Scandinavian Defense Dissected | Develop Your Instincts | GM Naroditsky's DYI Speedrun

[@hayhay557]

Opponent: *breathes *. Danya: I can already spot a tactic

[@lewiswegner2339]

Levy's hell is Danya calmly dismantling his scandi over and over for eternity

[@gamingflutist911]

Missed opportunity at 50:03 to say “this is getting ‘scandi’-lous” Great analysis boss, love the content

[@jacobstewart9139]

Underrated comment!

[@thomaslund97]

4 games WITH Daniel's superb analasys in one video!?! My day is suddenly brighter!

[@chessgains8075]

wow all ready over 1000! So proud of your progress! If you keep it up it looks like you should get to at least 1400!!

[@ifty7017]

what

[@Capdog]

i mean hes good but 1400 seems a bit out of reach atm

[@Mejayy]

Slow and steady progress is the key! And we know Danya would never give up against these scary 1100 high ello opponents!!

[@Willtaylorchat]

Nah he will plateau at 1200

[@TheMrInfantaria]

Yeah, he is always tactics tactics tactics. Unless he starts studying positional chess very diligently, i think this game isn't for him. I recommend he studies a great book: Mastering Positional Chess: Practical Lessons of a Junior World Champion

[@darklord2626]

Honestly I really like this double speedrun flexibility you have going on, kind of the best of both worlds imo!

[@ollivier75]

i spend a lot of time on the internet but i think you are my favorite person on internet. I wouldn't care to meet famous singers or actors but id be like a fanboy with you ahah. Sometimes i make a dream that i win some kind of game where i can spend a few days with a celebrity of my choice and i prepare questions for that in my head even though it will never happen😅. I know internet has not rewarded you quite as much as u hoped for with that incredible content but i want to thank you for not giving up on us that love you much. Thank you sensei

[@salemtv5808]

Danya is a mind reader…he says we should start pushing our pawns 30:35 i think d4 looks good ..IMMEDIATELY he says “Not d4” wth! 😂😂😂 super instructive and generous thank you Daniel you’re the best

[@jkarush]

Bro. 2 weeks. You’re killing me.

[@jansenncuber8009]

Ong

[@xiuqingsun3466]

Come back babe danya

[@howlingwolf317]

I've seen the computer recommend that h3+g4 idea a lot against the Scandi when they try to pin the knight and I never understood why it was so strong. But seeing Danya absolutely obliterate the game 3 opponent with it makes it clear why the computer recommends it. Just beautiful to see it in action by an actual human.

[@lingtao969]

Mostly cause the scandi by principle is not very healthy, white needs to play as energetically as possible to "punish" Qxd5-Qa5 losing a tempo

[@lingtao969]

It's one of those openings where white can only get an advantage by breaking typical opening principles; e.g. many thematic ideas include a quick Ne5 and the h3-g4 stuff as you mentioned

[@E8oL4]

@@lingtao969 Yeah, sielecki recommends to do exactly that in his e4 course. But I still struggle to find those ideas in games (or their follow-up). Mainly because I think I tend to avoid these ambitious moves in favor of stable, positional play :l I don't like facing the scandi tbh

[@lingtao969]

@@E8oL4 Same I always struggle against the scandi because if you aren't accurate in the opening then black's sounder pawn structure is impossible to break down

[@honestloz]

I think you're the best teacher on KZbin, your such a brilliant player and I just love the way you teach and explain everything. Please keep this amazing content coming. Thank you 😊 🙏

[@gingerayyle]

Danya is my comfort channel, there's something so soothing about watching him calmly dissect an opponent knowing he'll win no matter what happens

[@tjitsekoster9379]

I just love it when he's at 10 seconds with all pieces still on the board and he takes 8 seconds reassuring us that he's not in time trouble and then casually checkmates his opponent in a forced 10-move sequence.

[@platitudeomenw441]

I can't believe that this awesomely informative content is free, thank you danya

[@DoobooDomo]

Danya, I appreciate that you are playing both 10min and 5min time controls in this speedrun. I was part of the minority asking for 5min time control, but I think the mix is actually better than purely one or the other.

