Mastering Chess Tactics | Advanced Puzzles Explored with Daniel Naroditsky

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[@LiberaTeMetuMortis]

Finally after waiting for 2 weeks without sleep

[@Erkin_Karaca]

Only the worthy ones can be rewarded with the new video, the ones who wait as sleppless, deep in the hunger, in bloodly tears. Sun Tzu, probably.

[@zakariaziko5082]

U need islam in your heart ❤

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

​@@zakariaziko5082nah i need more atheism in my heart

[@DelFlo]

Lmaoooo 😂

[@townsquare_chess]

with* sleep

[@Don1080]

Don't apologise for putting quality over quantity. And more importantly, for putting your own health above everything else. You're setting a good example, keep it up

[@AlexanderBrown77]

🎺⛅️ 1 Thessalonians 4 kJV ✝️🩸 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

[@WumpusAlpaca]

​@@AlexanderBrown77Ew

[@potionsmeller313]

Don't worry about the break in videos, Danya! Appreciate your recognition of other commitments and the continued excellent content you put out.

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

He should have at least warned us

[@bencash4967]

@@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341 nah man, hes entitled to have a break, it's for the viewers sake as well, he was already showing signs of burnout

[@LiveLifeMD]

@@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341 😂

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

The classic game of chess has 400 possible moves openings at one move per player, and 72200 at two moves per player. "Chess 121" my own chess variant has almost 6 million possible permutations at one move per player, and almost 41 billion for the second move. Please check it out.

[@Julian-br7wb]

Glad to see you're ok! #1 chess educator out there, we can't lose you brother.

[@przewrotab]

Great to see you again

[@sakshijain6495]

+ top 5 in the world in speed chess

[@gratitud143]

We know how passionate you are about bringing us content, better said good and highly instructive content. It's understandable to have these standards. I sincerely appreciate this commitment and respect your standards. At the same time I do not expect you at all to do all the things you do for us on this channel. Nothing is taken for granted and everything is seen as a precious gift. And when you are not uploading videos there is so much material to rewatch and extract knowledge from that I cannot become tired of. So thank you indeed for your help

[@sekisc]

The third puzzle was very instructive, moving the king to the center felt very counterinuitive to me. Man, am I glad to see a Danya video after several weeks xD

[@BrightHlongwane-hu3je]

Completely changed my mindset.... Been always fixated that it would always be a bad plan until after watching this. Calculation is very important fr

[@rogerwarr4673]

We are here when you post! No expectations, you are a gift to the chess community

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

The classic game of chess has 400 possible moves openings at one move per player, and 72200 at two moves per player. "Chess 121" my own chess variant has almost 6 million possible permutations at one move per player, and almost 41 billion for the second move. Please check it out.

[@oceanlee3930]

Stoked to see you're back! take all the breaks you need, the content is worth it.

[@sachinss5854]

He needs more subscribers.....very underrated channel....

[@sorenwestwood1514]

There's enough free, high quality content on your channel that it would take even the most serious learner several months to go through and digest, and most of it will be assuredly relevant for the next 5-10 years, if not in perpetuity. Take care of your wellness, and the community will benefit.

[@richardserlin1317]

At 34:22 I think the key intuition is not that the black rook blocks its kings retreat, because the white rook covers that whole file anyway. It's that your pawn was shielding the black king on that file, so queening and sacrificing that pawn eliminated that shelter, allowing the ladder mate. Thank you for another great video.

[@bencash4967]

Oh my god I was waiting so much for this, thanks danya. BTW I got to 2000 blitz and 2150 rapid because of you man, I can't express enough gratitude.

[@duduychony9747]

How can i get to that point?

​@@duduychony9747learn and get better

[@musical_lolu4811]

@@duduychony9747 win more games

[@sushantkatare555]

Playing better

[@Filzon-h9t]

@@duduychony9747 Analyze your games and find the biggest weaknesses in your play, why you lose and try to improve them.

[@the-art-of-organ-playing]

Great to have you back!!! Thank you so much for your wonderful content!

