I ALMOST Beat MVL

I played the world chess blitz champion (Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) at a bar in paris! Hope you enjoy the game :)
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[@AnnaCramling]

Hey guys! Due to copyright issues we had to mute a few mins of this video, I'm really sorry about this but still wanted to upload as it was such a cool opporutnity to play against such a strong player. Hope you enjoy the video anyways!

[@sembei501]

¿Qué injusto! ¿Qué disco era? No quiero comprarlo por accidente.

[@danhouston4931]

next time voice over

[@myopenmind527]

You had him under real pressure. You played a good game. Would be worth analysing this game. 👍

[@geert574]

I have adblock anyway u can cut all u want 😁

[@kinofchaos9085]

Why?The music was so much fun...and the audience were great...did they end up saying something you couldnt broadcast,it really killed the vibe.

[@k4nful]

MVL is big champion but also a very humble and nice guy, he is sometime on the live stream of "blitzstream" and he share with pleasure his strong knowlegdes

[@arzaahk7190]

world champion*

[@cizdarcos1535]

@@arzaahk7190 BAP

[@arzaahk7190]

@@cizdarcos1535 brigade anti pleutre ;)

[@FenBender01]

Maxime is a true gentleman in this game.

[@devoursilent7510]

@@osdeving lmfao why are you so mad

[@joshs7160]

@@osdeving When the opponent is a woman. MVL is a good dude though, so it's not that serious.

[@zig2253]

@@osdeving fu

[@framed9240]

@@osdeving swine

[@paqui5741]

Merci Maxime de porter les couleurs de la France si bien, ton humilité et ton savoir sont des exemples !

[@kylerayner1619]

MVL is a beast and yet, very humble and friendly

[@philippebaillargeon5204]

As a french Canadian, I absolutely love seeing both of them speaking my native language and english at the same time.

[@papatango5085]

Parle français n'aie pas peur l ami québécois

[@philippebaillargeon5204]

@@papatango5085 Ahaha j'ai écrit en anglais parce que les gens parlent probablement plus anglais que français ici.

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

It is tricky to play against MVL over the board, he always finds counter attacking moves whenever in difficulty!

[@alessbritish228]

how tho

[@cwazyazn]

Nah, she had a much better opening, and blundered a rook mid game, but she was outplaying him for the first 5 min.

[@monteraid]

@@cwazyazn he had half the time and most importantly he didn't seem like trying

[@hugovolpi4680]

@@cwazyazn no offense but you don’t seem to realize how strong MVL can be. You make him like he is small fish lol. When in full potential he is almost unbeatable

[@luciannuic4843]

@@hugovolpi4680 exactly, the nerve on some people…

[@front331]

One thing I can take from MVL is that everything will be ok. No matter the obstacle.

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Wow what a solid game. Great stuff to go so many rounds with a blitz, let alone super-GM, champion.

[@Lucart123456lol]

MVL seems to be a genuinely nice guy

[@write-only]

Dude is bluffing again

[@Hyperion94]

Challenged our champion and your resistance was very honorable. Keep playing and loving the game of the King's and Queens for sure, you're the smile of Chess!

[@antoniostojanovski9008]

I hope that one day he will be a classical chess world champion too.He is a master of blitz

[@2healthy267]

Damn he really didnt want to leak his grunfeld prep lol. MVL trolling 😭

[@alessbritish228]

bruh

[@Misteribel]

That was a tantalising game! You had him beat, if not for that rook and than in the endgame against the bishop you could pull a draw, yet one wrong move under time pressure and it’s GG. Chess is brutal, love your vibe!

[@dvelilla]

Oh yeah, she 'had him beat' after he gave her two mulligans. Please.

[@joshs7160]

@@dvelilla That's kind of a given, you don't have to take it so seriously. lol

[@dvelilla]

@@joshs7160 Looks like you're the one thats taking it seriously lol

[@joshs7160]

@@dvelilla Jesus, how old are you?

[@dvelilla]

@@joshs7160 Older than you. Go back to bed like a good little boy.

[@Maximitus96]

With a little more of end-game intuititon you would have drawn the endgame pushing the pawn, it would have been legendary. Anyway most of the game was incredible solid on your part; like MVL was dead lost several times.

[@DexM47]

Translation of the French parts (related to the game): 2:11 Jules: "That was the winning move." MVL: "Don't exaggerate". 2:32 "I messed up." ... "Yeah, but what do you want me to do?" 2:58 "It's too much. I overdid it." 3:03 "I had warned you that she was 'very strong'" (says it in English) 3:06--5:04 NO SOUND 5:18 "Typical of Jules. He wants his revenge after what I put him through." 6:58 "I went too far. I overdid it. 7:14 "Illegal" 7:40--end NO SOUND AGAIN

[@jbthepianist]

Merci

[@front331]

So is that Jules Jordan at the bar?

