Scotch Gambit (AMAZING Game) | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@poundcayx]

And in today's episode: exquisite, GM level play from Balzdeep802

[@rq4740]

Must be Carlsen's alt account

[@elliotbaker5416]

@@rq4740 I mean you’ve seen Magnus’s livestreams haven’t you

[@cardboardu6019]

You have to be able to play faster than that. No clue what he was doing from like 6 to 3 minutes left on his clock. There were plenty of easy moves to play and he was in the tank every move

[@turtle_fps]

He was cheating

[@justalazyguy.0_0]

@@turtle_fps no way as 2100 those moves looked genuine to me

[@jagerofwands]

"I hope Brad isn't familiar with this theory" Ballzdeep802: I think I'll just castle idk what this dudes doing

[@turtle_fps]

He was cheating lmao, so obvious

[@mikecantreed]

@@turtle_fps Why do you think that? An engine wouldn’t allow danya to get such a grip on the position

[@turtle_fps]

@@mikecantreed engine assistance

[@Jay-xz6em]

@@turtle_fps ur so jealous I bet ur 800 or something lmao

[@turtle_fps]

@@Jay-xz6em I'm 1800 but ok

[@tenorhighc1]

What a killer game! I really love the sportsmanship of Daniel when he was in big trouble early on. The love of the game and the positional ability of the other player was clearly stated. It''s a great example of the way to think of the game when you're being outplayed. Many of us get frustrated or angry. But there's no reason for that when the other player is actually playing wonderfully - respect it! keep trying to turn it around as Daniel did. Really great video!

[@young_shaman6361]

Not every day do you see the man who taught you the Scotch Gambit show up on your youtube feed battling against a GM and somehow get a winning middle game. Was rooting hard for my buddy to convert his advantage here, but still pretty sweet to see my two chess Sensei's face off. Great content as always, Danya.

[@michaelf8221]

Do you know what Brad's OTB rating is?

[@HawksVR]

Does brad have a yt channel?

[@young_shaman6361]

@@michaelf8221 he doesn't have an active rating and hasn't played much OTB in the last 15 years, I would guess ~2100, but with some dedicated study of modern opening theory and endgames he could push for 2300 maybe? Last tournament he played he had a 2400 performance rating.

[@young_shaman6361]

@@HawksVR no, Ive been trying to convince him to start a twitch channel since the chess boom, because he is super entertaining and good enough to put up a solid fight against some of the top streamers, but he is a busy man.

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

You know him? Damn

[@jo7147]

Danya: OK, let me think for a second here Less then 1 second later Danya: I've seen through the matrix and am ready to exhaust and explain every possibility white may play

[@GioABida]

So true and literal

[@pas0311]

You truly have a gift of getting me interested and excited about these games that go over my head! Love what you're doing 💕

[@Foto_gui]

that knight on c2 was practically worth two rooks. controlling two major squares and stopping the oppponet's rook to get into the game

[@AllKnowing114]

Bro is so interesting, he is getting stream snipped so often and not realizing

[@wujeonghyun6865]

Even though I'm a noob, I can see that this is a one hell of a game. So exciting and instructive.

[@Kirisame312]

36:58 computers are totally fearless... truly crazy defensive idea.

[@chirayujoshi1189]

"GMs don't die, it's hard to bring us down"

[@johntaylor2683]

Very nice and entertaing game, I'm pretty sure I would personally would have tried to hang on to the c7 pawn personally. Going from a horrible unplesant position to wining positon, love it.

[@jordanlimantara1814]

Brad first had that knight and pawn deep in Danya's throat in the opening only to be paid with interest in the endgame, that knight basically nullified his advantage.

[@exaltica]

Even if you die, It's not the end of the world. See Gotham, I'm not great too. Love this content Daniel.

[@BroEdymaniax]

Amazing video!

[@smashu2]

What a game ! lol full of ups and down !

[@lakshyapant7495]

GM don't die,hard to take us down....✌️✌️✌️😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@alexf0101]

great game, love the scotch gambit thanks to danya

[@sietsedegroot5198]

Hi naroditsky, I was wondering if you could put a link to the game in the description, it would make it a lot easier to analyse the game afterwards.

