French; Steinitz Variation | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@danjeory3659]

Danya's opponent: "Yep, this is all normal, I like my position, I'm a pawn up.." Danya: "...it's called a demolition sacrifice" [Slams down Nxg7...., e6.... Checkmate] Opponent: Wtf just happened?

[@ffaiz5866]

It's like he used some secret forbidden grandmaster spell

[@mastod0n1]

​@@ffaiz5866 huh, how do I learn that?

[@smort123]

@@mastod0n1 Not from a Jedi

[@ethancooley6659]

The demolition sacrifice. What a finish

[@ippimerawr]

Lmao nah was trash and got lucky lmao

[@PlankDot]

@@ippimerawr you aren't a GM

[@MrLocke420]

@@ippimerawr engine evaluates white as winning tho

[@rosebud3373]

don't you guys get irony?

[@josephsalmonte4995]

@@rosebud3373 You clearly don't.

[@Alex_Deam]

Gotta love chat, looking at a +8 position, going "nice sac but there's no way you'd play this against Magnus" lmao

[@juangamazo5781]

"Sorry for the mediocre play." Plays Nxg7!! Brilliant move. That's Naroditsky.

[@cpf2566]

Probably means he had a bad day at blitz/bullet.

[@Iceandjello]

Kudos to Danya's opponent for a great game. The knight sac followed by the pawn intermezzo leading to mate was a crazy sequence. Dont think I ever wouldve seen that and danya saw it in seconds.

[@danjeory3659]

Yep, that's just years of experience and pattern recognition right there

[@SuperYtc1]

I saw it in seconds. After Danya had pointed it out of course.

[@robbie15211]

Engine:!! Danya: yeah knight g7 is good

[@mohammadabukar5022]

Keep it up Danya. You are hands down the best chess KZbinr! It is not even close!

[@aonpl]

sic!

[@davidborger9711]

🚫🧢

[@nashwinder]

Damn that guy went from pawn up to just utter collapse in 10 moves, I feel sorry for him

[@anketchum]

Don't you mean Damn girl!

[@gelatinousjoe7979]

I’d legit suspect cheating after a game like that if I were black, which there kind of was

[@alzblb1417]

Me down a pawn: *I'm completely lost* Daniel down a pawn: *GIGACHAD*

[@snackspacks]

Holy moly that was a cool attack

[@RG001100]

22:40 lol, the best move for the opponent is giving up an exchange for the compensation of not getting crushed immediately.

[@legionary1656]

Always a good day when Dana uploads!

[@degenerate82]

Great analysis, you're an excellent player and teacher.

[@kaidoChess]

This game actually helped me a LOT. I’m so used to defending and being reactionary But watch him allow the bishop to be captured to open the c file was really helpful in how to think mid game. Thanks Danya (from an 1100)

[@AmongUsAcademy]

Best chess KZbin teacher and it’s not even close

[@matrix31003]

Its awesome to view these videos and "learn" how to just play. When to make what decisions. My rating is climbing as a result of fully engaging in these videos.

[@seven3197]

Who needs to sleep when the sensei has a new video

[@Red-cr4oo]

Fax

[@kaidoChess]

To the person that asked if he would have made the same sacrifice while playing Magnus.. Magnus would have never played those moves to get to that type of position anyway..

[@nickfazzio5277]

OMG. This is another example of why I stand no chance at ever killing it with chess. Wow. I never saw this attack unravel like you played it out. Nice stuff Danya

[@DudeTastic13]

As a French D player, I'd like to see Danya play WITH a French setup, instead of demolishing this opening time after time. Lol

[@DarkSideChess]

He had one as black in an earlier speedrun. It was interesting because he showed all the ways you can pile up on the d4 pawn, including playing f6 and after exf6, Bxf6 adding another attacker on the d4 pawn.

[@mattia5980]

one of the instructivest game ever seen, expecially for the f4 pawn thing, I think I am understanding how gambits work

[@vizualedit0r481]

Love this game. Very interesting tactics from both sides, especially in the opening. The opponent sadly went down the path of developing some pieces to the queenside, trying to grab some pawns, but leaving the king very exposed and getting mated quickly after castling.

[@kassu1526]

That was such a simple looking attack and brilliant mate

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

2:00 I learned the hard way not to take that b2 pawn. That move always backfires at least for me

[@earthwormsim8068]

It is a bit greedy. Very rarely does it pay off

[@pnarimani6055]

I play french as my main opening. The only time you can take B2 is if the B1 knight has not already moved. That way you have a tempo to dip (white has to move the knight to save the rook).

[@rosebud3373]

you sometimes win games by grabbing those risky paws, have to calculate

[@Jimemy]

Yes finally! Man it's torture to wait 8-9 days for a new episode of the speedrun. I was getting used to the every second day upload.

[@matthewrigby6089]

Sac the pawn, sac the exchange, sac the knight, for positional and tactical reasons depending on the line. This game really drove home for me how long the road to chess mastery is.

