I dont know why I went through the trouble of doing this (Part of it was I was curious what %ile are GMs) but I looked up Danya’s Fide page to see his global ranking (163) which is actually insane but I think since its not like top 10 people under appreciate exactly how insane that is. For one he’s already in the top 10% of GMs who themselves are in the top 99.5% of FIDE ranked players. So he’s better than 90% of people who can say they’re better than 99.5% of serious tournament players. But what should really blow you away: approx 605 million people play chess actively, and obviously there are no “undiscovered” 2600 level gms not FIDE rated, so that would put Danya in the top 99.99997%ile in the world. And he’s not just a 1 in a million player (he’s actually much better than that) but he’s a 1 in a million teacher as well. And we really just get to listen to him teach and analyze his games almost every day & it’s 100% free. That’d be like if Kevin Durant was your high school’s basketball coach. It’s honestly incredible when you sit down and think about it.
Thats really incredible but i dont think kevin durant (top10 basketball player of all time) is the appropriate comparison, jrue holiday i think is more appropriate
@@northpenguins I’m not basing these calculations off of anybody’s “potential” only their true current skill level. If you accept the fact that 605mil people play chess than its a simple factual statement he’s in the top 99.99997%ile of all players. I guess I made that confusing w the “one in a million prodigy” line. I actually meant to take it out. The only things that could be dubious as far as the numbers are concerned are: -the estimates for how many people play chess (this was estimated based off of a large scale survey and obviously no survey is 100% accurate) -The fact that theoretically, there could be a non FIDE ranked player better than Danya, although imo the chances of this being true are almost non existent. You have to play other GMs to get to the GM level and while I guess its potentially possible now w online chess, to get better than 90% of GMs only through online play and never attending a single rated tournament seems so unlikely its not worth considering.
@@rafadhamadda9215 you’re probably right. I don’t know anything about basketball. I just tried to pick a name I could think of that I didnt think was considered in contention for best of all time. Whoever would be a good comparison would have to be in the top 25% of NBA players. Another way of thinking about it would be they’d have to be a starting player on a team that made the playoffs. No idea if Jrue Holiday would fit that bill or not
@@noThankyou-g5c There could be other reasons than skill, like pay from tournaments not being enough for the average chess player to actively pursue it and age, but that doesn't change the point much.
Reasons to watch this instead of Hollywood thrillers : 1-intellectually stimulating 2- features critical interactive questions 3- plenty of plausible twists in the plot 4-diversity and good use of english vocabulary 5- streamed for free 6-also he might suddenly start speaking Russian with a completely different voice
What an unbelievably awesome game! GMs really have 9 lives. So hard to beat. You should really get 1 million views for Game 1 analysis alone because if it doesn't so many chess enthusiasts will miss out something incredible. Hope you reach your goal of 2700.
Your analysis of the first game was literally the most entertaining, riveting, suspenseful and educational 55 minutes of chess content I've ever seen. I'm grateful I didn't know the outcome before watching the video. The suspense was wonderful. Thank you for your amazing content!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is the most mind blowing analysis I've seen of a GM game, and shows what GMs truly are made of. This is the kind of complexity which separates them from the rest. Thanks Danya for showing this crazy complex game!
The amazing thing is, at the very top level, a lot of this analysis and calculation seems to be intuitive and natural for them. They subconsciously eliminate certain options right off the bat, which they can only do after years of conscious study and practice (as well as prodigious talent). I remember when Carlsen once said in an interview "A lot of the time, I just KNOW what to do". I find this fascinating..
Fantastic video, and I would love to see you analyze more of your recent classical games in the future. Getting to hear the narrative and see the things you're thinking about makes for great content, more so when it's a longer time format where you had time to really process the positions.
So happy I decided to go look at this even though I’m a beginner. It’s way above me but the basic idea of being resilient and continuing to concentrate in spite of mistakes and losing positions can pay off, even at a much higher level of play.
I'm not even done watching the video but I want to say this: game 1 is one of the most insane games of chess I've ever seen. Every move has ridiculous complications and tactics
I had to re-watch without ad-blocker and I also subscribed simply because this the kind of high quality content that you won't be able find easily in TH-cam.
