"It's not about solving 15 problems a day, it's about solving 3 problems and extracting the key lessons from those problems" -Danya
@hellopleychess31902 жыл бұрын
I think he said 50
@Scorsoo7 Жыл бұрын
Totally agreed. At GM level. When still at club level (something like 1600- elo): doing 15 3-move puzzles/day will certainly improve you more than solving 3 positional 8-move puzzles/problems.
@MistaOppritunity Жыл бұрын
@@Scorsoo7 I can agree with that, but the video is about positional training. The concepts behind positional understanding are a lot muddier than a forced 3 move checkmate. It is still worth noting that doing lots of tactical puzzles at the intermediate level will lead to growth as a player, or at the very least make you more consistent.
@Scorsoo7 Жыл бұрын
@@MistaOppritunity I gotcha. Just wanted to clarify that positional puzzles are probably not very interesting/too hard for lower rated club players (under 1600 elo). They probably lack the tactical skills and should train that.
@leesky52033 ай бұрын
20 hard mate in 2 is a good idea
@alexf01013 жыл бұрын
this is some high level stuff, very interesting to see the thought process of a gm. I'll now be much more aware of positional concepts while I'm blundering away my pieces!
@josephdraper69713 жыл бұрын
Thats more okay than just blundering
@platitudeomenw4413 жыл бұрын
Haha, well said. Naroditsky really is an excellent teacher, and it warms my heart to see fine gentlemen such as yourself appreciating his talent
@solomonherskowitz3 жыл бұрын
If you keep going this way tho you'll be so much better once you stop blinders
@bonganimazibuko19012 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@VintageVets2 жыл бұрын
@@josephdraper6971 t
@Evilanious3 жыл бұрын
Daniel: black should develop a bishop with Bd7. Asgaard: black should grab more space in the center with e5. Stockfish: h5, baby!
@ShabazzTBL3 жыл бұрын
Everyone and there mom: Take Qxd7 taking their undefended Queen with check. Stockfish: Kg2.
@hellopleychess31902 жыл бұрын
I was thinking instead of Bb6 Bd7 black should play a5 and Ra6 but I think the knight would hop into b4
@MrSupernova111 Жыл бұрын
lol
@aaronambroso1201 Жыл бұрын
Get good.
@J4ve Жыл бұрын
ChatGPT: Rook takes king, gg ez win
@bozone893 жыл бұрын
you could tell Danya really felt for the person who sent the message about his mom even though it is so hard to find the right response in those situations
@ClydeBarber3 жыл бұрын
Yea I almost took this out, but its so heart warming, it's like, not directly chess, but you get a taste of the community and how much he cares. Had to leave it in. -Editor.
@breezyashell3 жыл бұрын
Please do not monopolize a stream meant for education/entertainment. Danya isn't your friend and it's inappropriate.
@elliothicks76023 жыл бұрын
@@breezyashell how are you gonna tell someone who’s mom just died that they’re being inappropriate for writing that message?
@swift88213 жыл бұрын
@@breezyashell found the neck beard
@cryptooooooooo3 жыл бұрын
@@swift8821 he's not entirely wrong, people misunderstanding that their relationship with a streamer is parasocial is not a new phenomenon
@NotoriousKhamid3 жыл бұрын
GOLD! The chess community is striving for such content!
@mediocreburger28933 жыл бұрын
Ah I remember this stream, the chat was amazing when the person talked about his mother. It’s truly an incredible community.
@SaurabhXDD3 жыл бұрын
Following Danya since 3 years... Best guy on twitch
@Tyler-bp4md3 жыл бұрын
@@SaurabhXDD best guy in general you mean
@rjjhh4433 жыл бұрын
@@SaurabhXDD ya he has all emotions Anger, humble, humour, pride, joy, sadness, frustration, dissapointment, excitement, attitude etc And above all he is cute😅
@charlesfairchild3836 Жыл бұрын
@@Tyler-bp4md you dumb🤦♂️🤣
@dominiks50683 жыл бұрын
lots of love to the person who donated at 22:35
@maxseymour56103 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't this man have more subs? Easily the best educational chess content on youtube, keep doing what you do danya
@trent7973 жыл бұрын
He's getting there. I think he had around 30K when I started watching regularly around Thanksgiving.
