Grandmaster Naroditsky | Chess Speedrun | 1740

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Part 1 • Grandmaster Naroditsky... vv

[@jamesmontgomery5717]

"Okay, let's put the training sleeves back on" Next move: "So now we're gonna do a risky counter gambit"

[@fuwariii]

When I got to 1500, my opponents start to play weird sort of intimidating moves like in the first game. It's always frustrating when I know the moves are bad, but I don't know how to punish them (or run my clock in the opening). This series has been very helpful! Thanks Danya!

[@SerLaama]

Usually playing principled chess reveals the flaws of such moves in the long term. There are rarely very immediate and crushing responses to weird shit, but when you play logical, normal chess, in the end the poor piece placement bites them in the ass.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Playing f3 g4 h4 h5, also playing Be3-Qd2-Bh6 and castling queenside is a legit idea against the King's Indian defense, I play that and the engine doesn't hate me for playing it, IM Levy Rozman recommends it as well. Now, this guy played e4 and c4 instead of Be3-Qd2-Bh6, he did not play f3 and g4 before h4, he combined Be3 with f4 instead of f3, so what he is playing is probably dubious, but I am just saying that a pawn storm on the king's side against the Kings Indian defense isn't always a dubious approach.

[@noahollington9946]

legit, I've come across this exact issue with my gameplay. Good to just sink back into the basics and play simple chess

[@thejourneyman8890]

My teacher, speed runner, prodigy, Prophet and best of all, meme.

[@CardenFilms]

Daniel: We are going to wrap our knight around F5. Me: Okay. Daniel: But first we will shake and bake our queen all the way to C4. Me: Cool. Daniel: But before that, we are going to slip and the slide the bishop to G2. Me: Great idea. Daniel: LOL, JK. *pushes pawn* Me: Hahahaha. Me: *nervously erases 12 pages of handwritten notes* Daniel, all your videos are pure gold. Thank you for everything that you do!

[@UxBurn]

this comment is gold

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

Do yoi guys play along too? I havent yet. But I'm gonna restart the series and play each game on my phone while watching on computer. I'm gonna pause before each move and see if I choose the right one. These vids help, but I think if I do that it will really help

[@gabrielpeery]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 that’s a good idea! I find myself getting in positions and instantly thinking “there’s a trick here... where is it?” But I think if I play through the games and have to make the moves it will help solidify.

[@josephkinsella5220]

Easily the best and most underrated series. I stay up late every night to see these wonderful videos. Keep up the great work Danya!

[@wackabump3957]

@@BobbyFischer0000 oh, the irony

[@CosyBrew]

@@BobbyFischer0000 For someone like you? What... a condescending prick? Why are you even here then? What sort of clown comes to a video that he claims is beneath him only to complain. That's pretty dumb. I can also tell from your comments you're infinitely more condescending than anything in the video. Plenty of people clearly find it instructive.

[@jacobknepp2925]

@@BobbyFischer0000 r/iamverysmart

[@Bralor18]

Absolutely correct Incredibly helpful

[@RG001100]

It's nice that Daniel explains things in ways that people who aren't as skilled as him can understand. If he only explained things people at his level could understand, I'd not rate his teaching skills. "Patronise" or "condescend" both have negative connotations; and Daniel's expressions clearly aren't about showing off superiority.

[@majorstorm9]

"Who said we can't deliver a fork, girl?!" - GM Naroditsky 2021

[@vegardt3433]

I'm curious what his drug is. Sounds like he had a lot of fun this time!

[@MegaHari98]

Danya is therapy.

[@walkingin6375]

Happy New Year everyone, hope 2021 is much better than 2020 had been.

[@impishlyit9780]

You too! Wishing the best for everyone's life and chess ratings!

[@arjenkop2712]

If it weren’t for 2020 we wouldn’t really be watching this and know who Daniel was so it wasn’t all that bad

[@martijndevries8074]

Happy new year to you and all reading this!

[@Cassandra_Steel]

Still the same systemic issues

[@Cassandra_Steel]

@Adolf Hitler not wasting time on you

[@AdityaFingerstyle]

4:07 the way he takes a sip out of that mug LOL

[@fujiapple9675]

At 10:38 I believe there was some miscommunication on the part of the person from twitch who commented that Alpha Zero refuted the King's Indian. I think he or she misspoke and meant to say the Queen's Indian, because Alpha Zero had a handfull of wins versus Stockfish 8 when Stockfish 8 played the Queen's Indian. Granted, because that is an outdated version of Stockfish, those defeats do not entail that the Queen's Indian has been refuted either. You can't really make that kind of determination without controlled variables.

