Breaking Through With Tactics!! | King's India Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Theory Speed Run

[@ChessLifeInsurance]

I've been playing the King's Indian Defense for both colors now for nearly 25 years. This video has TONS of theory in this line (and the Grunfeld) along with positional knowledge, tactical tricks, and you name it. GM Naroditsky deserves way more credit than he gets!!!

[@Simon-zv9sv]

The kings Indian is a great opening, however, Daniel is not playing it.... This is the kings India opening. Don't worry too much it's a rookie mistake confusing the two!

[@MartinyH22]

​@@Simon-zv9sv what a masterful comment good sir

[@zxvc849]

xD​@@Simon-zv9sv

[@adriandurlej9266]

It really hits you when Daniel is casually walking through different lines 15 moves deep that he "used to play" in this one opening that Daniel has forgotten more chess then I will ever know

[@toukosalmi]

Imagine playing against a guy who can give a full dissertation on every move you make.

[@marcofrey2903]

@@OArchivesX Is it really healthy to be so suspicious? It's not like it's going to help your own play. I don't think this game was very suspicious. Sometimes some strong players lose an email and start a new account, for example, and grind quickly up the ranks.

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

Danya is post graduate student right ?

[@maxrusty3596]

@@OArchivesX Id rather assume the best and seem naive than be paranoid due to a lack of understanding of the game. Because thats whats happening logically your thinking theres no way this guy takes Danya to an endgame but the dudes a very high rating and alot of whites moves were forced. If your not at least 1800 u have no god damn clue whats going on in regards to whos cheating or not. Danya isnt being humble when he says hes unsure if someones cheating hes just smarter than you and knows its very possible a 2000 rated player can play a good game.

[@baseket2ball12]

@@OArchivesX Didn't the guy have like 83% accuracy? That doesn't really scream cheating to me

[@palatusgames8800]

@@OArchivesX 🤦‍♂

[@jackkaczmarski]

I can't name a lot of things better than a Naroditsky King's Indian vid.

[@victorkao1472]

You mean Naroditsky’s King’s India vid

[@raymondlego1701]

@@victorkao1472 Oh grammarly Victor ..

[@pat2sick]

@@raymondlego1701 huh?

[@rudymelo880]

@@raymondlego1701 wat

[@victorkao1472]

@@raymondlego1701 ?

[@yeetusdeletus5714]

Here while it still says King’s India Defense

[@know_how_games]

I claim I saw it

[@robdubent]

I mean technically it’s ain’t wrong

[@renobgm]

New opening just dropped

[@gansogames4927]

Finally succumbing to the click bait titles😩

[@Zenitself]

It’s still India

[@aDushandrii]

Almost every Danya's grunfeld attempt ending in king's indian. Let's be honest, kings indian is his official recommendation, lol.

[@reidluttrell3034]

He had an authentic grunfeld before this game but it randomly resigned him in the middle for some reason so hes not uploading it. Opening's cursed.

[@moshpitmadness6486]

*India

[@TIMUCINISILAK]

I can not believe how calmly he continues to explain while having 6 seconds left!

[@iNFaunTae]

And this is why high rated games in these speed runs are so fun to watch

[@noone-ld7pt]

I would pay a fucking fortune for a KID course by Danya! He is so brilliant at laying out the lines, their reputation and the tactical motives. I am currently a 2100 working my way through Gawain Jones' course on the KID and it's quite good, but the excitement and historical knowledge Danya brings everytime he talks about the KID is just completely unrivaled. It makes me genuinely excited about the positions instead of just trying to remember the lines!

[@Anytus2007]

I'm absolutely sure that he will make it, especially after the success of his most recent course. But I'm also sure that it will be a LOT of work, considering the number of important variations and also the amount of analysis already spent on the system.

[@michamotyka648]

Yea, the question is what he would recomend against Be2 0-0. I think playing mainline bayonet doesn't make sense anymore as the lines are so deeply analyzed + white has option of dxe and goodbye winning chances. Gawain gives Nbd7 e5 Qe7 which is probably reasonable, it's kind of trendy now (check out great game Yordanov-Ponomariov from this years european championship). I'd love a course about Na6 though, there is rarely some content about that and I think the line has big potential. Danya has played it many times also.

