Converting Winning Positions | Sicilian Defense | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@havardmj]

2:50 Well damn, I didn't expect him to literally think about it for 1 second.

[@Celastrous]

I can't believe this series is already past 2000 elo... I don't want it to end! This has been the best speedrun so far in terms of teaching methodology and themes

[@beargrylls6135]

For sure this aint the last one.

[@triflomastera4882]

There have been like 3 editions prior to this, you can just watch them now! Chess hasn't been updated in hundreds of years, the old episodes are still just as good.

[@KnightToRemember]

I don’t want it to end either, I hope he finally reaches a rating where people stop blundering pieces in one move and start playing real openings, be it 2000 or 2800. I feel like this particular game has very little value for OTB players like me

[@Celastrous]

@@triflomastera4882 Thank you but I have already seen them; I have been watching Danyas videos a long time now. I just really like the unique aspects of this series even if they may seem subtle. Maybe it's also in large part the vastly increased production value too, so I'm glad that will not be changing

[@NotoriousKhamid]

@@KnightToRemember what's your rating?

[@jiggly229]

Love how no-nonsense Danya is with the higher-rated opponents in his commentary, in comparison to the lower ratings. As he should be! Did not expect to see a 2000 blunder like that so early in a Sicilian.

[@SoundAndFuryy]

It's not even a blunder, Bc4 is just not a move. The dude is at 2000 and still doesn't play a reputable line against the Sicilian. Danya was obviously baffled by that more than the blunder itself.

[@toukosalmi]

I was thinking the same thing. "My opponent played so badly here that I need to apologize for letting you see that" haha

[@paprikamd]

@@SoundAndFuryy he's referring to Nfg5 that just blunders a piece

[@Omsamara6]

@@SoundAndFuryy Bc4 is totally a move when black plays d6. It’s been played by Magnus, fabi, Levon, many others

[@Ben-ff6hc]

@@Omsamara6 it's not something that should be a 2000s repertoire though

[@joefawcett7166]

I like how he apologises for the opponent playing badly

[@mikeb7906]

Lmao imagine the opponent watching this video and getting all embarrassed

[@gyronism2899]

I saw the notification for this and I've been having a rough time but I felt my heart lift seeing this video. Keep up the great work for I've watched nearly all of your speedrun content.

[@sealions660]

I felt the same way lol. Also I hope you feel better!

[@Aarron-io3pm]

We're all gonna make it brahs 🤜🤛

[@Tremaine26]

Rd7 was mind blowing when you explained how it can help later in the game and then it did exactly as predicted

[@tengu8560]

Mind blowing doubling rooks in the open file 😧🤯

[@Tremaine26]

@@tengu8560 I mean Rd7 instead of Rd6

[@endlessapexofficial]

That was excellent foresight

[@admiralevident8842]

Converting winning positions is never boring. There's something very satisfying about not blundering and preventing any counterplay from the opponent.

[@hurricaneplayer066]

Daniel, been crushing with the Morra as a result of following your speedrun. Love what you do bud

[@caneblu7625]

Same Here

[@ScotchEnjoyer]

What rating are you? Sometimes I struggle to keep up the pressure in my morra games, you pretty much have to play in a perfect aggressive manner to keep your advantage

[@MarekDefecinski]

If you want to show recovery from piece blunder, maybe you could fall into a common trap that opponent sets. Like here this queen b3 move when developing a bishop. I feel that would be more natural blunder than those fake mouseslips. I love the content!

[@Blitnock]

I don't think falling into a "common trap" is such a good idea at the 2000 level. At that level, these opponents have used that trap a lot and have become experts at converting the advantage from the specific position. I think dropping a piece from an apparent "trade miscalculation" would make more sense.

[@_WayneTheWizard_]

@@Blitnock good point

[@SpartanThe300th]

@Blitnock I agree with Marek Defecinski. For example, allowing Qb3 here wouldn't have been catastrophic, though it would have been a serious setback. White would have had to work hard to convert.

[@aiGeis]

@@Blitnock I love how you're actually suggesting blundering the N/B instead of dropping the B pawn in this game because the opponent is going to be more prepared. Seriously, what's your elo?

[@jordibruggeman6302]

Danya, these speedruns are the go-to for beginners, intermediate players and even some more advanced players who want to absorb instructive chess. Maybe if you could do whole speedruns with certain openings (against subscribers perhaps), this could give players so much insight about the concepts and different variation of a certain opening.

[@damianmccarthy2715]

These video's are great. I'm even finding lately when I'm playing my own games online i'm hearing a phantom Daniel Naroditsky commentary in my head :)

[@stefanpetrov5864]

Every episode of the speedrun is so instructive. Danya helps us to improve and to understand better chess. I haven't found more helpful videos in the internet. Thank you! We all appreciate it!

