@@HawksVR I discovered his videos around a month ago, have been binging them...i gained like a 100 elo points... I couldn't find any other youtube coaching that is so attached to real game play especially on the positional side...
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I like how the opponent used his clock to find good, not obvious moves that made you think and challenged your plans. Made for an educational game seeing you improv your way to victory in an unfamiliar line
Match-making decided to give him an opponent 350+ rating points above, and it's Danya 😂 Opponent played well and found a lot of critical moves, but couldn't find all of them for the entire game. ggwp to him.
@@micahclawrence Well, we are watching this from Danya's perspective so you probably wouldn't hear Ben's voice. I hear him in my head though every time someone plays f3 or explosive move c4 or retreats
@Tuxsharx The subtleties often go unnoticed but I keenly observed that in the case of h3, h is the file versus with f3, f is the file. They may seem like the same but if we look closely, we see they are not.
@@RR-qf9reYeah, it wasn't a mistake. But the issue with playing moves like f3 is that it comes with high risks. It's easier to get punished for making such moves than if you play normally because mistakes come at a higher cost.
Okay holy geez vs a very competent 1800 this shows the difference on how to convert a winning position into an overcomplicated position which overwhelmed our opponent. Like wow kudos for him finding so many good moves but missed out on the priority. Finally an opponent who used his time wisely still
As someone who plays the Semi-Slav and has/is studying Shankland's Semi-Slav course, I felt quite proud when Danya said the vast majority of players under 2200 wouldn't know the line and I got to count myself as one of the few that would: the line is Qb6, e4 dxe4, fxe4 e5; and then white has three move that Shankland covers in his course (Bb5+, dxe5, and Nf3).
I haven't heard the name Carl Boor for years. I managed a draw against him at a simul in a bar in Columbus once. K & Q vs. K & pawn on c7. I remember that I was down a pawn in a K+P endgame and he played h4 to prevent g5. I played g5 anyway and he struggled to hold a draw from that point on.
In my third tournament game ever, a 1900 played this exact opening against me. Instead of Nc6 I played e6 because I was very wary of the variation Danya explained. It was also my first time ever seeing this variation, it really annoyed me how f3 there isn't punishable. I played very defensively and managed to avoid all of the traps and get a solid position, but I got no counter-play so he just slowly crushed me in the middlegame. Seeing this video is very cathartic.
"Qb6?? Yeah that's a really good move, man you guys are good" *as they all sit there putting moves the engine suggests as they follow along on their computer into the Twitch chat*
I seen the Queen move on c3 immediately. I'm proud of myself. Now me being new I didn't realize it was a forced queen trade it was just to not lose the rook for free. I'm only two weeks into learning chess so that should tell you how much you can learn from people like Daniel and Levy. This is awesome.
I have another idea at 18:19. I'm not a computer either, but I saw the aggressive Ne4, defending f2 and developing another piece. If our knight gets attacked from f5, then we go Nd6 looking for a mate and counterattacking f5.
I've been watching your videos for the last few weeks. In that time I've broken through my plateau. Today I'm on fire (90%+ accuracy in all my games). Thanks so much for your help with these videos!
That was my thought too, opponent saw the name and opened the stream. Found all the moves Danya thought were best and then resigned when Danya said it was over.
Ng5 is like a checkpoint where the flow starts to the other side, like a game chancing moment, taking the control again and feeling the old chess experience. Ng5 is something more than a "move"
This is the kind of game I would loose because I would be overwhelmed by everything that is happening on the board. Danya makes it so easy instead: "look for threats", "can you create counterplay?"
In the puzzle there's a noteworthy line (which is the whole justification of why the pawns are all over the place): Rab1 Ne3 Rdc1 (Rxd7 Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rb1 white wins) Rxh7 Rc8 Rxd7 Rb8 Rd1+ (Kh2 Ng4+ Kh3 Rh1#) Kf2 Ng5+ Kf3 e4+ (Kxf4 Rf1+ Kg5 Rxc8 Rxc8+ Rf8) Kxe4 Re1+ (Rd4+ also works) (Kf3 Ne5+ Kf2 Nd3+ Kf3 Re3#) Kf5 e6+ Kg5 Re5+ Kh5 Kf8 Rxd8+ Ke7 Rf8 Nh6 Rbe8+ Kd7 and best is to repeat.
