Mastering the Belgrade Gambit | Scotch Accepted | GM Naroditsky’s Theory Speed Run

00:00 Intro
00:11 First Move
00:14 Game
33:30 Analysis
Bortnyk and Naroditsky's Jobava London
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[@stevehill8007]

1. e4 e5 “Okay, so he goes e5. Now a lot of people here would just lazily develop the knight to f3, but we actually have a move here that poses a lot of practical problems for black and is borderline winning for white. The move is Ke2, and do not worry I will explain this more thoroughly after the game. Now you might look at this position and say, ‘isn’t this weakening our king and blocking in our pieces?’ And while that may be true, you guys need to start thinking long term. In the endgame, it will be a huge advantage to have our king activated in the center. Furthermore, black has no threats here, he is not going to checkmate us any time soon, the king is perfectly well defended on e2. Now he does have a nasty little defensive resource he can try here, let’s see if he finds it. Wow, Ke7 he finds it. Now guys, I don’t wanna hear any baseless accusations, we will check with an engine after the game. It’s not unthinkable that a 1500 finds this move. No black has not equalized, we just need to play clinically to secure our advantage.”

[@DanielNaroditskyGM]

This is gold, im cracking up

[@stevehill8007]

@@DanielNaroditskyGM I must confess, I stole it from an old video. It had me in pieces though

[@tato1468]

😂😂😂

[@20nico00]

finally, danya copypasta

[@_A-B_]

ı thought this copypasta getting old

[@michaelcaron5756]

Danya’s reaction to every move his opponent plays “yah, I saw this and if you calculate 3 moves further…” My reaction to every move his opponent plays “Damn, thats a good move, I didnt see that” 😂

[@DERderZOCKT]

I often find myself not wanting to watch the analysis after the game, because I don't play the opening, but I watch it anyway and never regret it, because I learn so much anyway that it's totally worth it. Great work Danya!

[@robertgelblum5154]

My mind is still boggling from all the insane complications in this game! The Belgrade Gambit was definitely not on my radar, but this fascinating video convinced me that maybe I should look into it.

[@Tinil0]

Qf3 "This may be a bad move" (It was a losing move, but the opponent missed how to take advantage) c3 "This isn't the best move" (It actually is, good job) Oh man, that ending. Literally even until the opponent moves too fast and blunders Re1. Brutal stuff

[@brane7414]

Really enjoyed the video as always Danya. Greetings from Belgrade 😁

[@austinshah490]

Thank you Daniel I really appreciate your speed run games and learn a lot from them. Keep up the great content.

[@spencerswaggington]

love your videos danya, thank you!

[@Zenith9132]

A suggestion for Danya; can there be more videos on positional puzzles?

[@nextinstead]

how about videos featuring games of black grandmasters. this is youtube so blacks doing things other than crime should be fine.

[@brbcrew9957]

No

[@SweetDream2346]

​@@brbcrew9957yes

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

@@brbcrew9957 why not? he has very little coverage of that i get that you try to sound cool and all disagreeing with the crowd but the reality is if we wont tell what we want danya wont give it to us that often

[@Zenith9132]

@@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341 I agree. Some people like being contrarian just for the sake of it

[@WesternPharaoh]

LETS GOOOOO DANYA!! Sure im gonna love this one

[@miroljubbelic2007]

Thanks for this lesson, from Belgrade, we like it here revival of this opening.

[@darktruth101]

"f4 is an advanced move". I have never been so proud of myself, thats the first move I have ever thought of that Daniel approved of. 700 elo here I come! 😂😂

[@Vandalgia]

I know you're joking but to be fair he said that that would be the move that a low elo player would come up with, lol.

[@michalrehacek3462]

@@Vandalgia I hope you are not trying to be mean, but keep in mind that F4 was the right move in two positions. One during the game itself, one during analysis of mating attack towards the king with the black's knight being pinned on F6. There it was undisputed best move.

[@Vandalgia]

@@michalrehacek3462 not at all. I'm not in the position to mock other players as I'm low elo myself, lol.

