THE WORST CHESS ADVICE?! GM REACTS!

GM Daniel Naroditsky is BACK to react to YOUR WORST chess advice! We asked you to send us your WORST chess advice and you didn't let us down!
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[@chess]

For the next episode we want YOUR bad chess advice! Reply with your worst and we'll see what Danya thinks!

[@Andrew-hn4cu]

Don’t watch the Daniel Naroditsky speedruns

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

Now please try this setup: krbnqbnr/qnpppppp/ppp5/8/8/5PPP/PPPPPPNQ/RNBQNBRK/

[@soniasharma7932]

Hippo is good for intermediates and lower advanced players (1200 to 1700)

[@alexanderperl6945]

Learn the London instead of buying an opening course

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

Give up your queen for content even if youre not a streamer

[@jayantrehan6338]

Never forget Magnus' most important advice: Sit at the board and play with yourself

[@theimmux3034]

truly one of the best chess players of all time

[@and_I_am_Life_the_fixer_of_all]

do not trust this advice guys, they said I had to do the playing with myself part in private before or after the match! I just wanted some clarity during a complicated middle game ): I even said Cagnus Marlsen gave the advice but for some reason no one believe me! Perhaps staring my opponent in the eyes without breaking eye contact and really going for a personal record did not help either D:

[@HeatherStep]

Me prociding to 4 move checkmate myself because I'm bored:

[@ebwoodwork]

I have actually done that! I think I won....

[@jakepete5831]

​@and_I_am_Life_the😂😂😂😂😂_fixer_of_all

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

Sometimes you're 3000, sometimes 3200, it happens to all of us

[@arkzbh]

Divided by 5 Unites us all (all rest of us) 😂

[@giovannifrrri5495]

😂😂😂😂

[@arkzbh]

@@giovannifrrri5495 are you a divided by 5 on a 3000 level or a 3200 level , asking for a friend 😜

[@alexlehrersh9951]

Chesscom cheat again against me

[@HowThatHappen]

I'm just glad you think I'm 3200

[@davidcotham1939]

The point of Rosen's advice was to not lose your mind over a blunder but rather to look for tricks, compensation, and so on to salvage the game.

[@SneakNationCEO]

Exactly, it indeed was a mindset thing, but on the blunderer's end

[@iiREYteoii]

ye it was obvious, danya kinda dumb

[@aj_style1745]

⁠@@iiREYteoii Nah.

[@yahnevets]

i also think the advice is good from Rosen--many times when opponent takes a piece they are giving something up to do so, even if its overall a good move to take it. try to find if there is a weakening aspect to the move and attempt to exploit it.

[@digineet8421]

@@iiREYteoiiyou apologize right now!

[@user-ui3py3et4o]

Nobody is Ian Nepomniachtchi except Ian Nepomniachtchi ~ Hikaru Nakamura

[@cyruswong205]

How to play chess well ? Rule No.1 : Don’t touch chess Rule No.2 : When a kid invites you to play chess with him , beat him , but not in chess

[@abhay8875]

😂😂n1 brother

[@amroulouay6819]

😂

[@afuzzycreature8387]

surely some of those pieces are pointy

[@mehdimehdikhani5899]

Hikaru to his mouse: who the fck do you think you are?

[@SneakNationCEO]

elite

[@vorfreu]

Class act 👏

[@Nestor__Makhno]

Hikiru bad.

[@mrpotatohed4]

I thought eric's statement was about if I'm the one who blundered

[@HJDSimon]

Yeah I thought this too, it's more about staying positive and still looking for the best moves despite making a 'mistake'. You see so many people give up after a blunder, when a lot of the time, unless you're against a super GM, there's probably still gonna be opportunities to win or draw the game.

[@44r0n-9]

Guess it works both ways

[@mburg33]

Yep, it’s on his mug

[@nonamenoname246]

But it depends on the blunder I made. If it is near the endgame and I don't think I can come up with a way of getting the game back to being competitive other than waiting for opponent to give me back a similar blunder, I would rather take my 1000 elo rated self and resign then waste time. Yes I will consider playing on if a blunder stalemate by opponent looks possible, or if the clock is in my favor, or I can see something else to hope for, but otherwise I would say a better rule is to consider turning my blunders into a gambit rather than always treating them as my gambit..

