Daniel is the best teacher of chess in my opinion. I love how he breaks down every move to the concrete reasons why they are either good or bad. He has made my chess game so much better watching these speedruns 🙌🏼
Man, I wish I would have discovered Daniel's channel way sooner. The combination of his and Gotham's videos should be required watching for anyone getting into chess. Levy is great at explaining broad, overarching concepts in dramatic, memorable ways, while Daniel is simply amazing at breaking down the logic behind even the most seemingly mundane individual moves. I got into agadmator's channel first, and while he's certainly a fantastic teacher in his own right, I now feel like he's better suited for intermediate players who already have a good understanding of the game. But I feel like the combination of Daniel and Levy's teaching could turn almost anyone into a very good player, regardless of their preferred learning style.
Agadmator is good at bringing up great games and showing engine lines, but he is an intermediate player (around 2000 Fide) and his actual understanding is very far from that of a super GM like Daniel.
@@sylver76 daniel is not a super gm. ppl rly should stop saying that under every video. your point still stands, there is miles between a gm and a 2000 player. but stop throwing the term super gm around so willy nilly pls
I used to watch levy for education on chess, but I found that his "broad, overarching concepts" were really just vague convoluted phrases which really just confused me. He is really good at chess, but maybe not the best at explaining it. I still watch levy but only for entertainment.
I think that time format is the main factor tbh. In bullet and hyperbullet even the strongest players can blunder mate... and sometimes forced mate happens faster than resignation. But in classical chess it is exceptionally rare for a strong player to blunder mate. Even under time pressure they have minutes to see basic mate threats.
@@JohSmith I don't think that's quite an accurate move. It's even better to practice what he has learned from the beginner videos, learning to play a sound opening,basic middle game tactical and simple endgames. I was 1400 elo for a time until I kept forgetting some of patterns. If he can keep practicing he won't forget and his elo will skyrocket
im about a 1950 rated player, i swear i lose to stuff like this at a higher rate than i do against people playing 'normal' chess, appreciate you giving it a video.
I am learning to squeeze positions better with these videos. Yes the games are instructive but you are an amazing teacher as well. Really cant believe this content is just here for free. Love the work. Thanks Danya!
I’m beginning to suspect that the strength in GM Danya’s videos for me is not just the analysis and explanations - going through a book with responses & refutations can give me that (yuck😆) - but rather the spontaneous thinking along that helps me so much. I seem to be better at getting what might be coming than before, and definitely better at following the reasoning. For example, at 28:49 after white’s Be3 black going Bc5 looks interesting and is something that at my beginner level wouldn’t usually occur to me on the fly (not that it’s legit - just that it’s part of thinking along with the video for me).
My general rule is I play c5 against e4, e5 against c4 and d5 against everything else and it works well for me. If you have other answers to e4 and the English, go with those. If you aren't as comfortable in QGD positions, maybe play Nf6 in response to everything else.
This was a masterclass in handling tension. I am floored. Go Prophet! I like to take notes while watching Danya and this lecture has 4 pages of content.
I get it about playing offbeat openings. I played an utterly bizarre rapid game the other day that I lost on time in a hugely superior position just because it took me a while to figure out what I was going to do against my opponent's bizarre and mostly bad moves
Please do a video on mastering the middle games of common openings like the Italian, Sicilian, Queens Gambit Declined, explaining the thematic moves, tactics to watch out for, etc.
Aman Hambleton is doing such a series right now it's called building plans. The players get thrown into a typical middlegame/late opening position. I would recommend that as well.
Just the fact that Daniel can remember all of these historical games that are great examples for different concepts. It's not easy to get to that level of competency.
Hey Daniel, just wanted to say that your videos and streams have really helped me recently. We had to put our cat down and it’s been tough but your content always manages to help keep my mind off things. Thank you.
