Totally agreed. At GM level. When still at club level (something like 1600- elo): doing 15 3-move puzzles/day will certainly improve you more than solving 3 positional 8-move puzzles/problems.
@@Scorsoo7 I can agree with that, but the video is about positional training. The concepts behind positional understanding are a lot muddier than a forced 3 move checkmate. It is still worth noting that doing lots of tactical puzzles at the intermediate level will lead to growth as a player, or at the very least make you more consistent.
@@MistaOppritunity I gotcha. Just wanted to clarify that positional puzzles are probably not very interesting/too hard for lower rated club players (under 1600 elo). They probably lack the tactical skills and should train that.
you could tell Danya really felt for the person who sent the message about his mom even though it is so hard to find the right response in those situations
Yea I almost took this out, but its so heart warming, it's like, not directly chess, but you get a taste of the community and how much he cares. Had to leave it in. -Editor.
this is some high level stuff, very interesting to see the thought process of a gm. I'll now be much more aware of positional concepts while I'm blundering away my pieces!
@@SaurabhXDD ya he has all emotions Anger, humble, humour, pride, joy, sadness, frustration, dissapointment, excitement, attitude etc And above all he is cute😅
Of the chess channels, Naroditsky seems the best for education. Another good educational channel is Powerplaychess hosted by GM Daniel King-- he's only got 79K subs. It seems like most chess channels have entertainment as the first goal, not education. But I'm sure I don't know about other good channels.
Interesting to see how the popular streamers mentioned in this thread have fared over 2+ years. Levy’s now the king of RU-vid and Danya has 10x as many subs. Rosen is also doing well and appears to have been taking recent lessons from Levy in the art of clickbait… and poor old Andras, whose content is indeed extremely high quality, is still languishing in the backwaters of RU-vid with people saying, “I can’t believe this guy doesn’t have more subs!”
I would love more positional chess lessons although this was a little high for me. It would be nice to have these puzzles but more on an intermediate level.
This is incredible content, I have never trained positional chess before and now I see it is a big weakness. Also my solidarity goes out to the viewer who spoke about their mental health struggle. It's important to remember you aren't alone and better times are ahead. Hang in there
Danya you are the main reasons I fell in love with the game. I love your mindset when attacking a challenging puzzle and the fact that you are a gm and still learning inspires me to strive for more
I really love this video and I found it very very interesting. I really hope you continue to do this kind of vid! Also, condolences to the person who lost their mum. One day when it is not so raw you will be able to look back and focus on the good times. Stay strong.
Hope we have more of these! I feel like I've learned so much for these. Would also greatly appreciate a version of this but for positional ideas at the more intermediate (1600-2000) level :))
Daniel is so humble. He keeps apologizing for using the clock as a weapon. I can understand why since historically chess hasn't been about playing down to the millisecond. However, we need to acknowledge that the times have changed and that the audience for chess has become much more interested in blitz and bullet games. Personally, I believe that Daniel's talents should be recognized by the broader chess community as being very significantly mainstream today. Thank you for the excellent videos GM Naroditsky!
That is just too beautiful how you destroy the book with the engine. Not sure I’ll ever get to this level but your work has been unbelievably helpful to my game.
Daniel, this is fantastic! The fact that I am completely off in many of these (rated around 1700 on lichess) speaks to how much I can improve my positional play. Keep em coming :)
More videos like this please, i have searched a lot on RU-vid and found tactics match analysis... BUT NEVER HAVE I SEEN a video made on this topic found a few but they are not nearly as close to quality as this one I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO you will LEARN A LOT NO MATTER YOUR RATING. keep up the good work Daniel!!!!
I love this video so much. We can see a grandmaster thinking hard and struggling to find moves among so many different ideas and there's no right move they just find easily and explain it to us. It replicates what real everyday chess games are like for us where there's a bunch of close options
Love this. I need to subscribe to his Twitch channel. I saw him playing a few a openings and explaining it in detail!! I think he played the Danish or something, tactics galore and he showed the viewers his thinking process. He's good at explaining stuff, I hope he prospers.
In the closed position I think king safety was important because white always has Qh5+ looming. Also, both potential pawn breaks are on the king side so that side will likely become open which also makes getting the king out of dodge seem like a pretty good idea.
This is exactly what I needed; I play the English and I've been super craving some positional training! Would love to see some English in the speedrun!
Big respect to you really because you say what you think is right and you don't prepare these moves before the streaming to let people think that you know everything about chess Good job
@@giuliopenza9422 ok so there are two different book written by GM Jacob, one is EXCELLING AT CHESS and other one is EXCELLING AT POSITIONAL CHESS, but i don't know which book Danya used in this video
Just woke up, and I read with my blurry eyes, Mastering Positional Cheese. Guess who made a dono? CheeseCake. My third eye has opened. I have gained the power of chess prescience.
This looks like a nightmare of a book. In a closed position where all of white's pieces are in the 3 back ranks, the author is worried about king safety but never mentions why.
The king safety is important because white has far more opportunities for viable pawn breaks. The only viable pawn break for black threatens king safety, so it is important to move the king before those pawn breaks occur. The king’s safety is essentially being measured by its ability to hide behind pawns (as well as proximity to pieces, but pieces can be more easily re-arranged for a defense than pawns). h6 and g5 are too weak to provide that cover, so walking the king to the other side of the board becomes necessary. Castling is possible, but it weakens the pawns on that side of the board so it is not preferred. They do explain this in the video somewhat, but some does need to be inferred.
In the 2nd last puzzle I think Danya missed this but I understand because he was a bit distracted but Nf8 and Qg6 f5 is not a threat since white had Bh5 which wins the queen.
I am sub'd to DANYA'S stream on twitch. He truly deserves his high rating. Some players have padded ratings. Look at how many games Danya has played. He keeps improving even more and more and after awhile, he's going to be completely unstoppable.