An hour well-spent. Thanks Daniel. I really loved this and felt I learned a lot. I was happy to predict some of the moves and mostly just realise that I cannot calculate like you guys do. Brilliant.
My God I just watched a 40 minute analysis resulting in a draw…Danya your resilience in the face of a lost position is incredible, also watching your analysis pretty much made me never want to play that long of a time controlled game ever 🥵 thank you for the excellent content!
Is this chess analysis video or some thriller movie? Danya as always best chess producer of educational content. Classic as always. Waiting for the next speed run video. All the best master
thanks so much for sharing this with us! we learn a lot, not only from your chess but also from your attitude, honesty and perspective. good master is always a learner!
this is a really good example of how the first mistake often isn't the cause of the loss. Joshua Sheng made a mistake but played good in the middlegame and survived for a bit longer, getting a rather equal but messy position
I really really loved this video. I'm only ~900-1000 rated, and I don't play that often, but videos like this make me love chess so much, even if I probably will never play at this level
49:45 i am so proud of catching f4 there, i cant imagine i wouldve in a game or without being promoted that there was some very compelling move here, but still
41:05 Black actually CAN play f4, in fact it's the only winning move. White can't take it, because Rxf4 is followed by Kc5. (threat of mate in 1 so the rook is frozen) Edit: I wrote that before I saw the same idea later.
@@trdi White has a bunch of moves to avoid mate but none to save the b-pawn which is his only hope... at least that's what I can make of it :) Still an amazing move that was completely winning and was missed in this analysis. Once you see it, it seems obvious, but it was missed by two GMs...
Because whites king is on the queens rook file and blacks passed pawn is a kings rook pawn my initial reaction is black uses his rook to cut the king off and just brings his king around and wins at his leisure white is playing down a king
if I had to come up with a reason for Rd4 or Rc4 would be that the d file is further away from the b pawn. I tried coming up with a reason for Rc4 but I had to refute myself. I think maybe you went too far back (to Ka4 instead of Kc4)
In the unlikely hope that Danya's video editor is reading this... pleeeeease ask him to get his audio sorted out - endless scratchy clipping and over-saturation of his microphone in all his videos and commentaries
It makes me feel really good knowing that even GMs struggle with "drawn" rook endgames. Endgames are just so dang complicated if there's even a slight positional imbalance.
I was about to comment in one of your videos that speed runs are okay, they are even the best content you can offer us, but you can also analyse games of random GM that went into crazy positions OR your own games.
"I completely forgot that he can also play the move g6 ... I just like forgot about a simple move, pretty disturbing stuff" - Danya describing my everyday play.
Your way of explaining things is very reminiscent of IM Josh Waitzkin in the Ubisoft Chessmaster Grandmaster edition game. I hope you could do your own version of that game with all the updates. I like your explanation and I hope you could profit from your knowledge in teaching chess.
Love your content. I don't know why you guys feel the need to put your analysis right away. Don't know if it was because Gotham does it that way. I would enjoy a series after the tournament where you tell a story, literally a "tournament arc." You guys should relax, enjoy your games, and afterward tell a good story, teaching us a bit of chess along the way.
Looks like a very nice room; equal 5th good result, I think. Fewer familiar names than there once were (for me ofc). Wow, really makes me want to play a few long games in the Sicilian versus players around my strength. Hope you enjoyed the tournament.
The fact that you made me able to understand the whole analysis and that you made such a difficult game entertaining enough for me to watch it for a whole hour speaks volumes about why every single chess enjoyer should watch your content. I'm amazed. This might be the best chess video I've ever seen, and god knows how much I watch youtube chess
I dont know why I went through the trouble of doing this (Part of it was I was curious what %ile are GMs) but I looked up Danya’s Fide page to see his global ranking (163) which is actually insane but I think since its not like top 10 people under appreciate exactly how insane that is. For one he’s already in the top 10% of GMs who themselves are in the top 99.5% of FIDE ranked players. So he’s better than 90% of people who can say they’re better than 99.5% of serious tournament players. But what should really blow you away: approx 605 million people play chess actively, and obviously there are no “undiscovered” 2600 level gms not FIDE rated, so that would put Danya in the top 99.99997%ile in the world. And he’s not just a 1 in a million player (he’s actually much better than that) but he’s a 1 in a million teacher as well. And we really just get to listen to him teach and analyze his games almost every day & it’s 100% free. That’d be like if Kevin Durant was your high school’s basketball coach. It’s honestly incredible when you sit down and think about it.
