What is The Bowdler Attack? | Sicilian Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

[@giragira3333]

Why Daniel’s Speedrun is my favorite KZbin chess channel? He brings us into his though process for every move. He is clear and concise. He teaches basic but strong smart moves. He does not say hello by name to each and every fans on his chat. He does not go down 17 lines, maybe just one or two. He closes his eyes when calculating complicated future moves and lines ;-D I learn the most from this channel. Thank you so much Daniel!

[@yessirBR]

he handsome too let's be fr

[@usageunit]

I love how Danya, even now, still brings up Charlie every once in a while. The "Throbbing Game" is what brought me back to chess, and ultimately to this channel.

[@mikhailjordanov5863]

The show Queen's Gambit is what got me to this game

[@ignis6144]

Yepp, hes been creating amazing content since early 2020 😢

[@thenot-sofinalcountdown8453]

I am like 150-200 points above the level in the video and primarily play sicilian against e4, and I can also confirm that Bc4 lines are what I see most often from my opponents. It's not just luck, it's really popular at this level for some reason.

[@HarshVTandon]

Just cz people are somehow afraid of open sicilian

[@shiro1744]

Lots of people just play the Italian moves against anything - even in the Caro-Kann I get “pre-move specials” very often (at least there the pawn on d5 makes them pause before going with Bc4).

[@SuperDanrik]

Imagine being that guy in the first game. What a brutal crushing victory. Every single move he was making was getting countered fully. So brutal

[@justsomeprofile4969]

the dude that hung a knight?

[@L1ttlepace]

First game?? As opposed to all the other games in this video?

[@TenSeconds_]

@@L1ttlepace 😂 Except the cheaters lol

[@kingherman13]

favorite way to play fr

[@graydenhormes5829]

There's only one game in this video

[@discosugar]

Elegant game & Instruction. Ty 🤍

[@ishandhawan9011]

14:00 I have a tiny argument to make for a5 and developing the bishop to a6 because to me, e5 looks like it's ruining the scope of my dark squared bishop. Instead, A5 also comes with tempo because it threatens a skewer and we can further prepare a pawn push to A4 and subsequently A3. I'd pick a5 over e5

[@DavidEmerling79]

(6:27) It amazes me how Daniel looks away from the board, or even shuts his eyes, when he *really* wants to think about a position. I've seen Nakamura do that, too. Beth Harmon used to look at the "pieces" on the ceiling. :) For me, I can't imagine how I could see a position more clearly by *not* looking at the position on the board, especially when calculating various possible continuations. I think truly brilliant chess players, like Daniel, simply "see" things differently than us duffers.

[@ethanbaker5928]

Danya please never stop uploading these, you are the best instructive chess youtuber

[@PostalAdd-pq2mx]

The most instructive single video on chess that I have come across so far on KZbin for intermediate players where virtually every sentence said is meaningful. Wow! Keep it up, super coach, David!!

[@kritic4622]

one of the most instructive videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much!

[@ftr841]

I got into chess properly due to these videos from danya over the pandemic. Recently started playing otb at the local chess club. And this video helped me win my first otb match in the local league as I faced the bowdler. Thank you so much

[@mevansthechemist]

20:13 Had a very similar tactic in a game at my club last week. Super cool!

[@abhijeetgore310]

Everybody at my level plays this line against Sicilian Thanks for covering it in detail

[@marcofrey2903]

Thank you Danya. Your videos certainly helped me hit 1600 in two years.

[@wildorca4500]

This is why it's important to do prep against alapin (and other sidelines) just as much as open sicilian. If played correctly then it's just an equal, passive position where it's hard for either player to get an edge. There is an aggressive line for black: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 On the 5th move you are better developed and ready to castle. The queen can't be kicked because the c3 pawn cramps white's development. There are also a lot of traps that white can fall into. (That being said, I don't like alapin with either colour lol.)

[@jameslambert1704]

Make them bite on granite Danya!! So blessed to have you on Planet Chess right now 🙏

[@aro4457]

“This is where our opponents should resign” Danya I think you’re forgetting the influence of Levy amongst sub 1500s, NEVER RESIGN, hope your opponen blunders multiple major pieces instead :D

[@thatguy5233]

i mean, if it wasn't Danya playing then actually who knows. i myself have stalemated more games than i'd like to admit. but i also think there is other side of it - are these ~100points MAX worth it? most of the time you'll just end up more tilted and waste time. even at ~1200-1500 i think. it's rapid, let me remind.

