Rapid Match Game 1: Rosen v Finegold

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Rapid Match with GM Ben Finegold vs IM Eric Rosen, Time Control: 10 inc 3
Clip from [11-19-2023]
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[@negative_b]

Any concern that sitting silently and playing chess doesn't qualify as "good content" can be assuaged by the fact that we got a game like that out of it. Excellent stuff!

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Who won? I woke just woke up. I'd argue nobody.

[@negative_b]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour I'd invite you to watch the video to find out who won. If you're saying it's the video that put you to sleep I'd invite you again to watch the video.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@negative_b Yeah, I watched it. Unfortunately, nobody won from this video in the end. Just Ben.

[@negative_b]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour You've gone from thinking nobody won to at least realizing that Ben won. You're developing a better understanding of chess by the minute! At this rate eventually you'll be able to appreciate the game in this video, I'm sure. Congrats, and keep up the good work. Everyone is proud of you.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@negative_b Thanks Dad, still nobody else won except Ben. I can watch all the great players play chess right on their website. Also, I'll receive the same appreciation of getting no thoughts.

[@wolfMetall]

The sighs of relief when the situation resolved was telling. That must have been intense.

[@vigilante8374]

Yeah. Eric just posted his stream on YT and as I recall his heartrate went over 120 once Ben started fighting back, then hit like 143 once he realized he screwed it up.

[@nabuk0d0n0s0r]

Go Eric, GO BEN! wait I'm confused

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

Confusing the audience

[@Chris.4345]

But stay there

[@pschneider1968]

But you were already confused before you came here to watch! ☝🧐😀

[@GG-bi8tb]

great game, hopefully we'll also get the analysis on another video

[@lordjaraxxus3864]

yes analysis for these games will be entertaining

[@Cyber_Elf_Elpizo]

That's one of the most intense games I've seen in a very long time

[@TommyLikeTom]

What I found interesting about this game was: 1) how safe Ben played. He moved his king so many times. 2) How he used his castle pawns to attack after moving his king into the corner 3) The ending was just an insane example of how black can defend and make a perfect comeback

[@JohnSmith-he5xg]

Eric threw the game hard at the end. He could have easily traded down to being up 2 pawns.

[@Keneo1]

Hes always telling us: in the opening move your pieces out and castle, but hes moving his pawns up and moving his king all the time

[@JohnSmith-he5xg]

@@Keneo1 Gotta know the rules so you know when to break them. That said, I think Ben was getting beaten pretty bad and was lucky Eric choked

[@12jswilson]

I'm pretty sure Ben was losing from basically move 8 or so. Luckily, Ben has a lot of experience being in a losing position, so beat Eric based on experience.

[@JohnSmith-he5xg]

@@12jswilson Lol. Ben had him right where he wanted him!

[@laidbackstrat9491]

Jesus Christ what a finish, that defense was incredible

[@Das_geht]

divinely inspired ! We saw a true miracle here today.

[@Tx66]

This is my favorite Ben video ever. I was on the edge of my seat for the whole video. What an absolutely sensational game.

[@Shottty101]

For a game that was mostly silent calculation I sure was on the edge of my seat the whole time!

[@klausheinherfaur6932]

Thanks Ben. I choked on my coffee and spat it out in a laughing fit after hearing the "move your leg to the left" joke.

[@Beashtman]

Wow that was an intense match!

[@brandonszpot8948]

Do not underestimate one who has grown old in a profession where men die young.

[@pschneider1968]

😂

[@MrQwerty2524]

I hate this pretentious bs in chess. Chess in general is definitely enjoyed by many old people... perhaps not on the top level but this goes for any sport. If you were talking about boxing, i'd understand.

[@Brusselpicker]

Chess is comparable to mathematics in that the older you get the less great work you do, most chess players will hit a peak in their late 20s to early thirties then decline slowly. You can name exceptions, Mikhail Tal or Paul Erdős but in general age does play a significant part.

