Great Players of the Past: Akiba Rubinstein

[@marksolheim9690]

On the one hand, Dave paid for the class and was entitled to ask questions for the school he was paying for. On the other hand, shhh no talking.

[@A51838]

other hand for president

[@sublimeade]

Except for one thing

[@stephenberg6438]

Questions are 100% fair. Random pointless comments and rambling interjections, not as much.

[@smort123]

Legend says, Dave was asking Ben questions, even before either of them were born.

[@sublimeade]

Very suspicious

[@EgoCZ]

I like how Dave compliments everyone who gets a move right

[@barkman1739]

I can’t decide if Dave Vest’s interjections annoy me or if they’re my favorite part. 🤔😂

[@jmilla321]

The answer is fries

[@sublimeade]

We should gofundme another lesson for Dave

[@bilyonarelifestile2226]

frankly ridiculous

[@danbrooks5060]

he's fine, just like another kid in the audience expect he's class A

[@osgubben]

Annoying

[@CarsunGeorge]

Kid laughs. “That’s not as funny as you thought it was” hahahaha

[@TalsBadKidney]

Ben is just the one S tier chess KZbin guy

[@roqsteady5290]

There are lots of Rubinstein variations in different openings and in fact the g3 variation in this last game vs Capablanca is known as the Rubinstein system and is still main line today against the Tarrasch.

[@danielgautreau161]

Tarrasch and Nimzovich exchanged many barbs in print. Nimzovich referred to the Rubenstein system against the Tarrasch QGD as "the refutation".

[@FirstLast-gm9nu]

11:03 Great comment from Dave imo. He's just trying to learn for himself, but hearing him think through this position is teaching me more about it

[@skye275]

Shout outs to all pianists in here who’s favorite Rubinstein is Arthur

[@davidcopson5800]

No chance. It's Akiba all the way.

[@efyfnaes]

Thanks for adding this, I was screaming on the inside the whole time.

[@osgubben]

I like the kid with the lovely laughter😂

[@StahliCell]

I wish I could watch hours of Ben's lectures a day, unfortunately there are just so many recorder lectures and I'm pretty sure I watched them all :(

[@darklord2626]

Im sure you’ve watched his lectures at the St. Louis Chess Club, but just letting you know there are tons of those. But if you’re like me, you’ve watch all of those too🤣

[@jonathanDstrand]

can someone put a muzzle on that audience member lol

[@gsoos]

please old man can i listen to ben finegold for at least 10 seconds?

[@francescoassanti8335]

I like the cowboy interrupting the lecture, gives a special american touch

[@thinboxdictator6720]

I forgot about the annoying paying guy

[@pianoforpresident4154]

"psychological role the dice guy" man that cracks me up lol 26:38

[@Al.2]

48:30 or you take the rook R:b8 with the same threat Ra8+ so he has to take and then you take the pawn.

[@sublimeade]

Dave is a great student except for one thing 🙄

[@tylerhay6560]

Hi Ben, I’m a professional pianist and I’m really interested to know how Akiba was related to Arthur? Couldn’t find anything online apart from a lovely photo of the two of them playing a chess game as kids.

[@baoboumusic]

I was curious so I probably did the same searches and found the same as you. I also looked at Edward Winter's Chess Notes, but couldn't find anything there either. But maybe Dave has the answers ;)

[@gicko2338]

Rubinstein was a really common name. I think people were at one point buying that name because it used mean nobility, but after many people bought it, there were a lot of Rubinsteins. If I remember correctly that was discussed in one of the documentaries on Arthur Rubinstein available on KZbin. So probably there is no connection between Akiba and Arthur.

[@danielgautreau161]

At 6:48 perhaps W intended to pressure the P on d5 with Qd2 and Rd1, but changed his mind. After Qd2, Qe7 / cd5, cd5 / Nxe5?, Nxe5 / Qxd5, Rd8! / Qg5, Bxb4+. Or if Qd2, Qe7 / Rd1, Rd8. Also, at 13:41 if Qxg4 (or Bxh7+, Kxh7 / Qxg4 , Rd2! ), Rxd3 threatens the N on c3 but also threatens Rd2, and if Nb1 (covering d2 ) then Rc2. In the book Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces, the author Hans Kmoch gives Rxc3 and Rd7 three exclamation marks each, and two for Rh3...... Who beat Immanuel Lasker, Capablanca, and Alekhine the first time he played each of them?