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Even after the opponent blundered, GM Danya still made it very instructive by talking out his reasoning - nice!

[@louismyers8845]

I learnt how to checkmate with Knigjt and Bishop from your video on it . Thank you for all your instructional content!

[@nbeqo]

The guy is 2600+ GM, with a University degree in History, offering free chess instructions, this is too good to be true!

[@inteluhdgaming1524]

It just seems so unreal getting this quality chess training for free. I love your videos, maybe your not funniest but most instructive for me. Thank you

[@ianemory5800]

I really enjoy watching top players go through their process I just got to 1600 like last month and this kind of content has really helped me get better.

[@fluffybear46]

This is a good lesson. Thank you, sensei Danya. I often get a winning position/advantage only to either end up blundering so hard or making mistakes which makes the position back to equal. This video is a great help.

[@ruthxk7844]

Your speedruns always so instructive... haven't watched them all, got to know you because of the endgame series. Very enlightening either way!

[@kgee2111]

I love this Guy! He’s not above playing with fire.

[@taksheelsarkar816]

Thanks Daniel! Your videos give me a reason to live!!!

[@seanmichaelbrady]

If it’s a ditsky you know it’s gonna be a hitsky

[@frequensea9434]

I want this on his fridge

[@Aeistheticism]

Merch idea

[@Jaylooker]

Nice conversion. You defended carefully against white’s initiative and played patiently while improving your pieces. The winning of the d3 pawn activated your rooks and led to your decisive counterattack.

[@samanderson427]

'Let's think about this for a second' *considerably less than a second later* 'OK let's do it'

[@DONPTV]

This is some serious content for free, thank you :) love the channel

[@howedaddy6122]

Thats a great thumbnail. It looks really cool

[@houtarooreki9802]

You've improved my critical thinking and evaluation skills sensei, arigatou!

[@TymexComputing]

Nice, thank you!

[@purpsonus]

It’s 5am here. I often sleep to danya’s advice but this type of Vid is what I NEED to take notes on. Maybe I’ll listen now ti sleep then again when I wake lol

[@kaboomkp]

Another great video, like others have said my favorite speedrun so far. I agree with the idea that you should do the piece blunder at this level.. against a 600 its basically guaranteed you’ll make the position won, but much more uncertain at this level

[@WelsoySoy]

Thank you for the video

[@dobry_brek]

You are just the best teacher and great person. I would love to see a continuation of the end game serie couse I have big problems with not loosing rook end games.

[@howedaddy6122]

Im excited for the next game where he'll blunder a piece against a 2000. That'll be really fun to watch

[@txue2752]

perferct timing on danya's face at 6:57

[@risaramedungoda3889]

Love your Content❤

[@Socrates...]

Thank you so much

[@antimatter2417]

New thumbnail looking sick

[@dumi08]

Thanks man

[@discosugar]

Thank you Sensei Danya 🤍

[@mouwersor]

Hyped for a piece-down series, like Aman does now. Daniel now is pretty much winning start from finish, but most other players at those elo-ranges obviously aren't so learning how to create counterplay can be so useful.

[@nav6593]

thanks for the upload

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@RajnaTMS]

Beautiful game, you are the best!

[@t567698]

Learn a new word every day with GM Naroditsky.

[@thebadlife274]

Excellent.

[@KF1]

I'm watching these with a jar of jalepeno peppers. Eating one every time the opponent blunders and Danya jumps on it. Come on, you 2000+ rated opponents. This is brutal, get it together!

[@KF1]

12:36 Damnit, here we go again. Bringing the fire on these ones.

[@Sleighbells96]

Great video! Suggestion for a future one though, could you make a video on how to win with a pawn majority? I’ve noticed most people around my rating 1300-1400 lose when they have 3 or even 4 pawns for a piece even though they should be equal or even up material

[@aaronrusk3406]

Never clicked on a video faster

[@Not-You-Tuber]

I hope next series of speed run will start again as we have reached more than 2k rating.. I don't want to end this series..

[@Bankai2169]

I was about to go to sleep before this was uploaded. Sleep is overrated anyway

[@SpartanThe300th]

Sleep is just a blip in a state of consciousness.

[@sachinpainuly1965]

Nice

[@banzaiburger9589]

Danya's explanations of his plans have been invaluable to me. When I'm playing otb, I actually ask myself WWDD? 😉

[@anawaz189]

No feeling like seeing a danya upload

[@brandonbarker7817]

I'd love to see a video of defending withe the Sicilian defense against the grand pre ❤️

[@davidbrown3793]

Dang, didn't realize Anakin Skywalker was this good at chess

[@ResearchForMyself]

Hey Danya what was the specific name of the book that explained taking notes of pawn structures to review? Sounds like a fantastic book by Dvoretsky!

