Mastering the Maróczy Bind | Sicilian Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun 

This series is one of those things that makes you stand back and say "You know what - I am actually happy to be living in 2023"

Love Danya. Favourite chess person by miles. But he simultaneously makes me feel smarter and more stupid. When he says “I know a lot of you are tempted by…….” Yup. Every damn time. Keep doing what you do, D. Can’t thank you enough. It’s mad that this is freely available.

Wow, very helpful long-range plan. Run the a-pawn, which explains why it's ...Rfc8 and not ...Rac8. And maybe ...Bf6 gets an exclamation point! It defends the e7 pawn, it gives air to the king, and it controls the a1 square, creating the possibility of running the a-pawn up the board. I love clean and direct long-term plans like that, because often I'm confused in the middlegame (there being so many moves).

Great content as always. Thanks for all the teaching.

finally a maroczy game , I have been waiting for so long , thank you danya you are the GOAT

been playing the accelerated because of the speedrun and I was very excited with how many of Danya's ideas I found in this game. It feels like I'm absorbing the Danya-isms and I will eventually be able to predict every word of the speedrun videos as I watch

Every time I watch one of your vids, I feel like I've just gotten hooked up with free coaching. Thanks for all you do man!

Danya, I play the hyper-accelerated dragon and have always had bad positions against the Maroczy bind. I followed your plan and got a winning advantage against a higher rater player (and ended up drawing in time pressure). Thanks for the instructional videos!

This is a gem. Thanks Senseï for always comin up with some high quality and free content.

I have been playing chess for 22 years but my understanding of chess is improving more faster than before in the last couple of months because of Danya’s speedruns. That is why he is the best Sensei ever!

🎶 Inspired by 31:31 and 31:45: (to the tune of "I'll make a man out of you" from Mulan) 🎶 Let's get down to business And play rook C2 Did they send me bishops When I asked for pawns? It's the saddest board I've ever seen But I bet before we're through That I'll make a GM OUT OF YOUUUUUUUU! Tranquil as the opening But we've found a pin Once you claim the center You are sure to win! You miss tactics and are hanging pawns And you haven't got a clue. But I'll make a GM OUT OF YOUUUUUUUU! Pawns are storming towards us And we're down a knight But watch my every video And you might survive. [men] WE LEARN CHESS We must be swift as the jumping horseys [men] WE LEARN CHESS With all the force of a bishop sac [men] WE LEARN CHESS With all the strength of kingside pawn storm Mysterious as the dark squares on THE BOAAAAAARD! 🎶

Incredible how you call out his moves “ he’s probably going to go ____” that’s super dope

BTW thanks for adding not auto generated captions

Hey just wondering if there is any update on the opening lab series. Much gratitude for all of your lessons and other videos.

Love this content!!!! Thanks you so much for all of these free resources!

wow Danya is going to be so happy getting another open sicilian can’t wait to watch this one

I'm so happy when I see the new Danya's upload! What a delight this speedrun is!

Definitely need to see some more Maroczy binds 👍

Love these videos

The accelerated dragon defense speed run with Danya has been amazing! There is an old video with GM Yasser Serawan on this defense for anyone looking for additional info, and he kind of reminds me of the Bob Ross of chess. Its very chill.

Amazing overview of the Accelerated Dragon and Maroczy bind

Great class

Great video, Thank you!

This series is so so good. I subbed to your twitch the other day. This is 10/10 content, thank you for making this available online, you're a beast Danya.

I'd like to see you play with the Maróczy bind if you have the chance! I always love your insight on openings!

Always the best✨

I never watch twitch so I couldn't understand how I had seen this before, but I caught your stream for the first time some days ago lol and this was the game played on stream. I was about to chalk it up to Deja vu.

33:19 ahahah sometimes I talk like this with myself while playing blitz. Looks like it is an universal language 😁

Started playing the accelerated dragon because of the speedrun and got smashed by this maroczy bind today lol, looking forward to this lesson

Thank you, Daniel!

I got a NEED for SPEED run

daniel !!! you are the best thank you you teach me a lot

Let's go! Danya uploads

Thank you Sensei!

Man i just love the Speedrun videos soo much. For me you could just do another Speedrun right after. Maybe with diffrent opening suggestions tho. Pla keep it up

At 4:26, I think White gives Black what he wants by playing O-O?! (too early for this move, IMO) followed by Be3. White can be happy with his position if he gets Be3 in, making room for the queen to move to d2 when the Black bishop is fianchettoed. So defer O-O and play Be3 instead; then after Black plays ...Bg7 play Qd2. Now if Black plays Ng4, White can play Bxg4, trading the less useful bishop for the knight, or simply move the bishop under attack, e.g. Bf4. The point is, there is no reason to rush O-O - it can be played after more important matters have been dealt with.

The fun thing about this setup is that even after c4 you can still transition into a lot of systems. ...e5 for the Kalashnikov for instance! It could be very nice against the Maroczy. It has a lot of the same ideas as this sideline, with the idea to still go Nf6 and Bg7 anyway.

