Breaking Down The Averbakh Variation | King's Indian | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

00:00 Intro
00:10 First Move
25:20 Analysis
32:54 Example Position
34:05 Back to Game
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Edited by ‪@ClydeBarber‬ (check out some of my original music on YT)
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[@maxmillan9378]

Naroditsky for Nobel chess prize.

[@henrycook859]

ong this man has taught me so much

[@rustanji6723]

Agree

[@brandonbarker7817]

Naroditsky is great at this coaching stuff. He should consider writing a book for intermediate levels.

[@Foto_gui]

Not even joking though. Hall of famer :D

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Know belle

[@BrianStone0]

2 man operation?! This is the best chess content on KZbin. I've learned more from this channel by far than any other source

[@Pumbear]

He probably has an editor who makes the videos

[@pepega3344]

The opponent has to play a good game too

[@yeshiva1]

@@Pumbear The show notes say edited by Clyde Barber

[@billbuyers8683]

this is saying a lot, because there are so many decent to very good resources on chess all over the place rn

[@aravindsfirst]

I think that was the longest laid plan which was successfully executed on a speedrun video, with a couple of ad-breaks on the queen-side. Absolutely unbelievable plan which worked out so well like a movie script. How can Danya ever top this?

[@DavidWeinerProfile]

One of the most frustrating things about facing the KID is how easy it is as black to play near book moves for 10-15 even at low ELO. Very tough to gain a significant advantage against even with great accuracy.

[@Not3xactly]

Ive known that Danya is a KID player from the various speedruns but this is the first time I feel like he has really shown how deeply he knows all the lines.

[@noone-ld7pt]

Agreed. As an aspiring KID player myself I was nodding my head along with almost all of blacks moves as they seemed to make so much sense to my limited understanding and Danya just absolutely dismantled him! Really cool to see, but also a little bit scary!

[@Lt-Leinad]

What a KID player?

[@ryanbourque87]

@@Lt-Leinad King's Indian Defense

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

obviously,did you expect a grandmaster who plays blitz and bullet to not know many,many,many lines

[@Not3xactly]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 of course I did and obviously Danya shows impressive knowledge of nearly all openings, but it was really evident in the video that he REALLY knows the KID because it's part of his main repertoire

[@swithin2645]

I've been in love with the Averbakh since the last time Danya showed it, but always struggled to make progress after h5-g5 closed the kingside. I'd end up sac-ing the bishop too early and usually lose, but this taught me so many cool ideas like delaying f3, how to reroute the knight, the Rb1 resource to deal with black's a3 and the need to connect the rooks without castling before Bxg5. So excited to take these ideas into my games!

[@KeepChessSimple]

If the kingside is closed; castling queenside,walk the king all the way to g2 and then attack the queenside is also a legit plan.

[@chibzyt5699]

This lesson felt like a proper chess army tactical plan put into perfect execution

[@rgqwerty63]

22:40 he mentions having an immortal idea but he never explains it in the post game analysis :(

[@somangshuchakraborty1334]

i think he was referring to saccing the bishop to remove the defence from f5 and to put the knight there

[@bugfacedog44]

@@somangshuchakraborty1334 same

[@lux8346]

This is my favorite speedrun episode of all time, and I watched all of them! Much love from Italy, thanks for all of the amazing lessons ❤

[@ashishjain518]

This was such an in-depth line and it blows my mind how casually you explained all the moves and ideas which pay of 5-7 moves later. Absolutely awesome!! I hope you make a series or some long videos explaining some of the famous openings used at high level. I'd definitely watch them all.

[@TheDestroyer7102]

Your channel may not be the biggest but it definitely is the best for top level instructive content Danya, thank you so much for your continued dedication!

[@hedgd361]

For me this was one of your most impressive games. Great manoeuvring game.

[@diggitus]

Can't say enough about how great these videos are! Thanks man!

[@thechessgoat]

You are my favourite KZbin chess teacher ❤️🔥

[@jimgu2578]

Such an instructive game, especially with your commentary. I learnt a lot!

[@michaellaymen9756]

Very instructive, clear explanations , we appreciate you Danya 🙌

[@bggines_1260]

Thank you mucho for this averbakh variation Danya! I was really struggling so much against the king's indian

[@starchildsix]

I've watched all the speedrun videos and this is one of the best. Nice one, Danya.

[@Davidaspe]

Terrific content Danya. Keep it coming!

[@chinmaybiradar3288]

Daniel Naroditsky you are an incarnation of a literal chess god. Plz don't ever in your life stop this series. It is a haven of knowledge for us commoners.

[@sub.consciousnz1312]

I learned so much from this video Danya! I regularly encounter the position (or very similar) that you reached after about 10 moves (usually transposing from 1.c4). Right through to the very end of the game I was constantly picking up new positional and tactical ideas from your explanation. Thanks very much

[@bartomiejkasinski1738]

That was one of the most elegant win I think I ever seen. Like the position played itself. Beautifull game - thank You!

