This guy is obnoxious as hell though. Some people just want to hear the chess discussion and not have to fake laugh because the presenter is also trying to develop a comedy routine.
.....or being a near 40 year old dad, teaching his son chess, losing while getting roasted about it. that hahaha....would suck...haha...I bet. how would I know?.....
To me Finegold seems tired, and just annoyed to be there. He also has a distracting gap tooth, his body is falling apart and his meticulously acquired grandmaster chess skill is being used to instruct a group of complete beginners.
because his jokes arent that good and he's an asshole about it. don't expect a laugh at every joke you have, stop being entitled. why would i laugh at stuff you say when you call me slow
Finegold is fking hilarious. Got me into learning chess for fun because he made it fun. His humor takes a lot of references to movies and music and shows to understand, but if you don't get what he is saying, you do not get the reference.
As soon as he said “you at home” I immediately thought Rh4 and he said “wrong” and I honestly thought he was right because it was a snap judgment. Made me laugh when I realized I was right.
This video has been floating around in my suggested videos for a while now. I finally decide I've got the time to check it out, expecting it to be something like an online streaming session of him just slaying noobs. Turns out he's teaching a class and I actually learn a few things about chess. I've wanted to try to get good at chess for a while now, but never really knew how to start. Maybe this is how I start.
It's amazing to me that grandmasters sometimes seem like such regular guys. Ben Finegold is so intelligent that I'm not even intelligent enough to understand how intelligent he is, but he's about as haughty as a truck driver.
Ben Finegold was born to play fighting games with his banter, but sadly found chess too soon and had to settle for that more noble sport. Shame we can't see him let out his BM against Daigo.
Thank you SLCC! These videos with experts who explain things so clearly and with humour (if they've got it!) are absolutely excellent. I'm just above beginner level and these are instructive and inspirational. Lessons learnt: * Exchange bad pieces for good pieces * Protect your king early by castling * Castling diagonally opposite means a draw is less likely * If you've castled and your opponent has not, open up the centre * Prefer to mate rather than gratuitous piece taking
I havent played chess since chess club in highschool and i feel like i would eat this dudes class up. how is everybody so quiet with such little laughter? teacher is killing this presentation
It's adorable seeing him putting all this effort into making this entertaining. Not many GMs are willing to make their explanations truly clear for beginners - ppl in the comments calling him arrogant are absolutely out of their minds.
Saint Louis Chess Club, this was a 5 star treat, great chess presented by a rye, sarcastic grandmaster made this a joy to view. Grandmaster Ben Finegold proved with his witty quips that his obvious intellect isn't limited to chess. I clicked on this and immediately went to full screen without reading the description, I was then surprised to see that this came from the St Louis Chess Club, I thought this was straight from New York City. More kudos to you for providing such a great guest lecturer.
I guess I had like pretty good chess/strategy instincts when I was younger. Often beating people older than me or giving them a run for their money. I was the only one to beat our 8th grade math teacher. But like when you start getting into advanced chess theory and people who study it, it's so incredibly humbling how out of my league I am. Always fancied myself a chess player, but not anymore. Your videos are interesting, entertaining, and humbling, thank you Ben Finegold.
Same here and I lost 106 games in a row to a level 6 computer. Still haven't won a single game against it...that's probably why I was able to guess it because I've lost so many times.
At around 26:30 when he is comparing c6 to Rg7 he mentions that a computer probably prefers Rg7. I got curious and checked using Stockfish and it actually prefers c6 over Rg7. But neither move is the best move as SF prefers bringing the the rook to h1 by either castling or moving the king to d2 or e2.
He is totally destroying any kind of self-esteem those beginners had, a fucking poor way to give a lecture. But the material he spewed out there was good.
"I'm Ben Finegold filling in for Mike Kummer." "I'm gonna take a page outta Mike's book and insult, as much as possible, total beginners, because that seems the fairest." Finegold is attempting to fulfill his substitution duty to its fullest, including the usual atmosphere of the class.
Shit, all I see is nerds yet I am one of them, I am watching and enjoying. Chess is such an addictive game at least for me, I love it yet I am terrible.
