NEW SPEEDRUN, Episode 1!! | Develop Your Instincts | 5-Minute Blitz | GM Naroditsky's DYI Speedrun

00:00 Intro
04:41 First move
04:42 Game 1
08:26 Analysis
12:08 Example
13:04 Back to Game 1
14:10 Game 2
16:40 Analysis
20:53 Game 3
24:56 Analysis
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[@Dark_Aves]

Babe wake up, new Danya speedrun just dropped

[@FerrisMcLauren]

babe look, another NPC comment

[@Taycatte]

5 more minutes babe

[@sillylittlewillyy]

I’m awake !

[@al87221]

Dont wake her so can watch in peace

[@TymexComputing]

And what s slidy avatar

[@XAVargasX0206]

*Danya* : "our opponent isn't really emphasizing development" *opponent* : desperately trying to develop

[@dhavalraja5362]

But not even understanding how to do it

[@derekmachiele4133]

New danya content is pry the best part of my life so like just make it lol.

[@LittleOne444]

yeah but alot of his opponents in this video just prioritized one move pawn attacks because it gives them a hit of dopamine for some reason

[@Graceclaw]

​@@LittleOne444I mean, they ARE playing blitz.....

[@billybobb8850]

No he pushed his pawn twice. Developing means minor and major pieces not pushing pawns

[@brodiedriscoll2003]

Like most people here, I spent a lot of time watching Levy. And while I do love and appreciate him, I feel like at a certain point you graduate from Gotham and come to Naroditsky. I have watched countless hours of your content on KZbin these past 18 months or so. You've not only helped me improve my chess but also inspired me in my own chess coaching journey. I started a chess club in my town and later my own little chess coaching business. I only learnt how to play chess when I was 20, younger me would be amazed that I now watch these longer chess videos for fun! Thanks so much for your work Daniel, greetings from Darwin, Australia!

[@robdubent]

Agreed 💯 Best teacher online bar none in my opinion. I learn tons from him (I’m around 2000) even when he’s playing triple digit elo opponents. The chess psychology will teach you so much if you do your part to soak it up.

[@petrinam]

Did that already two years ago!

[@lucassipe9448]

Gotham is much more "enjoyable" and Danya is much more rigorous and instructive. I was never a fan of his more gimmicky stuff (bot battles) but his cheater content/ GTE are both so much fun. Comparing Gotham to Danya is like comparing Barstool Sports to Pro Football Focus.

[@TylerHumphrey05]

@@lucassipe9448you can watch lots of things for entertainment. Just don’t fool yourself into thinking your learning from levy. He’s not a GM. 😂idk why I hate on Gotham. I think bc he’s probably very wealthy compared to Danya and I have a deep-seated hatred of this magnus magnus Magnus every thumbnail. Danya says he purposely doesn’t clickbait actively fighting the Levy’s of the world. And Danya is humble as hell and deserves to have a harem of women feeding him grapes

[@JohnsonSmithson]

@@TylerHumphrey05 I think Dina's doing that already

[@otterhead10]

4 years of Danya speed runs. Got me into chess, kept me into chess. Can never say enough about the impact of these, thank you.

[@n4ymzyt908]

Totally agree, he literally explain way more better than any teacher exist, danya is simply a goat

[@mohababdallhameed3066]

Danya's speedruns have definitely gotten me through tough times. So, my country is at war, we've been displaced multiple times and we didn't have internet for quite a while and I had downloaded a bunch of Danya's videos beforehand. They have really been there for me through tough tough times. Really, thank you Danya as a person first and as an amazing chess instructor secondly. We really appreciate all the effort. With love, Mohab from Sudan.

[@stevenorth1564]

Good luck! Sounds very difficult. Glad you have this to help you through

[@mohababdallhameed3066]

@stevenorth1564 Yeah, the situation in Sudan was and still very dire. We pray for peace every day.