[@kzsd1227]

i love this series!! so interesting and helpful to hear you explain your moves to such a high degree. keep it up :)

[@andy0519]

Im 1650 rapid and always play this with white. I had a couple ideas of how to attack, but this gave me more insights and also a name for my opening. Really great breakdown

[@rodneybrown2364]

Thank you, Daniel! What a great insight into those types of closed positions. I have learned so much about this wonderful game from the angle you teach at. #1 DN.

[@marcofrey2903]

This was perfect. I don't play, nor against, the King's Indian, but this perfectly demonstrated several motifs the aggressor should follow when attacking a squirmy, closed "come at me" type defense such as this.

[@zacgarden3903]

An unreasonably instructive game. Nicely done

[@PeterPerhac]

loved this video! great stuff Danya. Can't believe you haven't reached 1M subscribers yet. Where else can one get such great chess advice from a real super GM... Thanks

[@arleyantes9321]

16:05 "This bishop is terrible, it's a big pawn." LMAO

[@daniilmihalev2552]

Very instructive game. Thanks for the quality content.

[@Nimzowitz]

You are probably the world's leading expert in KID. Would love to see more games in this opening from white side and black side 🙂

[@lukastux3024]

GM Gawain Jones is also a strong contender for that title

[@monstermagnet3150]

Danya is great but many superGM are probably stronger (Nakamura, Vishy, Radjabov...)

[@shreenathshenoy5072]

One of the best videos ever thank you so much sir!! Please don't stop making these videos .....We all love you

[@mouwersor]

Danya: "If a plan costs more than a few moves you should abandon it." Also Danya: *takes 7 turns to move a knight to a better square* smh, how can one heuristic not be applicable in all possible situations. Now I have to think for myself instead of memorizing some rules.

[@ImJackBaby]

He also said before that in certain closed positions like this one, you have the luxury of making these slow improving moves without compromising your king safety when there is no immediate danger

[@blakejhonshen2710]

I love the premieres! You get to discuss the game with other people in chat and it's a fantastic experience. Please do more premieres!

[@robdubent]

Fantastic content man thank you!

[@tahafakhran6778]

Would love to see more d4 openings, great content keep going !

[@Pogonotrophy]

amazing as always

[@ChessJourneyman]

So glad Danya toned down on absolute beginner-friendly explanations. These last few games have been some of his best content to date.

[@AH-gk6qs]

Absolutely fantastic video.

[@garogiritlian8314]

Very instructive video!

[@tommydashed4205]

I think the potential of pieces is the hardest concept for new players to understand. The activity of a piece directly and strongly correlates with its future prospects. Just because a knight is on an outpost for example doesn't make it active if it can't go to any squares and sometimes it needs to come back and be redeployed. A piece pointed at a weak pawn often has the best kind of activity because it has the potential to capture a pawn and when weak pawns fall there tends to be a cascade effect because often the defending sides entire position collapses since their play leading up to that point was to defend that pawn. Thus the position of their pieces no longer makes sense and now the absence of that pawn creates more weaknesses in their position. The knight on f5 in this game would be pointed at two weak pawns and every forward square in Black's position is a potential landing space. That knight might be the most valuable knight possible behind only a knight giving checkmate. Therefore, just the potential of going to that square already constitutes a lot of activity as black's options become very limited because they cannot allow the knight to land on f5 free of charge. Very instructive illustration of how the threat can be stronger than the execution even if the threat is just positional.

[@derekrios8691]

Thanks Danya for continuing to give your time to give us the great content. By far my favorite chess content provider. You explain chess so well.

[@daft2114]

Recently discovered already my favorite chesschannel. would love to see more about the averbakh

[@LJpain]

As someone really trying to improve my chess I find you to be the most articulate teacher here on yt. Thank you for these videos Danya

[@KancerKowboy]

Very instructive King's Indian game. I think this was more instructive than the previous one's I've seen. Much simpler to understand the key concepts in these variations at least.

[@BroederAbraham]

Great video! Every time a watch this speed run I learn something, this video just tops it all off!!! 😁

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Love this series

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My favorite chess KZbinr....and it's not even close! Thanks for all of the great content.

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Hey Master, I really appreciate your lessons, you got me fighting side to side with strong players in my village!

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If I could only keep one KZbin channel it would be this one. Awesome content.

[@anthonycohen771]

Amazing game, superbly explained!

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Thank Danya, you make very useful content!

[@chilliram]

I'm certain I haven't missed a single upload from the Sensei but this game and the explanations were so incredible, I've watched this 3 times in a row. Sounds mental but it kept getting better with every repetition. Thanks to the black player who played such an awesome game as well.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

That Nxg4 counter-sac is *immediately* going into use in my games. Wow!!

