4:30 Me, thinking about where to move the queen to defend the night. Danya saying that you should first take his bishop. Me looking around the board for what bishop he is talking about.
Thanks for this series, it's my #1 go-to to get my chess head on each day. Not all GMs can make chess thinking understandable but you're one of the very best.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and analysis of these games, chess for me at least, its kind of a lonely game (because I only play online), so having a GM like yourself explaining your thought process is super fun and interesting!
good video as always but at 1:22 I am surprised Danya didn't even mentioned this in the analysis after the game that after Nc6 white can go a3 with b4 next and hold onto the pawn and there is no way for black to exploit it in this particular position (stockfish says +1 for white simply up a pawn). in the normal queens gambit accepted you can undermine it and win the pawn back but not in this particular position
Nc6 a3, then there is a5. I guess Na4 could be annoying but I haven’t looked too deeply into it. I’m not using an engine btw so I might be a bit wrong lol
@@ethanl.1699 yes Na4 is the move that keeps the pawn in this particular position, I did used an engine to see this variation fast but I am sure if I spent some time as the player playing white in this position (and wouldn't play automatically) I could have find a3 with this ideas. normally in positions like this the queen's knight isn't developed yet that's probably why Danya thought he can just automatically play Nc6 and regain the pawn later
Thanks for the comment! You're absolutely right. To be honest, a3-b4 completely escaped my mind in that position. I guess the knight on c3 threw me off somehow. I analyzed at a high depth, and the simple 4...e6 is probably best; then on 5.b4, Black of course has 5...a5. After my move, Black must indeed part ways with the pawn if White plays correctly. Thank you for watching so carefully and I apologize for the mistake. I stand corrected and I'll make a mention of this during my next speedrun game!
21:18 The knight can get to e4 in 7 moves (instead of 8): Nh8 Ng6 Nf8 Nd7 Qf7 Nf6 Ne4. Of course, your point remains valid: Black will lose before they can take advantage of the weak square. Great example; thank you for sharing it.
THANK YOU for the coocking remark. I'm a chef and DID understand the idea and the concept about Jobaba London. I wont even try to play that. I'm light years from that level.
They’ve definitely increased mine, and I watch them pretty much just for entertainment and don’t memorize the moves but I feel like they’ve helped me just understand the game a little bit better.
7:18 very fair assessment, and I would play that move against higher rated opponents, but against a 1500, e5 makes things tricky by preventing white from retreating with Nf3 7:51 Here I think a trickier way to play would be Ba5 pinning the Knight. 1500s hate feeling suffocated or having their ideas stopped, so if c3 is induced, that would make castling either side harder and create an outpost on d3. If White commits to castling, you can play f5 then and still have a great position
The massive pawn center was cool. Also, there was a cool tactic if White chose to play Nxc6 instead of taking the bishop immediately. I think the knight gets trapped at the end of the line when black plays bishop a6 instead of taking the knight on d8 after it has captured the queen.
According to the computer, 4...e6 and then recovering the pawn with the standard "queen's gambit accepted" type stuff is correct. Black can defend the pawn with a3 and then b4, and ignoring that with 4...Nc6 hands the advantage back to white. Sometimes the amateurs know!
11:31 h4 weakness of the last move is the queen is undefended, black can play Bxa3 bxa3 Qxa3 Bb2 and then Qxg3. Completely unnecessary but I think it's the fastest path to victory.
That's why nobody listens to what the engine says. It might be smarter than all of us combined, but it's still the kid who reminds the teacher of the homework
I'll hold my hands up & admit it was me in the chat who stupidly suggested castling at 3:45. 🤦♂ In my defence it was like 3am and I wasn't paying attention...
So I think Danya, and it is entirely up to you whether or not to incorporate this of course, but at 10:20 when you notice Bb4, these are the sort of mistakes I think viewers sometimes want you to allow, to show how to continue pressing a position when you let the advantage slip somewhat, the reason being is that it feels like a much more natural blunder to someone lower rated, understandably I imagine it’s hard for a 2600 gm to figure out what that is for their viewers
A bit late to the party, but at 10:55 would Bf2 have worked instead of dropping the bishop to c5? There's potential queen traps happening, and a lot of the lines I tried to explore end up with black winning anywhere from a queen for a bishop to just a clean bishop. I tried to use an analysis board to explore different lines, but I couldn't see any clear weaknesses that Bf2 causes for black.
If you're around the strength of the opponent in the game, I recommend the Torre System. Very similar looking, but easier to pick up with concrete plans that are effective around that level.
Hey Danya one question. I the last position showed in the video, instead of taking the queen couldn't you take the pawn in front of White's king and open up the king?
