Attacking F7 Early W/ Theory | QGA | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@mohammadabalkhail7663]

Danya: *teaches chess* Chat: haha danya doesn’t have pants

[@BuffBodHotRod]

how did this guy remember a game from 17 years ago, have a record of it, and pull it up immediately

[@acharyajoydeep]

Exactly my thoughts

[@larskerkhof8835]

GMs are something else

[@owaisabdulmoeed7644]

We need answers, Danya! I've always wondered this

[@jakobberger9289]

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice can’t put the blame on you. He learned from his mistake and will never make the same one again!

[@michaeletzkorn]

They study the game for a living. It’s sort of like being really into movies and being able to recall famous scenes from them.

[@mrmcchewy6328]

Opponent: plays 1. e4 Danya: Now let me show you why this is a big mistake

[@TrapGoose.]

Classic Danya

[@witheringhs7766]

4:33 im so drunk i just finally realized when daniel says "lets calculate" and waits for an answer... it's because his calculation was instant! lmao... he's such a great teacher, he gives you a small window to feel like you figured it out before he did, what a great feeling

[@byOlympus]

I've never realized that. He's already calculated the thing and says "Let's calculate" 😂

[@witheringhs7766]

@@byOlympus yeah, this particular case wasn't the best example but he does it all the time

[@zachhorrocks7746]

He's far better a teacher than he lets on, and not even close to other chess KZbinrs. These runs are a gift.

[@AC-sk7uv]

It’s a classic teaching technique that he uses quite well. In education lingo it’s called “wait time” and it has actual research showing that it improves student learning. So yeah hats off to him.

[@danjeory3659]

Just for the record, in his book 'Play the Queen's Gambit', Chris Ward gives both 6. Bxf7! and 6. Qb3 as perfectly good ways to punish 5...Bg4, but suggests that 6. Bxf7! Kxf7 7. Ne5+ is the sweeter option 😄

[@liljackypaper]

Stockfish has them very close to even as well

[@ZenMadman]

Amazing to watch an 1800+ get so rapidly dismantled in a "solid" opening like the QGA. Playing a GM is hard!

[@trequor]

He played a bad move. Gotta protect f7... especially when so many pieces can attack it quickly. I'm only 1500 and I could have capitalized on that mistake, but then again I play a lot of queen odds chess against friends and family so I'm very accustomed to defending weak pawns.

[@starship1701]

Honestly this 1800 played like a 1200 at best

[@frostypotatos180]

imo when white plays e4 the qga isnt solid its extremely tactical and complex

[@ZenMadmanPoker]

@@trequor They could have easily avoided this mistake if they'd just read the title of the video. Seriously, though, playing queen odds forced me to be more aware of these types of sacrifices. I'm also around 1500 and played a lot of queen odds games against my friend who's ~750.

[@claudiog7692]

Solid openings won’t work if you’re out of theory so early and you immediately make a 1000 level blunder in the first move where you think for yourself

[@topnotch3232]

Naroditsky was watching Curry put up 43 tonight and had to wait until they secured the W to let the video up. Mad respect, I had Curry over 35 tonight, so I’m winning all over the place with a speedrun post in addition to all that 🙏🏽

[@aaronf949]

I had warriors -9.5 🫡

[@topnotch3232]

@@aaronf949 you must have been sweating all game! Lmao what a lucky end for you

[@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592]

what is this curry put up?

[@monstermagnet3150]

@@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592 Stephen Curry, basket, 43 points

[@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592]

@@monstermagnet3150 Oh!😂 I was thinking if it has to do something with the curry in Indian cooking. My bad.

[@novachristophe1276]

I’ve watched all your speed run vids, please upload more sensei!! We need you!!