[@noone-ld7pt]

@@michamotyka648 I personally really like Gawains take on the Nbd7, but there are some problem lines though if the oponent knows what to do. The Ernst improvement for example is apparently like +1.5 for white. And I really agree that going into the all the Mar del Plata stuff with the Bayonett probably isn't wise these days, unless your willing to go to extreme lengths in your preparation. I've not really looked at Na6 in that position, to me it feels a bit wierd since you often want to play a5 to prevent b4 before the knight goes to c5. But this isn't possible with the knight on a6. But I see that even Ding has played it against Carlsen so it has to have some points that I just don't understand yet. Thanks for the game suggestion, I'll check it out!

[@baconbitz7804]

Is learning theory that important? I’m only 600 and I’m trying to figure out where to start

[@noone-ld7pt]

@@baconbitz7804 At 600 absolutely not! You should be focusing on full board awareness, basic tactics and not blundering pieces. Choose an opening system for white and one for black and learn the very first moves and ideas by looking at youtube videos for both. Don't go deeper than move 4 or 5. It's more about learning to develop your pieces reasonably and letting your oponent make mistakes. Once you hit 12-1300 you might find that players stop blundering completely obvious tactics. But I mean Hikaru says tactics can still take you to 2500, so they should always be your first focus. There is an age old saying: Strategy sets the game, Tactics ends the game. A very strong opening reportoire will eventually maybe give you consistently +1.5-+2 advantages into the middle game, but a winning tactic will win or lose you +5 in any part of the game. However at some point that varies from player to player you may find that you get bad positions early without blundering something obvious, and that your opponents just plays a lot quicker and seems to know what to do. For me this was around 1600. At that point I got some chess books and chessable courses and decided on what ideas and philosofies resonated with my playing style and I've been building my reportoire based on the Modern Tiger and the King's Indian since then and it's nowhere near done. And that's it for me; 2 openings basically make up my entire reportoire. Lichess has some really cool tools that let's you analyse your perfromance based on openings, and it's striking how in my most prepared lines I perform almost 200 rating points higher than the others. At 2100, 200 rating points improvement are pretty hard to find (atleast for me). At 600 though you can find hundreds of rating points by improving your understanding of pretty much any part of the game.

[@samtugendhaft2678]

I’d like to add that 3… c6 is another really interesting option for a Grunfeld style option. Peter Svidler recommends this move in his Chessable course.

[@kebichlact6677]

Every GM plays different versions. I think there was a SR game in the alapin where i always play a Queen a5 line. This man played another version and i was freaking out! XD. I guess thats what makes gm’s so special.

[@joesowden9602]

Yes, as playing 3 Bg7 4e4 prevents 4..c6 5.. d5 so if you want to play slav style, you should play c6 first

[@michamotyka648]

You can play like that, but the problem is basically when white plays cxd5 black has zero winning chances. It's basically some sort of symmetrical gruenfeld where white has tempo up. I don't think it makes sense if you are real kings indian player and looking for unbalance

[@CSRunner7]

OMG with about 3 seconds left and Danya still got time to mull over moves 🤯. My heart was racing and I’m screaming to make a move 😂

[@arvindvenugopal7470]

Your videos are the most useful educational chess content on KZbin. They helped me reach 1600. Thanks for being such a great teacher! This is the closest to getting GM lessons, and it’s free!

[@Tomarrokos]

Hi Danya. Would you consider playing the ultra-main lines in the next speedrun? (Ruy Lopez, Open Sicilian, Queen's Gambit, QGD, Nimzo-Indian, 1...e5, etc) It seems to me that the current online chess culture is to actively avoid main lines, as these openings are thought of as GM-only that us patzers should stay away at all costs. To quote another chess content creator: "Why on earth are you playing the Ruy Lopez? Who do you think you are? You think you are some 2700 grandmaster?". There are many other people echoing ideas like this. Even in the speedruns, it seems that every iteration fewer people go into the Open Sicilian for example. I believe the speedrun is the perfect format to show what makes these openings so good, while also allowing you to explore different positions and ideas from what you have been teaching in the current and prior editions. Thank you for being such a great teacher and making me fall in love with the game.

