00:00 Intro
03:45 End game 1
15:15 End game 2
21:50 End game 3
37:00 End game 4
46:25 End game 5
55:50 Outro
In this video, we take a close look at the five most interesting endgames from the first two weeks of the Pro Chess League (PCL). We analyze each endgame with an eye toward understanding the root causes of the mistakes, and formulate several general rules and tips for improving your endgame understanding and intuition.
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Amazing video, that 3rd endgame was stunning – thank you Danya
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the more you watch Danya's endgame series, the better Person you bekome!)
Thanks Danya, i am really glad you're
Haven't even started yet but yes, more of this please. Plus, we need more consistency on the endgame series
There is a proverb in my country that shower thoughts stream from the fountain of ingenuity. Chess players should take more showers, unless they have sound medical advice not to do so!
Didn't expect to watch all the 57 minutes, I had a great time! Thanks!
Please go through the endgame where Carissa Yip had a winning bishop move on the board against Magnus Carlsen!
I absolutely love Danya's videos every single one is so instructive and fun, please like the video guys!
Wow, again insanely awesome material. Thank you Daniel.
It's crazy these videos are free
I find it impressive that Bortnyk find that defensive rook fortress with a little second on the clock.
You should do more of these
In a "game" where everything is out in the open to be seen, too few can see what really matters in a position. IMO this is what makes chess so frustrating and beautiful at the same time. Thank you so much for such wonderful, high level content. It's also a balm for the soul, fighting in OTB tournaments and being self critical against sundry 1800-2200 fide opposition, that serious GMs are working to figure out the game too.
The GOAT chess instructor on YouTube hands down
danya i love you (no homo)
We need MOOOOOOORE CONTENT
i hate endgames, i'm so bad at them. i'm also bad at the middle game and opening, but endgames are even more blunderific
your stuff is gold
Amazing endgames good video
27:26 Sevy way
Sick concept, love it.
17:49 "The universe is under no obligation to make sense"
Terrence McKenna
Great video & presentation, driving home the point that there are so many endgame tactics, especially deflecting pawns and queens.
I almost died when you went well full Kasparov
Excellent series Danny! Thank you so much- simply fascinating your deep analysis.
Please keep up this format!!
I give my upvote to more of similar videos!
27:26 Kf4 certainly is a “savvy-ian” winning move.
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This is the best endgame video ever. I love the real game examples.
I love this channel and Daniel with my whole heart
youtube should let me like this video like 10 or 20 times frankly
Discovered your channel 1 month ago and am watching 1-2 vids a day. Greatly appreciated.
I would watch more Naroditsky if he didnt constantly misuse words making himself sound like an idiot. Great chess player but his English is atrocious!
This one starts out extremely slow and really failed to capture my interest. I watched the first one with the bishops and it has some value but was long and cumbersome. I might try the rest later. I would say try and get right into it and remember to be succinct. Normally all of your videos are incredibly good so don’t mean to be rude.
Danya, nothing makes me feel worse than losing in this game. I'm 500 rating and every game I just feel like I play against cheaters. I have put in an immense amount of work to progress and nothing really seems to work. I simply dont feel like you need to play at a 100% accuracy to cheat. There is nothing to stop people from playing moves they come up with by themself and checking it with an analysis and making sure it isn't a massive blunder… ur strategy of just beating them on time doesn't really work for me. I dont really know if they are cheating… just the moves they play are ALL good. nobody hangs anything at all. For someone just learning the game it is actually just crushing my soul. I feel like my principles are solid enough that I should just be soaring to at least 1000 rating…………………………….. these guys play at like an 85-90% accuracy already at 500 rating. It's disgusting and I'm actually just melting down from it.
GM Naroditsky can throw in a random, bonus episode and still reach a quality that most chess content creators can only dream of
At 25:53, isn't it more thematic and simpler to just shoulder blacks King with Kd4? A quick look at the engine suggests that it's also winning, and it seems to avoid all the complications in the game.
Your voice is very similar to Max Kellerman.
COOL you actually didn't give up on the endgame series unlike some channels. looking forward to see what your series has that josh waitzkin doesn't have. this looks like it will be like a free version of what Karsten Müller has on chessbase. like finally there'll be a free, complete and online endgame series that's actually in order. cf
1 – st louis chess club videos are free and online (and maybe complete?) but don't seem to have an order. they seem to be more like supplements to an actual series.
2 – Karsten Müller isn't free
3 – josh waitzkin isn't complete
Fantastic content! Your endgame videos are the best out there. I just signed up to your patron as this quality is definitely worth paying for!
Came back to comment on this video. Just Watched the recent gotham vs anna cramling blindfold video. The position of game 3 is seared in my mind and i immediately thought of your teaching Danya! Levy himself missed it but anyway just thought i want to reiterate your teachings make us appreciate chess on a a different level
Who noticed that in levy's new video (blindfolded vs anna crammling) they reached the EXACT SAME pawn race endgame as in the Sam Sevian game (endgame 3)?
The shower is a great place to have good ideas
@46:00 it seemed like you could use your bishop to block the opponents bishop. Will have to check why that doesn't work but it looked like a candidate move.
Edit: on f5 I think
Great Endgame lesson as usual!
When are new end game videos coming out?
That first example alone with alanlysis plus the "fixing the pawn on the same color as your bishop" example, was worth the price of admission alone. Everything else is icing on the cake. Love danyas videos and explanations. The most instructive chess youtuber by a mile.
The accent is the best as well 😀
nice videos and nice kasparov accent jajajja, i didnt know about new york accent though
36:50 when given enough time i can roughly calculate the variations you showed here. The problem is in the starting position id probably play f5 cause the black king looks more active after the exchange, thinking i can win (missing the kf4 idea locking the black king) and then i lose, instead you have to be okay with repeating moves with your king and settling for a draw which for me is very hard and unclear when you should take the draw and when to play for a win
Best chess tutor !! Please continue this valuable endgame series
Thanks for your tremendous generous efforts