Grandmaster Naroditsky | Chess Speedrun | 2140

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Part 1 • Grandmaster Naroditsky... vv

[@mikadire1378]

Daniel: this guy is playing extremely well, he is playing this like a GM Also Daniel: let me just end this guy's whole career in 10 seconds

[@lyntonmysun]

Always satisfies me when he’s in time trouble and he goes into beast mode and OBLITERATES the opponent with seconds left

[@platonfoucault1087]

When «Obliterates» is almost a euphemism lol.

[@soulreaverable]

Just goes to show how much he’s holding back when he takes his time to move to explain the moves to us and tries to make it instructive.

[@timk7521]

Literally every time

[@Glendragon]

10:03 “one sec” *Danya goes super saiyan mode and destroys him*

[@collinwang9083]

“Don't try this at home."

[@Liwet.]

10:14

[@SavageCommentaryOriginal]

genuinely laughed at how epic it was...

[@redhadoken3172]

The ‘just win’ Danya we all love

[@Hamppzah]

Oh my god that is EXACTLY why I watch Danya

[@Bill-ou7zp]

Everyones a gansta till Danya says one sec.

[@THEDRUMMERJOSH]

Education Daniel and Time Pressure Daniel are different beasts.

[@pharmokan]

The Strange case of Dr. Danya and Mr. Naroditsky

[@karthiktadepalli7560]

33:02 I was getting worried after 33 minutes without a reference to the hypermodernists!

[@Tikorous]

Were they laughed at? I must know please sensei

[@justinlawrence5611]

I was worried the prophet would neglect to mention how you can attack the center with pieces and not pawns

[@anthonyd3907]

Like a sniper

[@Aartsdalen]

I heard those guys sniped with their pieces from afar rather than controlling the center with their pawns

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

and did they get together and asked why do we need to put pawns in the center

[@legacylemon]

Watching the difference in skill when the time pressure is on is crazy

[@AUG_Glow]

wdym danya plays just as well without time pressure.

[@dudaseifert]

@@AUG_Glow he means that he is very much better than his opponents normally, but on time pressure he's leagues above(which makes sense, danya got to 3400 in bullet if i'm not mistaken)

[@davidsantoso2291]

@@dudaseifert yeah he's a beast in bullet. Ranked number 3 in chess.com rating only behind Hikaru and Alireza.

[@yadadi4438]

thats called intuition

[@davidsantoso2291]

@@yadadi4438 intuition is a skill..

[@denselross]

"You do suck and I suck and Magnus sucks" That's an oddly motivational quote right there. Never take the computer suggestions as something that humans could absolutely do. 😀

[@rykehuss3435]

Time stamp?

[@Loyis]

@@rykehuss3435 19:23

[@zeNUKEify]

When SenseiDanya hits 30seconds GM Daniel Naroditsky starts playing

[@maxr9380]

15 secs left, can someone name it, bingo, oh wait yea lemme just play 40 moves and completly shit on my opponent because I don't have much time

[@shoaibjamil9649]

“All pawns and no hope... as a wise man once said” OMG BENNY XD

[@NarutoNinjaSensei]

“Vanya Hargreaves... ok, so we already played this guy” I see Danya is well informed!

[@matthewbwelkie7126]

"Van Hargraves" - clearly he hasn't watched Umbrella Academy. Danya-san you gotta up your netflix game

[@solarlegend9813]

It's so funny to me seeing daniel destroying the 2200, just obliterated him lol

[@ericmellmermusic]

"Don't try this at home" Hahaha

[@ryankoski2499]

Danya’s excitement as he sees the mating idea on the H file at the end of the video is part of what makes these videos great.

[@TheMosayat]

Truly a sexy idea

[@jmatt9603]

Loved the fist pump at 10:45, that end game was TENSE, great vid as always, Danya.

[@tenzinlee6393]

10:41

[@ItsSansom]

When the timer hits 10s and he goes ultra instinct

[@jonmartin8562]

I would watch hours and hours of a bullet speed run. Watching you premove and absolutely stomp lower rated players is extremely satisfying. I love this educational content, but I get very excited when I see you get low on time.

[@petergriffin8767]

hikaru’s done one that’s awesome to watch but… you know. hikaru.

