It Only Took Him 2 Minutes To Impress Me...

[@fretish5425]

Ethan seems like a good guy.

[@SchlafAroundTheBend]

Kinda cute too😅

[@RobisonRacing68]

The look of satisfaction for Anna's win from Pia was really nice.

[@NathanBudd]

Spoiler

[@Tocinos]

​@@NathanBudd As if the title hadn't already.

[@douglash044]

That is a look of relief. She is glad she remembered the script without messing up. These games from Anna Cramling are staged. They aren't real.

[@Frostbiker]

@@douglash044 instead of spewing anger online you could do something useful with your time. Maybe go out for a walk and touch some grass?

[@notaname8140]

@@douglash044 What makes you think that?

[@njvalueinvestor]

He remembers the moves, of the game with Pia. WOW

[@NotTheUnsub]

Great win! Really liked the way that you first set him up with the queen check to get his king in the corner. Ethan seems like a really good guy.

[@maximepoca9396]

For those wondering what happened to the eval bar at the end ! At 9:22 I've just looked it up, with engine because it's really not simple ! The best move for black (and only winning move) was Bc2 ! And in the game after Rf2 it's equal if white finds Rb8+ Kf7 Rb2 The check is important because the king on f7 blocks the bishop from coming back to e8 and h5. And the rook on g2 defends the knight on e2 AND prevents the bishop from rerouting by controlling both c2 and b5 ! The knight is pinned and white can't allow the bishop to pressure it or it will be lost ! Also there is a point to make about Rb8+ Be8 ( black can try this to force the rook out of play) Rxe8 Kf7 Rb8 Rxe2 Qf1+ Kg6 Rb1, white rooks comes back just in time and it's also an equal endgame 😂😂 That's because of that incredible defense that Bc2 first was the only winning move ! Going to play Bd3 and Rf2, white is defenseless (has to lose a piece, or get mated at some point)! Even it's not that simple there too ! Very interesting position, you can still analyse this on your own if interested !

[@treyntamag3071]

Thank you, it was driving me crazy haha really interesting position for sure

[@ronthal]

Thank you ! Do you know why white lost so much by taking the pawn on B7 at 8:09 ?

[@maximepoca9396]

​​@@ronthal This I think Anna showed it during the game ! After Qe3+ Kh2, Ba4 was very strong, saving your bishop and attacking the queen, and the bishop can't be captured because of back ranks problems! Black was able to grab the initiative and improving while making threats ! And then that Bc2 was the killer, but Rf2 was enough in the game as Rb8+ Rb2 was not easy to see (maybe not that hard to see, but hard to understand that it somehow holds everything and that it's equal)

[@Barneyfithlawman]

What if had moved his king at 8:27 instead of the rook

[@Corteum]

_"Im calculating whatever i want to calculate"_ was his first blunder. 🤣

[@johntatum1951]

Ha...yep then pride went before the destruction...good for Anna to get revenge for her Mom...ha.

[@Wilbur18]

​@@johntatum1951no she also won

[@meersde]

As a father, I would be very proud of Anna for being the person she is. Her chess skills are just an addition. So I congratulate Juan Manuel and Pia on their fantastic success 😉

[@douglash044]

Anna Cramling makes staged content. This is not a real game.

[@meersde]

@@douglash044 You haven't even begun to understand what I'm talking about.

[@douglash044]

@@meersde You wouldn't have known about her had you not seen her chess. I'm letting you know she is not real, she makes inauthentic content. That says a lot about her character.

[@udontevenwannaknowbruv]

@@douglash044 Don’t act like you know her personally

[@edwardgongsky8540]

As a father, Anna is indeed a fine piece of asss

[@TamThan4ever]

Ethan and Ethan should have a chess match where winner becomes Ethan 1 and loser becomes Ethan 2.

[@markandrew1067]

She totally played him in more ways than one. Lol.

[@Harry-wx3nf]

What about wirtual :(

[@nvb455]

Sometimes I wonder how good Anna would be if she wasn’t brought up by two GM’s tbh. We’ll never know. Probably good but I have to I’m superimpressed how people nowadays find chess on their own and become so good completely self taught. The fact that I see so many young people on this channel being so good who seemingly are self taught is so impressive to me. I wish I knew more about their background and how they found chess. That’s my favorite part of this channel. Maybe shows like the queens gambit inspired a few people too.