I mean, knowing that a computer can play this, go and League of Legends all at the same time and defeat the world champions of all three... Yeah, this is all for fun, now. It takes less mental power to just make money from trading stocks. But Chess is still a valid game, just like every other game. Computers are better, but computers can't enjoy the game (yet).
Can someone explain to me why at 27:02 if black moved Rook to F7 how it would be a bad move? He protects queen from Rook to G6 and if he takes the rook with the queen you can move king or queen to take queen.
Actually MR. Professor, Chess GrandMaster Ben Finegold the 1st. I did guess Rook h4. So I took great offense to your declaration of my guess to be incorrect SIR. Tough crowd BTW
As a beginner beginner I understood so much of what he was saying it suprised me; he is really good and engaging. I can only imagine how entertaining this would be if I understood more of his jokes.
Interesting, however... As Meredith said, "I'm an American, we don't study any of this" Seriously, none of them even know it's German (does the kid who said "German?" really count?). And then English doesn't have a /ts/ phoneme, so even if they did know this stuff, a native English speaker would have to specially train their articulatory tract just to code-switch into German to two words, which is a bit suspicious if you ask me.
"itself" and "outside" are two common English words with that phoneme. You can find it also in many plural or genitive case words, like "contents", "lots", "pants", "shorts" and so on. I don't think this needs any special training. :)
English does not have a /ts/ phoneme. It has /t/+/s/ clusters. Notice that in every example you gave the [ts] appears either across a syllable boundary or morpheme boundary. Notice also that syllable-initial *[ts] is disallowed in English, though it is allowed elsewhere, which would be extraordinarily odd if [ts] were a phoneme. In contrast, it is well-accepted that German has a /ts/ phoneme. Notice that it appears syllable-initially twice in "zugwang". English speakers have no experience with this pattern of sound production, so some time must be set aside to practice production if they are ever to get it right. I am trying to decide if you are a German, or a native English speaker who has learned German and is trying to show off their accent. If the latter, you've got no excuse; if the former, just remember that Germans pronounce loanwords from English "wrong" too, at least by your standards.
I am a German, and yes, my English is terrible. :) I get your argument, yet I don't believe that it is hard to learn this. I'll ask friends who are native English speakers the next time I meet them.
At 31:48, why didn't white move knight to E6? He would be attacking the rook, queen, and bishop. Am I missing something that would deter him from making that move?
Believe it or not I just won a knockout tournament final today using this technique. I watched the video in the noon and the match was in the evening. My opponent kept his King in the center. I used two rooks, a bishop, a knight, and the queen to attack and he just resigned.
22:57 "g5 I wish you were better at chess so you would realize how bad g5 is. So someday when you're a grandmaster come look at this lecture on youtube, look at g5 and go: "O man, now I know what he meant" [...] g5 here's if I had an engine which I do but it would take me seconds to find so I'm not going to look for it. They would say g5 is the worst." Actually, g5 is the best move in this position accordingly to Stockfish 8: 10.... g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bg3 e5 15.Qh5 Bf5 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxh6 Rf7 18.Qh5 exd4 19.cxd4 Rh7 20.Qe2 Be6 21.O-O Bd5 22.h3 Qe7 23.Rfc1 Rf8 24.Rab1 Qf7 25.Rb2 Bc6 26.Qd1 f5 27.Be5 Qe6 28.Qc2 f4 29.Rcb1 fxe3 There were three bad moves in this game by Black: 8...a6; 15...b5 (instead of e5); 16...Qe7 (instead of Kg7), which led to the Black defeat. Following 18...Qg7 (instead of Qe8) and then 19...Ra7 (instead of e5) made the very bad situation even worse.
i used to watch this channel on my other youtube channel everyday when these videos came out. came back right now and dont see any more ben finegold. im depressed
firsttime i watched this it was for the jokes... after playing lots n lots of games im back and those "basics" about developing, castling, hanging pieces... if youre a beginner this stuff is essential, pay attention
can someone tell me why, at 18.35, you don't just check with the knight to B4? Unless i'm missing something, he has to take knight with pawn, then you take pawn with queen, then it's check mate in 2, right?