[@kabobchsm8497]

King’s Indian: 0:09 Ponziani: 11:04 Accelerated Dragon: 23:14

[@vishalraman-piano5499]

Best lesson so far. I love it when Daniel goes over theory after his games

[@moazsaber5035]

Danya you're posting these a perfect time all the time! Right before when I sleep which is perfect because watching these videos is like reading a book before sleep and all the information is retained ❤

[@ShwetaSingh-zv4hc]

Just love the way you teach. Please do more of the "playing with beginners". Thank you.

[@krishnarajpawooskar1422]

Just loving these speedruns!

[@kennethkakande]

I have watched all sorts of speed runs from all sorts of streamers but Danya has proven to be the only one who can explain a certain concept in detail as though you were only a breath old. His explanations are so vivid and simple for every level and my game has been transformed tremendously. Thank you for your precious time, Danya. We don't take anything for granted. Saludos desde Uganda!

[@jaredgibson3785]

Absolutely love this series! Ive seen you recommending the king Indian for black a lot throughout the series and have been having luck with it

[@Voicemasterm]

I have to say that Daniel you are the one who made me love chess now I almost play everyday and my improvement after watching your speedrun videos is much more than a word. Thank you so much

[@jacobshirley3457]

What chess rating are you, now?

[@travisdent4244]

That h4 Greek Gift idea literally saved me! Not sure if it was this video, but thank you Daniel!!

[@davidkezi6086]

Happy new year. Thank you Daniel once again

[@artemnazarenko3529]

Great lessons Dania! Keep it up!

[@ruthxk7844]

Very instructive, thank you so much!!

[@gregorniven7919]

I had no idea that blitz could be so instructive, I love it!

[@theJW55]

I watched the Nakamura-Becerra game that Danya refers to live in person in 2007. Becerra's tactical prowess was impressive to behold! The spectators could stand very close to the players, separated by a rope, of course. Hikaru glanced up at me early in the game, and the intensity in his eyes was something else!!

[@theTennisAvatar1]

This is the GOAT chess series

[@mikhailb5645]

Best systematic explanation of mechanics of Greek gift sac on youtube!

[@Ianoxen]

That accelerated dragon game was a real master class.

[@TheIanoTube]

Love the King's Indian, been using it since I started watching this series of videos. Incredibly deceptive

[@alexf0101]

love the lines and the questions, youtube allows me to pause and think, which isn't possible on twitch

[@benoitb.3679]

28:14 Absolutely brilliant

[@floormatt4892]

Thanks Daniel!

[@koorah305]

I want to start by saying that I love this series. It’s very informative and I’ve picked up a lot of from watching. The only thing I would suggest is to raise the volume on the videos if able. I find I have my volume close to all the way up to hear the video causing the ads to play quite loud. Again love the uploads and the channel.

[@AUG_Glow]

Happy new year danya!

[@gabrijel9129]

The prophet has helped me get a learn a lot about chess

[@saimirbuzi7275]

I love the smell of speedrun in the morning

[@Philgob]

i used to watch hikaru and he’s pretty good but i find daniel educational value is tremendous

[@zyrith9475]

"As with every new opening that I play, I will explain the basics behind this opening after the game, I simply do not have the time to do it now," 0.5-sec pause: "But basically..." ... :D

[@nickbest7534]

Speed Run 34 (1740) - My key takeaways Game 1 1. Attack or deflect piece defenders: (Ng4 exchanges bishop defending the pawn on d4) 2. When you have 2 options to take (Here bishop and knight), also consider the less obvious choice… Game 2 3. In the Greek gift, check for ‘item number 4’. Can the h2 (black) or h7 (white) square be protected after the exchange and queen attack? Game 3 4. 2 options to take (again) (bishop and knight). In close quarters the knight is better than the bishop at delivering check so bishop is given up in this case. This decision was justified just a couple of moves later then the opponent missed the Rook and Queen fork. 5. In the endgame activate the king. In this case the king was brought right to the centre before Danya moved any pawns. 6. When attacking the king with a sacrifice, check the king can’t evacuate to a safe place towards the centre. Or if defending, consider if you can evacuate. 7. Danya knows the tricks of the Kings Indian and spots the trap immediately. Lesson: know the traps in the openings you play (both defensive and attacking).

