Beginner To Master | Chess Speedrun | 1500 | Grandmaster Naroditsky

[@moazsaber5035]

Man these upload times are super good and consistent, they're like a good bedtime story for me

[@dudaseifert]

For me as well, but i really should stop sleeping at 5am

[@thomasbrown325]

Same, I always fall asleep in the last 10 minutes

[@catch2297]

For me in the uk 🇬🇧 it’s like a morning routine now

[@shortstaxz9649]

Intriguing this is more of an educational then entertainment but he does post really late so I Can't blame you

[@thebigdan88]

I wish Danya didn’t crush his opponents so hard so we could actually see him explain endgames

[@Huss31n_]

facts

[@MrSLEIk1]

might get better around 2500 :)

[@7asyou]

isn't a speedrun to master, meaning to 2000 elo

[@Reflexzzzz]

@@7asyou Played to around 3k on the blitz version

[@horplesmoff]

well if his opponents made better moves they could survive til the endgame lmao

[@cse035rayanwahid2]

Daniel is doing something different ...he doesn't show off by saying takes takes takes and then acts as a genius but rather gives a comprehensive explanation of each move. His streams are excellent.

[@codyjos393]

Danya stole Charlie's shirt

[@williamtimothy2537]

wtf true

[@stewartzayat7526]

That's how you know the relationship is serious when you start wearing each others clothes

[@nat-wk8di]

danya sounds like hes been binging eric rosen content, so mellow

[@CaesarMS82]

18:50 For all those who also wonder: 99.5%

[@keshavbhola2236]

I can't get that accuracy even if I use stockfish😂

[@BurningPandama]

The calm, cool voice of the prophet is something else in this video. When he doesn't hurry, his voice is like a strong river.

[@christianhaynes7596]

*Daniel's brain rushing to find an applicable metaphor*: "It's like...recursion in computer science"

[@Max-lr6dk]

It did helps me to understand

[@santimda1990]

Meanwhile, in a computer science class: "Recursion is like X-raying an opponent piece in chess"

[@deanandraschko7128]

Gosh I love Danya’s tempo. He’s so relaxed and well spoken I strive to be at peace like him.

[@droidgeist]

28:20 A good analogy is a rugby scrum. The player at the front of the scrum isn't the only one pushing. The guy behind him is applying pressure too. And if the guy in front falls, the guy at the back of the pack follows up.

[@tpage8051]

I understand wanting to play subs.. but these guys just want to resign to daddy way too early. We want to see the checkmates and endgames!

[@sabriozgur4843]

I think they resign earlier against Danya to be respectful because he sees late resigners or no-resigners as dishonorable even though he does not directly say it. Ex. "I think he is honorable and will resign. etc."

[@seanhunter111]

Hey Danya. Really love this series and appreciate you playing a small set of openings. I am learning a lot by limiting my own set of opening choices and trying to go deep. Seeing how you play out the middle games from these openings is very cool.

[@ashscott6068]

Yeah. I've been playing for 6 months and I've still never played as black. One thing at a time, I reckon.

[@xtnsn4395]

I leave for Coast Guard Basic Training tomorrow, so the next time I'll get to play Chess is in 2-3 months. Been absolutely loving these series and I can't wait to watch them all when I graduate!

[@luketufts6827]

Thank you for serving!

[@lp4969]

Good luck!

[@Gretchaninov]

Awesome video. Really well explained. Not too fast or slow. Too many chess experts are annoying or assume you know certain things, but Naroditsky explains really thoroughly and logically.

[@alexf0101]

Tired Danya's attemps at analogies are adorable

[@keshavbhola2236]

That "what was I worried about" in the end just brings back the old memories.

[@csugabo85]

He's getting better at not foreshadowing the answers to his questions

[@lovet7339]

Please dad raise the volume on your videos🙏. My ears fly off my head when the commercials comes in. Peace ✌

[@Consortiumed]

Every day before bed I thank lord Danya for this daily bread. These daily uploads fill my soul, one day I'll buy chessdotcom gold

[@catch2297]

Use lichess man

[@m_uz1244]

@@catch2297 lichess KEKW

[@lp4969]

All good until the chesscom part, lichess for life

[@deanandraschko7128]

@@catch2297 what is Lichess

[@Joe-tx6vc]

Why does Danyas background change every video lol

[@ShadowBeta]

💵💵👃why?

