Hey folks, Thank you so much for all of the kind words, donations, and words of support. I appreciate your patience, and wanted to make sure that I didn't put out any content, speedrun or otherwise, until I felt truly ready. I hope all of you know that not a day goes by where I don't remind myself how much of a privilege it is to have the best community of fans and supporters that I do; this has made the insanity of the past month a lot easier to withstand and move on from. Chess is my calling, and I hope to once again fire on all cylinders from here on out. Thanks again
Revelation 19 KJV 👑 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him _was_ called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes _were_ as a flame of fire, and on his head _were_ many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he _was_ clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies _which were_ in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on _his_ vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1-4
Very happy you are back! Its hard to describe how wonderful your videos are, whether its speedruns or other educational videos. You are one of the pillars in chess and hope you keep active ^_^ Keep being a great roll model for young and old alike.
I rarely comment on anything, but your poise in the face of that clown's ignominious and protracted self-destruction into McCarthyism is a sterling example of your incorruptible character. It's a shame that you ever had to face these kinds of allegations, but hopefully the world will see VK for who he is after this.
@@OGMasterPiece if you have not watched all the videos you cannot form your own opinion...so if you just voice the opinions of others as if it's your own, then what does that make you? so no, I'm not sarcastic...I watched it all and as a former huge fan of Danya, I believe he has a serious case to answer. His saving grace atm is people are not willing to believe that he is capable of cheating so they refuse to look. Are you one of those?
@@flamerider1046 I have not read every book on the planet, so I suppose I can have no opinions. For what it's worth, have you watched all of Danya's videos? I didn't think so. He's addressed all the absurd allegations very thoroughly.
Daniel, I know I speak for many us when I say that your chess instruction, insight, and commentary has been uniquely invaluable these past few years. I can proudly say that I have been well trained in the Daniel Naroditsky school of chess. This donation amount is paltry compared to the value you have provided during your time on youtube. If I had a glass of champagne handy, I'd toast to your success, and I look ahead fondly to your chess career ahead. As a selfish content consumer, I hope for many more speedruns, interviews, commentaries, etc., but if you ever choose to deviate from content creation, I wish you all the best no matter which direction you choose to go. Hope I can one day catch you at one event or another so I can thank you in person!
You have carried yourself with dignity throughout this entire ordeal and no amount of slander or disingenuous remarks can tarnish what you have worked hard to build; a world class chess career, one of the greatest chess education resources in the world, and most important of all, your character. You are a good person and you have nothing to prove to anyone. Keep it up 💪🏻
Love your stuff man. Sorry you've had to deal with all this nonsense and looking forward to the new speed run. From the bottom of my heart, really enjoy your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them.
@@jasonfuqua4284 He got accused of cheating by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Due to Kramnik's prestige in wide parts of the chess world (particularly the russian speaking parts) Danya received a lot of undeserved hate, where any objective person would come to the conclusion that Kramnik was willfully mispresenting 'evidence' in order to make Danya look bad.
So pumped that you have came back with a new speedrun!, I went back and rewatched all of the previous ones while waiting for this one, made my day! keep up the great work
Danya you're the best chess content creator out there. A small token of appreciation for all that you've taught me. Ignore Kramnik and his miserable, pathetic clique of online trolls. They're not worth your consideration. Thank you, and delighted you're back!
"Kramnik accused Danya of cheating" puts it in a way that seems to leave open the possibility that there's a legitimate controversy here. There isn't. The 'accusation' is based on ludicrous, hair-splitting parsing of content in Danya's videos that Kramnik and his apologists have taken completely out of context (often deliberately so), in addition to utterly far-fetched assumptions presented as 'facts,' all topped off with an ample dose of malicious mean-spiritedness and paranoid delusion. So, yeah, Kramnik accused Danya of cheating, in the same way that the Salem Puritans accused people just going about their daily lives of being witches.
@@rk2oo23 that's what happened, what I said is true. What are you yapping about? I don't believe he cheated either, but I just spoke fact... Had I said "Kramnik thinks the Earth is flat", you'd be here yapping "OOOH THATH SEEMS TO LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THE EARTH IS FLAT...etc.", wouldn't you?
I know there are some other channels with more subscribers, but this is easily the best channel with respect to chess learning. I get something out of every game. Thank you, Danya.