[@jaerik99]

A new Danya video. Let's go!

[@brian-oi6fn]

insane thumbnail as always

[@WumpusAlpaca]

Thank you danya for being the best chess teacher on the internet. Thanks to your educational content, I was able to score 3.5/5 in my last tournament ❤

[@garrettshadbolt6443]

Holy hell that guy in the second game played excellently.

[@ANGRON8]

New response just dropped

[@calluma8472]

DN is by far the best online teacher. With this kind of quality teaching, it is amazing that I'm still garbage at chess.

[@kishorkhatiwada904]

I really appreciate you Dany. Lots of love from Nepal..

[@RichiesRepasta]

Two Kendrick and one Danya drop in the same day?!

[@brokensythe]

People are losing their minds over this beef

[@rafaelpaquete3350]

HAHAHAA didnt know danyas subs were updated on this beef😂 but fr tho, we got a bundle today, win win

[@pax1913]

We're on the right side of history my siblings

[@salemtv5808]

Kendrick?

[@dandevito6023]

@@salemtv5808kendrick lamar

[@marcofrey2903]

Super instructive! Thank you.

[@renos_]

Daniel, you're so freaking adorable thank you for everything. ✨

[@abdallahblidaoui3248]

Unbelievable i just had the same Sicilian after watching this video , i had a great position and won with a rook sac. Credits to Danya ❤️

[@jesseshaw2033]

53:15 nice dodge on the demonization 😅

[@walterbrownstone8017]

The fact that Danya plays regularly on lichess shows how pure and honorable he is.

[@rafaelpaquete3350]

1. e4 e5 "Okay, so he goes e5. Now a lot of people here would just lazily develop the knight to f3, but we actually have a move here that poses a lot of practical problems for black and is borderline winning for white. The move is Ke2, and do not worry I will explain this more thoroughly after the game. Now you might look at this position and say, "isn't this weakening our king and blocking in our pieces?" And while that may be true, you guys need to start thinking long term. In the endgame, it will be a huge advantage to have our king activated in the center. Furthermore, black has no threats here. he is not going to checkmate us any time soon, the king is perfectly well defended on e2. Now he does have a nasty little defensive resource he can try here, let's see if he finds it. Wow, Ke7 he finds it. Now guys, I don't wanna hear any baseless accusations, we will check with an engine after the game. It's not unthinkable that a 1500 finds this move and no, black has not equalized, we just need to play clinically to secure.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

good ol speedrun is very good

[@fakeyfable7449]

Babe wake up another naroditsky speedrun dropped

[@robdubent]

Quit calling me babe we talked about this

[@shrankai7285]

My reaction. Told my sister and woke her up

[@rikus6201]

​@@shrankai7285i woke up my mom and dad at 3am

[@chesneytube1]

I’m here

[@jycegaming8530]

@@shrankai7285… bro?

[@greq1337]

Its sunday and Danya drops a Speedrun video. I have good food and a good wine here. Couldnt it get any better?

[@lazyshooter23]

4 games + analysis. Amazing effort. I'm not even that big on chess but I've watched these speed-runs for years now because the content seems to good to be free. Big content from a consistently great creator. Chess students are very lucky. Thought experiment: if collages/universities had Chess as a study subject, what do you think the lectures would look like? My thoughts: probably not this good.

[@muruthajamohamed3764]

My guy❤❤

[@superminingcraftmc3227]

Gen AI making Danya’s thumbnails a lot easier 😂🔥

[@OGTimeBandit]

Oh yeah! Grab a coffee and settle in. 1hr13!!!! Nice.

[@johnmp1470]

LETS GOOOO

[@fathurrahmannk4440]

mann i love your tumbnail

[@jaredjaes3864]

Yippie 🎉

[@brennencrippen3]

Danyas like kendrick dropping these BANGERS

[@andrewunthank3521]

A minorrrrrrr

[@danielflorea7028]

Mulțumim!

