The Smith-Morra Gambit Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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@kmarasin 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm Ben's ~9% Dragon prediction. In 1105 Blitz games on lichess, I've had black 555 times. In 328 cases, White opened with 1.e4, and in 118 cases, this led to the start of the Dragon after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6: that's 118/1105=0.1068 or 10.68%. Can also confirm that I have mental problems

@lukacalov1988 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh if you are below 2000 dont play dragon

@unit104 2 жыл бұрын

@@lukacalov1988 why? Who cares? I'm below 2000 and will play whatever stupid opening that I want. Do you think that my under 2000 rated opponent will know the refutation?

@kmarasin 2 жыл бұрын

2000 is probably my USCF rating ceiling, but I haven't played rated chess in 25 years

@howboutdis3908 Жыл бұрын

@@unit104 The refutation can come quite naturally if you just play your dragon structure after whatever your opponent plays after e4. I wouldn't say under 2000 but definitely under 1500 you shouldn't learn dragon theory. If your goal is to improve you should now the ideas behind the opening you're playing. If improving is not your goal, you can just wing with it of course and then you have an opening that sounds cool i guess.

@abuthahirumarhathab4201 Ай бұрын

I can also confirm that I have mental health issues 😅

@DocUK123 Жыл бұрын

'Knife f5' is a sharp move.

@griffinbur1118 2 жыл бұрын

The sheer contempt Ben has for van Wely's arrogance in walking into a line that he surely knew Esserman to be a true expert in is delightful.

@nickd5422 2 жыл бұрын

Analysis begins at 9:04

@AryeZam 5 ай бұрын

Would argue 10:10

@orozco6989 4 ай бұрын

More like min 14

@kmarasin 2 жыл бұрын

If you're wondering where GM van Wely went wrong, it appears that 15.Qf6 is the blunder. The position is "equal", but the play has been essentially forced, for both sides, for the last four moves. To keep things equal, play continues to be forced for at least another seven moves, for a total of ELEVEN. Forcing lines that long are pretty rare in opening theory. In the game, after 17...Qxg5 the engine announces mate in 14.

@rumpelRAINS 2 жыл бұрын

Playing Black in a Smith-Morra against Esserman was where he went wrong.

@deadvirgin428 2 жыл бұрын

If you have to find a sequence of 19 successive only-moves just to draw the game (it's all in Esserman's book), you already went wrong to begin with, what the computer says doesn't matter at all, no human would actually survive that line unprepared (and no one with any self-respect would actually prepare 34 moves just to draw the game through a miserable line).

@Verbux 3 ай бұрын

@@deadvirgin428 It would be pretty demoralising to play into the forced line you prepared, only to be taken all the way into a forced draw.

@Jefferson-ly5qe 3 ай бұрын

@@Verbux not too demoralising when they're several hundred points higher rated

@rossdixonellis 2 жыл бұрын

"My opinion on the Smith-Morra is different than what I think about it..." I can only imagine the face Ben made here.

@DrJens-pn5qk Жыл бұрын

I can confirm what Ben is saying about coaches and openings. When I was a youngster (about 2000 ELO) my coach told me to play the Spanish exchange. He wanted me to give up my kings bishop in the 4th move. Incredible! I loved my king's bishop and I still do, many years later. I would never ever play the Spanish exchange or similar variations in the Sicilian, where I'm supposed to give my king's bishop for an ugly knight. The only way my opponent will ever get it, would be a sacrifice on h7 or f7. I had a few.

@MatthewClancy1 2 жыл бұрын

I liked this video because Ben told us who wan't Ben, and I appreciate that sort of thing.

@pschneider1968 2 жыл бұрын

Now that's a fun opening. I'll gonna study a bit and try it online in blitz and bullet!

@williamodonnell1613 Жыл бұрын

I appreciated the free pawn joke from the student at the end

@bartoszmaniecki1806 2 жыл бұрын

This reuploads are very suspicious...

@anarchyseeds4406 2 жыл бұрын

maybe it’s to cut out the tech problems

@kylen6430 2 жыл бұрын

He’s moving videos from CC Atl channel to this one. He mentions it in his recent perpetual chess podcast interview

@ChristianConspirator Жыл бұрын

Always retreat the videos

@danbrooks5060 Жыл бұрын

@@ChristianConspiratoralways repeat?

