Whenever I see such strong players crumble, I tend to think "but against me they don't blunder this badly". I don't intuitively give enough credit to the fact that 1) it's only due to the amount of pressure on them that they blunder, that 2) they sometimes still blunder against me without me punishing it and 3) that they don't have an opportunity to blunder when I do it first and give them an easy win.
4) mentality wise, our GM sensei wont give up and when losing and can still find ways to “improve the position, to gain better chances”. Regardless if they’re small trap, tactical moves, increasing complexity or being able to develop proper fortress, or knowing end game theories to force draws. I’m still not yet at that level to see things too far ahead to know what i want as an outcome. At the end of the day all i can do is be patient and wait for mistakes that can build up slowly over time
@@khaluu2000 what i tried improving on is finding different ideas in exchange caro kann positions which i got my entire life It's just improving on how far you can calculate Here's a tip: if you're in a middle game and don't know what the fuck to do because me as an example when i get into complicated open positions i find no plans and the moves make no sense So i just pick a move and calculate around it This drill will help you envision and find your next ideas when you get similar positions.
Although I'm 1600,when I'm paired with a higher rated opponent say 1800-2000 I put a lot of pressure on them and they just try to play on the clock and lose control immediately One important thing play good moves consistently and you will eventually get the best chances
@@bloodcake1337 An amateur is somebody who does a thing for fun, as a hobby, as opposed to a professional, who does it for a living. Despite being 2100, he is still an amateur player, albeit a very strong one, of course.
@@xMartyZz realistically most GMs aren't even professional. only top GMs are professional. Even Danya, he is a pro chess teacher, commentator and streamer. but would he make enough to live purely as a competitor? maybe not.
Honestly Danny is the best chess content maker can explain how to play chess .. I really enjoy watching him playing coz I’m really learning .. bless you Naroditsky
Thanks, Daniel You lost me at 13:16, I couldn't stop laughing when I heard "fianchetto the king", that is a whole new level of chess. Next thing is going to be building a battery with the king and a pawn... Nice! Keep it up, mate. Cheers!
Danya you fukin legend. I absolutely love each and every your video, either from speedrun or anything else. You and Hess are deep in my heart as #1 commentator duo
Honestly, I love this content so much! I really hope the ad revenue is compensating you for your time. Getting a free resource like this is just incredible!
The presence of computers to crunch these lines and openings has in my honest opinion taken away some of the charme and elusive nature of some of these more "exotic" (meaning not as often played) openings.
@@yzfool6639 Ah I didn't know that, thanks for info. I actually lost a bit of respect for him for doing that, imagine going through the candidates and winning and then finding out you don't actually get to challenge the world champion, it kind of cheapens it a bit if you win, like you still didn't beat the best player. But I can kind of understand why he did it now, especially as he has played Nepo before for the title.
@@joefawcett7166 It's not for most players. The game is off theory in the first few moves unless your a extremely good player which most people aren't. There are billions of possibilities after the first moves so one could argue memorization only makes the opening and middlegame (for top players). Also Carlsen didn't avoid playing because of being bored of memorization LMAO.
It has done the opposite at the highest level. Carlsen explicitly stated that his intention is always to get the game off theory asap. Hence why a few years ago he was playing weak openings like the Dutch. Players have known for decades what openings are objectively bad. Engines really only stagnate the game when everyone is playing the same few openings. Like right now there's probably 3 or 4 openings on each side of the board that the top players have dozens of lines played out to a draw in prep. In time the top players will start moving away from things like the Catalan and there will be another surge of creativity.
Hey Danya. I've watched your videos for some time and as someone who plays the Benko and considers myself decent I wanted to comment on the line you played. After 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2, you say that the correct move is not d6, but rather c3 to damage the pawn structure. While this is a common motif in other structure such as the QG Vienna, in this particular case c3 is a bad move for black to play. In the course that I have on the Benko/Vienna for black against D4, the recommended move is 4. e6 against Nd2. I'm sure you would know much better why this is the case, but the Lichess browser SF 14 NNUE gives a sizable advantage to white after both c3 and d6 (0.8 and 0.7) on depth 35+ compared to e6 which it gives a more modest 0.3 to white. Thanks again for all the free instructive content and the thorough analysis after games. You've helped me go from about 1000 to 1900 online rapid in less than a year.
Interesting stuff, I haven’t looked at the Benoni before now, it’s a cool opening. But could you clarify what you mean by c3 in that position after Nd2? Blacks pawns are on b5 and c5 and cannot get to c3. Thanks.