[@luukmeulmeester5002]

​@@Vandalgiahe said that qf3 would be a low elo move and f4 an advanced move( if i remember correctly)

[@calebkoeller9586]

​@@luukmeulmeester5002it's crazy how you can be wrong when you literally have the video at your disposal. He said f4 is a move that a low elo player would play because they don't understand the positional ideas of other lines, but a strong player might play it because they see the nuances of f4 as well as other lines and realize why it's truly good

[@Muhammad_Hanif_1]

Awesome Video 🎉 Brilliant Explaination 😊

[@pauldarthurs]

Great game! Thanks for sharing your expertise on it.

[@TheRealRussell]

It's amazing watching you at times. There were multiple times in this game where I was sure you were out of resources and Black was going to consolidate...but no, you continued walking that razor sharp line through to the end.

[@KancerKowboy]

Wow this may be my favorite game you have shown, and I've seen almost every video you have made. I realize finally that GMs don't see as much as I thought they did. At least this game no longer feels impossible any longer. 🙂

[@Josh-jp3ft]

Great video Danya! :)

[@paulsampson7918]

Excellent

[@gingerayyle]

Was watching this video earlier today and used this in my game to get to 1100 for the first time, thanks Danya!

[@rasimofeliya421]

This is pure gold

[@Socrates...]

Thank you so much

[@nomer440]

This was a game full of action loved it

[@animefreak3010]

Great video

[@perchik1]

Hey Danya, if the opportunity comes up in a future game I would actually love to see you play the Scotch Four Knights at this higher level. It's my opening of choice and I'd love to see how a great player like you handles it against quality opposition. It actually doesn't come up very often in your speedrun - most of your opponents haven't played into it.

[@ExplosiveTN123]

I've already seen the entire video!! Amazing work. Cant believe the game ended like that

[@octosaurinvasion]

wow really impressive of you to see it on 75x speed! I can only handle 30x or so...

[@ExplosiveTN123]

@@octosaurinvasion thanks, keep practicing and you'll get there

[@ironmaz1]

My favorite line at 11:45 is ...Bg4, Qd2 Bf3! (if gxf3, Nf3+ wins the Queen!), Bc6+ Nxc6 And you've successfully deflected the knight and eliminated the dangerous N + B combo. Eval is 0.0 after all this. Crazy line :)

[@garrettshadbolt6443]

Wild I thought he was going to lose! Equal position and his opponent has an extra minute and a half.. calculating that c3 move to “trap” the bishop in that sort of a time period was insane!

[@unstable_7071]

just saw the title. hyped for this

[@gelatinousjoe7979]

Did not disappoint

[@nocurve2329]

Wow crazy game and even crazier complications

[@iceyroo]

Cool!

[@Tocinos]

Be7 is the move I've studied. I feel like I've seen Nb4 in a fever dream.

[@Vain840]

Danya u r freaking awesome

[@alexwarr2162]

Hi Danya, could you play your real e4 repertoire against the main main openings (e5, c6, e6, c5). I'd love to get an insight at what is played by superGMs and the reasons for it. Thanks!

[@solomontruthlover5308]

You're awesome danya

[@husnainkhan6531]

Wild game

[@JuiceTubes]

C3, C3, C3... Trap the bishop with C3 31:36 WOOHOO! Called it. He played C3. I'm a genius

[@Anti-You]

In "Play the Open Games as Black" by Emms, he recommends two lines and I much prefer the 5... Nb4. It's always fun.

[@Socrates...]

I wish we could start a Go fund me for Daniel to create an intensive, on video, bridging course between 1700 and 2000 rating

[@desmundreid3368]

The more I watch these videos the more I understand the need to study and do my Calculation training.

[@zonk45]

Question: For most of my chess life i have played the london system. But now that i reached 2000 fide elo, i feel like i need a more tactical opening, because it fits my playstyle better. I feel like the Belgrade Gambit looks really interesting to me, and I quite like the positions resulting out of the opening for white. My question is if the Belgrade gambit is an opening that is fine to play as my main repertoire at a 2000 elo level.

