I understood squares as targets for a little while now but never thought about waiting until an opportune time to occupy it when it can be contested. Or using it for 15 moves to make white live in a sort of mild zugzwang.
I think he’s the best chess instructor on RU-vid. No condensation, clear explanation of his thought process and just amazing insight. Great work. Thanks
I'm sure you've heard this a million times already, but the value of these videos and your explanations is literally priceless. Thank you for all the work you do helping people on the internet get better at chess :)
Daniel is that announcer in the Dodgeball movie but in real life: "Let me tell you, a double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out! "
I just wanted to thank Grandmaster Naroditsky for taking the time to put these instructional videos together. I'm about a 1600 blitz/bullet but I'm realizing a stronger positional understanding and classical performance leads to stronger showings in the shorter time controls
At first I thought I should wait until the speedrun reached my level of 1500, but after watching this I realized there can always be a learning oppurtunity.
I thought about that too cause that's around where I'm at . But the part about using control of the square to leverage an entire plan was pretty enlightening. If there's one thing I've noticed about us 1500s is we think we're better than we really are, we understand much but apply it poorly and inconsistently.
I assume comments and such are most helpful in close temporal proximity to the release of the video, but I have watched ... the majority of the youtube videos across multiple speedruns now and this was actually one of my favorite videos viewed. Obvs, Daniel brings historical knowledge into play often, but in this case there were multiple historical lessons that happened in quick succession. It's hard to emphasize why, when all of his videos are incredibly informative, this one stands out but. It was great.
So just so we're clear, when Danya says he was dabbling in the Accelerated Dragon in 2005, keep in mind that he is NINE YEARS OLD. The day that game was played I was 10, and I had just learned NOT to eat the crayons.
Danya, I have always been a fan of your videos and I like to see that you’re starting to spruce up your thumbnails, hopefully the algorithm rewards this as you deserve all the success in the world king 👑
I'm not a begginer since I have been playing and hence learning chess as a hobby for more than 20 years but I loved this kind of "overexplained" series. Subbing right away
41:25 Personally, I'd love seeing the Smith-Morra uniquely. I started playing it after your last speedrun and even got Esserman's book. There's a point to be made that the SMG transposes into the Alapin often enough, but not vice versa - so you'd get enough variety even if you only play 2.d4.
And to think he is still only below 1000 rating. Just think how good he could be if he practiced and studied more! 😳 I think I will subscribe so I can watch his chess journey unfold.
Another great video Mr Naroditsky, I am always blown away by your concise explanations and logic behind all your moves, you are an amazing teacher and I look forward to much more great teaching content from you. You are definitely one of my favourite players to watch when learning and developing my chess :)
Thank you, not only for this amazing content, but also for just naming the videos in a clear and informative way instead of useless clickbaity oneliners ❤
Amazing speedruns- after seeing the smith mora game I was so relieved to see that you were once not so perfect lol especially after you've shown us how to play the smith mora before
Bloody hell. I just fired up a game on my chess app I was in midgame and saw that I'd allowed the AI to trade black bishops exactly as Danya warned so I stepped the game back a few moves, advanced the h6 pawn to chase the black bishop from G5, and then traded white bishop for the knight and bobs your uncle I have an easy king attack. From watching the video directly to playing a game in this position (that I was getting wrong!). Thanks Danya.
35:52 Actually, the digits of any number divisible by nine also add up to nine, and the last digit decrements by 1 every time you add a nine. 10-7=3 so last digit is 3 which means first digit has to be a 6. ( Rather, the other digits have to add up to six but hey, it aint 153 )
The "Battle of d4" was won by General Naroditsky. Some say landing on d4 was to the match as was Normandy was to WW2 equating the landing of the Knight to DDay.
You have played many gambits in these speedruns, like Queen's Gambit, Smith Mora, Danish, etc. Please do a gambit-only speedrun, with both black and white. It will be awesome. ❤️
Great speedrun lesson Danya ! Thanks. Btw I like the new playing interface. Might try it myself. Thanks for showing us dragon lines. I find the hyper accelerated Dragon easiest to remember. He played well for a 1000 until h3. Thanks again !
Cool to see a botvinnik setup in your speedrun! I usually play the botvinnik english so i found this game interested to see from a mirrored perspective
35:44 interesting question "how to _a priori_ find the ...b5 plan?" My answer would be to study pawn play. The old, somewhat weird book _Pawn Power in Chess_ by Hans Kmoch is a fantastic start. There he talked about pawn breaks (called 'levers') to increase space and activity. Also Andy Soltis' book on pawn structures lays out typical middlegame plans.
Love these videos! I've been playing Kings Indian but you make the plan for the Sicilian sound pretty straight forward. Can't wait to see how the game plan changes in an open game. BTW the audio in the last few minutes is messed up. Its out of sync with the video
Proud of myself for independently working out that knight outposts were a good positional idea against the Sicilian, although admittedly my logic was that I like moving the knight and making horsey noises
@@TheMrInfantaria Yeah Ne2 and d4 are essential moves in the Staunton Cochrane variation otherwise you're going to lose. Don't play it, you're not good enough to pull it off.
Hi Danya. I was wondering if you had any advice. I'm a pretty decent over-the-board player. I can give 2200 players a good game and even win a game or two against them. I feel like I can visualize and calculate much better and quicker over-the-board, and I'm much more focused on the game. When it comes to online chess however I struggle at the 1700-1800 range and tilt a lot and go on long losing streaks. How can I be a more consistent player? Thanks! Your content is the best! Edit: I played a guy over-the-board not long ago, and beat him every game (except maybe one game; I can't remember). Afterwards, I learned his online rating is 1900-2000.
Yeah I'm not as good as you, but I completely understand. I get flustered and feel like I need to play too fast, where as otb I feel calm and confident(sometimes), and play considerably better.
In the Maroczy Bind, white traditionally sets up the battery with Be3-Qd2, but should almost *never* go in for Bh6. Additionally, in the event of some Nxd4 Bxd4 N(f)d7, white should *not* play Bxh7 and should instead retreat to e3 again. Reason being, leaving both players with only their LSB is good for black, since both black bishops are fine in the dragon structure but *white's* LSB is definitely their bad bishop. Trading white's definitely good DSB for black's "just okay" DSB is an improvement for black. I have to wonder if a DSB exchange is not so bad in this structure either, especially since with a pawn on d3 instead of being off the board, arguably white's LSB is even trashier.
At 29:57, the bishop should move to e3 instead of h4, then after O-O there is still Qd2 and you have to defend that pawn with your king, which is not that nice anymore.
Hey danya, I’ve been watching all speedruns since the first speedrun, I love them all, but I was wondering If u could do a speedrun focusing on tactical shootouts
Opponent: *makes second move of the game* Danya: "ok, so that move is a slight inaccuracy, essentially meaning the game is over.. but that's ok, still plenty to be learned from this game."
90% of every speedrun is just a blunderfest. Only good games are at the end of a run and vs. cheaters. These games are like playing against an empty board...explaining concepts against no resistance.
