As a low rated player, I just cannot believe how I get to watch instructive and informative chess lessons from a GM on TH-cam. These are really beneficial for everyone.
Agree! I grew up as a kid in Romania in the '90s, free Chess Lessons from a GM on the internet was like going to Mars😆. We live in a Great time for Chess, and Danya Is Great
It's not that they dislike slow chess at all, they just usually play enough tournaments to be content with that and see online chess more as just a silly and fun way to spend time. When you're used to regular long OTB games, doing it online will start to feel like a bad replacement.
@@Tobi-pn2xs the popularity of slow otb chess vs faster time format online chess will change every generation I think, there is the possibility that slow chess fades out of popularity
Saying "let me calculate" and then covering his eyes and turning away from the board is some big time flex. I need to try it in a tournament and see my opponent melt in their chair.
That is an unbelievably strong opponent, but her play seems really legit. Really really underrated, first time I've ever seen Daniel calculating all game seriously.
It's 100% legit to me so far. She is around 1500 and she plays the scotch. I play the scotch as well. If you give a gambit player what they want they should be able to find most of the strong ideas. Nothing crazy here, everything made sense to me. I assume Daniel will win a slightly worse endgame and nothing weird is happening when he checks the engine, I am at the 23 minute mark.
I love how you are always careful about calling anyone a cheater. It's a humble attitude that, for me, is a must-have quality in any kind of master. Thanks for teaching us all about not only chess, but sportmanship and humility.
When i see almost all the masters playing 3+0 it demotivates me a little, I want to play longer games to improve but majority of the players play blitz which is very disappointing. seeing danya play longer rapid games is my source of motivation. Thanks for keeping the slow chess alive.
@@anthonyulloa4408 i think it's like: if you have bad instincts (which everyone has, when he starts playing chess btw) you only make them more natural to you and it's only gonna get harder to get rid of them whereas if you play rapid first, you can build good instincts and they will eventually become natural.
still, i think so, yet i play bullet a lot more often. rapid is more boring and more demanding imo. in low-lvl bullet (1000-1200) you can literally win on time 80% of the games if you don't blunder a mate, so how can you make good habits with that in mind... (i have won 1100 bullet game on time with a queen down from the opening way too many times lol)
Amazing video Danya!! Would love to see more videos like this, where you induce a slight weakness on your position and then navigate the rest of the game highlighting such concepts as king safety, piece activity/generating attacking chances, making slow improving moves, and squeezing out wins/draws in tight endgames. It’s in such positions I’m sure most of us find ourselves in, and it’s hard to show these concepts (especially those pertaining to the endgame) when you just sweep your opponent right from the start. Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next speedrun vid!
Danya, I am relatively new to your channel, and I’ve been watching this speedrun since it starded. Because of that, I felt sorry for don’t watching your other speedruns, and that is what I am doing. The MasterClass speedrun is awesome, just like this. I hope you know the difference you make in every viewers life, not only because of the informational content, but also because of the fun it is to watch! You really are great, and not only as a streamer. The only reason I watched Tata Steel live was because you was there commentating. Again, thank you very much for everything you do.
Endgame calculations from 28:45 to 29:05... OMG. I don't know how Danya keeps the visualization of the positions clear without constantly rechecking, which is what I always end up doing, and which messes with the process. I so wish I could do these things. I spend so much time in those types of positions never arriving at clear positions in my head and usually missing something vital. This series is just pure gold. And this particular game so incredibly instructive.
I love when people used to tell me "pawn and king endgames are simple, and any player rated 1200 and lower can solve any of them with ease." I argued, and spat my fights against them while looking for strong evidence to support my claim that certain king pawn endgames are incredibly tricky, and that even grandmasters can sometimes screw them up. Ive been called stupid by my chess piers. And told i should stop playing chess if i cant understand such simple concepts such as a KP endgame. Im going to send this video to everybody i can remember that has told me this or anybody that does in the future. Thanks GM Naroditsky, for taking the time to explain this endgame in full. I cant put into words how much I appreciate these videos and the educational content.