Actually, that Checkmate takes longer than moving the rook over. See, instead of taking the knight on B4, black can move the King onto G1. Black can then just take the H3 pawn and threaten chekmate, but white can again slow him down by moving his Queen to e5, threatening the rook and preventing white from moving Queen to H2 for checkmate. Black is forced to take white's Queen at that point with the knight, after which white should move the f pawn forward to f4. Black threatens check with the Queen on g3, causing white to retreat to h1. Black brings its knight to safety on g4, also threatening white with mate (queen moving to h2 is mate). To prevent the queen from making checkmate, white has to move the rook to f2. Black responds by taking the rook with the knight for mate. All in all, this course takes 6 moves, whereas the rook moving over causes mate in 4 moves. TL;DR he doesn't have to take the knight with the pawn, so your method is slower.
The linguistic origin of "Zwischenzug" (and "Zugzwang") is easier to recognize if pronounced the German way (with "ts" as in "cats" instead of "z" as in "zoo")
@5:16 When Ben says “Free knights are good,” if some1 said “especially at hotels,” would’ve been Hilarious. I only say that bc Ben’s humor-he would’ve def cracked up or added a 1-liner haha. Thanks 4 all the great videos!! Always educational & entertaining
Sorry. I'm bad at chess but at 18:25 wouldn't the correct defense would be White Knight E2 not to protect the pawn but attacking the rook instead? In fact, the play before that where he moves his queen away from the queen trade I'd still make the Knight E2 play because I would still trade queens but I would move the rightmost rook to a more central position and still have the knight attacking your rook. Am I wrong?
Heaven Studios after Ne2, Qxh3; Nxd4, Rxd4; then the only way to prevent checkmate the next move (.., Rg4#) is to sacrifice the queen to move the rook and make space for the king to escape. Then again, you're just delaying the inevitable
There is another continuation actually, after .., Qxh3; f3, but .., Rh4; then everything beside Qxh4, losing the queen, lead to checkmate in one (if Rf2 or Qf2 are played, simply .., Qh1#; otherwise, .., Qh2#) EDIT: .., Qxh3; Nxd4, Rxd4; f3, Rh4 this is a better continuation, since the checkmate can now be prevented by Qd2. Then I guess the game will be open again, so probably Qxh3 isn't the best answer to Ne2, which probably is the best move in that position. Bravo!
He is a great educator and entertainer for young audiences. For those who question him, just try to be in front of a classroom everyday for hours, not easy task.
Shout out to the singular guy deadass carrying his class by laughing and answering his questions. Mad respect.
He is likely the only one to succeed in chess later on
NOTE: THERE ARE 6 PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS
@@High_Priest_Jonko 7*
This guy is obnoxious as hell though. Some people just want to hear the chess discussion and not have to fake laugh because the presenter is also trying to develop a comedy routine.
@@_trismegistus you don't expect some personality in a class called "Beginner Beatdown"?
imagine playing chess vs a 12 year old and getting roasted about it 40 years later
.....or being a near 40 year old dad, teaching his son chess, losing while getting roasted about it. that hahaha....would suck...haha...I bet. how would I know?.....
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhaha i lost it
@@ReinodeEpifania have you found it yet?
Zero class
@@moreplatesmoreface legend says he never found it
Ben Finegold: "I attack his pawn with"
Me: "Going for Rh4"
Ben Finegold: "You at home, incorrect."
*Plays Rh4*
Me: "I have much to learn."
Can anyone tell me what Rh4 is?
@@tinujijo rook h4
Tinu Jijo lmao hello random guy who knows nothing about chess but still watches, me too!
@@mr_niceman Well i know some but not short forms and stuff.
Tinu Jijo lmao sorry did TH-cam just send you the notification of my reply a month later?😂
Favorite quote: "how many moves did my queen make? one... and it was checkmate." mic drop
I don't even play chess, I clicked on this video out of mere boredom and watched the whole thing for this guys hilarious commentary, what a beauty
@Mehdi Soufiane I started playing 2 months ago, I wasn't as bad as I thought but not a grandmaster :(
@@CanadaBeef what’s your rating now
@@AbdulMalik-uz5ok I stopped playing shortly after that comment. Still watch the occasional chessbrah video though.
"...can't escape this way, can't escape this way, unless its intoxicated..."
