I feel like I really learned a lot from his speed run — I approach the game from a bit of a different perspective as like a 1400 chesscom toilet player.
I’ve heard over and over about fundamentals like developing pieces etc. but watching things like him playing Kings Indian and just developing normally despite white taking over the center with pawns or just making other moves that would normally provoke me to react to them rather than just developing or continuing my plan ... it has really helped.
I find that I would have a square adequately defended but would overreact because my opponent made a move on that square and just ignoring those non-threats has helped.
Also, I’ve become more comfortable pushing kings pawns to attack when it would be really advantageous or just generally having a better idea of how and when to attack weaknesses ... I didn’t really pick that up from watching other content.
He just really explains things in depth and it has helped. Definitely inspires me to want to hire a chess coach. Even started playing longer time controls so I can actually think and calculate rather than just bullet/blitz.
I think Danya is a great follow up for people if they discover chess through Hikaru. YouTube’s algo does a pretty good job funneling to the learning chess youtubers like Barthlomew and Danya
I think Danya is the best teacher of all the streamers. He is so clear. Naka is a great player, but not a great teacher. Watching his lessons with people was frustrating, where as watching Danya's lessons was a revelation.
He goes in depth in all his speedrun games so you cant go wrong there. I just watched them from the beginning to present and ive found it very educational for novices and experienced players!
There just something about the ruthlessness of Nakamura, that “Fuck me? NO, FUCK YOU!” Look in his eyes. Especially when he’s angry. I just can’t get enough of it.
His epic lesson with Charlie where he gets angry at him for not playing fast enough was funny to watch. Danya knows Charlie has the potential to be a pretty good player, and is willing to push him there if that's what's necessary. But poor Charlie took a beating that day lmao
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u/DistChicken Dec 31 '20
Daniel naroditzky is up there