@@DanielNaroditskyGM Haha wow. I don’t usually fanboy, but the fact that the first content creator (of any kind, not just chess) to ever personally respond to me on YT was you is pretty cool. Thanks for what you do and keep it up as long as you’re enjoying yourself, Danya!
“If bishop here then rook here, if C5 then bishop takes, takes, takes takes takes, takes takes. Chat look at this guy he’s trying to cheeeeeeeeseee me, he wants to cheeeeeese me chat”
If this was any other GM, they would have either banned the people asking questions or just turned the stream off entirely (Magnus). Danya always delivers great content with grace.
Daniel is a true teacher. Patient, respectful, willing to thoroughly walk through each of his strategies and tactics, and all because he just loves chess so damn much that he wants to share the love with the rest of us. What a guy
to this day, after a couple of educational speed runs, I still can't believe sensei danya does this for free what a champion truly I've improved so much just by watching I had to sub on twitch lol
Hey Daniel I started playing chess like 2 and a half months ago and I have been watching you since I started and thanks to you I have went from a measly 500 elo to a solid 1400. I know I still have a long way to go but I'm sure your videos will be there to help me.
@@fujiapple9675 well I guess it depends. I never really played over the board that much and dont have an official rating, but on websites like lichess and chess.com etc I am 1400. Don't know how that would convert over the board.
Downloaded Twitch Turned on the notifications for the first time for any channel 🤷🏻♀️ I’m stuck on 950...hopefully this gets me to 1000+ ! Much respect Danya
It will 100%. At the low levels, it's super easy to progress once you get that tiny bit of help and the basic principles that Danya is so great at teaching. Fucktons of puzzles also help a lot. You can do it!
It helps immensely but having been stuck on 950 for a while myself, the main reason I busted out and got to 1200 is mainly due to puzzles. A shit ton of puzzles. These videos are great but you need to recognize basic tactics for yourself quickly and that just comes from rote training with puzzles
I can't even start describing in how many ways the content of this channel has been useful to me. Thank you for taking the time and explain your moves and ideas so clearly and effectively.
@@BiggyJimbo from some polls the audience on Twitch actually usually seems to be somewhere around 18-25 year olds so it shouldn't be kids. I think it's just a live thing in general because UA-cam's chat is usually way worse than Twitch's in my opinion.
Daniel, I am very new to chess but have learned a lot thanks to you and can even beat my buddy who use to punish me. Thanks for the effort and time you put in in each video. Cheers Sensei!
I love these speedrun games. This game was the first in a while where I felt completely out of my depth. It may be time to pick up the najdorf and figure out these cramped positions
These are very well paced lessons and the methodology GM Naroditsky uses is, by far, my favorite out of all the ones I've seen. 🙏 From the chaotic understanding one might have of the game, he resolves all that with respect for the viewer, no matter how advanced the topic might be. ☉ Pd. At first, I thought he was Russian, but by reading his biography I learned his parents were a mathematician and a music teacher, and that he studied history at college! 😮
@@DGTLCLANGAMING per my light research, I believe one (or both) of his parents is (or are) Russian. He might know Russian, though. If you grow up in a bilingual environment, that's proly the outcome, but idk. It'd be good to ask him!
@@soycarlosalexis he talks a lot about how he teaches in the traditional Russian way when hes doing lessons with Charlie (which are excellent if you like the speedrun because it's like this except all the lessons are ~1000 elo) so I'd guess he identifies as Russian-American but to me hes just "the prophet" hes in a class of his own. He might not be the greatest chess player who ever lived (yet!) But he is both my favourite and probably the best chess teacher I've ever seen
I am rated around 1600 on lichess and have anish giris nadjorf course. It’s my favorite opening as black. From the position shown at 2:21, or similar, white blunders his light square bishop ALL THE TIME, placing / leaving it there to be taken with the Queen without realizing it is an unprotected piece that is under attack. Something I only noticed recently and thought I’d share. Thanks for the video
Favourite chess creator for sure . Severely underrated. And I have regularly followed Gotham,hikaru,botez and others great youtubers but Danya’s content is much more insightful.❤
yea sorry about that, i uploaded this at like 10:30pm and youtube is taking forever to do the checks, the past 3 days its been like this and i've had to stay up this late to get it up :( Hope you enjoy though!!
