Castle Queenside!!? | Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

00:00 Intro
00:15 First Move
00:18 Game
04:50 What's a Tabia?
32:35 Theory Example 1
43:00 Back To Game
44:00 Theory Example 2
45:20 Theory Example 3
46:40 Back to Game
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[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

Could you explain the theory behind the Grunfeld? You left early last time because you had to take the food but I was hoping next time you would walk us through the game and give us your grunfeld analysis

[@ifty7017]

no

[@nattoki9783]

yes pls

[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

@@ifty7017 Yes

[@hdrch_krb]

He‘ll play the Grunfeld again, just stay calm. The purpose of the speedrun is playing principled openings :)

[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

@@saimon174666 because he recommends the Grünfeld against d4

[@robbespel8393]

at 43 minutes you say sorry if it's boring. This analysis is exactly what im looking for in this speedrun. Definitly not boring! thank you !

[@andymion]

Eric Rosen: Pawn smile! Danya: Bathtub formation!

[@ruthxk7844]

:D

[@gus-199]

:)

[@liljackypaper]

Updated vocabulary list that I've learned watching these videos: Circumspect Convoluted Endemic Gradation Revulsion Enthralled Phalanx Conflating Myopic Scant Crux Excoriate Peeve Foible Obviate

[@Kommerzman]

"I'll take a second to think about this." *literally 1 second later" "I really like bishop takes C5"

[@f.d.3289]

I will never stop to be amazed at how IMs and GMs are able to see "through" the position within microseconds.

[@gammakay521]

really like how you've moved from a bookshelf to a big white void

[@sethchristian3056]

Been playing the Sicilian for a few years now and got stuck around 1400-1500. This play through your doing has been so valuable for me to understand positions I’ve been in numerous times so thank you so much. I’m now 1700 since this speed run.

[@novachristophe1276]

when my man Danya starts with the "there there there" you know things about to get messy

[@reda4961]

Goooodddddamm what an analysis. It's even more incredible to think that there is so much more to this opening. Chess is so rich I love it. Thanks Danya

[@maniblondelly]

The opening theory analysis is what I'm here for, I'm constantly trying to improve my openings as its the easiest thing to learn from every game I play and having you demonstrate how you analyse the lines is incredibly instructive. We aren't bored you're a fantastic teacher and exactly what we come here for. Ps I know you're gonna start playing the grubfeld but I started playing the Kings Indian after all your games and I've still not got the ideas down so was hoping for more of that. Can you explain why you're now recommending the grunfeld?

[@fauge7]

I believe the kings indian is rather refuted and theory heavy which is why he doesn't recommend it. It's a good opening but there's a lot of theory which is generally not good for beginners

[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

He doesn't really explain why he recommends what he recommends BUT... He decided the openings he was going to recommend in this speedrun based on: • It's soundness • Practical value • And how easy it is to understand I'm not sure if the Grünfeld is easy to understand but I believe in Danya and I need to play something against 1.d4 2.c4

[@TSLAsupercharger]

This is how I starts every morning fo the past year and I wouldn't have it any other way, and i went from 1000 to 1450 all thanks to you danya thank you kind sir 🔥❤

[@DDZGRH]

I'm playing chess now for 14 months (I did as a child, but unfortunatly quit!) and only this week found out this, channel with the best teacher. If I only knew about Danya a year ago, would probably be 200 pts better rated!

[@f.d.3289]

Don't worry, you'll be 400 points better rated in one year :) This is good stuff and less shallow than many others KZbin channels.

[@Anonomyous-cg1ye]

Awesome video. The grand prix attack has been my nemesis as a Sicilian player. Now I dont have to play like a big baby anymore!

[@victorshilin9360]

55:43 there was a cool line with temporary queen sacrifice, sadly, this wasn't mentioned in the video: 1... Nxe3 2. Nxd7 Nf5+ 3. Qxd4 Nxd4 (in the end of this line both white rook and knight hanging and white has to give up the exchange).

[@danieru2925]

I saw the same line. It's rly cool indeed and the end result is basically the same as what Danya suggested

[@derekrios8691]

Love the knowledge you be dropping brother

[@KancerKowboy]

Oh this video was very eye opening for me. I watch all of your speed runs but this one in particular made something finally click on both attacking and defending sharp positions.

[@rogerwarr4673]

Never bored! You are the man! Thanks for the content 💚

[@dominikhennerbichler]

Great Game, even better Analysis!!! Thank you for making complicated Positions and Concepts seem simple and for giving us a View inside the head of a GM while playing! U are the best Danya!!!

[@rickstermandude]

How many Danyas do you know?

[@dominikhennerbichler]

@@rickstermandude wait are you telling me you only know one?

