The Legend: Leonid Stein - GM Ben Finegold - 2015.05.21

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  • Grandmaster Ben Finegold profiles three-time USSR Champion Leonid Stein, one of the greatest ever to never become world champion. See great games played by this brilliant attacker.
    Stein-Kwiatkowski, 1959: D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4
    Leonid Stein vs Semyon Abramovich Furman, Olympiad URS (1959): B44 Sicilian defence
    Stein-Sakharov, 1960: B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack
    Stein-Zurakhov, 1960: B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6
    Stein vs Isaak Iosifovich Lenchiner, Ukranian Ch (1960): B98 Sicilian, Najdorf variation
    Stein vs David Bronstein, USSR Championship 1961a (1961): B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
    Stein vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, USSR Championship 1961a (1961): C19 French, Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation

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  • @cryoshakespeare4465
    @cryoshakespeare4465 9 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    That zoom on "I work really hard here" :P

    • @scarscrews
      @scarscrews 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He is overworked

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :)

    • @abdul123r
      @abdul123r 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      scarscrews overloaded*

  • @liver1865
    @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    There's gold, and then there's finegold.

  • @FreshHas
    @FreshHas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Ben Finegold, though I've only discovered him 2 days ago, is one of the precious few that can explain chess so informatively and entertainingly at the same time. I think generally, people would find analyzing a game of chess to be one of the most excruciatingly boring things imaginable, but Ben Finegold proves them wrong.

    • @Zamppa86
      @Zamppa86 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Akobian is better. Finegold makes it too 'childish' and jokes too much. Akobian is a pro who also makes the viewer to think a bit instead of talking chess or dumb things all the time.

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not so sure of that.

    • @shirleytang7922
      @shirleytang7922 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s my favorite 🤩.

  • @marjanzivanovic2750
    @marjanzivanovic2750 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ben is the coolest grandmaster I ever saw.This is his first lecture I was watching, and sure not the last one...

    • @tomsmith4452
      @tomsmith4452 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Marjan Živanović how many did u watch till now?:)

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      After watching him the first time, I have no desire to see more.

    • @johnathant6735
      @johnathant6735 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @kensanity178
      I feel sorry for you.

  • @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll
    @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ben finegold have great personality I love his lectures he is so funny I love this guy

  • @TheRcEngineer
    @TheRcEngineer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    finally Ben Finegold is back!!!!

  • @vincentb168
    @vincentb168 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    So entertaining as usual. Thanks Ben !

  • @Greenbear41
    @Greenbear41 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just wanted to say GM Finegold, I love your lectures, you make chess fun and teach at the same time. Keep up the great work! You are helping Patzers like me, Or as you would say, the people in the audience at home! LOL!

  • @markbroe423
    @markbroe423 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the freeze frame, Paul Simon!
    Great lecture as always.

    • @VincentFarrugia
      @VincentFarrugia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who is Paul Simon?

    • @askthepizzaguy
      @askthepizzaguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@VincentFarrugia He meant Ben Simon. Paul Simon is an American singer.

  • @tarmovie3964
    @tarmovie3964 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    27:06 That's even worse, that's worse than Checkmate!!!!!
    Thanks Ben, so entertaining, i love this channel....greets from Germany

  • @srcoolz
    @srcoolz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always play Bishop f8!!! Classic!! Excellent lecture as always. Thank you

  • @misanthrop1958
    @misanthrop1958 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally a finegold lesson again! I love that guy!

  • @errormaster12
    @errormaster12 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am really happy you're doing a video about my alltime favourite player :) I will enjoy it to the fullest!!!

  • @SuperDreamliner787
    @SuperDreamliner787 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Well dxe5 is risky, because of ... Qd3, d4 ,d5, d6, Queen g5 attacking both queens. And then Qxd8 mate and then the board gets destroyed :DDDD
    Ben Finegold for President !

  • @acesofclubs
    @acesofclubs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is not a chess lecture, it's a fucking comedy HAHAHAH

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Daniel J. Rajaiah Agreed!

    • @amaurit454
      @amaurit454 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Dajura both

    • @kaylascott697
      @kaylascott697 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Finegold does his best, and chess videos are boring AF. Finegold is one of the only chess teacher I can stand.

    • @-_Nuke_-
      @-_Nuke_- 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a fork between good comedy and masterfull chess teaching.

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, and not a particularly funny one.

