Master-Level Chess Puzzles, Explained

[Dudebug]

14:55
"One last one"
16:40
"Lets keep going"
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"One last one"

"GM Daniel "One More" "The Prophet" Naroditsky"

[frankzheng]

Could you consider making a video on middlegame plans? There doesn't seem to be as much content on them out there as openings/tactics, and I always feel like I start making random moves 10ish moves in my games. I love your videos, keep them up :)

[gabrielabdul]

As a programmer and chess enthusiast, hearing you say depth/breadth first search was heart-warming. Cheers

[Psa-]

Man if i could make a purple tiger out of a pawn id be unstoppable

[Hiderize]

Daniel is the only guy explaining puzzles as a GM, such a legend 🙌🙌

[shivampant]

Me at 600 nodding pretending I understand everything.

[arcticod]

This was very useful, I found myself often seeing the first move, but either not finding the best follow-up or abandoning the correct idea too early.

[queenmashupsgaming]

Amazing! your tactical explanations are gold worth. I suggest you maybe try explaining positional thinking, which is the key of chess for the 1900 - 2200 rating range (maybe even higher, im just not that high). No site has them, because they could have multiple solutions, but the solutions dont matter, the asspects of the position and the way a GM thinks about them could very well be not only for me, but for a lot of people a serious breakthrough in their chess careers. Most people dont understand the importance of positional play, which makes my claim of the rating breakthrough even stronger. Just something to consider... keep up the amazing job!!! I appreciate it more than you can imagine. Thank you so much!!!

[jimothyus]

Perfect timing with the upload. Now i can watch while eating breakfast

[blakops]

Nardotisky: *Tries to speak for 2 minutes*
His vocal cords: So you have chosen, death.

[Sam-pyqq]

12:05 Error,

Ke7 Qf7 is clearly not mate (Kd6), but Ke7 Qe5 followed by Qe6 regardless of blacks move is.

[michaelwhinnery]

Just found this channel and I love it ....the only thing I noticed is when you solve the puzzle the moves are played very fast, I would like to see each move along the way. Keep up the good work. And thank you.

[leorogers]

the fact Hikaru does these basically instantly is insane

[TobyGWilliams]

These videos are excellent, thank you for making them. Would love to see more content like you have been doing with Charlie as well, that's been by far the most instructive for me.

[MichaelMarteens]

Great explanations. I love when you reiterate the three main things you look for in any position.

It would help if you do the last part of each puzzle, where you execute the moves you just explained, a little slower. For example, 13:20 is way too fast. If you did those three moves in 2 seconds instead of 1/2 a second it would be beneficial to us.

[Iberium]

Thank you! I'm a 950-1000 and I was very surprised I could visualize along with your words and visualize specifically the checkmate Qf4# a second before you called it in that underpromotion puzzle!

[fullfat]

Personally I'd find it fascinating to what you solve problems that are difficult for you - most GM content for chess shows them effortlessly understanding everything, but seeing how you approach situations where you are challenged would be very instructive, I think

[sqttttt]

I've run into this video 2 years too late. As a CS student hearing "prune our decision tree" gives me unexplainable immense satisfaction.

[Kirisame]

the variance in the difficulty at that rating level on chess.com is remarkable. That last puzzle was very easy, but the one before it was very difficult.

[CarterCovers]

9:52 nice reference and very well used as someone whom learned these algorithms recently to solve code problems.