[@Zwerendevinger]

I really like these videos and the depth of it. It really helped me improve

[@Suho1004]

If there were some magic algorithm for chess, Max Deutsch would have beaten Magnus.

[@frederickschulze8014]

His idea that there can be an algorithm for chess shows how little he understands chess.

[@Janzimp]

What a finish. You make chess so beautiful. Thank you for everything you do!

[@tiagohello]

Great video! Thank you so much! ❤

[@MrDutto]

19:11 a simple strategy to use here to decide on the knight sac on g7 is to count that white has 3 attackers (B,Q,R) and black has no defenders… a general rule in chess is that 3 attacking pieces is enough to give checkmate.

[@reesem6411]

Danya hitting em with the !! Brilliant out of nowhere for style points

[@XFlyingDutchmanX]

Thanks for sharing all this knowledge

[@letslevelup112]

Such a great teacher!

[@Aeradill]

Thanks Daniel, top notch content again. I will play this tonight, and intuitively calculate my way to a loss;)

[@MrKayDeeJay]

Really instructive game with an impressive finish!

[@avintoz9405]

3:42 u got my attention back

[@ddc5872]

I'd very much love a full opening video on the Steinitz Advanced French. (Apparently it's called the Nimzovitch Variation or the Ruisdonk Gambit...)

[@SLKCHESS]

Top video like usual Danya

[@brunilda]

I love that you say "his or her", well done. I always try to use "they" when I talk about my virtual opponents.

[@Sweet_Drop]

Changing up the move order if something doesn't quite work is such a usefull lesson!

[@SuperMyfamily01]

Very instructive game, I will definitely try this variation vs the French in my own games. Thank you 🙏

[@Corsquish]

Disgusting checkmate. I would quit if that was played against me

[@ttlloowwh]

i would delete my account, espacially after taking both sacrifices in a second

[@benH215]

Love the French videos!

[@waRKmKz]

Always watch your videos during lunch :)

[@laeb08]

best chess teacher on YT

[@ishandhawan9011]

Thanks for the speedrun videos Danya. I just wanted to tell your videos are super instructional and they're not just helpful for beginners. I've climbed from 1800 to 2000 because of absorbing your speedrun videos. One advice that's helped me the most is that players at this rating crumble under pressure

[@jackrosa6348]

Insane attack

[@ericm1839]

"im not going to go into too much depth in the opening theory" *proceeds to go into opening theory in-depth

[@gustqm8888]

28:26 such IRS question

[@johnobrien6415]

It's called the Nimzowitsch variation. The Steinitz French is 1 e4, e6, 2 d4, d5 3 Nc3, Nf6 4 e5.

[@oraz.]

I like this classy and tasteful game.

[@Andrewmagana]

What a beautiful ending

[@12jswilson]

I know you mentioned Ben Finegold was in the chat. If he were commentating on this game, I'm sure he'd say that black's pieces were doing a good job defending the king and highlight the three pieces on the queen side. Rule of thumb, if three of your opponent's pieces are on the a & b files and their king is on the g file, your attack on the king is likely to be very successful

[@thunderenriquez255]

true masterclass

[@mingozzz1]

That mating sequence was craaaazy

[@cardboardu6019]

Guy who already wrote a book: "Maybe someday when I write a book..."

[@will420ist]

Thanks for trying to bring back the real definition of 'literally' - and for the chess analysis.

[@SasuPlaying]

Sacrifices is probably one of the most difficult things in chess which differentiate beginners and intermediates - granted you found one, you just have to know exact winning continuation because one slow move is gonna kill your eval

[@richardserlin1317]

There are different definitions of intuition. One is just a feeling, but another definition, common in math, econ, and the physical sciences is the explanation, or understanding, of why something is as it is, a very powerful thing; why something makes sense, why something works, an understanding, not a feeling.

[@DarkSideChess]

Cool game, I actually think this is a good advert for the French Defense.

[@mohammedfathi3592]

Sees Ng7 is a brilliant move "ok Ng7 is a good move" Meanwhile other rookies start sharing the screen shot of their lucky brilliant move all over social media.

[@JKEYSONVINYL]

That check made was brutal

[@cosarara97]

Isn't the Steinitz Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5? Versus what is show on the video which is an advance variation with 3. e5?

[@bobsemple9281]

Yeah I thought that too

[@NelsenGChess]

bro used the dark side of the force for that last attack

[@mikecantreed]

Ha danya didn’t even see that one coming. Shocking finish

[@atshame6712]

I'm confused, how is this the Steinitz variation and not just the Advance? The Steinitz is only after 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 no? Or is there another Steinitz variation I'm not aware of?

[@yudeoyude852]

I thought this is nimzovich no?

[@atshame6712]

yeah me too

[@PROJECTJoza100]

@@yudeoyude852 Yep

[@geoffreymak000]

Wow I am so impressed with the checkmate

[@bldjln3158]

Woooohooooo! I thought the series was over.

[@kendreamer6376]

Okay before the knight sac move and if you read Silman I felt like there was something in the position. If you're lower rated this is where you might ask yourself what ifs. You also want to start studying what's in the position.there is a book the art of the sacrifice then you come up with candidate moves and calculate their lines.