[@wunknownbeatbox7980]

Paused the first example, and you were right about the tactical solution with rd7 for black, but I had also found the simple solution Qc5, exploiting the undefended queen!

[@mohithts4552]

This is just Pure Gold Content! Absolutely loved it. Thank you so much!! You are the best

[@skerpracso]

Very glad to see a post from Danya!

[@prithvib8662]

By far the best educational chess content on KZbin. Thanks so much for all the work you do.

[@lazyman7505]

I have love/hate relationship with chess puzzles. On one hand, I love when I understand WHY the solution is what it is. On the other, I hate those (unfortunately too frequent) moments when I realize the correct solution the very instant I make the wrong move.

[@carterwilliams4716]

Thank you Danya! Great to see you back to making content. You are fantastic and please don’t feel pressured to constantly overwork yourself for us.

[@felixhinz3804]

So nice to see you again!

[@coreypacek5706]

Excellent lesson! Great to have you back!!

[@ruthxk7844]

Thank you so much for these videos. After watching these I always perform better in puzzles; as you said, it's very important to know when to stop and try other order-movements. I've never had a formal teacher so these videos are extremely valuable to me. I could watch hours and hours of you solving puzzles, no matter how easy or difficult, it always does good for my chess. I've also been kind of burnout and not paying much attention to chess, I don't know how much effort it takes for you to make one of this series, but if it doesn't take much effort, please know they're always appreciated and nutritive for those of us who are still learning tactics and calculation (=it doesn't really matter the level, just hearing you structure the thought process is absolutely inspiring). Thanks again Danya and hope we all find the balance we need into our lives!!

[@zwischendurundmoll3968]

Daniel we appreciate the upload, thx 🙃

[@crustissues2830]

glad you've taken some R&R, never apologise, we're lucky to receive such great content so well delivered for free. You're doing a great service to the people and thank you

[@DougMaverickTube]

“The way to calculate is to backtrack to the last point in which you had a choice.” This is the advice I have needed to hear for 30 years.

[@GeniusMaingi]

I really watched and enjoyed the entire thing🎉🎉🎉

[@2006louisb]

Glad to have you back 👍

[@hyrumbrunsdale1398]

I only watch on KZbin so I’m stoked you’re back!! You deserve as many breaks as you need. Thanks for the content 😊

[@chessandlattes]

on first problem 1 Rfe1 also fails to the simple 1..Qc5! because if White takes on e8 Black takes on b4 and if 2 Qxc5 Black has ..Rxe1+ intermezzo and then Rxc5. While I didnt see Danya's 1..Rd7 move I saw 1..Qc5 therefore I chose 1Rde1! which wins on the spot

[@TwinAngelsDesigns]

Hey, I'm really glad you're taking some time for self-care. Take all the time you need, I need to finish a few speedrun videos I missed

[@SuliXbr]

we miss you Danya

[@Soulcella]

I love listening to your logical explanations and thoughts. It is so crystal clear, precise and pure.

[@bughunter1766]

All your videos are instructive, regardless of the theme of the content. There wasn't a single move you made that wasn't something I should be able to find, but the reality is, you can see many many move themes at once, where a player like myself sees 1 or 2 and gets tunnel vision. I'm sure lots of folks can relate where after solving a puzzle and getting it wrong, there's a huge oh-my moment when we see the correct idea that clearly was something we "could" have found, but missed due to other tactical themes that clouded our overall vision. I don't know how to avoid this tunnel vision, but I would sure like to figure it out.

[@benbirdsong5400]

Take all the time you need! Whenever you post we will be back to watch! All the best

[@matthewmclean9229]

Welcome back Danya! I missed your videos so much I joined your Twitch!