  • @azaas
    @azaas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of the most talented individuals I've ever seen!
    I love these lectures, I hope he's still with the St Luis Chess Club

  • @Brusselpicker
    @Brusselpicker 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Leonid Zakharovich Stein (Леонид Захарович Штейн; November 12, 1934 - July 4, 1973) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine. He won three USSR Chess Championships in the 1960s (1963, 1965, and 1966), and was among the world's top ten players during that era.

    • @Brusselpicker
      @Brusselpicker 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He died at 38 years of age of a heart attack.

  • @emir2591
    @emir2591 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is awesome both informative and fun. Usually when I learn I am bored but not in this case

  • @diosn6909
    @diosn6909 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good lecture and very funny!!!

  • @xDMrGarrison
    @xDMrGarrison 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    9:14 Arjun is so clever hahaha he ruined Ben's joke by figuring it out before he could tell it.

  • @ADSun-sh7qm
    @ADSun-sh7qm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ben make more videos I love the videos keep on working

  • @bobgold57
    @bobgold57 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great choice for a lecture. I seem to remember Stein winning some great Kings Indian's way back in the Soviet Championship era. I'll look for the old tournament books.

  • @matend8125
    @matend8125 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never can finish his lectures because of his humor

  • @Anandgyan
    @Anandgyan 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are so good and so funny, you deserve a raise!

  • @Petros11888
    @Petros11888 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:05 I wont lie, he got me

  • @juanjuzgadoibiza558
    @juanjuzgadoibiza558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me you are a legend Mr FInegold

  • @kunalmandalia1165
    @kunalmandalia1165 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I thought this was the legends in your own mind class" XD

  • @AfonsoPPereira
    @AfonsoPPereira 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I LOL'ed so hard 22:52

  • @fastpace101
    @fastpace101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Today I learned that bishops move backwards. thanks GM BF

  • @errormaster12
    @errormaster12 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was one game, it is covered in Kasparov's book about Petrosjan and Spasski, where Stein played as black vs (Portisch? I can't quite remember) and just let one of his knights be taken by his opponent, played on without a care in the world and played a really nice game which he did not lose! I think it was a KID. I loved that game so much and it was very inspiring for me!

  • @autisticcormorant6881
    @autisticcormorant6881 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4.00 dat pic

  • @glum_hippo
    @glum_hippo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    15:18 "mate in 22 moves" - Eugene Nalimov

  • @xenith800
    @xenith800 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was very entertaining!

  • @00dominus
    @00dominus 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like your kind of teaching Mr. Finegold. It is never boring and I can learn very much. But you really should exercise the pronunciation of the word "Zwischenzug"! I heart it and it churned me cause I am German and I could almost not understand it.

  • @satadhi
    @satadhi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    russians should slow down ? can someone explain this it very important

    • @javilaur8125
      @javilaur8125 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      if you're rushing you're going fast. rushing - Russian. play on words.

    • @satadhi
      @satadhi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      wow !!

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @ArtyomVapes
      @ArtyomVapes 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      firendable Rush in, c4 d4 d5 rawr

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah fire engines are all red, and they're always rushin around.

  • @zacharysolis1808
    @zacharysolis1808 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most exciting chess player I've seen so far .

  • @tomekduresov706
    @tomekduresov706 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ben, you cant play f5 in every game, Brock Lesnar will sue you..

    • @PapaLuigi3000
      @PapaLuigi3000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tomek Duresov Brock Lesnar won't sue him, he will f5 him.

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then the whole world will say " who the hell does this fat guy think he is" and then they will answer their own question: "Beats the snot out of me"

  • @matt5403
    @matt5403 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    at 27:11, he could have played Bxf7 with mate rather than Qxc6

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah that what they dissgused few seconds later

  • @fireballxl-5748
    @fireballxl-5748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Leonid Stein passed at age 38 in 1973.

    • @amosdraak3536
      @amosdraak3536 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP.

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting that he won two Soviet championships in a row and stated that he carefully studied Fischer's games. Maybe he said some unwise things after Fischer won the WCC in 1972.

  • @dandiaz19934
    @dandiaz19934 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hahahah, i loved the zoom on the final video xD

  • @SynsityGW
    @SynsityGW 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what about c6 at 9:35? still loses but no mate that i can forsee

    • @brendanzhang5195
      @brendanzhang5195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      c6 Rf8+ Kb7 Bf4 and there is no way to stop mate in 1.
      If Kc7, then Bf4+ and mate in 1 is coming.