[@patrickmeagher6914]

Nothing beats a chess game before bed

[@gabrielpeery]

My wife had commented on how the people I learn chess from sound “rude” or “pretentious” and man, I’ve got to say, you’re a great teacher already! Keep it up my dude!

[@user-ky1sk7kr6t]

They sure are. This guy is a legend.

[@3amBetting]

You said once that you used to play a lot of scotch, can you play it in the speedrun to demonstrate a game where the center is immediately opened?

[@lingua83]

Love these instructive games. Your wording is so spesific that it can't be misunderstood 👍 However it's different when I look at the board with my own eyes 🤓

[@sapereaude120]

Aside from spewing all this chess knowledge, you also taught me a new word: anathema.

[@zeNUKEify]

That was wild when Bobby made an appearance

[@gnosticares]

Queens: This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!

[@krishnansuresh9206]

Awesome/simple checklist for Greek gift.

[@cfgauss71]

'"This is called the King's Indian bishop. It is a malicious bishop." -GM Danya

[@shitposter2790]

Thank you for carrying me daniel

[@basselyounes9750]

Thank you

[@martinvanderlinden401]

Ty

[@nicolalouette9434]

He kept the dragon pawn structure till the end, that’s cool

[@matteovrizzi]

16:05 the GingerGM was around since the beginning of chess!

[@senatorpoopypants7182]

man I can't wait for Daniel to be the world champ someday

[@alasdair_darroch]

The Kings Indian is my go-to opening but I can never cut through my opponents like Danya does

[@Memetaku666]

The prophet

[@dreamhunter2542]

holy mother of God the first game

[@TurnerBoneHead]

"A good introduction to the King's Indian" -GM Naroditsky after his 800th King's Indian game.

[@KF1]

Greek Gift checklist: 1 bishop with attitude 2 knight on a wire 3 queen beam 4 NO INTERPOSERS

[@jrodriguezpiano]

It will be a sad day when he has to upload a loss from a legit player 😞❤️

[@jeffic9249]

now that you havent uploaded the new speedrun series, the old one will do :))

[@Cobraplato]

Danya is love Danya is life

[@LeventK]

26:51 LOL

[@susan9964]

FYI, for those who don’t use Twitch but would like to show their support for this amazing content, you can donate directly to Danya via streamlabs.com/gmnaroditsky/tip. Usually people donate via this link during a Twitch stream and the dono will show up on the screen along with whatever thank you message you’d like to leave, but of course you can donate at any time.

[@claudioblechle2536]

Queens gambit once please Love the speedrun :-)!

[@mfkenzotuberkz5347]

Op

[@LandOfPhilosophy]

It's hilarious that the Poncioni Game sounds like Pawn C oni

[@INTENSE-D]

sweet vid as always, would be cool if you good do a vid of you coming back from a bad start

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

you shouldn't start bad

[@aro3275]

Every chess streamer has one guy in the chat talking about how every opening has been refuted.

[@TylerDunphy]

at 13:35 could you play bishop takes on h2 and after king takes the bishop knight g4 check and then take the bishop with queen? edit: saw the queen takes trading variation and mistakenly though we were up material in the exchange!

[@SerLaama]

Endgames aren't lame! Best part of chess.

[@trent797]

OK, I just finished your last video which ended with the phrase "Let's play one more", so glad to see this :) BTW, for those of us who don't use Twitch, is there a way to support you? Paypal or patreon or something?

[@susan9964]

You can donate directly to Danya via streamlabs.com/gmnaroditsky/tip. I don’t think you need a Twitch account to do this. Usually though people donate during a broadcast and it will show up on the stream along with whatever thank you message you’d like to leave.

[@oscargws]

I was looking for this as well. I just subbed to him on twitch even though I don't watch on there, seems like an easy way to pay

[@cpfink1242]

Like, comment, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Doing that is almost more valuable than a monetary contribution

[@TheLaserFinger]

I just wanna swim like Michael Phelps man, damn :(

[@davardi]

You do not see this often, but Daniel missed a very strong Idea in the Ponziani section at 16:52 . If one plays 5...Nxd4, you are met not with cxd4 (which still favors white), but with 6.Qh5+, that cannot be blocked with 6.g6 because it loses a lot of material, but instead has to be met with 6.Ke7, which is just a sad desperate move.

[@winterwolf3435]

In the timestamp, f3 is where the white knight is, and there's no black knights that can get there in a timely fashion (pawn on e5), so maybe you're thinking of a different square? Or am I just not seeing the line?

