Hippopotamus Attack | The Sensei Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

[@pavlos712]

This speedrun series have really improved my play. I went from 1452 to 1455 in only 5 months. Thanks Danya!!!

[@chessmaster3297]

I just reached 1350 and pretty excited about it, I hope your joking about gaining 3 elo in 5 months.

[@raph6709]

Just went from 204 elo to 211 in only 12 years THIS IS CRAZY

[@youturbo992]

1200 to 1450 😅

[@XAVargasX0206]

I just went from 600 to 400 elo, thanks DaNyA! 🤪

[@andriskirsis8401]

I really love it when you analyze a sideline against a 1200 and say it reminds you of a famous game between two GMs. Really fills me with hope that, someday, I too could blunder a tactic that leads to a devastating attack on my king, just like all these famous GMs.

[@caius6019]

I know its a joke but watching the world blitz championship really did give me a lot of confidence because it was nice to see even the worlds elite play incredibly stupid moves lmfao

[@ym276]

@@caius6019 They play bad moves sometimes because they are also playing against a strong grandmaster who is constantly putting pressure on their position. Elite players will never make such mistakes against weaker players

[@caius6019]

@@ym276 thats true mostly t the time but sometimes they will just straight up blunder q piece in 1 move or blunder something like mate in 2 in a drawn position like the guy guy that fell out of his chair lol. They're human like the rest of us and it makes me feel better when I blunder in a dumb way lol

[@KKSuited]

@@caius6019 I think he fell out of his chair because he was actually surprised he blundered his queen whereas most of us would just be like "meh, it's tuesday"

[@caius6019]

@@KKSuited oh its a lot rater for sure but comforting to see that even gods bleed lol

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

I love all your "this reminds me of [this game]" segments in these videos. Thank you sensei

[@jackfrosterton432]

"This reminds me of a game I played once when I was 16..." I've watched all of his videos and over again, and I can't even tell whether or how many times I've seen the video before unless he says something unique. Also I hold world records for my memory and was the USA Memory Champion until a couple months ago (I didn't go this year). I don't understand whatsoever how remembering games like that is possible without memory training. I feel like I'd never be capable of remembering games like that without explicit memorization and occasional rehearsal

[@jackfrosterton432]

"This reminds me of a game I played once when I was 16..." I've watched all of his videos and over again, and I can't even tell whether or how many times I've seen the video before unless he says something unique. Also I hold world records for my memory and was the USA Memory Champion until a couple months ago (I didn't go this year). I feel like I'd never be capable of remembering games like that without explicit memorization and occasional rehearsal. It's amazing, I don't understand it at all.

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

Yea i dont remember my own games. But i only ever played speed chess online. Dont know if or how much that matters

[@shacharfleishman6941]

@@jackfrosterton432 you want me t I

[@Darkwing2003]

His memory is absurd. Really highlights the cognitive abilities required for mastery

[@tristanha9720]

I audibly exclaimed, "YES!" as soon as I saw that a new Danya speedrun video had been released. Keep up the great content!

[@es.1964]

I did too!! :)

[@jackfrosterton432]

My life hasn't been great recently. But Danya's videos are one of the few pleasures I get frequently and which never disappoint.

[@micke7]

chess can be great for getting on the right track in life. you don't always have to be ambitious.

[@micke7]

I am recovering from bronchitis. (milder this time around.) chess could still be fun even after the last funeral I attended.

[@ethan073]

Happens to us all, you’re not alone and it will pass 💛

[@kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429]

Hope everything works out. Keep your head up king! 💯

[@vansh4274]

Same.. just keep pushing.. you'll find light someday..

[@calebwilliams3055]

I normally don’t leave comments, but I just wanted to say that your speedrun/s have been one of the most enjoyable aspects of my casual chess relationship. I love your teaching style and this might be weird to say but I also love the way you interact with the viewers and how you treat them/us like adults unlike a lot of streamers. Keep up the good work.

[@trumpgender8194]

i love how Danya is so elegantly humble compared to other chess geniusses/creators never heard an inch of condenscension out of his mouth which is unique of what i saw so far from all commentators/creators in chess

[@thomasmazumder964]

11:34 “I disqualify games where one of the players played like garbage” 😂😂😂

[@ottodobler]

That's why we never hear him quote morphy games

[@scottyhohman7704]

Seriously when he said that I was laughing so hard. 😂🤣

[@DougHoffman]

I had to play that for my wife :)

[@JungleLarry]

Props to supporting/promoting your fellow GMs like Aman. Class act, as always.

[@KoeBowmaker]

I found the building habits series through this video and nothing has improved my chess more. Naroditskys videos are too complicated for me but I’ll return to them when I improve

[@alexwiththeglasses]

This speed run at lower levels (my own😊) is like a box of chocolates! Takeaways for me - theory matters, and understanding why the theory is what it is matters even more. In GM Danya’s videos I’ve seen plenty of examples even in trad openings where in the first 10 moves, simply obeying “opening principles” can get you into trouble.

