Unleashing Black's Tactical Power | Sicilian Defense: Alapin

Unleashing Black's Tactical Power | Sicilian Defense: Alapin | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

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Күн бұрын

00:00 Intro
00:15 First Move
00:25 Game
32:45 Analysis
50:45 Example 1
51:50 Back to Game
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Пікірлер: 142

@bradhoehne8369 Жыл бұрын

Watch Levy for Fun Watch Eric to Relax Watch Botez to Party Watch Hikaru to be amazed... Watch Dayna to Learn

@DougHoffman Жыл бұрын

I dunno, I find Levy more annoying than fun, but I know I'm in the minority here.

@benjaminjoseph4403 Жыл бұрын

Who watches Botez? lol they use their looks and obnoxious personality for views. They're not even that good.

@Not3xactly Жыл бұрын

Well said

@pseudo4914 Жыл бұрын

@@DougHoffman Finally someone with common sense here

@abdulhakdavutburcek5227 Жыл бұрын

@@DougHoffman I don’t think you’re a minority it’s just his loud fanbase outbursts on opinions like yours.

@jasonreinhardt5342 Жыл бұрын

Been watching the speedrun nightly. My rating has improved, but my enjoyment of the game has skyrocketed. Now I have some strategy behind every move I make, even if it's not always the right one :) Thanks for the great content as always.

@JohnsonSmithson Жыл бұрын

These videos are a blessing. I always watch one before I play and have a decent performance. Also went from 900 to 1300 in rapid and still climbing. Would love to see a Catalan game

@andrb8945 Жыл бұрын

He played the catalan in a prevoius speedrun

@mikecantreed Жыл бұрын

@@andrb8945 ha yea I think that was one where he recommended not touching the Catalan until you’re 2200 FIDE. Keep climbing!

@42cpulaski Жыл бұрын

Can't believe he hasn't faced an open Sicilian setup yet. I swear I get that every single time I face e4.

@charnielduterte3796 Жыл бұрын

what time format do you play?

@gad4372 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, kinda crazy. I run into it 50% of the time

@andrb8945 Жыл бұрын

I rarely face open sicilians online. Mostly people play the bowdler (italian setup) the alapin or the mccdonnel. However in my otb gamed the open sicilian is what I face the most.

@ninepoints5932 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite tropes in Grandmaster chess vids is how they proceed with game and the commentary discusses "simple chess" with a lot of consecutive nice positional moves. Then *BAM* you get hit with this galaxy brain forced sequence starting with a 4 piece sacrifice and a 17 move mating net out of nowhere.

@calvinlittle7 Жыл бұрын

21:21 Engine gives this position -1.38 in Black's favor on stockfish depth 30. Very close guesses from Danya (-1.7 was his guess)

@kruksog Жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone had the eval!

@calvinlittle7 Жыл бұрын

@@kruksog I didn't see anyone else with an eval number so I plugged it in for myself. After Qxc3 the engine is closer at -1.55 for black!

@kruksog Жыл бұрын

@@calvinlittle7 hey, I'm grateful you shared it. Thanks for doing it. I was stoked to see it after Danya said what he did. You just keep doing you bud 👍.

@miladayatynia7844 Жыл бұрын

stockfish depth 20 evaluates the position -0.8 for black

@snbeast9545 11 ай бұрын

On higher and higher depths Stockfish 16 ranges from -0.96 to -1.14, having run it to a billion nodes (depth 55).

@frequensea9434 Жыл бұрын

After this speedrun id love for Danya to deep dive into his recommended openings and add to that playlist. That would have INSANE value

@GrouperGames 19 күн бұрын

@17:58 for example. I have two imaginary Daniel's sitting on my shoulders during my own games. One of them whispers "ask some questions!" The other one whispers, "one-move-itis". Thanks for the great content. Amazing videos.

@Friskyporkchops Жыл бұрын

Danya showing no mercy to the bad moves suggested by chat and played by the opponent this episode and I’m 1000% here for it

@dakotathomas2139 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job during Tata Steel Danya!!!

