Master Class | Sicilian and Nimzovich | Chess Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

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[@MantasXVIII]

When you see mate in 1, look for better. Even GM Naroditsky follows this mantra

[@profesancho5175]

Watching the first game, I'm thinking, "Why don't I get opponents like this?" Then I wonder, "But what if I'm that opponent?" :)

[@ChirsHunter]

good one xd

[@rahatulalom4705]

lol

[@scottyoung2601]

Ditto!

[@icelick6912]

first guy was probably either tilted at 4am or drunk and tilted

[@icelick6912]

Yep it's only 3am and I'm already hanging stuff

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Timezones?

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

This happens to us 1400s. We can play pretty well most of the time, then some games we play like we're 700. Normally we resign though, not try to play it out

[@frederickschulze8014]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 Yeah, I could've understood still playing down 1 piece at 1400, but down 2 pieces and a couple pawns was definitely resignable lol

[@lucritzen5711]

We've al been there, I certainly have been in both situations a bit too often. You can't stop playing until you break your losing streak, really brings out the worst chess, just attacking without any regard of what the opponent is doing.

[@tharakakarunarathne2420]

You are the most instructive Chess streamer on youtube. Agadmator is really serious. Levy is fun. Hikaru is too fast and hard to understand what he is doing. must say they all are good channels. But I needed this thinking process which I find you are giving is really important. also you recap on the games afterwards including possible other lines. Please keep doing this.

[@StvB31459]

Well said. All the channels have merit, but Danya’s channel is the most instructive. He’s a born teacher.

[@bmoneybby]

First game was that billionaire that beat Vishy on his new account without engine.

[@az7ydota]

Nah. He got checkmated by 750 ELO in 4 moves, scholar's mate. 😂 Don't think he can reach 1400

[@bmoneybby]

@@az7ydota For sure, but that's why it's a new account. They start you higher haha

[@x0cx102]

Really wow

[@lustymaiden]

@@bmoneybby they start you at ~800 elo if you say you have some experience with chess, otherwise lower. To get 1400 you have to have played to it or bought it

[@Hsel-lc1wt]

@@lustymaiden I started at 1200

[@victorshilin9360]

Is this just me or not, when I commentate my moves / ideas with Danya's voice in my head, I tend to play better somehow? xD Great content, thank you so much.

[@Lord7979]

May be weird to respond to something from 8 months ago, but I think it is just that using that as a tool just gets you to slow down and think through the position instead of rushing to make moves. It can indeed be very helpful though

[@flatterswhite]

@@Lord7979 kind of weird to reply to a reply to a comment made 10 months ago but I’ve found that talking out loud really helps me play better as well

[@bluepenguin2071]

@@flatterswhite kind of weird to keep this silly chain going but I totally agree

[@satkidd.]

@@bluepenguin2071kind of weird to comment, but here I am?

[@michal3048]

me too! But then I usually lose on time D

[@GamingWithJumbo]

This might be the best chess content creator of all time

[@bmoneybby]

Yessir!

[@josepedrocoimbra8007]

His videos are so clean and full of content I love it

[@rickysmith6041]

personally I don't know if he is considered one, he's more of a streamer who uploads his streams. Each video fits in perfectly though, it's a whole lesson that works entirely on it's own. On a side note is anyone sick of people saying the word "content" for everything? You actually used the word correctly, content creator is acceptable. But I swear people are complimenting people's joke by saying "haha that's such good content" or saying about a story: "wow man, that story was some crazy good content". This is a joke but I swear one time Levy talked like that about one of his jokes immediately after it happened and this happens in all gaming.

[@sigurdh.s8320]

@@rickysmith6041 I'm a content content creator contently creating content content

[@fujiapple9675]

Everyone loves "Russian School" Danya!

[@michaelplaczek9385]

"rahssian skool of czess"

[@JonathanS344]

@@michaelplaczek9385 Ahhh yees the game of czess

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

In the "old times", when i was a kid, It was the Soviet School...First the Endgames, checkmating patterns and only then everything else...And i still thing it's the best way, at least for me.

