TRAP THE QUEEN!! | Deep Dive - Pirc Defense: Classical | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

[@Rohith_E]

@57:53 King can escape via f6. Stockfish evaluates this position as - 3

[@fiddydollas]

Dude I had to literally plug that position into my phone after he said during the game that would be checkmate lol. Glad I’m not the only one

[@666via]

Came to the comments to make sure I wasn’t insane

[@codegeass7162]

I thought I was on crazy pills. Yeah, this is a blunder XD

[@liquidcrystal47]

I was so confused

[@vincentpanhuysen9771]

Funny thing is that GM Jeffrey Xiong was going crazy in the chat over how cool the tactic is.

[@CrashSomeMore]

Thanks!

[@chessicles99]

it would've been so funny to see danya think a botez gambit was a mating combination and not hear the checkmate sound effect.

[@Madchemist002]

If only the knight hadn't moved. Lol

[@arleyantes9321]

I wish we could see his response to this. What was on his mind? Maybe he was thinking of another line?

[@Madchemist002]

@Arley Antes Maybe he was confusing Black's knight's control of the f6 space for his own control?

[@jaakezzz_G]

@@arleyantes9321 there was another GM in the chat who suggested the idea so Danya was just trusting him, remember Danya is sick

[@Vladislav-Listev]

I think he would've checked that move more precise before playing it

[@christor2907]

Probably already been said but @15:30 Danya's Queen is also taking part in the queen trap by defending c2 and the rook. So 23 points of material

[@skye2192]

On the resigning note, if I knew I was playing Daniel Naroditsky I wouldn't resign at all as I'd want to learn as much as possible from the game! The same goes for other players but maybe not to the same extent. Point being, I think not resigning is mostly for people to learn or let the opponent execute the checkmating pattern (obv different at a much higher level though) Love the content as per :)

[@monstermagnet3150]

Seems legit

[@brantleyrehborn2866]

I just wanted to say that I very seldom leave comments on any KZbin video, but these speedruns are absolutely amazing. Your analysis of positions and strategies and your ability to communicate them efficiently to all levels of chess is unreal. Thank you!

[@allisonsutherland1144]

23:28 that is not checkmate, as the king escapes to f6 in the given variation.

[@stormixgaming8389]

Was looking for this comment

[@sn00k3_9]

Saw it too. We are better than a GM

[@cyin974]

12:51 That knight is literally the piece Danya tells us about that climbs mount everest and delivers covid vaccine in the same time 😂

[@bhagen40]

Right! 🤣🤣

[@ricoqi9527]

For reference, the Caruana game Naroditsky was referencing at 41:09 he actually did an analysis of it at kzbin.info/www/bejne/nniyfJ96or5nn8k

[@hervebari1688]

Thank you

[@calvinlittle7]

Just finished my first USCF tournament today and it wouldn't be without the guidance of these videos over the past few months. Thank you very much for this content, and the sincere willingness to teach and inspire others behind your actions.

[@brunilda]

Great! Tournaments are super addictive. Good luck!

[@calvinlittle7]

@@brunilda Thanks!!

[@chueumolepo8130]

Finally. The kf6 stuff. Been waiting patiently for this video bro.

[@dragon-db6uc]

English, clarity of explanation, nearly flawless, doubtlessly the best!

[@TroglodyteIsaac]

If the prophet has 500,000 fans I am one of them. If the prophet has 500 fans I am one of them. If the prophet has 0 fans than I am deceased.

[@hardikconilingus6569]

Thanks for calling Danya a prophet

[@TroglodyteIsaac]

@@hardikconilingus6569 anything less would be a falsehood

[@arkenmissawy5731]

That’s weak! even if I was deceased my ghost would haunt someone’s computer just to keep up with Danya’s videos!

[@gbzinfootball]

!!

[@Rundik]

Fanboy

[@mrxpibb]

Finally a Pirc! I'm a Pirc player through and through and would love to see you play it as Black.

