Grandmaster Naroditsky | Chess Speedrun | 2120

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Part 1 • Grandmaster Naroditsky... vv

[@jackthome554]

Daniel is so good at making people with triple my rating look like they’re playing bad chess

[@fujiapple9675]

I feel that.

[@dirtymike3329]

To be fair his second opponent played like most of my opponents around 1400

[@facecrafter1328]

he makes it look so easy too

[@fujiapple9675]

@@dirtymike3329 as a 1300, I agree. Granted, everyone blunders sometimes.

[@bobmatt5175]

@@dirtymike3329 everybody looks bad when Daniel is playing against them. Your opponents probably blunder a lot more than that guy, you just don’t notice it.

[@johannesborchgrevink9629]

Of all of Danya´s weird metaphors and associations, this one about the bridge was the weirdest so far.

[@lux8346]

12:50 "a very gruesome historical event" 18:09 "knight e4 derails his knight from c5... get it?"

[@animantus4293]

What the heck is this second opening? He doesn't occupy the center with his pawns thence he deserves to be laughed at.

[@aaronstephen3058]

- Classical players to Hypermodernists, ca. 1920

[@michaelangelo2192]

Hahahahahaha. That's so good X JFP

[@animantus4293]

Thank you, you guys, appreciate that ;)

[@ohboy1113]

Danya when he reaches the opening of the second game in his daily speedrun session: Well you see in the 1900’s there was this group of chess players called the hypermodernists. And these guys, among them Reti who you may recognize by the Reti opening, questioned the prevailing idea that you have to occupy the center with pawns in the opening. Instead they decided to develop their own pieces in a manner so as to let the other player occupy the center with pawns, and fire on those pawns from a distance, often punishing their opponent for overextending.

[@animantus4293]

It should be on a cover of Danya's chess handbook.

[@chessSoup24]

“One of my favorite gruesome accidents” ....Dayna?

[@The578unit]

I'm partial to the Hyatt Regency Disaster, myself

[@hamdanalameri2885]

You know you are addicted to this mf series, when you come at the first 30 minutes

[@toast5509]

Tbh

[@MarcyRavenManji]

Yes, I come a lot on the first 10 minutes. Wait

[@fatalgamr3647]

@@toast5509 that’s what she said

[@that355]

...

[@TheItsRemy]

30 minutes is impressive my guy

[@Bert86]

I can see the tay bridge from my window in Dundee, was not expecting that reference

[@drunkenhobo8020]

I hope you were as offended as I was when he said it was in Edinburgh or Glasgow...

[@Bert86]

@@drunkenhobo8020 not really, I was more impressed that an American would even know about the Tay bridge

[@StubaOSRS]

Today I reached 2100 rapid rating online. I was 1900 before these series. I feel like I've improved a lot at positional play. Thank you for your great work at helping us viewers and for analyzing the games in-depth!

[@StubaOSRS]

In case there is new players following this series I thought it was appropriate to give an update where I am at now. 8 months after my previous comment, My online rating peaked at 2400 and is constantly around 2300. I drew against multiple times Finnish champion and International Master Mika Karttunen in an over-the-board 90min game. Just keep playing principled chess and longer games and you WILL improve if you put enough effort into it

[@fujiapple9675]

So Danya is flexing his Stanford history degree at 12:50.

[@haylenlangelier5132]

I don’t even play chess and this series is fascinating

[@ryangarvey8207]

im confused as how someone who doesnt play chess would want to watch this but it's sick ur watching

[@zacharyjune7510]

Just try playing it lol

[@haylenlangelier5132]

@@ryangarvey8207 the knowledge and mastery of the game is enticing like nothing else on the tube. I’d love to have this level of knowledge in something that I do one day.

[@tongpoo8985]

Try it out m8, youll probably have a huge head start by osmosis

[@AUG_Glow]

@@haylenlangelier5132 learn how to play! This series can help you even at the start

[@jacobrichardson1746]

Love the vids but tell your editor to up the volume! Always have to bump my speakers to hear you.

[@jozijoku]

i like the fact that i am able to implement this way of thinking in my own games, it actually made my games a lot more enjoyable, now i have a plan from the start and i am able to see weaknesses/tactics etc. this series are extremely instructive, keep it up Danya! ;)

[@averagebro413]

He's genius chess player but he is also very good at explaining, unlike other GMs he can explain as well as he can play.

