswilson Год назад +1

    2:30 also Yasser Seirawan pronounces it the*Perk defense." Frankly, terrible.

  • @MaverickJohnson007
    @MaverickJohnson007 6 месяцев назад

    As a beginner this opening is hard to play with black. Chess is hard.

  • @Sparrows587
    @Sparrows587 6 месяцев назад

    Played against the East Indian defense. Used this opening (didn’t even know it). Granted I’m 1k but I won. Haha

  • @eyezuel5307
    @eyezuel5307 11 месяцев назад

    0:25 IM at 43 and GM at 46???

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 7 месяцев назад +1

      International titles were introduced in 1950. So he was one of the first batch of recipients of the title when he became and IM. Only 27 players got the grandmaster title in 1950. He got the Grandmaster title the year he won his 6th Yugoslavian title, I don't know if they're linked.
      Well noticed.

  • @kefkajanar12324
    @kefkajanar12324 Год назад

    Perc defense ⁉️

  • @rod9829
    @rod9829 Год назад

    new music? terrible

  • @sameash3153
    @sameash3153 Год назад +2

    How much do I gotta pay to sponsor a bird's opening lecture?

  • @baderalrawais2189
    @baderalrawais2189 Год назад

    too much talk, when he will start?

  • @mirekcieslowski2134
    @mirekcieslowski2134 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for pronouncing the name correctly. It really cringe me when I hear “The Pirk”. It require proper respect.

  • @Chessdummy
    @Chessdummy Год назад

    It's slow and weak.

  • @ianrhys
    @ianrhys Год назад

    Ok Benji, here's how I play. ... If e4, Pric ... else if d4 Kings indian ... else I win .... same game plan on both.

  • @ketchembass5869
    @ketchembass5869 Год назад

    He can play chess, but there’s no one more boring than Ben.