Mastering Transitions in The King’s Indian Opening | A GM Naroditsky Theory Speed Run

[@dnmclnnn]

Danya: solves chess Also Danya: "Hopefully this has been relatively illuminating."

[@johndeaux8815]

And the obligatory caveat that "I'd love to see any refutations or questions in the comments, but thus far no top grandmaster has found a refutation to this."

[@ItsMeVicky]

As someone learning the King’s Indian, you don’t know how helpful these speedrun games are. I’ve been watching since I started playing chess two years ago, and with the help of your and other youtubers’ videos, I’ve just surpassed a 2000 rating online:)

[@tengu8560]

Congrats I’m looking to be 2000+ one day, after a year I’m 1700 😄

[@ItsMeVicky]

@@tengu8560 you’ll get there soon, keep playing!!

[@Arthas30000]

Congratulations!!! Been trying to break into 1800+ from my measly 1600 rating for ever, but hoping to get there eventually 😁

[@noone-ld7pt]

Eyy that's awesome congrats, I'm learning the KID as well and I'm currently jumping rope with the 2000 barrier. Would you be interested in playing some practice games where we stick to the Kings Indian? :)

[@gkorp]

Can you talk about which resourced and approach you used to get 2k after 2 years? That seems very impressive

[@nick2629]

You can tell Danya loves the kings Indian defense based on how much detail he gives in this lesson

[@PeterChessPupil]

Hikaru made a more indepth video just earlier today.

[@Arthas30000]

Honestly, I love the K.I.D so much. Started playing it ~1400 level, because I didn't like the Queen's Gambit Accepted/Declined, and wanted something sharp in my repertoire against d4.

[@LitCactus]

​@@PeterChessPupil holy shit, a different player made a different video on the same opening? Stop the presses 🙄

[@hruikan]

@@PeterChessPupil Danya's a better teacher... especially if you're not a super gm

[@bkokohut1980]

@@PeterChessPupil hicryu is a whining biatch though.

[@robdubent]

I am a struggling 2000 rated player that loves the KID but when it locks up into a standoff like this- your thoughts at 17:15 is SO EDUCATIONAL to me. I learn so much from your ideas and stream of thought! Thank you for sharing such wisdom!

[@noone-ld7pt]

I'm a KID enthusiast myself around 2000, would you be interested in playing some KID games to get some practice in? :)

[@conalharpur]

@@noone-ld7pt lucky you used caps or I'd be calling the FBI

[@hendrew6652]

@@conalharpur lol

[@risheethdavuluri7752]

Been playing chess for about 3 years now, and am currently a 1700 USCF rated player; as a KID player, this is possibly the most instructive King's Indian Defense KZbin video I've ever seen. You covered such a wide array of opening and middle game ideas that are worth their weight in GOLD. Thank You So Much.

[@danecclesia]

so did you catch it all? be frank!

[@CGoody564]

This. Im a beginner, but have been messing around with it without really understanding it (not intentionally, just trying to teach myself which isn't necessarily ideal) and this video blew my mind. It really captures just how versatile it truly is, and also shows why I've been having some trouble without any guidance; there's just so much to it, and it isn't all intuitive for a beginner. Having Danya explain these concepts in such detail is such a good resource. This didn't make me a better KID player; it made me a better chess player.

[@saqlainalvi3333]

​@@danecclesiayou didn't?

[@SuperEmily64]

You’re awesome Danya! I’ve gotten so much better since I started watching your vids a year ago, thanks for all your help! (I also watch your vids on the treadmill and I lost 20 pounds so far! 🥳)

[@DanielNaroditskyGM]

Congrats on both counts!!

[@katarzynabogusz7043]

Dziękujemy.

[@MisterrLi]

What an absolutely sweet thing to do, giving away these splendid chess lessons (I don't know what else to call them). Danya both super smart and super nice, a very rare combination. Maybe Carlsen can compete with his chess app...

[@DanielNaroditskyGM]

Thanks, though not sure about the nice part... :)

[@Ideennot]

As someone with aphantasia, meaning inability to visualize, it is so great to see a creator considering people who have trouble visualizing. Drawing the arrows, explaining in more detail than some others usually would. Thank you so much!

