Back Rank Checkmates: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

GM Ben Finegold discusses back rank checkmate. This lecture was recorded October 28, 2018 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.
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[@atticussalmon9064]

Never in my life did I think I would hear Ben Finegold roasting some poor kid with Plato's Allegory of the cave

[@tukkis]

Make luft not war

[@mikehartl8665]

😁

[@antonio_brewer]

@17:05 The kid "I see mate" Ben "yeah so anyway Mike Tyson. . ." 😂

[@alexandergedeon409]

Ben is really very good with the kids. Heartwarming! Nice work.

[@12jswilson]

Great Lectures of the Past

[@SeddincY]

Ben is just the best in teaching kids ❤ there's always this wholesome dad/uncles vibes whenever he teaches kids

[@ostensiblyquerulous]

Hey Ben I'm doubtful you'll see this but I played in my first USCF chess tournament today and went 2/4 in the U1600 section. Just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me - I'm definitely older than most of the people there but I'm happy to challenge myself and learn.

[@alphadoughnut2651]

Good work man. Keep it up and never lose sight of your goals whatever they may be

[@ostensiblyquerulous]

@@alphadoughnut2651 Appreciate it! You too!

[@guitarmachine13]

nice

[@vlnow]

I exclusively play 960. In recent times i think this has been the best single video i have watched in terms of improving my games. I have avoided many back rank mates and succesfully excecuted several back rank mates against players 250 elo better than me. It was a real blind spot for me that i didnt realise until this video educated me. Thank you sir.( from a 1350 960 player, formerly a 1300)

[@NelsonBoy2734]

GO BEN!!

[@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579]

@31:27 Ben makes an Allegory of the Cave reference. This is why I watch.

[@OblivionEight]

I played a Lichess Liga blitz tourney today and I noticed back rank tactics in SO MANY games today, thanks to this video. Even had a fun one where I forked a rook/queen/mate. Really great lecture!

[@guitarmachine13]

rumour has it ben wrote bobby fischer's chess book

[@f.d.3289]

then it would have been fun to read

[@f.d.3289]

"Chessbase is just a stupid program." As a guy with 25 years of software engineering on my back, I want to agree most heartily. One of the really great things about Ben is that he just says what he thinks. Also, I'll always love every single video where he teaches a class of kids...

[@GregTurismo]

Hello young Ben. Didn’t expect to see you here.

[@trevkivela9426]

The truth hurts

[@ircjesselee]

Etienne Bacrot sponsored the lecture, Kramnik accused him of cheating, and Ben said "No talking".

[@solidpython4964]

In the last game after Qb2, what is the response against Rc8? All I can see is that the black rook can't take the white rook or he hangs his queen, and the black queen can't take the white queen because it hangs mate. Maybe black is supposed to play Qb1 check afterwards, but then I think white blocks with Qf1. Clearly I'm missing something if the computer says it's plus 7 for black, I just can't see what. Edit: Nevermind, after Qb1 Qf1, you can trade queens and then the white rook is hanging so black wins.

[@Taycatte]

TImely uploads as always, Ben!

[@f.d.3289]

20:00 this totally reminded me of a lovely trap with which i won several online games in 8 moves or so. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.e5 dxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1 7.Raxd1 Nh5 8.Nd5 Nxf4?? 9.Nxc7+ Kf8 10.Rd8# This lovely trap made me play the Jobava-London because I looked for something to kick King's Indian Defense players' asses and boy do I kick ass now. (Of course, against more serious players I play 5.Qd2 instead of 5.e5 and kick their asses more slowly :)

[@LordBrozart]

Whenever Grandmaster Ben Finegold uploads I am happy

[@sublimeade]

anyone find the SuperFriends episode

[@chef2581]

10:34 ugh none of them seen it terrible

[@WhizzerdSupreme]

Never play "first comment"

[@Aphixx]

I hope Trudy is a GM by now and not a dude

[@PatchworkPS]

joe mama so old she invented chess gottem

[@douglaslarosa8782]

lol, that's actually a good 'yo momma' joke 😝

[@anosmianAcrimony]

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