Handling the IQP | Caro-Kann-Exchange | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@caffeinator1849]

This is probably the best game of the speed run so far

[@Matt-jq7zw]

yup, my favorite game easily

[@blizzard2376]

As a caro player that’s learning this e5 line, I agree

[@richardlong5928]

Without question

[@alimohammadi1399]

Amazing analysis by grand master naroditsky

[@joshuadowdy4120]

At 27:05, why not a sac the queen with QueenC3 and then RookD1 forcing mate?

[@jaakezzz_G]

I love how the title is "Handling the IQP" ... and then Danya just sacs it.

[@TheMosayat]

Lmao I was thinking the same 😂

[@orbits2754]

Hey its certainly handled

[@怪人-b1x]

I saw "Handing the IQP" ngl

[@logicallylazy]

I guess that’s how you handle it 😅

[@RamanGupta99]

​@@logicallylazyyea that's the only way . 😂

[@antimatter2417]

There's something with GMs being able to make use of their bishop pair with such class and harmony. A work of art.

[@thatomongezisefuli2674]

A masterpiece

[@yesyoeable]

For real. I happened to play a GM in a 15 minute game by incident, as he had only played 1 or 2 rapid games on Lichess. I won an exchange and felt like king, then his bishops completely wrecked me.

[@travischampagne3252]

This a a great example on how to use the bishop pair. I can’t use them to save my life

[@strikercool911]

@@yesyoeable i only played an fm in my online games hhhh What is your rating btw? Or was it in a swiss tournament?

[@yesyoeable]

@@strikercool911 I'm 2000-2100 rapid. His rating was provisional and I joined his rated game on the lobby.

[@PitzkeMP]

I would just like to comment on how it is extremely impressive that, despite having 3 other completed speedruns, and being deep into this 4th, the last few uploads have been truly some of the best, most instructive, entertaining, and most honed of all speedrun videos on youtube. (and yes I am including speedruns from other chess content creators as well). It is apparent that Danya has really tweaked the format and approach to almost a perfected state. The chess community is truly blessed to have the Sensei as one of it's predominant public figures. 🙏❤🙌

[@user-cs6zr4nw2z]

Babe wake up new Danya vid 🥳

[@pavlos712]

Babe is already watching. You're late.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Again?

[@wicked5999]

I see this comment on every video

[@nikone951]

One of my worst fears is to wake up on day and find a video of Danya announcing he is not gonna do speedruns anymore

[@cjackdc]

What r ur other worst fears

[@samueljohns5228]

Yoohh 😂​@@cjackdc

[@nolanheffner7493]

Such an exquisite game! Among the most deep and complicated games you've played this speedrun. Honestly, hats off to your opponent who played just absolutely stellar defense, finding so many amazing resources. A chess game is authored by two players, after all :)

[@lukastux3024]

This was one of the best speedrun games ever. You demonstrated perfectly how to play for Initiative in pawn-down or IQP positions. And the best thing was the tenacious defense of the opponent who made it really hard for you to convert the winning position

[@monstermagnet3150]

Plus a Caro-Kann game, we know you like it ! Even though this one was more open than positionnal

[@carlkligerman1981]

One of the very few KZbinrs who doesn’t, at all and never, insult the intelligence of his audience. Thank god for content like this

[@bhough410]

One of the few than can captivate an 800 elo all the way through 2000+ elo.

[@mikecantreed]

Which chess KZbinrs insult the intelligence of their audience?

[@KnightToRemember]

@@mikecantreed do you want me to make a list of them?

[@dominikhennerbichler]

Yeah especially for chess Danya, Levy (Gothamchess) and Eric Rosen are great because you can take away something from every video

[@daymongray3516]

Ben finegold comes to mind. “If you want to see a bad game go upstairs, if you’re at home, look at one of your own games.”

[@kevinmarchand4196]

This might be the single most instructive chess video I’ve ever seen

[@casio81234]

Absolutely incredible game, brilliant attacking ideas and excellently defended by the 2000, bravo!

[@CalebJCourtney]

My mind is blown by the depth of the analysis as well as the quality of play during the game. This speed run has challenged me to think deeper and reinforced how much I don’t understand about chess.

[@liljackypaper]

I don't care that the concept wasn't exactly the same.. How insane is it that someone in the chat asks about a move, and Danya shows him that it would blunder mate and immediately thinks of a similar mate that happened in a game almost TWENTY years ago!! That's just insane 😮

[@jonshive5482]

Carlson can also do that, needless to say. We witness true genius.