I don't think every person who could be a GM will try so it does look a little exaggerated, but obviously it's incredible.
Thats really incredible but i dont think kevin durant (top10 basketball player of all time) is the appropriate comparison, jrue holiday i think is more appropriate
@@northpenguins I’m not basing these calculations off of anybody’s “potential” only their true current skill level. If you accept the fact that 605mil people play chess than its a simple factual statement he’s in the top 99.99997%ile of all players. I guess I made that confusing w the “one in a million prodigy” line. I actually meant to take it out.
The only things that could be dubious as far as the numbers are concerned are:
-the estimates for how many people play chess (this was estimated based off of a large scale survey and obviously no survey is 100% accurate)
-The fact that theoretically, there could be a non FIDE ranked player better than Danya, although imo the chances of this being true are almost non existent. You have to play other GMs to get to the GM level and while I guess its potentially possible now w online chess, to get better than 90% of GMs only through online play and never attending a single rated tournament seems so unlikely its not worth considering.
@@rafadhamadda9215 you’re probably right. I don’t know anything about basketball. I just tried to pick a name I could think of that I didnt think was considered in contention for best of all time. Whoever would be a good comparison would have to be in the top 25% of NBA players. Another way of thinking about it would be they’d have to be a starting player on a team that made the playoffs. No idea if Jrue Holiday would fit that bill or not
@@noThankyou-g5c There could be other reasons than skill, like pay from tournaments not being enough for the average chess player to actively pursue it and age, but that doesn't change the point much.
Reasons to watch this instead of Hollywood thrillers :
1-intellectually stimulating
2- features critical interactive questions
3- plenty of plausible twists in the plot
4-diversity and good use of english vocabulary
5- streamed for free
6-also he might suddenly start speaking Russian with a completely different voice
Don't forget about the really bad Gary Kasparov impressions lol
6 is the best one lmfao
Being able to calculate 4 different lines out 8-9 moves, that's why you're the GM and I'm getting ready for work.
What's your job, Papa?
Its crazy how fast he calculates them
@@Teritus911 truck driver
I love how people like to put themselves below other people. Youll never be great at anything with that mindset.
@@jakflak3767 I'm 60 years old with no time to play chess. It's no reflection on my ability as a person.
What an unbelievably awesome game! GMs really have 9 lives. So hard to beat. You should really get 1 million views for Game 1 analysis alone because if it doesn't so many chess enthusiasts will miss out something incredible. Hope you reach your goal of 2700.
Your analysis of the first game was literally the most entertaining, riveting, suspenseful and educational 55 minutes of chess content I've ever seen. I'm grateful I didn't know the outcome before watching the video. The suspense was wonderful. Thank you for your amazing content!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The level of anaylsis in this video truly shows how strong a GM truly is. Light years ahead of the folks you'd face online at the 2000 level.
Truly?
This is the most mind blowing analysis I've seen of a GM game, and shows what GMs truly are made of. This is the kind of complexity which separates them from the rest. Thanks Danya for showing this crazy complex game!
The amazing thing is, at the very top level, a lot of this analysis and calculation seems to be intuitive and natural for them. They subconsciously eliminate certain options right off the bat, which they can only do after years of conscious study and practice (as well as prodigious talent). I remember when Carlsen once said in an interview "A lot of the time, I just KNOW what to do". I find this fascinating..
@@BiggyJimbo sounds like you might be interested in Rowson's books
Fantastic video, and I would love to see you analyze more of your recent classical games in the future. Getting to hear the narrative and see the things you're thinking about makes for great content, more so when it's a longer time format where you had time to really process the positions.
So happy I decided to go look at this even though I’m a beginner. It’s way above me but the basic idea of being resilient and continuing to concentrate in spite of mistakes and losing positions can pay off, even at a much higher level of play.
This whole video I assumed you lost the match, and it turns out you drew, I'm so relieved
that game is insane and analysis is even more insane
That game 1 was one of the most insane games I have ever seen. So many tactics. Insane analysis as well.
