Amazing Game!! 95% Accuracy! | Grunfeld Defense | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@Wassup92294]

Gonna start saying “it’s a difficult conceptual moment here” when my wife wants me to do the dishes while I’m watching a naroditsky speed run video.

[@mlsanica7618]

no way dude you won something totally not a scam!!!

[@jessedehghani82]

I wash my dishes while watching these instructional games lol, put the video on my phone and prop it on the sill behind the sink! Before I know it, the dishes are done and I’m in the mood to play chess. Win-Win

[@JakeLondonRivers]

@@jessedehghani82 wait same 😂

[@geographynonsensical5003]

@@Juhahaikarainenfair point

[@Juhahaikarainen]

@@geographynonsensical5003 haha. I fall a sleep and propably my cheek messaged these. 😂

[@rhornjr]

One of my favorite things that happens during these speedruns is when Danya says: "Guys, give me a few seconds to calculate this." And literally one second later: "Ok, there are three or four ways we can handle this."

[@willie123567]

Sometimes they cut the video, you can see the time jump

[@_A-B_]

Mostly time jumps are like 8-10 seconds because he is an amazing calculater player

[@alphonseblackwood2930]

@@willie123567 and sometimes its a literal second because you can see theres no time cut from his game clock. Either way it is very cool/ impressive

[@SirPrizeMF]

That's nothing, I can come up with 20 ways to handle any situation within a second. All of them wrong, but still.

[@uguugu98]

Danya should be the face of chess at this point. Incredible player, godly teacher and on top of that incredible human being! For people like me he already has done more for chess than Magnus Fischer Kasparov combined. You definitely have many many hardcore supporters in us at every tournament Danya. Hats off to you sir!

[@this_rishi]

Well said

[@arvidj8918]

Who is "Magnus Fischer Kasparov"? He sounds like a capable chess player.

[@mckenziearchibald4510]

@@arvidj8918 hes the 2nd strongest player after gavin from 3rd grade

[@svenpoletka5236]

So true, if only he severed his ties with chesscom!

[@SchyllingWhistle]

Is he still playing competitively?

[@ClassicPass_]

Please please never stop the speedrun vids.. I especially like when you play the same/similar openings throughout the entire run.. really helps with pattern req, middle game plans and opening tree remembering

[@chesneytube1]

Never stop them. When you are 95 years old and just want to die. Do not stop.

[@felipeulloa6205]

This!!!

[@joakimquensel597]

I also love these series and they have helped me a lot improving my game. An ide for a future series: In the early oart when playing low rated players you play very simple and principal chess. I know you already now adapt our play somewhqt but take it one step further. Define a few basic principles that you always try to follow. And when you don't, clearly explain why. And when for example playing a 1200 rated oponent, avoid moves that requires calculations or strategical knowledge that a sub 1500 player typically don't have.

[@2006louisb]

100% agree

[@tecTitus]

I'll memorize it all too! I'm great at remember things except for birthdays

[@Blaaww1]

You know what impresses me? His ability to say he will explain 10 different things “after the game” and recall all the things he said he would explain 😂

[@reihansepehri2286]

he sometimes writes them

[@Ireniicus]

I just got back into chess after a couple of decades. Am 50 now. I got as high as 2190 elo in the 90s and have to say this video is fantastic. Wished it existed 35 years ago :)

[@alexwiththeglasses]

As an old beginner this is likely my favorite segment of the speed runs I’ve seen. I really appreciate the “thinking out loud” approach and interaction with the live stream. 🙏

[@JB_inks]

Thank you for these speed runs. I went from 1500 to 800, discovered I had accidentally fathered 7 children and developed a drug habit. I couldn't have done it without you, Danya.

[@tanya8628]

tf do u mean?

[@SadRanga6]

Congrats!