[@NebbyG69]

Hey Danya love the videos especially this one because I play g6 against the closed Sicilian! Just wanted to say from a theory standpoint, Anish recommended the immediate 7. d5 instead of 7.d6 followed by a6 if exd5 and d4 if e5 is played. I enjoy the positions I get from this and really enjoy Anish’s dragon course

[@JuanRamirez-qy9wm]

Preach!!!

[@Jaylooker]

Good point of discovering challenging ideas while studying which cut across your opponent’s plan in the opening. For example, the earlier d4 cxd4 Qxd4 while not too dangerous with correct play makes black play other moves before the original idea of Bg7.

[@fnbcarpenter6343]

This game was awesome! I saw almost all of the tactics, and wanted to play every move you made in the middle game. The only move that I didn't spot was Qd4, but mostly because I immediately wanted to play Kb8, which was the other move you considered. I'm currently 1600, but haven't played any games in about 3 months (whenever I hit a rank where I am going about 50/50 on my matches I like to take mental breaks and re study, and watch content) I am not a Sicilian player, but this game might inspire me to play it more often in response to e4, it definitely makes more comfortable going with it.

[@ruthxk7844]

Good strategy! I might do the same :3

[@blend-a-med2417]

thank you danya for your speedrun videos!

[@sabrinababakulova3732]

danya for the win, literally the greatest, thank you so much for amazing analysis that u provide!!!!

[@felkin1]

As a hyper accelerated dragon player, I would love more of these mentions of hyper dragon lines, the openings are so related and at least some short commentary on how to fight against the alapin etc would be invaluable.

[@goals6588]

I remember not being able to keep up when i first found your videos but its cause of your videos that I'm able to finally see the bigger picture

[@ElijahStormblessed]

Love these videos

[@MagnetManReviews]

Watching when it came out!

[@wfrp4fanboy329]

Amazing game! So much tactics!

[@hallboy5]

Danya, this was another great game and analysis! You keep putting out the best chess content on KZbin! Your analysis is never boring. Wanted to mention that, when you are using chessbase at the end, it sounds like it is messing with your microphone a bit every time you make a move. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that! (See 41:14 for an example)

[@godvonheaven2968]

CPU overload.

[@nikos9082]

Nice analysis always from you,,Dany

[@e_brangelical]

I caught the end of the premiere. Watching vid now. Nice vid.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Love you dude!

[@SteveDickman1]

18:05 “Wait a second… wait a second… Oh my God there is so much promise in this position” Absolute Danya gold ❤

[@CrashSomeMore]

Thanks!

[@ihorchupyk9724]

THANKS !

[@Zilliguy]

honestly Opposite side castling positions are probably some of the most intense and enjoyable chess games ive had.

[@jamesduggan7200]

great tactics, thx

[@jackm4457]

The Grand Prix Attack was inspired, in part, by Larsen's 2.f4 vs the Sicilian in the 1960s. but then was boosted by Fischer playing a Reverse GPA against the English played by IM Saidy in a 1968 NYC Met League match (Manathatten CC vs Marshall, and, btw, Fischer's only rated game in the year 1968) In the 1970's, the distiller, Cutty Sark, ran a series of "Grand Prix" tourneys in the UK, and many UK players adopted the GPA in an attempt to eschew the more analyzed Sicilian lines and earn full points to put them near the top in the Grand Prix tally.

[@monstermagnet3150]

Thx for the information !

[@jackm4457]

@@monstermagnet3150 Danya did an excellent job in demonstrating White's ideal attacking ideas, but beware, even if White's attack is winning, you must be familiar with many sac ideas to cash in. I played it for years, mostly with success, but I also squandered some wins by missing the right sacrifice. Because of the complexity of the tactics, the GPA is better suited for Rapid than Blitz, imo.(Unless you're a wizard like Danya)

[@wildorca4500]

Thanks Danya! Always great videos! If you would like people to play the Open Sicilian, maybe it would be a good idea to teach it as well as the Alapin? It could also be very helpful to understand the Open Sicilian from the white perspective.

[@liamdew6825]

"the move speaks for itself" is crazyyyy dude

[@tacticalchunder1207]

“F6 speaks for itself” - Dans Niemann.

[@adrientchamitchian4990]

Thanks i always have some trouble against the grand prix !

[@thebaileyclarke]

amazing

[@leigh71able]

Thanks Danya

[@adamsasso1]

It’s nice that they let Danya stream his chess from prison.

[@mustafasalman5957]

Love the Opening anaylsis with stockfish. Very helpful learning reputable lines

[@l0vr036]

I love these videos

[@S1neWav_]

very solid opponent!