[@whatnowsami9225]

No fn way 🤩 My country is at war too. I'm from Ethiopia. Here's to peace Mohab🍻

[@mohababdallhameed3066]

@@whatnowsami9225 Eyyy peace advocates lesgoo

[@ChessGrandmaster]

Hi Mohab! Really sorry for situation in Sudan. Is it getting better? I pray that it is and that peace will come soon. It's unfortunate that it's not been treated as a priority for the world but the war will come to an end. Best luck. I'll pray for you. Lots of love for the innocent people in your country. Victor, Kenya.

[@bennettgeller9871]

Longer time controls are always more instructive imo but I will watch anything you release

[@lokento]

Yeah, plus the players he was facing were a little too good too early on in the speedrun.

[@vicrow8000]

The long-form videos may be more instructive, but without the proper juxtaposition they can also be counterproductive for people who are specifically seeking out instruction PRECISELY because Danya gives too many details for lower/intermediate rated players' own good; thereby making it too easy for them to draw the correct conclusions without thinking through things purely on their own merits. He refers to KID as a 'Language' in this video and constantly encouraged pausing and putting in the study by playing out the positions yourself, drawing an allegory for a rather simple reason: no Poet or Playwright in the world learned to create beauty out of language through instruction alone... They all thought and dreamt by themselves about things for a long, long time. I'd encourage anyone who thinks the slower aspects of Chess are more instructive to try working at it from both angles at the same time! Use the slower speedrun videos to inform your Knowledge on the game as you work through them slowly, and then use this new Blitz speedrun to try to put what you've learned to the test in real time - see how your thought process differs from Danya's, and if nothing else you'll learn how large the gap between his and your intuitive thinking is!

[@bloonpauper]

one of my favourite aspects of your 15|10 speedruns is when you grind out a win from a small/nonexistent advantage in an ostensibly boring position - "squeezing water from a stone", and 5 minute speedruns aren't as able to demonstrate that. however, i am assured that this new format has its own virtues and will bring its own, unique method of demonstration.

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

u play blitz its very helpful for blitz players

[@oxkaioxo]

I agree 😊

[@AndTSG]

Really enjoy the longer time control SR videos. Also having the openings included in the title makes old games easier to find + study

[@Valyxn]

Definitely seconding the title thing!

[@Damogen]

fully agree. I would also love to see opening themed speedruns. At least I find that seeing multiple games in the same opening really increases the instructional value.

[@GaliReax]

I think this speedrun’s purpose is to help you understand and improve your position. It’s not meant to be studied, but acquired by having an implicit understanding of the chess board. So focusing on particular openings may sort of go against what Danya had in mind for these series, I don’t know.

[@HoarselyCry]

Here’s honesty: not only is the new format great, but also very much refreshing. I miss watching you play 5 increments. Helps facilitate more room for instinctual decision making, and like you suggested, you can always intersperse this alongside the 15 minute one.

[@TheMosayat]

+1000

[@tomsaavedra6920]

In the opening it's not really intuition, it's memory. His knowledge of opening theory means he will have a clear advantage before they are out of the opening, at this level. I do like this new time control because there are more games with good analysis after the games.

[@thomastheiner5780]

Definitely interested to see where this goes! IMO I would love to see continuation of the longer rapid time control content too tho

[@fergs1561]

I preferred the rapid speedruns but I enjoy this as well

[@the_mentaculus]

I love this format. I like having more bite-sized lessons rather than getting in the weeds for 30 minutes analyzing one game

[@GStarGoku3]

The most important thing is that you're doing what you want. If you're having fun we're having fun.

[@glenndiddy]

I think the concept is really nice especially for someone in the intermediate rating range. I often struggle to sense where the critical moments of the games happen, so I think this will help a lot

[@sebastienhamel7613]

Having a GM explaining his tought-process to us, 900-1000's players, is pure gold. Thank you Danya.

[@RunOfTheTrill]

My honest feedback: This is exactly what I've wanted for quite some time. I've always wanted to know how you think in fast time controls so I can better understand the dark arts of blitz and bullet.