@buddersxoxo 2 ай бұрын

As a new subscriber im grateful for them so they are recommended to me

@grishnak6162 2 жыл бұрын

Came for the analysis and barely got any. But I stayed because how hilarious this guy is... Also it was fun to learn thanks to Ben that ~2700 rated players have lost to it. Made me nostalgic of the times I still cared to chek 1.e4 theory, about 10 years ago, when the peak of this opening success conssited in games from the 90s. Like Kasparov with black almost getting lost position against much lower opponent and several GM Matulovic games... This opening is immortal even in these computer days... Also, damn I am getting old

@Julez108 5 ай бұрын

The only thing a Super GM always keeps IS HIS PRIIIIIIDEEE!

@senorandre2055 2 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold is from Michigan....so he always plays D12?

@orangevietnam5380 3 ай бұрын

16:24 the sacrifice is sound, top engine move, although you can decline by Rg8

@PsychedelicRealities 2 жыл бұрын

Yee it's Ben! Go Ben. Great lecture.

@gerryderop2479 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to purchase Ben's book, but shipping to Europe costs 170€! Is there an electronic version for 25 dollars or so?

@schwebor 2 жыл бұрын

If there is, its sacrifice of a quality

@ryans9094 Жыл бұрын

Instead, buy Marc's book where he tears apart the Finegold defence for a whole chapter

@abuthahirumarhathab4201 Ай бұрын

@@ryans9094 lol. I did purchase his book. It seems to be pretty detailed and from what I see, there is no easy "refutation" of smith morra gambit that anyone other than a super GM would know.

@mikemcknight1295 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff Ben. Funny and eye-opening also

@jjb2004mk2 Жыл бұрын

"Everybody's banned": nice Esserman reference!

@scowell 2 жыл бұрын

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@mohamedshakir1642 2 жыл бұрын

Wtf is this ?

@mohamedshakir1642 2 жыл бұрын

@_ Nemo I know but how it is rralted to chess ?

@mohamedshakir1642 2 жыл бұрын

@_ Nemo where are u from ?

@scowell 2 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedshakir1642 Ask Ben, he brought it up.

@AaronBrand 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I finally understand why the Spanish doesn’t work very well for me!

@ahrrydepp493 2 жыл бұрын

Aah yes, while im about to have my second lunch Perfect

@GeorgiosMichalopoulos 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thank you!

@flpsnk4848 2 жыл бұрын

Any reason why Morphy gambit after 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nf3 isn't played more often? It was quite a surprise for me to face that... expecting the Smith-Morra

@SahnigReingeloetet 2 жыл бұрын

It‘s pretty whatever, transposes to a normal Open Sicilian with I think one pretty bad unique line

@samuelfelton6158 2 жыл бұрын

Great video sir.

@paparatzz7531 2 жыл бұрын

so there is no actual tempo where you get the pawn back

@kantsus 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Tocinos 2 жыл бұрын

5:30 funniest part of the video was him talking about how there's no finegold defense

@Bhubnipz 2 жыл бұрын

27:31 31:41

@TAP-3AN 3 ай бұрын

lol

@stephanbriem1882 Жыл бұрын

Qd3?

@stephanbriem1882 Жыл бұрын

g4?

@ruthxk7844 2 жыл бұрын

So. I don't know any Sicilian Theory so I tried to dodge it by playing a kind of Scandinavian with white in response to the Sicilian... so far so good, can't complain, managed to survive half the time! Came here cause I figured out I should learn more about this opening (lichess says I play the Smith-Morra) but nothing to do, I don't see 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qd4. lol... anybody plays it like this??

@SahnigReingeloetet 2 жыл бұрын

No that‘s pretty inoffensive, as Black I‘d love to face this. If you‘re looking for something you can just gun try out the Closed Sicilian 2.Nc3 with a later g3 and Bg2 just playing for a positional grip on the d5 square. It‘s a pretty slow position and if you just don‘t hang anything you should be at least ok.

@ruthxk7844 2 жыл бұрын

@@SahnigReingeloetet thank you!!

@kdub1242 2 жыл бұрын

Ben, I'm concerned about too much emphasis on opening theory. Remember: opening theory ruined tic tac toe. Don't let that happen to chess.

@TAP-3AN 3 ай бұрын

lol

@dbass4973 2 жыл бұрын

grandmaster Benjamin Finegold, sir, with all due respect, are you still gonna watch the whole chess world's decline into the chaos and corruption? i mean, seriously, you are the face of modern chess for anyone who studied beyond 2. Nf3 Nc6. plz do something

@baalplays7855 Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that in Europe, the names of openings will often be changed to refer to their places of origin rather than the people who pioneered them (Spanish instead of Ruy Lopez, Volga instead of Benko, Russian instead of Petrov)... To me, this just seems disrespectful to the masters of the past. Here in America, we give our predecessors some respect!