WINNING Position After 10 Moves?!

[@TheGermanObserver]

Wow, this Anna-lysis was SO amazing for me because several times we had the same ideas and problems (and I am a player of the lowest league in our area). One example is the "taking-back-issue". Thank you very much for this video. I hope I learned a lot while watching it.

[@cqaqa]

One of the best chess ambassadors out there!!! Great tournament so far:)

[@kevinlowen2648]

You know Anna, I feel bad sometimes because ma family and friends around me have very hard times and I also have so much stress and pain. Watching your videos and see how much energy you have makes me feel very comfortable. Thank you for this awesome experience :) I also want to say, I love your mom and her commentary. I try to watch the lives as much as I can, but I work late :D

[@TheLeopard2A6]

Imagine she is the reason for your fam. and friends having a hard time.. xD

[@justbeingme7379]

Tho😅excited😂😂😂😂😂25

[@tomriley5790]

Well done Anna! you've done so well this tournament!

[@JaniceRafael]

Anna, after the tournament could you please do a video on what preparing for a tournament game looks like - how you go about it?

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

I think she studies her opponent's games & their moves, just like in MMA or poker. She blurs out her screen, you can see it in her past videos, day 1-5. So I don't think she'll reveal it for us.

[@rianpuri3286]

@@Vagabond_EtrangerI think she does that so her opponents won’t see her theory which will help them. That’s why he’s asking for after the tournament

[@Matt-qd2wz]

@@rianpuri3286 but maybe she can play the theory in another tournament

[@leonardomeloni69]

Hikaru: "Welcome Back Everyone! 😁" Anna:"Good Morning Everybody! But it's not actually morning... 😁"

[@nikhillrao3799]

Gotham: 😶

[@leonardomeloni69]

@Mrs-Anna_Cramling bot

[@Shawn-c5q]

HIkaru I am going to destroy you in a few moves. . Anna I am going to have a winning game against you in 9 moves but will end up drawing instead.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

You have incredible strategies. That's what makes you truly stand out from all these tournaments you've been to.

[@vicooo4271]

lol

[@valentinleguizamon9957]

@@vicooo4271 what are u loling at

[@Shawn-c5q]

@@valentinleguizamon9957 Stand out yes lol. She so far in this event has lost at least 1 drawn game and drawn 1 winning game.

[@valentinleguizamon9957]

@@Shawn-c5q go bys then

[@sasabs6486]

@@Shawn-c5q next time why dont u go play in this tournament

[@stevevanzandt1655]

It's great hearing out you think about your positions and strategies.

[@ollyliam-john7868]

Bless for the positive content, always something to turn to if things aren’t going so great during a moment in time. Congratulations on the having a sick tournament so far, momentum is on your side!

[@cedricprevedello4704]

I started randomly to look Anna's videos following youtube's suggestions, I stayed for her smile, kindness and positivity.... now I am playing chess :).

[@Celestial-.-]

Ditto

[@jesuschrist5294]

haha that is the biggest smile she has all the time XDDD very funny and contagious

[@pushpatarini2997]

Me too

[@reddwarfhead]

I love these videos! Thanks for your efforts ❤

[@finitude0]

In the words of a great philosopher of our time, Micheal Scott "I'm not superstitious but i am a little stitious"

[@bramvandyck1273]

Challenge for Anna: do the cow opening once during the tournament 🐮 🐮 🐮

[@reddwarfhead]

don't push, you know she's gonna 😂

[@iamrohitshahi.]

I think it would be very risky. The only advantage she would have is of time as she can play first few moves very quickly😂

[@Fastrip]

that's a great idea!

[@andreasandreas9291]

She really shouldn't.

[@delturge]

The Cow can work agains an engine pretty well, I guess. I have used it to draw the Isabelbot (1600) a few times, and I got to like 35 moves against the Questionmaster, but you have to kind of play an "adaptive cow," because there are ways to make a Cow player's day rather difficult. But, what do I know, I almost never win. 🙂

[@candlelightlove]

i really like this new style with a little vlog section before the analysis :) also, thank you so much for taking the time to not only record but analysing ur games even when it’s already late at night + editing the videos fast enough to post them every day as well 🩵 i really appreciate all the dedication and effort! with that said, please remember to sleep and eat well and to rest a lot!!! kisses from Portugal 💫🫧🪻

[@bernardhargreaves9009]

i really appreciate the breakdowns of your matches. it helps me learn and though im not a chess player professionally it is a game i love to play for fun. your content is so inspiring. have an amazing tournament.

[@MrK-ti5lt]

Rock on Anna! Love your content and personality and good luck and have fun : )

[@EannaButler]

Great honest coverage, love this format, all the very best tomorrow x

[@magro2305]

Really strong defense of your opponent! Remember: It is not only about winning your good positions, it is also about not losing your bad ones!

