A film about chess, with swedish whiz-kid Anna Cramling and astronaut Christer Fuglesang

Fri Tanke proudly presents, "A film about chess", with swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang and swedish whiz-kid Anna Cramling!
Anna Cramling is only 15 years old but has already competed in the Swedish olympic team in chess and has travelled as a player all over the world. She will be at the swedish bookfair in Gothenburg 29-30 September in Fri Tanke's exhibition booth (B03:22). Challenge her and win a free book... if you can beat her. In the film Anna speaks about why chess is so much fun and why it is better than all other games.
Christer Fuglesang is associate professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, and also an astronaut. He loves chess and has together with Swedish Grand Master Jesper Hall written a book for children about chess called "Schackjakten". In the film he speaks about why chess makes you smart and what it was like to play chess in space.
So check it out, we hope you'll like it!

[@metalosaur]

15 yo Anna: "It's all about playing as well as possible at all times" 18 yo Anna: "i'M HaVinG ZoOmEr fUn"

[@noraeld5020]

Dude this is so cool to find after watching her stream chess

[@greghuang2314]

Fast forward 5 years and Anna Cramling is one of the Internet's most popular chess streamers, with 140K subscribers and counting...she has come a long way!

[@doctorbalanar]

570k now

[@greghuang2314]

@@doctorbalanar She is on fire indeed! Can't wait for her to reach 1 million!

[@T3n50r]

Most wholesome chess channel as well, her family joins in and she plays all kinds of people. Her energy and love of the game is impossible not to enjoy or get inspired by imo.

[@davidw4781]

5 years ago, no one even knew who she was, 5 years later she is a household name across the globe. It's amazing how she got that famous all of a sudden.

[@nicolaspeters2555]

1.1M now

[@whatsinaname7289]

She's so passionate about the game! And he's a real astronaut?? WOW!!

[@Philson]

Didn't mention that, among other things, both her mom and dad are GMs.

[@berkY.]

so her personality is not just for stream she's just a bubble of joy. I really wonder how she played classical chess with so much energy

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

One of my first girlfriends when I was 17 looked in my bedroom and saw I had a book ... it was entitled " All about chess " by Larry Evans... she saw it and asked why I had a book entitled " All About Cheese "... I corrected her that it was all about chess ... and she said " Oh" . She seemed more disappointed that it was a chess book lol. She still became my gf later , but just remember guys ... Cheese is apparently sexier than chess ..well it was until The Queens Gambit series came out .

[@Very-ImportantPerson]

Unless it's the cheese on your mushroom. Then it's not sexy. Remember boys.

[@nicbentulan]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Sole-.]

@@nicbentulan Have you heard of the word "lol" ?

[@nicbentulan]

@@Sole-. LOL

[@FredPlanatia]

How about a chess set made of cheese? Is that even sexier?

[@s1mphuntr]

Ladies and Gentlemen..we got em!

[@ceratoenjoyer]

Lool

[@billbusen]

I can tell this is really Anna because she is about to lose on time with an overwhelmingly winning position against someone with lots of time on his clock, and then checkmates him two seconds from losing.

[@nicolaspeters2555]

Everyone enjoys supporting you because chess is great but also because you are a likeable person and a great role model for young girls.

[@Atombender]

"I am, among other things, an astronaut." lolwut

[@0s0sXD]

It's how swedes talk normally all the time

[@MrRazorblade999]

@@0s0sXD Yeah, we're all astronauts

[@0s0sXD]

@@MrRazorblade999 no, they say "I am among other things" is what I meant.

[@Atombender]

Actually the first Swedish Astronaut.

[@ahmedbounader5593]

@THOT Police Who is Johnny Sins by the way ?

[@KCSPresence]

If she could just be a druggy and a drunk, get sober, and win the world championship. I think that would make a great show

[@Myrslokstok]

Anna is like 2000 Elo and top 20 swedish woman ever and only 18 years old.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Is 2000 really top 20 Swedish women ever? That's kinda sad tbh

[@SimsHacks]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate her peak is 2175.

[@whatsinaname7289]

Amazing!

[@ElEcodelTren]

LOOOOL Anna Cramling!! :3

[@Athenian888]

Isn't this beautiful young lady the daughter of the legendary Pia Cramling? :)

[@Alexei2539]

And her father is GM Bellon, a noted attacking player, so Anna has chess genes on both sides of the family!

[@hebrewwolf6540]

@@Alexei2539 well how about the fact that she's rated 1900? 🤣

[@tbxl8204]

@@hebrewwolf6540 negativ talent in life. -Ben Finegold

[@honest_bishop5905]

@@hebrewwolf6540 oof

[@markjestermatote7774]

@@tbxl8204 LMAO

[@aceofspades627]

Anyone know what chess board/set that is? I love how clean and simple everything looks.

I admit I clicked for thumbnail

[@Richard_Gonda]

Anna is amazing

[@sitbone3]

Oh my !

[@secularapple]

This kid can go places if she ever discovers the internet.

[@elder65]

Nice chessboard, where can I buy one like those?