[@thedarkcranberry]

Best chess series on YT.

[@guericthomas1647]

I'm a french player and i would like to congrate yourself for your videos and the way you transmit your chess vision. Thanks a lot !

[@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj]

Amazing play by your opponent. Loving the game so far

[@Jj82op]

Great game, I play the Caro-Kann as well so the opening theory section was very helpful. I had also briefly seen Bd6 to maybe try to trap the queen but figured that both adjacent light-square diagonals were open and that would never happen. Interesting how the mind works like that.

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

this calculation was deep. deeper than sea

[@cucumberminimum5792]

nah we are totally ok with your videos each over two hours. they are packed with content and a pleasure to watch.

[@leonardoribeiro4047]

Such an amazing game, your calculus process is really instrutive, congrats Danya

[@krishnansuresh9206]

Amazing set of tactics and candidate-move explanations

[@iluvatarchem]

Dude. This was an insane game for 2k rating.

[@YamiKairu]

The fact that I saw bishop D6 and Dayna says it’s a crazy move to find made my heart so happy

[@jonshive5482]

Superb in-depth analysis, from a rapid game no less. Why didn't I notice this channel sooner?

[@TenaciousThunder1971]

Daniel you are an amazing teacher

[@Aarron-io3pm]

Hello Danya, huge fan, you've made me fall in love with chess. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions: 1. Any tips for using engines as a beginner? 2. How many chess books have you read? 3. How many hours a day do you chess?

[@BigChimpin1]

Top tier content

[@Plat19876]

The bishop a2 tactic appeared for me in a puzzle after watching this video. Thanks Daniel

[@timothyhorton1056]

I have never seen a game where I could confidently say the bishop pair is an undeniable advantage. This opened my eyes for sure!

[@memowkropp1859]

Just a small little thing but I wanted to say the editing and thumbnails have been really good recently :D

[@peterhardie4151]

Very interesting game. I often struggle to keep this tiny initative going. End up a pawn down in an endgame.

[@kieran_3951]

Absolutely amazing content. Such an interesting game!

[@brwok57]

I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out that Danya is *the* most liked and respected content creator by their followers, truly perfected an entire gender on KZbin, nobody has a single thing to complain about, this man must be protected at all cost

[@peapauamx1925]

the best episode!

[@tekinay004]

Please keep doing these videos.

[@cademyers7235]

Best speed run vid

[@barthouweling4787]

You mean it's like the Game of Thrones plot- except it didn't fizzle out in the end

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@bradmills5996]

Should link to the game at Lichess in the description!

[@MushyRigushy]

Awesome game

[@bruce2953]

Yes another Caro!! Thank you sensei Danya

[@deuce2293]

what a nice game!

[@aera891]

34:33 that quote lol

[@grimproduction3887]

At 11:57 why is the bishop next to the queen untouchable? I don't get it.

[@richardfredlund8846]

Bh2+ then rook takes

[@vitriolveio]

Wow what a phenomenal game!

[@mehmetemin903]

30:28 Doctor

[@JustinBieberFailz]

This game was SO good.

[@Dynamic_Pupil]

Loving the speed run playlist! At 27 minutes you play … Bf5. Instead, can’t you win the Knight on c3 due to mate threat? … Qxc3; Qxc3?! Rd1+; Ne1 Rxe1# (therefore Q cannot recapture. Same logic for Qxc3; Rxc3?!.

[@liljackypaper]

Proud of myself for seeing Bc2 almost immediately 😎

[@sameralraqee2]

31:25 Rxe5 Qxe5 Nh4

[@Itstimetorecover]

16:28 Danya missed Bd6 after Nd4 here, trapping the queen. Beautiful Edit: I'm dumb and missed b4 entirely, I'm so bad at chess

[@brunilda]

At 10:10 I was itching to play Re8, preparing to win a tempo on the Queen if it retreats to the d file with Rad8. And then I remembered the reply Qd4 and I presume that is why Danya didn't even consider that a candidate move... anything else I missed here? It was interesting to me also to pay attention to the fact that Danya decided here to spend 2 1/2 minutes deciding how to play this position

[@ryans9094]

Theme of this was the bishop pair

[@faznaz7455]

48:57 Qe4 has the idea of defending the knight on f3 to stop Bxh3 ideas. That’s probably why white played this move. It’s not as good as Qh5 though.

