Me: (sees Nd7) Oh, gotta play Bg5! Danya: I know a lot of you are thinking, let's play Bg5. I don't love that move. Me: Uh, yeah. Pfft. What a horrible move! _Black castles_ Me: Ooh, Bh6, boom! Danya: And now, very important _not_ to play Bh6... Me: OK, I'm done.
haha, it comes with experience. This is not the firts time this pattern has shown up on the speedrun incredibly. Next time your pattern rocognition will kick in and youll know those moves are bad because of the geometry.
I know, jesus. It's kinda unmotivating in a way lol. It's like, "okay i can see myself maybe getting to that place too! Oh wait... this was when you were NINE, Danya? Yeah, nevermind"
I saw that a lot when I was playing rapid around 1700 to 1800. Most of the guys were 2000+ in blitz but only 1600-1800 in rapid, and I won a lot of games against them when they played too fast and didn't do anything that made sense
I usually play 15|10 and blitz out every move in 2 or 3 seconds but when I play 10 minute games I still struggle with time. The reason for that is simply that I think on my opponents time which in a fast game is also smaller so I would need more of my own time. Also sometimes I just need more time for a move when I'm struggling to find a way to make progress.
it's annoying sometimes because it almost seems like people do this to show off and/or apply psychological pressure (and i often cave in to the latter and lose even though the opponent has been making idiotic moves)
It looks solid because he didn't make many moves on danya's side of the board. You can see at 3:20 he has almost a hippo setup. I know danya is humble and congratulates opponents for playing well, but objectively this was very bad. Black never had any intentions of playing for an advantage. Play like this against a high rated player (2000s even) and you are guaranteed to be crushed. Just look at the results of e4 b6 (owen's defense) d4 in lichess masters database. Sure you can play this in blitz I guess hoping the opponent can't figure out the right attacking idea with little time (at this level it is pretty hard after all). To note that this style of play is not like hypermodern (or even the way you play these types of openings), black never went for counterplay with f5, c5, e5 or d5, unless they were prompted to after losing a pawn.
@@gnikdroy Even if he plays a system his level is fairly high as you see by the way he defends with his knights. That doesn't mean he is a good player, just good in this position. Having played the french for some weeks I faced exchange french a lot where I played g6 f6 Nf8 a lot and it is just solid af. White could try to mass his pieces on the kings wing but could never break through + I knew from analyzing such positions with an engine. The downside of playing that passively is: 1 it gets boring 2 you don't really improve. The upsides: 1 no brain required 2 easy games. So both ways have merits.
@@paulgoogol2652 That retreating knight move is definitely a higher level move depending on what your definition of "a higher level move" is af course. But you do have to understand that you can't guess someone's chess strength by one move in one game. Adding on that a player rated 700 will have a different perspective on a 1500 than a 2000 rated player. A combination of a lot of none confrontational moves and a few stupid moves gave me a lot more intell about his strength. Keep in mind that this is one game which isn't nearly enough to guess someone's strength given that it's litterally imposible to even do such thing in the first place. Believe me when I tell you that if you see my 5 best games you'll think I'm a grandmaster and when you see my 5 worst games you'll think any elderly guy from you're local bingo club can beat me every game.
@@paulgoogol2652 I don't play the french myself but I do have a pretty good amount of experience with those positions so I could give you some tips with that french line. You can try to attack the middle and the queens side in those positions. You would need to learn a lot of ways to do that affectively though which you can do in a number of ways including just gaining experience by playing a lot of different positions and anylising them afterwards. A benefit with openings like the french is that learning ideas is much more important than learning specific lines. Don't get to attached to those ideas because every position is unique and sometimes you need to break the rules.
@@dmsalomon poor Damiano gets associated with a terrible opening when his major contribution to it was saying (in Italian) "this is bad, don't play it."
As a religious Owen’s/Nimzo-Larsen player this is incredibly good content. The way Danya defends the e4 pawn is perfect and frustrates any queen side fianchetto player. Opponent taking the knight for the bishop in this opening isn’t my preference. I like to bring the bishop home and transition.
