It Took Me 30 Seconds To Realize He Was a Chess Master

[@alieninsectbass]

Random dude: *Captures a pawn* Anna: Oh you're over 2100

[@subscrieber2692]

it's about how he did ;)

[@raynlaze1339]

Or Random dude: *sets the clock* Anna: Oh you're over 2100

[@artemkras]

Anna: sets the clock Random dude: Oh, you're a 10

[@EricDocken]

LMAO

[@stephenruh2474]

Anna: “Only good players play the Nimzo Indian” Me, a bad player: “I need to learn the Nimzo Indian”

[@Mr12Relic]

I recommend The Pirc for black. It's an extremely passive defensive opening that most opponents will overextend against.

[@jimmybelgium]

@@Mr12Relic the pirc is just the kings indian but against e4. its about as aggressive as an opening as you can play as black!

[@MrPanetela]

Knight's Journey land on every square just once 1. e2 2. g3 3. f5 4. h6 5. g4 6. e5 7. c6 8. d4 9. f3 10. h2 11. g1 12. e1 13. c2 14. b4 15. d3 16. f2 17. h1 18. g8 19. f6 20. h7 21. g5 22. e4 23. c5 24. d6 25. f7 26. h8 27. g9 (back to the starting point)

[@csabaivancsik9350]

@@Mr12Relic Pirc is losing by force if the opponent is prepared deep enough

[@HeyHoHereSheGoes]

Anna’s tactic: CHAT TO HIM. Joel’s tactic: CHAT TO HER. perfectly matched :)

[@lukasvandewiel860]

They will make beautiful grandmaster children.

[@valuemastery]

It's amazing to watch both of them having a conversation, while at the same time casually playing world class chess. I need to focus 110% on the board just to not blunder any pieces... 😅

[@Citadel1974]

If I were playing and said "Should I move the horsie or the pointy hat guy?" she'd also be able to guess my ELO pretty quickly 😉

[@SteveAbrahall]

I know I know - I hate the Jumpy horsie things as well! :-)

[@szalary]

If someone mentioned ELO, I would respond, "Electric Light Orchestra?" and that would also be pretty telling

[@allmight8127]

Officially they should be renamed to horsie and pointy hat guy im sold

[@cegrewex]

Move the bald guys first. That's what the theories say.

[@pasta0328]

Better to start with one of the bowling pins

[@paulbrennan4163]

How to fool Anna that you are a high-rater player: figure out how the clock works.

[@artemkras]

Known to give you +0.1 second advantage.

[@januszkrechowiak1147]

hahahaha XD

[@dougjustdoug6391]

Evenly matched.

[@ChessEntertain]

Kind of, he is 2100+ she is 2000-2050

[@perpetualbystander4516]

He is 2140 (because he said so), and Anna is 2100 (because she....well, she also said so). 🙄

[@ChessEntertain]

@@perpetualbystander4516 Well dude this is Anna Cramling's FIDE rating: std 2045 rapid 1983 blitz 1985

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@@ChessEntertain I don't know anything about that, I just listened to what was said in the video.

[@VenancioPineda]

I didn't know that people talk that much while playing chess. This is good as I am just here to practice my conversational english and have no idea about chess.

[@koslaz2708]

Both parents masters??? So Anna met her male version.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Who knew? That was kool.

[@goldnutter412]

Seems so ! lucky guy

[@Memesifoundonfacebook]

he looks like her long lost brother LOL, Same smile and teeth, and hair color

[@yeshaheh]

TRUE

[@sebastianavalos1917]

kind of... Cause Anna s parents Are GrandMaster

[@srdjagunjic]

Anna: Oh no I have 5 seconds left Also Anna: Let me waste more than a minute of my time by chatting

[@winchester9953]

What a nice guy!

[@phillipemery5199]

Running out of time is becoming your trademark Anna😮

[@TuckerBrennanNJ]

It's kind of infuriating to watch

[@utetennisfan5458]

In a tournament, sure, but this is just for fun. It's nice to see her chat with the opponent.

