I think this was the best example of the difference between a gm and ordinary players I've seen. Myself and many other players would've crumbled in the opening and not only did he play his way out but somehow found a win. This was actually very inspiring
I wish other GMs can stream similar instructive chess. Many times i watched Magnus (and other GMs) play speedrun chess on youtube, and he was just murmuring his moves to the nth level without proper explanation. Danya on the otherhand is the best GM streamer/instructor on RUclips. Learned so much from him. Thanks Daniel. On the side note, Danya's opponent might be Hikaru Nakamura disguising himself also
Danya’s ruined other chess RUclipsrs for me because no one else I’ve found comes close to being this instructive and entertaining. Lots of them are focused on pure entertainment or catered toward beginners, and the more advanced ones feel too focused on theory. With Danya I feel I’ve actually become less dependent on remembering theory, because he focused so much on understanding the concepts behind openings.
Watching Hikaru you understand absolutely nothing except he just crushed another 2000 elo guy in 15 moves in a meme opening. 15+10 is a really nice time format to explain while playing.
I would shoutout GM Molton, IM Alex Banzea and GingerGM (just longer time control imo). All three very instructive. Not quite on par with Daniel though
I was really surprised why Danya thought this dude was cheating. He kept saying "that's a super high level move", like qs castling or bc7, when those seemed super obvious to me (1400) - just attack the undefendable pawn without conceding positional advantage, it's not that big brain.
@@resir9807 True but sometimes picking the best move out of a few possible good moves a few times in a row either says this player knows his opening or he's super lucky or he's being assisted. The exact timing of a mundane move is what makes it a strong move.
Holy crap.. i am stunned.. Clicked the video because of the title (i am not imune to a good clickbait)for a casual quick view to see how you would handle a possible cheater/"GMish" smurf on a type of opening that i have played lot and ended up staying glued to the screen for the whole hour and 15 min and learned much more than i was expecting. You really have a talent for teaching along with an absurd talent for chess. Also i really think the internet in general sometimes lacks some coolheaded handling of these situations that i am sure is not easy and turning it all into an even better lesson seems to me like e double win in this case . Keep up the good work!
I think part of the reason cheater videos are popular is that its hard to get a sense of gm strength when its a 1300 getting exploded, but it comes through more on a video like this. Crazy game!
Fun fact: this guy (who eventually was banned for cheating) actually got ANOTHER game with Danya and resigned after 23 moves because of hanging their queen in an already dead lost position.
This video was worth an hour and fifteen minutes. Don't stress over the length of your videos. You are QUALITY content. You can make them as long as you like as long as they are as good as your average video!!! Trust me no one is complaining on the length of these gems!!!
Danya's description of how it feels to play against a cheater is so correct. You just feel like you are blundering every move no matter how fine they seem to be. Your opponent can do things that look like mistakes but all it really does is make you overextend, because it's thinking so far ahead a mistake is actually just positioning. it's so discouraging, no matter what game you are playing. It makes you feel like all your practice and experience is useless. Cheats in general are important to have because they show exploits and give you information you may never have had normally, but when weaponized, it's just so discouraging. It doesn't even really matter if you win or lose. If you win, fine. It doesn't feel like a fun game, it doesn't feel like you earned it.
Daniel, this was a wonderful video. And this whole speedrun series is killing it. Considering that your recommended opening for black in this speedrun is the accelerated dragon, I feel it would be fun if you had 1 video dedicated to the theory of it. I would probably go back to that video after each speedrun game to try to understand how the real life game played out vs the theory. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Thank you for your time and dedication to making these videos. I love how educational they are. Have a great day, and a great Christmas.
40:13 Danya vocalized all of our reactions. What a rollercoaster was that epic trilogy of the Opening, Middlegame, and Endgame against digitalized precision all culminated into one. "What a game!"
Actually this game was indeed theory up to 15. Nxe5 with the checkmate combination on the open d file (around 14:00 in the video). This Anti-Sicilian setup can be found on a site called ChessMood (hidden behind a paywall), but I can provide a screenshot from their video material to prove it if anyone doubts it.
@@user-ro9md9wp3j I am 900-1000 and I have 10-12 move prep for 3 openings I play (inspired from watching all GM streamers and my chess club players). I am not doubting Danya but saying 1300s wont know 15 moves is not correct.
@@user-ro9md9wp3j Danya completely forgets the possibility that his opponent could be far stronger and is simply sandbagging (deliberately playing in a weaker player pool to win against them)
Danya you're a straight up monster! What an epic game. This could have been a disaster but ended up being a very instructive game still. Way to keep your head and be an incredible role model and pull out a magnificent ending!
