Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

00:00 Intro
09:00 Analysis
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[@AugustFreestyle]

Please never stop making these videos Daniel, cause they're just so stupendously good.

[@alchemical_moon7653]

It's so amazingly good, alot of video series get old after a while but these are incapable of that. It's always interesting to hear the thought process and it genuinely helps people improve

[@potjeh5518]

The way that he explains why he does the moves that he does and the ideas/concepts behind them really helps us newer players(and probably intermediate players) understand the game better. Best series for improving for sure!

[@cameronhendricks5967]

I agree so much. Watching him play at a relatable level and to explain the logic of his amazing moves is something I will never tire of. I understand you may eventually get old of it, Danya, but I won't!

[@heraldofv3379]

Any below GM can take notes from this undeniably​@@potjeh5518

[@patrykapiezo1650]

Danya: "After our opponent takes the pawn with a rook, which is forced" Opponent: "You clearly don't know the rules"

[@Norwegianoiler]

He also seems a bit angry and disappointed when the opponent takes the bishop on g3, allowing checkmate immediately.

[@iuri3930]

@@Norwegianoiler he gets pissed lol

[@kasanj]

Insert Rick astley meme: you know the rules and so do i

[@dickurkel6910]

@@Norwegianoiler Yeah, it makes him miss a learning opportunity since it ends early

[@Bringlese]

Best chess series out there, never stop

[@TigerChess2]

Endgame series is the best

[@kent2955]

Nightly routine: Get in bed, watch Danya Speedrun, Fall asleep to Eric Rosen

[@stuvius]

Literally what i’ve been doing the last year lol

[@matthewrigby6089]

Following Danya into the Morra feels a bit like following Gandalf into Moria. Wild and dangerous, but you feel safe.

[@panapanagiotisbouras9268]

TRUEEE

[@CheapShotFail]

"Our opponent is playing quickly and superficially" great way to summarize that game, black didn't really do anything proactively but just played a bunch of moves that looked ok and attempted to scrutinize certain aspects of your position, very good instructive attacking game! Being able to handle opponents like this is key to getting from 1400 to 1800 IMO.

[@Not3xactly]

Thorough domination. Love the speed run but hope we get an end game video in the near future.

[@julianlastname5730]

You always come up with these maneuvers that I love. You move a pawn, then put a knight on the space it moved from. I want to find more ways to implement that recurring idea into my games

[@saintsaens21]

When I attempt that I get mated in 3 moves.

[@mikeciverolo8527]

I genuinely thought that was someone else's hand on your neck at the beginning.

[@impishlyit9780]

Lmao

[@williambrown8249]

That's his girlfriend, Rebecca Harris

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

"Our opponent made us do it" would be a good title for a series :D

[@moron1232]

This was insanely instructional, thank you very much Danya, keep up the great work!

[@jboulanger5005]

So informative. I'm thinking of using one of your videos as an example for my teaching class. Good on ya Danya

[@Rusty44444444]

You have such a gift of instruction my friend. Your explanations make galaxy brain level of sense to me

[@SycophanticLeech]

8:18 The brilliance of DNads. "Now if you really wanna be clinical..." Yep, I'd probably just want to continue with my attacking idea, and would miss a 0 downside +1 upside move like this.

[@monstermagnet3150]

Actually that was a simple move, the silent Bc2 was far more impressive imo

[@Mat0m]

Love your format, thanks for the content. From Cameroon.

[@zactiner6696]

Might just be me but I miss the longer videos with multiple games. Still always love the content, it's absolutely invaluable

[@pepperleg]

This is such a brilliant and instructive game, especially for someone learning the morra. Thanks Danya.

[@albertocera8550]

These speed runs are the best chess videos out there. Thank you always!