I watch your vids daily. I know that one of my personal flaws is actually developing the plan. A lot of your vids seem to follow: this is our plan, how can we accomplish our plan? If there were a way for you to incorporate "what is our plan here", i know for a fact I would benefit, and probably many others would as well.
Yo Danya-I have an awesome idea for your next video series. The best way to understand chess? Studying the end game. After this speed run, you should do a series on the most important end games everyone should know explained by you, a GM. I would pay to watch it. I know there’s the 100 end games that are famous. You could just go down the list, or you could pick and choose like 30 of those you think to be the most important. I would LOVE seeing this
@@90DegreesAngle_ there is no way endgames are boring, at least not for me. A bishop and a knight against a rook, and pawns is like the best thing for me to watch.
After the knight takes on e4 (not actually played) ~11:00 why can’t we move queen to e7 to pin the knight before exchanging? Haven’t finished the video so if that’s discussed my bad.
I thought 11:33 is better to play Qc8 since it also threatens Qa6, the same idea as the hyper fiancetto bishop and it threatens the exact same weak pawn if b4.
NVM he just mentioned it after I commented. But ngl he said that it was not neccessary to threaten the Qa6, but why not add more threats? Me confusion.
@@smallppbigdreams9708 One important thing Qd7 does that Qc8 doesn't is connecting rooks. You can see that come into play in the analysis with sacs on e4
I use this opener a lot but, it’s my go to. I develop my pieces differently, and make sure my king and my important pieces are covered and protected right off the bat !
Lol no way. Played this very same dude a while back. My man played 1..e6 2...d6 3...c6. Was absolutely crushing him till I stupidly blundered but still managed to win somehow. I know this has no bearing on this game whatsoever but I just wanted to share this story xD
Those fianchetto systems are the worse! I just don’t know what to do against them. I put pawns and pieces out, but when I finish my development, it is to solid, I can’t do anything! Do you have any suggestions to face this openings?
I played someone who played 1.e3 and checked his previous games after and found out his strategy(which he tried on me.) Play e3, then knight e2, knight g3, queen e2, and eventually when opponent plays d5, to play Nc3 and then get his G knight all the way to H5 in order to take on F6, and distract the queen and the knight from the defense of the D pawn. I know it might not be easy to visualize, but you should be able to u sweat and the absurdity of this plan just by my description. He plays this setup every game as white and black. He was 1400…
Meanwhile Danya’s opponent is like: 1300 rated chess, but you can’t move your pawn two squares. Hah, that’s too easy! But, of course, I can’t argue with money. Playing rapid chess on 13 hundred rated account. [Some finding an opponent music.] We get a 1386 from US. Obviously, the best move is e4, but that makes me a fool for ending my own video. Therefore, e3. He moves his woman’s pawn up two squares. Very aggressive. […]
I actually love seeing vids on countering these bad openings, even at 1700 I dont always know how to properly punish them. I might get a "better" position but I dont get the big advantage you should when your opponent makes like a billion pawn moves and developes passively lol.
It seems in all games, even though its 15 min a side, your opponents generally finish with more than 10 min on the clock. At that point why not play some 5 min blitz?
First of all, this is 15minutes with 10 seconds increment. Second of all, he has significantly less time to explain and be instructive with only 5 minutes on his clock. These videoes are meant to teach..
@@poundcayx that also could be of many reasons. As mentioned it’s still 15/10 and not only 15, and Blitz is a completely different mode than rapid. Maybe they want to improve their rapid rating? Maybe they usually play slower? Maybe since Daniel uses so much time on each move they don’t need as much time to think? Maybe they just want to try the 15/10 format? This should try to answer it lol
When you play someone of closer to equal skill level, the games last longer and you make more moves. Facing Danya, he gives you a lot of time to think on his turns, and the games are probably much shorter in move-count
I like to call this 1.e4 mouse-slip variation.
