Openings with GM Ben Finegold: The Scotch

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  • Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses the Scotch Opening, widely used at one time by World Champion Garry Kasparov and how the Scotch Opening is a good option to add to your repertoire as does not have as much opening theory as the Ruy López or the Italian Game; nor is it heavily played and can be of an advantage in your opening game.
    REUPLOAD: This lecture was recorded on September 29th, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia. Originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on October 4th, 2021.
    00:00:00 Intro
    2:15 Garry Kasparov - Etienne Bacrot, Sarajevo 2000
    23:30 Alexander Morozevich - Yuri Balashov, St. Petersburg 1993
    34:20 Sergey Karjakin - Vasily Malinin, Sudak 2002
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ความคิดเห็น • 96

  • @7applause653
    @7applause653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I have no conception of how old Archer is lol. From how Ben treats him he could be an infant or Spencer's age.

    • @crazypomp927
      @crazypomp927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Archer has appeared on stream a bunch of times. He's like 13 or so.

  • @MrCupidd
    @MrCupidd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I bet one of the main reason Kasparov did good with the scotch was because he was Kasparov

  • @timperalta9430
    @timperalta9430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Garry used it one time in blitz against Wesley So. He took Wesley to a school called old.

  • @verstraetenandre
    @verstraetenandre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    The knight takes knight, queen takes knight variation was a defense popularised by GM Frank Lee Terrible in 1899! (it historically never failed to lose for black)

  • @dwiii1635
    @dwiii1635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like to think Ben is happy to know I'm blazed af watching this right now.

  • @NelsonBoy2734
    @NelsonBoy2734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Love openings and great players of the past! GO BEN!!!

    • @yc2560
      @yc2560 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But stay there!

  • @chauncyquest2779
    @chauncyquest2779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    GM Ben Finegold is the best possible combination of entertainment and education! I feel like my joke ELO is through the rough because I understand all his jokes. "One move that you all know *whispers* I don't think they all know..."

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In case anyone's wondering, Karjakin was born in January 1990. The Sudak tournament was played in October 2002, a month after Karjakin became the youngest grandmaster in history.

  • @zdriver-qu4sm
    @zdriver-qu4sm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for everything you do for the chess community Ben!

  • @RiverGeorges
    @RiverGeorges 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ben is seriously the best.

  • @pschneider1968
    @pschneider1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great games, great lecture AGAIN! Thanks Ben!

  • @twistedsilver01
    @twistedsilver01 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was really good advice Ben, turns out I needed a new hdmi cable after all, great video.

  • @IsaacBenevides
    @IsaacBenevides 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great lecture. Thanks Mr Grandmaster

  • @Nobody-hp7dw
    @Nobody-hp7dw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Scotch is my favorite opening with white, so many possibilities with it

  • @DWeirich76
    @DWeirich76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was almost certain Ben would be drinking scotch while teaching the scotch.

  • @benconover72
    @benconover72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Eggsellent, the Glenmorangie variation rocks.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glenmorangie tastes like soap.

  • @pepperwestwood
    @pepperwestwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It would be cool if chess pieces could grow hair

  • @immortalation
    @immortalation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:00 In the scotch black developpement is a bit quicker than in the sicilian, and white e4 pawn is weaker due to the open file. On the other hand no central majority for black sure but all things considered d4 slightly stronger against sicilians than against symmetric probably (2 - 1 for sicillian d4 break).

  • @krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335
    @krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    didn't he do it already? or i just have deja vu

    • @peteralund
      @peteralund 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It says reupload and the setting seems to be from the chess centre

    • @Vekigu
      @Vekigu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check the description - he also says the date is “9/29”

    • @anybodykill6666
      @anybodykill6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Re-uploading from the ccscatl. Most likely channel consolidation.

  • @Bhubnipz
    @Bhubnipz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I play this opening as white a majority of my games and from when I started to where I am now, around 800, in about 90% of the games black takes the pawn and then takes the knight. It’s great for this level because none of the good moves actually look good for black

  • @lancemcque1459
    @lancemcque1459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why does GM Finegold only have 101k subs? I remember he's been doing this for like forever!!!

    • @peterthegreat996
      @peterthegreat996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He talks to much about non chess stuff.

  • @robertomariani626
    @robertomariani626 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    33:56, ahah, I like the money part too! 45:30, I also like this one, honesty! On streams there was also the one "the more you donate, the more money I have!"

  • @ondrejkasparek3654
    @ondrejkasparek3654 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't it better (or more precise) for white to play in the moveorder 1. e4 e5 2. d4 (expecting 2. ... ed4) and 3. Nf3 (expecting 3. ... Nc6)?
    I saw it in one video here (maybe one of Yasser's), the goal is to deny black the option of going into Petrov or Philidor or other non-Nc6 openings.

  • @steinanderson9849
    @steinanderson9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love the anna kournikova joke lol

  • @chauncyquest2779
    @chauncyquest2779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the saying "what's old and forgotten is new again". Applies to a lot, but unfortunately mostly to Hollywood remakes 😔

  • @scheimong
    @scheimong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:25 oh no that's such a missed opportunity for a cheeky edit

  • @FocusMrbjarke
    @FocusMrbjarke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yay go ben

  • @jamesbell1613
    @jamesbell1613 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a chess video that I watched today.

  • @NNN_613
    @NNN_613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Anna Kournikova joke at 20:08 was savage

    • @HackSlasher
      @HackSlasher ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a reference to the AK starting hand in poker: looks good, but never wins 😅

  • @adityabhalla1507
    @adityabhalla1507 ปีที่แล้ว

    It would be nice if some lines for Black on how to counter Scotch would have been also explained.

  • @doh185
    @doh185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys still have the ccscatl logo in the intro, i hope the owner wont sue!

