But the position was equal until Black ran out of time. I agree it was instructive, but to say the defence got "dismantled" would be stretching it at best.
This might be one of the most instructive videos I've ever seen about attacking. Absolutely brilliant. The level of patience in this game blew my mind.
Wow, that was a great game. And really instructive too, I always struggle with these kingside attacks and aimlessly push the pawns... It was really eye opening how you slowly increased the pressure and brought all the pieces in. And Simon did indeed defend super well! Thanks for the video!
Wow I literally just played a game after watching this and was able to get this same variation. Had a couple of inaccuracies but had such a pleasant position the entire time. Love you the content Danya!
I've been playing the Samisch since you recommended it in a previous video and it always leads to intense attacking games. Someone is going to get checkmated, it's tons of fun. I used to hate facing the King's Indian and now it's one of my favorite openings to play against. Thanks for the recommendations! I almost always start my attack with g4 just to prevent h5, but I like the idea of blockading with the bishop first, going to have to give that one a try.
Being in Simon's rating range it was great to see his defensive ideas and getting inspiration, especially since I also play the KID. Also instructive to see how you handled it Danya. One of my favourite videos of the speedrun!
@@memesshorts1616 The sentence "some 1500s are really good" is pretty ridiculous considering that 1500 is literally how good they are. I feel like people don't understand the concept of Rating. If they are firmly 1500 then they are 1500. That being said this guy played the game of his life. Played like a 2000.
@@memesshorts1616I am 1700 I can say that 1500s realy good nowadays they don't make any blunder or mistake yes they make positional mistakes but it's normal
wow i saw using stockfish that i should almost always play bishop h6 then h4-h5 so i started doing it every game but i didn't know that the goal was to stop h5
This episode was the best and most instructive so far. Teaching the importance of keeping the tension, mantaining pressure in the key moments and finding the right moves for the attack to keep moving forward slowly but surely. We have seen no major blunders on black's side, and despite being "only" a 28 moves game, the black player showed a really tight defense with, mostly, precise moves (I think the main inaccuracy was Re8, giving a tempi for white, instead of starting a counter attack on the queen side with a quick b5 but I suck at this game too, so I would've probably fallen waaaay faster than Simon did) If time didn't come clutch we could have seen an endgame as well! This episode also shows how important it is to play longer time controls to learn. I am sure the same player would've struggled to find such a strong defense with a faster time control. Edit: and Danya points out how Nbd7 was the inaccuracy and not Re8 :)
Excellent video! I saw you play a King's Indian Samisch in another video last night: you mentioned the h-pawn attack, but you didn't play it because your opponent made an unwise pawn push to c5 and then lost a bishop tactically, obviating the need to play the attack. So it was neat to see you spell out the attacking ideas in this video, also to see how you kept the attack going against good defense until it brought about a collapse in Black's position. Thanks, Danya!
Super informative. Thanks a lot. Also Simon played really well for his rating. Didn't blunder pieces, had a strategy, maybe a little slow, but other than that nice effort
I love this line, can’t wait to try it on a King’s Indian player. I’ve always felt awkward handling three pawns in the center and this gives a great plan for the middlegame! Thanks for another great video
Exactly what I would do if I was playing against a GM: curl into a ball and cry (I bought Cry Like a Grandmaster, so I have a head start on that aspect).
Yeah great lesson and explanation! Also shows the strength of a Pawn on the 6th (or 3rd) rank and how to use it effectively! If no resignation there, that Pawn could have been used to finish Simon off too, who indeed did put up a great defense. Great game. Thx to all.
Notes for future self: How to crack a pirc defense using samisch, note dark square bishop locks black pawn out of h5, allowing own pawn storm to help open rook. Speed of attack is crucial, though not a race; slow and steady attack here. Don't be married to bishop location if repositioning assists the attack. Black has many creative defensive moves to stall out the attack. Creative knight protection of bishop mid game also 10:45 ??? "My ears"???