[@tamatebako_yt]

Hey Anna, I really appreciate the effort you put into your videos! I just hope it's not too much playing a professional tournament AND filming daily videos at the same time. Even crazier if you edit the videos yourself (which I really hope you don't). Please don't overwork and take care of yourself!

[@JonamRa]

Honestly your smile is amazing. It makes me appreciate more the video when I am down. I would like to smile as often than Anna

[@overtoomm]

I love your positivity :) I use you videos in times i´m sad and it helps very well. Thank you!

[@FernandoRubioMateu]

12:51 lol , nice mocus capture the guy behind

[@DebHickerson]

I know nothing about chess, but you are so much fun to watch! Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@lukebrennan5780]

Love these games, Anna. This is very good. THANK YOU!

[@davidpeak6103]

So much fun to watch how excited you are during ths tournament! Looking forward to game 7 tomorrow. Dave from Ohio🍀

[@jamesb2034]

Yes, you should have long castled asap, mainly to double up the rooks. Also Qc2, lining up the bishop and queen on h7 would have given him a lot to defend. Or triple up and put the queen on the G file too, between the rooks. If you have an opening, attack, attack, attack! Still, 3.5, really good, keep it rollin!

[@christiangodin5147]

Thank you very much indeed for your nice videos. I was spending some time in Mallorca until the day before yesterday and I feel so sorry I did not know there was a chess tournament there. Otherwise I would have loved to visit the competitions (if visitors were allowed of course). Enjoy the rest of the tournament. Good luck !

[@quagapp]

Hi from NZ, Richard. I don't play OTB much but sometimes watch or play chess online or here. Prefer the vibrancy of Anna! She would laugh and smile regardless which is one good thing. The other I used in a tournament was to set a goal of 50%. I was trying to help a stronger player who wanted to beat IMs more! My advice was to visualize winning and feeling good, then drawing also, then losing and getting through. It three visualizations. Then, whatever happened, study for the NEXT game. Also I found some unusual lines some of his opponents played and some fairly unusual replies. A mistake he made was to play the opening he always plays with the Sicilian against a young IM. he was focusing (rightly) on making the right moves etc but needed to watch what was happening. The father of the boy, also an IM, was not doing well. My guess was he was devoting preparation time to assisting his son so they targetted my friends opening. A good switch for that game might have been to the Centre-Counter. Otherwise the main focus is just what Anna is doing. Keeping fit, trying to keep alert (yes coffee was always at tournaments in the good old days, I used to even take a thermos and eat my lunch during the game,a nd walk around etc but the organizers are getting more and more paranoid....hence in balance I prefer a few games on line esp. at my age. But Anna is attractive and more interesting in not only that way but as a commentator than most GMs most of whom are monumentally dull....

[@mmazz414]

Your life is so wholesome, Anna!! Love this content.

[@token1371]

Anna, you deserved to win this OTB match. Long castle was the move to double your rooks. I'm so impressed by how awesome you are as a chess analysis.🌞

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

You asked what we might have done differently. I don't play at your level, but if I was in a similar position as you at 10:11 I might have moved the rook to A7 instead of sacrificing the pawn. If he pushed the pawn to B6 I take the pawn at C7 and pin the knight. If he saw that coming, I still get the pawn at B7 for free. One or the other pawn was going to be free to take and maybe the knight too. (All of that analysis was made without pressure from the clock, of course. That darn clock changes everything sometimes.)

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

No, the point is that rook a7 he can play knight c5 and secure all his pawn

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

I guess i would have played Ra7,Nc5 and then b6 because if he takes i have Rb1 winning back the pawn and now the b and d pawn are scattered

[@andy0519]

Your videos are refreshing, love your energy and the format. Hopefully you continue making this content with other tournaments 🙌🏽 Edit: And the music you put while fast forwarding your games is perfect 👌🏽

[@juliemar3]

Wow, that’s our favourite holiday resort in Mallorca ….Blau….didn’t know they host chess tournaments

[@manuelgomeztapia4143]

I wated the whole stream on twitch and now also the video! 😊

[@Biskawow]

8:00 sums up the game

[@michaelwallace4298]

Early Long Side Castle - you know you had to. That was when everything pivoted to the draw - but better than a loss

[@kevinflick61]

Congratulations on your victory yesterday and even though today ended in a draw, you have not yet lost in this tournament , so use the experience to make you better for your next match. You are doing really well!!!

[@davidkovacs5614]

She lost in round 2^^ But still an awesome tournament ocf^^

[@joshjje]

I won't lie, I am quite envious. Such smart nice parents, and such a nice daughter. I wish I grew up in Sweden, lol.

