I don't even have notifications on. KZread just knows I'll click.

@nagoshi01

Жыл бұрын

Same

@Arthas30000

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@harryarmstrong5728

Жыл бұрын

Tru dat.

@kitsune090

Жыл бұрын

and how many stupid double ads will you have to watch for that?

@advancedPawn

Жыл бұрын

I click into these videos even before the notifications pop up for new content. 😁

The fact that we have free access to the top chess players in the world giving detailed lessons about how to play while still making it accessible to people of any level is amazing

@alexnail

Жыл бұрын

but lets be honest, Danya is the best!

@BPerriello94

Жыл бұрын

It’s because of the evil tech companies, attention economy, ad revenue model that everyone always complains about

@UprightCaucasoid

Жыл бұрын

Yes we know, this channel is great but honestly, does this need to be the top comment on every single video? Dudes click as fast as possible to pump this comment out

@Itstimetorecover

Жыл бұрын

@@UprightCaucasoid Just what I was thinking. Like yes dude, it’s great we get this kind of content for free. You don’t have to say it 20 times on every damn video

@alexnail

Жыл бұрын

@@UprightCaucasoid I don’t often read the comments so I wouldn’t know. But at least it’s a positive comment and it’s true!

opens up the queen which ''somebody'' decided to put on C7 😂

Danya: "So most of you are probably thinking one of two moves." Me: "...d5" Danya: "h4 or d5" Me: "Yes...?" Danya: "But d5 is stronger" Me: ヽ(o⌣oヾ)

@christiankathoofer2006

Жыл бұрын

King

@frequensea9434

Жыл бұрын

And then when I take this knowledge online I play the wrong moves 😭

@frozenbroccolii4933

Жыл бұрын

same xD

@oOPPHOo

Жыл бұрын

this is too relatable

9:30 that callback was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! Never forget the impact of the memetic madman Charlie on Naroditsky's life. He coined "the Prophet" and sent many, many players to Danya for guidance

I feel like the third reason for Qc7 was to defend the bishop on b7

@KF1

Жыл бұрын

I thought so too, but maybe it didn't matter? He may have planned to bomb out the light square bishops at the first opportunity nomatter what. Still a good thing to tie the defense together.

@12jswilson

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and having pressure on the c file. You're pretty much always prepared to open the c file in the Sicilian

I am so grateful for Danya's speed run videos. I was stuck at my rating for about 3 years. I only started to get better when I committed to seriously studying the game. The two most important things that helped me? Studying pawn structures, where you begin to truly appreciate piece placement and long-term strategy. And these videos, where a GM plays games and explains his rationale behind even the simplest of moves. My advice to you? Every time Daniel asks his Twitch chat what he should play, pause the video and really think about what a good move would be and why. It's incredibly rewarding when you not only find the move, but you play it for the same reasons he did.

@WillyToulouse

Жыл бұрын

How did you go about studying pawn structures?

@arleyantes9321

Жыл бұрын

@@WillyToulouse very interested in his answer too

@julesh7546

Жыл бұрын

what rating where you stuck to?

@jonathanhenderson9422

Жыл бұрын

@@WillyToulouse There are several good books to get started. Two classics are Soltis's Pawn Structure Chess and Kmoch's Pawn Power; the former is more suited to beginners, the latter is more for intermediates. One downside to the latter is that it's also in descriptive (rather than algebraic) notation, but if you don't mind learning descriptive notation (it's not that hard IMO) it's a great book. A more modern book I've heard good things about but haven't read is Hickl's The Power of Pawns, but it seems more targeted at beginner-intermediates. If you use Chessable, I know Sam Shankland's two books on pawn play (Small Steps to Giant Improvement and its sequel Small Steps 2 Success are) are both on there. I generally find Chessable more conducive to learning than reading/studying books because of the interactive nature. Downside is they're also more expensive on Chessable, but you get your money's worth IMO. Finally, once you get a good grasp on the fundamentals, Rios's Chess Structures is a more advanced study on how grandmasters take advantages of pawn structures to gain an advantage in the middlegame.

@geniusvadim7858

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanhenderson9422 9 months later, and your comment has helped me out with the same question, thank you so much!

This was very instructive. Especially the C4 push to create central weaknesses. White's position crumbled quickly after.

01:55 "Scheveningen pawn structure" - As a Dutchie this makes me crack up every time

@adeshkantha7034

Жыл бұрын

why?

