Mastering the Rubenstein Defense | French Defense Strategic Guide | GM Naroditsky’s Theory Speed Run

[@ryanzdral8895]

A Daniel Naroditsky video is a gift to the chess community

[@alexanderjohannesgibbert8906]

Hey Danya, I know you might hear this a lot but you AND all your content are primarily responsible for getting me to 1700 elo, thank you sir!! Keep up the great work

[@khaluu2000]

You’ll hit 1900 in no time, your core position skills will improve, tactically you’ll see more ideas, and so long as you keep practicing, your time control usage will be better. Keep it up!!!

[@Not-You-Tuber]

​@@khaluu2000ya I'm also 1700+ but sometimes with a calm mindset I can casually beat 1900+ players..

[@alexanderjohannesgibbert8906]

​@@khaluu2000hey thanks man, we'll see what happens❤

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Won't help much against people who play top engine moves in less than 1 sec all the time.

[@wellutopia2237]

1700 elo on lichess is close to 1400 on this site and 1700 on this site is close to like 900-1000 fide. We suck haha.

[@robdubent]

Thank you for taking the time to truly EDUCATE US and not just throwing content out for clicks. We can tell you really care. You are appreciated and I always recommend your videos to all my chess friends. I’m around 2000 and videos like these rest help me get into a master’s mindset. Valuable.

[@daymongray3516]

Taking the time on a very busy schedule and streaming from a new location for everyone for free.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Those lessons are great but useless. Nowadays players under 1k elo respond with top engine moves in less than 1 sec - no matter how obscure line you play is. Bobby Fischer was right, computers destroyed chess, now it's just machine vs machine. Was fun while it lasted but it's over, I just don't see the point in playing chess anymore.

[@Petri_Pennala]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400Nahh you just bad no one plays engine moves at 1000 elo☠️

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@Petri_Pennala Cheaters do, but I guess you are so good you beat them on daily basis

[@Petri_Pennala]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 You get caught almost instantly if you play only computer moves. And difference is I get called cheater😎

[@rosshamm]

That ending was insane work and foresight. You called every move in the last 10 moves and you had a full understanding of everything. So good.

[@musical_lolu4811]

GMs are something else man. Even IMs and some NMs/CMs just amaze me (just shy of the 2000 barrier) with their depth of knowledge.

[@DarkSideChess]

The Prophet!

[@arrowofkira5658]

I'll never get tired of Danya teaching. This game was so clean, that could really be from a textbook of positional play and conversion. Leave a like guys!

[@wahab_cide]

Danya describes the best move possible and then plays the one he described as unfavorable. LOVE THIS GUY!

[@ailurophile71]

I don't play chess at all but I love watching these videos. The most important thing I've leanred from Daniel is his willingness to completely change plans as circumstances dictate. He'll talk for a minute about how he plans to do x, y, and z, or how the opening is designed to control such and such a square, or build towards this or that move, but he never gets tunnel vision. He's ready to shift gears at a moment's notice as soon as that's what his opponent's play dictates. I feel like we don't see that enough in non-chess life.

[@wolfyandfroggy9911]

Could someone compile all of Daniel's "this is an instructive moment" moments? I'd watch them on repeat

[@irishguyphil]

The holy grail

[@sqttttt]

This sounds like a great idea ngl

[@jaybingham3711]

Write some python code for a LLM to scour his videos and dump every utterance into a database. Barely an inconvenience.

[@Graceclaw]

​@@jaybingham3711sounds like we have a volunteer

[@watchingyoutube5093]

@@jaybingham3711 can you do it then?

[@SeiferHartmann]

Thank you for continuing to gift us with instructive, engaging, and fun chess content. Having hovered for around 2100 USCF for a few years, this has made me enjoy studying again to some small extent. I'm still not thrilled about being out prepared in the opening nearly every game because everyone is so booked up likely because of covid, but at least I can still enjoy the game again somewhat.

[@kaimiar]

Currently going through some serious shit in life but these videos really help me get through the day. Thank you Daniel.

[@ggus1991]

Hope things get better, good luck!

[@digineet8421]

You aren’t the only one buddy. These videos are great to let your mind be fascinated away from your circumstances. Life is ups and downs. Find out where you’re going and hold on friend. Things will be better than you know soon enough. You can do it!

[@mikecantreed]

28:00 I can’t believe how far and at what level of detail he sees into these calculated lines. He saw that knight domination idea and how to counter it and like 2 subsequent ideas. All while explaining the earlier moves.

