Master Class | French, Advance | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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[@AvenSC2]

Personally i'd like to see more like 'the how to win closed positions' one. I think analyzing intermediate games and learning from common mistakes is really useful. Or videos on how to convert positional advantages.

[@nmul8950]

agreed. so often i can tell my position is clearly better then 5 moves later and i dont know what to do

[@carloscastellanos7229]

@@nmul8950 Yessss, especially from random positions in the opening where your opponent just closes things down for no reason. How are you supposed to make a plan? How do you prepare for the pawn breaks?

[@Htowntilidrown]

Personally I do not care what chess content you put out as long as you are putting out content, I will watch whatever

[@rafaelpaquete3350]

fr same, youre a real one

[@tomjohnstone8655]

Doing some more of those positional chess puzzles could be interesting - I feel that positional chess is generally covered worse by people bc it’s less ‘flashy’

[@MrNadav1995]

Second that. I would also add that positional chess is generally more difficult to grasp since the concepts are much more abstract

[@KingstonCzajkowski]

And because it's much more difficult to find positions in which only a single move is good

[@aura300]

I'd love to see any sort of videos focused on endgames. I feel like it's the weakest part of my chess knowledge, yet I don't really know how to improve it

[@user-vh3kj9ri8h]

More endgames content would be amazing

[@wallstreetmonky6797]

just scoot your rook around aimlessly while offering a draw each turn. works like a charm lol

[@dosenwurstsaft]

couldnt convert 2 pawns up in rook vs. rook ending - checking with engine, it wasn't as straight forward as you'd expect (when you have no coach to explain the ideas behind it). In general: "It's just a matter of technique" explained with instructive examples would be a good series

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Take a book of endgames, any book, and try some stuff otb, you Will improve a lot

[@MP-mn2tu]

I agree. I'd like to see how a top player positions for the end game from the middle game. It seems the top players start the end game with all the initiative and you can't turn it sound

[@peterflom6878]

I'd like to see a series on typical middle games from various openings (especially CaroKann and Slav)

[@god0fgames100]

Yes! Maybe a video series about certain openings with emphasis placed on their typical middle games.

[@pablourosa1443]

Yessss

[@jfjf-yn6wj]

so excited for the next phase of your content daniel! your ability to clearly communicate analysis is unmatched by any chess twitch/KZbin personality , so i will be watching whatever you do

[@johncurrado2492]

I would love a video on finding weaknesses, and developing a plan on exploiting them

[@redhadoken3172]

I’d love to see refuting Morra gambit and Albin counter gambit

[@ollivier75]

the speedrun is my favorite chess content on youtube, hope you'll be starting a new one after this one is finished. Thanks for all the great content daniel

[@toast5509]

I would love to see you do a series of openings at all elo levels. Example= accelerated dragon at 1000, 1500, 2000. Or just opening theory videos :)

[@ChessJourneyman]

Pointless showing theory below ~1700 since people just blunder pieces in the first 15 moves.

[@mikecantreed]

Terrible idea. Just learn the opening

[@Alexableizationable]

Really enjoying your commentary on the games you're playing. It's like going over grandmaster games, but you're there to walk us through it instead of me guessing when I have a question. Thank you!

[@petergryffindor2565]

Hi Daniel. I've just been following your channel for a week, but I've learned a lot. What I find most interesting it's when you play against a 2000 something and just explain the process of your thinking, no matter the opening. That's really helped me a lot. Also in every video you say a couple of gems which may not necessarily be difficult or complex, but often times simplicity is hard, I think it's just so instructive. Thanks for the videos!

[@stefanpetrov5864]

The way of explaining every move is simply incredible! The logic behind every move helps every follower to improve their chess skills. Thanks for taking your time to make such an insturctive videos!

[@hughmann4307]

I needed this rn thanks sensei Danya

[@aarrush6491]

Thankyou very much for your master class videos. They have really helped me improve my chess and I really appreciate that you are doing this for free!

[@franck777]

Very instructive. thanks!