[@Zawnpuia1640]

It look fun❤

[@ph34rocious]

19:54 what about Bc6 Rb6, Bd7+ Bd7, THEN e5 since the pawn is now pinned? not sure exactly what that accomplishes if im honest but it looked interesting

[@stonecoldscubasteveo4827]

Got 'em in the thumbnail 😂😂😂

[@marcelberthon9726]

This gambit is so cooooooool

[@mathematicalmonk1427]

can you play against mangus age 10 once in the magnus play app

[@johndeaux8815]

The best way to beat Danya, play into a losing position with so many beautiful continuations, forcing Danya to flag 😂

[@zoranherceg7221]

"I'm just as confused as you are." Oh sweet, sweet child.

[@senecafalls7110]

I vote we name the two move series opening tactic such as the Noah's arch trap, the alley oop.

[@42cpulaski]

When Danya uploads a video, you watch DANYA!!!!!

[@Kookees]

hes checking chess engines

[@jaydub2971]

I keep hoping to see a(nother) example of Danya's response to 1.d4 c5

[@macdi6146]

Крутяк 💥

[@johnobrien6415]

After Nd7, did you consider a4 to make Bc6 stronger?

[@modolief]

This game was nuts

[@tommarcoen6758]

At the higher ratings Daniel prefers to play his main repertoire so he plays the Belgrade gambit. Yet after Black's first move (...h6) he is out of prep. 😆

[@muhammadmirzoxabibullayev3016]

He did not say Belgrade gambit is his main repetoire. He was referring to spanish when he was ralking in the beginning instead of playing the Scotch

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

He should invent an algorithm that helps him learn every possible move in chess

[@archibaldmcglasson7111]

You need really need to study main lines as you become intermediate. 3. I'm completely out of prep

[@TheAluvisify]

I think you need to rewatch that part bud.

[@tommarcoen6758]

@@TheAluvisify: I don’t think so 😂

[@user-bc3lu6jp6s]

I just love you

[@NicolaiDorengStearns]

Man, the audio has been so scuffed for the last two videos. It sounds like Danya has put a bunch of weird filtering in place, and it's really making the audio bad :(

[@bryangarciafilms]

Sounds fine on my MacBook Pro speakers but im guessing your listening with headphones

[@MrTopherdrew]

@@bryangarciafilms same here

[@yessir6427]

who cares , 15 years ago we all watched 360p videos and didnt give a shit

[@NicolaiDorengStearns]

@@yessir6427 I mean, sure lol - don't get me wrong, I definitely appreciate the content and the effort that goes into it. I'm more just noting that there's been a distinct change in the quality of the audio in the last few videos, and, for me, that change is negative. Just giving feedback so the chess can get the presentation it deserves!

[@florianl8273]

Sounds fine on my Sennheiser Orpheus/HE 1 headphones but I'm guessing you're using Mac speakers

[@maniblondelly]

When I blunder I always remind myself that if I can make this mistake then so can my opponent at the same strength so I don't need to give up

[@usageunit]

This is exactly what I say to myself too, and half the time my opponent DOES blunder back and I end up winning!

[@eliasvonbrille]

Once I literally had my resign button open because the opponent had a blindly obvious forced mate. Then he immediately stalemated me. That's the moment where I really said to myself: "You know what. They are too bad to Mate let's never resign." The dude was 2100 mind you. Sometimes your opponent is just confused

[@gyorgykiss840]

47:05 In the London system there is a trap with knights on e5 and g5, winning the f7 pawn, and if black is not careful, also the h8 rook Eric explains it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZiUqYCQnayCq8U

[@williambott1773]

Oh my goodness it’s a thousand o’clock but I caught the video.

[@hawaii9850]

Fire haircut dude

[@Scott-ri5uz]

2:44 4:00 5:54 36:31 37:18 37:53 45:42

[@KancerKowboy]

Gonna be a ton of people playing the Belgrade Gambit after this

[@windyra]

"totally natural simple line" lol

[@cz19856]

Still waiting for the grunfeld defense analysis

[@jakubr31]

wasn't this exact game played already in another speedrun video?

[@px2059]

My man was out of theory on the first move of the gambit

[@psybranet]

Chess School is waaay cool. 🎉🎉

[@areebkamal]

wow

[@emrevurgun8328]

*advanced*

[@mekhi8475]

hi danya!!!

[@arreinn6470]

Anybody has compressed daniel speedrun videos?