Ive noticed Daniel really likes openings with an early knight to d2. He’s used that idea against the French, the caro kann, and now the benko gambit. You could say it’s the knightroditsky style.
Daniel is my favourite UA-cam chess streamer. I'm addicted to his channel. I learn so much and really enjoy him sharing his thoughts on the moves as he plays.
Every time after watching your videos, I play my better games. Your teaching style is fantastic, and I’m hanging on your every word. I think I will soon buy your Naroditsky Method course during my vacation. Unless there’s a newer course I should look into? If so, someone please let me know 🙏
Just a suggestion, if you have a good game going and the opponent blunders it could be interesting to ignore it. Id really love to see positions like this played out!
Hi danya, I love to watch your videos.i have a request- can you please make some videos fighting with magnus bot age 12,13,14 etc.(we are not expecting you to beat that bot because original magnus also sometimes loose) hoping for your reply.
Once, when I won some regional championship I was playing the benko gambit as black, I executed the Ng4 Ne5 idea and he could have forked my Ba6 and my Ng4 and he didn't see that. If he had seen it, maybe I wouldn't have gotten 1st place and perhaps he would get it instead
10:25 "Something I said earlier, probably a couple of, maybe 200/300 points ago, which is that the games of course become a lot more technical and it becomes a lot harder to explain certain things in 2 or 3 sentences."
Just listen to what he says. While it may seem technical, being a lot of talk about strategy and tactics, you will learn a ton. You may not feel that NOW, but as time goes on and you get more and more information and practice your game, these pieces will come together. That's why chess is so incredibly abstract.
@@ignis6144 no? Meat riding is not being first to try and comment on Danyas youtube? “Someone FINALLY” beat me” Well, have fun not meat riding when you try to be first next time. Hopefully Danya can also try to teach you mating patterns like you wjat, hopefully that is not meat riding either.
Danya played a super rare sideline, while 1700's hope their prep will save us but they only understand a half of what they play, ultimately they'll blunder against stronger opponents
Yes, and the classic continuation Rook D3. Although, I prefer this maneuver on turn #4. A bit of an accelerated pace of play. Just my style as a 150 Elo
Whenever I see such strong players crumble, I tend to think "but against me they don't blunder this badly". I don't intuitively give enough credit to the fact that 1) it's only due to the amount of pressure on them that they blunder, that 2) they sometimes still blunder against me without me punishing it and 3) that they don't have an opportunity to blunder when I do it first and give them an easy win.
4) mentality wise, our GM sensei wont give up and when losing and can still find ways to “improve the position, to gain better chances”.
Regardless if they’re small trap, tactical moves, increasing complexity or being able to develop proper fortress, or knowing end game theories to force draws. I’m still not yet at that level to see things too far ahead to know what i want as an outcome. At the end of the day all i can do is be patient and wait for mistakes that can build up slowly over time
@@khaluu2000 what i tried improving on is finding different ideas in exchange caro kann positions which i got my entire life
It's just improving on how far you can calculate
Here's a tip: if you're in a middle game and don't know what the fuck to do because me as an example when i get into complicated open positions i find no plans and the moves make no sense
So i just pick a move and calculate around it
This drill will help you envision and find your next ideas when you get similar positions.
Succinctly put, and well reasoned. Also, I think you're right. What you say is true of any player that has a significantly higher ELO than us.
Although I'm 1600,when I'm paired with a higher rated opponent say 1800-2000 I put a lot of pressure on them and they just try to play on the clock and lose control immediately
One important thing play good moves consistently and you will eventually get the best chances
I am 1200 and beat a 1600 but lost to a 900, sometimes we have amazing games and sometimes bad, but i think we can all agree that danya is so handsome
"We don't need to conquer everest on every move." Danya also super GM in analogies
don't forget to reinvent the wheel
I’m so blessed to have this man “personally”teach me chess. Thanks to Daniel’s parents for obviously being so amazing in raising such a great man
The meat riding is crazy
@@ignis6144 you scratch my back I scratch yours ;)
We are who we are.
Is this a bot comment
@@ignis6144 what does riding meat mean? I like to eat meat? But not too much, because of I don’t want high cholesterol!
It is an absolute privilege to have this level of quality instruction available for free on UA-cam. Thank you, Danya, as always!
We dont need to conquer Everest on every move, genius
but we must distribute the covid vaccine
Funny how grandmasters rip apart 2100+ so easily...The gap between amateurs and pros is really immense
2100 is not amateur lmaoo
@@bloodcake1337 An amateur is somebody who does a thing for fun, as a hobby, as opposed to a professional, who does it for a living. Despite being 2100, he is still an amateur player, albeit a very strong one, of course.