[@JuanManuelBarreneche]

Awesome video as always! You mentioned your patreon but there's no link (yes, I googled it) but still the link helps with authenticity and ease

[@mcronrn]

Love the word ‘obviates’ 👏👏👍🏽👍🏽

[@medelfilali10]

That creepy stare when danya checks his opponent profile to make sure he is facing a human 😺

[@inconsteveable91]

He faced 4 cheaters his last speed run. He's becoming more suspicious of people earlier. It's unfortunately par for the course.

[@px2059]

Danya I need you to upload more:)

[@richardlu6706]

great game

[@enavaro]

Hi GM Daniel, can you please demonstrate how to win K+Q vs K+R. I always ended in a draw with stockfish.

[@hvince67]

I really enjoy watching your speedruns Daniel. Even when it's an opening I don't necessarily play. I allways love how you handle the middlegames, it's very useful.

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@felipepalma501]

Great

[@thetransferaccount4586]

fun game

[@modolief]

Hey Danya: Suggestion: I think you should consider finding different terminology in regard to "type 1 undefended piece" and "type 2 undefended piece". This numeral 1 or 2 isn't a strong visual for the listener. You might consider "undefended piece" and "weakly defended piece", or something more dramatic like "totally undefended piece" and "fake defended piece" ... you get the idea. Just some food for thought, I hope you like the feedback. Great videos, btw, I think you're currently at the top of the chess presenter food chain, really nice to see.

[@rickstermandude]

This is my favorite video so far. Sometime I’d love to see you play the white side of the Grand Prix attack.

[@DarkSideChess]

at 22:00 after ...Bd4+ does the following work? Be3(blocks) Nxe3 Nxd7 Nf5+ Kh1 Nxh5

[@AnkurRathi]

The chapter headings on this video are a bit confusing. It looks like you're going to explain the tabia from last game (the 2nd, and longest, chapter is called "what's a tabia" even though this is a grand prix game). While I'd love to get an analysis of the Grünfeld game from the last video, it's been a month since posting it and I understand that it's probably not feasible at this point (and we likely have plenty of good Grünfeld games to come). But maybe fix the chapter titles on this video for folks watching in the future? Thanks!

[@izzymarz6788]

FYI, just note too that the engine doesn't like ...Bg4 because you essentially have to give up the bishop here with ...Bxf3. The engine wants to keep the bishop so it recommends developing to ...Bd7, with the idea of going ...Bc6 or you instead of ...Bd7, ...a6 followed by ...b5, with the idea of putting the bishop on b7

[@umbrellajack]

I have a kidney stone, but as a principled Danya student, I will withhold going to the hospital until I finish this video.

[@masonheflin7619]

danya got abducted by aliens and is STILL giving us that sweet chess education😊

[@oraz.]

When people play that opening against me, they often push their kingside pawns to completely lock everything up, which is something I'm bad at dealing with.

[@f.d.3289]

Danya, stop constantly apologizing for totally irrelevant details. You're providing great and FREE content, and although everyone has the right to complain (even I did complain about the constant distracting micro-edits), and never once did you anything that may have hurt anyone, which is the only thing one has to apologize for.

[@steakmonday8380]

My grandma is dying but Danya just uploaded

[@Leprofdesinnoh]

Priorities.

[@yethenkosi5046]

What?

[@AbeKenney]

Was she into chess?

[@benrobbins8435]

RIP homie’s grandma, just had mine pass last Fall.

[@charnielduterte3796]

let's go

[@AlexM-lb8dp]

55:55 black wins a full rook? i see Qxe7 with mate threat or even Rae1 just to defend ok its exchange sac but not a loose of full piece.

[@musicboost3229]

At min 18:00 isnt queen to d4 winning? I think there is also a queen sacrifice if queen takes the knight then pawn takes the queen you move the rook to d1 and win by force or am i missing something? (Edit) : tried this position with the engine its not forced or anything i missed some things. (Im still 1000 elo forgive me 😂)

[@logandouglas6236]

Genius

[@ClassicMist360]

you are missing A LOT of things, qd4 isnt a bad move, but it loses a significant amount of advantage in blacks position. qd4 is a move but not for any of the reasons/calculations you are thinking

[@AlexP29]

Im guessing because the white Queen takes with a check (Qxg4+)? so you dont have time to take whites night, and the queen then defends the knight so taking with the pawn isnt forced

[@ClassicMist360]

@@AlexP29 not even that, after Qd4+ white can respond with Kf1 and none of those lines work, and now your knight is hanging with check

[@ruthxk7844]

2:16 would f5 (trying to ruin the pawn fianchetto structure) be annoying? have we seen that already in the speedrun, has anybody tried it?

[@ruthxk7844]

44:22 ok... it IS in fact annoying 😅

[@bryander9041]

Gran prix is dangerous, but easy to forget the drawback of pushing the f-pawn and getting forked on the diag!

