Understanding Positional Drawbacks | Philidor Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

00:00 Intro
02:00 First Move
02:02 Game
25:26 Analysis
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[@worldstatic]

I was praying for the full circle troll from Danya... "I learned this from Gary Kasparov, another idiot..."

[@Diffusion8]

🤣

[@djdarklyceum]

Lmaooo

[@andrew_owens7680]

LOL, and we come to find that Danya isn't the nice guy we thought, but some deeply troubled misanthrope who hates everyone!

[@ShiningLion]

That might be bad and wrong even as a joke :D :D

[@ShiningLion]

maybe the imitations are enough :D

[@dakotathomas2139]

I love Danya for his mature approach to chess. No clickbait, no meme-ing around, no nonsense. The humor is sophisticated. Danya is certified the most elegant chess youtuber. We love you Sensei!!

[@peterorosz9278]

he is objectively better in every way in contrast to that other dude, shame that our world prioritizes all the wrong things and also mediocrity often trumps merit, that was mean but I'm passionate about danya.

[@fonryjji]

@@peterorosz9278 Hey, lets not go disrespecting other content creators just because you prefer Daniel's content over theirs.

[@lred1383]

have you ever seen his actual livestreams? Elegance and sophistication is not his default state lol

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@lred1383 Have you seen them? Like more than one? Because this is how he is literally 99% of the time.

[@meowcat5596]

@@peterorosz9278 just say ur antisemitic and go

[@seanhunter111]

Strange that people wouldn’t pick up on the sarcasm. The deep respect Danya has for the great figures of chess history shines through all of these videos.

[@kruksog]

Like someone else pointed out, probably non-native speakers. Saying something that you don't actually believe being a joke, like in the form Danya did, seems to be a very English-speaking joke. Like, english-speakers' sarcasm often doesn't resonate with non-native speakers.

[@arik_dev]

When I heard him say that last video it did stick out to me, just because of how deadpan it was. I remember it made me stop for a second before thinking "nah he's definitely kidding, but oof some people are gonna take that wrong".

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

It's called a snowflake. People who can't take a joke and take everything personal and literal or out of context. He shouldn't need to apologize for people's insecurities. Find something about your own life and choices to be offended about.

[@argh9743]

Danya is not arrogant. I appreciate that.

[@musical_lolu4811]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour to apologize or not to apologize, that is the question these days.

[@meekaboi]

About the humor: you'll probably find that some of it can be lost in translation for non-native English speakers who tend to take statements at face value, with some of the facial and context clues missed. It was pretty clear that you were joking, so I wouldn't take it too personally.

[@MyDarkMuffin]

Some people are just autistic as well, whenever you make a joke there's going to be someone that doesn't get it, that's just how it is.

[@ChessJourneyman]

Detecting sarcasm has more to do with how much dust you've got upstairs.

[@Setixir]

@@MyDarkMuffin Adult autistic people are usually self aware about this though depending on where they are spectrum wise.

[@arleyantes9321]

@@MyDarkMuffin I do have ASD, but it was pretty clear to me that he was joking, giving that I know GM Kramnik is a former World Champion. I'm also not a native English speaker.

[@maxbrown8109]

@@ChessJourneyman what does the amount of dust particles in the second floor of my house have to do with anything?

[@KancerKowboy]

I took a break from chess for a few months. I'm back and already binge watching trying to catch up on your lessons. I swear you were good when I left but you have obviously improved in your lessons and delivery! You have an amazing talent for teaching!

[@auxiliaryboxes]

Danya's is one channel I truly _never_ miss a video from.

[@claudi097]

The recent burst of popularity of chess made me think about how I got back into it two years ago with all the "queen's gambit" thing, but the main reason I'm still into it, and probably never leaving, it's you. I remember the first time a saw one of your videos prior to all of the speedruns where you explained each and every move you made, making me really understand some ideas and concepts and making me realise I could be able to implement them into my own games. That made me enjoy and appreciate chess in a way I didn't think was possible. Even if some people might credit other youtubers and content creators for bringing new people into the game and making chess as a community grow (and for sure they did), I'm sure that the number one reason for the growth as a chess player of me and your other viewers it's you. You made us love the game of chess and taught us so much in a way that only you could, and the fact that you genuinely look a wholesome and awesome person is a wonderful cherry on top. Sorry for the WOT, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish you the best for your channel, chess career and life. Love from Italy!