[@melvinharmsen5606]

I really love this series. Each game I pick up something new. So well explained.

[@jaydubbzit3551]

Day 7 of letting Sensei Danya know he is very much appreciated for his Daily uploads, and wonderfully informative Speedruns! 💓

[@jaredjaes3864]

Awesome comment

[@animerandomness]

I watched a video about the Tay bridge. I was a little bit surprised to see Danya talk about something I actually knew a little bit about. It's a really crazy story, and it's cool that it became relevant for this video. Awesome.

[@alexj2032]

This is my favourite history series on KZbin

[@Dorumin]

Histoury?

[@lucasdominic7336]

Thanks danya. Really instructive series which is what i am looking to improve☺️

[@sherv14]

I was sure he was going to forget why he started talking about the taye bridge, but my man brought it back! Love this guy.

[@andyknoblock5893]

Daniel you're an absolute GOD I love this speedrun more than life itself!

[@andriyyatsiv4261]

I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the amazing work!

[@agftun8088]

nobody : danya after ruining a guy"s day : that was a quicky

[@tylerllewellyn6527]

That feeling when Danya hits you with a chess and history lesson 🥲

[@fujiapple9675]

I saw on Wikipedia that he earned a History degree from Stanford a year ago.

[@coreydallmeyer67]

I need to stop voluntarily getting my dental filling

[@TimJapan]

Everything is explained really well. I learnt a lot.

[@AntoniGawlikowski]

Great, , entertaining and most importantly super informative content as always - I sincerely LOVE your speedrun! (even though it is probably the "slowest" speedrun in history :P) One question though - did something terrible happen to your camera? It seems as if your webcam video quality went way down, looks like 360p at most. It's not a huge deal, but it's always nice to be able to see your facial gestures clearly. Just a thought :)

[@lp4969]

Most instructive series on youtube, change my mind

[@AwesomeRandomVids]

I already know I'm gonna rewatch this when it's over like it's a netflix series I'm binging

[@jakedemedeiros9978]

I predicted this video would drop today, looks like I’m the prophet now, Danya

[@td6590]

Well my dad predicted 9/11 and he's called a "terrorist"

[@justajew298]

@@td6590 woah woah woah. Mine did too

[@danjeory3659]

Not gonna lie. I wasn't expecting a reference to the Tay Rail Disaster in this video. The ruins are still there by way. Eerie sight!

[@emshaw102]

These are the main reason why I get bad sleep. But can't stop.

[@ShabazzTBL]

“They commission him to build a bridge. They want it to be good.” Haha.

[@kabobchsm8497]

Queen’s Gambit: 0:11 Modern: 18:19

[@juridittrich6396]

Hey Danya, the sound quality or just sound volume of your videos really doesn't live up to the content you put out here :D Appreciate you tho, a lot

[@tristanbass-krueger7195]

Love the slav game! I mean, I love the king's indian games too (I play both), but I'd love to see more slow, positional chess.

[@Mike-zj3zj]

"Let's play the modern. I've played this, I think, once before." Me, on episode 54 of the speedrun: At least once.

[@grey2031]

It's episode 53 to be fair :)

[@stevenjakub]

Just played the Slav opening as white for first time after just this video and I won 5 games in a row, keep up the great chess and amazing tutelage

[@KobeandNash2413]

I started this series like 7 days ago and went from 750 blitz to 1050 in less than 4 days :) Thanks ☺️

[@daneshsharrma8855]

Hello Mr Daniel, I recently started spending alot of time on chess and have a goal to get better at it. Your videos have really helped guide me abt the mindset and the different perspectives I should have. If I may, I would like to ask abt what I should prioritize in order to be able to improve. RIght now, I'm just playing alot. Thank you in advance.

[@hagelmannen]

This might be my favorite gruesome chess series on KZbin.

[@likenot3073]

Its long past rating range where id come up with sensible moves for positions, but the commentary keeps it grounded for my fieble mind

[@benknight7130]

7:07 My boy Malcolm Tucker still on form.

