Mastering Positional Chess | Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky

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Daniel Naroditsky

3 жыл бұрын

- Follow Daniel on Twitter at / gmnaroditsky
- Daniel streams regularly on Twitch at / gmnaroditsky

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@tyrellwreleck4226 3 жыл бұрын

"It's not about solving 15 problems a day, it's about solving 3 problems and extracting the key lessons from those problems" -Danya

@hellopleychess3190 Жыл бұрын

I think he said 50

@Scorsoo7 Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed. At GM level. When still at club level (something like 1600- elo): doing 15 3-move puzzles/day will certainly improve you more than solving 3 positional 8-move puzzles/problems.

@MistaOppritunity 8 ай бұрын

@@Scorsoo7 I can agree with that, but the video is about positional training. The concepts behind positional understanding are a lot muddier than a forced 3 move checkmate. It is still worth noting that doing lots of tactical puzzles at the intermediate level will lead to growth as a player, or at the very least make you more consistent.

@Scorsoo7 8 ай бұрын

@@MistaOppritunity I gotcha. Just wanted to clarify that positional puzzles are probably not very interesting/too hard for lower rated club players (under 1600 elo). They probably lack the tactical skills and should train that.

@bozone89 3 жыл бұрын

you could tell Danya really felt for the person who sent the message about his mom even though it is so hard to find the right response in those situations

@ClydeBarber 3 жыл бұрын

Yea I almost took this out, but its so heart warming, it's like, not directly chess, but you get a taste of the community and how much he cares. Had to leave it in. -Editor.

@breezyashell 3 жыл бұрын

Please do not monopolize a stream meant for education/entertainment. Danya isn't your friend and it's inappropriate.

@elliothicks7602 3 жыл бұрын

@@breezyashell how are you gonna tell someone who’s mom just died that they’re being inappropriate for writing that message?

@swift8821 3 жыл бұрын

@@breezyashell found the neck beard

@cryptooooooooo 3 жыл бұрын

@@swift8821 he's not entirely wrong, people misunderstanding that their relationship with a streamer is parasocial is not a new phenomenon

@alexf0101 3 жыл бұрын

this is some high level stuff, very interesting to see the thought process of a gm. I'll now be much more aware of positional concepts while I'm blundering away my pieces!

@josephdraper6971 2 жыл бұрын

Thats more okay than just blundering

@platitudeomenw441 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, well said. Naroditsky really is an excellent teacher, and it warms my heart to see fine gentlemen such as yourself appreciating his talent

@solomontruthlover5308 2 жыл бұрын

If you keep going this way tho you'll be so much better once you stop blinders

@bonganimazibuko1901 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@VintageVets 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdraper6971 t

@Evilanious 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel: black should develop a bishop with Bd7. Asgaard: black should grab more space in the center with e5. Stockfish: h5, baby!

@ShabazzTBL 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone and there mom: Take Qxd7 taking their undefended Queen with check. Stockfish: Kg2.

@hellopleychess3190 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking instead of Bb6 Bd7 black should play a5 and Ra6 but I think the knight would hop into b4

@MrSupernova111 Жыл бұрын

lol

@aaronambroso1201 Жыл бұрын

Get good.

@J4ve Жыл бұрын

ChatGPT: Rook takes king, gg ez win

@dominiks5068 3 жыл бұрын

lots of love to the person who donated at 22:35

@mediocreburger2893 3 жыл бұрын

Ah I remember this stream, the chat was amazing when the person talked about his mother. It’s truly an incredible community.

@SaurabhXDD 3 жыл бұрын

Following Danya since 3 years... Best guy on twitch

@Tyler-bp4md 3 жыл бұрын

@@SaurabhXDD best guy in general you mean

@rjjhh443 2 жыл бұрын

@@SaurabhXDD ya he has all emotions Anger, humble, humour, pride, joy, sadness, frustration, dissapointment, excitement, attitude etc And above all he is cute😅

@charlesfairchild3836 Жыл бұрын

@@Tyler-bp4md you dumb🤦‍♂️🤣

@NotoriousKhamid 3 жыл бұрын

GOLD! The chess community is striving for such content!

@maxseymour5610 3 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't this man have more subs? Easily the best educational chess content on youtube, keep doing what you do danya

@trent797 3 жыл бұрын

He's getting there. I think he had around 30K when I started watching regularly around Thanksgiving.