[@talphazero1036]

@@front331 🌝

[@DexM47]

@@front331 Jules Moussard (a French GM)

[@trax9987]

Missed checkmate at 4:06

[@kennymitchell3020]

Thanks for the video Anna. That was a great game you played against a super GM keep up the hard work your doing awesome.

[@victorfinberg8595]

With black's first move, you know you are in trouble. His hand really is faster than the eye.

[@kovacsdavidakos]

only his brain thats faster

[@donsmith3857]

the way MVL played the endgame was art in its most pure form--- these super GM's are on a whole another level

[@nettman42]

Not at all, @don smith. MVL should have taken 79... Kxg4 rather than 79... Kg3?! Then it was a draw with 81. g5! 81. Kg6?? lost the game.

[@nathanvijulang2754]

@@nettman42 yeah yeah you would have played better than MVL I guess

[@davidpellicerbossis7793]

Bravo Anna, me gusta mucho tu canal. Enhorabuena! Sigue asi con tu buen humor y gran humildad!!!!

[@arivo14]

Merci Anna ! tes vidéos sont toujours agréables à voir !!

[@leadnitrate2194]

MVL is one of my favourite superGMs.. his games are never boring, and his blog is a nice insight into the mind of a top player

[@joeyblogsy]

Super GM or just GM?

[@lorcster6694]

@@joeyblogsy he's no. 7 in world

[@D0rlisok]

@@joeyblogsy no.7 in the world what are you on

[@LatinLonghorn80]

Always enjoy…..I’ve learned a lot just watching your video clips.

[@karlos1060]

it's a lot of fun watching you play. You so much enjoy it and your smile is melting everyone. It's a lot of stress playing chess that fast...or slow as well 😅

[@hairtoss7975]

Wow, you almost got him in the beginning, nice resistance at the end.

[@MrK-ti5lt]

Way to hang in there and nice game! I probably wouldn't have gotten to rook moment outta my head and went down shortly after that. Interesting to see a player just get over it and focus right away again. I'll work on that !

[@billcook4768]

Thank you for playing +2, which allowed us to see the endgame instead of just a mad rush of piece moving.

[@nushi3704]

the fact i watched this live at twitch makes this so much more fun ! :D

[@Chessfor_kids]

it was necessary to capture with the rook on d3, the knight captures on d3, the bishop on c2. and it's a draw. most likely.

[@stt.9433]

Yeah I also found this tactic, that's why the one guy yelled.

[@haroldmondragon6270]

It was super easy to spot. You can see his reaction once he saw it as soon as she played Rd8

[@dayamn]

Yeah there is a french in the crowd who says « putain nan » wich translate to f%% noooo

[@elephantheart9988]

ANNA you fantastic person. You should be proud, that was a great fight!

[@wynoglia]

So cool you played all these top players I wouldn't find my balls to do it. Much less post it. You're a constant source of inspiration Anna. Especially how humble and down to earth you are I know some ppl criticise house lacking of confidence you are. But you don't need to be full of yourself to be confident. We'll always be behind you

[@theguy9067]

Jesus Christ bro

[@Wtahc]

do u think ur slick

[@ricardf1857]

@@theguy9067 ? To be honest this comment is kinda wholesome no? Wyngolia just wishes her the best, what is wrong?

[@theguy9067]

The comment is simpish in the extreme. And generally inaccurate. So Cringe, and fake

[@Wtahc]

@@ricardf1857 are u just stupid

[@oxotower]

After the evening was cool to follow with the French Team almost complete. Bravo Anna !

[@pommedemer1922]

i was lucky enough to be there in the back (with the black bagpack) and spectate this wonderful game, ggs!

[@alessbritish228]

pls man i need to know how to speak baguette

[@pommedemer1922]

@@alessbritish228 how do you want me to help you lmao

[@chrisnewtownnsw]

Never stop Anna. You're a true joy to watch

[@mefunnyknow]

very well played by ana ! what a fight

[@kaykwanu]

I love your energy Anna. Great content.

[@derricdueker64]

I was holding my breath. I thought the rest of the crowd was too. Until you spoke of the audio situation.😆😆😆😆

[@DougV695]

Well played. Exciting endgame.

[@Jokerge1]

très humble et très fort maxime, belle partie: Gz Anna

[@leonardobrandao4661]

Amazing game 👏🏻👏🏻

[@chaparama]

Anna has the most infectious laugh

[@avg_user-dd2yb]

It's a little bit creepy.