Daniel i really appreciate the little talk you give chat when they're accusing. I once played a near perfect london game against a streamer, when i went back to watch the vod i realised everybody in the chat was calling me a cheater. So you are right, while it can be taken as a compliment i guess, it is pretty frustrating to be accused like that.
This is why i have always thought opening knowledge is a must even at a beginner/amateur level. If your 1500 rated opponent knows the theory and gets an advantage out of their opening prep they're most likely going to mop the floor with you in the middle/endgame. This holds better for longer games when they get enough time to not make a blunder.
Thank for playing subpar in the opening. It allowed us to see an endgame in an equal position with plenty of time for the opponent. Was extremely useful to see your ideas at that stage in an equal position
Watched live in twitch stream and now here on youtube. Thank you GM Naroditsky for not only excellent content but what is IMNSHO the most instructive content on both platforms for players seeking teaching content on either platform. Much appreciated
I like the concept of making small mistakes in the opening and recovering. I hope you make more videos using this format. Thanks Daniel, appreciate what you do.
The end-game analysis on this video is spectacular. It's a good reminder on many of the themes of his outstanding pawn endgame series (strongly recommended), as well as new material.
Holy smokes!! This is the most incredible chess content ever! Unbelievably instructional, and it sparks the desire to become a better chess player. Thank you, Sensei!
2 lessons I've learned from Danya everyone should implement every game: 1) Don't go with the flow, always look for what you're opponent is leaving behind or open. 2) Having such an understanding of chess principles that you know when to violate them wins you matches against strong players.
A good teacher makes you feel like you've figured things out for yourself even though they've guided you most of the way there. And then you go and try to play and if you're anything like me, you & your opponent both blunder repeatedly and you think "how on earth can I lose against someone this bad, that means I'm even worse??" and you angrily grind out games until you get an unsatisfying win against a complete scrub.
@@sammydavis5628 Danya is always very kind and he will go out of his way to pretend someone is not cheating....just go look at other games under this account....it is all you need to do
@@platonfoucault1087 She has a Fide id in her real name, so definitely not a smurf. As to whether she was cheating, or simply having the best game of her life, I do not know.
Love coming here. Even though I don't really play chess that much I find myself improving my ability to calculate and follow the logic. Please continue!
I got to about 40 minutes in the video and I was thinking, "how is there going to be 18 minutes of pawn ending discussion"....and then I watched it. What a beautiful game. Tremendous stuff Danya!! Thank you for droppin' knowledge!
Yea who are these people? If you make $300k per year $3k is 1.5% of your after tax salary. I feel like your average twitch viewer makes less than 300k a year
@@deadvirgin428 Huh? Some streamers even have a deal that gives them the whole amount. Didn’t you see the twitch leak on how much streamers make a year (without sponsored streams or third party dono things etc) just bits, and subs. You can literally do the math yourself.
I saw this guy on a tiktok and I immediately noticed how clearly and simply he explains the why's of each move and I knew I needed to subscribe to his YT channel. Such explanations make the game much more enjoyable for me as an intermediate player because I can learn a lot while understanding each move
30:50 I was playing along on the board that I have, needed to use both hands to keep up with the ending pawn rush. When I got the queen on h1 and saw promotion wasn't possible for white, I actually cheered! That was a fun game to play along!
Also, kudos to tasuni_2005. I think at the end of the game, her rating should have gone up rather than down. Such a well played game keeping the pressure on for 25+ moves before black could even get boots on.
Danya is the king of stalemating because I think he really studied these king pawn endgames and knows how to set a trap when he is a tempo behind for the queen to stalemate him.
I can honestly say I’ve never seen such an interesting endgame… where white possibly could have made a draw around 52:00 because he cages the black king on both sides of the board. Actually so crazy
Kudos to your opponent and thank you for another great video. I enjoy listening to your thought pattern much more when you play tougher opponents, not because i want to learn but more because its entertaining to see how a GM thinks about chess in complex positions
Hectic endgame! Well played Daniel.I agree with the point of underrated players.. I'm one of them. I prefer finding better moves than trying to blitz out to beat someone on the clock or hope they don't take advantage of moves made to quickly
This was such an instructive endgame. My favorite part was, where I had to unlearn the "don't put your king on the square, where it can be checked at the end of the pawn race" rule xD It really motivates me to take more time to analyse my endgames
For the rest of you posers out there, 29:47 seems like a pretty instructive moment. Daniel covers his eyes as he's imagining the positions. He doesn't want to look at the board because the board as it is is not what he's thinking about. He's imagining a potential future position so the board is a distraction.