That's almost the mainline slav but you should not play dxc4 on the third move, you need to first play Nf6 so that when you play exd4 and they play a4 you can develop the bishop to f5 and your opponent won't have e4 as your bishop and knight are guarding that square. Here is the entire line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 and white can't play e4 This is the mainline Slav
@@oraz. Bf5 before e6 means that your bishop is not stuck. The one thing that you should keep in mind when playing Bf5 in the Slav is that your b7 pawn will be undefended, so you need to always check whether after you play Bf5 your opponent can play Qb3 and be in a winning position. You always have to ask yourself if I play Bf5 in the Slav, is Qb3 possible and if it is, then is it good or not.
That's one of the major reasons why people play Slav instead of QGD or Semi Slav. In the Slav you play dxc4 because you want to play Bf5 and either not allow white to play Qb3 or make Qb3 toothless. Another point is that if your opponent responds to you playing dxc4 with e4 then you play b5 defending your c4 pawn.
12mins or so : why doesnt knight takes pawn work after knight e4. Knight e4, knight takes d5, queen check on h4, g3, knight takes pawn, knight f3 attacking the queen, queen back, pawn takes knight, queen takes rook, knight c7 check and fork and black has to waste extra tempi to take the knight or we might even save it and we are safe as long as we castle queenside fast enough ?
I am playing chess since 2019. I have reached 2100 Fide in 3 years. I have been through all the new-players problem in only one month. Then I started to play better and I started to understand that I prefer to play positions that are humanly very difficult even though enginely the moves are super easy. Now, I see that too many people still don't understand that and it makes me happy :) +1 like
@danya thx 4 everything. just saw u mentioned to a viewer that they were living under a rock if they weren't aware computers are better. Your rebuttal made me lol. wanted to apologize on behalf of the human race for those people. your content is pure gold. unfortunately we have protons, electrons, neutrons and morons..
Daniel, just one question for you: what would you have played if your opponent had gone Nc6 instead of Nf6? You mentioned another dangerous line that you would have played instead but didn't analyze in post so thought I'd ask.
The concept he was describing about knowing when to break the rules is well described by the Japanese "Shu - Ha - Ri" "Adherence - Breaking - Separation" Basically having the discernment to know why the rules don't always work best, and choosing the better path.
By the way, if you study this line well with white you're gonna win a lot of games under 2200, there is no way black knows all the intricacies of the position. And it's a forcing line in some ways, you can get it on the board
I'd put John Bartholomew in to the discussion for the most educational chess series on YT but Danya is just another level's player (no disrespect to John). He's got me couple hundred ELOs up! ThankS
LETS GO DANIEL. IVE BEEN WATCHING THIS SERIES FOR ALMOST 3 years now
dude these are the highlight of my night. he’s made chess my sleeping routine 😂
How has it improved your rating?
@@HawksVR i was 2200 last year, thanks to Danya i am now 2100
@@HawksVR I discovered his videos around a month ago, have been binging them...i gained like a 100 elo points... I couldn't find any other youtube coaching that is so attached to real game play especially on the positional side...
@@HawksVR I also discovered that I was playing the Ruy Lopez wrong my entire life...
These speedruns are my favorite chess content on youtube. Your play and analysis have helped me grow massively as a player! Thanks
in rating or in weight😁
@@TruetoCaesar Chunky pawn grabber confirmed 😂
Even I went from 400 to 1600 just thanks to this series
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tbh should result in a temporary ban
@@xx-cj6ew permenant
For this informative series he uses an engine sometimes anyways, probably not public knowledge but that's my conspiracy theory anyways
@@wyleFTW of course he doesn't...
@@wyleFTW he uses it in analysis after the game. The reason why he is winning during the game is cause he’s just that strong lmao
I like how the opponent used his clock to find good, not obvious moves that made you think and challenged your plans. Made for an educational game seeing you improv your way to victory in an unfamiliar line
This is EXACTLY what I struggle with, finding the imbalances so I agree and love your comment
Match-making decided to give him an opponent 350+ rating points above, and it's Danya 😂
Opponent played well and found a lot of critical moves, but couldn't find all of them for the entire game. ggwp to him.
Ng5 was one of those GM Moves you learn how to make at The Secret GM School all GMs attended. Great game!!
"If it's news to you that I'm much worse than the computer, then you've been livibg under a rock" hahahahahah. We LOVE you Danya!