[@forky_chess]

Love your content bro😊

[@aquibansari5080]

1000 Rated player are so strong nowadays

[@al87221]

Some but then there’s also ones like that first opponent was

[@Earthcomputer]

I think the second guy is super underrated

[@gentrysalmon6214]

Gotham made a video (and I think a course as well) about the Scandi where he reccomends Qa5, and I've been getting it a lot from around 700-1100 way more than I had before his video dropped. Also, love the content!

[@allgonnadie2012]

as a levy fan I like to tell you that your instructions and explanations are more helpful to me personnaly. Sharing all your thoughts on a move really improves my understanding of the game!!! Just wanted to thank you for that! YOU switched my favourite YTchannel! Thanks again and greetings from germany!

[@Scotch_gambit97]

Hey it's time to upload new one

[@zxvc849]

Yes I agree

[@michalkonieczny3345]

When I was a kid, the coach running a local chess club was teaching everyone to play the scandi, and the line with e4 d5 exd5 Nf6 at that... :D

[@Shankapxtomus]

+1 comment cause Danya is the goat

[@tomgreen604]

The fact that one night move in the opening essentially lost the entire game for black is blowing my mind.

[@cooper2583]

Opponent: *Develops knight* Danya: That's already a complete mistake

[@Sun-gs6hq]

Good video

[@Chess_Climber]

DANYA!!!! LFG

[@Omelas1799]

Recent debacle shows why Danya's 'don't accuse without any basis' policy is most optimal

[@hichamanf794]

Hi it s almost 5 am. Here is one bike ❤ 👍 before I watch (later). I need more concentration and focus with you.

[@wayofthelittleidea]

let’s go

[@zxvc849]

WHERE ARE YOU AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@21561h6]

Un nuevo video de danyaa 💪

[@derfred9081]

11:16 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE @Eric Rosen

[@LJ181-qe6uj]

LETS GOO W

[@vickm7761]

wow that 1000 rated guy actually put up a good fight...holy crap

[@dmitriy_kost]

Thanks for your videos, I learned a little about Jobava's system from you, so my opponents at 700 ELO call me a cheater 😮

[@endlessapexofficial]

Your thumbnails are like me in bed, they keep improving

[@vuhoinguyen]

26:21 "First of all we have a tactic. Second of all we have a tactic. We just have a tactic" - GM Naroditsky, 2024 I know I'm gonna use this quote later.

[@netherdeath1835]

I think he has a tatic

[@raphaelhudson]

The modern nf6 Scandinavian is the best line for a beginner. Think that's what levy recommends as it often transposes into an advantageous Caro

[@willzang3000]

watching these gets me so hyped and then i go lose a bunch of ELO haha

[@ignis6144]

I love you danya

[@marcochirigoni1424]

You probably won't see this, but i would really recommend trying out the kalashnikov sicilian as black. I have been playing it recently and i think the ideas are very obvious for beginners especially in Nc3 lines. Its also super underutilized at the top level.

[@Monwa]

I saw this, I'll check it out

[@Pedoraruba304]

Time to improve my rating!!!

[@Dark_Aves]

Danya vid with 4 games? Love to see it

[@yourtruelordandsaviour]

I'd love to see a Grünfeld game in the future!

[@kwisatzhaderach9087]

Brick-Frog was definitely "Enhanced"...

[@MAYAVIVV-e2w]

Bro can you do the speed run with Catalan KID and Najdorf in the upcoming videos

[@getmilked6216]

seems like something i could use too lol

[@musical_lolu4811]

Ask his opponents to cooperate.

[@dallastaylor6741]

Yay!

[@lukacalov1988]

Bruh the 2nd guy defended like 1800~2000 for majority of the game ngl

[@koensomsen8542]

Yup bro knew 10 moves of opening prep aswell.

[@samueljohns5228]

Stream sniper

[@lefgia]

Its been 2 weeks man. Please upload something!

[@DarkShaman667]

Had to watch this one twice. You recommend e4 e5 and e4 c5 for beginners? I will look into some of those. Thanks!