[@Keneo1]

I like how ben follows his opening guidelines of move you pieces out and dont run your king up the board but castle in the opening, except for one thing…

[@B-fq7ff]

“The opening doesn’t matter” -Ben Finegold

[@scowell]

Stay here, Ben! But go. Great game, pins and needles.

[@italodessimon5777]

I was watching near the end and was like: if Rosen loses this it would be the worst loss from him I've ever seen

[@pulpsqwheeze7091]

what an intense game, and incredibly entertaining. I loved the super-duper manual castling, gotta love efficiency. Can't wait for the next round!

[@jondohnson8417]

WHAT A GAME!!! That was really entertaining!! I really enjoyed that!

[@eugenechadwell8557]

Gordamn! You were taken to school for Most of the Game. All the more amazing how you wheezled out of that sh*t Position. Kudos

[@Tophbbq]

26:29 for the glorious and inspiring Ben Finegold fist pump.

[@mikemast411]

That time scramble at the end... wowza, the eval bar shot way over to your favor after Eric's rook retreat.

[@andrewptob]

Nice comeback, Ben. Looked pretty bleak there!

[@rymlks]

This _is_ great youtube content. I was on the edge of my seat for this one. Great game!

[@osamudiamenazamegbe5337]

that was so intense. amazing fight/swindle/defense from ben.

[@kingsindian8948]

Just amazing defence for so long … and then a killer fast attack! Quite brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@eriklaggren5648]

Very enjoyable. Thank you Ben.

[@rediban]

What a tense game! GG

[@rreinierr4175]

Goddangggg that was intense Go Ben!!

[@BrokenZen311]

26:31 says it all

[@nkumm]

Would've been interesting to see a heart rate monitor hooked up to Ben at the end of this one!

[@sanekabc]

And blood pressure.

[@greatdane2609]

I thought that looked pretty dire the whole way. What a comeback!

[@12coleisabeast]

Dude that was one of the best games I’ve ever seen.. what a comeback

[@michaellear6904]

There should be more of these .

[@JudgeHolden13]

When Ben finally castled somehow and he proceeded with moving all of the pawns in front of his King

[@onenewworldmonkey]

AWESOME! The one I watched yesterday was great, too. This one I pulled my board out and set it up when he was attacking with the rook, knight, and queen to see what I would do while pausing the video. When you finally withstood his offense and put your queen on the diagonal from his rook, he moved his king off the row and you took his rook! I noticed you pulled your fist down as if to say: "Yeah!!" Thumbs up!

[@Deucely]

Suspense from move one, wow. Go Ben!

[@BrezHurley]

Great win!

[@JoseAntonio-qu8nk]

Impressive comeback, I guess Eric didn't let himself have enough time for the last moves.

[@cranberogelio]

AMAZING!! well done BEN

[@chadmacgargle5311]

This was a really fun game it reminds me of the first game between Marshall and Lasker

[@capcrunch7838]

I like the ten min vs the bullet.

[@TheMg49]

Good game. I enjoyed watching that. Thanks and thumbs up.

[@seekthe9]

that was an epic game!!

[@AquaticSkipper]

Now that was a Fine Bengold performance

[@tomflanagan878]

As much as I love Ben"s commentary, some of his best content is just playing. I think it encourages me to think about what I would play in the wild positions he gets himself into

[@OworBenard]

I have never seen such a tense game and I was shivering. I would have cracked much much earlier. It would be good to get an anlysis of this game

[@miqayelgrigoryan908]

what the hell did I witness! :)))

[@nimzomitch]

Go Ben! That first game was amazing

[@zjayt]

great game! amazing defense

[@aarongifs]

Go Ben! nice win, way to hang in there

[@billystratford]

wow that was amazing

[@gchomuk]

Hell of a game!