The title made me hope Finegold was going to be the final boss opponent of the speedrun!!!
Yeah that would have been epic
Lol I’m glad not. Sure Ben is a good dude but aesthetically his voice is nails on a chalkboard to me.
@@micahclawrence Well, we are watching this from Danya's perspective so you probably wouldn't hear Ben's voice. I hear him in my head though every time someone plays f3 or explosive move c4 or retreats
Probably not gonna happen, at that level he'd have to actually concentrate to win, which drastically reduces the educational value
Nah, it will be Karpov, given he has his own boss music from when he made that kid cry
the fact Danya found himself in so much trouble against an 1800 is EXACTLY why you never push your f pawn early!
I guess your reasoning doesn't apply to Hikaru destroying 2800 with h4 lol
@@raph6709 H4 and f4 are different
@Tuxsharx The subtleties often go unnoticed but I keenly observed that in the case of h3, h is the file versus with f3, f is the file. They may seem like the same but if we look closely, we see they are not.
Yes but that actually wasn’t his decisive mistake f4..e5 was
@@RR-qf9reYeah, it wasn't a mistake. But the issue with playing moves like f3 is that it comes with high risks. It's easier to get punished for making such moves than if you play normally because mistakes come at a higher cost.
Danya does such a great job of explaining his reasoning in ANY position. Its incredible.
You made Ben unhappy because you played f3 but after that made him very happy by always retreating
This really was a GM Finegold game. You play carefully and eventually your opponent blunders. Super classic.
Only reason he got a bad position was because he broke the rule and played f6. The truth hurts!
Etcetera. Mostly, etcetera
@@Edamori f3?
Daniel is the best in explaining chess. Keep these episodes going, I enjoy them!
Okay holy geez vs a very competent 1800 this shows the difference on how to convert a winning position into an overcomplicated position which overwhelmed our opponent. Like wow kudos for him finding so many good moves but missed out on the priority. Finally an opponent who used his time wisely still
As someone who plays the Semi-Slav and has/is studying Shankland's Semi-Slav course, I felt quite proud when Danya said the vast majority of players under 2200 wouldn't know the line and I got to count myself as one of the few that would: the line is Qb6, e4 dxe4, fxe4 e5; and then white has three move that Shankland covers in his course (Bb5+, dxe5, and Nf3).
What's your rating?!
I have never studied that line as I have never faced it
@@smrtfasizmu6161 I don't think I've faced it either but it's still one in the lines in Sam's Chessable course so I've studied it anyway.
I've just found out about the Boor attack a couple of days ago and now Danya plays it. Fantastic
This format is not only GM Naroditsky's niche, but a treasure to chess.
you have added a lot to your intro card daniel, I love seeing the growth!
Keep it up brother!
I had the honor of acting as Karl Boor's assistant in a blindfold simul against 8 opponents when he visited my club 10 or 15 years ago.
That camera froze message around 16:50 errantly popped up in the last video too I think. Copy paste editing error perhaps?
The two opponents moves that you cited as moves that scared you he found, he mY have been watching the stream
Plus, he made those moves only after Danya called them out 😂😂
@@ChessJourneyman exactly, in a time frame that would be consistent with someone who would be watching
give them the benefit of the doubt damn 1800s are really good
I haven't heard the name Carl Boor for years. I managed a draw against him at a simul in a bar in Columbus once. K & Q vs. K & pawn on c7. I remember that I was down a pawn in a K+P endgame and he played h4 to prevent g5. I played g5 anyway and he struggled to hold a draw from that point on.
Love these longer videos. Thanks
In my third tournament game ever, a 1900 played this exact opening against me. Instead of Nc6 I played e6 because I was very wary of the variation Danya explained. It was also my first time ever seeing this variation, it really annoyed me how f3 there isn't punishable.
I played very defensively and managed to avoid all of the traps and get a solid position, but I got no counter-play so he just slowly crushed me in the middlegame. Seeing this video is very cathartic.
"NEVER PLAY..."
- Ben Finegold somewhere, shaking his fist at the camera
"Qb6?? Yeah that's a really good move, man you guys are good" *as they all sit there putting moves the engine suggests as they follow along on their computer into the Twitch chat*
I seen the Queen move on c3 immediately. I'm proud of myself. Now me being new I didn't realize it was a forced queen trade it was just to not lose the rook for free. I'm only two weeks into learning chess so that should tell you how much you can learn from people like Daniel and Levy. This is awesome.
congrats. you are right this is awesome
I have another idea at 18:19. I'm not a computer either, but I saw the aggressive Ne4, defending f2 and developing another piece. If our knight gets attacked from f5, then we go Nd6 looking for a mate and counterattacking f5.
