Great Players of the Past: Péter Lékó

[@trent797]

I'm older than a great player of the past. The truth hurts.

[@elbomporino]

What does Ben Finegold say when he goes to the dentist?

[@thomas6837]

​@@elbomporinoThe root hurts?

[@emilpietras4428]

Confusing the audience

[@richharr]

I know what school you went to

[@kerryfry1857]

@@elbomporino very suspicious 🤔

[@benconover72]

Lékó still relevant, enjoying his coverage of the world cup 2023.

[@sir_vival3087]

There is a video where Leko talks about the game vs Kramnik, but its in german. Few takeaways: Leko was already out of prep when Kramnik played Re4. Leko was so shocked he thought for 55 minutes after that move. A bit later, when he made the Qd3 move Kramnik was out of prep, too. Until then he only played prepared moves and barely spent any time, while Leko was down to 7 minutes. Somehow Kramnik and his team missed Qd3 during the preparation

[@chanky1000]

Great Players of the past and the morphy series are my favorite videos of Ben

[@adilbrohi2799]

I love it when he reviews morphy games!

[@ilet3049]

watching Kamnik-Leko "live" on the internet back then reignited my interest in chess. I started studying and playing much more online. If someone asks me to name a player, I would always think of Leko first, but out loud I'd name some world champion or whatnot.

[@RaptorsReport]

Love that second game. Great explanation, and incredibly impressive for Leko to find the knight tactic to defeat Kramnik’s preparation.

[@tigerspaw]

Hopefully Leko will one day with his best games collection. “Mild Warmth on the Board”

[@danielholta5721]

Dude im absolutley loving these blast from the past videos!

[@wiadroman]

Man, I'd like to see a lecture about that player Ben mentions so often: Still Prep

[@A51838]

i wonder if he ever had a match against Still Theory

[@bine35]

I love history, thanks a lot for this series

[@ibazulic]

Great lecture, all three games were really excellent and enjoyable. I never knew Peter Leko was this strong, really a fantastic player.

[@fedkarphitchamer9905]

Yay! Love Leko. In my opinion he is the best commentator around!

[@sayandas5]

Leko is almost as much of a positional genius as Karpov. Of course, Karpov in his prime wouldn't let you breathe . While Leko would "cemento" his position and stop all counterplay.

[@smerdyakovkb9782]

Leko: a great player of the past and the #1 GOAT commentator, as we all know!! Big shouts out to Ben for making this video!

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

peter is my second favourite chess game commentator, only second to another peter ( svidler xD). he always seems above and beyond the commentators that he is commentating with. anybody with a little bit of chess knowledge appreciates his commentary i think.

[@JPCPSeto]

I still can't understand how tiny Ulf Andersson's Wikipedia is compared to others. Of course he wasn't almost world champion like Leko, but he was an elite player in the 70s, 80s and 90s and his article is like a quarter of Leko's.

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

Omg mman I looove this type pf videos u making Specially when u explain ur thought or u expalin moves Plz keep this tyoe videos coming Its soo good ❤❤

[@JoopWilkens]

Great video! Very instructional and explained well.

[@maciektrybuszewski9964]

Leko is also training Keymer, what wasnt mentioned.

[@pogepi]

Great video Ben, best chess teacher on dee internet

[@gana7206]

I saw Ben lots of times today in Vegas

[@isolani]

Enjoyable appreciation of Péter Lékó. Thanks.

[@Matser3000]

Go ben!

[@kdub1242]

In complicated openings with lots of branching variations, my own prep rarely goes beyond move 40. That's why I haven't yet cracked the 500 ELO barrier.

[@StoshGalumpke]

Ben, you're the best !

[@shokedsoans2622]

Thoroughly missed Leko and Polgar at the last world championship match

[@jayyy5270]

Peter Leko and Ben Finegold are my honorary Grandfathers

[@strangelyrepulsive77]

35:55 mainly against the white king

[@euclideszoto997]

Lego and Svidler are the top two chess commentators in the world.

[@PhildoBaggins]

Cemented

[@12jswilson]

Without fact checking, I think the unification match was Anand v Topalov

[@sportsjefe]

It was Kramnik Topalov in 2006.

[@12jswilson]

@@sportsjefe and then Anand v Topalov is the first reunified championship in 2006. That makes sense

[@alex-wt7oq]

Kramniks team couldn’t find Qd3, and neither could the computer for a very long time.

[@thorstenjaeger1203]

Leko great, Video great, nothing more. to say 😘

[@JPCPSeto]

The story about Leko's win in the Marshall against Kramnik is that Svidler came up with the idea of sacking the queen and promoting the pawn, but that he didn't really analyse the prep deeply, because there was a big cricket match going on. Svidler just didn't do the work. Talk about priorities.

[@newstart4981]

42:01 Why couldn't white just take on c5?

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

fxg3 threatening mate hxg3 avoiding mate Bxc5 unleashing black's dark bishop on a very nice diagonal to white king, from which the king cannot escape Engine gives 2.8 to black at depth 20 with the best continuation similar to the game - Re4 Bxf2 ; Qxf2 Rxf2; Kxf2 Qh2+

[@anubis2745]

32:13 I guess if white plays Bxg5 here then Qf5 is just a fork?

[@pacopovedano]

Blimey! So imposing!

[@DeadlySpecies]

It was kramnik - topalov remember toilet gate?

[@nicholasdupont9097]

ASMR 25:00 25:27

[@danielcamachofrancabandier8392]

Dude, you look just like Slavoj Zizek

[@fabian13333]

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[@randybailin4902]

Spoiler alert: Ben has a very high regard for Peter Leko

[@ilanpi]

You don't know about Mark Twain.

[@answeris4217]

Do you have a...."Put in an H...Rawr!!!" T SHIRT...

[@leaks1965]

I will never be more than a 1000. Truth hurts!

[@justsoification]

his name is Magnoose

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

18:40 tggffgffg

[@aluminiumknight4038]

I think the unifying match was the toilet championship between kramy and toppy

[@mountainmanwatchreviews8081]

Not a lot to do in Hungary as a kid I guess. 😂

[@headholio]

I've seen and commented on this before. Ben looks to me to be on some stimulant, maybe for weight loss and maybe recreationally, but he doesn't hide it well. Shaky voice, lip smacking, licking, overactive tongue, and an obvious absence of his relaxed humorous style. It's a bummer because it affects the quality of the video

[@barrystevens-3765]

Ozempic?

[@greytoeimp]

Don’t watch it 😢

[@headholio]

@@barrystevens-3765 Ozempic suppresses appetite like stimulants do, but it isn't a stimulant, so I don't think so. But it looks like Ben is losing weight. Good for him!