[@JonathanS344]

This comment resonates with me as I feel the exact same way. I also started playing because of The Queen's Gambit and Danya's videos have kept me learning and improving as I continue to watch every single one hahah.

[@salemtv5808]

This guy incredibly reads minds of lower rated players like me…EVERY move i think of he instantly say “now you may think of this move but it’s just bad” OMG every move i think he calls it and explains why it’s stupid..it crush my heart but it’s super instructive 😊😊

[@frederickschulze8014]

18:15 "Let me think for a second" *thinks for literally a second* "Ok, I think it's pretty clear to me" Love Danya's 1 second thinks

[@JakeLYT]

Danya's time estimations are just as accurate as his chess moves 😂

[@singami465]

27:40 ah yes, the famous Bad Dragon variation

[@Thatotter223]

Lol

[@steakmonday8380]

Can't wait for those Vienna uploads. Easily my favorite opening with white. Very treacherous opening for black if they don't know the critical moves.

[@qwertywarrior]

Same as the guy you shouted out in the intro, I'm turning 30 this year, and started playing more seriously in 2021. I've progressed significantly since I've started watching your speed runs. Thank you for bringing high-level chess to the people, Based Даня.

[@chibzyt5699]

Love your content Danya! Thank you for helping me improve my rating and making me love chess, you're a great teacher and a person

[@michaelwhinnery164]

Thank you Sensei, I for one appreciate the time and care you take in evaluation of every position, these lessons would cost a fortune and for the cost of sitting through an add once in a while I'm watching every post and every "speed run " you do.

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

Thank you for everything you’ve done sensei. I’m grateful that your channel exists because I’ve been able to understand this complex game in a simple manner by the way you explain things. You’re explanations are in a way that probably helped so many people. By the way you teach I was able to explain the same thing to my friend as well who was learning ( only a small fraction of what you teach). It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

[@Haha-pp6hb]

Hey, Danya! I usually don't comment, but you really deserve it. Just subbed because i am a huge fan of your speedruns. Keep up the amazing content, it helped me improve a lot (1700 now yay). Sending hugs and a very big thank you from Vienna! :)

[@rgrlnds]

Thank you for your patient comprehensive explanations Daniel. Very much appreciated.

[@joshualavender]

Cool game, simple & straightforward instruction, good points offered on every move. At first I found your videos tedious to watch, Daniel, but I like them more and more as they’re bringing me into a deeper understanding of positional play and also just teaching me to be more patient at the board. And what I’m finding, as well, is that patiently thinking through the lines, thwarting threats, and eyeing positional weaknesses - in a nutshell, playing solidly - is immensely frustrating for some opponents who don’t know how to grind out a win. Thank you!

[@jonnywhite952]

I am so thankful for you, Daniel!

[@lebirdking]

Superb commentary and analysis. Thanks a lot.

[@ollivier75]

the best chess youtube channel by far, deserves way more subs

[@brasileirokubrusly2]

this is the best speedrun yet! which shows you are improving, as well as we are improving in chess. because of you. thank u so much for such awesome free content s2s2

[@1CO1519]

Very instructive video!

[@DexterHaven]

People who know chess know if Kasparov has a nightmare, Kramnik is probably starring in it, which is about the highest compliment in chess.

[@mno7pro323]

Ivanchuk sends his regards

[@x_kintsugi_x6333]

Nothing gets me more hyped than seeing a new speedrun video

[@ianrhys]

Ay Dannya, your teaching contributions to the chess world and specially to us 'queen hangers' is invaluable. Much luv and keep up the good work.

[@andhemills]

Thanks coach. This is somewhat of a difficult concept to grasp, since I'm fairly new and I just recently learned the basic objective of developing your pieces. I've found learning openings and theory like you GM types to be quite difficult ("according to theory, the next move should be ...". I've naturally realized developing my pieces is by far the end-all be-all; you still have to react to your opponent's moves. It's impressive to see you spend a minute of time talking about a move and the possibly implications and still find plenty of time win!

[@nathanle2901]

Thank you for all your content, I started about a year ago and went from 800 to 1900 in one year because of your videos. Your content gives my a higher level understanding of chess and helped me improve much faster.

