Grandmaster Naroditsky | Chess Speedrun | 1520

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Part 1 • Grandmaster Naroditsky...

[@ft7376]

some guy: "omg daniel's down to 30 seconds and he's taking forever to move, I must have him stumped" daniel: "guys look at this photo of alexander alekhine choking on a piece of meat"

[@StephenRahrig]

😂😂😂💀

[@jasoncostan1632]

He doesn't know that he is daniel tho

[@StephenRahrig]

@@jasoncostan1632 you must be fun at parties

[@timklymenko7619]

Hahahahaha

[@chn683]

@@StephenRahrig Bir şey derdim de baban seni nasıl evlat diye sevmiş öpmüş

[@RG001100]

Watching on KZbin, when Daniel asks "what's the move?", it reminds me of the kids shows like Dora the Explorer.

[@pizzashark7067]

POV: You're a 4 year old trying to learn with Dora when she pulls out a chess board, starts moving pieces at light speed, and says, "Vamanos! This is mainline King's Indian theory! Which move do we play next, Boots?"

[@emilioguzmanalvarez420]

@@pizzashark7067 rofl

[@im2prec1se32]

@@pizzashark7067 lol

[@lopezlion3164]

Danya be like "Hey kids, wanna see a dead body?"

[@ev0lution1]

Went from 900 to 912 in a month thanks a lot Daniel!

[@ev0lution1]

@Steve Brown thats the joke 😅

[@ev0lution1]

@Steve Brown I don't even think theres a difference between 900 and 1800. If there is, I don't understand it.

[@abraham7140]

@Steve Brown I think the difference might be 200 Elo

[@khytron06]

@@ev0lution1 Reject humanity return to monke

[@ethan3038]

@Steve Brown the difference is that a 1300 leaves pieces hanging/ moves pieces to a defended square/ hangs a piece in some other creative way marginally less than a 1100. The level of understanding is usual pretty similar, it’s the ability to not make simple blunders quite as often that creates the rating gap

[@Ninterd2]

Alekhine's gun, named after Mr. Gun!

[@hammurabitheawesome674]

The sequel to the Benko Gambit, named after Mr. Gambit.

[@qjdykzdrhdfh]

Followed by Grünfeld defense, named after Mr. Defense

[@Ninterd2]

@@qjdykzdrhdfh and the Sözin attack, named after Mr. Attack

[@qjdykzdrhdfh]

@@Ninterd2 yeah that's the line in Najdorf Variation (named of course after Mr. Variation)

[@smort123]

@@qjdykzdrhdfh All my favorite Grandmasters

[@KinoKwan17]

Thank you GM Naroditski! My grandfather just died, adding to my other problems, and your videos helped me a lot mentally and spiritually. Please dont stop.

[@rodriguezro9999]

My condolences. Our passed loved ones live forever in our heart and memories. I'm rooting for you Kino.

[@KinoKwan17]

@@rodriguezro9999 thanks man. I appreciate it

[@Andreyous]

28:11 you can see mr naroditsky trying to hold himself back from saying a potty word!

[@joostvanrens]

I like how Danya can play 60 moves in a bullet game with 90% accuracy but he can't draw arrows to save his life.

[@CyborPolarbear]

So many people get destroyed by Daniel, and then they’re like “rematch??”

[@karimdjemai5386]

wouldnt you if you knew it was him?

[@1998XBOX]

@@karimdjemai5386 but they don’t know it’s him right?

[@karimdjemai5386]

@@1998XBOX I quess some do, some don't🤷🏼‍♀️I would know

[@user-sn7jv2gm5x]

@@1998XBOX i think theres a note about the account being Danyas speedrun account, it was permitted by chess.com

[@jordanhope7180]

The best way to get better, is to play against somebody better. Danya's a top-of-the-line player, the best most people will probably find, so it makes sense.

[@BuRtnzAtN]

Danya making that 1700 look like a 300 and making me wonder how I’m lower than him 😅🤔

[@BlueLPler]

This is very true. I'm 1000 and constantly thinking, that most of his opponents in this range are either extremely overrated or I'm underrated. The truth is, at least thats what I think, that Blitzgame are very hard for intermediate players, even up to 1800 and you have to keep in mind that daniel is a grandmaster with MUCH more experience. He notices pattern way faster than his opponents and has a strategy and a very deep understanding of the game and his position from the go, which most probably don't have, they just develop, whereas Daniel exactly knows, which piece at which point in time fulfills it's task. And thats what I can't say about me, when being honest! ;)

[@mohamedftita9664]

