I love Danya for his mature approach to chess. No clickbait, no meme-ing around, no nonsense. The humor is sophisticated. Danya is certified the most elegant chess youtuber. We love you Sensei!!
he is objectively better in every way in contrast to that other dude, shame that our world prioritizes all the wrong things and also mediocrity often trumps merit, that was mean but I'm passionate about danya.
About the humor: you'll probably find that some of it can be lost in translation for non-native English speakers who tend to take statements at face value, with some of the facial and context clues missed. It was pretty clear that you were joking, so I wouldn't take it too personally.
@@MyDarkMuffin I do have ASD, but it was pretty clear to me that he was joking, giving that I know GM Kramnik is a former World Champion. I'm also not a native English speaker.
Strange that people wouldn’t pick up on the sarcasm. The deep respect Danya has for the great figures of chess history shines through all of these videos.
Like someone else pointed out, probably non-native speakers. Saying something that you don't actually believe being a joke, like in the form Danya did, seems to be a very English-speaking joke. Like, english-speakers' sarcasm often doesn't resonate with non-native speakers.
When I heard him say that last video it did stick out to me, just because of how deadpan it was. I remember it made me stop for a second before thinking "nah he's definitely kidding, but oof some people are gonna take that wrong".
It's called a snowflake. People who can't take a joke and take everything personal and literal or out of context. He shouldn't need to apologize for people's insecurities. Find something about your own life and choices to be offended about.
I took a break from chess for a few months. I'm back and already binge watching trying to catch up on your lessons. I swear you were good when I left but you have obviously improved in your lessons and delivery! You have an amazing talent for teaching!
This guy incredibly reads minds of lower rated players like me…EVERY move i think of he instantly say “now you may think of this move but it’s just bad” OMG every move i think he calls it and explains why it’s stupid..it crush my heart but it’s super instructive 😊😊
The recent burst of popularity of chess made me think about how I got back into it two years ago with all the "queen's gambit" thing, but the main reason I'm still into it, and probably never leaving, it's you. I remember the first time a saw one of your videos prior to all of the speedruns where you explained each and every move you made, making me really understand some ideas and concepts and making me realise I could be able to implement them into my own games. That made me enjoy and appreciate chess in a way I didn't think was possible. Even if some people might credit other youtubers and content creators for bringing new people into the game and making chess as a community grow (and for sure they did), I'm sure that the number one reason for the growth as a chess player of me and your other viewers it's you. You made us love the game of chess and taught us so much in a way that only you could, and the fact that you genuinely look a wholesome and awesome person is a wonderful cherry on top. Sorry for the WOT, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish you the best for your channel, chess career and life. Love from Italy!
This comment resonates with me as I feel the exact same way. I also started playing because of The Queen's Gambit and Danya's videos have kept me learning and improving as I continue to watch every single one hahah.
I was playing chess way before it was mainstream I realized once you get into chess and see the beauty of the game it's very addicting and almost impossible to quit 😂
Thanks for your videos! Great way to kill the time; I’m currently in frankfurt airport on my way to distribute the onemoveitis vaccine and my flight has been delayed. I bought a pretzel but it must be stale because it feels like im biting on granite
Truly a class act. Apologizing for, what most of us perceive to be, a vary obvious joke. I want to grow up to be like Danya and I'm 9 years his senior.
Hey, Danya! I usually don't comment, but you really deserve it. Just subbed because i am a huge fan of your speedruns. Keep up the amazing content, it helped me improve a lot (1700 now yay). Sending hugs and a very big thank you from Vienna! :)
I will never understand why people play 15 minute time control and then blitz every move straight into a losing position. It infuriates me so much lol just F off to low level bullet
Same as the guy you shouted out in the intro, I'm turning 30 this year, and started playing more seriously in 2021. I've progressed significantly since I've started watching your speed runs. Thank you for bringing high-level chess to the people, Based Даня.
Cool game, simple & straightforward instruction, good points offered on every move. At first I found your videos tedious to watch, Daniel, but I like them more and more as they’re bringing me into a deeper understanding of positional play and also just teaching me to be more patient at the board. And what I’m finding, as well, is that patiently thinking through the lines, thwarting threats, and eyeing positional weaknesses - in a nutshell, playing solidly - is immensely frustrating for some opponents who don’t know how to grind out a win. Thank you!
