Puzzle Rush Survival HACKS | Beginner to GM | Tactical Masterclass (0-60) | 2024 Guide

In this video, I attempt to score 60 in Chess.com's Puzzle Rush Survival, carefully explaining my thought process for every single puzzle. Along the way, I emphasize skills, concepts, and techniques that are indispensable in becoming a deadly tactician. This video aims to bring up your tactical level and inspire you to solve puzzles regularly, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master!
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[@dromadrosis]

Of course I admire your talent but your clarity and your patience to explain your thinking are outstanding. Thank you so much, Daniel 🙂

[@abdallahblidaoui3248]

Never clicked faster.

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

I click with lightning speed everytime anyway so i guess i cant say i cant measure

[@kehtabpeg]

Ikr, KZbin auto played this for me and I was like ughh this is from 2 years ago, already seen it, but then the ball dropped and I was happy

[@jackdemetrick9102]

I never see him interact with the wholesome comments but this he interacts with

[@nothanks8839]

"Imagine that there was a zebra sitting on f7, that there was LeBron James sitting on f7." Danya's chess metaphors hit different

[@musical_lolu4811]

f for flop

[@fathermuck1928]

Came here for this ❤

[@seanm3189]

Lebron would be on g8 in this situation

[@TheDannytaz]

I routinely forget he loves basketball 😂

[@dylanleclair7]

Went from a survival puzzle rush personal best of 31 to 44 after watching this thank you sensei 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@stickmandaninacan]

"... or Clyde is going to leave this in, we will see." Clyde: say no more fam, less editing for me 😎

[@darklord2626]

Literally checked your page today thinking “damn danya hasn’t uploaded in 2 weeks” and now this pops up!

[@yakmin]

Watched this and instantly got 50 for the first time. Thanks!

[@bughunter1766]

There's quite a few comments from people here who got a new personal best after watching this. I'm another one of them. 52 here.

[@jamesduggan7200]

mastering puzzle rush brings to mind the manager of my club, who used to say things like: The best defence is a strong offense. Thanks, Danya - enjoyed spending this time with you tonight.

[@skycaptain95]

Least parasocial youtube commenter.

[@MeritedMasterOfTheUSSR]

@@skycaptain95Lol

[@Anupamchess]

Danya is so so sooo much down to earth that even though he have galaxy sized knowledge.... His way of explaning even a layman can understand!!! love youuuuuuu

[@ryanboyd4770]

My best is 34… been looking for something like this for aaages. Cheeers Danya 🎉🎉

[@mariakuzinas6695]

Noob

[@synt3897]

I would happily pay a subscription for access to regular Danya videos. I must have watched most of your uploads 3x through already and just can’t wait for more. It’s so much more fun learning this way than just memorising lines from courses.

[@mariakuzinas6695]

Don’t give him ideas

[@sebbefalt]

​@@mariakuzinas6695Greed does not help your conscience and heart

[@DeionBonner]

Please delete 😂😂😅

[@tacticalchunder1207]

I’m glad you did this again! These are some of my favourite videos of yours.

[@ddenti99]

Thank you so much for this, Danya. It was amazing!

[@kehtabpeg]

It's great to hear you in such positive tone Danya!

[@saisamarth4989]

missed your puzzle videos. thank you so much for all the insanely helpful content you put out

[@Davidaspe]

Amazing explanations and insight. Thanks, Danya!

[@garliclasagna]

Danya you're the man, thank you for this video, very instructive!

[@JustinB_Oz]

Loved this. Thanks Danya.

[@lindokuhlexulu6122]

Very lovely. Thank you Danya. I'd love to see more of these. :)

[@hemkarki6328]

As usual, thanks danya for amazing content. Always here to support how I can.

[@matthewlock1550]

Great video. Thanks Danya!

[@howardgraff4084]

You really are a hugely motivational online coach to so many amateur chess players including me. Your videos improve my life and my chess skills and I'm very grateful. Thank you Danya.

[@lucasr5675]

You are such a great speaker. Great teacher, great all around. Love this channel.

[@juliandrews8575]

I basically never comment, but this is SO instructive to hear you talk through these puzzles. Paused to solve and only got two wrong, but sometimes my calculation is still a little shaky. Am really looking forward to watching part 2, as I'm 2000 FIDE and will love the challenge and hearing you talk through it will be extremely enlightening!

[@KarwowskiChessSchool]

20:00 Great explanation for beginners. 40:58 Very good endgame and calculation example for intermediate players. 1:01:27 Gradually spotting more and more niuances in the position to solve a puzzle, nice one. Great job, looking forward to the next videos in this series 👌

[@thomasgoggin5259]

Hey Danya, ive got an idea for a new series I’ve been thinking about a lot that could help a lot of ppl. You do a speedrun (surprise) but every game is actually a viewer playing with you coaching them in a call. You could do a much longer format. 30 minutes maybe so the viewer could really explain what they think about a position and you could explain why they are focusing on the wrong thing etc… or what they are missing about a position. It would help a lot of players to show the difference live on how a beginner / intermediate / advanced players look at a position and how at every level they notice better things but still not at your level. Ik 30 minutes may sound like a lot but you could do like 2 games per 100 elo or something to start.