[@PJBoyYT]

15:02 I've never been more misled in my life, thanks :D

[@francescovanspronsen404]

Loved your reference to recursion in computer science as a programmer!

[@trequor]

I live for Danya's awkward analogies.

[@illusion2438]

Is it me or does Danya seem stoned as fuck in this video? He’s giving off huge Yasser Seirawan vibes with how soft spoken he is in this video lmao.

[@BM-hj6lq]

Disappointing resignation by opponent 1. According to openingtree.com, black is slightly better after 5.. Ke7 ( white 47%, black 48.7%).

[@DonFreeq]

After Kf8 Bb3 Ke8 he actually should resign. It's always funny when bad low rated players bluff the traxler, not knowing anything about it. They "learn" the refutation to Fried Liver just 1 move deep in hope it scares opponent off. Most amazing part is it actually works around 20% of time. Better ones learn only bad Nxf7 refutation mainline, but never anything about Bxf7. Low elo meta is astonishing.

[@Brunorola]

Opening Tree is just a website that tracks what people played on online plataforms. The Traxler is not a good defence and no, Black is not slightly better after 5...Ke7.

[@DonFreeq]

@@Brunorola Depends how you look at it. Objectively not but practicaly speaking at lower elo against Nxf7 it is great. Just take a look on tree how many people actually knew the line there. Out of 3,7k games only 21 games reached theoretical Qf1. Avg. rating 2,1k btw.On lower elo it's just safe sailing for black with high WR. Issue though is Bxf7. Black is indeed considerably worse there after Ke7. It's bad but people seem to don't know lines either, so maybe it's still playable. For example after Bb3 Rf8 only about 50 games went on with best Nc3. I feel that on lower elo Traxler is scary as fuck and we are talking about that range.

[@BM-hj6lq]

Thanks for pointing this out Bruno. Yes, Opening tree do not give an evaluation. According to the Stockfish engine white is better ( around +1). However Black performance showing better at online statistics is an indication of this opening is not bad for Black, at least in blitz.

[@DonFreeq]

@@BM-hj6lq White is slightly better than +1, around +1.5. But yeah, noone studies seriously Traxler, so you can outprepare opponent. Issue though is that if white plays Fried Liver he most likely knows some lines against Traxler and it's up to them whether to choose Nxf7 or Bxf7 where you need to study carefully both. And than you need to escape from their limited lines where objectively you are close to losing. That means you need to do much more prep. than your opponent to play Traxler with a success. It's potentially extremely dangerous, but it involves A LOT of effort. Hence why it's "scary as a fuck". You never know how well prepared is opponent and if you guess badly you probably have just lost. And let's be honest - white doesn't study Traxler that badly, because Bc5 occurs like every 6-7 games, so there is always a chance you are totally behind in prep.

[@ignis6144]

Wake up babe new danya speedrun video

[@DevN9007]

8:10 chessable goes out of business on that day

[@raigo178]

Recursion is when a function calls itself, often used inside a factorization function. Can get stack heavy if used just willy-nilly.

[@killedbyatreehugger]

I was so confused why you just casually mentioned recursion until I got late enough into the video XD around 27:55 for anyone curious

[@sara-n5q]

It's also used a lot in chess engines and is generally a really nice feature of programming.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

In order to understand recursion you have to understand recursion

[@RaptureReady2025]

I love seeing new videos every godamm day!! Amazing work ethic. Many thanks Danya! 💪🏼👏👍🏼💥😀

[@emregeylani]

Thank you Danya, I consuming your speedruns like a madman and it's really helpful.

[@SDTCG]

I like that you're only doing a few openings. I've been playing the Sicilian and Spanish, but maybe I'll switch to the Italian. Learning a lot from the vids and I'm trying to catch more of your streams. Thanks for all the lessons Sensei Danya.

[@TrapGoose.]