I totally picked up on the sarcasm, but tought it was funny. No way Danya could foresee the Kramnik-Hikaru cheating accusations, but it definitely gave another dimension to this remark
in the last when ur rook was in e8 and ur queen in b3. In that position black played Rxd7 but what if black just played some random pawn move. U cant take the rook bcuz queen protects it , u cant take the knight, then what is the best move there
Danya is in my opinion the best youtube chess creator there is, all of his content is amazing. Similar to the comment he read out, I also got into chess in my mid 30's during the Queens Gambit chess boom and I have found Daniels channel to be an absolute goldmine of information and explanation. Like most I got my start with Levi and more meme youtubers which is a fine jumping off point but to improve to the 1500+ elo range I know that Daniels channel will be instrumental in helping me achieve that. All the love and nothing but good things to you Daniel. You are amazing!!
Oh I play Bc4 against the philidor. Every time I get it played against me I don't really understand why people play the philidor because I personally think it's just bad, but it's really nice for you the GM to have a video against the Philidor.
Thank you for all your content, I started about a year ago and went from 800 to 1900 in one year because of your videos. Your content gives my a higher level understanding of chess and helped me improve much faster.
Exactly! In my experience, trade often relieves a lot of the pressure out of the position making it harder to attack and less likely your opponent will blunder. Of course, this isn't always the case, but I believe this is true.
Great video as always and you help me improving my chess game a lot. But I don't think you have played the Vienna with white pieces in the speedrun and I would very much like to see your approach on that setup (having watched levys video on YT).
I'm out here literally thinking "it would be cool to see some exploration of the philidor" and I check yt and you've provided once again like the great prophet you are. Cheers Danya thanks for all you do!
Thank you for everything you’ve done sensei. I’m grateful that your channel exists because I’ve been able to understand this complex game in a simple manner by the way you explain things. You’re explanations are in a way that probably helped so many people. By the way you teach I was able to explain the same thing to my friend as well who was learning ( only a small fraction of what you teach). It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Thank you Sensei, I for one appreciate the time and care you take in evaluation of every position, these lessons would cost a fortune and for the cost of sitting through an add once in a while I'm watching every post and every "speed run " you do.
Don't apologies on a Joke brother, NEVER! Those who don't get it can leave, see how levy build his audience, you have to play with that, its your personality, we love the goofy things you do, don't apologies for being yourself, NEVER
I thought Philidor is a little bit unsound opening, with more or less clear white advantage from the opening. However it appers like black could equalize it and play reasonable position.
Seems like the queenside attack is the way to go with black, not a lot of players around this rating (very much myself) understand when to play on the queenside versus going for a kingside attack.
Instead of Rxd7 at the end, what if black had played h5? Then Qxf8+, Kh7, Rxd8 but now black can get a perpetual check with Qd4+ and white king can't escape. Am I missing something?
1:40. yes, some people won't understand the jokes, like, I once wrote that "Gelfand is a loser - he loses to Kasparov, to Anand, to Karpov", one person wrote angrily that Gelfand can kick my ass and that I should look and see how absurd is what I wrote. So I deleted this comment because fighting with absolute strangers over the net isn't my life's ambition. And yes, I'm more careful now. Take care, pilot.
I got that it was a sarcastic joke right away. I could see why it might be better not to make such a joke if it'll go over people's heads, but in all honesty, I think most of everyone understood it properly. Although now it opens you up to people joking about learning Chess from "this idiot Naroditsky" with just as much respect for you as you have for Kramnik. :D
I would recommend not taking the comment section too seriously, or at least the comments which you know shouldn't be taken seriously even if they are very serious themselves.. There are literal children and near mentally disabled (relatively speaking) people here. Dumbing down to the lowest common denominator is never a good idea
To me it was very unclear that calling Kramnik an idiot was a joke. Particularly because recently Kramnik proved beyond reasonable doubt that he really is an idiot, so I thought maybe it had been known in advance among the chess professionals. The one clue that I missed was that Danya is way too polite to call people names even if they deserve it.