Really the subscriber counts are less important than the community he has built up. A lot of the larger channels have pretty toxic communities, but I haven't experienced much (if any) toxicity here.
It's genuinely so warming to see all the donations and support in the comments. Not to do the classic parasocial online relationship thing but Danya really is one of the nicest, most genuine, and most generous with his content output of any content creator I've seen anywhere, let alone in chess. We're so blessed to have him. It lowkey kinda broke my heart to see what he's been going through recently, so glad he's back and in good form.
Yay! I can watch a new speedrun episode over lunch today instead of re-watching the old ones. I think one day you will go down as one of the greatest chess educators of all time. Thanks for coming back for us, Danya.
35:53 "(on attacking chess)... just keep playing games like this and eventually you'll get better at those skills" As a 1700, can confirm, I was uncomfortable with attacking chess because it wasn't concrete enough, I couldn't calculate guaranteed wins after sacrifices, etc., but after playing a number of games similar to the first here with the "English attack" setup out of many different openings, it really is the case that opponents just crumble. I don't think I would have gotten here without Danya's examples and assurances.
Danya, I am so sorry to find out what you had gone through. Unfortunately, there are too many people willing to destroy other people's lives in order to feel relevant. Thank you for your love for chess and this channel.
Was hard stuck at 600 after a few months of learning, starting watching Danya and am up 400 elo in a month. The absolute GOAT. You’re doing wonders for the game and how you’ve handled this is incredibly admirable
Couldn't agree more. I started watching Danya's speed run videos mid 2023 and I've gone from elo 500 to 1600. So instructive and informative. Best of luck for you to also reach an ever higher score
Full of joy to see the chat in rainbow colors from all the donations! Had to make my small contribution to the best Chess teacher on the internet. Don't let pointless accusations get to you, people forget you're one of the best bullet and hyperbullet players on the planet, where it's basically impossible to cheat. Much love, don't let this drag you down!
Hi Danya, Really enjoyed your commentary of the WCC. You really make watching classical games so accessible and entertaining for us all! I know 1.d4 might not be your opening move of choice, but we’d checkmate our doubts if we could get your cheddar insights on this type of game-it would be the perfect speedrun sandwich!
Thanks for all that you do to help us improve at chess Danya! I've learnt so much from you and find your speedruns really entertaining. You are humble, measured and eloquent... a true professional. It's great to see you back :D
Thanks Danya for keeping the spirit and staying with your Chess Calling. Your content is highly appreciated, also here in The Netherlands. Looking forward to all that you have in store for us.
Go Narodistky!!! We love it! Bla bla bla to all haters you are the BEST online teacher/instructor, you have the BEST explanations and you exemplify your thought process well to all of us, we stand by your side!!
I never comment on UA-cam videos but just wanted to add my voice to the hundreds of others here - 100% behind you Danya, I’m so sorry for all the nonsense you’ve been through the last few months, I can’t imagine how stressful and hurtful it’s been for you. You’ve been such an inspiration to me - I’ve watched every speedrun and more, your content is so informative and entertaining, and the love you have for the game (and integrity of the game) is never in doubt. I wouldn’t blame you if you never posted videos again after what you went through, but it’s a testament to your strength that you’ve come back better than ever! All the best for the future, and I hope you know the vast majority of us are behind you and thankful for the thousands of hours you put in to give people the best free chess education they could ever ask for!
Just wanted to say I didn’t know much about you until after the interview you did with Hans. You’re a man of integrity and class all the way. Enjoying your videos, you should be incredibly proud not only of what you’ve accomplished in chess but also the person you’ve become. Cheers
You’re the best dude, love your speedruns; I recommend your channel to all my friends. It’s still unbelievable to me that we’re privy to free lessons from a player of your calibre, and I feel lucky whenever you post. Glad you gave yourself some time to deal with the drama and stress-looking forward to more! This donation is long overdue, but I realized in your brief absence how much I looked forward to your posts. Hope you have a lovely day-don’t listen to all the noise!
i cant name a single better communicator on this entire plataform, period. Hes like one the best people in the world who just happens to be in the world of chess. Humble, giving (all his hundreds of free videos) and professional and respectuful with everybody including his opponents
I’m glad you’re back. The speed runs for me is the modern video equivalent of Irving Chernevs Most Instructional Games Ever Played. Except its greater in volume and gets deeper as the rating climb goes up. Thanks for making it!