Oh man I did'nt even realise that he is 1700 😳😳

[@lolerlolerloler1144]

BlueLPler every entity lies in a specific rating parameter for a culprit. You created a possibly delusional false dichotomy by assuming you or his opponents is/are not deserving of such a magnitude rating-wise

[@mohamedftita9664]

@@lolerlolerloler1144 dude I just mean that the elo is nothing we just have to focus on our strenght and play correctly no matter was our elo or the opponent's

[@BuRtnzAtN]

@@mohamedftita9664 if only this man spent as much time playing chess as he does on thesaurus.com lol

[@AbhishekBera]

I am a simple man.. I see Daniel, I click

[@Squashmalio]

Just realized Daniel looks like a human version of Mark Zuckerburg

[@kesslerj07]

Cool it with the Antisemitic remarks Moe

[@lyingcat9022]

Don’t you ever soil my boy Danny by using his name in the same sentence as Zucker! Haha

[@zeNUKEify]

They have a similar roman look. Also both of them have a similar nerdy clever vibe

[@joha4574]

@@kesslerj07 I appreciate you stepping in there, but don't you know of the meme that Zuckerberg is like an alien/robot?

[@joshualee6559]

they look nothing alike. geez get out of here with that bullshit

[@EclecticSceptic]

'Get out of here. Get out!'

[@IEVISCERATEU]

This is the best series on KZbin, chess or otherwise.

[@gabe2349]

My worst nightmare is that Danya is doing a series like this and I get matched with him, then I immediately notice the boss music starts playing. On the bright side, I don’t think my rating will ever be good enough for this to be a real concern lol

[@zuqi505]

Thank you so much for putting in the time to play and explain your ideas. Every other high rated player would just say grind puzzles and know your opening I’ve also went from 1500-1900 and soon to hit 2000

[@eskimoform]

YOU WONT BELIEVE(EPIC SPEEDRUN, BETH HARMON STOLE MY JUICERS???)

[@trent797]

When I type "N" in KZbin search, it autocompletes to "Naroditsky". They know what I want.

[@AUG_Glow]

I have went from 500 to 850 in just a couple weeks thanks to you Danya!

[@rayong5662]

After watching your speedrun videos. I had a good winning streak and my rating went up by 200. Thanks GM Daniel “The Prophet” Naroditsky. Keep up the good work.

[@failz1213]

It's crazy how many IM/GM chess youtubers and twitch streamers there are, but Daniel is bypassing them so quickly. Bring good content that people can learn from and see the subs roll in. None of this playing bullet against 2800, or losing in boring blitz games. Instructive, calculated, enjoyable

[@Jonathansamgray]

Nothing gets me hyped like seeing a new speedrun vid in time for breakfast. Thank you Daniel, this series has been the highlight of my month!

[@foreropa]

This has become one of the few channels I see for chess, loving this speedrun series. I wish you do them all over again with another account, we learn SO much from this.

[@jelle7937]

Waking up, knowing I can start my day with the most instructive speedrun I have ever seen... Amazing job

[@heruilin]

This is by far the most instructive playlist of videos.

[@Grant-Duncan]

Bruh, I really ducking love these videos, I'm an 800, so not very good, but when I started watching I didn't even know about castling. So entertaining and educational at the same time.

[@mrfokus901]

It seems like everyone he plays plays chooses the weirdest openings. I'd like to see a normal game for once lol

[@Munkeez]

Thank you for sharing these daniel, these have been amazing

[@michaelf8221]

Excellent addition to a great series. Very clear explanations about the game. I was particularly concerned with Na5 in the second game, but your post mortem around 23:00 was quite thorough. Keep it up!

[@scarecrowhobo]

theres a reason its called the "Queen's Gambit" not the "Queen Gambit"

[@octogintillion]

A Queen gambit opening would be really fun to play tho. :}

[@monswamp258]

@@octogintillion Do it every game then, your opponents will love the free points

[@cursed_dylan33]

watching daniel thank subs and smiling over all the gifteds just warms my heart honestly

[@Cassandra_Steel]

Went from 1200 to 1050 in a month, thanks Daniel

[@maddoxgrechenig2365]

21:50 yes agamator, its ok

[@mazarin3323]

This series is the best thing I've ever seen.

[@AirborneMedic68w]

I didn't like chess for so long because I actually believed it was all about who could think like 15 moves ahead, which I'm not good at. Then I watched your speedruns and saw all the positions and tactics and development of it all. Now I love this game. I've even bought a book on openings to get better.