I'm not the first one to say it but this has been one of the best video throughout the whole series. Amazing explanations, a lot of very instructive takes on attacking. Danya you're very much appreciated.
Very interesting video. A lot of times videos about opening have development as a main driver of our actions, and of course I appreciate the theoretical point. However, in practice, it is not so easy to capitalize on development after the opening. Would you show your thinking for the first Attacking drill on Chess com, "Development"? If you do not know about it, I find it is a very interesting and didactic drill: basically you start with 10 moves advantage in development and you have to capitalize it against an advanced bot. I found it much more difficult than I would have expected, and I think a GM opinion on it would be very didactic.
oh man I wished there was a remastered video with Ne2, maybe g4, Ng3 ideas or a more solid approach in general. Sämisch is such an interesting idea to play
Isn't Bg7xBh6, Qd2xBh6, Bd7xPg4, Pf3xBg4, Kf6xPg4 super good line for black (at 8:08)? The knight forks the queen and the unprotected f2 square, which can't be protected by the queen
Amazingly enough, Bh6 was an inaccuracy, as it allows black to trade on h6, and the lack of queen on d2 allows black to launch an attack, that is quicker than h4 g4 h5, eventually forcing white's queen to forfeit the attack and go back to d2. Best was g4, forcing black to go h5, which both slows down white's attack, but also weaken the king enough to give white an advantage Just goes to show how complex these positions are
WHAT do you do as black when they set up the queen-bishop battery to take your fianchetto’d bishop?? Bh8 is very cramped and the h6 bishop is a huge thorn
I was 1100 when I started to watch Danya. I was stuck there about 2 years. Now I'm 1500. Not a huge improvement. But I have line 30 min for chess per day. I must thank this guy. Wish I found him when I played under 15 :D
When I'm trying to play the Sämish, very often my kingside attack ends on h4 (black plays something) g4 Nxg4 fxg4 Bxg4 And I don't really know, what to do next
Can someone please help me out here? Did anyone as white ever play the Patzer (2. Qh5) against GM Daniel in this beginner-to-master speed run series? If so, which episode? (not that it's a good opening, I'm just curious) Thank you!
Is the 5head tactic of Ng4 at 27:30 clearly better for black? After the queen trade white has Bf6 pinning the rock, black takes Nf1, white can take the rook and after black takes the bishop white goes Rh3 taking away all of the white knights squares. In the end black is up 2 pieces and a pawn for a rook but has a knight that’s gonna fall. Very interesting position
No, it isn't interesting at all. White is dead lost cuz he doesn't have the way to threaten the knight even if all escape squares are taken away. However, after Nxf1 Ne2 is playable move because you still will win the exchange and here you take the knight as it has no escape squares and is being directly attacked. It's exchange up for white for a pawn, but black has bishop pair, outside passer and rooks have no real scope which for my guess means black is slightly better.
Nc6 is supposed to be played before e5 against this opening, according to some kings indian defense specialist. cant remember who. After d5 then, the horse can go into D4. so Nc6 Ne2, and then still dont do it, a6 first, Nc1, only now e5. After d5, Nd4, horse back to e2. Sac a pawn, c5, captures in passing, etc, rook lines up on E8, and the sky looks green. in exchange for one pawn. makes sense if white took so many moves. a pawn should be nothing at that point. thats the only logical line in this "sandwich variation." you need to play like a man in the kings indian. Horse belongs on C6 against the sandwich variation.
I'm running out of adjectives to describe the spectacular instruction provided by Daniel. He's a genius! Great game by Simon! One to be proud of forever.
Rediculous... your ability to break the game down into simple understandable concepts is at another level from other YTers. Keep doing what you do brother. It will pay off down the road with subscribers and add revenue that will ultimately afford you to be able to live the lifestyle you desire.
