Understanding Strategic Ideas | Karpov vs. Kamsky 1992 - GM Ben Finegold

[@herzwatithink9289]

My favourite player, Anatoly Karpov, covered by my favourite analyst, Ben Finegold. Doesn't get any better!

[@أبومحمد-ث2ت7غ]

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[@wizardseye]

His lectures are even funnier in person. He tends to give those in the room a hard time which is hilarious when you know everyone he's talking about.

[@orangebetsy]

haha awesome. i can't stop laughing when he breaks the 4th wall with those hilarious looks.

[@Nic_DM]

I'm pretty sure the Tal Memorial is named after Mr. Memorial.

[@ikinoktace1280]

People discredit Mr. Memorial too much nowadays

[@joeljose182]

Named before*

[@michaellhoover94]

Show the proper respect!! That's Grandmaster Memorial!!!!

[@otakurocklee]

Yes because Mr. Memories was really tall.

[@sailorr4287]

If I remember correctly (I don’t).

[@BrezHurley]

Don't castle into checkmate unless you are playing me. ~Ben Finegld

[@mrtampham]

Strategic ideas are soooo good. When he owned the f file and then went back to control the c file. I would have 100% pushed my kingside pawns and sacrifice something to break open the king. This teaches me so much about positioning, preventing opponent's good moves, and patience.

[@jpg6296]

Haha, though I prefer the wizardry of Tal, I agree with you, we must first learn strategy and solid positional play before we can have a basis for other styles.

[@re4072]

"What did Kamsky do to stop mate?" "resign"

[@Nic_DM]

Very suspicious move on his part.

[@dominikernst77]

the truth hurts

[@mortadahasaad530]

Terrible

[@diegogarcia4255]

Cried like a Grandmaster

[@johngreco8498]

This guy is wayyyy funnier than his class gave him credit for. I would have been laughing too hard if I was in the class haha

[@WalyB01]

The knight might go there later.....

[@gregoroque]

"That makes our bishop not happy" - cracked me up

[@joseruiz844]

Totally agree. He is very funny indeed!

[@ronclass1782]

I figured that out in less than a minute

[@msDanielp369]

He's the coolest GM ever!! I dare you name a cooler one

[@EVANGELOSS54]

Finegold is possibly the best chess commentator in the world ... I would love it if he did some A0 vs Stockfish games analysis

[@spartnstarcraft2]

this class under appreciates his humor so much. Great analysis in tandem with the jokes always make his lectures the easiest to follow and retain the information. Plz more of Ben.

[@walterparker2641]

The most concise and instructional chess lecture I have encountered on KZbin,

[@mitchellhodgemeyer]

This is my favourite of Ben's lectures (although the Paul Morphy ones are awesome too).

[@rafaelgmota]

Typical Morphy opponent... Terrible! xD

[@stopit405]

His one-liners are so great. I enjoy them every single time.

[@DiogenesNephew]

The only thing more astounding than Karpov's play here is Kamsky's ridiculously impressive ability to find interesting solutions to seemingly impossible situations (to me, as I suck at chess).

[@iamnahidashrafuday]

These lectures are so helpful. His detailed explanations cooperate to understand middle game better!

[@joseluisparreno4999]

One of the best videos by Ben Finegold.

[@1rauno]

"Mate is good, because then you win!"

[@ГоарЦаразон]

;0 в

[@German1184]

I am taking notes lol

[@Grandcapi]

Very instructive and funny!! Ben is good for young players, he knows how to make them learn and laugh at the same time. It was the first time I watched him on youtube and loved it.

[@boschmidt7824]

Amazing lecture, explaining with humor the ideas behind every move. Simply great.

[@mathewmgmg]

Excellent lecture sir...watched it twice!! One of the best lecturers here along with Yasser Seirawan

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

Agreed.

