Master Class | Sicilian, Rossolimo / Vienna | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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[@levia9753]

Was stuck at 600 elo for like a month or two, legitimately binge watched every single one of these videos, stopped playing as much blitz, and sat down and brought myself up to 900 elo in one grind session thanks to these videos. Please keep making these!! Enjoy my dinner to these every night

[@gen_jose3380]

Same man. Just started chess back in January with a 300 and no knowledge. Grinded hard with danya and made it to a solid 800 now.

[@ndy21a]

I started playing at Feb 28 and started at 100 now am 1300 rapid

[@RWEaurelius]

I did that too. Its so much better to play longer time controld if you want to improve

[@austi16]

@@ndy21a what’s your username

[@tpiano1165]

@@ndy21a Yeah, I started playing around March and am 1275

[@icey35]

25:07 I like how Danya actually sounds legitimately concerned about the hype levels

[@michael8815]

i laughed out loud at this comment

[@harrylin3225]

Finally the Rossolimo variation. I have been waiting for this video. Thanks danya

[@oliverbjrn9657]

"Positional advantages are very fragile" Danya, thank you for being such a wonderful inspiration!

[@cyb3rtooth199]

I legitimately grew from a 1300 to a solid 1600 rated player thanks to these videos. Thank you Daniel.

[@Nick2014B]

Thank you for going into the rossolimo these videos have changed the way I play games and how I analyze them afterward

[@Damir717.]

Thank you very much bro! I really appreciate your lessons on the examples of your games

[@humanaesthetic]

A gem of a series. So good.

[@HT-rq5pi]

Its crazy how he immediately sees all of the lines until the very end in a matter of 2 seconds.

[@pnksmigge5324]

Closer to 200k now. The grind may be slow but there is so much here that I'm happy that you will always have youtube money even after your pro career. Happy because we will have infinitely more content hopefully and maybe I can get to 1800 when I'm 60 :D

[@everybird3530]

i am a musician and you have the same analogy in music theory. you learn stuff that are tried and true that is sort of like rules to make music but when you get more experienced to break those rules to make some thing better

[@sprcow]

He who controls the center, controls the universe.

[@DrummerJoeyStix]

day 19 of saying you're the awesomest daniel. I so so love your content. You're not only one of the greatest chess instructors of all time, but your twitch channel is so worth watching. Thank you.

[@MediocreApologist]

Good stuff Danya !

[@MasterJack2]

At 8:25 could the opponent plays Bishop to C3, with the hope to win the F2 pawn and perhaps forking the king and the rook with his queen?

[@mariyamriyasha7371]

0:00 fourth Rossolimo

[@adamgibson5444]

Can E5 be a response to Bb5, because after the bishop exchange and knight takes pawn, there is queen d4 for black?

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

Note to self: dont try Rossolimo

[@dmsalomon]

Isn't the naro-kahn named after danya?

[@Its_Might]

I think so

[@jeffic9249]

9:26 wait what the pawn promotes to a bishop

[@SeeMyDolphin]

Lol, if you watch closely, the bishop on e3 disappears for a second. It looks like even though Daniel tried to click on the a-pawn, the bishop was still selected and got dragged over to that square instead.

[@JAZblogs]

Play the reti gambit

[@Rodisflawless]

Too much talking on this one.

[@tharakakarunarathne2420]

11:46 Mate in 2 after Queen cut d7 Rook is something magical to a 1500 player like me. I cant believe I'm getting this high quality contents for free. IMO free chess lesson from above 3000 rated player is like winning a lottery. Thanks a lot Danya.

[@LK-po2rb]

I'm such an impatient player, I would lose my mind playing Danya and being on move four after six minutes. Then I would rage when he dismantles me in a few minutes after running down the clock. It is what it is.

[@aClownBaby-]

Yeah that’s why 1|0 - 3|0 and 3|2 are the most popular time controls. It ees what it ees.