[@jackson32]

If your not a professional chess player, I would advise to resign after blundering a piece for no compensation, it is not worth getting tortured for a normal player.

[@thatguy5233]

@@jackson32 yeah, that's what I mean. Wasted time, better start a new one, gonna be worth it in the long run

[@usageunit]

Had a game once where I (then 1400) blundered a knight straight out of the opening (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 g6 5.Ne4 Qe6 6.Bd3 f5 7.f3 fxe4), but then tricked my opponent into blundering their queen a few moves later (8.fxe4 Bg7 9.e5 Nh6 10.Qe2 O-O 11. Bc4 1-0). So yeah, if you're below a Master level, never resign. If you're bad enough to blunder the game to your equally-matched opponent, they're bad enough to blunder it back to you.

[@jackson32]

@@usageunit Actually I agree with you that at that rating level, maybe play on and play for tricks. I am about 1800, at my level it is highly unlikely that they will blunder a piece or more back.

[@drubenw]

Seriously everyone plays the Bowdler. I remember an earlier video from you or someone that disregarded this as a fluke that no one plays. Glad to finally get some better tools and insights to fight it better.

[@SwiFTDBL]

hey daniel- jus wanted to say thanks man- your explanations and teachings thru-out your videos have single handedly helped me so much. im looking for tactics i used to never look for- im seeing better moves than i used to- playing a lot better than i used to thats forsure. recently climbed from 800 to 1200 (i know im still not very high rated lol) and your videos have bbeen a major major help man. appreciate you for putting so much effort into teaching and explaining things to your audience! theres a lot of good chess content creators but you are forsure the best! thanks brother

[@qwertywarrior]

Thank you for dropping instructive and progress oriented chess videos in the new year, Based Даня!

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Literally everyone plays the Bowdler at my level and I play Sicilian

[@jackbicknell4711]

What level are you

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

@@jackbicknell4711 1500 Rapid

[@derekvincent7902]

1600 rapid here and i can vouch that this is accurate

[@arleyantes9321]

Yep, very common at our level. I don't play the Sicilian anymore, but even against the effing Caro Kahn, Bc4 is still somewhat common, leading to the Hillbilly attack, which is a toothless opening for White.

[@jelvi6725]

@@worsethanjoerogan8061 I am 1600, it is unbelievable how at our level people have absolutely no repertoire against the most popular move against 1.e4

[@garogiritlian8314]

You made my flight home very enjoyable. Thanks as always Danya!

[@owaisabdulmoeed7644]

Just dropping by to say, what an amazing game. Maybe it's the fact that the game rating was right at my level, or that Danya just kept predicting his opponent's play move after move after move! Just shows you how much these GM's really understand the mind of your average 1500 player. As always, a pleasure watching your speedruns, Danya. Thank you for the invaluable content you put out there for us. There's casual fun chess content creators out there, and there's seriously helpful chess content creators, who really help you climb the rating ladder, and then there's Danya: our Covid-Vaccine distributing Knight!

[@travisdent4244]

Danya the goat! Always uploading when I need it

[@TheJayMoses]

This one is yet another pot of gold. Great information from start to finish. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@matteopriotto5131]

36:24 that notification sound is the perfect sound effect for Qd7 in my opinion

[@kriszed5329]

Interesting for the first few minutes and then the blunder. Always useful to see Bowdler because I still face it quite often at my level.

[@ruthxk7844]

After some days of rest I enjoyed so much watching Danya again!! Slowly but surely, I feel every time I understand more and I am able to learn more from your speedruns and lessons... thanks so much!

[@ruthxk7844]

32:18 great & very instructive analysis :D

[@B1smarkk]

I am a sicilian player in around 1700 Elo. I actually stopped studying the main lines and started focusing on antisicilians and this Bc4 lines because everyone just plays them

[@microitos9754]

Main lines will be played once you climb the rating ladder. The anti-sicilians give very comfortable positions for black because white makes concessions just to avoid main lines.

