This is genuinely more helpful than any other resource I've seen on the Caro Kann, especially for the advance variation. As a Caro Kann player too, holy crap, Danya is giving us gold for free
There's a few variations on caro I've been getting used to but this video seemed almost made specifically for me with a couple of key moves where I was going wrong. I never thought to check for bishop being blocked so I could put the knight on the rim
Yeah I knew the very basics but this helped me understand the plans and themes a lot better. I’m not high enough rated to be memorizing every variation but this I think will help me a lot
@@Krapvag Yeah! I'm a Caro Kann main and that was the biggest takeaway for me as well. Usually can't put the knight there without destroying my pawn structure but that F4 pawn is blocking white's dark bishop
@@MrYounis26 I really don't think the habits series by Aman quite works as an educational tool. It's an interesting approach but I feel like they need to iterate on it some more
Danya(Naro) is the ONLY chess grandmaster worth the sub in Twitch prime, and its not because he teach anything better than free members, but worth because is the only way i can thank him in a way. He does all this for free, and out there are courses with half the info and attention, that costs an absurd amount of money. If you read this. Thank you! i admire u
He does it for "free" but you realise he is creating content for his stream and youtube this way and makes tens of thousands every month? Also literally having sponsor text on the screen. I appreciate the lessons greatly, but its stupid to say that he does it for free.
@@macheteexport2749 You don't understand his point, what he means by free is not that he doesn't gain anything from this, what he means is that he could easily expect people to pay for this content but he doesn't
@@macheteexport2749he does do it for free, do you have to pay for it? i don't see anything wrong with him teaching people for free and making miney from it
I have a dream... That one day, I will type c5 in twitch chat instead of screaming at my screen on youtube. Jokes aside you're the only streamer who views has chat as students, and that's why this gold exists today. Great stuff!
I generally dont comment.But man,just the way you stop at right time to explaina and show us the positional tactic,connecting concepts to games played by GM.Just shown me some different ways to think during a game.Nothing but Thank You!
I'm 1900 on lichess, and these lessons are too good for my current level. Very instructive and well made explanations. Thank you GM Naro! New subscriber here.
Quite possibly the most well thought out and clear chess teacher on UA-cam. I have ADHD and often times it’s hard to concentrate on openings videos for long; he makes it like nothing.
I learned how to play Chess by playing the Naroditsky-Bot(Rated 2650+) on Chess over the last few months, and obviously lost every single game, but it's been a fantastic education! Thanks Mr Naroditsky, I can now put a voice to the bot lol
Some day I will learn how to use Twitch and do the sub thing. But I thoroughly enjoy your videos on UA-cam. A million thanks for your content. Very sound analysis of all positions.
Super rarely comment on any channel. But Danya , my man! I been watching a lot of your videos lately and man i have learned so much! For that, i thank you a lot. Levy and Eric are good teachers but you are an epic top tier teacher! Definitely will be my only subscription on Twitch ! Great content! Keep it up!
Just subscribed after watching. Hikaru made the suggestion in one of his streams that I should be watching your content. This was a very helpful video. Learned a lot.
Amazing content. Probably my favorite, tbh. I'm nowhere near the level of skill where I could fully appreciate the years of experience going into this video and I got more than I bargained for. Thanks Daniel.
@@tjitsekoster9379 a6 is generally a nice move to prevent any pieces on b5, also Nd7 can be helpful with defense. Sometimes you need to make sure to castle early. Don’t be scared to play b6 if b7 pawn is attacked as it helps build for c5 even more. It’s good to castle generally before going for c5 but take this as advice dependent on situation, not an absolute rule
Longer 'Rapid' time controls - 15+10 at a minimum. Not everyone can allocate big chunks of time in their schedules though. But in that case... 'Daily' games are even better.
Can someone please help me out here? Did anyone as white ever play the Patzer (2. Qh5) against GM Daniel in this master class speed run series? If so, which episode? (not that it's a good opening, I'm just curious) Thank you!
