Finegold Takes on the Basics | 1 P.M. Kids' Class - GM Ben Finegold

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  • čas přidán 25. 12. 2016
  • Grandmaster Ben Finegold shares a glimpse at the (in)famous beginner kids' class, also known as "the one o'clock." See basic principles of the game in action, like aggressive play and controlling the center.
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Komentáře • 464

  • @kovyiscool
    @kovyiscool Před 5 lety +945

    I’m 27 and I belong in the 1 o’clock class.

  • @jfein7273
    @jfein7273 Před 5 lety +760

    "Did I leave my bishop there and lose my bishop? No, I retreated like a Frenchman."
    - Ben Finegold to elementary children

  • @bryanoberholtzer
    @bryanoberholtzer Před 6 lety +673

    I felt good because I could answer every question Ben posed, then the one kid said he's five.

  • @Schindlabua
    @Schindlabua Před 7 lety +422

    "I'm a grandmaster at giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks!"
    This guy. :D

  • @grouseghoul215
    @grouseghoul215 Před 7 lety +689

    I remember a wise cracking kid Named Ben Finegold at the East Detroit ( Michigan ) Chess Club in the late 1970's ( 1978 ) who was a joy to behold. He would play blindfold speed. He gave the ridiculous advantage of 5 minutes, and he only took 1 minute for himself. He would call moves and his helper would hit the clock. He either won outright, or forced you to lose on time. He was unbeatable. The adults couldn't win, the other teens couldn't win, he was simply a gift we all enjoyed while he was with us. I was the only person in the whole club who could out-wisecrack him. I think he didn't like it too much, but we both had fun with it. I used to tease him about being a good player for his age, and he would come back with something being a good move for it's age when the occasion arose. Ben would use an electronic clock, and his reflexes were so great, he made 6 moves and hit the clock 6 times in 1 second. The clock didn't move until he made his 7th move. Ben, I just found the chess section on youtube, and you are all over the place. Congrats on the life you've made for yourself, almost 40 years on, and you're still wisecracking your way through the game. I haven't played professionally in over 30 years, but play online all the time. I'm glad our paths crossed all those years ago, you made the life I had playing chess a lot more enjoyable, and I even learned a couple things. And you're wonderful for all the work with kids you're doing. That is a good move by anyone at any age. I would enjoy hearing from you.
    GG (Mike)

    • @kobbieamoah9025
      @kobbieamoah9025 Před 7 lety +10

      Grouse Ghoul that's really nice what is ur rating now

    • @NinjaTurtling
      @NinjaTurtling Před 7 lety +3

      Kobbie Amoah f

    • @nonamed56
      @nonamed56 Před 7 lety +23

      rating or didn't happen

    • @misanthrop1958
      @misanthrop1958 Před 6 lety +32

      + Grouse Ghoul Ben didn`t answer to your post - suspicious...

    • @anonsensename5101
      @anonsensename5101 Před 5 lety +2

      Grouse Ghoul The Ben from this video was born in Belgium I believe

  • @normanwiedemeyer3338
    @normanwiedemeyer3338 Před 6 lety +587

    26:09 : "How could I attack this pawn?"
    one of the children: "With an airstrike"
    damn this guys first move must be c4!

    • @elrah2467
      @elrah2467 Před 5 lety +24

      Explosive move!

    • @hamazhamza5162
      @hamazhamza5162 Před 5 lety

      Lmao

    • @renehenriksen1735
      @renehenriksen1735 Před 4 lety +1

      I didn´t know airborne rangers were that young.

    • @inanis9801
      @inanis9801 Před 3 lety +1

      I saw this clip in a funny moments video from 2 years ago and had to track down the clip by the colour of the board and his shirt.

  • @JD2jr.
    @JD2jr. Před 7 lety +139

    holy shit. No wonder everyone was begging for more Finegold on all your past videos... He's witty *and* a great teacher. Laughed my ass off as he made joke after joke that none of the kids understood, but just doubled down when they acted confused. Thank you for existing, Ben.

  • @red1728A
    @red1728A Před 7 lety +244

    "Did he play correctly?"
    "No."
    "Does he ever play correctly?"
    "No."

