I remember a wise cracking kid Named Ben Finegold at the East Detroit ( Michigan ) Chess Club in the late 1970's ( 1978 ) who was a joy to behold. He would play blindfold speed. He gave the ridiculous advantage of 5 minutes, and he only took 1 minute for himself. He would call moves and his helper would hit the clock. He either won outright, or forced you to lose on time. He was unbeatable. The adults couldn't win, the other teens couldn't win, he was simply a gift we all enjoyed while he was with us. I was the only person in the whole club who could out-wisecrack him. I think he didn't like it too much, but we both had fun with it. I used to tease him about being a good player for his age, and he would come back with something being a good move for it's age when the occasion arose. Ben would use an electronic clock, and his reflexes were so great, he made 6 moves and hit the clock 6 times in 1 second. The clock didn't move until he made his 7th move. Ben, I just found the chess section on youtube, and you are all over the place. Congrats on the life you've made for yourself, almost 40 years on, and you're still wisecracking your way through the game. I haven't played professionally in over 30 years, but play online all the time. I'm glad our paths crossed all those years ago, you made the life I had playing chess a lot more enjoyable, and I even learned a couple things. And you're wonderful for all the work with kids you're doing. That is a good move by anyone at any age. I would enjoy hearing from you. GG (Mike)
holy shit. No wonder everyone was begging for more Finegold on all your past videos... He's witty *and* a great teacher. Laughed my ass off as he made joke after joke that none of the kids understood, but just doubled down when they acted confused. Thank you for existing, Ben.
Omg! 7:25 "Every move I make, every breath I take." I'm crying. How can you expect anyone in 1PM class to get it? XD I've been watching you, Finegold, I've been watching you.
well while his platonic teaching style (asking in a way, the student can get a vague idea of what´s right and fill in the blanks) is great, from my experience as a tutor (maths and chemistry) it´s the best working teaching method for most kids, he makes WAY to much adult jokes. like political jokes or wordplays or flat out racist jokes, that go way over the kids heads. like how would kids know what "retreat like a french man" means. they hardly even know there was a world war. let alone the second one. at least i´d guess that from the kids voices i heard in the video. i mean jokes like "when do you make a loosing move? i take 2 answers" "never" "i´ll take that, or when playing me" that´s a joke the kids can work with. but trump jokes, or the frenchmen joke are too much for children. i´m not saying they are not funny quite the opposite this guy nails my sense of humor perfectly. if he ever gets tired of chess he should become a comedian, i´m saying they are not suited for a childrens class. many jokes like that i´d only do with older students. like i´d even do really offensive jokes or borderline insulting ones. "you do the rest. you´ve got something between your ears yourself" "something between my ears?" "if you ask like that: pudding" but only with students ,that are old enough for this type of humor. i had a latin teacher who did that with exery student and a lot of the younger ones cried on a regular basis. cool dude great teacher for older students, strict, fair and funny if you are old enough for dark humor and sarcasm, burt totally not suited for younger children. Finegold reminds me a bit of him
He makes those jokes because this video was going on the internet. He's not just demonstrating for the kids, he's demonstrating for the internet audience as well.
He's so good with the kids! He is constantly giving simple questions to give confidence while at the same time not worrying about going over their heads. He doesn't condisend to them. He jokes around as if they were adults, so what if they don't know who Tony Danza is, they'll catch up eventually, and the sooner the better.
0:19 says kids will be quiet as the class will be on the net. Then says they won't see themselves, but hear themselves. Thats a real incentive to be quiet.
I love this man so much. The infamous 1 o’clock class. May be my favorite Ben Finegold lecture. I laughed my ass off. I sometimes listen to these videos without even watching...and I don’t have the ability to play blind, but love them. And I do learn a lot.
Great teacher - love the dry humor with the kids, winking to adults. This is the most impressed I've been with hi humor. I now understand it. Please may I use this in my little chess club. Thank you.
from the perspective of someone in his late twenties who didnt even know that castling was possible on queenside and what en passant was, these lectures are worth gold. very good for absolute beginners like me.
He is great in teaching these kids something. Kids maybe dont get all this ironic or sarcastic jokes but they will understand what he is pointing out for them. Love it.
Literally just starting to learn how to play chess and I never thought I would find stand up comedy at the same time! I was laughing so hard at some of his jokes and the comments from his (fans?) viewers as well.