Thanks Danya! Your lessons are great and very instructive, especially for advanced chess level. You really helped me to organize my plan when I play with the black pieces! Keep making videos
I can find any opening I want to learn about on Danya's channel with a comprehensive in game analysis... truly can't begin to express how grateful I am for this content
honestly, this is the best lesson on caro kann advance or caro in general i have seen ever . it helps me so much with these mistakes i had been making in the advance variation 😁
Brilliant work with the pawn structure with the French and caro kann. Explanations like that make a brand new 1000 elo rated player understand chess better :)
ive notice how all my UA-cam lessons on chess slowly became all from Daniel. Between how good he is, how he speaks in a clean manor and talks about his process, I sometimes don't know how I haven't spent 300 bucks on this. So at least hit the like button lol
I like that he apologizes for ranting when his ranting is the exact information I've been looking for about my opening and that has been lacking in most of the chess tutorials I've watched. It's great when you get a teacher like this who doesn't just act like everything is obvious but who shows things so clearly that it becomes obvious.
28:32 ... what about this combo... rook takes on b1, Qb1. Black's Q h4. the black's kg3 leads to mate with Q back to d4. White could take the knight, but they'd have to see it.
This video was really good, I’m not sure I’m ready for this one but the idea that the knight is somewhat happy on the rim I think we be really helpful. It can be tough to know when to stray away from the “rules”.
Ive been trying to learn the caro kann through different videos and articles i can find and this was by far the most helpful and informative video I’ve found
French is faster paced because you don’t have to waste a turn playing c7-c6-c5 and you can just play c7-c5 but the tradeoff is you block your light square bishop with e6
Caro is certainly more popular I can tell you that. as far as one being “better” at lower levels the better opening will be the one you’re more comfortable with / know the best
Wow, this guy really is the best at explaining what's going in Chess, other streamers like Aman and the chess nerd try, but they mostly end up just making moves and not explaining why, especially the nerd. theres a video of 400-2300 with EVERY MOVE EXPLAINED, the first 10 minutes basically just moving pieces and not talking lol
Opponent: "Wow, he's taking a while, I think he's stumped!"
Daniel: "haHA! RED pawns are FIGHTING BLUE pawns!"
XD
Best comment
So wholesome
How to change color like blue ?
@@jadsoufan999 press shift, alt, or control while drawing arrows!
Only at 700 elo, really wanting to study the Caro-Kann as my go to black opening against e4. This is one of the best videos I've seen.
Best teacher on youtube!!!!!!
Thank you so much, only an intermediate caro player, but this is better than any other Caro Kann video on UA-cam.
The intro is way better without the please subscribe thing imo, nice content tho
x2 gg
Thank you Danya, you are a world champion teacher. I hope you don't tire of it anytime soon. Your lessons are truly the best.
Thank you!!!
As a Caro player, thank you. This is incredible.
This is genuinely more helpful than any other resource I've seen on the Caro Kann, especially for the advance variation. As a Caro Kann player too, holy crap, Danya is giving us gold for free
As someone who wants to start playing it this is like a vault full of gold and diamonds and a guard asleep
There's a few variations on caro I've been getting used to but this video seemed almost made specifically for me with a couple of key moves where I was going wrong. I never thought to check for bishop being blocked so I could put the knight on the rim
Yeah I knew the very basics but this helped me understand the plans and themes a lot better. I’m not high enough rated to be memorizing every variation but this I think will help me a lot
@@Krapvag Yeah! I'm a Caro Kann main and that was the biggest takeaway for me as well. Usually can't put the knight there without destroying my pawn structure but that F4 pawn is blocking white's dark bishop
I think I've said this before but He's the best chess teacher on UA-cam
Can't disagree with that. His videos are easy to understand and he explains the critical decisions perfectly.
By miles.