I'm not even done watching the video but I want to say this: game 1 is one of the most insane games of chess I've ever seen. Every move has ridiculous complications and tactics
I had to re-watch without ad-blocker and I also subscribed simply because this the kind of high quality content that you won't be able find easily in TH-cam.
What a whirlwind of emotion
“I completely forgot g6”, we are same man. Danny in 9 move long calculation, me looking at the board.
An hour well-spent. Thanks Daniel. I really loved this and felt I learned a lot. I was happy to predict some of the moves and mostly just realise that I cannot calculate like you guys do. Brilliant.
GMs really do be playing like 50 full games of chess in their brains for each move, hundreds of games per single game.
omg Ive been waiting for this!! ty danya and good job
My God I just watched a 40 minute analysis resulting in a draw…Danya your resilience in the face of a lost position is incredible, also watching your analysis pretty much made me never want to play that long of a time controlled game ever 🥵 thank you for the excellent content!
What a great video. Thought I would watch 10-15 minutes but ended up watching the whole thing! The giga chad pawn killed me.
What a game! Love the analysis
That was so informative wow, love the amount of effort you put into this kind of content man. Cheers!
Much love, Danya 💯🔥
Is this chess analysis video or some thriller movie? Danya as always best chess producer of educational content. Classic as always. Waiting for the next speed run video. All the best master
That end game analysis was some of the best I've ever seen
One of the best analysis I've ever seen
Thank you Sir for showing us that chess is absolutely amazing!
thanks so much for sharing this with us! we learn a lot, not only from your chess but also from your attitude, honesty and perspective.
good master is always a learner!
Danya I love your content, you are the best educator
Those videos are so cool because they show you how hard chess is and makes it so much more fun to play after
Excellent video
The endgame was incredible. It makes one really appreciate studying endgames as Danya was on verge of losing so many times, but still hung on.
As always thanks for the best chess content on TH-cam! You are the man
fascinating games, thanks for breaking them down, and congrats on your wins!
Insane analysis :O
Really shows the difference between GMs and the rest
this is a really good example of how the first mistake often isn't the cause of the loss. Joshua Sheng made a mistake but played good in the middlegame and survived for a bit longer, getting a rather equal but messy position
Saving lost positions is also exciting
Rook Endgames are soo complex My goodness!!! AMAZING STUDY!
Amazing
47:40
For every position it's either a win or a draw. The -2 is an estimate, the position however is only win-lose-draw..
most instructional content on yt! missing that bishop move lead to that endgame that should be in every endgame book IMO, glad you missed it :D
I really really loved this video. I'm only ~900-1000 rated, and I don't play that often, but videos like this make me love chess so much, even if I probably will never play at this level
If you love chess and can dedicate at least one hour every day, you can get to a pretty damn good level in one year!
Thanks for the instructive Rook endgame!
49:45 i am so proud of catching f4 there, i cant imagine i wouldve in a game or without being promoted that there was some very compelling move here, but still
thanks for keeping it post, Daniel!
splendid work
The way you make calculations make me think that I am very far from being a GM. Great analysis danya.
I was brought to chess by a different person but now I am addicted to watching every video of Danya
41:05 Black actually CAN play f4, in fact it's the only winning move. White can't take it, because Rxf4 is followed by Kc5. (threat of mate in 1 so the rook is frozen)
Edit: I wrote that before I saw the same idea later.
Wow, that's a crazy move, would never have seen that! The threat is not mate in 1 though, but picking off b-pawn?
@@piflah Yeah, just saying that because of mate in 1, white is restricted in what moves he can make. But the b-pawn is a goner, yes.