[@cadorin4294]

Keep these coming Danya! They are so instructive, hopefully we get more Grunfeld or at least some more black games against d4!

[@RobFlaxMusic]

43:43 Immediately adding this "push the a pawn twice" trick to my arsenal. This is rad!

[@42cpulaski]

Daniel is one of the best Kings Indian practitioners there is out there. Love the content.

[@5757-b3c]

52:11 I found this position fascinating, so I went through it with stockfish. Engine found here f5, and idea is if black takes with bishop you can bring out the knight safely. Also engine has several refuting options through the attack, and he estimates original position as equal.

[@lukastux3024]

after the analysis I'm longing for you to play the Benko/Benoni next time there is a choice when the Grünfeld isn't an option anymore! The variations looked so exciting!

[@sethchristian3056]

Thank you again Danya! Your lessons are so instructive. I fell in love with the KID a few years back and recently felt like I hit a wall when I reached 1700 and couldn’t improve. Your videos have been so educational and have improved not only my play as black but how I analyze the board and my positions in general.

[@Achilles513]

Thank you very much, Daniel, for your spectacular analysis and explanation as always. In this video you helped answer a plethora of questions I’ve had for a long time with these positions. Extremely informative. Thank you very much.

[@ilyassilyass4469]

31:22 "i can talk about this forever, let's focus on the game" damn, i know he's a gm but what a flex! being able to just dissect an opening out of the blue like that

[@dennismays5692]

Wonderful analysis! Keep it up. 500K subs tomorrow!

[@ethan073]

Only Danya can make a +1hr video on a 24 move game and make every minute absolutely worth it.

[@robertsweeney1162]

Amazing commentary. Thank you very much

[@danh72]

I follow on twitch and I'm still very excited every time your videos come out.

[@hitmysoul1388]

Danya id love to see you play against a GM in classical chess and teach longer theoretical lines and you commentating on your thinking at the highest level. thanks!

[@adrielmartinschess]

Excelent Lesson Danya! Thank you.

[@makov2299]

so helpful ,tnx sensei

[@RobFraser]

Thank you so much for the lesson!

[@yuvarajm2586]

i really love the way of danya explanation.. he is humble and tells the positional advantages.. 😊

[@andrew_prometheus]

You’re the man thank you for these

[@marcjohn9404]

Opponent trying to pull a fast one at the end of the game is the best part lol.

[@wanderhillen2435]

Just the quick smile and taking with the knight. I bet a lot of viewers might have been tempted to retake with the queen but Danya is a GM for a reason and doesn't even take a second for the right move.

[@lukefullerton509]

Oh my lands!! I have been watching this channel for a while but I was not subscribed. so sorry. I love your content!

[@shaneta4557]

My favorite KZbin series!

[@r0yce]

26:54 That Queen died to protect the knight. Such a medieval romantic story.

[@95harshjoshi]

Good stuff!! 👍

[@siddharthjain2799]

its lovely when you explain KID. Its like listening to a song

[@brandonvelez7599]

Really good analysis. Gotham Chess had me playing the Pirc Defense thinking it was the King’s Indian…. And I wondered why it didn’t work well for me. Going to try some of these concepts moving forward

[@randykwalar5577]

Always Daniel! ❤

[@TheMosayat]

You honestly deserved to reach 500k by now. Hope you reach 400k soon ❤

[@whimsnickal]

Yes! KID from Danya! The holy grail of chess videos! Thank you!

[@extrageneity]

55:00 - "This pawn is unattackable, you can't attack it, you have nothing to attack it with"

[@kevingallagher3742]

Outstanding lesson even by your incredible standard

[@Extirpo]

Vid saved, and subscribed. 👍

[@abramisme]

I used to play chess When I was younger Coming back into it I found the grunfeld and I love it. However watching Danielle's videos. I realized that I need to also improve of my king's indian and on my banko. Which I don't study. But now I will. Starting with banko gambit

[@tonimisetic]

it is Benko not banko

[@CGoody564]

This video didn't make me a better KID player... it made me a better chess player. Thank you Danya

[@hendrew6652]

the idea at 17:15 is so nice

[@ronnydragon2211]

What rich analysis! Super excited for the next game against e4!

