Finegold Takes on the Basics | 1 P.M. Kids' Class - GM Ben Finegold

Grandmaster Ben Finegold shares a glimpse at the (in)famous beginner kids' class, also known as "the one o'clock." See basic principles of the game in action, like aggressive play and controlling the center.
2016.12.11

[@kovyiscool]

I’m 27 and I belong in the 1 o’clock class.

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

Gotta start somewhere. The best thing about it is that I'm learning stuff and enjoying it.

[@serrie85]

27 is your rating?

[@orlonarsino6729]

@@Heisenberg-bt4em 😂😂😂

[@nicanornunez9787]

I'm 28 years old and elo.

[@hernanperez6435]

@@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer same

[@jfein7273]

"Did I leave my bishop there and lose my bishop? No, I retreated like a Frenchman." - Ben Finegold to elementary children

[@danielc3463]

epic

[@joaomarques8000]

9:20

[@FrancoisTremblay]

They're not that elementary. Some of those children are pretty complicated.

[@jeffheyer7783]

Hahaha

[@grouseghoul215]

I remember a wise cracking kid Named Ben Finegold at the East Detroit ( Michigan ) Chess Club in the late 1970's ( 1978 ) who was a joy to behold. He would play blindfold speed. He gave the ridiculous advantage of 5 minutes, and he only took 1 minute for himself. He would call moves and his helper would hit the clock. He either won outright, or forced you to lose on time. He was unbeatable. The adults couldn't win, the other teens couldn't win, he was simply a gift we all enjoyed while he was with us. I was the only person in the whole club who could out-wisecrack him. I think he didn't like it too much, but we both had fun with it. I used to tease him about being a good player for his age, and he would come back with something being a good move for it's age when the occasion arose. Ben would use an electronic clock, and his reflexes were so great, he made 6 moves and hit the clock 6 times in 1 second. The clock didn't move until he made his 7th move. Ben, I just found the chess section on youtube, and you are all over the place. Congrats on the life you've made for yourself, almost 40 years on, and you're still wisecracking your way through the game. I haven't played professionally in over 30 years, but play online all the time. I'm glad our paths crossed all those years ago, you made the life I had playing chess a lot more enjoyable, and I even learned a couple things. And you're wonderful for all the work with kids you're doing. That is a good move by anyone at any age. I would enjoy hearing from you. GG (Mike)

[@kobbieamoah9025]

Grouse Ghoul that's really nice what is ur rating now

[@NinjaTurtling]

Kobbie Amoah f

[@nonamed56]

rating or didn't happen

[@misanthrop1958]

+ Grouse Ghoul Ben didn`t answer to your post - suspicious...

[@anonsensename5101]

Grouse Ghoul The Ben from this video was born in Belgium I believe

[@bryanoberholtzer]

I felt good because I could answer every question Ben posed, then the one kid said he's five.

[@meetlawf3238]

I know the feeling buddy

[@treblebass8049]

😅😅😅

[@ErnestLebedev]

Does the truth hurt? ;)

[@rishabhpartap]

Hahaha

[@Schindlabua]

"I'm a grandmaster at giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks!" This guy. :D

[@JD2jr.]

holy shit. No wonder everyone was begging for more Finegold on all your past videos... He's witty *and* a great teacher. Laughed my ass off as he made joke after joke that none of the kids understood, but just doubled down when they acted confused. Thank you for existing, Ben.

[@normanwiedemeyer3338]

26:09 : "How could I attack this pawn?" one of the children: "With an airstrike" damn this guys first move must be c4!

[@elrah2467]

Explosive move!

[@hamazhamza5162]

Lmao

[@renehenriksen1735]

I didn´t know airborne rangers were that young.

[@inanis9801]

I saw this clip in a funny moments video from 2 years ago and had to track down the clip by the colour of the board and his shirt.

[@rydersonthestorm7175]

Ben Finegold...the only man to ever ask a 5 year old what Lawrence Olivier said to Dennis Hoffman :)

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

Dustin*

[@chappo8100]

Just in

[@mmgubin]

Is it safe?

[@red1728A]

"Did he play correctly?" "No." "Does he ever play correctly?" "No."

[@andyisyoda]

fantastic lecture style - so many teachers could learn from his question and answer technique. This should be mandatory watching for student teachers!