[@joshjje]

@Mrs-Anna_Cramling Hmm, you have messaged me before about a gift, but I do not think you are the Anna.

[@bam3xs]

@@joshjje of course it's not her, just a stupid bot spamming everywhere. It's a well known disease plaguing KZbin for a long time. If you see such accounts, report them instantly

[@joshjje]

@@bam3xs Yeah, I was quite suspicious and once they asked for shipping money for the "gift" knew it instantly.

[@jaseinclee]

Good luck! Go win that tournament!

[@archivist17]

Good game. You're going well in this Tournament, and still taking the time to provide valuable content. Your opponent did well, this time, in rescuing a poor situation for him, to make the draw. Pretty solid play there.

[@S735334]

So nice to see you in my part of the world...& all the best for the rest of your time here..

[@dalemcdowell2684]

I would've tried to squeeze the king and a piece between E6 and H6, either winning a piece or trading off a rook for 2 minor pieces and entering the endgame up a pawn and the exchange.

[@tropicbongo5766]

love the energetic start xD

[@delturge]

You are so lucky to learn great lessons like that. Good luck!

[@delturge]

@Mrs-Anna_Cramling Aren't you in the middle of a live chess tournament right now?

[@mr.playingaoe7227]

@@delturge bro thats a scam account

[@charleswright4742]

Keep up the great work Anna, you are doing great.

[@naquihasanshamsi9937]

Other players preparing hard for tournament Anna - lets go pool 😂

[@naquihasanshamsi9937]

@Mrs-Anna_Cramling go to hell

[@RileyGein]

Pool and vegetables

[@Amadeus_Flyfishing]

7:30 Bxf4 was painful to watch, but nobody is a chess engine, so... well played still! PS: Your mom really "didn't like" this move :D

[@ESalty6969]

This journey has just been awesome too see ❤

[@realandsurreal]

Great job! Anna Cramling, making chess fun again.

[@michaelwallace4298]

at 5.30 - IMHO - rather than juggle to gain extra moves, let the Queen come to D4, it loses ALL momentum in that position - then the idea to shift the Rook to G1 to pin the king, knight to E4, with the threat of bishop to H6. Black King has to move to H8 or F7 - you have three moves that limit his actions and stop his development. It costs the pawn on H2, but you have both bishops and queen lined up onto the King

[@noahstoner851]

8:55 she feels the need to say she’s joking in order to not hurt the horsies feelings 😢

[@CoreDump07]

the positivity is just bubbling out of you like a fountain

[@NoFaithNoGlory]

Maybe instead of check on h6 I would have gone for Rook takes knight on d7, then he takes with the king. Then you take with your king on b7. Next you king b6 back again. He can't check or take anything so he moves his king to d7. Then C5. If he takes, you take with your king and you have a pass pawn and your king to protect it. That's maybe a win. But just maybe.

[@SeanWyseman]

Getting exercise & sunlight will put more oxygen in your blood & therefore your brain. Exercise will always help. Clay Millican a professional dragster driver actually has his blood sugar level checked minutes before he drives because his reaction times have been faster when his blood sugar is within a particular range.

[@conquerordie230]

Words of wisdom to live by at the end. 🙏

[@irlshrek]

She has such a lovable wholesome personality!

[@davej.2761]

Could have won this game easily! 5:42 the Queen is already trapped! You go Bishop g5. Queen must go d4 You go Knight e2 Queen must go a7 (anything else loses Queen) Now you go Bishop h6. From there you win the game in less than 10 moves!

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

We can actually see her chess self-esteem grow right in front of our eyes during this tournament.

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

I understand your feelings after this game, but you are good at keeping everything in a balanced overall perspective, which in the case of this tournament is really quite positive. Glad for you. BTW, have you given an update on how things have gone for your father?

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

So wonderful ! Go Anna !

[@jacobhulin4660]

Loving your videos as always, hope you win chess streamer of the year this year.

[@tmowasright]

9:22 he started moving around his what?!?! 😳

[@lopzinc]

his penis

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

Pieces, what did you understand? 😬

[@rogerlonghorn2425]

I don't even like chess but I love the way you talk about it

[@Jasper-Plays]

CHALLENGE FOR ANNA!! : PLAY THE COW OPENING DURING A TOURNAMENT. Make a good vid out of it ❤

[@Shaun_GTI]

Need to start trusting that intuition

[@that_viking_girl]

Great Job! I admire your mix of being smart and being a regular person.... sleeping in but studying hard before the match...and going to the pool..HAHA! You gotta go to the pool! Good luck I am rooting for you! Great video!

[@uselesscrappyvideos]

"Goodnight everybady, don't forget to eat your vajtables! Ah've eaten them, and thar good!" Brilliant sign-off, has absolutely nothing to do with chess, and it was made all the funnier with your quirky accent and super-close-up! It was ultra-geeky of you, but I actually laughed out loud. 😂

[@wolverinexman5105]

Make you 1st candidate move as your 3rd option.