[@jzabala2951]

I was waiting for these, You have no idea

[@musical_lolu4811]

I know that Danya keeps saying 'pattern recognition' but I don't think that's necessarily the case every time. In Charles Hertan's book 'Forcing Moves' he mentions the concept of 'computer eyes'. Just by a combo of brute force, awareness/visualisation of where the pieces are at each and every turn (for both sides), plus comparison of similar lines to diagnose the problem, one can find winning lines without prior knowledge of a pattern. It might be slower but I think that's the more valuable part of the thinking process. After all, historically these patterns were noted and identified _after_ the fact. It would be a treat if Danya could show us what I think is the biggest weakness of us pleb chess players: how to actually VISUALISE chess positions without getting foggy!

[@TheQuicksilver115]

This was awesome!

[@astronemir]

Woo, you just made my evening. Thanks for the video bro

[@rabbitknight]

These puzzle videos are great! But one thing I would like to see more is puzzle about positional awareness. I think lichess has more puzzles about this. Hope Danya can do some puzzle solving on lichess as well!

Yeah theres much more puzzles without concrete tactics on lichess

[@Minerva6699]

I second this!!!

[@sckerz]

Puzzle 1, 3:54 , danya states that after 1. Rfe1, Rd7 2. RxQ, RxR+ 3. Kh2, RxR that black has 2 rooks for a queen and the position reaches equally, how ever there is a beautiful detail that I feel he saw but forgot to mention. After 4. Qc3, (pinning Re5 to the king threatening f4) black has an amazing resource, Rd5! And after 5. F4, attacking his rook, black is able to force himself out of the pin with, Rc5, hitting his queen, and if 6. Qd4 maintaining the pin, Rd5. And if white tries to be sneaky with 5. B4, black has time to play Kg8 getting out of the pin. The reason I choose Rde1 was because I saw black had Qc5 after 1.Rfe1which keeps the balance of pieces even instead of a queen for two rooks.

[@macdonaldnnadi]

3 weeks without Danya and I tilted from 2100 to 1900. Now I’m back to 2000 Rapid 😂

[@Ayan-rh6gj]

I also dropped below 2200 😢

[@BrightHlongwane-hu3je]

What game mode?

[@Ayan-rh6gj]

@@BrightHlongwane-hu3je rapid

[@almightyhydra]

Awesome video, thanks Danya

[@javiercr8980]

Man I am running out of old speedrun videos. Let's hope sensei keep posting new content because this is just addictive and high quality stuff. Thanks

[@Minerva6699]

This is great content! I liked the last puzzle more

[@CdnBloodlust]

Love you puzzle videos! Make more like this. So amazing thank you.

[@RMF49]

First puzzle after Rfe1 - black also has Qc5 hitting our unprotected queen and opening Rxe1+ intermezzo.

[@odietejoseph4603]

Superb content. Finally danya releases a video.

[@jimgu2578]

Love to see you solving puzzles :)

[@AlexPollardChess]

Great video. Thanks!

[@reybontje2375]

Danya is a treasure. TY for the videos.

[@FAVORITEEE]

The puzzle where he sacked the rook and both queens were hanging was simply unfindable for me, I was stunned

[@5piral0ut]

That was the only one where I felt I was in a level with Danya, as I quickly spotted the advantage gained with the rook sac over the knight check, but I would have then given up my queen for the rooks and ultimately failed!

[@cr1t1cql]

love these videos!

[@michaelwhinnery164]

I love these puzzle posts, I struggle at 1700-1800 level puzzles so this is bad ass.

[@dannystoll4314]

Took 2-5 minutes at the start of each position, here's how I scored: 2:11 Solved completely 5:22 Partial failure, I saw Bb7 and gave up without seeing Nb8 10:10 Partial solve, I saw the first couple moves but got tunnel vision on Ke8 instead of Ke6 16:18 Failed, I got stuck analyzing 1.Re8+ like an idiot 18:13 Solved completely in under a minute, was really happy with this one 23:31 Solved completely, though I did waste some time looking at Qh8+ before seeing Nd7 26:48 Mostly solved, I just didn't see any meaningful way for white to save the knight after Nf6 28:02 (Sevian game) Partial solve, I thought Ne5 in the starting position or after Rd8+ since I was afraid of Bxf3 after Rxa8. I missed Rdd8 for some inexplicable reason. 33:16 Solved completely 35:18 Failed, I was too cowardly to consider Rxe6 38:09 Solved completely So overall I completely solved 5/10, meaning the difficulty was perfect. Thank you for a great instructive video!