[@Crazeyfor67]

Ben always makes chess fun. I surely missed his coverage at this years U.S. Championship. Yasser did a good job,,but the chemistry of Ben & Jen was superb. Watching their coverage last year made me jump up and drive to St.Louis (from Louisville) to experience the show live. Some of the post game interviews by Maurice Ashley were a bit cheesy and the excitement wasn't there. It all seemed contrived and slightly forced. Ben's coverage is easy and natural. Thanks for the lecture SLT CC

[@MyRook]

Great example showing how space advantage gives you all the options(attack and defense).Great piece coordination.

[@rgsliwa8298]

A very good lesson by big Ben Finegold. Health is wealth so you can keep teaching.

[@StygianStyle]

I keep coming back to these vids for the jokes.

[@ss9392]

My favourite game by far, Karpov's style really stands out to me

[@ivek7773]

Man this guy just made my day

[@mottian]

5:56 "That's something that we should probably talk about for an hour because I get paid by the hour" :D

[@followingtheroe1952]

+Martino Garonzi Sounds like something a "Finegold" would say.

[@itrofimow]

+Myrdred Deceiver its just what he said

[@aliveli-hq6zk]

"When you play Nc2, it is really hard to play Rc2."

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

Just promote the knight idiot. Frankly ridiculous

[@Pain420]

Ben is big brain

[@Kaanfight]

Terrible

[@orlandorodriguez1291]

Watching this in 2018, I find his humor smirkable at most then I remember they're usually kids/teens then I laugh my ass off!

[@orlandorodriguez1291]

Hilarious, not that im insulting you 😂😂

[@petersodhi1762]

Superb analysis and presentation

[@bhuvanc4992]

As entertaining as instructive...awesome video!

[@LexFloyd]

I really felt the pressure to answer at 36:22

[@fisheatsyourhead]

highschool flashbacks of not paying attention and being called for an answer

[@thijsyo]

The Tal Memorial, named after mister Memorial

[@sleepyeyeguy]

That's a valuable lesson that I learned after being swiftly crushed by a 2200. It's not sufficient to just do what you want to do, but to proactively prevent your opponent's plan. My rating has since improved dramatically!

[@Uerdue]

3:44 Of course we've heard of him! He's a famous f***ing legend!

[@xhemalvezi3999]

It's impossibile to get bored with him. I would pay a lot of money just to follow one of his lessons.

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

Great video! I love Karpov because his play was so clean.

[@Samuel-cu9vo]

I love the fact that someone was shocked about the knight going to a8 at 17:40

[@johnmichael642]

wow the best chess channel i have ever seen O_O

[@toastersman217]

A very instructive video! Thank you!

[@angc214]

I know Gata Kamsky because the first issue of Chess Life magazine I ever got covered Karpov playing Kamsky for the FIDE title. The PCA was still a thing at the time.

[@joseruiz844]

You make these explanations really enjoyable and vivid. Thanks a lot Ben!

[@Dontfollowplease]

Took 78 seconds for him to mention Paul Morphy xD I love it!

[@Freddy-xx3uf]

also known as 1min18

[@fireballxl-5748]

Nice catch!

[@iehudim]

thank you for this precious videos

[@sleepyeyeguy]

"That's something we should talk about for an hour... because I get paid by the hour... right?" friggin hilarious!

[@orangebetsy]

The quote that sums it all up for me: "Karpov likes different things than I do"

[@oshanmodi]

I am your fan.. Ben Finegold.. very helpful illustrations...

[@tharkanzox1493]

We need ben finegold back

[@tze-weilim1632]

I like GM Finegold. He's really funny here.

[@myriadwhims]

I really enjoyed this lecture! Thanks!

[@dangelobenjamin]

Both, it's awesome. You learn a lot from Ben!

[@johnhechtlinger9465]

nice lecture....that Karpov game was impressive....

[@fireballxl-5748]

Karpov, a very interesting game. Finegold, a very interesting player & commentator

[@craig7102]

thanks you gave me some idea's hadn't thought of

[@joshuahunter7972]

Is that a new touch screen? Bens stepping up in the world.

[@Tobias-fe2hm]

Thank you for uploading

[@sleepyeyeguy]

Instructive lecture, thanks a lot!

