I Forced a Whole Chess Tournament To Play My Opening 

Since a bunch of cows are called a herd, this was a herd tournament.

The guy beside you won with the cow.

I’m glad everyone saw the fun side of it and decided to play the mighty cow 🐮

All the staff watching and smiling too

Fue un placer jugar contigo Anna!! It was a pleasure playing with you Anna!!

the grandmaster parents are totally speechless

"May the Cow be with you". Just don't fall for the "Fork", or you may get eaten alive.... ...

He might have lost the game, but he won our hearts!

I bet they all made some great mooooooves. 😂 Sorry, I have dad joke disease.

5/4: May the Force be with you. 5/11: May the Cow be with you.

Anna, i just want to say your videos are really helpful. The part i love the most is when u explain why u played that move. It helps me a lot bcz im trying to climb up my elo. Also congrats in advance for 1M subscribers. U deserve it!!

Udderly amazing. Congrats Anna.

That cow opening is interesting, sort of a close/conservative version of the late 1920's cross-bishop/knight-flanking fortress strategy that comes from pushing both royal pawns 2 squares forward instead of 1. The advantage of your cow opening, it seems to me, is that it can't really be interrupted, while the full 2-push fortress can be a fight to establish as a sub-goal unto itself. The full fort has the advantage of allowing development by more pieces on more angles before attacking (I used to refer to it as "strangle chess") but on the downside it often takes some sacrifices or repositioning moves to enable it. I played to establish the full fortress version for many years (long ago when it was still an obscure/forgotten strategy), and it was an absolute frustration for anyone who faced it. I think your cow opening, while more conservative, has the possibility of some explosive attacks depending on how the second wave of moves unfolds. It starts out very safe, but for bold fast play, you could overwhelm people with the angles it affords if you throw bishop-queen combos out there aggressively, willing to make trades and fall back on a 2-knight chokehold on center board. When I played the cross-fortress against people who opened both kights jumping their pawn row, it made a bit of a faceoff for a while, but they were ultimately tangled up with their other power pieces still behind the undeveleped pawns row. Your cow opening solves that by getting those royal pawns to open up the bishop and queen angles to assert to either side. Most players don't do as well facing a two-sided attack position, although once you get into master levels they will probably have the "chops" to think so bi-laterally as you do. As a result, I think throwing the cow at newer players will help them develop more total-board consciousness, but it will face more trouble against people of your own caliber who can formulate an offside board strategy quickly. "Does that seem right to you?"

I don't even play chess. I just love your energy so I watch your content. I know how the pieces move on the board but that's about it.

The cow is crazy

The guy next to you won with the cow!

Looks like 1M subs is just around the corner, Congrats!!

I hope all competitor played well 😊

Wow, I learned a lot from this. I really appreciate how Anna describes the game. It’s was cool to see her have that much fun✨

Hi Anna, I like this format a lot. You explaining your moves during play. Thank you.

The Cow rules! So glad that you decided to play it. The result was icing on the cake. Loved the giggling from all of you. I do play the Cow occasionally. I've found that after I tilt, the Cow helps me refocus my moves and thinking. Plus, it is just a fun opening to play. No matter what others might say, the Cow is a beautiful opening.

Since chess is, ultimately, a fairly simple game (for reasons) I think it would be a good practice for tournements to embrace exactly this kind of madness and have "theme" rounds where everyone is in fact scripted to attempt a certain matching strategy, or a this-vs-that strategy, just to see how various players would work out the specified variations. It would be fun like this, and it would help developing players develop more well-rounded skills in understanding the various main approaches to the stages of the game.

the arrows with the commentary are so good for beginners to understand what is going on... thank you!

Great Game Anna! Finished him off in record time! Hope you are successful in the balance of your games!

It's a Cow Vs Cow deathmatch!!!!

If it were me, I'd force everyone else to play left-handed.

Anna, you will go down in history as inventing a new opening, forever remembered as having the sight to try something new and make the game more exciting, kudos to you!

Now that was a nicely narrated stampede with a perfect score.

Te amamos Anna❤Sigue sonriendo e inspirandonos

I love Anna! She is such a sweet & bubbly person. Honestly, she is responsible for my interest in chess.

I love a little comedy in the morning. So far, this made my day. Maybe I'll comment after the game...good luck to the both of you.

talk about milking the cow 😁

Amazing game Anna hope you hit 1M subs soon

I was skeptical at first, but it has worked quite well for me. Currently pondering d4, the london cow system.