[@pepega3344]

I'm so proud of you

[@lehmankulli69]

Very relatable

[@willoschOG]

That was an awesome game Danya! I love wins, that are not a direct result of a one move blunder, but manifest rather slow and positionally.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Yeah once you get around to this 2000+ rating the games start getting more positional and people don't self destruct so easily

[@jdevries415]

Never too much speed run! Also some of the most relaxing and fun videos to watch. Your additional courses do complement this content very well as some of these topics require a dedicated explanation. Thanks again for creating such high quality chess content. I recommend you to everyone. P.S. I would love a speed run where you pick an opening with black and/or white like kings indian defense and stick with it to show the themes of that opening. It would be nice to evaluate the different lines.

[@Leoescalaa]

Hola Daniel, de verdad es el mejor canal de ajedrez, aprendo mucho, y aparte es gratis, me ayuda mucho escucharlo en ingles porque tengo un examen de IELTS y ver tus videos me ayuda a aprender inglés y ajedrez

[@thistleham]

Just commenting for algorithm and to say that i genuinely learn so much from these speedruns and i hope you still continue them after this one is done, especially in conjunction with the other videos youve talked about wanting to produce.

[@shanerigsby9030]

Sometimes I think I'd like to watch another GM do a vid like this to see how a different style would be explained, but guess what? No one else does such awesome videos! Danya is the GOAT.

[@andrewlin4108]

Daniel my favorite games to watch on repeat are when you get to 2000+, especially your 3000+ Elo games. Please do not stop them for the fear they might be too technical. I started watching these levels when I was 800 and today I am 1800+. The super technical videos have been invaluable

[@puzzles4breakfast275]

This is a slick response... I can't wait to face the Grünfeld

[@cohemo077]

Idk how high rated you are but at 1200 I’ve faced the grünfeld maybe twice in 5000 games

[@oloyt6844]

Goofy ah queens gambit player

[@puzzles4breakfast275]

@@oloyt6844 keep fighting teamers on your failed KZbin channel kid.

[@arleyantes9321]

@@puzzles4breakfast275 why so angry?

[@hekdasa]

@@oloyt6844 you get the Grünfeld after the playing nf6 on the second move and what I mean by that is that it is not a queens gambit when you go c4 bc you dont even gambit it is just the main line

[@42cpulaski]

Love the explanations. Wish Danya was my chess tutor on a permanent basis!!!!

[@lonebrowvg5219]

thanks for the content, it is all extremely helpful. that being said i think your 1800-2200 level speedrun content has been the best chess instructional content i have ever consumed.

[@flexedkumquat]

Please NEVER stop the speedrun till you lose a game. Gives a chance to some of us to aspire to 2600 but more importantly gives insight in how such high level players think and their thought process.

[@ChasingChess64]

Scammer

[@DavidEmerling79]

I love this Speedrun and your analysis! I also like how you play standard openings instead of wild (usually dubious) gambits just to beat up on lower-rated players. There's already plenty of that on KZbin by other chess content creators. Daniel is also, in my opinion, the most articulate chess content creator. Listening to him is easy. His thoughts are clearly expressed in an understandable way.

[@Ivactheseeker]

Petition to continue the Speedrun to 2400

[@Nick2014B]

Yes please don't stop the speedruns I look forward to these so much, also I would love some g4 bayonet attacks in the future like Judit Polgar used to do

[@ChasingChess64]

There’s a scammer going around pretending to be Danya. Don’t fall for this

[@gregheffley2]

how do you begin to analyze a position? watching daniel do it in a speedrun makes it look easy, but doing it in a game is so hard for me

[@TheBlueSkateboard]

Love your Speedrun videos! I've had the privilege of watching one live a few months ago... Anyway, no one has helped me more than you. Not gonna mention any other names, but I've tried all types of content, even paid content to no avail. Thanks to you I've gotten out of my plateau at 1200 into the 1400s and beyond! My advice to every intermediate player: Consume speedrun videos like the finest wine and play a lot of chess... Watch every single speedrun video. I'm telling you. Eventually the type of thinking sticks. Sometimes I even imagine Danya narrating my chessgame as I play and it helps, I try to think "what would Danya play in this position?" I do miss the speedruns at around my ELO, but there is still a lot to be learned from speedruns above level 2000!