[@clarkbishop6231]

I like the multi game concept for several reasons. A) It's new and feels refreshing from a content perspective B) It gives me more opportunites to play guess the move because there are more moves to guess. Really nice from an educational / practice perspective C) Getting to watch how you approach various opening gives me more launch pads to study opening theory Thank you for all your hard work!

[@ishandhawan9011]

Hey Danya, the rapid speedrun definitely has more instructional value in the sense that you spend a lot more time explaining your thought process, which to me, is really the meatiest and most valuable part of this. However, as mostly a casual online blitz player, this is genuinely a great concept to improve in a much different facet. Totally in for this! This just changes the value from understanding how a GM plays rapid to understanding how a GM plays blitz

[@DoobooDomo]

This is a great concept. I really appreciate that each speedrun has its own theme, and it is ambitious of you to attempt to teach something as abstract (but hugely important) as intuition. Rewatching some of your older speedruns, the moments during the analysis where you say "and you can make this move without calculating" was always some of the most instructive parts and I'm happy to see a speedrun dedicated to developing that.

[@drcrocodile1]

For learning, I like the 10 minute time control best. Thanks for the content you make, huge fan of the speedruns.

[@atanasgenov6732]

As a player who mostly spends his time in the blitz time control, I am hands down in favor for the continuation of this type of speedrun. In addition, I would say that having more games per video is more entertaining. Keep it up.

[@slxdragon]

This blitz speedrun is perfect. You've been doing rapid speedruns for over 2 years now and as much as I enjoyed it and have benefited a lot from it, change is also good. It is really easy for content to go stale, so I support this new idea. 🔥

[@voxin8838]

danya i want to thank you because i am going through a really rough break up right now and seeing your notification really cheered me up thanks for all the great educational content and laughs

[@pragunahuja7881]

Lesgoooooooooo Danny , your speedrun helped me alot to reach 1896 from 228 rapid in just a year! Please keep making this stuff.. Much Love bro❤

[@JohnsonSmithson]

I had the same experience. It's insane his power

[@TheRyan0001]

That’s impressive, I’m about the same rating although it’s taken me 3 years

[@lucassipe9448]

​@@TheRyan0001same lol, started in 2021 and barely got to 1800 at the end of 2023 (currently slumped at 1700 sadly)

[@dumbass1775]

SAME 1840 rn from likr 400

[@abdoolkareem_]

Cap

[@javymakesmusic]

The goat is back

[@mikyonmars]

The longer game format is much more useful because the intuition/speed skills are less difficult compared with actual chess knowledge, and mostly comes from practice. Us low/intermediate rated players don't "not understand" why we're slow but we definitely don't understand why we don't win chess positions. Personally i love your 10min/15min speedruns because in-depth explanations of chess help more with my blitz than 'speed skills' which are easier to develop. I'm happy with anything though!

[@MrEDMeaner]

“I didn’t want to rush the new speed run.” 😂😂 Never has your speed run been more improperly named. Love you and your work Danya!❤❤

[@SubdueOG]

As someone who’s been an avid 15 min speedrun watcher these last few months this is an awesome change of pace. The 15 min games are of course instructive but I love the idea of developing instincts and see more of the thought process in the moment. Perfect example was the first game with the sacrifice. Not a likely move in the 15 min speed run as you were deliberately trying to play solid and disciplined, but seeing a slightly different play style and your main openings from the start is going to be very instructional and entertaining!

[@yakovvidberg7035]

We all agree danya is the best coach on KZbin cuz of you danya I'm almost at 2000 elo

[@abdoolkareem_]

Cap

[@MeritedMasterOfTheUSSR]

cap

[@danilianian]

New format is great!