[@yahyatavakoli1481]

@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici whats your elo

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

@@yahyatavakoli1481 i stopped Chess for 12 years, and before that i wasn't anything special, Just was Born in a family with the passion for the game. Now i'm around 1600. If i have the free day, and it's a good day, i won some games against 1700-1800 (but rarely!🤣)👍

[@matan2924]

I think the first guy just learned the fried liver and thought it works in the Sicilian

[@x0cx102]

Apparently according to another comment that first guy is+the India billionaire who plaued anand on his new account

[@michael8815]

traxler is great against fried liver, at my level. it's not perfect but it's really fun so i always 'invite' the fried liver when i can

[@huckthatdish]

Yeah if he is new and rose the rankings fairly quickly, it’s totally possible at that level to have not run into the Sicilian enough to bother learning it.

[@archiebellega956]

@@michael8815 Also try the Ponziani-steinitz gambit variation (if I'm not wrong), where you play Nxe4 then qh4 when they try to fried liver you. It's not as good as traxler positionally ofc, but you get mate in like 1 more moves if they don't realize it (mainly because they tend to only study the traxler variation). If they play Nxf7, Qh4, if Nxe4, then d5 then at least you win your knight back (or knight+pawn for bishop), but mostly they get mated by Qxf2# if they're newbie enough (I got this position like 10 times, and get 5 mates, so that's quite often). If they play the Nxe4, then you're really down a pawn, but then again inviting fried liver means you're going to down a pawn regardless, plus you get your bishop pair. If they play Bxf7 though, then you have to play chess.

[@frederickschulze8014]

@@x0cx102 But that was a joke... unless your comment is also a joke? :O

[@fujiapple9675]

If only 1400s would play like this when I'm matched up against them. Call GothamChess for a rap, because this guy hung a piece on move 5!

[@lt422]

@@HenryLobber no they usually know some theory and don't blunder pieces in the first 5 moves

[@riddhimanbarma]

Nah.. 1400s are stronger.. But they sometimes do like once levy hung a queen lol

[@riddhimanbarma]

@@HenryLobber NOT USUALLY

[@riddhimanbarma]

If u think so.. Then u are welcome to get crushed because most of them make a lot of positional errors or miss tactics but none of them do so in just one single move like this so called 1400

[@riddhimanbarma]

@@Noah55555 in rapid nah

[@Kount_Kronic]

Just got off work and see GM Danya had a new video. What a treat.

[@phishhammer9733]

Daniel is by far my favorite chess content creator. He's incredibly instructive and explains things clearly in his analysis, is respectful when speaking about his opponents regardless of their rating, and his love and respect for the game are always apparent and infectious. No memes, drama, showing off, or clickbait. Just nice, wholesome, educational chess. Thank you, Daniel. You are a legend.

[@JuliuSeizure]

This comments sounds so much like gotham shade in some parts xD also, you said no memes. What's wrong w/ memes :p

[@phishhammer9733]

@@JuliuSeizure Was not throwing shade at any chess content creators, just pointing out the reason I like Danya the most. I enjoy Levy's content as well, but for different reasons. I did not have any specific channels in mind when writing my comment. Though, if you read the list of things I mentioned and your first thought was that I must be talking about Levy, maybe there is a reason for that... As far as memes go, there's nothing wrong with them. I just appreciate that Danya's speedrun content is all focused on being productive and instructive. When I'm watching a video to try to improve, I'd rather not have to cut through the chaff of memes and jokes to get to the educational bits, that's all. It's my personal preference.

[@scheimong]

Ben Finegold once said in a lecture that people usually assume their bishop is defended on c1/c8... And when the other guy takes it they're like "oh..." I didn't think it would actually happen, but apparently here we are

[@OnBrandMedia1]

This series is so amazing, can't explain how valuable it is to see exactly how to take advantage and recognize misplays in real time.

[@evansteel6652]

I don’t get to watch your streams that often, but this is such a helpful series to hear your thought process

[@Giliw]

Clicked faster than Danya during his bullet games

[@theflyingdude6523]

Impossible

[@dagan5698]

no one is that fast

[@shahrulyusryroslan5826]

*doubt*

[@TheJayMoses]

Oh my lands I’ve missed you! I wish my work schedule would ease up so I could watch these live again, but man I’m really glad you still upload them for us. Thank you!!

[@dpend]

This channel is priceless for improving in chess understanding, thank you so much for doing all these videos Danya!

[@AchinthyaHemachandra]

1:50 Playing for a year now and I still would've responded to the pawn move in the first game and hung my queen ;-;

[@nicholaschiappini7735]

Dan please keep the videos coming we love what you are doing

[@matthewodonnell6906]

Danya’s analogy near the end reminds me of Dr. Frankfurter’s line in Rocky Horror Picture Show at the end of singing Sweet Transvestite “…So, I’ll remove the cause (evil chuckle) but not the symptom!” (Queue dramatic music) It’s good to know that even GMs appreciate classic movies. I try to watch Rocky Horror every Halloween season, just can’t miss Tim Curry’s stellar performance.