@fredreickweaver809 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeFourCM I think levy does all right, but he can be somewhat flamboyant i agree, and Danya is more educational

@Blitnock 3 жыл бұрын

Of the chess channels, Naroditsky seems the best for education. Another good educational channel is Powerplaychess hosted by GM Daniel King-- he's only got 79K subs. It seems like most chess channels have entertainment as the first goal, not education. But I'm sure I don't know about other good channels.

@tj4647 2 жыл бұрын

Chess Coach Andras is #2 only to Daniel Naroditsky, in some ways Andras can be better

@juleslondon3088 8 ай бұрын

Interesting to see how the popular streamers mentioned in this thread have fared over 2+ years. Levy’s now the king of KZfaq and Danya has 10x as many subs. Rosen is also doing well and appears to have been taking recent lessons from Levy in the art of clickbait… and poor old Andras, whose content is indeed extremely high quality, is still languishing in the backwaters of KZfaq with people saying, “I can’t believe this guy doesn’t have more subs!”

@mickeyhalo745 3 жыл бұрын

Danya's empathy is heartfelt. May anyone that suffers from sadness & depression, be comforted. Pure unifying love is the consolation. We are together!

@flyingpinguu 3 жыл бұрын

I would love more positional chess lessons although this was a little high for me. It would be nice to have these puzzles but more on an intermediate level.

@pawncube2050 3 жыл бұрын

@onesack9614 2 жыл бұрын

22:30 Danya you’re a great guy man, it’s really heartwarming to see that kind of sincere compassion and empathy from someone, keep it up!

@evanmaier2551 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredible content, I have never trained positional chess before and now I see it is a big weakness. Also my solidarity goes out to the viewer who spoke about their mental health struggle. It's important to remember you aren't alone and better times are ahead. Hang in there

@jimgu2578 3 жыл бұрын

There aren’t as much positional challenges out there. I love that Danya talked about them in depth!

@patricksasser5783 2 жыл бұрын

Danya you are the main reasons I fell in love with the game. I love your mindset when attacking a challenging puzzle and the fact that you are a gm and still learning inspires me to strive for more

@Jagdwurststulle 3 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing! I'd love to see more of these strategy puzzles!

@catytroopa845 3 жыл бұрын

Always exciting to see more lessons!! Thank you Danya ❤️

@ss9392 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is gold content! Thanks Daniel appreciate it as always : D

@RigMaster_ 3 жыл бұрын

I really love this video and I found it very very interesting. I really hope you continue to do this kind of vid! Also, condolences to the person who lost their mum. One day when it is not so raw you will be able to look back and focus on the good times. Stay strong.

@steveboblefinagin 3 жыл бұрын

Loved these exercises a lot! Hope you continue these every now and then in the future

@tonito5588 3 жыл бұрын

Hope we have more of these! I feel like I've learned so much for these. Would also greatly appreciate a version of this but for positional ideas at the more intermediate (1600-2000) level :))

@lawreno 3 жыл бұрын

Please more videos like this - no one else is making content as good as this. Going through problems hearing your train of thought is superb.

@Vinterfader 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel, this is fantastic! The fact that I am completely off in many of these (rated around 1700 on lichess) speaks to how much I can improve my positional play. Keep em coming :)

@asherf534 3 жыл бұрын

That is just too beautiful how you destroy the book with the engine. Not sure I’ll ever get to this level but your work has been unbelievably helpful to my game.

@SumNutOnU2b 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. Always good to see some good positional training

@xnick_uy 3 жыл бұрын

I like this format. I find it very instructive to look not only at the best move but also at the other options.

@markosborn3079 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video...come back to this one frequently!

@lionsskyblue442 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the detailed information and the chance to learn from your experience

@BrividoCarlo 3 жыл бұрын

This video was amazing. Hope you keep this up!

@j-mo3129 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Difficult for me to see solutions but I think seeing problems worked thru are a good way get a feel for the game. Thanks

@asusgaming4386 3 жыл бұрын

More videos like this please, i have searched a lot on KZfaq and found tactics match analysis... BUT NEVER HAVE I SEEN a video made on this topic found a few but they are not nearly as close to quality as this one I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO you will LEARN A LOT NO MATTER YOUR RATING. keep up the good work Daniel!!!!

@dudeabot6000 3 жыл бұрын

On break at work, perfect timing for this to come out

@laafridi7681 3 жыл бұрын

I love this video so much. We can see a grandmaster thinking hard and struggling to find moves among so many different ideas and there's no right move they just find easily and explain it to us. It replicates what real everyday chess games are like for us where there's a bunch of close options

@tommydashed4205 Жыл бұрын

In the closed position I think king safety was important because white always has Qh5+ looming. Also, both potential pawn breaks are on the king side so that side will likely become open which also makes getting the king out of dodge seem like a pretty good idea.