[@agnibhamandal3406]

Danya posts a video?.... Well then fuck u sleep I gotta watch it at first❤️🤣

[@Ayan-rh6gj]

I can not describe how much I wait for these videos ❤

[@asansfakeaccound5466]

Finally i know some proffesional variation against this line! as a 2000+ player who wants to try learning e4 it's so annoying when they play this kind of unpopular variation knowing how to like equalize in like dozen or so moves while i barely touched basic lines, and just playing with the logic i have to struggle to win equal endgames.

[@hypercubemaster2729]

This is disgustingly similar to a game I lost as black in an open Caro-kann defense. I missed the option of a6 because I saw exactly the tactic Danya was talking about, yet completely overlooked Nxd7 Qxd7 Bb5?? would have been a blunder for white because of the Qxb5 option. I only saw the axb5 Qxa8+ tactic, and although I mulled over the possibility of a6 for a while, I failed to find the Qxb5 defense of black; so I ended up playing the inferior Qe7? threatening Qb4+. However, white had the preemptive a3 to stop the queen trade, and because of my gross oversight of the position, I decided to resign the game early in disgust for missing the Qxb5 option that should have been easily noticeable.

[@felixhinz3804]

Nice to see this variation

[@jasonrawls6959]

This is top notch chess content, Danya stays true to his gift as a teacher and doesn't sell out for gossip and clickbait videos.

[@gunnarschneider5573]

just as a small piece of background information. georg meier switched form playing for germany to uruguay (his mother is from there). he had a dispute with the german chess federation and GM Elisabeth Paetzh which couldnt be resolved. So if anyone looks for a german player georg meier, he is now found under the urguay federation

[@robertcooper1952]

Insightful analysis!

[@iAmUzaar]

As a French player, I love watching Danya deconstruct the French. 49mn of positional goodness. I would like to see more Advance/Steinitz as these are what I usually see, but this is also interesting (and Tarrasch is good to learn about)

[@fracarolli]

Fantastic video, as always, Danya. Спасибо! I believe there's a typo in the video's title: Akiba's surname was Rubinstein, not Rubenstein, as the title says.

[@TymexComputing]

Rotlewi versus Rubinstein is a game of chess played between Gersz Rotlewi and Akiba Rubinstein in Łódź, Poland on December 26, 1907. It features a brilliant queen and rook sacrifice by Rubinstein to force mate . The game was dubbed Rubinstein's Immortal Game by Hans Kmoch.

[@Kuribohdudalala]

I absolutely loathe the Rubenstein so this’ll be good to watch

[@mathijs1987j]

You took the words out of my mouth.

[@wronghorsebatterystaple]

Me too and I also hate the french ig

[@vcliburn]

Why exactly do you “loathe” the Rubinstein variation? Is it because it allows Black to achieve a comfortable game without the usual drawbacks, i.e., the usual bad light squared bishop? That forces White to be more creative!

[@jycegaming8530]

I loathe the french defense as a whole tbh, my least favourite opening to play against as white

[@vcliburn]

Like most e4 players, you loathe playing against the French because it’s a hard nut to crack.

[@Faith-vl4lv]

Daniel "Danya" "Two Times" Naroditsky. I'm gonna go get the paper, get the paper

[@xlkaudio]

I think this is my favourite speedrun game of all time. Damn. Edit: Damn girl.

[@rasimofeliya421]

Great analysis! Now I have sth spicy to play against the drawish Rubinstein French!

[@samliao2393]

The tricky knight really drives the opponent crazy lol.

[@nyztan0]

I have a lot of respect for Naroditsky. This was an absolute stunning game to witness... Levy would have charged alot of money for this in a course which wouldn't even come close to this quality.

[@QuCaNi]

1:55 Instead of Nf3 you could also play Bd3. That leads to an extremely effective trap, which goes Bd3 Ngf6 Qe2 Nxe4 Bxe4 Nf6 Bxb7! and White wins a pawn. I made a whole repertoire around this trap and it's not even dubious. White is fighting for an edge just like in the mainlines.

[@blurr1903]

What are you rated ?

[@QuCaNi]

@@blurr1903 1900 FIDE (but underrated), 2400+ online in all formats

[@lucasmatsuoca]

interesting idea, definetely a line I would pick for blitz or bullet, cause it seems natural for black to fall into this trap

[@robdubent]

@@blurr1903it’s a nice trap. Who cares what his rating is?

[@southerncharity7928]

@@robdubenthe is 4000 elo, coincidentally like stockfish

[@NelsenGChess]

there’s crack in these speedruns. i love these videos

[@sridharrp8898]

Speed chess championship is boring without Danya's commentary!😥

[@yokokurama5174]

No can do! Diversity and women before quality always.

[@lehmamoo2627]

I really like that the eval bar is hidden in your videos. It's a lot more interesting and instructive to think on my own who has the advantage, and hopefully everyone understands my point.