So glad you're back! 😊 Your video's are by far the most instructional for high level play. Wish you all the best, while I'm ready to binge all your video's again.
Glad to see you back creating content again, and even better to see that the events over the past month or so haven’t dampened your contagious love for the game.
I don't have cash to give right now, but please know that YOU are the reason I found my love of chess and am still playing today. Losing your content for a month, let alone forever, was and would be a tragedy to the sport and all the fans. Thank you for taking the high road, and for coming back as soon as you could.
Danya - I can’t stress this enough. Thank you so much. I love chess because of you, I am better at chess because of you. Thank you so much for encouraging the passion of chess in all of us and for the person you are. We are with you 100 percent
It's been so hard to see and hear about an honest, upstanding teacher and mentor interrogated and defamed-- proud of you for handling it like an adult, presenting a logical argument in the face of blistering illogicality, and then continuing to make high quality instruction for us all. props Danya!
The GOAT of the accused. Love that you're back, Naro. You are the gold standard of instructional chess content; I compare every new channel I encounter to yours
Danya, thank you for persevering. You are the best chess content creator / educator that I know and have been following for the last year. keep up with the great work. Don’t let other bad actors push you down, focus on the things you can control and in the support you have from this community. Again, thank you!
We got you, because you are a decent and honourable person. Trolls and haters prone in on exactly that. You're also one of the best content creators across all digital platforms.
I do not live online, so I have no idea at all what’s happened. Suffice it to say that I greatly appreciate all of your content. It is the very best that I found on UA-cam. Thank you so much and welcome back (from whatever it was/is).
I wish someone would post a brief comment with the context for all of this. I'd guess it has something to do with the childish accusations that have been thrown around.
Vladimir Kramnik cant cope with being irrelevant and the weakest living world champ by far. So now he creates drama by accusing and the best online players in the world at cheating. And Russians gobble it up bc they are salty they haven't been relevant at the top since before Magnus hit puberty lmao.
Recently, Kramnik was making accusations that Naroditsky cheats in chess, going so far as to make hours of videos about it. (Last year, Kramnik accused Hikaru of cheating online). Kramnik is widely respected as a former world champion; so, his words carried some weight, even at the top level, despite how spurious his accusations were. Danya tried to discuss this reasonably with Kramnik, but Kramnik's responses all seemed to be in bad faith.
@@wsleppy4699The funny thing is, there was a poll during the Russian debate that Kramnik and Naroditsky had and 2/3 of them sided with Danya. That shows just how delusional Kramnik is being. A Russian hero lost the debate to the American.
Hey Naroditsky, Just wanted to say Thank You. You have been an excellent Sensei, and have over taken Hikaru as my favorite chess GM. Thank you for staying honorable, and making these speed run videos for us noobs.
Hi Danya, I usually do not post any comment, but I have been a long time follower of your channel and I particularly love your speed run series. Just to show my support and my deep gratitude for your content, especially after what you’ve been through. Whenever I have some doubts about opening theory etc, I go back and watch your previous episodes, review theories, look and try to reproduce what you did, and it made me improve my chess. Do not let random ex-world champ having the best of you, just because he does not understand online blitz chess is a totally different sport from classical, and just rage against everyone. Thanks again for coming back, looking forward to it!
So glad you're back Danya! Just by watching your commentaries, my rating went up from 400-500 to nearly 2000. And that’s without even actively trying to learn chess or dedicating significant time to it. You're amazing! Thank you so much.
glad your back danya, please take care! you have a whole community that supports you and appreciates your work immensely. found your channel a few months ago and you're genuinely one of the most instructive chess creators I've come across. I appreciate how you break down your thought process in each moment and push us to also think deeper. I've learned so so much in this space and I'm deeply grateful! sending so much love and support.