[@ChasingChess64]

Scammer

[@Nerfgunninja]

Excited to hear you’re doing more speed runs after this… it’s so instructive!

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

When you talked about waiting on the d5 pawn push in the middle game , it’s similar to waiting in the end game to push pawns (to not exhaust your resources) and once it’s pushed it can never be undone. Also the grunfeld super complicated, there’s like a lot moves you can consider in the early middle game (marginal but not sure )

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

It’s called tabiya-duly noted

[@michar4097]

Hey Danya love your speedruns, got one question tho, in 17:08 you say we got a tempo when Bd7 and we can use the tempo to take queen out, but doesnt black also take the queen out and connecting rooks while retaking bishop? So we just trade the bishops not gaining tempo. Thanks for your youtube vods im watching almost all of them

[@Mathijs_A]

I'm guessing the black queen would rather on b6, since black is getting cramped. Though you may be right

[@young_dan_kee]

This series is phenomenal, something crucial to take away in every video.

[@carloscardoso5705]

These are the type of videos that motivate me to learn more and more about chess

[@tee1532]

The only thing I don't get at 27:43 (about Ng3 immediately instead of Nf4 plan) is that I don't see what you're planning to do with the g3 knight next. All of its possible moves end up in it being instantly taken by pawns

[@Petya504]

I love your Russian accent - 22:19

[@olomololo]

Sper informational video loving it Daniel, for me it is rly hard too see and find improving moves it was a good eye opener would love to see more about improving moves and how to find them

[@DavidEmerling79]

I have never done well against the Grunfeld and have adopted an anti-Grunfeld system with 3.f3. Plus, I play the Samisch against the King's Indian, so this creates positions with which I'm familiar. A lot of Grunfeld players get confused after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 because they don't really know what to do with their knight that is under attack. They're used to exchanging it off with white's knight which is usually on c3. But it's not there! I do like your 7.Bb5+ move, however. I may have to give that a try.

[@DavidEmerling79]

"The Grunfeld is a ridiculously solid opening." It has always been a puzzlement to me why it's not more popular. Bobby Fischer mostly played the King's Indian Defense but would occasionally uncork the Grunfeld with tremendous success. But that probably says more about Fischer than it does the Grunfeld. Although here's a game where Spassky defeats Fischer's Grunfeld: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrUaXl5pNudhZY

[@jackboutin4924]

Danya, this is my favorite speedrun game in recent memory. Beautiful positional game, I enjoyed every moment of the match and the analysis. Thank you for this series. I hope to learn from you or maybe even play with you in Charlotte one day!

[@cowboyclip]

Just wanted to say all these speed run vids are great thanks

[@ChasingChess64]

Scammer

[@lehmankulli69]

@@ChasingChess64 bruh

[@chesneytube1]

When you said ‘its like the Chinese of openings’ for a second I thought there was a Chinese opening I’d never heard of and got excited… then I figured out what you meant 😅 there needs to be a super technical opening called the Chinese.

[@criscesc]

This game was so clean Holy Shit

[@mikechapman1992]

There can never be too many of these speedruns

[@urbanpope]

You made winning look like child's play. Of course, I recognize your hundreds of hours of dedication that made your pattern recognition so overwhelming to mere mortals such as me. Thank you for posting this game of yours, Daniel.

[@andrew_owens7680]

It just shows how poor my memory is. I recalled Nimzowitsch "My System" having a chapter about "Prophylaxis", but in fact it was about "Laying on the Beef"!

[@nickfazzio5277]

This is therapeutic… to watch you clinically dismantle your opponents threats… NEVER gets old - looking forward to another speed run. Danya = Beast

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

"If someone finds Nxf5 you can call the arbiter"". Sure I agree you should not try to win a won game twice, but I would like to think that players in OTB games are still allowed to find moves, that correspondence players would find easily, without being accused of cheating.

[@jere3604]

12:50 d5 is an interesting line i found where black has to be careful

[@nikone951]

It's fascinating how nobody here would play Rc5. Of course when Danya explains it, it makes perfect sense, but nobody from chat would play it and it's the best movee

[@ChasingChess64]

Scammer

[@ryanbeltran5122]

Oh so cool! I can’t wait to learn more from the greatest chess teacher under 30. You’re going to grow into a greater player and person, looking forward to learning more.

