Puzzle Rush Survival Hacks Part 2 | Beginner to GM | Master-Level Puzzles (61-70)

In this video, I continue my Chess.com Puzzle Rush Survival run, solving nine highly complex puzzles to bring my score from 61 to 70. I set up each puzzle on Chessbase, carefully talking through my calculation and thought process, and helping newer players follow along by playing out my calculations on the analysis board before attempting the solution. This video aims to make convoluted, master-level puzzles accessible and understandable to players of all levels. Above all, I hope to inspire you to solve puzzles more regularly and to not shy away from exercises that are above your current level!
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My First Puzzle Rush Survival Video (0 to 50): • A Grandmaster Does Puz...
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[@ericfrederickson2692]

Danya is like the chef who keeps bringing you amazing desserts even after the luxuriant multi-course meal he just delivered.

[@torikipitt750]

😂

[@Vengaard]

"I hope you are not bored" No dude. Seeing how a strong GM solves things is interesting and really helpful!

[@AnCoSt1]

You found a GREAT balance between letting us visualize the calculations and then doing them on chessbase. This was a FANTASTIC video. thank you!

[@listen2lucki]

Just watched that full chess match between you hess and hikaru and Gotham. Pure hype

[@rnormgeek]

Stuck in the 2700-2900 puzzle range for about a year now, this video actually helped me reach 3000 ! Thanks a lot for providing the tools for methodical analysis of more advanced puzzles!!

[@zmike79]

As an adult improver who learnt chess in 2020, your videos have enabled me to reach 1860 elo classical on lichess. Thank you

[@dritslem4711]

Best chess entertainment in the world, easily. Keep up the good work, Daniel.

[@juliandrews8575]

You keep using the phrase "paper tiger". I love it! Comrade Naroditsky confirmed? :)

[@DeepWitz]

The eloquence, the empathy (for laymen like me), the sheer fascination of getting a glimpse into the architecture of a mind as bright as Danya's - he's hands down a significant asset to the world's chess culture.

[@beginningless]

As Robert Hess says, “Stop Apologising”. Your innovative ways only shows your love for teaching. Hopefully you will continue with the puzzle rush atleast till 100.

[@3Max]

"I do this all in one take and don't cut out awkward parts" -- This is such a great methodology, thank you for sharing your unfiltered thought process!

[@YashvardhanMemoryTricks]

Thank you for the content Danya. You are entertaining and instructional. That's a great trait for a chess streamer. I am looking forward to you continuing this series. Thank you once again for providing this priceless content for free ❤❤.

[@ASMRChessWhispers]

Love this! I'm curious to see how far you'll go, but I'm all up for it. The higher the better!

[@beginningless]

Yes. Looking for 70-80!

[@ChessGrandmaster]

Quite instructive: the insight into the mind of a chess genius. My survival high score is 61 and this video shows me the mountain of a difference between the way you solve and how we approach the same situation. First, your mind is thorough - you don't miss any tactical ideas. Secondly, moves like Qb3 in the last puzzle occur naturally to you. Moves like Rc2 and the idea of Qh1 then Qg2! You quickly dismiss our favourite move, b5, as seriously weakening and settle on the "natural" Rd8. These instincts are truly next level stuff. However, the most impressive thing that's a clear difference is how you calculate! Watching you, it seems as if you can clearly see the board in your mind and actually mentally move pieces so that you are actually seeing the position with new threats while for most of us, it's a mental fog trying to remember where every piece goes and how it impacts the position. So that is my question: when you are performing mental calculations, what do you see? Is it the board? If so, is that something you learn or an innate skill? Much thanks for your video and I... we are seriously looking forward to the Knight vs Bishop endgame video. May I also suggest an idea for a video series :"how to attack." Thank you.

[@flpsnk4848]

The synergy of professionalism and "cringe" makes an awesome relatable teacher (I am teacher of something totally different myself and I felt that story at 23:40). Thank you for this lesson!

[@user-zg6dj1bu3m]

This was amazing, it a shame you didnt get more views. I think there is no better way than to improve tactically than doing puzzles little bit out of your skill level and comfort zone with phenomenal expert like you Danya which will fill in a little gaps in our thinking process.That little gaps can sometimes literally be hundreds of elo points, thanks a lot, and i hope you will not get discouraged with publishing stuff like this in a future.

[@yakovvidberg7035]

Danya is delivering us insane amount of knowledge for free we are so thankful for that tell me when chess players could just go to KZbin and see the best chess players explaining them everything and for free that is just crazy

[@42cpulaski]

Love the content. The fact that he takes the time to do this is amazing. A true ambassador of the game.

[@xyy1680]

Danya i really adore you for your work and also your personality! I think youre by far the best chess content creator out there. Much thanks for that

[@user-dq2rw1sq6x]

Just beautiful. Thank you Danya. This was extremely instructive. :)

[@finsterladen792]

I absolutly love it. It's so interesting to see the process of these expert levels. Just two things I wanted to point out. For me it is easier, when you draw the arrows while thinking of a sequence, because I need more time to find the exact squares if you calculate really fast. So I'm not able to follow the idea anymore. Also the video is pretty long, if you watch it in one go (like me xD), but this is not really a problem. PLEASE keep going with the next levels.