[@james7384]

Ngl, I've quit chess every day, just to play the next day.

[@furrypossum1498]

I always ask myself why I do this to myself. Every time I play chess, I rage. I always return. 😂😂

[@pakasokoste]

Danya interpreted Erics advise differently lol. Eric says that whenever YOU blunder, you don't tilt but rather treat it as if you are gambiting the piece. But Danyas interpretation also applies of course.

[@maxkho00]

Yeah it's funny how the advice applies both ways. Treat opponent's blunders as gambits in that they might be bad, but you need to be sure they're bad if you want to play into them; and treat your own blunders as gambits in that they often give you some play that you can exploit ─ and if you exploit them, you might well have chances to come back.

[@inumakitoge1327]

Gotta love Danya's wholesomeness 🤍🤍

[@oakleypankratz8547]

I thought "treat every blunder like it was a gambit" is for when I blunder. Like "whoops, hung a pawn, how can I fight back/defend?" rather than rolling over and letting my opponent trade everything down to a winning endgame.

[@theycallmenugz]

"Treat every blunder like its a gambit" is the reason my opponent spends 0.1 second longer before snap taking my queen

[@T1J]

is rosen not referring to treating your own blunders as gambits, not your opponents?

[@Re_Polus]

I don't think so.

[@katagiriyuuichi6086]

ive always thought it means that lol

[@Ilportavoce]

i love ur videos and u also like jake and amir, ur the man!!

[@alexweitz]

pretty sure he is

[@wecameasinkas]

He totally is he says it when he blunders

[@thatbostix2]

"He's freaking Hikaru"

[@dominiquefrechette8336]

I think Eric Rosen's advice was also about your own blunders. If you make a blunder, instead of getting tilted, try to see if maybe your blunder opened up some new options for yourself, therefore making it a "gambit" of sorts.

[@purulento3911]

Eric's advice is about trying to justify your blunder. Maybe you blundered a pawn but now have an open file to work with. Keep on playing as if your blunder was intended.

[@mathewpankratz5767]

I think the Rosen “Treat every blunder like a gambit” was misunderstood, it was more about when you make a mistake or blunder to treat it as if it was a gambit and intentional all along and play on

[@precious2383]

"the worst advice" Tyler1: hold my e3

[@sladek692]

I love Danya

[@bassmanjr100]

Eric's advice was more of a joke than serious as he typically says this after he has blundered a pawn. I think it is good advice and not just for chess. Ok, I've screwed up, but there is nothing I can do about it now. What opportunities still exist that I can try? Move on and play the best you can with the position you have.

[@NichtWunderkind]

Gotta love Danya

[@wojciechjankowski5707]

Pretty sure Rosen refers to his own blunders there. Like: I lost a piece but maybe there's some line that has opened up for me

[@siggm8]

If not a chess player Naroditsky should have been a teacher. So educational and good at sharing his knowledge 🫡

[@cheetah_100]

Still waiting for another GM to come and react to Danya's advice here

[@mburg33]

I totally forgot about that tweet I made awhile back, thanks Danya for responding to it. I try to follow that advice when I blunder but I haven’t thought about it the other way around, that’s a fantastic point.

[@spirejfk7879]

This Video is very informative!! Thanks!!

[@navins2246]

I think when Eric said it, he meant the side who blundered should look for compensation and attacking possibilities just like in gambits

[@FunkyPhunk]

I spent literally months finding the best move through trial and error (Gucci piano line for example), not learning theory at all. Just make the most logical sense out of the position and playing, and then I get to a point where a child that has studied theory can whoop out 20 moves out of memory. Play every single best move in 1 minute time, not use their brain whatsoever, and get a decent position against you. The evan's gambit for example, I never ever ever studied the evan's gambit. I lost hundreds of games on the evan's gambit, I end up playing the stonewall variation (without studying) and I start winning more and more. You know how many games I've lost in the evans gambit trying to find a semi decent line, where someone can literally look up a 3 minute course and dry up the game. What's my benefit? I can literally play tens of different lines, without any theory and get a decent position, I can play the vienna, find the best move in seconds, with just my brain. What's the drawback? The fucking time. The time usage, is horrible for me. The time usage kills me. So it's fun, but than again it's not so fun.