He has turned chess lessons into a Punch & Judy show 5:50 "I wonder what my Bishop's attacking?" "It's behind you ... its the Queen!" He takes audience participation to a completely different level and that's just the adults who are watching...Lol
The humor is just so above them it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 like every sentence has a genius joke in it like when he was talking about Star Wars and said “they were saying I went Rogue”😉
Prime example of how the new generation is gaining an edge over the others. If only I watched this video when I started to learn chess, what kind of player would I become
I want to see more 1o clock classes! I love'em (person who aint play chess here, but klnows the rules and watches this channel just to learn sth bout this game)
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"Did I leave my bishop there and lose my bishop? No, I retreated like a Frenchman."
- Ben Finegold to elementary children
epic
9:20
They're not that elementary. Some of those children are pretty complicated.
Hahaha
I’m 27 and I belong in the 1 o’clock class.
Gotta start somewhere. The best thing about it is that I'm learning stuff and enjoying it.
27 is your rating?
@@Heisenberg-bt4em 😂😂😂
I'm 28 years old and elo.
@@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer same
I remember a wise cracking kid Named Ben Finegold at the East Detroit ( Michigan ) Chess Club in the late 1970's ( 1978 ) who was a joy to behold. He would play blindfold speed. He gave the ridiculous advantage of 5 minutes, and he only took 1 minute for himself. He would call moves and his helper would hit the clock. He either won outright, or forced you to lose on time. He was unbeatable. The adults couldn't win, the other teens couldn't win, he was simply a gift we all enjoyed while he was with us. I was the only person in the whole club who could out-wisecrack him. I think he didn't like it too much, but we both had fun with it. I used to tease him about being a good player for his age, and he would come back with something being a good move for it's age when the occasion arose. Ben would use an electronic clock, and his reflexes were so great, he made 6 moves and hit the clock 6 times in 1 second. The clock didn't move until he made his 7th move. Ben, I just found the chess section on youtube, and you are all over the place. Congrats on the life you've made for yourself, almost 40 years on, and you're still wisecracking your way through the game. I haven't played professionally in over 30 years, but play online all the time. I'm glad our paths crossed all those years ago, you made the life I had playing chess a lot more enjoyable, and I even learned a couple things. And you're wonderful for all the work with kids you're doing. That is a good move by anyone at any age. I would enjoy hearing from you.
GG (Mike)
Grouse Ghoul that's really nice what is ur rating now
Kobbie Amoah f
rating or didn't happen
+ Grouse Ghoul Ben didn`t answer to your post - suspicious...
Grouse Ghoul The Ben from this video was born in Belgium I believe
"I'm a grandmaster at giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks!"
This guy. :D
26:09 : "How could I attack this pawn?"
one of the children: "With an airstrike"
damn this guys first move must be c4!
Explosive move!
Lmao
I didn´t know airborne rangers were that young.
I saw this clip in a funny moments video from 2 years ago and had to track down the clip by the colour of the board and his shirt.
I felt good because I could answer every question Ben posed, then the one kid said he's five.
I know the feeling buddy
😅😅😅
Does the truth hurt? ;)
Hahaha
holy shit. No wonder everyone was begging for more Finegold on all your past videos... He's witty *and* a great teacher. Laughed my ass off as he made joke after joke that none of the kids understood, but just doubled down when they acted confused. Thank you for existing, Ben.
"Did he play correctly?"
"No."
"Does he ever play correctly?"
"No."
Ben Finegold...the only man to ever ask a 5 year old what Lawrence Olivier said to Dennis Hoffman :)
Dustin*
Just in
Is it safe?
Omg! 7:25 "Every move I make, every breath I take." I'm crying. How can you expect anyone in 1PM class to get it? XD I've been watching you, Finegold, I've been watching you.
He doesn't, but he just keeps them coming, it's so fucking great
It's like watching spongebob squarpants...a whole lotta adult themed innuendo and references that goes right over the young heads..thankfully.
Ramil Aleskerov its ill be not ive been
I'm 28 year old man and NOT a beginner, but these are my favorite videos on the internet.
You don't have to be a 900 kid to enjoy the most entertaining, funny and instructive chess grandmaster on TH-cam.
Even if I didn’t like chess, these videos are so good I would still watch. Love GM Finegold. Rawr
I'm a Grandmaster. I saw things before they were even filmed.
Hilarious.
