Beginner To Master | Chess Speedrun | King's Gambit | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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Part 1: • Beginner To Master | C...

[@aronpop1447]

"Let me just verify that there's no perpetual".. proceeds to cover his eyes and slip into another dimension

[@buddygordy3253]

That 1500 defended like a beast

[@Eorzat]

He played like a 1300 in the opening but like a 1700+ at the end, so it really evened out.

[@carlosgameros7869]

He was online listening to Daniel's alternatives 😆

[@willforget7647]

@@Eorzat Can confirm, did not know Kings Gambit theory.

[@willforget7647]

@@carlosgameros7869 Online yes, but stream was muted. Didn't know what was said until reviewing the vod.

[@carlosgameros7869]

@@willforget7647 oh, next time I will write " sarcasm" hehe

[@rodrigomoreno3495]

10:17 Let me think about this for a second 10:18 Yes

[@sebzim4500]

He did say a second.

[@brucewayne2184]

@@sebzim4500 Yeah he did. Listen.

[@Kokurorokuko]

​@@brucewayne2184We know, Bruce

[@1gnorantlizard733]

13:27 the fact that it's easier for him to think about the board by not looking at it is crazy to me

[@benb4728]

IKR, I can't calculate anything without a board to look at and even then, I forget about pieces that I moved at the start of variations

[@themadichib0d]

I think the reasoning is because if he keeps looking at the board then the pieces as they currently sit would distract him. By looking away he can't be distracted by the piece movements he's calculated in his head already. But ofc that's a mental optimization that only works if your visualization skills are already crazy good.

[@Hsel-lc1wt]

I do this too tbh, when you're calculating a long line it can be confusing to see the pieces as they are on the board

[@GMBethHarmon]

You can 100% learn to do this. Pick an opening you're extremely familiar with. Right now, in your head, start visualising the moves playing out. The fact that you can do this with a handful of moves in the opening is a sign that you're not incapable of learning visualisation. Pay attention to how far a knight is from a rook or a pawn, etc. Step by step, consider what squares your bishop would be attacking if it was on e2, d3, c4, etc. The next step after this is to take any random position, like say something you saw in Puzzle Rush. Study the board for longer than is necessary, until you think you know where the pieces are. Now try to recreate the puzzle position on a real life board or in a Board Editor online. Do this for a minute or two each day, and you'll see benefits. Make it a game - see how fast you can memorise and reproduce the position. Now go back to the openings exercise but throw a wrench in the works - perhaps your opponent moves off the main lines of your opening, and bizarrely moves her pawn to h6 for no discernible benefit. Start considering your candidate moves - after all, you should know where your other pieces are, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Keep playing the game out as far as you can until you get lost (you will get lost, and that's fine). Now instead of playing that extra blitz game, do this exercise for 5 mins every day. In all likelihood, your visualisation skills will improve the more you do this. (If you find even this challenging, then you need to go to the Vision Trainer sections on ChessCom or Lichess, which will help you learn coordinates. Just stare at the empty board too, and pay attention to the colours of the squares and which diagonals are black and which are white. Then, after each session on the Vision Trainer games, you'll see a list of coordinates you were expected to find. This time, without even looking at the board, find the same coordinates while visualising in your head. Ask yourself if the square was black or white. This will help you see an empty board in your head, before you move on to putting pieces on them.)

[@MM-sc4ww]

@@GMBethHarmon Thank you Beth Harmon. What about doing some drugs instead?

[@MidnightBloomDev]

Once we are all masters, there should be Master to Prophet speedrun

[@lp4969]

Lol

[@adrians3267]

At that point he will not be just a prophet, but basically a god

[@plasmaastronaut]

no one has got 2900 elo (Prophet) yet.

[@kmktruthserum9328]

13:07 lol itching his eye cant see... OH WE HAVE SEVERAL GOOD MOVES HERE!

[@fallup101]

Who in their right mind dislikes any of these videos. They probably just blundered their queen

[@GodofDisco]

just a misclick probably

[@tstwimo1944]

Boatez gambit? I think that may give us a clue :p

[@petergriffin8767]

hikaru, chessbae, and his opponents

[@noeloumard9106]

This is like a prime example of how to defend a dead lost position! Even right at the end, if Danya doesn't find the possibility of sacrificing both pieces on f4, that game could still have turned (if it was played between two players with a smaller skill gap). Very impressive.

[@DebVaani]

23:00 "He was using Houdini" was a great comment in the context. That chatter is sharp!

