Grandmaster Ben Finegold presents a lecture on doubled pawns at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The first is a game between Louis Paulsen and Paul Morphy.
Ironically, Morphy often played at parlors in a time where home telephones were uncommon and parlor public telephones were widely used. So his games actually probably were interrupted occasionally by the sound of phones ringing.
Did Ben say, "Что?" (pronounced "Shto?") at 6:23? That's Russian for "What?" Does Ben speak Russian? Or, is that just a Russian word he knows? I know he lived in Belgium for a while, a country that can't decide whether their national language is Dutch, French or German; so, perhaps he speaks a lot of different languages. I don't know. But, Russian seems unlikely.
He knows chess terminology (all pieces, moving, notation, etc, you can see this easily if you watch him stream as he sometimes uses those randomly) and some basic stuff, I believe, from visits to Russia because of chess.
10:11 black has a forced checkmate after 1.... Bxf3+ 2. Kf1 Rg2 and black is threatening 2 mates. 3.......Rxh2 and Rh1# and 3..... Rxf2+ 4. Kg1 Rg2+ 5. Kh1 Rg3# (if 5. Kf1 Rg1#). White cannot defend against both. Saw this game on agad's channel. Twice. Seems like everyone is talking about this game.
34:56 missed a good tactic , Qxa4 Qxa4 , Rxb2+ Ka1, Rxc2+ Kb1, Rb2+ Ka1, Rb3+ Rc3, Bxc3 # , And if not queen takes and exf7+ kg8 , Qxg5 Rxb2 + and the same technique.
Morphy was no doubt the greatest chess player of his time, but back then players weren't well suited in defensive strategy. This doesn't diminish his achievements, but simply puts them into perspective. Realistically, Magnus Carlsen would easily win a match in classical time format, because he wouldn't allow tactics and attacks to even begin. However, Morphy might very well be the greatest natural talent in chess, as he played like a 2400 FIDE in a time where the strongest contenders were barely above 2000.
Even the most dimmided individual, with an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology? He uses this line quite often and I don't really get what he's saying. Can someone help me? Regards from Germany!
Dimwitted heißt "dämlich". Hyperbolische Topologie ist die Forschung hyperbolischer, geometrischer Figuren. Das hat einfach keine feste Bedeutung... es wurde nur bei den Simpsons zitiert