[@scottbloodgood8851]

You meant to say off sides for the free play. False start is an offensive penalty and the whistle blows immediately. Love your videos tho. I’ve seen you give props to Finegold more than once with never play f6 lol.

[@shashlik7959]

Basically you might get a winning position out of the opening against a gm but you'll still die in mid game/end game

[@OddiseeXL]

When Brad isn't making a move 30:58

[@peterevans3310]

30:47 Instead of _winding our tentacles_ I heard _winding our testicles_ I guess Balzdeep802 influenced my thinking

[@rajeshhukam4201]

All the British viewers completely confused by the football analogy...

[@LukasSkys]

Not sure if you see this comment but I suggest the speed run stay in G/10, it's more populated by real players. The Game 15+10 pool is unfortunately sparser and the higher rateds who do play it are more likely check phones/outside analysis in my experience.

[@yakidon8169]

Gm don't die

[@thedude5599]

one pawn cause a shit load of problems

[@zat5176]

Thats the scotch gambit for you 😅

[@PuyolsHonor]

Strangely nobody in the comments is suggesting that his opponent could be cheating after playing like a gm for over half the match. Honesty it doesn't matter if you're a viewer or not, a cheater stays a cheater if he feels like he has to defend his ego and avoid an embarrassing loss. To me he was clearly cheating since I'm in a similar rating range and I could never imagine keeping up with danya and making him question his play like that. Unless his opponent was playing on a smurf account and is a titled player I don't see an argument on how he managed to play this well all game long, managing to spot complex tactics with ease which requires 2500+ imo

[@andrewunthank3521]

Loosing to Danya isn’t embarrassing lol

[@lgnjnks9253]

38:56 Mario?

[@cactu]

lmfao

[@liljackypaper]

How he could so easily visualize that if he took the e6 pawn with his bishop after Na5 that white could take the bishop then play f4 + f5... Man his calculation skills are just insane... 😮

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

That's GMs for you. No matter how personable they are or how well they explain a concept to an audience, there are just somethings they'll spot in 5 seconds that the rest of us will miss in 30 minutes of studying a position.

[@wjhqfgk1]

1:00 isn't Ng4 a mistake there? Bxf7 Kxf7 Ng5 and black loses a pawn + castling rights.

[@donnadie5882]

Stockfish says like -2 for black, as a scotch gambit player, we castle there, if you take the pawn there is a trap where you lose a piece (O-O, Ngxe5; Nxe5, Nxe5; Re1, d3, f4)

[@shuvro40]

When did you move from 1700 to 2200?

[@nmul8950]

I think hes playing a sub

[@123amsterdan456]

never play f6

[@Ninjalectual]

Why is Daniel calling him Brad?

[@andrewunthank3521]

That’s his name

[@oliver-shi]

when I hear a GM say “but now I feel like he’s misplayed it”, whether it’s hikaru, magnus, danya etc. I always get a little excited. Either he’s right and his opponent has gone awry and I’m curious to know what my favorite GM has seen, or perhaps even better, the opponent has played a move that has unforeseen and difficult to understand meaning that eventually slides the rug out from my feet.

[@JiveDadson]

Never play F6.

[@andrewunthank3521]

Always*

[@zackf3688]

Inspiring endgame play and yes GMs die very hard lol.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

@Daniel Naroditsky When you say "these types of positions" you must understand 99% of the viewers have no idea what are you talking about. What type of positions? The ones where you are down a piece? The ones where there's clusterfuck of pieces in the middle of the board? Both? Both and queens are off the board? No idea ;)

[@againsthegrainx7556]

Don't get why he chose to go with "Brad" over this guy's username. Almost like Danya didn't wanna say "balls deep" repeatedly in front of thousands of twitch viewers

[@SilverVayne]

first

[@danjeory3659]

Glad to see the comments aren't full of "cheat!!!". Opponent played very well, nicely utilising the Scotch Gambit e5, e6 push and punishing the weakening f6. f6 was a poor move - it should never be played 😉

[@scoutbane1651]

Well, to be fair his opponent is 2200 rated, and it looks like they might be stream-sniping and trying to match up with Danya. I mean, they played 1 rapid game, a single one after months, and matched up with him, even though he's 500 points lower, even though pretty much every single other opponent is within 100-200 points of their rating. They also play against the ChessBrahs a lot. Unless Danya chooses his opponents for his speedrun? I dont watch the stream. In which case it'd be weird to me why Danya chose an opponent 2200 rated when he is 1700 right now.