[@SweetDream2346]

I only solved the second one completely😭😭😭😭 The rating of the puzzles are just too high for me😅

[@maqrux]

You're amazing, take your time, we're all in your corner cheering you on and rooting for your longevity rather than you burning out! ❤

[@kiddtoroi9473]

We missed you a lot Danya! That being said. Don’t ever worry about taking breaks. Do what’s best for you at any time.

[@owenkelliher4927]

For the first puzzle Rfe1 also fails to Qc5 Qxc5 Rxe1+! Rxe1 Rxc5. Gotta watch out for those zwischenzugs

[@partofaheart]

Very grateful for your instruction Danya

[@alois7726]

Question for the first puzzle: Doesn't Qc5 also refute Rde1 since the white queen is hit and the rook can be taken with a check in case of a queen trade?

[@odietejoseph4603]

Simply amazing. In the second puzzle. I came up with series of moves to win both bishops and rook for just my rook and thrn danya took it like 100levels above and found checkmate. Damn. What a player

[@Orwaha]

Hi Danya, I’m a 31 year old self taught 1700. I’ve watched all of your videos at least once for the last two years and then some. Thank you for continuing to be my favorite and most informative chess content creator. I would have never understood the logic of most of these puzzles and now I have several new lenses to look through. I have two questions. I’m 2200 in puzzles and my solve time is often slower than the target time by 5-20 seconds. Do you place emphasis on the speed or am I right to assume that it hopefully will improve through the repetition despite not being a young learner. And second, is there anything that I or any of us can do as viewers on steam or to assist in preventing or slowing burnout? I know what it’s like to burn the candle at both ends and I know you’re on the grind. Just would love to help for everything you have given to me. I also know you’re full but if you ever want an older student on the East Coast I would be elated and would love to prove that older people can become 2000+. I am intelligent, resilient, competitive, and I get good at whatever I do and love a challenge. Best regards and thank you even if you never get this message. You’re truly the man and I have so much gratitude for you.

[@blueberryoatmeal4009]

Regarding the speed: You can artificially improve the speed in some puzzles by making the intuitive move and getting lucky. However, in that case you didn't really solve the puzzle, so that's not your true speed. Also, this won't work for the trickier puzzles. Eventually, the constant exercise of calculation and pattern recognition will make you a stronger solver and the speed should increase naturally. Honestly even if it doesn't, accuracy is more important. Speed does matter in general, in the sense that it's possible to flag in real games. But in puzzles, the priority should be to find the correct solution even if it takes longer. In short: I think you're going about it correctly, because (in Danya terms) you don't gain the maximum instructive value from puzzles if you try to rush them.

[@Orwaha]

@@blueberryoatmeal4009thank you for taking the time to reply!

[@christianmurphy9105]

The second-to-last puzzle seems to be from Anand vs Gelfand, Wijk aan Zee 1996. Cool to see Danya figure it out without remembering the game.

[@mikecantreed]

That Sevian Giri analysis was 🔥

[@abcfootballin]

just reached 2060 elo peak after only 10 months of playing.. I have watched every single speedrun video once and a lot twice, thanks danya 🙏

[@DelFlo]

That’s crazy lol, you must have a talent

[@macdonaldnnadi]

@thomasriempp6796I reached 2000 in 10 months. It’s not that hard. In fact the more I play the more I realize how slow 10 months was.

[@Y.blobio]

@@macdonaldnnadihow do you improve

[@sushantkatare555]

​@@Y.blobiounderstanding the middle game and not going to straight endgame endgames are hard keep pieces on better squares

[@macdonaldnnadi]

@@Y.blobio what bro said below. If you train ur middle game to a significant effect you’re already getting to 1800 easily

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

So good, I'm learning, thank you.