[@arkenmissawy5731]

I feel happy when Danya posts 😊

[@gxfr795]

Such a clean game. Positional masterclass Danya! The French is my least favourite opening to play against as white because I have to admit it, it’s good, and black has so many options for counter play or even to kill all chances at an interesting game. It feels like you are playing blacks game. Anyway Ggs

[@arezzo5340]

Meanwhile: 2000 players playing perfect chess and beating Naroditsky.

[@Klemens-x2u]

that felt like a postional slaughter especially helpful since i got the jobava course and this could occur. love it

[@octopustetro]

Hey Daniel. I have been watching you since 2020, and you’re the first reason I got back into chess. Make a KZbin membership thing, you don’t have to make exclusive videos, but just have like a little for fun tournament between members or something.. you could even make the rules of the tournament that we play your speed run openings! I’m sure you can come up with lots of fun ideas. I don’t have twitch prime, but I’ll support you here!! ❤

[@Gent47]

Yesterday I defeated a 2560 player with your french guide. Bishop d3. I always played Bb5 before. Thank you very much!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@bernardthefourth]

Wow F4 was an uber GM move. I would have never found that. Great game.

[@yusufyusuf1998]

Be5 and its refutation is tough.. when we noobs calculate for that many turns its almost always wrong anyway

[@chesswithbill]

11:53 Sub'd and giving the shout-outs every time I stream, sir. Thanks for the great games and explanations!

[@jonathandoeppe3052]

Yeah, I’ve gotten to 1400 daily from 950 and my rapid is up to 1120 from 950 blitz is 808 from 650 and bullet up to 450 from 275 lol thanks man

[@jaybingham3711]

B pair marginally better...broadly speaking...in a match of equals who know how to properly make use of them. IOW, only under very specific conditions. They were wholly inept here. Never get overly concerned about handing them over to an opponent. In fact, they may work psychologically against the one who has them given a tendency to believe an edge has definitively been afforded. 'So...go ahead. Prove you have what it takes to convert with them!'

[@Ayan-rh6gj]

Where is the other speedrun game?

[@iceicebaby6980]

7:19 I don't think you used "diatribe" correctly.

[@richardserlin1317]

Nice stress on prophylactic thinking. I'd guess as you get to lower and lower levels, players may spend over 90% of their time thinking about their plans and ideas, and less than 10% thinking about what their opponents' are. Thank you again for the best and most entertaining chess instruction on the internet.

[@seansullivan3922]

Someone should make a wristwatch w/ your ELO on it. That way if you are getting destroyed by a better player, you can just check your wrist and say ‘ok, that’s about right.”

[@Maserak0]

Bravo!👏True Master high-valuable content, and very nicely explained!! Thank you 🙌

[@wellutopia2237]

Did you catch the interview of Kramnik's talking about online cheating? I thought he was one thousand percent correct.

[@battlewagon8910]

Hey Danya I know you are very exhausted and tired and I am no hater but I wanted to just say that I am kind of selfish but this content I love very much so if you make it more that would be great ❤❤❤❤❤❤ sir

[@tajf5529]

Before any move I make I always ask myself "What would Daniel Naroditsky play?"

[@wellutopia2237]

What are some of the things a chess coach might recommend to his students? Is choosing one opening crucial to moving along? I always switch openings daily. 😂.

[@thelegendaryphoenix6860]

I used to dislike when people would play the clock but I have come to realize that in games like R6 the timer is a win condition to force the hand of one or both of the players now it shouldn't be the priority but it is very much so a factor

[@nathansigloch5811]

Your narration of events is premier, it's not as fun to watch any event while ur not commentating. Hope you get compensated accordingly ty for the videos!

[@zamplify]

Is Danya streaming from some kind of bizarre liminal space or what exactly the cinnamon toast fuck am I looking at.

[@guy9146]

At 43:14 instead of q takes on D7 don’t you have the bishop b5 tactic forcing pawn takes and winning the rook on a8?

[@rodneygreenwell7620]

Daniel you are far the best teacher on this platform but you talk far too much during the actual games isn't that what the after game review is for ...

[@tomzeru]

18:00 Don't tie major piece to minor task Epot versus Ecin When playing a move engaging a piece you loose the potential attacks it can do and engage in a suite of action

[@ThatsRaf]

Ah Rubenstein French, named of course after mr. French. Good stuff!

[@mj8135]

If you aren't subscribed to danya what are you doing. Cmon hit that button!

[@franck777]

You are just the best Chess youtuber for teaching Chess. Thanks! ❤

[@marcosyarza6324]

Saludos desde Chihuahua, Mexico. Chido tu canal!!!

