Forcing Positional Weaknesses | Sicilian Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Top Theory Speedrun

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00:00 Intro
00:25 First Move
00:35 Game
18:20 Analysis
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The opening played in this game is the Sicilian Defense. The Sicilian Defense is a chess opening played by Black in response to White's first move 1.e4. Black responds with the move 1...c5, occupying the central d4 square and challenging White's control of the center of the board. The Sicilian Defense is a popular and highly respected opening that has been played by many top grandmasters and world champions. It is known for its sharp, tactical nature and offers Black a good chance to fight for an equal or even better position. There are many different variations of the Sicilian Defense, but the one played in this game is the Sicilian Defense with the Najdorf Variation. This variation is named after the grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, who was a leading exponent of the Sicilian Defense. The Najdorf Variation is known for its sharp, tactical play and is often favored by players who enjoy complex, attacking positions.
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@casio81234 Жыл бұрын

Danya drinking game: take a Soviet school boy shot every time we bite the bullet and reinvent the wheel, while distributing the COVID vaccine and simultaneously climbing Mount Everest just to bite on granite at Frankfurt airport, this is theory but suffers from onemoveitis and is a paper tiger but is a prime example of potential vs kinetic energy

@DanielNaroditskyGM Жыл бұрын

lmaooo

@nabeelAkanfe Жыл бұрын

Wow this is great

@bitsori6774 Жыл бұрын

Also when you assess the order of operations and decide between the sexy line or prophylaxis which is the more clinical approach

@brunilda Жыл бұрын

guys guys guys, let’s just play simple KZfaq and make the principled comment

@casio81234 Жыл бұрын

@@brunilda I know a lot of you are tempted by this comment, but don’t stop calculating, what happens when we play the danya drinking game anyway?

@thetotalitarianturtle3755 Жыл бұрын

Watched live but gotta watch again for the algorithm. Please never stop these videos, you deserve so many more viewers.

@pokerstar2926 Жыл бұрын

Cringe-a-a

@stewy0013 Жыл бұрын

Do you recall where (approx) in the video there is a discussion of the “algorithm?”

@franklin5825 Жыл бұрын

@@pokerstar2926 shush

@notdream2848 Жыл бұрын

@@pokerstar2926 yo mom cringe

@pokerstar2926 Жыл бұрын

@@notdream2848 ya she cringe every time she see yo post

@peterflom6878 Жыл бұрын

You are my favorite chess KZfaqr. You don't insult other streamers, you don’t insult your viewers, no click bait... Just great chess instruction!

@xCupressocyparis Жыл бұрын

You're so right there. That kind of popular click bait, manufacture of fake drama and insulting of viewers really grinds my gears too. In contrast, Danya is a class act and his instruction is fantastic! See also: Chessnetwork, Powerplaychess and anything by Alex Astaneh. 🙂

@thewarrior4710 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Right

@argh9743 Жыл бұрын

No arrogance too. Just nice and humble.

@blammular Жыл бұрын

9:17 you're killing me Naroditsky. Sometimes you play h6 (or h3, a3 or a6) and sometimes "it's a waste of a tempo." I'm starting to worry that the only way to tell the difference is with practice, analysis, and experience.

@Jj82op Жыл бұрын

He mentions Petrosian, in other videos he's explained how Petrosian would play very prophylactic and showed some games with the idea in mind to restrict the opponents movement or anticipating their moves but I don't remember for sure in which videos he explains it.

@leo-um6yt Жыл бұрын

It’s a matter of experience and practice, but also reasoning with yourself “what happens if Bg5”, for example, and then calculating how annoying Bg5 would be and wishing you had spent a tempo on h6, is usually a good rule of thumb. It’s also good to not make those sorts of moves if you are 1 or more tempi behind in development (unless the position is closed in which case you can probably get away with it). Sometimes reasoning with yourself, you can trick yourself into doing sub-optimal things. So one of my favourite rules of thumb, when you are unsure: “Tell lines, not stories”. If you have a candidate move that is your prophylactic flank pawn push of choice (a3,h3, etc) - or any other prophylactic move for that matter - calculating and evaluating how annoying your opponent’s plan is and whether it’s worth the tempo. Of course this requires experience as well but I hope this long-winded and rambling answer helped 😅

@smort123 Жыл бұрын

I think in this position theres a concrete threat of something coming to g5. But its a waste if nothing wants to come there anyway.

