Me too! I feel so comfortable around the svensnikov because I even met the guy, svensnikov, in third grade, lots of funny memories picking our noses and playing the theory, I definitely know the opening
Me too. It also makes it much easier for me to go back and find a particular video. I remember the openings a lot better than I remember which 50 point rating band Danya was in.
Hooray! An instructive analysis for the grunfeld for me, a player under 2000. A lot of the time there is no lower level, explanatory analysis of the grunfeld. Everything is so hravy and difficult. Glad you could post this! Also thanks for playing Soli on your stream, its been stuck in my head all day
I think some GM's might exaggerate how high-rated you have to be to play the Grunfeld because while you can be crushed by theory playing it against master-level players, at this level no one really knows much theory, and so even though white has a ton of responses you're probably going to be at least as well prepared as they are. I mean, I get wrecked playing the Dutch but I've got an almost 60% win-rate as black with the Grunfeld over a few hundred games at the 1500/1600 level - better than any opening I play with white. And it's just fun to play: a very sharp, counter-attacking response to d4, great if that's your style.
@@pancakelover5285 I'm 1585 right now. And yeah you should! I learned it from this video series: /watch?v=NnkMyb1ThXc&list=PLssNbVBYrGcAlRd-LHbv9zy9wZ9_RszNy&index=1. Probably not 100% perfect because the guy's not a master but I thought he explained things very clearly.
As a native German, I love your pronunciation of „GrÜnfeld“ - there is a difference in pronouncing the Ü and the U. Not a hateful comment, I think it’s adorable 😊If your interested, here is a tip: „ Say “ee” as in see (or as in the German word vier). Again, while saying the sound, round your lips. The resulting sound is the ü-sound.“
Letting that dark squared bishop go was a death sentence. Along with instruction from Yassir, I'm evaluating positions with estimated peice equity now! that was a 5 point bishop your opponent just rammed into a defended knight. I'm accidentally making grandmaster moves from watching so much Danya. Thanks, see ya on twitch! 🖐
What a humorous thing to say! knight to Queens knight five could not have been a mouse slip in 1862, there were no computers in 1862, and therefore a mouse slip is impossible!
I think it was John Bartholomew who said it on stream about a week or two ago, but a lot of lower rated players are attracted to play bad intermediate moves and this is definitely an example of that happening. I especially see that exact intermediate move a lot at my level and I myself have actually had to stop myself from playing it because like 90% of the time where you can do it it has no positive effect.
Haha “I don’t know the secrets of the universe” I’m stealing that. Not that I don’t trust danya’s take but I took up the sicilian when Levy said to wait until you’re 2000. I do want to at least learn some grunfeld theory and play a few games with it. It’s just fun and so alluring even though everyone always says to wait it’s hard to help it. I mean I’m not gonna try to become a predominantly grunfeld player but, dipping my toes in could be fun
Hmm, grünfeld and lowenthal, have played both and still employ the grünfeld as my main defense against 1. d4 because I’ve always enjoyed and found success with it. For open sicilian, I experimented with the lowenthal and didn’t enjoy the positions that and from it, so I swapped to playing the najdorf as well as the sveshnikov & pelikan variations.
Is another viable move @13:13 bishop g5? Black takes e5 with bishop, but alternating bishop desparados leave white up the exchange and black's knight is still pinned to the rook.
At 17:10 doesn't Kd1 walk into Qd4+? and after Qxd4, Nxd4 black is totally fine there. If white tries to drive the knight away with c3 there's Nb3 forking the rook and the bishop. And there's always the idea of b6, Bb7 to win the knight a8. So isn't black the one who's better in this position?
Two unsatisfying games; I like to see how Danya really cranks up the pressure to make his opponents crack with either fundamental strategy or alien calculation. These guys crumbled straight out of the opening.
That's kinda why you don't see it much "below 2000 Elo", as Danya says. These are very sharp theories and at this level I'd even say that having an advantage directly out of the opening due to the opponent's lack of knowledge is precisely the point.
Is there anyway you could make a speed run like video (slow and focused on explaining) on a match with another gm? I'm thinking like a 15 plus 2 or something where you explain as much as you can about the complex ideas? Thank you I love the content! Especially the speed runs
@@aaronjosephs2560 Ive been playing like...15 years or something, I should be about a 1700, but computers ruined chess for me, I like sacrifices as much as possible, ill sac a knight for 2 pawns any day, stuff like that, bishop for 3 pawns if possible.