I am so incredibly happy to see you back!!! Watching you handle the past month has been incredibly inspiring. It's really difficult to deal with people attacking you in bad faith, but you have just consistently responded with such unassailable logic and reason and candor. I feel like I've learned so much by seeing how you responded to people with clearly negative intentions and it genuinely has made me a better person. And now that you're back, I might even get a little better at chess :)
@@mehdiSupp Kramnik has become paranoid and anytime someone defeats him he accuses them of cheating, and he launched a particularly vicious and drawn-out and bad-faith and reachy accusation and harassment campaign against Danya
These speedruns are always a highlight of my day when they come out. Not just because they are incredibly informative (they are), but because your enthusiasm for the game is inspiring and charming. Thanks for your hard work and quality content!
I never comment but will do now. Thanks Daniel for coming back, your videos really helped me improve my chess for the past year. Thanks for all the amazing work!
Welcome back Sensei, just played my first tournament against 12 of my country's strongest players and I placed 6th. Thanks for your teachings. The only way to go from here is up
i know this doesn't make up for what you went through, but i hope some of these comments hope you heal. Youve been such a huge inspiration for the chess world and your legacy will far outlast any false claims made against you
So good to see you back Danya. You are solely responsible for most of my chess growth, I'm so grateful for you and your content. I will always be a supporter. Thank you ♥️
I'm glad you're back with excellent speedrun videos. Even though there's stilll a plethora of older videos to watch and rewatch new videos are much appreciated and never taken for granted. Your content is still getting better everytime (one can even notice how you improve at predicting your opponents next move across levels :D) and this Pirc-style game in particular holds true value for fighting these types of set ups. Best of luck in your upcoming endeavors in terms of Blitz Championship, commentating gigs and all the wonderful educational content across platforms. I truly hope you recovered well from the strain of these last weeks.
Hey folks,
Thank you so much for all of the kind words, donations, and words of support. I appreciate your patience, and wanted to make sure that I didn't put out any content, speedrun or otherwise, until I felt truly ready. I hope all of you know that not a day goes by where I don't remind myself how much of a privilege it is to have the best community of fans and supporters that I do; this has made the insanity of the past month a lot easier to withstand and move on from. Chess is my calling, and I hope to once again fire on all cylinders from here on out. Thanks again
Thank you 🙏
We missed you! Welcome back! 🎉
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The best REAL chess education here on UA-cam, period. Thank you!
Welcome back Danya!!
The return of the king
Revelation 19 KJV 👑
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him _was_ called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes _were_ as a flame of fire, and on his head _were_ many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he _was_ clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies _which were_ in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on _his_ vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
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@@AlexanderBrown77Fitting :)
Long time :) - i was looking for him for a month ! - Is it because of Vladimir?
@@AlexanderBrown77 nobody cares
@@MrShaapey you will on judgement day. I’ll pray for you 🤡🤫
Very happy you are back! Its hard to describe how wonderful your videos are, whether its speedruns or other educational videos. You are one of the pillars in chess and hope you keep active ^_^ Keep being a great roll model for young and old alike.
Good lad 👍🏽
Cunucky Naroditsky
Props to you
Nobody teaches how to roll better than Danya.
My small way of saying thank you. We believe in you. You are the best chess coach many of us could ever have.
I rarely comment on anything, but your poise in the face of that clown's ignominious and protracted self-destruction into McCarthyism is a sterling example of your incorruptible character. It's a shame that you ever had to face these kinds of allegations, but hopefully the world will see VK for who he is after this.
Poise? did you not see his rant on the C Squared podcast? Disgusting and shameful. Actions of a guilty person.
@@flamerider1046 It's dangerous place to use sarcasm and if not you are just another brick in the wall of VK's accusation frenzy
@@OGMasterPiece if you have not watched all the videos you cannot form your own opinion...so if you just voice the opinions of others as if it's your own, then what does that make you? so no, I'm not sarcastic...I watched it all and as a former huge fan of Danya, I believe he has a serious case to answer. His saving grace atm is people are not willing to believe that he is capable of cheating so they refuse to look. Are you one of those?
@@flamerider1046 I have not read every book on the planet, so I suppose I can have no opinions.
For what it's worth, have you watched all of Danya's videos? I didn't think so. He's addressed all the absurd allegations very thoroughly.
Very happy you are back! I was terribly afraid you were going to let some bad actors keep your down, but you handled the whole thing with class.
I admire you, Danya. As a chess player and as a person. Keep up with the content creation, your videos are gold ❤
Daniel,
I know I speak for many us when I say that your chess instruction, insight, and commentary has been uniquely invaluable these past few years. I can proudly say that I have been well trained in the Daniel Naroditsky school of chess.