Funny how some people are not only so stupid they don't understand sarcasm without it being explicitly pointed out, but that they feel obliged to demonstrate their stupidity publicly like they're proud of it. Absolutely hilarious.
Danya, please make a video like "Ideas to know when trying to promote pawns" because I think a lot of people blundering when they have a passed pawn on 6th/7th rank, it feels like you're winning, but yet there's usually only 1 accurate move in position
My favourite part of the series is when he begins to venture into the +1600 rating and players make it out of the opening without blundering a piece hahah.
Hey Danya I really thought you nailed it by calling him an idiot after what happened in recent weeks. But you were even smarter, you managed to be a genius and keep people on your side. Well played 👍
At around 17:00, doesn't e5 still work? After taking back with your bishop, you could trade the queen and rook forcing the rook on e8 off the e-file and taking the knight
Danya, I’m a loyal fan, but wanted to ask you if you would recommend a streamer or TH-camr who plays the ruy Lopez? I honestly only follow you for chess learning and the only area I find myself wanting to look in other places is for my interest in really understanding and wanting to master the ruy Lopez (master for me means not get destroyed against a 2000 +elo player). If you have any recommendations I’d appreciate it. You are the goat btw
Bro if 10 people don't get the sarcasm in your video that's honestly a good day. This is TH-cam. People are stupid. Comments are stupid. Just ignore it
This the second time that I'm watching this video. This is very appropriate for my level, and Danya is remarkable in that he explains every single move while playing! This is hearing the thoughts of a GM, perfectly explained! I have not seen any other player at his level accomplish this. The result is not to try to memorize long variations, but to play chess based on principles. This has the benefit of literally making chess easier to play! Genius.
Thanks coach. This is somewhat of a difficult concept to grasp, since I'm fairly new and I just recently learned the basic objective of developing your pieces. I've found learning openings and theory like you GM types to be quite difficult ("according to theory, the next move should be ...". I've naturally realized developing my pieces is by far the end-all be-all; you still have to react to your opponent's moves. It's impressive to see you spend a minute of time talking about a move and the possibly implications and still find plenty of time win!
I'm a Philidor player and I think this is great commentary on the opening. The Pirc-style move 1...d6, subsequently transposing to a Philidor position, avoids some of the inherent drawbacks of the classical line. I think that playing the Philidor sharpens positional awareness, as there are so many ways to wind up in an impossibly cramped position.
Danya! I have a two-year old and want to teach him chess. Can you speak about when to introduce chess to children and best way to approach teaching it to them in a future video? I watch every video you post so I'll see it if you speak about it. Love your channel. Hope to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
Hi Danya. If you begin with e4 e5 Nc3 you can play Vienna Gambit after Nf6 or go for a 4 knights scotch after Nc6. Love your content. Thank you. (This is how I play)
This was very instructional for me actually lol I wish whenever I watch the big GM tournaments that they could break the games down this simply.. you know like they weren't talking to the
I was praying for the full circle troll from Danya... "I learned this from Gary Kasparov, another idiot..."
🤣
Lmaooo
LOL, and we come to find that Danya isn't the nice guy we thought, but some deeply troubled misanthrope who hates everyone!
That might be bad and wrong even as a joke :D :D
maybe the imitations are enough :D
I love Danya for his mature approach to chess. No clickbait, no meme-ing around, no nonsense. The humor is sophisticated. Danya is certified the most elegant chess youtuber. We love you Sensei!!
he is objectively better in every way in contrast to that other dude, shame that our world prioritizes all the wrong things and also mediocrity often trumps merit, that was mean but I'm passionate about danya.
@@PeteyPablo1 Hey, lets not go disrespecting other content creators just because you prefer Daniel's content over theirs.
have you ever seen his actual livestreams? Elegance and sophistication is not his default state lol
@@lred1383 Have you seen them? Like more than one? Because this is how he is literally 99% of the time.
@@PeteyPablo1 just say ur antisemitic and go
About the humor: you'll probably find that some of it can be lost in translation for non-native English speakers who tend to take statements at face value, with some of the facial and context clues missed. It was pretty clear that you were joking, so I wouldn't take it too personally.
