Great Players of the Past: Simon Williams

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.... GM Ben Finegold covers GM Simon Williams, aka GingerGM, as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded August 07, 2023 in Roswell, Georgia.
07:27 Radosław Wojtaszek vs Simon Williams, French Team Ch. 2011
17:45 Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Williams, Reykjavik Open 2006
28:59 Boris Gelfand vs Simon Williams, European Club Cup 2012
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@mno7pro323 Год назад

Great stuff Can't wait for Decent Players of the Ancients: Ben Finegold By Simon Williams

@Loganberry Год назад

lmao

@bryandandoy885 Год назад

lol thats really funny

@etopowertwon Год назад

GingerGM was the reason my interest in chess got reignited as Simon plays fun chess with his aggressive play style.

@vincentvangogh8092 Год назад

he was always very aproachable in Gibraltar and always stops for a chat with chess fans a really nice guy that has put himself out there and works hard to teach us lowbies

@delboy9234 Год назад

Thought this was going to be a backhanded compliment to Simon, based on the title, but Ben's praise was genuine.

@lolmrga10 Год назад

I love how Simon is a great player from the past, thank you for the video. Your humor is the best

@johnkom2339 Год назад

Most entertaining chess commentator, by far. I'm surprised he doesn't get more views! Although, maybe the Ginger GM would take umbrage at the title of the video -- Great Players of the Past!

@michaelbauers8800 Год назад

One of my favorite things about Simon, is his ability to simplify the explanation of positions in chess. He's one of the best I have seen at this, per my own ability to understand.

@threethrushes Год назад

Williams was a tactical whirlwind on the board in the 19th century. Morphy spoke very highly of him, and it is said Mikhail Tal was inspired by him!

@agentm-8389 Год назад

The Finegold-Williams rivalry finally being laid to rest?

@aayasar26 Год назад

@daddycrow5057 Год назад

Its great players of the “past”

@verstraetenandre Год назад

I think they're like the Stallone - Schwarzy of chess... They're probably past that now! :D

@WhizzerdSupreme Год назад

You mean the Williams - Finegold Rivalry?

@nobody7557 Год назад

@@daddycrow5057thats what i thought. Saw the title and thought "oh damn shots fired" xD

@towtruckn 4 месяца назад

Ben, lecture was amazing, I watch a lot of Simon's Titled Tuesdays replays. Sometimes he rage quits 😂; however, because he's such a dynamic player regularly beats the super GM's and has great results. His signature really is piece activity and dynamic play at all cost which simply overwhelms players not ready for it. Anyway thanks for the great content.

@planahath Год назад

Thanks Ben. I'm sure Simon appreciates what you are doing here. At the end of the day we all have different styles, which is what makes chess great to watch.

@PlguDctR-yb7mi Год назад

You have a higher peak and a bigger fall from it. This makes you both greater and paster than Simon.

@mikhaillastname8719 Год назад

Simon should post a video 'Hot Young Prospect Ben Finegold'

@uPenguin Год назад

What's most impressive is he won all of these games drunk 😂

@r.mcdonnell8614 Год назад

Simon likes to drink sometimes, such as when he's awake

@Meurth Год назад

He never drinks, except for one thing: he always drinks.

@terryleddra1973 Год назад

Simon only drinks on days that begin with T. Like Today and Tomorrow😃

@Eidenhoek Год назад

Alekhine's protege.

@terryleddra1973 Год назад

@@Eidenhoek Perhaps more like Tal?

@southwestrandoms8453 Год назад

I learned a lot from Simon's Jobava London course - highly recommend! Huge fan of your videos too Ben, I think I've watched probably nearly everything you have on RU-vid. Thank you for your massive contributions to the community.

@emranahmed5711 10 месяцев назад

Simon has exceptional capabilities to simplify any complicated positions. He is such a guy who looks lively & lovely always.

@AleaIactaEst2009 21 день назад

It's actually great to see Ben recognise and describe for us all some of Simon's great achievements. Shows some class from Ben. Enjoyed this, thanks Ben.

@path6641 Год назад

I think Simon Williams is one of the most likable GM's out there. I also enjoy his aggressive risk taking style when he plays that way

@QaamansLand 5 месяцев назад

Ben, did you see the game where he defeated Korchnoi as Black with the King's Indian?

@hedger0w Год назад

Simon's latest (16.8.2023) Titled Tuesday video is great example of Simon's play style.

@allisonsutherland1144 Год назад

You should do a lecture on Great Players of the Past: Ben Finegold

@raphaelhudson Год назад

Good video. I've seen Simon look at these before. But good seeing someone else look at the games

@markwesley9346 Год назад

I think this is really decent of Finegold given the " personal rivalry?" between these two guys.

@betterdayz2011 Год назад

36:06 - great reference. The Timman/Salov game wasn’t a Dutch, though

@gabeclements1240 Год назад

Had to check to see if it was April 1st. Go Ben and go Simon!

@beeble2003 5 месяцев назад

It is, now!