This donation amount is paltry compared to the value you have provided during your time on youtube. If I had a glass of champagne handy, I'd toast to your success, and I look ahead fondly to your chess career ahead.
As a selfish content consumer, I hope for many more speedruns, interviews, commentaries, etc., but if you ever choose to deviate from content creation, I wish you all the best no matter which direction you choose to go.
Hope I can one day catch you at one event or another so I can thank you in person!
When the world needed him most, he returned.
You have carried yourself with dignity throughout this entire ordeal and no amount of slander or disingenuous remarks can tarnish what you have worked hard to build; a world class chess career, one of the greatest chess education resources in the world, and most important of all, your character. You are a good person and you have nothing to prove to anyone. Keep it up 💪🏻
Love your stuff man. Sorry you've had to deal with all this nonsense and looking forward to the new speed run. From the bottom of my heart, really enjoy your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them.
it hurts my soul seeing someone like danya getting so much hate because of stupid kramnik accusations
What non-sense?
@@jasonfuqua4284 He got accused of cheating by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Due to Kramnik's prestige in wide parts of the chess world (particularly the russian speaking parts) Danya received a lot of undeserved hate, where any objective person would come to the conclusion that Kramnik was willfully mispresenting 'evidence' in order to make Danya look bad.
So pumped that you have came back with a new speedrun!, I went back and rewatched all of the previous ones while waiting for this one, made my day! keep up the great work
Danya you're the best chess content creator out there. A small token of appreciation for all that you've taught me. Ignore Kramnik and his miserable, pathetic clique of online trolls. They're not worth your consideration. Thank you, and delighted you're back!
Can you briefly explain what's up with danya and kramnik?
@@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592 Kramnik accused Danya of cheating (classical Vlad)
"Kramnik accused Danya of cheating" puts it in a way that seems to leave open the possibility that there's a legitimate controversy here. There isn't. The 'accusation' is based on ludicrous, hair-splitting parsing of content in Danya's videos that Kramnik and his apologists have taken completely out of context (often deliberately so), in addition to utterly far-fetched assumptions presented as 'facts,' all topped off with an ample dose of malicious mean-spiritedness and paranoid delusion. So, yeah, Kramnik accused Danya of cheating, in the same way that the Salem Puritans accused people just going about their daily lives of being witches.
@@rk2oo23 that's what happened, what I said is true. What are you yapping about? I don't believe he cheated either, but I just spoke fact... Had I said "Kramnik thinks the Earth is flat", you'd be here yapping "OOOH THATH SEEMS TO LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THE EARTH IS FLAT...etc.", wouldn't you?
Welcome back brother. Nobody blinked an eye.
I’m so glad you’re back. No one explains chess better than you! 🎉
So happy to see a new speedrun video, thanks Danya!
tysm for the dono, Dana apreciates every single one of you
~Danya's editor
Thanks for all the incredible content. So glad you came out of that horrible episode in one piece. You handled yourself with incredible dignity💙
Thanks for all the lessons over the years. This doesn’t even begin to cover it. Don’t let the haters get you down 😤
Grew from 900 to 1600 since I started watching
Glad you're back.
tyyyyyy
You've contributed more to chess and a healthy chess culture than what anybody will _ever_ be able to take away from you. You're a coach and an icon.
I know there are some other channels with more subscribers, but this is easily the best channel with respect to chess learning. I get something out of every game. Thank you, Danya.
Really the subscriber counts are less important than the community he has built up. A lot of the larger channels have pretty toxic communities, but I haven't experienced much (if any) toxicity here.
Welcome back!
brooo ure so kind
Welcome back, Sensai Danya!
It's genuinely so warming to see all the donations and support in the comments. Not to do the classic parasocial online relationship thing but Danya really is one of the nicest, most genuine, and most generous with his content output of any content creator I've seen anywhere, let alone in chess. We're so blessed to have him. It lowkey kinda broke my heart to see what he's been going through recently, so glad he's back and in good form.
It's difficult to not get a teeny tiny parasocial when the person in question is just super super nice, so you're good bro 😅
nah hes THE PERSON online of all the qualities you mentioned.
Thank you for being awesome sir!
