The REAL Difference Between A Grandmaster And A 2000 In Chess (Part 2)

This is part 2 of "The REAL Difference Between A Grandmaster and a 2000 In Chess" - In this video me and my mom GM Pia Cramling played out the exact same position to show people the difference between how a GM and a 2000 thinks in chess. The position was from a Magnus Carlsen game. We did this a few months ago and I wanted to do it again as many of you enjoyed it :)
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00:00 Intro
00:38 Anna's Chess
11:08 Pia's Chess
23:48 Magnus Carlsen's Chess
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[@jennifers6055]

Pia is so sweet. She'll invite you in to the living room, make you homemade lemonade and then crush your spirit. 🤣

[@plty3931]

Ill leave before she brings the chess board. Pre resign 😂

[@saiyampawar2927]

@@plty3931 abort

[@jennifers6055]

@@plty3931 You missed the pivotal moment when she locked the door with her key. "Now youse can't leave..." 🤣

[@chillappreciator885]

​@@plty3931 tactical thinking) What if she sees far then you?

[@plty3931]

@@jennifers6055 jennifer you’re scaring me 😂

[@germanoscheller5095]

Anna please this type of content is absolutely perfect... analysing positions is a crucial element of chess for all levels of rating and this different perspectives are so instructive.

[@twitter.comelomhycy]

I agree!

[@Sangsstuff]

And the fact that you translate your mothers moves to a level where mortals can understand it is crucial for this video because Pia is obviously so far above everyone else here that her explaining her moves is like her trying to explain why you can't drink ice even though it's water to a toddler.

[@MedOmarBh]

Minus all the screaming and the drama

[@deancollinsdroid]

Agree.......I would watch many different versions of this video

[@randomshadow4620]

I love how Anna is so proud of her mom guessing all of Magnus' next moves.

[@mogheakshay4407]

Anna is so excited that her mom got magnus moves

[@callisoncaffrey]

It's actually "Magnus's". With names you do the 's. Learned that over at Ross's Game Dungeon.

[@nvs0k100]

why@@callisoncaffrey

[@callisoncaffrey]

@@nvs0k100 It's written in some book somewhere and people agreed to do it that way like it is with all grammar rules. The rule here is with names you always do the 's, with things you do s' if they end with 's'.

[@Oblitus1]

@@callisoncaffreyI came here for the chess, but also got a nice lesson in punctuation. Thanks, cc, for the unexpected bonus.

[@aceme9514]

Anna, for the 100000th time: my plan is unstoppable! Also Anna: wait...

[@sangyoungpark9950]

Haha, this contrasts so much from Pia’s calmness

[@mmazz414]

Her gusto is so contagious xD

[@kayelle8005]

That’s what we love about her. So joyous in her love of chess.

[@calebwhiting8744]

Several big differences I notice with Pia: * At the beginning she spent much more time evaluating the position. * Once she had had thoroughly evaluated things from a positional perspective, she proceeded to calculate a large number of concrete lines. This let her blitz out a lot of follow-up moves. * She plays the endgame effortlessly. Therefore she looked to take it to a slightly winning endgame as quickly as possible.

[@martinpaddle]

Also, the positions she got into were never too complicated. Anna tried to force things tactically and got into positions where it's very easy to miss something.

[@4saken404]

The biggest thing to me was the whole nature of her evaluation. It was like taking a step back to see the larger picture. And it just seemed to effortless and intuitive for her. It just shows that she literally doesn't even see the board in the same way as most people. I'm super curious how Magnus Carlsen sees a board but it's probably so far past the scope of mere mortals that it can't even be explained. And that's not really hyperbole. He can literally play 10 people at once while blindfolded. Intelligence and chess knowledge aside just his working memory alone is off the charts.

[@lornakcindespire671]

Wow, it was impressive how fast Pia managed to force the engine to concede pieces. Such a class in positional chess.

[@obscurelines]

Anna went into a complex tactical line which computers will always calculate better than humans. Pia went for a simplified endgame that reduced the possibilities and meant she could match the calculation powrler of the engine (on its setting).

[@MrSupernova111]

More accurately, Anna had a half baked plan while Pia had a pretty accurate long term deep strategy to retain the advantage. The positional understanding between them two is night and day.

[@jeromep1899]

That’s not more accurately buddy. Just a different wording.

[@CR-bs1tl]

Literally have a grandmaster giving commentary on Magnus end game. Anna: yeah whatever let's just show this quickly. LET HER TALK! SHE'S A GENIUS

[@abdallababikir9154]

exactly what I was thinking, but it was still worth watching.

