Tearing Down The Slavic Wall | Slav Defense | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

[@dennisschafer3047]

Thanks!

[@groverclinton1081]

Hey Danya, I hope you haven't abandoned the endgame series.

[@HebiSnake]

Same. I like it way better than speedrun videos. Those get real old real quick when we've had like 4 series of it now when originally he said he was only going to do one.

[@Gam3Con2211]

I'm sure he hasn't, but surely you guys can see that those are higher effort videos with lower return than these videos. Just one the numbers, an average Speedrun video makes 70k views, the recent endgame videos which were very high quality made 50k views on average. You guys might be tired of the Speedrun, but in general the people clearly love them, I'm included amongst them.

[@ninjapandathethird6241]

I hope so too endgame are so under studied and even the least accessible area of the game in the online age

[@groverclinton1081]

@@Gam3Con2211 Oh, I'm definitely not tired of the speedrun, I love it too. But an endgame series from Danya would be rather unique insofar as online chess content goes. Of course, it doesn't have to be one or the other, he can do both.I feel like I'll gain a lot of Elo points if I pay attention to an endgame series by him. I think you'll agree that his instructional style and quality is second to none.

[@HebiSnake]

@@Gam3Con2211 I get that, and it's not like the speedrun is bad, just not really what I followed the channel for to begin with so it's disappointing that it's literally 90% or more of what he posts. It's a bit much tbh I don't think it's that odd to say "hey, even if speedrun is going to be your main thing can we have ANY other type of video more often than once every 10 videos." Just feels *very* overkill ratio wise.

[@Shawn0Dingwall]

"Engine Andy's" is my new favorite nickname in chess 😄

[@banzaiburger]

I love how Danya never denigrates his opponents, unless they are cheating.

[@kekkler]

Or if he expects more from them, but mostly out of disappointment from not being able to instruct on the position

[@theMaculaDensa]

@@kekkler Yeah, it's always kinda funny when Danya gets excited about a very testing line and the opponent doesn't go into it

[@SuperYtc1]

Why would he? 🤔

[@matthewrigby6089]

@@SuperYtc1 Many other popular chess KZbinrs do!

[@SuperYtc1]

@@matthewrigby6089 Well yeah Gotham is just an asshole. Well below what should be the standard.

[@discosugar]

fierce king

[@Alxvndro]

The way the king held together the position at the end was amazing.

[@ryanfoster557]

Really enjoying the d4 content, hope to see more of it!

[@randy0120]

Would love some more theory based content outside of the speed run. Maybe not like an opening series like Gotham does but something where you talk about general ideas or how you’re thinking about a position.

[@utkarshsingh9969]

Bring back the endgame seriess

[@heyhowyoudoin]

Hey, isn’t „talking about general ideas“ and „how you’re thinking about a position“ exactly what Danya does in the speedrun episodes and the analysis after that? He even adapts those ideas according to the current rating

[@imxluke]

i would love this. danya is such a great teacher

[@iyedh2m367]

Monthly routine: _play _lose 200 elo _watch dania _play _win 200 elo _wake up next morning _repeat

[@Kwaiiii]

YEAH

[@NickMaovich]

Danya you are absolute legend. Love your speedrun content, I learn so much from it!

[@flimsyfinance2836]

12:08 Tell Esteban to defend like a lion

[@17037982]

I thought the same! (with a strong spanish accent) :) I wonder how many get the reference...

[@LoaThunder]

Thank you so much for this content!

[@ZachMadique]

this was a great game, would love to see more d4 (and c4!!)!

[@trumppence3834]

Another great video

[@getsetcode8162]

Thank you Danya for the awesome lessons

[@karjaputinz8146]

Oh no thumbnail ! I got a dirty mind.

[@UKChat2014]

This is gold, let's go Danya!!!

[@ryanbeltran5122]

I love watching every video you post. I have grown so much as a player from just watching you

[@LT-kl4wu]

A very nice video. Thank-you for sharing.

[@lewismusgrave8538]

It’s funny that b4 was a blunder because I feel that is the move I would have the hardest time finding in my own games. If only my blunders were as sophisticated 😪

[@omegablaze8008]

This guy is the best bro! Such an instructional channel this is. Thanks man!

