The opponnent is smurfing, he wanted to keep less rating than he is, I do that sometimes at well to play and chill, I try the cloud bong and crazy openings at low level for fun.
Danya passionately discusses a rapid game for nearly an hour, repeatedly surprising himself with the profound insights revealed through his analysis. [55:50][57:11][57:30]. Then wraps up by asking if anybody had "any questions" => Instant outro music. 😂
I think this player was exquisitely prepared, popular RU-vidr often underestimate their influence in online chess. I play vienna and have Levys course and 60-70%% of my opponents know theory until move 8 and I'm 800 elo blitz, 1100 rapid. Since the release of Daniels course I suddenly have to know theory of the Jobava because I get demolished with engine lines otherwise. Before that I only faced Levys london system which is easier to handle. Great game, lovely analysis as always, might buy your course in the future.
Same when facing the King's Indian Defence. Lots of opponents know exactly what to do up to 10 moves in. Makes it very hard unless you also know how to face it. Many of my losses have been from exceptionally well-prepared opponents who aren't necessarily stronger but far better prepared.
@@tacticalAneurysm Well it's all about luck in queue. Some people know theory very well even on lower ELO thanks to Levy and other YTers and some have no fu***** idea what they are doing. You simply are lucky (nothing wrong with it) as I have seen 10+ theory below 1000 in VG. I personally played VG before Levy course and than I stopped and switched to KG as I'm generally unlucky and faced tone of prep up to move 15. In KG at least noone knows theory well. In general playing openings on which well-known youtoubers just released courses is risky below 2k on com. I definitely wouldn't recommend this if you are unlucky dude. Better to switch, wait out couple of months and only than check what's up. Often it is already safe but obviously there are cases like Stafford where the wisest is to forget about opening at all. Sucks. Alternatively do some heavy push-ups up to move 25 with SF if the opening is totally legit. I have to admit I envoy your luck :D Luck in online chess is easily worth 300 elo.
@@crystallized1676 i have played the vienna against a lot of people at the 800-1000 level and they never play mainline theory, but sometimes can throw me off guard with an interesting and challenging sideline that makes me worse out of the opening. i don't think most people don't have 15 moves of prep against an uncommon opening such as the vg or kg unless they play it. it's easy to overestimate your opponent, feel like you have been incredibly unlucky or feel like they have done in depth prep to counter your specific opening but usually they are just making it all up as they go and occasionally being right. i don't know 15 moves of theory in any line, just general ideas and plans beyond move 7-12 in some openings, and i doubt most people at that rating range do. my 900 rated friend who plays 1...e5 doesn't even know what the vienna is and he does just fine.
Yeah, Alapin would be instant buy for me as well. I see his influence online, so many fantasies against the Caro for example. That’s the only downside, he is too popular 😂
Love this content so much, and its such high quality, getting a GM level class every other day of the week is delightful and so full of knowledge, and also enterntaining! Great content as always
Thank you for the emotional honesty in your games. Seeing how you work through frustration really helps me have a better idea how to work through my own mistakes in my games
Damn this is the first time I see Danya this flustered and making this many mistakes, that was an awesome video actually. GMs are human after all. (This makes me REALLY wanna jump onto Lichess and play some rapid games XD) BTW if everyone buys the course and prepares with an engine way BEYOND the course recommended line, doesn’t Danya have to update his course frequently (like Chessable course updates) to deal with anti-course lines? Just a thought.
@@josephsalmonte4995 Let’s be real. He really isn’t a beginner. I enjoy Danya’s content over loud screaming content, but Levi is an IM, no where near a beginner.
I wish Naroditsky all success in the world, he truly deserves it. But I don’t mind if he stays a bit under the radar lol, I get nearly all my chess inspiration from him lol
Regardless of the result, I'm sure your course is wonderful, and you missing a line just shows that learning is a never ending process! :) Things like pressure, thinking about what the result does for you, the repercussions, these don't let you play at your best! Letting go of the result, and focusing on one's task and accepting what happens let's one be at peace and do what they're doing to the best of their ability! :) Learning a lot of chess through your videos! :) You're an amazing player and person! :) Thanks for the wonderful content as always! :)
The moment at 7 mins is a clear indication of almost seeing too much. He was so quick to see the risk to his rook (that calculation was literally a few seconds) that he didn't see the more prosaic trade being planned.