The mythical 1 o'clock class. I really thought it would be worse.
fantastic lecture style - so many teachers could learn from his question and answer technique. This should be mandatory watching for student teachers!
andyisyoda this
well while his platonic teaching style (asking in a way, the student can get a vague idea of what´s right and fill in the blanks) is great, from my experience as a tutor (maths and chemistry) it´s the best working teaching method for most kids, he makes WAY to much adult jokes. like political jokes or wordplays or flat out racist jokes, that go way over the kids heads. like how would kids know what "retreat like a french man" means. they hardly even know there was a world war. let alone the second one. at least i´d guess that from the kids voices i heard in the video. i mean jokes like "when do you make a loosing move? i take 2 answers" "never" "i´ll take that, or when playing me" that´s a joke the kids can work with. but trump jokes, or the frenchmen joke are too much for children. i´m not saying they are not funny quite the opposite this guy nails my sense of humor perfectly. if he ever gets tired of chess he should become a comedian, i´m saying they are not suited for a childrens class. many jokes like that i´d only do with older students. like i´d even do really offensive jokes or borderline insulting ones. "you do the rest. you´ve got something between your ears yourself" "something between my ears?" "if you ask like that: pudding" but only with students ,that are old enough for this type of humor. i had a latin teacher who did that with exery student and a lot of the younger ones cried on a regular basis. cool dude great teacher for older students, strict, fair and funny if you are old enough for dark humor and sarcasm, burt totally not suited for younger children. Finegold reminds me a bit of him
Metalhammer1993 he makes those jokes for us. I think they’re funny
He makes those jokes because this video was going on the internet. He's not just demonstrating for the kids, he's demonstrating for the internet audience as well.
Metalhammer1993
The Jokes wasnt for the kids.....
He's so good with the kids! He is constantly giving simple questions to give confidence while at the same time not worrying about going over their heads. He doesn't condisend to them. He jokes around as if they were adults, so what if they don't know who Tony Danza is, they'll catch up eventually, and the sooner the better.
True
He also said he needed to Long Island up the iced tea he was drinking. I don't think he was kidding with that joke.
So much shade being poured on defenseless children.
0:19 says kids will be quiet as the class will be on the net. Then says they won't see themselves, but hear themselves. Thats a real incentive to be quiet.
you didn't understand. He meant they would be able to hear they were doing something wrong...
It's great to have Grandmaster Finegold back!
I'm watching this 90% because of the humour and 10% because I'm 20 and belong in the 1 o'clock class.
Retreated like a Frenchman caught me off guard, my new favourite channel
26:08 "How could I attack this pawn?", "An airstrike!!"
Ben Simon, Please film all the 1'O Clock Classes from now and put them on youtube!
This was the best Christmas gift! I've missed your videos Ben, please make some more!
He sets up jokes like 5 moves ahead, like he's playing chess with conversation.
I'm 40 years old & thoroughly enjoy his classes. 😄
the legendary one a clock class
1.Never play f3
2.Always play Kb1
3.c4 explosive
4.Always play a4
5.d4 exclam!
6.some random pawn move:solid
Never move pawns.
That's not an alligator ,it's a crocodile
I'm a grandmaster,i saw films before they were filmed.
I'd talk hours about this position because i get paid by the hour.
h4! Put in an H!
i like the 1pm class just because I love when I see kids like chess
Loving that "tabula rasa" humor at the beginning
I love this man so much. The infamous 1 o’clock class. May be my favorite Ben Finegold lecture. I laughed my ass
off. I sometimes listen to these videos without even watching...and I don’t have the ability to play blind, but love them. And I do learn a lot.
Great teacher - love the dry humor with the kids, winking to adults. This is the most impressed I've been with hi humor. I now understand it. Please may I use this in my little chess club. Thank you.
When my Rook and Queen are protecting each other, that's powerful!
from the perspective of someone in his late twenties who didnt even know that castling was possible on queenside and what en passant was, these lectures are worth gold.
very good for absolute beginners like me.
did you grandpa lie to you about castling, too
Finally the one o’clock class we’ve been waiting for
What a great teacher! Your lessons are very helpful even for adult beginners like me. Thanks.
I'm going to watch this again on my birthday just so I can prove Ben Finegold wrong.
He's just too good! I can only imagine how much these kids get out of this class!
A peek inside this infamous class is the best Christmas gift this year
I just love learning from Finegold! He's so funny w his commentary
Gotta love the grown up humor presented to kids. Not the way to make kids laugh but sure makes me laugh.
I liked the a salt and battery as well as all the other wisecracks. Thanks for spending your time and entertaining us as well as teaching us.
I'm 49 years old and found this very entertaining.
