Grandmaster Naroditsky | Chess Speedrun | 2275

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Part 1 • Grandmaster Naroditsky... vv

[@stepheneverett6239]

Before I watched this speed run I was the most miserable human on earth. Thanks to Danya, I’m now the CEO of 18 companies.

[@janicobrackenmillioniarely1617]

Uhh hm

[@RaptureReady2025]

Danya “... this game is exactly like a game played in 1988 by Smyslon vs keenes where this exact position was reached after 17 moves. The game was played in Venezuela , and in a hotel lobby where both players ordered coffee and I believe bacon and egg sandwiches followed by strawberry tart. Smyslov blundered two moves later .. let me see if I can find the game on my computer ... ahhh yes here it is.. oh I was wrong on one point ... they had HAM and egg sandwiches” 😅

[@sadavar3746]

How the fuck is he able to remember games like that. Its crazy

[@dreamchild7378]

Timestamp?

[@sherllymentalism4756]

@@sadavar3746 try it yourself, it's like a story so understanding the reasoning helps loads. 😊

[@marcomunoz9323]

@@dreamchild7378 69:420

[@Kokurorokuko]

You forgot to add Naroditsky at the end

[@Sk8terboy31rs]

Subscribing to you was the best decision of my chess life.

[@dannie92]

My wife's boyfriend agrees

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Your life must be boring then ☺️

[@floridaman6281]

@@hauntinghaze5161 “chess life”, in which op has basically reached nirvana

[@AwesomeRandomVids]

0:10 - Game 1 4:10 - Game 1 Analysis 10:24 - Game 2 14:33 - Game 2 Analysis 22:45 - Game 3 32:55 - Game 3 Analysis

[@aluminiumknight4038]

34:36 Semen

[@nicklafleur7620]

Did you ever hear the Tragedy of the Kings Indian Defense? i thought not. its not a story traditional chess players would tell you. The Kings Indian Defense is a Hypermodern opening, so powerful and solid, you can let the opponent just take the center... it so powerful, you can even then take the center back from the opponent. The Hypermodern opening is a pathway to many abilities most players from back then considered.... laughable.

[@pietroperetti1056]

"is it possible to learn this opening?"

[@marcorc5167]

@@pietroperetti1056 Not from a classicist.

[@fujiapple9675]

Who else is hype for the hyper modern opening, Kings Indian that used to be laughed at?

[@someoneelse293]

That's all I play with black now

[@fujiapple9675]

@@someoneelse293 cool! I need to expand my 1. d4 rep with Black. All I typically play is either the semislav or the Queen's Gambit Declined.

[@SerLaama]

@@fujiapple9675 You don't, there's practically zero reason to learn and/or play multiple defences to 1.d4.

[@musique-ef3rz]

@@SerLaama this. Until you get to a level where you start playing the same people over and over again over the board, you only need one response to a variation. Every game is gonna be against a different person, after all

[@matthewrigby6089]

I hear Danya's voice in my head when I play games now, and it actually helps. See a good move, look for a better one, develop with tempo, after you win a piece, don't forget to complete development!

[@coffeedude]

Damn girl!!

[@Pakadork]

My brain cannot say to itself, "type one undefended piece" without saying it in danya's voice exactly how he says it.

[@dyremk1]

Everything’s biting on granit:)

[@gabe2349]

It’s crazy to me that as soon as Danya plays someone who is good his chat assumes they’re cheating. He’s getting into like 2300+ plus players, they’re going to find good moves lol

[@screamingliner]

People see a move they don't understand and they think it's a computer. So as you get to tougher opponents making better moves, it's going over more and more heads, and the chorus grows.

[@mrcarlsjr12]

The thing I don’t like about that last guy is his time management. Why play a perfect game and just flag. If you are 2300 you’ve played probably 100000 games of chess, and you’re just going to flag? Doubt.

[@scottfowler]

He has run into a lot of cheaters around this rating level, so it's not without precedent. They certainly are too quick with the accusations, although that's something that happens in every chess stream and to Daniel's credit he shuts down accusations more than most

[@nklristic]

Yeah, it is irritating. Even in classical chess surprises can happen, let alone in speed chess where it is easier for a strong player to blunder. If every surprising win is looked upon as cheating, then what is the point of playing in the first place if you are lower rated than your opponent? :) Sure, cheating is a thing but still...

