I can imagine Danya‘s flat to be: TV, computer, chess books, bed, chess board, done

Clicked on this faster than Danya saying "See, that's already a mistake."

Danya: "What should we capture with?" Me: "Queen D6" Danya: "I don't like Queen D6; that doesn't make sense" Me: "Of course, an idiot's move"

Return of the legendary Daniel ‘Daniel Naroditsky’ Naroditsky

This was one of the best explanations on how to win a game mainly through positional play. Thx Danya, great video!

Daniel I love how in this series you always teleport to instructive game to demonstrate a point and then teleport back to the game that made you think of it ... really solidifies the idea

I know you know we love these Danya, but I feel it's important to stress just how much I love these. Unless I'm at work, I watch as soon as I see the notification. Good shit Danya, good shit.

I've been crushed in the Scotch a few times as black. A great lesson, thank you 🙂

Always on time

These videos are insanely instructive, please don't stop! It takes a very articulate teacher to be able to pass on the pattern recognition and understanding of the game that you have to learners. Thank you Danya!

Thank you Danya. I especially appreciate you demonstrating flexibility of thought. I think most of us come up with a plan and we become so determined to see the plan through that, either we blunder (because the position has changed and we don't adapt with it), or we miss better opportunities. Watching you ditch plans, and shift gears at a moments notice, based on the new positions on the board is ridiculously instructive. I have never seen a chess teacher demonstrate this concept as well as you did in this video. Standing ovation.

Let's go. Very satisfying to hear him say this.

his teaching just gets better and better, amazing

Pretty proud of myself for seeing the hpawn move. Thanks for the vid Danya

Watching danya videos in the morning has becoming theoretical at this point

Just what I needed!

Nothing better than waking up early Saturday morning to see a new vid has been uploaded!

Yay new video!!

I am sending you gratitude and appreciation from my heart area for your amazing skill when it comes to teaching chess. You have increased my rating by almost a hundred already. Thanks so much little brother from another mother! :-)))

I learned so much from his videos. He is by far the best teacher of chess on youtube. I Like that he teaches chess rather than traps as there is so much online content these days on traps that most people know about them already. I actually learned from him that its important to know the theory but if you dont the theory just use your tactical vision and you will do fine. I actually tried that in one game and was surprised by simple calculation I was able to make 90% accurate moves even tho I didnt know the theory.

The quality of these videos is unreal!

Request: I would love to see a separate short YT video explaining the whole "type 1 undefended" (or whatever that concept is called). I saw it explained once on twitch, but I didn't quite grasp it Great videos.....I look forward to watching these when they pop up

Thank you for making this videos, I love them so much

This is the best content on the internet right now

Greate training! I just broke 1000 and your videos have helped a bunch. Appreciate you sharing the breakdowns.

Great vid sensei.

Just checked YT to see if Dayna uploaded. Exactly as planned

Danya, I am rated

Honestly find these relaxing and soothing. Just chess in general, can be pretty soothing and relaxing of a hobby. Get to kick back and watch a chess lesson. Good stuff. Just saying, I just felt like saying how appreciative I am that this exists. All of a sudden i guess, 😬😅, 😐👍 Dude’s a good teacher and they’re quality lessons. Entertaining.

This is incredible. I know everyone is saying in the comments about how instructive this game is.. I can think of nothing better than to say THIS GAME IS SO INSTRUCTIVE.. I have learned soooo much here, and I do not lay KP openings as black or white. Daniel is so good at this it doesn't matter. 100% learning from move one. Great, just great.

thank you

As someone who plays black against the scotch at 1400-1450 rapid this is very useful, thank you!

Danya +1 over halfway in the game "Yep this is completely resignable."

hell ya new vid

thanks

Never knew this was a mainline but I really liked playing this c3 line against Bc5 and Qf6. I used to do this with opposite colors solidifying d4 or in my case d5 a lot, played a4/a5, Na6-c7 and so on. Rock solid and good potential to expand on the queenside and wondering what the hell that queen is doing on f6 or f3. The opponent misplayed this horribly obviously but the line is really nice.

For a second, I read "boring" main line

Danya really is the best chess teacher and he does it for free

Instructional as always :)

I am also called Daniel 👍

Nice

Like even before watching the video

marvelous! You let your opponent no chance but still he was not that easy to play against as some of your last opponents.

Hey Danya, love your videos! just a question, isn't this the Blumfeld attack instead of the Göring?

In the chess game which probably made a lot of us check out Naroditsky's channel white took the Knight on c6 instead of developing Bishop to e3 and the rest is history

What are you doing uploading so late at night lol but thanks for the quality content as always

I haven't seen a knight control a position like that in a minute. That was a 7 point knight.

The CapaMan was a chess machine!

Noti gang! Let's go!!!!