[@unuseableb]

Youd hate to play against me lol. Im so hyperfocused on looking at tactics but I suck at finding them so I usually end up loosing on time even with 10 minute games

[@chrisbeaudoin9818]

@@unuseableb play some longer games. Losing on time won't help you learn much

[@unuseableb]

@@chrisbeaudoin9818 I need should start with puzzles tho to help pattern regocnition. I doubt longer games help since many people quit against me with 10 minute games because I take too long. Thats why I tend to play bots and do few free puzzles so I can work on my game, since having people resign inflates the elo amd I get way too tough opponents

[@chrisbeaudoin9818]

@@unuseableb don't play bots, it won't help you much. If you like doing puzzles do them on lichess cause they are unlimited. Keep playing longer time controls regardless of if your opponent resigns. Lichess has classical 30+0 and if your opponent resigns then it's a clean win for you. As your rating gets higher people won't resign over dumb shit like someone using all their time when they are playing a longer time control (that's literally the point of long times). Just wondering, what's your elo?

[@heeshassi]

Dude sees 10 possible deep moves while I can't even find the fork between rook and queen 11:34

[@andrew6069]

chess is hard. that Nc4 Qb5! positional mistake is so easy to make, a chess game can be ruined in an instant.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

In every game he plays there are several of these good looking moves which are terrible. If you have just gotten into chess and you watch GMs play chess it may look easy to you but in reality there were dozens of opportunities to make a blunder in each and every game.

[@AFastidiousCuber]

I find it funny the way he gets all nervous and suddenly switches to over-explaining everything after the raid.

[@fonryjji]

He probably assumed that the people coming from the raid does'nt know anything about chess and is trying to explain it to them.

[@p.s.9725]

the contrast between Danya in the first and the second game is a bit funny but for me it's impressive how swiftly he adjusts the level of his explanations

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Yeah, he really changed the way he was explaining the game, from explaining his moves to intermidate level players to basically assuming that his viewers don't even know how pieces move.

[@Matthewrents]

Sign of a great streamer that he is catering to his audience on the fly! And let's be honest, those of us that have been following and know the basics all completely understand that he's talking to the huge raid, and it's fun to watch! He's trying to get more viewers all the time and he deserves them.

[@AM-rb4ps]

@@p.s.9725 mark of a good teacher!

[@nmda780]

man, it's depressing how excited I get when I see one of these uploaded

[@csugabo85]

depressing??

[@nmda780]

@@csugabo85 That is the word I used- yes

[@ryanbran285]

Don't be ashamed of your interests. Life is short, pursue your passions for as long as they hold you.

[@beargrylls6135]

@@ryanbran285 What a great comment. Couldn't have said it better. I see chess as a thing you have every right to get excited of. And even better, when you get free lessons from the Prophet himself. Danya is such a great teacher.

[@nmda780]

@@beargrylls6135 also, "the prophet" is a dope ass nickname

[@BryceRogers_]

35:00 a very magical moment. So happy Danya is getting the love he deserves. Big shoutout to dikaio and all the generous ppl who donate to help him grow!!!

[@dakotathomas2139]

Petition to get an actual opening or something called the Naroditsky super shitter

[@michaelplaczek9385]

That's the Danish Gambit when all pawns are gambited. It's the Danish Gambit: Naroditsky Super Shitter Variation

[@Lander12]

Naroditsky super shitter: bongcloud variation h3 h4 e4 ke2

[@IceMakesStuff]

I signed

[@michaelangelo2192]

He does have the “Naro-kann”

[@MrMannnMannn]

There is. It’s two bishops on adjacent diagonals aimed at a king. Used to be called the horwitz bishops until saner heads prevailed

[@mevansthechemist]

Got into the Rossolimo a bit after the Carlson-Caruana WC match. There’s a great collection of Igor Glek’s Rossolimo games on Chessgames, in case anyone wants to explore it in more depth. Thanks for this, Daniel! Great stuff as always!

[@JuJu-he8ck]

Love this series watched every episode. Even if your nota sweaty chess player it’s very enjoyable to see how a gm moves around the game.

[@DedaOG]

Nota means suicidal in my language. I was so confused for a second

[@michael8815]

what's a sweaty chess player?!