@david-hasselhoff7483 Жыл бұрын

If you are wondering whether to play h6 the question is in essence whether the opponent has a strong move that involves putting something on g5. In the game, Bg5 was by far the best developing move for the bishop, which means it was worth it in this case (although not necessary). However it is a waste of tempo if the opponent does not have a good move related to the g5 square, as h6 in itself does not accomplish anything (doesn't develop a piece, does not increase control of the center, slightly weakens g6, etc.) A few typical examples where playing h6 can be considered are - Bg5 pins the knight and the pin is problematic to resolve, or Bg5 is the only good developing square for the bishop - An attack with Ng5 and Qh5 is threatened - A greek gift sacrifice is to be avoided - Your knight is already pinned and you are "asking the bishop a question" (in a sense g5 is an optimal square as both diagonals are great, so you're forcing it to decide between one of the great diagonals) - It prepares g5 (more likely, a6 prepares b5 like for example in the Najdorf)

@notNights Жыл бұрын

Same with bishop being on same diagonal as the king. In this it is not a threat, other games it's great.

@samuelgee6463 Жыл бұрын

Can’t believe this quality of instruction is free. Danya, you’re the epitome of a class act.

@arafatrahman4160 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Danya for providing such educational content. You are a legend mate.

@Miesko1 Жыл бұрын

how did you donate

@trutty Жыл бұрын

You mentioned in the video when you got 300k subscribers that you appreciate the dedication your community has so that you can make the content you enjoy making because you're not a video editor or a professional KZfaqr, you're a chess player. You are much more than that though, you're a damn good teacher too. And that's why I love your videos so much, Danya. You are authentic and you deliver information in a clear and concise manner. Thank you for everything you do for the chess community.

@AMcPhee578 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the great content, Daniel! Still can’t believe this level of instruction is free.

@NAITANNN Жыл бұрын

Danya is CRANKING OUT these videos!!!! What a treat.

@legendairygaming1518 Жыл бұрын

You’re awesome bro. Thank you!! 🎉🎉 19:43

@Cano00000 9 ай бұрын

I’ve literally been looking for the lines against the Italian thank you for an incredible video!

@nasaruinz Жыл бұрын

Amazing videos. I look forward to these so much during long days at work

@Not-You-Tuber Жыл бұрын

This guy singlehandedly raised my rating from 1000 to 1600+.. Now I get a decent position through my opening even against 2000+ players, because of his after speedrun opening analysis.. Thanks Danya..♥️♥️

@derekrouleau9197 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed; I keep running into this in my games. Thank you!

@nickmoore5105 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed it after game analysis in this video. It’s good to see in-depth analysis of these early game positions that come up commonly

@samuelmanni582 Жыл бұрын

This video is actually insane. Amazing how many valuable and well explained informations are contained in it! Thank you Danya!

@elliah_138 10 ай бұрын

Top content! Thank you, Danya!

@RicardoDV Жыл бұрын

Dayna I have to say you are undoubtedly the best chess KZfaqr out there. It’s so fun to watch and you go into such detail that no one else does. The best part it’s free it’s hard to find content like this without paying

@TheQuicksilver115 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Sicilian player who knowingly just didn't know any theory before this 😅 Love this speedrun! I find the ideas are a lot easier to hold on to when you play similar lines repeatedly! Just got lucky I happened to have picked what you recommend but even if it wasn't what I wanted to play seeing lines played out more thoroughly is hugely helpful to me as a 1300 player. Many thanks sensei!

@notdream2848 Жыл бұрын

Please continue making these informative opening theory moves Really helps remember easily

@dcthereal1 Жыл бұрын

Your opening analysis at the end is definitely not dry! It's very entertaining to watch your take on these openings

@hearmeout1767 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making these videos to teach all of us! 🥺💛

@wojtekgr87 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dania, Best education chess content. I play this opening so much better since I started watching this series.