[@wyxelix5041]

Yeah same goes to the catalan even danya says its incredibly complex and only did it once(i think?) in his speedrun but I play it as white and it leads me to great position especially if the opponent doesnt know theory (Im 1600). Would like to see Catalan, nimzo and ruy lopez once in a while.

[@kebichlact6677]

Well this speed run is mainly to teach principle ideas. The problem with open siciliana and Ruy Lopez openings is that there are 8 moves in any given position that are legit ideas. This combination of openings have been amazing because you are prepared against anything! I dont know your strenght but if you are newer focus on these openings before those critical main lines because you will literally miss 90% of the ideas in the positions. GL!

[@mikhailjordanov5863]

i really want to see Ruy Lopez be played since i main it in my bullet games as a 700 elo, i just find it fun not that i win with it alot

[@czyzyk78]

It's impoasible to do in a speedrun up to 2200 rating. People play mostly offbeat openings in that range.

[@viktorlnt7835]

Hello Danya, if you're reading this, thanks for this series, I appreciate it. The reasoning behind the decisions and the inspection of the outcome of each candidate move is my favorite part. Peace

[@PedroPabloCalvoMorcillo]

The quality of these videos is astonishing. Looking forward the King's Indian course. Thank you, Danya.

[@lordekka6453]

Would pay millions for a KID speedrun, I’ve typed ”naroditsky king’s indian” in the youtube search bar more times than I can count hoping something new pops up or if I’ve potentially missed an older video. Recently added the King’s Indian to my repertoire and getting the ideas + tactics explained by somebody with your understanding of the opening would be a blessing to say the least

[@damandarin5415]

I’m not the only one who searches that!

[@dylantw01]

I believe there is a typo in the title. Everyone knows its called the kings danya defense.

[@BenRook]

Wow...such deep analysis. Truly Daniel is a great educator! An outstanding lesson.

[@peterd.423]

Eines der besten Schachvideos von hunderten, die ich bislang gesehen haben. Danke für die hervorragenden Erklärungen.

[@Benjamin-1776-]

My favorite Danya speedrun video to date just jampacked with fascinating/instructive commentary and honestly makes me want to study Kings Indian. Anyway, here is a vote in favor of doing a kings indian speed run series. Maybe pair it with another depending on how white opens or w/e. Regardless, thanks for the video, Daniel.

[@arthurtornabene-zalas3501]

i am not yet a 1700. in fact, i'm closer to 1200, but i have found that the KI is a useful, and fun to play. I do enjoy the closed positional games that it creates, and enjoy that it is a versatile sequence that can transition to a lot of different things. THESE BREAKDOWNS ARE SO HELPFUL!

[@SuperYtc1]

If the medicine is worse than the disease then why wasn’t it left at Frankfurt airport so it could bite on granite and I’ve got no idea where I’m going with this.

[@SuperYtc1]

P.S. not everything can be distributing the covid vaccine, so let’s cut the medicine some slack.

[@kebichlact6677]

What are you smoking?

[@andremarques1088]

😂😂Someone needs to create a dictionary or something with all Danya's expressions..

[@nellanina992]

​​​@@SuperYtc1yeah, I agree, the medicine needs to gain some potential energy and remember, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs! 😂 Edit: grammar

[@andremarques1088]

@@nellanina992 this is gold 😂😂

[@jamesduggan7200]

Clearly, introduction of computer analysis has raised the standards, both for players and spectators. However, level of play has consistently improved over the very long-term - like 150 years. Putting GM v amateur under a microscope makes it possible to understand how to gain and hold a small but useful advantage. So, thx, Danya, you're genuine.

[@musical_lolu4811]

27:20 this! This is the real secret, the real chess superpower that unlocks the doors to high level chess which is where the current speedrun is headed. A lot of chess players don't take it seriously.

