"2.3 Seconds=20 moves" | Four Knights Scotch | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

00:00 Intro
00:13 First Move
17:38 Analysis
30:00 Example Position 1
31:35 Example Position 2
32:05 Back to Game
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[@TryingIGuess]

I love when chat panics over one of the best hyperbullet players running low on time.

[@sharpvidtube]

I remember when I used to be like that, now I see he has 2 seconds, and that's like me having 2 minutes.

[@star-iv]

"Yeah, and there's plenty of time" - Danya with 2.3 seconds on the clock

[@trequor]

Yeah lol. That little panic alarm at 20 seconds just means that Danya has up to 200 moves remaining. An eternity in chess.

[@OneMasterDisaster]

Me when I’m deciding how to convert a winning position: 28:30 The engine: 28:33

[@Viriais]

Cracked me up

[@ivel17]

Lmfao

[@kingsgambit]

that was hilarious xD

[@Sbigsla]

omg 😂😂😂

[@lavpanchal3265]

For fucking real 😭🤣

[@geoffreymak000]

I like how he says “and there is plenty of time” at the end with 2 seconds on the clock 😂

[@BlanBlan19901990]

Dude I was just gonna comment this lol

[@sharpvidtube]

It is lots of time, compared to some previous games I've seen, where he does many moves in the last second. An impressive skill.

[@descendency]

I'd love to see Danya play 23 moves in 2.3 seconds... especially against me and especially in a rated game :D

[@carlpederson2701]

just caught his stream for the first time today. dude actually plays dozens of games with 10 second time control and no increment. 2 seconds to him actually is plenty of time

[@trequor]

My man is like Quicksilver in the X-men movies.

[@michaelcaron5756]

I can just picture an announcer voice saying “Naroditsky down to the wire with 2 seconds left, can he do it?!?” 🤣🤣 Danya’s like “I could’ve played this entire game in the remaining 2.3 seconds if I didnt have to stop and explain everything to you mouth breathers” 🤣🤣

[@fredgandolfi2356]

"Plenty of time... TWO SECONDS IS LIKE AN ETERNITY" is an astonishing display of mastery. Because he actually means it. His voice does not change while explaining and wrapping up the game. He stays Zen. He may as well be noting a grocery shopping list. Ftlog. Sensei is on a different plane.

[@brunilda]

I am still dumbfounded by Danya’s humility, like he is really genuinely surprised and pleased when the computer supports his moves, and also he is genuinely open to being shown all the putative inaccuracies. The content is great but I think that is truly a great lesson in chess psychology

[@dominater5]

I mean computers are WAY better than humans at chess, I wouldn't really call it humility.

[@trequor]

@@dominater5 Yeah but good players can find the best move for most moves in games at this level. Man vs Machine is a knockout, but in a game with a GM versus a high level amateur the GM should be making mostly engine moves most of the time. I'm a lowly 1000 elo and I can play above 90% accuracy against lesser players (i.e. my relatives when they wanted to play)

[@impishlyit9780]

I love how you can see the moment when the time gets close and his brain switches from "teaching chess" to "blow him off the board". His instincts are honed for those moments lol.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

On this day Daniel invented the concept of the "Pawn-Bishop Battery."

[@yvespratte8668]

You Bet! Lol

[@aravindsfirst]

"Check, take it, and mate" he says while sitting on just 3 seconds. First time I actually clapped to a video on KZbin. SO GOOD!

[@TheQuicksilver115]

You must be new here ;) welcome!! And strap in because that was nothing lol, you're in for a real treat!

[@pablourosa1443]

For my beginner friends: If you have a rook and king vs knight and king endgame and you don't wanna be forked, place your king and rook on different color squares and you will be unforkable

[@asianb0iiii]

That’s a great tip! It’s simple rules like this that are helpful in reducing blunders under time pressure

[@howedaddy6122]

@@asianb0iiii i mean this comment isn't true though

[@adriankla7947]

Also always check if the pawn endgame is an easy win and sac your rook for the knight makes things waay easier

[@jere3604]

@@howedaddy6122 why?

[@howedaddy6122]

@@jere3604 A knight can fork peices on opposite color squares in multiple ways

[@miguel-espinoza]

That calmness with 2 seconds left... mindblowing!

[@michaelc8192]

Can you make some history of chess content, different openings, players that innovated in their time etc., love the content

[@eruptrl8893]

Honestly I enjoy the speed run but would love to see some more content from Danya since he’s so good and entertaining

[@tharakakarunarathne2420]

He try to find the fastest mate in a time that I try to find any legal move.

[@scottruckel8810]

Thank you very much for all of your free content! I have learned chess pretty much solely through KZbin and have watched a multitude of different creators. I just recently started watching you but you do a wonderful job of breaking down top level gameplay to a point in which everyone can understand! I know myself and many others benefit greatly. Please keep up the great work!