[@darrenfleming7901]

Also his opponents are getting winning positions with like a pawn up, usually computers are much much stronger than that. And the way computers play they like choke you out and progressively limit want you can do, so these guys playing smart and winning a pawn or two isnt really impressive enough to be cheating. Like the last guy had 92 accuracy, if your computer can only get that accuracy then its not even strong enough to beat really good players, if he had like 97+ accuracy then you would consider it.

[@MounsieurBubbles]

Watching Danya having an existential crisis during Charlie's games was priceless Dream team

[@foirie3187]

where in the video does he start reacting to charlies game?

[@nonstm4933]

@@foirie3187 He doesn't do it in this video, its on his twitch channel vods

[@bennettstruttman4357]

@@nonstm4933 Why is this a comment on this video then? And who tf is Charlie?

[@bennettstruttman4357]

@Qimodis what is cr1tikal?

[@Lobibolo]

@@bennettstruttman4357 moistcr1tikal, he's a youtuber/streamer Danya coached for the pogchamps tournament

[@jacokyle0160]

Seeing how emotionally invested Danya was in Charlie’s games proves how good of a teacher he is. Good luck vs. Ludwig!

[@francobellucci1330]

I've been watching this speedrun since the first part, and it just keeps getting better, it's really incredible how articulate you are explaining your thought process. Already increased my elo by 400, keep going!

[@kabobchsm8497]

King’s Indian: 0:11 Caro Kann: 10:26 Accelerated Dragon: 22:47

[@adamblything2327]

Love this series! have watched every episode and I have found each one incredibly instructive

[@fujiapple9675]

Last time I was this early, Danya was not a prophet yet! Looking forward to the rest of the speedrun!

[@winterwolf3435]

Dude, for the past few videos, I always see your positive comments on here, thanks for being a positive member and setting an example for everyone on the behalf of myself, Danya, and probably other viewers as well

[@kparvez16]

Danya has always been The Prophet. You were just late to recognise him.

[@fujiapple9675]

@@kparvez16 good point!

[@fujiapple9675]

@@winterwolf3435 thanks a bunch! We're all here to learn from the most awesome GM ever!

[@winnah2314]

I hear his voice in my head now when i'm playing chess now

[@dexterlawliet8521]

Did it help you? How's the match?

[@Skuiggly]

Of course the one game Danya decides to show included a dude named “Dvoirys, Semen”

[@thesheq5023]

Im learning so much! Thank you danya!!

[@Vanessa-xl5jy]

For 3 days, my heart was broken ever since Daniel's last speedrun video.

[@dpend]

Hopefully it un-broke whenever he did his other speed runs 😁

[@jonathanepstein5556]

Great content. Thank you.

[@lezamac6]

Sweeet was waiting for this

[@lightkirsche]

Go, go, go GM!

[@abramisme]

Man... That Seaman game was a good one. Didnt see that B4 more coming.... :D

[@Qhsjahajw]

That last guy was really impressive

[@JB_inks]

I think he was consulting an engine

[@familiasosa6379]

@@JB_inks yeah it was the same guy he beat previously

[@geckogeico2212]

This video is crazy bruh

[@trent797]

I definitely need to study this Naro Kann.

[@user-ic1lc5bw3r]

do you know where I can read about it?

[@the_mentaculus]

10:58 you know chat was spamming T H R O B B I N G

[@pietroperetti1056]

My personal list of the best channels to learn chess. Any other suggestions? 1-Daniel Narodistky 2-Agadmator 3-John Bartholomew 4-Hanging Pawns 5-Eric Rosen 6-Gotham chess 7-Hikaru Nakamura

[@Ninterd2]

Chess Dojo is good

[@Ninterd2]

And Kostya Kavutskiy's own channel.

[@Qhsjahajw]

U forgot finegold, Yasser in st louis

[@Qhsjahajw]

In st louis

[@Rocksolace]

ive been waiting

[@oisindoyle1959]

Anyone else find these videos relaxing?

[@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj]

Danya the prophet

[@gana7206]

Yay

[@joshlandgraf5843]

In game 3, after allowing Nb6 wasn't there an exchange sacrifice with Rxa5 Rxa5 Qxb6? Rook has to drop back, but we have this mass of pawns on the queenside that are going to be past, and material is even. Is this an ok exchange sacrifice to go for? 36:00 is the timestamp of the position I'm referring to.