@DanielNaroditsky 28:37 what about Qe3? This move prevents the Knight's jump to e5, defends both pieces, and x-rays black's king and puts a queen on the stand-off. Even after e5, the knight can move, as queen is protected by a bishop
This is one of few videos where Danya seems quite irritated :). Started playing Sicilian recently so binging Danya's Sicilian vids. Brilliant library of ideas!
im a bit confused with the early Nbd7 in this line- i thought you were generally supposed to meet f5 with Nc6, but that option isnt on the table anymore? Now that im thinking, f5 is mainly a threat because of pressure on e6, without e6 is f5 just benign?
Me: Hmm yeh, castling is defo the best move here Daniel: Castling is a terrible idea, this other move is better Me: Ah yes that's also what I was thinking :'/
It feels like the weak square in this game for black was F7, which could be attacked from h5 by the queen, c4 by the bishop. There was a decoy in this particular game to move the white bishop to c4 looking like it was a desperate attempt to protect his pony. Near 13 min into the video? I'm probably missing something very obvious though.
I'm only here to see the comments and get an idea how good it was, actually I will be watching this in my Best Tim possible which is morning with my favorite cup of coffee, like thy say save the best for last
@@justusschoenmakers8987 suprisingly i often only have 1-2 blunders per game which often dont result in lost pieces, i just cant find the best moves ever
I feel smarter when watching these but then when I actually play I just try to capture all the pieces so I can turn my remaining pawns into queens...not the best strategy
Thank you sensei danya you raised me from 400-950 and I can't wait to learn more and get even better. You are genuinely the best chess teacher, could you make openings videos? (If you are ever in Denmark Id love to buy you a beer)
I love how patient and engaged Danya is with the chat. You don't see that from a professional everyday.
100% why I watch him over anyone else.
@@qskakaley thank you, means a lot!
@@DanielNaroditskyGM Haha wow. I don’t usually fanboy, but the fact that the first content creator (of any kind, not just chess) to ever personally respond to me on YT was you is pretty cool. Thanks for what you do and keep it up as long as you’re enjoying yourself, Danya!
“If bishop here then rook here, if C5 then bishop takes, takes, takes takes takes, takes takes. Chat look at this guy he’s trying to cheeeeeeeeseee me, he wants to cheeeeeese me chat”
If this was any other GM, they would have either banned the people asking questions or just turned the stream off entirely (Magnus). Danya always delivers great content with grace.
Daniel is a true teacher. Patient, respectful, willing to thoroughly walk through each of his strategies and tactics, and all because he just loves chess so damn much that he wants to share the love with the rest of us. What a guy
Danya - can play incredibly accurate bullet moves in a fraction of a second. Can't draw arrows in a long time control. Love it.
This always makes me laugh as well. He misses them so, so often XD
to this day, after a couple of educational speed runs, I still can't believe sensei danya does this for free what a champion truly I've improved so much just by watching I had to sub on twitch lol
It’s not free, he’s getting bank.
@@Summonick2 he makes money but the content is not behind a pay wall.....
@@Summonick2 true, but we're paying him by spending ~1 minute of our life watching ads. definitely worth it imo
20:08 something about hearing this respected grandmaster say that one of his games was poggers out of nowhere just gave me whiplash lmao
The only twitch streamer who ever said "no need to pay me, I'll play you"
Seeing him take notes made me donate. This guy works for us. I've learned a shit ton
You’ll never hear another top chess player say “no need to pay me I’ll play you” what a class act
What a great way to start a day! Let Danya know how well received and appreciated his effort is!
Hey Daniel I started playing chess like 2 and a half months ago and I have been watching you since I started and thanks to you I have went from a measly 500 elo to a solid 1400. I know I still have a long way to go but I'm sure your videos will be there to help me.
Wow! That's impressive. I've been playing chess for 7 years, off and on, and I'm still 1300. Congrats!
@@fujiapple9675 well I guess it depends. I never really played over the board that much and dont have an official rating, but on websites like lichess and chess.com etc I am 1400. Don't know how that would convert over the board.
@@dot4149 you can definitely get to 1400 fide if you get used to longer games!