[@Jonh352352]

These games annotated with Danya's commentary in a Lichess study below: Sicilian, Keres (Black, ELO 1527): lichess.org/study/dSNQO9Uq/t3S168TQ#0 Italian (White, ELO 1527): lichess.org/study/dSNQO9Uq/pAkm97qw#0 Pric Defense (White ELO 1535): lichess.org/study/dSNQO9Uq/F1nQiFL8#0

[@aaronburr2816]

18:29 I can’t believe that I found a better move than the move that Danya played. when I saw that position I thought that it is better for white to take on f3 with the queen, Qxf3 , not with the g pawn, which is the move that Danya played, because that gives black two difficult choices, one is to trade queens to “ruin “ white’s pawn structure, but It would matter less in a queenless middle game and it would be harder to exploit without a queen . The other choice for black is to refuse the queen trade and move his queen, which would mean that he traded his bishop for a knight without making a dent on white’s pawn structure. So I run that position into stockfish 16.1 and it gave Qxf3 is the best move for white in that position.

[@TheBilalblanco]

you are doing an awesome service to chess, thanks for sharing these videos, I've been stuck in the 1600s for ages and I'm quite sure I'll get out of it as your speedrun goes on :)

[@justbrandonokay]

"thanks a bunch of numbers" hahaha very respectful of someones username

[@michaelv5600]

When Daniel said that he smells the smoke of his burned opponent in 22:20

[@chaddowney5845]

You're a wonderful teacher. I love your analyses and explanations. They help so much.

[@s4m3r]

What time does Daniel stream these? I never watch live streams but this is such an incredible resource I'd be dumb not to make the most of it

[@greatdanelegend7001]

The Queen's Gambit absolutely involves sacrificing a queen when I play it

[@dmsalomon]

Not exactly a speedrun at this rate ;) I prefer it this way. We get to see how the logic behind each move, and it's really helpful.

[@hawkmore]

That’s the joke 😅

[@lukacalov1988]

Ah yes Alekhine's gun which is named after Mr Gun

[@japanlifestory]

Thank you for the great content Daniel. I've never really been interested in chess and have only been really watching. But I'm learning a lot about chees AND a lot about being an effective teacher. You're very good at instructing and leading everybody to discover the solutions themselves instead of just feeding the answers. When my 14 day quarantine is over, I'll be a GM haha

[@pharmokan]

"do not cash-in too soon" -- amazing advice!

[@andrewknippenberg761]

I think Pirc is pronounced “Pier-tz”

[@jonnull]

Correct. Pirc was Slovenian so C is always pronounced as "ts" or "tz"

[@ngc5195]

It’s all just the King’s Indian

[@thevidguy11]

Daniel "I shouldn't show photos of dead people" Naroditsky.

[@Amoeby]

0:06 yeah, sacrificing a queen is well known The Botez Gambit)

[@MrZordex]

What I personally like about chess is that 3 years ago is like fresh

[@Terszel]

23:11 ooooo he almost said a bad word 🤫

[@kabobchsm8497]

Sicilian: 0:33 Italian: 17:01 Perk: 24:46

[@ricardochico849]

Love this videos, went from 1000-1200. Thanks a Lot

[@groupxarabianrapsensations9424]

I laughed really hard at 6:02

[@rodriguezro9999]

DANYA Pog Champ.

[@jordanmartens5591]

I love how Daniel says "Tyew" almost like he's firing a gun

[@dabrodiestrizz6737]

That 1st game Sicilian was the chess equivalent to a Picasso painting pure beauty

[@RC-rx9zp]

Thank you so much for this series

[@Orangepie86]

that first game was brutal. Zero counterplay and completely suffocated him more and more. His lone queen moving in at the end trying to find anything to attack was just sad.

[@connorlaughlin9396]

Love these videos so much! Keep up the great work!

[@Kokurorokuko]

I heard Danya said Alekhine was a Russian player and I decided to check a wiki page (the last name was kinda unusual and definitely not Russian-like). I was suprised when I suddenly understood that his last name is Alekhin pronounced like /a-`le-khin/. The pronunciation was probably distorted by French people because he lived in France after 1924.

[@xichenjiang7799]

Plot twist: It's the viewers of Daniel's stream who are feeding him the super moves that crush his opponents.