[@horplesmoff]

I felt proud of myself when I actually looked at qb6 around 4:25 and thought "yeah that's a dumb move that gets nothing done at all" and then Danya affirmed my clearly GM level thought process at 4:35

[@tr1xstr1]

I don’t know what I would do without Danyas speedruns

[@rafiqphy]

Thank you so much. super super helpful

[@frequensea9434]

I often find myself having great positions in the opening like this and it’s very nice to see simple development KEEP the advantage because you are allotted time like Qd2. Also very nice to see a sac and attack after a small prep move to punish the poor decisions from opponent. Definitely going to keep that in mind to keep my winning positions in the future

[@denisdemonte15]

holy crap this was awesome and what i needed

[@user-in9fk1xm3y]

ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ✚𝟏𝟕𝟕𝟑𝟗𝟒𝟔𝟓𝟑𝟗𝟎 Tell her I referred you..

[@martinr4293]

I have to say I love it when opponent plays so fast and Daniel punish him right away

[@ElijahStormblessed]

God I live for these Danya uploads

[@SPAZ111]

love this opening

[@ClassicPass_]

Engaging with the algorithm so it make me get MORE MORE MORE! THX Danya!

[@Doctor_Chu_]

Nice new upload to watch in class

[@johndoh1000]

Always give the tickle tickle, "and you're not just trolling."

[@jamespaul617]

Thanks for the video.

[@SLKCHESS]

Top video as usual

[@sorenvigesaa1521]

Quality Content Machine

[@jamesstevenson4029]

Keep being awesome Daniel

[@abliviax]

Best chess series to understand some new higher level concepts

[@adatiaad]

Great video.

[@Victor-rq3mf]

this is so amazing

[@BrokenG-String]

8:46-8:50 "And you're not just trolling" 😂

[@srovorake6626]

This opponent was totally dismantled. Impressive game!

[@fermatslasttheorem6298]

Yeah wtf were they doing having a party with the queen and 2 bishops on the top left corner. lol

[@TVIDS123]

@@fermatslasttheorem6298 Some sort of religious ceremony

[@rq4740]

Look at this guy get dismantled by a GM, what a noob

[@fermatslasttheorem6298]

@@rq4740 oh shut up. This isn't about winning or loosing, it's about how the opponent played. And many other opponents Danya has played weren't shit like this opponent.

[@Jake6Enjoyer]

5:30 Trashtalk lesson by gm

[@alexwiththeglasses]

That Bc2 move got me thinking… I shouldn’t “tunnel vision” on my main move unless it’s got to happen now or never, but if I have the option to hold off on the main move, I should look at moves to make the main move indirectly worse for my opponent. I’d tend to just pull the trigger and rob myself of a stronger attack.🙏

[@SycophanticLeech]

I felt your pain when rxf6 wasn't played, allowing mate with qg7. You still did a perfect job of explaining the rationale behind the power of creating space for ng5.

[@ejv212]

danya, would recommend a series on backward pawns -- what they are, why they are weaknesses, and how exploit those weaknesses or deal with your own backward pawns

[@georgeallee16]

Best chess content easily

[@natasdabsi1138]

loved it

[@alexf0101]

great attack

[@benjaminanderson6856]

I love Danya more than life itself

[@twelveclouds292]

Need more end game series!

[@liljackypaper]

Can anyone tell me how I can watch these videos on twitch? It seems like all of his broadcasts he is playing 3 minute or shorter games.. I want to see more 10 minute games

[@brennencrippen3]

I came my pants when i saw a new speedrun video. Thank the heavens!

[@24yroldchessimprover84]

On move 12, after white played Bg3, danya's opponent could have gained a -3.65 winning advantage on SF 15 Depth 35 by playing 12) f5 followed by d5 forking the knight and the bishop. The ensuing lines are pretty cool. I found this line that pops out of seemingly no where to be quite surprising given how quickly and mindlessly black played this game.

[@ridegreen78]

This is my favorite game of the series

[@Jake6Enjoyer]

Hey Danya whats the reason for playing nf3 before bc4? I play bc4 first because it allows for e5 if the opponent plays inaccurately.

[@FlareiOS]

You can play e5 either way, but the difference is the bishop can become a target if moved out too early. That’s why we say “bishops before knights”

[@Jake6Enjoyer]

@@FlareiOS Nah dude you dont understand bc4 allows you to play e5 in some positions even if you lose the pawn because youll have bxf7 winning the queen. For example if blacks response after accepting the morra is d6 and nf6 if you developed bishop first youll have e5 in that position.