[@Blackbelt_97]

Chat needs to realize 2,000 plus chess is no joke.. You can’t assume that the top 98-99% of chess is cheating at this level players make mistakes but are still very capable of finding hard to see moves and winning moves

[@LesterMoormanLFM]

This is pure gold Danya! Knowledge is one thing, but your way of explaining might be the best I've heard. Clear and concise. Thank you!

[@noahollington9946]

I got into watching ur vids with these theory speed runs. they are amazing, insta subbed the other day.

[@maglcman]

lets goooo :) always pumped to see a Danya KID game! I still like to dream that one day he'll do a KID/Pirc/KIA-only speed run lol

[@andremarques1088]

Pirc 😐😐

[@ChuckDimeCliff]

16:46 I would absolutely love a King's Indian speedrun!

[@msachet]

Pure Gold! Thanks Daniel!

[@jamesnix4556]

This was absolutely fantastic lecture......thank you thank you..

[@battlewagon8910]

That's pure 1:30 min of learning with you Danya Thanks

[@AndTSG]

Can’t get enough of the KID games. Would love a SR with it!

[@MadGunny]

I had a couple hours to kill so I’m stoked you just put this video out. Perfect timing. Thanks Danya

[@Gabe-zm9vh]

Focus on the acquisition of capital

[@damandarin5415]

I passionately love the Kings Indian, it’s truly underrated and you should definitely play it more!

[@7applause653]

People often say not to study opening lines in detail before X rating, but in the last few videos of the speedrun I've watched the opponents have been quite well-prepared. Sure, they're pretty highly-rated, but well within amateur range (I'm sure there are a lot of viewers here who are rated this high). Especially in blitz it seems like you'd be at a serious time disadvantage if you don't know your lines.

[@Buttsmoker]

2000 elo is well above amateur

[@kebichlact6677]

Amateur stops at like 1400

[@DipsAndPushups]

That's told to players below 1000, 1300 at most. Also, it depends on how far you want to study openings. Also, many of these moves are natural moves that you can find without knowing them in advance. Also, you can learn opening theory by studying your own games with an engine instead of explicitly studying openings.

[@ChessJourneyman]

Lmao I'm 2k and barely know any accurate lines, more a mix of different lines. So whenever you see a 2k player match Danya's 20 years of experience and 3k elo...yeah ;) Also 2k online is 1600 FIDE, which is the starting point for competitive chess...A CM could be defined as the line where amateurs become serious chess players. Just because 95% of the people are bad doesn't mean the lowest tier of the remaining 5% is suddenly pro.

[@ΒασίληςΌμικρον]

Always a pleasure to watch Daniel's analysis.

[@TheAwesomeDJ7]

I would LOVE a full King’s Indian (or King’s Indian style) speedrun

[@joffreyrossi1797]

Even as a 1200 player, i've been playing KID since i'm following Danya. Not wining much but he's so passionnate about it that i am too 🤣

[@jamjar4989]

Danya you're a joy to learn from, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us scrubs

[@richardfredlund8846]

1:04:00 I did pause and figured it out. Have to say there is no way at all I would ever have seen that before watching this channel. I looked for forkable squares and type 2 undefended pieces.

[@sirkann3810]

As someone who's eventual goal is to hit 2000. It can be pretty discouraging when I can't keep with with Daniel in some of these lines

[@newsbuster292]

Daniel is a very good chess teacher, probably the best I've seen online.

[@anthonygross1963]

I always learn something helpful from Danya’s videos. These fianchetto lines are always a pain to play against. The recommended pawn structure for black as used in game is very instructive.

[@modolief]

1:17:23 - Endgame of RRB+7P vs RBNN+4P and the eval is about +1.5 in favor of our protagonist. Question: How to do piece play in these endgames? Once the pawns mostly liquidate, what's the algorithm?

[@jgbusquets]

This is a gold lesson on KID fianchetto line, very instructive

[@MrDrewsky32]

Daniel, I really like your content. You're very instructive and the way you speak connects with me very well. I've been practicing with KID, the Caro, and the Vienna (for white). What resources would you recommend I study in order to learn the theory more completely?

