| Aug-24-05 |
| WTHarvey: Ben Finegold just received his third GM norm! Congratulations! http://www.uschess.org/news/press/u... Here is a collection of some of his games' critical positions: http://www.wtharvey.com/fgld.html |
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Aug-25-05
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| Joshka: Yes congradulations Ben! And your from Michigan? thats allright, won't hold that against ya;-) |
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| Aug-26-05 |
| Greatful Fred: He has a game, as a teenager, against our very own TPstar, go to Tony Palmer, its a draw, I think. |
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| Nov-09-05 |
| Koster: Ben Finegold earned his second GM Norm at the Chicago Spring Futurity held from April 16-22. This was a round-robin event with twelve players. He scored 8.0/11 to tie for first with GM Varuzhan Akobian. Here are some of Ben’s games: Ben Finegold (2522)
Vladimir Georgiev (2535)
Chicago Spring Futurity, Round 2
Chicago, IL, April 2005
Slav: Two Knights, D15
Notes by Ben Finegold
I prepared a lot of this game, and made a slight improvement on Kaidanov-Georgiev from one month ago in Foxwoods. Georgiev did not meet the new 17.Rc7 (my prepared improvement) well, and was much worse soon thereafter. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 b6 8.cxb6 Qxb6 9.Bd3 Qxb2 10.Rc1 Nxf4 11.exf4 g6 12.0–0 Bh6 13.g3 0–0 14.Na4 Qb4 15.Rxc6 Rb8 16.Qc2 a5 17.Rc7 Re8 18.Qc6 Qd6 19.Ne5 Nf6 20.Qxd6 exd6 21.Nxf7 Bf8 22.Ng5 Bg7 23.Nc3 Rb4 24.Nb5 Bf8 25.Ra7 h6 26.Nf3 Bh3 27.Rc1 Ne4 28.Nc7 Rc8 29.Re1 Nf6 30.Bxg6 Kh8 31.Bf7 Rb2 32.Be6 Bxe6 33.Nxe6 Ne4 34.Nh4 Nxf2 35.Nxf8 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Nf2+ 37.Kg1 Nh3+ 38.Kh1 Nf2+ 39.Kg2 Nd3+ 40.Kg1 Rxf8 41.Ng6+ Kg8 42.Ree7 1–0
source michigan Chess
I tried to upload the game to this site but the instructions for this are inadequate, at least for my limited computer knowledge. |
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| Apr-03-06 |
| skiskichess5: Why is Benjamin still not yet a GM? |
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Jun-16-06
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| madlydeeply: I would like to congratulate Ben Finegold on his latest match victory against Emmanuel Lasker. |
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| Sep-06-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Benjamin Finegold FINEGOLD, Benjamin
http://www.bidmonfa.com/finegold_be...
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| Oct-04-06 |
| DanielBryant: His blog URL implies that he's a GM, but his site header says IM. |
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| Jul-04-07 |
| James Demery: " If you`re trying to get to 2200 and you`re at 1600 step 1 is studying Jeremy Silman and step 2 is a lobotomy." - Ben Finegold |
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Jul-04-07
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| dx9293: He's not a GM because it came out that the FIDE rating report where he "achieved" his 3rd GM norm was falsified--the TD changed the order of the rounds or something like that. Thus, his title application was rejected. |
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Nov-16-07
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| Maroczy: Step 1 on getting to 2700+ must also be a lobotomy Mr. Finegold. |
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| Nov-16-07 |
| Jim Bartle: OK, I've completed step 1. What's step 2? |
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Nov-16-07
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| Maroczy: Arrange a match with Topalov. |
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Jan-29-08
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| Resignation Trap: Finegold just won the 7th North American FIDE Invitational in Chicago with a score of 8/9. see: http://raychess.blogspot.com/2008/0... . In second place with 6.5/9, and earning an IM norm, was Dr. Tansel Turgut . |
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Jan-29-08
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| WannaBe: Since the tournament qualifies for norms, does that mean Ben just got his 3rd for GM title?? |
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| Jun-06-08 |
| wallytherhino: " If you`re trying to get to 2200 and you`re at 1600 step 1 is studying Jeremy Silman and step 2 is a lobotomy." - Ben Finegold <James Demery> Why does finegold have a beef with Silman? |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| James Demery: I`m not really sure. I`ve wondered the same thing. Maybe he disagrees with the Silman Thinking Technique that Siman mentions in his books. |
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| Jul-31-08 |
| dumbgai: Maybe he means that by studying under Silman you'll become much better than 2200, so the lobotomy would bring you down a bit to 2200. It might sound strange but that's my interpretation of those words. |
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Jul-31-08
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| artyom2008: hi ben
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Jul-31-08
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| BishopBerkeley: IM Finegold's personal website:
http://www.benjaminfinegold.com/
(:  Bishop Berkeley :)
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Sep-06-08
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| just a kid: On this site shows my results from a blitz tournament in my chess camp in june.I should have one point higher,but I ran out of time before I showed the winning comination.It should show up in the crosstable of Group b at the chess camp.http://finegoldchess.blogspot.com/2... |
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Sep-06-08
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| just a kid: As T.Larsen I might need to add. |
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| Sep-06-08 |
| HeMateMe: i think Finegold might be referring to the idea that Silman's course is good to get you to master level, but the stress and pressure that it takes to get to the IM world class level will drive you crazy. |
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Sep-06-08
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| Phony Benoni: I doubt that Finegold's statement has anything to do with Silman personally. People used to say much the same thing about Fred Reinfeld. The point is that once you reach a certain level you have to forget everything you've learned in order to improve further. Of course, in reality you don't forget all those basic tactics and strategies. They just become so practiced and ingrained that you no longer have to think about them, and can use your brain power to concentrate on more advanced matters. Simple tactics provide a good illustration of this.
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A beginner playing White in this position will move the attacked queen to safety. Once shown the winning combination, they will store it away and eventually become more practiced in the idea. At some point, when shown this position, they will execute the smothered mate without having to think about it. If you watch a grandmaster at blitz or in a simul, you'll be amazed how they plop their pieces down on the correct squares without seeming to think about it. They are still using the basic principles, but their skill and practice makes the process of applying those principles precise and automatic. I do have a bit of a problem with Finegold's imagery. The lobotomy craze of the 50s and 60s was a human and medical tragedy, and not something I would prefer to joke about. |
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