[@chinesedebt9584]

Love your videos, Daniel. Can't believe this stuff is out there for FREEEEE!!!

[@revakumar6570]

Cool lesson as usual Mr. Daniel. Keep up the good work. U r No 1 Supporter.

[@davidlytikainen5815]

I had been struggling to stay above 1200 for 3 months. I have been watching these speed runs and have now just hit 1400 in only about a month. You are a great teacher and are so good at putting yourself in other’s shoes (brains)

[@Babyfacenelson1981]

Great video Daniel, Keep up the amazing work and i'm really happy you don't put up with d/heads :) remember you have a huge following who will support you through the hard times.

[@DjWeasehog]

First guy looks like an engine cheater that decided to go into the deep end without his fish floatie

[@jayknepp108]

Thank you Danya for all the work you do teaching us, I honestly wish some of college professors were as good at teaching as you are 😊

[@domesticdingo1417]

the 1400 playing worse than my 1000 opponents lol

[@whatlez]

500*

[@ShadowBeta]

I mean, he playing against the 2500 looks easy..

[@adamwillhouse829]

I love your content, GM Naroditsky!

[@twwillson]

6:39 LMAO I love it

[@XFlyingDutchmanX]

Entertaining and educational, love it

[@lukacalov1988]

24:36 boom goes the dynamite hahaha

[@Nytequiller]

First guy was playing like it was bullet chess, he lost all his pieces with 9 minutes on the clock

[@manudasmd]

Lessons learned 1)queen is a bad defender of piece 2)Dont put pieces in place where opponent can develop with tempo 3)Nimzovich opening 4)Think about where pieces belong in future

[@briandwi2504]

Total belter, Classic lesson. Thanks!

[@manemobiili]

18:14 wow a knife on a6!

[@jamesp6376]

Holy fucking lands bro

[@DrummerJoeyStix]

day 12 of saying really brilliant content danya. Thank you so much for helping with the chess anxiety, and making the chess community even better. You're an artist my guy

[@Nick2014B]

Daniel might be the coldest trash talker of all time because it’s so nice

[@andreamaffeis1512]

25.38 Don't let this pawn through, rook f7 mate Kappa ahahah nice videos, enjoying the speedrun and learning a LOT!!!

[@ludomirsteinbruck9376]

Could you for your next project play the French defense some more please?

[@RaptureReady2025]

Extremely good chess training right here folks!!!! 👍🏼

[@coleschemistrychannel4172]

I’d really love to see some analysis series, if you’re interested

[@barthouweling4787]

6:42 Four Knights isn't the only Scotch Danya likes I suppose xD

[@Kokurorokuko]

It's tea, he says it later

[@jeromeur8636]

If you wonder why the first guy plays like that, here in Indonesia chess is very popular among normal people. Almost everyone can play, but most of them don't know any theory. So chess is like non-serious fun game here.

[@christor2907]

nothing better than watch an over-aggressive person trying to mate from move 4 get completely demolished by move 6 haha xD.

[@marcel2711]

thanks for these videos. very helpful

[@SH1N1NGG0LD]

Love to see how Danya plays even a comfortable position with such discipline. Sure, there was mate in 1 on the board, but why allow the pawn to pass?

[@ghouishfouiyshf]

the second guy played very well for his rating, bravo!

[@alexf0101]

great stuff

[@kieransquared]

i've had upwards of 10 people make the exact same blunder the first guy made, tunnel vision is a powerful drug

[@shubhodeepchakraborty2574]

this is helping me so much to learn

[@tomotsumer]

When you have Mate in1, look for a draw or stalemate

[@ezerbrowne922]

Thank you Sensei Danya 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@riddhimanbarma]

True master class!!

[@ryndpsk6882]

Daniel Sir, I admire you, I want you to be our coach, Sir!

[@GrandAbolisher]

Most importantly, the Nimzowitsch can lead into the Colorado Countergambit. My favorite blitz weapon.

[@UnwarrierChicken]

Master Danya at it again.

[@barthouweling4787]

After e4 Nc6, Nf3 d5, exd5 Qxd5, Nc3 Qh5; I think white has Nb5 which is annoying. Bill Gates missed that move too against Magnus, electing instead to get mated in nine moves or so.