[@Dylan-ge6dn]

I love hearing Pia's positional commentary

[@cix8836]

Pia is incredible, effortlessly breaking down the position at an instant and explaining it so poetically

[@samfisherniallcase5692]

Pia really demonstrating her positional awareness here, I doubt Dad would have played it like this lol, we may have seen a more attacking game from him, similar to Anna's game. Great video!

[@robertakerman3570]

Thank You Pia!

[@AriochThe]

Throughing the same board on all three could've been a feast

[@AizenSosuke.070]

Literally she just showed what being a Grandmaster is

[@ThePepperfly]

Love how Anna is analyzing her mom. No problem following her thought process, very excited by it, and absorbing every bit of it. How fun!!

[@louiscarrillo6670]

my god your mom analyzes fast and accurate. sharp intellect. a joy to try and learn from. deep insights.

[@maxime_vhw]

Why did i watch this. I dont even know the pawn names

[@jockez3581]

Always love the collabs between Anna Cuteling and Pia Calmling!

[@front331]

Perv.

[@julseu_lol]

lmao that's actually clever

[@kennethdonaldson3753]

exactly

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Perfect description.

[@HanzShaoPing]

I bet Pia really loves that her daughter brings so much joy in her life.

[@matt-lang]

I love your videos with your parents! It's so cool to see the differences in approach and your mom does a great job of explaining her thinking in each position.

[@danlee9049]

Ok I have to pause this. I remember about 15 years ago, father's day, Pia was playing on gamecolony sitting there a stout 3000 destroying everyone in the lobby. And she was the kindest, warmest, most wonderful lady to me. So nice to see this video! Godbless her and her family! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@ashleyrobinson5463]

would love to see one where both your mom and dad compare a chess position like this, given they claim they are of equal strength, would be great to see the differences in their thought process

[@deefstes]

This is just phenomenal content! I loved getting this glimpse into these great minds. The only thing additional that I would have loved to see was Pia analysing Anna's moves from earlier and see how well she predicted the computer's defensive lines which Anna missed.

[@billselznick586]

Yes 100% this would have made a great addition to the video.

[@Sangsstuff]

Loving the difference both in skill level and style but also personality. And the encouragement between mother and daughter almost made me tear up. Such a wonderful relationship!

[@igortseitkin2961]

This is an amazing way of teaching chess - talking through all your thought process!! Thanks for this video!!

[@Erik_001]

Yay another instructional video with Mom. Love these. Thanks!

[@yoniziv]

One of the best chess videos ever. You both are great, thanks for posting!

[@aaronrendon7210]

that was probably the best 30minutes I've had in 2022! love the excitement in both your voices for this game we adore so much! Thanks for the analysis & Happy Holidays to you all!!

[@KirkpatrickSounds]

Fantastic and informative as always - thanks Anna!

[@Homitu]

Such a good video breakdown! This solidifies my chess aspirations: I want to study and learn enough to get nearly as good as Anna, but I don't think I could ever become as good as either of her parents no matter how much practice and studying I do. I also love how much joy you both found in the moves of this game. You adored your mom's analysis, finding it beautiful. Then your mom found Magnus' approach so elegant and beautiful it brought a huge smile to her face. It's amazing that such a simple game can provide such endless nuance and joy!

[@Nu63]

I've been watching chess vids non-stop since the beginning of the pandemic and this was the best rating comparison I've seen - I thought your path followed the safest logic, your mom found the safest winning path, and Magnus used a narrow winning position to slam dunk on his opponent.

[@mahyu21]

Please make this kind of video more often becoz we get to learn variety of thought process from different rating players. I trully enjoy this and learn more 😊

[@lewisweakland]

Wow, great content and fantastic to see the comparison between your analysis and play compared to your mom's. Your mom seems so calm and cerebral in the way she goes about things. Awesome!!

[@francisengevik9517]

Loved it. You both are good explainers! Thanks for the video!🤓

[@machintruc9457]

That’s disturbing… she looks so sweet, kind and gentle while she’s kicking asses 😂

[@RuairiODonnellFOTO]

You just won't think she is calm and sweet when you play against her. She's evil and I love it! So many moves analyzed from the first positive, scary how she tree search her decisions. Impressive

[@Adamskyization]

Love the content with your parents, the dynamic is enjoyable to watch

[@robhead22]

Wow! Pia is so calm yet formidable! Great win! This whole series is extraordinary. What a gift for us all. Thank you!

[@scruffy59]

The 3 different approaches by players at different levels also shows how rich the game of chess is.

[@Beery1962]

Pia always sounds so calm. That level of calm is not even in the same universe as me. If I could ever be that calm about chess, I'd probably be around 1500 now, rather than my peak of 1250 that I have right now.

