Finding Powerful Squares!! | Rossolimo, Sicilian Defense | Top Theory Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

00:00 Intro
00:20 First Move
00:35 Game
30:40 Analysis
49:00 Example Position
52:20 Back to Game
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[@chupapimunanyo2596]

6:20 A 1300 plays theory and danya immediately opening his archive 😂

[@StarGazerDelta]

"Danya scratches his nose" Chat: Could you explain why you used your right hand instead of your left?

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

😂🤣🤣

[@Darkmeister61]

@@nostalgiacorner1999 i was not expecting to laugh this hard a comment, thank you

[@yedfa8202]

The funny thing is that he will probably have an answer for that 😂

[@stevitosgay]

“Its perfectly ok to scratch your nose with your left hand, and i considered it, but the right hand is my mouse hand, and it can get cramped in such positions; by scratching with my mouse hand i get an opportunity to simultaneously stretch out my fingers, making it slightly more accurate. Furthermore, as i am right handed, I find I have better coordination than with my left hand, which slightly reduces the chances of knocking something over or off my desk. I hope that makes sense.”

[@StarGazerDelta]

🗒✏😲

[@igauan8010]

damn that queen blunder caught me off guard lol. a true 1200 moment right there

[@ApexTrading]

Hahahahah right

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

This guy is extremely strong for 1300

[@RandyLeftHandy]

He did great except for that one thing

[@aakashmahori3375]

Ofc Danya is a GM

[@Yea___]

@@aakashmahori3375 no he meant the opponent haha

[@ocean3749]

Not extremely strong but he sure is strong for 1300, I wonder if I could play him lol, the theory in the beginning is extremely good, If I were to guess how he learned it I'm guessing it was from Banzea's E4 course on chessable, props to that 1300. Imagine danya coached him, oh boy he'd be 1800 fast

[@vjbragae]

@@Yea___ r/woosh

[@riordanbrown9557]

Man that opponent was playing super well until he 1200ed all over the board with the queen blunder

[@ffaiz5866]

Big fan of the verb "to 1200er"

[@fernandofabbri637]

Everybody plays like a GM the opening book moves that are remembered.

[@yakzivz1104]

@@fernandofabbri637 this is true.

[@SweetDream2346]

​@@fernandofabbri637Yeah few people know openings well

[@fabitostrong1700]

it blows my mind how this Danya guy is just 1200 elo

[@Yea___]

I thought this was funny when i said it, but now i feel like it was never funny in the first place and im not as hilarious and original as i thought 😢

[@resir9807]

@@Yea___ I just read it and found it funny, there's always someone reading it for the first time

[@lubelle9447]

​@@Yea___its fine, not everyone have to climb mountain everest or distributing covid vaccine. If that make sense.

[@bustzem]

Nooooooo, the conclusion to the game was so anticlimactic, the opponent was having such a fantastic game I felt bad for him

[@eliasvonbrille]

Okay but the 1300 at the beginning was certainly smurfing no? As a 1800 I don't think I could have beaten him tbh.

[@td0713]

I wonder why I can’t get past 1100 with casual play and I see Danya play people like this and it starts to make sense.

[@chessgains8075]

@@carlosfer5899 a lot is a big exaggeration

[@mezassassin9415]

the opponent played like a 2400 IM until he succumbed to a 1200 moment. really strong player though, he handled the pressure really well.

[@rykehuss3435]

Yeah, its easy to play really strong when you are cheating. Then you stop cheating and boom start playing at your own level. Which for a 1300 player often involves Blunder-city

[@mezassassin9415]

@@rykehuss3435 yeah it occurred to my mind that they were cheating but I like to give the benefit of the doubt, maybe they just played extremely well and then hallucinated and gave the queen for free. Definitely sketchy though, to play like that I mean.

[@jackhanma6553]

@@rykehuss3435 sorry to inform you buddy but 1300 level isnt blundering the queen in one move. None of the moves he made was cheater like pretty much all his moves were human moves so I dont get your point

[@OArchivesX]

@@jackhanma6553 sorry to inform you, but there is 0 chance someone that is 1300 almost outplays a GM until late game lmao, get off the drugs. Do you comprehend that GMs can ADOPT IMs, FMs? So what is an unrated

[@rykehuss3435]

@@jackhanma6553 Yes 1300 is blundering the queen in one move. A 1600 rated player blundered a rook in one move couple nights ago against me. If super GM's blunder mate in 1-2's then a 1300 rated player is damn sure blundering their queen in one move, buddy. Who said anything about non-human moves? You clearly dont even play chess so shut up.