Hello everyone this is Your daily dose of Daniel Naroditsky

[@riancarlson7924]

The first guy really committed not living

[@raeeskabir324]

never been so early

[@aronhegedus]

thank you for turning off notification sounds, was much nicer for youtube! I like that you illustrate the tactics etc, but it just means you beat

[@pajamamama2998]

Daddy danya

[@ryanboyd4770]

Oh, I remember watching this on twitch I felt like a King getting that move. Insightful and instructive as always.

[@epicwolves125]

Best chess teacher

[@TuckerHolt]

You are responsible for 96% of my chess knowledge. Thank you

[@rebeccamasse1557]

When I see that b pawn capture I’m like well I won a pawn for now but probably can’t hold onto it bc it’s too far away from my army. Whereas Daniel is like this b pawn wins the game!

[@sabriozgur4843]

I don't understand why people resign with minimal material disadvantage. I wouldn't resign until either I see the checkmate or I am down a queen or something like that. I agree players know they are playing against a GM however what will you gain if you resign on move 6 or 7. On top of that, the people in the 1000-1500 rating range do this. I believe anything could happen in sub 1500 ratings.

[@Xbotto]

23:00 that's a fork but also a pin so it's a pork

[@kmktruthserum9328]

a problem i see people do in their career is that when they get to a point they are good, they stop learning and being interested and the mistakes they make they disregard because they are 'good enough'. i think same thing applies to a lot of GMs and finding that initial interest they had when they first started learning is tough because they like to be comfortable. but thats why magnus is so good, he plays and learns everything including bongcloud, like hikaru played and got used to. but id like to see a crazy opening no one does and learn how to stabalize it. thats how some gambits began, attacking a piece and youre like, thats ludicrous! yiu just lose a piece!! only to gain it in a different way, whether advantage in position or a piece further down the line.

[@epicwolves125]

Traxler my favorite counterattack

[@bocyaJmaneloC]

I thought up the Traxler on my own after playing against the fried liver like 50 times. I calculated up to Qh4. He played g3, then Nxg3 hxg3 Qxg3+ Kf1, I played d5 to bring out my bishop, Bxd5, and my one mistake was castling instead of Rf8, which allows Qh5, threatening checkmate and defending the knight on f7. My opponent played Rg1 though, which loses in a few moves after Bh3+.

[@DonFreeq]

Issue though is if Qh4 happened it means he already fucked up before with Nxf7 + Kxf2 and all what you saying is irrelevant. In correct lines against Traxler Qh4 never happens. Objectively speaking Traxler is poor defense - correct lines in Bxf7 are just losing for black, but as you pointed out people don't know moves. For example after Bb3 Rf8 Nc3 if we pick Qe8 line after Nd5+ Nxd5 exd5 Nd4 c3 Nxb3 we are already below 5 games territory and wining move is Qxb3 which in most databases is non existing. Literally had been never played before. And we are just 7 moves deep after Bc5. So yeah, Traxler may be objectively dubious, but if you are well prepared it's definitely fully playable refutation apart from GM lvl. Still... if someone plays Kxf2 it means he doesn't know anything =D Correct move is Kf1.

[@bocyaJmaneloC]

@@DonFreeq Yes, it was only a 1600s game and I correctly guessed that my opponent, like myself, wouldn't know the theory. I saw that Bxf7 was probably just winning for white, but figured my opponent was unlikely to see the tactical difficulties after Nxf7 (which looks more appealing on the surface). As for Kxf2, I knew Kf1 would have been the better move, but black is still on the offensive and a single wrong move can swing the game in their favor. And I'm not surprised the line you showed isn't in databases because it doesn't make any sense.

[@DonFreeq]

@@bocyaJmaneloC Qe8 is one of the 3 mainlines and the continuation is what the doctor ordered by which I mean top line engine recommendation. It makes hell lot of sense and shows that there is poor theory on Traxler. Though I agree that Qe8 is most likely the least played move out of 3 mainlines. Noone studies seriously Traxler hence why it's decent. Objectively after Kf1 white is wining, but has to play extremely precisely.

[@bocyaJmaneloC]

@@DonFreeq I have no issue with Qe8. It's everything after. If that's a computer line then either you made an error in transcription, are running your chess engine on a TI-84, or your description was too unclear to accurately decipher.