[@fiercesteak1928]

U idiots will always find something to criticeze

[@vincents9285]

I so disagree !

[@itv5610]

Some would find it annoying and manipulative.

[@chaparama]

@@itv5610 Insecure woman maybe

[@daveconvoy5793]

Brilliant game Anna. I think he underestimated you

[@DrElsasser]

2:58 Mvl said in French: This is too much what I do (C'est trop ce que je fais) and someone in "French" says: I warned you that she was very strong (je t'avais prévenu qu'elle était very strong)

[@alexandreanderssen6487]

"OUT Préparation".. or not préparation!? that is maybe the horrible question for a.. very too SPEED "Brain of Blitz"!?.. maybe..

[@dsjoakim35]

Bra jobbat. Du hade honom på gaffeln! 😊

[@Vivungisport]

Mer tvärtom.

[@colbei9260]

MVL casually running his knight back to h8 in the end

[@point-bl4nk]

5:05 this was both instructive and hilarious at the same time 😆

[@meoweycupen1306]

to not hang your piece..?

[@ericpace5855]

MVL is very strong on tactical, surely the best actually

[@gabrieldomain7820]

Le Ministre ne perd pas ! Et c'est pour ça qu'il est le ministre du Bakistan ! (nice vid btw)

[@13aphomet]

Fantastic game!!

[@nancyjohnson5810]

I'd like to see one or both of your parents play this guy! He's so fast

[@DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo]

I like watching Anna because she is not afraid to play a better player and she has fun at the game. She is polite and acts as a Lady (and Gentleman) should. Keep it up Anna, we like your style!

[@frankdiscussion2069]

yes she is always smiling and laughing

[@martinezgutierrezluisenriq633]

When MVL starts thinking 😰

[@progmetalkd]

I wish we had subtitles for the french they are speaking. Great game and video

[@ashishrlys]

Anna you are an amazing player.

[@garamiglm2026]

Good game..MVL had to work for his win...Best wishes to you from India

[@Erik_001]

wow. great game Anna.

[@wrigleyx]

Maxime ingérable !! quel final, bravo Maxime, très fort :)

[@gregroberson220]

You played the Grunfeld against Mr. Grunfeld. Nice job.

[@daspradeep]

At 4:02 Wasn’t it simple to get Be5 and exchange the black bishop because that’s the only defense MVL had for the king wow Anna was +5 at that point, lol and Rad1 is the move suggested by the engine After Bxe5, white is still +2 but the bishop is exchanged after Rad1 by the engine

[@danidin77]

Anna, that was wonderful!!

[@UdyKumra]

It's amazing that you were crushing him for most of the game, only blundered because of time trouble-and even after that, you did not make conversion easy for him and managed to create a drawing position loads of times. Super impressive!

[@mrnobody5763]

Come on. He was playing with one thrird of her time and talking with another guy. After he begun to play in a completely lost position not only recovered, bit also managed to win it. These players are monsters.

[@ieorlich]

@@mrnobody5763 People usually say all that crab (not what you said) because the only thing they do is to watch the engine level bar. (Easy isn't it). Also many annoying commentators on chess broadcast does the same... When you have a legit GM commentating without an engine showing best move, level bar, etc, is waaaayy more entertaining because you can actually feel how advance and fast this players are based on what you see and what the commentator say about the position you are watching.

[@mrnobody5763]

@@ieorlich of course my abilty to evaluate a position is very bad, in a particular way at this speed. That's way in a video i really like the eval bar to particularly appreciate like in this case how a player is able to comeback so strongly.

[@devaulf3722]

fantastic game huge great her best game top gm

[@MonkeyDIvan]

@@mrnobody5763 "These players are monsters" And that precisely makes Anna such a strong player too. The fact that she was able to keep such an advantage against a former World Blitz Champion is super impressive. Yes he had 1/3 her time - he's still a Super GM though.

[@hello_there3528]

That eval bar... We need a rematch!

[@antoniostojanovski9008]

You are an amazing player and MVL is just a class apart from his peers at blitz.And he is a gentleman too

[@stepankunevich4597]

yooo i'm in the video (dude in white shirt), that night was really fun everyone was a really good sport it was a great time over all, thanks for bringing MVL to the chess bar!