[@isaiahbetinol4329]

+1 for the 15 minute format

[@ruthxk7844]

I love both formats, each one has its virtues! ++++ so GRATEFUL you are playing the KID in this speedrun :'))))

[@joshuazenarosa6075]

PLEASE CONTINUE!!! I’ve been struggling in blitz specifically so this is perfect for me

[@MrVisser15]

Amazing! Can’t wait

[@Ayan-rh6gj]

Your each speedrun is better than the previous one. Masterclass and Sensei speedruns helped me learn chess concepts. Top Theory speedrun helped me to develop an opening repertoire and know exactly how to apply those well known chess concepts,how to grind like a GM, and how to keep on adding pressure. My Blitz is very weak compared to rapid. I hope this speedrun will help me improve that. Don't worry about quality(being the by far most instructional chess person helps). My only request is please keep posting more often. Any type of content is fine. Your videos are what keep my chess love alive in stressful days.

[@bneal817]

New speedrun!!! Yes! I like the longer time controls too, but these blitz games are fun and instructive in their own way. Love all your content Danya, thanks for doing what you do

[@straight6200]

Really helpful content. Excited to continue with this speed run. I’ve only started watching your speed runs recently while recovering from an injury and now I am hooked. I’ll be mining old content as well as following along with the new!

[@TheEffectoss]

This is great, however, I really enjoyed the 15|10 rapid format as you really went deep into the explanations of the position and your calculations. I feel like the 15|10 format had by far the most educational value. I watch these speedrun games every night before going to sleep and I have rewatched all your speedruns probably about 3 times already, I love them so much and they help me calm myself down before sleep while developing my chess abilities! Best chess teacher on the internet by a mile! Keep it up Danya✌️

[@stevenyna8512]

this is absolutely legendary Danya!! Loving the 3/4 games format, it makes the analysis more inclined to general concepts in the opening instead of specific variations in the game, which I think offers more instructional value to the greater part of the audience. Thanks for your amazing work, much love

[@dblackmore3948]

I love the format! I'm sure the longer time control provides better content for those using the channel to seriously study, but I'm a casual player and the bite sizes chunks of instinct-focused content have me very excited for your new videos. Feels like the perfect mix of instructive and entertaining content to me!

[@J1ngzz]

Hey Danya, honestly my feedback would be to continue the speedrun as is. This was super educational in a different way than the previous speedruns. Also 3 games is the perfect amount per video I think. Keep up the great work

[@gamesafoot]

❤ You're the best, Danya!

[@eriksteen2900]

I love this speedrun concept! More please!

[@williambott1773]

Love love love this new concept. A greater number of games is basically all I want -- your analysis each game is the real instruction.

[@owenedwards9807]

This was great, I think this offered different insights to the 15 minute games, I found it very instructive

[@charlestothe]

Let’s go!!!!!!

[@ericsauber7175]

Love it. So excited for this

[@MrTedfro]

Everything you touch turns to gold! I’ve learned so much from your channel and seen notable improvement in my own games. I get a ton out of your lessons and categorization of certain common chess themes (like type 1 vs 2 undefended pieces, etc) I am rapid player so bias towards the lengthy theory explanations but on board with whatever brings you joy to make! There is no one else that is more instructive at chess! Thank you for sharing all of your hard earned knowledge!

[@yedfa8202]

New speedrun?? Couldn’t ask for anything more!!

[@stevedoe3994]

Finally a new speed run. That higher level play is over my head.

[@fdsaa]

This new format is wonderful, it's the perfect opportunity to learn from your plan-making intuition! I feel like it complements the 15 minute speedruns in the same way puzzlerush complements untimed puzzle study. In that vein, I think 21:53 is both a perfect encapsulation of what I'd like to learn from this speedrun and place to improve - I love that you mentioned being undecided, but I hope in the future you mention briefly what you're looking at and considering when you're deciding between a couple paths, and maybe in the postgame delve into why you were looking at each and why the approaches were so close in appeal (was one a typical plan for the opening, was your eye on a potential weakness from a previous move, did you notice something positionally related, etc.) Love these speedruns, and thank you so much for putting them out to us!