[@TravFletch]

Becoming…it’s already became lol

[@eagle-eye29]

Anna's followers know time has never been her friend. She has been doing better lately 🫣

[@eagle-eye29]

@@TuckerBrennanNJhmmm I could say "don't watch" but that would be ruder than your comment 😂

[@grigorkushev3029]

i enjoy their playing and look this aroud 20 times , very pure. Much love from Republic Bulgaria

[@brucecrane9605]

You bring smiles to the chess board wherever you play. Win or lose you and your opponent enjoy the match. Chess Princess

[@danresler6816]

Chess queen!

[@NotTheUnsub]

Good draw! Interesting how you spotted his tell by the way he was comfortable with the clock etc. at the start.

[@RenXray]

THIS IS MY TEACHER! JOEL VAN DER WERF

[@artstudent13]

I love watching your videos and content ❤

[@Abcelien]

Anna can tell he’s 2100 in a second, I can tell he’s Dutch in the same time 😂

[@internetguyfromtheinternet]

that lady in the back is really into it

[@12354rony]

Lol I was about to comment shout out to her

[@jarisundström]

Really interesting, players and this match. It was a joy to follow this.

[@RobErt-xn9lo]

Charming guy

[@mikemclenison8200]

That was fun to watch!

[@AlexanderStrauffon]

Te felicito, Anna. Tienes talento y dedicación, y se nota que disfrutas lo que haces. Qué bien que te dediques a algo que en verdad te gusta.

[@Big_BadaBom]

At 5:13 can't you just bring your bishop up to f8 and check mate on your next move?

[@Spyder638]

Anna: "I'm going to get a good knight too, it's going to be beautiful" 1 second later: Knight is taken Anna:

[@nicholasbuttery511]

She also does a good Magicians Assistant allegory .

[@elquepasadeti]

Si os fijais ambos tienen exactamente el mismo color de pelo 😅 Saludos Anna

[@KDawg5000]

There should be a money slot on the clock, and you can buy more time. The winner of the game takes the money home.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

Anna is chatting on her time to make content, would have been closer if she'd been concentrating... 😎

[@ann_onn]

Closer than a draw?

[@nzd3742]

​@JohnDoe-tx8lq Umm.. Not sure what match you were watching, but it was a draw by repetition.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

@@nzd3742 🤣 moron

[@Michael-Ray]

Every time Anna goes up against a superior opponent she lets out her nervous laughter 😅

[@Smile_sd]

U have the best soul ever & the best laugh I've ever heard..thank u 4 that

[@masterxyr]

eval bar loved your position but I was out of time too to figure out how to win from there lol

[@tubelev]

Im not very good at chess, but i think the bishop to f8 would have won her the game, no? (5:13)

[@SirVampyr]

Aaah, time trouble again :D But well made draw. Definitely the right choice here :D

[@iflick7235]

She's the chatter box, then the game progresses.

[@earlyriser8998]

Good draw and I agree ...you could tell....

[@sverige1947]

5:13 What if She moved the Bishop in e7?

[@johnyliltoe]

I need to learn chess just so I can can understand this better.

[@andy164501]

Bishop C6-F8 Queen F7-G7 Checkmate. Even if black Queen takes Pawn E5, you still continue to play with a bishop and queen right up against the king. Would have been interesting to see that play out a bit more. Guess I'm not seeing what Anna was so she took it to a draw. Dunno, I'm not chess master.

[@michaelh5720]

Very cool channel 👍🏻👍🏻

[@שמעון-ק2ח]

I think she had a straight out mate, but her flag might have fallen in 5 seconds. Probably not, but maybe yes. She was lucky to have the half point available so she took it!

[@TomVennix]

The problem white has is, if you play something like bishop f8, then black's queen can take on e5 and cover the g7 square. White is very much winning, but there's no knockout and that's pretty stressful if you have 5 seconds on your clock.

[@JuliusBjornsson]

@@TomVennixyou’re right. Taking the draw, might have been a good decision. I think the best move would have been to play Bd6 and black would lose another pawn with a much weaker king

[@reapercarl5047]

Bishop to f8? I think was what she missed, i cant tell if she paniced or was bein nice

[@mcronrn]

Being nice would be my guess. She’s gotta work on that killer instinct! WWGD? What would Gary do? 🤣🙏

[@matthewlambrick6621]

Bishop F8 doesnt work because the knight is guarding the queen on c3. Anna found the best line with Qf8+, Kh7 and Qxf7+

[@d_l2392]

No, Qxe5 would have saved him.