Dayna, if you're reading this, i would love a video about analysing games, and how analyze your own games. Also, if I'm already here, i love the channel, I've watch every video of the last 3 speed run (the Caro khan ones are my favourite) keep making videos!
While I find it annoying I understand why some players blitz out moves and play for time advantages. But when you're 5 minutes ahead and facing a mating attack surely Black should spend some time to think?
GM Danya’s commentaries reveal a general tendency. These players, who are at a level I hope to reach, all too often don’t know the basics of the opening that they chose to play. No strange lines or unusual responses involved. And when GM Danya explains why certain opening moves are suboptimal or extraneous or inaccurate or just plain wrong, it shows how players with solid ratings don’t seem to understand the thinking that GM Danya is using. I’m grateful for the content beyond “opening principles” riddled with exceptions like Swiss cheese🙏
Hi danya, this will be my first request on this channel but I would really appreciate it if you made a video on the Reti Opening: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack variation, Thanks.
@@jimmymcnulty4759 it is not about rating my friend they don't know they are playing against a 3000 bullet player. Online rating is only important to show your level and 1600-1800 level is the level where you start to study openings and middlegame ideas. I personally could get hard times to get even +5 one day and Danya could easily crush them and it is still interesting that a GM is this strong. Don't underestimate this level, they put great resistance when they don't know they are playing against a strong GM, when they think they are playing someone on their level, the psychology affect flies up. It still comes amazing to me that a player who solved chess could outplay these "about to learn" level in 20 moves and I don't look to this just for numbers, it is about the play strength and numbers usually shows it right. But usually, not always. As I would expect Danya to defeat a 1800 with not having a hard time, I don't expect to see 20 minutes videos (half time analysis) always when we see 1700 level on the speedrun. So perhaps it is not about the rating, think for a moment if you can :d
Daniel "I once made a blunder when I was 9" Naroditsky
Only blundered once when he was 9 😂
Daniel "I will explain everything" Naroditsky
Daniel "I'm just making normal moves" Naroditsky
LMAO😂
Daniel "I'm eating him alive" Naroditsky
Me: (sees Nd7) Oh, gotta play Bg5!
Danya: I know a lot of you are thinking, let's play Bg5. I don't love that move.
Me: Uh, yeah. Pfft. What a horrible move!
_Black castles_
Me: Ooh, Bh6, boom!
Danya: And now, very important _not_ to play Bh6...
Me: OK, I'm done.
haha, it comes with experience. This is not the firts time this pattern has shown up on the speedrun incredibly. Next time your pattern rocognition will kick in and youll know those moves are bad because of the geometry.
@@kebichlact6677 I just need to stop and think, and not jump on the first move I see. And practice my geometry, of course.
@@Suho1004 You shouldn't feel bad, it was actually the top engine move
11:42 what an excellent cut!
Your humility in the face of enormous talent is inspirational.
"I was 9"
Unreal how good some people can be at things at such an early age.
I know, jesus. It's kinda unmotivating in a way lol. It's like, "okay i can see myself maybe getting to that place too! Oh wait... this was when you were NINE, Danya? Yeah, nevermind"
Opponent defended well, but I don't get why he's playing Rapid if he blitzes out every move in 2 or 3 seconds haha
I saw that a lot when I was playing rapid around 1700 to 1800. Most of the guys were 2000+ in blitz but only 1600-1800 in rapid, and I won a lot of games against them when they played too fast and didn't do anything that made sense
I usually play 15|10 and blitz out every move in 2 or 3 seconds but when I play 10 minute games I still struggle with time. The reason for that is simply that I think on my opponents time which in a fast game is also smaller so I would need more of my own time. Also sometimes I just need more time for a move when I'm struggling to find a way to make progress.
@@vexnightmare6364 I am the same exact guy with a 1900 blitz and 1600 rapid. 300 points difference!!
“Guy doesn’t think. He just blitzes out every move. And these moves aren’t obvious”
it's annoying sometimes because it almost seems like people do this to show off and/or
apply psychological pressure (and i often cave in to the latter and lose even though the opponent has been making idiotic moves)
Watching your games you break it down so even people like me can understand, having me feeling unbeatable in my 750 elo games. Then reality hits.