Some people are just autistic as well, whenever you make a joke there's going to be someone that doesn't get it, that's just how it is.
Detecting sarcasm has more to do with how much dust you've got upstairs.
@@MyDarkMuffin Adult autistic people are usually self aware about this though depending on where they are spectrum wise.
@@MyDarkMuffin I do have ASD, but it was pretty clear to me that he was joking, giving that I know GM Kramnik is a former World Champion. I'm also not a native English speaker.
@@ChessJourneyman what does the amount of dust particles in the second floor of my house have to do with anything?
Strange that people wouldn’t pick up on the sarcasm. The deep respect Danya has for the great figures of chess history shines through all of these videos.
Like someone else pointed out, probably non-native speakers. Saying something that you don't actually believe being a joke, like in the form Danya did, seems to be a very English-speaking joke. Like, english-speakers' sarcasm often doesn't resonate with non-native speakers.
When I heard him say that last video it did stick out to me, just because of how deadpan it was. I remember it made me stop for a second before thinking "nah he's definitely kidding, but oof some people are gonna take that wrong".
It's called a snowflake. People who can't take a joke and take everything personal and literal or out of context. He shouldn't need to apologize for people's insecurities. Find something about your own life and choices to be offended about.
Danya is not arrogant. I appreciate that.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour to apologize or not to apologize, that is the question these days.
I took a break from chess for a few months. I'm back and already binge watching trying to catch up on your lessons. I swear you were good when I left but you have obviously improved in your lessons and delivery! You have an amazing talent for teaching!
The Kramnik joke turned real lol
lol 😂 😂
18:15 "Let me think for a second"
*thinks for literally a second*
"Ok, I think it's pretty clear to me"
Love Danya's 1 second thinks
Danya's time estimations are just as accurate as his chess moves 😂
This guy incredibly reads minds of lower rated players like me…EVERY move i think of he instantly say “now you may think of this move but it’s just bad” OMG every move i think he calls it and explains why it’s stupid..it crush my heart but it’s super instructive 😊😊
Very disappointed to hear that your comment about Kramnik was not genuine. As the chairman of the KHC (Kramnik Hate Club) I feel shocked and betrayed.
Unironically tho, I hate how he popularized the Berlin, makes top games unbelievably boring
The recent burst of popularity of chess made me think about how I got back into it two years ago with all the "queen's gambit" thing, but the main reason I'm still into it, and probably never leaving, it's you.
I remember the first time a saw one of your videos prior to all of the speedruns where you explained each and every move you made, making me really understand some ideas and concepts and making me realise I could be able to implement them into my own games. That made me enjoy and appreciate chess in a way I didn't think was possible.
Even if some people might credit other youtubers and content creators for bringing new people into the game and making chess as a community grow (and for sure they did), I'm sure that the number one reason for the growth as a chess player of me and your other viewers it's you.
You made us love the game of chess and taught us so much in a way that only you could, and the fact that you genuinely look a wholesome and awesome person is a wonderful cherry on top.
Sorry for the WOT, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish you the best for your channel, chess career and life.
Love from Italy!
This comment resonates with me as I feel the exact same way. I also started playing because of The Queen's Gambit and Danya's videos have kept me learning and improving as I continue to watch every single one hahah.
I was playing chess way before it was mainstream
I realized once you get into chess and see the beauty of the game it's very addicting and almost impossible to quit 😂
Danya's is one channel I truly _never_ miss a video from.
If Danya is surprised that before and d4 rhyme, then he’ll be shocked that b4 and d4 do too…
four rhymes with four!? who knew??
Thanks for your videos! Great way to kill the time; I’m currently in frankfurt airport on my way to distribute the onemoveitis vaccine and my flight has been delayed. I bought a pretzel but it must be stale because it feels like im biting on granite
Can't wait for those Vienna uploads. Easily my favorite opening with white. Very treacherous opening for black if they don't know the critical moves.
27:40 ah yes, the famous Bad Dragon variation
Lol
People who know chess know if Kasparov has a nightmare, Kramnik is probably starring in it, which is about the highest compliment in chess.
