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Grandmaster Ben Finegold continues his series on "GM Level Preparation" with a video that reviews a case of accidental preparation. His victory over GM Huschenbeth during last year's US Chess Leage season earned him Game of the Week, but how did Ben reach such a fantastic position out of the Nimzo Indian opening? The story may surprise you... | Watch video
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To bring his short series on high level chess preparation to a close (for now), GM Finegold reviews a game from the highest of levels! He displays the critical moments of the game Aronian-Anand from Wijk aan Zee, 2013. Ben highlights the world champ's amazing preparation, how Anand applied what he knew about the line into his game against Armenia's #1, and why it's important to prepare and memorize "ideas" as opposed to "variations" when you start analyzing very complex positions. | Watch video
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Today Ben Finegold presents part 2 of his series on Grandmaster Preparation, highlighting the benefits of being well prepared, not only for what might happen on the board, but for the practical aspects of being confident, using less time than your opponent, and taking that experience into future games. He reviews a sharp game in the Sicilian that ultimately leads to an interesting, and rather peculiar Rook Ending. | Watch video
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Today Grandmaster Finegold provides insights into his own high level preparation, sheds light on the psychology of dealing with your opponent's refutations, and everything else that rhymes in between! In reviewing his sharp, Botvinnik-Slav battle from the 2010 SPICE Cup against the young FM Yang, Ben analyzes all the details of his amazing, and perhaps last, win against Darwin. | Watch video
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After a hot start (+3), the then International Master Finegold figured he needed to draw his remaining four games to secure the GM title. After some "curbside preparation", Ben decided to make a last second change in his plan against IM Antal and play an old variation from his repertoire to avoid the main lines of the Grunfeld. Was it the right call? Would Ben finally secure his long coveted GM title after the SPICE Cup? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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What difference can one little pawn move make? Apparently, a whole lot to a 2500+ FIDE player! After transposing into what would normally be a main line weapon for black against the Queen's Gambit (if not for the little pawn move) black immediately gets greedy, gets his queen trapped, and loses all self confidence (we think) in the process. Enjoy GM Finegold's humorous review! | Watch video
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Sometimes it takes a little homework to get ahead! It certainly was the case for the then International Master Finegold. When Ben noticed a clear improvement over fellow video author GM Kaidanov's previous game against GM Georgiev, he prepared his idea, reviewed the computer's analysis, and executed flawlessly over the board... | Watch video
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Making his Video Author debut this weekend is Grandmaster Ben Finegold! With his first video series, Ben explains how all his previous experiences ultimately helped lead him towards earning the GM title. He recalls this particular battle with then IM Boris Kreiman -- an interesting "Berlin Sideline" that has become Ben's specialty -- as the critical game in the 2002 World Open. This victory was a key step on his way towards earning his first GM-Norm. Enjoy! | Watch video