@@xMartyZz realistically most GMs aren't even professional. only top GMs are professional. Even Danya, he is a pro chess teacher, commentator and streamer. but would he make enough to live purely as a competitor? maybe not.
Well 2100 chess com elo is not the same that 2100 Fide elo. Danya himself is like 3000 chess com elo and that is almot 1000 elo points difference
2100 online elo in my case is around 1800 OTB so yes its not high
"I'm gonna play an old Soviet line" Oh boy I just love it
Its amazing that GMs not only know the lines, but also perceive how common or rare the moves are.
Honestly Danny is the best chess content maker can explain how to play chess .. I really enjoy watching him playing coz I’m really learning .. bless you Naroditsky
We all know who first played the Benko gambit right? Mr Gambit
Sounds like something Ben Finegold would say
And his friend, Grandmaster Attack
Incorrect. It was named after the town in which it was first played, in the town of Gambita, Colombia, during the Colombia Chess Open of 1876.
This Gambit guy must have been really good. He's got tens of openings named after him!
Shhh.....no talking.
Thanks, Daniel
You lost me at 13:16, I couldn't stop laughing when I heard "fianchetto the king", that is a whole new level of chess. Next thing is going to be building a battery with the king and a pawn... Nice!
Keep it up, mate. Cheers!
Your the man Dan! Love how these are always posted late night too!
positional engineering genius times
Danya you fukin legend.
I absolutely love each and every your video, either from speedrun or anything else.
You and Hess are deep in my heart as #1 commentator duo
Love it as always-cheers Danya
I live for these. Please never stop making them ♥️
Honestly, I love this content so much! I really hope the ad revenue is compensating you for your time. Getting a free resource like this is just incredible!
13:17 "fianchetto the king"
The presence of computers to crunch these lines and openings has in my honest opinion taken away some of the charme and elusive nature of some of these more "exotic" (meaning not as often played) openings.
It's why Fischer started to hate Chess, it became a lot more about memorization than creative play
@@joefawcett7166 Its why Carlsen decided not to defend his title as well.
@@yzfool6639 Ah I didn't know that, thanks for info. I actually lost a bit of respect for him for doing that, imagine going through the candidates and winning and then finding out you don't actually get to challenge the world champion, it kind of cheapens it a bit if you win, like you still didn't beat the best player. But I can kind of understand why he did it now, especially as he has played Nepo before for the title.
@@joefawcett7166 It's not for most players. The game is off theory in the first few moves unless your a extremely good player which most people aren't. There are billions of possibilities after the first moves so one could argue memorization only makes the opening and middlegame (for top players).
Also Carlsen didn't avoid playing because of being bored of memorization LMAO.
It has done the opposite at the highest level. Carlsen explicitly stated that his intention is always to get the game off theory asap. Hence why a few years ago he was playing weak openings like the Dutch. Players have known for decades what openings are objectively bad.
Engines really only stagnate the game when everyone is playing the same few openings. Like right now there's probably 3 or 4 openings on each side of the board that the top players have dozens of lines played out to a draw in prep. In time the top players will start moving away from things like the Catalan and there will be another surge of creativity.
Amazing stuff! Thank you.
Priceless content as usual. My play quality goes up 200 points whenever I watch a little Danya.
Hey Danya. I've watched your videos for some time and as someone who plays the Benko and considers myself decent I wanted to comment on the line you played. After 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2, you say that the correct move is not d6, but rather c3 to damage the pawn structure. While this is a common motif in other structure such as the QG Vienna, in this particular case c3 is a bad move for black to play. In the course that I have on the Benko/Vienna for black against D4, the recommended move is 4. e6 against Nd2. I'm sure you would know much better why this is the case, but the Lichess browser SF 14 NNUE gives a sizable advantage to white after both c3 and d6 (0.8 and 0.7) on depth 35+ compared to e6 which it gives a more modest 0.3 to white. Thanks again for all the free instructive content and the thorough analysis after games. You've helped me go from about 1000 to 1900 online rapid in less than a year.
Interesting stuff, I haven’t looked at the Benoni before now, it’s a cool opening. But could you clarify what you mean by c3 in that position after Nd2? Blacks pawns are on b5 and c5 and cannot get to c3. Thanks.
Again GM Danya’s explanations are so clear & insightful, even to beginner me🙏
31:10 D I S C O M B O B U L A T E
Love every video!!