[@stefanlidman8646]

@@scoutbane1651 He usually plays someone in the random que, this time it was vs a player chosen from his twitch chat.

[@tbones2583]

He kept looking down and most of his face was out of view. Then there was quite a few random edits of just clipped out footage. Weird and suspicious

[@crazyboysince1998]

He's looking at chat and it's KZbin so of course he edits out parts where he's silent like every other youtuber does what are you on about

[@tbones2583]

@@crazyboysince1998 idk.. just seems like when he is getting out played he will drop his head down and then boom, he has a great move.

[@crazyboysince1998]

@@tbones2583 he's a grandmaster he's calculating haha. He could also be putting his head down because he's getting frustrated with the game. And yeah when grandmasters put there head down and calculate they typically will come up with good moves and be able to outplay a 2200. He's a top level player he doesn't have to cheat if that's what you're thinking I get your point but he's not a cheater haha I watch his streams all the time trust me he is capable of finding the right moves on his own

[@limemlohdnul4795]

Are you accusing danya of cheating in this game?? That’s pretty funny😆

[@KaktoPredi4e]

"Make a move Brad!" You can tell Danya was really enjoying this game. Love his passion for chess.

[@Htowntilidrown]

Get the notification. Sees title: (AMAZING game). Open KZbin. Its an hour long. Pure ecstasy.

[@Viriais]

Everything, but especially the "hour long" part. Great start of this day!

[@khaluu2000]

Bro i feel you hahahahha

[@pokerstar2926]

You better not be lieing

[@fatherindia4810]

Videos like this go straight into my veins

[@JakeLemasterGuitar]

I was about to watch it before I got out of bed but after reacting exactly the same - I’m about to go make some coffee and dig in

[@nephandi2316]

This. This is the reason GMs are so difficult to take down : you actually have to kill them twice or even thrice to get your win. They sail the ocean between "losing position" and "hopeless position" like it's their motherland until suddently they are actually drawing or even winning the game.

[@sunwookim5046]

Well phrased

[@itszoc]

"They sail the ocean between "losing position" and "hopeless position" like it's their motherland" 👀

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

You need to beat them in the opening, in the midgame and in the endgame.

[@DavidEmerling79]

That is accurate, profound and poetic.

[@mutigaben2038]

Nicely put... Eloquent

[@yakncast7530]

At the end of the match Danya says something to the effect, "There's too much to analyze here and I'm tired. I'll do an analysis tomorrow then post it. Then he starts talking about a move, next thing you know it's about 15 or so minutes later and he's done an in depth analysis.

[@Cassace]

"barely scratching the surface"

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

@@Cassacelol

[@jordylont1879]

It’s so disappointing to see this end on time. That was really cool

[@TheVacanum]

that e pawn was ballzdeep in your position. great game, love this series

[@khaluu2000]

Holy shit….let me tell you that this game did not at all feel like it was over 20 let alone 30 mins long. Like wow…….this video felt like a 15 min conversation when in actuality it was over an hour long. Thank you Danya for the content!!!

[@mohammedfathi3592]

I didn't realize it was that long, you're the reason I skipped this video, let that sizzle in.

[@TheMosayat]

​@@mohammedfathi3592خسارتك يا محمد يا فتحي 😂 ليه تقرأ التعليقات قبل ما تشوف الفيديو

[@NAITANNN]

Am I the only one that gets hit by a bit of joy every time I see a Danya upload or what???

[@kaustubhsangam6086]

Spot on! Me too!

[@scottb32a]

no!