[@mikey22355]

Does my head in when players are trying to get a speed run game and then watch the stream to see what dayna will play next

[@frequensea9434]

this is ironically perfect timing considering im reading "Positional Chess" by BORIS GELFAND thank you Danya for this

[@Mark_e_moo]

I love your content, Danya, never stop posting videos ❤❤❤

[@dominicwanzer2057]

yo where are you streaming from? some community college cafeteria?

[@TheRealRussell]

Rubinstein*

[@davidoconnor1773]

Danya streaming from the Fortress of Solitude!

[@mouwersor]

5:56 What's with the weird headjerk movement? r u okay?

[@brennencrippen3]

Hey danya im eating popcorn rn mmmm so good. Do you like popcorn?

[@vladislavlatsko5782]

glad to see another episode of this fantastic run🎉

[@jamesduggan7200]

very nice seeing you again - we missed you!

[@conflict_monitor]

"Grandmasters have developed"....or engines?

[@chrisziogas3512]

5:54 *that e6 pawn looking forward to taking backwards*

[@siddharthjain2799]

Hi Daniel. Just reminding you.. you promised that u will plays kings Indian defence speed run.. As this speed run might come to an end soon I thought to remind you. Thnx..big fan

[@yedfa8202]

Hi, what about Qf3 at 10:10 ? Threaten mate and can capture the pawn

[@imaginaryphi1618]

Loving the potential/kinetic energy analogy. Got me thinking on how moving the Knight would collapse the probality wave function. Plus how waiting result in the opportunity to collect information and and... Thanks for the content. They say not to only learn opening moves, but to understand the ideas... The chosen format and duration of the content allows to., etc which appeals strongly etc... Ty 🤗

[@himanshudubey5265]

This is the best game of speedrun. quite some endgame technique/calculation. Congrats to opponent also for finding some annoying defenses. you could have easily titled as how to play endgame.

[@vkuprins]

Definitely great content! I would be very interested in having you as a coach. I understand you're busy with thousands of other things, but perhaps a substantial compensation could make it possible for some lessons. Are you available for teaching?

[@aurayre4906]

New naroditsky video drop, we making it above 1500 elo with this one 🔥🔥

[@程星月]

I'm now 1200. thank you Daniel.

[@skarimi3007]

These kinds of games clearly show how a game is won, not with memorization of some random opening lines, but with a superior level of positional understanding along with a razor-sharp calculation ability! Beautiful...

[@sekisc]

That early midgame was super intense, very hard to evaluate. I feel like this is one of the games in the speedrun where the opponent scrumbled quite early, but understandably so

[@robertgelblum5154]

I couldn't ask for better chess content than this video (and many other Danya videos). It really helps sharpen my overall chess understanding, so that I get exposed to genuine GM thinking.

[@gingerayyle]

Thanks so much for making these videos-I started playing chess in May and just hit 1000 in rapid largely due to your speedruns. The way you explain everything is super helpful and has really helped me develop a strong thinking process.

[@LVilleBoys]

Finally another speed run game!!!! Super excited to watch. Thanks again Daniel 🎉

[@angeloschellens]

I am hoping a king's Indian only theory speed run is next up, but I fear you might expose all your blitz/bullet secrets ;)

[@big_darkside2716]

Your videos are so educational, thank you for the perfect review!!!!!!!

[@ffff-od3jb]

my boy is now streaming from his vegas penthouse. couldn't be more proud.

[@DanielNaroditskyGM]

Haha I was streaming from a coffee shop in Newport Beach, CA

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Really interesting game Danya ! WP! The knight looked awesome on c4 so did the king ! Thanks

[@brian-sf2re]

So good you're basically reading the guys mind. You know his moves before he does, sheesh.

[@abhinavp6568]

Sir i was waiting for so many days for the speed run video. It would be helpful if you post 2 videos in a week.

[@refinedtalker6932]

i hit 1500 because of you thank you sensei

[@simplyaturner]

RUBESTINE KING

[@andremarques1088]

*Rubenstein

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

So very interesting, thank You Daniel for your enlightening videos!

[@tylerroberson2611]

Literally just when I started to watch your videos you being to post less and less

[@RayT70]

Thank you for doing these videos 👍

[@Matheolh123]

I didnt get that kolish albin anecdote at all?:)

[@neo85ish]

This game was awesome, profalaxes and instructive. Thank you

[@jean-francoissoucy6153]

Thank you Daniel! I am gainning ratings every times I watch those!

[@chupapimunanyo2596]

Hey danya, could you make a video on how to beat the scotch? I really liked your video on how to beat the danish :-)

[@pawankulkarni3403]

So beautifully played by Danya here👏