@koen4536

Жыл бұрын

@@adeshkantha7034 Because thats not even close to the actual pronunciation. Cant blame him for not speaking Dutch tho its just funny

@Hsel-lc1wt

Жыл бұрын

@@adeshkantha7034 the pronunciation of Scheveningen is notoriously difficult for non Dutch speakers, so most people use the German pronunciation which is strictly speaking wrong

@lukastux3024

Жыл бұрын

@@Hsel-lc1wt if it was spelled Schcheveningen, Germans would get it right 😅

@lukastux3024

Жыл бұрын

It's actually not so difficult to say it correctly. Most people just don't. Same with Zugzwang, Zwischenzug etc., which are pronounced similar to Tsugtswang and Tswishentsug

I feel like I've just watched a well planned bank heist. All the planning and scheming ... then bam, it's over within a short burst of few moves.

@howlingwolf317

Жыл бұрын

I’m reminded of something Finegold said. I’m paraphrasing here, but it was basically that it’s not that grandmasters ALWAYS make the best move, but they rarely play a mistake. Non-GMs will eventually fumble and then GMs capitalize on that critical moment. The result is the rapid collapse that we see here and in many other of Danya’s games.

6:25 I love the lesson Danya gives here, about undermining the e4-pawn. This idea would not have been among my candidate moves before this explanation, but now I'm going to move this stratagem up a few places in my positional arsenal. Thanks Danya!

The quality and passion for teaching are so much better than chasing drama around the Sinqfield / Magnus debacle. Particularly good vid, this one.

when I was 1700 Fide, I played this position a lot with the move h5. Since stopped playing the sicillian and started to play the caro-kann defense, I gain a lot of rating points and now I am 2187 fide. For me, this video is a cool reminder of my thinking process when I was 1700. +1 llike ;)

I love chess, so your lectures have double value for me. Double - because even if I didn't play chess, I would still simply admire your talent for explaining things. The way you cover the whole thought process, present the chain of consequences, how you phrase your thoughts - it's just top notch. And not just on the chess tutoring scale. You're one of the best teachers I've seen across the board. Keep it up Sensei!

Great game. The instruction and commentary are wonderful. Really enjoy watching your videos.

So instructive. Thanks Danya

I f-ing love this series! definitely the best content in chess-youtube!

as always best teacher on earth, i watch many other people doing speedruns on youtube and you are the best by really really far. You put concepts into words that are very useful during actual games. I started playing the 4 knights scotch thanks to you and would love to see a few more games with it at the higher level when people actually know the opening. Thank you sensei, much love to you

Thank you sensei! Another super helpful video

New danya vid lets goooo ur killing it danya thanks for the awesome content!

Love waiting for this video to come out before I go to bed

@kingcarisma

Жыл бұрын

I'm seeing it's just come when arriving at work😄

Thanks for sharing. Your video was some great insight which made me smarter! You’re a Pro’s Pro!

Very good lesson.

Awesome video.

Hell yeah I love this content I've gone up 400 elo because of you

There's no chess professor like Daniel. Thanks for the content!

Waking up to the new Dani vid is one of the small joys in life

Such a valuable content ❤️.Love from Nepal

More speedrun let's gooo

I love how you put in title of the video what happens without any clickbait, some other people might title it something like “THIS 2100 Chess player LOSG to THE BONGCLOUD!?”

Im convinced if this man wrote a chessable course it be a gold mine these are so insanely awesome

amazing game too

23:53 thats the most annoying thing I've faced many times.. thankfully now I know what to do🤗🤗

This was my favourite game so far

Good video

As a sicilian player, I love these videos! Started making the queenside my property after learning from you!

Wow, incredible early-middle game there. Found that super cool.

thanks

This is literally how I like to develop my pieces as black in the Sicilian. One additional reason for the queen on c7 is that you get pressure on the c file which is occasionally relevant

@12jswilson

Жыл бұрын

9:50 yep. If you're going to play the Sicilian, be prepared to not castle

Best toturial on youtube

Arigato Sensei 🙇‍♂️

By 8:45 the opponent had only used 1 minute of time in a 15 minute game and already their entire center is collapsing. I find it funny when people play long time controls, blitz out moves, and only begin to think when their position is lost.

If this was guess the ELO, Levy would tell black to never play Sicillian again.

Love Danya's commitment to chess. He has supplanted Bobby cHess as my preferred commentator. He just finished a 4+ hour stream with Danny Rensch, and here he is giving us this lesson. Love it.

Late night Naroditsky… yes please.

"a queen which somebody decided to put on c7" I lol'd.

Wait the e6 Sicilian is actually called the Scheveningen Variation! I was totally convinced that the ‘Sveningen’ was a different line due to the speedrun

I’m using your videos as background pump for my adhd brain to wreck some noobies in anonymous lichess. Thank you.