  • @rydersonthestorm7175
    @rydersonthestorm7175 Před 7 lety +310

    Ben Finegold...the only man to ever ask a 5 year old what Lawrence Olivier said to Dennis Hoffman :)

  • @ramil17998
    @ramil17998 Před 7 lety +153

    Omg! 7:25 "Every move I make, every breath I take." I'm crying. How can you expect anyone in 1PM class to get it? XD I've been watching you, Finegold, I've been watching you.

    • @dLzzzgaming
      @dLzzzgaming Před 6 lety +22

      He doesn't, but he just keeps them coming, it's so fucking great

    • @terrysouth7201
      @terrysouth7201 Před 5 lety +6

      It's like watching spongebob squarpants...a whole lotta adult themed innuendo and references that goes right over the young heads..thankfully.

    • @noushigavakyan2269
      @noushigavakyan2269 Před 5 lety

      Ramil Aleskerov its ill be not ive been

  • @contactkeithstack
    @contactkeithstack Před 6 lety +104

    So much shade being poured on defenseless children.

  • @Scy
    @Scy Před 7 lety +161

    The mythical 1 o'clock class. I really thought it would be worse.

  • @parkerbeck3580
    @parkerbeck3580 Před 7 lety +63

    I'm 28 year old man and NOT a beginner, but these are my favorite videos on the internet.

    • @Bradley_UA
      @Bradley_UA Před 4 lety +3

      You don't have to be a 900 kid to enjoy the most entertaining, funny and instructive chess grandmaster on CZcams.

    • @mmgubin
      @mmgubin Před 4 lety +3

      Even if I didn’t like chess, these videos are so good I would still watch. Love GM Finegold. Rawr

  • @kochtrevor
    @kochtrevor Před 7 lety +139

    I'm a Grandmaster. I saw things before they were even filmed.
    Hilarious.

  • @bonerici
    @bonerici Před 7 lety +43

    instructive Finegold video . If you remember back in 1963 Max Euwe came out with a book called "Chess Master vs Chess Amateur" the idea being that most beginners (or actually most chess players, especially club players) don't actually learn anything from watching a grandmaster play another grandmaster. The mistakes that the grandmasters make are so small and difficult to understand, well if watching great chess made you better then we should just watch those 3000 Elo chess computers play each other but those games are like watching aliens play, absolutely impossible to understand for humans. It's not the great games that educate it's the common games, with common mistakes and these two games really nail down the rules like move each piece once, castle, make sure that the pieces are coordinated (that is they all protect each other) this is the basic stuff you learn when you first being taking chess lessons but it is very difficult to follow the lessons, and the main reason I think is that we try to learn with grandmaster games, instead of watching masters dissect club players. There the lessons are all obvious. Not developing your pieces is punished. Moving the same pieces over and over is punished. In just two games, you have a dozen examples of what to do and what not to do.
    Hope to see more of these great examples. I am pretty sure I caught most of the jokes, but it's like trying to catch bullets from a machine gun they come by so fast.

  • @gideoncheung8731
    @gideoncheung8731 Před 5 lety +22

    I'm watching this 90% because of the humour and 10% because I'm 20 and belong in the 1 o'clock class.

  • @andyisyoda
    @andyisyoda Před 7 lety +255

    fantastic lecture style - so many teachers could learn from his question and answer technique. This should be mandatory watching for student teachers!