[@sooooooooDark]

43:43 man id be really curious what the thought process is behind pushing (/sacrificing) the pawns the specific way white does there very hard for non titled players to understand 😢

[@TheConcentrationmoon]

i dont understand why some portions are edited. Its suspicious!!

[@daveanthony3880]

FINEGOLD IS A CHESS GOD

[@TexasSizzle]

Awesome lecture Ben! Also very funny!

[@JamesJones-oq7hy]

your lectures are awesome

[@josephschenkel8956]

What is the difference between a 'tactic' and a 'strategy' both in general and in the context of chess?

[@daims8728]

Joseph Schenkel to my level of understanding when we talk about tactics it’s short terms move strategy is more about mid-long term move

[@josephschenkel8956]

@@daims8728 Thanks!

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

@@josephschenkel8956 tactics are 3-6 move shorts that are kind of forced and calculated, usually to win pieces or to get to a different state in the board (short term but very precise). Strategy is your overall vague ideas about what you want to do in the board long term (long term but very vague)

[@anasbouayad6826]

Karpov's gameplay is really magnificent

[@harleykf1]

Leela says that 20...Nc6 was a significant inaccuracy. Recommending (I kid you not)... Na8 instead (I'm guessing to prepare b5)

[@harleykf1]

I think 28... Qh4 was also a decent try for a draw. Fianchettoing the queen was possibly a mistake too. Honestly this game is a pain to analyse even with computers :P

[@harleykf1]

Ultimately though it was probably Nd8 and b5 that were too passive. Well specifically playing b5 first made a lot more sense.

[@manictiger]

Did you know this isn't even Karpov's final form? Later on, he fuses with IBM's 'Deep Blue' to become Deep Karpov, during the second 1997 match against Kasparov.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

I swear Karpov was a computer.

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

jesus christ, deep blue was as much of an anti-karpov as possible.

[@kingcarisma]

Finegolds jokes are very suspicious...but his teaching is not...Cudos..

[@federicogarcia4446]

+kingcarisma oh thats not true, his jokes part from a premise equal or boring and then slowy improve to a better and winning punch line, he's jokes are solid.

[@kingcarisma]

Your`e correct!

[@adatta3046]

His jokes are just terrible.

[@Spiderhip]

Why is his jokes are suspicious? You with the wrong answer.

[@johnkom2339]

His jokes are at your expense. Sarcasm but keeps the pace lively.

[@Dybbouk]

Great game. Great explanation.

[@thomasrebotier1741]

At 35:02, what is wrong with ... Q c3. It forces queen trade

[@gmcenroe]

really nice lecture and funny at the same time

[@mottian]

6:30 "So, you go to the store and you buy chicken. Right Ben?"

[@Crazeyfor67]

Actually I haven't watched it all yet. But I will keep your remark about Kamsky's mistakes in mind while viewing.

[@skillywilly187]

i see old man karpov still playing..whats his fide rating nowadays? also what was his best year rating? was he up in the mid 2800s ?

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Late 2700's afaik

[@palmarius104]

If you adjust for rating inflation then actually he was late 2800s

[@MrBardun111]

10:40 since black defended 2 times his pawn, why doesnt he move his other knight rather (d7)? that way he moves other pieces to develop instead same knigth 2 times. Sure ur bishop will be free now but like, ur other move hasnt moved yet and since we played pawn move to protecrt pawn, now we can play it without blockin our queen.

[@logansoileau8238]

The St. Louis chess club is found is in the city of Club.

[@bobmakin4991]

Why isn't this guy world championship he is smarter than everyone else

[@blessedbethelord4835]

isn't pawn h4-h6 at 33:29 mate? why did karpov check with the bishop? is their something im missing?

[@DoomRater]

Blessed betheLord h6 is illegal, because that pawn has already moved, notice how it's on h4 not h2. he'd have to play h5 first which is risky because after black takes, his King can run forward.

[@DoomRater]

Well actually h5 loses the Queen outright because there's no check stopping black from capturing it

[@rob__rob_5131]

Is Finegold really a Vegetarian? If soo... I need his recipes!