[@tiagohello]

This game was amazing! Thank you so much! ❤

[@robertgelblum5154]

Tons of good stuff on a multitude of chess topics packed into this video! I get the distinct impression that Danya is experiencing buyer's remorse in having chosen the Grünfeld over the KID as his repertoire choice against 1.d4 for this speed run, and is therefore grasping at every opportunity to play his beloved King's Indian. Personally, I am happy with either choice but if the intention was to find a repertoire that even a 1200-rated player could understand relatively easily, then I think that both lines might be too complicated. My two cents worth.

[@rodrfons]

There are lots of good chess youtube channels, but this is by far the best one!

[@consul78]

Okay, so I must comment on this while still watching the video. Days ago, I asked two AI whether they knew why one of GM Danya N.'s nickname is FrankfurtAirport. The first one replied that it was because of a game played in a chess club in Germany against German GM Georg Meier. Danya had just played a move that seemed to put him in a difficult position, prompting Meier to quip that Naroditsky's position was like "Frankfurt Airport" - crowded and difficult to navigate. Danya responded with a brilliant sequence of moves that completely turned the game around and ultimately led to his victory. After the game, Naroditsky adopted "FrankfurtAirport" as one of his online usernames as a nod to this memorable moment in his chess career. However, when asked for reference about this episode, I couldn't get one single working link or viable reference. The second one replied that it's just because D.N. likes Germany, and when confronted about this alleged game, the AI replied it is possible, but did not backed up. The second AI is more updated than the first one. So, here is a question from an occasional viewer (really have a lot to do, so beg your pardon if this was clearly stated in one of the videos): what is with Frankfurt Airport? The comment you made at 7:10 is in line with the anecdote from AI #1.

[@TheGrandmaMoses]

Is it only called the Catalan when you reply with e5? If so, what opening is the fianchetto mentioned here ( that looks like white goes for catalan in a different move order ) a version of? Is it already called the kingsindian just because you didn't e5 at the point he fianchettos?

[@kagan4926]

21:57 Great life advice

[@flipsidenick9190]

New vid, let’s go!!

[@abramisme]

ok ok ok. you have convinced me... im going to play the King's India Defense..... because god damn! that tacts at 1 hour and 4 mins mark was crazy.

[@tristansnow]

Love that forking square on the f-file.

[@reliewz]

That Bishop sacrifice is a masterpiece. Its so beautiful to see. Im 800 this gets my heart pumping =)

[@desmundreid3368]

Love the King's Indian!!!!! I've been waiting for a KID game and it was worth the wait.

[@storkkpapi]

My man out here monologuing while his clock is red lmao when my clock becomes red I play (blunder) faster than light

[@davidbatchelder85]

I just wanted to thank you for such a great video. I wanted to have an opening for black. You nailed it. Wonderful. May Jesus bless your entire family for your great tallent

[@leszekebertowski]

Wow . The way you play KID is outstanding ! I wish you could play KID speedrun ASAP Mr. GM ! Congratulations! Well played :)

[@ChuckDimeCliff]

18:20 A King's Indian course would be awesome

[@AnasBELFADIL]

Hi Danya, thanks for the great content! The quality of the audio in the last couple of videos this one included is not as good as it used to be. Please take a look into this.

[@spotlesspvp5108]

Hi danya, I was helping at the elementary school championships today and heard you were. Unfortunately I couldn’t find you, but hope to see at another tournament!

[@rgqwerty63]

1:14:28 you say nothing changes with nc2, but now we dont have a knight to take on e2 as in the game continuation. how do we not end up losing a piece?

[@kebichlact6677]

Yeah its kinda confusing but i think he means that after fxe5 you play Nxe4 like what happend in the game and is the same position tacticaly. If you go for the rook then you loose a piece.

[@gzmbz]

daniel naro-rizzky the sensei ✨

[@thetransferaccount4586]

it's always a good day when danya plays king's indian

[@sethchristian3056]

Danya I’m in love with the kings Indian position myself and I would be ecstatic if you did a play thru with that opening in a speed run…also the English for white but I won’t get greedy lol

[@accordingtowoz]

The #1 defense in India...

[@zzye2651]

Always nice to see a Danya upload

[@leenhornstudios]

Forking Square is the dirtiest thing I've ever heard you say. Oh, my lands!