[@trequor]

who is the greatest chess teacher over 30?

[@michaelc8192]

@@trequor Ben finegold

[@trequor]

@@michaelc8192 I wholly disagree, but your response is technically valid and will therefore be admitted to the Hall of Records.

[@michaelc8192]

@@trequor Eric Rosen, nvm he’s 29 but has the cadence of a 65 year old man

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@michaelc8192 when you get more experience and stronger, you will probably change your mind. Finegold can be funny though and one of his favorite movies is Falling Down so he has got that going for himself.

[@onesack9614]

I agree, no such thing as too many speedruns to look over !

[@johndevilbiss5549]

Every video should include that "Russian accent voice" at some point. It's gold. And trademark worthy.

[@enahs4774]

I wondered why Danya went Qh8 mate instead of Qg5, then I noticed that Qh8 was a mate with the promoted queen and the h pawn. The original queen wasn't even needed, whereas Qg5 was a mate using both queens and the pawn. I wonder if be did that on purpose for style points.

[@ilkerbalc3956]

i watch danya playing chess bc he is playing chess. if he talked history i would listen and watch him talk about history, if he read books i will listen him reading books.

[@JonatasXadrez]

Jesus Christ! You crushed the Grunfled with Bb5+!!

[@lergof0202]

I wish he would go higher than 2300. The 2200 games are just when it starts getting good.

[@thejames666]

It’s no coincidence that my iPhone corrected Danya to Santa. Fortunately only one of them comes once a year.

[@MajorAddiction]

"not every piece has to be distributing the COVID vaccine" hahaaa

[@p.g.3806]

Connoisseurs know that Danya is the internet's real chess teacher.

[@mounty7758]

I cant seem to join the discord with the link in the bio is anyone else having this issue?

[@deliciousroastpotato3698]

I was watching this video and at the move you were debating between Rb1 and Rc1, I was thinking “why not sack the exchange for activity with d5? It turns out that it’s a good move, but not primarily for the reason I imagined. While you do get adequate compensation for the exchange, stockfish prefers the in between move dxc6 with a threat on both bishops.

[@deliciousroastpotato3698]

It turns out black can ignore the sacrifice by playing ne5, which gives black a reasonable position.

[@Sxekilljoy]

I wanna create 1000000 bot accounts so I can make Daniel rich

[@davidoconnor1773]

35:42 he was already hosed, but this has to have been a misclick?

[@집학살]

I love Danyas Russian GM teacher voice 😂

[@edmis90]

I find the Grünfeld infinitely easier to play than the KID. I've tried KID for a long time but still kept getting into a worse position more often than not. With the Grünfeld I've good or equal positions from Day1. It's just so much more solid or natural.

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

wow that is one really impressive accurate game by Daniel. I used to play the Grunfeld and won against many strong OTB FIDE 2300+ players, but now that games are showing that the black knight on a5 is not good (as evidenced by some MVL recent games), I am not so sure about wanting to play it anymore. In this game, black missed out on a free queenside b5 expansion which, combined with e6, cost him the game.

[@limmeh7881]

A friend the other day tried to pronounce Sun Tzu in Chinese. He got it wrong by one tone and ended up saying the Chinese for what I found out to be "good for nothing"/"bastard"... So I guess the Grunfield has to be played precisely or things won't go well 😅

[@muntoonxt]

13:55 What about 1..Rc8 2.Qd2 Nxd4 3.Bxd7 Nex2+ 4.Kh1!, and the knight is trapped and white also threatens Bxc8 to win the exchange as well... EDIT: Nevermind, forgot about Nxc1, with the option of Nxa2 should black's knight have nowhere else to evacuate.