@@flocklegend1412 haha yeah, I'm definitely overly aggressive sometimes and love a good sack but have trouble closing the deal, I try to sack a piece for a big attack constantly in blitz which is why my blitz rating is like 1100 lol
Sometimes the first moves are the most impactful. Look at the first game. Had he, instead, blocked his queen in with the bishop (threatening the queen), do you think that early mating pattern would have arisen?
That was 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d5 cxd5 4. Nxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5, where Danya played 6. Bb5+ to free up the f5 square for his knight (either after 6...Bd7 7. Bxd7 or 6...Nd7), if I remember correctly. Basically his opponent played 5...e5 instead of 5...a6, the move that signals the Najdorf, and so the difference between pushing e5 in the Najdorf versus in that variation was that Danya had the bishop check as an intermediate move. Edit: Turns out I didn't remember the line quite correctly - I originally forgot about the Nf6 and Nc3 moves before e5.
Black takes the crucial e-pawn and counterattacks the queen. You can't allow a queen trade, either, because as soon as it occurs, d2 forks the rooks. So Bg5 basically does nothing but lose a crucial pawn. I'd go as far as to call it a blunder.
I found it weird that he play Be6 then dont take on a2 since than the a7 pawn the rook on a8 and then move Bf6 and bishop back to e6 and you get the perfect passed pawn all the way down to a1 new queen.
petition for an "anything except the sicilian" speedrun. I like these, but as someone who never plays the sicilian, these vids sometimes feel pretty samey.
Yeah the svensnikov, exactly what i was thinking daniel. Almost forgot the svensnikov theory for a second which i know soo much about
Yeah when Daniel said we might think it was the swishycough I thought "without Nc3 and Nf6? This isn't my first week"
hahahahah, exactly... I was also thinking, "oh yes, of course I remember the kalashnikov"
it's a little elementary for my tastes but as long as some more junior players learned something it's all good
Me too! I feel so comfortable around the svensnikov because I even met the guy, svensnikov, in third grade, lots of funny memories picking our noses and playing the theory, I definitely know the opening
I don’t get this joke. Im not even good at chess but I know the sveshnikov bc magnus used it against fabi in the WC.
I appreciate the inclusion of the openings in the title - builds anticipation
my heart is racing
Me too. It also makes it much easier for me to go back and find a particular video. I remember the openings a lot better than I remember which 50 point rating band Danya was in.
3:00
I've watched Danya's speedrun videos more religiously than any TV series
What is a tv
1. Speedrun
2. Sopranos/Breaking bad/the wire
But have you seen him reinvent the wheel?
@@Niman44 lol
@@mikecantreed what is the wire? Keep hearing in referenced in the list of “goat” shows (ie breaking bad) and kinda curious now. Whats the premise?
3:05 I literally can't hold back my laughter when he mocks his viewers like this 😂
You know I’m here the second it’s uploaded. So glad you always know when I get off work, THE PROPHET
He is a true talent
Danya on great form here - 'Ke2 right exactly...Ke2 is a genius move' 😂
AlphaZero can't find that move
3:06 the way danya laughed just made me bust out laughing lmao 💀💀
Me too😂😂😂
Hooray! An instructive analysis for the grunfeld for me, a player under 2000. A lot of the time there is no lower level, explanatory analysis of the grunfeld. Everything is so hravy and difficult. Glad you could post this! Also thanks for playing Soli on your stream, its been stuck in my head all day
“I think I’ve earned some tea after that”
Yeah you earned a whole cake but if it’s tea you want then go ahead danya it’s all yours
I think some GM's might exaggerate how high-rated you have to be to play the Grunfeld because while you can be crushed by theory playing it against master-level players, at this level no one really knows much theory, and so even though white has a ton of responses you're probably going to be at least as well prepared as they are. I mean, I get wrecked playing the Dutch but I've got an almost 60% win-rate as black with the Grunfeld over a few hundred games at the 1500/1600 level - better than any opening I play with white. And it's just fun to play: a very sharp, counter-attacking response to d4, great if that's your style.
That is actually a very good point, I actually might look into the grunfeld because of that
If I may ask, what's your rating?
@@pancakelover5285 I'm 1585 right now. And yeah you should! I learned it from this video series: /watch?v=NnkMyb1ThXc&list=PLssNbVBYrGcAlRd-LHbv9zy9wZ9_RszNy&index=1. Probably not 100% perfect because the guy's not a master but I thought he explained things very clearly.