[@emilsadykhov123]

Interesting speed run. I was thinking the quickest way to trap the queen would be Nb3 followed by Bc1 but black has the opportunity to play Nb4 and save himself, so playing a3 is correct-simultaneously traps and prevents any knight reinforcement. Also, at 18:20 I was thinking 1.Nxd6 Rxd6 2. BxN bxN (if 2..RxN 3.Qb7) 3. Qb7 and the Rook has no where to escape to without getting forked, attacked or taken.

[@Roninboyzz]

22:30 how did he calculate my next move? The watch and Netflix?! 😳😂

[@neBzeGaming]

On that queen sac mating construction, doesn't black have kf6?

[@TuckyTuck]

That’s what I was wondering. His confidence confused me

[@thechessfish]

Yes. Obviously he's not at 100% here. Would have been entertaining to watch him fight back in that position

[@maestrosock9360]

@@thechessfish That's savage lol

[@kierkegaard54]

Indeed

[@islandpenguin5056]

I literally set it up on a board because I thought I was going crazy but yeah after that queen sac it's an equal position lol losing all advantage

[@ShaShaSha534]

This man has single handedly elevated the game of chess worldwide. That's not hyperbole either.

[@beaumatthews6411]

56:48: Nxd5 actually allows a queen trade via the following Ndc3, which Stockfish 15.1 evaluates at +4.21 when the trade is over: a pawn and queen each and the loss of the heroic black knight makes the trade in white's favor, not accounting for positional advantages. Recapturing exd5 allows e6 into queen e5, attacking your bishop on g5. After h4 and Qxd5, the position is evaluated at +3.8 for black as they only traded a knight for your two center pawns and the life of their queen. Stuff like this is why I love chess

[@iaspati610]

Thank's Danya! I meet the pirc all the time. Most appreciated.

[@TobyDunan]

At last, the legendary Kf6 game

[@maoropizzagalli4153]

It's amazing how much I learn from these videos. In 1hour I got myself a solid understanding of a line to play against the pirc and reinforced my knowledge of KID ideas. Thanks for your work, you are truly making me progress a lot

[@codegeass7162]

Danya your content keeps me wanting to get better! Thank you always!

[@robertcooper1952]

I'm glad that sensei is correctly pronouncing the name of this opening.

[@johnp845]

LOL @1:12 for the last 2 years I thought the Pirc and the "Pierds" were 2 similar, but different openings ! Thanks for clarifying !

[@stopfish6817]

10:21 A very important moment of the game.

[@AuXDubstep]

Just want to say sincerely thank you for making these videos. Have recently rediscovered chess and binge watching these speedrun videos is really helpful.

[@martinezgutierrezluisenriq633]

Having this kind of content in yt for free it's just amazing

[@aribluffstone4475]

Danya "no automatic moves" Naroditsky, best chess lecturer

[@Kreenick]

Wow black had kf6 and he’s probably winning. That’s quite a throw lol.

[@rbarreira2]

It wasn't played on the board so I don't think it counts as a "throw".

[@WhizzerdSupreme]

11:40 Nb3 traps the Queen and Bc1 wins it. Two move sequence instead of 3. It does drop the e4 pawn, but you're up a Queen for a piece at most.

[@Ctz1H]

Great content, as always! So instructive. Interesting that in this speedrun there was not a single e4 e5 game yet.

[@Usman_Sajjad]

As always, GM Naroditsky's speedrun was packed with useful information and exciting chess action. Can't wait for the next one!

[@chrismtauer]

So glad I got to participate in this class, hope to see you in the next one and guess more moves!

[@realhercules]

13:46 Black could escape the queen trap with 1...Nxe4 2.fxe4 Bxe2 3.Qxe2 deflecting the queen away from the c2 square. If 1...Nxe4 2.Rb1 (intending Bc4) then 2...Nc3! 3.Nxc3 Qxc3

[@NeerajGupta___]

White doesn't have to fxe4 he can simply take with the knight

[@kierkegaard54]

The second variation it's not forced, after 2... Nc3 white can take the Queen then black takes queen and finally you take the knight and you're up a piece. Danya was not as precise as usual in this game, it think he was sick

[@realhercules]

@@NeerajGupta___ You're right

[@richardlong5928]

The intros are spoilers imo. Love the content! I’ve been watching for years. Thanks for all the hard work.