    • @TheMrthatdude17
      @TheMrthatdude17 Před 6 lety

      andyisyoda this

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 Před 5 lety +18

      well while his platonic teaching style (asking in a way, the student can get a vague idea of what´s right and fill in the blanks) is great, from my experience as a tutor (maths and chemistry) it´s the best working teaching method for most kids, he makes WAY to much adult jokes. like political jokes or wordplays or flat out racist jokes, that go way over the kids heads. like how would kids know what "retreat like a french man" means. they hardly even know there was a world war. let alone the second one. at least i´d guess that from the kids voices i heard in the video. i mean jokes like "when do you make a loosing move? i take 2 answers" "never" "i´ll take that, or when playing me" that´s a joke the kids can work with. but trump jokes, or the frenchmen joke are too much for children. i´m not saying they are not funny quite the opposite this guy nails my sense of humor perfectly. if he ever gets tired of chess he should become a comedian, i´m saying they are not suited for a childrens class. many jokes like that i´d only do with older students. like i´d even do really offensive jokes or borderline insulting ones. "you do the rest. you´ve got something between your ears yourself" "something between my ears?" "if you ask like that: pudding" but only with students ,that are old enough for this type of humor. i had a latin teacher who did that with exery student and a lot of the younger ones cried on a regular basis. cool dude great teacher for older students, strict, fair and funny if you are old enough for dark humor and sarcasm, burt totally not suited for younger children. Finegold reminds me a bit of him

    • @losingisimproving5147
      @losingisimproving5147 Před 5 lety +35

      Metalhammer1993 he makes those jokes for us. I think they’re funny

    • @jezmillz
      @jezmillz Před 5 lety +30

      He makes those jokes because this video was going on the internet. He's not just demonstrating for the kids, he's demonstrating for the internet audience as well.

    • @neilsterooyjohnny1379
      @neilsterooyjohnny1379 Před 5 lety +5

      Metalhammer1993
      The Jokes wasnt for the kids.....

  • @brainsfordinner7196
    @brainsfordinner7196 Před 5 lety +18

    He's so good with the kids! He is constantly giving simple questions to give confidence while at the same time not worrying about going over their heads. He doesn't condisend to them. He jokes around as if they were adults, so what if they don't know who Tony Danza is, they'll catch up eventually, and the sooner the better.

    • @deenasiddharthbandi4098
      @deenasiddharthbandi4098 Před 3 lety

      True

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson Před rokem +1

      He also said he needed to Long Island up the iced tea he was drinking. I don't think he was kidding with that joke.

  • @douwehuysmans5959
    @douwehuysmans5959 Před 6 lety +105

    26:08 "How could I attack this pawn?", "An airstrike!!"

  • @samsmusichub
    @samsmusichub Před 5 lety +27

    He sets up jokes like 5 moves ahead, like he's playing chess with conversation.

  • @syyhkyrotta
    @syyhkyrotta Před 7 lety +48

    It's great to have Grandmaster Finegold back!

  • @Larkstream
    @Larkstream Před 5 lety +9

    Retreated like a Frenchman caught me off guard, my new favourite channel

  • @gentleqez5172
    @gentleqez5172 Před 7 lety +142

    0:19 says kids will be quiet as the class will be on the net. Then says they won't see themselves, but hear themselves. Thats a real incentive to be quiet.

    • @lemeandre
      @lemeandre Před 5 lety +4

      you didn't understand. He meant they would be able to hear they were doing something wrong...

  • @tharindanimnajith3525
    @tharindanimnajith3525 Před 7 lety +19

    Ben Simon, Please film all the 1'O Clock Classes from now and put them on youtube!

  • @u.a.8525
    @u.a.8525 Před 7 lety +29

    the legendary one a clock class

  • @superposition9497
    @superposition9497 Před 7 lety +39

    i like the 1pm class just because I love when I see kids like chess

  • @DavidVaughan00
    @DavidVaughan00 Před 7 lety +25

    Loving that "tabula rasa" humor at the beginning

  • @JimLink
    @JimLink Před 7 lety +42

    When my Rook and Queen are protecting each other, that's powerful!

  • @mannyv.2769
    @mannyv.2769 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm 40 years old & thoroughly enjoy his classes. 😄

  • @dodu8105
    @dodu8105 Před 7 lety +167

    1.Never play f3
    2.Always play Kb1
    3.c4 explosive
    4.Always play a4
    5.d4 exclam!
    6.some random pawn move:solid

    • @gregbattis
      @gregbattis Před 7 lety +17

      Never move pawns.

    • @dodu8105
      @dodu8105 Před 7 lety +27

      That's not an alligator ,it's a crocodile

    • @dodu8105
      @dodu8105 Před 7 lety +22

      I'm a grandmaster,i saw films before they were filmed.

    • @dodu8105
      @dodu8105 Před 7 lety +31

      I'd talk hours about this position because i get paid by the hour.

