Master Class | Caro-Kann | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

[@yourdedushka8715]

I compiled a list of Danya’s sayings: - When you find a good move, look for a better one - Don’t let your bishop bite on granite - Your pieces don’t always have to be conquering Mount Everest/ distributing the Covid vaccine - The threat is stronger than the execution - When your opponent plays passively, strike in the center - No need to reinvent the wheel, just develop pieces normally - Bad bishops defend good pawns - You want to perform a task with the piece of least possible value - Sometimes your knights need to go to Frankfurt airport - Keep the tension - Something something potential energy - Queen should be the supporting actress - Loose pieces drop off - A Type 1 Undefended Piece is a piece that is not protected by any other pieces. - A Type 2 Undefended Piece is a piece that is only protected by one other piece (Overloading tactics arise from this) - An outpost is not inherently good - When you’re considering a multiple-move tactic, try flipping the order - If your opponent tries to stop your idea, ask yourself the Sam Shankland Question: What if I do it anyway? - Doubled pawns aren’t inherently bad - Lastly: Rules are meant to be broken

[@Tikorous]

Giiiiirrrrrrrrrllllll

[@ChessGeek1]

@@Tikorous Damnnn Girlllll

[@groverclinton1081]

The first saying was Emanuel Lasker's.

[@immaleaf4964]

risk it for the biscuit is a new one for me

[@sammythemc]

I counted and I have thought of 9 of these while playing games over the last few days.

[@kylebaird8813]

"I'm still losing that's the fu-that's the amazing thing."

[@3DxPOD]

He was going to say, the FUnny thing 😛

[@trunghungpham9414]

18:19

[@ctaz9000]

Lmao

[@matthewrigby6089]

@@3DxPOD haha yeah but actually he was going to say that. Danya is so wholesome. He never drops f bombs on stream.

[@BrokenG-String]

The way he anxiously chuckles right after almost saying fuck

[@rumaulia2709]

"I don't fear one rook in the seventh rank" Famous last words...

[@GugaSouza0]

Hahaha

[@jabeesguerra4898]

Yeah. That rook didn't win any material... but hogtied all of Black's pieces.

[@p.l.p.l.6141]

yeah, seventh rank is like "im not in your house but so close to your door its even worse"

[@braindust7523]

Lmao

[@banankulovski]

Hahhaahahhaa

[@lochanr7471]

UPDATE: THAT FIRST GUY WAS INDEED A CHEATER AND HE'S BEEN BANNED. Danya played a fantastic game and he wasn't outplayed

[@joakimquensel597]

After the analyse I think Daniel was pretty sure as well. But as a KZbin streamer and respected chess player he just can't take the risk of falsely accuse someone. Let's say it turned out the opponent was indeed a GM playing incognito, then he would look like a really bad looser. And he did not want to take that risk.

[@Mathijs_A]

@@joakimquensel597 I'm sorry, but it totally doesn't seem that way to me. Daniel clearly stated "if I suspect someone I'm open about it". The moves from his opponent, although extremely good, also seemed very findable by a human (I am only 2250 myself and naturally never play this well, but I did understand the ideas of the moves). Sure, he was cheating, but Daniel honestly seemed to just not think so.

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@Mathijs_A Most chess moves are sensible when you see them...the trick is in playing them.

[@Mathijs_A]

@@ChessJourneyman in many cases that's not true. This game, all moves were understandable and they were not unfindable at all either. My point is not this person was not cheating, my point is Daniel did not seem to think so (for sure) and said so in the video, which is why I disagree with the comment above mine

[@TheSoulBlossom]

@@Mathijs_A well the guy WAS CHEATING so what the heck are you blabbering on about? Stop wasting everybody's time (and yours too) and go study chess. ps. Were you the guy who was banned? Are you a cheater yourself? Because you definitely sound like it!