Yay! I can watch a new speedrun episode over lunch today instead of re-watching the old ones. I think one day you will go down as one of the greatest chess educators of all time. Thanks for coming back for us, Danya.
35:53 "(on attacking chess)... just keep playing games like this and eventually you'll get better at those skills"
As a 1700, can confirm, I was uncomfortable with attacking chess because it wasn't concrete enough, I couldn't calculate guaranteed wins after sacrifices, etc., but after playing a number of games similar to the first here with the "English attack" setup out of many different openings, it really is the case that opponents just crumble. I don't think I would have gotten here without Danya's examples and assurances.
@@usageunit best teacher
Danya, I am so sorry to find out what you had gone through. Unfortunately, there are too many people willing to destroy other people's lives in order to feel relevant. Thank you for your love for chess and this channel.
welcome back Daniel !! thank you for doing these videos again, appreciate them a lot!
Was hard stuck at 600 after a few months of learning, starting watching Danya and am up 400 elo in a month. The absolute GOAT.
You’re doing wonders for the game and how you’ve handled this is incredibly admirable
Couldn't agree more. I started watching Danya's speed run videos mid 2023 and I've gone from elo 500 to 1600. So instructive and informative. Best of luck for you to also reach an ever higher score
i went from 1200 USCF to 2050 in a year and few months
Danya, thank you for not stopping. I am in 100% support of you and what you are doing. 💯
Full of joy to see the chat in rainbow colors from all the donations! Had to make my small contribution to the best Chess teacher on the internet. Don't let pointless accusations get to you, people forget you're one of the best bullet and hyperbullet players on the planet, where it's basically impossible to cheat. Much love, don't let this drag you down!
i say the same about u
Thanks!
Hi Danya,
Really enjoyed your commentary of the WCC. You really make watching classical games so accessible and entertaining for us all! I know 1.d4 might not be your opening move of choice, but we’d checkmate our doubts if we could get your cheddar insights on this type of game-it would be the perfect speedrun sandwich!
Thanks for all that you do to help us improve at chess Danya! I've learnt so much from you and find your speedruns really entertaining. You are humble, measured and eloquent... a true professional. It's great to see you back :D
i second this.
Thank YOU so much for the dono. It will inspire danya and remind him of the support he has
but yeah, i think ive never seen someone as professional and genuine as danya
Fantastic videos, always makes my day
Thanks Danya for keeping the spirit and staying with your Chess Calling. Your content is highly appreciated, also here in The Netherlands. Looking forward to all that you have in store for us.
Top man
Go Narodistky!!! We love it! Bla bla bla to all haters you are the BEST online teacher/instructor, you have the BEST explanations and you exemplify your thought process well to all of us, we stand by your side!!
I never comment on UA-cam videos but just wanted to add my voice to the hundreds of others here - 100% behind you Danya, I’m so sorry for all the nonsense you’ve been through the last few months, I can’t imagine how stressful and hurtful it’s been for you. You’ve been such an inspiration to me - I’ve watched every speedrun and more, your content is so informative and entertaining, and the love you have for the game (and integrity of the game) is never in doubt. I wouldn’t blame you if you never posted videos again after what you went through, but it’s a testament to your strength that you’ve come back better than ever! All the best for the future, and I hope you know the vast majority of us are behind you and thankful for the thousands of hours you put in to give people the best free chess education they could ever ask for!
I don't get it, what happened
Thanks
Just wanted to say I didn’t know much about you until after the interview you did with Hans. You’re a man of integrity and class all the way. Enjoying your videos, you should be incredibly proud not only of what you’ve accomplished in chess but also the person you’ve become. Cheers
You’re the best dude, love your speedruns; I recommend your channel to all my friends. It’s still unbelievable to me that we’re privy to free lessons from a player of your calibre, and I feel lucky whenever you post. Glad you gave yourself some time to deal with the drama and stress-looking forward to more! This donation is long overdue, but I realized in your brief absence how much I looked forward to your posts. Hope you have a lovely day-don’t listen to all the noise!
Comfortably the best communicator of chess concepts online. Keep it up!
i cant name a single better communicator on this entire plataform, period. Hes like one the best people in the world who just happens to be in the world of chess. Humble, giving (all his hundreds of free videos) and professional and respectuful with everybody including his opponents
You the man, Danya!