[@Michael-bt6ht]

Thx for these instructional videos..very kind of you to do..much appreciated

[@takoo6189]

we are slowly approachin 100k subscribers on youtube

[@random_vid_tt]

wow, no BS, no arrows.... yet super entertaining and informative! Thank you sir

[@mohamedftita9664]

Is Daniel a wizard or somthing 😳😳 In this moment I did win aginst a 200 higher rated opponent thanks alot man

[@BlueLPler]

Can someone explain to me, a chess beginner with 1000 elo on chess.com, when its a good idea to trade pieces and when it isn't? Generally speaking, when you are up material, it often is a good idea. But what about when it's even? Stockfish Analysis always say that taking is the best option. I often pin the knight with my bishop (just like in his first game) and while I always think, that my active bishop is better than his knight in the third row, stockfish always says, that I should take it, but Daniel says that it is a bad move, what I understand as I think the same way..

[@ofelipecopywriter]

is the position that you get after the trade better for you? in the case of the bishop capturing the knight, it can be good because you double the opponent's pawns, and you can explore that. but you are also giving away your bishop and this can weak some of your squares, and also the opponent with two bishops can get very strong in an open game. it's always about analyzing your pros and cons, and what you can do with the resulting position.

[@xavigarcia6207]

Another incredible video. Thank you Daniel. Does anybody know where the original stream is, where he gets the subs and donations? Is it Twitch?

[@Isee-vn4go]

you are a great teacher

[@tharun001]

Game 1: Sicilian (As Black) Game 2: Italian (As White) Game 3: Pirc Defence (As White)

[@endrawes0]

I love the chess history. Keep it coming!

[@personpersoon3332]

congratulations on 100k subscribers!

[@mikedraycott2454]

Love these vids, learn new things everytime

[@sharkzy9700]

Hey danya how’s life been with COVID I hope your doing good👍🏻

[@AbhishekBera]

SenseiDanya op

[@asadyousafzai937]

The Sensei delivers knowledge once again

[@benoitb.3679]

10:19 sounds like Purple City by Joker

[@NeuroticNav]

I started playing two months ago and I'm 1600 now because of THIS series, and some lovely traps I learned from Eric Rosen Thank you guys ❤️

[@JakeLondonRivers]

Some people will say whatever lies they want online for attention lol

[@NeuroticNav]

@@JakeLondonRivers damn, sorry buddy. Check my profile now! I'm 2150☺️

[@ianjohnson6202]

after this series you should def release all your notes from your notebook! love this series tho keep up the great work

[@jonnozomboid2649]

It seems as though the higher the rating, the quicker the desire to rematch against a loss...

[@negin1812]

Oh thank you Danya, now I know why I suck at chess. Its just that queens gambit is not about queen sacrifice :^)

[@eliokorez9297]

Thanks you so much for this speedrun, it is so intructive listnening to your commentary. It has become my morning routine ;) (i'm French)

[@spitupstars]

"this is gonna be pretty over" lol

[@bsotty]

Loving this content!! Keep it up :)

[@alexf0101]

happy new year

[@Obyvvatel]

Danya has a neck of a formula 1 driver and that's a compliment

[@rogerwarr4673]

Love the w chess history

[@abhishekmodak6984]

Love your explainations Sesei. I play london system with white a lot ,would like to have your advices and thoughts on it in your future videos.

[@keshavbhola2236]

If Daniel ever were to do a sub battle with any other youtuber, I bet danya's subs would crush any youtubers'

[@Iucas.oliveira]

sacrificing a queen is actually called the Botez Gambit xD

[@acraftman2823]

I think one key lesson here might be if your a 1500 player its going to be tuff learning playing 5 minute games.

[@samgardner9772]

Love the videos - they've helped a ton! 1) Could you play more games a do less post-game commentary per video? 2) Could you ask more frequently "what's the next move we should be making ladies and gentlemen?"

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

Problem is he's got to manage his time, if he asks what the moves are frequently, he might have to rush highly instructive moments. Due to that he'd have to spend more time explaining what he did after the game.

[@orpheus6398]

I'm going to watch this even tho I'm in class

[@geckogeico2212]

Night class?

[@AUG_Glow]

This is class

[@orpheus6398]

@@geckogeico2212 it's morning in here

[@KironKabir]

ok. queen’s gambit ≠ botez gambit

[@1998XBOX]

Thanks Danya for being the best psychopathic teacher! Not serious😄

[@matthijs4434]

32:00 why didn't black take the pawn on F6 or move to G6?

[@giannisr.7733]

Danya, i don't know if you edit your own videos, but whoever is doing the editing really needs to rise the audio volume, I have noticed it happens in most of the latest videos. Great video though, as always. Thank you for these series

[@leftyguitar]

That a Speedmaster on your wrist? Perfect watch for the Speedrunner

[@chuckgravity7616]

Game 2 17:00