St. George's Defense | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naro

00:00 Intro
15:20 Analysis
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[@pramanverma6209]

This series needs to keep going forever! Can't get enough of it!!

[@ollivier75]

yes to that, he's such a great teacher

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

Amen to this!!!!!

[@golsowh]

"Playing somebody same rating as me" Understatement of the year

[@rumpelRAINS]

When there is a pawn on b5, you play a4 is one of Ben Finegold's rules.

[@PJBoyYT]

Rawr!

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

True!

[@hellopleychess3190]

when you play a game, win it

[@mouwersor]

Sometimes I wonder if the people who are viewing this on twitch have short-term memory. Daniel explains a plan and literally 30 seconds afterwards he refers back to it and nobody seems to give the correct answer, lmao

[@David-lu3ij]

Are u racist?

[@Jack-ht5mb]

Yes.

[@CherryMosley]

They’re too busy talking in chat

[@thomas6837]

@@David-lu3ij I love this kind of random, off-beat inputs.

[@ricardods6843]

to be fair, they are twitch users, their iq might be limited

[@pontiffmaximus]

These continue to be just incredible educational resources. You’ve singlehandedly reignited my interest in chess study after two decades of dormancy.

[@DagarMan0]

about the talk he had starting at 20:38 : yesterday i played a classical game where i somehow hung a bishop like an idiot and then i turned it into a winning position in the next 5 moves. granted, he made mistakes... but taking advantage of them is also a part of the game. it's never a question of elo when a position is or isn't crushing, even when you are down substancial amounts of material

[@SilverVayne]

Yooo didn't expect one tonight, sick. Thanks for all the lessons Danya!

[@walterbrownstone8017]

I've learned from Danya that the Italian game can be very tricky. Never heard of St George's defense. The more videos on the Italian, the better.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Okay I obviously don't know what the Italian game is

[@Speedster___]

This!

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

@@walterbrownstone8017 Italian in e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4

[@walterbrownstone8017]

@@zoichi_kanoe6227 but wait, is that what I saw him play? I better watch it again, maybe I was hallucinating.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

@@zoichi_kanoe6227 Okay he fixed the title!

[@ignis6144]

I love the way u play in the speedrun. So simple yet so thorough and meticulous

[@theodorebervoets1808]

Amazing video. I was thinking after you started talking about technique. A lot of intermediate players have a big issue with things like converting a position that isn’t clearly winning but is much better positionally. I am quite good at pressuring into a better position yet sometimes struggle with converting. I’m not sure if it would be possible but a video/episode that focuses on this would be extremely helpful

[@frostypotatos180]

i recently hit 2000 rapid and still manage to draw games where im +10 or higher according to the engine just because i have a habit of rushing into an endgame whenever i can as long as i can get a pawn advantage or something, even if i sacrifice a completely dominant positional advantage, I just struggle a lot with converting positionally dominant positions

[@danjeory3659]

There is no video that can specifically help you with that because such circumstances can arise in completely different positions. The best thing is put your pieces on good squares and train yourself to look for tactics - preferably by doing puzzles every day.

[@thatguy5233]

wdym, every video is basically about it untill the enemy blunders something. in some videos they don't and you have exactly what you want... only without the title "how to convert a winning position" :P you can literally watch ANY chess game to see that (where both players play seriously)

[@thatguy5233]

while writing this i just realised that chess is basically a game where both players either play best moves and draw or someone eventually blunders/makes a slight mistake. and untill someone makes that mistake, noone is winning (technically white has AN ADVANTAGE but is NOT winning from start btw). so really, any video will do.

[@Jartran72]

@@thatguy5233 Yes that is a really basic discovery you made there. But in essence, correct

[@Kirisame312]

Fantastic video as always.

[@earthwormsim8068]

I've watched a few of the series and you've earnt yourself another subscriber

[@Ducks2]

Masterclass! Well done Daniel

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

Your content is like waking up with kings preflop.

