GM Ben Finegold vs IM Eric Rosen Blitz Chess

Synchronized chess streams. From May 24, 2019 chess.com Arena Kings. Grandmaster Ben Finegold plays International Master Eric Rosen in a 3 minute blitz game.
Game details here: www.chess.com/...
Ben's Twitch Stream / gmbenjaminfinegold
Eric's Twitch Stream / imrosen

[@danialj9434]

Eric looks like he's in a Zoom interview and Ben looks like he's playing from prison

[@silentoccasion4359]

Lmao

[@top-s1mple426]

LMAO

[@tluk1861]

😂😂

[@americannacho]

I almost died reading this 😂

[@wolfgangi]

LMFAO

[@familydinner1]

"F6 coming. Bam!" "Never play F6!" Watching my 2 favorite players talking to each other. 🤣

[@jdeb0066]

"Confusing the audience"

[@Alan-gd3me]

+ I love it 2))

[@Calabresa022]

Its even more amusing that tbey are not even hearing one another, so they really know each other

[@Chadner]

Yeah I just realized that they probably are my two favorite aswell haha

[@joebrett3614]

@@Chadner Mine too!

[@Bennerboi]

I love how they both used the quote "always retreat", great minds think alike!

[@dman120888]

Rosen quotes Ben a lot, that's one of the Finegold rules

[@diabl2master]

@a -a Wow, so in this video the student finally beats the mentor! A nice moment

[@ramsesquezada6473]

The quote "great minds think alike" is actually a shortening of the correct quote "Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ" which is ironic because you typically use "great minds think alike" to spur on an idea simply because someone shares it, but the original intention of the quote is the direct opposite; it's to warn against beleving in an idea simply because someone else had it. Because great minds might think somewhere close to eachother, but it's rare for fools to differ in thought.

[@joejitsu034]

Ramses Quezada This is a brilliant comment & one of the reasons I love the internet. Outstanding effort sir 👍

[@danielhanafin9885]

Both of them saying always retreat was classic. I now say this to myself when I'm playing and no one is watching, thanks Ben

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

Ben thinking old and slowly "Is he O.K.? Slightly concerned for him."

[@HiveDes]

That’s Eric’s trash talk 😂

[@teiaperigosa]

lmmfao

[@freedomdiev3353]

3:20

[@detectivemarkseven]

@@HiveDes calm trash talk

[@randomsleepyness]

Karen was distracting him

[@xanshen6755]

Eric: “ah, he’s playing solidly” Ben: “check - aww he took back :(“

[@Chris.4345]

I realize sometimes that Ben has forgotten more about chess than Rosen knows.

[@rohithjacob4699]

He is tired and de motivated now

[@hikarunakamura6798]

@@rohithjacob4699 And old don't forget old

[@harrisonj356]

@@hikarunakamura6798 nope

[@rohithjacob4699]

@@hikarunakamura6798 ok ok 👌

[@rohithjacob4699]

U cant say old people are demotivated.. Look at our boy anand🥰(thank goodness because of him we have so many gms from india today )but still usa has the most gms in the world right now

[@LegendaryFartMaster]

This was surprisingly good! Watching a game with both players speaking in different ears was super instructive. Please do more!

[@JAIGOLOKASW]

Hare Krishan

[@smaklilu90]

If you are using android.. Go to settings > accessibility > audio > mono. Change it to stero when you finish watching the video.

[@diabl2master]

Eric is actually in both sides while Ben's audio is left only. IDK why 🤣

[@ammarmohsin3685]

@@smaklilu90 thank you..

[@rhettzkie]

Never play f6

[@skrski4549]

I love how Ben thinks for 30 sec to play f3 and then sees his bishop is hanging 😂😂

[@jedinxf7]

and that is why you never play f3

[@mr.z6252]

Ben thought of F3, cause it will attack Eric's E4 bishop, but he consider Eric goes for Rook G5 (attack the queen)

[@rigakent6443]

finegold - "yeey go eric" eric - " his name sounds familiar" hahaha

[@whataboutthis10]

Ben: 'who said im slow?' Also Ben: uses 40 seconds for the move

[@stylersimon1]

"The Bishop is trapped" *Next move, giving up the bishop for as many pawns as possible* "WOW He is saccing material!?!"

[@maxkho00]

@@dhjdnebeueieiwjwheueh6609 No, Ben would just cap on e4 and attack both the bishop and the knight. And now, instead of losing a pawns' worth of material, you've lost two pawns' worth of material.

[@goodluk654]

How is e4 working? After e4, just exf4 and attacks white queen, you have to move it and you've just lost a piece.

[@HieronymousLex]

He decided to lose the knight in place of the bishop. It’s as simple as that

[@NickSarafa]

These synced videos are dope

[@jarallah15]

Breaking News: F6 is perfectly fine

[@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308]

🤣🤣🤣

[@VincentFarrugia]

Incorrect!

[@amun1040]

In some positions.

[@principal_optimism]

NEVER PLAY F6

[@Nimloth333]

F6 is coming! Brace yourself

[@vodozhaba]

5:35 when you’re a grandmaster you can move your rook twice per move.