It bears repeating
Its between him aman and john barto
@@MrYounis26 I really don't think the habits series by Aman quite works as an educational tool. It's an interesting approach but I feel like they need to iterate on it some more
12:07 "Im not seeing anything you're not seeing."
Ohhhhh there's where you're wrong
The beginner sees dreams and illusions of grad checkmate, which clouds the judgement of the hanging queen.
Danya(Naro) is the ONLY chess grandmaster worth the sub in Twitch prime, and its not because he teach anything better than free members, but worth because is the only way i can thank him in a way.
He does all this for free, and out there are courses with half the info and attention, that costs an absurd amount of money.
If you read this. Thank you! i admire u
He does it for "free" but you realise he is creating content for his stream and youtube this way and makes tens of thousands every month? Also literally having sponsor text on the screen. I appreciate the lessons greatly, but its stupid to say that he does it for free.
@@macheteexport2749 You don't understand his point, what he means by free is not that he doesn't gain anything from this, what he means is that he could easily expect people to pay for this content but he doesn't
@@macheteexport2749 are you ignorant or just like to contradict blindly?
@@macheteexport2749he does do it for free, do you have to pay for it? i don't see anything wrong with him teaching people for free and making miney from it
This channel is such a gem, these videos are a treasure trove of chess knowledge
I have a dream... That one day, I will type c5 in twitch chat instead of screaming at my screen on youtube.
Jokes aside you're the only streamer who views has chat as students, and that's why this gold exists today. Great stuff!
This is gold for a Caro Kann player. Such insightful ideas. Thankyou
I’d never seen that H file checkmate pattern before, that’s so cool! Thank you for all of the incredibly valuable knowledge so far.
A GM giving lessons for free is such a humble thing
and rating wise he is also an above average gm (top 150 in the world) which is even better
I generally dont comment.But man,just the way you stop at right time to explaina and show us the positional tactic,connecting concepts to games played by GM.Just shown me some different ways to think during a game.Nothing but Thank You!
clutch timing! just got into bed with a midnight snack
Actually same
Same here lol
Are you australian ?
🦃
😘
"all pawns and no t a l k". rip
I'm 1900 on lichess, and these lessons are too good for my current level. Very instructive and well made explanations. Thank you GM Naro!
New subscriber here.
Quite possibly the most well thought out and clear chess teacher on UA-cam. I have ADHD and often times it’s hard to concentrate on openings videos for long; he makes it like nothing.
I learned how to play Chess by playing the Naroditsky-Bot(Rated 2650+) on Chess over the last few months, and obviously lost every single game, but it's been a fantastic education! Thanks Mr Naroditsky, I can now put a voice to the bot lol
Watched this clip for 5 minutes and instance subscribed. Surprised to see a GM go so much in depth of every single move.
Same
"The rook is not operating in good faith." My favourite quote so far. Thank you, Daniel!
This content is pure gold. I have no money at the moment, but when I do, I will reward you as you deserve. Thank you Danya!
very well done, have listened to allot of utubers, you are the best by far. Thank you. May Jesus bless your family, Amen
"I will circle back to that"
Jen psaki reference?
Guilty
Some day I will learn how to use Twitch and do the sub thing. But I thoroughly enjoy your videos on UA-cam. A million thanks for your content. Very sound analysis of all positions.
I see videos with the word "Masterclass" everywhere...but this one REALLY is a MASTERCLASS! Congratz, Daniel! Keep them coming! Subscribed.
Super rarely comment on any channel. But Danya , my man! I been watching a lot of your videos lately and man i have learned so much! For that, i thank you a lot. Levy and Eric are good teachers but you are an epic top tier teacher! Definitely will be my only subscription on Twitch ! Great content! Keep it up!
14:35 verry good explination danniel 💯🙋♂️ love from India
Vocab word of the day: Pyrrhic, brought to you by Danya. I love that he actually uses these words.
wtf is oh my lands
Just subscribed after watching. Hikaru made the suggestion in one of his streams that I should be watching your content. This was a very helpful video. Learned a lot.