[@maestrosock9360]

Excellent instruction, Danya! :)

[@adityapatel3954]

Thanks Danya for introducing so many concepts during a game which othervise would have been boring to learn on their own.

[@bayovrosky7404]

Danya thanks for your content I really love it please don't stop. Much love from Nigeria

[@paulgoogol2652]

This setup is really nice. I read it was a way to handle 1e4 ...b6 and so I adopted it. The queen often goes to e2 and the setup is very harmonious. Now I notice that it is similar to the "English attack" which is a mirror of that but on the other wing. I also like that setup a lot. What a coincidence.

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

I love these!!!!! I won 2 games already just learning from you. So thank You!!!!!

[@deepskywest3633]

Simply amazing teaching style. Dude had a calling yo….

[@orangez1986]

These are very enjoyable

[@nebeyutedla7720]

Danya love your content please can you upload more? I feel like I learn so much from what you say and would really like to see more(maybe stream vods or analysis). Thanks!

[@hanspeters4948]

I love that you removed the "please subscribe" message from your intro. It goes without saying you don't need that :)

[@xlsiorow6040]

hey! i saw this game on stream, i prime subbed at 18:16-18:20.. apologize if my getting after you for initially mispronouncing my name was an annoyance. great educational stuff. love it danya, keep it up!!!

[@andreascg511]

I have been watching your videos for 2 months now. I just started playing chess. I have been able to climb to 1300 thanks to you. I would love to play against you sometime to learn more

[@paulgoogol2652]

The hardest part of this game was to see that a5 was protected by the queen on h5. I'm too short-sighted for such protection.

[@antimatter2417]

Horizontal queen moves are systematically the hardest to see

[@tristan5951]

@@antimatter2417 what is this system

[@ethanl.1699]

@@tristan5951 backward knight moves, backward bishop moves, pinned pieces and pawns, sniper bishops/queens, horizontal queen moves

[@ClassicPass_]

Can't get enough Mr the DanyaSon!

[@abhishekmishra4120]

Hi Danya! Can you plz do a video on good openings to focus on for people with different rating levels? Thanks a lot for the quality content ..has helped me a lot in increasing my understanding of the game ❤️

[@Jartran72]

Pawn mate was the correct play. Brilliant and beautiful

[@Vanegas.3]

This series is gold 🤍🖤

[@Vepporizer]

Love your videos

[@cryptotroll1232]

"Lets take with the pawn for aethstetics." Hah! Classic.

[@Zawnpuia1640]

Thank you

[@KironKabir]

Just finished watching Masvidal vs Covington, and now I’m treated by the Prophet’s video

[@MAJCrAiN]

Nice video friend

[@discerenecessa9062]

Danya, I know that is probably not the right place for my request, but could you please continue your puzzle series (and by that I don't mean puzzle rush) it is such an awesome format and so helpful!

[@intratrader4307]

This i like u explain very welll

[@davidoconnor1773]

"We're playing somebody the same rating as me" His opponent: So that was a fucking lie!

[@jasonhe5578]

I kinda wish black actually knew the theory for St. Georges

[@thebcwonder4850]

There’s theory for it? Looks like a troll opening imo

[@stevitosgay]

Commenting for the algo because i love my sensei

[@kinggambit4708]

Right on

[@kaikulimu]

2:59 “Biting on granite” :) :) :)

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Hearing GM Danya’s thinking process even when facing a rather rare & possibly sus opening really helps my understanding about making my way to a solid middle game position🙏

[@obscurelines]

The c and d pawns curtailed the black bishop also the whole game.

[@lilachbandavid7605]

Danya, this time you were the one who stopped calculating the tactical line too soon. You did have the immediate 18. Nc6 fork, since after 18... Qd5 19. Nxb8 Qxg5 you have the nasty 20. Re5!, Forcing the queen away from the g file and winning the tempo to get your knight back to c6, where it joins both the rooks in attacking the defenseless a5 pawn. In both lines you give up the bishop pair, but in this line at least you still have the very active knight, deep in black's camp.

[@micke7]

Daniel still has a point though.