[@ZmajevKralj]

i do hope to see a piece blunder game at the 2000 level. Would be fascinating seeing how you try to recover.

[@An____]

2:50 me, every time i try to find tactics in my chess games 😂

[@maximilianobandera9951]

New thumbnail!!! 😎😎

[@elijahtipton4274]

At 16:48 in the example position didn’t white blunder a knight fork?

[@samuecchi]

Opponent just played the italian opening like its nobody business.

[@johnjacob5236]

4:00 *opponent makes seemingly innocuous move* OK and that loses the game on the spot

[@PedramPourmand]

“Put that in you’re pipe and smoke it!” Great ginger GM reference

[@prplt]

10:27 "I don't know why our opponent didn't play like this before" probably he's also on a speedrun blundering a piece in the opening 😂

[@katarinajones4306]

Danya what should people in this rating range do to improve?

[@julianlastname5730]

Damn, now I want to see the piece blunder game

[@frequensea9434]

Danya can you please drop your recommended books for Sicilian as black and white (including smith morra) and if you have it a caro kann book?

[@ftgttg3423]

For the morra I'm sure danya would recommend esserman's book

[@petergriffin8767]

@@ftgttg3423 he does

[@justinfoley7136]

@@ftgttg3423 mayhem in the morra

[@kdgirls8316]

Hey Naroditsky, just had a quick gut response idea at 8:40 to sack the bishop on e4, with quick play on the queen and bishop and an open file is that too hasty?

[@kdgirls8316]

Oh I didn’t even see his queen can just take the bishop…nvm lol

[@facadeESEA]

hoorayyyyy danya!

[@nebeyutedla7720]

How do we get to play Danya? I’m near this rating range

[@utkarshsingh9969]

Please bring back the endgame series

[@37thousand]

12:57 WINNIE THE BISH

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

🐐

[@tengu8560]

I was expecting a nice game to learn and guy blunders in the opening in the most 600 elo possible way 🗿

[@SpartanThe300th]

It was still very instructive. Literally a textbook example how to convert advantage.

[@forrestfootball]

Post the piece blunder video!

[@MedicalNemesis]

You make it look so easy...

[@LitCactus]

Lol Danya apologizing for the opponent playing badly

[@manu123mann]

You make Chess look so easy, even against a 2000.

[@thomas1588]

Where is the piece blunder game he promised in the end? 😭

[@lingtao969]

how does danya find games in chessbase with similar pawn structures so quick? is there a feature for that?

[@TheMrInfantaria]

its called his memory

[@petergriffin8767]

Yes there are features for searching games by moves or pawn structure in chessbase 16

[@lingtao969]

@@TheMrInfantaria cap

[@tom-fd3ze]

Easily covert winning position to losing position anytime.

[@tibbar7459]

How do you play the Catalan?

[@petergriffin8767]

Bro 💀

[@justinfoley7136]

Ask Magnus

[@kingspart9828]

2024

[@toucanplay6720]

Gg Danya

[@_A-B_]

Blundering a piece yeah we want that!

[@iamjustzach3036]

End game videooooooo

[@nbeqo]

No need to print and cut diagrams anymore; I provide my chess students with screenshots so they can save them in organized Folders.

[@jagerofwands]

I should be sleeping

[@prinsrob12345]

apparently i have a very counterintuitive playing style

[@ruthxk7844]

Maybe Hikaru is split between being a "careless" streamer & taking the job to become world champ. I wonder if it means anything to him if he doesn't beat Magnus in the way also.

[@NidusFormicarum]

A 2000-rated player who blunders a peice like that? What? There were so many moves that didn't blunder anything!

[@micahclawrence]

I can play like a 2000 player apparently

[@frequensea9434]

I want magnus to hit 3000 by the end of his career

[@UheReasin]

Converting Winning positions? Pfft I already know how to convert winning positions into losing positions.

[@repacharge431]

Srry just felt like commenting

[@evanbelcher]

If I played Danya and he APOLOGIZED TO CHAT about the level of my play, I would quit forever

[@repacharge431]

Wheeee

[@dmaster20ify]

Daniel I completely disagree with what you said about magnus's decision. He definately has something to prove as Nepo has matured since that encounter. And if he really has nothing to prove, why would he play with ferusia. ferusia wasn't even close in the candidates. magus must have a love crush on ferusia or something.

[@entropy1322]

You can't beat me in Classical Daniel :)

[@Chris.4345]

For the algo