@kevingray4980 Жыл бұрын

Awesome speed run! I wasted years of growth because I fell for the idea that you should avoid spending much time studying the openings, memorizing lines, and creating a comprehensive repertoire till you're 2000 Elo.I learned chess from books as a teen in the 90s. I stalled at 1600, and it took me years to hit 1700. Finally in my mid 20s I fleshed out a solid repertoire. I went from 1700 to 1900 in one year, getting some draws and wins against players over 2000 and even 2100. The best way to improve is to learn to hang with stronger players! Never give weaker players a chance! How do you hang with strong players when you're losing to begin with? How do you develop positional understanding when you can't navigate toward decent versions of the various middlegames and endgames against people who know how to play them? It's like there were two realities, the rational chess of books, then the chaotic version in my games where I was always mixing things up for tactical saves of bad positions. Keep up the good work. Love your content! I know it's targeted toward lower Elo players, but I still learn from it.

@whimsnickal Жыл бұрын

These speedruns are so instructive! Danya, the way you teach chess is, and I mean this as a sincere compliment, so simple and obvious. There's no extraneous "what do I do now?" moments that someone of a lower rating (me) thinks during a game; just objective, clear thinking and strategy. Never stop.

@calebhall4722 Жыл бұрын

Always wanted a setup against the Bowdler attack, thanks for the awesome content Danya 😁

@OGTimeBandit Жыл бұрын

This is my number one favourite anticipated video on KZfaq. Best chess content bar none. Hell, best overall content perhaps.

@XFlyingDutchmanX Жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure to follow your instructive opening analysis

@timnauwelaers6876 Жыл бұрын

This is the first video of this speedrun that I noticed, I imediately liked it since I'm tryibg to play the sicilian dragon. I am defenitely going to watch the missed episodes once I have vacation. I loved the opening theory and as always also the game and amazing 'commentary' keep it up

@jjkjjk23 Жыл бұрын

I drop everything to watch these videos when they come out. Looking forward to rewatching and really processing these lines

@SmithCS Жыл бұрын

The opening analysis isn’t dry at all. I love it. Keep it up daniel

@youyou792 Жыл бұрын

Love these opening focused videos! Pls a lot more vids in the 1300-1700 Range

@Blaaww1 Жыл бұрын

I love what danya has done to the back ground of his room. Gives off prophet vibes.

@andreaspernadi1121 Жыл бұрын

I really like this 'opening speedrun' series, usually I skip the analysis part (because I'm dumm like that) but now analysis part is the one I find most interesting.

@allan.carvajal Жыл бұрын

I'm here supporting as always

@Noko099 Жыл бұрын

You are the best. I learn soooo much from your super instructive videos. Thank you 😊 🙏🙏

@TheJayMoses Жыл бұрын

I learned SO MUCH from this one! I have played both sides of this opening and made all of the mistakes Daniel unpacks. BTW, “disrobes the king” was clutch articulation. Curry-esque clutch.

@shanastroskyphazer8172 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan !

@CSRunner7 Жыл бұрын

Love your opening focus as I do sometimes sleepwalk through openings moving same pieces and getting in trouble. Now through this channel I feel I can play a few more solid openings hopefully! 🤞

@wildorca4500 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos Danya! Always very instructive. It seems like you will never get an accelerated dragon lmao. Not many people learn to play open sicilian properly as white these days. If you play sicilian on lower levels then you constantly run up against anti-sicilians so learning an open sicilian line is practically redundant lol. Most of the popular content on youtube against sicilians are teaching anti-sicilians. No-one is really helping anyone learn to play the open sicilian well so a lot of people believe that they will lose if they play it.

@NestorMandela Жыл бұрын

This is, for the moment, my favourite speedrun. Games are super instructive and the focus on building an opening repertoire is magnificient. If you take this speedrun as a base layer and release an opening repertoire in pgn or alike I'd gladly pay for it! Keep bringing top tier content, Danya! 400K incoming.

@ryanbeltran5122 Жыл бұрын

Love being apart of the 300k subbed. Love this channel

@dudeinagoodmood Жыл бұрын

I watch ONLY your Sicilian videos so I can see how to attack all opening’s. It’s really helped my game

@donaldwilliams3247 Жыл бұрын

26:45 Definitely not too dry. Very informative and useful information. Great format with the game and analysis. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge and expertise.

@andreiko4 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always

@ariankhl3543 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work coach!

@jjm5353 Жыл бұрын

More Sicilian defense please and thank you! :) Love the content!