[@tangerinq]

Binged through both speedruns, hope there will be more to come. Also you got me to start playing chess :)

[@Novacification]

I would love to see a video on how to start building an opening repertoire. Knowing one or two seems pointless since random games rarely end up following the openings you know. If you could make a series where you maybe plan out some openings to learn and explain the reasoning behind your picks (maybe a combination of openings cover a wide range of moves or something). Then take us through how you would study them and especially how to learn the idea behind each of them as opposed to "just" learning the moves (defending the center, attacking a specific square, creating weaknesses in pawn structure and so on). Then maybe play some games at different skill levels and explain as you go like in the speed run. What would you do if the opening you're trying to learn just doesn't happen in your games? Would you take notes and have them beside you as you play? Would you practice on a board alone before playing real games? So basically show the whole process as if you were just getting started learning openings.

[@SarkFaLL]

Love these! Hope you keep uploading them, they are more helpful than I can put into words. Would love to see some plans against the CK as white, since we've seen you play from the perspective of the CK in the past it would also be insightful to see you play against it!

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

THANKS GM Danya !

[@joshualee6559]

Thanks Daniel!

[@TheMarksT]

Another good lesson here, thanks.

[@DavidPeriard]

Dudes literally the best chess teacher on youtube

[@natasha1537]

I would love to see a video on how to identify weaknesses in the opponent's position, and what patterns of attack exist to exploit some common weaknesses (the concept of weak squares in g6, e6 set up comes to mind).

[@groovybuddha667]

Thanks for this

[@victorxD27]

I would love to see specific opening videos. I know how to play the London, kings indian defense and caro kann decently well... But you always bring such an amazing and educational perspective. It would make me a significantly stronger player.

[@SerLaama]

Why is this repertoire so common among beginners? It's horrid for learning chess.

[@victorxD27]

@@SerLaama I just like it, man. It's fun to play. I also have a few dozen games with queens gambit, 4 knights game, french... But the first 3 are more fun to me. I don't play to be a GM

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@SerLaama Says who? I play London and CK/Slav. It's called being efficient with your time.

[@nighthawk2203]

A opening series on various openings with theory and some games as example would be a great addition to the channel.

[@tahanaveed6319]

Hey Daniel, thank you for the amazing content. I would love to see you explain positional chess, and how to play closed positions

[@bendydrecher772]

maybe chess history lectures! i love when you go on tangents during your streams about the history of openings or players

[@Gent47]

Thank you very much. I always played Bb5. With various results and hate playing against the French. But now I play Bd3. I have had 4 games and 4 wins so far. Nice. Your videos really educational and sober. No nonsense stuff. Keep Rocking!

[@avecfrites]

I'd like to see a video on how to defend against pawn storms against the castled king, especially with a fiancetto'd bishop. I'd also like a video on when to castle Queen-side, since I often get beaten when I try to do that.

[@CookingWithPOTS]

I would love to see videos explaining strategy and positional ideas based on pawn structures

[@SycophanticLeech]

GM DN, I just really like this content you're putting out, your articulation of your thoughts on the position is perfect... endlessly interesting. So I'm an easy consumer. I do love your speedrun series. I love watching your games where game isnt decided by them hanging a minor/major piece, but by positional or strategic misplays.

[@mikotokingofhamora]

amazing video

[@abhinavp6568]

i love you teaching nice videos

[@raphaelhudson]

I would like to see a video series on typical mid games arising from openings . Too often opening analysis stops at a slight advantage or equal position when what is more important is understanding how to play the middle games . Ginger gm has done a great job of this with the classical Dutch for instance. I like watching these speed run videos the best as that is my chance to see you analyse the middle games. I would definitely like more help on beating the French in terms of middle games and also how to play French middle games from black. I don’t play the French but I play the modern scandi and I often end up in French positions after white declines with e5

[@E8oL4]

Positional and intuitive chess content is the best for me :)

[@thisisitchriss]

The way his hair bounces sometimes is pure magic.

[@davidmays2660]

Would love to see some content on refuting the Evans Gambit!

[@hb7137]

thats pretty easy, you can use lichess analysis with database

[@davidmays2660]

@@hb7137 Danya asked for what we'd like to see, so I oblige.