Piece of Art.

My coach taught me that opposite coloured bishop positions shouldn't be thought of as "drawn" but rather as positions with counterplay. That is, material is not as relevant, either because of an attack when there are heavy pieces on the board, or because of a fortress in their absence

Thanks sensei

your one of the best teacher thankyou master..more Sicilian maroczy bind line for black..

thanks

Just a little sidenote on move order:if you play d6 first before Nxd4 there is a nasty Ng4 if white plays Be3.If he avoids the trap with f3 or Be2 then you can still transpose the line with Nxd4 and Bg7.

33:19 This line will come in handy one day

i love that he knows what intrinsically means

double bind supported by pawn block of space on board with flanking options

42:16 DISCOMBOBULATE

Hey, you've played against this guy a few times! A consistently good player on the rise, if I remember correctly.

Really impressive game by the opponent

I play the accelerated dragon but never know what to do against the maroczy bind. I end up pushing some pawns to the sixth rank followed by resigning. Nice to learn some plans to play with.

“If he plays A we’re going to do B” *plays A* *Danya doesn’t play B* Every.single.time.

Just hit 1700 rapid but only about half of the ideas Danya is mentioning would come to my head in a game 😂

can you please play a sveshnikov sicilian, i would love to know how you play it and any cool side lines you know

I love you Daniel

The E7 and F7 pawns chilling next to each other the entire game: 🤘😎😎✌️

I’ve been watching chess on RU-vid for 15 years, and we’ve finally peaked.

GM proposing a line that hangs the queen, amazing

There's a lot of ideas There are a lot of ideas

Danya , will there be a endgame bishop video? I hope so , I can play opposite color bishop endgames easily but I was wondering about same color bishop endgames, I am currently reading a book "Supremacy of the bishop pair" so it would help me out a LOT

The a8 rook never moved an inch and was still active for the majority of the game. Beautiful game

By the way Danya, awesome game against Carlsen... one wrong move by him and the game would have shifted in your favour but fair play

I've recently started playing Sicilian Defense but its so hard to get a different variations than the Old Sicilian Defense variation. Its always what happened in my games, but I've studied the opening a lot and played it pretty much always every time I get the chance to get better at it. I'm only 1100 rated player, playing chess for fun while also challenging myself to reach 1500 someday. Always appreciate a Sicilian Defense videos, always helpful to me.

Be2 is a mistake according to šarič from his course and he recommends going f3 first like in caruana - carlsen game from 2014

Can black play pawn to e5 in some of those positions?

Caro Kann Fantasy Variation is actually called the Maroczy Variation.

good old sicillian defense

Everyone knows the Maroczy Bind was popularized by Mr. Bind.

Can you make an opening video for Catalan pls

Around 11:40 why not f5 opening a file and improving the bishop?

the funny thing is that variations will probably never get named after people anymore because its all suggested by stokfish now. only slightly dubious moves maybe will. all the old people got the glory and even if maroczy didnt develop his ideas stockfish would have taken his place

These are the type of games Maurice Ashley would like Magnus to win

Noice

Question: would you ever allow the maroczy bind in a classical tournament? (at your level)

didnt realize I wasnt subbed , sorry daniel

Danya sir can you please clarify why the grunfeld not the kings indian

>Danya Naroblitzky >Actually plays Rapid in speedrun I think Narapidsky works better

I see it, I click it

48:10 is the bishop trapped here after Kg7?

Delay the accelerated dragon, got it

Daniel, I have come to hate your videos, which shape metas in Blitz.

i bet out of thousands people who clicked on the video, 2 people actually looked at the board in the thumbnail

Isn't this called the guegenidze system?

Eagles L and new SR. Today is a great day

Playing 10 moves theory on accident thnx to the prophets teachings

Wow just this friday I was preparing some openings and stumbled upon (almost) the same idea in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wM6cYQEqZ_E.html They play it with d6 first instead of Nxd4, but I think both moves are likely to transpose. It looks like a very interesting opening for black!

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Anyone else in love with Danya?

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Hey Daniel, loving your videos! Quick question: In many occasions you refer to your "opening bible", but I can not remember if you have ever said which book you are referring to. I am looking for an opening bible covering "all" openings a little, so I would be very happy if you shared either the name of your book or any alternatives. Thanks for the great content, have a wonderful day! :)

Hate this line

Hey Danya how do I get in touch with you for lessons?I live about 3 hrs away and I am not a rich person, I have heard that your lessons are thousands of dollars,I hope this isn't so, also if it is,I hope you can offer assistance to someone closer to me, for a cheaper price

I think that the best games are the ones you loose. You are undoubtedly a excellent teacher and player but if you are going for instructional, i think that you should only show games that you loose at high level and explain why.

Hikaru is better than you at chess period

Danya, do you have a discord? I would love to join but I haven't saw the invite link at all yet.

Noice