Small obvious sidenote to the last few minutes of the vid: if you can get your Queen (or your King) in front of the pawn, it's always a pretty straightforward win.
I will never forget, 2 years ago I was 1800 uscf. I played a NM in a 30/0 game. I found almost all the engine moves. I was so so so happy and excited I won and analyzed the game. I saw I had like a 99.3 or something and my opponent accused me of cheating. It really robbed that moment from me. Since then I don’t really accuse other of cheating. If they are cheating they will get caught. Also I drew an IM twice in a longer time control, I think I was better but when he was slightly worse it was like punching a brick wall, I don’t understand how GMs beat IMs.
Endgames are so important and really complex to me. Great content!🙏 Without GM Danya’s comments I would’ve strongly suspected selective cheating, and losing the endgame possibly because the engine wasn’t at a high enough depth. Playing a complete game an estimated 700 points above without using much of the clock seems unusual. But I’m not capable of analyzing in depth the player history and don’t have the long experience GM Danya has, so I defer to his opinion.
What an awesome endgame. Cinematic to say the least. In fact, a similar game was highlighted in the movie “searching for Bobby Fischer” I remember from when I was younger about josh waitzkin. Idk if the game was actually played by waitzkin or not. I thought it was so cool to see a game like that actually played out and not possibly fiction
I'm a 1700+ rated player with almost 9k games played and I can not play like she did vs Danya. What I find most suspicious is that she was playing incredibly fast.
Thanks as always for the instructive content. Also nice to see the response about potential cheating. That you understand and articulate for others to empathize is a key life lesson.
18:05 When I don't know what to do near the end game, sometimes I'll just move a rook or two down to the 7th if I can. Somehow, this ends up being the right move much of the time. What is it with rooks on the 7th? _Why_ does this tend to be a good move?
It allows rooks to hit as many pawns as possible, either from the back, or from their original positions if they havent been moved, plus if the king is on the 8th rank, it traps him
what a brilliant game! Beautiful endgame, shows you how much that one tempo can matter when calculating that far ahead. Props to your opponent: she played a fantastic game.
As a low rated player, I just cannot believe how I get to watch instructive and informative chess lessons from a GM on TH-cam. These are really beneficial for everyone.
Agree! I grew up as a kid in Romania in the '90s, free Chess Lessons from a GM on the internet was like going to Mars😆. We live in a Great time for Chess, and Danya Is Great
It's not that they dislike slow chess at all, they just usually play enough tournaments to be content with that and see online chess more as just a silly and fun way to spend time. When you're used to regular long OTB games, doing it online will start to feel like a bad replacement.
@@Tobi-pn2xs the popularity of slow otb chess vs faster time format online chess will change every generation I think, there is the possibility that slow chess fades out of popularity
Danya is the best chess teacher yay :)
Danya is best at 1.75x speed
28:07 “I’m too lazy to calculate it” me with every line ever
And then he calculates the entire endgame the move later
@@Luminc With his eyes closed and a minute left on the clock 😂
the calculation danya did in the last 2 min of the endgame is nuts. Crazy how a gm mind moves so fast
Not really tbh
@@ippimerawr bruh
I like how he says "let's see who calculated correctly" the GM? Or the random 1500
@@fvhaudsilhvdfs What is the name bruh
It's called pattern recognition
One hour speedrun video? Couldn't have asked for more.
2 hours
maybe the single most instructive game in any of your speedruns, incredible stuff
Saying "let me calculate" and then covering his eyes and turning away from the board is some big time flex. I need to try it in a tournament and see my opponent melt in their chair.