[@Chessmates223]

Daniel Naroditsky's Master class was very educational I could say, this is very Useful for someone like me who is average player and wanted to improve more.

[@kraknoix0075]

Honestly keep doing things like this, yt is littered with opening videos but longer sit down games with full though proces explained are rare

[@JFresh1977]

I would LOVE to see a video for playing against the Traxler Counterattack :).

[@kellerbrown3454]

These videos are getting trickier. This guy clearly knew his French theory!

[@WoeWoeWoe]

You are a phenomenal teacher

[@muhammaduzair8244]

16:46 . That's me whenever I see a notification for danya's latest video

[@youtubebob7517]

One idea is a video series where you play vs 3200 Stockfish but force Stockfish to make a few bad opening moves, then show us how you can use an serious early advantage to beat even close to perfect play. That'd be instructive from a "positional perspective." Also a video series that shows common mistakes in the first five moves or so and why they're mistakes/ how they can be exploited would be interesting. Anyways, make whatever videos you want of course. Thanks for the amazing content man-

[@scheimong]

I would love to see a video covering some of the more advanced ideas on converting positional advantages to more tangible forms. For reference I'm rated about 1900 (approaching 2000) on Lichess.

[@maxkho00]

Just so you know, 1900 on Lichess in Rapid is equivalent to about 1400 on chess сом in Rapid and around 1200 in Blitz, which is low-intermediate level. Most games at this level are decided by either one-move blunders, tactics, or brute-force attacks, not by who converted subtle positional advantages better.

[@formaldehyde_face]

would love to see a video on weird stuff like the Benoni or the Dutch

[@Chea]

Hi Daniel, thanks so much for this series. I would really like if you could focus on some common openings but not on simply the mainlines. Like how a novice would play against the KID and how to punish non-mainline moves. Traps etc. As for gambit refuting please cover the Vienna gambit and Budapest

[@lergof0202]

Keep this speedrun going!!! Don't stop at 2200. It's just now starting to get good.

[@gilwolff6785]

I'd like to see a vid on online time scramble & premove pro tips

[@jimmymcgee4943]

I don’t have any suggestions for content, but I know I’d be more likely to watch full vods on here since I’m never on twitch

[@iaquobe]

I'd like to see videos on openings. There is a ton of videos that explain what moves are best, but not a lot explaining the strategy of the opening. I guess the speedrun explains it pretty well, but its specific to the game

[@wyleFTW]

Holy moly at this rate danyas gonna be making material for levy to watch

[@maxroelofs4915]

Would love to see an opening series! :)

[@traeverjee5232]

would love to see more puzzles

[@alanESV2]

I’d like to see you cover the Tennison gambit, some of the Bf5 lines get pretty sharp

[@jannik207]

Hey, I would love to see more videos about closed positions especially the closed Sicilian as black. Is there anything planned in the near future? 😁

[@petitburger]

My favorite part of the day.

[@aenimalewis159]

I'm gonna miss this series

[@pasangsherpa4317]

Can u makea video on how to refute the from’s gambit ( bird opening)

[@JazzCabbagE7]

Heres an idea mayybe someone can agree with me. I would enjoy seeing opening studies, an example would be analyzing an opening from both sides and go over some possible tricks or main theory. You are a great teacher to all of us and some of us in the low elo (800 like myself) could benefit greatly on why the natural move might be a mistake in certain positions. Thanks as always danya and everyone. Much love

[@slevinkelevra2526]

More videos on how to counter gambits would be great :) would love to learn how to counter the danish.. I feel like there is alot of content on how to play them but not alot on how to counter them.

[@matthewrigby6089]

More puzzle analysis please!

[@saiashwin26]

A video on good responses against d4 would be nice. Especially how to deal with the strategic pawn breaks.

[@eriber165]

I think it would be intresting to make a video about rules of thumb. Should I in general trade a pair of rooks when pushing for a win/trying to hold a draw? Which colour complex should I keep my pawns at when playing Knight vs Bishop? Maybe some examples demonstrating the rules ?

[@victory.lap.]

Could we see a video on how to deal with the smith morra gambit? I always get crushed by it

[@joe1657]

Doing more on endgames would be great!