The caro kann is basically a french opening without a french bishop..
Seriously this is a free chess class? Damn..
Does anyone know if his opponents are aware it's him? Or do they just think they are being stock fished? Lol
Amazing content. Probably my favorite, tbh. I'm nowhere near the level of skill where I could fully appreciate the years of experience going into this video and I got more than I bargained for. Thanks Daniel.
I get my ass kicked when paying Caro pretty regularly so this was a really good video to learn some of the key ideas
I have the same problem. Usually after going C5, the queen side is open to attack and I somehow never find the right way to stop that.
@@tjitsekoster9379 a6 is generally a nice move to prevent any pieces on b5, also Nd7 can be helpful with defense. Sometimes you need to make sure to castle early. Don’t be scared to play b6 if b7 pawn is attacked as it helps build for c5 even more. It’s good to castle generally before going for c5 but take this as advice dependent on situation, not an absolute rule
@@tjitsekoster9379 you're the one who should attack on the queen side and white on the king side in most caro lol
you must be playing the amir kahn
Floored at how he makes the complex so simple and easy to understand for a pawn like me. Insta subbed
Promted to horsey now?
Please tell us better time control on chessdotcom, 15+10 or 30+0(for major improvement)
Longer games are better for learning. And take the time to analyze afterwards
Longer 'Rapid' time controls - 15+10 at a minimum.
Not everyone can allocate big chunks of time in their schedules though. But in that case... 'Daily' games are even better.
Can someone please help me out here?
Did anyone as white ever play the Patzer (2. Qh5) against GM Daniel in this master class speed run series?
If so, which episode?
(not that it's a good opening, I'm just curious)
Thank you!
Not that I remember.
Looks like there’s a new Kann Academy out here
He‘s explaining really calm and slow, so that pple like me (german) with my barely english, can follow him completely fine. Thank you 🙏
Thanks Danya! Your lessons are great and very instructive, especially for advanced chess level. You really helped me to organize my plan when I play with the black pieces! Keep making videos
Awesome explanation of structures, and that Karpov loss was really nice!
I love that Daniel plays so much of the caro, been playing it since I began
I can find any opening I want to learn about on Danya's channel with a comprehensive in game analysis... truly can't begin to express how grateful I am for this content
honestly, this is the best lesson on caro kann advance or caro in general i have seen ever . it helps me so much with these mistakes i had been making in the advance variation 😁
BTW that's not speedrunning and it's "all pawns and no hope" and that's the stupidest thing ever said in a TV show.
21:00 , what if white, after playing the bishop, and black moves knight. White plays h4? Your bishop can't really run, unless trade...?
Daniel, your explanations are the best. Thank you for sharing your ideas and concepts.
Brilliant work with the pawn structure with the French and caro kann. Explanations like that make a brand new 1000 elo rated player understand chess better :)
the game.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bxf5 Nxf5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c3 Qb6 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ncxd4 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. g4 Ne7
15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 d4 17. Bb2 Qc6+ 18. Rf3 Nd5 19. Kg1 O-O 20. Qd3 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Qc1+ 22. Kg2 Qxb2+ *
ive notice how all my UA-cam lessons on chess slowly became all from Daniel. Between how good he is, how he speaks in a clean manor and talks about his process, I sometimes don't know how I haven't spent 300 bucks on this. So at least hit the like button lol
I like that he apologizes for ranting when his ranting is the exact information I've been looking for about my opening and that has been lacking in most of the chess tutorials I've watched. It's great when you get a teacher like this who doesn't just act like everything is obvious but who shows things so clearly that it becomes obvious.
5:25 . Why not Nfd4 but Ncd4?
Yesss! I've been waiting for a c-k lesson from sensei Danya for so long! Much appreciated!
Yaaay i finally found Danya at 1000
Amazing lesson as always. Amazing tactics from Taimanov.