[@Loyis]

"Magnus sucks" - Danya 2021

[@615ccchc]

this guy did not just move his pawn to e4 holy shit

[@roqsteady5290]

The Torre attack was named after Carlos Torre, probably because of the brilliant windmill combination he played in the 20s, winning a classic game against Lasker.

[@glebMfG]

Daniel, I love your videos, they are very entertaining and educational. Your videos helped me gain 200 rating points and I admire you as a chess player. Keep doing what you're doing. You are great.

[@isaacrajagopal391]

there hasnt been an episode where he hasnt mentioned the hypermodernists in the 1920s

[@Yurrbo]

A fire 40 minute video, was just watching one of your videos when I went to watch another one you had already uploaded, great content.

[@timseguine2]

The "Having said A you must say B" thing is apparently a German saying that became popular in Russia during Soviet times. I only found out because I was surprised when you said it was Russian, so I looked it up.

[@handsomeblunderer8839]

Just saw your stream for 4 mins only... Your explanation for each move is just great. Already subscribed....great content and learning for beginners also.

[@someoneelse293]

Best. Series. Ever.

[@Mirkamolbek]

You destroyed that flashy guy so satisfyingly, he/she will never tries to flag opponent again, never ever

[@mlsanica7618]

TIme: 10 seconds Danya: and opponent took that personally

[@hanafuda]

Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann did work together in analyzing 1. e4 c6 and published their analysis in a German chess magazine, in 1886. Ilya Kan was a Soviet Grandmaster for whom the Kan Variation of the Sicilian is named. So Kan and Kann are two different people. Whoa.

[@mmuhockey3]

Thank you chess Jacob for subsidizing my chess education

[@GarrB3ar]

* Danya low on time * "Hold my lesson planner"

[@tong_thanh5837]

Ilya Kan gave rise for Sicilian Kan, Daniel mixed those two Kan and Kann up

[@VladKov36]

Keep on keeping on! 👍

[@jimdaily737]

I have a question I keep meaning to ask... Whenever daniel gets excited he says like "oh my land" or "my lands!" Like at @27:30, what does it mean??

[@soulreaverable]

Normally people say “Oh my Lord” to express surprise. But since some consider using the Lord’s (Jesus) name in vain they use a different word instead of “Lord,” in this case “Land/s.” It’s like people saying “Gosh darnit” instead of “God damn it.”

[@johnhofer3089]

25:00 "No dog food for Daniel tonight"

[@mechanicalmind07]

*Danya you got only few seconds left!* Danya: few seconds? it's an eternity my friend

[@dddeeevvvx]

At "11.10" you said "Caro-Kann named after Ilya Kan I think" in fact it was named after Marcus Kann (1820-1886) rather than Ilya Kan (1909-1978).

[@kabobchsm8497]

Caro Kann: 0:26 King’s Indian: 22:29

[@joshlandgraf5843]

Daniel-in your second game, what if White took the pawn on b6 after you play d5, closing off the diagonal for your bishop? Any discovery by the bishop will just lead to the queen retreating right? Or am I just missing something. Thanks again for this great content!

[@lado809]

I learn a lot every time. I just wish when I was sitting in my own games I had time to stop and think what would Daniel do. The reality is brain is going panic panic. Then I imagine if he were watching he'd say "everything is fine and what do you notice , what would be good" and I'd get it right 60% of the time.

[@JR-jz4ts]

Danya misses a king move and still wins a knight. We miss a move... well, you know the outcome.

[@kinkrool]

I was looking through Danya's past twitch broadcasts and this session was the last one in this speedrun series I could find, it looks like he then started a new speedrun series that are 10 min games

[@douglaslarlham8291]

Vanya needs a Chess Academy, not an Umbrella Academy... amirite?

[@gettem6341]

10:45 don't try this at home LMAO

[@fujiapple9675]

19:23 Words of inspiration from Danya.

[@jhmvicta8]

Daniel "THE PROPHET" Naroditsky

[@Tekkengineer]

I got a few 'pin' related questions, about what happened at 0:40: -Why does he trade the pinned knight for the white bishop? Is it because he is going to put his pawns on white squares? -What is the advantage of playing h3, over just unpinning with your own bishop -If after h3, he would move the bishop to h5, would you follow up with f4, further chasing the bishop?