[@dancee7692]

I would love to hear your take on the Evans Gambit

[@thepirate964]

I like this idea against french, I'd love to see a system against the Caro kann

[@parlabaneisback]

Would love an insight into how to resolve problems developing Black's light squared bishop in d4 openings. The number of times mine has never left the launch pad has been horrendous. (I also think giving game PGNs in the description would let us do our own studying before hearing what Daniel's thinking was in the video.)

[@unh0lys0da16]

A video on chess geometry would be really cool

[@chanzhe7889]

Would like to see a video on refuting the benko gambit

[@adamfirth3082]

I'd love to see you review some computer games. Gothams recaps on alpha zero vs stockfish were amazing so I would love to see you review some computer games as I love hearing high level players say why a move is weird/ amazing when a computer plays it.

[@charlesstoddard8725]

If you're going to do a refuting gambits series, I'd love to see a refutation of the Latvian! Thanks, Daniel.

[@PROJECTJoza100]

I would love a video about this system.

[@nerdframe3068]

A video on the evans gambit would be great.

[@christiantittmann3496]

I would love to see YOU play a Nakhmanson Gambit. If you havent played one you would clearly enjoy it, because it has a lot of potential and even Magnus fell for it multiple times.

[@whiskeyfilmstudios7230]

I would like to see series on openings

[@alexf0101]

return of the infamous pinee

[@thethinker3888]

It would be great to see a tutorial on how to defend against extremely aggressive gambits like the Muzio Gambit lol.

[@ryanjin8343]

In moments like 2:10, how do you know which squares white/black must exert control over?

[@Hunter-kr4pi]

I would be interested in seeing your thoughts on how an improver should be spending their time and how they should know what to be working on. What books you recommend for various levels and topics etc. educational things like that or how to analyze your own game, create your own collection, etc would be really helpful

[@BrokenG-String]

I'd like to know more about instructive pawn play like pawn breaks, open/closed positions and endgames. I sometimes struggle against pawn pushing opponents and I'm like 1900 rapid.

[@hb7137]

*Please do a video on how to attack in opposite sie castling*

[@florentingoyens7558]

If you want to give a system against the Geller gambit in the Slav that would be cool. I face it all the time. Would love something sound and simple where you get your piece out and healthy position. Cheers Daniel

[@jaredjessen1379]

I loooooooove the anti-gambit series! Do the Traxler or Smith-Morra!

[@itzcoatlesquivelnieves8134]

Duniel rockkkkksssss

[@Jj82op]

I actually don't face gambits at all because of my opening repetoire so anything would work for me. I think I would like to see some theory on uncommon openings like the KIA or more in depth like in KID, catalan, etc. Maybe just some endgame studies as well.

[@jeffmackey2740]

Are there any lines for black if the Vienna gambit is accepted? If that exists it would be a great video.

[@jgn2112]

I know I'm late to the party with this comment, but *please* do another ratings climb. Optional if you want to focus on a particular opening, but I cannot tell you how helpful these ratings climb videos are and especially how much they brighten my day! Thank you!

[@NoseOfJustice]

Please do a video on the Benko Gambit.

[@iamgroot3615]

I’d like to see a video of how to create a plan. For me a lot of the times I don’t know what to do once the middle game starts. I know the various plans but sometimes I feel like I can’t create an attack or even make progress

[@BPerriello94]

I’d like to see you analyze the Alphazero vs Stockfish matches

[@highvoltagedecks]

ENDGAME SERIES would be great!

[@swillo4280]

Can you please do a video on the Albin Counter Gambit

[@throwea]

I would love to see how to play against the Albin Counter-Gambit. It seems crushing when I plays Queens Gambit. Also, how to play against the slav defense. Love the vids Danya

[@Diffusion8]

Hi Danya, can you show us how best to play white against the Budapest gambit? Thanks!

[@attemyumi5321]

What to do in mid and end game after we have done our opening

[@ParawhoreLoL]

I'd like a guide on endgames - usually you are winning by the time you enter an endgame, I'd like to see how to push roughly even endgames for a win