[@CH-wd6qs]

As a d4 player who faces QGA often, this video is super helpful. Thank you

[@ranlit7717]

Omg! Finally a 1.d4 episode!! I understand that e4 is “best by test” and that Danya is an e4 player, but man, I always wished 1.d4 could get featured more often in your speedruns. In fact, I truly wish one day we could have a 1.d4-based speedrun series! As an amateur d4 player, I just feel like d4 gets a bad reputation amongst lower-level players that it truly doesn’t deserve. Queen’s Gambit games aren’t inherently more boring than e4 games, imho. They can also get very fun, very sharp. I also don’t think they are necessarily harder to explain. Anyhow, looking forward to more 1.d4!! Thank you Danya!!

[@Holy_Kebab]

Nooo booo 1.d4

[@johnwalker1058]

Same. I'm an e4 player myself, but I use the Queen's Gambit quite frequently in the games I play as Black and it's one of my personal favorite openings.

[@ryanbeltran5122]

I feel like Danya just was just vicious this game. I think he had a glass of something before playing this game, and I’m all in for it. Danya Drinks Every Game. I want that KZbin Chess Channel

[@joejoe-ds8xr]

Danya revealing his past games are always a bonus and credit to his opponents who recognized his future brilliancy and inspired him to pay it forward for all

[@TheJayMoses]

I love that I found Qxh8. After almost two years of following Danya I’m finally starting to see these killer lines. Much appreciated.

[@NotElusivePanda]

The QGA is a reputable line Crushes opponent out of the opening

[@12jswilson]

It is though. It's the third move that masters play after d4 d5. It's not as common as e6 or c6, but still pretty solid

[@tmbhbnt8281]

QGA is reputable. The problem in this game is 5. ... Bg4

[@Evilanious]

I've crushed opponents out of the opening in the slav and the qgd too and I'm sure Dayna has as well, more spectacularly than I have. You can crush people out of any opening if they play it poorly.

[@Itstimetorecover]

@@tmbhbnt8281 Not reputable at the 1800 level. One inaccurate move in the opening and you get dookied on

[@henk7747]

@@Itstimetorecover if a bad move is played it's the players fault not the line. An 1800 goes into the QGA and doesn't know anything after move 4... People at 1500 know their lines better

[@lukeallen8443]

Daniel, congrats on breaking 2700 classical after your tournament wins this weekend.

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

If you have mate in 1, win the queen. That’s the mountain I’m dying on lmao

[@Tsunami-]

Danya, your teaching style is just too good man. These games are SO instructive. Absolutely love them, thank you!

[@sleepcycle8032]

Warriors win into Narodistky speed run, can't beat this friday night.

[@hendrew6652]

the position in the beginning reminded me of the Caro Kann Fantasy Variation

[@Not-You-Tuber]

I think It's an opening disaster for opponent but still he tried his best to defend that lost position.. Well played.. Great informative video Danya.. 👌👌👌

[@christor2907]

that first game is the kind of torture we all dream of inflicting on opponents.

[@geckogeico2212]

There's only ever one game in the video he just reviews it after

[@christor2907]

@@geckogeico2212 wrote the comment before watching the rest sort of assuming it was such a slaughter he did another. He has done that before on his other speedruns

[@Noname-ur1vu]

@Daniel Great content! Thank you.

[@Jaylooker]

Following Aman’s rule: If you have checkmate, look for a better move

[@sbusupes284]

After watching the recent Gothamchess video,I decided to finally check out Danya's channel I knew he was good but he's actually a brilliant teacher🔥🔥🔥

[@lukastux3024]

Opponent: *He's thinking, so I made a good move* Danya: 2:28 😂😂😂

[@nickfazzio5277]

This looks like one of my games. Dead lost after Bg4. About move 4 I’m always playing to just stay alive I feel like. Good stuff Danya

[@RobertoHernandez-kf8nn]

18:08 Zlotnik’s Middle Game Manual first chapter is all on IQP structures. Would suggest I studied a bit of it!