[@nunya685]

Way to go, Hikaru! Keep it up!!

[@alekhinesgun9997]

🤨

[@Anti-You]

This is really, really instructional.

[@angelomeola4332]

fantastic !!

[@kimcostantino1051]

Amazing chess lesson ❤

[@newsbuster292]

I like how often he says "blunder a pawn." On my level, blundering comes to mind only when losing a minor peace or worse. Losing a pawn, meh, who cares. 😂

[@rr.studios]

Yea at 1500 level (im assuming you're there), losing a minor piece or two is the most you need to completed lose a game

[@randomjapsi]

At 1500 I figure 2 pawns or so can be a decisive advantage.

[@manykindsofgeek5906]

Yaaaaayyy! Go Danya!

[@nunya685]

YES! Great win, Hikaru! Good luck tomorrow!

[@alekhinesgun9997]

🤨

[@aranahjohnson9640]

24:27 "i was worried about this move..." oh yes it seems dangerous "but now that i look at it a little bit closer i think it might be losing the game" of course yes

[@johnobrien6415]

In the line you didn't play, c5 d5 b5, either at this move or the next white can go d6. Black will go Qa5+. A number of lines get black having to capture the pawn on e7 with his king and castling by hand. Interesting lines.

[@goals6588]

Danya out here droppin all the gems 💎

[@HiroBoss_]

26:36 what about Qd3 to protect the knight here ?

[@johnp845]

Just look at the board at the 6:36 mark of the video. White has all 4 minor pieces developed, and control of the center with 2 pawns on the 4th rank. Danya has only 2 pieces developed and no pawns on the 4th rank. By all accounts this favors white, but yet Danya demolishes him in the end.

[@chandrakiran6258]

See Danya face seeing the games in excitement....which eventually makes me excited as well

[@Iamwood1005]

First game Defending the knight with queen sac was epic😂😂😂😂at 26:55

[@lucasmills8416]

Good video ;) thanks

[@DD-ze1ki]

Thank you!!

[@Stuugie.]

I'm very much a brand new player, but something about the king's indian is alluring to me. It feels like such a cool opening

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

Pal Benko was famous for his articles in Chess Life magazine on the endgame. The quality dipped a bit in his twilight years, but still worth reading.

[@czvxi]

Really appreciated the discussion of what to think about on your opponent's turn around 13:10.

[@johndoh1000]

Never have I ever felt more attacked when Danya said the London teaches you that you can play the same moves and crush your opponents. Lmao

[@iamjustzach3036]

Can you make a video about the kings indian bishop and it's importance and when and how you can trade it and when you shouldn't

[@SwiFTDBL]

at around the 1400 level the kings indian is about all i play with black lmao, trying to learn more but i almost always fall back to the kings indian so thanks for these danya appreciate ya brotha

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

Playing Benko style is very potent against some versions of the 4 pawns attack in the Kings Indian, but the positions are really wild.

[@noone-ld7pt]

Oh BABY, a KID video from Danya?! Looks like I have a new video to study!

[@stevehill8007]

My favourite game of this speedrun!

[@retrobow6762]

White keeping the knight alive was a brilliant move

[@DanielWillen]

Thumbnail art is amazing

[@samtugendhaft2678]

Bf4 lines are very common (and not very dangerous) in the Grunfeld. d5 rather than d6 after Nc3 would have lead to an interesting more Grunfeld style game.

[@aminea8990]

thanks dannia

[@jamesduggan7200]

Thx Danya, I'm stuffed - not even room for dessert.

[@daymongray3516]

I don’t have notifications but I check daily!

[@zamer5052]

Danya: He's playing some sort of cross between London and main line Me: Dude he doesn't know what the heck he's doing xD Probably just out of prep

[@willtcox]

On your last Grunefeld video I asked why white doesn't play Nf3 on the third move and avoid the knight trade on c3 after e4. In your analysis I think you cover a bunch of problems that black players always walk into against me. :)

[@PatrickMahoney-zu2xv]

When does your King's Indian chessable course come out?