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

awesome ! I've had some amazing wins and spectacular loses with the Belgrade. As a 1600 I got a 2100 with it once. GM Boris Alterman has some great lectures on the internet chess club about it. If white knows what he's doing h6 is almost losing. GG the fact Danya is playing the belgrade made my heart melt ! kind of joking ! good joking WP!

[@BlinkPls]

please fix your mic quality Danya!

[@ryanboyd4770]

Sleep or Danya… okay… sleep not yet

[@Mejayy]

55:14, can t the white queen just take the pawn, then the knight is dropping?

[@njabulomgabwamafu4722]

Audio is a bit off

[@aleksandarsekeres4388]

Greetings from Belgrade Danya :)

[@sanderwendel]

​@@memesshorts1616Serbia

[@Grannyknockers]

Well it’s clear what part of opponent’s game needs some working on

[@disco_sugar]

fork x-ray eyes

[@newsbuster292]

Everytime I hear "this is a good opening for intermediate chess players", I automatically think, ok so that means it's not really a good opening. Could you delve into this more, explain the difference between a top level opening and an intermediate level opening? I watched plenty of GM's openings, and they play plenty of different openings, so I am a bit confused. I want to play the best possible opening repertoire, and not an opening that says, 'hey I am just an intermediate, give me a break.'

[@geoffreygeorge999]

It’s fine playing intermediate openings and doesn’t affect improvement to much

[@wizewizard4756]

I guess at that level there are certain openings that are just plain drawish or bad if you know what you're doing. Or is it still really a matter of taste?

[@arezzo5340]

Four knight isn't really drawing except maybe some lines. It gets complicated.

[@lukemarks9193]

certain sub-openings are definitely drawish by force. when the best move is known by both sides for too long, and these sub-openings simply require earlier piece trades in order to not be worse, its drawish.

[@bkokohut1980]

In your longer thinks... instead of skipping ahead 5-10 seconds.... why not fast forward .. this way we still hear your process but it does the obvious, move faster...

[@EricDamiano]

noti gang

[@prplt]

hasn't quite reached the 500k subs yet 😕

[@Liwet.]

Why don't you consider sticking to a given rating level and play like 10 games before moving up. You said yourself that around 1700 or so, there's like one main concept that seems to arise out of every game that can give you a staging-off point for instruction.

[@skipper1906]

Hey Danya, on Minute 31:38 you forgot the fork with the Night on e7.

[@khaen8158]

That allows Qxf3 and Daniels attack fizzles, he literally explained this 2 minutes earlier

[@lukacalov1988]

Who else wants a speed run but only with russian school boy moves?

[@yeehaw693]

I think that speed run wouldn't get beyond 2000 level tho

[@Amoeba_Podre]

​@@yeehaw693why not

[@BobChess]

tbh, I thought this is an old video.

[@niceyoutube5362]

you want to reach 500k subs in six months, but when is the start day?

[@freewheelburning8834]

dan is funny and he doesnt even know it

[@ludomirsteinbruck9376]

Who else wants pizza?

[@SweetDream2346]

Who else wants puzzle solving videos?

[@taureniszvanins1607]

Me

[@glichasasha750]

Not me

[@sumnerhayes3411]

​​​@@glichasasha750 me neither, there are plenty of good puzzle assets online. It'd be a waste of Danya’s skills. I want him focused on the things he's already identified as good teaching targets, not silly puzzle videos.

[@milesgreenwood5036]

​@@sumnerhayes3411you're braindead, or you haven't watched his old puzzle videos. They're the best thing on the channel other than the unfinished endgame course

[@aarishtickoo9389]

Ne

[@KameHameHa331]

Jai shree ram ❤

[@Zenith9132]

Tf has this got to do with the video?

[@KameHameHa331]

@@Zenith9132 😂

[@Zenith9132]

@@KameHameHa331 lmao whats so funny

[@KameHameHa331]

​@@Zenith9132 why are u offended

[@salamon9114]

​@@Zenith9132just a mindless Indian npc never give them attention

[@Narrowcros]

This Russian school boy doesnt make since, most Russians are quite tactical its Americans that are more positional

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

Just a comment

[@kutmulc]

ok!

[@coconut4346]

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