Avoid This Opening Trap!! | Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun 

Danya: "Now I know a lot of you are thinking rook B1 but that's a blunder" Me, thinking rook B1: 🙄

I'm around 1700 as well and i used to never see accelerated dragons at my level and ever since you started the speedrun its like every other game is an accelerated dragon game, you are quite popular i guess :D

I love how that single a3 move caused the opponent to go from equal to drowning in custard in one move. You can just imagine them thinking "oh I learned about prophylaxis from that RU-vid guy, time to put it into action". Danya's expression and voice change at 2:35 is also hilarious.

22:00 Judas bishop takes d7 checking his own king 😔

Starting to understand why Danya's opponents don't like playing into the Accelerated Dragon.

Daniel, if you are reading this, I hope you're well. Thank you for the content. Very informative.

I can never get enough of your instructional Chess videos! Absolutely elated everytime I see that notification pop up like "YES! A NEW VIDEO!"

This is the best video i've seen of you with the accelerated dragon. I will save it and rewatch it dozens of times.

0:40 I guess people don't like to play the open Sicilian because of bad experience. I remember my time as chess newbie developing an intense fear and hate towards open sicilian. Because (open-) sicilian players are always ahead in the theory anyways -> often resulting in losing games for white. So the META-Game is to "torture" the sicilian player with the alipin or closed sicilian in hope the sicilian player lack theory in these openings.

the combination of doing puzzles everyday and your insanely good explanations have me spotting some of the tactics before you point them out! :) thank you for being the best chess educator out here danya

22:00 Bishop takes d7 with CHECK!!!!

Love the content! It's helping me improve vastly!

Wonderful and informative as always Danya. Keep it up 😀😀

Incredible as always Danya thanks for these vids

The line at the start of analysis (that begins with e5) is pretty amazing. Thanks Danya ❤️

I truly cannot thank you enough for these amazing instructive videos. The Accelerated Dragon is something new I have been playing so these ideas are gonna be implemented. Thank you very much for everything you do Sensei. 🙏🏽

You're, by far, the best chess teacher on the internet. I have been following your speedruns since your first posted them. Thanks for everything Daniel.

I don't understand why people play a 15 min+ game and then use only use only 2 minutes of their time and loose.

Love the tactical lines shown in this video. Super sick

Hey Danya. Love your videos! :) Would it be possible to make a long video (or video's) on your opening recommendatinos of this speedrun?

Awesome video as always! Thank you for helping us become better!

I watched this live for the first time today. Nice close game. Especially trading with tempo and logic to open the middle while ahead in development.

Great video as always Danya. Your ability to explain and demonstrate concepts goes beyond chess and is appreciated in every way

Interesting analysis!

Top stuff as always 🔥

Great details, thanks Danya. Already winning some extra games off the back of this lesson!

It's crazy how sharp this line is. By move 10 already have an advantage with black.. love the great content Danya

Great video, thank you!

You killed it!

I've been trying to learn the accelerated dragon and this is super helpful!

You make it look so easy, then I go and hang all my pieces in the process 😁

Thanks!

Best educational chess content by far, and its all free. I love Danya.

Thanks Danya!

I'm absolutely convinced that by now my cat recognizes your voice 😅 I love your content, thank you!

Thanks! I never knew what to do after the exchange and e5. I would play d6 and white would castle queen side.

Nice game ! Hope we get an open accelerated when whites Queen comes out early to attack blacks h8 rook. That would be a good line to go over. Thanks sensei Danya !

Danke!

Best serie ever

Wow, always impressed by Danya’s clinical precision. Opening, middle game, endgame, every little mistake is exploited perfectly. 👍

nice

thanks

Wow that was so precise it was like chess surgery

Finally! Someone who plays the open sicilian

18:00 correct & add to study rep

many GM would stop, after black take our knight in c6, it will good for us. And never tell how to punish white after taking it. Many people take the knight and our position crumble from there. Yes we have major pawn in centre but can't push pawn and bishop have no square to develop.And we are one piece down in the board due to inactive.

Wow e5 f5 is simply soul-crushing. Textbook submission.

Does the Centre Fork trick just help give that side a better position as material wise the other side get the pawn back. Just not sure if it’s always worth playing it when available?

Ah another night where Danya sings me to sleep

Daniel went into full GM mode here... omg... the post game analysis blew my mind.... I pity the fool who plays e5 in my next game.

I hope Daniel plays the Caro-Kann in the next speedrun :)

Makes we want to try the Sicilian

Awesome video Danya! Just got to ask if it's just me that hears the audio quite low, anyone experience the same issue?