[@iverson7394]

another great lesson ! thanks danya sensei

[@stephenforest3345]

This the second time that I'm watching this video. This is very appropriate for my level, and Danya is remarkable in that he explains every single move while playing! This is hearing the thoughts of a GM, perfectly explained! I have not seen any other player at his level accomplish this. The result is not to try to memorize long variations, but to play chess based on principles. This has the benefit of literally making chess easier to play! Genius.

[@emrevurgun8328]

Been loving the thumbnails :D frankfurt airport is the best speedrun yet also

[@wfrp4fanboy329]

What an instructive game. I've learned so much from your commentary! Working out this kind of positions where you intuitevly know that they are good for you but you need to grind it until opponent crumbles is such a pain for me because finding winning ideas takes time and you don't have time in blitz or even rapid I tend to go under 5 minutes with good position but opponent often has twice my time and I often blunder in the endgame and loose. That's tough but nonetheless you are a great teacher and a great man. Hope to visit Charlotte maybe and play some chess there!

[@kajurn791]

I try to catch your stream every day and sometimes even rewatch the speedrun games on YT. You have helped me a lot with openings and i've been playing the accelerated dragon as per your recommendation. Also, pretty much everyone who watches you regularly understood the kramnik comment was sarcasm, it's just not possible to make jokes anymore on the internet without anybody feeling offended.

[@Arsonprobable]

Every video is a masterclass. Keep it up

[@antimatter2417]

Blessed with another speedrun vid in the morning 🥰🥰

[@Shawn0Dingwall]

Danya is in my opinion the best youtube chess creator there is, all of his content is amazing. Similar to the comment he read out, I also got into chess in my mid 30's during the Queens Gambit chess boom and I have found Daniels channel to be an absolute goldmine of information and explanation. Like most I got my start with Levi and more meme youtubers which is a fine jumping off point but to improve to the 1500+ elo range I know that Daniels channel will be instrumental in helping me achieve that. All the love and nothing but good things to you Daniel. You are amazing!!

[@elibarr7579]

This was a really good video

[@davidedgar5923]

Daniel is probably the nicest guy in chess. Love this dude!

[@taboopancake28]

I'm out here literally thinking "it would be cool to see some exploration of the philidor" and I check yt and you've provided once again like the great prophet you are. Cheers Danya thanks for all you do!

[@joshallmark4901]

Hands down best chess content on the internet presented by the cutest dude on road. My gratitude is unbounding Danya man, cheers. x

[@dekox]

Qb4 is a real gangsta move.

[@edmondzeldin7036]

I'm a Philidor player and I think this is great commentary on the opening. The Pirc-style move 1...d6, subsequently transposing to a Philidor position, avoids some of the inherent drawbacks of the classical line. I think that playing the Philidor sharpens positional awareness, as there are so many ways to wind up in an impossibly cramped position.

[@justusschoenmakers8987]

Very nice. You are beginning to play against my level. Thanks for teaching

[@JonathanS344]

My favourite part of the series is when he begins to venture into the +1600 rating and players make it out of the opening without blundering a piece hahah.

[@emtbeats2999]

Best Chess KZbinr Ever!

[@TomTheWetNoodle]

If Danya is surprised that before and d4 rhyme, then he’ll be shocked that b4 and d4 do too…

[@kutmulc]

four rhymes with four!? who knew??

[@LQVaughn]

Would love to see more of this system against the Philidor

[@johnbc7822]

Truly a class act. Apologizing for, what most of us perceive to be, a vary obvious joke. I want to grow up to be like Danya and I'm 9 years his senior.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Wow, I love that phrase “saying sorry.” Great term for that!

[@UzairSalim-dy3uz]

Hey Danya how's going man I was busy but never missed a single speedrun amazing stuff.

[@jibaliba1422]

I love ur humor!!

[@RajnaTMS]

Best teacher of chess!

[@marcofrey2903]

Thanks

[@px2059]

The Kramnik joke turned real lol

[@Mohammad-vw5mx]

lol 😂 😂

[@AndersNilsson88]

Great video as always and you help me improving my chess game a lot. But I don't think you have played the Vienna with white pieces in the speedrun and I would very much like to see your approach on that setup (having watched levys video on YT).