[@pepperwestwood]

Whose move is it

[@jdpaterson]

what a game. the expletives after winning lol

[@pschneider1968]

Wow, what a game! Incredible... Ben must really have nerves of steel 😲👍

[@vigilante8374]

Lol @ the reaction to CLSmith after 3:15 . Chat being their usual 200 IQ selves, including TryingtoLearn

[@RMF49]

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

[@apethings7671]

How intense was dat. Ben being quiet feel like fait of the world in on da line

[@nemeczek67]

One of the nicest chess streamers. And Eric is not bad either.

[@andrewmack7614]

Good job!

[@SouthIndianLifeAustralia]

The quitest stream I have seen! Good game :)

[@TBKGOLDY]

Spectacular.

[@lostsoul2184]

Now this is the match we wanna see OTB ASAP

[@natew.7951]

That was intense

[@asd35918]

Twice I went to unpause this video to find it was still running. 😂

[@JojenReed]

THIS IS CHESS BABYYY!!! GOOD JOB BEN!

[@user-ox6su3mw7b]

that was sick master, good job doggie

[@thatcoul]

Great defense

[@tolkienfan1972]

Cool game!

[@brenlencaldan]

CRAZY

[@kevinmartingreen]

What an endgame!

[@shadeburst]

Usually your videos enable subtitles for the hard of hearing like myself? I got maybe one in five words.

[@davidgoble8891]

Got my very own "Rawr" T-shirt "GO BEN"

[@5piral0ut]

I enjoyed the brown noise throughout.

[@Julian-AJCP]

Insane defense

[@Joey-cz3js]

insane defense

[@eduardciuca217]

GO BEN !!!!!

[@jackslater8688]

Good job Ben

[@michaelhall982]

My god! Game 1 good content

[@JHank-yb4jv]

I always thought that Rosen had a book in him on early game traps

[@anosmianAcrimony]

WELL DONE BEN!!

[@kbear8293]

Still theory.

[@bullpaxton2001]

haha the enemy was at the gates! fun game

[@jeffreywold2329]

Good grief! Way to go Mr. Finegold!!!

[@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579]

I'm watching this for the first time saying to myself, "Eric is going to kick himself when he loses this game."

[@allengainzmma]

I love how through most of the video the chat (and even mods) are just calling each other out for either suggesting moves or asking if there’s a certain way they can suggest a move😂. They just wouldn’t let it go lmao

[@matthewkoveleski9131]

I noticed that too. It was quite entertaining! I think it all started because someone said Ke7!, but it was after Ben made that move, so I guess the guy was mad that he got muted since he wasn’t actually suggesting moves.

[@allengainzmma]

@@matthewkoveleski9131 Yeah lmao not gonna lie it was hilarious. You had the guys who were suggesting moves, people complaining about suggesting moves, and the rest were trying to kiss Ben’s ass and calling each other out😂 I don’t know why when people are in chat every brain cell leaves them until the end of stream😂

[@indoorkangaroo3431]

Go Ben! Stayed relatively cool all the while Rosen put on the pressure

[@PkGam]

Winner plays F3/F6 next game depending on the color!

[@craigriglin]

Ben how did knight dematerialized. It was there one moment next it was gone!

[@ToriYamazaki]

He's a tough cookie!

[@chadmacgargle5311]

If Eric Rosen were a shape he'd be a trapezoid. All those tactics then GM Ben Finegold finishes the game like he's playing 9 ball. What kind of fruit does a geometry grow? That's bananas! Go Ben!

[@kmarasin]

Eric, that's called getting old-manned

[@MurrayHerts]

go Ben

[@ahmedabdulwehab5665]

Thanks for the game! Was so enjoyable! I thought white was winning till I don't really what happened!

[@kapa1611]

yay, it's Ben and sleepy Rosen

[@TimJapan]

Masterclass in defence

[@jonasbon2781]

Accidentally paused, didn't notice until 15 minutes after.

[@shadeburst]

"Beginner" tactics like pawns on a7 and b6 would have prevented a lot of heartache here. I make the enemy pieces die taking pawns not pieces.

[@planezero]

Goooo Ben

[@farhanwkwk2233]

Go ben

[@ChancyKanyangama-sv6ui]

A good video to sleep on