[@chromayt2459]

the ya bridge was in Dundee thats where I live. I was surprised that you knew about it

[@Christoff070]

Loved the story at 12:54

[@Amaracs]

Lol, the guy's name he played against in the first game is spicyindianswag and the guy that gave him 800bits is also spicyndiangswag, and Daniel did not notice. : )

[@moochel3427]

Uggghhh I’m in love with a chess player

[@williamhu9567]

dude i just heard this guy on reddit and now i feel like im a better player already He explains every move so well

[@mcmurph06]

POGGED OUT OF THIS GALAXY

[@FuzionRTC]

This is the greatest series on yt ever..

[@michael2244]

Hey i really like this series, can you show us how to dominate with the knights and bishop pair?

[@Chang8e]

The bauch train story was funny!

[@patrickmoloney672]

Spicyindianswag plays in the chessbrah's eu vs na games. solid player.

[@civilez7060]

Improving the algorithm

[@Bryan-ks6cw]

Hope you have a great day Naroditsky :)

[@mohmadracimchikh4208]

Thanks danya

[@fujiapple9675]

Hikaru would like the move a5 at 3:37 fossilizing the bishop.

[@peewee139]

turning notifs on c:

[@quintendillon1499]

If the caro kann is my main opening should I play the slav since they seem to have similar structures 🤔

[@skytern1838]

An outpost is a lot like building a bridge. -If I wanted to learn about a bridge I'd go to a bridge building class.

[@olivierkendra4362]

Oh no Danya there's a typo in the title, the date is 2021 not 2120

[@alexf0101]

so that bishop was badly built and got a lot of people killed, gotcha

[@ohboy1113]

1:00 you could have saved the pawn here without any real compensation I think. Ne6, if take and take the pawn in safe, if d3 then take the knight and g5 saves the pawn.

[@SchneoBeo]

I wish I‘d get to play GM Grandmaster Daniel „Danya“ „the Prophet“ Naroditsky some day.

[@ConfidenceGold]

I always wondered how different can be players' strength on same ratings. Someone blunders and play very bay, but another smashes you after 14-18 moves.

[@roarface1993]

I suck so much shit at chess but I love you Daniel

[@Suho1004]

Thomas Telford definitely wouldn't have taken that bishop on d2, that's for sure.

[@BurningPandama]

is the sound much lower in this video than the others?

[@pharmokan]

when you see new video is less than 30 min and think FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@ft7376]

What is he referencing when he says he "lost to Elsha"? (not sure if that's the right name). Did he lose on the speedrun?

[@07bcaplan]

No he's referring to the US Championship Qualifiers that he played in a while ago...he uploads these videos weeks after he streams them

[@tashaabraham9082]

I want you to play at Tata steel Daniel!

[@user-xc9do2ly1y]

please dont end this speedrun :(

[@joeyhemmerle6527]

i will stay up actually

[@kratos6412]

no sound on intro? :(

[@geckogeico2212]

It's quiet

[@TheMonkeyGrape]

Danya when you advance your pawn to e5: okay so I need to talk about why the Mongolian invasion of Europe failed, it's a bit out there but hopefully it helps you understand why that was a bad move

[@spitupstars]

forgive my naivety, but what do the "bits" do for Daniel, or for anyone who receives them? What's their purpose?

[@rathelmmc3194]

It’s Twitch funny money that the streamers then convert to real money. 100 bits is about 1 USD.

[@BB-mw9pu]

It is a token used internally on a website called Twitch, where he's streaming. Viewers can buy "bits" and "cheer" (donate) them to their favorite streamer. A single bit is worth one cent, so a 100 is $1.

[@itayisme1]

3:22 shouldn’t you take the knight followed by Ken I knight with the queen, being a tool up

[@ashtona]

you are saying Bxc3 Qxc3 Ne4? I think white just avoids this by playing bxc3 after Bxc3, no?

[@lutz18692]

20:13 why can't you take the pawn on d4?

[@pavlenikacevic4976]

The bishop would be undefended on d4, so after he takes the knight with his bishop, you have to recapture with the d pawn in order to protect your bishop with the queen and pin yourself... Or maybe he just didn't see that the pawn is hanging

[@1591maize]

Hello mr naroditsky. Out of curiosity, how come are you rated 2100ish but beat everyone so easily. Why aren't you rated higher?

[@patzer6018]

8:30 Oh no you shouldn’t have premoved they could have went Ra6

[@Belisiario]

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