I’m glad you’re back. The speed runs for me is the modern video equivalent of Irving Chernevs Most Instructional Games Ever Played. Except its greater in volume and gets deeper as the rating climb goes up. Thanks for making it!
It is great to see you back Danya! Keep the amazing work, I have learned and continue to learn a lot from your educational videos ❤
You content brings me so much joy.. please don't ever leave ❤❤❤
Danya - you're a ray of sunshine in the chess world! Love everything you do. Pure class.
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С возвращением, сенсей!❤
Good to have you back.
Thank you for all of your incredible content. I'm now 1700 after starting just last December, definitely in big part due to your amazing videos. 💙
Awesome!!! Glad you’re back. It means a lot to us that you’ve pressed on and not allowing negativity to hold you back ! Keep pressing on!!!
So glad you're back! 😊 Your video's are by far the most instructional for high level play. Wish you all the best, while I'm ready to binge all your video's again.
Glad to see you back creating content again, and even better to see that the events over the past month or so haven’t dampened your contagious love for the game.
I don't have cash to give right now, but please know that YOU are the reason I found my love of chess and am still playing today. Losing your content for a month, let alone forever, was and would be a tragedy to the sport and all the fans. Thank you for taking the high road, and for coming back as soon as you could.
Danya - I can’t stress this enough. Thank you so much. I love chess because of you, I am better at chess because of you. Thank you so much for encouraging the passion of chess in all of us and for the person you are. We are with you 100 percent
yes yes yes yes
danya has the best community ever
Glad u r around again... Thanks, and can not wait till next week :)
It's been so hard to see and hear about an honest, upstanding teacher and mentor interrogated and defamed-- proud of you for handling it like an adult, presenting a logical argument in the face of blistering illogicality, and then continuing to make high quality instruction for us all. props Danya!
The GOAT of the accused. Love that you're back, Naro. You are the gold standard of instructional chess content; I compare every new channel I encounter to yours
Thanks for all the informative videos on youtube. Welcome back!
Danya, thank you for persevering. You are the best chess content creator / educator that I know and have been following for the last year. keep up with the great work. Don’t let other bad actors push you down, focus on the things you can control and in the support you have from this community.
Again, thank you!
Happy you’re back Danya, don’t listen to the haters (or rather that one hater) , they’re usually only jealous of other people’s success!
We got you, because you are a decent and honourable person. Trolls and haters prone in on exactly that. You're also one of the best content creators across all digital platforms.
Great content as always!!
Keep your chin up
Danke!
I am old father of 2 and I felt for you. I am really happy to see you again and with renewed energy, dear Sensey. Respect.
Hope you’re doing well; it’s brilliant to see you back posting on UA-cam Daniel. Your content is massively appreciated! Thank you!
I do not live online, so I have no idea at all what’s happened. Suffice it to say that I greatly appreciate all of your content. It is the very best that I found on UA-cam. Thank you so much and welcome back (from whatever it was/is).
I wish someone would post a brief comment with the context for all of this. I'd guess it has something to do with the childish accusations that have been thrown around.
Vladimir Kramnik cant cope with being irrelevant and the weakest living world champ by far. So now he creates drama by accusing and the best online players in the world at cheating. And Russians gobble it up bc they are salty they haven't been relevant at the top since before Magnus hit puberty lmao.
Recently, Kramnik was making accusations that Naroditsky cheats in chess, going so far as to make hours of videos about it.
(Last year, Kramnik accused Hikaru of cheating online).
Kramnik is widely respected as a former world champion; so, his words carried some weight, even at the top level, despite how spurious his accusations were.
Danya tried to discuss this reasonably with Kramnik, but Kramnik's responses all seemed to be in bad faith.
@@wsleppy4699The funny thing is, there was a poll during the Russian debate that Kramnik and Naroditsky had and 2/3 of them sided with Danya. That shows just how delusional Kramnik is being. A Russian hero lost the debate to the American.
@@RG001100 Well that's a relief. I was worried it was a health issue, or family problem, perhaps a death. DN is such a cool guy, glad he's ok.
Hey Naroditsky, Just wanted to say Thank You. You have been an excellent Sensei, and have over taken Hikaru as my favorite chess GM. Thank you for staying honorable, and making these speed run videos for us noobs.