I am happy you still post these games and it is interesting to see you trying to come with desperate ways to to get back material. That was insightful in its own right.
As a 1400 rapid player that Qb4 line is in my (2.Nc3/Grand Prix) prep as white. My coach who made the repertoire said the line was considered dead before Qb4 and we put a lot of work into the lines that come after.
Came here with the modest goal of improving my Sicilian and wow what a rollercoaster this one was. To be honest, it is unfortunate but there'll always be cheaters so it's good to know how to spot them and handle them. No love lost, we're all here to learn
Almost think the rook fork was a mouse slip. Danya said B6 as the dude moved, so I don't think the stream buffer time would have reached the guy fast enough.
I think a video showing how to analyse your own games would be really popular! Especially in terms of what software you can use (on mobile in particular), what kinds of lines to look at, how long to spend on independent analysis and how long to use the engine, how to use the engine to best benefit.
Danya - You make these videos interesting; certainly not the cheaters. There's an element of mystery and the prospect of a great challenge, some mindgames, and other fun. Thanks for keeping it above-board and entertaining!
He’s become my favorite chess RUclipsr. I used to think he was arrogant but this isn’t the case. He’s very thankful for his viewers and offers lessons in a way that doesn’t make you feel dumb. Some RUclipsrs make content for a narrow rating range; with Danya, however, it’s great 1000 and 2000 rated players can learn so much from the same video with how it’s presented. Since watching Danya 6 months ago I have gone from being a 1700/1800 player to pushing 2100! He’s a Godsend
loved how you talked through using the engine properly to learn- your way of describing the accumulation of 'ideas' is something ive taken to other parts of my life- :bow:
Very new to the channel. Your talk about not accusing opponents early on, made it an easy subscribe. Even though, you were right! Thanks for the game insight.
53:35 jump ahead to see some signature brilliant analysis by DN of why the engine prefers to move the bishop and not the human idea of moving the knight.
Danya, I got recently into chess! You are so amazing, thanks so much for the amazing content, that you've crafted. I checked this player now and he is banned for fair policy. Really amazing game. I have started your videos from the beginning and I am climbing myself. This is the first comment I leave. I really appreciate you! Much respect, not only for your amazing chess skills and explanations, but also for being such an amazing human, character and warm hearted! Much love from Bulgaria.
35:44 - the epic moment he fell for the trap! Stream sniping seems pretty likely in this context. Ben Finegold has been known to suggest stupid moves on stream to check if his opponents are doing that, and sometimes he catches them that way too.
i don't fully understand how stream sniping would work in this type of game. yes i can see how it would give an advantage to an opponent, but Danya's opp here played several masterful moves (and often quickly) that he was not even considering. Seems like a stream sniper at a 1300 level would only be able to neutralize Danya's planes not generate great ones of his own
@25:55 Noose tightening from all directions ... probably the same feeling a real 1400 player gets when a GM, who is pretending to be 1400, is playing against him.
Great Stream! Coincidentally I was analyzing this opening earlier this morning, including the ...g5 continuation, as it is a line in Daniel King's Anti-Sicilian course on Chessable.
Best and best instructional chess content in RUclips. Cheater or not, Daniel will always keep his composure to give us the best chess lessons in YT. Thanks Danny, other chess streamers can and should learn a lot from you
Thoughts on Be6 at 6:42 ? This develops the bishop, and it also takes the sting out of e5, because, if we take that pawn and white trades queens, we can actually take back with the rook. I don't think the bishop is particularly poorly placed on that square. That bishop in combination with the eventual fianchettoed bishop on g6 should be good complements to each other.
As an educational material, this is somewhat challenging since you think on such a high level. I walked away with a few things from this video, though. I like the idea of "solving problems" as you put it. It's been reinforced to study openings and tactics. I used a stockfish engine to beat a bot I hadn't been able to. It's "cheating", but it's also a study. I would try to find the best move, then check with stockfish. There were 3 moves that stood out that didn't necessarily make sense until later like you described, but one I was glad to see, since it "solved a problem" I identified in wanting to take a piece and a strange queen move actually enabled it. Then I thought of a vid where a street player said he's never read a thing about chess, just watching people and since I'm so new to the theory, if I'm able to train with Stockfish and actually think like that independently, then yeah I might be an 800 to recon with!