Ivanchuk sends his regards
Truly a class act. Apologizing for, what most of us perceive to be, a vary obvious joke. I want to grow up to be like Danya and I'm 9 years his senior.
Hey, Danya! I usually don't comment, but you really deserve it. Just subbed because i am a huge fan of your speedruns. Keep up the amazing content, it helped me improve a lot (1700 now yay). Sending hugs and a very big thank you from Vienna! :)
I will never understand why people play 15 minute time control and then blitz every move straight into a losing position. It infuriates me so much lol just F off to low level bullet
Same as the guy you shouted out in the intro, I'm turning 30 this year, and started playing more seriously in 2021.
I've progressed significantly since I've started watching your speed runs.
Thank you for bringing high-level chess to the people, Based Даня.
Love your content Danya! Thank you for helping me improve my rating and making me love chess, you're a great teacher and a person
Wow this didn't age well... because Kramnik did prove himself to be an idiot by the things he says online these days.
I knew immediately that you were joking about Kramnik. 😊
Cool game, simple & straightforward instruction, good points offered on every move. At first I found your videos tedious to watch, Daniel, but I like them more and more as they’re bringing me into a deeper understanding of positional play and also just teaching me to be more patient at the board. And what I’m finding, as well, is that patiently thinking through the lines, thwarting threats, and eyeing positional weaknesses - in a nutshell, playing solidly - is immensely frustrating for some opponents who don’t know how to grind out a win. Thank you!
Qb4 is a real gangsta move.
Apology to Kramnik not serious enough. Unsubbing
Jk I love Danya he’s my favorite TH-camr!
😆
I totally picked up on the sarcasm, but tought it was funny. No way Danya could foresee the Kramnik-Hikaru cheating accusations, but it definitely gave another dimension to this remark
in the last when ur rook was in e8 and ur queen in b3. In that position black played Rxd7 but what if black just played some random pawn move. U cant take the rook bcuz queen protects it , u cant take the knight, then what is the best move there
Queen takes knight
@@zeninguem1937ohhh thnx thnx
I enjoyed this game a lot. Showed the power of a advanced passed pawn. How quickly it ended the game.
Danya is in my opinion the best youtube chess creator there is, all of his content is amazing. Similar to the comment he read out, I also got into chess in my mid 30's during the Queens Gambit chess boom and I have found Daniels channel to be an absolute goldmine of information and explanation. Like most I got my start with Levi and more meme youtubers which is a fine jumping off point but to improve to the 1500+ elo range I know that Daniels channel will be instrumental in helping me achieve that. All the love and nothing but good things to you Daniel. You are amazing!!
If I had a son like you, I'd be proud.
You would make a great homeschool tutor in any subject, I imagine.
Kinda weird comment, but a nice one xd
Im I had a son who became gm at 17 god damn, anyone would be giga proud. Danya is gigachad
Wow, I love that phrase “saying sorry.” Great term for that!
Daniel is probably the nicest guy in chess. Love this dude!
@4:20 you should have said "I learned it from this idiot Gary Kasparov."
Oh I play Bc4 against the philidor. Every time I get it played against me I don't really understand why people play the philidor because I personally think it's just bad, but it's really nice for you the GM to have a video against the Philidor.
Thank you for all your content, I started about a year ago and went from 800 to 1900 in one year because of your videos. Your content gives my a higher level understanding of chess and helped me improve much faster.
the best chess youtube channel by far, deserves way more subs
Danya Lesson: Even trades (tend to) favor the side that has a space disadvantage.
Exactly! In my experience, trade often relieves a lot of the pressure out of the position making it harder to attack and less likely your opponent will blunder. Of course, this isn't always the case, but I believe this is true.
Great video as always and you help me improving my chess game a lot. But I don't think you have played the Vienna with white pieces in the speedrun and I would very much like to see your approach on that setup (having watched levys video on YT).
I'm out here literally thinking "it would be cool to see some exploration of the philidor" and I check yt and you've provided once again like the great prophet you are. Cheers Danya thanks for all you do!