[@anonymouspanda3646]

-you're right, he wanted to form a pawn pyramid by moving his pawn to e6, but that would have blocked his bishop him making it weak -it's a really subtle difference at first, I think it's because he wasn't sure if he wanted to fianchetto the bishop so he preferred to keep it undeveloped until he had a better idea. He also says it's theory so I guess you gotta trust him -it depends, the pawn structure is going to be really weak if you chase that bishop away, this is because the pawns are "over extended", so if you want to castle short you're most likely not going to push your pawns, if you're planning a king side attack I'd say pushing the pawns is perfectly fine I am not am expert btw, barely in the thousands so take my advice with a grain of salt

[@Tekkengineer]

@@anonymouspanda3646 Thanks for taking the time to explain!

[@anonymouspanda3646]

@@Tekkengineer no problem, It was a fun exercise

[@l.o.bontkes5867]

I tried it at home and timed out one move before checkmate

[@stickmandaninacan]

I watch these trying to get better at chess but still stuck at 800 elo, the skill ceiling of this game is intense

[@danielmachado4389]

Happend to me, practice basic openings that you can easly memorize: queen's gambit, Kings Indian, italian game, French defense... Any of those would help just because most players on that range just move pieces and are prone to blunder on the first moves, you can use an Analisys Board (are available in the free version) and remember to practice both as white and black

[@blackoutgenez]

dont you mean skill floor? since skill ceilin would mean the best player i.e. magnus or theoretically far stronger than the current strongest engines

[@BigMamaJama]

@@blackoutgenez No. Chess’s skill floor is very low because you only have to learn the movements of 6 pieces and you can play. Hence why children learn. The skill ceiling is high because of all the advanced tactics. I could play chess all day everyday for a year and still not reach the level of Danya. Low floor. High ceiling.

[@blackoutgenez]

@@BigMamaJama id disagree , skill floor doesnt mean just knowing how to move or learning controls its about learning how to get decent at something which is what op is having a hard time at. high floor high ceiling

[@BigMamaJama]

@@blackoutgenez You do not understand the term. By definition, skill floor is the minimum level of ability to perform an action, in this case playing the game. In this case, the minimum is learning all the piece movements. “Learning how to get decent” contributes to skill ceiling. Even if you are decent, you are still a relatively low elo compared to Danya. Hence high skill ceiling.

[@aadi.p4159]

Vanya Hargreaves is from the umbrella academy also good games

[@KF1]

Used to be scared when I got paired with a 1700 in blitz on lichess. After watching a lot of these, now sometimes I win! This morning I had a spidey sense moment so I went to infiltrate with my queen. I was down a bishop, but I caused a mess provoking squares, and he ended up blundering his own queen in the complications. Fun times.

[@jo5034]

Ok.... that’s where I come in.... Jesus....

[@funkrafty]

Carokann guy played well!

[@TylerWx]

That's funny that he mentions taking stuff the computer says with a grain of salt. I imagine he's talking about stuff like where the computer says it's a bad move because I missed mate in 8 or something, Lol. "Oh gee, I can't believe I missed that!"

[@EclecticSceptic]

Yes! Great timing. (P.S. I like the stock)

[@davidmagliari2268]

Almost 5 in the morning here in europe but still your videos are better than sleeping :)

[@antisha82]

Very good teacher, just found this channel!

[@squareroot6693]

M’lord Daniel, I shall never forsake you M’lord and Prophet.

[@XlogicXX]

10 seconds, no problem. The opponent was impressive too.

[@mehmetemin903]

24:56 Danya

[@therealguanzo]

17:56 Why did black take with queen before knight? He could have ended up with the queen instead of the knight?

[@abramo6]

In the last game, when Danya closed down his own bishop with d5, why couldn’t white THEN take b6 with his queen? Or after he advanced f5, weakening e6?

[@matthewk320]

holy jesus christ. that ending was fire

[@Xcitist]

Danya is the manya

[@Alex_Deam]

I don't think the sexy queen sacrifice at the end quite works to checkmate. White can sack their bishop and queen on f5 to defend against checkmate, and that allows the king some escape squares as the pawn on g4 becomes undefended. However, black is still winning, just not checkmate.