Anthony Segrest it’d be a heck of a move though
@@Alolyn lol
Out of all the jokes he cracked, not even a single chuckle. I respect him for powering through and continuing to make jokes
It hurts to see a candidly funny teacher just getting bombarded with silence
it feels like the office. Maybe he was trying to make the people on youtube laugh
in some other videos, when they laugh he tolds them to shut up.
class full of awkward nubs most likely
it's actually kinda funnier
I think if there were a movie about Finegold, Jonah Hill could play him pretty well.
where's the double thumbs up button
You're fuckin' right
I thought this the entire time I watched this lmao. "That's a decrepit Jonah Hill!"
Pre-tapeworm Jonah
guys Jonah Hill not fat anymore... :D
Dude you are waaaaay funnier than that class is giving you credit for
MauricioMartinez0707 amen 🙏
NOTE: THERE ARE 6 PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS
Lmao
@Paras Mento You seem suited for this lesson's audience...
@Paras Mento I agree. Chess is very serious business. No talking, please.
"You at home, guess"
Rook?
"Wrong."
Shit.
"That's right's rook."
How did I not see that?
Haha
Ikr
😂😂😂
Me too.
I said R h 4, plain as day.
That moment you're German and he asks what language "Zwischenzug" comes from and you don't guess it right cause he bottles it so badly...
hahahaha dachte ich mir auch :D
Yeah, that hurt to listen to, and I'm not even german.
His pronunciation combined with his uppity personality gave me ligma.
people still trying this ligma joke are literally giving me sugondese...
@@SkyKing1225 I hear that Saw-Con is handing out free ligma and sugondese vaccinations. Are you going to Saw-Con?
What an awful crowd...Finegold is no comedic genius, but he said lots of stuff that was actually funny and got zero reaction.
To me Finegold seems tired, and just annoyed to be there. He also has a distracting gap tooth, his body is falling apart and his meticulously acquired grandmaster chess skill is being used to instruct a group of complete beginners.
:(
djkramnik
... damn, where does all this hate come from
Ispidre how is that hate
because his jokes arent that good and he's an asshole about it. don't expect a laugh at every joke you have, stop being entitled. why would i laugh at stuff you say when you call me slow
Finegold is fking hilarious. Got me into learning chess for fun because he made it fun. His humor takes a lot of references to movies and music and shows to understand, but if you don't get what he is saying, you do not get the reference.
Reign Lionheart What was the ice skating joke referencing
Reign Lionheart Ok I’ll just admit I was trolling you to check if you actually knew. It’s a South Park joke about Brain Boitano (spelling?).
Idk why youtube recommended this to me, but this guy is a hilarious teacher!
“If I take his queen, what does he do instead”
“Castle?”
lol 😂
you were wrong I GOT IT RIGHT. Rook to H4. Its like you aren't even listening to me.
ikr
Bearing
Yup, Rh4 is the only sensible move here.
As soon as he said “you at home” I immediately thought Rh4 and he said “wrong” and I honestly thought he was right because it was a snap judgment. Made me laugh when I realized I was right.
Yes, HOOK TO R4 definitely the correct position to move the pieces to, I agree.
This video has been floating around in my suggested videos for a while now.
I finally decide I've got the time to check it out, expecting it to be something like an online streaming session of him just slaying noobs.
Turns out he's teaching a class and I actually learn a few things about chess.
I've wanted to try to get good at chess for a while now, but never really knew how to start.
Maybe this is how I start.
How is it going? Any update after three years?
@@pedroloto Not really. I think I might have played for a little while after making that post, but I never stuck with it.
@@sk8rdman
Oh well
It's amazing to me that grandmasters sometimes seem like such regular guys. Ben Finegold is so intelligent that I'm not even intelligent enough to understand how intelligent he is, but he's about as haughty as a truck driver.
Ben Finegold was born to play fighting games with his banter, but sadly found chess too soon and had to settle for that more noble sport. Shame we can't see him let out his BM against Daigo.
"This game was played in st. paul 1982, and I was white".
And you still are Ben. You still are.
He's Jewish.
CheckeeAintAmused he is definitely not white lmao
"This may confuse some of you, but I was born" Lol
"So slow audience today" and no one reacted. LOL gold!