[@FourthFloorParkour]

18:33 🙌 “you got me”

[@trutty]

The fro is coming in nicely Danya, you handsome devil

[@brianbecknell9708]

Love these Speed Runs, I watch every one!

[@gregtaylor7983]

Hey Danya, thanks for the content - 1 small request if you ever get to this comment, Ive just reached 1900 and my openings are really holding me back, I appreciate you don't always want to do opening analysis but if you could mention a resource to look at the opening in question (if one comes straight to mind, mind you) as you did with the smith-morra and Marc's book that would be amazing, thanks again

[@Alex_Deam]

He has a video from a year ago on chess books. I don't remember what he said now, but according to the comments there, the one book specifically aimed at the opening in his list was Mastering Opening Strategy by Johan Hellsten.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

13:54 “Engine Andy” is a hilarious dig

[@RaptorsReport]

Doesn’t white castling in that position hang the pawn on E2? Remove the sole defender by trading knights and then take with the bishop.

[@buttonpusher12345]

Black's c6 pawn is hanging: knights trade, bishop takes e2, rook e1, the white bishop has to move... the bishop can't defend e6 because a4 would trap

[@Grandcapi]

It is always a lesson and a very good one!

[@Shadowhunter2304]

Hello Danya, thanks a lot for your perfect explained videos, I watched almost all of them and tried to analyse your way of thinking as a gm. One question if you allow: its one thing to see which move you make and why its a good move. But as a beginner I struggle a lot to find the right candidate moves in the first place. I am totally overwhelmed with the options. So could you maybe also talk about why certain moves are NO candidate move for you (because often this is the move I play in my games). I think you filter out a lot of bad moves and this is exactly where I struggle the most.

[@noobelgamerliker6242]

If you ask on his livestream he’s more likely to answer

[@Bamcky2k6777]

I would check out some of John Bartholomew's series (Chess Fundamentals and Climbing the Rating Ladder) if you haven't already.

[@samharlan4412]

Hey Danya, would you ever consider doing a video series covering your book (Mastering Positional Chess), going through the lines, explaining the ideas, and maybe showing how your positional ideas have improved since.

[@hex3845]

This is exactly what I needed, I play QGD w white and the move c6 has proved to be quite a nuisance. Thank you Danya

[@lennycool22]

@Daniel Naroditsky at 20:18 after e4 suppose black plays a bad move like h6, there is Bxb4+ axb5 Qxa8 Qxa8 Nc7+, however I see that if black plays a good move like e6 there is an in-between move after Qxa8 Bb4+ and I reckon the position is just lost after that

[@allenpeteti9891]

Danny is the best chess teacher I’ve seen so far ,🔥

[@eladmenahem2253]

beautiful game

[@SnInstinct]

hey Danya, I wish you keep uploading your us open analysis

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@pranavjoshi2968]

Speedrun is the best chess content on the internet period

[@Anb82051]

At 4:03, what is keeping black from trading the knight on c3 and then capturing the E2 pawn with the bishop? Am I missing something?

[@fangyinghu8939]

Uh yeah kinda late here, the knight blocks the g2 bishop from taking on c6, that's why Black can't afford taking.

[@danielm17]

Thanks for the inspiration to start a chess channel

[@nidhinbenny7975]

Hey everyone, in the position at 19:25, why can't black take the knight with Nxc3 and then take the pawn on e2 with the bishop? Edit: Nvm, found Qxc3...

[@jordand2137]

Yeah, in the Nxc3 line both pawn takes c3 and queen takes c3 are devastating if black then takes the pawn on e2 with his bishop. I think the problem for black is that removing the knight from d5 makes white's bishop extremely strong so even in the pawn takes c3 variation, after black takes the pawn on e2 white can just make the natural move to threaten the bishop with Rook e1 and then if black makes the natural move bh5 (only way to save the bishop) then white can start tearing apart black's queen side with knight takes c6. Engine says white's up 8.1 at that point. So yeah, I guess Danya didn't miss anything there lol. Thanks for bringing that position up though, it was helpful to look at for sure. (also, thanks again to Danya for your amazing content, best chess teacher of all time, appreciate your hard work brother)

[@user-hi3ke6qh7q]

I just come here to expand my chess horizons and my vocabulary.