@ahmadayman8169 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Work ! we need more of that content Please

@robertrasmussen763 3 жыл бұрын

This is some of the best content you have made

@ddmannion 2 жыл бұрын

Daniel is so humble. He keeps apologizing for using the clock as a weapon. I can understand why since historically chess hasn't been about playing down to the millisecond. However, we need to acknowledge that the times have changed and that the audience for chess has become much more interested in blitz and bullet games. Personally, I believe that Daniel's talents should be recognized by the broader chess community as being very significantly mainstream today. Thank you for the excellent videos GM Naroditsky!

@trent797 3 жыл бұрын

This was a super useful video. I'd love to see more in this format. (Of course, I like seeing more of ANY chess content from Danya :) )

@arasvardanyan3708 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'd love more of these, might just get this book now

@jeffpowers609 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Daniel I plan on watching all your videos, we are lucky to get lessons from a GM.

@Marhakesh 3 жыл бұрын

More of content like this. It is so instructive!

@razaghani93 3 жыл бұрын

Genuinely a game changer, I actually give my dad a run for his money when we play now after following these speed runs. Thanks Danya

@footyskillzrus 3 жыл бұрын

43 minutes Chess lesson from my favourite teacher on the planet? that's today's productivity sorted :D

@noahsolomon538 3 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful. Please keep it up

@elroyjacobs8126 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. I need to subscribe to his Twitch channel. I saw him playing a few a openings and explaining it in detail!! I think he played the Danish or something, tactics galore and he showed the viewers his thinking process. He's good at explaining stuff, I hope he prospers.

@davidaleman7708 3 жыл бұрын

You are the man Daniel! Thanks for your content!

@thebigboofer3826 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a class act Daniel. Love your content.

@StephenaroM 3 жыл бұрын

such a great instructive video!

@firestarter7817 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos Daniel, never cheap clickbait unlike levy❤️

@sbrynjelsen 2 жыл бұрын

Time for another positional chess video. This one was great and I’d love to see more like it.

@timeisgod3867 3 жыл бұрын

Danya we need more content like this👍👍 thanks for the video

@christianhaynes7596 3 жыл бұрын

Lubed up and ready for ya Dan

@bmartin4320 3 жыл бұрын

Blacked: Danya positional domination of white pieces.

@geckogeico2212 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong site there bud

@csugabo85 3 жыл бұрын

Back rank mate

@playtime909 3 жыл бұрын

Love these instructional video's Danya

@grrrexky 3 жыл бұрын

Just woke up, and I read with my blurry eyes, Mastering Positional Cheese. Guess who made a dono? CheeseCake. My third eye has opened. I have gained the power of chess prescience.

@tgrimshaw 3 жыл бұрын

shut up. real dono was at 22:35

@maloxi1472 3 жыл бұрын

@@tgrimshaw Hahaha ! Let the guy pry his third eye open in peace 😄

@tgrimshaw 3 жыл бұрын

@@maloxi1472 have you ever tried DMT?

@tgrimshaw 3 жыл бұрын

Danya Mating Tactics

@Landino019 2 жыл бұрын

Love the profile pic lmao

@scottcarey697 3 жыл бұрын

Really love this type of content

@chrisjernigan1912 3 жыл бұрын

Also highly recommend Jacob Aagaard's book Positional Play or any of the books from the Grandmaster Preparation series.

@bazs7669 3 жыл бұрын

Very instructive, thank you!

@cjelliscloudy5903 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed; I play the English and I've been super craving some positional training! Would love to see some English in the speedrun!

@hiimjosh868 3 жыл бұрын

this is actually really useful. i don't usually think this way, but it's all so intuitive now that i've seen it.

@LitCactus 3 жыл бұрын

Aha, I'm right on time tonight!

@Stefan-xh1hi 2 ай бұрын

We have stockfish 16 now but this is still easily one of the best videos on youtube to this day. MORE OF THIS DANYA! ❤

@Cellus5000 2 жыл бұрын

More of this please!

@avvvqvvv99 3 жыл бұрын

fantastic video, learned a lot

@jamesnewby2382 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing content, thanks Danya

@tariqsaeed5150 3 жыл бұрын

We need this to be a series.

@danielbader1030 2 жыл бұрын

Big respect to you really because you say what you think is right and you don't prepare these moves before the streaming to let people think that you know everything about chess Good job

@ice6692 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to get back tonight to watch this after work!

