Settle for a Draw!?! | Scandinavian Defense | GM Naroditsky’s Theory Speed Run

00:00 Intro
00:23 First Move
00:30 Game
33:45 Analysis

Bortnyk and Naroditsky's Jobava London

Edited by @ClydeBarber (check out some of my original music on YT)

#speedrun #grandmaster #chess

[DoctorSurgeon]

Now every time my opponent goes into the tank, I think they're just explaining to chat how they're about to kick my ass. Thanks Danya

[liljackypaper]

My updated vocab list I've learned from watching Danya's videos:

Ensconce
Circumspect
Convoluted
Endemic
Gradation
Revulsion
Enthralled
Phalanx
Conflating
Myopic
Scant
Crux
Excoriate
Peeve
Foible
Obviate
Predilection
Antediluvian


Vocab rating: 3200 elo

[gloppengloop]

genuinely gained hundreds of elo from watching these speedruns thank you so much danya

[OnkelEngelbert]

GM Naroditsky: keeping up his dignity against a-holes since 1995.

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Spoiler:


I love the way that the ediyor didn't put cheater news to the title, so I watched it like an episode of a series and I really appreciate it :)

[seand]

What a game, and as always, handled with class. I like these games where it's about trying to find minor chances out of an equalish opening with an open position.

[PDJMDS]

Danyas diplomatic way of saying he thinks opponent might be cheating "I'm getting that hopeless feeling"

[ChristopherLien]

I'm a new subscriber, and haven't known about you for very long. But I want to commend you, and tell you how much I appreciate the tenacity with which you defend your opponent's honor, even when you *do* suspect cheating; refusing to make (or even entertain) any accusations until you've had time to dig in with the engine. I admire the display of character you show in these scenarios.

[usageunit]

39:22 And the word of the day is "ensconce". I love that he's both a GM at chess and a GM at English. I can't tell you the last time I heard that word used.

[arezzo]

Congrats Danya for drawing this! Even if the game was less analysed, I feel like we learned a lot from watching you play for a draw and trying to find the best moves who gave you chances.
The opponent might have been lucky with his moves, which happens.
Thanks for the game

[stephenwells]

You’re too nice to opponents who cheat. As someone in the rating range of your opponent, I could play 1000 games against a grandmaster and not come within spitting distance of a game like that. It is noticeable that the only moves that were inaccurate were the ones where they spent time deciding upon. Every top engine move was made within seconds.

[starship]

That moment at the end of the game where it looked like black might try and go on for a win, but then went for a draw anyways. That's him choosing a slightly different move out of frustration that the engine was repeating moves

[mydevice]

When the opponent plays a lot of "immediate consternation" moves and still has 15 mins

[samlaber]

Same guy who lost to a 1200 earlier today absolutely found the sauce against Danya...

[Userato]

A draw against Stockfish is a remarkable result

[judsongordy]

In about 1/3 of these videos Danya says "1/500 games I will be outplayed, it's not that crazy".

[anthonypassarelli]

I watched as he came into chat. The fact that he knew Frankfurt Airport is your speedrun name shows that there was at least the possibility that he knew who he was playing during the match. So in putting this match into that perspective it does lend to skepticism of his play being legitimate, as opposed to if he had no idea who you were.

[Gretchaninov]

A few comments:

1) Danya's videos, teaching and attitude are incredible. He's exemplary in the chess community and handles potential cheaters extremely well.

2) There are many different levels of what could be called "rare". Every move changes the odds. Playing 3 best moves in a row might be a 1 in 10 chance for a certain player, for example. But then 6 moves would be a 1 in 100 chance and 9 moves would be 1 in 1000. It all depends on the factors and the odds tend to grow exponentially. Someone playing a pretty good game is one thing. Someone playing 600 points above their ELO sustained for 30 or 40 moves is basically impossible. On the level of 1 in a million million, not just 1 in 10 or 1 in 100.

3) It doesn't matter if the moves can be rationalised afterwards. Anything becomes easier to explain after the fact. The question is whether the player actually came up with them and how plausible it is based on their rating. Again, a 1 in 100 possibility can be given the benefit of the doubt while a 1 in 1, 000, 000, 000, 000 is basically proof.

4) Based on this, I'd say this guy cheated. He might be a legit player most of the time, but that doesn't change the fact that he chose to cheat in this game which ruins the game and his reputation. Way too many factors point to cheating - the speed of the moves, the consistent high accuracy, the intuition of Danya (like you're getting squeezed), the unintuitive moves, etc.

5) The pause needn't indicate "thinking", it could also be that they're distracted or had computer issues.

6) Cheaters often turn the engine on and off. So overall accuracy is less significant than long streaks of perfect moves during the game, regardless of a few mistakes.

[Tiranyos]

5:56 one of the voice cracks of our time

[blainehuff]

The guy has a 1959 puzzle rating with over 3, 500 puzzles attempted. I have a 2549 rating on puzzles with 4, 200 attempted and am a USCF 1406. Tactically he's much worse than me and no way could I come close to hanging with a GM for 68 moves.