[@Not-You-Tuber]

Full of information, just a random speed run video can improve your chess understanding quite a bit.. This series is absolutely gold for chess enthusiasts.. Thanks Danya..♥️♥️

[@Rangerboy030]

-> 2.3 seconds left on the clock Danya: tHeRE's PlenTY oF TiMe

[@willhamilton3343]

Loving the high level speed run gameplay. Keep up the great work Danya!

[@danielnaroditskyfan2610]

Another great video from the man himself!

[@ryanboyd4770]

Still loving it-cheers Danya

[@jakobsommer8582]

Hi Daniel, thanks for all the amazing chess content. Are you actually going to continue the endgame principles series? Really looking forward to it!

[@doodoopoo]

dude this is amazing

[@bendshort]

amazing. Thanks Danya.

[@matyassiegl1332]

this is the most educative series out there

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Cool to get a game with a solid opening and such an instructive middlegame.

[@coleclark6866]

good work recently

[@alexlithgow-bj8bc]

It would be cool to see a gambit speedrun next

[@mkb5743]

Most lower rated players don't even accept gambits. Like he tried to play the Danish Gambit for entire first half of the master class speedrun but people would never go into it (which makes sense because that is really dangerous)

[@yvespratte8668]

23 moves... I'm crying 😒🤣. By Far, You are the best Streamer Teacher in the World! You have the rare capability to make chess look so easy and understandable. At 57, I'm officially a Self learning Beginner (1200) thanks to You!

[@andrewnelson7166]

best sensei speedrun opponent yet

[@96merluzzo]

Babe wake up, Danya's new 4 knights' scotch just dropped

[@badjaeaux]

dude you are the greatest chess teacher and probably the GOAT of chess classes

[@akseliollikainen8301]

Rb7+ instead of h4 at 15:50 like a good russian school boy forcing the enemy king further back before defending the pawn.

[@zHqqrdz]

8:20 : Me, 1300 : "e5 dxe5 fxe5 Rxe5 Qxd4 wins the knight ? If Danya doesn't see it, it doesn't work, but why ?" Stockfish : "...Qxd4" Ah..

[@ashmanfreepress]

I was getting nervous there and my boy Dan here is like “plenty of time left an eternity”

[@cyin974]

2.3 seconds is also the time it takes for me to click on this video

[@charlesgrube5906]

quite a long time

[@domenicozaza192]

What a player!

[@TheMarksT]

Nice ice!

[@zippymax1]

Sublime.

[@johnwalker1058]

Danya: *literally has two seconds left* "Yeah, we have plenty of time." *totally calm and nonchalant* Me: "Danya is a real life speedster confirmed."

[@Chessdot89]

Cheers ✌️

[@douggieharrison6913]

5:05 dead ass though Danya was hitting a vape lmap

[@howedaddy6122]

Lol imagine. Danya high as fuck while obliterating 1900s in his spare time.

[@mehmetemin903]

17:37 Alright, very good.

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@avintoz9405]

So many tactics🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@cordobes]

Great

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

At 10:00 Black thought en passant was forced

[@techneip5449]

Where can I find your patreon, it is not in the channel about page and I can’t find it anywhere

[@DW11111]

nice

[@navyajangala3097]

Dude played with my anxiety..

[@tanadihensen73]

Thanks very much for sharing this match, today is the international chess day. Let us celebrate it by playing chess 24 hours nonstop, start from now.

[@joeanon8568]

Do you have any speedrun games where you play scotch gambit or goring gambit?

[@jakeglassman634]

Let’s see how the 2600+ FIDE holds up at this level…

[@ignis6144]

Great comment but im afraid many people did not get the joke I think

[@sharpvidtube]

He seems to be coping.

[@drewmiddleton9715]

Here to politely beg for more endgame videos

[@nbeqo]

Yeah, fianchettoing the Bishop is what Karpov used to do, he would even sacrifice the e4 pawn.

[@sjamley]

Anyone know where to find the MVL vs Carlsen game?

[@Yea___]

I love you danya!

[@evanbelcher]

14:45 Nope I don't. I don't remotely see how Nf4 is a threat. Whatever it is, I would have blundered it 100%

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

13:11 should have moved the Black King to f8 instead of moving Pg7. That would have prevented the rook capture sequence or winning both rooks, plus it would also open up for Black Ng4 forking White's Rook and Queen.

[@disco_sugar]

20:22 would the ship name be pawship?

[@gregghutchence]

27:47 is it possible to play Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nf6+

[@ougoah]

"The bishop is an extension of the pawn." mmm... Zennnn

[@siddharthjain2799]

Hi daniel can you please play kings indian defence against semish?? I changed my repertoire from QGD to kings indian after seeing your videos. But struggle against semish.