[@lolobuggah2670]

You express yourself so clearly. It's really amazing.

[@JFresh1977]

So I think something that's worth mentioning for lower level players out there that these speedruns never really address but is so important is to consider how Daniel and other top players address the endgame in one particular point (I know Danya has an excellent endgame series :) ) . Even at my level (1600 in a 10 + 0 time control) when an endgame is reached - I see players make an extremely common blunder: they choose to remove all the pieces and pawns off the board before even thinking of going for checkmate. When reaching an endgame I think a good thought process to adopt is to think on - and execute - a plan to mate the king in the most efficient way possible. Don't worry about your opponent's other pieces unless you absolutely have to. At the very least - when other pieces can move - it ensures you won't draw your opponent's king because you deprived him of moves. While this may not be the best game to illustrate the point - you can still see that Danya doesn't care about all the other pawns that are still on the board - he's thinking about and going for mate when he reaches the endgame.

[@Leoescalaa]

The way you teach and explain is impressive. thanks a lot Danya. Now im rated 1240 and a few months ago I was 700-800 elo

[@aakashmahori3375]

I am 1800 now and I was 600 5 months ago

[@troluciak2844]

I am 1400 now and i was 1280 24 months ago

[@rhyssdeacon1845]

I’m 1000 and was 300 5 months ago

[@Speedofsound9]

I'm 800 now and I was 1100 last month

[@RC-uu4hm]

This has been the most helpful one of your speedruns for me by far! Really great explanations here as a 1200 player it’s hitting the spot

[@zxvc849]

13:20 Daniel The Explorer

[@davisvalentine6438]

Strongest 1300 player i’ve ever seen lmao at that level most ppl have no positional understanding

[@ocean3749]

Yeah one reason why when I was 1300, I only focused on positional stuff

[@2ycf6utfq2]

Thank you for sharing the general ideas. It's extremely useful to know the patterns in the position! Loving the series so far!

[@TheJocadasa]

If suspicious was a person, this guy would be it lmao

[@minasobhy8235]

By far my favorite content on Chess KZbin. Keep it up Danya!

[@nellsummers7921]

Hope you are feeling better! Thanks again for the content Danya!

[@remusstanescu8796]

Amazing content Danya, I think your videos are by far the most instructional out there!

[@musical_lolu4811]

0:46 instant prophecy activated.

[@mozzikum]

It's very valueable to explain the ideas behind the theoretical moves. Thank you!

[@tina9866]

I feel like I learned a lot from this game. Also super happy that I immediately looked at moves like Qd5 (I think it was Qd5) to undouble the pawns through a queen trade as someone who is rated 800. Especially the ways to manouver the knight and the creation of outposts for a knight were super insightful. I was immediately able to apply the knowledge when you showed the game of the GM's as an example. I really did learn a lot so thank you! I just love chess!

[@livinggarbagetruck]

Lost a game in the Rossolimo as black right before this went up. I haven't really prepared for it before. Lots of good stuff to work with in this video

[@adamsasso1]

Amazing content as always

[@roadrunner4800]

Fantastic video as usual. I always have issue with Rossolimo, this gives me some good ideas.

[@planezero]

Such an exciting game .. I literally screamed when the opponent gave away his queen 😡😡

[@OArchivesX]

Well he couldn't use the engine every move or else it would be too obvious! He had to ve a 1300 at some point

[@rasimofeliya421]

Appreciate your content so much!

[@ruthxk7844]

41:38 yes! Exercises like this: how would you defend x if attacked? With what piece? And so on... really makes me understand better the game... thanks so much again for the speedrun!! 42:20 is the precise moment "of the exercise" actually

[@Zellie1994]

28:40: DN: "Let's finish the game in style". Me: "Gimme pawn RD3" DN: "Obviously don't play RD3" Me: Oh, that's why I'm 450 :(

[@ookinizay6684]

Thank you for this video series, it is so good!! These deep dives into the big ideas behind different opening lines are SOO useful, it's hard to learn these ideas yourself from studying games or seeing computer recommendations, because you don't get as much detail into the ideas behind the moves. I've been playing the Accelerated at ~1500 based on your earlier speedruns - nice to see a deep dive on the Rossolimo which always perplexes.