[@tims7174]

That picture in the beginning though....

[@Blaisem]

26:10 could black have just moved his queen to E7 instead of G7? Then repeat between E7 and F8 until white's queen gave up on this pinning tactic or accepted a draw?

[@johnrainmcmanus6319]

Bh6 immediately (instead of f6) leads to mate, I think.

[@krippp]

Bh6 is much worse, though White retains a bishop for 2 connected passed pawns. After Karpov's 49.f6+, his queen gets to f6 instead of g7, immediately ready to support a Bf3+. And if ..Kxh4, then also ready for Qf4#. It's mate in 9, because in that way Bf3 remains lethal. With 49.Bh6+, after the obvious 49..Kxh6 50.Qf8+ Bg7 51.g5+ Kh5 52.Qxg7, black would play 52..Qd3, and the Black queen blocks the 3rd rank from Kg3. Then, after the eventual Bf3+ with the White queen's support, Black's king can just take the pawn on h4 and avoid mate, having had plenty of time to bring his queen to e3, preventing Qf4#. So White would have to win some other way, and that game's gonna take a long time, giving drawing chances for Black.

[@sleepyeyeguy]

Go Dog Go! XD

[@illmaculatechess]

i watched this lecture super blazed laughed my ass off

[@copypacer7464]

16:00 i dont understand why closing up the position when you have the bishop pair

[@palmarius104]

Well Karpov uses bishops to control counterplay rather than as attacking pieces most of the time.

[@ThePawn-xi3zb]

14:08 He glued the pieces into the board.

[@postnubilaphoebus96]

What is he saying at 39:26 ? "He was playing like a (lunatech??) today and was completely lost. Down three pawns for nothing..." Sorry, I'm German.

[@bennettjoseph9970]

He said, "lunatic".

[@RonakBadhe]

Conrad Holt was born in Kansas @23:32

[@nfltrrrqwsa7512]

To me, Qc4 Rd4 is a much stronger move than bxc5 Rdd3, assuming the Krejcik Gambit holds in parallel with a subdivision 6.5 strategy in the end game scenario.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

nice lecture

[@GymChess]

Nice lecture and nice guy.

[@pakchu2]

At 35:32 why not Qc3+ to trade Queens?

[@bigm186]

bf3 is check and will lose queen

[@CentrifugalSatzClock]

With black already castled the Gruenfeld is not as good as when black has NOT castled yet and can use the tempo centrally to cause white problems. Kamsky playing C6 makes a LOT of sense!

[@thorn35]

Conrad Holt is a grandmaster born in Witchita Kansas.

[@pfsloan8230]

...unless you're playing me...can't stop laughing...can't breathe...passing out. OK I may be exaggerating but Ben is a (Grand) master at making a point with such pointed humor one can't help but remember the lesson.

[@stanleygsf]

Yaay! Fun lecture!

[@Inbal_Feuchtwanger]

This is just awesome

[@youngadultsuis]

Ben Finegold for president!!!!

[@maelstrom57]

more from Ben!

[@BizuteriaMoxie]

I like his videos

[@patrckhh20]

What happened to Finegold's youtube account?

[@sergi-13]

He closed it.. It's a pity because those videos were really good :(

[@possumverde]

Maybe he's going to sell those videos as lessons or something since he couldn't get enough financial support to warrant the work he was putting into his channel...?

[@Freddy-xx3uf]

no

[@gregtaylor6146]

Whoa there Ben.... you're a veggie? that's awesome man, good for you!!!

[@vasilimici1032]

32:24 Karpov was not only threatening the knight but also checkmate: if blacks queen takes the bishop then, QxNd7+ Kg8-g7, f5-f6+ Kg7-h6, Qc8-f8# Edited: Later on Ba3-b2 was played to stop this idea

[@vasilimici1032]

Also, queen can't stay on that diagonal at the time 32:24 because qxe8+ Kg7, f5-f6+ and now the queen has been lost

[@Freddy-xx3uf]

shut up you nerd

[@BravingTheOutDoors]

what an incredible game