[@davardi]

@@winterwolf3435 my bad. I said the wrong square. I meant after black plays e4, Nd4, Nxd4, you do not recapture cxd4, but instead play Qh5!

[@chuckgravity7616]

#KingsIndian Love it! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@noamzilo6730]

18:17 greek gift explanation

[@erichurley6149]

Danya could u do a pirc breakdown video?

[@atomicmatter2000]

18:16 Greek gift guide 22:44

[@EliasOwnage95]

2:38 even if you take rook he can't take back, or am I missing something?

[@droolingdruid9363]

Can you cover hyper accelerated dragon as well?

[@TropicalPianist]

I beat my first 2000+ on lichess thanks to Danya, I am between 1850-1900 there.

[@archsys307]

Nice! I'm low 1900s in blitz and also recently beat my first 2000+.

[@TropicalPianist]

@@archsys307 next step 2500

[@TropicalPianist]

@DIVYANSH JADLI on and off since I was a kid.

[@TropicalPianist]

@DIVYANSH JADLI 7000 games in abt 2 years.

[@TropicalPianist]

@DIVYANSH JADLI keep it up ^^ i am around 2000 now over there. Analysing games is vip

[@lyingcat9022]

HYYYPER Modern Opening! First played not even 2 full century’s ago.... Might as well have been last week;) haha I jest

[@patrickmahoney2307]

Great video! I'm watching all of the speed run videos. Request: can you please turn the subscribe chime off?

What do you recommend at this level against d4??

[@braydensullivan3980]

I have a question for anyone I don’t know what to do in a kings indian when if I have the black pieces and my opponent plays e4 and if I play nf6 what do I do against e5?

[@Aeistheticism]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 nf6 What you're playing(nf6 against e4) is the Alekhine's Defense, which is different than what you want.

[@schaafman]

omg how he just destroyed the 1850 in the beginning

[@animantus4293]

Actually at 24:10 surprisingly the most precise move according to engine is d5.

[@karlparker5876]

Well that's because the engine assumes that nobody will fall into that trap.

[@animantus4293]

@@karlparker5876 Fair enough

[@aliciap6329]

The Pirc Defence (/pɪərts/ peerts, though often mispronounced as /pɜːrk/ purk) -From Wikipedia

[@klaidaz01]

How come kings indian is good for newer players, but the pirc isn't? Aren't they very similar?

[@ProEray]

Why not Bg5 by weight in the first game after you play h5

[@meechum]

When do you play c5 in King's Indian?

[@alexandersmith6140]

At 18:13, after 7...Bd6, I thought I saw 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 - but I think 8. Bxd5 Bxe5 9. Bxc3+ bxc3 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ng4, right? Presumably Danya saw this but kept it to himself as unnecessary to explain unless someone asked?

[@cpfink1242]

I thought he was saying “Pawn C on E” the whole time.

[@Dorumin]

How many viewers did he have when this was streamed?

[@drithligh]

The Pirc is really pronounced like "peerts."

[@Piratmission]

Amazing Speedrun Daniel! I'm really grateful for the content. If I could offer one piece of feedback to the series (Naroditsky style): The videos are a great hook for people to get interested in your content. But we need to cement this viewer into an active subscriber. Do do this we should consider releasing videos on a daily schedule. Since most youtube viewers return daily to the site. this will be a good way to stimulate organic growth. This motivates the viewer to subscribe since and follow the series throughout. Moreover, it is a common feature amongst many other successful youtubers.

[@nickburdekin1192]

How do I subscribe to the channel?

[@nonebelievingbeliever3753]

1:46 why on earth would a 1800play like this🤦🏾

[@leoserpa]

Poor guy probably tried a different opening for the first time lifting h6 and got destroyed by 3 quick bishop moves. Never gonna play that again lol

[@Belisiario]

31:00

[@breezyashell]

Why is it that I when I play the king's indian I get smashed by a pawn storm but when you play it you win in like 7 moves haha, nice video

[@IvanWongHongKong]

Do you mean the h4 pawn storm he destroyed or the queenside pawn storm lol

[@breezyashell]

@@IvanWongHongKong the h4 pawn storm. I haven't studied the queenside pawn storm, maybe that's why I always find it too slow or mess it up

[@IvanWongHongKong]

@@breezyashell oh lol just play h5 or h6 and white has nothing

[@IvanWongHongKong]

@@breezyashell h6 is slightly better because Bg5 from white can be annoying

[@breezyashell]

@@IvanWongHongKong true! I'll give it a try thanks