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b'This week we are rejoined by the always entertaining Twitch streamer,YouTube creator and accomplished Grandmaster,\\xa0 Ben Finegold! Ben was an early guest of Perpetual Chess, back in 2017. In the subsequent years, Ben has seen his online following grow rapidly, and The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (which he co-founded with his wife Karen Boyd) \\xa0 continues to find its footing despite the pandemic. In this interview, Ben reflects on his recent success, and shares some great stories from his own journey to the GM title, his early encounters with the Polgar sisters, and some chess history wisdom regarding Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal and many others. It is always illuminating and amusing to get to chat with Ben, please read on for all of the details, relevant links and timestamps.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n0:00- We begin by hearing the story of how Ben earned the GM title at the relatively late age of 40.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Episode 9 with GM Ben Finegold, Episode 52 with GM Ben Finegold, Episode 271 \\u201cIM to GM special episode\\u201d with IMs Lawrence Trent, Sean Nagle and Attila Turzo, Bill Goichberg, Susan Polgar, Sevan Muradian, FM Peter Giannatos, GM Vishy Anand, GM Garry Kasparov, Albert Pujols, Robert Parish, GM Viktor Korchnoi, Shaquille O\\u2019Neal, Mike Tyson\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n18:00- Since Ben wasn\\u2019t a big book reader, to what does he attribute his chess accomplishments?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Bobby Fischer, WGM Jenn Shahade, Episode 223 with Adult Improver Dr. Luka Popov\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n24:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Check it out for free, and then, if you decide to subscribe, use the PromoCode Chess30 to save 30%.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n25:30- A Patreon supporter of the podcast asks:\\xa0 As someone with a popular chess center, what advice would Ben give for opening a venue in a major city?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Episode 185 with IM Stuart Rachels, Episode 201 with FM Peter Giannatos\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: The Queen\\u2019s Gambit, Silver Knights Enrichment\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n41:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out their latest offerings here:\\n\\nNew Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com\\n\\n42:00- Ben answers a Patreon mailbag question relating to the differences in playing style between GMs Magnus Carlsen and GM Garry Kasparov\\n\\nMentioned: HBO\\u2019s Real Sports featuring GM Fabiano Caruana:\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.om/watch?v=nbvrDspsGNU&feature=emb_imp_woyt\\n\\nAlso mentioned: Paul Morphy, GM Anatoly Karpov\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n50:00- Ben had a few memorable games against the Polgar sisters. What were those experiences like?\\n\\nMentioned: FM Emory Tate , GM Roman Dzindichashvilli, J. Polgar-Finegold 1989, Finegold, Gelfand 1989, J. Polgar-Finegold 1990, Finegold-Susan Polgar 1990\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n56:00- Why does Ben think he has found an audience on Chess Twitch? How does he think about some recent controversies involving chess Twitch personalities?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Jon Speelman, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Eric Hansen, The Botez Sisters, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Aman Hambleton, IM John Bartholomew, IM Eric Rosen, IM Anna Rudolf, WFM Anna Cramling, It\\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:10:00- Patreon mailbag question: Does Ben have plans to improve his Twitch clips?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: The Family Guy\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:16:00- Patreon mailbag question: Which players of the past would have been good Twitch streamers?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Ljubomir Ljubojevi\\u0107 FM Emory Tate, GM Mikhail Tal, GM Alonso Zapata\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:21:00- GM Ben Finegold was featured in Sasha Chapin\\u2019s entertaining book All the Wrong Moves. What were Ben\\u2019s experiences with Sasha like?\\n\\nMentioned: Episode 152 with Sasha Chapin, Howard Stern, George Stephonopoulos,\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:26:00- Thanks, as always to Ben for joining the show. Here is how to keep up with him:\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nTwitch-\\n\\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/gmbenjaminfinegold\\n\\nTwitter- https://twitter.com/ben_finegold?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\\n\\nBen\\u2019s Personal Youtube Channel-\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6EnFbK-P5q0zeaqI5yobKg\\n\\nChess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta Youtube Channel-\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqLLqbclDQ6IQg39Wsgy-4w\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'