[@MrMannnMannn]

@@michael8815 sweaty means you work very hard at something

[@ichthyostegaxd3727]

@@MrMannnMannn That's completely wrong, sweaty means trying so hard you start to sweat. If Daniel was sweating he wouldn't even explain his moves and just actually speedrun the series in a few hours like Hikaru's speedruns

[@morten624]

@@MrMannnMannn Nobody said Danya is sweaty. You must've misread.

[@orchuk100]

Awesome content, more Vienna please!

[@garywright4106]

Chess Network got me too 1500, Daniel has gotten me to 1700. I'm excited to see if the Vienna Gambit can get me too 1800-1900. Either way thanks Daniel!

[@narendrapanda1247]

nyc improvement man...ggs to more success

[@KF1]

Similar here. How's it going now? It's funny I got so accustomed to how Jerry moves, now Danya's moves often catch me off guard. I keep noticing "That's not what Jerry would do" and I come to the sober conclusion that No, it's certainly not. This is tactics with some position mixed in, rather than the other way round...

[@smallblackcock]

Great to see you showing the Vienna Gambit. Would love to see a longer game where it's not a blowout!

[@fujiapple9675]

Can't get enough of the sicilian or of Danya's speedrun!

[@trevorrichmond4850]

I can in fact get enough of the Sicilian, but naro nah, lads always bringing out bangers.

[@AM-rb4ps]

Keep the Vienna games coming!! Doing so many danish games in a row was really helpful and I’m loving the Vienna gambit

[@DayzoIRL]

I would be very happy to see you feature a King's Indian defense in one of your upcoming games.

[@user-ym7zz2ww3r]

he played the kid in the previous speedrun

[@samkachar]

Does anyone know if he records these on a set schedule? I follow him on twitch and would love to attend one of these sessions live.

[@Curovicky]

It was recorded a long time ago. He just uploads it in parts on youtube.

[@DGTLCLANGAMING]

We are getting lessons from the greatest chess teacher I have ever seen. You explain things in ways no one else does and it helps us all so much. Thank you for everything Danya, for being an amazing teacher and an amazing guy too ❤

[@andreaspernadi1121]

Thank you Charlie for giving us the 2nd game lol

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

These videos are so great! I've seen you stream but literally learned this week you post these. Will definitely be watching all of them!

[@IceMakesStuff]

Levy 🧨🧨🧨🧨 Daniel ✅✅✅✅🐍

[@KoMMiTProDuction]

prophet

[@IceMakesStuff]

Thank you sir, I hate this opening

[@mareksicinski3726]

13:11 first recorded one The van’t kruijs opening was described in the 17th century

[@garrygreen842]

It's actually funny when Danya said moist critical variation and hold his laughing

[@Lander12]

Danya is a giga chad

[@rhys0918]

Hype

[@kabobchsm8497]

Rossolimo: 0:01 Vienna Gambit: 23:06

[@Omar_Merican]

yes Danya! more speedrun content! 😃

[@Omar_Merican]

just got to 1200 yesterday, SO HYPED!

[@feitanuwu2584]

@@Omar_Merican gg man!

[@muhamnadakbarilmansetijadi4285]

Can't have enough watching these vids,keep it up Danya

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Nice game ! d5 the hill Billy all day long. Vienna gambit, slightly better version of Kings gambit. The Moscow variation of the Sicilian for white would be a great follow up to this one. Please play it Danya... Also a gambit variation with the black Queen coming out early is interesting. I won a game with whites early castling line. 1-0

[@salaarshafaq575]

Watching this when you are at 300K. You're am amazing player Danya. Much respect

[@Pain420]

The first guy just played so damn fast. Literally not thinking at all. You have 10 minutes man. Use at least part of that time to think. This is a mental game, not a race.

[@pradyumnakaushik5836]

What if black’s white square bishop takes h3 white pawn? Wouldn’t that open up white’s king and give black a chance at infiltrating?

[@ShadyyDom]

when u want to play the vienna but 90% of your opponents play the sicilian. feelsbad

[@crowstar9069]

Then you can play The Grand Prix Attack, they won't even know what happened.