It appears you have played this fellow twice. Second time you did a demolition job. The first game, he was playing at a far higher level.. We all have good days at chess, I guess that was his great day :) Well done on an awesome game!
He was cheating for sure mate. But he put some moves on his own and that is why he lost. That fork made no sense. He had all the time in the world. After he lost his rook he played fast and all top movements again, yes the game was lost but he tried the best
Yep exactly. It’s just not logically possible to play 20+ top engine moves (that are also hard to find) and then make a sub 1200 blunder with no time pressure. There’s no scenario that makes any sense in which he wasn’t cheating.
@@gatosospechosop3 Well...as someone who can play well to generate a small advantage and then blunder to lose the game (though obviously not on a top engine moves only level), I can think of several scenarios where something like this happens. All too well, to be honest. Suddenly someone distracts you, you calculate something and then bust out the move without calculating again after you start going down the line you calculated, and oops you blundered a piece... Of course if he's actually playing only hard-to-find engine moves, unless they're mostly theory, then it would be sus
45:58 Rook takes knight. After king takes the rook back, promote to knight with a check tempo while also threatening a rook fork, stopping the draw repetition and makes it easier to play with the sudden exchange (I'm 1300+ and I saw that)
To me the most suspicious move is the queenside castle. Danya didn't see it as suspicious but Stockfish says that's the only move that keeps an advantage on that position, and as a weak player myself there's no way i'd have seen the logic behind it (X-ray on the queen and putting more pressure on the d6 pawn) and would probably go regular castle instead like we're conditioned to most of the time.
That's not that hard to spot imo (2000-2100 rapid online btw) but the knight xe5 and especially the bishop move to e1 to not allow a draw are on another level
Here is a nice suggestion , when the opponent is extremely suspecious or playing very well , you can shift the focus from your perspective to whites perspective and explain why his moves are so strong and how he was able to outplay the moves you made , so in the event of a cheater we get maximum educational value of engine ideas.
That’s basically what he did without flipping the board, you’re not going to be able to flip the board in a real game so it’s good practice to understand it from whites perspective without flipping the board
Super instructional despite the situation and perfect description of 'focus on what you can control'. Very cool to see how you still manage to play and describe your thought process
one thing i always like to remind myself of is how often ill be seeing a move and hear danya say thats a high level move or gm level move and im just a 1250
There's a Chessable course on this sicilian "butcher the Sicilian" from miodrag perunovic, i have found a lot of good positions from it, as Naro says it's not common and basically white takes you where they want
Undercover Stockfish-assisted streamsniper vs undercover GM. Just your everyday 1300-level of chess, folks. Why does this remind me of the movie "The Sting"? :). Naroditsky is the best when it comes to instructive videos. Funny as well. Not too shabby in bullet either...
I love it - everytime Daniel is calculating he stops looking at the board. Me around same rating as his opponent blunders pieces every game while trying my best starring intensly at the board 😀
Danya is a great teacher and showed great patience with a 1300 playing like a titled player for most of the game, hmmm. The game shows Danya’s brilliance to still win it! Kudos Danya!
Super late to the party but this just goes to show how important openings are at the top level. Danya didn't know the theory (and why Nxb5 is no longer topical) and got absolutely crushed in the opening. It was +3 by move 11 and it only got worse from there.
Best example of a cheater I ever saw was Kawika on RedHotPawn. He played 1400 level then entered a tournament and beat a top 10 master 2100+ Northern Lad twice as black and white in flawless play. After that, he felt so guilty he resigned games after two moves to drop his rating back down to the 1400 level. They didn't kick him off but kicked of Wilfreid, Blackjack21, and Yozzer for cheating, as I recall. Someone could set those Kawika vs. Northern Lad games in a computer to see proof, I bet.
Bishop e1 as a defensive resource is so insane. Literally 0% chance this guy wasn’t cheating, a 1300 finding a cold blooded backwards bishop move that defends by not simplifying and keeping your king in an uncomfortable position but hanging on by a thread…us lower level players just aren’t capable of finding that and as quick as he did too.
To be fair, a 1600 - 1700 would have found this. Would a 16-1700 be able to win against a GM in a relatively long time control? No. Suspicious game for sure. But still possible for a say 2000 to play like this, and maybe once in a blue moon win against a GM. The most tell-tale signs are the super accurate queen moves, and the instinct to not play the obvious move. They placed their queens perfectly every time, refused to promote, prioritized piece play over material when necessary etc Maybe they were doing their own speedrun. :)
@@TheWaxlemon yeah but… I’m saying if you *didn’t* cheat lol. Anyway just trying to find a silver lining… this person still managed to lose so it sounds like a stream sniper that got busted and stopped haha
@@TheWaxlemon of course he didn't. The only thing we got from that drama is that Hans cheated multiple times during Titled Tuesday and other online events. That's obviously not a compliment.