[@jordanleviathanthwaites6501]

Thanks coach

[@davewestner]

I hope you guys do some kind of speedrun greatest hits sometime. There was definitely some stuff on this one that belongs there

[@abcdef-mf5nb]

Daniel "The Prophet" Naroditsky easily predicting the opponent's move again and again throughout the video

[@stevejones3008]

Please do more mainline d4! Your explanations are much more effective then trying to memorise theory at the lower levels. 🙏

[@fuadfadhilah_]

"am i wearing pants right now?" is insane 😂

[@josefsifuentes4618]

Congrats on the NYT gig! Well deserved.

[@calebwhiting8744]

Stunning to see Danya stomp an 1800 like they are 400.

[@hypercubemaster2729]

Well, they played very badly for an 1850...

[@cedpete7434]

😂

[@KierenLefevre]

Danya strikes again with another epic video! 🙌🏽

[@Grannyknockers]

Took opponent a long time to find the resign button

[@chandrakiran6258]

Danya play more IQP structure with you being the one having isolated pawn...feels hard to play and most probably losing......and by the way i have won plenty of games from your yt and twitch videos...ty very much

[@jaerik99]

This is some premium free content. Thank you, Danya!

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@Jaikney]

me: hey a QGA video! I just started learning that as black :) danya: I apologise in advance

[@Diffusion8]

Jeez, that was brutal 🤯

[@OussamaYaqdane1]

love you sensei

[@deliciousroastpotato3698]

For qga 2.nf3 is best met with 2…a6 where black is equal or better in all lines.

[@eel9]

14:26 it's not actually e5, it's a6. now b4 always hits the knight. I played QGA as black for some point and Nc3 was common mistake up to even 2100 level (on lichess)

[@dsrguru]

Makes sense. It prepares ...b5 and white will never regain the pawn. Even if there weren't a strong concrete response, Nc3 doesn't make much positional sense here. It does nothing to recapture the pawn or prepare castling, unlike e4, e3, or Nf3. The whole point of Nc3 before Nf3 in d4 mainlines is to prepare e4 and pressure d5, but white can already play e4 here and there's no pawn on d5 to pressure.

[@christopher19894]

Main lines are like clichés: there's a very good reason that they're "overused".

[@musictest9999]

9:24 i 100% would have blundered mate in one

[@tookaysevon]

I always play e3 to allow for the trap where black attempts to keep the pawn on c4.

[@LeRainbow]

Incredibly addicted to your videos right now

[@riqzo]

11:17 Nd7+ is a fork which wins a bishop since the queen is pinning the opponents knight

[@nickfazzio5277]

I noticed this too and thought that was the move…So the million dollar question is…. Did Danya already know and see a way…if he could force the king to E7 with forced checks…he could fork the king capturing the queen. I’d love to know if his brain said that, over simplify down capturing a minor piece.

[@faznaz7455]

@@nickfazzio5277 Danya saw a way where winning the Queen was unavoidable. It’s funny how he didn’t see Qe8# but saw the queen fork. Winning the knight is also a nice simplification but Qd5 is just brutal and for a confident calculator, the consequences won’t worry you!

[@alexwiththeglasses]

And again an opponent with a solid rating choosing to play an opening without knowing the first few moves - ouch! Seems to be a recurring theme by now. Not intended as a put down, though. I’m just a beginner myself. I just didn’t imagine players at this rating would have such an issue with the opening.

[@Rithmy]

That is because they have come this far without needing to know.

[@kruksog]

I mean, 1800 is absolutely solid but Danya is nearly 3k blitz. It's like being 1000 against 2200. 1800 is absolutely reputable for us 1500s but they (and we) have no hope against someone like Danya.

[@Ben-ff6hc]

Some people aren't theory heavy

[@adamjskater]

@@Ben-ff6hc This is it. I'm ~2000 blitz and ~2100 rapid on lichess and my theory is trash

[@kayunrtd3514]

7:00 Nc3 seems more deadly than exchanging

[@crazyboysince1998]

I took the Knight to g5 in one game and nearly choked on my own rage when he just took it with the queen. I was like no, That's, not possible hahahaha

[@baio8649]

11:41 damn you missed mate in 1

[@manemobiili]

Aw shid Queens Gambit is on the board!