A proper name I shall say lol
Hahaha yes that’s what happens when I play it
Lol
good one ;) although I used to have some nice games as white with opening 1.e3 ;d maybe my opponents were too confused to respond to it properly ;d
the "van oops" variation
Daniel is the best teacher of chess in my opinion. I love how he breaks down every move to the concrete reasons why they are either good or bad. He has made my chess game so much better watching these speedruns 🙌🏼
Andras Toth is pretty good too. Him and Danya are my favs
Да, Даниил Владимирович хорошо комментирует и объясняет - все понятно!
Professor Danya
Man, I wish I would have discovered Daniel's channel way sooner. The combination of his and Gotham's videos should be required watching for anyone getting into chess. Levy is great at explaining broad, overarching concepts in dramatic, memorable ways, while Daniel is simply amazing at breaking down the logic behind even the most seemingly mundane individual moves. I got into agadmator's channel first, and while he's certainly a fantastic teacher in his own right, I now feel like he's better suited for intermediate players who already have a good understanding of the game. But I feel like the combination of Daniel and Levy's teaching could turn almost anyone into a very good player, regardless of their preferred learning style.
Agadmator is good at bringing up great games and showing engine lines, but he is an intermediate player (around 2000 Fide) and his actual understanding is very far from that of a super GM like Daniel.
@@sylver76 daniel is not a super gm. ppl rly should stop saying that under every video. your point still stands, there is miles between a gm and a 2000 player. but stop throwing the term super gm around so willy nilly pls
I used to watch levy for education on chess, but I found that his "broad, overarching concepts" were really just vague convoluted phrases which really just confused me. He is really good at chess, but maybe not the best at explaining it. I still watch levy but only for entertainment.
@@peterpan3022 Super GMs have an inability to teach because their knowledge is so advanced, we can’t comprehend much. Glad Daniel isn’t that.
Calm down mate
What a wonderful channel this is. No nonsense, high quality educational content. I love it!
At what rating does "Blundered Checkmate" become "Allowed Checkmate" ?
I am 1600 and once every 50 games or so I blunder a checkmate :( maybe 1800s see everything
@@Jartran72 2k players can definitely blunder mate as well. To me every 50 games at 1600 is really impressive tbh
1400 here, blundering mate is kinda rare but happens, we are stupid.
Super GMs blunder mate occasionally
I think that time format is the main factor tbh. In bullet and hyperbullet even the strongest players can blunder mate... and sometimes forced mate happens faster than resignation. But in classical chess it is exceptionally rare for a strong player to blunder mate. Even under time pressure they have minutes to see basic mate threats.
Hey Danya. I've binge watched your videos 24/7 for the last three months & watched my ELO soar up 23 points!! 600 club baby woop woop 🤣
Not everyone has talent ^^
at least you're improving a little bit! keep playing and binge watching
@@JohSmith I don't think that's quite an accurate move. It's even better to practice what he has learned from the beginner videos, learning to play a sound opening,basic middle game tactical and simple endgames. I was 1400 elo for a time until I kept forgetting some of patterns. If he can keep practicing he won't forget and his elo will skyrocket
At 600, just keeping track of hanging pieces will send you up to at least 800-900.
Look at chessbrah's habits series if you want to improve at the 600 level
im about a 1950 rated player, i swear i lose to stuff like this at a higher rate than i do against people playing 'normal' chess, appreciate you giving it a video.
Same. I'm 1200 and mostly only due to studying openings. When my opponents play stuff like this, I'm much worse just being out of comfort zone.
I am learning to squeeze positions better with these videos. Yes the games are instructive but you are an amazing teacher as well. Really cant believe this content is just here for free. Love the work. Thanks Danya!
Bruh, Danya legit my favorite chess person. Dude is very knowledgeable and articulate.
let's go 30min video....really learnt a lot...I was struggling in these kinds of positions
So many fun variations in that middle game! Thank you Sensei!