    • @fibonacci112358s
      @fibonacci112358s Před 7 lety +12

      h4! Put in an H!

  • @oicwutudidder
    @oicwutudidder Před 7 lety +19

    I'm going to watch this again on my birthday just so I can prove Ben Finegold wrong.

  • @thyhashbrown8298
    @thyhashbrown8298 Před 4 lety +6

    Finally the one o’clock class we’ve been waiting for

  • @janikut_
    @janikut_ Před 4 lety +3

    The legendary 1 o'clock class

  • @Elandrianthetrue
    @Elandrianthetrue Před 5 lety +6

    Gotta love the grown up humor presented to kids. Not the way to make kids laugh but sure makes me laugh.

  • @mychessnotebook8653
    @mychessnotebook8653 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm 49 years old and found this very entertaining.

  • @bobdylan6237
    @bobdylan6237 Před 7 lety +4

    This was the best Christmas gift! I've missed your videos Ben, please make some more!

  • @IIIRobIII
    @IIIRobIII Před 4 lety +2

    from the perspective of someone in his late twenties who didnt even know that castling was possible on queenside and what en passant was, these lectures are worth gold.
    very good for absolute beginners like me.

    • @Fddlstxx
      @Fddlstxx Před rokem

      did you grandpa lie to you about castling, too

  • @josephisadorebaldez8403
    @josephisadorebaldez8403 Před 7 lety +3

    A peek inside this infamous class is the best Christmas gift this year

  • @soui6739
    @soui6739 Před 6 lety +10

    9:47 "Alright, uh... Partial credit" LOL

  • @mmgubin
    @mmgubin Před 5 lety +59

    9:47
    “You with some crazy comment”
    Kid: “you’re actually attacking the rook”
    Ben: “hey that was pretty crazy, thank you, good job”
    Bahahahaha

    • @mmgubin
      @mmgubin Před 5 lety +8

      Partial credit

    • @Bradley_UA
      @Bradley_UA Před 4 lety +2

      @@mmgubin frankly, ridiculous

  • @lkjsdf1
    @lkjsdf1 Před 7 lety +3

    He's just too good! I can only imagine how much these kids get out of this class!

  • @mmgubin
    @mmgubin Před 5 lety +1

    I love this man so much. The infamous 1 o’clock class. May be my favorite Ben Finegold lecture. I laughed my ass
    off. I sometimes listen to these videos without even watching...and I don’t have the ability to play blind, but love them. And I do learn a lot.

  • @DemetriusFuller
    @DemetriusFuller Před 4 lety +2

    Great teacher - love the dry humor with the kids, winking to adults. This is the most impressed I've been with hi humor. I now understand it. Please may I use this in my little chess club. Thank you.

  • @soemoe8237
    @soemoe8237 Před 4 lety +1

    What a great teacher! Your lessons are very helpful even for adult beginners like me. Thanks.

  • @freetherobots7441
    @freetherobots7441 Před 3 lety +1

    I just love learning from Finegold! He's so funny w his commentary

  • @JayBopinwar
    @JayBopinwar Před 3 lety +1

    Man.. This is better than half the stand ups i watch

  • @xStealthyy
    @xStealthyy Před 5 lety +2

    This guy makes chess fun, i love watching his teaching methods and his jokes are so good.

  • @bryanoberholtzer
    @bryanoberholtzer Před 7 lety +1

    I'm nowhere near the target age for this class, but I express tell how much I enjoyed this video

  • @spacecaptainseth213
    @spacecaptainseth213 Před 7 lety +15

    Ben youre far too much and not quite enough all at the same time. I love you.

    • @spacecaptainseth213
      @spacecaptainseth213 Před 7 lety +1

      Thank you for making this more about me at home then the small ones. This is why youre the best, i feel LOVED

    • @spacecaptainseth213
      @spacecaptainseth213 Před 7 lety

      I am trying hard to compliment him but its so much easier to insult grandmaster finegold

  • @6u6u7o
    @6u6u7o Před 7 lety +6

    Oh Finegold you're such a great pedagogue

  • @Crisisbiker
    @Crisisbiker Před 7 lety +2

    Literally just starting to learn how to play chess and I never thought I would find stand up comedy at the same time! I was laughing so hard at some of his jokes and the comments from his (fans?) viewers as well.