I started playing chess last summer, I didn't even know the rules. Just reached the goal of 1100 rapid. I wanna give all the credits to you, just by watching your videos I have improved so much, thank you Daniel!!!

@fuzati3000

Жыл бұрын

Why was 1100 a goal?

@MeleAndrea94

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzati3000 because 9 months ago I was 400.

@fuzati3000

Жыл бұрын

@@MeleAndrea94 ok just the number seemed a bit random, but great progression kudos to you!

@MeleAndrea94

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzati3000 1100 rapid 1129 rapid 1102 bullet 871 lampo, not casual at all

@natasdabsi1138

7 ай бұрын

and now @@MeleAndrea94

5:50 Basically telling white, come to papa.... come at me bro.... Naroditsky is laying it down

21:05 “the move has to make sense” Daniel, we’re trying, if all our moves made sense we wouldn’t be here 😂

About the opening discussion, you could play 2... Nc6 and disallow the Open lines entirely: 3. Nf3 e5 (known equalizer) and 3. Nge2 Nd4 (Very energetic, I've analized this to equality too). Both options should be more straightforward than transposing to the Open Sicilian!

I’ve been watching your videos like it’s church, but this is my first time commenting. Just wanted to thank you for sharing your wisdom to us mere mortals. You have a gift in chess, but even a greater one in teaching. You articulate complex ideas so clearly and make it so easy to understand even the most daunting concepts. I think I speak for everyone when I express gratitude and admiration to the Prophet. Stay healthy and keep doing your thing.

My hero

I am so in love with Daniel it hurts

@sohocheckmate2897

Жыл бұрын

Not jokimg

@sohocheckmate2897

Жыл бұрын

He is beautiful

@sohocheckmate2897

Жыл бұрын

So I avoid the Sicilian totally I play 1 d4 and 1 e5 but I enjoyed this video. Ecause of my deep love foe him

Subtires appeared, thank you

Oh my lands we handsdown just got the fastest intro to Sicilian Playstyle in the post-game analysis. Wow, i see why people lean to naidorf vs the other 3 most popular variations, NICE!

@Arthas30000

Жыл бұрын

Well, most people don't touch the Najdorf because theory is so complex. Even at top level, very few play it (MVL is top practitioner right now if memory serves)

@besto5486

Жыл бұрын

@@Arthas30000 MVL is most known for it but Nepo also plays the Najdorf. And actually GMS around 2500-2600 play alot of the Najdorf it's just that at the top it's almost guaranteed to be a fully planned out game from the start without much creativity

@Hsel-lc1wt

Жыл бұрын

The setup that Danya was playing is actually much more reminiscent of the Kan Sicilian, which is a line that I play and is known for being very aggressive

@Ben-ff6hc

Жыл бұрын

@@Arthas30000 I believe Giri and/or Maxime are the experts right now

@Arthas30000

Жыл бұрын

@@Hsel-lc1wt Yeah, exactly. I'm a big Kan fan, and this really helped me with some new ideas

Agreed, 2... a6 is the best antidote to 2.Nc3

FWIW, some (many) of your potential audience may not have the time or inclination to memorize lots of opening variations. So, some nice instruction would be on the how to play the opening and middle game well just by good chess intuitions, ideas, principles, patterns, etc., maybe a series entitled, How to Play Openings well without Massive Memorization. Anyway, thanks for all you outstanding work.

I stopped casting so much when I started playing more sicilians, in the closed positions the engine just loves to coordinate the pawns and pieces first since there's no real threat in the centre but potentially a large attack on the kingside

Hey Danya, seems like you have been using Dall-e 2 for your thumbnails. Great touch👍🏼

Question as a Sveshnikov player as you were mentioning at 24:25 with the move Nc6--what's your recommendation after white plays Nf3? If I play Nf6 white has e5 there which leads to more complications. Obviously I could play e5 myself, but that heavily discourages the move d4 and we're getting into some strange territory where black has a massive hole on d5. Just curious what your suggestion was, but thanks for the great video!

This is the first sensei video I've been confused. By about move five. Advanced stuff.

DANYAAAAAAA

Naroditsky, could you try playing the c4 sicilian as white next time facing the sicilian? Would be awesome to see your thought on the positions arising ❤️

For those of you who are interested scheveningen is just pronounced like "shave an egg in" its not so hard like everyone thinks

Wow every move white made seemed somewhat sensible yet the result was utter demolition

One thing I’m curious about- if you don’t like the Bd3 lines in the Kan, but you’re ok with playing against the Nc3 lines, is it worth learning those lines and playing 2…e6 in the Closed Sicilian (if that’s supposed to be the best line) to meet 3.Nf3 with 3…a6?