[@aaaa-kq3px]

Would love to see speedrum where Danya doesnt calculate 10 moves ahead

[@tookaysevon]

I've never seen Danya fight so hard in a game against a lower rated opponent. Great game!

[@kurosakiichigo7475]

It's funny because that entire time he was winning loads according to the computer

[@guitarandmedicine]

On about minute 27, can't you just capture the knight on c3 with queen?

[@Mark_e_moo]

Rare footage of Danya using 0.0001% of his power

[@gcollins1992]

If Handling the IQP is this complicated for a player as strong as Danya, I am going to avoid it for my entire chess career.

[@jaakezzz_G]

How did you make a blue arrow? :O

[@chems1942]

DANYA 😂

[@profribasmat217]

I think you missed a checkmate in 2 if you took the night with your queen near the end..l

[@Fadhilah265]

He didnt, if he took the knight, then his opponent will take back with the queen, if you played rook d1 check his opponent can just blocks it with the f3 knight, and its covered by opponents queen.

[@profribasmat217]

@@Fadhilah265 I’ll have to set it up. Just thought I saw something on my phone while doing exercise bike

[@bruce2953]

The struggle to find the tactics was incredible. The constant shutting down of his own lines was super inspiring

[@willemjohannes9007]

in all seriousness the discipline in not just chasing exciting-looking ideas without knowing whether they work is very impressive and something to aspire to

[@Edge15555]

Awesome game

[@whatlez]

Opponent was very impressive this game. Great game to watch!

[@trevorweinbrecht7142]

Absolutely love when the opponent comes to compete, so much more entertaining and instructional

[@MasterJack2]

he was very good but a little petty there at the end but again he is free to do whatever with his 15minutes.

[@wesleyge1]

@@MasterJack2 traiditional Chinese chess training style is to never resign, always let ur opponents mate you, its also a show of respect to play out a game.

[@dafuqmr13]

Yeah great defense, i swear i can smell the opponent sweating from my monitor, poor guy

[@aravindsfirst]

Opponent rated 2000 but defended like a 2300. What a wonderful game this one was. Also, I really appreciate you changing the time to 15 mins for the higher rated opponents. It's really helpful.

[@amaarquadri]

Great game! It's amazing how for most of the game white was only lagging behind by a single tempo, but that made all the difference.

[@ryanbeltran5122]

An hour of my favorite chess streamer, teaching me something I desperately need to learn, and the video is an hour long? Am I dead and in heaven? Or am I alive and finally found the happiness I always wanted before a work day and the worst work day of all time, MONDAY. Ode to-fucking-joy homies.

[@richardliu7838]

Amen

[@hellopleychess3190]

unusually long

[@inguh7041]

lmao

[@EventsKiosk]

An hour long video that’s an hour long?! Get outta here!

[@singami465]

Daniel is genuinely the best chess content creator. No fake hype, no filler, no boasting, all skill and respect.

[@wce-tube]

Also check out GingerGM 👍

[@wunknownbeatbox7980]

I love how Danya says stuff like "most of the grandmasters..." as if he isn't almost a super GM himself

[@blakejhonshen2710]

Danya was literally a world champion in the under-12 division when he was 11, so it's funny to hear that sort of thing when we all know he's a fantastic GM

[@christianleslie3050]

This was the most entertaining game out of all the speed runs. Amazing game

[@straight6200]

I’ve been working my way backwards through the speed runs being a late finder of this channel and I have to say that this game and analysis is probably the best so far. Bravo.

[@gonzalodossantos3176]

You are using an AI generated image in the thumbnail

[@Jake6Enjoyer]

I saw the queen trap idea in 17:50 before Danya and I thought I must be stupid and missing something because he didnt mention it for 2 minutes lol

[@antimatter2417]

I saw it quite early too but ditched it cause I didnt see any follow up after b4.

[@singami465]

I think it was pretty easy to spot if you're fixated on chasing the queen around, but it seems like displacing the queen was a secondary motive for Danya so he analyzed other moves first.

[@midrangemonroe1]

I'd love to see one of these with Chess 960! See how he approaches totally novel positions right from the start. It would be great because as a relative beginner, I don't know any of the opening theory that usually already gets Daniel in a winning position.