[@WungaBungaMC]

You are the only chess channel I watch all the content of. Nothing against a certain more prominent chess influencer, but your commentary is just substantially more engaging.

[@jackson32]

Yes this is the most instructive channel easily.

[@smitherstravels]

Thankyou Daniel, you are truly worldclass.

[@Julia.Rob-Hurts]

34:35 "some cool stuff" - had me laughing lol.

[@oneLove07011988]

You kept me into chess all this time, thanks

[@Dylan-oi2uy]

as a 1500 I personally find it better to delay the move e6 in the opening because it's like a 30% chance my opponent plays ng5 to go for some fried liver attack. I pause for a moment to let them think I'm worried, then play e6. Often the follow up is qf3 trying to mate me, but it blunders the knight. Won many a game this way playing the accelerated dragon.

[@andremarques1088]

Xdd 200 iq moment

[@andremarques1088]

Bro first of all you can take the knight instantly, If I understand correctly.. You dont need to wait for Qf3. Second, do you realize that after you play e6, literally all of his attacks in the fried liver / scholars mate type of plays get neutralized right? 😂😂 Also, after you do that and you opponent gets a mental breakdown because he went ooga booga and can't attack, you can go Nd4, threatening the queen AND if the queen moves to the wrong square than you fork the rook and king and win the rook. If he moves to a square to defend that, at least you have a strong knight on d4. You welcome 🙂

[@buzzer2231]

@@andremarques1088 e6 opens the queen so he couldn't take earlier

[@andremarques1088]

@@buzzer2231 what, no it doesn't. Let's say this situation : 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 **e6** 4. Ng5 🙄 **QxN** . You can take the friking knight because it's not defended. Put this on a board you will understand

[@Dylan-oi2uy]

@@andremarques1088 I delay the e6 move to bait the fried liver, if I played it earlier then my opponent wouldn't go for ng5. 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g3 4. Ng5 e6 5. qf3 qxg5

[@31-December]

Thanx for such an informative video. Learned a lot

[@m42orion12]

Another sicilian masterclass from one of the best.....Top channel.

[@ram42193]

Super into this series

[@haddymcbatty]

Love these. Thanks Danya

[@Bfdifan-j8x]

So this will help greatly thanks Naro!

[@Tietous]

First time looking at the sicilian, i play the alapin against it as white, but feel like switching up my openings and expand my knowledge. I almost never see the sicilian playrd at 1000 and i know you need to kearn a lot of variations of it and i feel like i have learned how to study openings for me to finally dive into it.

[@csugabo85]

Love the thumbnails recently

[@tiagohello]

great video, thank you!

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Best part when Danya showed the tactic from the Scotch. Every opening you learn, you are learning tactics and positions that will be found in other openings. So don't learn openings, that way I can beat you easier.

[@andremarques1088]

"so don't learn openings.." tf? 0 iq?

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@andremarques1088 "Don't develop your pieces cause your opponent might take them"

[@andremarques1088]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 another 0 iq comment. '-' If you don't develop your pieces how do you intend to win the game exactly?

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@andremarques1088 By being good

[@andremarques1088]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 bruh you are either 200 elo or if you are higher you play like a monkey no offense. Might send this to levy 💀

[@SuperKripke]

9:40 "Desperado sex can be easy to miss and can be gamechangers." Danya Naroditsky

[@mathijs1987j]

These videos are always wonderful, but they do get a lot more interesting when the opponents are past the "hang a free piece" stage.

[@jake115577]

I binge watch your content man

[@SwagDawg]

Always in a good mood when a new speedrun video gets released thanks Daniel Naroditsky for making my day better

[@94mcorrea]

I literally had to make a stopover at Frankfurt airport yesterday! They lost my baggage though, so it cost me a tempo 😂

[@legueu]

You can't evade the Bc4 on turn 3 :P

[@x_kintsugi_x6333]

I’ve been itching for a speedrun vid

[@HalTuberman]

Such a great series.

[@jorgeroa6685]

Best Chess commentator and professor!

[@jackson32]

I have made a ratings living off Bc4 early in the Sicilian. I play e6 and then d5 and as Daniel said, black is already slightly better because he has more space and easy development.

[@DonCh4oS]

Sensei freakin' dissected this game!!