9:47
“You with some crazy comment”
Kid: “you’re actually attacking the rook”
Ben: “hey that was pretty crazy, thank you, good job”
Bahahahaha
Partial credit
@@mmgubin frankly, ridiculous
Man.. This is better than half the stand ups i watch
I'm nowhere near the target age for this class, but I express tell how much I enjoyed this video
The legendary 1 o'clock class
Oh Finegold you're such a great pedagogue
He is great in teaching these kids something. Kids maybe dont get all this ironic or sarcastic jokes but they will understand what he is pointing out for them. Love it.
Literally just starting to learn how to play chess and I never thought I would find stand up comedy at the same time! I was laughing so hard at some of his jokes and the comments from his (fans?) viewers as well.
This guy makes chess fun, i love watching his teaching methods and his jokes are so good.
I've just started watching Ben classes; this guy is hilarious and I want to play chess now...
How did he know I'm 43? Very suspicious!
stop talking
The most hilarious class ive ever had. Period.
Ben's lessons are quite fun.
He is really good at teaching chess, possibly comparable to how good he is at chess in fact.
Ben youre far too much and not quite enough all at the same time. I love you.
Thank you for making this more about me at home then the small ones. This is why youre the best, i feel LOVED
I am trying hard to compliment him but its so much easier to insult grandmaster finegold
This is pure gold🙌
Always enjoy Ben Finegold videos ...... funny casual .... a bit crazy😀
9:47 "Alright, uh... Partial credit" LOL
Great teacher for kids and adult. very live teaching and funny!
Silly how i answer the questions as if i were there and one of those kids
He has turned chess lessons into a Punch & Judy show 5:50 "I wonder what my Bishop's attacking?" "It's behind you ... its the Queen!" He takes audience participation to a completely different level and that's just the adults who are watching...Lol
"I'm a Grandmaster in giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks" LMAO
great man! I hardly ever play chess but I wish I had a chance to attend one of his lessons.
Great channel! Never saw this before but you just got a new student. Keep up the good work!
im really enjoying this man
(everybody complains) lol
Throwin’ seinfeld references to 5 year olds...you’re a legend, Mr. Finegold
Ben is bringing the salt with him today!
I don't even play chess this guy is just hilarious.
If only all my teachers were like Ben
The humor is just so above them it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 like every sentence has a genius joke in it like when he was talking about Star Wars and said “they were saying I went Rogue”😉
I don’t even play chess but this is so brilliant I subscribed!
I love this because its dumbed down for the kids but it's also dumbed down for an adult new to chess like me. Thanks ben, also nice zingers as always
"Gotta Long Island-up that iced tea."
The infamous 1PM Kids Class :))
33:29 "but he played for the win, also known as playing for the loss" 😂
man that's actually a useful concept in chess for beginners to understand why GMs draw so much.
Amazing! Congrats on getting married!
Prime example of how the new generation is gaining an edge over the others. If only I watched this video when I started to learn chess, what kind of player would I become
Love this guy and his jokes
The opponent is almost playing the cow opening!
I want to see more 1o clock classes! I love'em (person who aint play chess here, but klnows the rules and watches this channel just to learn sth bout this game)
I love this guy
Assault and Battery ---- This guy is a legend!
Well, he's had many wives, I'm sure he knows legalese.
He has such a good sense of humor...
not gonna lie...I'm learning some good stuff here with the kids and Ben, no shame in my game.
FUN stuff Ben!
i love the ben videos !!!
I AM VERY EXCITED AT HOME!!!
This dude for sure taught a night time comedy traffic school 😂😂
It makes me feel comfortable in my journey to learn to be good at chess that even Ben Finegold can make a move like Rd1.
ONE O'CLOCK CLASS REPRESENT!!!
"By the way the kids get nothing, they get nothing..." lmfao his banter is unreal
I think ive lost 200 elo from watching this video
Never mind, perhaps I had something like 199 elo at the start of the video.
39 likes and top comment? it wasn't that funny
I've gained 200 ELO! 👍🏻😁
then you must have been a 100 elo before watching this
I am 200 elo... but I'm vegetables so it's good for my kind.
Ben you are a genius!
Auf dem Laufenden he is =d
It IS Anands birthday for me!
Happy Birthday Anand.
It was Anand's birthday a couple of weeks ago...so I doubt it.
Alas, I am wrong. Partial credit
Yeah, right, they cut Jabba's appearence in "Rogue One", but they didn't cut Jabba's food budget. That made the movie sooo expensive.
You are too amazing!
Ben “welcome to the 1 o’clock class” Finegold
Ben Finegold is the BEST
There needs to be a website that sorts all of Ben's quotes. And also explain them because I don't understand 3/4 of the puns
"you with the right answer"