The Bishop Pair, with GM Ben Finegold

[@thekaying]

Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 23:44 - The lesson

[@coleyamos]

lol 👏🏻

[@wertyoomusic]

These lectures are priceless Mr. Finegold... Ty for the recordings

[@chrisSo91]

Wow the old southern guy actually had some insightful commentary at the end.

[@AG-ld6rv]

Oh, you mean Dave?

[@baoboumusic]

​@@AG-ld6rv everybody knows Dave

[@jonathanbuchanan5441]

I love your dry humor paired with excellent information 👌

[@Tophbbq]

41:24 The Lost Tapes of Nimzowitsch LOL

[@Dylan23-]

😂😂

[@maxjello2003]

rare toph yt comment discovered 😯

[@1010tuta]

Best lectures on the internet

[@Asallam_Sensei]

Benst by test. Fischer.

[@bengtrademacher1758]

Two Bishops, wat else

[@carneades4409]

came here to say this

[@7applause653]

vat else*

[@bilyonarelifestile2226]

what is that from? who said it first and when? kasparov?

[@Ramin2340]

@@bilyonarelifestile2226 finegold lol

[@maxellcdr12]

*beeshups

[@solaireofastora4091]

Lost Tapes of Nimzowitsch… Conspiracy theorists come in all shapes and sizes, and chess ratings

[@WalterLiddy]

As a film buff, I enjoyed the Blair Witch Project reference. A more apt synopsis could not exist. "Nothing happens."

[@SevenTheJester]

Hah! 9:02 Aronian hoped erroneously! 😂

[@serrie85]

At 28:50 Ben says it is a French defense, but a French defense without c7=c5 being played looks very weird to me.

[@Rfl231x]

35:25 how can you have pawns and not be able to legally win?

[@robsonneves6189]

Imagine a position where white has pawns on a4, c4, e4 and g4, and black has pawns on a5, c5, e5 and g5. With only these pawns and the kings on the board this position is a draw because the kings are stuck on each side of the board since you can't legally put your king in check and there is no way to take/trade the pawns.

[@Rfl231x]

@@robsonneves6189 wow nice, tks

[@bledatunay]

"As the Germans would say, ich don't think so."

[@peule6422]

two bishops, vat else!

[@Asallam_Sensei]

hi, do you know the reference?

[@gristlecassidy3406]

Around the 16-17 minute mark, when white takes the bishop on B5, what is stopping black from pushing the A pawn to a5 instead of recapturing the bishop? Doesn’t this trap the rook?

[@leaderofcommunistchina1427]

Then its two bishops vs rook and the white king is closer to the pawns on b which is losing for black

[@gristlecassidy3406]

@@leaderofcommunistchina1427 lol I appreciate the reply! Seems obvious to me now, I guess I have learned a lot in the past 7 months, I definitely wouldnt go for that play now

[@baoboumusic]

​​​​@@gristlecassidy3406 Actually it's a very good question and a5 is only slightly worse than axb, says stockfish (although both are utterly lost). The easiest solution for a human is I think Bxb2 and now if black takes the rook you can play Ke2; and if black checks on D2 then the rook can escape. The computer likes Bb6 even better, but that's a LOT of tactics. Really worth playing this over with a board and pieces, making notes and then checking what you saw with the computer.

[@MrDkelsay]

Thank you!

[@douglasquaid7550]

wat else ?

[@allannouri6787]

I hope Raj has learned about Amdahl's law since this lecture. The decrease in compute time is unlikely to be linear w.r.t # of CPUs.

[@joshua8084]

Why you uploading old videos?

[@cdevergreenlawns1374]

Why is the title of this video not "The Bishop Pair, vwhat else?"

[@alfphy5364]

please make catalan theory videos

[@Asallam_Sensei]

Benst by test. Fischer.

[@trish8321]

2000 and ?? That's a compound sentence

[@georgiosvarachidis6596]

I'm watching carefully....

[@alfredgarrett5065]

I feel like practically Bishops are better but tactically knights are better

[@eugenechadwell8557]

the-wat-else!!

[@Henskill]

best lessons u can get for free (Im an adult)

[@scowell]

I miss Dave.... hope he's OK!

[@MrPrezer]

What are the knights do??Getting attacked!! hahahahahahaahh

[@Litago94]

The old masters claimed that two bishops are equivalent to rook and knight! believe it or not

[@jetpaq]

Top 20 favorite humans ever. Etc....

[@wwinger1]

The germans would rather say: Ich denke nicht

[@GregTurismo]

No talking. To the guy who talked a lot.

[@swanandkopardekar1718]

Why do demean others. Agreed that you are a GM. That does give you the right to insult novice chess players