It used to be the dancing plague, now it's the Cow Opening phenomenon.

Laughing...AND LOVING you Anna. - Du er så jævla søt....OG FLINK.

Fun to watch. Congratulations.

That was a narrow and lucky one! And as always a big fun to watch :D

You should make a video on how to use the Cow opening in various situations. Maybe the first 12 moves for each situation.

My girl sooo close to 1M!! Subscribed!!

1 M de suscriptores, ¡en hora buena!, Domingo 12 de mayo 2024 por la tarde ... 👍❤️😀 Congrats!!! And thanks to all the nice guys for their collaboration in saving Anna's holy cow!

“May the Cow be with you.”

Anna Cramling, please never stop playing the Cow opening. We need to learn more and more about it. Please milk that Cow dry. Please milk that Cow till the last drop. 🐮

Holy Cow....

He cud have prolonged the game and won on time

That is AWESOME! Would have been a lot more fun in rapid.

OMG!! This was soooooooo funny!! Loved it! ❤❤

Holy sh*t. This was more spectacular then a Oceans Eleven movie. Nice going to you both!

Grandmaster parents be like : Our kid will also be gm one day Le kid playing with cow

I so like this girl, she is always cheerful

Congrats Anna for 1M!

Loved seeing you laugh so much!

When you advance the A and H pawns two squares each as part of the scripted opening, you're playing what I like to call "The Bull Variation" as it looks like there are horns. It was fun to see Anna play it that way. I felt confident Anna was going to win that game because she was advancing and attacking more. In other words, she was playing to win whereas her opponent seemed like he was playing not to lose. Of course I give him credit for being willing to play The Cow in the first place. Thank you for showing us an entertaining game.

Muchas gracias de nuevo por explicar el juego. Es de gran utilidad y entretenimiento

everyone:plays Cow. Anna:😃 Pia:😞

How wonderful to follow someone who makes chess history!

Heartfelt thanks for the recent video, your unwavering dedication sets a high standard.

they were all on the mooove

Muy bonito. Gracias!

You was constantly watching that dark knight 😅

I really love your videos. Keep up the amazing content. Enjoy your journey on the way to 1M subscribers. Hugs and kisses. 💋

Nice game , thanks I use the cow open in faster games all the time , and win on time , since it is a no brainer

At least you knew 100% that the cow opening was going to win!

Anna, get ready to celebrate 1m subscription!

I play the cow fairly often now, sometimes as a gag but I actually like the positions against some other openings.

Can you also demonstrate Kulning to call all those cows?

yes thanks AC! Ive played the COW! when I'm a bovine mood! which is pretty often!!!!!

Anna, you've started something here with the COW. Chess Princess

Cow is this reality!? 🐮

I would like to see a tournament in which everyone is forced to play with half their brains tied behind their backs

Lovely, as usual.

You are the one who invented it. You are the one who brought it to a huge tournament 1st. You are the 1st to open and win with what you invented. That is your greatest achievement, but remember you have lots more achievements to offer the world. Good job.

Cow vs Cow = Herd Game 😂

First appearance of the symmetric cow variation.

Really amazing

Cowabunga! That was fun! 🐄♟️

8:02 the guy playing the cow next to you lost bcs he doesn't moved his King while in check. He moved his Queen instead correct me if I'm wrong!!?

I can't believe you didn't play Bishop D2 and achieved perfect symmetry

Love the cow...

This should be an annual event, the Cow tournament

1:48 Oh, I can just imagine Anna's usual snorting in her Giggles cadences 🥺🙌🏽🤣

I love your smile when you win. And at any moment :D

Well done Anna.

Anna, the million is super close!

The Cow seems to be a pretty good opening... against The Cow. Especially this Extended Bull Variation with a5 & h5

I classify the cow as a 'closed' opening. It's a slow opening, not given to slashing attacks.

We've just witnessed a cow on cow violence, in a public setting.

It's called the cow because you will get farmed.

i love it! this awesome lol

need to do your own COW tournament where everyone must play it in every game MOOOO!

Anna turned his Cow defense into burger.

So, when you're playing "The Cow", you can say: It's your turn to MOOOOOOVE. ;)

Moovolus win. Historic tournament of the Cow.

It´s a stampede

He is only watching your eyes, not the board…

I thought you were going to say, "And may The Cow be with you." 🐄

lol

Wow what a beautiful moment when history is being made xx

You couldn't even put a flame close to tyler.5 imitation is the highest form of flattery

wish I could that game