[@MarcoLLucas]

Very elegant vocabulary; thank you Mr. Daniel!

[@alexwells9434]

The Russian School boy inside of me says.. 😅😅. Another mesmerising game, thankyou Danya!! ❤

[@Sheldor4343]

honestly I would love if he changed his recommendation to the KID. Most games of the speedrun go into KID Positions anyway and i think it would make facing 1.Nf3 and 1.c4 a lot easier. Also with an Opening so dear to his heart the content would be even better.

[@imcvak3461]

Anyone else a bit disappointed with the 1.d4 games thus far, from the black perspective? We started out with the Grunfeld recommendation and a rather long defense for why it was the recommendation, and here we are with (to my understanding) one or two games using it thus far. Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful for the content regardless I was just looking forward to learning some Grunfeld, and it looks like we aren't going to see many games using it if the count up until now is anything to go by. And even if we do, is there any real utility in building a repertoire around such a complex opening if we can only use it in one out of like fifty games?

[@andremarques1088]

Ikr Kid so much better in that aspect

[@unadventurer5040]

I simply cannot wait for the KI course! 🙌

[@richardfredlund8846]

1:27:47 "once you've done 50 thousand puzzles".... wow

[@samueldelsol8101]

You‘re gonne get to 500k subs ether way, but if you start posting videos daily it‘ll be much faster! I love your content mate

[@Sons_Brad_Dalton]

Thank you Daniel!

[@spencerswaggington]

love your videos danya!

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

At like 8:40 after you play Queen A5 you mention that there’s a fork that most people haven’t seen, but you never go into that. What is it?

[@DavidEmerling79]

(24:30) A Russian schoolboy would never say, "F*** that!" :) At 25:24 you characterize white's minor pieces as "clustered" and "poorly protected." But the two knights are protecting each other. The queen is protecting *all* the minor pieces and the bishop is participating with the queen to form a battery along the dark diagonal. That hardly seems like disarray to me. Then again, I'm not a GM so what the heck do I know. :)

[@CTLongboarding]

This video is a masterpiece

[@A51838]

omg danya you're a genius

[@siddharthjain2799]

hi daniel where to learn the complete repertoire with this line??

[@lIlCitanul]

At 45:10 Daniel says "If you want to check dwayne's(?) recommendation..." . I can't really understand the correct name so can't find such a chessable course. Can anyone help me?

[@maddom]

Late, but in case you haven't found it yet: Gawain Jones is the author

[@umbrellajack]

When Danya told me to "nibble around his edges", I fell in love ❤❤❤

[@felonies1600]

ah The King of India defense my favorite choice for black

[@stephanwoginger1913]

Its interesting that you say that you shouldnt play the kings indian below 1200, becaue I learned it as a total beginner because Hikaru and Gotham Chess put it as one of the best openings for beginners. Ive always felt like it isnt the best because of the several reasons you mentioned in your video. Once I realized that and played the Caro whenever I could, my rating improved quickly.

[@kevinbarzel5163]

great video thank you

[@StrongerThanLogic]

The Best coach ever! 🔥🔥

[@joejoe-ds8xr]

ha I resemble that dont play the KID unless above 1200..just crossed that threshold for the 7th time..explains my slow grind cause I play it exclusively with Black

[@patrickmahoney2307]

Can you please make a course on Chessable for your advice on the Kings Indian?

[@cordialpulpwriter]

naroditsky playing the king's indian defense against a 2000+ pauses all other matters

[@damandarin5415]

Every game is a banger with KID at that level it’s crazy - and to think it’s fallen out of fashion (at top level)

[@ТестТест-в3б]

Thank you !!!

[@ItzGlottis]

Hey Danya I'm a realy big fan of yours and enjoy your teaching style. Is the anyway I can request for online classes from you? I wish you many many more subscribers and success.

[@saimon174666]

For Danya, common knowledge is a sideline on 15th move in obscure opening.

[@syedwt]

I swear this guy makes every move the most important thing in the world.

[@michaelshuey1614]

Danya; a.k.a. the consummate, multi-talented professional.

[@robertnewmaniii6966]

Daniel thank you