[@danielli-g3334]

Eric's advice to treat every blunder like it's a gambit can also be taken personally, when we make a blunder. So, when we blunder, we should not automatically give up, but treat it as a gambit and try to create some instability in the position.

[@oakleypankratz8547]

f6 is a thematic move in the advanced caro, but usually only when a bunch of other moves have been played. It's meant to chip away at whites center, and potentially open up the f-rook after castling.

[@usageunit]

4:12 "It's like being stuck in the ocean and you're trying to find little pieces of flotsam and jetsam and debris to grab onto ... eventually you build yourself a little island in the middle of an ocean." That's not chess, Danya, that's Raft. You're describing Raft.

[@dobry_brek]

I believe Eric means that advice differently. When you blunder, you should not give up and be mad at yourself but treat it like a gambit and try to justify it.

[@MurunGD]

Eric's advice can also work the other way. Meaning if you're the one who blundered, look for ways to create counterplay.

[@andrewsmmm]

This is a really good video. Well done Danya.

[@eudesgeoffroy8416]

"Never play King takes King"

[@robinstrong1641]

All my favourite chess personalities in one video 💥

[@gachorachel2610]

The way danya keep looking at his sides while talking feels like he is forced to do this content 😆

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

Another thing: I think what Eric Rosen is saying is if you blunder a piece, the best way to play is aggressively to complicate the position to muddy the waters, because if you blunder a piece and just try to defend yourself and be solid, you're going to lose, but if you use the time the opponent takes to capture your piece to create counterplay, you'll have a much better chance of causing them to make a mistake. I have the same mindset. If I blunder very early on in the game, I'm immediately going on the attack to either go for some checkmate or trying to grab as much space on the board as I can or something to make it harder to find the best moves. Of course nothing is an absolute here because there are times when you can force mistakes just by being extremely solid with what you have as well, if you can get a better board position and better placed pieces. That can usually make up for at least a point in material in itself.

[@yaouG1]

When it comes to mouse gymnastics, nobody beats Danya! Nobody beats that record

[@marcozec5019]

I thought Eric meant, "if you blunder a piece you might as well see if there's any way to spice things up.."

[@joeysingingchannel]

6:48 Nxf6 is just game over here. Double check and mate is not far off. The adage remains valid.

[@jorgechavesfilho]

Great video, Danya!

[@bmcmvp]

Way too respectful!

[@pepijnstreng4643]

Interesting advice I heard: when you're playing someone who's rated a lot lower than you are, trade down to an endgame. They're more likely to make mistakes in the endgame. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on this

[@c_bass1971]

4:32 I frequently refer to chess principles when I am lost in a position. I don't understand the complexities, or the pawn structure, or the value of an attack. When I struggle to find a plan I think about principles for inspiration. That or play h4.

[@992ras]

The advice about the queen is something I live by myself there is time and place to attack with the queen just because you do queens gambit doesn’t mean the second move you need to move the queen you need to set the gambit up. Just like also good advice should be you also shouldn’t be dependent on winning because you have a queen sometimes queen trades benefit your tactical position sometimes the queen trade may benefit your opponent but you should be able to win games without your queen

[@theherk]

How many people do you know that use flotsam and jetsam in their lexicon?

[@blainehuff]

All solid takes. I took the Rosen comment differently, though...I don't know the original context, but I assume he means when you blunder, don't just give in, but look for ways to capitalize.

[@darthjarjar_7918]

For the Eric Rosen quote, pretty sure he’s referring to treating your OWN blunders like gambits to make the most of a bad position. Not so much trusting that your opponent has a strong idea when they blunder.

[@_CertifiedHoodClassic]

I’d like to imagine he reached the end of Anna’s Cow tutorial, and scoffed before closing the window, and saying a conclusion 😂

[@NJDJ1986]

@0:20 Hikaru talking to the mouse, meanwhile I did remember Levy was smacking himself with the mouse.

[@DanielGamer-wn1hy]

Nice job

[@RG001100]

0:48 Hahahahahaha. Modest man.

[@DavidKfilmmaker]

If Nemo or Anna told me to play f3 I would.

