How Ian Nepomniachtchi Won the 2022 Candidates | GM Naroditsky

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

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[brandonperkins]

I love your delivery when speaking. To me, it sounds clear, conversational, and easy to follow. Your instructional content is also top tier. Keep up the amazing work!

[davemathew]

The undisputed king of internet chess instruction.

[rayfangrui]

The fact that Ding somehow won 2nd place not having once been better at move 30 is just mind boggling.

[barasurya]

45:09 I very loudly cackled. Danya being very cheeky indeed

[rokastverijonas]

Danya is simply amazing. That cheeky part of “irresponsibly played a bullet against a player that shall remain undisclosed” was hilarious. Been watching the candidates with Russian commentators, it was epic how Kramnik was blasting Firouzja for h4, saying that even 2100 would not do that. Kramnik and co knew that Firo was in trouble right after the Najdorf opening, even when computer was showing zeroes, they knew that he chose a very impractical line, which will lead to a collapse. And they were right.

[dannyYT]

Danya put a ton of effort into this video. Extremely important video with lots of great data

[raghavtoshniwal]

Bring the endgame series back !! Those were very informative and challenging

[owaisabdulmoeed]

Love it! As a math student currently studying statistical methods for research, I thoroughly enjoyed both the chess and the statistics in this video. Amazing work, Danya! I owe SO much of my chess learnings to you. Recently hit the unfathomable (a few months ago) 1500 rating, absolutely over the moon and very grateful for your amazing content. (I know 1500 chesscom is not a very impressive number, but as someone who struggled to get out of the 11-1200s, I'm quite proud of how far I've come)

[vjbragae]

Richards demon: Its not over yet, you can go for a win.

Alirezas demon: Come on Ali... just a few games to release the stress.

[anneiam]

Best chess essayist on YouTube hands down. The value of this content puts you well above most other popular chesstubers. Deserves 1mil views.

[karlballester]

Your delivery brings a gravitas to your craft and we are all here for it

[vlet]

That bullet session comment cracked me up. Great video

[fujiapple]

Daniel always has valuable and compelling insights to share, so I know this video will be awesome! The quality of Ian's play in the past two candidates is simply remarkable!

[Kindreda]

A few things Danya, some constructive criticism, some observations and some fascination, all done with love.
1 - If you want to show graphs, it's a good idea to label the x- and y-axis so that in case the viewer forgets what they are, it's written.
2 - The fact that you went out of your way to make graphs shows how much you have a passion for the game and that passion is infectious
3 - You just made me discover how amazingly good Nepo is.

Amazing content, amazing teaching style. Keep up the Chess lord's work :D

[kingkei]

I like these technical analysis more than the other (relatively) superficial way of just going through the game quickly in 10mins or so... this is very inspiring and unique!

[Matematikervildtsjov]

Man, you have actually outdone yourself! Probably the best chess video I've seen all year, thank you so much!

[jimgu]

Very exciting idea for a video! I’ve been wondering myself what makes Ian stand out from the rest. From all the articles and reports, it’s easy to say how his close competitors have failed or struggled (Fabi collapsing in the second half, Ding missing chances in the first half, Alireza playing risky speculative chess etc.). However, it’s much harder to pinpoint what Ian did in particular to win the tournament convincingly. Thank you Danya for showing us!

[mitshua]

Let's go Ian. Im rooting for him this time around

[ritterforce]

hey danya I would just like to say that you are a great creator, this took tones of effort but you still did it and tryed really hard to make this video for us. Thanks so much

[bloodcake]

This is the Content we need on youtube. Even Levy couldnt explain the reasoning behind alot of his moves during the candidates and seeing such a strong GM explain it for us normies is incredibly informative. Thank you. Now get back to the Endgame videos please :D