Gonna start saying “it’s a difficult conceptual moment here” when my wife wants me to do the dishes while I’m watching a naroditsky speed run video.

Danya should be the face of chess at this point. Incredible player, godly teacher and on top of that incredible human being! For people like me he already has done more for chess than Magnus Fischer Kasparov combined. You definitely have many many hardcore supporters in us at every tournament Danya. Hats off to you sir!

One of my favorite things that happens during these speedruns is when Danya says: "Guys, give me a few seconds to calculate this." And literally one second later: "Ok, there are three or four ways we can handle this."

Please please never stop the speedrun vids.. I especially like when you play the same/similar openings throughout the entire run.. really helps with pattern req, middle game plans and opening tree remembering

I just got back into chess after a couple of decades. Am 50 now. I got as high as 2190 elo in the 90s and have to say this video is fantastic. Wished it existed 35 years ago :)

As an old beginner this is likely my favorite segment of the speed runs I’ve seen. I really appreciate the “thinking out loud” approach and interaction with the live stream. 🙏

That was an awesome game Danya! I love wins, that are not a direct result of a one move blunder, but manifest rather slow and positionally.

Never too much speed run! Also some of the most relaxing and fun videos to watch. Your additional courses do complement this content very well as some of these topics require a dedicated explanation. Thanks again for creating such high quality chess content. I recommend you to everyone. P.S. I would love a speed run where you pick an opening with black and/or white like kings indian defense and stick with it to show the themes of that opening. It would be nice to evaluate the different lines.

Hola Daniel, de verdad es el mejor canal de ajedrez, aprendo mucho, y aparte es gratis, me ayuda mucho escucharlo en ingles porque tengo un examen de IELTS y ver tus videos me ayuda a aprender inglés y ajedrez

Daniel my favorite games to watch on repeat are when you get to 2000+, especially your 3000+ Elo games. Please do not stop them for the fear they might be too technical. I started watching these levels when I was 800 and today I am 1800+. The super technical videos have been invaluable

Just commenting for algorithm and to say that i genuinely learn so much from these speedruns and i hope you still continue them after this one is done, especially in conjunction with the other videos youve talked about wanting to produce.

Excited to hear you’re doing more speed runs after this… it’s so instructive!

Sometimes I think I'd like to watch another GM do a vid like this to see how a different style would be explained, but guess what? No one else does such awesome videos! Danya is the GOAT.

Love these speed run series -- learn so much and so entertaining. Keep up the good work.

Thank you SO MUCH for the speedruns. I love them.

Yes please don't stop the speedruns I look forward to these so much, also I would love some g4 bayonet attacks in the future like Judit Polgar used to do

This is therapeutic… to watch you clinically dismantle your opponents threats… NEVER gets old - looking forward to another speed run. Danya = Beast

I love this Speedrun and your analysis! I also like how you play standard openings instead of wild (usually dubious) gambits just to beat up on lower-rated players. There's already plenty of that on KZfaq by other chess content creators. Daniel is also, in my opinion, the most articulate chess content creator. Listening to him is easy. His thoughts are clearly expressed in an understandable way.

thanks for the content, it is all extremely helpful. that being said i think your 1800-2200 level speedrun content has been the best chess instructional content i have ever consumed.

Danya, this is my favorite speedrun game in recent memory. Beautiful positional game, I enjoyed every moment of the match and the analysis. Thank you for this series. I hope to learn from you or maybe even play with you in Charlotte one day!

This series is phenomenal, something crucial to take away in every video.

These are the type of videos that motivate me to learn more and more about chess

Sper informational video loving it Daniel, for me it is rly hard too see and find improving moves it was a good eye opener would love to see more about improving moves and how to find them

Great chess, thanks for all the real time analysis, very interesting :)

Happy for all kinds of speedruns. E4 speedruns, D4 speedruns. gambit speedruns, hypermodern, etc.