[@francois-michelderainville4108]

Account closed for fair play… Daniel drawing a computer, that’s a high level play

[@QK5364]

they premoved. he still said he should have lost that game and that it is a loss in his book

[@reddd-77]

@@QK5364 no shame losing to a computer though

[@KnightToRemember]

Of course he didn’t play like a computer for all moves, he only cheated for some moves (The opening was quite bad for White)

[@QK5364]

@@KnightToRemember its the classical variation of the caro kann. What do you mean? They played all theory for like 10 moves, probably even more

[@KnightToRemember]

@@QK5364 Everyone knows (at least I knew it at 1100) that in this variation the Knight on f3 is misplaced for White, I think White was already out of book after …exf6

[@christiangrab4278]

I for one am glad you refute cheating accusations, like it’s somehow impossible for grand masters to ever lose or make mistakes

[@lukeedward9748]

Meanwhile Ginger GM is giving them out like hot cakes!!

[@tikkj]

@@lukeedward9748 to be fair to him, he usually levels them at ~1000s who play far above their level, not 2000+ rated players

[@TimJapan]

He actually was probably cheating. The account was closed a month later due to a breach of the fair play standard.

[@epixtille7069]

@@TimJapan lol everyone was like stop accusing him of cheating and the guy was proven to be cheating, later on, figures. One thing I'm surprised about is how he played so quickly, I figured cheaters have to take longer to check the best move than play it especially in the end game when he had 10 seconds. Maybe that's why he finally made a blunder and lost his rook.

[@mugiwara-no-luffy]

@@epixtille7069 it's because while he was cheating, he's probably a pretty decent chess player himself without cheating. so he'll play the obvious moves. and plus, danny is explaining his moves (taking up time) so the opponent probably had time to look at the top 2-3 variations for each move before danny played them and quickly knew how to respond.

[@jonnozomboid2649]

To me, fairly obvious in last minute of the game - Danya moving instantly because he understands everything. The other guy taking 6 seconds a move.

[@shuvro40]

Holly shit. This was the most intense game in this speedrun series. For a moment I felt like I was losing there. I love this series that much.

[@altera1882]

yeah very terrifying....I really wanted danya to win... but a draw if perfect.

[@sleepingdog12]

draw with a cheater?

[@callumchisholm3054]

This might be my favorite speedrun episode ever, seeing danya navigate a sketchy position is really instructive and entertaining. I find myself giving up in these yucky positions and this really helps show how to hold on and play it out.

[@GiggityGooh]

hold on babe danya just uploaded a 41 minute master class on the caro kann

[@isura.m]

Damnnn gurl

[@shaicry]

That game was crazy! it felt like some sort of tv show moment where the main character comes across someone unexpectedly powerful and it takes everything to just barely get out of there unscathed. i was very invested

[@andrewbradley3305]

This guy was kicked. He was a cheater. You can look it up

[@synchronium24]

@@andrewbradley3305 I wondered about that. The opponent didn't seem to use his time in a way that was typical of cheaters, but the overall quality of play was just stupid high.

[@Cursein]

@@synchronium24 Bro if the cheater got just a minimum of brain he knows how to look legit. You guys really behave like you could actually see if someone is cheating by his time control.

[@synchronium24]

@@Cursein "I wondered about that" is not intended to indicate anything approaching certainty. Suspicion, yes.

[@Cursein]

@@synchronium24 There is no typical cheater. You don‘t know if someone is cheating if he is clever.

[@keniag5]

Love this channel. His way of explaining is so clear and thorough. He's such a good teacher.

[@jasonli3620]

Unfortunately, Danya's opponent got banned. This cheater played a LOT of titled players. damn

[@koyorsapi6403]

18:21 "I'm still lost, thats the fucked up thing about it" I've never been so mad at myself for missing a stream and missing this glorious moment live with GM Twitchchat

[@casper14301]

How is it possible to misquote so badly lmao

[@abinashsau9655]

He almost said it

[@mrdestroyer5297]

18:08 was a really smart move putting the rook on an open file

[@ahmedejaz1125]

😂

[@wasp7969]

that stalemate what a genius 😂😂

[@ubsrg]

Ok so this was fascinating ... Both playing the best moves, then at Danya's first think (before playing a5), I was following with the engine and the engine was like a5, everything else is bad and I was like erm what, what is even point and then this was directly followed by Danya's explanation ... I still cannot believe this stuff is free! Like the entire game both players were playing essentially only first Stockfish lines! It's funny though how much the engine hates Qa1, it says +3.4 ... Thank you so much for all of this!

