Master Class | Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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[@frankh6051]

I really like the 15 min games, because you can be more detailed during the game and dont need to recap afterwards

[@ethan073]

On one hand I like having all the time needed live mid game, but on the other hand it’s also really nice from an educational POV having the recap to revisit those concepts and positions a second time with a post-game perspective

[@LeviathanCRGaming]

Amazing as always. I will be sad when this speed-run concludes.

[@geckogeico2212]

Slow-run

[@ryangarvey8207]

it already has

[@irjake]

But then you'll be able to look forward to the next one starting 😀

[@tw5718]

Time to start another

[@mjordan1117]

Hope he start another

[@johnunderwood8050]

working backward(s) to extricate the bishop isn't something you necessarily ever show - that... "Starting from the end" thought process. You made that elegant af, off the cuff as always, and i really appreciate the beauty of it. You made art right there... Thank you!

[@crowstar9069]

When I realized I could easily find the best move and the logic behind it just by listening at him describing the position was awesome!

[@tuatarian6591]

D3 was an epic move. The way you explained it was absolutely not opaque, I completely understood the move. These are super helpful

[@alextotheroh8071]

Your logic, presentation, and pace are just fantastic. These videos are incredible! Thanks so much!

[@duriuswulkins4324]

8:23 In my games I keep tabs of what’s not hanging. Simplifies things.

[@bluegrey3553]

I like how danya immediately roasts chat’s move suggestions lol Great vids and very educational

[@Nytequiller]

"Queen f6 doesn't work because there's a bishop on b2" lol

[@alucard4974]

chat should roast him for 17:55, it's huge mistake to take with a Knight, not just my opinion, stockfish confirms

[@echo2302]

​@@alucard4974Why is it a mistake?

[@kshitiz6376]

@@alucard4974 What did stockfish tell you?

[@MrFilmmakerphil]

Every time I want to learn a new opening, I watch one of these speed runs. Excellent content once again

[@crowstar9069]

This opening is so cool, The bishop on b2 is just waiting like a sniper, when The bishop attacks the enemy surrenders.

[@blazeinbow19]

YES I've started playing this recently, perfect timing.

[@zoiddbzyugi]

Always enjoying the content. Keep up the good works

[@alexwiththeglasses]

More excellent content stepping through the opening. I feel much better following the reasoning GM Danya steps through than following the vague principles often thrown at us beginners. 🙏

[@dandaman9496]

That castle trick was awesome. I did not know that was a legal move.

[@victorrafih9238]

This guy was 1500 wow! Great game by him and an awesome lesson as always Danya!

[@ChessJourneyman]

Yes a "1500". There's a reason Danya briefly check his profile name after a few strong moves. An actual 1500 would've lost in the first 5 moves there. It was way too tactical and easy to blunder.

[@agb601]

@@ChessJourneyman what are you implying? an engine wouldn’t have played like this. Many of his moves are pretty intuitive actually

[@natasdabsi1138]

@@agb601 this guy is not 1500

[@chessgains8075]

@@ChessJourneyman a 1500 can play a great game of chess

[@agb601]

@@natasdabsi1138 he is, just look at his profile over 250 games played in rapid , so why shouldn't he?

[@Sf-ov4ct]

I really enjoy playing chess and it’s crazy good watching you play because the way you explain everything makes it seem like each move is a no-brainer…until I go to play lol

[@chuckgravity7616]

Thanks for sharing another great video!

[@Gent47]

Nice lesson. Thank You.

[@killerx3507]

I love the way you explain 😍🤩thanks so much

[@haimkichik]

thank you for sharing your knowlegde, Danya the Profet. Love from Mexico

[@hovhadovah]

I just want to say that watching your videos has helped me make really measurable progress in my own games and puzzles over the past two months, and I hope you continue sharing instructive content. I used to hover around 900 ELO before watching your speedrun, and now I'm around 1200 (my highest rating in 7 years!). I also hit a new record of 31 puzzles solved yesterday in puzzle rush survival, whereas my highest was previously only 24. What has helped me the most is when you run through your checklist live during your games, like clarifying the opponent's intent and coming up with your own goals to counter the opponent's plays. I like that you don't rush to make moves and explain the reasoning behind each move you make, especially in your post-mortems.

[@wallstreetmonky6797]

love the 15 minute games opposed to 10

[@tiwaspra]

Thanks Daniel pls continue making videos.

[@ziggigod3460]

Love coming home from work to c a new ohmylands episode

[@filmyk]

It was really helpful!

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

I like the GM because he's continuously asking questions and encourages us pupil.