The truth hurts
5:59 "our opponent is playing well... but not well enough"
Really solid defense by the 1500, especially considering how little time he used
It looks solid because he didn't make many moves on danya's side of the board. You can see at 3:20 he has almost a hippo setup. I know danya is humble and congratulates opponents for playing well, but objectively this was very bad. Black never had any intentions of playing for an advantage. Play like this against a high rated player (2000s even) and you are guaranteed to be crushed. Just look at the results of e4 b6 (owen's defense) d4 in lichess masters database.
Sure you can play this in blitz I guess hoping the opponent can't figure out the right attacking idea with little time (at this level it is pretty hard after all). To note that this style of play is not like hypermodern (or even the way you play these types of openings), black never went for counterplay with f5, c5, e5 or d5, unless they were prompted to after losing a pawn.
@@gnikdroy Even if he plays a system his level is fairly high as you see by the way he defends with his knights. That doesn't mean he is a good player, just good in this position. Having played the french for some weeks I faced exchange french a lot where I played g6 f6 Nf8 a lot and it is just solid af. White could try to mass his pieces on the kings wing but could never break through + I knew from analyzing such positions with an engine. The downside of playing that passively is: 1 it gets boring 2 you don't really improve. The upsides: 1 no brain required 2 easy games. So both ways have merits.
@@paulgoogol2652 That retreating knight move is definitely a higher level move depending on what your definition of "a higher level move" is af course. But you do have to understand that you can't guess someone's chess strength by one move in one game. Adding on that a player rated 700 will have a different perspective on a 1500 than a 2000 rated player. A combination of a lot of none confrontational moves and a few stupid moves gave me a lot more intell about his strength. Keep in mind that this is one game which isn't nearly enough to guess someone's strength given that it's litterally imposible to even do such thing in the first place. Believe me when I tell you that if you see my 5 best games you'll think I'm a grandmaster and when you see my 5 worst games you'll think any elderly guy from you're local bingo club can beat me every game.
@@paulgoogol2652 I don't play the french myself but I do have a pretty good amount of experience with those positions so I could give you some tips with that french line. You can try to attack the middle and the queens side in those positions. You would need to learn a lot of ways to do that affectively though which you can do in a number of ways including just gaining experience by playing a lot of different positions and anylising them afterwards. A benefit with openings like the french is that learning ideas is much more important than learning specific lines. Don't get to attached to those ideas because every position is unique and sometimes you need to break the rules.
Who is Owen and why is he defending?
Some Englishman who got crushed by Murphy when he played this garbage opening
@@dmsalomon poor Damiano gets associated with a terrible opening when his major contribution to it was saying (in Italian) "this is bad, don't play it."
Why is Owen and who is he defending?
Everybody asks "Who os Owen?" but nobody asks "How is Owen?"
Love the way he teaches us.. Great player and a best teacher.. Love you Danya.. ♥️♥️♥️
Daniel "I'm never gonna be a GM" Naroditsky
I live for this speed run
I love how it feels like this guy could have possibly ever won if he just used ANY of his time...
Dude you are explaining so much so well... Its a pleasure to watch you.
As a religious Owen’s/Nimzo-Larsen player this is incredibly good content. The way Danya defends the e4 pawn is perfect and frustrates any queen side fianchetto player. Opponent taking the knight for the bishop in this opening isn’t my preference. I like to bring the bishop home and transition.
Congrats on reaching 250k subs!👍🏻
I love Danya's disgust when the opponent plays a weak move in the opening. "Now d6, ugh, this is pretty crappy."
Larry was the real prophet.
Dayna, if you're reading this, i would love a video about analysing games, and how analyze your own games.
Also, if I'm already here, i love the channel, I've watch every video of the last 3 speed run (the Caro khan ones are my favourite) keep making videos!
Always informative! Thanks, Aloha
4:40 lol I like that. “We’re not gonna mate him in the next 2 moves 😒”
:) thank you for the timely upload
Great story at the end.