[@judeusssssss]

There are a lot of available chess lessons online nowadays, so it's much easier to get really good at the game by yourself compared to back then where you really had to study books or get a coach.

[@futurefox128]

Oh Ethan, "Welcome to the family son!"

[@erikmattson875]

Anna with the sneaky killer move, Great job!!!

[@KaranDeuinva-x4f]

I could replay this forever, it’s captivating.

[@alxk3995]

I guessed two moves before they happened. It feels fun to get the basics. Not clueless anymore. 🎉😅

[@doug3691]

Mom looks proud.

[@Grandliseur]

That was a nice trap. When you let him take the pawn, I thought you had made a mistake. But you already planned the Bishop checking the queen! Ps. Poisoned pawn it was was was. Poisoned with a lot of sugar! 😂😭

[@keramidasnicolas2079]

Really, really rough. Hats off !

[@SequoiaX]

❤ Thank You for all the smiles, Anna ( and thank you smiling Pia! )

[@peterjames232]

I'm love with Cramling and her smile 😍 she also raised very well her daughter Anna

[@XBauhausX]

"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry" GG!

[@hans-martinadorf3834]

Great game. And your mother sitting besides you being proud of her daughter.

[@psychiccouple1728]

Thank you for this content!❤

[@petervladyevich8535]

Congratulations Anna !

[@ChickenChess-c3k]

You know her games are staged, right? theyre not real

[@emmarentz6007]

@@ChickenChess-c3kthey are real! She plays a bunch of hustlers and players on stream and random people (of any elos) will just come and sit down. She posts the really good people tho on KZbin haha :)

[@michaelraine8111]

Mom seemed so proud of you!

[@CeceMelchor]

Happy I found ba4 when the 2300 didn’t. Was also looking at the transpositions with rf2

[@Primitive_Code]

This is the Sicilian Wing transposition. This is the opening I play against Sicilian in blitz/bullet along with Smith Morra. It does great.

[@paxwallace8324]

Anna is so disarming and charming

[@DashaDmitrieva-ti3pb]

Speechless, it’s just so beautiful.

[@beachgirl9823]

Mama bear just chomping at the bit as Anna keeps the conversation going and going 😂

[@doctaflo]

champing

[@beachgirl9823]

@@doctaflo good one ☝️

[@theherk]

@@beachgirl9823maybe you think they were making a pun, but the idiom was originally “champing at the bit”.

[@beachgirl9823]

@@theherk either is correct to my original comment.

[@im2old4this2]

Good game, Anna!

[@ADOSMOORINOS]

Interesting coming here and seeing what Anna's fans write, and knowing most people in the comments probably don't watch Wirtual or know who he is

[@connoneill2062]

who is he?

[@boffo63]

I like how you set that up.

[@timquinn3397]

Ethan should start his own Channel. He’s so cool

[@Carlabruni_ng]

It felt more like you felt you could not beat him :) great game, Anna!

[@TheSuccessfulLife1115]

He is so handsome

[@bendunselman]

Pia looked proud.

[@brihtl]

go Anna go Anna!

[@jeystian]

The Ethan killer

[@RonGerstein]

What is the date of this match?

[@ImperrfectStranger]

The bar was going crazy. What was the better move at 9:22?

[@maximepoca9396]

I've just looked it up, with engine because it's really not simple ! The best move for black (and only winning move) was Bc2 ! And in the game after Rf2 it's equal if white finds Rb8+ Kf7 Rb2 The check is important because the king on f7 blocks the bishop from coming back to e8 and h5. And the rook on g2 defends the knight on e2 AND prevents the bishop from rerouting by controlling both c2 and b5 ! The knight is pinned and white can't allow the bishop to pressure it or it will be lost ! Also there is a point to make about Rb8+ Be8 (trying to force the rook out of play) Rxe8 Kf7 Rb8 Rxe2 Qf1+ Kg6 Rb1, white rooks comes back just in time and it's also an equal endgame 😂😂 That's because of that incredible defense that Bc2 first was the only winning move ! Going to play Bd3 and Rf2, white is defenseless (has to lose a piece, or get mated at some point)! Very interesting, you can still analyse this on your own if interested !

