Opening Traps, with GM Ben Finegold

GM Ben Finegold teaches the U1400 class about various Opening Traps. This lecture was recorded on January 14, 2018 at CCSCATL.
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[@iLikesTheCoke]

Go Ben from the past!

[@carsonbath6345]

Ben to the kids "shut the hell up" or we, the viewers can't hear. And that's what I'm talking about, Ben.

[@solidpython4964]

Hearing Ben say the number 3 is mamedyarov is funny, forgot that this would be recorded years ago lol

[@crclayton]

Not to mention saying Magnus Carlsen is the world champion.

[@shokedsoans2622]

The one that always gives me whiplash is Aronian, like what happened to that guy?

[@solidpython4964]

@@shokedsoans2622 nothing, he was world number 2 for a long time, and he’s just a bit on the older side now. Not fully out of competition but still.

[@Luminc]

Mamedyarov is a beast though, but his chess is too pure for this world

[@wkusam123]

That same kid is ALWAYS talking in Ben’s videos. It’s like the kid thinks Ben is talking only to him, and the kid wants to respond to every sentence. Insane.

[@vivvoe7722]

Are you seriosly an adult calling out a child based on an adults understanding of social cues and circumstances? That's a bit narrow-sighted. Children has not developed Theory of Mind as an adult, so seeing the room through the perspective of others isn't to the same ability as an adult.

[@dilanmashru1948]

i know its adorable

[@optimalbrand]

lol

[@thegreatfapsby5786]

@@vivvoe7722 Theory of Mind lmao

[@user-eu3fi5sn7b]

The damn kid touching the camera 😅

[@thorstenjaeger1203]

I think, this was the fourth(?) time for me liking this Video! Yes, IT'S an Evergreen!!!

[@JessicaMorgani]

"you can go outside" 💀

[@Lunibruniful]

Oh boy, my favorite Ben Finegold

[@twistedoperator4422]

"The first step to failure is to try "

[@SakuRyze]

38:30 Um actually, on average, considering all rarities, a Pokémon card is worth $1.29. Therefore, if the one million Pokémon cards have equal chances of being any rarity, the kids were correct to choose one million Pokémon cards over one million dollars.

[@konstanty8094]

That's why I play chess. Not to get better, but for those quick rushes of dopamine when someone falls for my opening trap.

[@twistedoperator4422]

Appreciate the vid for us poors.

[@Eidenhoek]

Why would a German like a video with nein examples?

[@ghoxted2789]

Don''t those two rules amount to do whatever u want? If I can't ask, then do!?

[@marianpalko2531]

28:13

[@vandammesque]

nom nom nom

[@not2tired]

I was hoping for a howto on Opening Tarps. Oh well.

[@xSh4dowNinja]

didn't know this lecture was recorded in the past so I was being gaslit into thinking Magnus was still world champion (lol)

[@dilanmashru1948]

stop being mean these classes with the kids and irl audiences are the best

[@NS-mm6jq]

Wait but Din Liren is a world champion😮

[@zxvc849]

Probably recorded long time ago

[@sublimeade]

Highly suspicious

[@shadourow-bathory6965]

@@zxvc849 2018 in the description

[@Etherglide]

Unwatchable rubbish.

[@chucknola484]

no talking!