@manmoth_1990 Год назад

Can't wait for parts 2, 3, and 4 of this Simon Williams series! Oh, were done? Oh snap.

@oldmanyellsatscreen Год назад

If you want to hear some of his chess insights, I'd definitely recommend Simon's Longer Games series on youtube. Very instructive.

@mrstuartwallace 9 дней назад

Some lovely examples of attacking play from the Ginger GM. When I try to play like this I usually lose. It takes courage, a good eye for tactical play in complicated positions and an attacking instinct to play like this, and few players have that to the degree that Simon does, which is what makes him such an entertaining player to follow. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

@shanastroskyphazer8172 Год назад

Great Lecture Ben ! Thanks to all involved.

@jdg0723 Год назад

You're right. Black on the bottom easier to follow from the players perspective

@firstlast7184 Год назад

Ben and Simon are great ambassadors for chess. Well done, gentlemen. The mutual respect is admirable.

@electorofsaxony7646 Год назад

This is one of my favourite lectures

@HamishW27 Год назад

I was expecting his recent game with Rakhmangulova where he sacs his queen and all of his pieces in an exchange slav

@SoundAndFuryy Год назад

That game is definitely missing. I guess such a recent one doesn't go well with great player of the PAST series though.

@12jswilson Год назад

It's on Agadmator's channel. That's good enough. It was an amazing game to watch this

@pepcore Год назад

@12jswilson it's also on Simons own youtube channel. He explains his thoughts during the game.

@12jswilson Год назад

@@pepcore yep. I saw that too. I think it is also included in one of Levy's recaps. I watched every video on it that I could

@random9-548 Год назад

That was a great game but as Finegold says, he doesn't want to show how he beats Rufus and Dufus, only 2700+

@BamThwok76 Год назад

I'm a fan of both of you. Very cool that you did this. Also, extremely hilarious.

@sebastiandierks7919 Год назад

Simon's a great guy, personality-wise and also very entertaining chess-wise. I really owe to him getting as deep into chess as I have. I'm also partly playing his opening repertoire, e.g. watched his London System videos and own his dutch chessable course. Thanks Simon, and thanks Ben for the lecture.

@tylerbrown9631 Год назад

I love Simon Williams. I'm really excited for this lecture

@chrisomattic1111 Год назад

I live in Saint John, New Brunswick. Thanks for the shout out and coming in 1988.

@toniright4932 Год назад

I knew it, I gave the like before the lecture Started. It must be a very good Lecture, cause Simon is a very funny chess player, I mean, his chess is fun to watch. That's why I am a very big Fan of Simon VS Ben. It's like Hurricane VS Tsunami. Hurricane devastates Everything in his path and Tsunami comes slowly but terrified everybody until he is there.

@AG-ld6rv 2 месяца назад

Yeah, anyone who is past their peak is a great player of the past, especially if they were super GMs. This video is a compliment, calling him a great player.

@iseriver3982 Год назад

'if you have a nickname in a sport then you're good, you cant have a nickname if youre not good' Eddy the eagle and eric the eel are beaming right now.😊

@sayandas5 Год назад

Around 8:30 Ben says this video will be watched by 20K people in the next three months. This video already has 21K views in 4 days!

@gregdavis1341 Год назад

Thank you Ben. Very much enjoyed this🙏🙏

@Dessan01 Год назад

About 10 years ago at the British championships, I saw this great player of the past, drunk out his mind at 2am pissing in a betting shop doorway and then collapsing into his own piss 😂

@aaronaragon7838 Год назад

Why did you watch him? Very creepy, Perkins.

@99baji99 Год назад

Now I like him even more.

@stevebarrett5006 Год назад

I bet he still won the next day.

@matteopriotto5131 Год назад

That's what makes him a great player of the past rather than a regular one

@akawojo Год назад

would you like it if someone mentions some of your more embarassing life stories rather than pointing out and appreciating the positive sides of you? shame on you, that's humiliating even if it was british humour. And I'm sure your comment doesn't even qualify for the category british humour.

@dumpsterdiverdetector 9 месяцев назад

amazing how ben gave this lecture during an earthquake

@georges64 Год назад

Very great lecture, high quality, thanks!

@nuthintoprove 8 месяцев назад

Rock on Simon, That's the way I like to play also. I refuse to let chess get boring!

@vigilante8374 10 месяцев назад

Great Pension Scheme Managers of the Past.

@peluhh Год назад

I also want to thank Patrick!

@ExtraCheeseProject Год назад

For a 'feud' Ben and Simon are kinda nice to each other all the time 😃

@wompastompa3692 Год назад

The French and the Dutch were named after my two favorite players, Mr. French and John Dutch.

@36AccountsBlockedRIP Год назад

rook sacrifice in the first game looks like some deep prep

@ciazamate1 Год назад

excellent analysis on a strong attacking playstyle from one great to another. you can tell Ben's biggest gripe is that the dutch involves playing f6 lol always says never play f6 but didn't say anything about f5 so that's his own loophole

@RankedThreeGuys Год назад

The head/neck part of your chair has an unusually aggressive wobble and I can't take my eyes off of it.