[@steelistheunworthy6534]

Hey man, thank you for this, all this effort. Based on these videos you seem to love what you do, and making it free viewing is... well in all honesty its awesome! Hope to meet you at a tournament someday!

[@tomdon84]

I still don't understand why this guy doesn't have 1+million subs...he is by far the stronger player on youtube streaming lessons constantly and the most instructive one..please keep doing this Danya and thanks for every single video you post here

[@bobandjerishaffer1001]

Yes, he deserves it BUT most people are into chess entertainment rather than the hard work of actually learning chess.

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Thanks for all your content Danya! I'm dissapointed I don't get to make it to many streams, but then I think about the fact that a top 200 player is making free content to help me improve that I can watch at any time, and I feel better

[@ishantshanu9918]

I'm new to chess but found best tutorials ever on KZbin !! You are awesome !

[@YOLOMarkus]

Super videos, thanks Daniel !

[@techkraus]

Thanks!

[@gregp13]

Thank you, Daniel! This stuff is so incredibly helpful. Love it.

[@cmmmmmmmw]

Danya is a shockingly good teacher. Feel like I'm finally starting to get the game after watching these.

[@massimoseveri3600]

Another priceless lession from Danya. Thanks so mutch.

[@charliejohnston6970]

How can he make chess look so simple

[@regginopize2896]

Same reason kamala harris fixed the birder crisis simple high iq of being white

[@bencash4967]

I've been enjoying the top theory speedrun, but since I binge watched every episode so far, this one has been a nice way to fill in the time between eps, and there is great educational content here as well, since I started watching danya, my rating went from 1700 to 1900, real happy about it, fighting for the 2000 now

[@alexf0101]

Great stuff

[@Victor-rq3mf]

I cannot thank you enough for these. Absolutly increadible

[@nilaydas9165]

Oh! What a nice instructive video. Love your work Danya

[@calluma8472]

Thanks for the (as always) excellent content.

[@jhadesdev9576]

This speedrun is even better than the first one, more educational, I wish Daniel would publish online courses in his own website. I would buy them all.

[@JFresh1977]

Happy to hear the shout out to Aman's Rating Climb - Building Habits :). I LOVE Danya's content but Aman's building habits is so good too! :)

[@vulpeslagopus1]

Best feeling when coming home from work and there’s a new vid

[@rhornjr]

LOL... "It reminds me of this game..." And it takes him just 15 seconds to find a game from 1936 that matches his current game. He's a robot.

[@TheJayMoses]

Very nice! Notice another shout out to Aman? Danya does wonders for chess on so many levels. That’s why he’s so well admired. Awesome.

[@BeakFoundry]

I love these videos, the only thing that could make them better is recording the audio with the mic within 40 feet of Daniel

[@manawearblack]

Another dose of my favourite series on KZbin and worth at least 300 elo of my total 1450

[@derekgee8845]

Danya is the man, nice to hear him credit amans series as good inspiration for this spredrun 🤙

[@ajarnray4115]

Thanks for the video you explain everything so well.

[@rocket7944]

I play this every time a really good opponent. Glad to see it gave you have no trouble with it. ☺

[@j.p.jordan3357]

Favorite series right now

[@iweirjkdkfmk]

From 1500 to 2000 rapid lichess rating I made it with hippo, but had to read a whole book about how to react to all attacks, and even then the results were pathetic. Doesn't matter, had shitload of fun

[@patrickmahoney2307]

Most instructive chess videos on the internet, period. On a side note, can you please make a course on playing against the London as black? The London is one of the most popular openings, but there is not a single course online that shows how to play against the London as black. I like your video, "Defeating the London System", I wish you could expand on this!

[@Gran_Chess]

Just great content! Keep on doing!

[@hareldavidson738]

Didn’t even watched the video yet but I am sure narodisky explaining how to deal with the hippo is great for players at all levels. I have been waiting for him to explain it!

[@hareldavidson738]

After watching the video I do wish the player he would be playing vs would keep this hippo setup with typical hippo moves instead of Nf3 so we would see how Danya would proceed vs the real hippo, but ofc this is a very good video nonetheless

[@goldenboy140]

@@hareldavidson738 you can do the work on your own you know? you have the internet plus engines that you can use. You don't need to wait for Danya to make a video on how to deal with the hippo

[@Diffusion8]

"Simple chess, this is crushing" love this! Sensei Danya 💪🏼

[@PianoconGuido]

Man the Spassky game was brillant

[@YellowSpaceMarine]

The best named chess opening finally

[@coopernik]

I’m excited to watch

[@RandyLeftHandy]

I played at a club for the first time and my brain is totally fried. I'm still trying though.

[@toucanplay6720]

gg Danya

[@mouwersor]

Sensei, can you do some video's on endgames (deeper than general ideas, and how to improve in them) and in-depth explanations of how to play certain openings? (Recurring ideas in them and stuff)

[@RG001100]

Yes, ChessBrah's Building Habits is an excellent complement to Danya's speedruns.

[@turtle_fps]

ok cringe

[@RG001100]

@@turtle_fps what's cringey?