My beginner self wants to say that NxN at 2:30 wasn’t just an inaccuracy but a flat-out blunder. Doubled pawns in the center maybe aren’t such a big deal but isolated double pawns - yikes! And again, GM Danya’s analogy at 7:10 just kills me. Seems whenever he starts with “It’s kind of like…” I just lose it, as if he pulled out a rubber chicken or something😆🤷🏻‍♂️

He won the game through the open d file and that guy was trying to argue that Nxc6 was better than dc? I even thought myself that it was better in the moment when he was explaining but I think in hindsight playing dc and opening the position definitely makes for the possibility of a quicker win and if Nxc6 is better that it isn't by much and that black still has a large advantage no matter what.

I would love Danya to do a scotch opening tutorial and carokann tutorial

Play some offbeat openings like the alekhine defense, I’d love to see you explaining the principles behind offbeat openings

*opponent plays a move* *Danya, before the move animation is even finished:* Ok I calculated this.

Great game but amazing post game comparison to Capablanca. If only I was 30 years younger :]

Opponent: 1. e4 Danya: “This is resignable.” 😂

Scotch

After fxe3 can you play Qh4+ first? if the king moves we just take back the knight and have forced his king to move for free and if g3 can play Qe4 hitting the rook

Why are you so good at analogies?

At 12:08 why not take the pawn with the knight to add another attacker to the e3 pawn?

at this time stamp 10:30 wouldnt it be a better play to go RD1 take, he responds with QD1 take, then BF1 take, QF1 take, Qe3+, either king moves back or offers a queen trade, either one you take the C3 pawn ?

Please do keep using the word "sexy" to describe a move for your KZfaq audience. It's a good, descriptive word.

I'm pretty sure this guy watched the Blitzstream's video about the scotch. Interesting game from the black perspective

6:34 So why not Qh4+ before Qg5? Doesn't it create more weaknesses (undefended bishop and h3 for our bishop if needed and we still have the same concept next move?

Love u 🖖🤓

I read it as Scotch Game: Boring, Main Line

Isn't this the main line classical variation of the scotch game, and not the göring? I thought the göring is 4.c3 not 4.Nxd4

Fellow learner here. I have watched gotham's, chessbrah's, Rosen's how to improve's instructional videos and I'm shaking to even imply that I'd be betraying any of them but sir, these vids are damn good. Superclear explanations, superdeep analysis with an extra legendary endgame study. With content like this, the least I can do is I don't even skip the ads. Keep them coming please! 🙏

23:11 increment was invented by Bobby Fischer though so I don't think he repeated moves to gain time as Fischer wasn't even born then😂

I am 1400 rapid, 1100 bullet. 800 blitz. How do I fix my blitz rating?

Isn't this a reupload? I feel like I've seen this game before.

Do anti openings have names ??

Dany - can you pls show us pirc defense? Also can you elaborate on Type 2 undefended piece?

12th video praying for danya to face a sicilian. Why do these guys not play 1.c5 so that danya can demonstrate the grand prix!?

The Göring Line as played by the great Nazi Hermann Goring before his suicide at the nuremberg war trials.

1. e4 e5 “Okay, so he goes e5. Now a lot of people here would just lazily develop the knight to f3, but we actually have a move here that poses a lot of practical problems for black and is borderline winning for white. The move is Ke2, and do not worry I will explain this more thoroughly after the game. Now you might look at this position and say, ‘isn’t this weakening our king and blocking in our pieces?’ And while that may be true, you guys need to start thinking long term. In the endgame, it will be a huge advantage to have our king activated in the center. Furthermore, black has no threats here, he is not going to checkmate us any time soon, the king is perfectly well defended on e2. Now he does have a nasty little defensive resource he can try here, let’s see if he finds it. Wow, Ke7 he finds it. Now guys, I don’t wanna hear any baseless accusations, we will check with an engine after the game. It’s not unthinkable that a 1500 finds this move. No black has not equalized, we just need to play clinically to secure our advantage.”

doo uses the word "sexy" to describe chess moves, that's funny.

I might be gay for Naroditsky

At some point you need to explain the difference between a system and an opening...

Göring is one german name lol

15+10 is better

is it just me or is he squinting sometimes

Daniel invented the scotch...how dare this subpar chess bum use Daniel's own opening against him

1. e4 e5 “Okay, so he goes e5. Now a lot of people here would just lazily develop the knight to f3, but we actually have a move here that poses a lot of practical problems for black and is borderline winning for white. The move is Ke2, and do not worry I will explain this more thoroughly after the game. Now you might look at this position and say, ‘isn’t this weakening our king and blocking in our pieces?’ And while that may be true, you guys need to start thinking long term. In the endgame, it will be a huge advantage to have our king activated in the center. Furthermore, black has no threats here, he is not going to checkmate us any time soon, the king is perfectly well defended on e2. Now he does have a nasty little defensive resource he can try here, let’s see if he finds it. Wow, Ke7 he finds it. Now guys, I don’t wanna hear any baseless accusations, we will check with an engine after the game. It’s not unthinkable that a 1500 finds this move. No black has not equalized, we just need to play clinically to secure our advantage.”