[@SonOfGod-i2c]

Ribbit is here ❤

[@nonchablunt]

video suggestion: Not crushing the Andrew Hong opening with neither black or white and why I have (not) changed my opinion about talent. my 2 cents: if chess wasnt about opening and pattern memorisation mostly, you'd have crushed brandon. but since you were new to the (inferior) opening, you were still at a slight disadvantage because you couldnt do what you do best: put in the work and be prepared. another take would be: this early in the game, even an engine might get it wrong. but i highly doubt it.

[@sokol071]

lets gooooo

[@zxvc849]

Where are uuu😮😮😮

[@John_NYT]

Danya is so respectful to opponents who are clearly cheating, like the guy in game 2. That’s one of the strongest 1,000 ELO players I’ve ever seen. I know he crumbled at the end, but a true 1,000 would’ve never kept it that close for that long. What people often forget is that most cheaters don’t play the top move every time. They throw in engine moves at key moments.

[@hayhorca915]

No? It's not unheard of for 1000s to play like that at all

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Knowing more than one move of theory is not cheating. As soon he was out of book he played typical 1k elo chess, some good moves, some big mistakes.

[@al87221]

May have been smurf with actual rating 1300-1500

[@marcjohn9404]

He wasn't playing anything insane where it sets off any alarms, if he was cheating, he was doing so very subtly, because he lost pretty convincingly.

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400prob not cheating but not typical definitely better than ur usual 1000

[@SuperSaniyat]

I play the Scandinavian with Qd6, play c6 the next move, develop my light square bishop, and have good fights against White...!

[@kaykwanu]

It's not true Danya! You make it look so easy, but I kid you not; it's not. Ughh! This has always been the biggest chess trap I always fall for-thinking this thing is easy. This ish is hard!

[@narimanhedayat7443]

Yessssiiiiirrrrrr

[@KianOntong13]

People are playing the scandinavian cause Levy has been playing it a lot recently and released a course, like the chat said

[@kushagrakumar163]

Bro thank you so much. I saw your speed run and In that I saw the idea of pushing the h pawn when opponent play g6 and I implemented it in my games. I played 3 games and won all 3. The latest game I won was this : 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. h5 Nxh5 5. Rxh5 gxh5 6. Qxh5 e5 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bxe6 Nc6 9. Qxf7# 1-0 Did I play the idea correctly? I need your thoughts🙋

[@consul78]

Do you have a usual time when you play these games? I want to try my chance to play when you reach my rating.

[@Scotch_gambit97]

I'm getting worried... I can't live without you danya. Hope nothing bad happens

[@ethan073]

Has Danya mentioned when the Kings Indian course might be available?

[@kulathiewelivitiya1886]

Danya can you upload more videos on the endgame series. They are very interesting Thank you

[@prplt]

I play f5 against the Italian, Spanish and 2 Knights and it is very good on beginner-intermediate level (highest win rate for black in lichess database) 😂 tho I would play fe instead of ed at 1:03:55

[@fardinrahmankhan6747]

Vih_sou

[@lakipaun5382]

How often do you stream?

[@blkmrkt96]

When is the King's Indian course dropping?

[@alexfranseen4753]

I'm patiently waiting as well!

[@E8oL4]

damn, the second opponent is quite strong. I deffo wouldve captured a6 and hung the fork :l 1500ish here

[@Kitty_Hawk1]

What is your opening recommendation for player around 1100? (Black and White)

[@Charge11]

that brick-frog guy was not playing at a 1066 level

[@MasterJack2]

I dont ever play chess but watch all of these videos anyway.

[@notAYUSHGAMING]

Slightly better thumbnail, still needs more improvement

[@RickBaker-f2w]

What is your option for folks who just want to pay you? I can binge many videos, but when I hit that one video that really helps me, I want to reward you monetarily.

[@RickBaker-f2w]

Obviously, this happens more than once.

[@hl1921]

Game 2 was highly suspicious by the opponent

[@Tinil0]

Hey Danya, any comments on that GM that got banned for fair play after running like 70 Ra6 sacs against you? I imagine you probably talked about it on your stream or something, but for us KZbin people, anything interesting? Did you report him yourself? Is there an interesting story there? What were you thinking across that 6 hours?