[@chessloversonly]

Awesome work, Daniel!! Your videos are so instructive!! ^^

[@codegeass7162]

Wasn't there king to f6 in the "mate" Danya mentions at the end??

[@aaronjosephs2560]

yes there was

[@bensnyder9262]

Kf6 and black escapes the mate, no?

[@sirkiz1181]

At 12:15 you can save the queen with knight to b4 but you lose the knight and all your queenside pawns and engine actually thinks it’s worse than just losing your queen for the rook. Point is if you take the knight now the a file is open and the queen can escape

[@Ammar-Farid-2007]

Qxg6 doesn't work cause black can go Kf6 after taking the queen

[@Frostgaming335]

57:48 Kf6? not checkmate or what?

[@aaronjosephs2560]

You're correct. He just missed this. Doesn't happen often but it happens.

[@victorvandenhende6571]

I m proud to still be higher rated . Last speedrun I was struggling in the 1200s now I m curtently 1530 after one year of Chess . Proud of my progress and ty for all of what you do in the chess world

[@TheRampax]

Whenever I watch deep dives on facing the Pirc as white, I always come away thinking the Pirc is simply a bad opening. The Pirc has been my main black opening for a few years now.

[@rogerwarr4673]

You’re the man and thanks for the dedication to those of us who benefit so greatly in so many ways from your content.

[@spamonfire1472]

I think your Mate idea where you sac the Queen doesn't work...57:56 King can just go f6?

[@thejuiceloosener150]

Correct. I think Danya thought the pawn on e5 was white, covering f6?

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

He has no obligation to resign and at 1500 it's probably good to play bad positions out because people do still blunder. If they just leave and let the clock run out that's a different story.

[@TheWonderBreadAct]

Letting the clock run out is just being a poor sport. I assume the thought process is, "yeah, you beat me but I'm gonna make you waste 5-10 minutes of your life waiting for the clock to run out" Also, I've had people do this.. and then 5 minutes later play a move. Almost in hopes that I'm somehow not still paying attention and then my clock runs? It's really quite rude. Resign or play on.

[@monstermagnet3150]

plus 5 position okay but this was plus 60 at least

[@robertr7923]

On lichess I always add 5 minutes to their timer and enjoy the waiting game

[@orbow]

Whats funny is Daniel would of blunder when he tried sacking the queen at the end to mate the king. He blunder his queen. The king could of escaped.

[@discosugar]

b2 or not b2... whether tis nobler on the board to suffer the slings and arrows of spicy tactics 😻

[@mrpocock]

At 1500, resignation later still gives you odds of the winning opponent blundering it all away.

[@usageunit]

Refreshing to hear Danya pronounce "Pirc" correctly at least half the time in this video. :) Now to work on Levi's pronunciation of "Alekhine". Nice to see a Pirc too, since I've been playing the Modern recently as black, which seems to me to be a more flexible Pirc.

[@SumNutOnU2b]

Isn't Levi Russian? I'd think an actual Russian could be trusted to pronounce a Russian name correctly. My old mentor, who was a Polish immigrant, pronounced it like Ayl-YEKK-ihn, which was certainly a surprise to me at the time after only seeing it written and like a typical American assuming it must be al-a-KĪN. Hearing Levi pull out something more like al-YHŌ-kun seemed odd to me but possibly just a dialect difference. My default is just to assume he's probably close to correct on it. Do you specifically know otherwise?

[@usageunit]

@@SumNutOnU2b According to Alekhine's Wikipedia article, which cites an external source for this claim: "He became angry when Russians sometimes pronounced the ⟨е⟩ ye of Alekhin as ⟨ё⟩ yo, which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was "Al-YEH-khin."