[@BiggyJimbo]

"If you have mate in 1 look for better" hahahah

[@mauliksata3491]

You could have played kn e7 check at 11:21 right ?

[@kaidoChess]

Danya is my dad

[@elbomporino]

I've watched approximately one billion of these, well done! I think you missed a mate in 1, the move after you stopped analyzing your opponent took the bishop and you could have moved Queen d7 #. Unless I'm missing something?

[@JB_inks]

I'm going to report Danya to PETA for the way he toyed with that poor creature

[@geoffreysayoc]

Danya: If you have mate in 1 look for better 😂

[@SuperKripke]

"Take your clothes off once in a while if you live alone."😆😅🤣

[@BudgiePanic]

This video has the classic: if you have mate in one, look for better.

[@le_gus001]

Hey Danya :) Are all student places at the moment taken? If no, are there some requirements for future students?

[@monderelhawari2883]

11:40 Qe8 was checkmate or is it just me

[@Diffusion8]

16:28 I can't believe Danya was ever 1700...must be a typo! 😁

[@mehmetemin903]

12:05

[@youtubegangstrz6513]

You missed mate in 1 on 11:45

[@michael2244]

I always accept the gambit as black, i give the c4 pawn away and play e6

[@Majora96]

Rip Victor

[@3rescan]

I don't understand, the first game I see all the moves you are asking us about, in puzzles I have a 1900 rating, USCF I have an 1100 rating, but I struggle to see these moves in real time. I try to stick to playing one or two lines for each side, I have books for these lines as well, and I have been practicing my end games OTB, yet I still struggle in actual games...

[@mehmetemin903]

4:54

[@0nkw]

hi danya!

[@newterry2008]

Sorry if I am mistaken but in 7:14 of this video why white play QXb7 and not Qd7# ?

[@anjalojha6551]

d7 is defended by the knight

[@newterry2008]

@@anjalojha6551 you are asbolutely wright, thank you!!

[@SerLaama]

It's much better to hammer a point home so that everyone remembers it rather than splurge out five points nobody will remember.

[@robertcooper1952]

Does Sensei Danya still do these videos?

[@Evilanious]

3. Nf3 against qga is considered sketchy if black plays 3. ... a3. It's actually not possible to win back the pawn under favorable conditions there. Either you allow b5 and now you're playing a real gambit, or you play a4 (my opponents almost uniformly play that) and Nc6-Na5-Nb3 becomes a powerful long term manoeuvre. White has trouble regaining the pawn and can even get the a1 rook trapped in some variations.

[@tuddgrimley8532]

This might need revision

[@archiebellega956]

Not even. You can't hang on the extra pawn after Nf3 a6. Try running them on stockfish. You don't even rush to play a4, you can wait until b5 is played. In fact stockfish recommend you to give up the c4 pawn back to equalize the position easily, which is the problem of 3.d3 and 3.Nf3, that is black easily equalizes by not hanging on to the pawn

[@ivandunnachie1612]

"sketchy" dude its a mainline for a reason I think maybe the grandmasters probably understand it a bit better than you, no offence

[@subschool5415]

todortsev died in january, rip

[@lricheychess5123]

This speedrun been going on 6 months, more like a "longplay" than a speedrun now 🤣

[@Olibone123]

Just watched then an hour later played a game and won it with the exact same QB3 idea. Please play more d4 positions.

[@hypercubemaster2729]

I honestly don't understand how that person was rated 1850. They played horribly.

[@Austin-hm6qq]

Mic sounds good

[@simonlowrie5731]

in the speedruns, yes. But in his commentaries with Hess etc. for chess com, his audio quality is still ear-bleedingly atrocious.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Second time watching. Fun game!

[@greezchum76]

Does white usually play more aggressively like this in a qga?