[@cricrimc]

Yeah!!! always waiting for the review 'cause i miss the last 30min of every game!

[@davidhale8034]

Because you need sleep 😂😂 👍

[@scubadawgy]

No coffee available at a chess tournament!?!! That's criminal! Those sadistic organizers!

[@scubadawgy]

You would have won had there been coffee. :-)

[@mr.playingaoe7227]

@@scubadawgy bro thats a scam bot

[@your_average_joe5781]

Coffee is a hug, in a mug. ☕

[@markhathaway9456]

It always looks easy when the GMs play something in an even position and it works. How do they find those plans? Aren't their games even more difficult than this one? Bobby Fischer said, "You have to give squares to get squares" and generally that's true with plans against strong opponents. To have a plan that works you have to give up something else -- and that goes against everything we've learned to do to avoid losses.

[@lmaolmao9713]

we love you thx for posting! :3

[@ellispiper6313]

Keep up the passion anna!

[@frankblangeard8865]

In her videos offering advice she says to 'castle early'. She was lucky to get a draw.

[@MaFo82]

How was she lucky ? Her opponent defended really well but I didn't spot any obvious mistakes from his side.

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

Chess principles are for support begginners high level players break the principles all the time because they know when Anna could have had a bigger advantage if she castled in the right moment but in the macht she was never worse

[@frankblangeard8865]

@@flacsomtodosclas2165 If the principles are only for beginners then they are not principles at all.

[@joelbecane1869]

Thank you Anna I will not forget :)

[@AV8R_Surge]

Anna learns the castle lesson over and over. 🤦🏻 But I shouldn't critique because I suck at chess; Anna is 2200 times better than me.

[@IDKLOL-vw9yy]

12:11 i wouldve given check Rh6 if and do sth with the rooks like Rd8-h8

[@Nootn-otnoot]

When I heard Daniel, I was waiting for N... 1:05

[@mohawksniper79]

Great job 👍🏼🤠🇨🇦

[@GigiPerla]

Good game Anna. And nice content for us. Thank you. :)

[@Stian_2023]

Anna maybe you can content how to prepare opening against your oppenent like what are you doing in the video so that i can use it in my tour.

[@NextLevelHardstylez]

I wish i could be so positive about life like you. You are really inspiring!

[@blizzard2099]

Sleep well Anna. Producing content while preparing and playing every day in a tournament must be exhausting !

[@jeroenneve5807]

What I would have done in that position? I probably would have lost. (knight-forks are tricky!)

[@shawnhorton2000]

Show the accuracies of both players after each match pls!

[@darkknight32920]

Haha, so basically the lesson here, castle early. Good advice for anyone.

[@rodrigoffdsilva]

Let's see what I would do... I would leave the playing room, jump into the pool, come back drenched dripping all over the place. My plan being breaking all my opponent's lines of thinking and (maybe) win.

[@LeonCoaching]

It's shocking i had the same position in a tournament game after Ne8,mostly happens after people confuse the lines i believe

[@michaelmulcahy9076]

You are very good. Thank you

[@noahstoner851]

I like the vlog before the game analysis format. Other chesstubers should take note

[@izaakmarkusarmelius5323]

Good-day Anna Cramling... Do the cow opening once during the tournament! You have en passant[{impossible to believe}]•••••>i mean you have incredible strategies! Gbu-Anna.

[@johnmca5643]

I wish I had 10% of this young women's energy.

[@youtubeaddict487]

exactly haha

[@adrianunderwood961]

Sounds like your worst mistake was going to the pool rather than having a sleep!

[@stamy]

Hi, you are so funny :) It is a great pleasure to watch your videos. In fact it gave me the will to start play chess again after several years. This is may be an obvious question, but what is the chess engine you are using in your videos ? And for my comments on the game, I guess you were too confident when he did a mistake, so you did not play as strong as when you are threatened.

[@irawardmusic]

Remember that every loss is a win if you've learned something!

[@rogerw1521]

Good luck in round 7, Anna

[@skgontop]

i wouldnt exchange the pawns the b6 i dont like the more pawns you have the more chances you have

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

Thats not how it works in this case having a lot of pawns is a problem for Anna because the opponent has more pieces so is hard to defend then all to win these end games you get to have a better structure than his opponents and to do that you have to make the right pawn breaks to create more weakeneses on the opponent position só they cant attack you because they pieces are occupated defending their pawns

[@Tanolotus]

You go girl!

[@williamgills4581]

The pool is your cábala!!

[@your_average_joe5781]

Coffee is a hug , in a mug ! ☕