[@BlitzWizard94]

cool as always danya

[@ronanshanley7829]

amazing how well he walked us through that d3 move, I wouldn't have seen that move if I play like i normally do but I believe I could do it if I applied the logic that he showed us

[@harumichannel7385]

Amazing videos ngl

[@dangelvette2519]

This is amazing

[@Force95042]

That Nxd7 puzzle at the end was so awesome

[@JazzCabbagE7]

Clicked instantly this is the good stuff

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Nice instructive game ! thanks. We guessed most of the moves you asked us to look for, which was a lot of fun ! If you know your opponent is a tough Caro-Kann or French player, I highly recommend giving this b3 opening a go. Black player; what is this sorcery ? White player; lets try some new structures !? one of my favorite philosophers came up with the term ( flipflop ability ) . Knowing when switch up the opening choices can be a key strength. TBH I haven't seen many lessons covering this.

[@leszekebertowski3419]

very informative vid :) cool opening but i wish i could have your way of thinking when i will try it out :)

[@xavierlehew6746]

Another Nimzo Larsen video? Its a good night, this is my absolute favorite opening

[@johnknight6965]

Now we need Danya vs. Aman in the Nimzo-Larsen :D

[@csterlingjohnson1]

That plan to extricate the bishop was so dope. I don't think I would have seen that idea in a correspondence game.

[@kylem1398]

Ur amazing to watch I'm so novie when it comes to chest but i do love to watch a true master

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Yer a wizard, Danny!

[@thetransferaccount4586]

insane tactics

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@tuddgrimley8532]

God damn that was a nice game

[@KironKabir]

ze beast approves!

[@abhigyandatta2008]

@11:20, Black bishop attacks the Kingside Rook. Rook: UNO reverse card

[@thetransferaccount4586]

nice game

[@reda4961]

Can't watch it rn, just passing by to remind you that you're the best

[@Damir717.]

It’s so sad, that speedrun will end very soon 😓

[@antandteoa7682]

Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy that it happened

[@016_]

Bro he was so comfortable I didn’t even realize it was a game I thought he was moving the pieces

[@Dex2rr]

9:59 Qf5 is the best move for black

[@TheUSARMYLT]

Great, now everyone will know my one trick, thanks a lot garbo

[@emerald_ocean]

Really sad the lower elo speed run vids are over :( still really cool to see tactics at higher play, but I seriously benefitted from the earlier videos in the series

[@letstravelwithpaurash5628]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adamleckius2253]

Great as always - question though, thumbnail says 2160 ELO, however the opponent is actually only 1542? How did Danya get matched with such a lower rated player? Also, as 1542, it seems like he played quite a good game, spotting several of Danya's suggestions for best moves B-)

[@ianbent0n]

Yeah that was pretty suspicious

[@alecnilson6530]

He was playing an unrated game, likely against a sub.

[@godhere6899]

Amazing moves

[@subhanellikalaya3294]

0-0 !

[@stoutlager6325]

Good tip on legal castling in that position. Online I wouldn't be sure and would just try it anyway to find out. OTB I'd probably have to ask or something.

[@dtruemcdowell]

Up 180 elo in 10 days thanks to your videos mostly (900-1080 Rapid 15|10)

[@gurkiratsinghanand5838]

I would see adhiban baskaran promoting this video on his twitter

[@harishsp7152]

Also known as the Adhiban attack😎

[@ivailopavlovski5894]

Well done mate That's the best chess lesson I've ever seen Gotham sucks, 🤣🤣

[@gm2407]

@20:53, what about f6 blocking the bishop, the Rc8/Rd8 depending if you take the pawn or push? Black may have a miserable game afterwards, but material is much closer. A pawn difference and the attack is to white's benefit.

[@Monadshavenowindows]

1.b3 best by test!

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

10:19 - Does bishop to F3 just win a piece there? Or at least the exchange? EDIT: I just got to the recap and he talks about it

[@baanor]

At 2:12 Daniel, in analysis, casually refutes Qh4+ by suggesting the move Kf1, when it happens in the game, however, he immediately plays g3, which was "obvious". How strange...

[@Bill-ou7zp]

You didn’t pay attention. In that line exf4, so after you blocked the check with g3, black can fxg3 and after you hxg3, black can take again with check, leading to a horrible position for white

[@swapnilasnewar9180]

B3 op @adhiban

[@johnobrien6415]

10...Qg4 was black's best line. After the bishop exchange 12....Qg5 keeps things closer to level play.