[@corymeyer1162]

'dont try this at home'

[@Socrates...]

Sad that the speedrun is over on twitch. Hope you redo it in the future.

[@pianochess1882]

I think it was actually named after Carlos Torre

[@mehmetemin903]

27:10 Danya

[@swimgood3873]

Damn the Queen sacrifice would have been so sick

[@anandroy174]

Pro chess training

[@weeddagr8988]

Damn you are the Bob Ross of Chess

[@Estalarki]

37:28 you should go to Irland they have some great medicine. they have sore throat medicine, and it works really well.

[@ajeramesimo2621]

59:57 Why white didn't take B6?

[@pianochess1882]

What would have been the response to Qxb6 after the long diagonal was blocked?

[@formaldehyde_face]

he slowly explains all his moves so you end up thinking it's all logical and maybe you could do the same one day, then he gets into time trouble and still plays perfectly and we all realize why we aren't/never will be that good, lol

[@redwolf0331]

The Prophet went Ultra Instinct.

[@heli0s101]

You're good at chess, but could you 1v1 Vasily Kamotsky in a slapping contest?

[@libertas12]

I guess he is too smart for this kind of competition

[@Tikorous]

Danya: we actually have a really cool tactical idea here, if he slaps me he actually loses I'll show you guys after the game

[@trendygabriel]

Vasily or Wolverine?

[@icelick6912]

10:20 I was expecting black to play Rh5 Rxh7 Rxb7

[@slipnova951]

Notification always comes 3 min late

[@sdaiwepm]

19:54 Could Black have forced a trade of rooks with ... Rfb8?

[@TehTip]

can anybody tell me why it is safe to develop both knights when black can just push the D pawn? What would be whites follow up? Im referring to the first game of this video.

[@domesticdingo1417]

Does anyone know if he played Caro-Kann as black during this run? That's my go-to strategy and I can't remember any examples of him teaching it, was nice seeing it from white's perspective

[@makiboy247]

He is not Daniel anymore when clock nearly gets zero 😳

[@noobnoobyify]

40:00 why does bishop moving still work? If Qxb6, then Bc8 Ba8 or Ba6, the white queen can just take the rook, bishop, or pawn since the bishop will block the rook's protection

[@Belisiario]

32:30

[@nathanielkidson7695]

wicked

[@pharmokan]

wow beast mode danny hes not 3000 bullet rated for nothing

[@stanleytime9193]

Nobody gonna talk about whoever donated 500 fucking dollars?

[@AlighierisAuctionHouse]

why not knight d6

[@MrYuryZ]

15:40 I don't remember where exactly I saw this but it was one of Garry Kasparov's interviews or a documentary about the epic match against Deep Blue or something like that where he explains that he intentionally allowed to play this position in order to watch how Deep Blue would have played this with comparison to the older engine played it before. The goal was to see how much this machine is playing in a human manner or something like that.

[@artpak2761]

Can you make a video how you are so good in bullet?

[@Belisiario]

10:00

[@mauricesmashley1360]

Guess he's not on twitch tonight

[@micke7]

At when is Qxf3 sound or unsound?

[@ShabazzTBL]

It’s funny to think that Magnus Carlson, perhaps the greatest chess player to ever live is actually really bad at chess.

[@yowter8265]

Did u play against wesley so?

[@nmaurok]

Why does it become difficult to find opponents in 5 minute games at that rating? I'm a 1300 so I haven't experienced that

[@reelgesh51]

Top 1% meaning a smaller match making potential and less people to play with

[@winterwolf3435]

Also, I think people at higher ratings plays more 10 minute rapid or 3 minute blitz than 5 minute blitz. Because rapid allows more time to think and if they want to play fast, then they play 3 minutes. 5 minutes is just somewhere in between the 2, so it's played less

[@reelgesh51]

@@winterwolf3435 Ye chess.com had to change where 10 minute chess was played I believe 10 minute chess used to be considered blitz (or under that catagry) they had to make rapid more popular so placed it in rapid chess and now 5 minutes is a little more popular then before as it's the highest time in blitz but unlike before it's now no longer totally dead

[@pauingles5810]

2 rooks or a queen?