Four Knights Scotch | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@tamiempopal5386]

“If I may be honest our opponent is playing so badly that even I am getting overwhelmed with the amount of different winning possibilities we have … I mean I guess it’s an effective way to play as black” I’m crying lmao

[@seasideman]

Yeah that is pretty funny, but I also feel sorry for his opponent who has no idea he is playing a strong GM.

[@MasterJack2]

@@seasideman I think Daniel meant the opponent played very badly for a 1670

[@seasideman]

@@MasterJack2 I know that but if that 1670 was playing another 1670 rather than a GM in disguise, it might not have been such a slaughter. With over 1000 Elo advantage, of course the opponent is "playing so badly".

[@lingtao969]

@@seasideman No that 1670 just didn’t play like a 1670 lmao

[@steeevealbright]

that's not what he said but that's also a great joke

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Love it when Danya says "the game is essentially over" on move five 🤣

[@3kbschannel288]

Opponent: “He’s taking too long he must be in trouble” Danya: “Our opponent is playing very badly that I’m overwhelmed by the number of ways we can end him”

[@abcdef-mf5nb]

Danya: I'd say the opponent is trying Opponents: Proceeds to blunder the queen

[@lancegraham9622]

Proceeds to blunder mate*

[@odomobo]

Doesn't matter how hard I'm trying; if I'm under so much pressure against a strong opponent, I'm gonna make a lot of terrible moves

[@justinssongsarehis2]

True degens are always up when Danya uploads

[@shanekelderman1457]

Hell yeah

[@asparagusmichy5611]

Hell yeah

[@Yea___]

But its only 9 : 30 pm

[@ArroyoGuitars]

True 9:30pm thank you Danya

[@ritenger87]

It's 3pm?

[@williamodonnell1613]

That moment when you’re playing SenseiDanya and after making a move, he spends two minutes just sitting on a position, I could imagine myself thinking “oh god what have I done wrong that’s being used as lecture material”

[@costa7766]

You know it's a demolishing when the video is this short

[@Tyler-ni1om]

Always somewhat of a disappointment to see a sub 15 min video

[@johnblademusic]

These are my all-time favorite series on youtube

[@wessellrustbrook7831]

Danya always delivers!! I improved so much since he started the first speed run hands down the best teacher on yt🙌🙌

[@samueldelsol8101]

The Speedruns are the best educational chess contest on yt! Keep it up Danya :)

[@ethanbeyak]

And he's made it to 250k+ subscribers, let's go Danya!

[@groverclinton1081]

At this point, he deserves to be the most subscribed chess channel.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Sad really when you consider that Bobby Bojangles is a 1500 on a good day & had over 300K

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Seems to be an ongoing theme… players with solid ratings who in spite of choosing their opening (Petrov this time) still make major mistakes very early (moves 5 and 6 of a common line this time). That says a lot to me as a beginner. Thx to GM Danya for making a lopsided game so instructive!

[@BabyCakesJunior]

Danya alluded to the fact that he might've been looking for a Stafford gambit. You would think he would be used to getting roped into a 4 knights scotch but maybe not

[@saad.f101]

Exactly, I've had a lot of people play the petroff and berlin and then they expect to win by playing aggressively in the middlegame. They just end up self exploding instead

[@banzaiburger]

This video (in addition to the many previous videos) convinced me to take up the Scotch, and I'm not even an e4 player.

[@binnieb173]

Congrats on 250K!!! I hear that using polls on your youtube will give you LARGE boosts in viewership. The KZbin algorithm is built to reward polls.

[@StayTuned_9]

11:28 Nf4 is blunder Bishop takes f2

[@CalebJCourtney]

Really good tactics here, and thoroughly explained. Thanks for another fantastic vid, sensei.

[@andrew6069]

It's annoying that all of the opponents keep playing the same mistake with knight takes knight in this opening.

[@cjmercado5935]

but also instructive on how to punish it, as well as telling about just how high of rated opponents make this mistake!

[@manawearblack]

Luckily they've all made different moves and gone down different lines after that mistake though, so we've all gotten a pretty extensive playmap for that position

[@AFastidiousCuber]

I'm 1400 and I swear every opponent I get doesn't take in the four knights scotch.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Yes, I would expect 1600s rapid not to play this move. I knew this when I was 1000-1100 blitz.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

@@AFastidiousCuber I wasn't taking that knight when I was rated 1000-1100 blitz.