[@luiscarrasco603]

I don't think so, but i think that e5 by black was not common either, i think most people try to hold onto the extra pawn with b5....but i am 1500 e4 player so i can't be really sure

[@greezchum76]

@@luiscarrasco603 thank you for answering

[@Raidannnn]

Generally it’s up to white to decide, both e3 and e4 are completely viable and have been played at similar rates, it’s all up to person preference whether u want a slower positional game or a tactical game such as this one. Even GMs play both lines

[@greezchum76]

@@Raidannnn white really does have privileges

[@joeb7495]

@@luiscarrasco603 3..e5 is the most common move in that position on the master database. b5 is much less common as holding onto the pawn leads to being down an exchange via 3..b5 a4 c6 axb5 cxb5 Nc3 a6 Nxb5! axb5 Rxa8. White is up a rook for the knight and while black gets some compensation its not played that much for a reason. So keep that in mind playing the QGA as black. Don't just play b5 thinking holding onto the pawn will be worth it, your really saying giving up my rook for the knight will be worth it, and it probably wont.

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

u missed a hook mate?

[@gana7206]

How did he not see the mate in 1?

[@WhiteSharkconcac]

There were many ways to win and he was fixated on making a royal family fork (king + queen + bishop) cuz it looks cooler. If the game was serious, he would have found M1 instantly.

[@michaelwhinnery164]

Absolutely steamrolled an 1800 !!! That was just ugly.

[@vjbragae]

I always win when I play the main line wich is never

[@EarlSmith2469]

Danya rules

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

How does a 1850 give away this elementary tactic? My 1700 opponents are the second coming of Magnus Carlsen lmao

[@crazyboysince1998]

I feel messed up after watching that. KZbin doesn't allow graphic content bro wtf hahahaha

[@IntotheLloyd]

This is now my second favorite KZbin Chess channel behind Hikaru with Chessbrah at 3 and Gotham at 4. You should have a million subs dude. I learn so much from Hikaru, but you explain everything. You are the man! Keep posting. I watch it all.

[@HOWITZER169]

What's no.1? Agad?

[@faznaz7455]

@@HOWITZER169 “behind Hikaru”

[@cjammer18]

You can take your clothes off every once in a while when you live alone

[@ziocorbus]

Come on!! Let's Bring this Channel to 1 mln subs !!!

[@joshglidden73]

Can someone explain the line to me at 3:50 with the queen check on b5?

[@Nnm26]

You take the bishop

[@roollout4131]

He was hoping that black would protect the pawn with bishop h5, then queen would check the king on B5 and snag the bishop

[@Ben-gd1so]

Mate in 1? Look for better.

[@willsmith124]

1)Getting stalemate in losing position 2)Forking king and queen 3)en passant Are much superior than mate in 1

[@bennettmccullough9790]

LPDO

[@henryglurpenshtorpe6543]

Yessss Danya I love to watch you in bed at night. More entertaining than Stranger Things

[@almondcaeser9587]

Are you a gay?

[@ryanmoshak682]

Particularly season 4

[@almondcaeser9587]

@@ryanmoshak682 you are a gay too.

[@NDakovic]

Medivel chess lol

[@sksharifzadeh3244]

How did that guy reach 1800??

[@kruksog]

Love to see you play that guy. It's important to note "that guy" has no inkling he's up against one of the top blitz players in the world. He reached 1800 because that's his strength.

[@maedhros9285]

@@kruksog This guy faces the Queen's gambit in probably ¼ of his games. If the QGA is his main choice, he should not be losing in 5 moves in a fairly main line. This happens, but it is definitly sub par play, even against a world class GM...

[@ivandunnachie1612]

@@kruksog exactly people don't get that you dont reach 1800 without being 1800 strength. So many lower rated players shitting on these guys because they don't know theory, when they probably know all the theory then hang all their pieces in the middlegame

[@swift8821]

Probably played QGA on a whim and didn’t know what he was doing.