Master Class | French Defense, Nimzowitsch | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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[@joeybrown9952]

Danya is the best teacher on the internet, full stop.

[@AnkhArcRod]

I beg to differ. Danya is the best teacher on the internet for players with rating higher than 1800. Otherwise, I would say he gets healthy competetion from Aman and Eric Rosen (who does not concentrate on teaching as much but has some really nice instructional videos). Aman's series helped me gain 300 rating points and I can still see it helping me gain another 100 points to reach 1800 level.

[@joeybrown9952]

@@AnkhArcRod very fair, aman helped me a lot as well, and helped my friends begin their chess journey.

[@7JC7]

@@AnkhArcRod I would correct that rating range, 1400 or above can understand his videos, because I became 1700, after watching his vids when I was even 1300

[@AnkhArcRod]

@@7JC7 Obviously Danya's videos are very imformative and I am sure a lot of people have benefitted by them. But, for rating less than 1800, Aman's series is super helpful as well. Aman's style is quite a bit different than Danya. He loses deliberately to illustrate mistakes commonly made by lower rated players. It really makes an impression.

[@diarenee9012]

@@AnkhArcRod as someone who is 600-700 elo rn, (only learned chess 4-5 months ago) Danya's videos are very informative, I learned a lot from him and can understand him pretty easily. (From my experience)

[@krishras23]

I love the way Daniel incorporates games with the same tactical motif in the video itself. Really adds to the game and shows us "real positions" in which the tactic was used.

[@petergriffin8767]

This is a phenomenal instructional video. So much to unpack in terms of playing closed positions. I’m so grateful this is free, thank you so much Danya!

[@sorrybhai100]

This was a nail biting game. God damn the tactics.

[@ClassicPass_]

Gonna miss this series. Danya... none of us would mind if you just start these over and over... 400 to 2200.... then 400 to 2200. I remember John Bartholomew's OG "climbing the rating latter", this is that series on steroids, keep em coming, please and thank you!

[@chessgains8075]

Yes. That series from John way back was really good and unique. But Daniels speed run is just next level.

[@alexwiththeglasses]

As a beginner it would be reasonable to think that a real-time game between 2000+ players (not a hand-picked example game) wouldn’t be very instructive since the level of play is so far beyond me at this point. But GM Danya’s ability to explain the primary factors behind each move, and his reactions to his chat’s suggested moves, makes even these games at higher rating levels so worthwhile for everyone 🙏

[@ShadowBeta]

U should focus see 2400+ fide play if u really want to get better, world championship matches are always the best

[@RandyLeftHandy]

He must be a hell of a coach

[@rishabhjain3840]

@@RandyLeftHandy yes he is

[@macnolds4145]

Nah. I think beginners can benefit greatly from watching master games. Moves are understandable most of the time (the only exception being when a follow-up tactical sequence- or strategic motif- is missed).

[@macnolds4145]

Nah. I think beginners can benefit greatly from watching master games. Moves are understandable most of the time (the only exception being when a follow-up tactical sequence- or strategic motif- is missed).

[@mohammadabukar5022]

Daniel, the masterclass content is not only your best content (alongside the puzzles) but it is hands down the best chess content in all of KZbin. Please don't stop this series. I get it that at a certain level you think it is beyond the scope of KZbin but in that case please restart the series! It is so good!

[@jimmymcgee4943]

Daaaamn Daniel Back at it again with the white pieces

[@chessgains8075]

Lmao why haven't this been a thing earlier

[@macnolds4145]

Danya is amazing. Never seen a player so strong who could also explain his play in an easy, comprehensible way. Wow.

[@ClassicMist360]

a french? i better hear a "blacks white squared bishop is biting on granite" at some point in this video or ill be very upset

[@joeb7495]

hard to bite on granite when its traded off

[@ClassicMist360]

@@joeb7495 tbf i commented this before watching the full video. also, he could just be describing the french in general in post-game analysis and say it

[@saitamabeach2200]

The one thing I noticed is the white had the commanding and attacking position the entire game with a completely safe King, whereas black was always in defensive mode with no counter play and an open King. Very nice game to watch.

[@Kirmo13]

Thanks for this vid Daniel! I'm new to this cannel and I really love this "speedrun". keep it up 👍👍

[@CarlOfHoly]

Fantastic episode of the speedrun!

[@Ricardo-zv8or]

All your speed run videos are amazing but this was something else, good shit danya

[@thekingoface8338]

Love these speed run videos Daniel, I don't want them to end!

[@midrangemonroe1]

There can never be enough Speedrun videos

[@murdymacnicol674]

New favourite chess channel btw. I had heard Danya’s name for a while now but only started watching a couple weeks ago. Top class content

[@MrKayDeeJay]

Great video, fascinating game and commentary

[@The1Minute.Guy33]

Only and only good wishes for you, Danya!

[@maxgolub558]

this guys is actually so good at teaching fantastic video

[@hisdudeness690]

Both of your videos on tackling french are very instructional. I used to be very annoyed facing french defense but after I saw your last video, I was easily able to crush the opponents in my ELO range. Thanks alot!