  • @triptychlux
    @triptychlux Před 5 lety +1

    great man! I hardly ever play chess but I wish I had a chance to attend one of his lessons.

  • @dmyingjow
    @dmyingjow Před 5 lety +1

    I liked the a salt and battery as well as all the other wisecracks. Thanks for spending your time and entertaining us as well as teaching us.

  • @douglasdiggins8296
    @douglasdiggins8296 Před 5 lety +4

    I've just started watching Ben classes; this guy is hilarious and I want to play chess now...

  • @19andthe16
    @19andthe16 Před 5 lety +2

    The most hilarious class ive ever had. Period.

  • @thomasscholz2569
    @thomasscholz2569 Před 7 lety +43

    How did he know I'm 43? Very suspicious!

  • @ulfhansson4016
    @ulfhansson4016 Před 4 lety +1

    This is pure gold🙌

  • @CesarDainezi
    @CesarDainezi Před 6 lety +10

    "I'm a Grandmaster in giving up. That's why I'm getting married in two weeks" LMAO

  • @TheHornetSquad
    @TheHornetSquad Před 7 lety +17

    Ben is bringing the salt with him today!

  • @petersmythe6484
    @petersmythe6484 Před 7 lety +3

    Ben's lessons are quite fun.
    He is really good at teaching chess, possibly comparable to how good he is at chess in fact.

  • @marcelguikema7027
    @marcelguikema7027 Před 7 lety

    Great channel! Never saw this before but you just got a new student. Keep up the good work!

  • @hendarinriandi1100
    @hendarinriandi1100 Před 5 lety +1

    Always enjoy Ben Finegold videos ...... funny casual .... a bit crazy😀

  • @121moham21
    @121moham21 Před 7 lety +1

    Great teacher for kids and adult. very live teaching and funny!

  • @rossmitchell5453
    @rossmitchell5453 Před 5 lety +1

    The humor is just so above them it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 like every sentence has a genius joke in it like when he was talking about Star Wars and said “they were saying I went Rogue”😉

  • @juggsmcbulge82
    @juggsmcbulge82 Před 7 lety +5

    I love this guy

  • @MultiAnonymous8
    @MultiAnonymous8 Před 4 lety +1

    There needs to be a website that sorts all of Ben's quotes. And also explain them because I don't understand 3/4 of the puns

  • @adrianmarmolejo5035
    @adrianmarmolejo5035 Před 5 lety +1

    im really enjoying this man

  • @djrea4815
    @djrea4815 Před 5 lety +9

    I don't even play chess this guy is just hilarious.

  • @gamingbutnotreally6077
    @gamingbutnotreally6077 Před 5 lety +5

    If only all my teachers were like Ben

  • @TheMrthatdude17
    @TheMrthatdude17 Před 6 lety +43

    Silly how i answer the questions as if i were there and one of those kids

    • @sharonjuniorchess
      @sharonjuniorchess Před 4 lety +2

      He has turned chess lessons into a Punch & Judy show 5:50 "I wonder what my Bishop's attacking?" "It's behind you ... its the Queen!" He takes audience participation to a completely different level and that's just the adults who are watching...Lol

  • @coostrowski9453
    @coostrowski9453 Před 5 lety +2

    Love this guy and his jokes

  • @TheNatedoggx
    @TheNatedoggx Před 6 lety

    I don't fully get the Qxb8+ move at 34:05 . He said it wins both rooks, but the rook on a7 is protected by the bishop, and i don't see how he could even take one rook without giving up the other. I get how he wins the knight and the g8 rook. Can someone help. And so forth...

  • @jphb95
    @jphb95 Před 5 lety +1

    Throwin’ seinfeld references to 5 year olds...you’re a legend, Mr. Finegold

  • @connor991
    @connor991 Před 7 lety

    It makes me feel comfortable in my journey to learn to be good at chess that even Ben Finegold can make a move like Rd1.