[@johnnycubbon7312]

Undisputed goat of chess KZbin

[@propagandacritic5511]

I appreciate you playing 2100 players. I need to know what to do when strong players don't play precisely, or when they play tempting superficial moves. Please do more of these! Thanks Daniel (my name is Daniel too), you're an inspiration!

[@sweetlane1813]

2100-2200 can be dangerous. There was a game against 2200 when Danya was too courageous and went into dubious line 'for the sake of content'. (Even though before the move he said three times that he is not totally convinced in it). Turns out it was the only mistake from his side, but since then he was trying his best to salvage the game to the very end, and was lucky to trap his opponent in time scramble.

[@propagandacritic5511]

@@sweetlane1813 I know 2100s can be dangerous! My USCF rating is like 1750, but I can play like a 2100 on a good day. The content is more understandable with players at that rating...more things happen that I understand 😄

[@joshualavender]

4:30 There's nothing terribly wrong with 11. e4. But rather than that, I'm intrigued by 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5, forking Black's loose knight and bishop, i.e. the sacrificed minor piece will be won back along with a couple of pawns. The White queen is loose on d5, but Black doesn't appear to have a useful discovery with the d6 bishop. It's possible Black will find the intermezzo 12. ... Bxe2, but White can hit the bishop back with Re1 and, once Black moves his bishop to a safe square (g4), White has Nxb6. Black can try to find a fancy way out by changing the move order: 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bb4, hitting the rook. But here White plays 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 (if 15. ... Qd7 then 16. Qxd7+) 16. Rxe2, winning a pawn and a minor piece. EDIT: Writing this comment, I didn't see Nxd4, which Danya mentions in analysis, but I still don't think it's a problem: 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd4 exd5 15. Qxd5, and White is up a pawn and forking the a8 rook and h5 bishop while yet again Black has no useful discovery with the d6 bishop. Black is best advised to castle and give up the bishop. FURTHER EDIT: I appreciate that, two and a half minutes down in a 10+0 game, 11. Nxc6 is impractical to calculate, even if White wins a pawn at least at the end of it. I probably wouldn't have trusted it in that time situation. It's so much easier to see and calculate when you're just pausing a video and staring at a position than when you're playing. I did all this calculation staring at the paused YT video, not on a board or with the computer, so it's entirely possible I've missed something. If anyone sees something I haven't seen, feel free to reply.

[@banzaiburger]

Would love more Catalan Speedruns and/or Masterclasses

[@kruksog]

Catalan centric stuff is bad content (like, as a series, it's great once in a while.) No one below 2200 should be playing it (i.e. the majority of his audience). Just, from a matter of fact standpoint. I get that your idols play it, but it just isn't good content for this audience.

[@tameshrew469]

I would just play exchange variation rather than Catalan against qgd. Simple plans and not much to memorize

[@alexandruandrei2045]

Big shout out Danya for the amazing content! 👏 P.S. I wonder how many opponents though they are facing a cheater given they’re brutal defeat …lol

[@MrAtilla]

Very nice

[@frankvanbussel4226]

great you're going to play some 1. d4

[@Emad_22.]

💚💚💚

[@doormatcat]

Crazy how Danya makes it looks so simple.

[@danya5211]

Loved the game and explanations , but the thumbnail looks kinda weird

[@literallyamelon9776]

Jesus man. I want to achieve this level of play.

[@altshift2576]

Thanks for playing D4

[@jonathanpiotrowski]

He is embracing the neck beard meme and I love it

[@Regenwulp6]

The engine Andies hahahah

[@jaigoel7225]

Can we see some games in the Petrov?

[@kylecomber6371]

When I want study chess I usually watch a Daniel video. 9 months to get to 1000~ elo. Now next goal is 1500 on lichess.

[@saptaparnoburmanroy614]

8:13 what if Bxb6 in this position? Does it win a pawn?

[@saptaparnoburmanroy614]

Nevermind Qxb6 is a check I am stupid

[@justsomeprofile4969]

thanks for trying to play more d4!

[@KruxisV]

12:16 shoutouts to Charlotte-based humor

[@SilverVayne]

19:18 I wish he would've showed "castles," Nxc3, bxc3 Bxe2, Re1 Bb5.