The Dutch Stonewall is pretty solid and has some similar feeling kingside mating themes to the King's Indian, but it's a lot easier to learn. The downside is it's specifically a variation of the mainline Dutch. If white doesn't go for the standard kingside fianchetto, you don't want to play the Stonewall variation but rather want to fianchetto your own light squared bishop on the queenside and play it basically as an improved Classical Dutch. And if white does go for the main line but plays Nh3, you're also much better off going for a classical Dutch. And if you're not willing to play the 1.d4 e6 move order (which allows white to transpose to the French with 2.e4), then you have to study the more dangerous sidelines after 1...f5 like the Staunton Gambit and the Hopton Attack. Basically, don't play the Stonewall as a fixed formula against anything white does but, rather, study it in the context of the Dutch Defense and study some games in it to get a feel for the ideas. The Hanging Pawns channel has some helpful videos on the Dutch, and there's s good book called Win With The Stonewall Dutch. There is also a great section on the Stonewall in Chess Structures by Mauricio Flores Rios.
Me playing against the King's Indian, particularly over the last 6 months has been very hard. The opponents are so damn well prepared, like how do these people know all these things?
This game was so instructive - showing how to dismantle such rock solid defence
*rook solid
@@BeFourCM true
Wouldn’t call the KID rock solid
But the position was equal until Black ran out of time. I agree it was instructive, but to say the defence got "dismantled" would be stretching it at best.
This might be one of the most instructive videos I've ever seen about attacking. Absolutely brilliant. The level of patience in this game blew my mind.
ngl that was the best defense I've ever seen from a 1500 rated player
Looks like cheat
@@perroncity hardly a cheat with 68 accuracy
@@martinnimcevic565 not if you don't choose top moves every time
@@perroncity lmao no he played very realistic for his rating
I think he was stream sniping. Seemed to play what Naroditsky said every time, as well as come up with some ideas.
Your videos are usually 10/10, but this one in particular is a freaking masterpiece of intermediate chess teaching.
Wow, that was a great game.
And really instructive too, I always struggle with these kingside attacks and aimlessly push the pawns... It was really eye opening how you slowly increased the pressure and brought all the pieces in.
And Simon did indeed defend super well!
Thanks for the video!
This series has been extremely informative and helpful. Keep up the great work!
Forever thankful for Danya and his channel
Wow I literally just played a game after watching this and was able to get this same variation. Had a couple of inaccuracies but had such a pleasant position the entire time. Love you the content Danya!
I love that
The same Sämich variation or the same-ish Sämich variation ;D
It's amazing watching GMs playing and explaining, but Daniel is the best professor, not doubt about that! Great game by his opponent
His chess game was interrupted with thoughts of robbing a bank 14:55
I've been playing the Samisch since you recommended it in a previous video and it always leads to intense attacking games. Someone is going to get checkmated, it's tons of fun. I used to hate facing the King's Indian and now it's one of my favorite openings to play against. Thanks for the recommendations! I almost always start my attack with g4 just to prevent h5, but I like the idea of blockading with the bishop first, going to have to give that one a try.
I love danya’s 10 minute instructive games so much. These are so good like I wanna tell him how good these are
I understand. They’re truly special. These videos
@@Sons_Brad_Dalton lol huh don’t remember writing that. Huh 🤔 I mean they are good but damn I must have really enjoyed that one
Being in Simon's rating range it was great to see his defensive ideas and getting inspiration, especially since I also play the KID. Also instructive to see how you handled it Danya. One of my favourite videos of the speedrun!
My rating is now 4302 after watching these videos. Thanks!
whoa
@@LucyPero it's not really 4302
@@danjeory3659 i know 🙂
Can you tell us, what's the final move in chess?
@@oddmetre it’s b4
congrats to the '1500' player Simon. To me, he played way above his rating.
He played like An 1800 at least
@@lorenquarles1586 probably even more, really accurate play by black
@@memesshorts1616 The sentence "some 1500s are really good" is pretty ridiculous considering that 1500 is literally how good they are.
I feel like people don't understand the concept of Rating.
If they are firmly 1500 then they are 1500.
That being said this guy played the game of his life.
Played like a 2000.