I’ve seen some FMs explanations, but with such GM as you are - huge difference
28:32 ... what about this combo... rook takes on b1, Qb1. Black's Q h4. the black's kg3 leads to mate with Q back to d4. White could take the knight, but they'd have to see it.
The compliments on this were well deserved. But, I also reckon you’ve improved at instructing since this.
Can you play a couple games with the Leningrad Dutch?
Danya, don't ever apologize for ranting. I could listen to you rant for hours.
You are in luck bec he has hours of youtube content to fill your ears.
This video was really good, I’m not sure I’m ready for this one but the idea that the knight is somewhat happy on the rim I think we be really helpful. It can be tough to know when to stray away from the “rules”.
The Russian school of chess!
Hey Danya! I love the Italian game and would love to see you, as white play some spicy Evans Gambit or Fried Liver at some point in this speedrun
"why don't we need to castle"
"Look at the position with your own eyes"
😂😂😂
Pls do more Scotch!!!! I love that opening. And I loved when u explained it to moist. Pls do a masterclass on it. Greetings from Berlin
Sometimes I wish I was every Russian schoolboy, I'd already have seen all this stuff.
Ive been trying to learn the caro kann through different videos and articles i can find and this was by far the most helpful and informative video I’ve found
Been stuck at 1050 for a while. I think I can take my elo up 100 points or so with the ideas from this lesson.
So… what you’re saying is chess is easy… Im going to remember all this and be a GM!!!
It's so weird how I know the answer to every question, and see all the moves, but when I'm on my own everything goes to shit in 4 moves.
Please do go c5 (by move 3) in the Caro some time as well. Would love to see your thoughts about those lines
1.Daniel
2.Levy
3.Eric
4.Igor
Best teachers.
How is it checkmate with the rook if he can block with his knight...you need to add that queen needs to enter for checkmate
I love how Daniel assumes we see the same thing. Daniel….I don’t see anything😂😂
Your videos are helping me a lot. Thank you so much for all of the effort you put in to them.
The last half of the video was exceptional. Thank you :)
I love this guys content - As someone who is learning chess i find your teachings excellent - thank you and keep up the great stuff
That’s awesome I had very close of same position in my last game as black
these are making the caro kann way less scary to play as i try to learn openings other than the italian.
Advanced Caro masterclass. So helpful. Thank you Danya!
29:00 Incredible! Great lesson today Daniel. Thanks.
this is amazing Daniel, subbed and thank you!
Phenomenal explanation and post game analisys...thanks
I love your teaching style danya!
@danielnaroditskygm At the 4:46 mark why were you hoping white takes on c5? Anybody know what he was planning to do?
This wasn’t explained after the video or during
26:42 what about ng5-nh3 for white to stop the checkmate
The best video so far in this already amazing series!
Lol id be gutted you trashing me at 1050 😝
Can you tell which is better french or caro kann
French is faster paced because you don’t have to waste a turn playing
c7-c6-c5 and you can just play c7-c5 but the tradeoff is you block your light square bishop with e6
Caro is certainly more popular I can tell you that. as far as one being “better” at lower levels the better opening will be the one you’re more comfortable with / know the best
Neither is really better. Similarly positional openings, so 1.e4 e5 is better for beginners to learn tactical play.
1. e4 e5 2.ke2 ke7 only good opening
What a great intro into Caro-Kann ideas, thank you!
20:36 - what is that Frankfurt Airport analogy?
You're not only a GM, but a GM level teacher. A great video, thank you so much!!!
Amen on this 👍
You earned a subscriber with the circleback line hehehehehehe
Is Advanced Caro similar ideas-wise to Advanced Scandi?
Advanced scandi is bad for white I think
can't find that game vs Zuniga ( help pls
Wow, this guy really is the best at explaining what's going in Chess, other streamers like Aman and the chess nerd try, but they mostly end up just making moves and not explaining why, especially the nerd. theres a video of 400-2300 with EVERY MOVE EXPLAINED, the first 10 minutes basically just moving pieces and not talking lol