Ding Liren's Endgames - GM Ben Finegold - 2015.05.26

Grandmaster Ben Finegold profiles the endgames of China's #1 player, Ding Liren. Liren played in the 2012 SPICE Cup in Saint Louis.
Ding Liren vs. Chongseng Zeng, 2010
Wang Chen vs. Liren, 2010
Liren vs. Deshun Ziu, 2010
Bu Xiangzhi vs Ding Liren, Chinese Championship (2011)
Zhou Jianchao vs Liren, Chinese Chess Championships (2012)

[@prazzz8322]

Crazy that 8 years later Ding liren becomes World chess champion

[@gabrielbarile73]

One thing I love about this guy is that he knows a lot about chess world in general, is really instructive to listen him

[@valk128]

Anyone can win when they're winning, you gotta win when you're losing ! Finegold wisdom at it's finest. This is probably my third time running through Finegold's playlist, when can we expect him to come back for more lectures ?

[@Thaumazo83]

"at its finest", no apostrophe there

[@ronnyabt7952]

Ben Fingold's lectures are still the best :D

[@kvadratbitter]

They’re still still the best :D

[@DorSarfati]

Where do you get all those lecturers from? They are all fantastic! I haven't seen even one lecturer on this channel that wasn't absolutely great. I envy the kids there...

[@RaialMusic]

Love these vids, keep them coming!!!!!

[@Macbille]

sir? "I'm a kid" XDDDD

[@Lars-ce4rd]

27:10

[@nathanfewel6122]

Thanks for the great lecture and humor!

[@bananajoe700]

This guy is funny as hell!! Great video

[@maduroholdings]

I talked about that earlier but you forgot. proving you are not an elephant because elephants never forget. Such an awesome teacher Ben is. he corrected, reminded, softly reprimanded and made a teachable moment all while wrapping it up in allowing us to realize we are all fallable.

[@Majora1988]

Gotta love young Frankenstein at the end. Ben Simon at his best

[@Parralyzed]

4:45 that's how the kids roll

[@muskaka1268]

good lecture

[@cronicand]

Can someone make some Ben Finegold Bingo cards? "Terrible!" for free space.

[@RexNunc]

yum yum yum yum yum !

[@liver1865]

25:35 classic finegold loL

[@chewinggggggg]

Where is the varuzhan akobian? we missed his wonderful lecture!!

[@tylerbrown9631]

This is the clearest it's ever been illustrated for me why strong players prefer Bishops over knights in the endgame.

[@oktagon10]

38:45 In the "key position of my life" instead of 1...Ra6 I would consider 1...a3 2.Ra7 Rb1+ 3.Kf2 Rb2+ followed by 4...a2. But now I see that the game continuation is stronger.

[@emailjwr]

30:30 "furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation" is a very subtle simpsons reference, but one i caught and thoroughly enjoyed. finegold

[@666nevermore]

Man why did you came up with put it in h

[@theinstigatorr]

I love these contemporary chess game analyses, the classics are always great but they get boring eventually

[@fireballgfx]

which chess program did he use for his presentation?

[@Lufernaal]

Chessbase.

[@egee4210]

17:41

[@renehenriksen1735]

The rotating GM....Now with own helicopter... ;)

[@liver1865]

looooool :)

[@V8SupersQirreL]

...you didn't see me raising my hand! But you told me to - so i did! This is so german - raising the hand if somebody told you to do so!

[@Kabitu1]

Ben: You gotta put your pawns on the color of your opponents bishop so it can't move, lower rated players make the mistake of putting it on the opposite color so they can't get attacked. Also Ben: So the black pawns are one the same color as the bishop, so they can get attacked, the white pawns are on the opposite color so they can't be attacked, that's good for white.

[@giovannidigiacomo7002]

37:58 c7 win/draw move

[@muhammadmousa4192]

Neat idea but it fails to bishop takes c7. If you take the rook on b3, the only move to not be down material, black pawn recaptures and you must play bishop d4 to stop it from advancing. Computer evaluates this as around -4.2 in black's favor since black's king can just march in and win all your kingside pawns and the white bishop is completely tied down. Also there are tricks for black playing bishop b6 since the white bishop can't capture because it has to guard b2, so the black bishop forces its way in easily.

[@saxophoneguy]

lmfao 9:48

[@saxophoneguy]

yay :)

[@samuelrosenbalm]

39:23 I would have played rb1+ and then rb2+, and then my pawn just runs up the board. Edit: nevermind. That would work with a queen but not a rook.

[@bomnitoperro9422]

blacks king was sus even back then.

[@yashukumar14]

27:41 y cant white move rook to check blacks king then pin the bishop and rook

[@Kphyl]

+Yashu Kumar 6 months later... becuase of rook a1 :-)

[@walterparker2641]

There's actually three people watching.

[@liver1865]

TROLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@teddymills1]

Arjun needs to listen more and speak less.

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

Just like you do, WCH?

[@TheStimuli]

I wish the Marshall here in NYC did stuff like this

[@FilipEduard]

I have 8 Years (I was born at 2015.05.26)

[@h4rl3k1n]

I got the vet joke. Keep up the great work!

[@h4rl3k1n]

I guess so!

[@chesterturley1]

Leelee Phoenix I think "fixed" was the central pun of that joke.

[@h4rl3k1n]

What a horrifying joke. I love this guy.

[@sheikmanzoor5003]

This guy is the best chess teacher 🔥😅

[@cryoshakespeare4465]

Ben Finegold whips out a fantastic D in this lecture, better watch guys :)

[@xxAutoFlowxx]

Put the AC on Ben!

[@jonstennisacademy6421]

Roll them out the door!

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

yeah :D

[@captainzork6109]

0:40 you had me at Dike Dkummer

[@brenson1111]

Ben Finegold is an hero.

[@croshifter9762]

What is the name of the interface they use to show chess games?

[@SyncChrome]

croshifter Chessbase I think