[@petergriffin8767]

What’s your elo range? I still struggle against it at 17-1800 and am looking for interesting lines

[@hisdudeness690]

@@petergriffin8767 Perhaps at a higher level people have more prep? I am only at 1000-1100

[@Kokurorokuko]

This was a very instructive game!

[@Relisimy0001]

Watching Naroditsky explain chess is so weirdly entertaining like even more so than gotham chess

[@yashjaiswal4024]

i really like danya and his instructive chess😍😍

[@Diffusion8]

Danya: "when I say easy, I don't mean easy"... I mean GM level sorcery! 👊🏼 Gg

[@johnjacopec6668]

Your such a natural teacher.

[@joejoe-ds8xr]

this was dense for a chess dummy. watching it 3x I'm filing this in my memory bank. So many general ideas and principals mixed in with real time. My fave parts when Daniel says stop let me think

[@JazzCabbagE7]

Beautiful game thank you for this

[@etayabraham1554]

You are a true GM Danya!!

[@alexf0101]

Great stuff

[@Riverofnaamjaap2910]

You are awesome teacher!!

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

sensei back at it again

[@efe563_]

amazing, i dont play 1.e4 but still, these videos teach me a lot!

[@Alexnostahp]

Great video! This made me laugh tho 😂 26:26

[@luisdegonzagamendeschavesf7267]

Daniel is the best. I watch vídeos of many GM in Portuguese, English and Spanish. I’ve seen many good teachers but none as didactic as him. He is the best.

[@Not3xactly]

This was the most complicated game of the speed run thus far IMO.

[@CartoonzUniverseTz]

Facts

[@natasdabsi1138]

It was simple

[@seulebrg]

@@natasdabsi1138 i dont think we watched the same game...

[@natasdabsi1138]

@@seulebrg i think we did, it was a nice win but it was a basic game, nothing special

[@hamarthomas48]

@@natasdabsi1138 wow you are so smart, you thought the game was simple! Hey everyone, check out this guy he's so smart

[@joesach6719]

i think the best thing ive learned from this man is that there is almost always options. and when its obvious there are options, that means there are even more options!

[@MrAtomicsqurril]

Danya, Run it back. This series is a gold mine and needs more seasons!

[@adamcoulson2747]

I can't believe these are free

[@hamarthomas48]

Awesome game!!

[@elgonzo5]

That was 👍🏾 I learned a lot

[@Sn00zy]

Amazing game!

[@Vepporizer]

Very impressive finish

[@reymondwolfe]

okay everyone, lets get something straight. daniel is the greatest chess teacher around APART FROM benjamin finegold. "always retreat!"

[@fujiapple9675]

9:11 would make Hikaru smile.

[@eladmenahem2253]

that was smoothhh

[@MistaOppritunity]

"this is not as easy as it appears." Oh boy Danya, that's concerning because it looks pretty freakin hard.

[@muhammaduzair8244]

3:00 "I think he's managed to equalise here but better player would win" Just a humble way of saying.. Cmon am gonna hammer this noob out of the park obviously

[@Nosikas]

That was a beautiful game

[@MrDanielfff777]

Bruh, you are so good at chess

[@TOATSmaHOATS]

“IN, Magnuses Carlson game” 😂💗

[@Taquilou]

From the beginning of the video we can see that Dani is in a very good mindset. Difficult to explain but as a psychiatrist and simply human being I can feel it. And indeed amazing video

[@petergriffin8767]

Ok, if you're really a psychiatrist can you explain how I play chess better than normally when I'm on my vyvanse, but continue playing just as well once my vyvanse wears off until the end of the day? Honestly not even really joking; it confuses me.

[@Taquilou]

@@petergriffin8767 I'm from France, vyvanse isn't available here. But I'm a bit familiar with lysdexamphetamine. Answering a medical question on youtube is absurd and very difficult but I can give you my opinion, it has no medical value here of course. You will not find a definite answer anyway, because there is not, most probably. One reason that come to my mind, is the very long half-life of the molecule. It is is about 12h, so at this end of the day you still have half the dose in your bloodstream (it totally vanish at 5 half life, so you have probably much more than half of a dose if you take the med every day...), maybe it's enough to let you focus better on your game. That's the most obvious and easy answer; After ; there is probably psychological factors, playing well earlier in the day, let you play with more confidence and you do better even after it "wears" off. Finally it's not binary, brain is very complex, immediate release methylphenidate has a pretty linear on / off effect with a real "comedown", but with long acting methylphenidate (concerta/ritalin lp/quasym...) or with long acting amphetamines, it's much more subtle It's not a very accurate answer, if you find better come tell me, but this is not something you find in books or pubmed to be honest.

[@rickstermandude]

This is great stuff. Would love to see Danya playing the French as Black.