[@manupareek9326]

The c1 rook will be hanging after Kh1, he can simply grab it

[@pepega3344]

And there's Nc3 escape right? black bishop and rook defend c3

[@manupareek9326]

@@pepega3344 yes correct, nice catch

[@muntoonxt]

@@pepega3344 Against 4..Nc3, 5.Bxc8 takes out the rook, winning an exchange, and 5..Qxc8 walks into a pin, potentially allowing white to win/pressure the knight as well. (Verified with an engine to make sure.) Apparently, even stronger than 4..Nxc1 (-3.5) is 4..Rxc1 (-9).

[@luke53285]

this man said "whole other kettle of fish" lmao

[@iniasv9114]

I really like chess lately, i love the london and want go buy some coaching because i want to learn traps etc… he keeps talking about main moves etc, how do they know this? Reading books? Is it with databases? If so how can i check this all myself :)?

[@obscurelines]

Happy for all kinds of speedruns. E4 speedruns, D4 speedruns. gambit speedruns, hypermodern, etc.

[@xx-jk1iq]

30:22 I understand the tactical reasons to play this move but in general, with the kingside attack, don't u want to not open up the center like this? What makes it even more surprising is that it actually works to do this. black's pieces are so bad but I would never think of doing this because i would try to keep the center closed.

[@fromepotter]

Can someone explain the checkmate 33:36

[@thetransferaccount4586]

grunfeld again though x200

[@Tx66]

Hi Danya, whenever I watch a sensei video I feel I go into my next game with a completely new understanding. Example: When you taught us about the Pillsbury Knight, I had that in a QGD the very next game I played, and it was an absolute monster.

[@bryander9041]

Loved the point about Grunfeld frontloading tactics in the opening v Kings Indian delaying tactics till the middlegame

[@Pumbear]

For me personally it's not the speedrun content specifically what I like, but it's having you talk your way through a game and analysing afterwards. It's way more concrete than abstract video on the end game.

[@IntotheLloyd]

One of my favorite series on all of KZbin.

[@ChasingChess64]

Scammer

[@samuraicoder]

The Grunfeld defense is one of my favourite openings as Black.Seeing it from White's perspective has given me a better understanding of this opening.Thank you🙂

[@Lord7979]

Man I love your work Danya! Not looking forward to the speedrun starting back over at 800 since it won't be anything interesting till like 1200 at least, but it is what is people are different levels

[@cnydo]

I'm a big fan of Daniel. There many top players out there but Dany is the best chess teacher I've known in my life

[@whatintarnation4969]

i don’t get that chinese analogy

[@Chris.4345]

For the algo

[@rogerwarr4673]

‘If somebody plays Nxf5 you can find the arbitrator’😂😂

[@AndreyPutilov]

Absolute pleasure to watch

[@wazzadev7209]

Superb tactic to win the game

[@Toiletman24]

Average Hans Niemann accuracy

[@TheDestroyer7102]

You know its a good speedrun game when even Danya gives himself a pat on the back! Amazing game Danya, thank you for uploading!

[@Vixcis]

Can you do a 3/2 speedrun sensei ?

[@thetransferaccount4586]

good games x3 actually

[@violetasuklevska9074]

47:10 This is the Bh3 game!

[@solomonherskowitz]

The Chinese of openings 🤣👌👊

[@augusthaydn6614]

It would've been nice to see the Topolov Shirov game through to the end, since it has one of most amazing moves of all time.

[@ninjapandathethird6241]

Who is the cheater now hmmmm

[@anissbenthami]

Very good teacher keep up

[@felipeulloa6205]

Thank you SO MUCH for the speedruns. I love them.

[@ductran.ngocminh2838]

Im not gay but I love you!

[@Byakuyami]

Feels weird to watch this for free. Thank you, Danya!

[@mckenziearchibald4510]

18:38 its nice to know some chess pieces deliver life saving drugs

[@ypishchik]

Love these speed run series -- learn so much and so entertaining. Keep up the good work.

[@evanchristianson3730]

Great video

[@drake8846]

Great chess, thanks for all the real time analysis, very interesting :)

[@mohammedalhayek7862]

Please complete the speedrun until 2500

[@shashlik7959]

Pieces distributing covid vaccine is such a meme at this point