(1969-09-06) September 6, 1969 (age 54) Detroit, Michigan
Title
Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating
2400 (June 2024)
Peak rating
2563 (January 2006)
Benjamin Philip Finegold (born September 6, 1969) is an American chess grandmaster and YouTuber/Twitch streamer. He had previously been nicknamed the "strongest International Master in the United States" until receiving his Grandmaster (GM) title in 2009.[1]
Finegold became a USCF Master at the age of 14, Life Master (USCF) at 15, Senior Master (USCF) at 16, International Master (FIDE) at 20, and Grandmaster (FIDE) at 40.
Finegold was recipient of the U.S. Chess Trust's Samford fellowship. In addition to filming and streaming chess topics on social media sites, he has been active in giving live tournament commentary, lectures, and writing. He was the grandmaster-in-residence of the Saint Louis Chess Club, and co-founded the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta.
^McClain, Dylan Loeb (October 3, 2009). "A Long Overdue Promotion After a Strong Finish in Texas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
saw BenFinegold and his father Ron hustling in a chess club at Manhattan, offering 8:1 money bets on one-minute-per-player bullet games. Finegold graduated...
college in 1994. She married GM BenFinegold in January 1989 in Hastings, England. They had a son, Spencer Finegold (born June 1991), and later divorced...
in order to gain space on the kingside and prevent ...f5. Grandmaster BenFinegold often plays this line; he notably beat Mamedyarov in this variation....
and GM Andrew Tang, Niemann received training from GMs Joshua Friedel, BenFinegold and Jacob Aagaard. John Grefe was another of his coaches. Niemann qualified...
2013. He has had notable wins against GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Boris Gulko, BenFinegold, Timur Gareyev, and Gregory Serper. Friedel was born and raised in Goffstown...
players who have held the position are (in order of first residency): BenFinegold, Yasser Seirawan, Alejandro Ramírez, Varuzhan Akobian, Jennifer Shahade...
Revisited: The Mortimer Effect, by Taylor Kingston Arthur Bisguier vs Benjamin Finegold, World Open (2000), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Jul-02 Robert Wade vs Nona...
OCLC 646112792. "Queen Sacrifices" on YouTube (At the 45:26 mark, GM BenFinegold of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta examines a game lost...
journalist 1969 – Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator 1969 – BenFinegold, American chess player and educator 1969 – Michellie Jones, Australian-American...
for first at the 2009 SPICE Cup in Texas (with Eugene Perelshteyn and BenFinegold) Bhat also has the second longest undefeated streak in the league (14...
1928–2009) Anton Filippov (Uzbekistan, born 1986) Reuben Fine (US, 1914–1993) BenFinegold (US, born 1969) Julius Finn (Poland, US, 1871–1931) Nick de Firmian (US...
decathlon (1928) Phil Emery, former General Manager for the Chicago Bears BenFinegold, chess grandmaster Byron Krieger (1920-2015), foil, sabre, and épée fencer;...
3rd Team All Stars Player (Team) Board 1 Hikaru Nakamura (STL) Board 2 Marc Esserman (BOS) Board 3 BenFinegold (STL) Board 4 Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (NY)...
player profile Interview with Duncan Suttles, Grandmaster February 1994 Great Players of the Past: Duncan Suttles. BenFinegold, video (47:48), March 2023...
Cifuentes (Chile) 2540 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 5 2448 7 8 IM BenFinegold (United States) 2465 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 2426 8–9...
Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008. Finegold, J. A.; Manisty, C.H.; Goldacre, B.; Barron, A.J.; Francis, D.P. (12 March...
International in Düsseldorf, the band Izabo in Baku, Moran Mazor in Malmö and Mei Finegold in Copenhagen, all failed to qualify for the final. In 2015, Nadav Guedj...
Union". union.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-05. How Rhodes Scholars Think; Ben Eastaugh and Chris Sternal-Johnson; 2009 Kertscher, Tom (September 14, 2010)...
song "Same Heart" written by Rami Talmid. The song was performed by Mei Finegold, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting...
Olympic champion gymnast Noam Dovrat (born 2002), basketball player Mei Finegold (born 1982), singer Shai Gabso (born 1984), singer Gideon Gechtman (1942–2008)...
Michael Ben David Boaz Eddie Butler Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Izhar Cohen Dafna Dana International Datner Duo Datz David D'Or Eden Mei Finegold Moti Giladi...
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