"Danya scratches his nose" Chat: Could you explain why you used your right hand instead of your left?

damn that queen blunder caught me off guard lol. a true 1200 moment right there

6:20 A 1300 plays theory and danya immediately opening his archive 😂

This guy is extremely strong for 1300

it blows my mind how this Danya guy is just 1200 elo

Okay but the 1300 at the beginning was certainly smurfing no? As a 1800 I don't think I could have beaten him tbh.

Nooooooo, the conclusion to the game was so anticlimactic, the opponent was having such a fantastic game I felt bad for him

Man that opponent was playing super well until he 1200ed all over the board with the queen blunder

I wonder why I can’t get past 1100 with casual play and I see Danya play people like this and it starts to make sense.

So I think something that's worth mentioning for lower level players out there that these speedruns never really address but is so important is to consider how Daniel and other top players address the endgame in one particular point (I know Danya has an excellent endgame series :) ) . Even at my level (1600 in a 10 + 0 time control) when an endgame is reached - I see players make an extremely common blunder: they choose to remove all the pieces and pawns off the board before even thinking of going for checkmate. When reaching an endgame I think a good thought process to adopt is to think on - and execute - a plan to mate the king in the most efficient way possible. Don't worry about your opponent's other pieces unless you absolutely have to. At the very least - when other pieces can move - it ensures you won't draw your opponent's king because you deprived him of moves. While this may not be the best game to illustrate the point - you can still see that Danya doesn't care about all the other pawns that are still on the board - he's thinking about and going for mate when he reaches the endgame.

You express yourself so clearly. It's really amazing.

the opponent played like a 2400 IM until he succumbed to a 1200 moment. really strong player though, he handled the pressure really well.

This has been the most helpful one of your speedruns for me by far! Really great explanations here as a 1200 player it’s hitting the spot

13:20 Daniel The Explorer

Thank you for sharing the general ideas. It's extremely useful to know the patterns in the position! Loving the series so far!

By far my favorite content on Chess KZfaq. Keep it up Danya!

I feel like I learned a lot from this game. Also super happy that I immediately looked at moves like Qd5 (I think it was Qd5) to undouble the pawns through a queen trade as someone who is rated 800. Especially the ways to manouver the knight and the creation of outposts for a knight were super insightful. I was immediately able to apply the knowledge when you showed the game of the GM's as an example. I really did learn a lot so thank you! I just love chess!

It's very valueable to explain the ideas behind the theoretical moves. Thank you!

Hope you are feeling better! Thanks again for the content Danya!

Amazing content Danya, I think your videos are by far the most instructional out there!

If suspicious was a person, this guy would be it lmao

0:46 instant prophecy activated.

41:38 yes! Exercises like this: how would you defend x if attacked? With what piece? And so on... really makes me understand better the game... thanks so much again for the speedrun!! 42:20 is the precise moment "of the exercise" actually

Fantastic video as usual. I always have issue with Rossolimo, this gives me some good ideas.

Strongest 1300 player i’ve ever seen lmao at that level most ppl have no positional understanding

Amazing content as always

Lost a game in the Rossolimo as black right before this went up. I haven't really prepared for it before. Lots of good stuff to work with in this video

Such an exciting game .. I literally screamed when the opponent gave away his queen 😡😡

Thank you for this video series, it is so good!! These deep dives into the big ideas behind different opening lines are SOO useful, it's hard to learn these ideas yourself from studying games or seeing computer recommendations, because you don't get as much detail into the ideas behind the moves. I've been playing the Accelerated at ~1500 based on your earlier speedruns - nice to see a deep dive on the Rossolimo which always perplexes.

Appreciate your content so much!

White plays a4, prompting a subtle check of his profile ;)

The way you teach and explain is impressive. thanks a lot Danya. Now im rated 1240 and a few months ago I was 700-800 elo

Silvestroe played like a 2600 FIDE for 27 turns and then it's like a toddler grabbed the mouse. Wild

Love this series

these are so fun to watch

danya is such a fantastic educator.

19:34 "I think that we... should probably try to play as solidly as possible, given that our opponent is playing *super well* " lmaooo danya trying to be nice

What a game by that guy he played out of his mind

299K checking in. Good luck Danya, , much deserved!

28:40: DN: "Let's finish the game in style". Me: "Gimme pawn RD3" DN: "Obviously don't play RD3" Me: Oh, that's why I'm 450 :(

damn this is really intense explaination !!!

I hate to say it, but the amount of times Danya has said his sub-1800 opponents are close to outplaying him or actually outplaying him suggests there is quite a lot of cheating going on, even if only for a few moves in the opening. If you count the number of moves it took for Danya to stop saying that in this game, it's a lot more than a 1300 should be able to survive against a gm, let alone do well.

Thanks!

In Gotham’s Guess the ELO series all the 1300s play like 700s. This series is more accurate. All the 1300s I see play like this guy, able to keep up with a high GM. Insane.

Congrats on 300k bro

Nice going Danya

nice tnx

A key point to remember is that when white has pawns on e4 and f4, then f5 by black blunts white's opportunities. Black had plenty of early opportunities to do this to effect. This idea can turn up quite a lot in closed Sicilians.