[@dwiii1635]

Me: It's almost a cheat code playing Four Knights Scotch! *Tries it* Opponent doesn't make the same mistake over and over.

[@mischlk5388]

He maybe he/she did but you are no GM that spots it

[@thomasmazumder964]

@@mischlk5388 he means 5. … Nxd4 don’t have to be a GM to know that’s not a good move

[@pnarimani6055]

@@mischlk5388 Do you need to be a GM to memorize 6 moves?

[@mischlk5388]

@@pnarimani6055 No it's about spotting mistakes. To recognize a slighty mistake in the opening and to know why it's a mistake and how to punish it is another thing than memorize 6 opening moves

[@pnarimani6055]

@@mischlk5388 Bruh, Nxd4 mistake doesn't need spotting. It's literally 5th move. You can memorize that.

[@sorinsandu451]

very instructive, as usually

[@Socrates...]

Your chess content is the best on KZbin

[@kaidoChess]

5:41 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andyshrubsole9020]

this is exactly what I've been waiting for, this is exactly what I've been waiting for

[@frequensea9434]

Wow. Just calling all of us out for watching these videos early in the morning. Well you know what jokes on you I’m visitjng the Philippines right now and it’s 2 in the afternoon 😤

[@JazzCabbagE7]

Back to the good stuff

[@dakotathomas2139]

Hey Danya love your content. Was wondering if the 4 knights scotch is at all good for black? Or could you try to play into it as the black pieces and show us some counter options to it from white? I've seen the 4 knights scotch a lot this Speedrun but only from the white pieces. Given how easy of an opening it is to reach could you possibly cover it from the black side? Awesome video as always! Keep up the great work!

[@trallegas6589]

This is a pretty good idea,the 4 knights if played well can give black a really good position to the point that white probably has a harder game imo, it'd be great if he does a video on it but if he doesn't end up making one you can check out the master databases in the opening and if you follow the most commonly played moves you'll see more or less how both colors should go about the position

[@GStarGoku3]

Gary Kasparov beat Deep Blue with the black pieces in a 4 knights scotch IIRC

[@dakotathomas2139]

Thanks for the replies y’all. Definitely gonna mess around in the explorer with it and check out that Kasparov game as well.

[@waltersundberg4047]

It is good for black. In fact, it's very difficult to get any advantage at all as white.

[@smalldesklamp]

Danya absolutely roasted his poor opponent 😭

[@pnarimani6055]

I have never seen Danya saying his opponent is playing very bad.

[@MrDanielfff777]

Seen or heard?

[@DivinePlant]

Always perfect timing

[@ItsMeVicky]

hii loving these videos :)

[@joemorgenstern9846]

He closes his eyes to calculate and I use my finger on the computer screen.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

I do the finger thing but only in the king and pawns (and maybe rooms) endgame when watching for pawn races, who is faster when and how am I going to stop the opponent's passer etc.

[@jordylont1879]

The edit on *so badly* made me laugh real good

[@felixhinz3804]

best opening love it

[@kevinalexis5648]

I know you have some amazing tactics with the London

[@SnailBen]

i subscribe to very few channels but you deserve every sub. subscribed. keep up the excellent work and thank you for helping me not take the stupid knight when i'm playing as black!

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@lukastux3024]

I'm 1700 and my opponents sometimes play so badly that I'm really shocked. After that I realize that I'm at their rating and therefore equally horrible at chess 😭😭😭😭

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Haha my exact thoughts

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Tbf I always had this thought since I started playing chess, I always had an impression that people of my rating are really bad and that therefore I am really bad.

[@mouwersor]

is at 4:20 Qd2 also a possibility? Like not defending the pawn as well, but defending it with tactics because if black then plays Qxe5 you play Re1 and the queen is lost?

[@londncallin]

SAVAGE

[@pontiffmaximus]

Poor Danya, getting frustrated because he wants to explain a cool idea and his opponent just continues to blunder away the opportunity.

[@iambarrykatz]

At least we know he wasn't cheating.

[@clutchflutie8750]

Hey Daniel. Would youn mind teaching us some tips for better calculating long captures? I am 1500 and still struggle a bit to calculate long captures, such as whats left at the end and whether it is good or not. I know its just a calculation but in even rapid, its rough taking time that could end up losing you the game on the clock if I spend a while on 2 calculations with a full minute or 2 gone just on a couple variations.