    • @dbfan2scfan
      @dbfan2scfan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      no, SynsityGW is correct c6 does draw the game out longer.
      Re8+ Kb7, Bf4 Bd3 providing an escape square for the king...
      or
      Re8+ Kc7, Bf4+ Rd6... white has no immediate mate.

  • @sorpresasfelicidad8314
    @sorpresasfelicidad8314 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who else puts this as background noise when working. Like if you do.

  • @TimothyJ0
    @TimothyJ0 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thumbs up to Ben

  • @Bhubnipz
    @Bhubnipz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This dude Grandmaster Ben Finegold really make a Mark Fuhrman reference lmao
    Edit: bro he really tied it up at the end, I saw it coming

  • @KINGBOSS08-mmk
    @KINGBOSS08-mmk 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    27:04 If Qe7 then Bxf7++ Ben missed this? Sign me up for grandmaster lol!

  • @OptimalSwe
    @OptimalSwe 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting, Thanks!

  • @matteopriotto5131
    @matteopriotto5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:05 I lost it
    The third game reminds me of Ivanchuk-Kasparov from Linares 1991

  • @scheimong
    @scheimong 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ben is the bestestestest

  • @nickcline3792
    @nickcline3792 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    #finegold4bestgm
    that's an elected position, right?

  • @diegomunoz5537
    @diegomunoz5537 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why isn't this guy commenting all the chess majors?

  • @TexasSizzle
    @TexasSizzle 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AT 20:22 there is a mate in 2 super easy. Queen takes pawn on h6, King to g8, Qg7#! Hard to believe GM's missed this!

    • @Sazumi575
      @Sazumi575 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TexasSizzle Whose move is it?

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed.

  • @PticaLetit
    @PticaLetit 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    27:05 Bxf7, checkmate :P

  • @gabrielcharvein3786
    @gabrielcharvein3786 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vous parlez très bien français ! Very good :D

  • @ministerofleisure
    @ministerofleisure 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "not very explosive here..." too good.

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      somehow the c4 explosives didnt detonate.

  • @damianocarraroli254
    @damianocarraroli254 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go 0.5x speed at 0:40, it's so chill

  • @Rieper47
    @Rieper47 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha! That still at 4:07 is priceless!

  • @Requiredfields2
    @Requiredfields2 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about Rubenstein? I heard he was pretty good.

  • @jace76ful
    @jace76ful 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    doesn't c6 stop the mate on the first game?

  • @polkop157
    @polkop157 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 43:10 Bc1 is weird. why not bxe6 and if b4 bxf7+rxf7 rxf7 and if ba3 qg4 is too strong.

  • @sqweebel1
    @sqweebel1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    29:20 "Class Dismissed.." haha Ben Finegold is so jokes

  • @mauricio9783
    @mauricio9783 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    fuckin hilarius. GM and my idiol, ben finegold

  • @RonakBadhe
    @RonakBadhe 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    @15:17 Lomonosov 7 piece says mate in 23.

  • @liver1865
    @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    4:00 lol

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk ปีที่แล้ว

    Two A players didn't know how that rule works?!

  • @walterchuquimuni6286
    @walterchuquimuni6286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buena

  • @msDanielp369
    @msDanielp369 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    19:39 so HIGH up in the chessboard that he can do that move 😂

  • @blueromeo1974
    @blueromeo1974 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    agreed let honor stein...😂👍

  • @jmanuelbr
    @jmanuelbr 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    "That guy is right, whoever that guy is, ok?" :D

  • @Tibi1q2wthesecond
    @Tibi1q2wthesecond 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 4:05 xDD LOL!!! Hahahaa

  • @Thaumazo83
    @Thaumazo83 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    31:42 Qxd7 is not checkmate in one as Black's K could move to f8.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're right but then Qe7# so it doesn't make any difference.

  • @ministerofleisure
    @ministerofleisure 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 8:47, an homage to jim garrison's wit?

  • @vladislavurumov538
    @vladislavurumov538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    22:50 LOL

  • @JewishOnionRings
    @JewishOnionRings 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bring back GM Akobian

    • @Thaumazo83
      @Thaumazo83 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both GM Akobian and GM Finegold are great teachers in my view

  • @boba7709
    @boba7709 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, my favorite german word is kenwest!