[@cosMYs891]

@@scottb32a no u

[@justalazyguy.0_0]

Yes

[@smort123]

Yes. Yes you are special.

[@aravindsfirst]

I think I remember watching this one on stream. Had a pretty huge deja vu seeing that potential Ne3 fork and when you said "GMs don't die, hard to take us down". Great game by Brad!

[@Quincycle]

how does danya know his name's brad?

[@iqbalramadhan9315]

@@Quincycle its one of his subscriber and Brad is amazing supporter to chess channels. His name is thebrad iirc, you can also watch him challenge Chessbrah here on KZbin, he has plenty of games there challenging GMs.

[@Quincycle]

@@iqbalramadhan9315 thanks!

[@jdklein033]

@@iqbalramadhan9315 Yeah he’s probably donated well over 100k to Chessbrahs alone

[@adrian16281]

@@jdklein033 dollars or bits?

[@davewestner]

This was a fascinating game to watch to see how a GM troubleshoots a difficult position. Also, I really enjoyed even tho he wanted to win, Daniel was rooting for Brad right up til the end

[@LeTtRrZ]

One cannot help but admire the sportsmanship.

[@loganashby2695]

Rare to see Danya on the back foot against someone other than Hikaru, really interesting to watch, great lesson!

[@andrerodrigues2877]

he lost to a cheater on his next game, hopefully we ll see a video about it

[@god0fgames100]

@@andrerodrigues2877 Hopefully we dont. Whats the interest in seeing a cheater win? Computers play very different from actual players and its not instructional to watch their games most of the time.

[@bhargavshekhar3745]

@@god0fgames100 not very different it does Play on some rare occasions but a gm is fully capable of playing like computer atleast in long time control

[@nr1771]

@Opperwezen The last time he encountered a cheater in the speedrun he put that fact in the video title.

[@andrerodrigues2877]

@Opperwezen neither do i.I dont watch it either, i checked his profile like everyone can, so im not even sure he'll post about that game

[@ziyad7600]

Naroditsky: I think it's a high level game. Stockfish (in Consuela's voice): No. No. No.

[@nolanheffner7493]

Completely exceptional game. Thanks Danya, your content is so consistently beautiful and educational. I love going to bed and on an off chance seeing notifications for these videos. It lights up my night.

[@solomonherskowitz]

Unbelievable clarity in your explanations thanks very much for the content

[@DedaOG]

Basketball vid when

[@SplitAppleOh]

phenomenal game. one of the best chess content creators out there, not only providing an immense amount of instructional material, but keeping it entertaining and easily digestible. keep up the great work, man.

[@SnipySnob]

Okayyy Danya, rolling out with an unbuttoned shirt knowing you had an hour chess analysis about to happen

[@vz17233]

My biggest disappointment was seeing that Danya doesn't have a Diamond membership. What the hell Mr. Danny Rensch

[@danield1414]

I think he has, what makes you think he doesn't?

[@vz17233]

@@danield1414 you can see it in the video

[@danield1414]

@@vz17233 where?

[@barthouweling4787]

30:23 This made me LoL

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

WP ! Brad. Deep dark dive into the 2Knights defense super interesting. Amazing game alright. I try to avoid this opening like the covid lol. In blitz and bullet I like to play f5 after Bc4 close my eyes and hope for the best. Makes exciting game. I'm often worse of course just how I like it. I like to explore dubious uncharted territory in blitz and bullet. g3 ! boom was a sexy move and those 2 black bishops wow !!. Its even more cool when you get 2 black bishops winning over the board, almost magical and can easy stand out above other games at the chess club. Don't forget GM Boris Alterman's advice , make sure your well prepared if your going to enter the dark waters of the two knights defense. WP! Danya. thanks that was fascinating. You don't get positions like that from the Caro-Kann, do you ? hahaha .THANKS

[@kaifriedemann4382]

Potential video idea? Speeding up calculation. My visualization is good enough to spot most of the variations you mention, but it required me to pause the video and really actively think it through. I'm sure this gets better with experience, but are there any specific ways to train it? Not necessarily deep calculations like in puzzles, but scattered shallow lines more suited for blitz and rapid play. Also what a beautiful game. Incredibly motivating and insightful

[@gustavoschrf]

Lichess puzzle storm. Do hundreds and hundreds of them

[@Suho1004]

Woo-hoo, look who knows so much! Well it just so happens that your GM here is only _mostly_ dead. There's a big difference between _mostly_ dead and _all_ dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive!