[@marcochirigoni1424]

This, but if he's gonna do it, I would start at like the 1200 level.

[@cyin974]

Coaching a viewer live sounds like too much contingency and effort ngl, Danya will have to prepare a lot more before and after every game to have an actual useful coaching session

[@thomasgoggin5259]

@@cyin974yea it could be a lot of work,but there’s definitely ways to make it rly educational. He could also choose people he knows personally or twitch mods / donors so he knows them sorta

[@42cpulaski]

Love the content. Daniel is awesome.

[@judsongordy8872]

Danya, if it doesn't take too much of your time, I would absolutely love to see a video like this monthly or maybe even weekly. They are so helpful and are likely helpful to nearly all of your regular viewers because they cover a range of difficultly. Thanks and keep up the good work!!!

[@jamessilva8331]

I Love this format of video!

[@darekisrael469]

Thank you for the motivation to beat my old puzzle survival score by 1...it's not much but it's progress in the positive direction. ❤ One day I'll hit 60 and say I knew that was possible because I saw a gm do it on KZbin first and he made it look easy so I should stop slacking.

[@bughunter1766]

After watching this video I decided it was so easy I would give it a try. My previous best was 51 and I was able to raise that to 52. Small steps but a big deal to me. I spent an hour and 21 minutes to get those 52 right and the three wrong. I got the first 48 before dropping one. My trouble is getting lazy on the early ones and missing one or two that I shouldn't. I just have to try harder at the beginning to save my strikes for later in the run or I just get terrible scores.

[@mcblahflooper94]

Thanks for the words of encouragement at 6:00, I really needed that

[@Ghrifter]

I love this kind of video, I'm a big fan of resolving puzzles You gave us ton of useful tips, thank you for this masterclass

[@MatthewClancy1]

Been watching your videos for a long time, and honestly you seem more cognizant at 11am imho, but you're always great, wish I had 1/1000 of your chess ability.

[@icysliceydicey]

Hey Danya, just wanted to say thank you for these instructional videos. I've managed to get from 45 to 58 in puzzle rush, thanks to this video and I'm going to keep working at it until I hit 60. Really appreciate everything you do!

[@mahirbhatt3747]

I really enjoy and learn a lot from the puzzle solving videos :)

[@Ryan-jz5kr]

it's very true, I started doing puzzles everyday and I can now solve the first 15 - 20 puzzles consistently without making a mistake trust the process guys😊

[@OGTox6]

Im over 2000 fide and this was still very instructive. Thanks danya, the best teacher as always.

[@Chris-rb8ox]

I love these puzzle videos!

[@wolfMetall]

"The queen and the knight. It's like the Hikaru and Levy of chess pieces." Got me laughing. Thanks.

[@ColostomyMan]

I was just looking at how to improve at my puzzles. Feels like I've stagnated quite a bit and just running them every day isn't bringing the gains. Thanks Danya

[@debrascott8775]

Very helpful, even to a new newbie.

[@matesenelinsti]

Just after watching this video I went to do a puzzle rush for the first time in months and I hit 53!! My personal best with difference.

[@paulhan3314]

Thanks to Daniel Naroditsky. Easy 50 puzzles for me after watching this.

[@nicholaspotter9270]

These videos are my favorite by far you just explain shit so well

[@ashikrahman2567]

I like your commentry and playing❤❤

[@henrick5989]

I'll watch this one a few times, for sure! Puzzles are my favorite part of chess

[@dannystoll84]

In the puzzle at 1:20:12, it's worth remarking how critical it is that White's king is close enough to be a mating threat after white promotes, since otherwise Q vs h pawn on the second rank is a draw

[@yaouG1]

Yessirski, you are amazing

[@aDushandrii]

This was surprisingly interesting (not in a Kramnik's way). Ty for this video

[@gratitud143]

At the puzzle with the pawn endgame around 1:20:00 it would have been very instructive to show, why the other variation with the black king on b3 and the pawn on a2 is winning. Loved the video, it was a really good exercise up to the last problem

[@musical_lolu4811]

Work it out yourself. You can't be spoon-fed everything.

[@fpjesus2000]

Big man Danya dropping a cheeky Thinking, Fast and Slow reference

[@ledorub3000]

The way you explain your thinking is so clear. This is definitely one of your superpowers! Hoping for a video like this in Russian one day 😁

[@bhishmadevkarali984]

Let's go Danya💙

[@B0bbySneeze]

Do more of these!

[@gastonmarengo6790]

Thanks Danya

[@TheAdsfasdf4]

This video inspired me to try survival out again. First try - 10 lol. Pretty discouraging. Next try - 33! Broke my old record of 26!

[@kidthump]

I played Danya in Puzzle Battle about two weeks ago. He thanked me for the clinic afterwards.