[@livinggarbagetruck]

I still face the early Bc4 a lot in the 1700s. It's almost the most popular move after 2) Nf3 Nc6

[@pieohpie]

Perfect timing!

[@HopeUnveiled]

Love your videos. Big hug from brazil!

[@24yroldchessimprover84]

The most dangerous lines for white in the Nf6 alapin involve an e6 pawn sacrifice to damage black's king safety. It creates an unbalanced fun position.

[@aDushandrii]

BTW, anish in his najdorf course evaluated all that bishop c4 stuff as a sideline, but not that bad move. But i guess it works better aganst d6 najdorf setup maybe

[@wildorca4500]

Bc4 on move 6 is the Fischer-Sozin Attack. It's different on move 6 because the c and d pawns have been traded, the knight is on d4 and d6 has been played. Black plays e6 to blunt the bishop but, with the knight on d4, the f pawn is no longer blocked so white can play f4-f5 to soften e6. Also white is looking for a good opportunity to sacrifice the bishop on e6 as the d4 knight can come in and recapture and start an attack.

[@aDushandrii]

@@wildorca4500 Nono, it was in "24. Various 3rd moves" chapter and he talked about it like pseudo italian, refering to Aronian and other good GMs. Bc4 on move6 is totally different thing, I agree

[@wildorca4500]

@@aDushandrii Aah right, I thought you meant the Bc4 najdorf. I think Bc4 on move 3 is playable but just not good. Like it doesn't really do anything useful. The pseudo-italian setup is fairly common for black in the english but I think it's different because the pawn is on g3 so pushing e3 would create holes on the light squares.

[@skirybondirynakers4962]

“While our opponent thinks, we can be more philosophical”…genius

[@briandoile5011]

My attempts to mate are...sweaty. love the tips.

[@stopfish6817]

1:36 The bishop is biting on granite.

[@giacomo5626]

cant wait for this to reach a higher rating

[@monologgue]

Danya videos are the best chess videos!

[@francisco_lazarte]

damn that pilot from the thumbnail slays

[@tmbhbnt8281]

What happens in the game before this? Looking at FrankfurtAirport profile there was a game between the AnnekeO game (previous KZbin video) and this Coincidentally that opponent was TOMO1216 who played in one of the previous videos too so I wonder what happened there.

[@usageunit]

I think a comment on the TOMO video said that the second game occurred on stream and TOMO admitted to streamsniping the first game.

[@tmbhbnt8281]

@@usageunit I see, thank you. Too bad Danya decided not to upload that stream to YT, would be a nice closure to the drama haha

[@anawaz189]

Goat uploaded

[@ollivier75]

thank you sensei

[@TernaryM01]

5:52 "Knight doesn't have the horse power to sustain..." A GM isn't aware that the knight literally rides on a horse.

[@sdhridoyhasan7056]

It was great to see the game Games are very educational for us

[@GrizzlyPanda347]

17:30 does Qe2 not work?

[@davidteh2854]

Same as a 1700. You face the bowdler attack which I'm trying to understand a key plan to neturalise it and punish it.

[@haatchu8403]

this series is so good when the opponent is actually low rated and not cheating

[@Parasoxx]

The middle game complications are pretty similar to the last Bowdler attack you faced.

[@daft2114]

i think you can waite long for the mainline. i started playing the classical sicilian some weeks ago and play it exclusivly i got one rauzer in like 40 games 1650 rating in rapid chess. tbh i dont mind i picked the classical because you get an assymetric position and only one theoretically challenging line in form of the rauzer

[@peterlafrance5392]

Good stuff against magnus on stream today danya

[@Planterobeets]

I only play the Sicilian against E4 and it got me to 1600 real quick because everyone tries to play the Italian against it

[@iNFaunTae]

well they play the dubious bowdler against it not the italian, Bc4 in the sicilian is more closer to the fisher-sozin but this version is terrible since the D pawn hasn’t moved for black.

[@meciocio]

The sicilian is supposed to be played only against E4

[@Planterobeets]

@@meciociosorry princess "Against E4 i only play the Sicilian"

[@meciocio]

@@Planterobeets Oh, i got it now

[@melodyisdead503]

What if you played the opening moves for the Najdorf? Then you are stuck with the d6 move and wasted a tempo no?