[@thethinker3888]

At 21:04 when he talked about how he wanted to play Nb4, I immediately saw some really dank lines for white where white sacrifices the exchange on e7 temporarily with check to win the b4 knight, if d2 is pushed maybe even sacrifice the knight, c2 is weak and b7-bishop is hanging but untouchable due to backrank issues, so white may go h3, c2 is untouchable because b7-bishop is hanging….so on, absolutely fascinating positions filled with tactics, what a great game.

[@Marcel123123123]

i am all to familiar with unfortunate lines, at my 1500 level i run into them often down a few moves

[@donnadie5882]

Once I reached +1300, I don't play e5 anymore, I changed to sicilian and now I'm +1600 struggling with the the sicilian haha

[@OneMasterDisaster]

Wow. Glad I stayed awake for this one. That middle game turnaround was inspiring

[@Majora96]

I came because the title says AMAZING GAME

[@jacksondavies1451]

I was about to go to bed ... looks like I'll be up for another hour.

[@gurudinesh7519]

danya is the best teacher.There are many other who streams for fun(well danya also) he also makes sure to improve viewer's chess quality

[@tahmeedchowdhury0007]

Ah yes, Danya finally learning from the Levy Rozman school of titling videos. All this needed was a Magnus reference

[@glasshalfemtea]

you know its good cause danya doesnt just clickbait

[@misterkek910]

Thanks Danya, nice game and analysis! In case you will record an additional video about this endgame, could you consider the move 35.g4 (alternative to 35.b4) with the idea to open up a king-side and activate the rook via the h-file?

[@banzaiburger9589]

Thanks Danya. Always appreciate more instruction on the Scotch

[@nashwinder]

imagine if he had found Rxd3+ with 15 seconds on the clock, that would be inhuman.

[@donnadie5882]

I saw rxd3+ and I'm a bit lower but i didn't see the sequence, I just saw a check and taking that f** pawn 😂

[@ffaiz5866]

He also had ~20s that Danya spent calculating on his move

[@nashwinder]

@@ffaiz5866 yeah it doesn't usually work that way, the move Danya played allowed this tactic, he couldn't predict that

[@ffaiz5866]

@@nashwinder The move you're talking about is Kxb3 which is (1) the most natural move by far, (2) the only move that requires more calculation and (3) the reason the king went to c3 in the first place. I'm pretty sure Brad could have "predicted" that.

[@cedrics7374]

One thing I learned from Daniel is that sometimes there is no move. I used to do a move then even if it could backfire just to open an attack, but sometimes it’s better to wait or even accept a draw

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

Does Balzdeep802 means there's 801 Balzdeep nicks already taken?

[@Coopele]

Learned a great lesson here! Didnt understand why the outposted knight on c2 was so strong at first because it wasn’t threatening anything and white’s king was safe. But it essentially put the rook in jail for the endgame. GG

[@SerLaama]

C'mon. 4.Ng5 isn't the Fried Liver - 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 is.

[@stolenhandle]

Very well done Coach Danya. Nicely analyzed and the analysis at the end helps drive the points home.

[@Swagtorian]

12:06 doesnt white have Rxe5 and Qg4 follow up?

[@TheDreday1993]

I love seeing when people in speedruns give a great fight,find great ideas and challenge Danya whatever their rating might be

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Never Give up, Sign of a champion. GM's don't die. 👌

[@houssemh220]

Yo there's no ruylopez opening in the speed run ... want to see one

[@fretmajik777]

Kinda brings to mind Ben Finegold's "Never play f6". Congrats to Brad for an incredible game, and congrats to Daniel for finding a way to win in a lost position.