[@winterwolf3435]

After the first Rxa5, white can just not take back and instead go something like Bxc5 or other moves because the rook on a1 is protected

[@aluminiumknight4038]

10:20 how should I approach an endgame like this if white forces it? personally I get lost in positions like this, there in no enough pieces to plan an attack but there is enough pieces to make easy to blunder.. especially as I drop my guard thinking "I survived the opening I cant lose now" all I know is complete development and put the pieces in the best squares possible but I don't know when to accept trades? when to push pawns? activate my king? I keep wasting a lot of time struggling to find a move... I'm rated 1300 rapid and 1000 blitz in chess.com btw

[@mariyamriyasha7371]

22:39 second Rossolimo

[@ShabazzTBL]

I’m amazed that chat just didn’t believe Danya that the position was totally and completely lost. I feel like it’s glaringly obvious that the game was over.

[@nahilismail3144]

22:39 the Second ever rossolimo attack

[@fuadyhidayat]

Like, then watch.

[@h0wnr681]

😂You busted me, this is the one channel that I shower with indiscriminate likes

[@furrygamer6075]

Could you do a speedrun of puzzle solving? That'd be interesting.

[@innak6851]

He has done, starts here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJbPiWCCYsupic0

[@roloyoung763]

Damn girl

[@zntei2374]

39:03 tuttututututututuutttututu

[@EclecticSceptic]

, Desmond.

[@sabzletebz3121]

casually beating 2k rated players like they're beginners

[@pharmokan]

RIP SPEED RUN

[@Kaizsu_]

Finally

[@lucykirkovici2943]

Chess is good for me and the people

[@thetransferaccount4586]

last game, opponent used an engine

[@user-ic1lc5bw3r]

i cant find the naro kann in the internet.. can someone tell me where?

[@hungrypenguino1827]

pog

[@athenbotchlet3887]

at 36:01 can someone explain why trading the A rook for the A pawn and knight would be a bad idea? Although the rook usually is worth more I feel as if the knight in this instance is far more valuable

[@winterwolf3435]

After Rxa5, white doesn't need to take back the rook, they can go Bxc5 or other moves because the rook on a1 is protected

[@athenbotchlet3887]

@@winterwolf3435 what if Rxa5 Bxc5 then Queen to a7 from what I can imagine it seems like that would work because you’d either trade rook and pawn for rook and pawn or for a pawn and a knight if bishop took on b4 which seemed like part of the plan

[@winterwolf3435]

@@athenbotchlet3887 There is a tactic you missed, which involves Rxa5, Bxc5, Qa7, Rxa5, Qxa5, Bxe7, and white is up a piece. The queen can't guard 2 things at once after all. (Overloading the queen)

[@athenbotchlet3887]

@@winterwolf3435 ahhhh I see now thank you for your help that makes a lot of sense. I figured it wouldn’t be winning since he didn’t play it but couldn’t see why

[@alexanderparadiang3995]

made it

[@ivanjoshuabrucal9225]

i hope you notice this , i want to say you are great chess player

[@FlorianHanke]

I was wondering why he said „he“ when the name was Matthilde. But … the prophet was right, Matthilde is a Norwegian man from Tromsø!

[@udayjog416]

You are Fucking perfect

[@mufaromandaza]

Naro Kann is from Naroditsky?

[@NotoriousKhamid]

Folks, anyone knows what is the equivalent of 1650 chesscom rapid rating in lichess? That's top 2% in chesscom, while to be top 2% in Lichess you gotta be over 2150. The thing is I'm not even close to 2000 in Lichess. I don't know what my rating should be anymore. Continuously losing to 1800s! Would someone share his/her thoughts?

[@scottfowler]

A really rough answer would be about 200 points, so 1650 on chesscom would be approximately 1850 on lichess. But a more correct answer is that they're two different pools and the gap could be different at different levels. A chesscom 600 could be a lichess 1000, while chesscom 2500 could be lichess 2500 as well.

[@NotoriousKhamid]

@@scottfowler Is it from a recent personal experience or just speculation? It's just 1200 chesscom is 1500 Lichess. So +1600 should be +2000. Someone who is 1550-1650 said he's +2000.

[@NotoriousKhamid]

It's just I haven't been playing that much, started playing in Lichess and having some hard time. So I'm tryna know if I'm underperforming or that I'm just facing players at my normal level.