  • @NeoXSpirit
    @NeoXSpirit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEN !!!! RRAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRR!!!!

  • @dawnwpk9972
    @dawnwpk9972 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ben help i cant see the board

  • @random9-548
    @random9-548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Goring Gambit? lol I didnt know that, what's next, Ribentropp Gambit? Keitel Gambit maybe? 🤣

    • @NightStalker1988
      @NightStalker1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The newest one is called Putin Gambit. Very risky.

    • @Lastninjaxoxoxoxox
      @Lastninjaxoxoxoxox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@NightStalker1988 is that where you attack another chessboard?

    • @julioguilarte9438
      @julioguilarte9438 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Lastninjaxoxoxoxox is that where you are like really based

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ben you forgot to ban Karjakin

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And his children's children!

  • @MrJusone
    @MrJusone 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For us new players. Please state if the opening are for black or white pieces. So we can know where to focus the attention

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ben flips the board if he's considering things from Black's point of view. You can also tell that it's a White opening because it's White who makes the choice to play it, by playing 3.d4.

  • @banditodwardo4028
    @banditodwardo4028 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 31:49 white takes e5 knight with queen, maybe i am missing something obvious here, but I don't see why black can't still checkmate on g2 with the queen bishop opera?? set me straight please??

    • @banditodwardo4028
      @banditodwardo4028 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nevermind.....its because it was a check, sorry, i somehow missed that.

  • @kultahammas-giansanti6660
    @kultahammas-giansanti6660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    20:10 :D

  • @wunknownbeatbox7980
    @wunknownbeatbox7980 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laughed way too hard at the Bourbon joke

  • @Yengi-cw2ox
    @Yengi-cw2ox 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The scotch was first used at the highest level by GM Ken West

  • @TheHeatLord
    @TheHeatLord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Benjamin my brother in Christ, why do you have two mics?

    • @jayr526
      @jayr526 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's one for each of of you.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably the headset mic is for the Zoom stream and the lapel mic for the TH-cam recording. Alternatively, the headset mic is just there because he's using the headphones and all the sound's coming from the lapel mic.

  • @TDansVids
    @TDansVids 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Man the Karjakin Ukraine part has not aged well

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anna Kurnikova joke
    Lool

  • @answeris4217
    @answeris4217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My B-day is 9-29...

  • @zachp2120
    @zachp2120 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At timestamp 37:16. Why can’t black just play bishop D4 check?

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Because Black's queen is trapped after Kh1. The only moves where it doesn't get taken immediately are Qg6, which loses to the discovered attack Ne6+, and Qh4, which loses to the fork Nxg7+.

  • @KancerKowboy
    @KancerKowboy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    37:19 Why not Bd4#?

    • @donbert
      @donbert 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because Kh1 and you’re even worse now since the Bishop you just moved blocks your Queen further preventing even Qa4?

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You mean Bd4+ -- # is checkmate. But 10... Bd4 11.Kh1 and Black's queen is trapped. The only moves where it doesn't get taken immediately are Qg6, which loses to the discovered attack Ne6+ and Qh4, which loses to the fork Nxg7+.

    • @KancerKowboy
      @KancerKowboy 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@beeble2003 Thank you

  • @armwrestlingfan6804
    @armwrestlingfan6804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    mieses?

  • @markjackson4085
    @markjackson4085 ปีที่แล้ว

    George Thorogood plays this opening all the time.

  • @King.Mark.
    @King.Mark. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    100k 👍🙃👍

  • @ahrrydepp493
    @ahrrydepp493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is strange i feel like i saw this video before

  • @forgoodnessache5399
    @forgoodnessache5399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shouldn't it be the *Scottish* ?

    • @Force95042
      @Force95042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah in general Scottish people prefer "Scottish" and "Scotch" is a British word that has fallen out of favour. However it persists in older established terms like Scotch whisky, Scotch bonnet, or here, the Scotch opening.

    • @peterthegreat996
      @peterthegreat996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or it’s crap

  • @anybodykill6666
    @anybodykill6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nein Two Nein

  • @666nevermore
    @666nevermore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MAN FINALLY THE ORIGINAL ANIME OPENIN IS BACK. Drip

  • @thomasjkeep
    @thomasjkeep 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you're more of a bourbon person, you might prefer the French defence.

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Speaking of the French, I find it funny that 5 years ago it was most computers preferred defense against e4 and now it's borderline refuted at the super computer level.

  • @pranayrawat1
    @pranayrawat1 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Ukraine joke was superb......lol.....zelensky crying in the corner.......!

  • @eamytb
    @eamytb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ben, Ukraine jokes are way too soon

    • @eamytb
      @eamytb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless it’s a reupload. If you made this joke now, in may, it’s just horrible

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@eamytb It's a re-upload, as stated in the video description.

  • @stingaling
    @stingaling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stopped watching at Karjakin game. He is a traitor to his country and Putin supporter. Sorry Ben but I don't think you should feature his games anymore.

    • @GMBenjaminFinegold
      @GMBenjaminFinegold  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We all agree Karjakin’s a piece of shit. This stream was originally filmed and posted in 2021, before everything happened. We’re just working on consolidating the content. - Ben’s Editor

    • @BaniasSyria
      @BaniasSyria 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your logic is weird in a stupid way

    • @sameash3153
      @sameash3153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who cares

    • @hueylongenjoyer3747
      @hueylongenjoyer3747 ปีที่แล้ว

      Traitor to his country? For supporting the Russian president who has a higher approval rating than any European leader and this has been confirmed by Western polls too.

    • @tellahsage6477
      @tellahsage6477 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who gives a shit, i'm here for the chess and Karjakin's game in this video was amazing. Stop rotting your brain with political obsession.