YaacovN as he is known on ICC was leading the Bryant Park speed chess tournament after this victory over GM Joel Benjamin. As well as being a strong player, Yaacov is a good chess coach – details at yaacovn.com
Yaacov Norowitz beating Joel Benjamin at Blitz Chess
Jews everywhere.
Does Norowitz play the Stonewall as White?
Haha, Joel was really pissed off losing this game!
isnt there a video of this guy playing someone in washington square park?
yes @TheScatterBlaster, you are right, you can find it searching "blitz chess at washington square park 1"
blitz chess at washington aquare park
lol
sorry i wanted to go to the video 🙂
Dacha! great YaacovN, hello from Guatemala from Talzan.
I believe its the london system not stonewall. and joel messed up earlier with the knight maneuver when he got it stuck in an awkward place infront of his fianchettod castle, and then when the queen went where the bishop really should have been, it was all over from then on
I like JB for his game of the week on ICC. Let's face it. It's blitz chess…even in a hacker game (I am maybe 1800) or a high level game…you want to win. I don't know Jb personally at all, but his reaction to the loss was pretty natural. I congratulate the former U.S. champ (more than once I think?) for being active in these kinds of tournaments
At 3:40 black missed an opportunity to fork the King and Queen. He had plenty of time while white was thinking. Is there a reason I'm missing that he did not fork to capture the Queen?
Hi Info Freak, the white Bishop on g4 would be able to take the knight
At 3:40 black missed an opportunity to fork the King and Queen. He had plenty of time while white was thinking. Is there a reason I'm missing that he did not fork to capture the Queen?
The bishop on B4 is protecting it.
Yaacov is my new chess hero, such a humble guy, he's awesome , thanks for posting Daniel 😀
Joel would have smashed yaacov in his prime…