[@tolgish1]

21:17 if Be3 there is also Nxe3 continues with Nxd7 Nf5+ Qxd4 Nxd4 Ne5 Nxf3+ winning the exchange

[@CharlesKloote]

Just dropping by to say I'd buy a Naroditsky Accelerated Dragon for club players Chessable course pretty much the day it was released.

[@jinjurbreadman]

can you explain the theory behind the haircut?

[@JohnsonSmithson]

Play 1 catalan game. They're interesting

[@seanlindholm7094]

Did you get a new mic?

[@christiantittmann3496]

If you want to know a bit more about the Grand Prix Attack, International Master Stever Berger is a good source of information.

[@monstermagnet3150]

Thx man, also IM Miodrag Perunovic is super cool on this line (and others)

[@jonatanhansen202]

Love u❤️

[@nicolasturover2622]

Instead of d6, d5 wasn't as bad as you say, it's actually the main line in this position : exd5 a6!, Nc3 Nf6 and white can't hold d5. Whoops, my bad, you explained it later.

[@blackmirroxx]

Excellence

[@stefanbogdangiroe3197]

When you will play again? I want to be there to watch live

[@brettclark3885]

7..d5 is a very good move. If 8.exd5 then 8...a6 9.Nc3 Nf6. If 8.e5 then 8..a6 9.Nc3 Bg4. In both cases, black is better

[@ahmadmatter5612]

Tabia is the roooock in Egypt

[@tuckeyuk]

Your hair looks good!

[@Dylan-oi2uy]

Honestly if my opponent takes a full 1:26 on move 2, I'm resigning.

[@kobesinclair9982]

Probably don’t play increment. If someone takes that long I’m never resigning. You have time pressure. Although no one will take that long unless they’re: cheating, afk, or Daniel Naroditsky

[@julianlastname5730]

As a Grand Prix player all the Ne4 lines mess me up, it throws off a lot of the stock attacking ideas

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

30:30 - You think you could win that endgame with two rooks and your pawns versus his queen?

[@Sevenes7-S]

1500s are crazy good these times.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

You should see the 800's 🤣

[@dannycragel9686]

Bunch of cheaters who realize they're playing Danya and stop hahh

[@walterwhite210]

​@@josephsalmonte4995800 are very bad though

[@folkereicht5746]

is this an old video or did he really talk so much after commenting the tata steel tournament? O.o

[@itsMauri]

why are you in the void are you ok

[@thetransferaccount4586]

fun game grand prix x2

[@melrakan]

Bb5 is an inaccuracy precisely because of the Nd4 that you played - it's a very awkward move to meet in the Grand Prix for White. It's c4 that the bishop needs to be on.

[@dsrguru]

Except 5.Bc4 doesn't hold up to modern theory in the 2...Nc6/2...g6 lines. 5.Bb5 Nd4 is at least complicated but black can also equalize with Shankland's simpler recommendation of 5...a6 followed by ...d6 and ...Nf6. Perelshteyn's 5.a4 is probably white's best practical try to avoid black using theory to equalize.

[@melrakan]

@@dsrguru It looks like this opening has a lot of ways for black to equalize with accurate play, yeah. It might be that I was thinking of another line than the immediate g6 or Nc6 lines.

[@theone9273]

Skip to 32:30 where Daniel blunders his queen!

[@Nemtomi]

I think this is the game where it gkt really tactical and sharp, even though White made some serious mistakes in the middlegame. It's funny, my 1100-1200 opponents here in Hungary seem stronger and more precize than these 1500-1600s (I know, this is not ÉLŐ rating).

[@sprcow]

Lol stable diffusion tag

[@dimifisher7942]

Everybody follows Gothamchess while this channel here is more humble, serious and helpful! I don't get it

[@frankjohnson123]

Nothing wrong with being a casual chess fan

[@noexitnoproblem6037]

Does Daniel fly aircraft? I don't know if its just the back ground, but he does, may be look like a pilot of some sort?

[@furk1ngmad496]

yes he is an astronaut

[@alexgabriel5877]

yes he is a pilot

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

he used to be american airlines pilot before he seriously got into chess

[@nischay4760]

@@trikmandularlgaming2026 lol

[@phazy01]

I am a simple man: I see a Naroditsky video, I click on it, I watch it, then click on the like button

[@spamonfire1472]

Danya, I've watched all speedrun vids but obviously can't climb as fast as you. Will I just get outclassed soon and have the videos not be useful anymore for my current level?

[@ruthxk7844]

You can always learn from the videos no matter your level. Concepts keep repeating through the levels, just with different complexity. Don't worry about that and enjoy.

[@ruthxk7844]

++you also have previous speedrun series if you want more!