[@thatoneguy9582]

I’m pretty sure this is a joke -so I’m sorry for ruining it- But if it isn’t a joke he just premoved

[@manfrom20xx13]

that's the power of chess.com diamond membership

[@BenjaminWeeb]

You can also drag it to anywhere you want on the board.

[@ferasehsouna148]

@@thatoneguy9582 it's a finegold reference

[@HieronymousLex]

@@manfrom20xx13 LOL

[@thenewandrei4o94]

This has to be one of the most entertaining chess videos I've EVER SEEN. So fucking cool watching them think out loud about the same lines!!!

[@bunkbeds3001]

I only had 1 headphone in and I was wondering why Ben was muted, turns out it's actually a genius way to coherently understand 2 people as they talk over each other. Cool stuff

[@sisis608]

I didn't know that you could hear both of them as I only had my right earphone on. It's only after I read the comments that I knew you could hear both of them speaking in each ear lol.

[@ХушнудКучкаралиев]

Truth hearts

[@phabidz]

Awman my earphone broke and i only hear eric rosen lol

[@streetfood7568]

“Hey it’s Eric Rosen!” “His name sounds familiar...”

[@justinnanu4338]

This is great content. Subbed. Would love to see more. It was cool to hear them both talking about the same things at the same time, like when they were both commenting on how Eric had the bishop pair.

[@PikaPilot]

4:00 Eric - "I don't know what he's thinking" Ben - "Oh, my bishop's hanging!"

[@baillargeonnmario345]

Jesus! That was fast in the end. I had trouble keeping up with what they were doing.

[@tomwallen7271]

I LOVE these stream cuts. Showing both of them talk to their stream and discussing the moves is so much fun. lol

[@matteovrizzi]

Even if he lost Ben is still the best!! BECAUSE HE SAID SO!!

[@Dan1elAndrade]

Wesley Só?

[@lerrygindgren2076]

in his chair for sure.

[@thegorn]

Raaaar!

[@randomsleepyness]

I keep coming back to this video. Love it

[@miyukiteishi9051]

"Now's the time to show my speed... and my passed pawns." XD

[@lowsiento]

"Bishops move backwards." - IM Eric Rosen

[@fadrus]

Love the analysis: Same rating, same amount of time but he has more bishops :)

[@ooaaveehoo]

More bishops is usually the key!

[@xDMrGarrison]

Ben is getting old. The truth hurts!

[@anandsharma2135]

that's terrible

[@nicanornunez9787]

According to botez, but he is still a beauty, according to everyone.

[@defenseagainststalking]

That happens to some humans. Not all, but some.

[@timwilson4772]

@@nicanornunez9787 botez sucks anyways.

[@victor6010]

no talking

[@edmis90]

My left ear liked Ben Finegold more than my right ear

[@blaoi1562]

Please do more ! I love both of them

[@anvb5a1]

When you like both players so much that you don't even know who to root for!

[@KhanyisoMapuma]

"Then we'll play and destroy his dreams" "Never play f6, come on!"

[@PushyPawn]

To see and hear it from both sides simultaneously was most enjoyable! I love both these guys. Thanks for compiling this.

[@salmon2518]

Eric : he's trying to destroy me Ben: why do I have less time even tho I have more time

[@kulkarniajinkya]

1:39 Never play F6! hahahaha

[@mypony891]

That was great to watch! Thank you for having both of their commentaries at the same time.

[@mattelwell3837]

Eric at the beginning: "Let's play... chess." Like what, are you going to play tic tac toe or something.

[@revazbakuradze8338]

LETS GOOO ERIC. WELL PLAYED I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT. SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE :-)

[@V8SupersQirreL]

This was an amazing double commentary! Nice game and brave to play f6. I love them both!

[@akiyamach]

Oh my God, this game is pure *gold* ✨😂

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

“F6!! Bam!” “Never play F6.”

[@tobbas997]

This was great, please do more 😊

[@kirkstable]

2019 dirty flag champion of the universe Eric Rosen

[@freedom9729]

I almost flagged him but he checkmated me just before lol

[@freedom9729]

(It wasn't a close game)

[@Kernel15]

I mean, is it really dirty flagging if you won on time in a winning position?

[@catswag16]

It's not dirty since he was up material

[@98danielray]

he was winning, dude

[@Merctreads12]

Ben: oh its eric Eric: his name sounds familiar

[@Winkmyster]

Title: "Meme lord vs old gold"

[@RareGondola]

Amazing job syncing these up, thank you!

[@thecakeredux]

Everyone within the chess streamer community seems so nice, it's really lifting up my spirits.

[@Meruem4]

&#%@ you!

[@dik2bik]

Very cool to hear the thought process from both sides

[@nonavailable4000]

Very nicely done !!! mixing both audios !! in the same video !. Saves me lots of time from needlessly watching both of their two separate streams !! LOL😆

[@alan7252]

This is awesome, I'd love to see more of these

[@Trynottoblink]

Haha I love this concept of synced streams. Awesome.