[@ulrichschmidt5559]

Frank Marshall?

[@Deucely]

I don't know who's more suspicious, the lecturee or the lecturer. The answer is fries, much like the shirt he's wearing.

[@qazzaqstan]

This is the 2nd time I've seen game 1 in a few days, no complaints though it is pretty great.

[@IrrationalMoves]

I wonder how successful his students are? Where do I sign up?

[@hedger0w]

9:44 When will old Anand be young Anand? Soon.

[@pinofshame6253]

Who else thinks the arrows joke was really that funny lol

[@GraemeCree]

The five best players never to become world champion, not counting people like Morphy and Anderssen who had no chance, would probably be Rubinstein, Reshevsky, Keres, Korchnoi, and Tarrasch. Honorable Mentions to Schlechter, Bronstein and Leko for drawing a World Championship Match, and to Reuben Fine who thought he *was* world champion and nobody ever told him differently.

[@SenatorBluto]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Rubinstein would have defeated Lasker in a world championship match. There was no sloppiness in his games, he played as precisely as he possibly could.

[@roqsteady5290]

In the decade before the First World War, Rubinstein was probably the strongest player in the world and would probably have defeated anyone . But, unfortunately, after the war he never regained his form because of mental health problems that became increasingly debilitating.

[@saarsobol6797]

Why did you go to this old guy’s lecture?

[@smort123]

Which one?

[@davidb6477]

I LOVE Rubinstein and I love this lecture series, but I tapped out at 5 mins.

[@Sevenigma777]

Who was the instructor here?

[@Gingnose]

Dave is an excellent audience, except one thing...

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

great lecture Ben ! shut up Dave ! lol just joking. wholesome vibes. thanks guys! looking forward to the next GPOTP ! Rd2 double exclamation !!

[@ZackAntelmann-vc3ie]

Guy with useless comments totally ruined that video for me.

[@antaressky]

oh dave … miss the kids audience

[@dime124]

When a lecture becomes a seminar

[@jugglingbeast]

Tommy Lee Jones is taking Chess lessons from Ben?

[@anonymousAJ]

Great cartoon references of the past

[@bine35]

The best series

[@yosefcohen483]

Thank you, Ben. I prefer with the mustache. You missed a joke there - about the Rubinsteins both playing great on both black and white pieces. I assume 'pieces' isn't the word for those French fries on the piano. Go Ben. Yay!

[@TalsBadKidney]

Word mustache akiba is best akiba

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Can someone make a cut where they take out that one guy 😂

[@theJW55]

Then the remaining lecture would be about 15 sec. long, lol.

[@mario97br]

Second. As in second. Not the second. The second.

[@frednimzowi9852]

Wait s second, I'm confused 😂

[@sigurdh.s8320]

@@frednimzowi9852 I second that

[@aluminiumknight4038]

How much did he pay lol

[@todesque]

Nothing narcissistic or selfish about these constant interruptions at all ...

[@todesque]

Somebody in this class did not get enough attention from mommy and daddy as a kid.

[@andrushkathegiant]

sooqa blood pizdets he's one of my favourite rubinsteins

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

The problem with this player is that he went insane and spent the last twenty years of his life in an insane asylum.... It is kind of becomes hard to study him as a model of great chess when he went completely nuts. Very sad 😢

[@skirk248]

Must not be a fan of Fisher

[@michouharoliyk2050]

The Truth Hurts. - Actually, it only hurts dishonest people and religious nuts

[@CarsunGeorge]

Lol no the truth hurts grandmasters.

[@Woodflooralchemist]

First, if I was going to ever pay someone to teach me chess it would be you Ben, and I’d try my damnedest not to be THAT guy. Him in the back. The one that paid. Second this lecture is almost unwatchable.

[@Woodflooralchemist]

Ok I changed my mind. This is a master class in dealing with Dave.

[@Crackerbsls]

The Southern accent guy was very annoying. I mean, nobody, even Ben asked him. And he kept interrupting Ben and giving his comments like hMM I'm sO sMaRt, HmM hO Ho I'm sO fAnCy hO hO. Totally ruined the lecture for me.

[@tomswiftyphilo2504]

I like Artur Rubinstein better :)

[@ahrrydepp493]

What was that dave guy elo tho? He look like 1300 at most

[@ahrrydepp493]

That annoyin old man keep talkin...