[@monotonegaming1043]

Daniel "Danya" "The Prophet" "Dan" "GM" Naroditsky does it again!

[@FrancoisTremblay]

Non-GM: *makes a normal move* GM: "You have sealed your fate."

[@RaptureReady2025]

That pawn & queen combo is worth 10 lessons. What a move!!! So good. Danya is the GOAT! 💪🏼👏😀

[@DonFreeq]

Awesome move, but actually a bad one =D That didn't fully work, however the reason why is a typical KG one: you don't see it until it's on the board. I'm pretty sure I actually had that position once and also flexed with Qxh7, but than guy played Nd4 and I realized I can't play Na3 xd Still, flex is a flex ^^

[@Agent-uj8ud]

@@DonFreeq what are you talking about then Qf7#

[@DonFreeq]

@@Agent-uj8ud Old game but as far as I remember I meant after Qxh7 Rxh7 gxh7 black can play Nd4 and if I'm not mistaken it is a draw :P Pretty savage if you ask me.

[@DMSBrian24]

>3:30AM fuck gotta sleep >danya uploads sleep can wait

[@Auzzie015]

Hats off to Will who kept playing till the end rather than just resigning.

[@mmartel]

It's impossible not to learn a ton from each and every one of your videos. Amazing stuff!

[@brajeshwarthakur9001]

These series help me so much.

[@Nortindevtech]

Oh shit I was about to go to sleep, here we go again

[@omsuthar2876]

I love your series! Keep it up!

[@andytenmenthefirst]

As a 1470 rated player, I'm terrified of getting any higher if all 1500s defend like that 😬

[@isaakvandaalen3899]

My peak is 1520 and let me just say that yeah, that defensive effort is not normal for a 1500. Not completely impossible either, but he must have been dialed in when he played this game. Kinda unlucky that he was facing a GM, I think against an actual 1700 he'd have had good chances to actually secure that draw given the quality of his moves.

[@Mark-jb1fj]

Basically....he was stream sniping and getting tips with an engine. You can cheat to make yourself look better and not aim to win

[@mishaerementchouk]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Mark-jb1fjhe missed quite a few defensive opportunities. The most obvious blunder was grabbing the rook with the knight. There’s zero indication of assisted play.

[@samporyynanen2017]

Thanks to Gotham to get me hooked to this beatiful game. But even bigger thanks to you opening my mind to gambits. Loving your bit deeper analyze s.

[@jimgu2578]

What a great game! Both entertaining and instructive!

[@csparkle]

I remember playing a tournament game with black, and opponent played wild Mizio gambit .It was an hour of pain, but I won that game

[@mickeymcintyre6156]

Wow, what a sharp game! Lovely master play from Danya and a phenomenal try from the opponent. King's Gambit ftw!

[@mattpatton9183]

Wow first time seeing your videos, you're amazing at explaining your thoughts, Subbed for more like this!

[@isaacrajagopal391]

i like that you put the opening in the title. it would be great if you kept doing this

[@benhur2806]

21:50 - In this case the c is pronounced hard, as in da-koohtree - The rule is as follows: c/g/sc followed by a,o,u: hard c/g/sc followed by e,i: soft The hard ones can be softened up by inserting an i after them, and vice versa by inserting an h. So Gennaro would be pronounced jenn-ah-ro, while ghiaccio would be pronounced gy-ach-o and similarly Giotto is pronounced jot-to, while goloso is pronounced go-lo-so. Hope this helps in the future :)

[@TheBuddhaBilly]

Beautiful series Danya, love them all. That Willy Hendriks game, the author of the book 'think first, move later?'

[@004chestnut8]

Very helpful. Thank you Daniel

[@davemeder9082]

Thank you for recording at a higher volume. Much appreciated.

[@Aleron688]

Thank you for putting the opening name in the title!

[@Bibo-gj2le]

you are my favourite chess youtuber now danya. much love from egypt

[@valneyromano]

You are my idol ! I learn a lot with your games !

[@nickperryman3662]

Glad to see those lessons with Charlie are paying off

[@stolenhandle]

Great stuff! Thank you!!

[@e7tetic023]

Thank you Danya Sensei you're awesome

[@danjeory3659]

Now we're talking. I must stress that it's really worth investing some time and memorising lines against the King's Gambit. You face it a lot when you're working your way up and if you memorise lines you will often crush white. The castles line where white sacrifices the knight on f3 is dangerous but easily refuted. Study it. If nothing else, just click through the preferred moves by the computer in the analysis board. Once memorised, you will often get games at 98+% accuracy because white often goes for the same play.