Thank you SLCC! These videos with experts who explain things so clearly and with humour (if they've got it!) are absolutely excellent. I'm just above beginner level and these are instructive and inspirational. Lessons learnt:
* Exchange bad pieces for good pieces
* Protect your king early by castling
* Castling diagonally opposite means a draw is less likely
* If you've castled and your opponent has not, open up the centre
* Prefer to mate rather than gratuitous piece taking
This is the best thing I have ever experienced. You, sir, have a gift when it comes to teaching.
Doctor: You have 38 minutes and 59 seconds to live, what will you do with your time left on Earth?
Me:
I havent played chess since chess club in highschool and i feel like i would eat this dudes class up. how is everybody so quiet with such little laughter? teacher is killing this presentation
It's adorable seeing him putting all this effort into making this entertaining. Not many GMs are willing to make their explanations truly clear for beginners - ppl in the comments calling him arrogant are absolutely out of their minds.
Awesome lecture by Mike Kummer!
+Jason “cyberspace entity” Doe Does anyone know any jokes about Mike Kummer? Why is he so happy all the time? etc.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
8:31 is my favourite Finegold moment.
I didn't know that Chris Christie played chess.
+the beauty part
people from other regions of the US won't get that.
Nah Chris Christie is nowhere near as funny
Gerald Ty.Sh. Every American knows Chris Christie.
Gerald Ty.Sh.
I'm from Germany and got it, trust your fellow citizens to be at least a little bit informed :)
The problem is, anyone from the US who is at least a little bit informed knows the rest aren't...
you're a great teacher, full of jokes, advice, and disses
I actually answered when he said YOU! AT HOME!
And I was disappointed when he said incorrect after I said Rook H4, lol.
Majora1988 I was shouting out loud the correct answer even before he said 'you at home'! Also felt bad but luckily I didn't take it personal. :)
BROO ME TOO!!
same =(
same
!!!!!!!!!!!
Saint Louis Chess Club, this was a 5 star treat, great chess presented by a rye, sarcastic grandmaster made this a joy to view. Grandmaster Ben Finegold proved with his witty quips that his obvious intellect isn't limited to chess. I clicked on this and immediately went to full screen without reading the description, I was then surprised to see that this came from the St Louis Chess Club, I thought this was straight from New York City. More kudos to you for providing such a great guest lecturer.
lol Doesn't Ben know that kids don't understand sarcasm?
Jacob Tarallo That is why it is so funny to watch.
Jacob Tarallo very suspicious
As usual, we're more confused here at home.
Jacob Tarallo by "we're", i assume that you mean "I'm". Terrible.
Jessica Crawford with a *roll of the eyes*
Aus welcher Sprache kommt das Wort "Suischensugg"?
Dschehrmann, vielleicht?
Finegoldisch, naturlich!
Ich bin ein fliessender Redner.
Habt ihr es auch anfangs nicht verstanden? Also klar aus dem Kontext aber alleine das Wort
Vad sjutton?
7:35 "A lot of people are going to vote for Trump by accident" God this aged well.
MrCarrot14 ehh
#WalkAway... Not by accident. Will never vote Democrat again after voting Democrat all my life. Finegold is a great chess teacher!
Thank god they did!
John Sampson yup check my Twitter (“TrumpAsianchick”) if you don’t believe me 😉
@John Sampson sorry, TrumpsAsianChic (i told you trumpasianchic)
I guess I had like pretty good chess/strategy instincts when I was younger. Often beating people older than me or giving them a run for their money. I was the only one to beat our 8th grade math teacher. But like when you start getting into advanced chess theory and people who study it, it's so incredibly humbling how out of my league I am. Always fancied myself a chess player, but not anymore. Your videos are interesting, entertaining, and humbling, thank you Ben Finegold.
21:15
"I'm not Frankenstein, I'm a grandmaster."
"Are you white?"
His humour keeps the class awake. Amazing lectures he delivers.
Ben: 18:35 YOU AT HOME... INCORRECT!
Me: *raises middle finger*
kmarasin I actually got that right
Same here and I lost 106 games in a row to a level 6 computer. Still haven't won a single game against it...that's probably why I was able to guess it because I've lost so many times.