[@yusufyusuf1998]

Bb5 then c4

[@f74w358fh]

can we see much more petrov and reti please? 🙏

[@scheimong]

19:18 what if after castles, Nxc3 and Bxe2? Black is seriously lacking in development but I don't see a clear followup for white.

[@valentinsaik6754]

That's what I was thinking about, after Bxe2, Re1, Bb5 there's no compensation for the pawn, bishop is safe and white loses important central pawn

[@mcbomb7447]

@@valentinsaik6754 The bishop is safe, but your king is not. Going pawn grabbing without developing your pieces is something Danya has been harping on all speedrun and it would get black *destroyed* in that position. After your line (Nxc3, bxc3, Bxe2, Re1, Bb5) White is +15~17 after the *crushing* Nxf7. Everything starts to fall and the black king will inevitably get checkmated. Feel free to punch the position in yourself. Even if the Bishop goes back to h5 and defends f7, it's still +9 after Nxc6 and black's entire queenside gets destroyed and they start dropping material.

[@trungtop1coder]

Please consider play the Kan Sicilian, sir

[@alanESV2]

If you come across another Slav defense I’d like to see an exchange variation

[@leonardoventura9641]

Bro's the type of dude who goes to a michelin star restaurant and orders Cheetos and a glass of tap water

[@yusufyusuf1998]

​@@leonardoventura9641ahaha

[@joe4570]

I hate people who play like this, where it's obviously terrible and losing out of the opening and then they defend like crazy

[@rq4740]

Easy solution. Just turn on the engine

[@ChessJourneyman]

Yeah, he played horribly after the first 3-4 moves. And then magically started holding everything together in a bad position and making the moves Danya was suggesting. It's like a person doesn't know how to start the engine but then starts drifting the moment the car is running - it doesn't add up.

[@andreleandro754]

b4 was amazing.

[@nbeqo]

g6 Schlehter is also a serious one :)

[@mdblida7980]

This guy was stream sniping i really wanted danya to bait him

[@Miesko1]

the thumbnail is a bit sus

[@edsmed1542]

surprised no one is talking about the silhouette of that guy with an erection ngl

[@dukhiaatma6415]

I do all the things Danya explained but get ouplayed by one mover threats and find myself defending and passive instead after a while against my own will while my opponent keeps making one mover threat after threat and I'm forced to parry them. How do I improve guys ?

[@andrefranca8704]

Play slower games than blitz (15min ar least). Then when the opponent makes a one move threat, try to find the most active way to deal with it (moves that defend but also improve your pieces or a stronger counter threat, for exemple). For every defensive move you made in the game that felt like a concession, mark it. After the game, use an engine to try to see if there were simple, but active ideas that you missed. Did you consider those? Why not? Etc. From my experience, when you lose too much coordenation to defend your material, you end up losing even more anyway. The lower rated the player, the more this applies. Good luck!

[@arashvahabpour942]

Danya is so strong for any strength level, unbelievable how easily he crushes 2000+ players. I am 1250 ELO as of know :)

[@buflen]

Who is Engine Andy? 😄

[@peterevans3310]

_We might play e4, we might also not play e4_ Exactly my play style. I'm something of a GM myself, you know.

[@lukastux3024]

You could have given a lot of viewers the winning position and they wouldn't have been able to convert it against his defense

[@amaarquadri]

At 12:12 why not play Kxe5 after fxe5? It seems like the resulting pressure on the e6 pawn will be unbearable.

[@ninjapandathethird6241]

Kxe5 is engine approved but after Nd7+ the king has to retreat or you have to calculate the rook exchange sacrifice which is the best move but it's not as simple as just taking with the pawn

[@sachinpainuly1965]

Nice

[@asza5]

let's go

[@hadisyuaib8613]

I just wanna see you run a ruy lopez

[@oraz.]

I only know dxc4 but when white plays a4 I feel I'm stuck

[@Blaaww1]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@ranlit7717]

I see 1.d4, I comment :)

[@goodforyou9596]

Sir how can I contact you to be your student? I am from Bangladesh.

[@LooseToots]

He does not accept new students.

[@goodforyou9596]

@@LooseToots I don't get it. Please explain.