@electorofsaxony7646 Год назад

Hahaha this is brilliant. I love you both dearly.

@dhrubajyotibarik2078 5 месяцев назад

Once I almost beat a 1800 fide rated player using classical dutch(I blundered in the endgame...opening and middlegame was a success, even I had more time in the clock) because of Simon Williams lactures on Dutch defense PS: I am unrated , rarely play in tournaments etc..

@aaronaragon7838 Год назад

Thank you Patrick Wheeler. Ben lecturing on his nemesis, Ginger GM, is gonzo!😆

@81OH4Z4RD Год назад

thanks Ben

@michaelaspinall2469 Год назад

Ben, you're the greatest of all time for this

@KF1 5 месяцев назад

Simon's been grinding it in Titled Tuesday, incl last week. Fun rivalry stuff with the title. Great attacking player, he's fun to watch

@nimzomitch Год назад

I wish Ginger could get over whatever beef he has with Ben - You guys made great content together!

@silentbullet2023 8 месяцев назад

1) This is a very candid example of sportsmanship. 2) Late comers: Oh, I'll take my time (from you)

@schyllic Год назад

Cool thanks! Really enjoyed this one

@mapachetapatio Год назад

Thank you GM Finegold ! Simon Williams is indeed a great player AND he made a strong point for playing the Dutch

@LarryRevell Год назад

I'm from England and in fact in the old youtube days it was always first Mato, then Simon and Ben. Maybe I just like older men, ohh dear

@mlliarm Год назад

Thank you for this lecture. Loved the humor, made me giggle not a few times :>

@SevenTheJester Год назад

How did I not know that Ben had beaten Shakhriyar Mamedyarov? When I first started watching chess content online, back in 2016 or 2017, the first channels I subscribed to were Agadmator and the CCSCSTL, and the Chess Club led me directly to Ben. How could I have been a Fangold for this long and this is the first I'm hearing of this? Outrageous. And highly suspicious. Now I must find the game. ...and yes, I just called myself a "Fangold." 😂

@fabioceroni7803 Год назад

anyone have any idea how much it is to sponsor a lecture? i wanted to sponsor one but i feel like it is more than i can currently afford

@JojenReed Год назад

I like when Ben taps his foot and it jiggles his chair

@jurebergant4776 Год назад

Now this is the kind of banter i can get behind.

@tomask8304 Год назад

Loved this! I know you’ve had some ugly online conflicts with GingerGM in the past, so props to you for being very respectful.

@Cowmilker98 Год назад

Just jokes

@willhk4809 Год назад

The blitz match Ben and Simon played is great. By the end Simon is throwing absolute haymakers at Ben, who is hanging on and defending like a lion. The dual commentary match between Simon and John Bartholomew is also one of my favourite chess videos, Simon goes for some utterly lunatic attacks which John defends in his calm manner.

@SH-dl4jk Год назад

I thought it was a shame when Simon and Ben had their beef, they are both more similar than they are different I think in a lot of ways

@mphailey Год назад

I enjoyed this very much. Thank you Ben!

@exelmans8855 Год назад

THE TRUTH HURTS

@Sarah-oj7bh 10 дней назад

I saw the title and went "Oh no, did he die?"

@babrakoberma673 6 месяцев назад

When I am watching these videos I feel like a strong GM. When I sit down to the board face to face to a human, I play like a patzer.

@indoorkangaroo3431 Год назад

Wow great games, crushing with black. Go Simon Williams and thanks for the lecture Ben

@visgraatje859 Год назад

Nice lecture. makes me want to play the Dutch as black (as a Dutchman no less) and sac all my pieces and lose quickly.

@henrikbjorklund1345 Год назад

Really appreciated this!

@animalchess Год назад

The greatest video we will see in our lifetime❤️

@lumko1492 9 месяцев назад

After 3 months this video was watched by 42k people, Ben was accurate on that call

@LoneStarVII Год назад

The chair has a rumble feature.

@biserkrastanov1426 Год назад

Go GingerGM!!!

@newyorkslim2001 Год назад

Excellent lecture.

@swolejszo Год назад

I am surprised this video did not include the game against Rakhmangulova. Sure, she is not a 2700 but that was a game for the ages.

@alfafanet Год назад

The wiggly chair attacks again!!

@InfernalPasquale 7 месяцев назад

Did Ben know something we did not? Intriguing timing...

@chrisMuc1966 Год назад

05:43 I love his commentary and I like Harry the Kane pawn.

@MattduCouloir Год назад

Gentle Ben is even better than funny Ben. Nice lecture !

@giorgibliadze1151 Год назад

thank you ben!

@yosefcohen483 Год назад

There's a game Korchnoi - Williams, a RU-vid video: " Korchnoi CRUSHED 👾 with the King's Indian Defense! - Korchnoi vs Simon Williams " But it doesn't count - Simon doesn't wear a beard there. But his cool shirt compensates for it. No. Beating world-championship candidates with Black is easy, I do that all the time. No.