@zjayt Жыл бұрын

not dry at all. keep 'em coming!

@SchneoBeo Жыл бұрын

I played my best game ever today, way above my rating (1000). It felt really good, and it’s all thanks to your guidance! Thanks a lot, I hope I get to face you in a future speedrun!

@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 Жыл бұрын

I remember Charlie finding a nice bishop sack in one of the games you showed him. Also thank you for this video this is a line I struggled with before as the black pieces because I was doing the D5 pawn push too early.

@mikoformamutant445 Жыл бұрын

Best series and best analysis!

@Cpilotcc Жыл бұрын

These videos are so addictive and relaxing

@jolenecoda Жыл бұрын

That analysis has made me excited to see the bowdler!

@franklinbromberg6687 Ай бұрын

awesome vid

@benjaminphilip6548 Жыл бұрын

Best videos that will actually improve your chess

@vedantyelmalle2439 Жыл бұрын

Very useful analysis, I needed to watch this particular video. I learnt Sveshnikov on chessable but never get to play it because of Bc4, it’s very common.

@austinwolfgram1517 Жыл бұрын

daniel naroditsky

@joshualavender Жыл бұрын

“Disrobing” is an elegant word, and this writer approves. “Denuding,” while accurate, is vulgar.

@samuelmanni582 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ajames917 8 ай бұрын

Such a great easy analysis for the Sicilian

@michigan53105 9 ай бұрын

I love these videos

@arthurtornabene-zalas3501 Жыл бұрын

Daniel, you have the best videos on KZfaq

@jeremybroadbent8997 Жыл бұрын

so damn good. best chess youtuber on the internet by a longggg shot

@airavatarebirth9437 Жыл бұрын

I'm always excited seeing your video notifications. I absolutely love watching these videos as you're extremely good at chess and your content is so easy to digest!

@Baumhauskrampf Жыл бұрын

yea it totaly is! which kind of way do you eat it? For me I usually print his spoken to paper and then enrich it with just a little bit of sugar. Quite unlike Hikaru's takes takes takes, there there there, here you always need to put half a kilo of chia seeds in it, to get that plank through the mill..

@7rodo 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂@@Baumhauskrampf

@Baumhauskrampf 2 ай бұрын

😂

@thechef1010 Жыл бұрын

Just what I play! Niceee BTW, you're my favorite GM and steamer

@seryannis Жыл бұрын

Awesome video and great analysis! i think i speak for every low rated player like myself, when i say We want more analysis like this for lines like 3.Bb5 or Nc3. And of course, when those lines happen after the open sicilian trades on D4. Thank you so much for everything!!!

@bensummers5479 Жыл бұрын

The analysis after this game is gold, I have been playing the Sicilian for the past month and have ran into these exact lines after opponent goes bishop c4 and its so cool to see exactly what I should have played vs what I did play

@gregbillenness5973 Жыл бұрын

Great video (again) and an excellent point about memorisation. Understanding comes from making links between the things you have learned ,or memorised. The idea that you can understand something without putting in the hard work is, sadly, very popular these days but incorrect.

@NickMaovich Жыл бұрын

Danya you are absolute legend

@lexvdw Жыл бұрын

I play e6 also and have had a lot of the example positions. Keen to put these new moves into practise!

@worsethanjoerogan8061 Жыл бұрын

That center fork tactic is definitely something I'm gonna use. At my level they always play Bc4

@auxiliaryboxes Жыл бұрын

I really think Daniel has _the_ channel for players who are serious about improvement and increasing their rating. No other channels maintain such a consistent quality of instructional content! I'll throw my own testimonial here: Progressed from ~800 to ~1100 in the span of a few months thanks to your crystal clear teaching methodology. Thanks for everything you do.

@joshualee6559 Жыл бұрын

excellent

@KhalilMuhammad Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@danh72 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos! I gather comments help with the algorithm, which is a good reason to say thanks to Mr Naroditsky

@godvonheaven2968 Жыл бұрын

Hi Danya, you say even beginners should memorize some lines and understand them at the same time. That's for sure much better now, with computers and online stuff, compared to 35 years ago, when I tried to learn the sicilian from a Taimanov's book. But still, understanding of a complicated position is proportional to the player's level. You can memorize the main lines, some sidelines, but what if your opponent makes a move you don't know from memory? You have to react and find a good continuation, maybe even a refutation. I think, one has to learn the opening principles, later some good patterns in chosen openings he plays, then transition to the middle game, etc. I think there's no fun in learning openings too deep too soon. Killing the creativity is killing the fun, as Ben lately said, pleasing me with this attitude.