[@wimalling]

A good resignation there

[@malcolmwebster7948]

Vienna is my go to opening with the white pieces but i struggle with it against 1200 plus rated players , lol

[@yurdyurd2902]

DANYA

[@sonofwilliam4596]

Exceptional content every video I watch. Thank you very much Daniel, your a legend!

[@Pantera1001]

ooooh i like charlie and all but i was disappointed i couldn't get to see the very cool tactic in the first game

[@peterpan3022]

12:02 danyas bullet habbits showing for a millisecond lol

[@zacadou]

If you’re not subscribed, what are you doing?

[@malcolmwebster7948]

wish you were commentating on the rapid and blitz championship

[@Nosikas]

Hey danya, what do you think of the b3 Sicilian? It’s what I currently play

[@turcorulez]

Daniel you are the best of the best!! Thumbs up people! this guy deserves

[@schevyygaming]

What if black takes with the d pawn in the rossolimo?

[@ryanboyd4770]

Every video has some little gem of knowledge. Cheers Danya.

[@dejanselic7917]

Well done Danya. Best chess Mentor by far!!!

[@xwitekx0296]

Im 1600 and this video is perfect for me, thx

[@natasdabsi1138]

Ayyy

[@IceMakesStuff]

Gimme pin of shame

[@mareksicinski3726]

1:57 why nkt Closed Sicilian?

[@victorjbragae]

Can someone share a link where Danya ACTUALLY play the Alapin?

[@SerLaama]

Again - winning in the opening is poison to development. Winning im the short term is fun, but meaningless in the long run.

[@user-un-known]

So do you suggest to abandon any tries for advantage in opening??

[@MATTHEW-er5jf]

On move three, following Bishop to B5 by white, does black have any advantages from playing Queen to C7 instead? To protect the knight without damaging the pawn structure?

[@alexchorlton8623]

I am playing in a tournament tomorrow and I know many strong players which play the sveshnekov which is slightly annoying, so I came and watched this video. This is so informative and Daniel explains every move so clearly. Keep up the great work!

[@eridu77]

38:20 Danya, music is a good analogy you could use. They teach us all this theory(laws), and then in order to create something new you break them.

[@davewestner]

I'm a horrible chess player. But I really enjoy learning about how a really good chess player thinks. These explanations during the games are as interesting as it gets for me! I must admit I get a bit lost after the games with the lengthier analysis, but the in game thinking out loud stuff is just fantastic! Thanks!

[@grzesiek7358]

Principled chess. You'll win game with a night and pawn but only if you'll bring your queen early.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

Yesterday I discovered there is a Sicillian, French Variation for black. As a French player, I can get behind that

[@peep2268]

Damn girl

[@luiscarrasco603]

I don't know if Daniel read this, but what about the "Naro-kan"? (Yes, i know it is not official)

[@adamcrocker1335]

Still no main line Vienna:(

[@winnah2314]

6:43 TWO TOWERS OF PAWNS!!!!

[@josheike3543]

The fifth-highest-rated bullet player on chess dot com is "barely skilled at chess" 38:20

[@yuhoetang6959]

Yo thanks for this vid danya I love the rossolimo against the Sicilian too.Please do the anti-gruenfeld sometime too.Thanks again!!

[@shantgaurav]

I just saw you being thrashed by Firouja single handedly 🤪🤪🤪

[@eridu77]

"Positional advantages are like air bubbles" "Tactics can reverse positional disadvantages"

[@star-iv]

38:18 *Confused Blinking*

[@microwavable1]

Hyper modern next please

[@tralx5268]

Carl Hamppe and many other Masters in Vienna played the line so thats how the name originated! :)

[@Tristan-oh5xz]

yurr

[@DiogoSilva-qn8qo]

Rye Lopez Variation

[@limmeh7881]

These masterclass videos are always great to me bc I'm not taking to chess books atm, maybe one day tho

[@alexf0101]

i lost a piece against the vienna gambit on my first tournament game, learned my lesson :)

[@jackfrosterton432]

getting his queen to the opposite side of the pawn in order to be unable to defend against mate was metal.

[@haniashkir1670]

Thanks for the explanation I understand some basic opening

[@michal55935]

9:27 what is this magic