[@nicserbo2689]

tnks

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@NichtWunderkind]

You are wonderful sensei

[@HedgeFundOfOne]

I knew immediately that you were joking about Kramnik. 😊

[@BishopStars]

I got a chance to use your central fork trick yesterday. Opponent resigned. Thanks for the videos.

[@jycegaming8530]

Very disappointed to hear that your comment about Kramnik was not genuine. As the chairman of the KHC (Kramnik Hate Club) I feel shocked and betrayed.

[@Amoeba_Podre]

Unironically tho, I hate how he popularized the Berlin, makes top games unbelievably boring

[@georgelime5902]

the coldest checkmate I've ever seen

[@douglasb88]

Qb4 was so nice.

[@Linkinaddict88]

I totally picked up on the sarcasm, but tought it was funny. No way Danya could foresee the Kramnik-Hikaru cheating accusations, but it definitely gave another dimension to this remark

[@IC-oo1mn]

Hi Danya. If you begin with e4 e5 Nc3 you can play Vienna Gambit after Nf6 or go for a 4 knights scotch after Nc6. Love your content. Thank you. (This is how I play)

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Oh I play Bc4 against the philidor. Every time I get it played against me I don't really understand why people play the philidor because I personally think it's just bad, but it's really nice for you the GM to have a video against the Philidor.

[@mehdisaadi8515]

the way you explain chess, i find how wrong i looked at it. thank you GM Naroditsky

[@andrew_owens7680]

When you said: "Some idiot like Kramnik." , I smiled and felt nothing but love.

[@blammular]

1:11 yeah, sarcasm and deadpan rarely go over well on the internet.

[@russianschoolboy7041]

Would you make a separate theory vids of the reccs Danya?

[@edwardwelsch5893]

Love this speedrun. Can someone explain the "distributing the [jab] through the Frankfurt Airport" reference? No idea what that means.

[@thomasrisden1354]

Danya, I’m a loyal fan, but wanted to ask you if you would recommend a streamer or KZbinr who plays the ruy Lopez? I honestly only follow you for chess learning and the only area I find myself wanting to look in other places is for my interest in really understanding and wanting to master the ruy Lopez (master for me means not get destroyed against a 2000 +elo player). If you have any recommendations I’d appreciate it. You are the goat btw

[@Jevans70sta]

Has anyone compiled a list of Danya's official opening recommendations? It would be super helpful, thanks :)

[@TheDedloc]

This was very instructional for me actually lol I wish whenever I watch the big GM tournaments that they could break the games down this simply.. you know like they weren't talking to the

[@phelelanisibiya7597]

Hi, The WordGuy here! Word of the day : Verbose : using or expressed in more words than are needed.

[@ash9788]

Hey Danya I really thought you nailed it by calling him an idiot after what happened in recent weeks. But you were even smarter, you managed to be a genius and keep people on your side. Well played 👍

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Wait… where’s that part 2 Grunfeld analysis video? I haven’t seen it on the channel… anybody got a direct link?

[@lunalove2259]

There will always be some haters or some people just enjoy being offended. I LOVE your humor and teaching style. Don't change, your teaching style is the best, I love your videos :) Posting this one to balance out the negative comments, you are the best :)

[@matthew55793]

Danya Lesson: Even trades (tend to) favor the side that has a space disadvantage.

[@JonathanS344]

Exactly! In my experience, trade often relieves a lot of the pressure out of the position making it harder to attack and less likely your opponent will blunder. Of course, this isn't always the case, but I believe this is true.

[@CodTopShotGaming]

I dominate my friends now because of u. ty sensei

[@redstone8513]

Does anyone know why Danya put the dark-squared bishop on F4? He said he would explain it in the post-game analysis but never did.

[@stevitosgay]

Thanks for your videos! Great way to kill the time; I’m currently in frankfurt airport on my way to distribute the onemoveitis vaccine and my flight has been delayed. I bought a pretzel but it must be stale because it feels like im biting on granite

[@baneletafana4346]

Sensei

[@BibleClinger]

I got that it was a sarcastic joke right away. I could see why it might be better not to make such a joke if it'll go over people's heads, but in all honesty, I think most of everyone understood it properly. Although now it opens you up to people joking about learning Chess from "this idiot Naroditsky" with just as much respect for you as you have for Kramnik. :D

[@aDushandrii]

I thought Philidor is a little bit unsound opening, with more or less clear white advantage from the opening. However it appers like black could equalize it and play reasonable position.