I actually guessed Rh4
It was hilarious though. X)
It fit perfectly with me, since it synced with my thoughts exactly, and I was incorrect
4:06 - The opponent takes a poison pawn for his troubles.
6:26 - Black is up a pawn, but he's in a lot of trouble.
At around 26:30 when he is comparing c6 to Rg7 he mentions that a computer probably prefers Rg7. I got curious and checked using Stockfish and it actually prefers c6 over Rg7. But neither move is the best move as SF prefers bringing the the rook to h1 by either castling or moving the king to d2 or e2.
This also explains why Ben is the best.... But not the world champion :(
The move I thought to play was castling. I want my GM title now please. I am clearly the superior Chess player.
The move I thought to play was castling. I want my GM title now please. I am clearly the superior Chess player.
The move I thought to play was castling. I want my GM title now please. I am clearly the superior Chess player.
I don't even play chess, but this was fascinating.
I have no idea how he managed to be that effortlessly funny throughout the entire video, especially with zero reaction, but he did
Same
Yeah I hate how nobody's laughing. I'm not even that into chess, but I'm sitting here cracking up at this guy. He's great
Is there a playlist of all his lectures? I'd like to watch all his videos :D
He is totally destroying any kind of self-esteem those beginners had, a fucking poor way to give a lecture. But the material he spewed out there was good.
You gotta love Ben Finegold. I didn't want to watch the entire video, but he caught me and so I did watch it all.
"I'm Ben Finegold filling in for Mike Kummer."
"I'm gonna take a page outta Mike's book and insult, as much as possible, total beginners, because that seems the fairest."
Finegold is attempting to fulfill his substitution duty to its fullest, including the usual atmosphere of the class.
I don't know why this showed up in my recommended but this guy is funny I'm glad I gave it a watch.
18:30 I responded by saying out loud 'The bishop...I mean the rook, sorry!'
a couple seconds later: You at home! Incorrect!
O.O Spooky
These videos are strangely satisfying to watch...
"Man what a slow class... I mean good job, good class" 😂
This video was hilarious and packed with a lot of nice info. I'm subbing to this channel and Ben Finegold right now lmao
Jesus this guy's fucking hilarious! I'm definitely gonna look up more of his stuff
This is the second video of Ben I'm watching
And he's already my favorite GM right now
Shit, all I see is nerds yet I am one of them, I am watching and enjoying. Chess is such an addictive game at least for me, I love it yet I am terrible.
Timothy Ryan Fisher you are not a need for liking chess...
Join the club!
try quakelive, it's chess but with guns :D
guns are bad
I mean, knowing that a computer can play this, go and League of Legends all at the same time and defeat the world champions of all three...
Yeah, this is all for fun, now. It takes less mental power to just make money from trading stocks. But Chess is still a valid game, just like every other game. Computers are better, but computers can't enjoy the game (yet).
"Now I did a discovered double triple a ya know lutz with a twist, impressing the judges." at 16:17 had me dying
Ben is a legend in his own mind.
Can someone explain to me why at 27:02 if black moved Rook to F7 how it would be a bad move? He protects queen from Rook to G6 and if he takes the rook with the queen you can move king or queen to take queen.
Actually MR. Professor, Chess GrandMaster Ben Finegold the 1st. I did guess Rook h4. So I took great offense to your declaration of my guess to be incorrect SIR. Tough crowd BTW
As a beginner beginner I understood so much of what he was saying it suprised me; he is really good and engaging. I can only imagine how entertaining this would be if I understood more of his jokes.
This guy predicted Trump lol
@Deos In what sense?
Very limited.
@@sportagus3 Bribing
ZorbaTheDutch orange man corrupt because money
@@wEXTRACTw Trump is corrupt because he has a criminal mindset.
33:00 calculation is so... amazing. The bish sacrifice followed by fork or mate is... I have no words!
Lmao if I was in that crowd I would be the only one giggling at Ben's jokes.
Gonzo same thing I imagine
With years of hard work and dedication I might be good enough for this guy to call me a beginner.
I'm not playing Chess, why am I watching this?
Damn you, TH-cam recommended videos!
love pausing the game and then foreshadowing the move! Great videos mans :D
actually I think you should slow down opponents counters because there are prime moves to be played even in hindzight.