[@YajoX]

love

[@RehanAli-bt9hh]

I just faced this st George's defense some minutes ago

[@chessnoob1196]

This goes to show that you should never surrender

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@jaysen7843]

Hello St. George let me introduce you to my good friend George St. Geegland

[@irjake]

David Bronstein: the original Eric Rosen!

[@Speedster___]

Will you ever play the Colle instead of just facing it?

[@buzz4162]

Let’s go e4

[@DrDifra]

Why pawn C3 when compared to bishop E3?

[@DanielWillen]

Daniel needs to bring back moistcritikal

[@Tocinos]

i guess all of danyas moves like i'm in math class all over again, I'm ascending 4:48 bruh i even saw Nc4 i'm ascending

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

I wish sensei danya make lessons about siciliano defense

[@nomer440]

guys watch the black king. if it was on g8 black wouldn't have these problems

[@oraz.]

I would have felt a lot of time pressure

[@Speedster___]

Owen’s defence?

[@braindust7523]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sakikogookheng]

11:07 Couldn't you just play rook takes a1? Cause then if the bishop takes your queen, you capture his queen with the a1 rook. Yes you've given back the exchange, but you're also 2 pawns up. Edit: given it another second to think and hemantdce could just capture on f2 with check after you capture the queen, so you'd only be 1 pawn up all in all. Turns out the GM was right after all

[@DanielRBW]

Also ignores the obvious that 2 pawns are not equivalent to 1 pawn plus the exchange. 2 pawns are rarely worth the exchange even if they are equal counting piece value. If you're a GM then maybe you can consider returning the exchange in favour of pawn advantages, but anyone under 2000 is still at risk of blundering even a two pawn lead. There's no need to give away an obvious lead in order to be fancy.

[@sakikogookheng]

@@DanielRBW A fact I find myself realsing only after I make the sac/exchange, then I think, 'why didn't I just play it safe?'. I've watched too many Tal games

[@TymexComputing]

I very much like Bronstein and Stein (Leonid Stein) games - not many IM/NM have heard about these 2 players, they were just brilliant and still much unknown to the public - they were like Rubinstein. I was following Zibbit, Rosen, never liked Rossman now i am following Danya Harris :)

[@TheMrInfantaria]

Every IM knows Leonid stein

[@ASDASD-rl8dg]

Not many IMs heard of Bronstein?

[@SuperYtc1]

What has this got to do with the Italian game? Mistake in title?

[@kmktruthserum9328]

I feel like 0 up to 1600-1800, any time your opponent makes a blunder, you should also counter with some type of blunder or bad inaccuracy. To make for a more realistic game for us trying to learn. And then go over perfect moves in the after analysis. Great video as always though 👌 👍

[@BigAsciiHappyStar]

I think 2. c4 is even more clinical than 2. d4

[@therandomrat5238]

Tenth lesson asking danya to play the grand prix. Why don't people play sicilians?

[@maxarinn6190]

GM Naro

[@24yroldchessimprover84]

Good game. g4 would've trapped the queen on h5 forcing black to give up the light-squared bishop at one point. Also, the move d6 was a mistake because the black bishop comes to c5 in some lines after e6. Black has to play very actively after a6 b5 but was unable to do so in this game.

[@kdpsimplified1560]

I started playing around 6 months ago and it seems as if i am stuck in the 1450 range, very frustrating😩

[@lado809]

Daniel says we can take it easy we're up a pawn. I can be up a piece and stressed out my head, trying not to blunder and implode... amd then I do 😵‍💫

[@behavior2836]

111

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🤣😂😹#87th

[@pnarimani6055]

Finally someone punished these bullshit ass openings.

[@tw5718]

Dammit still not first comment

[@joeb7495]

Looks like this guy relied entirely on his opponents to panic in the opening, once someone doesn't panic he panics and fails to tactics even a 900 can find. Bit of a boring game but keep up the content.

[@adnanburc644]

Nice seriesbbut with all respect you don’t need to talk that much