[@richvienas3153]

Informative, engaging videos - good job, Danya!

[@talentedgambler7327]

Incroyable as always Danya

[@aaronhunt3156]

I was disappointed when you mentioned the new speedrun would be blitz only because I assumed we would be getting only 1 game with shorter videos. But I was wrong - Danya never disappoints! Really enjoying the new speedrun.

[@Max-op5ch]

Excited to see more of this, Danya!

[@TTweten77]

Love the format!! Excited for this speed run!

[@Agrantar]

I feel like this is going to be a very instructive speedrun (and hopefully more fun to make!). For me personally (who never had a coach) two most instructive moments were: 1) an almost offhand comment at 19:12 (with context start at 18:57) - "this is not a risky move, we're not sacing anything, the knight can drop to e5 [because it is well protected by queen and bishop]". The idea of "before making a risky move, calculate the retreat" is obvious, but the offhandedness is the important part, showing a bit of how GMs think: considering which squares are protected and how well is something that should come as naturally as breathing. 2) the "contact between the pieces" segment at 24:13 is just a great tip for a new mental breakpoint/checkpoint: "ok, when this happen pause to think". Actually, now that I think about it, there was another moment like this in the second game, the "don't excitedly take a piece, look for a better move" (and sure, everyone knows "if you see a good move, look for a better one" but having a live example like this spurs the intuition much more). Please don't take it to yourself, but maybe consider making these when you are a bit more rested? The repeated "there are a million ways" (which you did show! so it was VERY instructive) is somewhat of a tell and it probably affects how you think about explaining things/what you pay attention to (in the context of the lesson). Also forcing yourself to work when you're tired can lead to burnout and that's a bitch and a half to deal with (and it's pretty obvious that you care about the channel a lot, which is a very common thing in cases of burnout - as far as I understand).

[@Agrantar]

Also having KID here is perfect!

[@osmanlisa1783]

Rare to see such a high quality comment on KZbin lol

[@spark5010]

This is Fun but please dont end The 15 minute speedrun... as that gives unparalleled Instructive value( u can play both speedruns in this new speedrun account cause Rapid and Blitz r different rating ladder)

[@morganlobrose7253]

Love the format! This is great!

[@redley83]

Love it! Thank you so much.

[@XAVargasX0206]

I like both speedruns

[@zacharyleonard8098]

So happy this new speedrun is blitz. Have a 1 year old and can’t commit to long games anymore and your videos are top tier content for learners.

[@7percentSolution]

Excellent, as always!

[@lawrencebarrett4997]

I love this idea! Please continue

[@leatherjerk]

Danya is your favorite chess commentator's favorite chess commentator

[@darkfirer2416]

New speedrun. I’m so in baby. Maybe I can finally learn the Grünfeld! You kept recommending it and then never played it in the other speedrun!! Concept sounds very promising. Am very excited Edit: Oh no. Another Kings Indian. Can you at least do 1 game for the Grünfeld and cover the opening? I tried finding some online resources on it but I wasn’t very satisfied with the stuff I found. I hoped you would cover it eventually since we never really got that in the Frankfurt Airport speedrun either

[@syrocynical]

I'd encourage you to look into the hybrid grunfeld slav by FM Christoph Kuberczyk on chessable, I haven't gone through much but its very interesting

[@zackeryvollstedt59]

Wooooohooooo!!! Thank you Danya!!