Just in awe of how instructive this content is… truly a titan among teachers of any subject
If only my teachers were this inspired
agreed to the bone
@Ꭵ°᭄ᶫᵒᵛᵉᵧₒᵤ࿐♥ play some chess instead jeez
@@meowcat5596 Lowkey honored to have a bot desecrate my genuine comment for the first time
If only you had studied any other subject ever lmao
That is an unbelievably strong opponent, but her play seems really legit. Really really underrated, first time I've ever seen Daniel calculating all game seriously.
Easy to be strong when your opponent knowingly blunders into a worse position.
@@god0fgames100 easy to talk shit without playing a strong GM
You can’t be that underrated. Could be a second account. I’m rated a 100 points higher and I wouldn’t play this good
@@lucmermans37 good games exist. Also some players are just generally stronger but play bad blunders on regular occasion.
It's 100% legit to me so far. She is around 1500 and she plays the scotch. I play the scotch as well. If you give a gambit player what they want they should be able to find most of the strong ideas. Nothing crazy here, everything made sense to me. I assume Daniel will win a slightly worse endgame and nothing weird is happening when he checks the engine, I am at the 23 minute mark.
I love how you are always careful about calling anyone a cheater. It's a humble attitude that, for me, is a must-have quality in any kind of master. Thanks for teaching us all about not only chess, but sportmanship and humility.
Ironically one of the best things Danya has done for us is playing worse in his videos!
When i see almost all the masters playing 3+0 it demotivates me a little, I want to play longer games to improve but majority of the players play blitz which is very disappointing. seeing danya play longer rapid games is my source of motivation. Thanks for keeping the slow chess alive.
But danya is also one of the best bullet and blitz player. Short time control is nice because it allows you to improve your chess instincts
@@ghostbluster8900 yeah it does build upon chess instincts but also builds bad habits
@@anthonyulloa4408 i think it's like: if you have bad instincts (which everyone has, when he starts playing chess btw) you only make them more natural to you and it's only gonna get harder to get rid of them whereas if you play rapid first, you can build good instincts and they will eventually become natural.
still, i think so, yet i play bullet a lot more often. rapid is more boring and more demanding imo. in low-lvl bullet (1000-1200) you can literally win on time 80% of the games if you don't blunder a mate, so how can you make good habits with that in mind... (i have won 1100 bullet game on time with a queen down from the opening way too many times lol)
@@thatguy5233 because it is mostly about tricks not calculations.
Amazing video Danya!! Would love to see more videos like this, where you induce a slight weakness on your position and then navigate the rest of the game highlighting such concepts as king safety, piece activity/generating attacking chances, making slow improving moves, and squeezing out wins/draws in tight endgames. It’s in such positions I’m sure most of us find ourselves in, and it’s hard to show these concepts (especially those pertaining to the endgame) when you just sweep your opponent right from the start. Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next speedrun vid!
Danya, I am relatively new to your channel, and I’ve been watching this speedrun since it starded.
Because of that, I felt sorry for don’t watching your other speedruns, and that is what I am doing.
The MasterClass speedrun is awesome, just like this.
I hope you know the difference you make in every viewers life, not only because of the informational content, but also because of the fun it is to watch!
You really are great, and not only as a streamer. The only reason I watched Tata Steel live was because you was there commentating.
Again, thank you very much for everything you do.
Endgame calculations from 28:45 to 29:05... OMG. I don't know how Danya keeps the visualization of the positions clear without constantly rechecking, which is what I always end up doing, and which messes with the process. I so wish I could do these things. I spend so much time in those types of positions never arriving at clear positions in my head and usually missing something vital. This series is just pure gold. And this particular game so incredibly instructive.
Kudos, much better than just giving away a piece. Def enjoyed this one
These speedruns are so helpful. I went from 1300 to 1400 in a week thanks to you
@Ꭵ°᭄ᶫᵒᵛᵉᵧₒᵤ࿐♥ stop!!!!!
I went exactly same, but in 1 day, and then i went to 1300 back in the same day. 😁
@@rakhatthenut3815 i went from 400 to 2400 but then they thought i was "cheating" lmao
@@AlphaRW TF bro
@@AlphaRW maybe not cheating but you are definetely lying
The endgame analysis is a masterpiece. Thank you so much Daniel!