[@Eorzat]

Yeah, people meme that quote, but I swear that half the time I see f6/f3 played, it ends up being at least an inaccuracy.

[@angosalvo5734]

thanks for the spoiler 😒😒

[@lukastux3024]

Yeah, he is a GM not only be plays so well but because it is incredibly hard to take him down even if he got a worse position

[@fretmajik777]

@@angosalvo5734 I am sorry I ruined your chess experience watching this video. However I do recommend in the future when you watch chess video's that you don't read the comments first. Again I apologize.

[@angosalvo5734]

@@fretmajik777 no worries. it's fine. I was just teasing you :) we're used to see danya winning but this time, when he felt outplayed it was exciting and different.

[@aymanedhimni3995]

Moves explanations are amazing, this is what most amateurs are looking for.

[@TheFilipFonky]

Does he know the guy or did he read BalzDeep as Brad

[@andrerodrigues2877]

his account description says his name, Brad Myers

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

He was trying not to say BalzDeep. So he checked the account description for a different name to call him that is more friendly to the stream environment he likes to keep.

[@lonewolf6327]

@@hamsterfromabove8905 No, he called him by his actual name, because he played against an actual viewer of his streams. You don't just randomly play a 2200+ rated player as a 1700.

[@TheFilipFonky]

I see, guess you could say he went balz deep into his profile

[@andrerodrigues2877]

@@TheFilipFonky lol

[@trent797]

It's fun to see Danya sweat every once in awhile :)

[@alexwiththeglasses]

This one was the hardest one for me to follow that I’ve ever seen. I mean, I understand the words but still have a rough time wrapping my head around how weird it got so fast. Really appreciate the extra time breaking it down that GM Danya put in even though he was super tired!🙏

[@MadGunny]

@@Tburt-mx5kg he literally said he was tired in the video lolll

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Formally requesting a video on fortresses! Perhaps as part of the endgame series? 🙂

[@chandrakiran6258]

let's go!!!

[@monkerud2108]

Let me just point one technicality out here on the accuracy issue, if you olay a game where most moves are obvious or trAdes, aka a lot of the lives are taking back material in non complicated situations then those moves are almost always the best move, just think about how that makes a hige difference in accuracy between tricky games with a lot of preemptive maneuvering vs simple games with 1 or 2 tactics and a bunch of trades. just worth considering when comparing the accuracy of different levels of play. blunders are always blunders ofc if they are simple enough to exploit but there is a huge difference between longer complicated games and simpler ones

[@bonganimathebula3210]

Geez this is some high level stuff😬...

[@pczapka]

Wow. That line in 30:24 is totally insane. :)

[@korethoe262]

33:36 Huh? If there's a false start, Brady doesn't get a free play. Now, if there's delayed offsides on the defense .... -0.44 Oh, dead lost. dude, I'm -8.38 and it can go either way. lol.

[@n19kolas63]

Can someone who understands chess explain how bishop e3 at 28:43 helps to make a path for the king? white wouldnt trade bishops because of the fork on e3 and would weaken their position putting the rook on c1

[@brimmed]

i take it you don't watch much football. a false start is called on the offensive team and the play is blown dead. maybe you're thinking offsides

[@shashlik7959]

Oh yeah I've been really popping of in chess lately Went from 1200 to 1130 *snap* just like that. I'm either not paying attention anymore or all the stress is getting to me

[@Thomas-fj6ty]

AMAZING GAME, so many ups and downs that and that fact that you never gave up truly inspired and instilled hope in me, thank you Danya Sensei

[@tarkynwatt5885]

Does anyone know who Brad is? Is this not a random opponent?

[@theflabbygentleman9292]

perhaps he just didnt want to say 'balls deep eight hundred and two' 97 times

[@tarkynwatt5885]

@@theflabbygentleman9292 bahahaha very fair point

[@ahmadeltagoury1958]

Pretty sure Dania knows him because he's way too high rated for the pool of the speedrun's account

[@andrerodrigues2877]

he saw his account, it shows his name,Brad Myers

[@chakaula8642]

"Somewhat informative"? HOW ABOUT INCREDIBLE! Thank you Danya'