[@DonFreeq]

@@bocyaJmaneloC Oh my bad, I have just realized now. Error in transcription and a bad one. I guess was late night. Rf8 0-0 Qe8 Nc3 and here there are 3 possible moves Qg6, h6 and d6 - I meant d6 Nd5+ Nxd5 exd5 Nd4 c3 Nxb3. Works also by transposition with d6 after 0-0 and than Qe8.

[@Bas10x]

new setup looking flyer than a pair o connectec rooks mah man

[@MrDanielfff777]

Loool he resigned after the pawn

[@hectorgray8542]

Awesome video as always, though I was wondering if we could see 1. d4 next

[@girurerumu]

Anybody else notice how smooth Danya's voice was in this video? Mf I don't know if I should take notes or be aroused

[@Bryan_ZA]

hello daniel, i think playing a decent gambit like the danish would be awesome. hearing your thoughts while playing a gambit would be educational i think

[@DonFreeq]

Danish is kinda bad due to Qe7 after c3. d5 line also gives you no advantage at all and you are the one who is defending. Danish works only when they take on c3, which happens a lot though, so practically speaking it is indeed reasonable on lower elo. You just need to bear in mind you are gambling.

[@studentt6064]

@@DonFreeq few people will ever play Qe7 to you. I think the danish is educational because it teaches you a lot about initiative/attacking chess, developing a threat on every move and never making a slow/passive move, as well as teaching you to not just trade pieces for the sake of trading pieces. It is a skill that is valuable even when you would play another opening (like say the scotch gambit).

[@DonFreeq]

@@studentt6064 Everything is true apart from d5 and Qe7. If everybody would take c3 opening would be absolutely awesome, but unfortunately not everyone does that mistake :P

[@studentt6064]

@@DonFreeq Is it truly a mistake for black to take on c3 though? As long as black defends decently he has already equalised. Besides d5 just kind of leads to a normal chess game, I don't think it is a good move. Qe7 lines usually can lead to good development for white too (although it might get cramped for white the first couple of turns in the game).

[@DonFreeq]

@@studentt6064 For me it's a mistake, maybe not the clearest though, if white opts to recapture with knight. Double pawn sack is different story. Based on stats after Qe7 black has higher WR and d5 leads to equality, while dxc3 Nxc3 gives considerably better WR for white. Apart from that it's just tough to play against Nxc3. You are lacking development, so you need to be accurate in general. If you run engine on Nxc3 it won't initially give a full comp, but it's based on very concrete, somewhat unnatural moves like Qe7. When you stick to 2-nd, 3-rd best, natural moves, after digging into lines engine will actually realize white has full comp and as a black you are defending site. Noone likes to defend when opponent has full comp. My point is if you need to play sth like Qe7 anyway to keep your advantage, why not to begin with it?

[@kmktruthserum9328]

ya know if white goes h4 and nh3 and black goes d5 e5 the computer takes that knight and sacks that bishop... (or some variation of it, black can do it too) which tells me that, that opening is something strong. they call something like that the ammonia opening but im not talking about that. im talking about getting the h pawn to the 6th rank asap and then getting your knight h3 then f2/f4 route. because no one plays it, it confuses people. i win often, and the knight is unusually strong there.

[@dadyasuo8151]

Very relaxing video

[@jeremy1909]

I'm pretty sure that first guy didn't even wanted to play the traxler. He didn't even know that after bishop takes, king should move to e7.

[@nigahiga878]

i dont think the chess community understands the term speedrun

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Tack tack

[@joaopaulovasquescamargo4733]

Engines say that taking with the knight on the traxler and not taking the black bishop with the king (thus winning the rook) is the best route. But it seems that it is the best route only for the engines, because you need "perfect play" to follow it up.... any comments?

[@BrianStone0]

At 15:20 - why not throw in a check on the way to the A6 square to remove castling rights and ultimately getting where you wanted?

[@shashankbose3698]

Dana sensei in the house 💙

[@colossalko]

And just like that he has surpassed my rating in a few games

[@Andreyous]

in the traxler as white, you can actually still just go in a fork the queen and rook because after the bishop sac from black, you dont have to take, if white goes f1, they are still fine and they can win a rook the next turn and there is no threat

[@insanemaniac9317]

Actually no because there's a lot of attacking ideas for black. Ben finegold did a traxler video with a lot of those ideas

[@DonFreeq]

@@insanemaniac9317 There are but with very careful play you can defuse them all. Nxf7 is still forced win for white but you have to play very accurately.