This is instantly one of my favorite games.
I love when people used to tell me "pawn and king endgames are simple, and any player rated 1200 and lower can solve any of them with ease."
I argued, and spat my fights against them while looking for strong evidence to support my claim that certain king pawn endgames are incredibly tricky, and that even grandmasters can sometimes screw them up. Ive been called stupid by my chess piers. And told i should stop playing chess if i cant understand such simple concepts such as a KP endgame.
Im going to send this video to everybody i can remember that has told me this or anybody that does in the future.
Thanks GM Naroditsky, for taking the time to explain this endgame in full. I cant put into words how much I appreciate these videos and the educational content.
I say this with kindness: You seem to care way too much what people who don't matter think and say.
why so dramatic
? "you stooopid stop play chess"
I only found you recently & watched all of your speed runs & other brilliant online battles. You're a great teacher. Respect from sunny England 🙂
Daniel i really appreciate the little talk you give chat when they're accusing. I once played a near perfect london game against a streamer, when i went back to watch the vod i realised everybody in the chat was calling me a cheater. So you are right, while it can be taken as a compliment i guess, it is pretty frustrating to be accused like that.
This is why i have always thought opening knowledge is a must even at a beginner/amateur level. If your 1500 rated opponent knows the theory and gets an advantage out of their opening prep they're most likely going to mop the floor with you in the middle/endgame. This holds better for longer games when they get enough time to not make a blunder.
Thank for playing subpar in the opening. It allowed us to see an endgame in an equal position with plenty of time for the opponent. Was extremely useful to see your ideas at that stage in an equal position
Props to the dude who gave all the subs. Danya deserves it. Probably top-2 chess teachers on TH-cam.
Him and Akobian are the best. A few more old school guys are great too but their content is hard to find.
Watched live in twitch stream and now here on youtube. Thank you GM Naroditsky for not only excellent content but what is IMNSHO the most instructive content on both platforms for players seeking teaching content on either platform. Much appreciated
Fantastic video. Extremely instructive both during and after the game, with a ton of illuminating pawn positions.
I like the concept of making small mistakes in the opening and recovering. I hope you make more videos using this format. Thanks Daniel, appreciate what you do.
The end-game analysis on this video is spectacular. It's a good reminder on many of the themes of his outstanding pawn endgame series (strongly recommended), as well as new material.
Wow that endgame analysis is so instructive, exactly what i have been looking for pawn endgames. Thank you so much bro keep up the hard work.
Holy smokes!! This is the most incredible chess content ever! Unbelievably instructional, and it sparks the desire to become a better chess player. Thank you, Sensei!
super episode! pawn endgames are so complex, it's incredible.
2 lessons I've learned from Danya everyone should implement every game:
1) Don't go with the flow, always look for what you're opponent is leaving behind or open.
2) Having such an understanding of chess principles that you know when to violate them wins you matches against strong players.
Why do I enjoy watching these more than playing myself?
A good teacher makes you feel like you've figured things out for yourself even though they've guided you most of the way there. And then you go and try to play and if you're anything like me, you & your opponent both blunder repeatedly and you think "how on earth can I lose against someone this bad, that means I'm even worse??" and you angrily grind out games until you get an unsatisfying win against a complete scrub.
Cuz you lose and he plays how you think you could be playing and it’s satisfying, but idk that’s my self projection lol
you should try longer games, your probably wishing you could think deeper about your games
I know that Danya didn't play the best moves in the beginning, but damn, this girl played well. I hope she watches this and feels proud.
Losing that endgame is a heartbreaker but definitely a game to be proud of!
Clearly a cheater or a smurf.....Using only 4 minutes to reach favorable endgame vs Danya lol. Down a queen he can beat a 2000' easily...This is BS
@@platonfoucault1087 Didn't Danya spend several minutes in this video telling people that this opponent wasn't cheating?
@@sammydavis5628 Danya is always very kind and he will go out of his way to pretend someone is not cheating....just go look at other games under this account....it is all you need to do
@@platonfoucault1087 She has a Fide id in her real name, so definitely not a smurf. As to whether she was cheating, or simply having the best game of her life, I do not know.