[@lupercali3951]

Don't apologize - you're the one of the greatest gifts chess has produced

[@ph34rocious]

4:00 I apparently found the right solution in Rde1 but I thought it was because black could play Qc5 threatening white's queen. With Rfe1 in that position if you take the queen he can capture your rook with check and then recapture the queen for an equal trade. With Rde1 the capture does not come with check so black is lost.

[@rogerwarr4673]

Eagerly awaited

[@INFINITY_99]

Great video 🔥

[@Udo6983]

Yeeeesss my favourite type of video

[@the1thomaster912]

Yeah BABYYYY

[@kendreamer6376]

@33:55 Danya is right you can't make a bishop because the king will run.

[@QuickPlayShowcase]

My elo hasn't gone up since 3 weeks and i was wondering why. Missed you Sensei.

[@bignate6021]

Babe wake up Danya posted!

[@justdavelewis]

At 4:44 currently…I had my own idea about puzzle 1 and that was after Rfe1, black has QC5! Danya didn’t mention it so far so I thought I was mistaken, I put it into lichess and the move it suggested after Rfe1 was in fact my move, whether that is the correct strength or not from my iPad is another story but that felt good:) I’m sure his moves are equally good at refuting the f rook moving, i just saw that whites queen was loose so black had that tactic too:)

[@kenmontgomery3489]

You're the best daniel!!!

[@lestrelincom]

The puzzle with rooks and bishop at around 16:20, did you miss the defensive try 1.Rad1 Kb8 2.Re8+ Bc8 ?? It wins anyway with 3.Rxc8+ but I'm wondering if you missed it or not :)

[@sergiob8501]

Hey Danya are you considering to further making endgame series?

[@Thunderjerrkkyy]

THE KING IS BACK

[@Not3xactly]

Return of the king!

[@desmundreid3368]

Greatly enjoyed this video! Love to hear your though process to better understand how to think/calculate. This was very helpful. Quality over quantity as always!

[@TheBlueSkateboard]

Danya, amazing video as always, I owe my progress largely to your work over the years. What do you think about the website you solved puzzles on (I can't say the name because YT bans my comments) preventing anyone who's not a titled player or select legacy user from having a leaderboard score above 49? It makes my work feel less important than that of other users, I'm sure a lot of your viewers have had the same experience. They couldn't even give me a straight answer on how to get approved to be on the leaderboard.

[@DaGreenSift]

Man youtube is such a rat race that you always have to continue pumping out excellent content consistently to succeed.

[@_.alex.-]

Danya, you probably won't read this, but I skipped over your videos in my early chess journey (I start March this year), because I have ADHD and my knee jerk reaction was that you went into too much detail, but I ended up coming back after I got REALLY into chess, and wanted to deep dive into tactics as a lowly sub-600 beginner, and I am HUGELY thankful for the work you put into your content. I would much rather have quality over quantity, these are the finer things in life that are worth waiting for :) take care and hope your health and well-being are OK, protect the asset as the saying goes! :)

[@zarron221]

Yes take breaks, keep yerself from burn out! Great job nakama, friend Shalum!

[@thomsonjonus5006]

he uploads again!!!!

[@TortaSabrosa]

An interesting line in the fourth puzzle is 1. Rad1 Kb8 2. Re8 Bc8. It's a mate in 2 from there, but it's maybe the best try for Black. I didn't see the correct move after Bc8 at first.

[@husnainkhan6531]

Appreciated❤

[@yugangstaz]

where have been Dana! good to see you

[@mohamedftita9664]

Finally where have you been man !?

[@esmaeilrostami955]

Thank you

[@wrandy593]

Thank God he's back!

[@stephensenez6240]

Take your time Danya, we love you

[@c.c.1197]

thank you great Danya :)

[@jayaywak]

more speedruns on the way?

[@phanindrakumar3741]

🎉🎉danya is back 🎉🎉

[@DavidRenne-t4j]

Don’t apologizing for not uploading videos :) take all the time you need for yourself Love the videos!!

[@Erkin_Karaca]

"The rule is always come back to the last moment which you had the choice." 😎

[@NA44221]

Thank you for the video, best teacher in the world