You didn't miss anything. a4 pawn is a goner anyway. In Bxa5 variation, white buys at most 1 tempo to run the king to the left, but still too far away to stop the easy plan which Danya demonstrated.
Amazing play under pressure, the way GMs generate counter play in hopeless situations is truly a thing of beauty!
We must learn the way.
@@saintsaens21 This is the way
I think this was the best example of the difference between a gm and ordinary players I've seen. Myself and many other players would've crumbled in the opening and not only did he play his way out but somehow found a win. This was actually very inspiring
Congratulations! You survived Stockfish long enough until your opponent turned it off and immediately walked into a knight fork.
It made me so overwhelmingly happy when he got the knight fork and win
It feels like all the pressure in the game is relieved.
Top comment ruining the result!
You know it's a shitty day when you cheat and ended up facing a raid boss lmao
Cheating and suddenly "why do I hear boss music?"
*whoooooooosh* Dunn dun dun dunna dunna da da da da 🎹🎵
😂😂😂
I wish other GMs can stream similar instructive chess. Many times i watched Magnus (and other GMs) play speedrun chess on youtube, and he was just murmuring his moves to the nth level without proper explanation. Danya on the otherhand is the best GM streamer/instructor on RUclips. Learned so much from him. Thanks Daniel.
On the side note, Danya's opponent might be Hikaru Nakamura disguising himself also
Hikaru doesn't take 40 secs to play Kb6
Danya’s ruined other chess RUclipsrs for me because no one else I’ve found comes close to being this instructive and entertaining.
Lots of them are focused on pure entertainment or catered toward beginners, and the more advanced ones feel too focused on theory. With Danya I feel I’ve actually become less dependent on remembering theory, because he focused so much on understanding the concepts behind openings.
Watching Hikaru you understand absolutely nothing except he just crushed another 2000 elo guy in 15 moves in a meme opening.
15+10 is a really nice time format to explain while playing.
@@landon8952 the only other one is GothamChess, I think
I would shoutout GM Molton, IM Alex Banzea and GingerGM (just longer time control imo). All three very instructive. Not quite on par with Daniel though
Danya has always been very precise with his handling of possible cheaters. He really is the model GM.
If only Hikaru Nakamura had this much class and restraint
@@robdubent lol that's right Hikaru could learn alot from Danya.
I was really surprised why Danya thought this dude was cheating. He kept saying "that's a super high level move", like qs castling or bc7, when those seemed super obvious to me (1400) - just attack the undefendable pawn without conceding positional advantage, it's not that big brain.
@@resir9807 True but sometimes picking the best move out of a few possible good moves a few times in a row either says this player knows his opening or he's super lucky or he's being assisted. The exact timing of a mundane move is what makes it a strong move.
@@resir9807 He is obviously hiding his real thoughts, that's clear given how he was looking for his words
Holy crap.. i am stunned.. Clicked the video because of the title (i am not imune to a good clickbait)for a casual quick view to see how you would handle a possible cheater/"GMish" smurf on a type of opening that i have played lot and ended up staying glued to the screen for the whole hour and 15 min and learned much more than i was expecting. You really have a talent for teaching along with an absurd talent for chess. Also i really think the internet in general sometimes lacks some coolheaded handling of these situations that i am sure is not easy and turning it all into an even better lesson seems to me like e double win in this case . Keep up the good work!
You can see that he's as great a person as he is a chess player. Great video.
I think part of the reason cheater videos are popular is that its hard to get a sense of gm strength when its a 1300 getting exploded, but it comes through more on a video like this. Crazy game!
Fun fact: this guy (who eventually was banned for cheating) actually got ANOTHER game with Danya and resigned after 23 moves because of hanging their queen in an already dead lost position.
Do you know which episode that happened in?
@@sven179 It wasn't in an episode
This video was worth an hour and fifteen minutes. Don't stress over the length of your videos. You are QUALITY content. You can make them as long as you like as long as they are as good as your average video!!! Trust me no one is complaining on the length of these gems!!!