Lighting looks good, mic sounds great, awesome lesson Danya!
Sound can be improved, it's clear but got that empty room feel, listen to Eric Rosen stream for comparison. Not complaining, just saying.
@@NotQuiteFirst I’m a sound engineer so I was comparing it to how it used to sound 🙂
30:26 Coming back here after watching the pawn race video! Excellent stuff!
Love coming here. Even though I don't really play chess that much I find myself improving my ability to calculate and follow the logic. Please continue!
Jesus I learn so much in these , thank you danya , this is an incredible ressource
Thanks a lot Danya! This is paid content level quality, you are spoiling us.
I got to about 40 minutes in the video and I was thinking, "how is there going to be 18 minutes of pawn ending discussion"....and then I watched it. What a beautiful game. Tremendous stuff Danya!! Thank you for droppin' knowledge!
Wow! Endgame master class. Very cool. Thanks!
Lovely pawn endgame analysis. Thank you, Danya
Crystal clear explanation and description of strategy and tactics.
Love your commentary on tournaments and really love these lessons! Thanks Daniel.
Sensational content and, as always, unrivalled explaining skills. As far as I can tell, there's no one like you, Danya. Thank you for being with us.
My favourite of your speedruns yet!
gifting as many subs as that man did is beyond insane. Thats lie $3000 in subs almost. None but Danya could deserve this
Eh, Danya deserves stuff for sure, but people should stop "gifting" so many subs when they're really just giving money to twitch
@@deadvirgin428 Well, twitch provides a platform and servers for streamers to use. Half of the money goes to Danya anyway.
Yea who are these people? If you make $300k per year $3k is 1.5% of your after tax salary. I feel like your average twitch viewer makes less than 300k a year
@@deadvirgin428 Huh? Some streamers even have a deal that gives them the whole amount. Didn’t you see the twitch leak on how much streamers make a year (without sponsored streams or third party dono things etc) just bits, and subs. You can literally do the math yourself.
@@aClownBaby- I didn't know!
I saw this guy on a tiktok and I immediately noticed how clearly and simply he explains the why's of each move and I knew I needed to subscribe to his YT channel. Such explanations make the game much more enjoyable for me as an intermediate player because I can learn a lot while understanding each move
Super cool endgame. I've always been so bad at those long calculations at the end... Gotta keep practicing.
most underrated chess channel out there, thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion!
most informative analysis in the speedrun! Awesome job, thanks for the video.
Good game, great episode.
I wish more analyses like this.
Thanks and keep it up, keep going!
lets go....1 hour video...learnt a lot danya ty very much...I have reached 1500-1900 since I started watching your videos
Very educational endgame. I've seen the one you showed at the end, many times, but the one in the game had a lot of practical and unique concepts.
Fantastic lecture! Thank you, Daniel!
very instructive endgame Danya! Well Done! 👏👏👏
Great lession! Thanks Danya
Was on the edge of my seat, great episode
Best chess teaching on YT
Wow that endgame deserves a spot in Dvoretsky's endgame manual!
This episode was so good I had to watch it on twitch, I couldn't wait for it to reach youtube. But I will watch again anyway. Great content
30:50 I was playing along on the board that I have, needed to use both hands to keep up with the ending pawn rush. When I got the queen on h1 and saw promotion wasn't possible for white, I actually cheered! That was a fun game to play along!
Also, kudos to tasuni_2005. I think at the end of the game, her rating should have gone up rather than down. Such a well played game keeping the pressure on for 25+ moves before black could even get boots on.
So instructive! Thank you so much Danya
Danya is the king of stalemating because I think he really studied these king pawn endgames and knows how to set a trap when he is a tempo behind for the queen to stalemate him.
endgame anaysis is so rare- especially "practical" endgames that appear in games rather than in textbooks. many thanks.
