King's Gambit Opening Lecture by GM Ben Finegold
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2022
- Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses the King's Gambit Opening, one of the oldest known openings in Chess. The King's Gambit has been played by many of the strongest players in many of the greatest brilliancies, including the Immortal Game, yet is now scarcely used by GMs worldwide.
This lecture was recorded on December 15th, 2021, in Roswell, Georgia.
01:28 Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritsky
31:55 Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein
45:27 Boris Spassky vs Robert Fischer
54:06 Alexander McDonnell vs Louis De La Bourdonnais
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Thanks finegold you helped increase my rating over the time I been watching you by 5. I used to be 800 and now I’m 805. Whole 5 was because of you !
Good job mate :D
If you donate on ben’s stream you might even move to 806!
@@thestonecold96 I have heard donations help :D
@@shan8215 the more you donate, the more money Ben has
This is not possible because at your level you don't gain or lose 5 points for games
Time for netflix to put out a brand new show titled "King's Gambit", picturing the meteoric decline of a white male grandmaster, battling his urges to be vegan and only drink Perrier. Will they do it? The answer is fries.
Only true finegold fans will get this!
Wow, truth hurts
Just a terrible idea... terrible!
Very suspicious
This is one extremely funny comment.
I just want to say, I told at least 4 of my coworkers today, "trying is the first step to failure". Thanks Ben, for helping me inspire in the workplace.
Well, you might want to watch some Simpsons where it originally came from.
I'm so happy that the lectures are back. GM Finegold's the GOAT.
Yes Sir, he is!
Agree. I adore him, he make my day much more enjoyable.
YESSS
I love these videos
It's true, you know
"Gotcha, bitch." -Adolf Anderssen, 1851
I’m gonna start quoting that 😂
This video is typical of every Finegold video I watch. I didn't learn much about specific lines in the King's Gambit, but I spent an hour being thoroughly entertained and immersed in chess culture and history. Well worth the time spent.
"This is considered to be the greatest game of all time .... by people who aren't very good." 🤣🤣🤣 This is why I watch Ben.
That jazz-piano opening soothes my soul knowing what's to come.
Pure class!
Truth hurts
I do miss the previous jazz solo though
bumpbadumbadum ba!
Can’t overstate how much I enjoy your lectures.
Can't overstate how much I hate calling games between Rufus and Doofus as "immortal".
"McDonnell. M-C-D-O-N-N-E-L-L I heard he had a farm. And on that farm, he played the King's Gambit!" - so silly, but it made me laugh.
Thank god you're doing more of these videos, I was very worried you weren't after the chess center closed.
@Professorfart (great name by the way) I didn't know the chess centre had closed - so no more listening to Ben making jokes at the expense of small children anymore - shame - lol!!
Why did it close tho
I thought they sold it to someone else.
@@akorthouwera pawn moved forward? 😂😂😂
Ben has no idea some random guy often falls asleep at night to the sweet / calming sounds of Ben’s lectures. Truth hurts.
Me rn
Me too 😴😴🌜
Me but can't fall asleep because too interesting
GM Finegold is an example of determination, how he stoically faces life. No need for a physical chess center, the whole internet is your chess center and we are all your students. A true chess center comes from the heart! God bless.
Finegold doing the Kings Gambit!? Yes please!
"McDonnell hard a farm, and on that farm, they played the Kings Gambit"
I died.
10 moves into the King's Gambit:
GM: I have no idea what's going on.
Class player: I got this.
I'm so glad these lectures are back :)
I play kings gambit in blitz and worked up to 1900... when I am in a heated game not down at least a piece or 2, I am saying to myself "hell yeah"
Ben, you are an outstanding teacher. I thoroughly enjoy your lectures (and so does everyone here apparently)!
So glad these lectures are back!
I was searching for info on king's gambit, thanks a lot I love your videos!
Ben sort of yelling the whole time is hilarious lol. Thanks for the lesson!
Always look forward to your lectures ben.... excellent teacher
Thank you do a part 2. Why not, this was great
As always fascinating insider knowledge, and promoting awareness of great players of the past
GM Finegold,
At 17" into your lecture/dissertation I've decided you are VERY listenable. What a bargain! Of course, this lecture is the first such that I've chosen to listen to, and I've listened to a few such presentations, and I'm adding this to my file of KING'S GAMBIT presentations. Actually, I'm creating a playlist of such topics for resources for the trilogy of the history of chess that I'm writing.
Happy for comeback, Sir ! Love You !
King's Gambit is perfect for a pub/bar name
As well as Great cocktail name
King’s Gimlet perhaps?
This was a great lecture. I do wish we had seen some more recent games, but it IS the King's Gambit so...
There are plenty of recent games. He just chose some of the most famous. For some recent notable super GM wins as white you could look at - see Ivanchuk v Peter Leko 2020, Ivanchuck v Giri 2013, Ivanchuk v Ding Liren 2016, Nepomniatchi v Firouzjja 2021, there were a number of notable draws in the london chess classic too a few years before that. Nepomniatchi has an expensive course on chessable on the kings gambit where he looks at more of his games. But the analysis is not helpful for beginners. If you want someone modern who played it as a main weapon Alexei Fedorov played it against every super GM under the sun from the 90s to about 2004, his last game was a draw against Carlsen. Carlsen himself has played it sometimes but his last notable game in a tournament he played some crazy line where the king goes to E2 and lost to Ding Liren. Simon Williams has a number of courses on it too, and I honestly find Simon's analysis to be more helpful than nepo.
Go Ben!! Love your lectures!
Thank you for the advice, will prepare this for my OTB games
Have been waiting for this lecture for a long time! Thank you 🙏
These are so timeless.
Thank you so much for the opening lecture, Benedict Goldstein! This really helped me increase my rating.