I've been watching your videos for the last few weeks. In that time I've broken through my plateau. Today I'm on fire (90%+ accuracy in all my games). Thanks so much for your help with these videos!
Has Daniel ever thought his opponents are listening to him lol
That was my thought too, opponent saw the name and opened the stream. Found all the moves Danya thought were best and then resigned when Danya said it was over.
@@tuhaggis an 1800 knows very well the game is over when a queen trade is forced and they’re down a piece
Yes. So he regularly employs dubious ”best move for my opponent right here would be...” as bait. And they do bite every so often.
At 44:00 there's another move besides Bxg4 you have Nh3 so if black captures the knight then the other one covers mate.
Go Narodistky! But stay there!
Daniel makes every move seem so simple and logical, I try and take the same approach but blunder blunder blunder.
At 22:56 what's Danya drinking and what is he drinking it out of?
22:09 why are there orange dots on d5 haha😂
Ng5 is like a checkpoint where the flow starts to the other side, like a game chancing moment, taking the control again and feeling the old chess experience. Ng5 is something more than a "move"
Of all the chess streams/yt Danya's are the classiest by far.
"Let's play queen's gambit declined" - the prophet
at 19:10 why didnt the king take f2? it wasn't defended since the knight blocked the queen
22:40 is that just mate if pawn takes night but king would drop back?
Nf6+ kg7 Nh5+
This is the kind of game I would loose because I would be overwhelmed by everything that is happening on the board. Danya makes it so easy instead: "look for threats", "can you create counterplay?"
you're simply the best
Great content Danya, if you happen to face a grünfeld could you please post it? Would love to get some insight on how to play against it. Thanks!
In the puzzle there's a noteworthy line (which is the whole justification of why the pawns are all over the place):
Rab1 Ne3 Rdc1 (Rxd7 Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rb1 white wins) Rxh7 Rc8 Rxd7 Rb8 Rd1+ (Kh2 Ng4+ Kh3 Rh1#) Kf2 Ng5+ Kf3 e4+ (Kxf4 Rf1+ Kg5 Rxc8 Rxc8+ Rf8) Kxe4 Re1+ (Rd4+ also works) (Kf3 Ne5+ Kf2 Nd3+ Kf3 Re3#) Kf5 e6+ Kg5 Re5+ Kh5 Kf8 Rxd8+ Ke7 Rf8 Nh6 Rbe8+ Kd7 and best is to repeat.
Other yters: hopefully I get a bunch of views.
Danya: 30:55 hopefully I don’t get views so ppl don’t know how to play against the boor 😂
Hello Danya, thanks for your amazing chess explanations, I suggest to set the players range rating for outgoing games to start from 2000😊
Yep the opponent was only 1850
20:20 danya's beast mode
21:18 he also addresses Black's threat of Bxh3 by playing Ng5.
Yet another amazing speedrun Daniel. Would love to see the King's Gambit at some point too :)
Another mistaken "camera froze" message at 16:47
Appreciate you Danya
I try the Slav, and I take the pawn on move 3, but when they play a4 i then feel lost and alone.
That's almost the mainline slav but you should not play dxc4 on the third move, you need to first play Nf6 so that when you play exd4 and they play a4 you can develop the bishop to f5 and your opponent won't have e4 as your bishop and knight are guarding that square. Here is the entire line 1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Nf3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 and white can't play e4
This is the mainline Slav
@@smrtfasizmu6161 Ok. I meant move 4 but I'm still unsure about after that. I usually play e6, but I'll take your advice with bf5 thanks.
@@oraz. Bf5 before e6 means that your bishop is not stuck. The one thing that you should keep in mind when playing Bf5 in the Slav is that your b7 pawn will be undefended, so you need to always check whether after you play Bf5 your opponent can play Qb3 and be in a winning position. You always have to ask yourself if I play Bf5 in the Slav, is Qb3 possible and if it is, then is it good or not.