Danya if you feeling depressed, just remember near 0.004% of the world's population is suscribed to you on CZcams. You r the best
Nice instructive game. Really like that you show us some alternatives to all the main lines! Maybe too much info towards the very end 😎
He didn't explain why f5 was bad :(
9:10 Knight on f8 there is no mate
16:47 Exactly
nice rhythm
that was a really nice game by both of you.
While I find it annoying I understand why some players blitz out moves and play for time advantages. But when you're 5 minutes ahead and facing a mating attack surely Black should spend some time to think?
I don't think he was playing for time advantage.. He just didn't wanna calculate too much
@@stvia ask him
Thought I recognised this game and then when I hear danya say more power I remember writing it to him haha
Wow Daniel defeated his toughest opponent yet what a challenge
thanks
Fantastic
There are few moments as frustrating as being up a queen but being able to capture nothing profitably.
Danya you should really write a book
He has...
He’s written a positional chess book
@@KironKabir what's it called
@@sunwookim5046 Mastering Positional Chess: Practical Lessons from a Junior World Champion
@@KironKabir Thanks
GM Danya’s commentaries reveal a general tendency. These players, who are at a level I hope to reach, all too often don’t know the basics of the opening that they chose to play. No strange lines or unusual responses involved.
And when GM Danya explains why certain opening moves are suboptimal or extraneous or inaccurate or just plain wrong, it shows how players with solid ratings don’t seem to understand the thinking that GM Danya is using.
I’m grateful for the content beyond “opening principles” riddled with exceptions like Swiss cheese🙏
Really good chess player he should try playing professionaly
Larry Snyder is still 2000 but he becomes 80 this year
At 4:35 why wouldn’t he just push his pawn to get a trade?
The true question is : did he bring the sheet back already or does he think you still haven't reach your peak ? x)
Amazingly, Larry is actually 80 years old
danya calculates very hard lines, that even his opponent wouldn't have taught about it
I wanted to play f5. But Alekhine's gun ! Wow
Hey, i rly enjoy your videos. Would be nice if you included PGN to your games under the video. Thx for content.
You can find all the games - and analyze them - here: www.chess.com/member/SenseiDanya
1800 ELO, 9 years old...
I was eating dirt at this age
Hi danya, this will be my first request on this channel but I would really appreciate it if you made a video on the Reti Opening: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack variation, Thanks.
Cool
4:27 can c5 work?
c5 then Nc7 is a fork
“I was 9” haha
Wasn't queen takes h7 forced mate? At 8:26
15:10
@@HS-tj2qp shit, thank you
Another instructive video, gutted I can never catch the speedruns on twitch as a European
His opponent might be thinking that this guy is cheating, why does he take so long to make a move? xD
I'm not first, but I'm here.
How could you crush this 1600 rated players so easily Danya you are amazing
This game wasn't so easy actually. His opponent played well in a tough position
Because he has double their rating maybe?
@@jimmymcnulty4759 it is not about rating my friend they don't know they are playing against a 3000 bullet player. Online rating is only important to show your level and 1600-1800 level is the level where you start to study openings and middlegame ideas. I personally could get hard times to get even +5 one day and Danya could easily crush them and it is still interesting that a GM is this strong. Don't underestimate this level, they put great resistance when they don't know they are playing against a strong GM, when they think they are playing someone on their level, the psychology affect flies up. It still comes amazing to me that a player who solved chess could outplay these "about to learn" level in 20 moves and I don't look to this just for numbers, it is about the play strength and numbers usually shows it right. But usually, not always. As I would expect Danya to defeat a 1800 with not having a hard time, I don't expect to see 20 minutes videos (half time analysis) always when we see 1700 level on the speedrun.
So perhaps it is not about the rating, think for a moment if you can :d
Woohoo I'm the first to learn Owen's Defense
But your name isn't owen
Owen was the first one to learn it.
Jesus, why was Danya's opponent moving so damn fast? Like you have 10 minutes to think bro. Use your time and don't be so mindless.
You converted the game like a 1900 player not gonna lie. But you are human.
You have to feel sorry for the opponents... poor bastards think they are actually playing somebody rated 1600
Foist
This 1600 is playing like a GM. Sus.....I can smell cheating...
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