@@trdi White has a bunch of moves to avoid mate but none to save the b-pawn which is his only hope... at least that's what I can make of it :) Still an amazing move that was completely winning and was missed in this analysis. Once you see it, it seems obvious, but it was missed by two GMs...
when danya says ‘i saw this in the game’ i were like yes nobody is doubting that you didn’t see it
@Lord Beneath "demarcate" - perfect word choice, thank you for that
Endgames are magical
Nice
You should start a series called "Danya after Dark" where you don't censor yourself in any way
Would love to see a 300 elo level analysis of this game
1:22 Pros and Kans.
heh... I see what you did there.
me: I can survive master analysis as he speaks
me at 1:30 :
OK it's time to rewind
Distuebing is the word indeed... I have felt that. 😖
14:33 "this is shh"
First game is insane
Ur the man
Yoh this is crazy complex! I only think like 3 lines in when I play... Lol
Danya you make chess beautiful
1:01:53 you forgot to censor
1:04:58
The middlegame looked very complicated. Until I saw the endgame.
I just play around 15 of the worst blitz game since I was like 500 points lower then I am today. This is the video I need right now. Lol
Because whites king is on the queens rook file and blacks passed pawn is a kings rook pawn my initial reaction is black uses his rook to cut the king off and just brings his king around and wins at his leisure white is playing down a king
if I had to come up with a reason for Rd4 or Rc4 would be that the d file is further away from the b pawn. I tried coming up with a reason for Rc4 but I had to refute myself.
I think maybe you went too far back (to Ka4 instead of Kc4)
But you know the pawn storm is coming when you castle queenside.
Master lvl analysis from a Grandmaster. Sounds funny)
yay! :)
@32:05 what’s wrong with Qc1?
I think naroditsky can break the 3000
8:50
Офигенные видео у тебя
gr8
"Analyzing with an engine, I realized what a fool I am" - this is why I don't analyze my games
First Danny
Early!
Yo I'm real early though
47:32 there is no way this is a draw. White king can't get anywhere near the h pawn.
24:42 ban Daniel he forgot to mute out a bad no no word :'(
Also during game 2 he forgot a word lol
1:01:54 also got through, yeah
In the unlikely hope that Danya's video editor is reading this... pleeeeease ask him to get his audio sorted out - endless scratchy clipping and over-saturation of his microphone in all his videos and commentaries
Yes it distracted me too
I was traveling at a tournament with zero equipment
@@DanielNaroditskyGM You and Hess are the A-team by far, utterly brilliant, but his audio is always perfect, and yours is always crap.
Thanks for being excellent content. it makes my day better😁
It makes me feel really good knowing that even GMs struggle with "drawn" rook endgames. Endgames are just so dang complicated if there's even a slight positional imbalance.
I was about to comment in one of your videos that speed runs are okay, they are even the best content you can offer us, but you can also analyse games of random GM that went into crazy positions OR your own games.
Dope analysis by Danya, cheers bro you're my chess figure inspiration in this modern era
You are just out of practice. You will do fine if you keep playing OTB, Danya.
"I completely forgot that he can also play the move g6 ... I just like forgot about a simple move, pretty disturbing stuff" - Danya describing my everyday play.
man I love this content, you absolutely rock! you seemed tired so I applaud extra hard for your effort
Honestly, your calculation ability and defensive resources are very impressive! I couldn't have found those moves if my life depended on it. LOL
I feel like I just don't see certain moves too often. How do you try to minimize this?
Danya looks older with the scruff. I dig it
Your way of explaining things is very reminiscent of IM Josh Waitzkin in the Ubisoft Chessmaster Grandmaster edition game. I hope you could do your own version of that game with all the updates. I like your explanation and I hope you could profit from your knowledge in teaching chess.
Please more analysis!
Love your content. I don't know why you guys feel the need to put your analysis right away. Don't know if it was because Gotham does it that way. I would enjoy a series after the tournament where you tell a story, literally a "tournament arc."
You guys should relax, enjoy your games, and afterward tell a good story, teaching us a bit of chess along the way.
u r so cool in the universe
Thanks again Danya! I'm a bit slow at following chess games (in multiple meanings...) but your commentary makes it so interesting!
Looks like a very nice room; equal 5th good result, I think. Fewer familiar names than there once were (for me ofc). Wow, really makes me want to play a few long games in the Sicilian versus players around my strength. Hope you enjoyed the tournament.
The fact that you made me able to understand the whole analysis and that you made such a difficult game entertaining enough for me to watch it for a whole hour speaks volumes about why every single chess enjoyer should watch your content. I'm amazed. This might be the best chess video I've ever seen, and god knows how much I watch youtube chess