@danielcarrerasnieves7437 Жыл бұрын

This would make a great series

@kmktruthserum9328 3 жыл бұрын

just started this and first exercise i can tell this is gonna be a nice vid.

@patrickinocencio2305 3 жыл бұрын

I like this video. I wish this will be a series

@supermetan3571 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Can you make more of these kind of lessons?

@Xbotto 3 жыл бұрын

More of this please make it a series

@azice6034 3 жыл бұрын

I love this series, when’s the next episode coming out?

@mohamedftita9664 3 жыл бұрын

Really kind person thanks Daniel 👍👍

@sil6764 3 жыл бұрын

Really amazing content Danya

@SteveDorrans 3 жыл бұрын

Advanced level stuff. Thank you!

@emmanuelnwachukwu6071 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! So much knowledge.

@SaurabhXDD 3 жыл бұрын

For the people who wants to know The book name is EXCELLING AT CHESS by GM Jacob Aagard 👌 (Also check Positional Play by him)

@SaurabhXDD 3 жыл бұрын

@@giuliopenza9422 ok so there are two different book written by GM Jacob, one is EXCELLING AT CHESS and other one is EXCELLING AT POSITIONAL CHESS, but i don't know which book Danya used in this video

@JamesCharbonneau 3 жыл бұрын

@@SaurabhXDD At 7:28 he says it’s Excelling at Positional Chess.

@tariqsaeed5150 3 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaaasss man great content, thank you.

@elenaadana8925 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Coach I learned a lot in this vedio! You are chess brilliant in our time!

@Nagantios 3 жыл бұрын

You're a wonderful person, Daniel.

@chandramoulimukherjee6653 Жыл бұрын

In the 2nd last puzzle I think Danya missed this but I understand because he was a bit distracted but Nf8 and Qg6 f5 is not a threat since white had Bh5 which wins the queen.

@IIIrIpI7III 7 ай бұрын

Saw that too 😊 It's interesting that it builds on the king safety solution too since it avoids that potential pin

@WelsoySoy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video.

@ilyaibrahimovic9842 2 жыл бұрын

The immediate threat in the second position is Bg4 Bxc8 and if Rxc8 then Qa4+, if Nxc8 then maybe Nf5

@RicardGomes76 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS PURE GOLD!!!

@panosxatz7897 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Daniel , I love your stream! Can you make a video on chess books for aspiring chess players?

@user-wv2kn2lz5s 7 ай бұрын

Ok! You learn me something!! Thanks🎈

@CreepyKillerNL 3 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@MokeTheGeniusDog 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again.

@kevinperera131 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Danya, in the first positional challenge, what do you think of an exchange sac with the Rook (e.g. R:e6 N:e6 B:e6. While white gives a rook in exchange for horse/pawn, that bishop has influence over the king castling. What do you think? :)

@anirudhkashyap23 3 ай бұрын

danya has the best chess content on yt for learning chess

@nonebelievingbeliever3753 3 жыл бұрын

27:39 is this possition from the Caro kann? I've seen this idea in some advanced closed Caro kann position...from chess able of course

@firestarter7817 2 жыл бұрын

You are the king of chess content

@joepsnuiters4384 3 жыл бұрын

You're great Danya

@burningelement1656 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@ramonrochamusic 3 жыл бұрын

So good! thanks

@EarlSmith2469 3 жыл бұрын

I am sub'd to DANYA'S stream on twitch. He truly deserves his high rating. Some players have padded ratings. Look at how many games Danya has played. He keeps improving even more and more and after awhile, he's going to be completely unstoppable.

@marLamaDeo 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget us when you have 1 mil subs

@vivekdahiya9297 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel you are doing a great job👍

@Zach98506 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Danya, Btw, in the third position - Knight F8, Bishop G4, Queen G6, Bishop x C8, Rook x C8, Queen A4 check forking the king and A7, what is Black's response?

@pairot01 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like a nightmare of a book. In a closed position where all of white's pieces are in the 3 back ranks, the author is worried about king safety but never mentions why.

@coleschemistrychannel4172 3 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@johnbolt3883 2 жыл бұрын

The king safety is important because white has far more opportunities for viable pawn breaks. The only viable pawn break for black threatens king safety, so it is important to move the king before those pawn breaks occur. The king’s safety is essentially being measured by its ability to hide behind pawns (as well as proximity to pieces, but pieces can be more easily re-arranged for a defense than pawns). h6 and g5 are too weak to provide that cover, so walking the king to the other side of the board becomes necessary. Castling is possible, but it weakens the pawns on that side of the board so it is not preferred. They do explain this in the video somewhat, but some does need to be inferred.