@nohalfmeasures6 Жыл бұрын

Sick mate, these instructional videos never dissapoint. 😍😍

@TomJones-tx7pb Жыл бұрын

Great instructional video, as always.

@aidanwogan3202 Жыл бұрын

So grateful for your deep analysis of the line where white clings to the pawn with c4! Just had a game where I won the knight with the Qc7 and long-castle trap. You are a gem Danya, and I'm at my all time rapid rating bc of your videos.

@kyleberkoski2805 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Danya for the infinitely instructive content!!!!!

@chessbopolz156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much GM Danya!!

@Julia.Rob-Hurts Жыл бұрын

Great content as always. Would love to see some instructional videos that try to fully cover an opening and all the main lines in ONE video so that I can study and learn from it. These videos are also great but requires viewing a lot of them to see how to respond to certain moves.

@shampooner Жыл бұрын

Bryce you could supplement watching these videos with checking databases and finding ideas/lines

@anonymerglasbehalter3729 Жыл бұрын

i thought the same thing! One video with the very basic explanation of all the opening recommendations and putting games of the speedrun which feature those openings in the description, that would be absolutely amazing.

@T-Dogg121 Жыл бұрын

Just play chess lol

@anonymerglasbehalter3729 Жыл бұрын

@@T-Dogg121 why are you even here then? lol

@pablourosa1443 Жыл бұрын

Hanging Pawns on youtube is the channel you need

@robertsweeney1162 11 ай бұрын

As always for a speedrun game both entertaining and instructive.

@brbcrew9957 Жыл бұрын

Danya really thank you for those videos and you are very underrated you deserve millions of subscribers you are simply the best..

@tiagohello Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you very much!

@VibeCentralMusic Жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel! I've been following your Speedrun series for a long time and it helped me tremendously! I was just wondering if maybe for one episode you could give your opponent a strong attack and show us how to approach defending strong attacks.

@mrrobinson10 4 ай бұрын

Good video, thanks

@Road2ChessMaster Жыл бұрын

Nice game Daniel, very well played :P

@WildernesSam Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@IridescentBob Жыл бұрын

I love listening to chess videos while playing Factorio

@CardinalDunkernya457mm Жыл бұрын

The only kind of videos that I will never skip the ads And make time to watch in one sitting if plausible

@lunalove2259 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement that I need to do more puzzles. That mate was hard for me... - a barley 1200 rapid.

@johnbc7822 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sensei!

@robertbradford42 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to see the reality of people not actually playing the main lines in these videos. I feel like older videos ended up with a lot more main lines than you typically see at these levels.

@careygerry Жыл бұрын

Right when I'm trying to go to sleep Danya posts a speedrun video. I guess I'll just sleep later.

@Not3xactly Жыл бұрын

Amazing as always. Opponent played really well IMO.

@MrFQQLISH Жыл бұрын

that was such a cool mate

@matesenelinsti Жыл бұрын

I have recognised the mate pattern and have used something similar in a game. I agree with Danya, is a matter of making puzzles.

@dibyajyotibora8427 Жыл бұрын

great game

@gumikebbap Жыл бұрын

Easiest sub of my life

@MrCezarVeliki Жыл бұрын

Sensei the wise one

@Sons_Brad_Dalton Жыл бұрын

The commentary was cold and bold here 😂

@aleskeraxmedoglu2711 Жыл бұрын

sicilian defense

@Sachitananda Жыл бұрын

I always play sicilian with black unless I'm white I play the Reti

@pedramtajeddini5100 7 ай бұрын

@Sachitananda saaaameeee i also play grünfeld defense against d4 and if they don't play Nc3 and c4, then i go for king's indian and if they don't go c4 at all i go for chigorin defense

@arzishmaneckji9208 3 ай бұрын

LOOOOOOOL

@E8oL4 Жыл бұрын

Sooo, White playing Nb5 at 16:15 threatening a fork on c7.. We counter with Nxd4 and on Nc7 we play Qc6 threatening Qxc7 if the Knight on d4 is captured and if Nxa8, then we remove our Knight from d4 and eventually capture the Knight on a8 (then it would be two minors for the took)? Or how does this work?