[@phetolomojela3014]

Danya , when you done doing what you're doing , please bring back the 15+10 speedruns , Thank you😇

[@MeritedMasterOfTheUSSR]

the 5 | 0 speedrun is great

[@oncharielias3479]

Hi Naro been feeling so bad recently... I really hope you are doing well yourself... Your videos have been my solace, my go to place... I really don't need sympathy for myself maybe for somebody else who needs it

[@wijdswijdssd5125]

great video

[@aptudo]

Whenever a GM recalls a relevant past game on the spot, it feels like a glimpse of why they're so good. They have something like photographic memory for chess!

[@KironKabir]

Just watched your epic simul video on the BotezLive channel and then you uploaded here

[@wchrisw]

I enjoy these

[@Sweet_Drop]

I am not sure what it exactly is, but after watcfhing a puzzle rush video from Danya I have a temporary buff which makes me tactical stronger. After a couple of weeks it falls off. So This video is exactly on time for my new buff! (fell down from 2700 to 2400 in puzzles).

[@robinDrescher]

very helpful :)

[@mayukhbaidya569]

33:11 "I would emphasize breadth first search rather than depth first search." As a person who's also practising cp problems, I'm impressed

[@nurulfaqihabdurrohman6400]

Thank you sir, you are my favorite chess player as always, i hope you can play for the candidates for wcc

[@killereagle666]

Thanks!

[@howedaddy6122]

This is the third video in not so long that Danya has used the word copacetic lol

[@user-lr4rl1tp4i]

Please more from this...

[@7rollface]

Proof, if proof were needed, that Danya is the best chess tutor. Watching this video, I'm pausing and trying to solve the puzzles before he says anything. Not even using a board, just trying to work it out. My best in puzzle rush survival is 37, and I normally get more in the 25-30 range. I'm currently at puzzle 44 in this video and haven't missed one. Paused to play a puzzle rush myself and...got 18. Just the mere *presence* of the Prophet makes me a better puzzle solver.

[@happy_labs]

Probably better quality tactical instruction than any paid course out there

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Just what I need to finally break 30 in Survival!

[@Ae07900]

My best attempt was 38, man you made it looking too easy until 50 I have to give it a shot

[@alexandercarr5492]

This tactic happens all the time. Just look at this game I played the other 18 years ago. ❤

[@mannylokzzz]

I recommend these to anyone and everyone that asks me how to improve at chess. It’s always puzzles. The way people tell me don’t do drugs and i still do them, I tell people “do chess puzzles” and they tell me “did you hit your head, why are you talking to yourself, calls the cops.”

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

27:27, #28. I dub this ending, with the two queen moves, a kazoo mate.

[@Fischer-random]

I'll say it again, danya is the real internet's chess teacher

[@jzabala2951]

Very cool

[@uifwastaken]

69 comments as im writing this o.o just wanted to share that i actually took the inspiration and after watching this video didnt make it to 60 without a fail either, literally failed the 60th puzzle after solving it correctly at first (or well, until last 2 moves but i wouldve found them had i gone through with it), but then i saw another line that seemed more convincing but i missed a really for me difficult move to spot in calculation.. anyway, my best is 69 survival from two days before christmas, i think i will do them more regularly like you said to stay in this tactical shape even though im studying a lot of opening theory lately (not sure what for because ill likely be unaliving myself real soon anyway

[@bridge4]

30:38 this was a nice shoutout to Hikaru and Levy mere days before Ser Danya and Ser Hess took them down in the team comp :))

[@KianOntong13]

The hikaru impression at 50:00 🤣

[@pedro.cassis]

Its cool game I got 55 survival a while ago

[@ericfrederickson2692]

Danya does it again.

[@gansogames4927]

Friday night chess, let's go!🎉

[@dottork3662]

Best content

[@sebbefalt]

May God bless you!

[@RG001100]

14:20 cheers Clyde :p

[@fares3550]

Can you post round 2 of the duo-tournament playing against Hikaru and Levy whenever that becomes available?

[@pds4]

Sensei supermacy🙇

[@keyboard_toucher]

On puzzle 49, taking with the bishop would actually be better than with the queen, if not for black's response of Kh8!!

[@deesnuts4570]

Hi Danya :)

[@BobChess]

Daniel is only GM I know to teach us chess in yt.

[@mauliksata3491]

I just did puzzle rush after watching this video,and guess what I got 53 puzzles correct,in puzzle rush survival 🤩

[@sparkster4000]

Daniel, if you posted your speed run videos twice a week you would have a million subs. I know it’s tough but if you put yourself to that challenge not only could you further your career, you could help a lot of people and make a huge impact in the chess world More speedrun videos!! Once a week at least!

[@JS-uj1bq]

love it

[@andreymathematics]

Smiling Dania, the best way to start a weekend.

[@rustanji6723]

I'm realy bad at finding tactics in real game, hpe this will help

[@DBEDSS]

Can you please make a video on how to calculate

[@koupou8212]

Danya never fails to deliver the most educational high-level videos on the Internet