@fredreickweaver8093 жыл бұрын
@@BeFourCM I think levy does all right, but he can be somewhat flamboyant i agree, and Danya is more educational
@Blitnock3 жыл бұрын
Of the chess channels, Naroditsky seems the best for education. Another good educational channel is Powerplaychess hosted by GM Daniel King-- he's only got 79K subs. It seems like most chess channels have entertainment as the first goal, not education. But I'm sure I don't know about other good channels.
@tj46473 жыл бұрын
Chess Coach Andras is #2 only to Daniel Naroditsky, in some ways Andras can be better
@juleslondon3088 Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see how the popular streamers mentioned in this thread have fared over 2+ years. Levy’s now the king of KZbin and Danya has 10x as many subs. Rosen is also doing well and appears to have been taking recent lessons from Levy in the art of clickbait… and poor old Andras, whose content is indeed extremely high quality, is still languishing in the backwaters of KZbin with people saying, “I can’t believe this guy doesn’t have more subs!”
@onesack96142 жыл бұрын
22:30 Danya you’re a great guy man, it’s really heartwarming to see that kind of sincere compassion and empathy from someone, keep it up!
@mickeyhalo7453 жыл бұрын
Danya's empathy is heartfelt. May anyone that suffers from sadness & depression, be comforted. Pure unifying love is the consolation. We are together!
@evanmaier25513 жыл бұрын
This is incredible content, I have never trained positional chess before and now I see it is a big weakness. Also my solidarity goes out to the viewer who spoke about their mental health struggle. It's important to remember you aren't alone and better times are ahead. Hang in there
@jimgu25783 жыл бұрын
There aren’t as much positional challenges out there. I love that Danya talked about them in depth!
@patricksasser57832 жыл бұрын
Danya you are the main reasons I fell in love with the game. I love your mindset when attacking a challenging puzzle and the fact that you are a gm and still learning inspires me to strive for more
@flyingpinguu3 жыл бұрын
I would love more positional chess lessons although this was a little high for me. It would be nice to have these puzzles but more on an intermediate level.
@pawncube20503 жыл бұрын
+1
@ddmannion3 жыл бұрын
Daniel is so humble. He keeps apologizing for using the clock as a weapon. I can understand why since historically chess hasn't been about playing down to the millisecond. However, we need to acknowledge that the times have changed and that the audience for chess has become much more interested in blitz and bullet games. Personally, I believe that Daniel's talents should be recognized by the broader chess community as being very significantly mainstream today. Thank you for the excellent videos GM Naroditsky!
@ss93923 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is gold content! Thanks Daniel appreciate it as always : D
@asherf5343 жыл бұрын
That is just too beautiful how you destroy the book with the engine. Not sure I’ll ever get to this level but your work has been unbelievably helpful to my game.
@RigMaster_3 жыл бұрын
I really love this video and I found it very very interesting. I really hope you continue to do this kind of vid! Also, condolences to the person who lost their mum. One day when it is not so raw you will be able to look back and focus on the good times. Stay strong.
@LitCactus3 жыл бұрын
Aha, I'm right on time tonight!
@Vinterfader3 жыл бұрын
Daniel, this is fantastic! The fact that I am completely off in many of these (rated around 1700 on lichess) speaks to how much I can improve my positional play. Keep em coming :)
@laafridi76813 жыл бұрын
I love this video so much. We can see a grandmaster thinking hard and struggling to find moves among so many different ideas and there's no right move they just find easily and explain it to us. It replicates what real everyday chess games are like for us where there's a bunch of close options
@robertrasmussen7633 жыл бұрын
This is some of the best content you have made
@epicaliyaАй бұрын
“Chess can offer the best kind of escape”, now my theory about numbing myself with chess recently 24/7 to escape life problems is confirmed
@User-g2c7t26 күн бұрын
I feel you
@grrrexky3 жыл бұрын
Just woke up, and I read with my blurry eyes, Mastering Positional Cheese. Guess who made a dono? CheeseCake. My third eye has opened. I have gained the power of chess prescience.
@tgrimshaw3 жыл бұрын
shut up. real dono was at 22:35
@maloxi14723 жыл бұрын
@@tgrimshaw Hahaha ! Let the guy pry his third eye open in peace 😄
@tgrimshaw3 жыл бұрын
@@maloxi1472 have you ever tried DMT?
