GM Ben Finegold on His History with Hikaru's Family

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.... Clip with Ben [07-30-2023]
If you're interested in sponsoring a lecture of your choice, email Karen at [e-mail]
Signup or gift a chess.com Premium membership to get access to their lessons, remove ads, improve your chess, AND help Ben at the same time!! Upgrade your chess.com membership or join! - go.chess.com/fi....
Buy Merch today! ccscatlmerch.com/
Watch live at / itsbenandkaren
Donations are appreciated at: streamlabs.com...
Follow me on Twitter: / ben_finegold
#benfinegold #chess #SubSunday #Storytime

[@modernholyblues]

i knew ben finegold before he was born

[@seunghunlee2408]

And you are younger than him.

[@bomnitoperro9422]

I knew fen binegold before he died

[@The94Beanie]

And his childrens children

[@josem-1-2-3]

You met him in the nut sack ?

[@robdubent]

I might be dating myself here- but I have that same Chess Life magazine that was on your thumbnail. Crazy to watch Naka grow up and do big things. I also remember playing the Super Nationals tournament a long time ago- Hikaru was real little and he and his brother were playing. One of them lost a game, and I remember after the round, walking outside the playing hall and their mother was scolding them. I remember thinking ‘no wonder they play so well, strict parents’

[@fabiotorre8063]

Good afternoon from Brazil

[@judsongordy8872]

Everyone has a Hikaru story.

[@PistisAdelphos]

This one time at band camp....

[@CBFW_KO]

Finegold has Kramnik mouse skills

[@DC247]

"My question is... it's about the budget" This is why I watch

[@josueramirez7247]

The K. K. Karanja part around 8:07 was funny

[@Rubrickety]

I loved Sunil back when they recorded Muskrat Love with The Capstan.

[@PkGam]

It did seem like you met and played a ton of people from your prior stories. But this confirmed my guess, lol! Also a pretty neat game of attacking tactics how everything comboed with each other smoothly!

[@bobbyfischer6786]

Ben taught chuck norris to play the Halloween gambit before chuck Norris was born

[@rozsagabor4616]

3:04 oh man, he really trusts the enemy's amateurism :D

[@matthewevansteush6461]

chess is a microcosm of society ,people drop out and others are the level of fame.

[@true9536]

10:49 I laughed out loud... and then got very sad 😢

[@josueramirez7247]

Adult improvers are still a thing though, no? I guess it’s just that one does need to sacrifice a lot to improve and that’s true even when one have talent from a young age.

[@true9536]

@@josueramirez7247 sorta but also not really. There are sooo many adult improvers (me being among them) putting in all the (if not more) time and effort that the young players put in. You can meet these depressed 1400-2050's all over the world and at most tournaments. It's possible to improve to a point, but that diminishes with age.

[@reesthomas8467]

​@josueramirez7247 adult improvers above club level kinda arent a thing. Even people between 1500-2000 uscf actively getting better are kinda anomalies

[@maciektrybuszewski9964]

Ben lectured Chuck Norris, but Ben's wit turned into physical force during lectures.

[@robdubent]

🤨

[@piouswhale]

That ChessLife cover with Hikaru as a young kid is so cute! Looks like a goofy kid - and look at him now!

[@samiesta9996]

He still looks a little goofy tbh

[@hayhorca915]

He looks like a goofy kid but larger and older looking

[@jamesdingle3486]

Nice game! Castling was the blunder. d5 would have kept black in the game.

[@henrydeutsch5130]

wasn't there mate in 3 there instead of the queen? Ben must not play the stafford

[@paulmitchell5349]

More tattoos or more muscles ? I have TUSSLES.

[@y-s-]

ben finegold try not to gossip about hikaru's personal life, challenge level impossible

[@leonarderasmus6119]

Ben Finegold is famous for knowing Hikaru Nakamura.

[@iseriver3982]

Urgh, giving people marmite is banned under the Geneva convention. No one deserves that kind of abuse.

[@beeble2003]

When you tried Marmite, how much did you use? Lots of people use way, way too much. You want about half a teaspoon for a whole slice of toast. If you tried it that way and still don't like it, fair enough.

[@alexismamadou2193]

Cool stories ✌🏻Have you been invited to Hikaru's wedding?

[@12jswilson]

That poor woman!

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@12jswilsonweird comment and he’s married to a chess master how is that a hypothetical

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@12jswilsonyou don’t even know him

[@vercot7000]

@@12jswilson "I know Naka's bad because of one chessexplained incident a decade ago and him copystriking someone! I've totally never done bad things in life!"

[@MarcoPolo-pz4ch]

this guy use to be a good bullet player you know before it even existed, lol you couldn't even make this stuff up

[@nascarexperiencesbywilliam9488]

stop saying GD, thats when i switch to another video. Truth hurts