[@alonsoperezsotelo]

Danya, your efforts are truly commendable. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@connorbrooks7501]

I thought this was incredibly instructive!!

[@bennettgeller9871]

36:00 so satisfying seeing his thought process

[@Ghrifter]

Awesome! More puzzles with Danya. It really help to see how you proceed to solve those puzzles

[@peterharband326]

Love it Danya. Food for the brain.

[@kadelchess42]

I feel like I improved so much just watching this video! Thanks a lot Danya

[@haddymcbatty]

Awesome Danya. Thanks!

[@felixhinz3804]

thanks dany I was working on both videos for days

[@Socrates...]

Love your work

[@omarcos3228]

This is as interesting as speedruns... great great great. Thank u!!!!!

[@AdamGaffney96]

I dunno how the rest of the video will go for me, but I'm proud I managed to calculate the first line which was the correct one before Danya suggested any moves! I definitely didn't calculate every variation, but I got there from the intuition which feels nice.

[@shackledore]

Based on the title I felt I wouldn't follow anything. But the chess base idea helped so much that I understood it better than the last ten puzzles of the last vid.

[@ahmadbassem2077]

Danya thank you for this rich educational content and for providing it for free. You are a gift to the chess world

[@cameronpotter2085]

On vacation rn in mexico in a club. Cant miss the danya video tho. Its like my oxygen that i so desperately need. Everyone loves you so much🙏🏻🙏🏻🥰

[@robertmoeller6871]

now wipe your lips

[@grogu996]

Hey danya , you are my only trainer helping me passing 2000 otb journey . Thank you so much . But I think there is not much endgame video in channel . Especially must known endgames stuff .

[@randyewing4566]

Thanks!

[@nourdin220]

You are just absolutely the best chess teacher ever GOAT of teaching

[@DarkShaman667]

I am super impressed! Thanks for the insight! edit: You just made me break my survival record! Thanks!

[@whatsup_3554]

This is insane!

[@Hobartsm2088]

First puzzle rush video got me back to those drills - got to 36 today! Thanks for these videos

[@klefdnb]

I have yo give it to you. You really love to hear you talking

[@burhansad1563]

Best teacher of all time🫡💙😊

[@spencerclark94]

Damn good video. Thank you Danya.😊

[@PickleCODM-hw6cj]

Great video! I hope we get to see a 70-80 super advanced puzzles.

[@Phattadon02]

Thank you Mr Grandmaster Danya Naroditsky ❤

[@erykkryszewski5803]

Danya you are super greetings from Poland you are my idol!!!!!!!!!

[@manishagohel4101]

love ur vids!! keep it up 🦾🦾🦾🦾

[@RishadanPortChess]

Thanks Danya -- As always.

[@SahilRashidKumar]

You are the best ever😊

[@sqttttt]

My best Friday in several months just got even better 🥰

[@ruthxk7844]

24:17 Yes that happened to me 2 weeks ago when working on my calculation. I thought about 30 minutes, got a rest, then 30 minutes more till I gave up and looked at the solution and... a bishop was missing from the initial position 😂

[@jaredjaes3864]

Amazing ✨

[@wecameasinkas]

Ur a content making God danya

[@eugs4999]

Good luck for the final tomorrow!

[@NovaHolyDays]

Just finished watching EP.51 of Top Theory Speedrun! Too bad I dont play as much as I watch your videos

[@JR-jz4ts]

Danya accidentally solves the 61st puzzle while I rack my brain on the 16th. Must be nice.

[@battlewagon8910]

I tried solving it in my head but I am an intermediate player but I was able to see only 3 good responses and this gives me a lot of confidence great learning experience ❤

[@pczapka]

I'm very glad that You don't move pieces right away, but first You try to calculate in head saying moves. So I can try to improve my visualisation with that. :)

[@bughunter1766]

Great video Danya. I have a personal best of 52. Watching you do these illustrates several of my weaknesses which are, I am extremely slow to visualize as deeply as you're doing here. If I really try hard I can see maybe 10, 12, 14 Plies deep . But I spend forever. Then, I am not very good at evaluating the resulting positions while visualizing. I'm okay at seeing forcing lines like you have in a puzzle, but not very good at choosing between two resulting positions, neither of which I know the evaluation, and trying to pick the better one. And then lastly, I've almost never had to take algebraic notation while playing OTB, mostly because I don't have rated OTB anywhere near me. That makes my communications skills of notation very poor. The blind tactics I started to work on recently have been helping that considerably, forcing me to think in notation, but I have an awful long way to go. For the most part here I was able to follow all your descriptions without the arrows or moving the pieces. Anyway, thanks for doing the video, I've got more things to work on!