@tgrimshaw3 жыл бұрын
Danya Mating Tactics
@Landino0193 жыл бұрын
Love the profile pic lmao
@footyskillzrus3 жыл бұрын
43 minutes Chess lesson from my favourite teacher on the planet? that's today's productivity sorted :D
@lawreno3 жыл бұрын
Please more videos like this - no one else is making content as good as this. Going through problems hearing your train of thought is superb.
@xnick_uy3 жыл бұрын
I like this format. I find it very instructive to look not only at the best move but also at the other options.
@dudeabot60003 жыл бұрын
On break at work, perfect timing for this to come out
@tonito55883 жыл бұрын
Hope we have more of these! I feel like I've learned so much for these. Would also greatly appreciate a version of this but for positional ideas at the more intermediate (1600-2000) level :))
@trent7973 жыл бұрын
This was a super useful video. I'd love to see more in this format. (Of course, I like seeing more of ANY chess content from Danya :) )
@tommydashed42052 жыл бұрын
In the closed position I think king safety was important because white always has Qh5+ looming. Also, both potential pawn breaks are on the king side so that side will likely become open which also makes getting the king out of dodge seem like a pretty good idea.
@catytroopa8453 жыл бұрын
Always exciting to see more lessons!! Thank you Danya ❤️
@markosborn30792 жыл бұрын
This is a great video...come back to this one frequently!
@SaurabhXDD3 жыл бұрын
For the people who wants to know The book name is EXCELLING AT CHESS by GM Jacob Aagard 👌 (Also check Positional Play by him)
@SaurabhXDD3 жыл бұрын
@@giuliopenza9422 ok so there are two different book written by GM Jacob, one is EXCELLING AT CHESS and other one is EXCELLING AT POSITIONAL CHESS, but i don't know which book Danya used in this video
@JamesCharbonneau3 жыл бұрын
@@SaurabhXDD At 7:28 he says it’s Excelling at Positional Chess.
@firestarter78172 жыл бұрын
I love your videos Daniel, never cheap clickbait unlike levy❤️
@Jagdwurststulle3 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing! I'd love to see more of these strategy puzzles!
@asusgaming43863 жыл бұрын
More videos like this please, i have searched a lot on KZbin and found tactics match analysis... BUT NEVER HAVE I SEEN a video made on this topic found a few but they are not nearly as close to quality as this one I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO you will LEARN A LOT NO MATTER YOUR RATING. keep up the good work Daniel!!!!
@Stefan-xh1hi7 ай бұрын
We have stockfish 16 now but this is still easily one of the best videos on youtube to this day. MORE OF THIS DANYA! ❤
@steveboblefinagin3 жыл бұрын
Loved these exercises a lot! Hope you continue these every now and then in the future
@GamingStyleBFH4 күн бұрын
Can you please make a series about mastering positional chess? It's easily the most difficult thing to learn and understand in chess and you are explaining so brilliantly
@christianhaynes75963 жыл бұрын
Lubed up and ready for ya Dan
@bmartin43203 жыл бұрын
Blacked: Danya positional domination of white pieces.
@geckogeico22123 жыл бұрын
Wrong site there bud
@csugabo853 жыл бұрын
Back rank mate
@j-mo31293 жыл бұрын
Great video! Difficult for me to see solutions but I think seeing problems worked thru are a good way get a feel for the game. Thanks
@razaghani933 жыл бұрын
Genuinely a game changer, I actually give my dad a run for his money when we play now after following these speed runs. Thanks Danya
@thebigboofer38263 жыл бұрын
You’re a class act Daniel. Love your content.
@cjelliscloudy59033 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I needed; I play the English and I've been super craving some positional training! Would love to see some English in the speedrun!
@danielbader10302 жыл бұрын
Big respect to you really because you say what you think is right and you don't prepare these moves before the streaming to let people think that you know everything about chess Good job
@sbrynjelsen2 жыл бұрын
Time for another positional chess video. This one was great and I’d love to see more like it.
@jeffpowers6093 жыл бұрын
Thank you Daniel I plan on watching all your videos, we are lucky to get lessons from a GM.