[@aokworldwide_com6298]

Does anyone know if Daniel has played the Icelandic Gambit in any of his videos? I'd love to see a GM play that

[@phidybee3334]

So I'm a 1300 rated bullet player and the other day I got crushed by this opening, I think this 1 is particularly difficult to play under time pressure when u have no clue how to respond, so last night I watched this video on my TV with stockfish on my phone going through the moves & interestingly it liked blacks moves up till when you played nf3, instead of responding with bg4 it preferred g6, anyway just now I played as black against another nl player & the move order was identical to this but I chose stockfish suggestion over bg6, obviously after this I was alone in preverbial wilderness, but I managed to keep the bb2 diagnol threat @ bay for the rest of the game 🏰 short & eventually did play bg4, my opponent neutralised the pin but in the end I got the w which I was very pleased on the basis that my opponent was 60elo higher than me & clearly in his or her territory, also now I guess it makes sense for me to try this out as white in bullet cos it's deceptively super sharp and it appears that both sides have little room for even the slightest error. Thanks very much for the share & walkthrough 👍

[@trunghungpham9414]

Where do you get those back ground picture lol

[@miermier7385]

15 minutes or 10 minutes it doesn't matter as long as we get hear sensei danya

[@srijan4622]

14:53 I think that if black played Ne5 instead of Bxe4, then he would have been winning. How would Danya protect you bishop and the play with the awful double isolated pawns after that? (I have not looked at rhe engine with this. Was just excited to see Danya possibly being outplayed in this speedrun)

[@nebuchadnezzar6894]

Black would still be down an exchange and a few pawns since white can save the bishop by playing Rf2 and doubling rooks on the f-file.

[@alucard4974]

17:55 not really, stockfish says it's much better (+~2.0) to take with King you have another threat - knight attacks d5 and more active pieces

[@baderalrawais2189]

ممتاز جداً.

[@gurkiratsinghanand5838]

After the position on 9:16, was Qg4 possible for black ? Edit, just saw the answer in the analysis part

[@nicknelson6583]

He talks about that move later in the video. No it wouldn’t be great for black.

[@gurkiratsinghanand5838]

@@nicknelson6583 yeah I just saw that , I agree, won't be great, but still manageable for black coz it might be better than the position black actually faced on the board

[@jorian8834]

Can you play the ponziani sometime :)

[@TTwoMusic]

Im so early that i need to go to work

[@efe563_]

need this against stronger opponents :/

[@ChessJourneyman]

After that Queen move and bishop move, he immediately went to check the player's name 😂😂😂 A small tell when people smell something in the air.

[@shuvro40]

You don't actually need to keep any tab open if everything is hanging.

[@cpfink1242]

Why did he get matched with a 1500?

[@e.s.2777]

what if after white knight goes to c3, black does not trade his bishop against the knight but goes Queen to g4?

[@ankitdubey9310]

I am a regular larsen player but somehow i am not so confident with this whole f4 idea , coz i was a d4 player initially and cant seem to push the f4 pawn thinking of bad things that might happen

[@Nytequiller]

How on earth does a 1500 get matched against a 2100? I'm a 1400 and I've probably never played anyone above 1600

[@HDLogging1]

Whenever I play I make sure that they have at least 3 chances to earn a free queen

[@DarknessLight77]

Can anyone tell me, how do you respond if when you play Bishop to b5 black plays Pawn to a6? Do you take the knight, let pawn take bishop?

[@sorenstanley3023]

Trade for knight

[@kingcarisma]

This game is almost like Magnus play by naroditsky..looks so easy when you see the moves..

[@dylanmasterguy]

10:14 was queen f5 not an option?

[@stephenalessandro6857]

I think Daniel was incorrect saying Black will get checkmated at 9 minutes if you play d3.

[@FoMiAl]

How comes the opponent was so low this time?

[@thomaswyss5828]

What a pitty black did not go for f6 instead of Bg4.. Really wonder if a player of Naroditskys class really thought it is a good idea hunting pawns in that line..

[@BrockJamesStory]

Is that traditional?

[@Johnsson25]

1542? Почему такой рейтинг, может, настроить иначе?

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

How GM think in chess & become master in chess

[@justonlyalta]

Hey increase rating conclusion from 2200 to 2300

[@grinchingpg]

I learned this move from hikaru

[@subhanellikalaya3294]

Bc2 is actually possible here line- Bc2 Bxg7 Bxe4 Bxh8 and Bxh1 isn't black winning here!?

[@justinkumeroa3]

No rush in taking on h8, white just castles.

[@subhanellikalaya3294]

@@justinkumeroa3 ok

[@ambizytl]

Why shouldn't black play Qg4 instead of BxQ?

[@hekdasa]

why is he meeting a 1500 as 2150??

[@ShabazzTBL]

I would just like to point out something amazing. Near the end someone asked what if the queen took on e3 and Danya said at the end you just retake the bishop with the rook winning the bishop for a pawn. BUT I was thinking Nxd5 instead threatening the fork was better and I was right! It’s .20 better! So basically I should be rated around 2630ish and I’ll be waiting for FIDE to correct my rating.

[@dylanmagleby4330]

I don't care about the rules of chess. That castle should be illegal

[@juanfregoso1904]

First baby

[@AngeloGene]

Congrats! Um... No sarcasm. ✌😅 Just tryna share some positivity and stuff.

[@khytron06]

How's your baby?