[@SumNutOnU2b]

@@usageunit ahh. Thank you. That does make sense then. …Also, good to see you confirm that my old mentor Yuri was correct. I guess Gotham is just wrong on that one. Good to know

[@pmlouisjuste]

Impressive display of teaching skills

[@matthewslater3254]

Does the king not have f6 in this position kzbin.info/www/bejne/inrThneDr7aJo7c? Am I crazy?

[@helpstone9101]

I thought the same, maybe we're both blind

[@gomjabbar6246]

@@helpstone9101 yeah, I assume there's some continuation we're missing, but it isn't, at least immediately, checkmate. This might be why the checkmate eval isn't shown. edit: got to the end of the vid...get well soon Danya.

[@AnkhArcRod]

No you are not. I think he actually missed it. Its -1.8 as per stockfish at that point! It would have been fun to see Daniel wriggling his way out of that one though. The computer shows a nice line Kf6, Ne8 Kf7, d6 Kxe8, d7 Ke7, Bc5 Kf7, d8=Q and it is over. Obviously, black should not take the "free" knight.

[@helpstone9101]

@@AnkhArcRod oh that's actually funny. Especially since at 23:13 he says that a lot of people in the chat were also seing what he was planning

[@Cunningstunts23]

You’re not crazy, I watched live on twitch and the entire chat was trying to tell him but he was tired and had checked out by then

[@HorstDeBepp]

the reason so many in this level don't resign is because they don't know you're a GM, I'm close to 1200 Elo and had just a rook and a bishop and a devestated pawn structure and my opponent had two rooks a queen and a protected passer on the 6th rank but hung backrank mate because he just kept on pushing his pawn and disrespected the little counterplay I had

[@thejuiceloosener150]

I love that Jeffrey Xiong just in the chat adding commentary. Nothing like a super GM just chillin.

[@patrickcox8990]

im confused. that tactic at 23:30 doesn't work. the king takes the queen and then escapes to f6. i plugged it into the engine and its like -1.4 then by the end of the sequence the king is safe and its over -2.

[@thejuiceloosener150]

It sure doesn’t. Danya went board blind. There’s no continuation after Qxg6, Kxg6, Bf5+, Kf6. It feels like he thought the pawn on e5 was white, by accident?

[@aaronjosephs2560]

Yeah Danya just absolutely missed this. You're correct.

[@nellsummers7921]

Thanks for the content, you always produce Danya!

[@frequensea9434]

I get this trap in the London a lot. But the other knight is never a resource so the follow up is usually Rb1 followed by Qc1 preparing Ra1 trapping the queen and forcing an exchange

[@robdubent]

Thanks for the excellent content once again! Get better! I just got sick again. I’ve been sick on and off for well over a month.

[@jackbicknell4711]

Sleep brotha. Gets lots of sleep

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Akobian did a class on the Czech Pirc with a very similar queen trap!

[@lars-christianheinz6902]

Thanks for these incredible insights in off beat opening. I would love to see a Chessable course with the recommendations for black and white. I can say from my games that the Alapine for white is a great choice that I was not aware before.

[@staurneskristiansen8376]

Thank you Daniel! I pay for youtube because of content creators like yourself. That you don't have a million subs yet is a mystery! All the best. J.

[@matthewcortecero703]

at 11:43 i was thinking you could queen trap in 2 moves, knight b3 then bishop c1. the top knight cut off all blue escape squares, 2nd knight blocked escape route and traps queen in while opening a spot for the bishop and the queen is trapped. am I wrong? i’m like a 1100 so sorry for the question friends

[@BakIch-ov5on]

Oh the imitation of the old Soviet gm 😂 10:29

[@anond2015]

Chess teachers: never resign. You should learn to force stalemate or allow your opponent to blunder. Also chess teachers: why didn't you just resign?

[@TheMosayat]

32:28 surprised he used the word طابية 😂 though I thought it meant something different before tbh

[@jaydub2971]

Listening to Danya's dis track re: my favorite response to 1.e4

[@Andy-tf2ph]

At 14:00 why not Knight d2 to c4? Isn't that a quicker way of trapping the queen?

