Great Players of the Past: Gregory Kaidanov

[@brad.d.shoemaker]

Warning for viewers: jump scare at 0:25

[@YunocTV]

I am so happy to see you are still doing Lectures on YT, Twitch Streams just aren't my thing. But the Lectures are pure Gold I have watched them all since STLCC and CCSCATL probably multiple times lol. Go Ben!

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

You might even say the lectures are "fine" gold.

[@YunocTV]

@@vikramkrishnan6414 Exactly

[@notalily]

…but stay there.

[@Blaisem]

Kaidanov may not have been a world champion contender like other past greats covered in this series, but Ben's knowledge of him made it just as interesting, maybe even more instructive than usual.

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

This GM was long overdue for coverage! And who better to cover him than his own student!

[@ariconsul]

A romantic story at the end even for Valentine's day. Well done.

[@dsatorius7810]

Is this the guy who taught me the beautiful game of chess at UCSB? Ari!! Great to find you here!!

[@mario97br]

This was one of your best lectures, seeing it again after so long, you deserve another round of applaud.

[@mario97br]

And 1 year later still brilliant. Getting close to Kaidanovs 5 time analysis xD

[@vitalylomov4124]

Such a great tribute the Ben's teacher! Well done.

[@Rastarocket1]

I just watched your videos about opening traps and I needed one of them just one day later! That series is absolutely great! Keep up the work!

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

G.M. Ben Is the best!

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

If you're really into opening traps I recommend Igor Smirnov's Remote Chess Academy

[@PrithwijitTripathi]

GO BEN!! but stay there

[@BreakDowning]

Spectacular lecture. Go Ben!

[@danjeory3659]

"There was a tear in his eye... It wasn't because I listened to him. It was because I was crushing him. Truth hurts" 😂😂

[@anonymousAJ]

28:55 They did the dragon ball fusion dance and became Taidanov

[@SwapnilWaichale11]

One of my favorite Teachers! Go GM Finegold!

[@mychessnotebook8653]

That lecture was insanely instructive!

[@network_noob]

Nice story in the end. Thanks !

[@jimchen1819]

I'm glad ben went on his schpiel at 22:00, this gave me enough time to find the correct move :)

[@JimJWalker]

Kaidanov won the Florida Class Championship in 1990-91 in Orlando. I was there and remember him. IM Igor Ivanov was there as well.

[@dsatorius7810]

Love your videos, Ben. Thank you for the great content.

[@haimkichik]

Second game vs Taimanov is beautiful and impressive. Wow.

[@agentmbca]

All three were beasts during there time. Alexander personified class on and off the board. BTW Belgium is an awesome country

[@msalty2823]

Great lecture. Thank you.

[@aanon4019]

You mention he was more known as a strategic player -- would be cool to see more games that emphasize that style

[@JoeyVictory]

Go Ben, go lectures!

[@Bianstus]

"Maintain tension!"

[@malimoth]

Ben you a legend.

[@edwardwalsh4454]

After some thought about the "powerful premier pawn push" or 4P as the pawn move to square 4! Interesting naming for a move that has no title. Just a suggest, but a request for some feedback at best.

[@GregTurismo]

I’m surprised nobody started crying. You always tell me when someone starts to cry, but maybe that’s just your students.

[@Julian-br7wb]

I thought I heard you thank your "blunderful" sponsor and decided that was classic Finegold joke.

[@lorinbenedict]

:)

[@manmoth_1990]

Great games!

[@usgamechamp1091]

Another great video, TY

[@harrybilsonia]

Very nice lecture

[@fabian13333]

Beautiful thank you

[@zancospancos]

Quality lectures

[@12jswilson]

I saw that Vishy game in a puzzle somewhere.

[@Evilanious]

That queensac been a chess dot com puzzle of the day.

[@12jswilson]

@@Evilanious pretty sure that was it. 😂

[@andsviat]

Does Ben know every GM in the world?

[@pixification]

Sometimes the truth doesn’t hurt.

[@malachickisawesome]

LETTSSS GOOOOOOO

[@toniright4932]

😁How can that be: You don't remember the result where you are lost? My Wife says: " Entliest that your Favorite GM has a good sense of humor, and can be Joking on her self account".

[@bomnitoperro9422]

58:59 Hikaru ?

[@denunciator101]

me with some 'good' comment about zapata-anand!

[@Ares28Pictures]

Gregory Kindenough :D

[@jaylenlenear3944]

I wonder why he analyzed his games 5x !?!? Secret study secrets like that is what people want to o hear. I heard Zuzsa Polgar and Lev Poulgavsky would play 5 blindfold games a day which i highly doubt but still interesting

[@chrisrobbins2632]

So the US Chess Championship is different than the US Open Chess Championship? So confused.

[@aarons3014]

Yes. You could think of the first one as the US Closed. Invitation only.

[@edwardwalsh4454]

May I ask a silly question? I have indirectly asked on a previous vidsession about "Pawn Lift" being coined for the premier pawn push and now I confided to being baffled by the naming order and having the colors being reversed order. Am I confused easily? Yes, and I wonder if this is also a non-standard use of old that is never going to be corrected for vismental ease? Do you see what I see? THE TRUTH HURTS? I hope not for you or others but maybe change is not so bad and joyful. Thanks again for your sharing and fine fettle to yours. PS Drink green tea as a "pawn lift" for reaching 100% Just 1% improvement a day can lead to fantastic fantasies.

[@edwardwalsh4454]

I do understand you are showing the player's perspective but being a noob I have to concede, it is silly but sans standards this order could be transposed in other media. I guess that is chess, but I naively quess, Is this a vistest, that I am to best?

[@edwardwalsh4454]

And if anybody cares, the Green Tea is a counter move against promoting alcohol as it shortens lifespans and health spans. 100 years takes 100%. 1% a day you keep _____________ abbey, you just have to obey, oy vey! YOU should say, my chess BF.

[@agentmbca]

I think the C3 Sicilian is more dynamic for given blacks weak Caro-Kann defense

[@kmarasin]

In a stream once, you claimed you had never played GM Mednis.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Mednis was an IM, not a GM.

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

Mrs. Kaidanov too stronk pls nerf

[@anonymousAJ]

But is she too stump?

[@paulslack7298]

The Lion of Kentucky.

[@bomnitoperro9422]

Knigth fef five

[@Musicrafter12]

Taimanov died in 2016.

[@King.Mark.]

would you consider remaking some of your top watched video's that ya made on other channels before a few years back ,some have over half a million views now and could be something to look into one day for your own channel 👍

[@JAndrioli]

@8:06 "we're going to do a new Cher" ... please don't!

[@PrithwijitTripathi]

😂

[@ECPolitics]

Go Lauren Benedict! But stay there...

[@colwem]

How do you play tennis with everyone. I’m not a tennis player but when I’ve tried it’s an exhausting sport. I’m catching my breath after every point. But I’ve seen pictures of you from when you were a teenager on and you never looked fit. How the hell do you play tennis?

[@anonymousAJ]

Badly

[@VARMOT123]

You could play half court tennis even if you are not fully fit

[@Aphixx]

1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, 2021, 2022: Recency bias (Those were the years we put the useless masks over our eyes)

[@Aphixx]

(The truth hurts)