(Almost) Exhaustive List of Danya’s Teachings: - When you find a good move, look for a better one - Don’t let your bishop bite on granite - Your pieces don’t always have to be conquering Mount Everest/ developing a Covid vaccine - The threat is stronger than the execution - When your opponent plays passively, strike in the center - No need to reinvent the wheel, just develop pieces normally - Bad bishops defend good pawns - You want to perform a task with the piece of least possible value - Sometimes your knights need to go to Frankfurt airport - Keep the tension - Something something potential energy - Queen should be the supporting actress - Loose pieces drop off
When you're considering a tactic, try flipping the order. Also if your opponent tries to stop your idea, ask yourself the Sam Shankland question: can you play it anyway?
I wouldn't consider it a vaccine when its effective rate is in the 60% only. Also, it's a gene therapy in lieu of the truest definition of a real "vaccine." But yes I do get Danya's point.
Hey Daniel! Today I faced the Four Pawns Attack in the KID and didn't quite know how to respond. Fearing my pieces will get swarmed and trapped I played Bg4. The guy went Qb3 and I kept trying to get pieces out with Nbd2, which, ironically, cut the bishop's retreat path and it almost did get trapped. Anyway, when I was later reviewing the game, Stockfish, obviously, laughed about Bg4, and so I checked what the Book says. To my great joy I found that there was exactly one master game on the Lichess database in this line, and that was your game against Kayden Troff in 2011. I wonder if you remember the game at all, but have almost no doubt that you do, as you're always pulling them out in your videos to illustrate specific ideas. Man, I am a massive fan of your speedrun series and your approach to chess in general. You are by far the best teacher on RU-vid and the coolest GM overall. I especially like how casually you demystify master level chess by freely sharing your experience and methods. Anyway, take care and thanks for everything!
I think that's a good comment that playing for tricks isn't always wrong. Realistically, few of us can ever hope to become GMs, but playing for tricks is what makes chess fun.
Спасибо за обучающие видео. Смотрю с первой части. Хотя мой англ не слишком хорош, но на базовом уровне понимаю что говоришь. Главное запомнить идею. За это время поднял рейтинг с 900 до 1400, и это благодаря твоим видео. Мое почтение 🤓
@@matthewrigby6089 He said: Thanks for the educational videos. I watched it from the first part. Even though my English is not very good, I understand the basics of what you're saying. The main thing is to remember the idea. I took my rating from 900 to 1400 based on your videos. My regards. We've been discussing that Danya should make a speedrun in Russian, given that it's his first language.
Danya: "i have experience in these structures [...] and Nd5 is usually not dangerous." also Danya: "First of all do not go here [... Ne7] cause then you get checkmated." lol
That's only dangerous if you don't understand that g6 famously creates two weaknesses (h6 and f6), and the point of Bg7 is precisely to cover those two weaknesses.
7:32 another great example of playing for tricks, without risking your position is the two-knights attack against the caro-kann. Eric rosen has made a nice video on it from which I borrowed this example, but it isn't just tricks. If you ask the fish, after 1 e4 c6, 2 Nc3 d5, 3 Nf3 is the second best move (+0.3 according to the fish on depth 30). If your opponent plays the second best move (3 dxe5), the best line continues with 4 Nxe4, Nf6, and now Qe2. Note that Qe2: a) seems somewhat inconspicuous, as it is just a way to defend the knight b) doesn't ruin your position: it is the top engine move c) can give you free wins with Nd6# if the opponent plays Nd7, a common and natural move in other lines of the caro-kann. So tricks don't get much better: high probability of getting into the position, 0 risk, potential mate as a reward.
that is THE magic I'm here trying to learn to, how "one can find such moves and beat a 1800 like he doesnt know how to play chess". Yet to catch the idea. Other big GMs do the trick as well, but this GM hooks you by leaving the hope you can get it.
Two key challenges to common wisdom for me: giving up an outpost on my half of the board isn’t always a net negative, and playing a “trick” that’s still a solid enough move if it doesn’t work is okay to try sometimes. 🙏🤔
@@otterhead10 true but i think its against a much lower rated player. which isnt as informational in terms of the opening, when the opponent just blunders
whoaaaa! Love the sicilian!! Eee it was so cool to see you play this variation. What a classic. And the trap you set was brilliant. That's why you're the best. Day 40 of saying so, you're the legend Danya. So much love for your content and what you give to the community. Thank you thank you thank you.
Эври морнинг захожу посмотреть новый ролик, я стал наркоманом Народицкого. Даниэль, спасибо за уроки! Снимай чаще: я обещаю, число подписчиков рано или поздно подскочит! Помни про маятники Зеланда :)
the speedrun at a lower rating: look at that juiiicy weak square! sure he can trade the knight but we just replace it with a bishop the speedrun now: outposts are useless, he's positionally lost instructions unclear, send halp
Hey Danya, can you instruct Dutch Defense? I've used it a few times pushing to 1100 and it worked without much preparation. I'm hoping to learn more about that oening from you. Thankyou
Hey, mate. In that case, black can take the bishop with the g pawn, if the queen takes the pawn, Bg6 defends everything and black is three pieces up. The dark square bishop can come to g7 and the king is chilling out behind a stronghold. Cheers from Colombia!
Seems like all grand masters have some type of superior memory and are born savants, how in the hell can someone like me beat a gm without that same type of consciousness
Seems like the distinction between trap and tactic is not very clear. Maybe I misunderstood, but the ‘trap’ in the game if he’d first moved e4 was down to calculation?, vs moving Re8. Both cases are discovered/double attack. What’s “trap”-like about moving e4 first?
@RG001100 The move e4 was not a trap, it's a straightforward move. The move Re8 'sets up' a trap in the sense if the opponent blunders, we win a piece. Danya calls it a trap cause with perfect play from opponent he doesn't win the piece but he played Re8 anyways because it didn't harm his position.
@@aayushhegde6738 it was the best move according to the engine. i don't think it was a trap, a trap assumes your opponent overlooks something and loses material or advantage, but Re8 was just plain out the best move.
The question isn't whether you're ruining your position, but if you're giving away the chance for something better. Here you objectively weren't, but made it seem so until the analysis. It's super important to avoid allowing your students to think winning is learning. It's the same issue as with the Vienna Gambit - yeah you win a ton of games, but only in the short term because opening wins are honestly just worthless.