[@gustavoschrf]

do a lot of puzzles

[@impishlyit9780]

I am by no means an expert, but I recommend simply taking the time to do it every time. It can be frustrating, but the practice you get doing it will make you faster. Puzzles/tactics training can be useful, but is not always helpful with the kind of positions you see in games and detecting them quickly. Just keep going and don't give up! If you ever feel like you simply don't have time to think, try even longer time controls. 30 minutes might feel like a seldom-used time control, but it's very useful to learn chess in a deeper way and actually calculate everything.

[@trallegas6589]

Sadly the only way to do this is by practicing a lot aka puzzles

[@JCW86]

That's an issue of positional vs tactical chess usually. Books are probably the best for learning that. I'm sure Daniel has a video for book recommendations somewhere.

[@uwua_]

jumpscare warning for 5:40

[@VallochGaming]

Hi Danya, at the end after Nf4 there is Bxf2 which wins for black. So Nxc7 was a better option.

[@deeptochatterjee532]

Bxf2 Qh3, where is the win?

[@VallochGaming]

@@deeptochatterjee532 e3 square is not defended anymore so I guess you get into trouble with Qxa2 & Be3 ideas

[@VallochGaming]

Yep, Qxa2 is crushing

[@akashsurya3879]

Whenever I see a short video I know the opponent has blundered early.

[@Alex_Deam]

8:18 Agadmator: after dark edition

[@Jsef0801]

Omg to that game

[@johnadams57]

More!

[@l.z.6553]

Hi daniel. the channel banner is really cool, i was just wondering where that picture was from and what's the backstory with it? :)

[@john_djr]

I'm not sure why I haven't been playing this opening. No one plays the right moves, and when they don't, the attacking chances for white are so good. Time to put my ponziani on the shelf :)

[@user-m8k9d]

at 11:15, is there a rule of thumb on whether to play Bh6 or Bf6?

[@Halibut86]

Ouch yeah rough one... I guess the highlight is how daniel is constantly pushing aggressive moves after gaining an opening advantage, and not just the moves that appear most aggressive, but ones with concrete threats.

[@uniaesthetics]

My second favourite kind of scotch

[@johnadams57]

opponent sent to the burn ward lmao

[@daniel_p94]

In 5-10 years, Danya gonna look like Bradley Cooper's character in American Hustle :D

[@marcjohn9404]

Four Knights Scotch is all I play, and not only does almost everybody in my rating range go for the tempo on the queen by pushing c5, but I think maybe 1 in 10 opponents plays d6 which stops the pawn from advancing on the knight, and then it's like a 20% chance they end up losing the knight.

[@MrDanielfff777]

whats ur elo

[@tolkienfan1972]

Ben would say "I can't find a move that doesn't win"

[@brandonbuckmaster3077]

Can you please play the taimanov sicilian against white??

[@icelick6912]

If I blunder early in blitz, sometimes I just play instantly for 10 moves which often makes the opponent also play badly. Results may vary.

[@navalkedar6615]

Danya next time plz go for Four Knights Spanish Variation. (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 )

[@connormonday]

I've played the 4NS for years and I just want to see one mainline lol

[@manawearblack]

At 7:34 isn't f4 the best?

[@cjmercado5935]

he explains it at the very end, f4 totally works (many ways to win in the position), but as I see it, Danya was making a point to prioritize development while still retaining a huge advantage.

[@charnielduterte3796]

danya says it's still winning but i think it's because of f4 qf5 g4 qg6 f5 qh5 and white is ahead with a lot of tempo

[@Iceandjello]

Danya just made this 1600 look like a 600

[@thethinker3888]

Tbh he kinda played like one. The guy is almost 1700 and at that level everyone, I mean literally everyone knows Bb4 Nxc6 bxc6. (Sauce: roughly same elo as that guy)

[@stefanlidman8646]

@@thethinker3888 What happened here I think is that the oponent wanted to play Petrov/Stafford and was moveodered into an opening he was clueless about.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

He did not blunder anything too stupid, that fork to win the Queen only works because you take the Queen with check. 600s make just hang pieces for free that can simply be taken in 1 move.

[@CantScoreCarl]

I actually got to play this idea of rook he1 anyway in a game today😂😂😂

[@kevinalexis5648]

Elite

[@justalazyguy.0_0]

Petition to make a separate opening video on scotch

[@matthewrigby6089]

You deserve 1 million subscribers! I recommend you to everyone I know who likes chess.