[@rodneygreenwell7620]

Hi Daniel love watching your channel probably one of the best and most instructive channels I've found on you tube. But I must correct you NM Robert Ramirez ( the first chess player I followed ) plays the pirc as his main opening and has beat some very high ranked players using it but I must admit you in my opinion are a better teacher and obviously much more skilled player over all and that's why I now mainly watch this channel in my attempt to improve my chess skills

[@modolief]

10:19 - How to play like an old Soviet Grandmaster!

[@luketinger3435]

YES I LOVE U THANK U I NEEDED THIS

[@danielhooper]

It'd be cool if you did a chess960 speedrun. Could emphasize calculation over book knowledge

[@chessify518]

Best on KZbin 🎉

[@jadelamrani4509]

idk if i m wrong but i found the move kinght b3 followed by bishop c1 to trap the queen at 11:46

[@matesenelinsti]

I don’t get the move a6 in the example game in 31:00. Does the trick works without that move?

[@mathematicalmonk1427]

Can you make a video on how to improve deep calculation and also on how to improve at Blitz

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Out of curiosity, why do you wonder why your opponent is still playing on? Doesn't it build good chess habits to learn to fight (even completely) losing positions. I think it's okay for players to fight till it's over. Even maybe focusing on the best out of all the losing moves etc...

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Never mind, I heard the rest of the analysis where you said it's okay to play on.

[@blairs.4183]

I’m not sure if this has been done before, but I would like to propose the potential idea of videos that show examples of recovering from imperfect positions. As a newer player I find myself unable to relate to making main line/top moves every time. It’s more realistic for the vast majority of people to make less than perfect moves yet still be expected to win the game on the back end. Not exactly sure how this would be facilitated but food for thought for content

[@chengcheng5557]

hmm is 12 Nb3 followed by Bc1 not good?

[@hardik05jain]

Great Content Brother. Appreciate it...👍❣

[@NikoBased]

I've only been playing chess for about a year. I didn't even know it was common courtesy to resign after losing your queen. I would have assumed GM's play that way, because they know they can't blunder a queen a win a game without an act of god. However, when I'm just playing some random person online, at my level, I don't know if their rating reflects their ability. I would just try to battle it out.

[@simonhaines7301]

It's courteous to resign the game is obviously lost, which at the GM level I agree is almost always, but not always, implied by the accidental loss of a queen. A game is only obviously lost if it's obviously won, and for us mere mortals there's no such thing because we blunder so much in winning positions!

[@ruthxk7844]

@@simonhaines7301 stupid courtesy at lower levels. That way we never get to practice endgames and checkmating patterns. Some people even complain if you make them work for checkmate. They don't realize practice is good.

[@ruthxk7844]

@@simonhaines7301 I mean, sure, if they don't have energy enough they may as well resign, but nobody should get mad cause opponent keeps playing or shows some resistance to losing! That's also chess.

[@simonhaines7301]

@@ruthxk7844 100% agree, we fight til the end!

[@GiannisBak]

Great Video. Thank you!

[@willhocks19]

GMs: “if you’re under 2000 you should never resign” Also GMs: “why doesn’t this 1500 just resign”

[@bkokohut1980]

The reason they do not resign is, they don't realize they are playing a GM.... many 1500s blunder the win away.

[@gusd8989]

Exactly - and even a GM like Danya was about to blunder his advantage with the queen sac, that wasn't mate, so...still, it's gonna be very rare to get points from a losing position like that, so not sure the payback on your spent time will be that good 🙂

[@benb4728]

11:52 I was thinking about Nb3 and Bc1. Doesn't this also trap the queen?

[@musical_lolu4811]

Maybe. Nb3 Ne4 Bc1 Nc3 Nc3 (Bb2? Nd1 Rad1) Qc3 bails.

[@musicboost3229]

12:43 isnt knight to c4 also trapping the queen ?