[@stepankunevich4597]

@Anthony i mean there were a lot of games that night mostly it was MVL and his friends trash talking each other and cracking jokes

[@stepankunevich4597]

@Anthony don't think so, i mean i was visibly drunk so i couldn't remember all that much but MVL expressed concern mainly for how his friends played

[@Orcahhh]

Hey i was there too! I was most if the time behind the camera, if you are the blond guy behind mvl we even played a few games! (I won both iirc?) I had d4❌ pen markings😂

[@Orcahhh]

@Anthony no As a spectator i always struggle to eval other peoples games, and wasn't suite shre what was going on too lol

[@stepankunevich4597]

@@Orcahhh yeah i remember you beat me twice with white, not a fun experience lmao

[@mrboyban]

4:25 bishop at e5 then knight in h7

[@victordoofspoon8873]

If I’m not mistaken, I believe Anna had a chance to at least end this game in a draw versus MVL. At 9:44, instead of moving her King to G6 she should’ve moved her pawn up to G5 to force the pawn trades. That way MVL would’ve only been down to his king and bishop, and it’s generally not possible to force a checkmate with just a bishop and king. As long as Anna had her king far away from her remaining pawn to avoid any traps, even if that last pawn got taken, she could’ve walked away from this with the draw (which in itself would have been a huge accomplishment against one of the top super GM’s in the world like MVL).

[@Stef-19]

It's so good, which bar in Paris is it, please?

[@bencarter5563]

MVL must be a God amongst men in a Chess bar in Paris.

[@danielkanewske8473]

That's awesome! In which other sport can we play against world champions in a bar?!?!?

[@clementl9505]

MMA against Conor McGregor I guess

[@ifixfridges7792]

shame about the audio but great job! This was great :)

[@michaelbauers8800]

Jazz, hooch and chess. Those French people know how to have a good time.

[@vamshimadhava]

Instead of Kg6 she should've moved Ke4 . And that would've been a draw . A h pawn supposed to promote on light square with a dark squared bishop.

[@MagnusAnand]

This was a great game

[@PMBSfreitas]

Amazing game... Wow... I thought you had him

[@frenchproduccion]

Incroyable partie!

[@neelankusekhar9949]

Very well played.

[@LaterGator5170]

There was an attempt: to Grünfeld.

[@sappo504]

That was a fun game to watch.

[@00bikeboy]

Good fight, Anna!

[@shashishekhar----]

Maxime the true gentleman 🔥

[@Moneo_Atreides]

On n'arrête pas une fusée en vol.

[@tomselectdeejay]

Jazz & Chess

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

There's a parallel universe between most of us and Anna, another between Anna and most IM/GMs, and another between most masters and the likes of MVL. Crazy shit.

[@alberik666]

You really enjoyed

[@nephandi2316]

Classical MVL, playing bullet OTP against 3+1

[@vignesht8003]

Almost, Zireael. Almost...

[@ormma]

You were so close!!

[@3duder]

I recommend you purchase izotope rx9 and just filter out everything that should not be there.

[@numerouno8719]

ALMOST says it all

[@nunoalexandre6408]

Thanks Anna!!!!!!!!!!

[@rafaelmunoz7525]

great game to push such a super GM so far, ackward silence due to copyright, if it is the music it is kind of a joke kniwong how they deal (or at least they used to deal in the past meaning cheating both side of the atlantic) with copyright in Jazz between US and Europe (or at east France) haha, but that si reat to see you playing against MVL, I wihs you get some advices from him afterwards :)

[@AnnaCramling]

Yeah it was the music, we tried almost everything to just take the music away but it still told us it was copyright, I’m sorry :(

[@rafaelmunoz7525]

@@AnnaCramling next time is they are annoying you about jazz music copyright, just tell them to make jazz artist to repsect it forts, then you'll have an eternity of peace haha ;)

[@devaulf3722]

great guy open the position for you

[@houseinmind7015]

Bien joué Anna

[@mateuszskarabeusz7694]

He spot you

[@IgorCubrilo]

That handshake.

[@antondoubriouchkouf5724]

Trop fort MVL parce qu'elle joue bien et la finale il trouve tout en une poignée de secondes !

[@antondoubriouchkouf5724]

Quoiqu'elle peut joue g5 à un moment dans la finale et c'est Nulle.

[@breadstickz4]

What is the black square electronic they have clipped on their collars?

[@willfranklyn2]

What a game!

[@badjaeaux]

3:43 yes Bh7+ probably winning

[@chair8540]

can you use a led counter instead,? hard to see timer.

[@XtraGood-]

Exciting game :)

[@whukriede]

The most beautiful chess couple, Paris, great and funny games, Herbie Hancock being played in the background. How could anything be better?

[@kineahora8736]

I think the Herbie Hancock is why the deleted audio…

[@whukriede]

@@kineahora8736 She didn't say that. Could also be some other song.