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Quick Wins in 15 Moves or Less, with GM Ben Finegold

January 18, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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GM Ben Finegold discusses games with Quick Wins of 15 moves or less. This lecture was recorded February 11, 2018 at CCSCATL.

Games Discussed:

Jarmany, John vs. Wells, Jonathan C
17th 4NCL Congress (2018)

Chan, Lok Yen Lewis vs. Kong, Steven Chun-shing
HKG 2018 Hong Kong (2018)

Burke, M vs. Gavrilescu, David
Gibraltar Masters (2018)

Van Zyl-Rudd, Jack vs. Perez Ponsa, F
Gibraltar Masters (2018)

Finegold, Benjamin vs. Schneider, Dmitry
Philadelphia National Op (2001)

Hopfgartner, H vs. Pawlak, Wojciech Zbigniew
17th Marienbad Open (2018)

Vicze, Kata vs. Tedeeva, Olga
17th Marienbad Open (2018)

Arroyo Rodriguez, J vs. Gillis Onieva, Celia
Gibraltar Masters (2018)

Danaci, Ege vs. Barissever, E
Turkish Cup (2018)

GM Ben Finegold’s personal Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/benfinegold2600

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Intro and concluding music: “Da Jazz Blues,” by Doug Maxwell; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mopxtd1dZM. Thank you Doug!

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