You can't go to 1400 in just two months even with GM coaching
@@abdualziz9 You most definitely can, ive had similar progress as this guy, if you put the hours in its very doable
Downloaded Twitch
Turned on the notifications for the first time for any channel 🤷🏻♀️
I’m stuck on 950...hopefully this gets me to 1000+ !
Much respect Danya
It will 100%. At the low levels, it's super easy to progress once you get that tiny bit of help and the basic principles that Danya is so great at teaching. Fucktons of puzzles also help a lot. You can do it!
It will definitely get you over 1200
@@alihasanaxe4936 Yes thank you!
@@lp4969 hope so!
It helps immensely but having been stuck on 950 for a while myself, the main reason I busted out and got to 1200 is mainly due to puzzles. A shit ton of puzzles. These videos are great but you need to recognize basic tactics for yourself quickly and that just comes from rote training with puzzles
I've heard many analogies for pawns, but a "robust membrane" has to be the best.
Just wanna say I really appreciate the content Daniel, you're fuckin awesome
I can't even start describing in how many ways the content of this channel has been useful to me. Thank you for taking the time and explain your moves and ideas so clearly and effectively.
Thank you for the great content and constant uploads, Daniel!
Super instructive, kind and opposite to boring! Perfect teaching 🔥
Love it! 👍
Best speedrun by far. Takes his times with the games, teaches the chat, and is instructive. Love these and they are actually helping me improve
Awesome! Love the morning vids Danya. You are kinda sleepy yet super focused. 10/10
what a wild game! very instructive and full of unique ideas
Thanks, Daniel, I appreciate your content infinitely.
Such an incredible teacher you are, thank you
Daniel is one of a kind when it comes to teaching chess.
Can I just say, that first game was really well played by your opponent and yourself!
Very rich in chess gameplay great work Daniel thank you
Reading Danial's Twitch chat can give one an aneurism, the strength it takes to put up with so many morons is worthy of admiration
To be fair that is just a twitch chat thing in general
Why is chat so bad on Twitch? I've never been on it, but have only heard bad things. Is it just a load of kids?
@@BiggyJimbo from some polls the audience on Twitch actually usually seems to be somewhere around 18-25 year olds so it shouldn't be kids. I think it's just a live thing in general because UA-cam's chat is usually way worse than Twitch's in my opinion.
Daniel, I am very new to chess but have learned a lot thanks to you and can even beat my buddy who use to punish me. Thanks for the effort and time you put in in each video. Cheers Sensei!
What a pressure from white, that was awsome game congratz
Danya I’ve always known about you but just recently started watching your content and I love it... you’re my
New favourite chess player in the world
I love these speedrun games. This game was the first in a while where I felt completely out of my depth. It may be time to pick up the najdorf and figure out these cramped positions
i learned so much thank you i can't believe these are free
Love this
These are very well paced lessons and the methodology GM Naroditsky uses is, by far, my favorite out of all the ones I've seen. 🙏
From the chaotic understanding one might have of the game, he resolves all that with respect for the viewer, no matter how advanced the topic might be. ☉
Pd. At first, I thought he was Russian, but by reading his biography I learned his parents were a mathematician and a music teacher, and that he studied history at college! 😮
He is Russian though?
@@DGTLCLANGAMING per my light research, I believe one (or both) of his parents is (or are) Russian. He might know Russian, though.
If you grow up in a bilingual environment, that's proly the outcome, but idk. It'd be good to ask him!
@@soycarlosalexis he talks a lot about how he teaches in the traditional Russian way when hes doing lessons with Charlie (which are excellent if you like the speedrun because it's like this except all the lessons are ~1000 elo) so I'd guess he identifies as Russian-American but to me hes just "the prophet" hes in a class of his own. He might not be the greatest chess player who ever lived (yet!) But he is both my favourite and probably the best chess teacher I've ever seen
Love this guy. Would be a twitch sub for sure if I didn't live in Europe and have him stream while it's late night for me
I am rated around 1600 on lichess and have anish giris nadjorf course. It’s my favorite opening as black. From the position shown at 2:21, or similar, white blunders his light square bishop ALL THE TIME, placing / leaving it there to be taken with the Queen without realizing it is an unprotected piece that is under attack. Something I only noticed recently and thought I’d share. Thanks for the video
Favourite chess creator for sure . Severely underrated. And I have regularly followed Gotham,hikaru,botez and others great youtubers but Danya’s content is much more insightful.❤
Thanks naroditsky
Thank you!