I’m beginning to suspect that the strength in GM Danya’s videos for me is not just the analysis and explanations - going through a book with responses & refutations can give me that (yuck😆) - but rather the spontaneous thinking along that helps me so much. I seem to be better at getting what might be coming than before, and definitely better at following the reasoning.
For example, at 28:49 after white’s Be3 black going Bc5 looks interesting and is something that at my beginner level wouldn’t usually occur to me on the fly (not that it’s legit - just that it’s part of thinking along with the video for me).
17:13 Danya - “there is no algorithm for anything”.
Me majoring in Algorithms 👁👄👁
Really nice video on closed positions and maneuvering👍
Quick engine check is an awesome feature to add to your videos.
Always played E5 against this, nice to know D5 is a more robust alternative.
My general rule is I play c5 against e4, e5 against c4 and d5 against everything else and it works well for me. If you have other answers to e4 and the English, go with those. If you aren't as comfortable in QGD positions, maybe play Nf6 in response to everything else.
@@12jswilson i play e6 against e4 and f5 against everything else within reason
@@12jswilson I don’t think e5 against d4 is good bro. Englund gambit is pretty unstable
@@ethanl.1699 I play d5 against d4
@@12jswilson lol typo I guess 👍🏻
This was a masterclass in handling tension. I am floored. Go Prophet! I like to take notes while watching Danya and this lecture has 4 pages of content.
I get it about playing offbeat openings. I played an utterly bizarre rapid game the other day that I lost on time in a hugely superior position just because it took me a while to figure out what I was going to do against my opponent's bizarre and mostly bad moves
Please do a video on mastering the middle games of common openings like the Italian, Sicilian, Queens Gambit Declined, explaining the thematic moves, tactics to watch out for, etc.
Second this. Especially on black's repertoire against d4.
Aman Hambleton is doing such a series right now it's called building plans. The players get thrown into a typical middlegame/late opening position. I would recommend that as well.
There are so many opening videos on youtube and courses on chessable. What good would it do for more?
@@adriankla7947 I've seen some of Building Habits, but not Building Plans. I'll have to check it out, thanks!
Very instructive video. I really like being able to guess the best moves.
good to watch at least one game for these super rare openings
Just the fact that Daniel can remember all of these historical games that are great examples for different concepts. It's not easy to get to that level of competency.
Hey Daniel, just wanted to say that your videos and streams have really helped me recently. We had to put our cat down and it’s been tough but your content always manages to help keep my mind off things. Thank you.
Sorry to hear that bro. Hope all is well
@@youmadvids Thanks my dude!
Very instructive, especially the idea of restricting the knight. It’s obvious but i never thought of it that way
I watch your vids daily. I know that one of my personal flaws is actually developing the plan. A lot of your vids seem to follow: this is our plan, how can we accomplish our plan? If there were a way for you to incorporate "what is our plan here", i know for a fact I would benefit, and probably many others would as well.
This is the most instructive chess yt channel ive come across. Thanks :)
Omg I literally Van't right now
Me encanta tu didáctica manera de explicar, de desatar el nudo Gordiano de las 64 casillas, GM de la enseñanza!
I always learn from you! Thank you very much!
Thanks mam!!! I love these vids bro! Very very helpful
Yo Danya-I have an awesome idea for your next video series. The best way to understand chess? Studying the end game. After this speed run, you should do a series on the most important end games everyone should know explained by you, a GM. I would pay to watch it. I know there’s the 100 end games that are famous. You could just go down the list, or you could pick and choose like 30 of those you think to be the most important. I would LOVE seeing this
Yes this would be very educational sadly this doesn't work good as a TH-cam video since endgames are more boring to watch
@@90DegreesAngle_ there is no way endgames are boring, at least not for me. A bishop and a knight against a rook, and pawns is like the best thing for me to watch.
After the knight takes on e4 (not actually played) ~11:00 why can’t we move queen to e7 to pin the knight before exchanging? Haven’t finished the video so if that’s discussed my bad.
Annnddddd Danya explains it lol!