[@simohaha-jy6gj]

Queen f3 is the sort of move that makes me forget i was attacking a knight

[@caius6019]

9:10 Lmaooooo

[@pl412]

heck yeah lets go

[@ShadowBeta]

I’ve played a game that was EXACTLY LIKE THAT, 7 moves 99.9 accuracy, my best game so far lol. (1000 rated player)

[@Lodzio20]

Thats just terrible game by your opponent.

[@ShadowBeta]

@@Lodzio20 yeh,

[@cute9470]

23:33 Daniel speaks Russian again

[@jn-xq2cb]

Daniel I'd love it if you played ELO guesser sometime

[@MrLigerSTRYKE]

Oh boy! Time to learn more sicilian theory! *White plays Qf3* :/

[@chessloversonly]

That 1400 played pretty poorly. Must have been some late night or something for him!!

[@TheKawww]

Thanks Danya!!!!

[@codegeass7162]

@12:46 why not consider bishop d2? When I look at bishop g5, I'm afraid of h6 kicking the bishop out, forcing it to retreat and also making a cubby for the black king? Doesn't bishop d2 accomplish just as much as bg5?

[@benihamii4545]

1400 vs dayna: hangs a knight without a reason 1400 vs me: mates me in 7 moves gg

[@eitan1434]

no need to reinvent the wheel

[@Chess-official1]

Favorite ♥♥

[@joshenadams2474]

25:38 danya miss mate

[@ass123qdwqdw]

wow i see

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

He was drunk tho

[@ДанилВоробьёв-к6л]

Без чая не могу 😂

[@Sun-gs6hq]

Gut

[@liam-ex8xg]

7:48 Correct me if I'm wrong, but the h pawn is pinned to the rook so it doesn't really threat the knight. After something like f4, isn't white holding on?

[@ernestorodriguez6037]

You are threatening bishop takes which is supported by the pawn at the end even if he defends with his bishop

[@kabobchsm8497]

Sicilian: 0:23 Nimzowitsch: 8:53

[@ocoro174]

where you get these thumbnails from lol

[@chrisscott1402]

What's danya drinking?

[@karlhedderman9742]

What computer do you use?

[@ShadowBeta]

Will he say biting on granite on this video?

[@nickburggraaf3977]

What is a five head move?

[@Liwet.]

Who the hell is Min?

[@lizardi1037]

25:37 mate in one??

[@АлександрФедулов-ж4с]

без чая не могу

[@pk-fi1ok]

25:37 ... #1 ... now where is the russian school? :)

[@cohemo077]

Bruh how’s he 1400 still going before bc4 Sicilian

[@jeffic9249]

34:34 what about Qb5?

[@thijsvandenbosch3277]

Black plays ...Rxa6 and defends the queen.

[@dakshbadal7522]

Is he talking in a squeaky voice or are my headphones broken?

[@YellowSpaceMarine]

There is no elo to high for missing mate in one

[@DaveCharbonneau1]

What does "Five Head Move" mean?

[@jacobsavage3146]

It’s memespeak. It just means a very smart move

[@DaveCharbonneau1]

@@jacobsavage3146 Like, five people's head/brain?

[@Chum-is-Fum]

@@DaveCharbonneau1 you have a big brain because you have a five head as opposed to a forehead

[@DaveCharbonneau1]

@@Chum-is-Fum I would've gotten this sooner if I weren't a three head! Bwahaha. Thanks!

[@KF1]

Other vids, Opponent plays equal to their rating: Chat goes CHEATER!!!! This vid, Opponent plays lower to their rating: Chat WTF this person sucks.

[@boopertime4282]

so early queen moves are a plague even at the 1200+ level? Was really hoping to get away from those and learn to play chess one day.......

[@jeancena3556]

wtf was that 27:26

[@imjonathan6745]

Black players

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

I always think it's funny when GMs are like 'I don't know how a 1400 could play like this'. Chess is slowly becoming an actual esport, people aren't playing to climb. They are drunk, tired, bored, doing something else. Maybe not 2k+, but even GMs play memes for fun now. A much better environment to actually enjoy the game.

[@milesgreenwood5036]

So he DOES know how to pronounce it 🤨

[@miemie8733]

G6

[@kidkecleon]

27:26 low key racist

[@teefaka]

Never play F6 guyss..

[@LogicalQ]

Putin/Biden in a chess match. How does it go?

[@shhiknopfler3912]

Biden Just forgets how the Pieces are moving...