[@shajardror]

Danya is half way between a savage troll and trying to be nice. Like (Im Rosen+Gotham Chess)÷2. Only thing is he seems conflicted about it. Just be you Danya. Dont worry. Roast when roast is merited and congratulate when oponent is playing well

[@shajardror]

If you ever played me you would roast me like 🔥

[@_A-B_]

Hello Danya can you play the main line against Petrov rather than going into 4 k Scotch? I wanna see you playing "uncomfortable" (compared to other openings) and different openings at this level.

[@PranavKarve81]

Something miraculous happened today! Danya made a grammatical error (6:46 "I have went through this many times") I'm just praising your English this isn't an insult or anything, it's just that you gave such good English you always find the most accurate words and rarely ever make a mistake lol

[@shuvro40]

He played so badly that he forced Danya to play relatively bad move 😂

[@danjeory3659]

Danya is very lucky everyone plays 5...Nxd4. Almost everyone plays Bb4 above 1500 - and now you better be prepared to grind to a boring endgame

[@MrDanielfff777]

Interesting

[@infernalflamezz7480]

Love myself some scotch

[@oliver-04]

you never play with Charlie anymore?

[@Graceful1]

Bedtime upload just in time

[@TheBlueSkateboard]

I guess it's called a speedrun because of how quickly the opponent's position shatters into pieces. I do prefer speedruns where they give more resistance because there is more educational value but nothing is as satisfying as pretending I am the one playing danyas moves and destroying opponents 200 elo higher than me. Many thanks to the to the pirc speedrun! I went from being destroyed in it to it being one of the worst openings to play against me.

[@Ryzasu]

Its like these players are getting worse the higher their ratings get

[@god0fgames100]

I really wish we'd get better players in future videos. Seems like every recent vid in this series has been against a dissapointing opponent.

[@acidreflex25]

This guy played so poorly that even Daniel Naroditsky, the nicest, most genuine GM on the planet, couldn't help but roast him.

[@takeinitiative278]

There are definitely nicer gms than Danya, no offense to him though

[@E8oL4]

keep it simple e4!

[@kevinalexis5648]

Play the London opening brvh

[@swift8821]

12 minutes only? Oh no.

[@shimanta5173]

Here

[@Marcel123123123]

Haha , it angried him how bad the oponent was playing and chat was defending said player:)) so he 2 moved checkmated him :))

[@asharahmed5025]

10 -15 min video = somebody got DESTROYED lol

[@yakncast7530]

I clicked on 16 minutes ago and the counter shows 252k.

[@korethoe262]

Hey, I'm the opponent! Sorry, I'm 9 years old and was playing 198 GM's in a blindfold simul on another site at the same time.....sorry I was soo bad and thanks for making fun of me.

[@baderalrawais2189]

جميل 5 جداً

[@aqrat4610]

Typical stafford gambit player, what else do you expect? :D

[@ericlawell2867]

SO BADLY lololol

[@lukacalov1988]

Cmon bruh play Belgrade gambit

[@acheron1v9]

I think he's just extremely tilted/depressed, otherwise I have no idea how is this possible to reach 1600 rating playing like that

[@xlERiiC]

Average 1600 stafford player

[@seseorang-an]

Waaaaaaawrr

[@andrew6069]

lmao

[@shashlik7959]

Lmao

[@johanbonilla5191]

Hey daniel, love your work. I just wanted to tell you that i didnt like the way you said your opponent was playing badly. I watch alot of games before bed and decided to watch this one with my gf. She was so turned off by it. And now that i think about it she was kind of right. You are 5 leagues beyond the average chess player, so please keep that in mind and be humble. -love a fan. Also can you get a new thumbnail. I dont really like clicking on kid danya every vid. Its hard to be nice online I only mean some offence!

[@mattk1358]

Russians don't get to talk about being cultured anymore.

[@SilverVayne]

first

[@neilcartmell2882]

I’m usually a fan but here you really disrespected your opponent. Usually you have more class.

[@maverator]

It’s commentary. What’s he supposed to say, that his opponent played well?

[@neilcartmell2882]

@@maverator He can say he's blundered or not played a good move without being as brutal as he was. Like he does in just about every one of his other videos.

[@andrescastro9121]

First