Danya's description of how it feels to play against a cheater is so correct. You just feel like you are blundering every move no matter how fine they seem to be. Your opponent can do things that look like mistakes but all it really does is make you overextend, because it's thinking so far ahead a mistake is actually just positioning.
it's so discouraging, no matter what game you are playing. It makes you feel like all your practice and experience is useless. Cheats in general are important to have because they show exploits and give you information you may never have had normally, but when weaponized, it's just so discouraging.
It doesn't even really matter if you win or lose. If you win, fine. It doesn't feel like a fun game, it doesn't feel like you earned it.
That's how it feels when u slowly lose in. Chess period..
I'm not seeing incredibly complicated play in this game
@Peter-w4s1e lmao 🤣 thats because you cant appreciate it.
Daniel, this was a wonderful video. And this whole speedrun series is killing it. Considering that your recommended opening for black in this speedrun is the accelerated dragon, I feel it would be fun if you had 1 video dedicated to the theory of it. I would probably go back to that video after each speedrun game to try to understand how the real life game played out vs the theory. Anyway, that's my 2 cents.
Thank you for your time and dedication to making these videos. I love how educational they are.
Have a great day, and a great Christmas.
Great idea!
Try searching through the original speedrun series...
40:13 Danya vocalized all of our reactions. What a rollercoaster was that epic trilogy of the Opening, Middlegame, and Endgame against digitalized precision all culminated into one. "What a game!"
Nope, my reaction was more like 35:46
Ridiculous game. You’re a legend for this one.
These games are basically story time to me.....well told stories too....good drama, moments of sadness, mystery and so on.
This should have more likes
@@kaidoChess I was gonna like it but then I saw your comment so I didn't
i read this with slavoj zizek's voice
@@imjonathan6745it was the “and so on” that brought it home lol
35:47 best moment of all the speedrun videos this far
💯
Actually this game was indeed theory up to 15. Nxe5 with the checkmate combination on the open d file (around 14:00 in the video). This Anti-Sicilian setup can be found on a site called ChessMood (hidden behind a paywall), but I can provide a screenshot from their video material to prove it if anyone doubts it.
That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing. What incredible prep
yeah but 1300s don't know 15 moves of prep
@@user-ro9md9wp3j I am 900-1000 and I have 10-12 move prep for 3 openings I play (inspired from watching all GM streamers and my chess club players). I am not doubting Danya but saying 1300s wont know 15 moves is not correct.
@@user-ro9md9wp3j Danya completely forgets the possibility that his opponent could be far stronger and is simply sandbagging (deliberately playing in a weaker player pool to win against them)
@@microitos9754 He said it in the middle of the video. Did you even watch it?
Danya you're a straight up monster! What an epic game. This could have been a disaster but ended up being a very instructive game still. Way to keep your head and be an incredible role model and pull out a magnificent ending!
I am happy you still post these games and it is interesting to see you trying to come with desperate ways to to get back material. That was insightful in its own right.
As a 1400 rapid player that Qb4 line is in my (2.Nc3/Grand Prix) prep as white. My coach who made the repertoire said the line was considered dead before Qb4 and we put a lot of work into the lines that come after.
Good job,for some reasons people think anyone that isn’t at least 2000 is clueless about openings but that’s not always true
Do you have IM thebutcher as your coach?
Came here with the modest goal of improving my Sicilian and wow what a rollercoaster this one was. To be honest, it is unfortunate but there'll always be cheaters so it's good to know how to spot them and handle them. No love lost, we're all here to learn
Not only do you give super instructive chess content you also throw in lessons on how empathy works. Legendary chess teacher. Thank you!
the usual class act from danny naro! amazing win as well!
Almost think the rook fork was a mouse slip. Danya said B6 as the dude moved, so I don't think the stream buffer time would have reached the guy fast enough.
I think a video showing how to analyse your own games would be really popular! Especially in terms of what software you can use (on mobile in particular), what kinds of lines to look at, how long to spend on independent analysis and how long to use the engine, how to use the engine to best benefit.
The game was so fun to watch and very instructive. Thank you Daniel for the very high quality content
Danya - You make these videos interesting; certainly not the cheaters. There's an element of mystery and the prospect of a great challenge, some mindgames, and other fun. Thanks for keeping it above-board and entertaining!