The letter Z is spoken as "ts" in German, so Zwischenzug is pronounced as "Tswischentsug". Same for "Tsugtswang".
Thomas Scholz
Interesting, however...
As Meredith said, "I'm an American, we don't study any of this"
Seriously, none of them even know it's German (does the kid who said "German?" really count?).
And then English doesn't have a /ts/ phoneme, so even if they did know this stuff, a native English speaker would have to specially train their articulatory tract just to code-switch into German to two words, which is a bit suspicious if you ask me.
"itself" and "outside" are two common English words with that phoneme. You can find it also in many plural or genitive case words, like "contents", "lots", "pants", "shorts" and so on. I don't think this needs any special training. :)
English does not have a /ts/ phoneme. It has /t/+/s/ clusters. Notice that in every example you gave the [ts] appears either across a syllable boundary or morpheme boundary. Notice also that syllable-initial *[ts] is disallowed in English, though it is allowed elsewhere, which would be extraordinarily odd if [ts] were a phoneme.
In contrast, it is well-accepted that German has a /ts/ phoneme. Notice that it appears syllable-initially twice in "zugwang". English speakers have no experience with this pattern of sound production, so some time must be set aside to practice production if they are ever to get it right.
I am trying to decide if you are a German, or a native English speaker who has learned German and is trying to show off their accent. If the latter, you've got no excuse; if the former, just remember that Germans pronounce loanwords from English "wrong" too, at least by your standards.
I am a German, and yes, my English is terrible. :) I get your argument, yet I don't believe that it is hard to learn this. I'll ask friends who are native English speakers the next time I meet them.
At 31:48, why didn't white move knight to E6? He would be attacking the rook, queen, and bishop. Am I missing something that would deter him from making that move?
Believe it or not I just won a knockout tournament final today using this technique. I watched the video in the noon and the match was in the evening. My opponent kept his King in the center. I used two rooks, a bishop, a knight, and the queen to attack and he just resigned.
At 9:38, to escape checkmate, what about Kc8?
22:57 "g5 I wish you were better at chess so you would realize how bad g5 is. So someday when you're a grandmaster come look at this lecture on youtube, look at g5 and go: "O man, now I know what he meant" [...] g5 here's if I had an engine which I do but it would take me seconds to find so I'm not going to look for it. They would say g5 is the worst."
Actually, g5 is the best move in this position accordingly to Stockfish 8:
10.... g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bg3 e5 15.Qh5 Bf5 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxh6 Rf7 18.Qh5 exd4 19.cxd4 Rh7 20.Qe2 Be6 21.O-O Bd5 22.h3 Qe7 23.Rfc1 Rf8 24.Rab1 Qf7 25.Rb2 Bc6 26.Qd1 f5 27.Be5 Qe6 28.Qc2 f4 29.Rcb1 fxe3
There were three bad moves in this game by Black: 8...a6; 15...b5 (instead of e5); 16...Qe7 (instead of Kg7), which led to the Black defeat. Following 18...Qg7 (instead of Qe8) and then 19...Ra7 (instead of e5) made the very bad situation even worse.
i used to watch this channel on my other youtube channel everyday when these videos came out. came back right now and dont see any more ben finegold. im depressed
More ben finegold please
This is a certified hood classic
firsttime i watched this it was for the jokes... after playing lots n lots of games im back and those "basics" about developing, castling, hanging pieces... if youre a beginner this stuff is essential, pay attention
at 9:16 couldn't black have done queen E5 followed by knight E8 to stay in the game?
Lmao this dude is so sarcastic it's hilarious
So he's just like every other Jew. Except that he's also very good at chess.
@@beanlegume9965 5 greatest players are Jewish and 50% of all world champions are Jewish too. Does that upset you?
Thank you for the video! All of you friends are super awesome!
i couldnt guess what language that was even though im german xD
i taught it was dutch :D
Same here:D (from Switzerland)
jqbtube why do you think its bullshit? im German and thought its dutch too ;)
He pronounces it completely wrong. Like he says it, it sounds Indian.
I have studied German for 8 years and hae no clue. He butchered the pronounciation.