That's one of the major reasons why people play Slav instead of QGD or Semi Slav. In the Slav you play dxc4 because you want to play Bf5 and either not allow white to play Qb3 or make Qb3 toothless. Another point is that if your opponent responds to you playing dxc4 with e4 then you play b5 defending your c4 pawn.
@@smrtfasizmu6161 Ok I'm gonna keep that in mind.
That little lesson at the end was worth its weight in gold!
The follow up idea after ng5 was wonderful.
Most Fascinating.
Someone should make a series of puzzles for Ben Finegold that all contain the move f3 or f6 and make him solve it.
Finegold is en route to Charlotte as we speak!
12mins or so : why doesnt knight takes pawn work after knight e4. Knight e4, knight takes d5, queen check on h4, g3, knight takes pawn, knight f3 attacking the queen, queen back, pawn takes knight, queen takes rook, knight c7 check and fork and black has to waste extra tempi to take the knight or we might even save it and we are safe as long as we castle queenside fast enough ?
great game, thank you
Simon Williams played f3 slav in his immortal game at the reykjiavik (sp?) open!
NO NOT MY SECRET OPENING 😭
11:58 ----> 12:29 relatable
This whole game was a series of puzzle rushes
Danya is so classy in how he deals with internet trolls. Молодец!
I am kinda addicted to your videos. How did you...??
I am playing chess since 2019. I have reached 2100 Fide in 3 years. I have been through all the new-players problem in only one month. Then I started to play better and I started to understand that I prefer to play positions that are humanly very difficult even though enginely the moves are super easy. Now, I see that too many people still don't understand that and it makes me happy :) +1 like
Danya is a handsome gentleman
Indeed a good video
As a Ponziani player I found this an incredibly interesting d4 line as it's basically a Ponziani style structure/attack but on the kingside.
My thoughts exactly! Fellow Ponziani enthusiast here. Those centre pawns threatening to attack the knights felt very familiar.
Am I the only one that just never play chess but enjoy watching these videos?
Can you do a Catalan soon?
The speed runs are the best.
@danya thx 4 everything. just saw u mentioned to a viewer that they were living under a rock if they weren't aware computers are better. Your rebuttal made me lol. wanted to apologize on behalf of the human race for those people. your content is pure gold. unfortunately we have protons, electrons, neutrons and morons..
And thus Ben Finegold is vindicated.
Kind of annoying that people are sharing the engine evaluation while the game is happening.
this opening is like a reverse ponziani
Daniel, just one question for you: what would you have played if your opponent had gone Nc6 instead of Nf6? You mentioned another dangerous line that you would have played instead but didn't analyze in post so thought I'd ask.
The whole d6 line was probably the stupidest most insane engine opening line I’ve ever seen
Ben never lies, and he's always right.
If you want a cool (if pretentious) word for concretize, I'd go with reify. But apparently concretize is a real word
The concept he was describing about knowing when to break the rules is well described by the Japanese "Shu - Ha - Ri"
"Adherence - Breaking - Separation"
Basically having the discernment to know why the rules don't always work best, and choosing the better path.
I haven't watched the Speedrun in like a year and I'm afraid to see what I've missed
“The goal for white is to win the game” 48:08 lol
is this like a kingside ponziani, same push don't recapture idea
7:35 why not kxd5?
Because the king doesn't move like that
This played out more like an e4 game than a d4 game. It did feel like a caro kann game.
i love games at this level
He was clearly stream snipping
I barley ever comment but i habe to sayy
I love ur speedrun
The explanations are sooo good and in deph
Thank you!!!
This looks like a reverse pawnziani
very nice game
so its… kind of like a fantasy caro but not exactly?
ooh nvm danya says this later on 😂
That’s interesting, I was thinking if he played Bf5 instead of Nc6 it would very much resemble a Jovaba London
By the way, if you study this line well with white you're gonna win a lot of games under 2200, there is no way black knows all the intricacies of the position. And it's a forcing line in some ways, you can get it on the board
thanks
No views? Impossible, I've looked at it already
Anand developed 15-20 lines in slav /semislav , but none are named after him.
I'm 17 minutes in and thinking he shouldn't have played f3
that counter play tho
Is Danya high?
Danya you are the be(a)st.
Levy isn't a G.O.A.T, you are
This is a reupload, right?
I'd put John Bartholomew in to the discussion for the most educational chess series on YT but Danya is just another level's player (no disrespect to John). He's got me couple hundred ELOs up! ThankS