[@TheMrthatdude17]

andyisyoda this

[@Metalhammer1993]

well while his platonic teaching style (asking in a way, the student can get a vague idea of what´s right and fill in the blanks) is great, from my experience as a tutor (maths and chemistry) it´s the best working teaching method for most kids, he makes WAY to much adult jokes. like political jokes or wordplays or flat out racist jokes, that go way over the kids heads. like how would kids know what "retreat like a french man" means. they hardly even know there was a world war. let alone the second one. at least i´d guess that from the kids voices i heard in the video. i mean jokes like "when do you make a loosing move? i take 2 answers" "never" "i´ll take that, or when playing me" that´s a joke the kids can work with. but trump jokes, or the frenchmen joke are too much for children. i´m not saying they are not funny quite the opposite this guy nails my sense of humor perfectly. if he ever gets tired of chess he should become a comedian, i´m saying they are not suited for a childrens class. many jokes like that i´d only do with older students. like i´d even do really offensive jokes or borderline insulting ones. "you do the rest. you´ve got something between your ears yourself" "something between my ears?" "if you ask like that: pudding" but only with students ,that are old enough for this type of humor. i had a latin teacher who did that with exery student and a lot of the younger ones cried on a regular basis. cool dude great teacher for older students, strict, fair and funny if you are old enough for dark humor and sarcasm, burt totally not suited for younger children. Finegold reminds me a bit of him

[@losingisimproving5147]

Metalhammer1993 he makes those jokes for us. I think they’re funny

[@jezmillz]

He makes those jokes because this video was going on the internet. He's not just demonstrating for the kids, he's demonstrating for the internet audience as well.

[@neilsterooyjohnny1379]

Metalhammer1993 The Jokes wasnt for the kids.....

[@contactkeithstack]

So much shade being poured on defenseless children.

[@kochtrevor]

I'm a Grandmaster. I saw things before they were even filmed. Hilarious.

[@syyhkyrotta]

It's great to have Grandmaster Finegold back!

[@samsmusichub]

He sets up jokes like 5 moves ahead, like he's playing chess with conversation.

[@u.a.8525]

the legendary one a clock class

[@janikut_]

The legendary 1 o'clock class

[@gentleqez5172]

0:19 says kids will be quiet as the class will be on the net. Then says they won't see themselves, but hear themselves. Thats a real incentive to be quiet.

[@lemeandre]

you didn't understand. He meant they would be able to hear they were doing something wrong...

[@Larkstream]

Retreated like a Frenchman caught me off guard, my new favourite channel

[@Scy]

The mythical 1 o'clock class. I really thought it would be worse.

[@DavidVaughan00]

Loving that "tabula rasa" humor at the beginning

[@thyhashbrown8298]

Finally the one o’clock class we’ve been waiting for

[@oicwutudidder]

I'm going to watch this again on my birthday just so I can prove Ben Finegold wrong.

[@JimLink]

When my Rook and Queen are protecting each other, that's powerful!

[@dodu8105]

1.Never play f3 2.Always play Kb1 3.c4 explosive 4.Always play a4 5.d4 exclam! 6.some random pawn move:solid

[@gregbattis]

Never move pawns.

[@dodu8105]

That's not an alligator ,it's a crocodile

[@dodu8105]

I'm a grandmaster,i saw films before they were filmed.

[@dodu8105]

I'd talk hours about this position because i get paid by the hour.

[@fibonacci112358s]

h4! Put in an H!

[@IIIRobIII]

from the perspective of someone in his late twenties who didnt even know that castling was possible on queenside and what en passant was, these lectures are worth gold. very good for absolute beginners like me.

[@Fddlstxx]

did you grandpa lie to you about castling, too

[@Elandrianthetrue]

Gotta love the grown up humor presented to kids. Not the way to make kids laugh but sure makes me laugh.

[@bobdylan6237]

This was the best Christmas gift! I've missed your videos Ben, please make some more!

[@mmgubin]

I love this man so much. The infamous 1 o’clock class. May be my favorite Ben Finegold lecture. I laughed my ass off. I sometimes listen to these videos without even watching...and I don’t have the ability to play blind, but love them. And I do learn a lot.

[@citymonkey5929]

He is great in teaching these kids something. Kids maybe dont get all this ironic or sarcastic jokes but they will understand what he is pointing out for them. Love it.