[@rateme6166]

@@alfa-psi they're selling on mars too now

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

go to ebay or amazon(new), but new is not necessary

[@DSwecker]

Anna, you're content creation will go through the roof when you can return to this genuineness

[@Gerard1971]

1:20 The remark about using a chessboard with velcro on it space is really funny, was he not aware that chessboards with magnetic pieces exist? :-)

[@n0b0dylikeme]

its weird when you film people from above...

[@Shipdacheese]

No joke i read a film about cheese' before i clicked...'but why would you want to watch a film about cheese'? Hmmm...good question!

[@rubenruben1632]

The queens gambit!

[@Gloriath1]

Aaaaand she snapped Andariel like a boss!

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

That's such a weird shot

[@pernormann4869]

No free book for the astronaut.

[@takyc7883]

Anna's actual chess ability peaked so hard 5 years ago

[@jennyohara4011]

Her hair is much more Swedish during the 2022 Olypiad

[@DanielWalvin]

2 seconds left on the clock... 😛

[@dogtwinkie]

Anyone know what style chess board and pieces were used?

[@santiagoruival8663]

Think that’s called soviet but I’m not too sure

[@BrokenNoah]

Smol Anna

[@matheustran8009]

Anna looks the same 3 years ago

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Cramling's a charmer 😊. Lovely gal.

[@rodarvarkmat7437]

WoooW Anna

[@dreamtobeapolyglot8444]

So cool! I learned when I was 10 and taught our son when he was 4. He is 7 now and he is addicted to chess. By the way what langauge is being spoken in this video?

[@Nash9r]

I hope, she bewares of the bishops.

[@Carnagemode]

she is so different when she speaks sweedsih lol

[@stenergut9661]

her voice and demeanour changed from back then. seems a lot less goofy. must be the hair.

[@TheBeelzboss]

This says a lot about her current health. She didn't look like she had an eating disorder back then but she does now. It's really sad and I hope she's healthy.

[@nicotinerush374]

So it's not just me who thinks that

[@balcoz2004]

Anna is cute.

[@TheLeopard2A6]

"Hi, my name is Anna Cramling.." ?! oh wait ))

[@iuliuscaesar9078]

She´s Spanish.

[@ragnarkisten]

Fuglesang forgot to tell his age!

[@kinglear5952]

If this video teaches one thing it is how to pronounce Jesper Hall a.k.a. Yesper Hal. I will pour derision and contempt on anyone who does not know this from now on.

[@frankohero]

"Chess is the best game ever"... dear Anna - you don't know D2 yet :). No. Chess IS actually the best game ever created... but your mindset has to be sooo mean, sneaky and precise, that I often prefer less violent games, like f.e. "Doom" or "Slaughter em' ALL" or the evergreen "Chess 960".

[@eduardovillarreal5368]

Hellow hellow hellow

[@henschthedane7902]

I assume she has family ties with the Swedish femle grandmaster Pia Cramling.

[@sleepingchannelsandbridges]

Hun er datteren hennes!

[@stojankovacic1524]

She has a KZbin channel so you can watch her I guess. Pia is her mother.

[@shanelevene4864]

Yes, She's Pia's mother.

[@theherk]

@@shanelevene4864 You have that reversed. Tord Tjora has it correct above. "She is her daughter."

[@shanelevene4864]

@@theherk I know, was just a little joke... X

[@brianjacob8728]

whiz kid? Both of her parents are GMs. Of course she's good at chess...

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

It's an atrocity the way Fuglesang pronounces chess in Swedish. Anna says it the right way though

[@kenkur27]

I don't know Swedish but could tell that they pronounced the word 'Shack' differently, she says something like 'hwack', he says it like an English speaker would expect.

[@gugge5958]

@@kenkur27 Anna is saying it right. The "hw" you hear is the Sj-sound, a swooping sound unique to Swedish and very common. Only old people from rich parts of Stockholm would pronounce it like he does.

[@Thricecube57]

He must be from Skåne

[@GG_AJfan]

Back in the day when she looked like a snack 😊

[@Treadstone7]

Well, if your opponent blunders his queen, I call that luck :D

[@Samuelissad]

The opponent makes that decision on his own free will. There is no external factor responsible for that.

[@dominusdone5023]

@@Samuelissad then what is "luck" like a game of dice. The player chooses his own way of moving the dice. Or a rng game. The player chooses to play that game which makes him lose.

[@billli6485]

@@dominusdone5023 Your opponent blundering their queen isn't luck, it requires skill to be able to see that they hang their queen and capture it whereas luck is an external force completely out of your control. The reason why chess isn't luck is that it isn't random, every capture of a queen is solely based on your decision. Rolling dice is random because you can't guess and strategize where the dice are going to roll on in a perfect throw whereas when you capture a queen you are the one making the decision. By your logic, any game could seem like luck whether it is football, basketball, or tennis, they all require the opponent to make a mistake and you to capitalize on that mistake to win.

[@dominusdone5023]

@@billli6485 it is out of your control… being able to spot that chance is not the same as luck but it is still considered luck if they hang it themselves

[@dominusdone5023]

@@billli6485 because luck isn’t just taking advantage it’s being coincidentally in a good position at the right time to do something so in sports it can also be considered luck

[@ilucian2792]

defend your country !