[@turtle_fps]

@@RG001100 you

[@Multi0siris]

I really like your broadcasts and would love to see more. I have a few friendly suggestions for youtube, please get a better mic and out on more content, I mean try to aim at a video 20-30m per day :D

[@Mali8029]

How can we not support amazing content like this and for free no less

[@caspus7593]

I don't know if you get a chance to read these comments Daniel, but as you get into games in the 1300 and up rating I would really enjoy if you gave an example of how to play with the Pirc. I've had several games where I thought I understood how to go on the attack only to flounder due to a positional oversight and end up a move or two too slow to win, and would love to hear your assessment on how to structure an attack and under what circumstances you need to hold off to prioritize defense.

[@Zawnpuia1640]

I am happy I found Mr. Daniel

[@abhijeetgore310]

Big fan man

[@kaidoChess]

7:05 😂😂

[@danielbrickman6697]

Daniel, what are your thoughts on the Dutch Defense? I have a little trouble as black with D4 openings. I usually play the king’s Indian defense, but would like to expand my options.

[@Heroball299]

Play QGD, it will help you understand chess better. In particular learning Carlsbad structure

[@danielbrickman6697]

@@Heroball299 Thank you, I will. Not sure why I’ve been avoiding it.

[@ryaninsta69]

Chess opening names are something else.

[@miladayatynia7844]

Good stuff.

[@sietsedegroot5198]

I love these video's, very helpfull

[@TheWaxlemon]

the main reason 1200s play these kind of openings is they look cool and have cool names

[@jonathanoliva6553]

Hope to see opening tutorial sure danya can do it better than anybody

[@aenimalewis159]

Thanks

[@bubbahottep8644]

Could you just _slightly_ increase the size of your and your opponents' handle and rating? I know we shouldn't obsess on ratings, but the information is useful and my eyes aren't strong enough to read that fine a print on my phone screen. Many thanks.

[@davidedgar5923]

The reason the Hippo is so common at this rating level is because people that play at our level are learning openings that the Hippo exploits. It's hard to know what to do against these off the wall openings. It's almost gambitish.

[@mattdickerson9642]

When the water horse attacks

[@Kokurorokuko]

Danya, why did you decide to blunt the white-square bishop by playing c6 and not the dark-square one by playing f6? Is it simply because of king's safety?

[@zamplify]

I used to play the Hippo. You can bore your opponent to death with it if it doesn't get you first.

[@acheron1v9]

Most skilled hippo player

[@weaq84]

Who was the "Building Fundamentals" course he mentions by? Is it a book or video series?

[@jakestiles2721]

Chessbrah on KZbin - Building Habits series. One of his channels has the highlights, and another has the full speedrun across like a dozen videos.

[@chessgains8075]

The Chessbrahs on youtube. Its an amazing series.

[@Creesekush]

Wait, there's an opening called the Hippopotamus attack? Lol

[@edimirsemedo5425]

I could've sworn that i've seen this game in his previous speedrun game.. right?

[@ssekandirazak1735]

Yes

[@janikdemondt3989]

B-E-A-Utifull. The speedruns are the best. We learn so much for our level. Now also if me meet such systems ourselves. We are not impressed and now there is a way to punish these. Morale advantage, evenly important as chess skills.

[@PoeMisHere]

Lets gooooooo!

[@danle6853]

Danya pls buy a better microphone its too quiet. Btw i love this series

[@killerXover707]

Anyone got a link for that amund video danya referenced?

[@lightkirsche]

grandmaster!

[@thegamingbeast1308]

Who names these openings lol

[@Not3xactly]

Video should be rated R for graphic violence. That was a massacre.

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

Opponent: plays the Hippo as white Also the opponent: doesn't know the Hippo setup I wanted to see Danya hunt the real Hippo :(

[@darian5428]

I don't think that guy knows what the hippo is, think he's just a freestyler.

[@bobandjerishaffer1001]

Played the Hippo Defense twice … rather take a bullet to the head than do that again. Lots more fun openings out there.

[@svenbardos6637]

If I could learn playing chess from watching YT, I would be a GM already. Love watching chess, but I'm afraid to play it, lol

[@sohamchikte9171]

For me this is most annoying thing to deal with hippo

[@titinnnn]

Bisa-bisanya menolak en pessant

[@gabrielwood3016]

audio is way too quiet still Mr. editor

[@Mejayy]

Why are pro players like " we don t want to give away this bishop" all the time?

[@revelation12sign85]

What a russian CHAD Im begining to think the chess community is historically christian and as far as russians go Probably orthodox?

[@sprcow]

No en passant = /r/anarchyChess in shambles

[@lazarerollin5608]

Hi Daniel, I have been watching your speed run alot and it has helped. Is there not any way I can pay you some money through KZbin as I did for Robert Ramirez? Very much appreciate all of your content thanks

[@Joel-co3xl]

Fix your mic volume already, it's stupid low. Good content otherwise

[@mcgoo721]

The hippo with black looks aesthetic. Stout. Unconventional. With white it looks abhorrent. Cowardly. Slow. I hate it. I hate that person for playing it.

[@mitshua]

You lost me at not taking en passant

[@Anteater23]

Rebecca