The ability to watch a 2600 GM walk through a game of chess is something that can’t be taken for granted. This series is literally one of the most helpful chess tools ever created

I love how you always ask “does this make sense?” It always makes sense Danya. You convey information wonderfully.

Kudos to this opponent playing this to the end so that we get the education all the way to the end. Very good sportsmanship and as always, great teaching by Danya

I like watching Danya's video with Stockfish on a 2nd screen, you can see how strong he is as he is literally playing the first or second line of the computer every time and explaining why. Definitely the best chess streamer/teacher all over the Internet by far

I think this is my favorite elo to watch. No obvious blunders by the opponent (with the exception of a poor opening idea) and just good understandable, methodical, and instructive play, but not such a high level that the tactics are beyond a lower-level player's grasp. Great content as always!

i love how he casually anticipated every single move his opponent was gonna play in the endgame

This was my favorite game so far; Kxd7 was mindblowing, and then the buildup against the d pawn and slow positional crush was very satisfying. Want to see the analysis!

I dont know if u read this Danya, but as an 1800 casual player you are the only GM that consistently manages to make me understand your WHOLE games. Credit where credit is due.

I think this is one of the most informative games yet. The opponent didn't make any major mistakes and just gradually got outplayed.

Everyone, 19:09 take a look how quickly Danya evaluates 3 possible Q moves to find the checkmate.

This is my favorite series on YT right now, this is the stuff I've been looking for to take my game to the next level.

I love this series, very instructive. It’s seems to be so easy with Danya commentary 😂 in my games I always blunder at some point, but still it’s helping me to getting familiar with some positions and understanding them, I’ve applied some patterns in my games from those videos. Getting High level knowledge from top player is amazing, thank you for your work 🙏🏼

Very instructive and proactive thinking in the middle + endgame. Great content as always

First time visiting this channel and I love it! Thanks so much Daniel!

Mindbogglingly great. Love this series!

Watching these videos has helped me improve more than anything else on KZfaq, you're an excellent teacher. 👏

Thanks for sharing another great video! You’re amazing teaching for these wonderful lessons!

best and most informative chess videos out there... thank you so much Danya! saludos desde Mexico

day 33 of saying you're kickbutt danya. You're the master of chess tutorials and line instruction. My chess game has improved drastically thanks to you, and I love your stream. Thank you for uploading!

Didn't know about your channel earlier. But a GM making things clear in such a way and a totally instructive video like this deserves lot of applause. 👏👏👏 Thank you sir. I'll regularly watch your channel and twitch channel too now to develop thinking process in Chess.

What a great game! Very entertaining & instructive. Thanks!

what an incredible game to watch. Thanks for the wonderful content.

Awesome videos. Keep it up. Great commentary

really appreciate all the effort that goes into putting out tthese videos.

Wow that's an incredible game to watch. Thanks!

nice one. love the series.

Thank you for these vids!!!

Honestly honestly it’s no question that you’re a world class player, but the fact you are also world class at teaching is so rare for those who are the best at what they do in almost any field!

You're honestly the best Chess coach on KZfaq. How is this Content free?!

A smooth game! Nice example of how to outplay peoples. Thanks 😊

You are a teaching genius man!

I’m late to the party but thank you Daniel for this content! It’s truly invaluable and since watching all your vids I jumped from 1400 up to 1680

When he says..Getaaaadafff there.. Am trying to improve simply by your videos and i must say I have learned more than any other resource.. Can't thank you enough for this man ❤❤❤

Eating a giant bowl of curry and rice while watching Sensei Danya is one of my life's great joys. Thank you!

Amazing game, Danya. After watching videos like this I feel like donating to you. However, I couldn't find a link for donation on your video description. I would recommend you to add links for donation in all of your masterclass videos. Thank you for these lessons. It's overwhelming in a positive way! Love your teaching

thank you for this. this helps me improve thank you very much 🙂🙂🙂☺️☺️

Thanks for the vídeo danya!

10:39 i love how in tune he is with "whippersnapper" slang

As always your video is great

I love your reaction on 0:56...Wow, Nf3...:)

I love how you explain!!!

This was such an enjoyable game to watch

You know Danya is a master not only because he makes it look so easy but mainly because he can explain it so even a complete novice would understand.

Thank you!