This guy should be a professional player

Danya you are absolute legend

If I could sub twice I would. My favourite KZfaq channel. Thanks Danya.

DANYA JUST MADE MY NIGHT PEACEFULL

I love your videos!!

You are a good teacher. I like how politely deal with annoying comments

A FULL HOUR OF DANYA! BY THE GODS!

Such a rich positional game and we're just at 1200-1300! Really appreciate all the energy you put into these games and post-analysis Danya!

Thank you !!!!!!!

Juicy outpost lol love it

Great!!!

I see many people in the comments being suspicious of the opponent, but I am 1200 myself and I often try to play along (I set up a board, pause the video and try to come up with the best moves for Danya's opponent). I would've played most of the moves the opponent played. Funny thing is I wouldn't have played them for any underlying positional ideas, but for superficial ideas or because of intuition. The opponent might be cheating, but he might also not be. Don't forget: Danya's also not playing his best. He's purposefully avoiding overly complex positions.

Since there was a lot of speculation in the comments regarding this game,I would like to share what I found out. I used lichess's analysis tool which shows top 5 moves at every point and apart from moves Ke2,Kg3,Rb1,Re1,fxe5 all the other white's moves in the first 26 moves were in top 5 moves. Also all the moves played untill the 27.Ke2 kept a slight advantage for white, black was never better before that. Additionally, c4,which Danya said was more of a "one move-threat",which is the case in most 1300 elo matches, was the best move in the position and gave white +1.6.Before the queen was blundered, the evaluation was 0.0,a draw. The point of this comment is not to make any kind of accusation, it is just to share what I found out of curiosity and felt like sharing with others to give them context to base their thoghts on.

Thank you Danya :)

Up to about 1500, blundering is the number 1 problem of most players.

GM Daniel You are really best teacher

Maybe the best tutorial video about sicilian dragon on the net, thank you

good stuff

thanks

Got that 300k sub mark. Congrats

300k subscribers soon!

watching these videos on youtube feels like watching dora when you ask a question and wait for a response and then get answers from chat

As an accelerated dragon player, this was so informative. Thanks sensei

Your videos are so much better with adblock. I don't want the teaching to be interrupted by the newest ad for a phone I don't care about

SUPER INTENSE DEJA VU

Danya can you bring an open sicilian video with the black pieces in the style of the accelarate dragon? ( not the rossolimo but d4)

This series is so damn good it just blows my mind

17:31 I picked Qd6 because I figured if our plan was to bring the Knight in to d4, we needed both d4 and e6 open. I always find it interesting how differently my little 1690 brain thinks about things than masters - much less GMs.

Wish I could sub twice danya you deserve it (though selfishly I'm glad not everyone watches your content, my secret weapon)

I always thought that I would play the Hyper Accelerated Dragon in order to avoid the Rossolimo, but after this game I might reconsider..

Beautiful game, too bad for the Queen blunder. So frustrating when it happens

36:00 - the knight on e7 helps support f5, no? The classical KID with ...Nc6 d5 Ne7 has the same idea.

On 6 dec 22 danya has 298k subs and now I'm watching this video on 9 jan 24 and danya have 396k subs hope you will get 400k subs soon and will also achieve 1M sub one day , best Content on KZfaq 🎉

Another great game. That blunder was a pity. Otherwise we could have seen an endgame.

I heard you say subscribe please. And I thought about it. And then I heard you say you aren't playing at advanced level theory to demonstrate the bones of the thinking. So I want to subscribe. And then I went to subscribe and KZfaq wouldn't let me because I have already subscribed.! It's never easy danya.

I would've totally fallen for the traps at the end with the knight lol. That's why I'm an 1100

1300s blunder when you keep making threats. I blunder after my opponent has run out of threats (and come out worse) but I'm just too exhausted from successfully defending. As soon as the pressure comes off that's when I throw

17:40 Qd4 actually looked interesting to me, intending to go to h4 where it is nearly invulnerable

At like 16:50, doesn't Re6 lead to a fork via the knight moving to h5? Or do we not care because if Nxg7, Kxg7 and that's just a fine place for our king to be?

Don’t assume your opponent will cooperate whatever you do (great advice)

That c4 antipositinal looking move was actually a top 3 engine recommendation. I kinda suspected this guy to be cheating for a while because the way he played positionally. Sure he 'blundered' his queen at the end but that might be because he knew Danya's account.

This was one of the most informational SR I have watched. That opponent was really good.

I flew you from one year.. Thanks for the free lesson.. Please if you can play with pirc defense for black strategy and middle game

This Danya guy is really good, he might be able to reach GM one day.

yo Naroditsky ur my favorite living chess player hoping you kill in tournaments my guy and get to quit this KZfaq shit one day, but your vids def make me think about positions and tactics way more, and I thank you for it.

One of the best 1300s in the world.

How do you reduce blunders? That queen move feels so familiar

Unfortunately he likes to play the Botez-Gambit, based on his positional play he would easily be 1600+

well played for the opponent there! great job

Bruvvvvv I’m sitting thinking this is such great chess… then that happens LOL

"black against a 1324, a very strong opponent" me a 1395 - :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

43:38 isn't white just faster with Rf7?