[@Brieen]

F6 coming to destroy his dreams Never play f6 lool that got me

[@wiitabix320]

did not realise this was panned and was super confused watching with only one headphone in

[@sci_pain3409]

this is like watching your two favourite characters fight

[@dhruvyadav7715]

😂good joke

[@Larsykfz303]

I had 1 headphone on and did not realise he had dual channel audio 1 ear for each player

[@vasuyaduvanshi4135]

Me too

[@lbp_chessguy5640]

Awesome to see both players' reactions! Eric is really getting good! (GM soon!?) ;D

[@kylejohnson8447]

Whenever he decides to go for it, it's his.

[@jolltkokpmoklokkd6704]

Not gonna happen

[@CookedOnions]

@@jolltkokpmoklokkd6704 He's a GM now lol

[@nitram3445]

@@CookedOnions no he isn't

[@jolltkokpmoklokkd6704]

@@CookedOnions he is not. Lol.

[@carnivaltym]

That was great to hear you both! Monsters!

[@jarnevon9237]

Suddenly there's a time mystery in the last 30 seconds us humans can not get

[@TwelveDeck]

This is a great idea having both players commentating from their own side of the fence without actually hearing what each other is saying. Really interesting.

[@apptreeline]

The editing is amazing! Good work (even putting the arrows in)

[@dhruvyadav7715]

😂😂😂

[@L7MeansSquarePodcast]

Both my chess KZbin gotos battling?? Ayo bet.

[@cydeffect22]

I love watching both of you play. GG

[@nathano6277]

Perfect example of why my games need increments. The phrase "GIVE ME 2 SECONDS TO THINK!!" originally came from a chess game. In all seriousness though congrats on picking up the win.

[@sameash3153]

This was a valuable game to watch. The way he trapped the bishops twice was amazing.

[@pornotraktor089]

Eric Rosen: All he does is playing chess Also Eric Rosen:"alright let's play chess"

[@ibrahimandirin]

1:19 *moves a pawn* "Ah man he wants to destroy me!"

[@sephyy.c5360]

pond?

[@ibrahimandirin]

@@sephyy.c5360Haha i thought its the way to write it. Thanks for correcting me!

[@raulalbanil1984]

Cause instead of trading material, ben wanted to push even more pieces for the attack

[@HiddenGully]

I love this format ty

[@icedlemontea6042]

If you titled "oh no my bishop", I wouldn't know who was saying that before I clicked

[@Haru-fq4ze]

only just realized ben's mic is on the left of my earphone and eric's on right..

[@219ms]

"i'll play f6 and destroy his dreams" - Eric Rosen, May 24 2019

[@alexanderdomnick7195]

Imagine if we had advanced technology that we could hear other top players thoughts on the game, during the game, in tournaments. I’ve always wondered what Magnus is thinking when he plays and think it would be cool to see his thought process in real time

[@EIIlast2791]

Alexander Domnick agreed

[@Ridshoot]

still nice to see these two play

[@Justinsalehtv]

Love these videos

[@TheHigherSpace]

That's not fair, he played F6 and tricked Ben ..

[@kenmendoza6932]

Listened to this with a broken left earbud and didnt realize ben finegold was also talking until the end of the vid.

[@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

would’ve been more interesting if they played with increment

[@limit2620]

Ben would probably win

[@JankyDice96]

The time fucks everything everytime

[@leevimalmivaara2286]

Thank you! Very interesting!

[@SaqibHussain]

Two great chess players and epic ranting machines going at it together. That WAS fun and hilarious.

[@Died1209]

Holy shit, this was awesome! Great game! very cool perspective

[@gilber78]

“Same rating, same time, but he has more bishops”

[@MikeCenteno41]

You know Eric only played F6 just to mess with him

[@bobbyfishstix1189]

Great Game. Im subbing!

[@zacrusher3312]

Was expecting a "oh no! My queen"

[@PkGam]

Phenomenal idea!

[@Tocinos]

I feel like I'm sitting in the center seat of the car

[@s-rkids3805]

This was so funny thanks so much

[@txroshow]

this is so fun to watch

[@gonzalo4658]

That was the fastest pawn promotion i have ever seen

[@iammole1629]

Eric: Keeping the bishop pair. Let’s not Castle because there’s forks 👨🏻‍🎓♟ Ben: RAWWWWRRRRRR👹

[@aprianisitorus8168]

Alright Ben you was right, never play f6, good job man, i learned much from you

[@joeysingingchannel]

that speed at the end is terrifying.

[@endurogod5230]

I didnt even have headphones on and it sounded like they were on either sides if me, trippy

[@endurogod5230]

After 2 years I have just now realized my phone has a speaker on either side, thas crazy

[@Jack-Lack]

"Whoa, he's saccing material." You can' t sac material when your material was already marked for death to begin with (trapped). He just exchanged a knight for his trapped bishop.

[@SirSidi]

their comments are like the the conversations in anime fight scenes

[@steveolive214]

i like the sound of eric drinking things like coffee....kinda relaxing

[@pandapanda6948]

"Hes old and slow" Loses on time

[@mattcampbell4375]

A matchup made in heaven

[@DNJ9o9o]

Excellent!

[@enverismail6864]

Was torcher watching this

[@tfwthewhen]

my right ear wants to hear ben too