Carlsen - Anand World Chess Championship 2013: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

[@bertross9727]

Met someone from my local chess club (that I didn't know existed), we both agreed you were the best chess youtuber. Love the lessons with the kids you would have been a great school teacher. The stories and the background to games and tournaments is something nobody else does, nor could do. Great memory and sense of humour, an invaluable member of the chess world.

[@peule6422]

so sweet, and also so true! one for each of ya

[@greennin]

I like his lectures with and without viewers, I know it’s silly, but i get excited every time he uploads one lol

[@59jokes]

Second this

[@jameschurch2441]

You guys meet people? I locked myself in my basement I haven't cone out in years!

[@greennin]

@@jameschurch2441 come out of the basement james

[@vapidviewer]

Ben: (casually remembers an entire complicated game from 27 years ago) Also Ben: “We were having…food?”

[@tryout1978]

Priorities

[@Rubrickety]

Mad props to Vishy for being back in the world top 10 again at age 54. The only other player born in the sixties in the current top 100 is Gelfand at #76.

[@jerryli2538]

Still waiting for the Fischer-Karpov World Chess Championship lecture

[@Sahand.nasiri]

Lol Thats gonna be a long waiting

[@douglaslarosa8782]

Ben is the GOAT of chess content creation: educational, entertaining and original! You always learn interesting, curious things about the world of chess and chess players through his anecdotes, analysis and even jokes. Go, Ben! But stay there xD

[@erickent4248]

In two of these crucial positions, my thoughts of the move were the ones Anand played, so I am thrilled I could lose like a grandmaster.

[@haimkichik]

I feel that I learn a lot from this video. Thanks, Big Ben! Love from Mexico

[@houseofleaves126]

It’s funny to hear about adjournment. I had a league game adjourned a few days ago because the building was about to close. Kinda strange how I can analyse the game with other people and with the engine and it still counts for FIDE rating.

[@joelcuerrier4833]

You're right, how can you be so right?

[@trent797]

India actually has amazing hotels for great prices as long as you find the right ones. I was also in Chennai (around 2016) and my hotel was great. And yes, I did get sick right at the end of my 3 week trip. Flight back to US was not fun. Barely made it back into my house before fainting.

[@donsimons9810]

thanks for bringing all that back here. Hope you spread it!

[@persimmon3458]

Coming back from India on a long haul flight can be an experience... Done it several times. Not a fan...

[@VARMOT123]

​@@persimmon3458 why ?

[@VARMOT123]

​@@donsimons9810are you fried in your head ?

[@VARMOT123]

It is due to change in guy bacteria and microbiome when you travel to most new places . Eat yogurt in those new places and you will be fine

[@CharlieFleed]

i complain that this lecture is too good, RAAWWWRRRR.

[@jims355]

You woke up my phone as well @22:33 haha

[@petergriffin8767]

mine too, i guess my voice sounds like Ben's?

[@fore101]

Thanks Ben

[@robertberger8981]

I would like to have such a good memory as Finegold

[@Lividbuffalo]

Vishy has been living for many decades in Madrid, Spain. He doesn’t live in Chennai.

[@woodandwandco]

Please tell us the name of that Chennai hotel. Reading quality reviews is an excellent form of extracurricular activity.

[@ibazulic]

You have to be in an amazing mental state to get back from a situation where you were equal the whole game and then you made one mistake and now you're completely lost. )I wonder what would happen if Anand was a bit more aggressive at the beginning of the tournament. Not to rely on his end game technique but on his attacking skills. Maybe he was worried that he couldn't compete with Magnus who was much younger and had more stamina. The best part is, when you look at just the score, you almost feel like Magnus crushed Vishy, which really wasn't the case. Even so, this championship (and many other tournaments) have definitely shown that Magnus is or will be one of the greatest of all time. Thank you, anonymous, for sponsoring this lecture.