[@ImperrfectStranger]

@@maximepoca9396 Thanks! I did think of Bc2, but then got stuck with the follow-up. If the black rook was moved, I was worried about perpetual checks from the white rook, then if the white knight moved, the white queen might continue the perpetual checking, but I didn't realise that Rb2 would stop the queen moving.

[@StevenMartin8000]

A3 costed him

[@bluenetmarketing]

Stiletto high heel to the heart.

[@brucecrane9605]

Well played Anna. Chess Princess

[@edwardgongsky8540]

Anna went easy on this guy to not hurt his feelings

[@gutbeta1]

That was an elegant move.

[@ionutgradinaru8243]

He looks like Eric Hansen plus a bit of Jackie Chan

[@Miysi0_O]

Anna's mom is the best ethan seems like a sweet guy good game!! ♡♡

[@pauldockery1747]

Beautiful, brilliant

[@maurobasualdo]

he had a way to win at the end but didn´t see it

[@raghardeishi972]

This is fen number of what happens if she moved Bishop second time instead of rook. Mere 44 moves later... 8/8/8/3p1kp1/3P4/2K5/r7/2q5 w - - 2 44 black wins. (I leave for your analysis why was critically important to move Bishop second time before moving rook.) I actually suspect Pia said to her. There is charming young man who you should play, and Anna was moved to table like a pig for a slaughter. She's lucky she has experience with playing last 30 moves under 2 minutes because of her "time management during play". Ethon not, thus he lost.

[@Kagekozo]

I can't believe it, I saw that bishop sacrifice to the queen before Anna actually made the move!!! lol

[@berniebee]

Well done Anna, lot of chaps there!

[@gustafchurn8282]

Anna brings out the best in people!

[@_garbancito-7]

Relajado ambiente ,buena partida

[@kevins2961]

Killer bishop move!

[@MarkellNesbit]

Wow she’s so damn fine. Ethan 2 was looking pretty confused right from the jump.

[@the_luggage]

5:16 Spiky! 😅

[@Leatherjacks]

Hi Anna! Great game! Didnt undersrand why did he resign... I mean... Couldnt he move his Queen to F1? And then if you check his King with the Rookie in E1, he could just move his King to H2... Off course he would lose his Queen, but, he still had a Rookie... I mean... It would be an awful loss, 'cause it would be a Rookie, a Bishop and a Queen against a Rookie and Pawns... Hahahaha!! And then you would check his King with your Queen in F4, and it would be an annooooying check sequence... But maybe a Miracle could happen and he could win😂 Hahahaha anyway, just kidding here! It would really be a lost game for him, anyway hahaha!! PS: I would love to play a non rated chess match with you! I'm just an amateur dumb with 760 rating in Blitz and Rapid, but, at least we could have some fun! Haha!! Bests from Brasil! Mauro.

[@stingtv7612]

Really good game

[@ounalan]

French defense by transposition and a pawn up. Good effort though.

[@DeaconCheung-eh5jg]

Go Anna

[@Pratyut]

Stay humble Anna.

[@Chris_PerthWA]

So good. Love it

[@vladydaddy9116]

Heh, 2 minutes is all I need

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Ethan must watch against traps

[@RaisyahRai-ey6hm]

Anna I defeated my father,my mother,my grandma,my grandpa and my cousin at chess

[@covidity114]

You're like a viking always in England.

[@lukebrennan5780]

Nice game. Ethan seems really nice! He was disappointed with his mistake. Pia smiling proudly - LOVE IT!

[@ChickenChess-c3k]

You know it is a staged game, right? Its not real

[@lukebrennan5780]

@@ChickenChess-c3k you klutz,

[@p1nesap]

Abdominal breathing.

[@blindknitter]

To be fair, Ethan is a scary name for you!

[@jako3827]

Chess is a great game also as a board game, and hopefully Murkekos Stars will also become a board game in the future.