[@josephisadorebaldez8403]

A peek inside this infamous class is the best Christmas gift this year

[@mmgubin]

9:47 “You with some crazy comment” Kid: “you’re actually attacking the rook” Ben: “hey that was pretty crazy, thank you, good job” Bahahahaha

[@mmgubin]

Partial credit

[@Bradley_UA]

@@mmgubin frankly, ridiculous

[@freetherobots7441]

I just love learning from Finegold! He's so funny w his commentary

[@spacecaptainseth213]

Ben youre far too much and not quite enough all at the same time. I love you.

[@spacecaptainseth213]

Thank you for making this more about me at home then the small ones. This is why youre the best, i feel LOVED

[@spacecaptainseth213]

I am trying hard to compliment him but its so much easier to insult grandmaster finegold

[@jake_a_g]

He's just too good! I can only imagine how much these kids get out of this class!

[@bryanoberholtzer]

I'm nowhere near the target age for this class, but I express tell how much I enjoyed this video

[@soui6739]

9:47 "Alright, uh... Partial credit" LOL

[@soemoe8237]

What a great teacher! Your lessons are very helpful even for adult beginners like me. Thanks.

[@thomasscholz2569]

How did he know I'm 43? Very suspicious!

[@chucknola484]

stop talking

[@19andthe16]

The most hilarious class ive ever had. Period.

[@CesarDainezi]

"I'm a Grandmaster in giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks" LMAO

[@djrea4815]

I don't even play chess this guy is just hilarious.

[@petersmythe6484]

Ben's lessons are quite fun. He is really good at teaching chess, possibly comparable to how good he is at chess in fact.

[@bonerici]

instructive Finegold video . If you remember back in 1963 Max Euwe came out with a book called "Chess Master vs Chess Amateur" the idea being that most beginners (or actually most chess players, especially club players) don't actually learn anything from watching a grandmaster play another grandmaster. The mistakes that the grandmasters make are so small and difficult to understand, well if watching great chess made you better then we should just watch those 3000 Elo chess computers play each other but those games are like watching aliens play, absolutely impossible to understand for humans. It's not the great games that educate it's the common games, with common mistakes and these two games really nail down the rules like move each piece once, castle, make sure that the pieces are coordinated (that is they all protect each other) this is the basic stuff you learn when you first being taking chess lessons but it is very difficult to follow the lessons, and the main reason I think is that we try to learn with grandmaster games, instead of watching masters dissect club players. There the lessons are all obvious. Not developing your pieces is punished. Moving the same pieces over and over is punished. In just two games, you have a dozen examples of what to do and what not to do. Hope to see more of these great examples. I am pretty sure I caught most of the jokes, but it's like trying to catch bullets from a machine gun they come by so fast.

[@TheMrthatdude17]

Silly how i answer the questions as if i were there and one of those kids

[@sharonjuniorchess]

He has turned chess lessons into a Punch & Judy show 5:50 "I wonder what my Bishop's attacking?" "It's behind you ... its the Queen!" He takes audience participation to a completely different level and that's just the adults who are watching...Lol

[@jphb95]

Throwin’ seinfeld references to 5 year olds...you’re a legend, Mr. Finegold

[@gamingbutnotreally6077]

If only all my teachers were like Ben

[@TheHornetSquad]

Ben is bringing the salt with him today!

[@Crisisbiker]

Literally just starting to learn how to play chess and I never thought I would find stand up comedy at the same time! I was laughing so hard at some of his jokes and the comments from his (fans?) viewers as well.

[@hobodawg9364]

Assault and Battery ---- This guy is a legend!

[@SelfReflective]

Well, he's had many wives, I'm sure he knows legalese.

[@JohnSmith-tz7iy]

I love this because its dumbed down for the kids but it's also dumbed down for an adult new to chess like me. Thanks ben, also nice zingers as always

[@joebrett3614]

"Gotta Long Island-up that iced tea."

[@adrianmarmolejo5035]

im really enjoying this man

[@juggsmcbulge82]

I love this guy

[@richnern4601]

Prime example of how the new generation is gaining an edge over the others. If only I watched this video when I started to learn chess, what kind of player would I become

[@coostrowski9453]

Love this guy and his jokes

[@spyroninja]

(everybody complains) lol

[@121moham21]

Great teacher for kids and adult. very live teaching and funny!

[@rooseveltstokes7181]

He has such a good sense of humor...

[@jemand8462]

Ben Finegold to 5 year olds: "Did you ever watch the lowtalk episode on Seinfeld? Because you could do that. ... also what?" This guy is gold!

