EP.191 - GM Daniel Naroditsky from Perpetual Chess Podcast

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EP.191 - GM Daniel Naroditsky

1 hour 27 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2020 at 11:00 am.

We begin by discussing GM Daniel Naroditsky’s favorite Perpetual Chess interviews and the recent dramatic conclusion to Chess24's Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour

I love watching Danya play blitz, so I had to ask him about his rise up the ranks, and his battles with the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Andrew Tang and other great bullet and blitz players.

Our conversation segues into Danya’s practical advice for improving at fast chess, expanding on a great series he wrote for Chess.com, starting with The Blitz Chess Manifesto:

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We delve more into Danya’s blitz escapades including some great stories of his first encounters with Magnus Carlsen in online blitz.

How could Danya get better at fast chess? What could he do to crack 2700 ELO at Classical Chess?

Despite Danya’s success with multiple chess platforms, chess teaching remains his #1 passion? Why? And what are the pros and cons of streaming?

a Patreon supporter of the podcast writes in to ask Danya to discuss a story he had heard about Danya’s taking tons of notes about his games when he was a child. If you are interested in supporting Perpetual Chess and submitting questions for upcoming guests, you can find out more here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate

Danya tells a great story of a personal encounter, as a promising young chess player, with Garry Kasparov. Then he names a few of his favorite books.

We talk chess improvement, as I ask Danya the age old question of how to manage chess study time.

GM Naroditsky answers a Patreon mailbag question regarding whether he enjoys announcing scholastic tournaments, and how the presentation of these events could be improved.

Why are all these Chess Twitch stars so good at chess impersonations? Here is Danya doing GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Garry Kasparov

Why did Daniel relocate to Charlotte, and how is life there?

Thanks so much to GM Naroditsky for his insights, impersonations and fun stories. Here is how to keep up with him:

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24 year old GM Daniel “Danya” Naroditsky is one of the top players in the US, and won many scholastic titles in his career, including the 2007 World Under 12 Championship. He also has written two chess books, and graduated last year from Stanford University with a degree in history. Since graduating, Danya has relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina and turned his attention to chess full time. Aside from his classical chess accomplishments, Danya is making a name for himself as an entertaining and insightful Chess.com announcer, Twitch Streamer and Youtube presenter. GM Naroditsky is especially talented at fast chess, and has had many blitz and bullet battles with the likes of GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Andrew Tang. Danya sometimes wins and sometimes loses these matches, but the results are always entertaining. In our interview, we discuss Danya’s many roles in the chess world, and Danya also provides the usual helping of chess improvement talk and entertaining stories. Please read on for more details and timestamps.

Mentioned: Perpetual Chess Episode 46 with IM John Watson, Perpetual Chess Episode 190 with Andrew Zinn, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Hikaru Nakamura

Mentioned: Mechanics Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, IM John Donaldson

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-blitz-chess-manifesto

Mentioned: How to be Lucky in Chess: The Swindle, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Alireza Firouzja

https://www.chessable.com/short-sweet-french-defense/course/48354/

Mentioned: Limitless, Daniel’s YouTube Video- One of My Best Wins Against the World Champion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9rd97X9Too

Mentioned: GM Lev Psakhis, FIDE World Cup

Mentioned: IM Levy Rozman

Mentioned: Mastering Positional Chess, Mastering Complex Endgames

Learn from the Legends, Zurich 1953, My 60 Memorable Games, Capablanca’s Chess Primer, IM John Donaldson

Mentioned: The Best Move

Mentioned: GM Robert Hess, Chess.com’s “I am Not a GM tournament”

Mentioned: IM Levy Rozman, GM Aman Hambleton, GM Alexander Grischuk

Mentioned: FM Peter Giannatos, Charlotte Chess Center and Scholastic Academy, Charlotte Chess Center Summer 2020 Norm Invitationals

His Website- http://danielnaroditskychess.com/Home.html

YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP9CdeguNUI-_nBv_UXBhw

Twitch-https://www.twitch.tv/GMNaroditsky

Twitter-https://twitter.com/gmnaroditsky?lang=en

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