Ive noticed Daniel really likes openings with an early knight to d2. He’s used that idea against the French, the caro kann, and now the benko gambit. You could say it’s the knightroditsky style.
It's just a common square to maneuver to. Just like how Nf3 is where the king's knight develops to typically.
Partying the whole night, waking up to a Naroditsky Video. Life is great.
Why did it look like that Danya was struggling to breathe at the end of the video
best chess channel on youtube.
such a good lesson
I know it’s only been out for 2 minutes, but clearly your best video yet!
That is so cool became gm at 18. I finally hit 1978 on rapid games, but I can't hold it there very long. And I've been playing for years lol
thanks
1:15 engine analysis shows e6 to be better than c3.
danya so good
Ngl you and hikaru are the only chess gms I keep up with sometimes chessbrah
Daniel is my favourite UA-cam chess streamer. I'm addicted to his channel. I learn so much and really enjoy him sharing his thoughts on the moves as he plays.
"Time trouble junkie" haha!!
Why does black not go Qa5 in the opening to pin the knight on d2?
Every time after watching your videos, I play my better games. Your teaching style is fantastic, and I’m hanging on your every word. I think I will soon buy your Naroditsky Method course during my vacation. Unless there’s a newer course I should look into? If so, someone please let me know 🙏
Against Benko play 4.Nd2 or 4.Qc2!
Perfect
e6 is the move for Benko. not g6, nor c3 in the line played in game
Can you play the London next time? It would help me a lot
very nice game x2
Wish i saw this vid before my last tournament. Lost so badly against benko gambit :(
Really want to see Danya play against the modern Benoni.
I’ve never clicked on a video so moderately fast.
Just a suggestion, if you have a good game going and the opponent blunders it could be interesting to ignore it. Id really love to see positions like this played out!
Hi danya, I love to watch your videos.i have a request- can you please make some videos fighting with magnus bot age 12,13,14 etc.(we are not expecting you to beat that bot because original magnus also sometimes loose) hoping for your reply.
Once, when I won some regional championship I was playing the benko gambit as black, I executed the Ng4 Ne5 idea and he could have forked my Ba6 and my Ng4 and he didn't see that. If he had seen it, maybe I wouldn't have gotten 1st place and perhaps he would get it instead
20:00
Opponent collapses
10:25 "Something I said earlier, probably a couple of, maybe 200/300 points ago, which is that the games of course become a lot more technical and it becomes a lot harder to explain certain things in 2 or 3 sentences."
7:40 You really are soviet lol
I wish daniel could teach me some mating patterns
Just listen to what he says. While it may seem technical, being a lot of talk about strategy and tactics, you will learn a ton. You may not feel that NOW, but as time goes on and you get more and more information and practice your game, these pieces will come together. That's why chess is so incredibly abstract.
Meat?
@@ryanbeltran5122 ride the meat!
@@TheAngelOfDeath01 read my comment again
@@ryanbeltran5122 riding
I wish danya played the benko and benoni
Black should play Nf7 instead of c4
Sup Daniel
Finally a new video..Please try to make a video everyday...your biggest fan from iraq.
quality over quantity
1.d4, comment!
I miss the Morra, sensei. Give us some 2200 mayhem
Damnit… someone finally beat me
Is this meat riding? Idk
@@ryanbeltran5122 no it’s not
@@ignis6144 no? Meat riding is not being first to try and comment on Danyas youtube? “Someone FINALLY” beat me”
Well, have fun not meat riding when you try to be first next time. Hopefully Danya can also try to teach you mating patterns like you wjat, hopefully that is not meat riding either.
@@ryanbeltran5122 oh I’d be riding meat alright
@@ignis6144 hahahahahahahahahaha! I’m glad your honest about it.
lets goooo
2100 dont know main moves of openings after 5th move. 1700’s are playing theory into the middle game against dayna.
Danya played a super rare sideline, while 1700's hope their prep will save us but they only understand a half of what they play, ultimately they'll blunder against stronger opponents
@@monstermagnet3150 those are quite a lot of bad assumptions if we’re talking about 1700 FIDE players
@@monstermagnet3150 The people who played him tough throughout the 1600-2000 range were using an engine.
Not cool dan benko is my favourite not cool at all
1nd
First
Never get checkmated.
Ahh yes! I, too, play Rook A3 🥸
Yes, and the classic continuation Rook D3.
Although, I prefer this maneuver on turn #4. A bit of an accelerated pace of play. Just my style as a 150 Elo