I usually pride myself on guessing moves/lines right as or before Danya plays them, but I don't think I'm alone in not even considering Kxd7 with the idea of Kc6 to follow. I probably would've taken with the rook, controlling the file and preparing to double rooks after I developed the dark square bishop. Weirdly enough, stockfish seems to prefer taking with the bishop (but it also doesn't like the Nd7 move offering the knight trade, preferring instead Nh5 to kick the knight away one move later with f6.) To me, it was abundantly clear how strong the king on c6 made the position for black, defending a well-placed pawn that limited white's counterplay, without ever being in danger of much more than an empty pawn check that was quickly captured back. Excellent and illustrative game!

This series is excellent

What a fantastic video series....

That was a really nice game!

Absolutely amazing

Thank you GM Danya

Cool game I was following the game with the help of stockfish. Sure, there were some small errors from the black side but the opening was very educational and thought us how to deal with those silly "sidelines" that opponents like to employ to distract us. Thanks!

we love you Daniel!

Watching him move the queen around for the very last move searching for checkmate and finding it so quickly blows my mind. I tried to slow it down to .25x and wipe my mind of the position and came back to see if I could keep up in calculating and I flat couldn't do that nearly as quick as him. Blows my mind

Ah yes ive been waiting on this

Such quality content for free, thanks Danya!

Thank you Sensei Danya!

I hope you can do one of these where he takes on d5 instead of Nf3. Thank you for these great videos!

Best of luck for the Magnus Tour!

That was one of the most instructional games i´ve seen, incredible quality of content.

Damnnn, kxd7 looked like a terrible blunder to me, absolutely astonishing that you played it and made it work. Thanks for the upload Danya, apreciate it.

Very good and a Chess profesional coach

That was awesome. Can you please do a video on the Sicilian Kan? Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

When he found that mate at the end damn

I am always not confident while playing against the Sicilian alapin, thanks for this video.

It’s so fascinating to see that endgame where he just casually blitz his way to checkmate A reminder that he’s toying w/ us & could crush you whenever he feel like it. GMs are built different

lets gooo danya😍😍

Thanks danyaa

When you think you’re playing well but your opponent starts quoting Nimzowitsch

thanks

We are actually getting the valuable insight and thinking process of a Super GM for free, for which he can charge hundreds of dollars.

Great

"unfortunately we're facing a c3 sicilian" - this response by black players is why the c3 sicilian is awesome, heh

Whats the knocking sound? for example at 1:14 and 1:27

Clean kill my guy

Yes! The Alapin Sicilian! One of Danya's favorite variations as BLACK instead of White! Whoop!!

Beginners: look for free pieces Intermediate: look for possible pressure and checkmates Advanced: look for positional game and traps, tricks Masters: gaining space advantage, punish inaccuracies, play solid GrandMaster: let your opponent to loose game even with the best moves

I'm a little late to the party, but... outstanding instruction.

One day i will be able to play like him... one day...

I think this represents the mindset of a lot of beginners who play the alapin. They play it to "avoid theory" but he just got crushed because he didn't know alapin opening theory.

12:30 "I'm not sure why you guys want h5" because we're imagining Bg4 getting a skewer. I suppose f3 stops that threat.

The opponent is really good probably the best opponent to practice with

Just want to ask one thing, does all GMs who mostly rank in the Top 10 of international chess events, are fully into competitive chess? I mean to say do they work somewhere else too? Like their own business or a high position in some company??

Naroditsky is doing well in the Aimchess Rapid at the moment.

Playing the pawn to f4, would I be right in saying that this is like stepping into the enemies territory which can be double edged and might need some more consideration

I am always waiting for these videos and i dont even play chess.

Opponent: blunders queen Danya: yeah, this guy is spicy

I just love this series, there is really nothing out there that compares to this in terms of quality of the analisis and how easy and logical it all seems

i love u danya

Am I only person who wondering what would be the move Danya play after ed, instead Qxd5?

Opponent: blunders a pawn and plays terrible in the opening Danya: No this guy is good

The way you described his opening moves I expected complete steamrolling and not a slow positional endgame :( Maybe trading queens was a mistake in a hindsight?

Unfortunately, we never heard what was the alternative to Qxd5!

I wish all the 1800s I faced played as carelessly as this other guy.

what does gifted subs mean?

It’s crazy how positions like this you don’t win anything, there’s not many tactics but the pressure just keeps mounting and mounting then once one thing falls a few moves later it goes from even material to up 13 points. Insane.

His opponents be like: he is playing very slow... Please flag

Hey Danya, i just want to say (in a totally friendly way), that sometimes, the tonality of your voice reminds me of Sam Harris. There was one time i was listening to your voice in the background whilst doing something and i thought i was watching a Sam Harris video.

I used to play this 100% but now I play this and smith Morra

why cant the 1800s i play against have terrible opening prep involving there queen lol

18:31 a Knight can go d6 check