[@kaboomkp]

I never get to catch these live so thank you for uploading them consistently, and just wanted to say thank you for this series. I watch whenever I can and feels so good to be able to predict moves. I am definitely better than I was before this series started, and it's thank to your wonderful teaching skills for everyone from beginners to advanced players - I've gone from around 600 blitz to 900, and am about 1200 in rapid (I play a lot less rapid). My next goal is to start playing OTB at my college's chess club, even though I still suck and there are millions of people better than me, I have the confidence to try and improve more. Thanks again

[@geocuttlas]

How to handle the IQP. Just sack it on move 6

[@sven179]

The explanations following the game form one of (if not the) best explanations of how high GM level chess is. He calculated all of those variations in a couple of minutes total. Meanwhile, he shows how these are all filled with crazy tactics. Just realise, he’s listing all of these rejected lines because 5-10 moves down the road there’s a crazy tactic that I couldn’t even spot when looking at the position and given a minute or so to think. And for Danya, it’s just one of the many, many variations that he has to go over in his head. Absolutely insane.

[@jonshive5482]

That sort of visualization, memory, and calculating ability is what separates GMs from mere mortals.

[@jordanlimantara1814]

I found all of his top moves first time around🎉 Call me caro kann connosieur

[@persis7176]

One of the best analysis I have ever seen, thank you

[@hellopleychess3190]

intuitively it makes much more sense for me to take the bishop (2:57) but I would have a hard time reasoning why exactly that seems better to me and this is what I am working on right now, I'm about to reach 2000 at standard chess (std fide) I hope

[@Celastrous]

Inject these videos straight into my veins

[@nathanielfitts9974]

Very instructive sensei, I can't wait to take all this knowledge and crush 😉hikaru..

[@khaluu2000]

After the cheating bot match sensei had to play against and then the discussion about the sinquefield drama, it feels nice to be back on track with our regular teaching and an hour game i might add

[@nmul8950]

Saw that Bc2 queen trap a mile away and was getting so frustrated lol idk if i got lucky or Danya was j blind lol

[@disco_sugar]

Handling the IQP > Game of Thrones

[@mmm22chess]

I’ve seen hundreds of danya videos and this was the first time I saw a move immediately and he took a long time to spot. The move was Bc2. I’m getting better!

[@frozenbroccolii4933]

what's your rating?

[@Cassace]

Not that good according the computer 1:16:10

[@john-ze7eu]

Very good verbal skills while he is playing.. Earned a sub

[@anthonygross1963]

Daniel, I think you're the best educational chess streamer on KZbin, no contest. The explanation for why such a normal looking move like nc3 is inaccurate is brilliant. You've really made my game much better these last few months. Thank you for all your hard work!

[@sahmee6013]

I'm so happy, I'm only 1400 but I saw the queen trap with bc2 bd6 in less than 5 seconds 😊

[@daymongray3516]

25:27 is exactly how I look…. After i blunder my queen. Great content as always Daniel.

[@Invoid-m3f]

White was just behind one single tempo! Danya shows the reason WHY he is a GM!! Pure class.

[@aadityagaming9515]

After watching this game....I think I'll never go above 1800-1900 🥺.....I'm feeling very sad ... i gave everything to this game for 2 yrs and I don't think I'll ever reach this level.....feels like crying

[@richardfredlund8846]

@Aaditya Gaming you have to remember that he is one of the best in the world at this. Honestly you watch this and understand it, start trying to apply the thought process, even at your own level. I don't think you can arbitrarily draw a line at 1900. Actually I mainly just play very fast time controls but I noticed after watching some of this, I was noticing tactics in my games I wasn't before.

[@calebwhales]

An incredibly rich game. The tension between the Caro being so solid but only if you play correctly. The measured play by Danya was pitch perfect as an educational video.

[@danielabay8872]

I lost my absolute shit at 54:30.... HE DID THIS IN HIS HEAD

[@jonshive5482]

And he can probably study or play several games simultaneously without sight of a board. Phenomenal.

[@calebhall4722]

I'm sorry Levy... guess the elo isn't my favourite series here on youtube anymore 😔

[@Pouya..]

The more and more I watch GM naroditaky more I realize how priceless these series are. Thank you for these simply the best chess channel on youtube

[@juananaosin7638]

Crazy defense by white, great game

[@geoffreymak000]

25:19 “Gosh it’s so hard” That’s how I feel about life 🤷‍♂️

[@hmind9836]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

[@BOOTAANBOOTAAN]

How to handle IQP? Danya: Sac it! 😆

[@Migustinder]

I'm so proud of myself. I found bishop C2 and bishop D6 trapping the queen almost instantly

[@thatomongezisefuli2674]

Lol nice!