[@theotherjoedimaggio]

if Danya is talking King's Indian, listen up. this guy knows the KID probably better than anyone else on the planet, except for maybe (maybe) a handful of people

[@XlogicXX]

There are levels to this chess thing. Wow, Danya!

[@lukastux3024]

This was a great game. Strong opposition familiar with the opening, tactics and fantastic explanations of strategic ideas

[@Justchillin145]

I learned a lot from this video, thank you sensei.

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I don't understand how this guy's channel is not growing faster, he is doing such a great job with these videos. Love you Danya (even my autocorrect is correcting his name to Santa lol)

[@BHP2412]

This game is an excellent example of a GM's skill. A magnificent vision of the position's future. Learned a ton!!!.

[@BorisNVM]

i love seeing him playing the kings indian, it is like seeing magic

[@gogaboga8809]

great video! As a d4 player I really enjoyed this game

[@GioABida]

Oh and I love the way that you are so interesting and instructional

[@ahmedsayeed1330]

Naroditsky on demand creates live instructive games and gives masterly demonstrations. His commentary is superlative - concentrating on themes and being light on 'lines'.

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Good stuff

[@Neozitu]

15min games is perfect! Very well explained, love your vids!

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Great video as always my friend

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this guy. this guys is a wild man

[@aldogutierrez6637]

Thank you Daniel

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I can watch these videos all day ... great content

[@starship1701]

Would love to see more kings indian games from either side. So many different lines to explore

[@dkpandey1996]

The mark of a good teacher is anticipating the doubts of his students in advance and covering them, and he does that quite effortlessly, covering all the nuances and possibilities in a position. I can watch this all day.

[@Daniel_Mumba]

Thanks a lot Daniel, this content has really helped me improve! now a 2200 and going

[@user-ct1cx5gj9u]

So what was your rating before your improvement?

[@antisha82]

Thank you for this chess lesson, you are the best, God bless you 🙏👍

[@Drawfill]

Wow. truly a beautiful game. Connecting the rooks with Kf2 before opening with the attack was like watching a boxer tape his hands before a fight.

[@anissbenthami]

Very nice attack 👌🏼

[@andypitty3885]

Amazing attacking showcase

[@danjeory3659]

Watched the game open-mouthed. Looking forward to the analysis later... 👏👏

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My favorite content on KZbin hands down.

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This made my day ❤

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Can’t tell you how good the quality of these videos are.

[@SahnigReingeloetet]

I think this whole h4-Nf5 idea is on par with that one insane Queen‘s Indian Greek Gift if anybody remembers that. Outstanding. And I‘d like to quote that previous video here: „Just because computers exist doesn‘t mean there no longer is any magic hidden in chess. Actually it means that now we can appreciate the magic even more!“ In my opinion, seeing the engine spit out Nxg4 as a critical resource for Black isn‘t souring the combination for me, it lets me learn without worshipping false idols so to speak.

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This is a FANTASTIC chess channel.

[@Gretchaninov]

Great explanations as always! It's making me want to consider playing d4 or the KID.

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Great game!

[@petersall1055]

danya: "i remember a game where i was down 3 queens and a rook, but i managed to draw/win against my opponent"

[@monerotango1578]

Moves like Rb1 or the subtlety of playing Kf2 instead of Kf1 are mind blowing.

[@henrycook859]

thank you for this series 🔥 always love the speedruns (learn a ton) 🙏 love from Oregon 🌎

[@bongcloud]

Thank you danya senseiii, i learn a lot. i hope i can win my next tournament on oct 11.

[@TiConZero]

Danya playing my favourite line as white in my favourite opening? Dreams do come true 🙃

[@claudioblechle2536]

NO way. My favourite variation Thanks Danya

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Full menu from Daniel, awesome.

[@trent797]

I love super closed games like this.

[@FruitOfTheSpirit]

Masterful game

[@24yroldchessimprover84]

On move 13, Nxg5 was winning according to SF. Aside from that insane sac for long term compensation, these closed type of positions remind me of computer chess games where it seems that black has a blockade/fortress, but usually does not. See games 98 and 100 from the TCEC Season 23 Super Final and see how Stockfish crushes Lc0 in a closed position to learn more.

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This game was a symphony

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[@kaibruns7103]

Great game! I enjoy the explanations about modern theory a lot. One question: Why is the knight maneuver over f3-d2-f1-g3 better than bishop f3 into knight e2-g3?

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Hi Mr Daniel. I really love and enjoy the way you re playing chess. I learned a lot from you, tremendous thanks. believe me i have seen and predict all your moves. I think I am on my way to be like you. yestrday, I beat 1600 elo on 16 moves due to a trick i have seen on your chanel. furthermore, I want to say thank you so much for your clear english I realy enjoy developing my listening since I m an Enlish learners from Morroco ( arabic country).

[@prplt]

11:51 "black is gonna murder us on the queenside" 😂