[@pheonix6553]

Hey Danya, which types of puzzles are more conductive to improvement a few hard puzzles (single rated puzzles) to push one's edge or a lot easy puzzles (puzzle rush / puzzle storm) to master the basics?

[@skarimi3007]

"There is no stockfish running, I promise you". Come on Danya! We are clear that you are a GM and we are not Kramnik!

[@superiortrading]

Please continue this series till 120 puzzles❤❤

[@shilohbarasher1112]

I know nobody probably noticed, but the puzzle on the thumbnail was already featured in an older video.

[@ranaarjun10]

In times of sugar coating to realize when to not sugar coat is very essential for sensai...

[@Aphixx]

I see what you're on putting down, and tell the new editor: I'm picking it up

[@Aphixx]

Also I I like that you don't use caps or repeat yourself

[@Aphixx]

Yes, ladies, he's a human man and does actually exist

[@Speedster___]

Will you bring back the collab puzzle solving like you did with Botez?

[@PeteGriffiths_petegrif]

I got 51 but can't do it regularly - normally around 35-40 But he's right Constant practice first result in slow but steady improvement

[@am1k98]

Sir pls consider doing a chess960 speedrun. it would be a new thing and great instructive content since chess960 rely on theory less. with time controls set with at least 10 min or perhaps 15 mins ? so that we can follow your thought process. 🙂 as always this lesson is also top notch 😎 thanks. 😀

[@sofiana580]

Just saying puzzle 63 was indeed as complicated as you made it. Even when the puzzle was „solved“, the move order of the final 3 captures was so difficult to see, just like the resources white used to defend. My maximum is 51 Puzzles and I’m proud of that cause at that point the puzzles get reallllly complicated

[@joesu4777]

Correct me if I'm wrong Danya, but around 17:28 I think your line is incorrect: If Qxg2 Rf1 Bh3 immediately, then there's Qa4+ and Be2, so I think it's better to plau Qxg2 Rf1 and Nxd3+ cxd3 Bh3, because then the rook is lost.

[@odoakaksh420lAowKwh]

We need part three 🙏

[@teodor783]

I keep getting teased by those King Indian course files. Are we getting another course?

[@Orwaha]

Danya says it’s not always a sexy process but it’s ALWAYS a sexy process 👀

[@burhansad1563]

I don't belive you are doing surgival again❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pakasokoste]

How did you manage to maintain that same rush from last time at 60? My puzzle rush resets when I leave it in like an hour.

[@bughunter1766]

If you simply close the window you can come back to it later as long as you don't go do other 3 minute or 5 minute PR.

[@harryh2185]

Is anyone else collecting the high-level words Danya is using? Like "surmise" 😅

[@musical_lolu4811]

That's not high level.

[@FizzleIsGaming]

any tips for someone like me with aphantasia who cant picture images in his mind and how to calculate? It’s so hard for me to calculate past 3 moves otb since i have no chess arrows i can insert on my board to give me a visual like i can online.

[@Math.Bandit]

Practice, really. IM David Pruess has aphantasia and he has taught classes on Blindfold Chess.

[@musical_lolu4811]

If you can 'see' 3 moves, you can 'see' more.

[@pokeytradetf2582]

Can't wait till 100 😂

[@phetolomojela3014]

Can Someone tell him to get back to 15+10 speedruns

[@TymexComputing]

Regards

[@aaronshields665]

we just want the speedrun. that's it.

[@johanliebert5781]

I despise social media in general but then I see the merit in it when experts like Danya give out priceless knowledge for free. Shout out to all the experts in all fields who put out free content.

[@nilsastrup8907]

I can visualize moves quite easily in my head, but I can't translate instantly to chess notation. I could thus not follow your reasoning when you weren't making arrows nor moves on the board, and merely talking in chess notation. I still enjoyed the video, though

[@InsightSplash1]

puzzle 62 . after promoting to queen doesn't white has continuous checks to threaten mate

[@danmcgoogleaccount6954]

(8:18) On h6, the black king can't be checked immediately without hanging the rook. White can play Rc8, threatening Rh8 mate, but Rc8 isn't a check, so black has time to play Qh4+.

[@InsightSplash1]

@@danmcgoogleaccount6954 yeah realized it later. thanks anyway though

[@nillinx1234]

- Sells useless opening courses - Shares highlevel thought process through puzzles for free logikkkk

[@rbr4784]

imagine accidentally solving puzzle 61... 1:15:18

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

Yt comment

[@debrascott8775]

I was a bit disappointed that Danya didn't actually move the pieces until all the calculations were done aloud. Would have been better to see some of the lines played out. Not much point in the format as it unfolded. But love the puzzles content.

[@bloonpauper]

it's a challenge to help you work on your visualization.

[@RG001100]

Sure, you can exercise your visualization.. but, if you prefer not to, you're encouraged to pause the video and make the moves on a board if that would help you learn better.

[@rbr4784]

impossible to please everyone. all the viewers that prefer this format will be upset with your format and vice versa

[@serjved]

Thanks!