Live Laugh Danya
Najdorf sicilian at 1:23 AM? Let's go!
yea sorry about that, i uploaded this at like 10:30pm and youtube is taking forever to do the checks, the past 3 days its been like this and i've had to stay up this late to get it up :( Hope you enjoy though!!
@@ClydeBarber of course! No worries! My comment was more an answer to my own question than a complaint. This is great content regardless of the time.
I love the najdorf
@DanielNaroditsky 28:37 what about Qe3? This move prevents the Knight's jump to e5, defends both pieces, and x-rays black's king and puts a queen on the stand-off. Even after e5, the knight can move, as queen is protected by a bishop
Your real talent may be your prowess in competitive chess, but I'd rank your ability to instruct a very close second. Wonderful stuff.
This is one of few videos where Danya seems quite irritated :). Started playing Sicilian recently so binging Danya's Sicilian vids. Brilliant library of ideas!
thanks!
Best video
14:34 "only GMs move their king." Like Vladimir Kramnik.
Rawada
I like watching Daniel play the najdorf but I’m never going to play it myself
Daniel is the world’s chess coach
03:17 this variation is named after my home city!
When and where is Danya commentating Tata Steel? Is this episode from January??
Dannya, 4:20 meant a lot. Thanks bud.
@Daniel Naroditsky, what happens at 5: 41 after White plays knighet E6? do you think that is a reasonble response?
Getting less sleep than you need is devastating to your health
The najdorf is so powerful, my opponent never know what to do lol when I play fast or do tempo moves.
im a bit confused with the early Nbd7 in this line- i thought you were generally supposed to meet f5 with Nc6, but that option isnt on the table anymore?
Now that im thinking, f5 is mainly a threat because of pressure on e6, without e6 is f5 just benign?
Daniel, I’m so impressed with GMs memories of chess games. But can you tell me what you had for lunch 3 days ago?
That’s funny because after I posted this someone else asked you about your memory. You obviously left an impression
Me: Hmm yeh, castling is defo the best move here
Daniel: Castling is a terrible idea, this other move is better
Me: Ah yes that's also what I was thinking :'/
would it be possible for you to put the pgn so we can analyze them also ?
Danya I think you should update the title card that plays in your videos and emphasize the DN logo a bit more. fantastic episode as always
Whens the boxing match against hikaru?
It feels like the weak square in this game for black was F7, which could be attacked from h5 by the queen, c4 by the bishop. There was a decoy in this particular game to move the white bishop to c4 looking like it was a desperate attempt to protect his pony. Near 13 min into the video? I'm probably missing something very obvious though.
cool game :D
35 seconds haha I should be sleeping
Holy hell rook a4!!
How old is this clip? He is talking about Tata Steel masters
How old is this Stream? I'd love to play you at 2300
Ah hadn't watched the whole video Yet! Guess I'm a little late for Tata Steel
I'm only here to see the comments and get an idea how good it was, actually I will be watching this in my Best Tim possible which is morning with my favorite cup of coffee, like thy say save the best for last
Daniel talks like barrack Obama
Hey Daniel I'm pretty bad and like low 800 high 700 bad and was wondering if I could play you to get roasted on why I'm bad
"Wow he blunders pieces so funny and quirky"
@@justusschoenmakers8987 suprisingly i often only have 1-2 blunders per game which often dont result in lost pieces, i just cant find the best moves ever
I feel smarter when watching these but then when I actually play I just try to capture all the pieces so I can turn my remaining pawns into queens...not the best strategy
reduce self pity to a minimum
Salty Danya
i can bet any amount of money that the reason this guy is so good is because he has stockfish in his headphones whispering him the right moves
Thank you sensei danya you raised me from 400-950 and I can't wait to learn more and get even better. You are genuinely the best chess teacher, could you make openings videos? (If you are ever in Denmark Id love to buy you a beer)
That picture.......
@@TuckerHolt hope danya's lessons will fix that too)
@@firstname8078 NEVER!!!
@@firstname8078 it's the anal gambit declined: smeagol variation
@@miningape declined?) More like accepted)