@@eliasvonbrille you are 3 iq thinking you are 300 iq
@@memesshorts1616I am 1700 I can say that 1500s realy good nowadays they don't make any blunder or mistake yes they make positional mistakes but it's normal
Omg , danya is such a nice explainer of games (I am new to his channel) . Just loved it and hope you bring more explanations of games like this ❤️
wow i saw using stockfish that i should almost always play bishop h6 then h4-h5 so i started doing it every game but i didn't know that the goal was to stop h5
This episode was the best and most instructive so far.
Teaching the importance of keeping the tension, mantaining pressure in the key moments and finding the right moves for the attack to keep moving forward slowly but surely.
We have seen no major blunders on black's side, and despite being "only" a 28 moves game, the black player showed a really tight defense with, mostly, precise moves (I think the main inaccuracy was Re8, giving a tempi for white, instead of starting a counter attack on the queen side with a quick b5 but I suck at this game too, so I would've probably fallen waaaay faster than Simon did)
If time didn't come clutch we could have seen an endgame as well!
This episode also shows how important it is to play longer time controls to learn. I am sure the same player would've struggled to find such a strong defense with a faster time control.
Edit: and Danya points out how Nbd7 was the inaccuracy and not Re8 :)
Excellent video! I saw you play a King's Indian Samisch in another video last night: you mentioned the h-pawn attack, but you didn't play it because your opponent made an unwise pawn push to c5 and then lost a bishop tactically, obviating the need to play the attack. So it was neat to see you spell out the attacking ideas in this video, also to see how you kept the attack going against good defense until it brought about a collapse in Black's position. Thanks, Danya!
Super informative. Thanks a lot. Also Simon played really well for his rating. Didn't blunder pieces, had a strategy, maybe a little slow, but other than that nice effort
I was just about to go to sleep. Can’t say no to a new Danya video. Keep it up! :D
Love these series! Learned a lot from this video and what a defense from Simon!
Best chess channel ever!!!!! Love these videos Danya 🔥🔥🔥
Very well explained so instructive
this series is a true gem. makes me think why others haven’t done this in such an instructive way
I've never seen anyone explain chess better on YT before, going on a channel binge :)
I love this line, can’t wait to try it on a King’s Indian player. I’ve always felt awkward handling three pawns in the center and this gives a great plan for the middlegame! Thanks for another great video
Dude ur content is something else
One of the best chess TH-camrs at explaining moves and commentating. Thank you (y)
Exactly what I would do if I was playing against a GM: curl into a ball and cry (I bought Cry Like a Grandmaster, so I have a head start on that aspect).
Yeah great lesson and explanation! Also shows the strength of a Pawn on the 6th (or 3rd) rank and how to use it effectively! If no resignation there, that Pawn could have been used to finish Simon off too, who indeed did put up a great defense. Great game. Thx to all.
What a great and instructive game! Thanks to both of you!
14:53 lmaoooo the concentration
Simon played very well, to make a GM focus like that is an accomplishment in itself.
Props to Simon
Notes for future self: How to crack a pirc defense using samisch, note dark square bishop locks black pawn out of h5, allowing own pawn storm to help open rook. Speed of attack is crucial, though not a race; slow and steady attack here. Don't be married to bishop location if repositioning assists the attack. Black has many creative defensive moves to stall out the attack. Creative knight protection of bishop mid game
also 10:45 ??? "My ears"???
I'm not the first one to say it but this has been one of the best video throughout the whole series. Amazing explanations, a lot of very instructive takes on attacking. Danya you're very much appreciated.
Very interesting video. A lot of times videos about opening have development as a main driver of our actions, and of course I appreciate the theoretical point. However, in practice, it is not so easy to capitalize on development after the opening.
Would you show your thinking for the first Attacking drill on Chess com, "Development"? If you do not know about it, I find it is a very interesting and didactic drill: basically you start with 10 moves advantage in development and you have to capitalize it against an advanced bot. I found it much more difficult than I would have expected, and I think a GM opinion on it would be very didactic.
I am 1900 rated player on lichess. So much to learn from this series.