[@kengonzo1640]

yes more content

[@lukastux3024]

Prepare slowly, attack fast!! 💪💪💥💥

[@ziocorbus]

14:07 MINUTES OF PURE ENJOYMENT

[@tacticalchunder1207]

You absolutely bullied this guy! Incredible attack.

[@marcshidid9644]

DANYA.

[@pwe5000]

I know "good at chess" is a relative thing, but an 1800 in Rapid is like 80th or 90th percentile, and certainly better than almost any non-online, casual chess player. To see Daniel just tie this guy in knots is pretty incredible.

[@brendan6778]

1800 is closer to 99th percentile, and yeah

[@maysamabbasi4466]

When are the other episodes of endgame series going to be released ? We're so excited 😁

[@Snowbeavers77]

It's truly amazing that there are only 15 games in the database for a seemingly common opening with fairly logical moves.

[@KahurangiSteez]

"smith morra gambit accepted" is about as close as chess gets to adult only content

[@ventrx2769]

This attack was awesome, I never see knight sacks like that in my games, I need to start looking for them in positions where I feel like I'm dominating but just can't find the continuation

[@LukeLosiPfleger]

I, of course, try to do knight sacks like this all the time but I always miscalculate somewhere and end up just down a piece with no attack

[@bradharper641]

Hey Daniel are you going to continue the endgame series? This is a topic that is not covered well on KZbin even on chessable

[@JM_-ix7yh]

Marc Esserman consigned to the ash heap of history!

[@janekg5263]

Thanks to your speedruns I got 1400 from 900 in half a year. Thank you Sensei Danya

[@mamun001]

Finally 406k. I have been staring at his 405k for weeks

[@mikelautensack7351]

Are you not doing the endgame series anymore?

[@yonghyeon123]

do you know when the endgame series is coming back?

[@Bluefooted23]

I would love to see danya analyze an alpha zero game.

[@magerehenk7579]

3:20 what about Ngxe5 here? if you retake you can no longer en passant if they push the d pawn for the fork. basically an equal trade but it stumps the attack.

[@pepega3344]

K is king, N is knight

[@magerehenk7579]

@@pepega3344 right, I forgot. ty

[@FlareiOS]

Yes but white doesn’t have to retake, and the knight on the central square can become a target

[@magerehenk7579]

@@FlareiOS well, if white doesnt retake there you can either take the bishop or the knight to take away an attacking piece or go for the fork as the pawn is now gone that stopped it. and if the fork doesnt happen there in case white moves the bishop or knight, then black is still up 2 pawns with a chance to trade pieces.

[@djchilxxn]

nice

[@jv7244]

*Marc Esserman has entered the lobby*

[@KironKabir]

MassterOfMayhem!

[@FallenXxXSky]

BANNED

[@scottwilliams5241]

12:00 makes sense that the e5 pawn is crucial, so why can't black play f6 to get rid of it?

[@scottwilliams5241]

I guess because a knight sack of f6 was the idea all along, but couldn't f6 be played earlier before white has improved enough to actually go for the attack? idk...

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

he was just shuffling all his pieces on the side

[@byfoul8743]

this video got me from 1550 to 1791 in 2 months.

[@chessandmathguy]

more kasparov impressions please :)

[@SuperYtc1]

1:03 Wondering why Danya plays a move that 'bites on granite' which is what he says almost every episode. Danya: You've got to see the bigger picture. A knight sacrifice will happen here in the future. Me: 😳

[@saneernavab2531]

It is one of the main ideas of the Smith morra

[@MatteoGariglio]

Why playing Qd2 instead of Nd6 and putting the knight in the strong outpost? (9:56) Thanks for these amazing games!

[@hpy2101]

f6

[@MatteoGariglio]

@@hpy2101 Thanks! Can you go a little deeper in the variation? Isn't that a little weakening for black? 🙏

[@delta2444]

this is what it's like to play a grandmaster, you play normal looking moves and all of a sudden you're completely lost

[@realBowfree]

Smith-Morra is my best and favorite attack against 1.e4 c5, it's an amazing opening with tons of rich positions throughout the game, that often finds 1700-1900 players unprepared. I especially enjoy the speed run videos on the Smith-Morra, thank you!