[@alexkaworu]

I have the same question, after f3 the e4 pawn is protected. At that point Nc4 traps the queen faster than Rb1 Bc4 and also is a move we wanted to do anyway right? The only downside I see is that we're expecting the black queen to take our rook and with Nc4 our queen will end up in a1 which is a more passive square than a2 but it doesn't seem too problematic to me.

[@alexkaworu]

Ahh Nc4 allows Qxb5

[@musicboost3229]

Oof im such a bot forgot the bishop was protecting the other knight

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

I remember that game by Caruana. Very impressive.

[@Amoeba_Podre]

What is the stable diffusion hashtag in this video?

[@Speedster___]

For those wanting to learn the pirc Robert Ramirez has great videos on it

[@JFresh1977]

I have mixed feelings on the whole "when do you resign" issue. On the one hand - if this player knew he was really playing a GM - then ya (s)he probably should've resigned way earlier in the match. However, if you think you're really playing against a 1500 level player - then I think it's wholly appropriate to not resign until this person did. Personally I have been in some crazy positions that I somehow eeked out a win on. I recall a game where I was down 11 points of material and still won. In another - I was down a full rook in the endgame and my opponent - choosing to mop up my pawns and confident in their win - allowed me to walk my king 4 or 5 squares to get my king in opposition with theirs (where their king was on the side of the board) and then mated them with my rook. These weren't games against 900 level players - these players were legit 1500ish rating. Finally, I blame Ben "Never resign!" Finegold for a lot of players not resigning when they probably should :P .

[@aaronjosephs2560]

Yeah, I think if you know you're playing a GM, you're in a lost position before the game even starts

[@rasimofeliya421]

I am surprised that Danya thought the queen sac was leading to mate. He didn't know it was not mate even on the analysis board!? I wonder what would've happened if the botez gambit actually happened in the game lmao

[@VoidghostII]

I like it when opponents don't resign. Playing against a GM is already a "lost position". So best outcome is for both players to play their best moves all game long. As we have seen, this results in maximum instructional value for the audience People that get bored and complain easily should stick to TikTok and Instagram reels

[@P.sherman45]

I 100% agree When I was a kid I played competitive chess and I was quite strong. I let go of chess for 10+ years and I have come back. Now I have 0 knowledge of openings But I play middle and end game like a 2000. A lot of my wins are comebacks since my opponents don't know how to convert winning advantage properly.

[@VoidghostII]

@@P.sherman45 If I can blunder a piece, then so can my opponent. I am also good at forcing mistakes by creating threats and complications for my opponents to figure out. I have lost a knight/bishop early only to win back a rook/queen later on in the game many times. Turning a losing position into a draw is a "win" too. Time is also a factor. If you can create a threat in a couple seconds that takes 30-60+ seconds to figure out, then you are "time tempoing" your opponent. When they finally play a move, you may already be ready to fire off your next one by having used their time as your own! Welcome back to chess :)

[@sasubpar]

Beyond the scope of this video but I'd love an explanation of why you recommend the 4 knights scotch instead of just the scotch?

[@toddhills3706]

Danya this episode: Feeling kinda cute, might checkmate later.

[@KironKabir]

Poisoned pawns are tempting to take

[@jonathanweir585]

Danya is the only Netflix show I tune into ✌️

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@antoniotatzer1843]

Could you trap the queen there instead of a3 // with c3 and knight c4 ?

[@leandroortizdonascimento2240]

I initially thought of that, but then realized that, if you play Nc4 while the rook remains on a1, it cuts off the bishop's defense of the b5 Knight and allows Qxb5.

[@ChessJourneyman]

A relatively rare opening...that you face every other game above 2000. It's about as common as KID.

[@StefLynn]

Hi Danya, thanks for the amazing content you always put out! If you're ever blocked up like this I recommend some nasal spray with Oxymetazoline in it :) you can get it from any pharmacy and it does wonders. It's been a life saver for me for when I have to sing!

[@kingcarisma]

This is slaughter