Thanks daniel.👍
Same
Thank you Master Danya
This guy is so good at chess and teaching chess. I haven't clearly understood anyone else as good as this man.
great game by both of you, super fun to watch
one of the most instructive video i saw on youtube
These Speedruns are the BEST. Danya is the GOAT!! Sik! 😀
oh man I wished there was a remastered video with Ne2, maybe g4, Ng3 ideas or a more solid approach in general. Sämisch is such an interesting idea to play
Top series thanks for the vids very insightful!
Damn that 1500 was amazing, such a solid defense to the very end. He should be proud of his play!
b4 in that spot was just brilliant,awesome content with this match
Just watched the video and faced exactly the same setup. I crushed the opponent like an aluminium can. Thanks Danya! You're a great teacher. ❤
Isn't Bg7xBh6, Qd2xBh6, Bd7xPg4, Pf3xBg4, Kf6xPg4 super good line for black (at 8:08)? The knight forks the queen and the unprotected f2 square, which can't be protected by the queen
Absolutely brilliant. So helpful!
How the fuck is this free? You could charge $20 for ONLY THIS GAME ANALYSIS and I'd fucking throw my wallet at you
Amazingly enough, Bh6 was an inaccuracy, as it allows black to trade on h6, and the lack of queen on d2 allows black to launch an attack, that is quicker than h4 g4 h5, eventually forcing white's queen to forfeit the attack and go back to d2.
Best was g4, forcing black to go h5, which both slows down white's attack, but also weaken the king enough to give white an advantage
Just goes to show how complex these positions are
28:45 I know people roll their eyes at move suggestions most times, but could black have played be8 to try and hold?
Instead of nf6 i assume? Probably a little better than the line in the game, but Be8 Rxg7 Bxh5 Rxg8+ Rxg8 Rxh5 leaves white up a bishop in the endgame
@@Force95042 missed the desperado at the end, thanks
Fantastic game. Simon defended like a boss.
19:05 lol,double meaning
thank you for educative content!
Dude... Simon fought valiantly.
this guy deserves more subs
Thank you. This one was very helpful to me.
You can call it Simon defense from now on. Great game!
that was impressive simon, good shib
WHAT do you do as black when they set up the queen-bishop battery to take your fianchetto’d bishop?? Bh8 is very cramped and the h6 bishop is a huge thorn
move your king to defend the square the bishop wants to be at
I’m falling short of words here
What a gem of a player and more importantly an amazing person ❤️
at 15:05 when you were saying that’s to risky were you calculating Ne2 and f4 and you sacrificing the d pawn
i mean sacrificing e pawn
great work simon! aside from Danya's great instruction, it was a good game to watch on its own terms :)
I was 1100 when I started to watch Danya. I was stuck there about 2 years. Now I'm 1500. Not a huge improvement. But I have line 30 min for chess per day. I must thank this guy. Wish I found him when I played under 15 :D
Phenomenal game!
Some very good moves by black to put up some resistance.
When I'm trying to play the Sämish, very often my kingside attack ends on
h4 (black plays something)
g4 Nxg4
fxg4 Bxg4
And I don't really know, what to do next
They sac a piece for 2 your pawns (which you were going to give up anyway in order to open files for your rooks), so looks like a good trade for me.
You are gay
talking from a 2100 player prospective, this was a great defence even for 2000+ level, easily the best 1500 game I've ever seen
Awesome game and awesome commentary by danya
The makogonov also involves frequently castling queenside against the KID
Best chess youtuber coach!
Can someone please help me out here?
Did anyone as white ever play the Patzer (2. Qh5) against GM Daniel in this beginner-to-master speed run series?
If so, which episode?