@alexvandervalk5294 2 ай бұрын

I am watching this speedrun by order and have heard many times about Open Sicilian. Now I am waiting it to happen because I think there are some very powerful stuff will be told by Daniel, some secret weapons

@alexf0101 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@oskarfeeney3047 Жыл бұрын

I’m in Sicily

@fandbwelch3768 Жыл бұрын

Hey Naro! I was wondering if 2.g6 vs the Alapin is a good alternative to mainstream lines. What are its pros and cons?

@AWelter713 9 ай бұрын

Hi Daniel. I was wondering if it might be more instructional to the rating range you're at to maybe stick to playing only tactical ideas that are associated with the rating range you're playing at. Just a thought but in any case I love the content and thank you for taking the time to share with us

@XVRMEDIA Жыл бұрын

Ne8 was my first a-ha moment in chess 😆 I was 7 and only knew some basic chess and my opponent was pretty much the same but he knew this idea with Qg3 and Bh6 threatening mate or winning the exchange and he went for it. It took me 5 minutes to discover Ne8 over the board but after that my opponent didn’t know what else to play and I proceeded to win the game 😆

@emrevurgun8328 Жыл бұрын

i saw the idea to attack b2 pawn but i thought about something slow like knight e5 to c4 which is probably as good. gotta see the more immediate threats i guess

@eggu1828 Жыл бұрын

I am beginning Scandinavian player and that position at move there kinda looked like weird scandi and it's already felt advantageous because you opened useful c file for queen attack/retreat and white didn't developed any knights. The following development ideas also felt a lot like scandi with Bf5 and e6 preparing to castle long, so kinda curious thing

@DougHoffman Жыл бұрын

49:48 After Rc1/Qb4, why not Qd1, defending the Knight and getting white's queen out of harm's way?

@garrettshadbolt6443 Жыл бұрын

I’m just going to start talking to myself out loud in my best Naroditsky voice and see if that works 😅

@sasaradonjic1627 Жыл бұрын

sensei is geniues

@marekberek3726 Жыл бұрын

Hey could you please make a full theory video about vienna game? Including 3.Bc4 and 3.g3 and some plans for gameplay. I'm trying to learn vienna but it's hard because there is only few videos on youtube explaining that. Pleaseee

@michaelwhinnery164 Жыл бұрын

Whites pawn on d5 feels like a thorn in the paw but it's not Black just dances around it beautifully. And that Mate.... OMG that mate was sick 😎

@Chris-zf5jz Жыл бұрын

I thought that Qa4 check was the best variation for white?Followed by Qb3 and Bc4. Also according to Khalifmann.

@Frosty-Res Жыл бұрын

I'd say this game was a classic example of going on an unsound attack as a panic reaction to pressure from your opponent?

@walterbrownstone8017 Жыл бұрын

That opening was so Benoni!

@montreux82 Жыл бұрын

What is the solution against knight c7 at 16:28?

@Sachitananda Жыл бұрын

After watching Gotham analyze 1200 rated players I feel there's hope for anyone under 800

@Amoeba_Podre Жыл бұрын

Danya what about making a rook endgame for the endgame playlist? It would be very much appreciated

@djchud06 Жыл бұрын

at 19' how about b3, bf6, c4 qa5, rc1 ?

@aleskeraxmedoglu2711 Жыл бұрын

daniel naroditsky sicilian openigs

@ziyad7600 Жыл бұрын

I like to move the f rook to free the f square for the bishop and to remove any bh6 shinanigans

@deadbishop1 Жыл бұрын

yay

@666DazaiLOL Жыл бұрын

Thought of a forced sacrificial mating pattern at 31:30 NF3+ GXF3 BF2+ KH1 QF3+ KH2 BG3 = Mate NF3+ GXF3 BF2+ KH2 BE1+ KH1 QXF3+ KH2 BG3 = Mate

@basedvillager Жыл бұрын

Forgot that this was a top theory speedrun

@CSRunner7 Жыл бұрын

I’m never sure when to keep the bishop pair and when it’s not a concern 🤷‍♂️ !