He’s become my favorite chess RUclipsr. I used to think he was arrogant but this isn’t the case. He’s very thankful for his viewers and offers lessons in a way that doesn’t make you feel dumb. Some RUclipsrs make content for a narrow rating range; with Danya, however, it’s great 1000 and 2000 rated players can learn so much from the same video with how it’s presented. Since watching Danya 6 months ago I have gone from being a 1700/1800 player to pushing 2100! He’s a Godsend
I enjoyed the video because it shows the importing of a game file into the chess base engine, and how to efficiently analyze it! Thanks!
loved how you talked through using the engine properly to learn- your way of describing the accumulation of 'ideas' is something ive taken to other parts of my life- :bow:
LOL 39:20 - "we don't need the a pawn, that pawn can go... That pawn can go s*.., that pawn can go take a walk"
I actually prefer potty-mouthed Danya
Very new to the channel. Your talk about not accusing opponents early on, made it an easy subscribe. Even though, you were right! Thanks for the game insight.
53:35 jump ahead to see some signature brilliant analysis by DN of why the engine prefers to move the bishop and not the human idea of moving the knight.
Danya, I got recently into chess! You are so amazing, thanks so much for the amazing content, that you've crafted. I checked this player now and he is banned for fair policy. Really amazing game. I have started your videos from the beginning and I am climbing myself. This is the first comment I leave.
I really appreciate you! Much respect, not only for your amazing chess skills and explanations, but also for being such an amazing human, character and warm hearted! Much love from Bulgaria.
35:44 - the epic moment he fell for the trap! Stream sniping seems pretty likely in this context. Ben Finegold has been known to suggest stupid moves on stream to check if his opponents are doing that, and sometimes he catches them that way too.
i don't fully understand how stream sniping would work in this type of game. yes i can see how it would give an advantage to an opponent, but Danya's opp here played several masterful moves (and often quickly) that he was not even considering. Seems like a stream sniper at a 1300 level would only be able to neutralize Danya's planes not generate great ones of his own
@@josephtrum5422 honestly, that could easily be that the opp used a game base and was also stream sniping
@25:55 Noose tightening from all directions ... probably the same feeling a real 1400 player gets when a GM, who is pretending to be 1400, is playing against him.
Great Stream! Coincidentally I was analyzing this opening earlier this morning, including the ...g5 continuation, as it is a line in Daniel King's Anti-Sicilian course on Chessable.
35:47 Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!! satisfaction level after getting relief from constipation 😢 ❤
Best moment in the video is when he gets the fork 😂
I think he just used the engine for some moves and not others so it wouldn't be obvious.
@@worsethanjoerogan8061 duh that's how everyone would cheat. No one cheats every single move lol.
@@OArchivesX That's not a "duh" moment. Some people actively cheat on every move
It was sublime, then you realize there is STILL work ti do!
@@OArchivesX of course some people cheat every move. I've seen it many times
Love it, I would love more d4 lines I almost feel like theres been 4 speedrun really all about e4
Its best by test!
33:54 "that is a dank ass move" had me burst out laughing LMAO
what a frickin game!!! Vamosss Danya!!! Good Intrsuctive comeback. I learnt a lot on how to play your best game from cheaters. Thanks Danya !!!
Danke!
Hands down the best chess stream in my opinion! Always fun to watch and listen to Daniel!
Crazy game, amazing job. I can't believe you defended that!
this has got to be one of the best instructional videos ive seen ...not only for the chess.. but for the class the Danya has and has showed us...
Best and best instructional chess content in RUclips. Cheater or not, Daniel will always keep his composure to give us the best chess lessons in YT. Thanks Danny, other chess streamers can and should learn a lot from you
This has to be a candidate for the best speed run game ever played by Danya, bravo 👏🏼
Man I was so confused how Nxd5 was winning when Danya said so ,went full crazy.😂
I though f it, I won't even think about it, it's way too much for me
Thoughts on Be6 at 6:42 ? This develops the bishop, and it also takes the sting out of e5, because, if we take that pawn and white trades queens, we can actually take back with the rook. I don't think the bishop is particularly poorly placed on that square. That bishop in combination with the eventual fianchettoed bishop on g6 should be good complements to each other.
As an educational material, this is somewhat challenging since you think on such a high level. I walked away with a few things from this video, though. I like the idea of "solving problems" as you put it. It's been reinforced to study openings and tactics. I used a stockfish engine to beat a bot I hadn't been able to. It's "cheating", but it's also a study. I would try to find the best move, then check with stockfish. There were 3 moves that stood out that didn't necessarily make sense until later like you described, but one I was glad to see, since it "solved a problem" I identified in wanting to take a piece and a strange queen move actually enabled it. Then I thought of a vid where a street player said he's never read a thing about chess, just watching people and since I'm so new to the theory, if I'm able to train with Stockfish and actually think like that independently, then yeah I might be an 800 to recon with!
