Queen's Gambit Declined: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

[@mikegreiner5711]

Out of all the chess lectures I've ever watched, this is one of them.

[@aanon4019]

barely!

[@sir_Edguhh]

Name something you remember about it besides the title

[@aanon4019]

@@sir_Edguhh chess was involved, probably

[@f.d.3289]

Except that if and but.

[@mikegreiner5711]

@@sir_Edguhh he gambited the queen

[@fireballxl-5748]

Thank you Alec Quinn! This is my favorite Finegold teaching format.

[@branislavlazin9285]

Obviously, Agincourt is place (Henry V, Shakespeare, etc.) of battle where the French were beaten silly and therefore retreated...

[@michael2244]

I always accept the gambit

[@koenth2359]

33:10 Your job is to stop Ra1. Ivanisevic is better than us, so he resigned. He stopped it. LOL

[@TinaMitchell-l7j]

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[@jetpaq]

Ben...please get an MRI on left brain. U may be too smart for our own good..

[@alecquinn784]

Thanks Ben, this is exactly what I wanted! Great content per usual!

[@RebeccaLoran]

Even this won't save my gameplay, because I'm terrible and always will be, but I can watch it anyway.

[@tgates99]

Attitude dictates altitude. Fly high!

[@RebeccaLoran]

@@tgates99 was mostly a meme because that's the kind of humor Ben has on his streams/videos ^_^

[@f.d.3289]

Just play 500 million blitz games and you'll CRUSH your opponent with *clickbait opening name* :)

[@RebeccaLoran]

@@f.d.3289 This SECRET OPENING will win ALL of your games!!!

[@hoegaarden2003]

"Cheating is a man's gift to himself" 😆I always enjoy Ben's sayings.

[@sir_Edguhh]

Suicide is a man’s way of saying “I quit”

[@facespaz]

Ben's Lecture Accepted. Thanks Ben!

[@djconnel]

Lecture: Queen's Gambit Declined "Read the Wikipedia article." "Thank you for watching my youtube video. Make sure to click and subscribe."

[@Rsn34gg.]

Your videos are very instructive if only more youtubers give such information for free like you 😅

[@michaelwright8896]

I've never seen a youtube video behind a pay wall.

[@Rsn34gg.]

@@michaelwright8896 most of creators nowadays sell courses or e-books and give low information to their audience

[@vsportsguy]

I had to ask the tournament director if en passant could be played in that scenario (pawn on the 6th rank vs a 2 rank pawn push). I was rated 1806. He wouldn't tell me. He said he's not allowed to give me advice. I was allowed to look through the rule book though. Luckily some nice bystander opened a rule book to the en passant page and it was clear. This was in an 1800+ section, so I was paired against an IM the first game... Yeah, not a good look and the tournament director was not nice about it. He was extremely condescending.

[@tabby7189]

"Not beating me, I'm RETIRED! I showed them!" 🤣

[@pierrewilliams5459]

Ben Finegold is Bob Ross for chess 👨‍🎨

[@jetpaq]

Bob wishes he was this funny!

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[@idocare6538]

Looking for a Queen's gambit declined video as white. 4 videos in and I don't see it and the titles don't indicate this is for black. SMH If Queen's Gambit declined is this abysmal, then maybe there is no point in playing the gambit.

[@DavidCook-pm4yf]

If you want it from White's perspective you're looking for Queen's gambit. They should go through variations of both accepted and declined versions. The word "declined" in the title should be an indication that it is a video from the Black side.

[@howboutdis3908]

When my opponent plays 1d4, I usually just resign. But i'll watch the video anyway.

[@dowaliby1]

Haha! Personally, I hate losing, especially in that position, so I usually ask for, well, actually demand, a draw.

[@jetpaq]

Also ben..look up TIA transient Ischemic attack...please.

[@gokuuzamaki977]

GO BEN!!!

[@TalsBadKidney]

Hell yeah

[@lostsoul2184]

Finally and obviously, greateblle

[@paulgoogol2652]

I think the QGD is frankly terrible for mediocre players. Black stands passively and white often gets this free pawn storm on the kingside which Caruana can easily defend. But I as a frankly terrible player want to be that guy pushing those pawns and only thinking about my next lunch.

[@smort123]

"He surely didn't crush me. My therapist said I should talk about this more." 😭

[@solidpython4964]

What is the purpose for white playing Nf3 vs Ne2 7:39

[@f.d.3289]

Go Queen's Gambit Lectures by GM Ben Finegold

[@paulo7907]

This is not for me, i never decline to watch a series less then 8 times

[@kim-tech-eu]

Ben Your videos are the best :)

[@josueramirez7247]

I have a little chess booklet that I got with a mini chess set that I bought many years ago from a school book orders catalog. It has a little section about openings and it has a page about the Queen’s Gambit. But for some reason, it shows and lists the moves for the QGD Marshall Defense. Weird right?

[@WastrelWay]

Yeah. I'm not sure there is such a thing. Edit: Oh, there is. Very suspicious.

[@josueramirez7247]

@@WastrelWay yup it’s a dubious opening. I quote from it below: “The moves so far have been: 1. d4, d5 2.c4, Nf6 3. Nf3, e6. White has offered his c4 pawn. If Black takes it, then White simply moves e4 and controls the center, threatening to go further by moving to e5 or d5. Often Black declines the gambit and develops slowly instead. The continuation might be: 4. Nc3, Be7 5. Bg5, 0-0 6. e3, Nc6. White will castle queen’s side and place his queen on d2, ready to attack. Black will soon advance his queen’s-side pawns, starting with b5 and a5. Or Black will try to undermine White by attacking the d4 pawn with c5.”

[@rajeshjalmi24]

Why En passant not work..??

[@rajeshjalmi24]

Plz reply this rule why it not work?

[@nickf31]

It's not en passant. The pawn doesn't move past another pawn when advancing its two squares where it could have been taken on the middle (missed) square. If you study the rule carefully you will get it

[@normalbutyl]

I play for mate every time and lose a lot. Lol

[@bigboobies2647]

Your time at the gym is definitely paying off. Look good Benji. Looking real good.

[@executivelifehacks6747]

His obliques and abdominals really poppin

[@bigboobies2647]

heck yeah they're poppin Papi@@executivelifehacks6747