[@Argonith15]

She could then just gobble the two kingside pawns and probably has a winning endgame. But looking at how high the evaluation bar is there probably is something tactical I’m not seeing.

[@michaelx1770]

Putting your fingers in your forehead before moving a piece is the most Chess body language thing in earth

[@CheesyBeaver]

Personally, I don’t find the games as technical when they don’t end in checkmates. Feel like a lot of higher ranked games just end with time

[@motabhai7115]

Seems Anna met her match!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I saw 2 blunders. As soon as he castled, and she still had power, she should have attacked that castle, even if it meant sacrificing a piece to open it up. Later, she lost too much power to do it.

[@Xochimique]

I like how you see a thrash talker and you're like "he's not a threat, I'm gonna mess with him." Then you see this guy and you're immediately like "Oh, sh*t! Gotta focus."

[@MrBenhadad007]

Win by Time is no win for me

[@Primitive_Code]

He's Joel Embiid's brother.

[@gordonfarrer9692]

At the end, why not push your bishop to f8 with your Q on f7 to threaten mate? Am I missing something?

[@radical187]

Anna seems to be the happiest and most cheerful person ever. Always smiling and giggling, curious & very polite. She's adorable.

[@enyayachi]

Joel 🐟🔁

[@kylekay1800]

I’m new to chess so I might have got this wrong but couldn’t of Anna just gone bishop f8 and then queen g7 checkmate?

[@mcronrn]

Without checking w an engine, I think so too. She was being nice - that’s my guess 🤷🏻‍♂️🙏

[@kurtiskuchcinski2628]

Qxe5 would prolong the game, but she was out of time anyways.

[@zieh1667]

@@kurtiskuchcinski2628 yeah thats what i thought, the game would be prolonged although white's position would be better. the white pawns could advance and for the black Q to move, white Q could eat those black pawns and be on pawn advantage. She could have won but she still has this time problem, like her mother tho

[@AnthonySouls]

@@kurtiskuchcinski2628 I don't think Qxe5 would delay it by much. Wouldn't Qxg6 basically seal the deal? I think it would take around 3 moves for a checkmate, but I am bad at visualizing moves, lol. I think she had enough time. Edit: Looked it over, and yeah, Qxe5 would prolong it. It's a pesky position. I need to get better at visualizing moves.

[@AnthonySouls]

Yeah, I analyze the game with stockfish, and it doesn't show any checkmates within the top 10 moves. Qe8+ was the move it said was best. The bishop one was the 4th best move, and the black gets their queen to e5 and f6 to foil it.

[@kirtanOfficial]

Wasn’t Qf7+ Kh8 Bf8 basically winning on the spot (you have to sac some pieces to survive)?

[@nickedname7048]

I concentrated very hard on the moves. I got lost about the fifth move and there went the concentration

[@EarthSurferUSA]

2:10 Should have moved knight g5, your attack was strong there (2 bishops and a queen). Or the Bishop all the way to h6 to bust up that castle. But, I will watch the rest and see what you did with the Bishop on f4.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Bummer.

[@jcmangan]

Both of my parents are Aspergers too. 😉

[@RealChessiver]

Are you ganna play in the Vasteras open this year if you are in Sweden?

[@ILoveVydija]

I never played chess competitively, only vs bots, when the guy touches the pieces to rearrange them properly I understood also

[@uncle_matula]

you could bring a game with Judit sometime, I'd like to see it :D

[@bootman26]

I love these vids!

[@LeftLib]

So if I can figure out how to use the clock then that makes me 2100? I always wondered if there was a shortcut...

[@njvalueinvestor]

It was a good game, more focused thanNemo. He was also in "training" mode. Rematch !

[@exceligence]

Funny I saw her checkmate because I saw Hikaru do it yesterday. At the end she can put bishop on the last slot F8. I wondered why not doit.

[@d_l2392]

No checkmate, because Qxe5 would have saved him.

[@ManuelDornbusch]

2:07 any reason to take with pawn? I would have given taking with knight a long thought. Can anybody tell me, if that would have been a) also good b) not so good c) blunder?

[@tomasnozka1]

I love how she lost her smile and arrogance after couple minutes when she figured she doesn't have the upper hand as usual.