Hi Danya, I usually do not post any comment, but I have been a long time follower of your channel and I particularly love your speed run series.
Just to show my support and my deep gratitude for your content, especially after what you’ve been through.
Whenever I have some doubts about opening theory etc, I go back and watch your previous episodes, review theories, look and try to reproduce what you did, and it made me improve my chess.
Do not let random ex-world champ having the best of you, just because he does not understand online blitz chess is a totally different sport from classical, and just rage against everyone.
Thanks again for coming back, looking forward to it!
I reached 2000 elo watching you, glad that you are back Danya!
This is the most wonderful comment section I've ever seen, exacly what you deserve sensei. Welcome back!!!
So glad you're back Danya! Just by watching your commentaries, my rating went up from 400-500 to nearly 2000. And that’s without even actively trying to learn chess or dedicating significant time to it. You're amazing! Thank you so much.
You’ve got a good deal of natural talent, congrats
if that was under 3 years, uve got some talentttt.
Thank you Daniel. You provide the highest quality free educational chess content on UA-cam in my opinion.
glad your back danya, please take care! you have a whole community that supports you and appreciates your work immensely. found your channel a few months ago and you're genuinely one of the most instructive chess creators I've come across. I appreciate how you break down your thought process in each moment and push us to also think deeper. I've learned so so much in this space and I'm deeply grateful! sending so much love and support.
I am so incredibly happy to see you back!!! Watching you handle the past month has been incredibly inspiring. It's really difficult to deal with people attacking you in bad faith, but you have just consistently responded with such unassailable logic and reason and candor. I feel like I've learned so much by seeing how you responded to people with clearly negative intentions and it genuinely has made me a better person. And now that you're back, I might even get a little better at chess :)
What happened ?
you are a very naive man.
@@mehdiSupp Kramnik has become paranoid and anytime someone defeats him he accuses them of cheating, and he launched a particularly vicious and drawn-out and bad-faith and reachy accusation and harassment campaign against Danya
These speedruns are always a highlight of my day when they come out. Not just because they are incredibly informative (they are), but because your enthusiasm for the game is inspiring and charming. Thanks for your hard work and quality content!
I never comment but will do now. Thanks Daniel for coming back, your videos really helped me improve my chess for the past year. Thanks for all the amazing work!
Welcome back Sensei, just played my first tournament against 12 of my country's strongest players and I placed 6th. Thanks for your teachings. The only way to go from here is up
0:58 the speed run itself isn't important watching you teach us is important for us❤
You are the best Danya! Thanks for coming back
This comment section is the most wholesome i've ever seen 🥺🥺
Thank you Danya! We are grateful to have you!
Great to see you back! You deserve all the praise and support the world can offer!
Thank you for coming back sensei Daniel
GOAT - Greatest Teacher Of All Time
Happy to see you back! Thank you for the high quality analysis and learning experience! Looking forward to keeping up with the speedrun.
You are the best teacher ever Danya! Welcome back!
i know this doesn't make up for what you went through, but i hope some of these comments hope you heal. Youve been such a huge inspiration for the chess world and your legacy will far outlast any false claims made against you
So glad you are back! We know the real thing when we see it. It’s sad we have to live in a world of haters, please don’t let them win.
So happy this is back, you are the best!!!
I genuinely thank you for coming back
So good to see you back Danya. You are solely responsible for most of my chess growth, I'm so grateful for you and your content. I will always be a supporter. Thank you ♥️
I'm glad you're back with excellent speedrun videos. Even though there's stilll a plethora of older videos to watch and rewatch new videos are much appreciated and never taken for granted. Your content is still getting better everytime (one can even notice how you improve at predicting your opponents next move across levels :D) and this Pirc-style game in particular holds true value for fighting these types of set ups.
Best of luck in your upcoming endeavors in terms of Blitz Championship, commentating gigs and all the wonderful educational content across platforms. I truly hope you recovered well from the strain of these last weeks.
finally, my progress has been lagging. Thanks for coming back
Never clicked faster. Welcome back Danya!
Oh my God Danya, I missed this so much, I was so scared you wouldn’t publish anymore. Glad you’re back! ❤
i've probably watched and rewatched every single one of your speedrun videos, they're the best on youtube IMHO. Welcome back Danya!!