DAMN that was a master class in king pawn endgames
I can honestly say I’ve never seen such an interesting endgame… where white possibly could have made a draw around 52:00 because he cages the black king on both sides of the board. Actually so crazy
I truly appreciate these videos and your teaching style. Seriously phenomenal ❤
Kudos to your opponent and thank you for another great video. I enjoy listening to your thought pattern much more when you play tougher opponents, not because i want to learn but more because its entertaining to see how a GM thinks about chess in complex positions
thanks for the content daniel, this is really instructive!
Holyyyyy shit!!! Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 made me love chess even more 😍 kkkk
Thanks for the patience to explain everything!
Very instructive video, good job
Hectic endgame! Well played Daniel.I agree with the point of underrated players.. I'm one of them. I prefer finding better moves than trying to blitz out to beat someone on the clock or hope they don't take advantage of moves made to quickly
Very interesting and engaging commentary
Very much enjoy watching your instruction. Thank you for the content.
Amazing. Loved this instructive video, learned a lot!
This was such an instructive endgame. My favorite part was, where I had to unlearn the "don't put your king on the square, where it can be checked at the end of the pawn race" rule xD
It really motivates me to take more time to analyse my endgames
Your excitement about that endgame made me excited
For the rest of you posers out there, 29:47 seems like a pretty instructive moment. Daniel covers his eyes as he's imagining the positions. He doesn't want to look at the board because the board as it is is not what he's thinking about. He's imagining a potential future position so the board is a distraction.
Really instructive game, extremely amazing explanations. Thanks danya bloody legend
Very instructive video!
Small obvious sidenote to the last few minutes of the vid: if you can get your Queen (or your King) in front of the pawn, it's always a pretty straightforward win.
One of the most educational games I've ever seen
I will never forget, 2 years ago I was 1800 uscf. I played a NM in a 30/0 game. I found almost all the engine moves. I was so so so happy and excited I won and analyzed the game. I saw I had like a 99.3 or something and my opponent accused me of cheating.
It really robbed that moment from me.
Since then I don’t really accuse other of cheating. If they are cheating they will get caught.
Also I drew an IM twice in a longer time control, I think I was better but when he was slightly worse it was like punching a brick wall, I don’t understand how GMs beat IMs.
EXCELLENT! Thanks!
Endgames are so important and really complex to me. Great content!🙏
Without GM Danya’s comments I would’ve strongly suspected selective cheating, and losing the endgame possibly because the engine wasn’t at a high enough depth.
Playing a complete game an estimated 700 points above without using much of the clock seems unusual. But I’m not capable of analyzing in depth the player history and don’t have the long experience GM Danya has, so I defer to his opinion.
Great game, and very instructional. Kudos to your opponent, very underrated.
What an awesome endgame. Cinematic to say the least. In fact, a similar game was highlighted in the movie “searching for Bobby Fischer” I remember from when I was younger about josh waitzkin. Idk if the game was actually played by waitzkin or not. I thought it was so cool to see a game like that actually played out and not possibly fiction
I'm a 1700+ rated player with almost 9k games played and I can not play like she did vs Danya. What I find most suspicious is that she was playing incredibly fast.
I'm 2100 myself and i found her play really impressive for her rating.
Her rating today is around 1600-1700
Thanks as always for the instructive content.
Also nice to see the response about potential cheating. That you understand and articulate for others to empathize is a key life lesson.
31:03 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' moment :)
He’s so good at politely calling us idiots.
Love these videos my guy
Awesome video you're a true born teacher, thanks!
the best chess sensei of all time
Brilliant content keep it up!
XQC @23:00 that's called the WOODEN KNIGHT!!!!
18:05 When I don't know what to do near the end game, sometimes I'll just move a rook or two down to the 7th if I can. Somehow, this ends up being the right move much of the time. What is it with rooks on the 7th? _Why_ does this tend to be a good move?
It allows rooks to hit as many pawns as possible, either from the back, or from their original positions if they havent been moved, plus if the king is on the 8th rank, it traps him
@@horribleville Appreciate that. The principles are slowly coming back, but I don't always remember the reasoning.
Everybody gangsta until Danya covers his face and starts calculating
what a brilliant game! Beautiful endgame, shows you how much that one tempo can matter when calculating that far ahead. Props to your opponent: she played a fantastic game.