Absolute pleasure to watch

Hi Danya, whenever I watch a sensei video I feel I go into my next game with a completely new understanding. Example: When you taught us about the Pillsbury Knight, I had that in a QGD the very next game I played, and it was an absolute monster.

Great video! 😄

Love the explanations. Wish Danya was my chess tutor on a permanent basis!!!!

You know its a good speedrun game when even Danya gives himself a pat on the back! Amazing game Danya, thank you for uploading!

Really nice game. Love these games for sure.

There can never be too many of these speedruns

I agree, no such thing as too many speedruns to look over !

Connoisseurs know that Danya is the internet's real chess teacher.

Love your Speedrun videos! I've had the privilege of watching one live a few months ago... Anyway, no one has helped me more than you. Not gonna mention any other names, but I've tried all types of content, even paid content to no avail. Thanks to you I've gotten out of my plateau at 1200 into the 1400s and beyond! My advice to every intermediate player: Consume speedrun videos like the finest wine and play a lot of chess... Watch every single speedrun video. I'm telling you. Eventually the type of thinking sticks. Sometimes I even imagine Danya narrating my chessgame as I play and it helps, I try to think "what would Danya play in this position?" I do miss the speedruns at around my ELO, but there is still a lot to be learned from speedruns above level 2000!

Loved the point about Grunfeld frontloading tactics in the opening v Kings Indian delaying tactics till the middlegame

My fav yt series

For me personally it's not the speedrun content specifically what I like, but it's having you talk your way through a game and analysing afterwards. It's way more concrete than abstract video on the end game.

Thank you for these speed runs. I went from 1500 to 800, discovered I had accidentally fathered 7 children and developed a drug habit. I couldn't have done it without you, Danya.

When you talked about waiting on the d5 pawn push in the middle game , it’s similar to waiting in the end game to push pawns (to not exhaust your resources) and once it’s pushed it can never be undone. Also the grunfeld super complicated, there’s like a lot moves you can consider in the early middle game (marginal but not sure )

This was a beautiful and very instructive game. As a 1600, it felt very straightforward and the only moves I couldn’t find in my own were Rc5 and Rd1. Then again, those were some defining moves this game… thanks for the instruction!

I absolutely love these speedrun series! An idea for a future series: For the early part of the series when opponents ratings are low, you could play very simple and principle chess. I know you already now adapt your play and don't always play the "best" moves if the are very complicated but maybe you could take it one step further. For example when you play a 1200 rated opponent you avoid all moves that require calculations that a typical sub1500 player could not do.

great video

Please NEVER stop the speedrun till you lose a game. Gives a chance to some of us to aspire to 2600 but more importantly gives insight in how such high level players think and their thought process.

Feels weird to watch this for free. Thank you, Danya!

Great game. Great instruction. Thank you!

you are the best chess channel, thanks a lot danya

good stuff

Great game as always 👍

Very good teacher keep up

The Grunfeld defense is one of my favourite openings as Black.Seeing it from White's perspective has given me a better understanding of this opening.Thank you🙂

Just wanted to say all these speed run vids are great thanks

12:50 d5 is an interesting line i found where black has to be careful

Awesome!

Can't wait for the next one thanks Daniel!

Man I love your work Danya! Not looking forward to the speedrun starting back over at 800 since it won't be anything interesting till like 1200 at least, but it is what is people are different levels

you da best, much thanks

Amazing

I have never done well against the Grunfeld and have adopted an anti-Grunfeld system with 3.f3. Plus, I play the Samisch against the King's Indian, so this creates positions with which I'm familiar. A lot of Grunfeld players get confused after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 because they don't really know what to do with their knight that is under attack. They're used to exchanging it off with white's knight which is usually on c3. But it's not there! I do like your 7.Bb5+ move, however. I may have to give that a try.

What a game. You're a G Danya. Thanks for all the expert lessons.

It just shows how poor my memory is. I recalled Nimzowitsch "My System" having a chapter about "Prophylaxis", but in fact it was about "Laying on the Beef"!

Nobody holds a candle for this professor. The best.