Daniel’s speedrun is the only thing I need. And beer. But speedrun. Thanks
And riders on the storm in the background
Haha, I agree, but with wine instead. Perhaps a glass of brandy
As a native German, I love your pronunciation of „GrÜnfeld“ - there is a difference in pronouncing the Ü and the U. Not a hateful comment, I think it’s adorable 😊If your interested, here is a tip: „ Say “ee” as in see (or as in the German word vier). Again, while saying the sound, round your lips. The resulting sound is the ü-sound.“
3:06 🤣
Letting that dark squared bishop go was a death sentence. Along with instruction from Yassir, I'm evaluating positions with estimated peice equity now! that was a 5 point bishop your opponent just rammed into a defended knight. I'm accidentally making grandmaster moves from watching so much Danya. Thanks, see ya on twitch! 🖐
9:07 First person to play Nb5 in 1862 (Blackburn) did so because of a mouse slip.
What a humorous thing to say! knight to Queens knight five could not have been a mouse slip in 1862, there were no computers in 1862, and therefore a mouse slip is impossible!
What??
These videos are really really excellent
I think it was John Bartholomew who said it on stream about a week or two ago, but a lot of lower rated players are attracted to play bad intermediate moves and this is definitely an example of that happening. I especially see that exact intermediate move a lot at my level and I myself have actually had to stop myself from playing it because like 90% of the time where you can do it it has no positive effect.
Haha “I don’t know the secrets of the universe”
I’m stealing that.
Not that I don’t trust danya’s take but I took up the sicilian when Levy said to wait until you’re 2000. I do want to at least learn some grunfeld theory and play a few games with it. It’s just fun and so alluring even though everyone always says to wait it’s hard to help it. I mean I’m not gonna try to become a predominantly grunfeld player but, dipping my toes in could be fun
Me watching this knowing almost 0 chess theory👀
Hmm, grünfeld and lowenthal, have played both and still employ the grünfeld as my main defense against 1. d4 because I’ve always enjoyed and found success with it. For open sicilian, I experimented with the lowenthal and didn’t enjoy the positions that and from it, so I swapped to playing the najdorf as well as the sveshnikov & pelikan variations.
Open Sicilian: 0:24
Grenfeld: 17:27
3:03 hahaha I love Daniel
3:04 brutal
I finally got to 1900 thank you very much daniel
Does danya ever play the benko gambit?? I would love to see him break down those kind of positions
Is another viable move @13:13 bishop g5? Black takes e5 with bishop, but alternating bishop desparados leave white up the exchange and black's knight is still pinned to the rook.
lol that laugh at 3:06
Frisky Naroditsky
Daniel Naroditsky is the type of dude to remind the teacher that they forgot to assign the homework
6:37 i like that xD
MVL is a machine. True
Excellent concept as usual Mr Daniel. Keep up the good work from ur No 1 Supporter.
Which are you..?
I have no idea why this guy doesn’t have more followers!
At 17:10 doesn't Kd1 walk into Qd4+? and after Qxd4, Nxd4 black is totally fine there. If white tries to drive the knight away with c3 there's Nb3 forking the rook and the bishop. And there's always the idea of b6, Bb7 to win the knight a8. So isn't black the one who's better in this position?
Two unsatisfying games; I like to see how Danya really cranks up the pressure to make his opponents crack with either fundamental strategy or alien calculation. These guys crumbled straight out of the opening.
That's kinda why you don't see it much "below 2000 Elo", as Danya says.
These are very sharp theories and at this level I'd even say that having an advantage directly out of the opening due to the opponent's lack of knowledge is precisely the point.
Thank you Daniel for the educational commentary over the game , but isn’t it unfair that those poor 1500s will get crushed by a grandmaster ?
I think chess.com compensates losing players for these educational games.
Total belter, thanks!
At 12:07, knowing that the queen has no squares is there a tactic to capture?
The first opening is called the Kalashnikov to be precise
Because Kalashnikov sounds way cooler than "Accelerated Sveshnikov"
That IM game was really interesting to see
Can you make separate playlists for each "speedrun"
Is there anyway you could make a speed run like video (slow and focused on explaining) on a match with another gm? I'm thinking like a 15 plus 2 or something where you explain as much as you can about the complex ideas? Thank you I love the content! Especially the speed runs
If he's playing to win against another gm that's definitely not enough time if he also has to explain what's happening
I was waiting for this :)
22:45 - "That was a nice introduction to the Grunfeld."
🐴🙂
It's how he knows the Mongolian flag for me 🤣🤣
Suggestion: A new speedrun where you MUST play the ABSOLUTE mainline of every opening you play/face.