[@noahsolomon538]

Fantastic game

[@mikotokingofhamora]

what a gem

[@christianjohnson384]

Screenshot is of Swiftcurrent Valley, Glacier National Park Montana. Went there when I was 16. Never forget those mountains and lakes

[@AM-rb4ps]

My god what an exciting game

[@Dan-ul1hd]

Awesome game

[@trunghungpham9414]

This game is high level my goodness

[@mikecantreed]

19:23 Come for the chess stay for the gaping holes

[@kevslinger]

“Kings are a slippery piece”

[@sgmaniakk]

an idea to improve the video quality - try adding some foam acoustic treatment to the room or using a microphone shield. There is a bit of harsh reverb that the microphone is capturing. Just a suggestion from an audiophile. Thanks for the all the great lessons!

[@user-zt3bd5hb7t]

Даня, ты нереально крут! Честно, каждый вечер просматриваю твои видео и чему-то учусь!

[@jasnesciemnienie9107]

Missed chance for Polish opening. This rating is one of a kind

[@LooseToots]

super cool game :)

[@trequor]

This might be the best game in the speedrun.

[@durjoychanda4611]

From East to West prophet Danya is the best.

[@Alex_Deam]

Daniel: *pushes pawn to carve out a square* Me: *blunders pawn by advancing it too far*

[@brett444]

I love this man. No homo

[@joshuamitchell5530]

Can you do a video analysing your W over Caruana in the US Championship?

[@vexnightmare6364]

17:32 magnus's Carlsen game rofl

[@kaikulimu]

12:50 It's simple. We kill the batman.

[@danh72]

What time does Daniel stream on twitch? Been trying to catch it live for a while and never seem to guess right.

[@mcronrn]

🙏🙏🙏

[@nadu6073]

noice

[@ferdinandmartin8345]

Please upload the session with boxbox!

[@Tyler-bp4md]

3:03 better player wins!

[@udohoerhold5337]

What would white do if black plays KxN at 13:23? I'm sure black is still losing, he's down a rook, but at least he holds on to his queen.

[@TrapGoose.]

2:59 lol

[@fujiapple9675]

10:01 Herm Edwards

[@anathamon]

Also you get to start the game with connect four

[@thisHarmonyRevisited]

1:08 3:00

[@Boss.Stephen]

6:30/20:38 was Nxh5 possible to go Qh7?

[@Force95042]

Would 6. Bc2 have been a good idea to avoid trading off black's bad bishop?

[@jnkeezkan]

i don't think so, black light square bishop will be too strong.. you will lose control of an important diagonal, and struggle to castle, so trading it is better

[@PaulieStamets]

is this an older video danya?

[@Mrplum1771]

Is it wrong I always stop the speed run videos after the game ends? Am I doing it wrong?

[@kubekpodreka1348]

And that is why i prefer watching high level games from Danya.

[@huihuang1475]

We want the lesson with BoxBox...

[@haiphong102]

great,such a good vid that its only has 7 dislike out of 22000.probably because of misclick,that is amazing,I rarely see that happen

[@lcsperuzzioliveira]

13:15 this is why i cant make progress in chess. I can get a completrly winning position, but zi would NEVER spot knight takes knight. In simmilar situations my brains just go "BUGGA BUGGA CHECKMATE LETS GO" and I simply make a blunder and lose lol.

[@fractalinfect3454]

Danya's pedagogy is nonpareil.

[@zamplify]

I saw rc6 🙂

[@CartoonzUniverseTz]

If you think this was an Easy game then you haven’t understood a damn thing!

[@jamesmonge7582]

That last move in the game was nice, knight takes knight, I’m no grandmaster or anything for that matter, but what would’ve happened if you took his rook the forked king and queen?

[@Hao1981]

Then Black would have taken back the white rook with his knight, not his king.

[@jamesmonge7582]

@@Hao1981 ohhh yeah, that’s right, thanks

[@obscurelines]

surely 2100 American Dan Hallen knew eho he was playing against?

[@lukacalov1988]

7:27 is Nxh5 winning? (Followed by Qh7)

[@90DegreesAngle_]

You can play Rg6 and after qh8 you got Ng8

[@louayyahyaoui3616]

there's no reason to play Nh5 he just takes it

[@90DegreesAngle_]

@@louayyahyaoui3616 yes did you read hgis commenty his plan was to play qh7 with a fork on the knight and rook

[@ianbutterfield3671]

I propose

[@gauranggharte6681]

Game was ◆◆◆◆◆ box box

[@Agnes_Noby_sir]

13:15 why not KxN? queen and rook too powerfull?

[@rhysjones4500]

He would then take Black's rook with his rook as it would now be undefended

[@fujiapple9675]

14:01 *literally

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Why you change your good bishop with his bad bishop in french

[@mislavivkovic9996]

I think this was just a mistake or even blounder

[@DMSBrian24]

Because it's not a typical french and he wastes a lot of tempi by doing this while white gets a massive space advantage and develops, it's not a bad bishop anymore at that point anyway, it's a decent bishop that spent a lot of tempi to develop itself and then decided to trade itself away

[@petergriffin8767]

@@mislavivkovic9996 Bro you’re right you’re better than the 2650 FIDE GM, please give him more lessons on the French he’s clearly inexperienced and “blundered”

[@mislavivkovic9996]

@@petergriffin8767 you are kidding wright

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Even do i would never be a player like Narodicky i still Belive this was a mistake