[@MivaYT]

Opponent: *breaths* Anna: ahhhh so you are 2140 rated and your parents met in Amsterdam and are both grandmasters right?

[@steffanusarifheruwatono6149]

She should be able to check mate him

[@robertoperez4029]

In Mexico we have a saying that goes like this: “en el modo de agarrar el taco, se conoce al que es tragón” Which roughly translates to: “The way someone holds a taco reveals if they’re a glutton”

[@brinthair]

U could take his queen in the last part of the game

[@Pichess2011]

Your videos are so interesting; I love watching them. I'm also learning to make chess videos like Hikaru Nakamura. I think this helps me practice my English and review the chess knowledge I've learned. I enjoy playing bullet chess on Chesscom, and my rating is over 2400. I hope to play a game with you someday. From a 12-year-old chess girl in China.❤❤❤

[@draganvuksa1529]

anna whay you dont tray playing first e4 or c4 or somting else juste tray win or draw or lost the game i m olso in paste playing only e4 but no more

[@peterjansen4826]

A gentleman's draw, how nice of him. He would have won based on time, right?

[@RGP_Maths]

What do you mean? There's no way for him to avoid the repetition.

[@peterjansen4826]

@@RGP_Maths I probably missed that. I play beginner-level chess. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@harfenueglebarfenuegle8192]

Anna would immediately tell from my body language that I'm a loser

[@russ254]

you have many fine qualities

[@YourWeeklyChess123]

I live in the netherlands

[@MB-xe8bb]

They need to increase the time. After all the build-up, the climax is ..... no end-game -- I'm out of time. Fizzle, fizzle.

[@Kamamura2]

He should not have exchanged her isolated pawn off, also opening the second file was a mistake, he should have traded off the queens and play the endgame of good knight versus bad bishop.

[@Kimiwimi2]

Inthought was not allow to talk, it could be annoy for other player You never know,... What kind of person is your oponnent 😮😮😮

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Well, if your opponent does not want to be talked to,---then talk to him/her. What do you do to win? Give them a massage and a glass of wine? Oh yea, when I knock down a tournament, there will be all kinds of new rules just because of me. But I will win first. :)

[@TweetyPAK7]

Anna! You were winning! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Good game though!

[@virut564]

Didn't knew Baus played chess too

[@mrboyban]

bishop D6,queen f5, seems the most obvious move in there.

[@ILoveMaths07]

Towards the end, what if Anna had moved her bishop to f8 to trap the King?

[@ElMariachi1337]

Hope you enjoyed NL!

[@klauseuler9186]

Titled parents children Tuesday?

[@Yes-bk9cl]

Evil people online will not let novices run out of time... Instead they will keep adding extra time to the lost position...

[@DavidEspinoza-r4p]

Anna, when are you going to Califonia?

[@MrPanetela]

i often wondered what would a chess game played with 24 pieces on a chessboard of 12 ranks and 12 files would feel like. And what abilities would the extra four pieces possess and their 4 pawns. has anyone looked into that? okay, i know, the game is hard enough as it is now why rock the boat.

[@justinsmith700]

Anna: oh you’re playing the nimzo-Indian. I feel like that’s an opening you play when you’re good at chess. Nope, I play it all the time. Theory disproved.

[@dylfanone]

Knights on the dim are grim, right?

[@Fletcher2007]

Они созданы друг для друга.

[@Azul_Monterrubio]

yes i think the same they could make so beautiful kids

[@8jean8]

i scream here, bf8!!! lol i dont know if works but let me see the video again lol

[@davidmatsis32]

If she m oved the bishop down with her queen she would of had a good chance to win

[@sagesaith6354]

so ... Joel WHO? Groenwould? and who are his parents ?

[@Paul_Rich]

Anna loves a guy with experience 😉

[@shawnhorton2000]

He’s cool

[@josephmak0865]

I think Anna will win if given few more seconds

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

Sherlock, did you discover the side bar?

[@heyduru.x]

Anna, what is your rating?

[@Chessplay-e1c]

Nice match

[@bastianmontero6156]

ofcourse hes a chess master

[@peterjansen4826]

A lot of outside-noise there during the tournament.

[@homersimpson3169]

Partida finish