[@musical_lolu4811]

It's pawn moves like a5 that stymie me about GM play. Glad I stumbled on a live explanation of stuff like that.

[@hardworkingslacker7233]

This has been the most satisfying game to watchc in the entire speed run until now if you ask me. Just so amazing to see Daniel being pushed to his limits.

[@AM-rb4ps]

Just incredible. High level chess. Danya remains essentially undefeated in the speed run but dang. Wow.

[@Gytax0]

he has lost before

[@shiningshores4808]

@@Gytax0 not in this speedrun

[@Kokurorokuko]

@@shiningshores4808 he did, I think, but only against cheaters so it doesn't count.

[@AM-rb4ps]

@@Kokurorokuko yeah only against cheaters I think. This is his closest against a legitimate player

[@francois1e4]

@@AM-rb4ps The opponent is now banned for fairplay lol

[@saiashwin26]

I think your opponent might be a titled player, playing on a smurf account. He has played many games against Aman and even won a few games.

[@HolyNarz]

But would a GM or even an IM blunder stalemate in the end?

[@Funkypotato14]

@@HolyNarz it wasnt a blunder, he had to take the rook or its lost

[@tvens1]

@@tpage8051 hi did not blundered, he premoved, that was danyas trick

[@Funkypotato14]

@@tpage8051 apparently it was drawn immediately once he blundered his rook. (According to Danya in the video, I didnt double check)

[@tvens1]

@@tpage8051 No, 3 pawns vs rook was a draw, danya said himself, watch again his analysis.

[@ronborneo1975]

In fairness to chat Danya's opponent was probably cheating as his account was closed due to Fair Play. Also hysterical how he blundered the rook during time trouble.

[@serenus6633]

"wait wait let me calculate" 11:49 *Proceeds to look on his engine hidden in his palm*

[@itsjac0b310]

Its funny because i watch danya's OTB games and he does that multiple times , i wonder jf he cheated the same way OTB, idiotic

[@mikotokingofhamora]

you are an amazing streamer , excellent teacher and such a chill personality to watch. thanks for the amazing videos and please keep it up

[@Bronek0990]

I love the accusations every game someone makes a good move. "A 2400 made a strong move? Impossible!" "Someone had 98% accuracy? Must be cheating!" (Which implies Daniel also cheated this game)

[@sanathkumar6526]

you see some people just don't live a good life, so what do they do? randomly accuse people online, I've faced a fair share of cheaters myself and the biggest giveaway is the move time (cheating if it's consistent) and people refraining from making obvious moves, not the accuracy.

[@rickwood2974]

Look up this guy's account - he's been banned for cheating.

[@Libeer-rs3hu]

This guy was sus I could tell and he was actual cheater

[@donnadie5882]

Im 1500 and my best accuracy was 95%, I guess someone at that level could reach 99% in a random game, but anyway that first guy was a cheater

[@joakimquensel597]

In this kind of game I would say 98% accuracy means he's a cheater or a GM. But looking at his profile and game statistics (even before he got banned) shows he is not at GM level. It would be different if he scored this high against an opponent that didn't play as good as Daniel did, and that he got a material advantage early in the game. Then it's much easier to score high on accuracy.

[@taefer7437]

Oh man, the level of deep positional thinking from a GM is crazy. Awesome content Danya!

[@aleksapopovic9704]

This game was rollercoster of emotions, a never saw Danya outplayed this badly

[@pure2291]

account is now banned for cheating

[@adrianpietro5825]

Damn this felt like a star wars battle where the Jedi apprentice manage to survive a duel with a powerful Sith Lord with a miracle at the end

[@SEAKPhotog]

Wow, that was high drama! So much fun to watch. I was riveted to my phone. Great stuff. Thank you!

[@JS_Precision]

Haha the first game was a great chess hustler lesson! Sneaky unexpected rook move and forced stalemate. A lot to learn here. Thanks Danya.

[@hoegaarden2003]

The best part is that the Speedrun lives on! Also, good to see some strong opposition in this game.

[@Tinera420]

11:55 The way he calculate 😂😂😂😂. Not even looking at the board, I know he's a beast, but for my 1400 eyes, still amazes me

[@LordTeddy0]

Love the educational content you make @Daniel. And that you upload more to youtube is best! keep the frequency up!