[@dipa313]

I'm 40 odd percentile on lichess, 70 plus on chesscom. Apparently the latter skews heavily towards casual players. Ultimately the best point if reference is yourself, i think.

[@22bruger]

Mathilde is a girls name.

[@singami465]

I premoved this comment

[@fujiapple9675]

Champ! Funny pun!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

for KID once more x3

[@kmktruthserum9328]

first off... who tf takes 3 seconds to move with 10 seconds left at 2300 skill second off... these people are strong, GMs do lose to people lower rated than them. maybe only 1 or 2 out of 10 games but they do lose so Dan will lose some. But we get to learn afterward regardless.

[@MrKoolaidjam]

why not Bg3 at 3:04

[@smashu2]

Danya play Be6 not 0-0 it allow to chop c4 so it defend vs b4 and on Ng5 Bxc4 13.dxc4 h6 14.Nf3 Nc8 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Qe2 Nd6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.b3 f5

[@coffeedude]

Couldn't white's knight fork black's rooks on c7 after knight d4 in the first game? @ 3:45

[@isaacmammel9186]

Black's attack is so strong at this point that the loss of material doesn't even matter.

[@cedrickwon]

At 9:52, what happens if opponent does Nxf7? Aren’t we still down a pawn?

[@darkanima13]

no it's equal amount of pawns - count them again

[@winterwolf3435]

If Nxf7, Bxc3+, Pawn takes c3, Kxf7, and black is up a piece, at least I think if I calculated correctly

[@RealJokerx7]

@@winterwolf3435 White isn't up a piece, black has an extra knight and better pawn structure, but it's down a pawn.

[@winterwolf3435]

@@RealJokerx7 I meant to say black is up a piece, my bad, it'll be edited in the original comment

[@cedrickwon]

@@winterwolf3435 ah I see that makes sense, thanks!

[@dantangager4660]

We are going to play the Kings Indian, we are going to play the Kings Indian

[@progressivechiropracticsea239]

Why is Nc7 at 2:55 not a threat?

[@keredchang]

Hope you figured it out by now, but the answer is white has mate with Qxg2. Even after g3, you see that black has at least 1 move to move either rook before Nc7 is possible.

[@TheMason110]

Hi Chess community of KZbin

[@micke7]

SGM flagging people. Fun. ;)

[@petergriffin8767]

would you rather they play a classical game where the 2300 is lost on move 20-25?

[@micke7]

@@petergriffin8767 it is called joking.

[@petergriffin8767]

@@micke7 the ;) made me think you were mad at danya sorry

[@micke7]

@@petergriffin8767 I respect what he does very much and think the games are very good. I am always curious about the next video in this speedrun.

[@xnick_uy]

Isn't Mathilde a female name? Last opponent had that username, but Daniel referred to her as "he" and "him" several times :-)

[@Renegade_rm56]

First!!!!! No!!!!

[@hack45993]

No Views Gaaaaaaaaaaaaannnng!!

[@Bevator]

haha semen

[@marting5308]

26:18 "Christmas early"...? wtf, when was this video recorded? last year? or that's just an expression? I don't watch the streams so i don't know.

[@hippolotion3057]

Yeah it was recorded last year. He is further ahead on twitch than on youtube

[@saifmohammed9070]

You got me from 900 to now 1150 and still going up

[@khytron06]

He got me from 1300 to 1700

[@saifmohammed9070]

@@khytron06 hopefully i get there someday

[@michael2244]

We have seen you play the King's Indian 1000 times in the speedrun. Why don't you pick a topic like how to use the knights more effectively or bishop pair, how to play a closed position or open position, how to use a pin more effectively etc.

[@kmktruthserum9328]

plays flawless but cant move fast in time pressure... SUS

[@alexf0101]

why do you always assume your opponent is a "he"?

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Ur creeping me out, bro. 🤦‍♂️

[@jwyatt521]

Don’t be dumb, dude.

[@dyremk1]

It’s a girls name, but if you check he’s profile on chess.com, it’s a man. Like Rebecca Harris on lichess 🙃

[@MarcelArtsCW]

@@dyremk1 I don't think, that was his point. In that case, it may have been correct. But it is still true, that Danya uses he/him as the default for every opponent. It is exactly what Simone de Beauvoir was talking about, when she argued, that in our society women are seen as the deviation from the norm.

[@dyremk1]

@@MarcelArtsCWI’m just saying, it’s a guy. And yes I read Simone de Beauvoir as well.