[@kzmOP]

Ok

[@youngkrzywus4983]

Any Zbycholuds here? 👽

[@crashhhhhhh3068]

Who are you lying about being an astronaut.

[@demonellblockstarplanet8312]

0:43 My dad taught me ?*

[@flutemcglute]

The thumbnail gives a familiar feeling...

[@masterdarkdeath]

Fifteeeen

[@tasfiatanzila]

Why are men so creepy?

[@oura-stuff9388]

you can get away with this in other videos but she's like 15

[@daano465]

@@oura-stuff9388 he cant do anything about the feeling, hes just reporting.

[@oura-stuff9388]

@@daano465 i know, that's why i said you can get away with this in other videos, but she's 15

[@nossenkanter]

"I can't wait to use chess to chase clout." - aNnA cRaMlInG

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

She literally looked older at 15 y/o than now

[@klatchabobby]

I think she looks the same, I don't see much of a change. She wears more makeup now as far as I know

[@CrazyAvidGamer]

this is the weirdest casting couch episode ever

[@rambodehydrated]

lul

[@science_is_fake_and_gay2710]

Shut up

[@alastairk0159]

She's literally 15 get help

[@gourmand6633]

@@alastairk0159 shes 18 now lol I was also 15 when this video was recorded

[@oscarpadilla8548]

No entendí un culo

[@dulcerio7960]

Deberías aprender ingles

[@raulminguez7517]

@@dulcerio7960 tranquilo crack

[@34REDCOW34]

mrlamasc

[@KEKEgalv]

Elle est espagnole. Es espanola.

[@mustaffa1611]

more like astro-not

[@Lokesvalll]

Bro he went to space

[@mustaffa1611]

@@Lokesvalll sure he did

[@harpoon_bakery162]

so who won this fast blitz game? or whatever you call it when you have a timer just among friends? Again, bottom line, so who won? Just kidding, she won the game but he played good. I believe she is ranked (amongst women) about 1122

[@harpoon_bakery162]

@@monporn1 ah yes Rolf, that is good score indeed. she very worthy chess mate for check-mate

[@markjestermatote7774]

She's a FIDE Master.

[@thehair9236]

@@harpoon_bakery162 i had a seizure reading your comments

[@JamesJoyce12]

@@markjestermatote7774 she is around 2,000 as am I - so hardy a master - she is a "woman" FIDE master

[@markjestermatote7774]

@@JamesJoyce12 My bad bruv, I'm just new to chess and I'm still trying to navigate myself around the basic stuff.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

I heard you can make hundreds of thousands as a young player, then the brain deteriorates...so they say make as much money as possible as early as you can so that you have retirement money built up at an early age and also you can buy a 5 bedroom house with 4 1/2 baths and live pretty comfortably by the sea. Many top players make millions per year if you include endorsements.

[@RobertSela]

ya i heard there is a book called greatest bullshit ever, and you just took a quote out of it

[@chris77jay77]

Sure, I’d love to get intellectually humiliated by someone 1/3 of my age lol.

[@kencur9690]

Chess at the highest levels isn’t much about intellectual superiority anymore. It’s still there, the element of intellectual activity, but rote learning by heart openings and computer-generated responses is now a huge part of it, much more than it was 10-15 years ago.

[@KevinLuWX]

The game ended in a draw though

[@chris77jay77]

@@kencur9690 ugghhh that’s worse. That means I have to work to be good. Why can’t I just hit my head and become a genius like that one guy.

[@tokeeriksen2425]

@@KevinLuWX What? no it didn't. Anna mated him, she even says "skakmat" (checkmate).

[@rocketduck44]

@@KevinLuWX No it didn't.

[@reda4961]

She looks like the girl from the meme with 4 black dudes on the thumbnail lol. Hope nobody finds this disrespectful or whatever other intention you think this comment might have, I just found it quite funny

[@doowoppyify]

She's not Swedish, she is Spanish. She was born and raised in Spain for 12 years, then se moved to sweden and lived a few years there, but doesn't makes you Swedish.

[@Gerard1971]

Being born in Spain doesn't make you Spanish either. While Anna was indeed born and spent her early years there (while also traveling all over the world with her parents), nationality is not solely determined by the place of birth. Many countries, including Sweden, recognize jus sanguinis (right of blood), which means that a child inherits one or more nationalities from their parents at birth regardless of the place of birth. Anna is both Spanish (father) and Swedish (mother), which grants Anna the right to Swedish citizenship. She has been living in Sweden for 10 years now, and also uses her mother's last name.

[@doowoppyify]

@@Gerard1971 If she was born in Spain, the only right second name she is allowed to use in her DNI or passport is her father's surname and then the mother's, as the last. If she changed it in Sweden, that's another story, but I'm sure that in her Spanish passport her father's surname comes first. Being born in Spain, makes you Spanish. If in Sweden you can claim being from somewhere else, it's not my problem, as she is Spanish because she was born and raised in Spain.