[@dollar2301]

Anna I wondering why did not u play Qd2 at 8:46

[@reginaldthurman8574]

Wow great move😎

[@bfelten1]

An incredible game, almost with Beth Harmon vibes over it. I nearly expected Anna to sit munching on chocolate pralines after the game. 😄

[@Robterdammer]

I think he was distracted by her 2 pawns. LOL.... Also that action a 2 minutes long with those chess pieces behind her back. I would also be somewhere else with my head for half an hour. What was rude are those 3 guys with that beer who talk loudly and make fun and do not look at the chess at all. Then go sit at the bar 100 m further

[@privatename3621]

I don't understand. Why didn't he just move his queen to A1 to threaten Anna's bishop, but also to ensure Anna's queen could not take position on the back row while also buying time to move his rook to B1. By then, Anna would have moved her bishop out of harms way, but the checkmate crisis would have been averted, and with both his queen and rook on the backrow, neither Anna's bishop or queen could take a position there. Or am I just missing something simple? Surely these players are ridiculously talented so I must be missing the reason he didn't do that.

[@kozatas]

1. Qa1 Rf2 2. Rb1 Qe2 you lose the knight. If you wanna take bishop 3. Qa4 Rf1+ 4. Rf1 Qf1# checkmate If you don't take the bishop, the black rook is gonna take g2 and h2 pawns and checkmates. If you go Rb2 1. Qa1 Rf2 2. Rb2 Re2 3. Re2 Qe2 then black exchanges queens on d1 check. Black wins with her bishop.

[@ChickenChess-c3k]

You should know Anna cramling makes staged content. Shes following her script, thats why she didnt do it. None of her chess games are real.

[@privatename3621]

@@ChickenChess-c3k That's the most asinine thing I've ever heard. If you've watched even one of her videos, you'd know how stupid you sound.

[@TweetyPAK7]

Good game!

[@felixhinz3804]

nice game

[@Mild151]

Hello, Anna! ❤

[@MrDanielfff777]

Please come to Beaus Beaus chess club

[@CiccioFormaggio96]

Will you come to play in the south of Italy?

[@shawnhorton2000]

Great game Anna! 🎉

[@Neutralius]

0:01 Anna gave him two choices. Left or right.

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

I say you go motor boating at that point..

[@Jorge-md4wj]

[@mattcero1]

I SO MUCH prefer the videos where there is prize money involved and no talking/giggling but dialogue dubbed in talking about strategy and tactics.

[@user-hacktheworld]

❣️❣️love you anna ❣️❣️

[@JJ16z]

It’s sound britsh no offence

[@vitalsecucom]

Par ailleurs pourquoi il abandonne ? Je pense que s'il bouge sa reine en f1 puis g1, puis il avance son pion en h5 et sa tour en b8 (échec) ...il enchaine mat avec sa dame de retour en f1! Non ?

[@hearmeroar22]

Shout out to Tyrion Lannister 0:45

[@Cj-tg3ms]

i thought that too 😭

[@TheFish0917]

They often say a person has “ IT “, this gal has IT. You want to see her and hear her.

[@squeakaccount4561]

Let's goo Anna

[@anshulsharma8138]

I like your older brown hair I am not getting the same vibe from you now

[@ocramyt2535]

Those cannons tho. Looking better every video😊

[@runuphill]

She's using all her assets in this game.

[@adriandolezal3961]

Yawn , I remember when I first started playing chess.

[@Tuppen-lf1fq]

Gg Anna

[@d.jparer5184]

Ah yes, the low cut top defence. Very strong...

[@carryssamoon4026]

If he couldn't stop staring at her boobs he deserves to lose

[@samsam-cu9tj]

Bravissima 👍

[@privatename3621]

I think its so rude how loudly those guys in the background are talking when both players are trying to focus. They should go somewhere else and have their chat instead of standing around a chess board where players are deeply concentrating and clocks are running down.

[@wolfraid-t7n]

That’s why it’s fun and entertaining, get lost, stupid jobless moral police everywhere.

[@droidgeist]

It's not a serious game. Everyone knows it's fine to chat. It's a casual hangout, not a FIDE rated tournament.

[@keramidasnicolas2079]

@@droidgeist No matter.

[@litoserdlav7111]

Pia was beside Anna. Some gestures as signals maybe? Haha, jk.