[@reihansepehri2286]

Oh man you are perfect

[@martin-eden]

25:32 the truth hurts

[@DanielWillen]

The prophet!

[@Starry_9]

That rf6 engine line was insane 💀

[@Foto_gui]

cool finish

[@marcofrey2903]

This felt like a magic trick.

[@perfectiondreamusa]

i know that sac is cool but in the position at 10:36 isn’t queen g4 just absolutely crushing? he cant take knight with bishop or Qe6 Kh8 Qc8 Qd8 Qd8 Bf8 Qf8 is mate so the only move that stops mate is Bf8 but in that position you just sac the exchange Rf8 and black has to take back with rook and then Qg7 mate edit: just realized you can play pawn g6 in that position so it’s not actually forced mate lol my b but i feel like it’s still winning cause you can play Bh6 and i dont see a follow up for black against a massive attack

[@animantus]

That's what I thought. Isn't white winning after Qg5 g6 Qf6? I think black has to give up his rook to lengthen his agony.

[@victorjbragae]

Theres just g6 and now you are pinned

[@rawkurface]

If black goes g6 and you play bh6 then qb6+ destroys white the knight is toast and white is lost

[@KKH808]

I looked at the engine and what’s crazy is that not only is Nxg7 the best move by far, but Qg4 would be a huge blunder. The problem is that moving the queen to g4 pins your own knight. Moving your bishop anywhere allows black Qb6+ forking your king and knight. The whole time black’s bishop is guarding the f8 square so giving away the knight that way doesn’t even help. Because of the pin, h4->h5 is too slow and black’s queen will walk over and take the knight before the king loses his cover.

[@Diffusion8]

Danya bro, you look tired! Another great game, thanks for teaching us all so much! 🙏🏻

[@alexwells9434]

That was big and satisfying

[@plaguetree6920]

What style!

[@PROJECTJoza100]

This is not Steinitz, this is the Nimzowitch system.

[@DarkSideChess]

Isn't Nimzo 4. Qg4?

[@alexglase765]

Personally more scared to sacrifice because if I miss something in calculation then I'm proverbially allowing Be6. Playing correspondence games has allowed me to look at positions more deeply and make sure my move is good, hopefully I can increase my general confidence that way.

[@MarcCools1964]

You mentioned a possible book. "Principles in chess" would be a good topic. NOT learning specific moves but a METHOD how to think, like you teach us in your vids. Like if you would buy the book.

[@EvilRamin]

omg, Grand Masters are monsters!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

very cool game

[@garythomas4459]

Danya your intuition is impressive, to say the least. I saw the mate combination but didn't think that the opponent would take the pawn with the bishop. Was there an obvious alternative mate if he hadn't taken the pawn?

[@cpf2566]

You can do exactly the same thing if he moves the bishop. And if he doesn't move the bishop then you can always capture it with the pawn in the event there's no mate. But I don't see a good defence - Black can't access c3 to defend the diagonal and if they choose not to capture the pawn then White also gets the g4 square for the queen.

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Man you are my teacher, I would really like to meet you someday.

[@dominykascyras4470]

I am trying to find the video, where you play the french defence yourself. Can anyone give the name of the video? Would you consider adding it to your repertoire more often next to carro kann (since ideas are similar)

[@iceicebaby6980]

I really think this French defense is in the top 3 against E4 for all players under 2486.

[@PranavKarve81]

I'd say it is top 3 even up to 2497, though that may be stretching it

[@Kokurorokuko]

I hate playing French as white. Maybw I should start playing Steinitz

[@DarkSideChess]

Yeah french is solid and reputable. If you play against someone who knows it better than you and you don't play the exchange variation, you could be in big trouble.

[@iceicebaby6980]

@@PranavKarve81 are you insane??!!! 2493 max

[@topoisomerace]

That escalated in a hurry.

[@yudeoyude852]

What's the difference between this and nimzokovich?

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

Wow. Like really, wow

[@bldjln3158]

I really wish I was a more attacking player, but I really can’t play like this for more than a game without getting exhausted. I really should incorporate these tactics into my play, I bet it’ll get me to 1800.

[@andreascg511]

I made it to 1400 thanks to Dana

[@miraclehat2406]

Please insert caption with "earbud user audio warning" at 3:45

[@micke7]

Daniel got carried away. I can understand it.

[@jayaywak]

V nice 👏🏼

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Beginner me had a rougher time than usual trying to wrap my head around a few parts of this one. It seemed more dense or maybe verbally faster than usual with rattling off the variations. Definitely still worthwhile. Maybe I have to rewatch it & stop it here & there & see if I do better at really soaking it in.👍🙏

[@KnightToRemember]

This isn’t the Steinitz variation, the Steinitz is when White starts with 3. Nc3 and then plays f4

[@whenthebuildingscried4.048]

Oh, yea. Can you please play the Petrov defense as well so we can get that Russian school of chess info from you? Thanks so much!

[@trent797]

Man, Twitch chat was salty in this one.