Daniel: “Are we screwed?” Me: *Sweating profusely* “I don’t know... are we?” Daniel: “We are not.” Me: “Right... of course not.... I saw the entire line 10 moves ahead as well.”

As this series continues I feel like I’M the one at 1900...where in reality I’m 750 and just lost two in a row 😂😂

After tons of tribulations and learning from Danya, I FINALLY managed to become 1000 + in ranking. I know it's not a lot, but I'm still proud of that milestone for me.

6:40 that checkmate is in every single puzzle rush 🧩

I could watch these videos in a library with speakers on full volume and I would not get a complaint

"Damn girl!? What are you doing Bobby?" -Daniel Naroditsky 30:20

"This bishop is essentially a big pawn" LMAO

Ooooo the bongcloud scandi-checkmate!! 8:58

"Jimmy Garapalo would find this move instantly because there is an interception!" - one of the best quotes ever

this series is the definition of making it look easy. pure class

You are a superior teacher to Hikaru, in my opinion.

9:20 19th century bongcloud?!

1100 Danya: Never move the f pawn 1900 Danya: Moves f pawn every single game

Who else is spending their free time watching the speedrun instead of actually playing chess? :)

Every time Danya says "in such positions" its a whole flashback to Karpov annotating the Fischer v Spassky 1992

Great series! Learning a ton, every video seems to contain a small subtlety that helps me improve my understanding of the game. More please!

It’s insane he can calculate while talking. His calculation is insane even for a GM no wonder he is an elite bullet player.

Loving the series so much! Even at 1900 (which is almost double my current rating), the information is still so applicable to all skill levels.

I absolutely love the content. Agadmator for entertainment and Naroditsky for learning. I just wish you would increase the volume by 20%. Please! Turn the volume up through OBS!

Speed Run 40 (1900) - My key takeaways Game 1 1. Great use f4 then f5 to open up the position early in the game. And, low and behold, the game was won with a backrank mate on the f file. Game 2 1. This is a brilliant example of the power of knight on outposts, and a strong knight vs a weak bishiop. Notice why the opponent's knight isn't on an outpost and why Danya's is (white's can be attacked with the pawn and the bishop, whereas black's can't be attacked by a pawn or a bishop and becomes an 'eternal knight'). Then notice just how powerful that knight is in controlling the board from the centre, supporting the rooks for the rest of the game. 2. Nice lesson right at the end of the video in avoiding weakening the position by allowing backward pawns.

This is one of the best speedrun videos yet. I just need to go over it more than once for the concepts to sink in. But this series is definitely helping me learn how to think and what to look for. I haven't see the results yet, but believe I will over time.

I love Danya. “Okay E4 on move 1… this reminds me of a very famous game…”

thanks for going over old stuff for the new folks and thank you old folks for putting up with us new folks

and here i was thinking i could escape the 49ers season pain by watching a friendly chess video... little did i know

Thx for the awesome videos Daniel very helpful !

Man I love these videos. Thanks!

Daniel, thank you for this video series, it's incredibly informative and fun. I wasn't going to say anything, but it's wonderful that (At least in this most recent video) you've dumbed it down in commentary. This is a tremendous help and you're a great teacher. While there are other chess streamers out there, and those that teach, your teaching style is most applicable to me. I can't thank you enough! Any other simple books you recommend besides Chess for Zebras and The Seven Deadly Chess sins for an 850-950? Maybe you can discuss specific books that would help specific rating ranges too. Keep up the good work!!

Thank you for this speedrun videos Daniel

This series is delightful I have to say

This series makes chess look like art. It is just beautiful.

Daniel I would love a series of your positional analysis on historical games! Please

Great job Dany, you are the best!

7k subscribers in last 7 days. U will reach your goal of 1M sub danya within this year. Godspeed.

Since I started following this series Im on a hot hot winning streak

The Jimmy Garoppolo reference gets me every time.

Opponent: “Why is this noob taking so long and how is he 1900”. Looks at SenseiDanya profile page. “Authorized Speed Run Account of Daniel Naroditsky”. 😱

I love this seris. Could you do maybe a more tutorial style video on just the kings indian? I'm learning it but one video on it would be nice.

the chad knight vs the virgin bishop

Heyyyyy finally there's the vid I was waiting for. Let's gooo

This one felt extra beginner-friendly :)

I love how as we get closer and closer to Danya’s elo we get to see Danya’s strong GM play tested more and more. We’re still very far from Danya’s rating but it’s fascinating to see the interaction between Danya’s play and his opponent’s as the opponents get stronger and stronger. I’d love to see a 5min blitz speedrun done by a neural net engine like Stockfish NNUE or Leela and see what they play against opponents of each elo for comparison

Wow, you're actually the most effective chess teacher on youtube.