[@vitezjura]

My advice is practice tactics and watch attacking chess masters, that could raise you to 1500 maybe.

[@That_Guy_You_Know]

Excellent video. Loved the analysis from both of you. Thank you for this.

[@Avokado34]

Pia’s humble confidence and calm demeanour is so amazing. Really wholesome to watch. 😍

[@user-kg2bt7pi5k]

Fabulous quality content. Tactics and accurate visualization so important even at 2000

[@willworth9610]

This format is great. Lovely to see you and your mum working through positions together. Thank you!

[@shaner3723]

Best learning chess video i have ever seen !! First thing about GM is calmness in evaluating position, taking time, thinking pawn structure, thinking end game, thinking no risk. AMAZING !!

[@michaelparkin5026]

Great video, great channel. 10 videos in and very much enjoying them. Your encouraging many people to play this beautiful game. Stay brilliant!

[@Skogsgroen]

Your mom is a gem, she's so humble somehow while calculating everything like the grandmaster she is!

[@benjaminbarry5589]

Your mom is a genius.

[@BlackSun3Tube]

So cool to see Anna and her mom together, so sweet and clever is her mum talking and playing (even with Anna talking a bit too much aside and disturbing her mother concentration, ahah). Very , very nice! Thanks to both for that :)

[@taniadynamaris]

So heartwarming to see and listen to these beautiful souls and minds family!! You guys really motivate me to learn chess better and my game improves tremendously since I found your channel! Respect from Indonesia!

[@infernalflamezz7480]

Really like this video and the concept of it!

[@stephenkoya7816]

Her positional understanding is superb! She made winning the game so easy! GG

[@tednottodd]

I find this really helpful. So many times when you watch these types of videos, they start rattling off squares like we are also grand masters. My brain just doesn't move that quickly. She is teaching concepts. Perfect.

[@ReinodeEpifania]

Watch your mother with you bought tears to my eyes. Great Content!

[@patbrown463]

I am a novice when it comes to chess, but I appreciate these videos very much. I enjoy learning! Thank you to you and your mother.

[@adamscottv]

This is so wholesome. Warms my heart that there are such good people in the world.

[@kayelle8005]

Absolutely. Oddly healing if you don’t have a great family dynamic to see a loving family together interacting like this.

[@Erebus369]

Gosh it takes a lot of patience and it's great to see your mum think through the plays

[@chessthinker500]

Love this video!!! Pls make some more videos where your mom (or dad) is sharing us her (or his) thought process. It surely helps us in improving our thought process as well. 😊👍👍👍❤

[@MrUtubePete]

It was great to see how 3 players with different ratings treated the same position!

[@jennyohara4011]

We had this 9 year old kid walk into our chess club last week..unrated and he won the blitz 7 from 7 top rated was Jamie Kenmure who lost to him.. was unbelievable night...

[@andrewmik]

What's the name of a kid?

[@henriqueassissilva6264]

@@andrewmik bobby fischer

[@Lothramir]

Jag är så glad att jag hittade den här kanalen :) Det är riktigt roligt att titta på schack här.

[@Joostmhw]

I could listen to your mom analysing a position all day, so clear and soothing

[@willb5240]

I don't have a clue how Chess works, but what a sweet mom and daughter doing this together. Made it fun to watch something I don't understand.. : )

[@a_doggo]

Wow. Pia is amazingly good at chess. Thanks Anna, this was a really great demonstration, and we also got to compare to the 2850+ Magnus! So cool! Great idea!

[@nathanmermilliod3135]

This was a really great video. I learned a lot about endgame analysis

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Really a creative and interesting idea for a video. Thanks, Anna.

[@leedsmanc]

The main difference I noticed, which was revealed when Pia said "I Can't Resist!" was that PIa instinctively distrusts attacking moves when she can't see the mate, whereas I think Anna wanted to heap on pressure as much as possible, and didn't have that distrust of the move. It wasn't that Pia calculated the engine's refutation, it was that she was comfortable assuming that there was counter-play and wanted to play safer moves that made sense positionally.

[@ruddyxmax]

Pia is amazing, she played a similar plan like Magnus with different development. But Magnus being a bit more aggressive

[@Buckleboy]

Lovelovelove all this wonderful and valuable dialog here, thank you both!!

[@thecrimsonking187]

that was really awesome. Thank you and your mom for this really great comparison and analysing and the insights into your apparently really nice relationship.