[@georgegeorgopoulos1861]

Hi Jain.. the modern approach is to play ... O-O 6. Be3 c5!? even as a pawn sacrifice... Black has full compensation For more details see here www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence,_S%25C3%25A4misch_Variation&ved=2ahUKEwimwIac-4b5AhVsk_0HHQcBCYIQmhN6BAgMEAI&usg=AOvVaw3jM_O2vciHKviQF78tC0EU

[@DagarMan0]

do you mean... samish variation?

[@siddharthjain2799]

Yup KID against samish variation

[@Rugvedful]

Nothing makes me more happy than a new upload

[@tralx5268]

Qf2 aka frankfurt airport

[@anthonypassarelli5534]

Either I watched this live or this is a re-upload, but I've seen this before.

[@PaperTigerLive]

You watched it live. I’ve never seen this before and I’ve seen all of danyas vids

[@MrJoosebawkz]

why is bishop takes on d4 a bad move for black? Instead of pulling back. sorry if the answer is obvious

[@cjf1015]

Brilliant

[@douggieharrison6913]

2.3 seconds = 20 moves Anyone else hard after reading that title? Watching Danya be mister "wow this player is severly underrated" after opening with e4 and Danya going into actual demon mode to blitz out 5000 moves in 0.04 seconds is such a fucking treat. The best speed run videos end when he has less than 10 seconds which we consider no time, but he considers a fucking eternity

[@mooglemayhem5958]

At 19:20 is he saying you lose the potential to take a piece from the opponent the bishop? Rather than lose a piece for yourself?

[@kamilklimowicz6160]

Bxe3, Nxg7, Kf8 if you take the bishop back with xe3 black will play Kxg7. In this situation you'll be down a bishop and a knight for a bishop and pawn. If instead you retreat you're knight let say back to f5 then black will treat his bishop and you'll be down a knight for a pawn. In both situations you are down a minor piece, that's what he's saying.

[@cupass6179]

danya declined en passant twice in this video D:

[@LitCactus]

brick

[@Kokurorokuko]

blasphemy

[@AbeKenney]

That watch!?

[@danielm9845]

i love the four kinghts scotch as much as ur videos

[@YorkyPoo_UAV]

2.3 seconds... Plenty of time

[@frequensea9434]

I’ve been playing more 4 knights just because it’s easy and damn am I just obliterating players instead of D4

[@bilaltoumir4475]

I've played be3 my opponent goes kne5

[@cptnoremac]

20:00 That's not literally every single piece. The king and rooks aren't defending it. If you want to be hyperbolic, don't use the word "literally," which is how you tell us you're NOT being hyperbolic.

[@yessir6427]

🤓

[@kingdreamer647]

The word literally can and often is used in hyperbolic sentences whether you like it or not

[@cptnoremac]

@@kingdreamer647 Yeah, any word CAN be used in any way. I could use "however" as an adverb. I'd still be wrong.

[@blurryface5940]

*_2.3 seconds ? Is it enough for you to finish ?_* _yes babe. Never doubt my enthusiasm._ *They don't call me* _The Finisher_ *for nothing*

[@jto2161]

Finischer

[@shivanshpachauri2855]

bobby finisher

[@2FadeMusic]

a rare youtube comment that genuinely made me laugh out loud

[@lukacalov1988]

Cmon bruh play Belgrade gambit already xD

[@baderalrawais2189]

جميل 6 جداً

[@connormonday]

I just want to see what he plays on move 10.... How is nobody playing the main line

[@balajidhanush4321]

Thalaivare

[@rq4740]

Alpha magnus: No I don’t want the WCC title anymore, you can have it Beta chess streamers: *still nerding tf out over chess*

[@wate4661]

29th

[@SuperYtc1]

2.3 seconds is enough time for Danya to finish but he couldn't spare 2.3 seconds for Dina.

[@karthiktadepalli7560]

I understand you don't mean any ill by these jokes but I think it would be good if they stopped. Chess comment sections tend to go crazy when there's a man and a woman on screen with the slightest chemistry and it is probably weird for both of them and there is no need for it

[@SuperYtc1]

@@karthiktadepalli7560 The real joke is that it makes people like you spend your time writing comments like that. Thanks for the laugh.

[@PJBoyYT]

@@SuperYtc1 What do you mean? That was a pretty reasonable and normal comment that Karthik made

[@SuperYtc1]

@@PJBoyYT Completely disagree. But it will for sure get people like you to like it so you can feel morally superior. It's a light hearted joke on an internet video. Get over yourselves.

[@PJBoyYT]

@@SuperYtc1 Why are you commenting with analysis on why you think people like comments on the internet? I was wondering what it was about the above comment that you thought was a "real joke"...