You are awesome man

18:38 its nice to know some chess pieces deliver life saving drugs

Good work!

Great commentary and nice German minerale ;), thanks!

It would've been nice to see the Topolov Shirov game through to the end, since it has one of most amazing moves of all time.

I'm a big fan of Daniel. There many top players out there but Dany is the best chess teacher I've known in my life

This is a slick response... I can't wait to face the Grünfeld

Top player, incredible teacher

When you said ‘its like the Chinese of openings’ for a second I thought there was a Chinese opening I’d never heard of and got excited… then I figured out what you meant 😅 there needs to be a super technical opening called the Chinese.

gg as always

One of my favorite series on all of KZfaq.

You made winning look like child's play. Of course, I recognize your hundreds of hours of dedication that made your pattern recognition so overwhelming to mere mortals such as me. Thank you for posting this game of yours, Daniel.

Jesus Christ! You crushed the Grunfled with Bb5+!!

The only thing I don't get at 27:43 (about Ng3 immediately instead of Nf4 plan) is that I don't see what you're planning to do with the g3 knight next. All of its possible moves end up in it being instantly taken by pawns

"The Grunfeld is a ridiculously solid opening." It has always been a puzzlement to me why it's not more popular. Bobby Fischer mostly played the King's Indian Defense but would occasionally uncork the Grunfeld with tremendous success. But that probably says more about Fischer than it does the Grunfeld. Although here's a game where Spassky defeats Fischer's Grunfeld: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aL-ha6l01NzOf2g.html

Never stop speedruns please

amazingly solid game

Every video should include that "Russian accent voice" at some point. It's gold. And trademark worthy.

fun game to watch

I love your Russian accent - 22:19

wow that is one really impressive accurate game by Daniel. I used to play the Grunfeld and won against many strong OTB FIDE 2300+ players, but now that games are showing that the black knight on a5 is not good (as evidenced by some MVL recent games), I am not so sure about wanting to play it anymore. In this game, black missed out on a free queenside b5 expansion which, combined with e6, cost him the game.

Oh so cool! I can’t wait to learn more from the greatest chess teacher under 30. You’re going to grow into a greater player and person, looking forward to learning more.

Love you danya

Hey Danya love your speedruns, got one question tho, in 17:08 you say we got a tempo when Bd7 and we can use the tempo to take queen out, but doesnt black also take the queen out and connecting rooks while retaking bishop? So we just trade the bishops not gaining tempo. Thanks for your youtube vods im watching almost all of them

Superb tactic to win the game

This game was so clean Holy Shit

I wondered why Danya went Qh8 mate instead of Qg5, then I noticed that Qh8 was a mate with the promoted queen and the h pawn. The original queen wasn't even needed, whereas Qg5 was a mate using both queens and the pawn. I wonder if be did that on purpose for style points.

how do you begin to analyze a position? watching daniel do it in a speedrun makes it look easy, but doing it in a game is so hard for me

Petition to continue the Speedrun to 2400

I was watching this video and at the move you were debating between Rb1 and Rc1, I was thinking “why not sack the exchange for activity with d5? It turns out that it’s a good move, but not primarily for the reason I imagined. While you do get adequate compensation for the exchange, stockfish prefers the in between move dxc6 with a threat on both bishops.

I really like chess lately, i love the london and want go buy some coaching because i want to learn traps etc… he keeps talking about main moves etc, how do they know this? Reading books? Is it with databases? If so how can i check this all myself :)?

Danya, where did you get that tshirt? Love it!

30:22 I understand the tactical reasons to play this move but in general, with the kingside attack, don't u want to not open up the center like this? What makes it even more surprising is that it actually works to do this. black's pieces are so bad but I would never think of doing this because i would try to keep the center closed.

this man said "whole other kettle of fish" lmao

47:10 This is the Bh3 game!

good games x2

I just wish we get to explore all the uncharted territories of the open sici if we still gonna do e4 next speedrun!

good games x3 actually