Thank you for everything you’ve done sensei. I’m grateful that your channel exists because I’ve been able to understand this complex game in a simple manner by the way you explain things. You’re explanations are in a way that probably helped so many people. By the way you teach I was able to explain the same thing to my friend as well who was learning ( only a small fraction of what you teach). It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Dear danya, i started chess at 60yr thanks to you am i am now a russian schoolboy rated 1500
Thank you Sensei,
I for one appreciate the time and care you take in evaluation of every position, these lessons would cost a fortune and for the cost of sitting through an add once in a while I'm watching every post and every "speed run " you do.
Don't apologies on a Joke brother, NEVER! Those who don't get it can leave, see how levy build his audience, you have to play with that, its your personality, we love the goofy things you do, don't apologies for being yourself, NEVER
Ironic. Sounds like you are really saying he should be like you or Levy. He was being himself.
Wait… where’s that part 2 Grunfeld analysis video? I haven’t seen it on the channel… anybody got a direct link?
Your opponent has been saving his 15 mins up until Qb4
I thought Philidor is a little bit unsound opening, with more or less clear white advantage from the opening. However it appers like black could equalize it and play reasonable position.
Seems like the queenside attack is the way to go with black, not a lot of players around this rating (very much myself) understand when to play on the queenside versus going for a kingside attack.
There are a lot of stupid people running around these days, people can't get obvious sarcastic comments. 🙄
Hilarious that Danya actually had to explain that he was joking. Are people really this dumb?
Instead of Rxd7 at the end, what if black had played h5?
Then Qxf8+, Kh7, Rxd8 but now black can get a perpetual check with Qd4+ and white king can't escape. Am I missing something?
1:40. yes, some people won't understand the jokes, like, I once wrote that "Gelfand is a loser - he loses to Kasparov, to Anand, to Karpov", one person wrote angrily that Gelfand can kick my ass and that I should look and see how absurd is what I wrote. So I deleted this comment because fighting with absolute strangers over the net isn't my life's ambition. And yes, I'm more careful now. Take care, pilot.
I got that it was a sarcastic joke right away. I could see why it might be better not to make such a joke if it'll go over people's heads, but in all honesty, I think most of everyone understood it properly. Although now it opens you up to people joking about learning Chess from "this idiot Naroditsky" with just as much respect for you as you have for Kramnik. :D
"Trades generality favour the side that has a space disadvantage." Could you elaborate on that in a future video?
Qb4 was so nice.
I always say the same, imo Levy is the better teacher for begginer players. Anyone 1800 or above should be watching Danya for sure.
I would recommend not taking the comment section too seriously, or at least the comments which you know shouldn't be taken seriously even if they are very serious themselves.. There are literal children and near mentally disabled (relatively speaking) people here. Dumbing down to the lowest common denominator is never a good idea
To me it was very unclear that calling Kramnik an idiot was a joke. Particularly because recently Kramnik proved beyond reasonable doubt that he really is an idiot, so I thought maybe it had been known in advance among the chess professionals. The one clue that I missed was that Danya is way too polite to call people names even if they deserve it.
Funny how some people are not only so stupid they don't understand sarcasm without it being explicitly pointed out, but that they feel obliged to demonstrate their stupidity publicly like they're proud of it. Absolutely hilarious.
Danya, please make a video like "Ideas to know when trying to promote pawns" because I think a lot of people blundering when they have a passed pawn on 6th/7th rank, it feels like you're winning, but yet there's usually only 1 accurate move in position
Very nice. You are beginning to play against my level. Thanks for teaching
My favourite part of the series is when he begins to venture into the +1600 rating and players make it out of the opening without blundering a piece hahah.
By 20:00 I thought "well that's a very poor time management on your opponent's side" burned less than 1 minute of a 15 minute game...
Hey Danya I really thought you nailed it by calling him an idiot after what happened in recent weeks.
But you were even smarter, you managed to be a genius and keep people on your side.
Well played 👍
"distributing the covid vaccine rule applies" ?? Is that a new thing or has DN used that before?
Please do not apologise for humour when anyone with half a brain knew it was not a serious comment. Love your chess content as well :)
Great content. Who advised you to appear in military uniforms? Unnecessary if not ridiculous
39:17 its very hard for me most of times to go back accepting the mistake
I try to justify my move and end up on worse position 🤣
Hi, The WordGuy here!