It appears you have played this fellow twice. Second time you did a demolition job. The first game, he was playing at a far higher level.. We all have good days at chess, I guess that was his great day :) Well done on an awesome game!
He was cheating for sure mate. But he put some moves on his own and that is why he lost. That fork made no sense. He had all the time in the world. After he lost his rook he played fast and all top movements again, yes the game was lost but he tried the best
Yep exactly. It’s just not logically possible to play 20+ top engine moves (that are also hard to find) and then make a sub 1200 blunder with no time pressure. There’s no scenario that makes any sense in which he wasn’t cheating.
which was the first game?
@@gatosospechosop3 Well...as someone who can play well to generate a small advantage and then blunder to lose the game (though obviously not on a top engine moves only level), I can think of several scenarios where something like this happens. All too well, to be honest. Suddenly someone distracts you, you calculate something and then bust out the move without calculating again after you start going down the line you calculated, and oops you blundered a piece...
Of course if he's actually playing only hard-to-find engine moves, unless they're mostly theory, then it would be sus
@@micke7 The one shown above!
This is seriously the most instructive video ever... thank you gm. The analysis part of this video is 12 out of 10!!!
The fact that you beat this person shows how incredible you are, much love and happy holidays Danya!
45:58 Rook takes knight. After king takes the rook back, promote to knight with a check tempo while also threatening a rook fork, stopping the draw repetition and makes it easier to play with the sudden exchange (I'm 1300+ and I saw that)
To me the most suspicious move is the queenside castle. Danya didn't see it as suspicious but Stockfish says that's the only move that keeps an advantage on that position, and as a weak player myself there's no way i'd have seen the logic behind it (X-ray on the queen and putting more pressure on the d6 pawn) and would probably go regular castle instead like we're conditioned to most of the time.
Same, too scary
I saw it, but I always look for castling when moving a rook for the first time.
That's not that hard to spot imo (2000-2100 rapid online btw) but the knight xe5 and especially the bishop move to e1 to not allow a draw are on another level
bishop to e1 was pretty frightening
38:30 now that is a masterful technique!
Here is a nice suggestion , when the opponent is extremely suspecious or playing very well , you can shift the focus from your perspective to whites perspective and explain why his moves are so strong and how he was able to outplay the moves you made , so in the event of a cheater we get maximum educational value of engine ideas.
That’s basically what he did without flipping the board, you’re not going to be able to flip the board in a real game so it’s good practice to understand it from whites perspective without flipping the board
Super instructional despite the situation and perfect description of 'focus on what you can control'. Very cool to see how you still manage to play and describe your thought process
Levy picked the wrong game to play his alt account....
LOL j/k. Fantastic game, and even more fantastic video!
I love these cheater videos because win or lose, the thought process of IMs and GMs is amazing to watch.
one thing i always like to remind myself of is how often ill be seeing a move and hear danya say thats a high level move or gm level move and im just a 1250
That knight fork was freaking awesome!!
been there live so happy on the come back !!!!!
There's a Chessable course on this sicilian "butcher the Sicilian" from miodrag perunovic, i have found a lot of good positions from it, as Naro says it's not common and basically white takes you where they want
It won't work against a GM especially if it's a 1300 playing this repertoire, and I respect Miodrag a lot
@@monstermagnet3150 yeah of course i agree i wrote this early in the video, still a nice variation i think
@@monstermagnet3150 Most of us never play against GMs and never will.
I feel like there's some life advice here. When you're getting utterly pummeled, refuse to abandon hope. Put up the best fight you have.
Hi Daniel! I'm currently sick for the holidays, and this video made my day! Love your videos!
17:35 I saw Nc3 before Danya. Feel like the smartest person in the room.
merry christmass Danya Thanks for all the efforts you put in these videos They really helped me improved massively
Danya, you are the best teacher ever. I feel really encouraged when I see your videos. Thank you so much.
THAT’S WHY HE’S THE GOAT
Amazing man
You are very knowledgeable, not only in chess but in general also.
Keep up the good work
42:05 I wonder what the Brilliant move by white was?
Undercover Stockfish-assisted streamsniper vs undercover GM. Just your everyday 1300-level of chess, folks. Why does this remind me of the movie "The Sting"? :). Naroditsky is the best when it comes to instructive videos. Funny as well. Not too shabby in bullet either...
Amazing to watch!
love these videos dude. youve helped me get from 1300 to 1700.
Rapid or blitz?