@happymhlanga533 Жыл бұрын

Great content...though I find playing against the Queen with two Rooks and an extra piece easier

@MrKostaja Жыл бұрын

Great video. How do you handle 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 where after 3...d5 4.exd5 we cannot play 4...Nf6

@efemetin5593 Жыл бұрын

in that line you have to play Qxd5 because your opponent played the delayed alapin(3.c3) you can only play that Nf6 approach if the opening is alapin(2.c3)

@MrKostaja Жыл бұрын

@@efemetin5593 Yea, figured. Does not seem too bad for black, just somehow don't like it. More work required. Seems hard for me to put my light haired bishop to the right place in those positions.

@efemetin5593 Жыл бұрын

@@MrKostaja Its always the light squared bishop that causes the problem lol. I always played Nf6 aganist alapin and i do quite well with it. You can try that line if you want, daniel played Nf6 in at least 2-3 videos i believe. Also if you are struggling aganist alapin i recommend you to study how to play aganist an iqp because most alapin games lead to the iqp structure.

@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын

it's always the wrong rook - btw, altho I'm not sure, I think that the wrong rook came up in Marshall Capablanca, when the a-rook instead of the f-rook locked the king in a box - idk, i'm not sure, maybe

@lokitac4748 Жыл бұрын

Qb5 and Rd8 is the difference between us and a GM :D

@manudasmd Жыл бұрын

Sensei danya is a legend. Iam 1400 now from 1100 2 years back👍

@theJW55 Жыл бұрын

If, after ...Qxf1+ White had played Kh2, there was a pretty mate in two starting with ...Bg3+!

@pokerstar2926 Жыл бұрын

Babe wake up, Danya posted

@Piqqies_OwO Жыл бұрын

RIP Alapin

@walterbrownstone8017 Жыл бұрын

And this is why you do tactics every day.

@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell Жыл бұрын

So when a lowlevel guy loses to a grandmaster in disguise, does he get some sort of bonus after the fact? Even just an message letting them know who that was, because it would be cool to know why your opponent seemed a thousand points higher than their rating. Otherwise he might think he's fighting Stockfish.

@secretfish6646 Жыл бұрын

they get their rating refunded, i know that much. i assume that comes with a message explaining why it was refunded, but i'm not sure about that

@lukastux3024 Жыл бұрын

Qb5!!

@ablicky8872 Жыл бұрын

What game is this?

@sumtingwong5109 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s Fortnite, but don’t quote me on that

@sadretu Жыл бұрын

It's just a dumb knock-off checkers game, I don't know why people keep playing it.

@Leandrewz0r Жыл бұрын

(*Daniel playing the alapin*) We don't mind an IQP, it opens space for our pieces to manouver and the activity of our pieces compensate for the pawn and the opponent must be careful, our position is great (*Daniel playing against the alapin*) We must do everything we can to get an IQP for white, which is the ideal scenario for us because it is a huge liability and the opponent must be careful, our position is great

@stephanopetronsel8171 Жыл бұрын

Because position is equal, but ideas different:)

@PatrickRecordon Жыл бұрын

IQP is good during middle game with pieces to attack. However if you trade everything, it’s a vulnerable pawn difficult to defend in the endgame.

@Bruno-dx1oy Жыл бұрын

CATALAN!!!

@theotherjoedimaggio Жыл бұрын

20:41 can't you just have queen take c3 defending g7? Danya: Yes, very good, that's the best move. me: *squee*

@joaquincasadodavis2127 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit the eval was -1.7 exactly, he got it completely right wtf

@peterflom6878 Жыл бұрын

Intermediates are scared of open Sicilians because they know Black will have a favorite line

@simonhinkel4086 Жыл бұрын

It's really frustrating on the lower Levels.. the Open Sicilian ist the Most fun opening of all Times ever. And Nobody wants to play it because they think all the 1600s have some insane GM prep...