Also the plural of "Zwischenzug" is "Zwischenzüge" ...
can someone tell me why, at 18.35, you don't just check with the knight to B4? Unless i'm missing something, he has to take knight with pawn, then you take pawn with queen, then it's check mate in 2, right?
Actually, that Checkmate takes longer than moving the rook over. See, instead of taking the knight on B4, black can move the King onto G1. Black can then just take the H3 pawn and threaten chekmate, but white can again slow him down by moving his Queen to e5, threatening the rook and preventing white from moving Queen to H2 for checkmate. Black is forced to take white's Queen at that point with the knight, after which white should move the f pawn forward to f4. Black threatens check with the Queen on g3, causing white to retreat to h1. Black brings its knight to safety on g4, also threatening white with mate (queen moving to h2 is mate). To prevent the queen from making checkmate, white has to move the rook to f2. Black responds by taking the rook with the knight for mate. All in all, this course takes 6 moves, whereas the rook moving over causes mate in 4 moves.
TL;DR he doesn't have to take the knight with the pawn, so your method is slower.
"You at home incorrect"
"Fall of my bed. try not to.cry .cry alot"
@21:25 Qa4 gets a free bishop, right? Please reply if I'm mistaken.
Even though the audience wasn't REALLY listening; I was. Great job, Ben!
Im still trying to figure out why cant you defend the h3-pawn on the first game with queen e3
The linguistic origin of "Zwischenzug" (and "Zugzwang") is easier to recognize if pronounced the German way (with "ts" as in "cats" instead of "z" as in "zoo")
Stanislav Spassov haha so true, my ears turned around
As I heard that
Watching in 2022 for the gems!
I like the thumbnail. "Are you white?"
Seems like the answer to many of life's questions.
How can a question be an answer?
It's more that the question leads to such an obvious answer that the answer its self is not needed, or a rhetorical question, if you like.
I came here looking for this comment.
This guy is so entertaining... I want to see more of these from this guy!!!
You can move your queen a LOT if you're Nakamura.
***** Very funny
or henry VIII
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This guy is so entertaining. Thanks for sharing.
Finegold for President 2016. Running on the platform "always repeat", "telling the truth is risky", and "not Buchanan."
Garrett Deutermann that sounds very suspicious.
@5:16 When Ben says “Free knights are good,” if some1 said “especially at hotels,” would’ve been Hilarious. I only say that bc Ben’s humor-he would’ve def cracked up or added a 1-liner haha. Thanks 4 all the great videos!! Always educational & entertaining
Both educational and fucking hilarious! Such a horrible audience though.... Ben deserves better!
Sorry. I'm bad at chess but at 18:25 wouldn't the correct defense would be White Knight E2 not to protect the pawn but attacking the rook instead? In fact, the play before that where he moves his queen away from the queen trade I'd still make the Knight E2 play because I would still trade queens but I would move the rightmost rook to a more central position and still have the knight attacking your rook. Am I wrong?
Heaven Studios after Ne2, Qxh3; Nxd4, Rxd4; then the only way to prevent checkmate the next move (.., Rg4#) is to sacrifice the queen to move the rook and make space for the king to escape. Then again, you're just delaying the inevitable
A better move then Kh7, nonetheless, so you're right
There is another continuation actually, after .., Qxh3; f3, but .., Rh4; then everything beside Qxh4, losing the queen, lead to checkmate in one (if Rf2 or Qf2 are played, simply .., Qh1#; otherwise, .., Qh2#)
EDIT: .., Qxh3; Nxd4, Rxd4; f3, Rh4 this is a better continuation, since the checkmate can now be prevented by Qd2. Then I guess the game will be open again, so probably Qxh3 isn't the best answer to Ne2, which probably is the best move in that position. Bravo!
@@gabrielefiappo813 ah! So he was wrong. I wasn't wrong. x'D
This man could do chess or stand up i will glad to hear him
Only if Mike Kummer was the opening act.
during 22:00 he moved pawn to e3 right why didnt he do Qa4 that way he could eat easy bishop xD
I wondered the same, but, Knight to C6.
He is a great educator and entertainer for young audiences. For those who question him, just try to be in front of a classroom everyday for hours, not easy task.