[@futurecollector]

This dude for sure taught a night time comedy traffic school 😂😂

[@rossmitchell5453]

The humor is just so above them it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 like every sentence has a genius joke in it like when he was talking about Star Wars and said “they were saying I went Rogue”😉

[@MultiAnonymous8]

There needs to be a website that sorts all of Ben's quotes. And also explain them because I don't understand 3/4 of the puns

[@brothershannon1990]

Man Ben Sure Misses That Club And They Really Miss Him

[@mmgubin]

A Peculiar People definitely

[@terrysouth7201]

not gonna lie...I'm learning some good stuff here with the kids and Ben, no shame in my game.

[@AufdemLaufenden777]

Ben you are a genius!

[@raststattewoman.6178]

Auf dem Laufenden he is =d

[@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027]

ONE O'CLOCK CLASS REPRESENT!!!

[@ericwisel7124]

Ben “welcome to the 1 o’clock class” Finegold

[@area51xi]

Pure genius.

[@isaiahgunn6435]

i love the ben videos !!!

[@jake_the_lawyer]

Ben Finegold is the BEST

[@majesticm4808]

It IS Anands birthday for me! Happy Birthday Anand.

[@terrabitic7090]

It was Anand's birthday a couple of weeks ago...so I doubt it.

[@majesticm4808]

Alas, I am wrong. Partial credit

[@triptychlux]

great man! I hardly ever play chess but I wish I had a chance to attend one of his lessons.

[@michaelchung1526]

I retreated like a Frenchman. I love it. LMAO

[@R4PTORZWIN]

This man's jokes are next level 😂

[@bashful228]

great with kids.

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

I AM VERY EXCITED AT HOME!!!

[@u.a.8525]

hahaha i love bens videos great stuff

[@JeredL]

You are too amazing!

[@marcelguikema7027]

Great channel! Never saw this before but you just got a new student. Keep up the good work!

[@Fopenplop]

this is like the 5th Finegold video I've watched and I just got the C4 joke.

[@johndoe5690]

I needed your comment to get it :|

[@alexbuerckholtz5734]

"Gotta Long Island up that Ice Tea" 12:24 -Mr. Finegold to kids :0

[@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027]

Here for the Finegold side commentary

[@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027]

lol @ 4:55 on

[@jemand8462]

"you with the right answer"

[@user-bw9oz1kw8l]

I think ive lost 200 elo from watching this video

[@taufiqutomo]

Never mind, perhaps I had something like 199 elo at the start of the video.

[@user-bw9oz1kw8l]

39 likes and top comment? it wasn't that funny

[@drsniffles23]

I've gained 200 ELO! 👍🏻😁

[@user-bw9oz1kw8l]

then you must have been a 100 elo before watching this

[@collaredgreens1600]

I am 200 elo... but I'm vegetables so it's good for my kind.

[@kaptenkrok8123]

legendary 1 oclock class

[@SickWhippet]

I missed you Ben ^_^

[@dago6410]

I want to see more 1o clock classes! I love'em (person who aint play chess here, but klnows the rules and watches this channel just to learn sth bout this game)

[@Elandrianthetrue]

"He retreated like a frenchmen" LMFAO

[@satadhi]

this is epic !

[@GeorgeAlexanderOz]

Yeah, right, they cut Jabba's appearence in "Rogue One", but they didn't cut Jabba's food budget. That made the movie sooo expensive.

[@ryanturner6929]

Best dad jokes ever

[@jeffheyer7783]

Love all the jokes that these kids would have no chance of getting lol

[@felixgromann9325]

*raises finger* „I retreated like a Frenchman!“

[@f.d.3289]

"I'm a grandmaster at giving up, that's why i get married in two weeks YAAAYYY" god i lost it

[@bilalkhares9337]

Ah the 1 o clock class I always here about.

[@HydrangeaFLWRS]

Lmao at The Police joke, "Every move I make, every breath I take. . ." XD

[@joachimfischer7480]

Those jokes are incredible for a chess class

[@atomicpiano]

His rating was 1350? That's like my rating and I don't play that badly haha. Love Ben by the way. Super nice guy and great teacher!

[@HawkOfGP]

People might play even worse than their rating if their opponent is a Grand Master because they think they have to be extra defensive or something.

[@skyltdockan]

Rxe4 at 17:50 was even stronger but more complicated.

[@martinbauer4909]

So this is the mysterical one o' clock class! But i have to tell Ben that here a class D player is most likely to be able to play e4 or d4 on the first move ;-)