@danielcarrerasnieves7437 Жыл бұрын
This would make a great series
@lionsskyblue4423 жыл бұрын
thank you for the detailed information and the chance to learn from your experience
@ahmadayman81693 жыл бұрын
Excellent Work ! we need more of that content Please
@elroyjacobs81263 жыл бұрын
Love this. I need to subscribe to his Twitch channel. I saw him playing a few a openings and explaining it in detail!! I think he played the Danish or something, tactics galore and he showed the viewers his thinking process. He's good at explaining stuff, I hope he prospers.
@hiimjosh8683 жыл бұрын
this is actually really useful. i don't usually think this way, but it's all so intuitive now that i've seen it.
@Marhakesh3 жыл бұрын
More of content like this. It is so instructive!
@BrividoCarlo3 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing. Hope you keep this up!
@davidaleman77083 жыл бұрын
You are the man Daniel! Thanks for your content!
@pairot013 жыл бұрын
This looks like a nightmare of a book. In a closed position where all of white's pieces are in the 3 back ranks, the author is worried about king safety but never mentions why.
@coleschemistrychannel41723 жыл бұрын
Timestamp?
@johnbolt38833 жыл бұрын
The king safety is important because white has far more opportunities for viable pawn breaks. The only viable pawn break for black threatens king safety, so it is important to move the king before those pawn breaks occur. The king’s safety is essentially being measured by its ability to hide behind pawns (as well as proximity to pieces, but pieces can be more easily re-arranged for a defense than pawns). h6 and g5 are too weak to provide that cover, so walking the king to the other side of the board becomes necessary. Castling is possible, but it weakens the pawns on that side of the board so it is not preferred. They do explain this in the video somewhat, but some does need to be inferred.
@timeisgod38673 жыл бұрын
Danya we need more content like this👍👍 thanks for the video
@scottcarey6973 жыл бұрын
Really love this type of content
@anirudhkashyap238 ай бұрын
danya has the best chess content on yt for learning chess
@arasvardanyan37083 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'd love more of these, might just get this book now
@goals6588Ай бұрын
Gm level handling of that msg
@Cellus50003 жыл бұрын
More of this please!
@marLamaDeo3 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget us when you have 1 mil subs
@tariqsaeed51503 жыл бұрын
We need this to be a series.
@mohamedftita96643 жыл бұрын
Really kind person thanks Daniel 👍👍
@chrisjernigan19123 жыл бұрын
Also highly recommend Jacob Aagaard's book Positional Play or any of the books from the Grandmaster Preparation series.
@RealityCheck111 ай бұрын
Ba3 was my 1st choice in the 1st problem bec I learned about pins & bishop & rook end games.
@ilyaibrahimovic98423 жыл бұрын
The immediate threat in the second position is Bg4 Bxc8 and if Rxc8 then Qa4+, if Nxc8 then maybe Nf5
@ChirsHunter2 жыл бұрын
1:27 "The issue is that I really love the bishop" xd
@maximiliaanhendrikx13963 жыл бұрын
Interesting to note that lichess uses Stockish 13, and actually prefers bxd6 for the first puzzle with a depth of 52!
@kundanrajparajulee90353 жыл бұрын
Stockfish would even take posioned pawns because it will see the best response to it at a higher depth we humans can't. It almost always grabs pawns.
@DoutorZion3 жыл бұрын
23:00 you are a great guy
@danishdarrylhabib4450 Жыл бұрын
22:34 bro, who's cutting onions? 😢
@firestarter78172 жыл бұрын
You are the king of chess content
@ice66923 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to get back tonight to watch this after work!
@Nagantios3 жыл бұрын
You're a wonderful person, Daniel.
@chandramoulimukherjee6653 Жыл бұрын
In the 2nd last puzzle I think Danya missed this but I understand because he was a bit distracted but Nf8 and Qg6 f5 is not a threat since white had Bh5 which wins the queen.
@IIIrIpI7III11 ай бұрын
Saw that too 😊 It's interesting that it builds on the king safety solution too since it avoids that potential pin
@StephenaroM3 жыл бұрын
such a great instructive video!
@patrickinocencio23053 жыл бұрын
I like this video. I wish this will be a series
@mikecantreed Жыл бұрын
I guess this isn’t surprising since Danya is very strong GM but still impressive that his read of the position almost exactly mirrors the analysis covered in the book.