[@MrAlanmaranhao]

Danya, can you tell me the days and time that you stream?

[@alexanderkononov1862]

Danya can you do a video playing the benko gambit?

[@Jdrummer3]

He has one, I believe

[@alexanderkononov1862]

@@Jdrummer3 but from whites perspective, i want him to play with black, maybe there is one but i didnt find it

[@Jdrummer3]

@@alexanderkononov1862 ah okay gotcha

[@shadowryder1089]

Hi guys just letting everybody know that there's a scammer in the comments posing as Danya and trying to contact people saying that they've received an award.... dont believe it

[@ryankoel5522]

What a beautiful game

[@mixvideo2830]

Subscribed

[@montehalthon7831]

“Queen C6 is ridiculous, thasssa GM move”

[@brendan6778]

I hate the gruenfeld at this level bc everyone plays kf3 and i have to revert to the kings indian I commented that on the reddit threads, and this video is a great example lol. KI feels so passive, i generally dislike being forced into it. Benoni is okay

[@JohnSmith-hi8yy]

Black is never forced to revert to the king’s indian in the Grunfeld, if they play Nc3 after Nf3 Bg7 you can play d5. Even in the game Danya could have played c5 or d5 instead of castling immediately

[@pablourosa1443]

About this game, it's crazy how Danya says how important it is to have active pieces, and then he gets a minor piece just because his pieces are so active. Damn.

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@binnieb173]

Does the Budapest not work at this level?

[@Kevin-iq1vm]

Whenever I play king indian, opponents always push H pawn . It annoys me so much. I don't properly know how to counter that move. Please tell me the way to counter it.

[@travisnobleart]

If it appears they are going queenside castle, you could wait it out. You could try h6, and parry g5 when pawn comes up to buy time. But mainly if your opponent is doing this too fast before developing, you can gain initiative pushing through the center. Unless the center is locked up these early attacks are risky. Try it yourself as white against kings indian.

[@DD-ze1ki]

We need the same for the Caro Kann :D

[@Vandalgia]

I wish I could have a coach like Danya lol.

[@sashirmunoz3780]

These videos are even better for training than him teaching you personally.

[@palatusgames8800]

​@@sashirmunoz3780 without focusing on personal faults, doubtful.

[@mikhailjordanov5863]

Swear I was thinking in my head the better piece between the bishop and the knight ... I know the bishop is relatively better, but the knight is a monster in time pressure or pressure in general as we saw the opponent hang his queen as probably, he forgot that the knight could go backward.

[@ranlit7717]

KID > Grunfeld because sometimes you cannot play a Grunfeld set-up (eg this game), and then you need to also learn KID ideas, while Grunfeld ideas are already complicated enough. There’s no scenario in which a KID player needs to learn any Grunfeld-related stuff ;)

[@thelight288]

this game he could tho, after Nc3 d5 is a grunfeld style game, which is not dangerous for black at all

[@woodyshooter]

Do you have any recommendations on instructive KID content? Was extremely surprised that Danya went for the grunfeld as main line =(

[@dzordzszs]

You can play the grunfeld here, it transposes to one of the theoretical lines

[@data-dynamo-guy]

The best quality of chess, i think it can help us to get to 2000 rating 😊

[@paypower8127]

I watch this video everyday I still go like hold on what was the move again…blunder! 😅 great opening and video though I love the calculation I need to play longer time games because 3min games it takes me 5min to calculate 😂simply doesn’t add up!

[@shlomo8448]

Okay I'll Sub

[@CharlesKloote]

I have always wondered why the KID is considered legit but nobody at the top level plays the Pirc and this really explained it well.

[@grapeleopard6809]

The kid is dubious at the top level

[@grapeleopard6809]

The pirc even moreso

[@johnbinns7051]

WOOOO

[@markhegedus1981]

Why not the king's indian? 🥺

[@rogerwarr4673]

Yesssssss