Rapid or blitz doesn’t really matter cause blitz stays close to you’re rapid rating
@@GardenChess Not it doesn't. I'm 1500 rapid 1200 blitz. The rapid pool is weaker because there are far more people playing blitz
@@kingslayer3365 1700 rapid. i dont play blitz much but its about 1500.
this was a great example for handling such a situation graciously...the fork made me so happy :D
33:36 Black move Rb5 then perpetual check.. Then if white find Be1 I think its something wrong hhh.
Happy Holidays Danya!! Thank you for this gift
Thanks Grandmaster Naroditsky, your ever informative videos are a boon to my elo.
You're the best Danya. We all love you! 💜💕
I love it - everytime Daniel is calculating he stops looking at the board. Me around same rating as his opponent blunders pieces every game while trying my best starring intensly at the board 😀
What a defence and Endgame calculation, great stuff Master!
Danya is a great teacher and showed great patience with a 1300 playing like a titled player for most of the game, hmmm. The game shows Danya’s brilliance to still win it! Kudos Danya!
Super late to the party but this just goes to show how important openings are at the top level. Danya didn't know the theory (and why Nxb5 is no longer topical) and got absolutely crushed in the opening. It was +3 by move 11 and it only got worse from there.
I guess Danya inadvertently wound up on the receiving end of the top theory in this speedrun then 😂
Best example of a cheater I ever saw was Kawika on RedHotPawn. He played 1400 level then entered a tournament and beat a top 10 master 2100+ Northern Lad twice as black and white in flawless play. After that, he felt so guilty he resigned games after two moves to drop his rating back down to the 1400 level. They didn't kick him off but kicked of Wilfreid, Blackjack21, and Yozzer for cheating, as I recall. Someone could set those Kawika vs. Northern Lad games in a computer to see proof, I bet.
Huh
9:27 why Nf6 instead of d5 (enemy need to move Q) and after that d4 with fork?
32:50 would you be able to put the king back on g6?
Wow... @Daniel Naroditsky.... love your teaching method
wow.. best stream to follow in you tube to learn chess..
Bishop e1 as a defensive resource is so insane. Literally 0% chance this guy wasn’t cheating, a 1300 finding a cold blooded backwards bishop move that defends by not simplifying and keeping your king in an uncomfortable position but hanging on by a thread…us lower level players just aren’t capable of finding that and as quick as he did too.
I still don’t understand that move and I’m higher rated
@@blueguitaristprevents Rc3+
To be fair, a 1600 - 1700 would have found this. Would a 16-1700 be able to win against a GM in a relatively long time control? No. Suspicious game for sure. But still possible for a say 2000 to play like this, and maybe once in a blue moon win against a GM.
The most tell-tale signs are the super accurate queen moves, and the instinct to not play the obvious move. They placed their queens perfectly every time, refused to promote, prioritized piece play over material when necessary etc
Maybe they were doing their own speedrun. :)
@@blueguitarist If White queens there, Rc4+ then Rc3+ leads to perpetual checks and a draw. Be1 just covers c3.
Forget that, no 1300 is putting insane pressure on someone like Daniel in the opening, and winning 3 pawns.
the feeling of that king moving to b6 was some of the greatest satisfaction i’ve felt in a minute
* "no need to speculate" *
*has already speculated for 15+ minutes and continues to do so* XD
Just so you know the screen randomly goes black for about a second at 19:12, not sure if this was intentional or not
If 3000 people are shouting that you’re a cheater and you’re not that’s kind of a compliment
still feels bad though. i don't think hans neimann has enjoyed the experience
@@TheWaxlemon yeah but… I’m saying if you *didn’t* cheat lol. Anyway just trying to find a silver lining… this person still managed to lose so it sounds like a stream sniper that got busted and stopped haha
@@TheWaxlemon of course he didn't. The only thing we got from that drama is that Hans cheated multiple times during Titled Tuesday and other online events. That's obviously not a compliment.
Idk if thats a conplimment, there has to happen alot to be called a cheater
@@TheWaxlemon But he is a cheater. Maybe not in that game against Magnus but I find that to be irrelevant, once a cheater always a cheater.
Thanks Danya for another instructive video🎉😊
Danya explaining the Najdorf is a dream come true
I love this guy, he makes chess fun and not intimidating
37:21 why not just go Bxa5 here instead of Kb6? I don't think Danya mentioned this one. I'm clearly missing something...
You didn't miss anything. a4 pawn is a goner anyway. In Bxa5 variation, white buys at most 1 tempo to run the king to the left, but still too far away to stop the easy plan which Danya demonstrated.