Still the most entertaining chess commentator out there!!
You got me into chess again Grand Master Ben! Thank you!
The best chess teacher on his chair! ❤️
Great stuff man!
Good stuff, thanks!
27:28 "this was the first instance ever, of someone saying I got you bitch"
Man, that line just go me down rolling on the floor laughing. Comedy and chess? What more could i ask for.
hey Ben just wanted to say thank you. If I know how to play chess "decently" is 90% merit of your lessons. Thank you!
Lectures are back!
Ahh yeah! time to go blunder a few 5+3 with the Kings gambit.
(really enjoyed this GM Finegold)
Fun fact: Boris Spassky never lost in Kings gambit
Well I have too
BENs lectures are the best!
10:43 "and Ke2 gets mated probably or worse" 😆
My fav chess blogger!
Thank you for helping me GM Ben!!!
Thank you!
this is absolute gold!
Man i love your lectures alot
*a lot
This humor is fantastic, just what I need to keep intrested
Cool how he took the time at the end to answer that dudes question. Go Ben!
Ben’s such a chill dude
This was one of the first chess lessons I ever watched
Ok first time I say you on chess tv late night / it was ok - it’s different - now I’m convinced you are the best chess video dude. Strange
great video
thanks to this lecture my rating went from 3 to 1. that means i am #1
"So he played Ng8... obviously setting up for the next game"
I really, really like 10 minute chess. The clock is an absolute weapon. I find myself winning games with far less time than my opponent left, and usually when I lose I have more time.
I would love to see a King's gambit at the 2750+ level, sadly I don't think I ever will.
I think hikaru played it otb, if I remember correctly he played the variation where he sacs the knight on f3.
Judit polgar kinda
Good explanation of the Botez gambit!
It’s always extemporaneous
When you are good at something, it’s always extemporaneous
I always learn so much watching these lectures. Now if i only could apply this knowledge in game i wouldnt suck so much.
Thats the hard part, seems so easy when it's explained well like this, much harder to apply in own games though!
This is way passive learning is not good in chess, want to learn and apply on your games? So you got do your own work
At 52:35 (Spassky - Fischer) Bf6 also looks like a move, to possibly help with the overworked bishop, but also looses (it) after e.g. ...Qd6.
im learning the kings gambit thats for sure
Great music track at the beginning!
The Kasparov Karpov variations video was so good
"Trying is the first step to failure"
So inspirational
12:57
Ben Finegold's the best lecturer on the circuit.
The b5 move in the Anderssen / Kieseritsky game is known as “Bryan’s Counter-Gambit” or at least that’s what I’ve known it by for the last 30 years.
18:28 "he literally doesn't care" chat, he doesn't care. no, chat, no..no like literally he doesn't care. Love the subtle Hikaru reference!!
your music is awesome!
Yeah my favorite opening
Goo lectures!
Nice ty GM Ben
19:05
Okay so that hurt, but like...it's such a *beautiful* game though. Anderssen and the romantic era just has some beautiful looking games!
55:32 I analysed this with SF14 NNUE, and it said LaBourdannais played literally perfect except for 2.f4 and 5.Nc3, which were still book(for our time).
Thanks Ben for the lecture on one of my favorite openings. I would like to see you analyze a game where black wins though. To make a suggestion: Carlsen - Ding Liren comes to mind. That to me is the closest thing to Fischer's famous quote "it loses by force", but I have no idea what's so lost by default about being down a pawn. So I hope that's somehting you could explain in a follow-up lecture, or even a short video. Thanks for all the great content from Europe
I know you want more detail than this, and I would agree it would be helpful to hear a full explanation from a GM level player, but broadly speaking, the issue with being down a pawn is that if the rest of the game proceeds with even trades, eventually you are most likely lost by force (with a few rare cases being a draw).
This means that being down a pawn is essentially a ticking clock on your chances to win the game. You HAVE to either reclaim an equal standing by winning the pawn back, or win the game before all the pieces come off.
@@adamanonymous6885 It's not rare at all for a pawn down draw, 1 pawn can often stop 2 and one minor piece vs piece and pawn is also frequently a draw. Trading down past a certain point kills the advantage.
My wish came true!
That first mate was filthy.
"it was the first reported instance of someone screaming GOTCHA B7_€&!"
lol I died
"the opponent doesn't know how to handle it he can't handle the truth"
🤣
Great stuff, glad the lectures are continuing despite the club closing. Much prefer proper lectures to streams crowded by Twitch chat (terrible)
Club closed ? Why ?
@@madhavsanap6690 With covid around it was costing too much to maintain it, they were actually losing money from it
Nice shirt! Go Ben
GO Ben!
Ben lectures on King's Gambit? Is this an early birthday gift?
These games are insane!
oh man that "gotcha bitch" was funny
So, around 25:15, I was under the mistaken impression that white had 'mate in two with Nc7, so I was surprised when he pushed the e pawn. Going back to check, I then realized the knight defending e7 was the problem with my idea, so the checkmate eventually happening on e7 after removing that knight via a queen sacrifice was _incredibly_ gratifying to see.
Missed this content.
both danya's and yours king's gambit lecture was posted on the same day
great🎉🎉🎉
Are the new lectures going to feature Grandmaster Ken West?
Finegolds under appreciated!!! And has best lectures... he really needs to go into comedy school and do stand up.
What is comedy school
@19:00 - hilarious.
Happy birthday Jesse !
Fischer published an article called “A Bust to the King’s Gambit” in 1961. Would’ve liked GM Feingold to have opined on that, maybe he has in some other video.
Thank you! I’ll be making a contribution on twitch.
hell yeah
Good!! Good!!
Hey Ben, have you heard of or know what the Cunningham/Wild Bertin Gambit is? 🤔