Look at me getting the Sveshnikov confused with the Kalashnikov like a scrub.
Every time I watch Danya play against sicilian he says that he is tired of playing Alapin but never see him playing it Sadge
I hit 1500 recently and I just cannot get to 1600, I know I am missing some chess fundamentals for sure.
I just hit 1500 and immediately dipped back down to 1490. My goal is 1600 by November, which will be one year after I started playing chess
@@aaronjosephs2560 Ive been playing like...15 years or something, I should be about a 1700, but computers ruined chess for me, I like sacrifices as much as possible, ill sac a knight for 2 pawns any day, stuff like that, bishop for 3 pawns if possible.
@@flocklegend1412 haha yeah, I'm definitely overly aggressive sometimes and love a good sack but have trouble closing the deal, I try to sack a piece for a big attack constantly in blitz which is why my blitz rating is like 1100 lol
Ernst Franz Grünfeld was an Austrian. As befits a real Austrian he was born and died in Wien.
made me consider Ke2 for a second
Tushinbag is down 😂
yes
I feel quick
You have now passed my Elo (in the speedrun). Kind of sad it came this soon!
ur still better than 90% of players, that's ok
What's the point if a 10 minute rating climb if you're gonna throw most of that time away in the first 5 moves?
Not every game is that quick.
@@DarkSideChess he falls in that pattern way too often, every game that his opponent doesn't blunder in the opening.
Sometimes the first moves are the most impactful. Look at the first game. Had he, instead, blocked his queen in with the bishop (threatening the queen), do you think that early mating pattern would have arisen?
anybody remember which video he talks about how to play against morpxy bind
13:10 - doesn’t bishop to G5 win the queen?
Qxe5 Rxe5 Bxe5, forking queen and knight. Black gets rook knight and pawn for the queen...?
after Qxe5 Rxe5 Bxe5, Qxe5 and if knight x e5, the c7 rook will fall, so at the end of the line it will "only" win a bishop for a pawn?
shhhh the prophet is speaking
What was that other Sicilian line with e5 In an earlier speed run where Danya played Nf5?
There are a lot of different Najdorf variations that feature e5, so probably one of those?
That was 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d5 cxd5 4. Nxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5, where Danya played 6. Bb5+ to free up the f5 square for his knight (either after 6...Bd7 7. Bxd7 or 6...Nd7), if I remember correctly. Basically his opponent played 5...e5 instead of 5...a6, the move that signals the Najdorf, and so the difference between pushing e5 in the Najdorf versus in that variation was that Danya had the bishop check as an intermediate move.
Edit: Turns out I didn't remember the line quite correctly - I originally forgot about the Nf6 and Nc3 moves before e5.
@@alecnilson6530 thank you
grunfeld is the hype
3:04
kalashnikov variation...is my sheet..
how can we play with u mr daniel ?
Can we talk about the hypermodernists?
the commenters on the twitch video were smoking crack during the recording
mmm crack
do you play the English? in case you do: Could you do some explanation?
At 13:40 why doesn't Bg5 just win on the spot?
Black takes the crucial e-pawn and counterattacks the queen. You can't allow a queen trade, either, because as soon as it occurs, d2 forks the rooks. So Bg5 basically does nothing but lose a crucial pawn. I'd go as far as to call it a blunder.
@@maxkho00 but what if Bg5, Bxe5, Bxe7, Bxg3, Bxf8, and just let d2 happen?
Please cover closed Sicilian, Grand Prix attack
I found it weird that he play Be6 then dont take on a2 since than the a7 pawn the rook on a8 and then move Bf6 and bishop back to e6 and you get the perfect passed pawn all the way down to a1 new queen.
I was thinking to chnage nimzo/queens indian from to grunfeld cuz after i played it i got 86% win percentage lolz
D o p e . . . GG 😎
Gut
Lovely
I thought it was pronounced groonfeld.
Grünfeld it is
I play the Grünfeld on 1700. But I dont know too much theory.
day 15 of saying you're the best danya! absolutely love your content. always a joy and so instructive.
Does he ever play a Vienna
petition for an "anything except the sicilian" speedrun. I like these, but as someone who never plays the sicilian, these vids sometimes feel pretty samey.
stop whooping people's asses so quickly I'm not learning anything from these videos LOL
It's pronounced grunefeld just fyi
Poggers
Hey daniel, just a suggestion, some speeding games with the e6 sicilians would be cool, there's kind of a gaping hole in my repertoire there lmao
Would be great if you knew how to pronounce Grünfeld.
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