[@ChessJourneyman]

White plays a4, prompting a subtle check of his profile ;)

[@saptashwapaul5583]

Since there was a lot of speculation in the comments regarding this game,I would like to share what I found out. I used lichess's analysis tool which shows top 5 moves at every point and apart from moves Ke2,Kg3,Rb1,Re1,fxe5 all the other white's moves in the first 26 moves were in top 5 moves. Also all the moves played untill the 27.Ke2 kept a slight advantage for white, black was never better before that. Additionally, c4,which Danya said was more of a "one move-threat",which is the case in most 1300 elo matches, was the best move in the position and gave white +1.6.Before the queen was blundered, the evaluation was 0.0,a draw. The point of this comment is not to make any kind of accusation, it is just to share what I found out of curiosity and felt like sharing with others to give them context to base their thoghts on.

[@mouwersor]

Don't worry Paul, we'll do the accusing for you. Dude is sus af

[@saptashwapaul5583]

@@mouwersor lol he is, I am around that rating, and at some point I was like, I must suck cause I would have never played like that. : )

[@scottdshaffer]

Silvestroe played like a 2600 FIDE for 27 turns and then it's like a toddler grabbed the mouse. Wild

[@atsubbie8876]

In Gotham’s Guess the ELO series all the 1300s play like 700s. This series is more accurate. All the 1300s I see play like this guy, able to keep up with a high GM. Insane.

[@canonjean-mignon4985]

Gotham has a lot of 3 minute blitz games in his guess the elo series.

[@bluedregs2745]

this is not 1300 play.. atleast 1800-1900

[@ChessJourneyman]

Most 1300s blunder at least a pawn in the opening. This was more like 1650-1750.

[@lingtao969]

This aint 1300

[@juhonieminen4219]

The opponent might be prone to tilting. Play like 1600, make a bad move and lose games dropping the rating. Also he/she could be prone to playing tired with more mistakes in general. The level of best play is above 1300.

[@satadhi]

damn this is really intense explaination !!!

[@IyaJenkei]

these are so fun to watch

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Congrats on 300k bro

[@20nico00]

danya is such a fantastic educator.

[@leigh71able]

If I could sub twice I would. My favourite KZbin channel. Thanks Danya.

[@wraith2815]

What a game by that guy he played out of his mind

[@XFlyingDutchmanX]

Love this series

[@DeeZee9]

299K checking in. Good luck Danya, , much deserved!

[@Ayrancosta]

This guy should be a professional player

[@proage5139]

He is

[@miloradowicz]

@@proage5139 yeah, sure. If he's a pro, then Hikaru Nakamura is a World Champion, lmao.

[@proage5139]

@@miloradowicz yea okay I am dumb for not getting that it was a joke

[@ClassicMist360]

19:34 "I think that we... should probably try to play as solidly as possible, given that our opponent is playing *super well* " lmaooo danya trying to be nice

[@NickMaovich]

Danya you are absolute legend

[@sawyer9times]

Nice going Danya

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

A key point to remember is that when white has pawns on e4 and f4, then f5 by black blunts white's opportunities. Black had plenty of early opportunities to do this to effect. This idea can turn up quite a lot in closed Sicilians.

[@bhisham2687]

DANYA JUST MADE MY NIGHT PEACEFULL

[@sofiaarrillaga]

I love your videos!!

[@alexandercoleman6622]

I hate to say it, but the amount of times Danya has said his sub-1800 opponents are close to outplaying him or actually outplaying him suggests there is quite a lot of cheating going on, even if only for a few moves in the opening. If you count the number of moves it took for Danya to stop saying that in this game, it's a lot more than a 1300 should be able to survive against a gm, let alone do well.

[@mouwersor]

fr, I know Daniel hammers on the "don't accuse people of cheating just because they play well" stuff but I never encounter people around that elo who play that well and then completely miss the most basic shit. Not natty

[@RobFlaxMusic]

6:20 for Danya trying to subtly be like “let me just open this guy in another tab…”

[@togfanatic3781]

im hard stuck 1350 and if i met this dude i will accuse him immediately . no one play like that here

[@nkosinathindlovu9322]

You are a good teacher. I like how politely deal with annoying comments

[@TheDestroyer7102]

Such a rich positional game and we're just at 1200-1300! Really appreciate all the energy you put into these games and post-analysis Danya!