Thanks to watching Danya’s videos, I jumped almost 200 rating this week in rapid! (930-1110). Seeing you’re thought process has helped me come up with solid moves more consistently
I'm a novice but it seems like at 9:20 Qg3 would have been a strong defense? It puts pressure on the Rook, defends the pawn, and opens up the possibility of Bxe5 threatening checkmate.
Yep actually stronger than it looks at first glance, at least to my understanding. I guess one can defend the e5 pawn with something like Bc7 and then start with a5/a4 and so on since white is kinda paralyzed there anyway, but nice catch I think!
Beef Stroganoff with thousand-dollar truffles is super easy, because anyone can make beef stroganoff and shave thousand-dollar truffles on it to make it great. What's tough: make pasta carbonara with $5 of ingredients for which you can charge $50 because it transcends all mastery.
It only comes with practice. As well as solving normal puzzles for pattern recognition you should regularly attempt higher rated ones which you fail more often. You need to have the discipline to visualise the winning line, and any possible responses/sidelines, all the way to the end before moving a piece. If you're solving and you find you're often surprised by the computer's response to your move then you're doing it wrong. Take your time and don't guess moves when doing them online - even if you know it's probably the right move strain yourself and calculate from the initial position as far as possible first. Studies are good for this too...but most of them are extremely difficult. Some people might find it too frustrating to work on positions that seem almost unsolvable. But with studies it's more about the process than the solution - even if you never correctly solve a single one just the act of thinking deeply about a position for 20/30 minutes or more is a great mental workout. I find this is even more useful if you write all your calculations down on paper and compare with the solution after.
Thank you for this series, it's always great. I was watching an old speedrun video and for the first time ever I heard Danya say something objectively incorrect. It's nice to know GMs can blunder a piece in the opening too.
Again such worthwhile explanations - the reasoning behind the moves! At my beginner level it’s hard to imagine players around 1500 as white making a sketchy decision on move 3.🤔 Again GM Danya’s analogy got me😆 14:05 but such useful content!🙏
Dude, even 500 points higher people continue playing sketchy stuff. It`s still not always easy to refute, and you get stomped by the Stafford, KingsGambit, Englund etc.
Danya never ceases to get me genuinely excited about this game!
Amen!!!!
4:30
Me, thinking about where to move the queen to defend the night.
Danya saying that you should first take his bishop.
Me looking around the board for what bishop he is talking about.
😂
I often mess up in those positions where a bunch of trades are going to happen and you have to find the right move order. Brain too small.
I like it more when the queen defends the day.
Lol
The thorough explanations are amazing and concise. Really helps break it down for people of all levels.
Thanks for this series, it's my #1 go-to to get my chess head on each day. Not all GMs can make chess thinking understandable but you're one of the very best.
I eagerly await these videos every night Danya. Thank you for such great chess content.
Daniel: “Lets play aggressive.”
Opponent: Colle system 🤦♂️
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and analysis of these games, chess for me at least, its kind of a lonely game (because I only play online), so having a GM like yourself explaining your thought process is super fun and interesting!
Danya, the gift that keeps on giving
Daniel: once more... you are a great chess ambassador. Thank you so much for helping us beginners and intermediate players...
good video as always but at 1:22 I am surprised Danya didn't even mentioned this in the analysis after the game that after Nc6 white can go a3 with b4 next and hold onto the pawn and there is no way for black to exploit it in this particular position (stockfish says +1 for white simply up a pawn). in the normal queens gambit accepted you can undermine it and win the pawn back but not in this particular position
Nc6 a3, then there is a5. I guess Na4 could be annoying but I haven’t looked too deeply into it. I’m not using an engine btw so I might be a bit wrong lol
@@ethanl.1699 yes Na4 is the move that keeps the pawn in this particular position, I did used an engine to see this variation fast but I am sure if I spent some time as the player playing white in this position (and wouldn't play automatically) I could have find a3 with this ideas. normally in positions like this the queen's knight isn't developed yet that's probably why Danya thought he can just automatically play Nc6 and regain the pawn later
Thanks for the comment! You're absolutely right. To be honest, a3-b4 completely escaped my mind in that position. I guess the knight on c3 threw me off somehow. I analyzed at a high depth, and the simple 4...e6 is probably best; then on 5.b4, Black of course has 5...a5. After my move, Black must indeed part ways with the pawn if White plays correctly. Thank you for watching so carefully and I apologize for the mistake. I stand corrected and I'll make a mention of this during my next speedrun game!
I can’t believe you actually responded to this hehe, your videos are great and defiantly helped me improve ( and I should probably watch more).
Bro…. This is a classic for beginner players. Your commentary is so straight forward man. Thanks Danya
The narrative as the game is played is so very useful. Thank you!
This whole series is like Silmans "The Amatures Mind" come to life. It is beautiful.
Thanks for your content, Danya. You are the best chess GM in TH-cam! (drops mic and walks away...)
Cheers from Colombia!
