5 Minutes with GM Ben Finegold: Gukesh vs Ding, Game 5

[@danterosati]

best no-nonsense recaps on youtube. just the facts ma'am.

[@douglaslarosa8782]

This channel deserves to go viral: fantastic recaps and lectures, no clickbait nor fillers, great sense of humor and just easy-to-understand facts and explanations. What more do you want? Are you not entertained?? ⚔️

[@twistedoperator4422]

WVAT ELST

[@randybailin4902]

Excellent review. Concise. No click-bait, just the facts.

[@quantumm313]

huge clickbait, 5 min with ben but its 12min smh

[@Cogbyrn]

Every time I rediscover Ben, I'm pleased as punch. Time to add these to my daily chess ingestion during the championship.

[@RW-Atl]

12 minutes with Ben. the truth hurts.

[@georgeyeats470]

Appreciating how this channel avoids the sensationalist tone that I'm encountering on some rival coverage. Insightful not (fake) "Speechless'

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

I am not Great chess player but why Gukesh doesnt play bishop g4 to pinn the knight😂

[@manuelcarpio-fl2pz]

Thank you Ben! Exactly the type of game recap I was looking for. 🎉❤

[@aimcrux2231]

Wooo I love 12:32 with Ben!

[@leorwolf]

12 min w ben. every championship game you add another minute

[@wiadroman]

Feel like they are winging it and cannot wait to finish the match and go for a pint instead.

[@wfcyellow]

Like Torvil and Dean after roller blading practice.

[@beeble2003]

Why does it feel like that?

[@michaeljayfarris7194]

The people with skin in the game did what they could. (Gukesh and Ding) - others can only watch. Thanks GM Finegold for helpful commentary. It is always a help.

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Ben is GM at least not this stupid Levi

[@moonlifeSW]

Gukesh was so excited to play as white again, he got to play for a draw!

[@TheMrmeadow]

I’m just commenting liking and subscribing to help the channel

[@StartingChess]

Excellent recap!

[@joeweider9471]

love ya, ben! great review-- AS ALWAYS-- and i wish i lived next door to you! met you in vegas last year and played you in your simul, i was the penultimate player to go down if i remember correctly...take care, sir, and thanks for all your vids here! :D

[@renatomercurio4774]

Even 12 min recap is cheaper than the 4h recap - thanks!

[@JosePMV]

5 minutes with ben. Double episode especial

[@mikescott1090]

Thanks Ben. You're the Best!

[@Atlas-eg5gu]

Thanks Ben

[@stevedee311]

You're the best Ben, thanks

[@DoktorFauscik]

Go Ben!

[@Rtoizzae]

But stay there!

[@surfingmantis6162]

recaps for adults. thanks Ben

[@nadem7079]

Nc4 was terrible, if you want to win a position with opposite coloured bishops the last thing you want to do is trade knights. Black has a passed pawn two squares from queening, more active pieces, and fewer weaknesses. A move like Na4 may or may have ended up winning or maybe not, but it would have allowed black to keep pressing for a long time with very little risk.

[@johntsiroyiannis1072]

@@nadem7079 it's almost as if you're playing for the title of world champion.

[@alimax79]

Very good

[@samsonpug]

They both wanted a draw. Very exciting.

[@kmarasin]

Both sides being conservative after a shaky start. Could be they're keeping their powder dry.

[@gomjabbar6246]

@@kmarasin I’m leaning towards keeping their pants dry

[@pallhouvum4443]

Very nice

[@nebojsagolubovic8565]

Ben, who do you predict will win the title?

[@StomChe]

Looks like Ding and Gukesh are still feeling each other out... When one of them falls behind we might get to see them go all out then

[@nahoboss9836]

Shocked Gukesh played the exchange French with an early queen exchange when he has generally been fighting for a win in his games thus far. Very dry and disappointing game.

[@krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335]

one can't just give away white game advantage like that. i suspect Gukesh didn't prepare for french at all for the match.

[@avinandanmondal4017]

How many games will be played?sorry im new here

[@vaibhavvb9898]

14

[@nickus51]

@@vaibhavvb9898 Or less. Until one player reaches 7,5 points. If they both get to 7 points, they play tiebreaks in faster time controls.

[@vaibhavvb9898]

@@nickus51 yeah I kinda forgot to point that out.

[@wesleythomas9131]

Game 5 (minutes?) with Ben.

[@darryljones7603]

❤

[@stephenarrigo5679]

I am thinking 5 minutes with Ben should be re-named "Spending Time With Ben" 🤣

[@popfresh7585]

[@steveGreenlee-c2s]

🇺🇸✝️🙏…go Ding!

[@funny_money_ad_infinitum]

In Ben's lately videos there has an inflation problem with the timeline. More than in my wallet with costs of living.

[@callenkoester9078]

he is actively devaluing the minute, and it is serious

[@cjh-bk4pn]

sucks ding didn't go for it but at least he isn't hanging mate in 2 or somethign

[@sorryforbatenglish]

c4 is pretty annoying, don't tell people

[@ronmortimer252]

I wish it was Magnus playing Gukesh instead of Ding. This just seems a little lacklustre to me. But as the meaningless, over used cliche goes...it is what it is.

[@arctan2010]

Thank you, Ben. So far the quality of games played have been meh at best. Each player’s victory seems to be self inflicted by their opponents. I’m surprised seeing the French considering A.I. have clobbering the French black pieces with lopsided results. I stopped watching the livestream just waiting for the short recap like your channel. Cheers 🍻

[@jeffreyfisher3115]

Quid pro quo comment

[@joesweeney1712]

Algorithm comment

[@ГореЛуковое-ю8е]

Like

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🔥👼 😇🧑‍🏫

[@iniohos2]

Poor play by both

[@jindrichzapletal5822]

an awful game for a world championship match

[@fundhund62]

How?

[@jindrichzapletal5822]

@@fundhund62 exchange French, immediate heavy exchanges, bad mistakes at the only contested moment in the game, throwing away that pawn on d3 in the end is just an insult to everyone, why don't you agree to a draw instead It is fine to have a brief draw when you need to rest or to prepare, but this was not it

[@nickus51]

​@@jindrichzapletal5822They are not allowed to offer a draw that early. I do agree that the quality od the game was on the lower end of the spectrum. At the same time though, I can understand it from psychological point of view.

[@fundhund62]

@jindrichzapletal5822 What's wrong with the exchange French? 🤔 It's just another try, like there are many others. Same with exchanges, top grandmasters don't need queens to play for a win. As for the bad mistakes, they weren't that bad, actually. He may have played Na4 instead of Nc4, or Bh5 instead of Bc6, but a draw would have been likely in any case.

[@Maltaman51]

Ben worked hard to make this turkey interesting.