W chess content

i never knew how powerful the accelerated dragon could be, i thought it was just something to prepare for bxa1

22:50

I like how Danya allows the opponent to grab a meaningless a pawn cause you know white was licking his chops at the sight of that hanging pawn for about 3 moves in a row

What does "minus over plus" mean? I guess it's shorthand for a bad eval?

Can anyone tell me why white did not castle at time 7:55 before the queen trade ?

Please more accelerated dragon!!!!

🎉🎉🎉

12:25 isn't the more clinical move Be5 here because it poses the most direct threat? It attacks the white knight which defends the white rook so if we had an extra turn, we would take the knight, removing the defender of the rook. If white trades rook, we queen for free. If white moves the knight, we take the rook for free. At the worst, we gain a full rook. I'm not saying that f5 isn't winning, just that it takes more time to create a legimate threat so I wonder why Danya didn't mention it. Perhaps he just missed it, but if he did, then I would be very proud of myself since that move was the first that came to mind to me once I tried looking for a better move than immediately queening.

i love you man

Nat Geo voice: Now we can see how the python squeeze the life out of his prey hinch by hinch

On the rise past 1000 rating and i feel out of my element watching 1700 games, but it's still super instructive to see the proper sequence of moves that helps get an advantage. I've yet to stop watching any of the speedruns! Thanks for the instruction Danya!

"This is like minus plus" - Daniel Naroditsky

"Nothing insane" that was pretty insane, I would have botched that pretty badly

I think the opponent played a3 because they were worried about ...Na5 after Bc4 and wanted a square for the bishop. Not saying it is good, just stating my thoughts.

I am excited to see a chessable course for accelerated dragon.

What to do if my opponent pushes against my kingside early in the dragon? Can't castle queen side as my first move pushes forward a queens pawn, this weakening the king if I castle queen side, this is my biggest problem.

Absolutely obliterated daaaamn 😂

Hi daniel do you have any courses I can buy ?

Omg this is so good I wish i knew you in real life i would be a better player I have one question is it memorization or you know all this moves by heart i ask this because if I would study this opening accelerated dragon there’s so many variants an i think it would be so hard to remember do you have any suggestions on how to get better at remembering or is just main lines

I often think that when these games are one sided at this level it's because the player isn't cheating.

Me who only ever plays the Caro Kann - hmm defs won’t make this mistake😂

How to study the theory? Should we mug up all the variation?

İ hope you wont just finish speedrun by the time you hit around 2200 like the speedrun before. Because the high rated games are the most beneficial ones for me( i guess for all of us) and we would like to see 1700-1800+ games for a longer period. There are more theory lines, more advanced maneuvers, players dont lose to 1-2 move tactics immediately and of course there is more room for analyse after game

someone play a smith morra against danya

As a 1800 player, I knew the move was Kb8, not Kd5 😃😂 ( white trick to push e6 in the opening )

Not sure why Nd2 instead of Ng3 was never mentioned. I know white is still worse but to me it looks better than what actually happened.

This is quote an anomaly of people not playing open Sicilian

At 3:30, the knight is protected by a pawn. So based on your 'is a pin dangerous?' rule, this in my head seems like any other bisschop-knight pin in the opening. Which nuance am I missing in that rule of thumb?

And this is why people play other moves on move 2 and 3

Thank you based Даня.

Literally everyone plays the open sicilian against me I dont get it 😅

How does simple logical play crush a 1700? This must mean I’m not able to play simple logical chess. Maybe some day if I watch more of these vids.

Maroczy coming soon 😃😃😃

It’s a trap!

Ive been facing more sicilians of late. Danya effect.

Do you have a book? I feel like you'll write a good one

🏎🏎🏎

25:02 every time i try this with black they just sac the bishop with check and then take my knight

i encounter a lot of people randomly playing a3 with white in some many positions where it isnt good and it makes me angry really, i mean what could be going in people's heads? such a dumb move. i guess they want to restrict the knight but play like that is only acceptable below 1000 in my opinion

Re the center fork trick: did anyone else notice that white could have desperado-ed her bishop and gotten the pawn back with Bxf7+?? I don't think I would've played it knowing that white could have done that.

Levy been talking smack homie, 'bout time Danya gave him that smoke and teach him what a beat down feels like from a super GM 👊

How do you feel about studying the accelerated dragon when white has a million anti sicilians?

Nothing insane... *calmly plays a line that would beat most 2000s*

Am I stinky, yes or no?

try rubbing your ear with your palm, it looks a bit better than digging your finger in to the second knuckle :)))

Play and 1.d4 for the god sake