Plot twist: It's the viewers of Daniel's stream who are feeding him the super moves that crush his opponents.

21:08 "he doesn't have sufficient horsepower" that was funny considering the position :D

For the first game, in the line with Rd1 Qb6 at 12:01, what about the move knight to a4? You hit the queen and it either has to leave the diagonal (and end the pin on the king) or if rook takes rook on e3 then there are a bunch of exchanges that leave white up (Nxb6, Rxe2, Nxa8, and black has to drop the rook to the 8th rank to avoid back rank mate)

Loving it. :)

Lots of fun thx

That Jimmy G joke was too good not to mention

When he gets to 2700+ he's screwed lol everyone will know the account

I learn about the mate in king of the hill when I accidentally delivered it to my opponent!

The bongcloud mate

Good knight against a bad bishop: a Thomas Becket position

32:35 doesnt this move also create a symmetrical weakness on e5 so if the knight from d7 moves white has a knight outpost on e5

Someone should consider annotating these games with his in-game comments and sharing them with the chess community.

The way the position in the Alapin game just transforms into a dominating good K vs bad B was just too smooth. I wish my 1700 ass could pull that off someday.

I can't believe it's already episode 40 daniel your growing up so fast... or slow

2:51 am?! Danya have some respect for the East coast lmao

"not a mate everyone is familiar with" lol i would hope not

Just refreshing to find the new video appear, yes! Even though Im rated 900 lol

Ah, Looking for Bobby Fisher, the original Queen's Gambit...

i like ur cut g

In the eternal knight vs bad bishop game, after Ng5 when White played h6+, Nf3 would have been checkmate, therefore wouldn't Kg6 or Kxh6 have been better than Kf7? Forcing the Rook to sac on e6 to distract the Knight? Also avoiding the exchange sac?

When is the speedrun? I want to watch live but don’t know when to watch? 2am eastern?

22:47 cool plan, is this before or after Nf3# ?

27:53 Why not rook to f2, bishop takes rook, Knight takes bishop and forks both rooks and the king. And we are up a piece.

Super like❤️!

@26:30, often times when I’m in a situation where I have a bishop controlling all of the knights forward squares, I think that I have the better position because I’m guarding all the threats that my opponents knight poses. According to what Daniel is saying though, his knight is the more superior piece. What’s wrong with my logic?

Second Jimmy G slander of the series

Could you please post 3 games to KZfaq? I don’t get to watch your streams but I love what I learn from the speed run. And 3 games I feel like I learn way more.

Yo, I swear I saw you yesterday at my neighbor's

In the second game, after Daniel got his knight on the outpost on e4, why didn't he take his opponents knight with his bishop instead of attacking it with a pawn? Doesn't attack it with a pawn allow his opponent to use his knight to force a knight trade?

what happend if you touch a piece that has no legal squares but the king also doesn't have legal squares?

21:21 what about rook a1 in this position to remove the defender of his c pawn

I feel smart watching this video😂

Здорово, Даня!

Wait, what if your king doesn’t have any legal moves and you touch it? Do you lose?

13:35 Named after Mr Sicilian

Scandinavian: 0:08 Sicilian: 13:17

In the first game, why can't black just take the pawn on d4 after you play Qxd7? Rd1 and he'll just go back to b6-was the idea just to play for activity even after losing that central pawn?

you are a great teacher your best quality being the enthusiasm and patience u bring.its just the intial theme soundtrack i dislike which i always forward

18:00 Biting on granite

31:50 you forgot to mention that in this position you can't put the knight in front of the weak pawn because then the whites knight will oppose it

1:44 isn't the pawn on d4 hanging?

Go Seahawks!

Can you please increase your volume?

During game 1, didn't Daniel have checkmate in 2 after Agrotis move his knight to D5 ? Knight was defending the back rank king's rook. He take the rook with his rook giving check, Agrotis takes back with his queen's rook and Daniel takes with his queen with checkmate.

22:50, danya says the idea is kf3+ dislodging the king and promoting the pawn, but isn't that a mate threat?

I'm really curious what that guy at 23:33 did with his extra 0.4 seconds

Anything wrong with Ne4 at 2:37?

Binging this series and gaining 200 rating points. Coincidence? Maybe?

Is there a name for the tactic at 14:55?

Hey i saw you playing Firouzja the other day on chess.com

Yayyyy

2:58 can white go knight to g4 in this position??

"a very important point I'll make after the game"

At 22:41 why not knight to f3? Is it not checkmate?

You should increase the volume, it hard to hear you without headphones.

scandi x2 gg

come on Daniel the Scandinavian is fine for beginners, that's the only time you should play it

20:45 Mood