[@sjbuttonsb]

An absolutely incredible game.

[@CalFPS]

Absolutely loved watching this. This was a fascinating game. Exciting in every way :)

[@WHYUNODYLAN]

2:11, wow! Either he's really lucky that the knight is still stuck while very deep into the position (without a pawn sac), or he's studied that line, or simply he's just using an engine. Considering that his account was closed for fair play violations, that last-mentioned situation seems most likely.

[@zzfaithlezz]

In the Tartakower, I believe the book move for black is to immediately occupy e file with rook after castling, which also creates a space for the knight.

[@Htowntilidrown]

The dirty tricks at 18:06 have you no shame Danya

[@henrychess3]

I love this series. It's like what Powerplaychess does but the player is also the commentator and it's played and commentated at the same time. It lets me follow the thought process quite clearly (except for those very long calculations that I can't handle even with the video paused).

[@rq4740]

"So notice what I'm doing: First I'm going back and forth essentially to get him into an unsuspecting situation. He doesn't think that I'm all of a sudden gonna go Re7. He thinks I'm just gonna shuffle between d7 and c7, and all of a sudden I go Re7." - Prophet Danya, Gospel of Flagging 36:30

[@rentsy3444]

when I saw Danya's tactical pawn qube I knew he couldn't lose

[@ArrowMaster-wl1lh]

😂😂

[@Cheats_Detected]

18:16 The hardest part of all this is seeing how many of his close friends and acquaintances so naively believe in his innocence. They’re even willing to put their own reputations on the line, going public to defend him, genuinely convinced that he’s done nothing wrong. This just shows how deeply people can misunderstand one another and how much someone can disappoint those who trusted them. Sometimes, even those we view as the most pure-hearted might surprise us in ways we never imagined. When the truth comes to light, it can be so shocking that perhaps, at times, ignorance truly feels like the better choice. Why are you using engine Danya?

[@codegeass7162]

I hope you live in misery and loneliness 😊 get a life.

[@wallstreetmonky6797]

Proof?

[@gwizarde]

pawn cube!! lets fucking goooo!

[@pabloortiz8007]

Danya is so nice. Unlike Hikaru and others, always chooses to give the benefit of the doubt about cheaters. Turns out this guy got banned...

[@PeterChessPupil]

the most beautiful turbo gm swindle ive ever seen, watch this one over and over

[@VideosMzn]

Holy **** danya you are the best chess teacher and one of the best chess youtubers, and yet one of the best chess players of the world.

[@_A-B_]

I feel like I am the main character of online chess while watching the speedrun and Danya is my strong, experienced mentor.

[@rohanchess8332]

I'm so proud that at 26:46 , my first instincts was Qb8

[@hugopereira2883]

holy fkn shit that was the most butt-clenching game i have ever seen

[@jasonmckinney8166]

Daniel is so resourceful its just amazing

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

18:03 Lmao this is an incredible trick

[@Majora96]

Every idea is 'typical' according to Daniel. I'm no gm, but I've been playing chess a long time and some of his typical ideas I've never heard of.

[@bloodcake1337]

this dood will have nightmares about that draw for years to come ... imgaine getting tricked like that and having over 1 min on the clock lmao ... gotta be crushing

[@exodusxp8094]

that was one of the meanest but most resourceful tricky thing daniel could have done. What a fighter.

[@exodusxp8094]

@@LorenzVandeVenne yes. There was no other way to avoid a loss and he found it and was lucky

[@CosyBrew]

@@exodusxp8094 Danya's great and all but I'm sorry, deliberately hanging your rook to exploit a premove is not resourceful at all, it's a very dirty trick often played in bullet.

[@FinetalPies]

@@CosyBrew There's no shame in falling for a trick, it's a learning experience. I think someone who reaches 2700 in Bullet probably understands that

[@CosyBrew]

@@FinetalPies I've no idea what point you're trying to make.

[@arivald6677]

This is what separate very good chess players from true GMs. Ability to find solution in utter darkness. You had absolutely no chance of winning or drawing this game so you made yourself a chance. Mad respect for this movie like ending!

[@victorBQ27]

I've never seen Daniel under this much pressure against someone who's not a GM. Huge props to the opponent.

