Sicilian Defense, Drazic Variation | The Sensei Speedrun | Grandmaster Naroditsky

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Short & sweet, but again GM Danya stepping through the reasoning (instead of the robotic “if this do that”) adds lots of value.🙏

[@jackfrosterton4135]

@ᴍ᭄ꦿⁱˢˢQᵘᵉᵉⁿ ツ Oh, is Danya on that site??

[@hellopleychess3190]

it is you again

[@chakaula8642]

You're the best! I've learned so much from your style. Hikaru, Levy and not so much "Eric the Trickster" are OK, but YOU are easily the best youtuber to learn from! Also, when you and Hess host a tournament it is GOLD! THANK YOU From a 75 yr old who has never played better or understood more deeply many aspects heretofore "hidden"! Aloha

[@stephenbrautigam5913]

I approve this comment

[@Kalos00]

Eric Rosen >>>>>>> Levy

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Hikaru is a stronger player but doesn't explain his moves very well. It doesn't help much to watch him blitz out 5 moves in 10 seconds.

[@Ism0Lait3la]

Curious, what elo are you at and did you only start playing/learning at 75 years old?

[@elijahthestudent3272]

I really appreciate, that you put in the intro not emotional moments to bait people for action, but instead something very thoughtful and chess-improving.

[@AmanSai-lm9ul]

Danya is the reason for my game to improve.... I went from 1300 to 1600 in no time. Keep doing these speed runs.... Ur making careers bro... Love u buddy ❤

[@Giliw]

Babe, wake up. New Danya upload.

[@ethan073]

Only Danya can make a 10 minute vid on a 10 move disconnection game and it still be informative and worth watching

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

I feel so spoiled. Danya is treating us to a lot of new year's gifts and insightful content

[@RobFlaxMusic]

I have leveled up so much watching these speed runs! Over 2100 ELO on Lichess now, and the last hundred points have been Danya shoring up my positional play. Thanks, maestro!

[@alexf0101]

danya's videos are the modern logical chess move by move

[@groovybuddha667]

Sicilian is my main "go to" against e4, so glad I subscribed always looking for deep Sicilian knowledge.

[@vkaiiims]

Awesome as always

[@NotQuiteFirst]

That's what she said

[@Tj1597]

10 minute video Danya laid down the hammer and professionally explained the reasoning behind each of his valiant deep hard thrusts into the opponent's position.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

That's what she said

[@KobuCake]

thank you!

[@yusufozdemir769]

Personally I don't like video giving spoilers in the beginning.

[@EugenPetersen]

What's the variation against the french he is mentioning? Sounds like "Gienatto", does anyone have a link for it?

[@cpf2566]

It's an unofficial nickname referring to his friend Peter Giannatos. See my above comment or watch the 2200 elo Advance French speedrun episode. I'm sure it's also been in at least another couple of speedrun videos as well as that one.

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Danya what is the Giannatos variation against the french defense? I found the master it would be named after, but don't know what that would be

[@SterlingScreencasts]

Same question thanks!

[@cpf2566]

It's an unofficial nickname for a line as Daniel and Peter are friends. It's a normal Advance French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 and then when Black plays 3...c5 iirc it's 4.Nf3 instead of the main 4.c3 defending with a pawn. He's definitely discussed it in a few past videos. Try the 2200 elo "Advance French" masterclass episode, that should be one of them.

[@cpf2566]

^

[@cameronhendricks5967]

@@cpf2566 Thanks homie!

[@ryanboyd4770]

Whoop Whoop. Danya time.

[@Appleslaryer]

You should add a FEN or PGN to your description

[@nephandi2316]

And now we know why c5 cannot precede d5 in the french defense. Impressive game

[@shailjagoyal255]

Can you play this line against GM's, and have a fair chance to win or draw?

[@filippocalavaro]

A gm would never do those stupid pawn moves

[@piyushgalav6483]

GMs know ton of opening theory

[@heisserkleber2578]

please no spoilers at the start!

[@rickysmith6041]

he disconnected by probably closing his tab lol

[@toucanplay6720]

gg Sensei

[@joebortiatynski3192]

Thanks

[@antimatter2417]

I miss the thumbnails of the previous speedrun

[@jackfrosterton4135]

He has so many lands

[@Alex73758]

Yessssss

[@Anteater23]

You just make it look so easy. Great player. I just hover around the 1250 mark and don’t get any better :(

[@smoothcoder1]

Whats your rating now?

[@Anteater23]

@@smoothcoder1 like 1400 but haven’t played in a while

[@hellopleychess3190]

I would have played a4 instead of dxe6

[@kingcooch4640]

Every video is a 50 Elo boost :D

[@turtle_fps]

you must be around 800-1400

[@petergriffin8767]

Man I wish

[@dhruvyadav7715]

lol

[@slovabomb3413]

When you start a speedrun and get a win streak you get extra elo in an attempt to get to to where you should be, faster. I think you're gaining like 24 elo per win, and when not on a streak you get around 9. It would be nice to see you in these elo brackets for longer than 4 games.

[@ChessJourneyman]

They just blunder...learn where your pieces should be, take note of your common blunders and work on avoiding them - end of story. His speedruns become more useful when people can actually play 15+ moves without being badly behind already

[@chrisbeaudoin9818]

@@ChessJourneyman yeah it was really eye opening for me when i realized how little of a difference there is between 800s and 1400s. They both blunder pieces, the latter just do it a bit less. I like to think i'm different at 1600 but deep down I know i'm not

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@chrisbeaudoin9818 I started as a low 800 losing in 5 moves to tactics. Learned a system, hit 1k. Learned to avoid the most obvious blunders - 1.1k. Learned the queen can snipe my hopping knights on the flanks and such - 1.2k. Learned not to lose pawns stupidly and avoided walking into bad pins and such - steady climb to 1.6k. Improved my opening theory knowledge - 1.8k. Improved the theory further, focused on seeing more tactics - 2k+ There is basically no difference in knowledge between 1200-1600, it's just a matter of figuring out your basic oversights and reducing them.

[@JohSmith]

a bit disappointed by this short episode, love the series and the whole channel tho