21:18 The knight can get to e4 in 7 moves (instead of 8): Nh8 Ng6 Nf8 Nd7 Qf7 Nf6 Ne4. Of course, your point remains valid: Black will lose before they can take advantage of the weak square. Great example; thank you for sharing it.
Random homepage refresh. Naro upload. We eating good
The cooking metaphor was great. You can see complicated gambits as expensive ingredients that will go to waste in unskilled hands.
He is such a great teacher! I'm glad I found this channel 😁
THANK YOU for the coocking remark. I'm a chef and DID understand the idea and the concept about Jobaba London. I wont even try to play that. I'm light years from that level.
These videos havent increased my rating by a single point and yet I still love watching all of them
Hehe. I know, I blame Danya too!
How? Are you not applying the lessons?
They’ve definitely increased mine, and I watch them pretty much just for entertainment and don’t memorize the moves but I feel like they’ve helped me just understand the game a little bit better.
7:18 very fair assessment, and I would play that move against higher rated opponents, but against a 1500, e5 makes things tricky by preventing white from retreating with Nf3
7:51 Here I think a trickier way to play would be Ba5 pinning the Knight. 1500s hate feeling suffocated or having their ideas stopped, so if c3 is induced, that would make castling either side harder and create an outpost on d3. If White commits to castling, you can play f5 then and still have a great position
The massive pawn center was cool. Also, there was a cool tactic if White chose to play Nxc6 instead of taking the bishop immediately. I think the knight gets trapped at the end of the line when black plays bishop a6 instead of taking the knight on d8 after it has captured the queen.
Thank you sensei! Great stuff!
There was some Bxa3 for the boys
According to the computer, 4...e6 and then recovering the pawn with the standard "queen's gambit accepted" type stuff is correct. Black can defend the pawn with a3 and then b4, and ignoring that with 4...Nc6 hands the advantage back to white. Sometimes the amateurs know!
It's Beef Wellington, Danya.
Im gonna steal the cooking analogy
Thanks
Please show us the London or jobava London we want those 1000 dollar truffles
Dat squeeky chair! 🤯
11:31 h4 weakness of the last move is the queen is undefended, black can play Bxa3 bxa3 Qxa3 Bb2 and then Qxg3. Completely unnecessary but I think it's the fastest path to victory.
Still crushing for black, but white doesn't have to take back on a3. Great find, though!
nice find! the threat after Qxa3 is ofc Rb8# but even if a3 isn't taken there aren't many good moves that a 1500 would play
Hey daniel, I love the speedrun!
Another good stream any chance of you doing a hanging pawn duo? Maybe from tarakower/queens Indian) panov?
WEEKEND VIDEO LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
The engine REALLY doesn't like the way Danya plays the Colle. That Bg4 move consistently puts his evaluations at almost +1.
That's why nobody listens to what the engine says. It might be smarter than all of us combined, but it's still the kid who reminds the teacher of the homework
@@generaluncivilized27 plenty of people listen to what the engineer says and good players study the engine’s moves carefully.
I'll hold my hands up & admit it was me in the chat who stupidly suggested castling at 3:45. 🤦♂
In my defence it was like 3am and I wasn't paying attention...
The highlight of my day is watching danya's video!
So I think Danya, and it is entirely up to you whether or not to incorporate this of course, but at 10:20 when you notice Bb4, these are the sort of mistakes I think viewers sometimes want you to allow, to show how to continue pressing a position when you let the advantage slip somewhat, the reason being is that it feels like a much more natural blunder to someone lower rated, understandably I imagine it’s hard for a 2600 gm to figure out what that is for their viewers
A bit late to the party, but at 10:55 would Bf2 have worked instead of dropping the bishop to c5? There's potential queen traps happening, and a lot of the lines I tried to explore end up with black winning anywhere from a queen for a bishop to just a clean bishop. I tried to use an analysis board to explore different lines, but I couldn't see any clear weaknesses that Bf2 causes for black.
addidas knights at 16:00 :p
Thank you!
God i love the colle
can you teach the king gambits ??
Looks like an opposite queens gambit
The Colle System looks pretty cool. I'd like to try learning more about it to play in my games.
Most people play it wrong so you have to go to Stockfish to learn how to play it well.
If you're around the strength of the opponent in the game, I recommend the Torre System. Very similar looking, but easier to pick up with concrete plans that are effective around that level.
11:36 why not bxa3? Free pawn and forced mate if he takes no? He can’t defend w bishop cuz of queen X-ray in the resulting position
was expecting a opening lab...but nvm speedrun is great....please do a opening lab once a week or 2
Can anybody provide me the discord link?... The link in the description is expired...
It says the discord link is invalid or expired, can you update the discord link please?
Thx for the video super informative! Horrifyingly bad analogy tho)))
Hey Danya one question. I the last position showed in the video, instead of taking the queen couldn't you take the pawn in front of White's king and open up the king?
