Developing With Tempo!! | Smith-Morra Gambit | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky 

Yeah, and won convincingly 😂

It’s hilarious lol

Honestly, well put! He has taught me so much how could I ask for more.

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@@nickamaya4735 remember 90% of this he knows in his sleep... so it's not exhausting and it's great practice for practice the basics... I watch every vid start to finish

tbh his job isn't truly grueling. im sure if he ever reaches a point where need for income is outweighed by need for a break he will just take one lol

I mean.... streaming chess for thousands of people constantly is not an easy thing to do, and the social pressure from people who think it is is a pretty powerful thing and keeps a lot of streamers going much further than they should. I'm just giving him encouragement to do what he needs to. He deserves it

Danya is one of the fastest players in the world; I saw him outplaying Firouzja on Lichess today. Naroditsky can play dozens of moves in a few seconds.

I ran into one of those myself and couldn't get it. I ended up drawing after 50 moves thinking "Damn I wish I'd watched Danya's Bishop Knight video.

I would have stalemated that shit. I suck under time pressure

you have every right to compare to other youtubers. people (not you) are too sensitive about what others think. as long as people are respectable, it's okay to state why someone you think is better and Danya clearly is one of the best teachers/players on the net.

Yeah, And to know that there's also a difference between a GM and a super GM like Carlsen, Nepo etc. It's crazy too

No disrespect Daniel is a great teacher has helped me a lot, but Rc7 looked like winning on the spot because after Qd8, Bc2 and all black pieces are tied up and stunningly black has no good moves, I thought he would see this, b6 created a hoIe and if black just move randomly, Qe4 and with a double attack on the rook and mate, I assume in a classical game would be played.

@@hector9586 It's really hard to be instructive, sound engaged, and still play perfectly. As you say, Danya would see all of this and probably even see it in blitz if he was playing outside the speedrun context.

@@howlingwolf317 I agree, it's hard to focus while explaining, but my comment is to not discourage the viewer to not calculate further. It's hard to miss the idea if you don't see Bc2 which to be fair it's hard to see, specially in a rapid game.

I don't think he played "damn near perfect" at all: as Daniel pointed out, the move *8...0-0?* is a clear mistake. As a Morra player I very rarely encounter this error, it's well-known and easy to avoid. Also, the idea of developing the bishop to b7 doesn't look right (weakening e6 and un-protecting the Nc6). Then he goes ...Na5?! and I start to wonder: what exactly makes you think Black played a near-perfect game? Danya is pointing out lots of mistakes, do you think he's wrong?

Sound guy here and I agree

100% clipping, it hurts a bit to watch a video. This might be helpful - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6b-8FtIxjF8.html

Not a sound guy but can definitely tell there's some distortion with the mic.

It often does. Makes it harder to watch late at night.

I agree Danya is one of the best chess teachers ever. He has a rare gift for spontaneously structuring his thoughts in the most instructive way.

That's actually a really good comparison, I like that.

he's so handsopem

handsome*

oh looks like this is a theme in the position but was used later and positionally not tactically

It’s not undefended until it’s not defended.

@@mskcouric though that is semantically correct i also feel it misses the point of my comment a little

It’s titled “Mayhem in the Morra” I believe

Watch out for the last two or three morras of this speedrun, there was also the author live in twitch chat

Also lookup Ben Finegold's lecture on the Smith-Morra. He shows the "Marc Esserman vs Loek van Wely" game, where Esserman completely crushes a GM. Esserman is the author of the book.

Mayhem in the Morra as others pointed out, and be sure to follow him on RU-vid as well as Twitch!

Eyo MAN you cant just lose two bishops for a rook

@@oloyt6844 i mean yeah you can XD

twitch

What's you rating now ?

@@justinfoley7136 1420

After Bxh7 Kxh7 Ng5 Kg8 Qh5 black has Bf5 defending the mate and white is down a piece

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You'll see more Sicilians at higher ratings. However, if you play the Smith Morra you have to be prepared for the other options black has. Black does not have to take on d4 and if he does, he doesn't have to take c3. Black is unlikely to accept both pawns unless he feels confident his prep in these lines is adequate. Against 3.c3 I play the push variation, 3...d3. This gives white a slight advantage of around +0.5 but eliminates the majority of the trappy pressure white normally gets with 3...dxc3. Another sound way to decline the gambit is 3...Nf6, just giving back the pawn. Nf6 line is a hair better in terms of eval, very close to flat 0 a few moves further in to the line.

Dude if you are at the level where no one plays the Sicilian against e4, in no fucking world should you be worrying about openings or gambits - probably focus on learning how to play the game well and getting an understanding, so you can play agaisnt people who know openings. Then learn them.

maybe try e4 next time

Learn sound opening principles such as: Developing pieces Controlling the centre Finish your development

At 800 elo, most important is "don't hang your pieces". But, I think Chessbrah's Habits series is a top notch guide for simple rules to follow for beginners.