Word of the day :
Verbose : using or expressed in more words than are needed.
27:41 if you know you know
Nothing gets me more hyped than seeing a new speedrun video
Lol anyone else catch him almost singing the levy song. I saw rook e4...
another great lesson ! thanks danya sensei
I've founf that random people on the internet always understand irony
OMG irony has to be handled with care 😂😂😂
I'm just commenting to help Danya's algorithm
It's obvious that you're going to win, but the fact that the ending position is in the intro definitely spoils how the episode is going to go
the way you explain chess, i find how wrong i looked at it. thank you GM Naroditsky
In 7 days I faced philodor 9 times
9 out of 9 philodor I won
3,14 x 100k today :)
the coldest checkmate I've ever seen
At around 17:00, doesn't e5 still work? After taking back with your bishop, you could trade the queen and rook forcing the rook on e8 off the e-file and taking the knight
Oh my backrank mate
Love this speedrun. Can someone explain the "distributing the [jab] through the Frankfurt Airport" reference? No idea what that means.
Danya, I’m a loyal fan, but wanted to ask you if you would recommend a streamer or TH-camr who plays the ruy Lopez? I honestly only follow you for chess learning and the only area I find myself wanting to look in other places is for my interest in really understanding and wanting to master the ruy Lopez (master for me means not get destroyed against a 2000 +elo player). If you have any recommendations I’d appreciate it. You are the goat btw
Vlad the Impaler is one of the exclusive member of the 2,800 club - there are 13 more - do you know who they are? [no - not Daniel]
Bro if 10 people don't get the sarcasm in your video that's honestly a good day. This is TH-cam. People are stupid. Comments are stupid. Just ignore it
This the second time that I'm watching this video. This is very appropriate for my level, and Danya is remarkable in that he explains every single move while playing! This is hearing the thoughts of a GM, perfectly explained! I have not seen any other player at his level accomplish this. The result is not to try to memorize long variations, but to play chess based on principles. This has the benefit of literally making chess easier to play! Genius.
Thank you for your patient comprehensive explanations Daniel. Very much appreciated.
Thanks coach. This is somewhat of a difficult concept to grasp, since I'm fairly new and I just recently learned the basic objective of developing your pieces. I've found learning openings and theory like you GM types to be quite difficult ("according to theory, the next move should be ...". I've naturally realized developing my pieces is by far the end-all be-all; you still have to react to your opponent's moves. It's impressive to see you spend a minute of time talking about a move and the possibly implications and still find plenty of time win!
I'm a Philidor player and I think this is great commentary on the opening. The Pirc-style move 1...d6, subsequently transposing to a Philidor position, avoids some of the inherent drawbacks of the classical line. I think that playing the Philidor sharpens positional awareness, as there are so many ways to wind up in an impossibly cramped position.
1:22
unfortunately Kramnik has let us down lately
Never apologise if you’ve done nothing wrong.
Danya! I have a two-year old and want to teach him chess. Can you speak about when to introduce chess to children and best way to approach teaching it to them in a future video? I watch every video you post so I'll see it if you speak about it. Love your channel. Hope to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
Hi Danya. If you begin with e4 e5 Nc3 you can play Vienna Gambit after Nf6 or go for a 4 knights scotch after Nc6. Love your content. Thank you. (This is how I play)
Does anyone know why Danya put the dark-squared bishop on F4? He said he would explain it in the post-game analysis but never did.
This was very instructional for me actually lol I wish whenever I watch the big GM tournaments that they could break the games down this simply.. you know like they weren't talking to the
totally disagree that the Philidor is a bad opening. gives me fits more than any other. always lose to it. (1850 Rapid Lichess)
love your program how do I contribute $$?
@14:11 why did the board suddenly change to the future position of the game.?
It's very weird, but I just checked the original stream of this on Twitch and the board doesn't change there, so I'd presume some TH-cam editing bug.
@@Alex_Deam thank you!!
Bringing the bishop back to b3 was Fischer.
Has anyone compiled a list of Danya's official opening recommendations? It would be super helpful, thanks :)
Ay Dannya, your teaching contributions to the chess world and specially to us 'queen hangers' is invaluable. Much luv and keep up the good work.