[@willpeacock8979]

Even though it seems so obvious that he didn’t defend properly given Daniel’s analysis, as someone who is in this rating range, his confidence and speed in his moves would’ve definitely thrown me off and made me doubt myself tbh

[@alexgabriel5877]

morra opening video coming soon?) Prayge

[@iamjustzach3036]

More endgames!!

[@milzy19]

Can you do some grandmaster puzzles

[@lukacalov1988]

How is this guy 1800 is beyond me

[@kingcarisma]

"At ALL!"

[@uhcharizza]

Here 3rd. Love the content Danya

[@gregeonaf7811]

Daniel missed a game-winning tactic by his opponent at 3:30: f5 wins a piece guaranteed. If you capture en passant then d5 comes with a fork of knight and bishop and if you move your knight on e4 away then f4 comes trapping the bishop.

[@FlareiOS]

Damn nice find, I would’ve never found that in a game, but I guess white does get quite a bit of compensation after Neg5, followed by h6 (if you don’t play h6 then the bishop is no longer trapped), then the knight can take on e6, and after dxe6, the bishop can take with check. White gets 2 pawns for a knight and partially blows the king side open

[@monstermagnet3150]

f5 is a very impressive move indeed ! But it's far from over for white because if en passant and d5 then fxg7 and you cannot take the white pawn with the king because of Qc3 check ! Black king have to go back to g8 and eventually you play Rad1 or Rfd1 pinning the pawn and you have a lot of development + black has very difficult moves to find to stay in the games (Qb6 runs into the beautiful Rxd5 with an incredible attack and the best Qe7 makes black lose a rook to the elegant Bd6) 🤩 In order to keep his advantage, black can sacrifice the exchange (instead of taking the white g pawn) with Rxf3 but that is very hard to play...

[@gregeonaf7811]

@@monstermagnet3150 Yeah game-winning was a bit of a stretch but it's a nice tactic. That continuation with fxg7 is an amazing line.

[@moe_1838]

That's a nice find but I think you missed a move; after f5 nc3 (or any other safe knight move) f4 Doesn't trap the bishop because we can just play bxf4 and we have that square controlled twice (by the queen as well) so after nxf4 we just play qxf4 and we're up a pawn with a nice position. I'm probably missing smth lol I'm on xanax rn but check that line out incase it does work

[@gregeonaf7811]

@@moe_1838 he’s defending the square with knight and rook so two attackers isn’t enough

[@alchemical_moon7653]

I love the foreheads that always that think they've out smarted Danya, they have in fact not

[@brbcrew9957]

Upload everyday 😭😭

[@TheGameViewz]

7:32 "Let's calculate..." *Calculates 2 moves* "We're just gonna play it" Idk why that made me laugh lol

[@Marcel123123123]

Liked and commented

[@user-vh3kj9ri8h]

Sam Shankland says the Smith-Morra "fails to impress" and that he "can't see the compensation for the pawn". I'm no expert but it seems Black can equalize if they know the theory.

[@TheWaxlemon]

thats at a master level though

[@ethansmusic9898]

That's pretty much how it is with side lines. You playing a slightly less reputable line in order to try and catch your oppennent off gaurd.

[@mydogbanjogames]

I just wanna say these videos are awesome. Everyone drop a like on his video and show him support

[@lucmermans37]

This guy played like a 1200 on a good day

[@FlareiOS]

1200s aren’t nearly as good as him 💀

[@danjeory3659]

It's amazing how many people accept the gambit without a firm idea of how to set up against it. It's really not that scary if you play against it properly and white's attack fizzles out

[@aaronday2857]

"It's a pretty simple game, I'm wiped" plays a perfect game with a genius ending. I know that I'm a noob but dang Sir. You ducking killed him.

[@mikeb7906]

How come the 1700s I play are never this easy to beat?

[@cpf2566]

They are. You just don't beat them that easily because you're not a GM with 3100 blitz and 3300 bullet.

[@Slenderman182]

play by the book. let your opponent blunder. 60% of the time, it works every time.

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