[@callenkoester9078]

thanks ben

[@paulgoogol2652]

so this third game is where "never play f3" and "always play Bf1" come from. Anands attack looked very scary. I was quite new to chess then and didn't notice how unimpressive Carlsen played compared to his peers Caruana, Karjakin, Anand and even Nepomniachtchi until that one had a mental breakdown after taking some unnecessary risks giving his rooks for the queen.

[@jameschurch2441]

I believe the rule is "always play f3 and NEVER play bf1"

[@Gush27]

How is 99% accuracy not impressive

[@fearghalbarry7866]

@@Gush27 this is the Ben Finegold channel, Carlsen is a scrub here.

[@trout3685]

Must feel terrible to make such blunders in such games. It's odd how Vishy was winning and just threw it away so many times. I understand he was older and stuff but wow.

[@zainquadri1206]

Title "Anand Chess Championship 2013"... This lecture might just be the best tribute to Anand... 😂

[@panpan-vz3om]

what happened to 'I'm GM Ben Feingold and you are not' ?

[@vrglio]

Chevy Chase threatened to sue

[@jogzyg2036]

Because I have finally accepted that I am not.

[@CovenantLazzy]

Go ben!

[@mario97br]

First to write first. But pretty late actually. I should get a grip of myself. Great lecture Big Ben.

[@mrpocock]

I only know about adjourned games from The Queen's Gambit.

[@isaacbragg-gardiner2456]

Ben it's been like 900 days since you did a lecture involving a Bird's opening game. How do I get that to happen?

[@JosefDerKaiser]

Money

[@Rubrickety]

"Still Siri."

[@King.Mark.]

storys are good

[@pinofshame6253]

Magnus Carlsen by GM Ben: Not as dominating as other world champions. Magnus Carlsen: Punishing world champion's "near" perfect play, by only one single move mistake.l, in his own land. I mean, how would Morphy/Fischer/Capablanca, etc., outplay Anand otherwise? But mainly etc.

[@JosefDerKaiser]

"one of Ivanchuk's only wins" you mean, ever? Or in that tournament? Joking of course dont come at me.

[@DreamyJives]

Hey Theory. Beep beep

[@dannygjk]

iirc Carlsen played one of his worst blunders in that match.

[@euclideszoto997]

Typical. Nothing changes. Anand blunders. They call it suspicious. Magnus sees it, Anand suffers the consequences. Yet when Magnus blunders nobody says anything...why? Because Anand didn't see it so Magnus doesn't suffer the consequences. And Magnus did blunder in both matches.

[@vigilante8374]

The press conference after one of Anand's losses had this gem: Reporter: "Did you calculate these variations to the end, was that even possible?" Anand: "No, I was thinking what to eat tonight." Still not as hilarious as the Carlsen-Nepo press conferences, though. Just when you think the questions couldn't possibly get more ridiculous, someone asks Nepo if he had cut off his man-bun because he wanted to emulate the practice of samurai when they had dishonored themselves. (If I were Nepo I would've replied "yeah I was thinking about committing seppuku after that blunder, but unfortunately Staunton bishops just aren't pointy enough.")

[@VARMOT123]

India grew a lot since 2011 . Eat yogurt for gut bacteria change . There are all the best hotel chains as well

[@paulgoogol2652]

Anands biggest blunder was playing endgames against the best endgame player of all time between 2010 and 2020.

[@dannygjk]

12 game match 🤮

[@donsimons9810]

eesh… sick in India. That’s never good, and always happens

[@VARMOT123]

You realize poverty levels are widely different across the country right ?

[@donsimons9810]

@@VARMOT123 i wouldn't eat anywhere there. only sealed and imported items

[@Lodabar-1]

Wooooo first!!

[@shashishekhar----]

Its time for outsiders to ditch their bad view about India as the things have changed a lot for the better, chess is now more mainstream than ever and the players from the world are respected and appreciated here. So maybe you should come around one more time and see for yourself. India has a culture of hospitality itself though.