I clicked so early I had to watch it in 360p because YT didn't process the video completely yet. Best 360p video I've watched till date.

💙

goobaloo

12:30 what if he didn’t even take the pawn with the queen and instead just takes again with the pawn threatening to make another queen after rook slides in front then he just takes

@michalek777

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same but after white fxg7 black can take a rook on f1 with a check, this way gain a tempo and not allow to make another queen. after that black is up a rook and basically winning a game

@Zrohh

Жыл бұрын

@@michalek777 ahh true I should’ve seen that

3:27 mmm... White Castles.

I dunno bro, at 5:26 im thinkin 🤔 D5 and taking advantage of that knight and bishop pin. Orrrr...... im pushing B4, castling king side, and building a battering ram on the A and B files.

I just noticed that you were saying Scheveningen, because you said it was a city in the Netherlands 😂

O'kelly variation!

Babe wake up, narodisky has filmed again

Notification gang rise up!

3:53 "...and the 3rd reason is that humm.. what is the third reason" * The poor undefended bishop "😢👍" *

Great thanks for the video again! I tell you what; whenever you come over to the Netherlands for the Tata Steel Tournament, you come over at my place for coffee, only 20 minute drive, . I will teach you how to pronounce Scheveningen correctly 😉 and you teach me the Scheveningen variant! Kind regards Mike from the Netherlands

Daniel, can you make a chess master speed run?

What about bishop takes f4 on the second to last move

15:21 Daniel realizing that all lectures he gave were in vain

Hey Daniel, big fan of you!! Could you explain if it's passive(or weaker against possible Na4) when b pawn goes to b6(similar to hedgehog structure in Kan variation) instead? Can b6 pawn prevent white's a4 pawn push, making queen-side castling a bit safer for black?

I would have played f4 in the position but it's funny to me that he says f6 doesn't make sense, I think the idea is to play Kf7 Kg6

Mfw I see 2 of those cheap burger places next to each other 3:28

Wow

Can't wait to jump 400+ elo points to reach 2200 elo and get casualty destroyed by Danya

I feel smarter :)

بهترینی سنسی من!

Wow you knew what that flag was?

What if …e5 instead of d5? Followed by f5 This is when the rook is on g5

why there is only one quality (360p) it is same for everyone ?

@pagnedaman3777

Жыл бұрын

I think that happens sometimes when you watch a video that was very recently uploaded. For example, i am seeing 480, 1080 and 144 now.

@furk1ngmad496

Жыл бұрын

​@@pagnedaman3777 Oh yes. Other ones popped up

Danya why are your endgame videos on a deep freeze?

@DanielNaroditskyGM

Жыл бұрын

I'm working about 7 full time jobs at the same time. Working on more endgame videos and they'll be out soon, please be patient 🙏

@michelsafi1021

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielNaroditskyGM forgive me for sounding like a spoiled brat. We always appreciate anything you post. Keep up the good work

Doesn’t it brake the too any pawn moves rule?

@hash4badi

Жыл бұрын

bro the video hasn't even been up long enough to watch the whole thing

@chazzmckinney4414

Жыл бұрын

The too many pawn moves "rule" is told to newer players who make bad pawn moves lol. In this instance, the pawn moves contribute to the greater strategic goal of expanding on the queenside. Also, realize these "rules" are more so good rules of thumb, but every position is unique so you have to apply experience to know when to follow the "rules" and when you can deviate from the "rules" as per the position

@garrettstouffer3007

Жыл бұрын

Too many pawns rule is more of a guideline for opening setups, in this case His opponent wasn't really challenging his setup in the opening.

@palatusgames8800

Жыл бұрын

@@garrettstouffer3007 GM Barbosa

@meowcat5596

Жыл бұрын

The Sicilian isn't some run-off-the-mill, patzer opening which will operate on general opening principles.

Qc7 seems precognitive

So basically what I learned is that if I never move my king or f pawn the whole entire game I'll be good 👍

The Naroditsky's super shitter bishop is worth at least 5 points lol

Sorry I clicked on that Alf video first.

1:26 Yeah a3 looks terrible but itcis actually the top engine move.

@musical_lolu4811

Жыл бұрын

Screw engines.

@DagarMan0

Жыл бұрын

the problem is, what to do next? unless you have an engine running during the game, can you explain and justify A3 there?