"Troll Openings" ha ha , love it
I thought 11:33 is better to play Qc8 since it also threatens Qa6, the same idea as the hyper fiancetto bishop and it threatens the exact same weak pawn if b4.
NVM he just mentioned it after I commented. But ngl he said that it was not neccessary to threaten the Qa6, but why not add more threats? Me confusion.
@@smallppbigdreams9708 One important thing Qd7 does that Qc8 doesn't is connecting rooks. You can see that come into play in the analysis with sacs on e4
@@Finnyke ok yes i see now if b4 we can push e4 not even sacking but having dominant pressure
“Gah, that’s just computer stuff” 😂
Best lessons and best chess teacher!
the amount of happiness i get when danya uploads is just immeasurable 😂
im in a very tough moment and the only thing that i can keep focus on are your videos thank you for making my week less horrible
Thank you . I been seeing the van krujs opening too often.
Needed some basic understanding.. I been treating like a queens pawn game with no advantage out the opening.
At 10:23 , when the bishop captures at the end of the e4 line, can't we play Nxg2+ ? Wouldn't it be devastating for white?
I thought that at first too but then I realized that with the knight gone the queen will defend g2
@@davejwilson the queen will only defend g2 after f3 is played, but intended to capture on g2 before playing Qe7, so that the pawn is still in f2
awesome lesson in the middle there
So much fire
That was a lot of fun to go through
I wish I could give more than one like on this vid... amazing stuff bro!
Danya: 16:00 - 16:17
*Rook on e8: "am I a joke to you?
Nice video. Very instructive 👁🗨
These videos are my cocaine. Thank you for feeding my addiction
Why do people play 15+10 just to make every move instantly and finish the game with more time than they started? I seriously don't get it.
Danya is the best Chess teacher out there, so greatfull that this stuff is free.
I use this opener a lot but, it’s my go to. I develop my pieces differently, and make sure my king and my important pieces are covered and protected right off the bat !
Lol no way. Played this very same dude a while back. My man played 1..e6 2...d6 3...c6. Was absolutely crushing him till I stupidly blundered but still managed to win somehow. I know this has no bearing on this game whatsoever but I just wanted to share this story xD
Thanks Danya! Another brilliant video. Do you ever find yourself depressed when you look at the computer evaluation after a game?
dude Naroditsky is the best
That was a really good chess lesson! How have I not subscribed to this channel before? Fixed.
I liked so much this class, very important
1.e3
Danya: Ohh here you can play either e5 or d5
Me who plays 1.f5 vs anything not kings pawn: 👀
best sensei ever❤️
Thanks ❤️
Those fianchetto systems are the worse!
I just don’t know what to do against them. I put pawns and pieces out, but when I finish my development, it is to solid, I can’t do anything!
Do you have any suggestions to face this openings?
Try to trade their fianchettoed bishop and then play on the weak squares created around their king or castle on the opposite side and pawn storm.
to add to previous comment: use h/a pawn to undermine opponent's g/b pawn-hook.
adding to the previous two comments, make their fianchetto bishops bite on granite with a solid center pawn chain
Wow!
Thank you all!
loving all the danya jargon in the thread
Could you do an aggressive/gambit based speedrun next?
yes please, it would be so valuable to help with attacking
Ah yes, the opening I mained back in 300-400 elo
Hello this is TH-cam the official please send email with your full name
@@mudababy7896 need my email and password aswell?
@@Classified141 no we have those already
@@mudababy7896 aaight, lemme know when u need my credit card info
Thank you danja👍😍
What a beatiful human being
Good day to all
I played someone who played 1.e3 and checked his previous games after and found out his strategy(which he tried on me.)
Play e3, then knight e2, knight g3, queen e2, and eventually when opponent plays d5, to play Nc3 and then get his G knight all the way to H5 in order to take on F6, and distract the queen and the knight from the defense of the D pawn.