[@DonFreeq]

No, it isn't THAT easily refuted. It is definitely not sound, but it's far from getting large advantage. What ends up in Queen trade line is white having 2 pawns for the piece + black having developing issues which need to be solved. To solve them you may need to gave away 1 more pawn. It's not enough comp., but it is some. Tough to play for both sides with black having a clear edge, however not yet decising. With 9. Bxf4 in Ne7 line engine wants to push a and b pawn like a total moron which means it is having some issues figuring how to precisely solve development issue. In some of Ne2 lines you are actually also getting 3 pawns for a piece. Sure, it's slightly dubious, but "easily" is definitely a stretch. Non Queen trade lines like for example c6 with e5 is a total mess with engines themselves having issue to asses. They say 0.00, than switch to sth like -0.4, than back to 0.00 and so forth because they can't fully figure it out. Also take into consideration that White is usually better prepared in Muzio than Black. So, for engines Muzio is no bueno, but for humans it is playable.

[@alexgabriel5877]

yay more kings gambits plz! and morra!

[@91iamlegend]

Takes two to tango and boi was that a beautiful tango!

[@BM-hj6lq]

Great game by Daniel. All credit to his opponent for putting up a good fight after the opening troubles.

[@BinxyBrown]

Damn, this might be the neatest game I've seen on this channel.

[@wessellrustbrook7831]

Hey Danya you should do comprehensive video on openings... btw love your vids been bing watching all of them and love your passion

[@bflo1000]

Sweet tactics!

[@wasup8264]

perfect timing

[@jonmcclenahan8379]

Thank you for playing the King's Gambit. Some day I'd love to hear what you think of Bertin's Three Pawn Gambit, which arises after 3 ... Be7 (Cunningham Defense). Lots of fun!

[@jonmcclenahan8379]

It goes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fg 6. O-O gh+ 7. Kh1 and White is ready to go, all guns aimed at f7.

[@mariyamriyasha7371]

More king's gambit please!!

[@biscottone3373]

Such a beautiful game

[@boceksiadam]

The fact that kings gambit is so old tells me that it was an opening before the mad queen variation we came to play today and back then it was good. That said they found its still playable.

[@Supersayan999]

What a beautiful game!

[@carlosvivani3570]

Great vids

[@fallup101]

WHAT A GAME FOR REAL! Wow

[@kianimate7803]

Thank you!

[@garrettphelps5525]

That was magnificent...

[@Orwaha]

That game was sick.

[@abra5349]

How do you see everything in like a second, it is insane haha props to you

[@Mammothman567]

"The Botez Gambit" had me dying lol

[@Force95042]

Awesome game!

[@nge1301]

Damn, this was a great game

[@alamgabrielperezaragon4601]

23:19 "it took some cojones" jajajaja I didn't know danya knew those kind of spanish words jajaja

[@Shameless0101]

thats a really common Spanish word for native English speakers

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Ayaya

[@ruthxk7844]

@@Shameless0101 really? In the US you mean?

[@ukdirector85]

Sick

[@manfrom20xx13]

The first game is the same vibe as Morphy destroying European masters in the 1850s

[@animantus4293]

I managed to spot all 'darn girl moves' in the first game. That's on you, Danya, best online chess teacher ever :)

[@bjarkenicolaisen4502]

“It takes two to play a nice game and Will you certainly played extremely uh I could tell you put your heart into it” ouch 😅 very cool game 👍

[@bahaaaddintaleb401]

More kings gambit please!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

super cool game

[@badjaeaux]

Danya is probably the greatest professor of chess excellence who has owned many World Champions and Super GMs

[@alexf0101]

thanks!

[@robertobreve8623]

Not an easy game for a 1500. Really informative!

[@whitesena9935]

The difference between a GM and us peasants is that "now I have a cool idea"

[@belld.s5276]

Its ridiculous how precise you have to be to win that game, sheesh. I thought he was crushing it before the sac, but the defense was really good. That's a game that is very easy to lose with the advantage.

[@HKnives]

Hi Daniel, why is Qf6 not a working defense after white takes on h7? Doesn't is protect the rook and the queening square? Edit: missed the fact that the rook is attacked twice

[@juicytin14]

Love how Danya is so nice to other players and his subscribers. Kind of dickish of some chess players on youtube who make fun of their subs when they are like 1000 elo and trying to get better at the game...

