EP.09 - Grandmaster Ben Finegold

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

Sports, Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

GM Finegold has been a fixture on the American chess scene for decades. In this entertaining interview, Ben reflects on his time as resident Grandmaster at the St. Louis chess club and opines on America's young chess talents. Ben also discusses his recent move to Atlanta and reveals his plan to open a chess center in his new hometown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, I'm Ben Johnson, and this is the perpetual chess podcast.
0:09.5	On perpetual chess, I have weekly conversations with the chess world's best players,
0:13.8	promoters, and educators about their lives, careers, current projects, and best practices.
0:18.8	For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com.
0:27.4	Okay, I'm here with Grandmaster Ben Feingold.
0:30.4	Another old friend of mine, one of America's stalwarts in the chess scene, great
0:37.0	educator and teacher. Ben, thanks for coming on.
0:39.9	Sure, thanks, Ben.
0:41.1	I enjoyed the fact that when I asked you if you would like to come on this podcast, you said, I wouldn't mind doing that.
0:47.2	So that's the kind of enthusiasm we're looking for from our guests here.
0:50.5	Exactly.
0:51.1	Well, it's well known in the chess world that it's all about the Benjamin's.
0:54.4	So when you asked me, I knew I was going to do it. Yes, and a fun fact, Ben Feingold and I and
0:59.4	Jennifer Shahati lived in the same building briefly in the year 2000, I believe it was. Yeah, 1999 to
1:05.6	2000. I didn't do very well in the building quads. That's why we're old friends.
1:12.1	Yes, exactly.
1:13.6	And speaking of, so you just moved to Atlanta, is that correct?
1:17.5	That's right.
1:18.4	I lived in St. Louis for almost seven years.
1:22.4	I got hired by the chess club there to be the Grandmaster in residence.
1:27.4	And then eventually they made it a rotating position where the chess club there to be the grandmaster in residence.
1:27.7	And then eventually they made it a rotating position where there would be a different resident
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