[@TheFilipFonky]

Look up the opponent, he got banned

[@DipsAndPushups]

I have watched this game already and after 1:40 C4 I immediately remembered the game. Prior to that I have read a comment saying that the first guy was a cheater, after C4 by white I remembered this game.

[@YamiKairu]

lol you can see the moment he played with and without engine 😅

[@ItsPunchOnTwitch]

20 minute game, 20 minute analysis thanks for the good instruction!

[@chilliram]

Lol, he tricked his opponent into blundering the rook knowing his opponent would've pre-moved.

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

YOU allowed him to extricate his king. You let him out of the trap.

[@ChirsHunter]

That's some phycology there lol 36:41

[@Hexo44]

This guy switches up his streaming spot every other day

[@franksutton2264]

Excited to see the Caro!

[@sazzad7558]

Finally, a worthy opponent

[@ArielAce]

Hey Danya, I really enjoy your videos. It was awesome watching you play from a difficult position. Your daily videos have replaced TV in my life! I have a question: One of the lessons I learned from you r speedrun is to not "instantly" recapture pieces, but to always look for a better move. At 28:58 in the analysis, you recaptured the knight on E5 with your pawn, but there was an intermediate move. Could you have played RD2 first? This seems to lead to a better position for black, because the resulting line puts white's queen in a worse position, allowing you to move to QA3 with tempo, threatening H3 and A2. White is considerably more restricted in the movement of his queen here, because giving up H3 or A2 allows you to open the position and force white's rook off of the fifth rank. Any thoughts on this?

[@johnbolt3883]

I’ve just explored both lines with the aid of an engine, both seem to be a draw. There are some very unintuitive moves for black in the variation you mention (queen trading to a get a triple pawn structure, for example), but both seemed very practically difficult to play. The draw in the second line takes a long time, too, so is much harder to spot (even the rough outline of it). In the line Danya played, best move for white after fxe5 is Rxe5. Opponent played Rxd8, which leads to a faster draw. For practical play, you want moves like this where opponent has opportunities to more easily give up advantage. It is far from easy to see this difference far out, but it is possible Danya could see some lines that seemed quite drawish with his variation and decided to go for it, without necessarily calculating the alternative fully. More likely though, is that he saw both were quite similar and just decided to go with one over the other. I’m evaluating with Lichess stock fish, so it is possible some ideas are being missed here.

[@davidgatten1033]

Naroditsky does a good job of keeping his chat in check. Baseless cheating accusations are unneeded. Daniel does a good job of getting that across to chat while still being professional and entertaining. Pretty respectable.

[@dpbass8898]

Hahahaha did not know you had that in you near the end! Awesome!

[@tusharsurankar5958]

Is Caro-Kann really that good? I swear every time I played it will become closed position and it will stretch onto a time scramble where I will most definitely lose. And danya has at the very least 10 speed run videos with Caro-Kann😲

[@NordicRest]

The Caro is a strong, reliable opening for all levels of play up mid-GM. Even then, its only weakness is that it's balanced and equal. As for getting closed positions, that's often the nature of the advanced Caro. My biggest tip is to remember the keystone of most advanced Caro positions: aim for d4. Pile on the pressure, and wait for your opponent to do something stupid. It's often not on d4 itself, but a tactic arriving from a poor attempt at defending d4.

[@Doughcrates564]

Beginner here but i play the caro almost exclusively and from my experience, it gives really good endgames which most opponents at my level cannot handle. In addition if they try to avoid endgames and get a bit too aggressive, they can blunder so easily. I think this is true even for intermediate and even higher levels to some extent since ive seen so many games where even masters end up blundering.

[@musan9079]

Depends on your playstyle and how you enjoy chess, I'm also not keen on closed positions Kings Indian attack/defence, London system, ruy Lopez etc, French defence I prefer open positions, and enjoy such positions generally Karo Kann is a fine opening though objectively,

[@kevin-7091]

It's a good opening, and quite popular in GM levels. However, the early game of Caro-Kann is much trickier than d4 or e4, there's quite a few critical ideas that you need to keep an eye on or you will end up in a very passive position

[@GMBethHarmon]

The implication here is that closed positions are bad, which is certainly not true. If you get into time scrambles and struggle, you can: a) play a little bullet to get used to them b) play longer games/games with significant increment, so they aren't really a factor.