@Xbotto3 жыл бұрын
More of this please make it a series
@jamesnewby23823 жыл бұрын
Amazing content, thanks Danya
@playtime9093 жыл бұрын
Love these instructional video's Danya
@avvvqvvv993 жыл бұрын
fantastic video, learned a lot
@kmktruthserum93283 жыл бұрын
just started this and first exercise i can tell this is gonna be a nice vid.
@bazs76693 жыл бұрын
Very instructive, thank you!
@SDTCG3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. I love your take on chess training. I feel like you're a strong proponent of teaching core chess elements to new players when others say not to. "Don't try to learn positional chess til you're at least 1800." "Don't play the Sicilian til you're at least 1900." I see advice like that all the time and I'm glad you have your own ideas on that. What is a book on positional chess that you would recommend to new players? Do you feel your book would be good for that or are there books that are better for new players?
@jsrjsr3 жыл бұрын
But the advice of getting good at tactics before postitonal play is a good advice in general. You cannot do good( or even learn) postitional playing without assesing the possible tactics that may arise due to the execution of strategic plans. Furthermore, Without being good at tactics you cannot properly evaluate between unsound and sound plans, thus positional play gets delayed.
@SDTCG3 жыл бұрын
@@jsrjsr I'm not disagreeing with anything you're saying, but I feel like having some knowledge about positional chess can improve my overall play quicker than just doing puzzles all day. Daniel points out good squares for a knight or shows the value of fianchettoed bishop that I wouldn't learn from doing tactics puzzles, or if I would it would be after lots of repetition and learning it naturally though experience. But if you just tell me, "This is a good position, here are the benefits, here is why." that's something I think players at any level can benefit from. I liken it to learning a language. If you have studied linguistics you can use those tools to help you learn the language more quickly. Unless you know have the vocabulary you're not going to be able to speak the language. Tactics are the vocabulary, but positional chess is like having a background in linguistics.
@jsrjsr3 жыл бұрын
@@SDTCG haha. I also agree with you mate. Just wanted to make sense of the "postitional play only after 1800". I think the advise is good on pedagogical grounds no matter how frustrating it is. Learning the hidden wisdom of positional play is also good( like the series of yasser on the elements of chess). At least for me, positional play was rather obscure to me until i practiced tactics whose aim was not to be up in material or checkmate my opponent, but to play for squares gaining control of files etc. Good luck with your chess :)
@SDTCG3 жыл бұрын
@@jsrjsr agreed. That was the most civil discussion I've ever had in KZbin comments, so thanks for that as well. Haha
@emmanuelnwachukwu60712 жыл бұрын
Wow! So much knowledge.
@tommydashed42052 жыл бұрын
b5 in the final puzzle looks like a very Hikaruan move. I think he'd find something like that even in a blitz game.
@Zach98506 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Danya, Btw, in the third position - Knight F8, Bishop G4, Queen G6, Bishop x C8, Rook x C8, Queen A4 check forking the king and A7, what is Black's response?
@sollertia_3 жыл бұрын
25:53 I didn't like Nf8 so much because to me after bishop takes bishop, knight takes is forced or else you drop a pawn with queen check and I think that favours white Edit: wow, I can't believe I didn't think of just running the king. The apparent weaknesses on the light squares just vanishes
@jamesrahe52879 ай бұрын
So sweet of Daniel to stop the stream just to comfort the guy about his mom.
@lukacalov19883 жыл бұрын
I liked this guy when he played tennis in the 90s Didnt know he plays chess from time to time
@PhantomAyz3 жыл бұрын
he played tennis?
@ntj76773 жыл бұрын
Look up Pete Sampras, Naroditsky's doppleganger
@SteveDorrans3 жыл бұрын
Advanced level stuff. Thank you!
@lizardi10373 жыл бұрын
Ever since I've gone from beginner to intermediate/advanced, the amount I learn from danyas content only increases
@kmktruthserum93283 жыл бұрын
exercise 3: Rd4. rook lift with Ng5 or some knight move with your black bishop waiting to be activated... im burned now tho so probably terrible idea
@ndesa Жыл бұрын
"Just like chess positions can be lost, and you can swindle them, you can absolutely get out of, I believe, many many tough situations."
@azice60343 жыл бұрын
I love this series, when’s the next episode coming out?
@sil67643 жыл бұрын
Really amazing content Danya
@supermetan35713 жыл бұрын
Great video! Can you make more of these kind of lessons?