[@SuperMegaKisan]

saving for later🎉

[@maxmillan9378]

as ~1600 I see the Bowdler too much

[@Amoeba_Podre]

Same. I just want too play the accelerated dragon man

[@thatguy5233]

as ~1200 i've never seen it. maybe because i play king's indian, hmm

[@usageunit]

And sadly it goes both ways. I usually play anti-Sicilians as white, but even when I do let black go for a main line they end up playing some garbage on move two or three.

[@siddharthamishra1999]

@@thatguy5233 How do you play the kings Indian vs E4 lol

[@thatguy5233]

@@siddharthamishra1999 that's the point?

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@garypatella3170]

Maybe these people own Adhiban's 1. e4 Chessable course. He actually recommends Bc4 against Nc6 in the Sicilian.

[@igorjakus7733]

Where i can find Danya's opening recommendations?

[@asansfakeaccound5466]

The worst part is that bowdler still happens in like 1/4 or 1/3 of sicilian games at 1900-2000 lvl and i don't know how do they keep that rating as they like never win

[@memowkropp1859]

Hey Danya, I was wondering if it was possible for you to ask one of your subs who plays D4 to challenge you to a speedrun game. I really love the speedrun so far as it has immensely helped me broaden my opening repertoire, but with D4 I am a bit confused against of what to do and almost always get complacent and default to a semi-terrasch-esque setup as black and nobody explains openings as well as you do, thanks!

[@ricardolombardini]

Remember to not be afraid of discovered checks, just calculate the hell out of it till you burn yourself out

[@mhezz--g2905]

sir can you make a video for e4 repertoire. thank you

[@derekrouleau9197]

I'm around 1,000 and I've been trying to learn the regular Dragon and I'd say about 90% of the time I'm seeing the Bowdler Attack.

[@samoppedisano3994]

Still get this at 2000. When does it stop?

[@Omar_Merican]

Danya, I've always wondered how your vocabulary is so rich and god damn brilliant despite you majoring in History at university...not insinuating anything negative here but I must say I'm VERY impressed and I'm glad to have learnt a lot of new words from your videos, aside from chess! ☺️ I love what you do and you remind me of a mobile gamer on youtube who did a degree in business and has vocabulary almost as good as yours!

[@ThePalmWoods]

No history slander allowed here

[@Omar_Merican]

@Lucas Sipe yeah ik, i don't mean to come off as condescending, but im always impressed by people who have a large vocabulary bank, and danya is exceptional in the sense that he is the most eloquent person that I've heard speak so far...

[@johnp845]

GM Danya, as you point out, (beginner) players often incorrectly play the Italian (ie. Bowdler) against the Sicilian defense. However, computer evaluation gives a score of about zero in many lines of the Italian game against the Sicilian. While it may be easy to nullify the Italian game (with e6) when playing the Sicilian, can you please do a video on how to truly PUNISH white for playing the Italian opening (ie. Bowdler) against the Sicilian? thank you for considering !

[@faznaz7455]

Sorry for being late however I wouldn’t trust the computer evaluation, allowing c5 and d5 makes black somewhat better and his play and plans are easy and natural whereas white has to play accurately for the entire game just to stay alive. One single inaccuracy from white and the position turns ugly fast and one single inaccuracy from black and the position is equal. Computers do not see the horizon therefore it won’t appreciate black’s long term harmony until later.

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Hey dany i love your videos please tell me how to improve chess rating i am stuck in 1200 in blitz bullet rapid i practice daily

[@mikechapman1992]

People play the bowdler all the time at my level, about 1400 in rapid

[@israelalderete3757]

these thumbnails kill me in the best way

[@gm2407]

Most of what I see is the Bowlder and a hybrid Bowlder c3 Sicilian.

[@magnus9839]

"White does not have the horsepower" killed me

[@therbeeo5364]

e6/d5 is so devastating against Bd6. I almost feel bad playing it 😂

[@dermotshaw6775]

Suggestion: add rapid chess into you title/description. Sooo may people search this and you will probably boost your views and subs

[@pgck]

I'll take "Bad Openings" for $800, Ken

[@dingo8babym20]

instead of 4:Nc3, Qe2 obviates 4...,d5