@nickverschoore4351 Жыл бұрын

I saw the trap at the end of the movie so Daniel basically called me tactically sharp, im so proud of myself. Anyway, great videos!!

@user-nestornugpo Жыл бұрын

New,subscriber here...I love your full detailed & clear explanation...Thank u for sharing,excited & waiting for more...

@floris1912 Жыл бұрын

You can always watch the previous speedruns if you are waiting for more content:)

@user-nestornugpo Жыл бұрын

@@floris1912 thank u...

@ryancarlson9715 Жыл бұрын

Can’t get enough

@f.d.3289 10 ай бұрын

One can only admire his infinite and angelic patience answering all those questions by patzers like us. This is one great man, and I say this only rarely.

@DERderZOCKT Жыл бұрын

Ok, that tactic at the end where you do a rook lift, I don't think I would have ever considered in a game. But everything else is super simple and logical, I really enjoy it.

@ShaShaSha534 3 ай бұрын

Remarkable teaching.

@alexf0101 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@Afro__Joe Жыл бұрын

I think the memorization issue at lower levels more stems from memorizing only half of some set lines, like what I assume led to white's Bc4 in the game, and not knowing the principles behind moves in a line and falling apart when one's opponent doesn't follow the lines memorized.

@someladontheinternet1987 Жыл бұрын

12.49 Agadmator enters Danya's body

@dallastaylor6741 Жыл бұрын

Favorite stuff

@dominykascyras4470 Жыл бұрын

It’s annoying that so far no one played e5 on move 2 in this latest speedrun, which is what I get 95% time

@F8alaty45 Жыл бұрын

Came from stream to give a like and watched for algorithm

@boo9171 Жыл бұрын

Hey Danya, love ur videos, can you make a video purely to train calculation

@lifeofupendi Жыл бұрын

1163 is slightly weaker than Danya? I consider that the best compliment I received in 2022

@lexb3672 3 ай бұрын

I actually got the entire sequence from move 1 until the move at minute 26:18 in my most recent game. After winning white’s queen my opponent resigned after a couple of moves. The game was 17 moves long and I had an accuracy of 99,8 😅. I’m also proud to say that I hadn’t watched this video yet, so I found every move after some thinking :)

@kellokabana2399 Жыл бұрын

15:50 I got excited at the prospect of pawn to b5 trapping his Queen, but when Danya said nothing, I looked around the board before spotting the white knight on c3. These are the types of mistakes I commonly make.

@chessanalysis64 Жыл бұрын

Thanks , Cool !!!!!!!!!!

@thechessfish Жыл бұрын

33:01 wow, I needed that clarification too, my low ELO eyes refused to see that bishop

@Jaylooker 5 ай бұрын

In Van Forest vs. Praggnanandhaa (2022) in this line Pragg played 4. d5 which allowed Van Forest a pawn sacrifice that damaged Pragg’s pawn structure. In that way your recommendation 4. Nf6 is easier to play.

@marcelberthon9726 Жыл бұрын

As a 1200ish rated player I'm really appreciating the 3.Bc4 theory lesson.

@GSBroker 10 ай бұрын

For real. Even if 3.Bc4 is bad, it's what I see 80% of the time when I play the sicilian. lol

@ruthxk7844 Жыл бұрын

13:09 it makes me smile when you (or any English speaker) try to find the most elegant way to say things... and many times it happens to be a word in latin, or french, or greek, the same sources we use. "Denuding" looks cutely close to "desnudarse" :)

@musical_lolu4811 Жыл бұрын

Why do English speakers, usually monolingual, call these words 'elegant' and whatnot. Y'all need to get out more.

@ruthxk7844 Жыл бұрын

@@musical_lolu4811 I'm not an English speaker myself, but I think that some English speakers would regard them as such. It just sounds "cute" when it also exists in your language and it doesn't sound specially elegant. Same as when we use ancient Greek to sound scientific and then we learn about how that or a similar word is used in contemporary Greek. Not used in the same way ;D