[@jackson32]

Up to about 1500, blundering is the number 1 problem of most players.

[@JazzCabbagE7]

A FULL HOUR OF DANYA! BY THE GODS!

[@michaels775]

Got that 300k sub mark. Congrats

[@zachbrown2531]

Juicy outpost lol love it

[@smpboss8812]

GM Daniel You are really best teacher

[@dunezoner7480]

300k subscribers soon!

[@CrashSomeMore]

Thanks!

[@TheChessGiant]

good stuff

[@amirhd8865]

nice tnx

[@TymexComputing]

Thank you Danya :)

[@ayeeffvee8173]

17:31 I picked Qd6 because I figured if our plan was to bring the Knight in to d4, we needed both d4 and e6 open. I always find it interesting how differently my little 1690 brain thinks about things than masters - much less GMs.

[@Musicrafter12]

36:00 - the knight on e7 helps support f5, no? The classical KID with ...Nc6 d5 Ne7 has the same idea.

[@dimifisher7942]

Maybe the best tutorial video about sicilian dragon on the net, thank you

[@lvds5910]

I see many people in the comments being suspicious of the opponent, but I am 1200 myself and I often try to play along (I set up a board, pause the video and try to come up with the best moves for Danya's opponent). I would've played most of the moves the opponent played. Funny thing is I wouldn't have played them for any underlying positional ideas, but for superficial ideas or because of intuition. The opponent might be cheating, but he might also not be. Don't forget: Danya's also not playing his best. He's purposefully avoiding overly complex positions.

[@Slobbbb]

As an accelerated dragon player, this was so informative. Thanks sensei

[@andremarques1088]

Danya can you bring an open sicilian video with the black pieces in the style of the accelarate dragon? ( not the rossolimo but d4)

[@95Bloulou]

Thank you !!!!!!!

[@kurosakiichigo7475]

Wish I could sub twice danya you deserve it (though selfishly I'm glad not everyone watches your content, my secret weapon)

[@Piperitum]

Watchin on a farer away screen, could you change the player info and time to a bigger font? I suppose there's a GM playing and stored the displayed name in big letters in memory already after the first video I watched. Making changing parameters readable perhaps makes more sense in general. Thanks. Great videos anyway, best explainations so far compared to the 7 chessguys I'm watching; all the best to you!

[@maximeducharme5787]

This Danya guy is really good, he might be able to reach GM one day.

[@fannyaulia3048]

He already GM Bro

[@UprightCaucasoid]

@@fannyaulia3048 whoosh my boy. Yikes

[@sacidick]

Great!!!

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@animeup1412]

Unfortunately he likes to play the Botez-Gambit, based on his positional play he would easily be 1600+

[@davidborger9711]

17:40 Qd4 actually looked interesting to me, intending to go to h4 where it is nearly invulnerable

[@BishopStars]

And hanging Nd6

[@tonionknight7472]

watching these videos on youtube feels like watching dora when you ask a question and wait for a response and then get answers from chat

[@lukastux3024]

I always thought that I would play the Hyper Accelerated Dragon in order to avoid the Rossolimo, but after this game I might reconsider..

[@melissagrenier2200]

1300s blunder when you keep making threats. I blunder after my opponent has run out of threats (and come out worse) but I'm just too exhausted from successfully defending. As soon as the pressure comes off that's when I throw

[@thesazbak5342]

That c4 antipositinal looking move was actually a top 3 engine recommendation. I kinda suspected this guy to be cheating for a while because the way he played positionally. Sure he 'blundered' his queen at the end but that might be because he knew Danya's account.