  • @TexasSizzle
    @TexasSizzle 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nevermind. Thought I saw a Knight on f5. My bad

  • @brabhamfreaman166
    @brabhamfreaman166 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is he always 14yo when he talks of being a young lad?

  • @ps23014
    @ps23014 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is he always picking on Ken West?

    • @Thaumazo83
      @Thaumazo83 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because Mr. West has been playing chess for ages but has a low rating.

  • @unkn0wn524
    @unkn0wn524 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    20:33 kf5 is better cuz then mate is unavoidable except u trade ur quin while taking the pawn is good but then black can stop mate with rook g8

  • @bailinnumberguy
    @bailinnumberguy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'd take lessons from this guy just for the jokes. "Qh6 mate will give white the advantage."

  • @daleking8654
    @daleking8654 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fuck I had a good lol at Qd3

  • @mottian
    @mottian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:40 ahahahaahaha

  • @Nootathotep
    @Nootathotep 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    '... yes?'
    'no'
    'close'

  • @amitavmohanty450
    @amitavmohanty450 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi

  • @OscarGarcia-sw2uo
    @OscarGarcia-sw2uo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    c'est la meme chose, 23:37 does Ben know french?

    • @charlieshea4848
      @charlieshea4848 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oscar Garcia yes he lived in Belgium for several years playing chess professionally and picked up French along the way

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      really?

    • @charlieshea4848
      @charlieshea4848 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yah its mentioned in a couple vids, check out one w a title something along the lines of 'my great middlegames from the 80s' as my memory serves he sheds some light

  • @fisher00769
    @fisher00769 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:16 Tablebase says #23

  • @xnotic
    @xnotic 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    this guy's mad funny

  • @nilsp9426
    @nilsp9426 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:05

  • @jacobtarallo4370
    @jacobtarallo4370 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol queens gambit accepted, make an exception for ken west.

  • @liver1865
    @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    "His opponent did some crazy thing ruining the computer." :D

  • @dusanmijatovic7913
    @dusanmijatovic7913 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ftacnik analysis of Petrosian game...

  • @onegerard1
    @onegerard1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're just asking me to say: 'I just lost from my dog?'.
    I've just now played a game of chess with a random dog :) ...and lost.

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boh, whoa, whoa!

  • @jericho8414
    @jericho8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:01

  • @galadic97
    @galadic97 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    22:50

  • @egee4210
    @egee4210 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:20

  • @DJTalpes
    @DJTalpes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    not knowing the players involved in the lecture or making fun of them in a away e.i. their names, that is not being a cool teacher . that is just plain rude and uncultured . And another thing: If you try to act like your lack of information is baddass ,it is not really, it is just plain unprofessional

    • @RobsMiscellania
      @RobsMiscellania 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DJTalpes "lack of information" haha. This is a grandmaster lecture. It is geared towards everyone who isn't a grandmaster. That would include masters. Perhaps you are a grandmaster, but I would more easily believe that you are one of those who is thinking Arby's.

    • @misanthrop1958
      @misanthrop1958 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DJTalpes "The oak (finegold) does not care, if a pig (you) is rubbing its back against it. " Nothing left to say...

    • @DMK000
      @DMK000 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's just Ben's usual humor. You have to watch more of his videos to understand. Also, I think it's pretty ignorant of you to comment on his "lack of knowledge" when he's a grandmaster.

    • @DJTalpes
      @DJTalpes 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      he has the chess knowldege no doubt about that, but basic names and dates...

    • @DMK000
      @DMK000 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      yesenadam lol, nice job troll. I see you're very dedicated to your work.

  • @msDanielp369
    @msDanielp369 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lmao Arjen's voice

  • @dusanmijatovic7913
    @dusanmijatovic7913 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The correct answer is PAT BUCHANAN !!!!
    Krompir

  • @konosmgr
    @konosmgr 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    King e-8 threatening to castle, that was hands down the funniest thing i've ever heard. th-cam.com/video/eM82L0n3Q7A/w-d-xo.html

  • @babylongate
    @babylongate 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nife F fife

  • @sabahdeanatassi8292
    @sabahdeanatassi8292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Queen take's f 7 mate with advantage L O L Ben of curse mating your opponent has advantage i'd sack a queen to mate Magnus Carlsen Hahahah OF CURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!