[@johannesborchgrevink9629]

I thought that Rosen's advice was related to your own blunders? Like if you hang a piece or blunder a pawn, don't give up or feel down on yourself, but go on with an offensive mentality and look for counterplay and resources.

[@George_Bland]

I think Danya misinterpreted Eric Rosen's "Treat every blunder as a gambit." He means this as one of your own blunders, try and see the benefits (open files etc) rather than assume an opponents blunder is a trick, although this can also be good advice.

[@marcususa]

Knights of the South Bronx - Darren Mason (coach's son) tells the other kids that they need to find their ninja. Dawson Sosa imagined his pieces were ninjas.

[@yhayon]

Nice content 🎉🎉🎉

[@diegodelallata]

No bro, it's the other way around with Eric, he means when you blunder a piece treat it as a gambit

[@arkzbh]

Yes I know no one should ever play f6, but I also know, everyone should ALWAYS play b4 in any critical condition. That's the move that wins you games. Ifyouknow you know 😂

[@cwynn1547]

This was respectfully done. I was fearing more meme-ing of content creators. It's all uncharted waters.

[@thomasdequincey5811]

"Treat every blunder like it's a gambit" is about not tilting, isn't it?

[@jasonparker6138]

"I dropped 200 points today. I am at rock bottom." Lol, no that's not rock bottom. You can drop another 200 tomorrow. I think the matching algorithm pairs people on a downswing with people on a hot streak, leading to wild swings in rating. That is my impression. If that is not the case, I would be glad to find out.

[@ionelsavulescu4683]

i kindly suggest to add a chess theme based on the app icon, the black pieces can be green, the white pieces can be white. yours sincerely, ionel.

[@d0m368]

I just played f6 and it was the best move

[@barca19861000]

I think Eric's advice refers to bulnder that you make, not your opponent..

[@growwithsomangshu1463]

Rules reviewed by the Sensei Himself! ❤

[@uwubagelz6709]

What about Eric's "its hard for black to win any additional minor pieces because white doesn't have any"

[@stephenl7048]

Danya's intelligence is clearly evinced by his facility with language and communication skills, regardless of his chess ability.

[@rajyavardhansinghtomar9847]

Don't forget that he's graduated from Stanford.

[@DiMono]

Regarding GMs being human and making mistakes: one of the first popular chess channels on Twitch and KZbin is @ChessNetwork. He's a US National Master. His most popular video is him legitimately falling for scholar's mate and then laughing at it. If an NM can fall for it and laugh it off, it's okay that we sometimes do.

[@Xenomac-xcx]

Gingergm be like f4 first move (the birds)

[@Najeem8]

Waiting next video

[@shajardror]

I think you missed the point on Erics advice. Treat YOUR OWN blumders as gambits. As in, ok, you blumdered, dont get hung up on it, try to make the best of the resultimg position. Try to get some compensation. Even if its positional

[@zoefezius6615]

Yeah - chess principles - don't like to follow them - and i learned recently - i am right with it - only problem - i am just 3500 elo to low and no supercomputer

[@x3rx3s01]

I went from 1400 to 1173 in 4 days 😢

[@emilwallin1176]

im my opinion the sound is not quite right. Im not sure but i think the bg music is disturbing the video

[@JustAllinOneResource]

Thank You for the video, I appreciate it. I'll give you a very brief background of me being me. I'm in my Sixties, I know about chess, played it about Four times throughout my life, and lost every match so I moved on. About Five days ago I came across a few videos of three wonderful young chess players called Tweedledum, Tweedledee, and Alice, and it sparked my interest in Chess so I decided to create an account on the chess website. On one of my videos I was nicknamed Martin (250) by a commenter, and I laughed simply because I am like Martin in many ways. Yes in the world of chess I'm a newborn, but in other areas of gaming I excel. Anyway, It doesn't offend me that I'm called the Human version of Martin simply because of the fact I enjoy playing chess regardless if I win or lose which is how I approach every game I've ever played. I would like to learn more so I can finally play against other players, and again thank You for helping out. Knowing who to go to when you need to know something is very important. Take care, and thanks.

[@thedevil5101]

is danny a vampire?

[@ytth439]

i like this series I think it important though to go more into context. Advice given to a lower level player is different than that to a high level player. It can also change depending on the situation. This is a nice series idea but without the proper context of what is being said, the advice from Daniel is not as powerful.