[@JonathanS344]

Seems like the queenside attack is the way to go with black, not a lot of players around this rating (very much myself) understand when to play on the queenside versus going for a kingside attack.

[@DexterHaven]

If I had a son like you, I'd be proud. You would make a great homeschool tutor in any subject, I imagine.

[@sepperv4044]

Kinda weird comment, but a nice one xd

[@sepperv4044]

Im I had a son who became gm at 17 god damn, anyone would be giga proud. Danya is gigachad

[@piotrbugaj5179]

I noticed that the YT compression makes the edge of the board flicker and now I can't not pay attention to it and it's super annoying.

[@LingtonTV]

It's obvious that you're going to win, but the fact that the ending position is in the intro definitely spoils how the episode is going to go

[@mathematicalmonk1427]

Can you please make a video on concept of space it's the most difficult for me to understand and in gm games they move a pawn one square up or move the h or a pawns and say they are gaining space and how significant it is.

[@yzfool6639]

GMs do that because they are afraid of playing aggressively against each other. They are do-nothing moves most of the time, as the computer evaluations will tell you. Instead of admitting this fear, they say they are "gaining space" to act like there is some aggressive concept in their move. Please don't believe them. They wouldn't play a4 against YOU unless you castled Q-side or h4 against YOU unless you castled K-side. Contemporary GM's don't play for checkmate out of the opening. They play for endgame advantages It would help if you looked at Tal, Fischer, and Kasparov's games for GMs that played for checkmate right out of the opening. No a4s or h4s except to mate will be found.

[@SEAKPhotog]

Danya, you *really* should offer courses on your main opening recommendations. They'd likely be insanely popular, not to mention profitable. Courses from you on the 2 knights Scotch and Vienna and accelerated dragon, etc. would be instant buys for me and I'm sure many others. In the meantime, thanks as always for your amazingly educational Twitch and YT content.

[@Mat0m]

Don't apologies on a Joke brother, NEVER! Those who don't get it can leave, see how levy build his audience, you have to play with that, its your personality, we love the goofy things you do, don't apologies for being yourself, NEVER

[@yzfool6639]

Ironic. Sounds like you are really saying he should be like you or Levy. He was being himself.

[@leigh71able]

I'm just commenting to help Danya's algorithm

[@Sanjayd1998]

Instead of Rxd7 at the end, what if black had played h5? Then Qxf8+, Kh7, Rxd8 but now black can get a perpetual check with Qd4+ and white king can't escape. Am I missing something?

[@rushilravishankar8470]

in the last when ur rook was in e8 and ur queen in b3. In that position black played Rxd7 but what if black just played some random pawn move. U cant take the rook bcuz queen protects it , u cant take the knight, then what is the best move there

[@zeninguem1937]

Queen takes knight

[@rushilravishankar8470]

​@@zeninguem1937ohhh thnx thnx

[@valentinsaik6754]

Danya, please make a video like "Ideas to know when trying to promote pawns" because I think a lot of people blundering when they have a passed pawn on 6th/7th rank, it feels like you're winning, but yet there's usually only 1 accurate move in position

[@rjuram]

27:41 Danya says "bad dragon" lmao

[@tellahsage6477]

shit man what have you done now i can't unhear it

[@Andreoliveira-gl4yg]

I always say the same, imo Levy is the better teacher for begginer players. Anyone 1800 or above should be watching Danya for sure.

[@redsix2225]

Whoa. Stone Cold.

[@tarek9785]

Your opponent has been saving his 15 mins up until Qb4

[@fukav1am]

Anish Giri has also an insane sharp line after ...Be7 with the Bf4 Qd2 0-0-0 in his free selection from his e4 course.

[@yzfool6639]

He doesn't play that way himself.

[@samlewis2985]

@@yzfool6639 he could though he is one of the best players in the world, just because he plays passively against other super gms doesnt mean he couldnt crush most gms with aggresive lines

[@ChristophFloat]

"Trades generality favour the side that has a space disadvantage." Could you elaborate on that in a future video?