[@rykehuss3435]

Guy was 100% cheating. Either stream sniping or using an engine. But since he had more than 2 brain cells he wasnt going for pure engine moves all game

[@DMSBrian24]

@@rykehuss3435 all of those moves were 100% human-like though, i had somes games like that when i was 1200-1300 during my quick climb to ~1500

[@Messi-Only]

He didn’t cheat, I play 1 opening only on both sides of the board and it’s not that hard to play 90+ when you’re used to a certain type of game and I’m 1381

[@vytautasthegreat4452]

@@Messi-Onlybut the difference is this guy was playing against a 2600 GM while you only play other 1300s

[@Messi-Only]

@@vytautasthegreat4452 oh shit 😂🤦‍♂️

[@cedrics7374]

Beautiful game, too bad for the Queen blunder. So frustrating when it happens

[@reda4961]

I would've totally fallen for the traps at the end with the knight lol. That's why I'm an 1100

[@KF1]

Your videos are so much better with adblock. I don't want the teaching to be interrupted by the newest ad for a phone I don't care about

[@michaelemerson1949]

I heard you say subscribe please. And I thought about it. And then I heard you say you aren't playing at advanced level theory to demonstrate the bones of the thinking. So I want to subscribe. And then I went to subscribe and KZbin wouldn't let me because I have already subscribed.! It's never easy danya.

[@RookedWithElodin]

At like 16:50, doesn't Re6 lead to a fork via the knight moving to h5? Or do we not care because if Nxg7, Kxg7 and that's just a fine place for our king to be?

[@shawman5676]

Another great game. That blunder was a pity. Otherwise we could have seen an endgame.

[@abdelhamidmeriouma8248]

I flew you from one year.. Thanks for the free lesson.. Please if you can play with pirc defense for black strategy and middle game

[@ErickRileyMiller]

How do you reduce blunders? That queen move feels so familiar

[@chessify518]

On 6 dec 22 danya has 298k subs and now I'm watching this video on 9 jan 24 and danya have 396k subs hope you will get 400k subs soon and will also achieve 1M sub one day , best Content on KZbin 🎉

[@samuelgee6463]

SUPER INTENSE DEJA VU

[@sorrybhai100]

This was one of the most informational SR I have watched. That opponent was really good.

[@rykehuss3435]

Opponent was obviously cheating

[@sungodcubing3990]

@@rykehuss3435 then why tf isn’t danya suspecting? You are suspicious of this guy cheating but the man playing that guy didn’t even think he was cheating makes u sound quite dumb don’t u?

[@rykehuss3435]

@@sungodcubing3990 Danya only publicly suspects people who cheat like every move for 30 moves in a row, and/or people who beat him while he is doing his speedruns. There are way smarter cheaters out there, like this guy. He wasnt very smart though overall, just smarter than the average.

[@ChessCube2]

Don’t assume your opponent will cooperate whatever you do (great advice)

[@barasurya5089]

"black against a 1324, a very strong opponent" me a 1395 - :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[@parker_chess]

Are we sure this guy isn't cheating? Playing like a 2000+ level player for this many moves in a very positional game. Also, seemingly understanding the nuances of the Rossolimo. Sure he blundered his queen but I'm 90% sure this guy cheated in some way.

[@delosx]

Surprised you’re the only one to say it, to me it seemed super fishy as a 1700 who has played many 1300s. I followed along this video with an engine and this dude played top 1-2 engine moves almost the entire way before hanging his queen. That can happen to anyone I guess, but they found many top moves that were far from easily explainable

[@parker_chess]

@@delosx yeah its not a case of just "having a good game" he clearly demonstrated knowledge a 1300 player simply wouldnt possess.

[@reda4961]

I don't find it that hard to accept if you suppose that he only plays one or two openings. When you make your way to 1300 playing the same structure and ideas this game isn't that unbelievable

[@vytautasthegreat4452]

@@reda4961outplaying a GM is not normal for a 1300 lol

[@sungodcubing3990]

@@vytautasthegreat4452 The gm he played against didnt suspect him of cheating isn’t that also fishy?

[@barthouweling4787]

43:38 isn't white just faster with Rf7?

[@BishopStars]

One of the best 1300s in the world.

[@dominicwanzer2057]

yo Naroditsky ur my favorite living chess player hoping you kill in tournaments my guy and get to quit this KZbin shit one day, but your vids def make me think about positions and tactics way more, and I thank you for it.

[@mouwersor]

Awww yea a speedrun game at around my elo, finally! It would be a shame if someone turned on the ol' fish for 26 moves and makes it temporarily a 2800 elo game before self-destructing in a non-educational manner