15:20 Analysis - Follow Daniel on Twitter at / gmnaroditsky - Daniel streams regularly on Twitch at / gmnaroditsky - Daniels Discord / discord #speedrun #grandmaster #naroditsky
Danya genuinely cementing himself among the greatest chess educators of all time. This series is everything an intermediate player like myself could ask for, and it's free... Once this masterclass is done one content idea could be to go over some particularly instructive games of the past and then play those positions out with subs of various levels (not in that order) in the style of "The amateurs mind" by other potential holder of that goat educator title IM Silman. Seeing the pitfalls of how each level thinks about subtle positions and contrasting that with how they are played at the highest level is an incredible method of instruction imo.
I wonder what the average rating of Danya's viewers is. Some of the suggested moves from chat are very strong! Anyone remember when GothamChess did a survey of his YT viewers' rating? I think it was averaging 800-1200 or so. I bet Danya's viewers are averaging higher :) Then again, Danya's content feels much more mature, so it wouldn't surprise me.
@@rajathjain6672 If you're not in time trouble, you can look for a more aesthetically pleasing mate in one. It won't help you in this particular game, but the exercise sharpens you tactics for future games.
5:26 “No, we don’t en passant” Daniel, I love your videos, but you can’t just start spreading misinformation like this. En passant is always the strongest move
24:30 I agree with the message. Yours are the only educational chess videos that when I finish watching I feel like I understood literally everything what happened and what was said, every how and why. And then I can apply what I learned in my own games. Keep the good work please.
I just played a guy and I asked him if he watches you and he said "nah hes boring". So of course i had to teach him a lesson for disrespecting the prophet himself. I beat him and finally got to my highest rating of 1500 :) Couldnt have done it without ya Danya.
I think there was one at the lower levels if I’m not just making that up or maybe it’s from a past speedrun. I think he probably doesn’t want to encourage it to
I've been reading "Mayhem in the Morra" by Marc Esserman. You are mentioned in the first chapter, Daniel. (It threw me off seeing "IM" Daniel Naroditsky) You uttered something along the lines of "Did you pretend you were thinking to trick me?" When he played e5 in the Siberian trap. But thats all that is mentioned. Do you remember that game? Is there much value in a recap of that game? I have been enjoying the Smith-Morra and we dont get to see too much of it these days.
When people ask what sets gm’s apart from strong intermediate players show them this. That opponent played extremely well and Daniel crushed him. Playing good moves and not making mistakes will get you this far but to go beyond that you need to look past the move you want to do for something better and more forcing. Great to watch
Yes! I wanted to learn this opening and you're my favorite chess channel for learning openings because you go so into depth and allow us to learn and guess moves as we watch!
day 31 of saying you're the best danya, thank you for the wickedly sweet content. You're one of the greatest chess instructors of all time. You may as well have an M.D. in chess. If you ever visit hawaii let me know so I can buy you some poke lol
I find it amazing watching these games and how so often Daniel will seemingly always have his pieces on the perfect squares. It might not be for another 10 moves when that piece becomes active but it's always there and ready. Piece activity and proper placement is something I've noticed he really smashes into our heads and he does a great job explaining it. But the effective way he pulls it off is impressive.
My God what an elegant vocabulary you have Mr Naroditsky! "Reactionary"," burn bridges", "circumspect",etc, etc. What one gains here besides excellent chess...
I cannot thank you enough for these videos. As someone that has been playing chess for about a year now, they have been instrumental not only in immediate improvement, but also bettering my understanding of moves. All the
I found all the move because i play the viena myself. I used to improve with computer but also analysing many of my mistakes. I enjoyed every explanation also, you give every move a meaning. Thanks for the content
I'm late commenting and I wanted to before when you showed some positions that grandmasters got wrong. I've seen almost half your videos and think this is one of your best ones. I too laughed when the Vienna was so effective, and especially how the last moves played themselves after finding the pawn push with pin which was my first and only consideration. Instinct told me it was exceedingly good even before you suggested the knight could be taken. Then you mentioned how playing specific moves because you know it's good one opening could be a problem. You mentioned the London. I understand why. I think the new people that got hooked good during the boom will ultimately become mainly London players. Believing that, a casual player learning chess might want to study London crusher openings as black.
This is the first time that I've listened to how Danya analyzes a game and I'm mindblown. I mean, I like Hikaru and Magnus but in teaching chess, Danya would be one of the GMs that I know that can easily discuss a position in an easy-to-understand manner. Kudos and continue doing this, Danya. I'm currently looking for videos on RU-vid that can help me improve in chess and I think, I found someone to follow here on RU-vid. Free content but can match some paid ones.
The position at 23:48 - I was going to turn into a flashcard since I thought it was such a cool uncommon plan, but it turns out the d5 e6 plan while looking good is not the best one. FEN: rn1q1rk1/1pp2ppn/1p1pb2p/4P3/2BP1B2/5N2/PPP3PP/R2Q1R1K w Qq - 1 2
So if after Bxc3, dxc3, Nxe5 (in the example scenario after white castles on move 6). then I was thinking Qd5 right away. Black has to play Nd6 to cover the checkmate and not lose his knight immediately. But Bxf4 and black crumbles. Daniel's Re1 is also very good and simpler, which is usually what I need. People crumble when you pressure them for sure.
Daniel I love you man, thanks for making this series and for the content in general, keep it up. Please take a look at the tapping sound on the videos, it's hammering my concentration away and it gets awfully distracting. Once again, thank you for such an engaging and clear structure of teaching us.
the sequence from 12:03 to checkmate is one of the most instructive chess lessons available for all - i can only recommend everyone spend a few extra minutes to watch a second time. Big thanks to Daniel for creating the content ✌️✌️