(not that it's a good opening, I'm just curious)
Thank you!
hey danya can black play Be8 to defend at 28:46
I checked it on lichess and Be8 is the top engine move I'm kinda proud of myself :D tho white is still winning by far
Is the 5head tactic of Ng4 at 27:30 clearly better for black? After the queen trade white has Bf6 pinning the rock, black takes Nf1, white can take the rook and after black takes the bishop white goes Rh3 taking away all of the white knights squares. In the end black is up 2 pieces and a pawn for a rook but has a knight that’s gonna fall. Very interesting position
No, it isn't interesting at all. White is dead lost cuz he doesn't have the way to threaten the knight even if all escape squares are taken away. However, after Nxf1 Ne2 is playable move because you still will win the exchange and here you take the knight as it has no escape squares and is being directly attacked. It's exchange up for white for a pawn, but black has bishop pair, outside passer and rooks have no real scope which for my guess means black is slightly better.
@@DonFreeq yeah you’re right Ne2 is a better move Rh3 doesn’t work. probably worse for white still
@@eligrimes7909 Yeah, probably.
what a game by simon that was incredible
Nc6 is supposed to be played before e5 against this opening, according to some kings indian defense specialist. cant remember who. After d5 then, the horse can go into D4. so Nc6 Ne2, and then still dont do it, a6 first, Nc1, only now e5. After d5, Nd4, horse back to e2. Sac a pawn, c5, captures in passing, etc, rook lines up on E8, and the sky looks green. in exchange for one pawn. makes sense if white took so many moves. a pawn should be nothing at that point. thats the only logical line in this "sandwich variation."
you need to play like a man in the kings indian. Horse belongs on C6 against the sandwich variation.
Another great video by GM Naroditsky, but how about a round of applause for Simon psilo_simon!!!
I'm running out of adjectives to describe the spectacular instruction provided by Daniel. He's a genius! Great game by Simon! One to be proud of forever.
Makogonov or Samisch? Which one do you guys prefer against KID?
Rediculous... your ability to break the game down into simple understandable concepts is at another level from other YTers. Keep doing what you do brother.
It will pay off down the road with subscribers and add revenue that will ultimately afford you to be able to live the lifestyle you desire.
What do you think about the dutch defense stonewall variation?
if you scroll wayyyyyy down his videos, he did a video with qt Cinderella over the stonewall, cant remember his thoughts tho
The Dutch Stonewall is pretty solid and has some similar feeling kingside mating themes to the King's Indian, but it's a lot easier to learn. The downside is it's specifically a variation of the mainline Dutch. If white doesn't go for the standard kingside fianchetto, you don't want to play the Stonewall variation but rather want to fianchetto your own light squared bishop on the queenside and play it basically as an improved Classical Dutch. And if white does go for the main line but plays Nh3, you're also much better off going for a classical Dutch. And if you're not willing to play the 1.d4 e6 move order (which allows white to transpose to the French with 2.e4), then you have to study the more dangerous sidelines after 1...f5 like the Staunton Gambit and the Hopton Attack. Basically, don't play the Stonewall as a fixed formula against anything white does but, rather, study it in the context of the Dutch Defense and study some games in it to get a feel for the ideas. The Hanging Pawns channel has some helpful videos on the Dutch, and there's s good book called Win With The Stonewall Dutch. There is also a great section on the Stonewall in Chess Structures by Mauricio Flores Rios.
Incredible game!
Simon is the most underrated player ever
Danya is allways impressing but wow Simon good job dude!
Pls do more King's Indian I love it
This was pretty nice!
I like to add Tabasco sauce to my knights, bishops and wizards.
Thank you danya!
22:40 kid samish variation
AWESOME video
Thanks again!!!
Amazing video! May I ask for the moves of the game so that I could review and improve? Tnx for the lessons master!!
How to deal with Averbach (For black...)
Instead of playing Qh2, was it possible to play Rxh7+ instead?
Not really. Bf8 was directed against it. Rxh7 would be best move if bish was still on g7, but with bish on f8 it no longer works.
great game from Simon
How do you play against daniel in these?
How do you get a game with Danya? Is there a waiting list
What an incredible game!
Me playing against the King's Indian, particularly over the last 6 months has been very hard. The opponents are so damn well prepared, like how do these people know all these things?