[@ImJonnyR]

As someone between Anna's and Pia's playing strength this was actually super fascinating to watch. In the initial position my thoughts also immediately went towards Rb1 and Qb4. In general, my thought process matched Pia's much closer, though it may have more to do with stylistic differences. I think Pia's calculation was much cleaner than I would have calculated and she was super fast at evaluating a lot of things I would have struggled more with. Also her accuracy when they went through Magnus and Grishuk's actual moves was really impressive. I also wonder if part of the difference is just the environment of the players. Similar to Pia, most of my chess development has been in more of an over the board classical time control environment, whereas Anna seems to have a lot more of the internet speed chess "education" (quotes because I can't come up with a better term, not meant in a negative way). Anna was quick (often faster than me, despite the rating gap) to spot attacking ideas, but was often missing some of the defensive concepts.

[@naistor]

What would you recommend to someone trying to get started in chess?

[@zdenekburian1366]

@@naistor This: go in my ytube homepage under info, there is a link to a chess pdf interesting for you, I cannot write it here because ytube algorythm would censore it

[@naistor]

@@zdenekburian1366 thanks, brother/sister, much appreciated

[@melvinaquino3273]

Woaw Pia makes it look so easier

[@euromaestro]

Anna, this was perfect! Would love to see more videos like this!

[@DLo44]

this was just the most perfect approach to a chess video ive ever seen. doesnt hurt that youre moms voice is so lovely and youre just about as beautiful as it gets. but besides the aesthetics, it was an incredible way to get inside the mind of multiple chess masters to show HOW we should be thinking. well well done!

[@aaahtex902]

**EVERY TIME I WATCH ANNA & HEAR HER CRAZY HAPPINESS, I GET 100% HAPPIER MYSELF = THANK YOU YOUNG LADY!!!**

[@Panam511]

The main difference I see is that your Mom always take a time to analyse first the structure of the pieces.

[@thecasualcitizen492]

Amazing! I enjoyed watching and listening to the thought process.

[@timcannon5384]

Great video. I believe Pia actually mentioned going qg3 instead of trading too, very interesting all the way through. Awesome job!

[@undergroundblu]

Thanks for sharing! Great game, the both of you. Thoroughly enjoy the energy of both you fine ladies too. Keep 'em coming!

[@vdaniellee]

I love how instructive this video is!

[@coolcat23]

This was awesome! Great idea and very nicely executed.

[@MikaelSegerstrom]

Vad trevligt att se er båda spela. Hittade nyligen denna kanal. Särskilt kul att se Pia briljera med sin kunskap och erfarenhet. En Svensk schacklegend . Jag lär massor och följer kanalen. Tack.

[@90ld3n60y]

I love it. You both take mom and daughter's conversation into the next level 😆😆

[@davidvanlaningham4030]

Awesome video an explanation, really enjoyed it!

[@Hidinginyourcupboard]

Really wonderful summary, thank you!

[@grouch0]

Awesome video, couldn't stop watching, so cool to see the same game played differently.

[@rofreder]

Instructive and interesting and fun. I hope there's more REAL Difference vids to come.

[@kennethhicks2113]

Excellent idea and training! Ty

[@DCsWiseMan]

Wow that was so graceful and tactical, Mom is brilliant, thank you so much for sharing your thought process

[@Agnarian]

Watching your mom's process is really amazing! Love that you have access to someone to be able to do video's like this.

[@gabrielscarvalhoo]

Great analysis! The way that your mom can read the board is amazing!

[@carlitosflo414]

Pretty interesting concept for a video . I liked it a lot. Ty

[@venturaskip8594]

I appreciate these videos for multiple reasons. One, is the principles that are mentioned, such as pawn structure. That way when I can't figure out the best way to get the opponent, I defer to the principles.

[@elindauer]

I love this series. More like this please!

[@uglypope7789]

Awesome video love seeing you both together.

[@LizaFan]

Binge watching older content! So enjoyed your play in Menorca. Pia's commentary was fabulous.

[@randolphchristensen6428]

GREAT breakdown and discussion. Loved seeing the three points of view (yours, mom's, Magnus')!

[@ILoveMaths07]

Probably the humblest grandmaster ever! Thank you very much, Anna. You are very blessed to have her. ❤

[@Blinknone]

This was amazing.. Do more of these.

[@jonathanm9436]

I just love how you enjoy your mum, and admire her. Also, although I'm no player, it was great to learn some elemental strategies from just listening to Pia.

[@benslimen7001]

Fun wholesome and instructive , Keep it up

[@donovan665]

Really interesting seeing how you each worked things out. Wow.

[@alexotenko6597]

This is great! Important to hear what is going on in GM's mind when looking at a position

[@kennycol1234]

great concept for a video, could watch a long series of it.

[@hearhaw]

Loved this format! Subscribed! Now to see how Martin plays the position.

[@cartrinity]

loved it please more content like this