[@seulebrg]

@@goodforyou9596 he has too much to do and only continues the teaching engagements with students that he already has. He does not accept and new additions of students. If you truly care about being instructed by him, it would probably be easiest to find a summer camp that he teaches (I think this summer he has done 2-3) and see if you can attend any of those. Sure it would not be 1-on-1 teaching, but it would be Danya nonetheless.

[@goodforyou9596]

@@seulebrg humm that's not possible for me😢 But thank you for the info.

[@VallochGaming]

Play E4 please!

[@Wibgloria]

Hey Danya, I think for your next speedrun you consider using a more anonymous username like Hikaru does in order to avoid the potential for players knowing who you are and also listening to your thought processes. Just an idea but I think it’s a better and more fun approach :)

[@PANKAJSINGH-fq9bs]

Can you play botez gambit just like naka ?????

[@Chris.4345]

For the algo

[@HWK_venom]

Danya looks like jake Gyllenhaal or is it just me?

[@yashjaiswal4024]

Can someone give accuracy% of this game please!!

[@redcona]

Ditsky W

[@mlsanica7618]

why is first move marked across the whole game

[@dawghousetv]

More queens gambit’

[@tbones2583]

What's up with the facial hair just under his chin area? Lol. Did he miss a spot? A big spot?

[@jamesduggan7200]

Bc8-g4-a5-e2-b5 lacks proper discipline.

[@brandonhopkins8590]

Lol Trade and Tryon

[@realhercules]

Kxe5 was better and if Nd7 check, Rxd7 Rxd7, Bxe6 Bxe6, Kxe6 and white king supports the passed pawn ready to queen.

[@ignis6144]

First danya

[@tolkienfan1972]

At least watch it

[@ChessJourneyman]

"Very serious opponent" - plays Chebanenko but handles Qb3 like a 1300, and plays Bg4 that allows Ne5 with tempo. He opened the game very poorly - trying to salvage the position after that was futile.

[@meowcat5596]

nigga plays b6 😭😭😭

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@AS-sn5gf You learn both things early on...similarly to the "free pawn" in French defense and so on. And while Danya is the best chess teacher in the world, he is clearly not a d4 player and uncomfortable in those openings. He either vaguely describes those openings or says something along the lines "there are many complex concepts here that even I don't understand fully." Point being, games are not as instructive when his opponent starts fumbling four moves in compared to making healthy, logical moves until succumbing to slowly built up pressure. Likewise, Danya is way better at going in-depth when playing the openings that suit his attacking spirit. You can count on your fingers how many d4 games he's played in all of his speed runs.

[@socute9248]

@@ChessJourneyman I wouldn't say Danya is uncomfortable with d4 openings. He seems very comfortable, just doesn't know the theory by heart. Also at Naroditsky's level these grandmasters can play every kind of chess, attacking, positional, whatever. At the top level you just have to play the best moves and your personal preferences are less relevant.

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@socute9248 Compared to his repertoire, it is night and day. He is very eloquent and precise whenever talking about openings that he understands, both in theory and practice. Here, he is second-guessing himself about everything and vaguely describing the typical ideas and such. If anything, it looks like he is trying to apply his knowledge from other openings and playstyles to find familiar ground.

[@socute9248]

@@ChessJourneyman yeah I think we're saying the same thing, in particular about openings. grandmasters are so good they can just figure it out as they go playing less used openings against non GMs. In their most used openings they know all the lines by heart, but they can do anything. Danya has played a ridiculous amount of chess in his life so he just analyzes it as he goes. I would say in terms of styles, these GMs are comfortable playing in different styles. You can't always get an attacking game depending on how the opponent plays, so you have to always be able to play the board. Just cause Danya prefers attacking chess doesn't mean he is out of sorts playing other styles.

[@mikehenry6129]

DAILY REMINDER: ✝️REPENT from your SINS people and COME to JESUS CHRIST, BELIEVE that Jesus became "sin" for us on the cross and sacrificed himself so we woudn't have to be punished for our own wickedness. ✝️For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. JESUS is coming back✝️

[@palatusgames8800]

Nah

[@yakncast7530]

jesus christ is creation of the human ego at the council of nicea in 325AD

[@socute9248]

Christian evangelizing is so fucking weird

[@ATLTraveler]

Sup Bwipo, big fan here. Hope you guys can make worlds next year or at least MSI!!