Hey Danya, would you please consider reviewing some of the World Chess Championship games? I think it'd be super instructive to look at those games from your eyes, and to tie it together with the principles that you've so selflessly taught us through speedrun/opening labs.
@Abdulkarim Ogaji I don't think it would be redundant, since he's co-commentating with Anish and David, but more importantly, he can maybe condense the game from his PoV
Love these videos, I've been looking to try a new opening. I was playing Bird's Opening for a while just to try and avoid theory, but I only beat friends - not strangers - so, hoping to expand my repertoire
Why is Qe8 in move 10 from black better than Qc7? Qc7 looks much more intuitive to me, because now the Queen is not blocking the rook on f8. I thought the tactile ideas would be the same for black. If white castle's black can still play Ne4, and it looks like the line works the same way. So why would I put my Queen on e8, if the same ideas work with Qc7? Anyway, it is good to realize that all this Ne4 ideas can be prevented with playing Na4. Very instructive Danya!
I haven't looked at it too closely, but at 36:05, if you move imagine the same position but the queen on c7, I think white has Nxd5, gaining a tempo on the queen on c7. Not 100% sure. Crazy position for sure.
A lot of "grey area" in this clip. Speed run, even with the elo point refund, is not exactly 100% ethical. And Danya's opponent plays a line that suprise him, so not exactly "stream snipe".
To me the craziest nuance about ... Qe8 is that it eyes the knight on a4, so after ... Rd8 and ... d4 there are some ideas with ... Nd4. It might still be slightly better for White but I'm trying it in my next Jobava game, it looks so poisonous against an unprepared opponent.
Wouldn't be surprised if Black planned that queen move based on your course using an engine... they were clearly trying to match with you by resigning games without moving
I was thinking this as well, he probably had some engine lines prepared which is why he seemed so strong in that middle game but fell apart in the end game
That's literally every chess player under 2300 fide, they suck at endgames because that is REAL CHESS Anyone can memorize openings and get good positions out of them
There was a nasty fork at 26:33 min where he puts the bishop at square c6 and if Pxc6 then Nxc6 with forking the 2 rooks at d8 and d4. while also regarding the fork that Naroditsky noticed with f3.
This 2 rook vs rook + b + n endgame structure appeared in a Tal game, almost identical position, and Hellsten’s “Mastering Endgame Strategy” shows that game as an example of how to use rook to dominate minor pieces
Just a comment about stream sniping in general: Is it not worthwhile to simply have a bit of delay to avoid that? As opposed to "test" with talking about bad moves as the "only move" etc. Poker players obv do that while streaming so why not the same for chess?
@@camden666 Having a conversation about the moves with other people is usually better, especially if those people happen to be Danya’s fans, it’s difficult to find people of a higher quality.
I was following along in the course with my phone's stockfish on and both the 10 QE8 and 11. Ne4(!) were recommended by the engine. The course ends on move 9
Hey Danya, I know I am not in the position to complain but I am kind of bothered that stopped playing e4 because I was really looking forward to seeing a 4 Knights Scotch at a high level.
Four knights scotch is by no means a way to play for an advantage unfortunately. Beyond 2200, the scotch becomes an obsolete opening where black has multiple paths to equalise without much difficulty. The 4 knights is even worse than other scotch lines, and there’s 0 advantage in that line.
@@eh_epic9633 Actually i need to emphasise that my point is only valid for a classical time control. In blitz and even sometimes rapid, this is perfectly viable and a risk free opening. I even use it myself to avoid the Petroff and transposing into the four knights scotch in blitz. The problem is that in classical, both Nxe4 and Bb4 equalise quite easily, Bc5 is also a decent option. But i would not recommend Nxe4 in rapid because Nxe4 Qe7 Bd3 Nxd4 and castles (0-0) for white is significant compensation for the loss of a pawn.
isn't Bf3 forking only if you take back the Bishop with gxf3? Although it didn't seem a forcing move, I was happy to see your relief. Interesting game.
Imagine making a move and your opponent is taking a long time to respond and you think you’ve confused him with with your move but it’s actually Danya explaining to his chat in detail how your move was a critical mistake and how he plans to destroy you for it