[@SpraxTI]

18:18 "I am still lost, I am still lost, that's the fuck... that's fact". lmao. I love the series, Danya you are rocking no matter what!

[@davidrobertson1980]

Good stream Daniel, I enjoyed your playing and analysis

[@makiboy247]

Even though I've watched this speedrun a second time, it still gives me a thrill

[@frankieoliveras1271]

I respect the stalemate and the cheeky rook move at the end to win the rook lol

[@stampedetrail2003]

15:44 kh6, pg5

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Highkey thank you high level opponent for giving me another game in the series

[@anneiam4385]

Love that feeling when I get off work and there's a new danya speedrun

[@animeup1412]

Also love that feeling when I get off and there's a new danya speedrun

[@Diffusion8]

So dirty, yet so good! 👏🏻

[@manemobiili]

Good game 🤝 * starts throwing stuff around the room *

[@666nevermore]

Daniel I highly suggest you to level your mic audio because every video I watch of yours when the adds kick in the volume is x2 louder and it is so annoying, you are the only youtuber I follow where this happens, very hard to fall asleep while watching your videos :C

[@arashkamangir331]

Ah my favorite opening with black presented by my favorite chess teacher

[@mattso7465]

Fantastic video. I found it very interesting to find you play against someone who really could put you to the test. I was hoping you were able to talk to your opponent a bit in this video.

[@nygeek6471]

The account was closed for cheating

[@reymondwolfe]

Amazing game by Mr. 'Ditsky! Icing on the cake was using tome pressure to grab a free rook, which imo based on the opponents play, seemed qay top accurate and he completely deserved that disrespect from the rook lolol

[@Tias858]

Props to his opponent. Well played game!

[@pure2291]

opponent cheated and his account is now banned

[@adamsasso1]

7:29 in, I have no idea how it turns out, and I’m riveted!

[@MrEnergiecottbusfan]

Very very instructive Video, thank you daniel:)

[@Nytequiller]

I looked up at my screen and saw Danya had a rook versus 3 connected pawns and knew it was over so I had to rewind the whole video to see what the heck happened. I'm absolutely baffled that you stalemated in a dead lost position, just wow.

[@cpf2566]

That position with the rook vs 3 pawns is actually technically drawn.

[@alberteinstein7466]

After 11.c4 the best move is Re8. Because it doesnt allow the rook takes the control of the seventh row and allow the Nf8 preparing for Ke6 or Ng6.

[@SamMight]

The account is now banned for a Fair Play violation, interestingly

[@likenot3073]

I was amazed at how confidently the guy went for the line where he exposed his king knowing how much pressure he'd able to put down, also Daniel resorting to dirty moves in high rating game is something

[@ChessJourneyman]

Easy to be confident with Stockfish by your side...

[@tralx5268]

wah gwaan brother danya, keep it going!

[@alaakhalil498]

Thanks very much for the instructive game.

[@runtimeterror1358]

THANK YOU DANYA FOR MAKING A CARO VIDEO :)

[@Andrey.N]

The full dirty tricks course would be priceless 😀

[@BarrySW19]

That looked like fairly human play, but the account is now banned for fair play violations - so looks like it was a cheater.

[@2OO10x]

1 month later after this speedrun video was posted, that guy was banned for violation of fair play policy.

[@Jimemy]

That was one dirty draw. But nice desperado trick.

[@alexwiththeglasses]

I had to stop the game portion of the video and take a break… 3 times! I could smell the wood burning (meaning my brain overheating). It took quite a bit for me to follow, as much as I could anyway. Thank you so much GM Danya for both your sincerity and clarity. You have a wonderful character, young man!

[@sandudii]

20:00 you are more mature than 99% people 21:10

[@tahatelly8790]

He Hang His Rook But "NOT BY MISTAKE"

[@ziyad7600]

Rapid games against good opponents are entertaining

[@barrywuthrich8530]

Where Danya said C5 was the only move, I've seen rook f e8 and knight f8 recommended in that set up. I wonder if the computer would've like that? The knight has some good options from f8.

[@gergoooooooo]

Best video ever