[@user-ek4jf5nq4z]

Thank you Danya, i love this format

[@Cat-wu2yd]

While I do love your videos, I find that games below a minimum of ten minutes lose instructive value. Best is 15+10 imo. Games against higher rated players were instructive and it is usually recommended for beginners not to play blitz. Maybe a healthy mix between the two time controls would be good. Just my two cents

[@jejjiz6162]

Intuition is important to be sure, but I personally would prefer 15+10 formats. I went into chess not for the purpose of winning games, but with an eye on the pursuit of beauty. The purpose of each and every move being explained in detail really shows the complicated web of considerations that one has to navigate during longer games, whereas 5min blitz games lack such considerations. Don't get me wrong: 5min blitz can be very useful, I'm sure people will learn from your speedruns still, but for me chess is at its most interesting when the time is taken to properly show the upsides and downsides of each and every move; how one small change on the board changes the entire game so siginificantly is what I learn the most from. Intuition is useful, but I personally think it's best left to the players themselves: their practice of your well-articulated and beautifully paced lessons allows them to develop their styles at a tempo suited best to them. That's how I feel, at least. Thank you for all the speedruns regardless, you're a saint :)

[@dylanchatfield1174]

Mate that's amazing! Love it

[@liamlau8253]

Really enjoy this new 5-minute blitz speedrun! I have been struggling a lot in 5-minute games, and your lessons are truly instructive to hone instincts and provide a clear picture of the battleground.

[@temexmichael1289]

Imo, I believe the 15|10 time control is more instructive, offering greater value than watching 5-minute blitz games, which I feel doesn't enhance one's instincts-though playing them will. Regardless, I'll keep watching because of your exceptional teaching skills and personality.

[@temexmichael1289]

@mclovin3769 Yes, coz we would get more from it. It's different opponents, different games, and more examples and lessons. And he also did a speed run with 5 min time control before.

[@mico6155]

Personally not a fan of the shorter time controls as you're not explaining as thoroughly for noobs like myself.

[@jacokyle0160]

Danya already has many speedruns where he plays long format games and goes into great detail while explaining. Did you really watch them all already?

[@JohnsonSmithson]

​@@jacokyle0160theres always something new to learn

[@jfaulkner1234]

Love the idea Daniel. Thank you!

[@ChessBootCamp]

Love the new format, thanks Danya!

[@yousseflahbabi3842]

Love this! Looking forward to the next onesp

[@pieter_holland112]

Loved it. Thnx a lot!

[@ryanboyd4770]

I really enjoyed this, thanks Danya.

[@mohameddib6069]

Great format! Thanks a lot. It's always refreshing to watch your videos

[@valentinipuche3128]

thank you man!!! loving this

[@johnsstudies4335]

Hey man, I just want to say thank you for your content. I've been watching your videos for more than 3 years now. Even though things have changed in my life and I have less and less time to sit down and watch a couple of matches, it's always a good time. Always an insane amount of content to learn and study a bit of chess.

[@AnCoSt1]

I LOVE this new format.

[@rapid_rivers3294]

Absolutely awesome content! I will watch this every time I can

[@cjammer18]

These videos are so useful, thank you!

[@andreiko4]

Даня, спасибо огромное за твою работу! Очень ждал новый спидран.

[@harryhernandez7378]

Much love , nice format Keep up with both speedruns

[@TylerHumphrey05]

Thank you Danya. Such good content

[@jayd7055]

Love blitz speedruns!! Thanks Danya!

[@mahmoudchemra4213]

Great video. Keep it up Daniel. Proud of you!!!

[@ondrejhurinek]

Lets gooooooooooo!!!!! Thank you :) was waiting for this! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Kalos00]

Loved it! you are just amazing! :)

[@GooglePlusSurvivor]

Thanks again for providing A1 chess education at the peerless price of FREE!! Naroblitzky is a Saint

[@kaidoChess]

Honest feedback, from another chess creator, your videos are genuinely perfect. We don’t care about the time control we care about your personality and chess wisdom ❤

[@AveryColyer-tk8ng]

This format is an excellent change of pace. It presents a different, but necessary skill set. Thank you, Sensei!

[@matteovrizzi]

excellent concept!! keep it up Champ!❤

[@samirrezgui3680]

Enjoyed the format 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@felixhinz3804]

Love the concept

[@jacktubbenhauer6020]

Love this format - keep going please!

[@amirhd8865]

awesome one please continue