I know it might not be easy to visualize, but you should be able to u sweat and the absurdity of this plan just by my description. He plays this setup every game as white and black.
He was 1400…
Imagine where he’d be if he played a good opening
Thanks !!
Recently learned the knight thing from Aman Hambleton.
Ah yes, the famous opening among bullet players mouse slipping e4.
Can u do videos explaining different opening
another great example of restricting the knight is fischer vs spassky game 6, highly recommended
14:57 g6 loses a queen?
Almost. The pawn from e5 has moved to e4, so now it blocks the bishop's vision of the queen
I played this all the time as a kid, to get a Hippo-esque position except without fianchetto'd bishops lmao
Opponent: 1. E4
Danya: 17:30
Should pick a different background for the engine evaluation. It's hard to see some of the writing on a wood background.
Meanwhile Danya’s opponent is like:
1300 rated chess, but you can’t move your pawn two squares. Hah, that’s too easy! But, of course, I can’t argue with money. Playing rapid chess on 13 hundred rated account. [Some finding an opponent music.] We get a 1386 from US. Obviously, the best move is e4, but that makes me a fool for ending my own video. Therefore, e3. He moves his woman’s pawn up two squares. Very aggressive. […]
💯💯💯
I really want to see you playing the London system, it's my main opening and I'd love to learn more about it with you!
Maybe go learn a fun opening instead of that boring shit
I think he prefers more theoretical openings
Please explain how can i play same against 1.b3 as 1.d4 ?
Funny thing is, i think the opponent was not actually trolling. He was just trying to make a different opening but was not able to do it lol
Is that chessbase he is using for the older games?
Yes
I actually love seeing vids on countering these bad openings, even at 1700 I dont always know how to properly punish them. I might get a "better" position but I dont get the big advantage you should when your opponent makes like a billion pawn moves and developes passively lol.
Isn t this a reupload?? I feel I ve seen this game before
I blocked all that sites of chess because I was addicted
you pronounce it like: vant, A of fAther and krUIjs ui of A Yacht
It seems in all games, even though its 15 min a side, your opponents generally finish with more than 10 min on the clock. At that point why not play some 5 min blitz?
cuz he wants a lot of time to explain his play, its an instructive speedrun
First of all, this is 15minutes with 10 seconds increment. Second of all, he has significantly less time to explain and be instructive with only 5 minutes on his clock. These videoes are meant to teach..
@@NaimManiger he's asking about the opponent's logic, not Danya's
@@poundcayx that also could be of many reasons. As mentioned it’s still 15/10 and not only 15, and Blitz is a completely different mode than rapid. Maybe they want to improve their rapid rating? Maybe they usually play slower? Maybe since Daniel uses so much time on each move they don’t need as much time to think? Maybe they just want to try the 15/10 format? This should try to answer it lol
When you play someone of closer to equal skill level, the games last longer and you make more moves. Facing Danya, he gives you a lot of time to think on his turns, and the games are probably much shorter in move-count
Just got this notification, happy to be watching while I work out at the gym.
That guy is a genius! 1345 Elo playing openings like that, wow!
Also alpha zero loves to push pawns in order to restrict pieces
Clicking the notification button has changed my life
thanks daddy danya
Is there a reason why you didn't open the center after you castled but he hasn't and then attacked your center?
he said in the video he had no way to open the centre
@@shmurfy4971 thanks, i realized it as well.
The next time I see Danya online I'm gifting him 100 subs. This series is just pure gold
MAN this opening as white really wound me up
Hey I like the videos but why is the thumbnail a compilation of photos of yourself (when you were a child)?
Play simple, fundamental chess and calculate tactics like a GM seems to be the way to go.
Morning!
Imagine getting to play with Danya and going e3 d3 c3 h3
WOAH IM EARLY?!
Endgames aren't a bad thing.
Jewfro at max power today
"There is no algorithm", waow, really disrespecting Max Deutsch on this one :p