[@ThomasDuncanSawyer]

I don't agree that chess principles are violated to a certain extent. I think they might seemingly be violated but the moves that might be accused of violating them, given that it is actually a good move, are usually only violating them on the surface but are actually just following them on a deeper level. Maybe they are violated but I like to try and fit such moves into a deeper understanding of chess principles rather than considering them something that only stronger players can do. At the end of the day, a good move is a good move with strong logic behind it. Edit: I also think Rosen's advice is aimed at one's own blunders rather than the opponent's.

[@andrewwilson9123]

The vast majority of people who play chess, beginners, straight up violate the principles all the time. I do agree though that if you have good thought process behind a move, play it (there can be exceptions to rules), but always check after the game to see if you were right. So many people use that type of logic and play objectively bad moves

[@ThomasDuncanSawyer]

@@andrewwilson9123 Obviously not talking about beginners playing bad moves. I'm talking about an objectively good move that seemingly violates principles. My point is that those moves usually can be argued to be following principles if we look below the surface.

[@sindrome25]

never thought of Eric Rosen's advice as my opponent make the blunder. Always thought that I make the blunder and need to make the best of the situation. how can I complicate the game. can I generate an attack instead of waiting for the endgame one piece down? never just resign because you drop a piece. those are the kind of ideas that phrase inspires into me. But yes there is also the side that Dani is mentioning

[@andreaslmao1066]

Danya!

[@kavautube]

I came here for horrible chess advice and got utterly disappointed. Most of the advice is actually quite good.

[@robertalexanderson829]

"You can find certain clipps of other GMs and streamers preforming gymnastics with their mouse, but we are going to leave it out of this video" A good thing he keeps the video from becoming x-rated.

[@grievous5243]

Long story short only listen to GMs on chess advice

[@tominmo8865]

If even GMs hang pieces, then there is no hope of me reaching 300

[@Kennypuff123]

"He's freaking Hikaru💀"

[@absolutesonic4266]

"Who the f*** des he think he is?"

[@GeorgeEpting]

I watch when you play on utube and its fun in your games and reactions but this is something else I know you could understand but your not showing here in this video what you really are suppose to do ,so here's something for you which is the best advice you can give is what you do that you don't see in what your doing until you look at yourself 😊

[@siggm8]

Dafuq did I just read

[@diplomaticunicorn6750]

Danya so cute

[@uncookedbert3216]

smirnov's rule is to take is a mistake. You stopped the video to soon

[@Dimeind]

I like chess

[@tanmay_yeole5]

because I don't know what chess is all about

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

I actually had a couple of interesting games where the only way the position made sense was to play F3, but you have to check a lot of boxes before you can even consider that move in the middlegame. For example: if the opponent's dark squared squared bishop is traded off and the queen has no immediate way to take advantage of that diagonal or your king is tucked in the corner, and you have a center pawn you want to chain so you can move your knight to do other things. I checked Stockfish the couple times I played games in those scenarios and it said that it was one of the better moves. I was actually proud of that because usually Stockfish will call you a dumbass for such moves. This is an example of where you can't just use chess principles as dogma. I think the better way to look at the principles is to get yourself in positions where following them is the best continuation. It's extremely powerful if you can play moves that control the center, develop your pieces, castle early, good piece activity and the like, but in order to get to these good positions you have to respect your opponent's threats first, and it's not always going to be so easy and simple.

[@prplt]

kinda disappointed it was advice from other GM's 🙄 it would have been much better if it was from TikTok or something like that 😂

[@BetaJim22]

Most of the advice wasn't from other GMs. None of Eric Rosen, Anna, or Levi are GMs.

[@arnielucki1689]

In the Scandinavian the Q comes out on move 2 and it's a sound opening.

[@dreytukaji7871]

oh wow never thought it's a recent video lol

[@pettym3]

5:00 "control the center" - closed position you open it up because u want to "control the center" and lose material "bring your pieces up" can mean anything including Ke2

[@peterorosz9278]

Keep up these series Danya is sexy like DUA LIPA

[@BoringContent-ys8tp]

I like chess reacts

[@TheOneAndOnly_Max]

Biggest Advice: Follow the Champ Hans Niemann!!!