  • @isaiahgunn6435
    @isaiahgunn6435 Před 6 lety +1

    i love the ben videos !!!

  • @dago6410
    @dago6410 Před 7 lety +1

    I want to see more 1o clock classes! I love'em (person who aint play chess here, but klnows the rules and watches this channel just to learn sth bout this game)

  • @AM-sp6je
    @AM-sp6je Před 6 lety +6

    The infamous 1PM Kids Class :))

  • @joebrett3614
    @joebrett3614 Před 7 lety +10

    "Gotta Long Island-up that iced tea."

  • @JohnSmith-tz7iy
    @JohnSmith-tz7iy Před 4 lety +1

    I love this because its dumbed down for the kids but it's also dumbed down for an adult new to chess like me. Thanks ben, also nice zingers as always

  • @dusanmijatovic7913
    @dusanmijatovic7913 Před 7 lety

    I AM VERY EXCITED AT HOME!!!

  • @hobodawg9364
    @hobodawg9364 Před 5 lety +2

    Assault and Battery ---- This guy is a legend!

    • @SelfReflective
      @SelfReflective Před 5 lety

      Well, he's had many wives, I'm sure he knows legalese.

  • @giorus
    @giorus Před 6 lety +4

    I don’t even play chess but this is so brilliant I subscribed!

  • @atikrahman9338
    @atikrahman9338 Před 5 lety

    which software do they use for analyze???

  • @spyroninja
    @spyroninja Před 7 lety +60

    (everybody complains) lol

  • @richnern4601
    @richnern4601 Před 7 lety +1

    Prime example of how the new generation is gaining an edge over the others. If only I watched this video when I started to learn chess, what kind of player would I become

  • @TimedSquare
    @TimedSquare Před 5 lety +12

    33:29 "but he played for the win, also known as playing for the loss" 😂

    • @orionp.9476
      @orionp.9476 Před 3 lety +1

      man that's actually a useful concept in chess for beginners to understand why GMs draw so much.

  • @pedrolopa2
    @pedrolopa2 Před 5 lety +2

    How do i sign up for this class ?

  • @TheBackyardProfessor
    @TheBackyardProfessor Před 5 lety

    FUN stuff Ben!

  • @JeredL
    @JeredL Před 6 lety +1

    You are too amazing!

  • @satadhi
    @satadhi Před 7 lety +5

    this is epic !

  • @AufdemLaufenden777
    @AufdemLaufenden777 Před 7 lety +3

    Ben you are a genius!

  • @TEHxFISH
    @TEHxFISH Před 7 lety

    What's so bad about playing F3 and pressuring the bishop? Most people I play would just move the pawn up and pressure me out. What would be the better play? Thanks!!

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 Před 6 lety

      he said it would be a good move in this situation, but the usally situations where you wanna play f3 or f6 you just destroying your position and loosing a tempo, so you dont really wanna move it.
      Every rule has its exceptions so does this rule ^^.

  • @rooseveltstokes7181
    @rooseveltstokes7181 Před 5 lety +1

    He has such a good sense of humor...

  • @buffalotheory504
    @buffalotheory504 Před 7 lety

    Hi CCSCSL/Ben Simonds, could I make a suggestion please. THe focus of your video is always on the background, not sometimes. THe lecturer is always not in focus. Is there a way to get a camera with face detection?

  • @brothershannon1990
    @brothershannon1990 Před 5 lety +1

    Man Ben Sure Misses That Club And They Really Miss Him

    • @mmgubin
      @mmgubin Před 4 lety

      A Peculiar People definitely

  • @futurecollector
    @futurecollector Před 5 lety +4

    This dude for sure taught a night time comedy traffic school 😂😂

  • @NorgeTVP
    @NorgeTVP Před 7 lety +11

    Amazing! Congrats on getting married!

  • @krzysszkoaszachowa7697

    good material! What do you think about adding funny cartoon to chess lectures for youngers?

  • @ericwisel7124
    @ericwisel7124 Před 6 lety +2

    Ben “welcome to the 1 o’clock class” Finegold

  • @Mersault1988
    @Mersault1988 Před 7 lety +1

    I missed you Ben ^_^