[@matthewg4882]

Wow what a game

[@omsuthar2876]

Could you teach us a theory for openings?

[@PeteDoesGames]

It’s kind of crazy but the position at around 9:30 is only slightly winning for white, around +.6. The right defense is hard to find though

[@willforget7647]

Yep, great observation. The Queen sac is actually less winning for white than the position would be otherwise, and even live from the other side of the board, it didn't seem that scary. However, defense required absolute precision, and rapid development. Black could not afford to take the Rook after the Knight fork.

[@DonFreeq]

Neh, just typical KG stuff. Qxh7 is a blunder, but who cares for such a flex xd Ke2 is a blunder as well. Having Danya blundered almost back to back is just testimony of how fun and challenging KG can be.

[@RisitasKEKW]

Ruy Lopez got banned for using engine. It’s true.

[@coleballard]

It would be cool if he played some games in the same style, but from a slightly losing position

[@pehpunkthahpunkt4179]

i just wanna double-like this game!

[@vivekdahiya9297]

I left all other youtubers after Danya started youtubing.❤️

[@mathiftw]

If knight did not take the rook, that would have allowed good opportunities for black with rook d8 (after king e2 at aroudn 13mins), I can not see how white is still that far ahead after that. Maybe I am missing something ? Nevertheless, it's still a Danya's saying: dont always blindly grap a piece !

[@pasqualeuk]

Italian speaker here. “Cutri” in this case is pronunced with the “c” like “k” (so it’s like ‘koo-tree’). If it was “Ciutri” then it’ll be the way you pronunced it 😊

[@ryanboyd4770]

Elementary, my dear Danya

[@LT-kl4wu]

Qxh7, what a move

[@carlosvivani3570]

Got my nan watching your videos

[@brendan9951]

I usually go against Bishop to g4 instead of e6 so I usually just go to h3 cause then it'll lead to a mess Bishop takes f3 Queen takes f3 Queen to h4 check Either move pawn to g3 which then pawn takes g3 and then queen to h2 and does that whole queen trade off thing Or move king to d2 and then your blocking off some pieces

[@Tyler-bp4md]

22:33 thats how i feel about morphy

[@Hexo44]

Yup

[@willfulliam]

Bxf4 is my kind of move.

[@usageunit]

GM Naroditsky, March 22, 2021, 27:29: "Scholar's Mate does not appear at high levels." IM Madaminov, December 27, 2023, 4:15pm: *T H R O B B I N G* (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKTOloN5obuod9U)

[@nicofitz8130]

If I could go back and start my life again I would probably just be Daniel Naroditsky. Instead I learned music. Loving the sheer budo of it all. Props!

[@YellowSpaceMarine]

One does not simply be Daniel Naroditsky

[@andyizawsome]

Can someone explain at 17:41 why didn't black move to qe1? At face value, it looks like it would win a piece. What am I missing?

[@cheeseboi2417]

pretty sure its because of the rook queen combo. would have ended up mated

[@DudeTastic13]

Fun Fact, Danya is also a Historian.

[@Arkmag]

before vowels a, o, u, the c in italian is hard, so the correct pronunciation would be Kutri

[@1gnorantlizard733]

30:28 after black goes rook d8 wouldn't knight h5 and then knight f6 targeting blacks pinned knight be winning?

[@winterwolf3435]

That square is defended by the queen, so after Nf6, Qxf6, Qxf6, Nxf6 is possible because after the queen move, the knight is no longer pinned and black is pretty much neutralizing white's attack

[@0xc0ffee_]

Guys I'm looking for this information everywhere but can't find it... do you happen to know whether the hypermodernists were laughed at or not?

[@Tinil0]

This computer says it was 77.9 to 66.0 accuracy

[@musangmlbb]

14:29 Can i go to King d1 After black check with the Queen d4 Then bishop blocks the check with d2 And then we threatning checkmate, and cover that knight from escaping

[@tgrimshaw]

I hope will doesn't forget this. Zing.

[@willforget7647]

Forget what. I don't know what you're talking about. Never been crushed by Danya three times in a row, no sir.

[@HerdULiekManwichs]

The joke is because of your username...

[@larseunic]

Last time I was this early i

[@brendan9951]

9:12 what about black queen to f6

[@willforget7647]

Oops, accidentally deleted my previous comment... Made a study on this game: lichess.org/study/SbRleBqk Hopefully others find this a useful or interesting supplement to the video commentary.