[@kasparkirschbaum7588]

Saw dunkey in paris just today. Still 10 outta ten

[@ellmell13]

Not only he’s a prophet, he’s our lord and savior.

[@hb29886]

Vs 15:27 Ba6, why not Bb5+ followed by rook lift?

[@izmar]

when did this series switch from 10 minute games to 15 minute games?

[@jscchanly8804]

He was playing subs for this series (or at least usually subs), which is why he asked for “Vilhaze” to announce themselves in chat, so he said they can challenge him to rated or unrated games of 5, 10 or 15 mins, with or without increment, which is why there has been a variety of time controls. His new speed run (not yet on KZbin) is 10 minute games.

[@matthewrigby6089]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh yes! More speed run!

[@danjeory3659]

I just headed down to the local vaccine distribution centre dressed as a bishop.

[@chessdawg2459]

Is he doing the speedrun again?

[@ameykadam5195]

speedrun is probbaly over :(

[@trent797]

How do you know about recursion in computer science? lol

[@ryankurz]

Posted 3 minutes ago.... yeet

[@Shome2049]

I keep jumping between 1300 and 1400

[@TuckerHolt]

hey opponents. STOP RESIGNING

[@thebigdan88]

What was the CAP score?

[@Bozantium]

Hi

[@riddlydiddlyimawantedmanin4442]

Just gonna leave this here 3:10 if you press it repeatedly I cant accept responsibility for anything that happens to you

[@boibrawlstars6741]

Notification gang

[@sahajjain2146]

Oh yissss

[@MrKongatthegates]

type 2 undefended piece??

[@mahodgy]

Basically, when a piece is defending another piece (the Knight and Queen for example), if you were to remove that knight from protecting the queen, and were able to check them in the same move, it removes the defender from the queen and allows you to take the piece after the trade. There are tricks to this, in some cases the undefended piece can move and protect the king from check but in most cases it is not able to.

[@cfh5324]

Man, love watching his videos but that Traxler game really pissed me off. As someone who plays the Italian and knows fried liver theory, White is completely fine with taking on f7 with the knight. The key is after black takes on f2 you play king f1 and black really doesnt have much after that, even with perfect play. The opponent will often play nxe4 anyway but that is simply a huge blunder and black is already lost before that but has no comp whatsoever after that move. Very disappointed he would even say its a draw, thats just wild to me. I watch these videos to learn from him, never thought I would know more about a certain position than him.

[@Liwet.]

The background sound effects were annoying.

[@coffeedude]

I agree, I think it's people challenging him

[@googleuser7823]

Call me crazy, but i think 1st game has been in some part of old speedrun.

[@cse035rayanwahid2]

crazy

[@lp4969]

クレイジー

[@joelmitchell54]

Yes early

[@sourandbitter3062]

4. Ng5 is not technically yet the Fried Liver.

[@omarhaque8430]

He’s a gm, of course he knows that lul

[@Kajal-gk9bg]

Danya seemed like Eric Rosen in this video, made me almost sleep, whatever happened to his energy. Hope he gets back to his energetic being asap

[@OlliePage]

look outside his window. it’s the middle of the night - give him a break

[@rebeccamasse1557]

Oh come on he wasn’t that dull, lol! Jk Eric, sort of...

[@dharmikdesani2726]

Danya looks Sad maybe, But anyways speedrun is great as always.

[@coffeedude]

I think he's just kinda tired

[@ryangarvey8207]

he seems extra tired today

[@boibrawlstars6741]

I'm first

[@Kaizsu_]

who tf disliked this

[@DonFreeq]

Me xd Too weak opponents had been picked up. Those guys are so weak that after 10 moves they are already in dead lost territory. I bet you can find some 1500 who aren't giving you +6 after 10 moves xd Commentary is awesome, but it's just a total waste on such poor quality games.

[@kiyoshiee]

IMO it doesn't really make that much sense playing against subs on the speedrun when it's supposed to be 1500 ELO level opponent, and in reality he's just facing a mere 1200.