Yeah, but you don’t have enough pieces left on the board for the attack to go anywhere. Still not great for black
10:55 didnt Bf2 win the queen
5...Bg4 is a mistake because White can actually play a3, b4
At 26:37 you forgot about counter-counter-desperado on g2, but still not worth it;)
Im waiting for the english opening
Great
You look good
No offense to the wise words of Sensei Danya, but guys if you want to start cooking don't start with spaghetti and meatballs please.
Whoops
3 moves in and the game is already void. Now this looks more like a game for that elo ;)
Ho voglia.
Nice game. You make it look way too easy.
Good video, but making meatballs is harder than making stroganoff. Truffles are just expensive. That's not a skill.
5th
To the person reading this: Even though I don’t know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer ❤️
Danya you did great with your commentary (on the rapid tourney) yesterday 👍🏻
He actually thought his opponent knew and meant to play the Collle 💀
Thanks to watching Danya’s videos, I jumped almost 200 rating this week in rapid! (930-1110). Seeing you’re thought process has helped me come up with solid moves more consistently
>watch a sensei series
>win one game
>lose three
>repeat
I'm a novice but it seems like at 9:20 Qg3 would have been a strong defense? It puts pressure on the Rook, defends the pawn, and opens up the possibility of Bxe5 threatening checkmate.
Yep actually stronger than it looks at first glance, at least to my understanding. I guess one can defend the e5 pawn with something like Bc7 and then start with a5/a4 and so on since white is kinda paralyzed there anyway, but nice catch I think!
yep you're right, Qg3 is a good move, but overall the position is already terrible for white at that point
Another phenomenal speedrun. Your teaching style is incredible!
Hey Daniel, in this position 10:55 , doesn't Bf2 trap withes queen?
If Qh3, black plays Rh4
If Qg5, black plays R8 to f5
Watch the full video, it doesn't.
Beef Stroganoff with thousand-dollar truffles is super easy, because anyone can make beef stroganoff and shave thousand-dollar truffles on it to make it great.
What's tough: make pasta carbonara with $5 of ingredients for which you can charge $50 because it transcends all mastery.
This video is more helpful in openings than the previous opening video. Make me understand how queen's gambit pawn work.
Italian long time watcher here
You DO NOT wanna start with making spaghetti and meatballs. I repeat. DO NOT
😂😂
Mmmm love a fresh Naro upload!
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Black actually can bring knight in 7 moves what suddenly makes this idea still taking far too long ;)
How do you calculate tough positions in the middle of the board and is there a way of improving my calculation skills
It only comes with practice. As well as solving normal puzzles for pattern recognition you should regularly attempt higher rated ones which you fail more often. You need to have the discipline to visualise the winning line, and any possible responses/sidelines, all the way to the end before moving a piece. If you're solving and you find you're often surprised by the computer's response to your move then you're doing it wrong. Take your time and don't guess moves when doing them online - even if you know it's probably the right move strain yourself and calculate from the initial position as far as possible first.
Studies are good for this too...but most of them are extremely difficult. Some people might find it too frustrating to work on positions that seem almost unsolvable. But with studies it's more about the process than the solution - even if you never correctly solve a single one just the act of thinking deeply about a position for 20/30 minutes or more is a great mental workout. I find this is even more useful if you write all your calculations down on paper and compare with the solution after.
I'm learning so much watching you. Started Chess last Month and I'm currently 1236 in lichess 10 min standard. Keep it up 💪💪💪
Been rocking Jobava london since I started chess may 2021, got me to 2000 rapid on Lichess before the end of the year. Love the opening
4:30 I would’ve blundered the bishop
that Gordon Ramsay analogy tho! 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for this series, it's always great. I was watching an old speedrun video and for the first time ever I heard Danya say something objectively incorrect. It's nice to know GMs can blunder a piece in the opening too.
Your videos are immensely instructive and well explained. Thanks!
Good video. This looked awfully similar to what I get form advanced caro-kann.
Great synopsis, as always! And I think the signature dish you were looking for was the beef wellington. ;) haha Love your videos!
Another banger Danya!
Thank you
Nice!
Appreciate the Colle now just the Nimzowitch Defence as black and Owen’s defence
Oh god 🤮
So the worst of the worst. Cool
I wish Chess was as easy as you make it look! A good video, thank you 🙂
Again such worthwhile explanations - the reasoning behind the moves! At my beginner level it’s hard to imagine players around 1500 as white making a sketchy decision on move 3.🤔
Again GM Danya’s analogy got me😆 14:05 but such useful content!🙏
Dude, even 500 points higher people continue playing sketchy stuff. It`s still not always easy to refute, and you get stomped by the Stafford, KingsGambit, Englund etc.
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