I Made GothamChess Try the Cow Opening 

If Anna plays the Cow, mom is gonna play the Butcher.

Gotham was trying his best to sound polite when she asked about the cow opening 😂

Anna: it’s a draw Gotham: it’s a draw Stockfish: _hold my beer_

Anna rebelled against her parents by inventing the cow lol

I love how Levy is afraid of her mom.

Anna! You could have said 'cowculate' in which case Levy would have instantly lost.

Him: "The cow opening is just not a good opening" Her: "This was the best game I had against you though" Him thinking: "Yes, because you forced me to use the cow opening"

The egg opening is an opening that is well-known for its sturdiness. It can develop into either the omelet opening or the chick opening, which the chick opening can then mature into the chicken opening or the annoyingly aggressive rooster opening.

Props to Levy's hostage holder for allowing him to go outside and play chess. What a kind soul!

"It´s like a pair of shoes. Looks different on everybody." - "So it works for some people, is this what you are saying?" Anna always finds a positive aspect and focuses on that - it´s her characteristic way.

I love Anna's energy.

Anna: "We have to do it sometime, might as well be in Paris, right?" Pia: "You wait till I get you home, young lady!"

she's so chaotic but in a very calm way

If the Cow is played by both players, does it become the Herd Variation?

I watch Hikaru and Levy for the analysis, but Anna is the one who gives always chill vibes and delivers the comfort food content of chess. It's so refreshing watching someone not taking themselves so seriously in chess. I wish Levy could just relax and be more playful, like Anna.

Levy should develop his own opening and call it the Porterhouse

Levy: Time to demonstrate my endgame technique (on a generally winning position) 4 moves later: Position is dead drawn

i love the friendly trash talk, like a chess family. so much fun.

I am never really watch or into chess , but i love Ana's energy and personality. She is entertaining

I love how Gotham loves to give his good friend grief about her opening. I just love how they seem to be actual friend IRL.

You and Gotham did amazing in this match. No doubt you'll reach further heights from this point on.

I love when Anna goes somewhere, hopping to play chass there

I always love it when these chess players talk it out after the game, what moves can be done, what's possible.

It was nice of Levy's kidnappers to let him go out for a game of chess with Anna

Jardin du Luxembourg ... near the Orangerie and Musée du Luxembourg ... right by the rue Férou gate entrance, Porte Férou ... I've played chess there and I'm also a member of the Marshall Club in NYC ... our paths have almost crossed twice ... fun ... you must shop for a chess set at Variantes ... on 29 Rue Saint-André des Arts ... near Place Saint-Michel ...

LOL Nemo in the background though

really fun to see these two play, great much joy and fun, and friendship.

i actually play the cow often in my 3 min games. Since im really terrible at chess it helps me to not blunder in the opening, since its pretty defensive and my mid to lategame is pretty solid ^^

I find the key idea of the Cow is it makes it hard to develop the bishops without trading them and then you often have a bishop pair. But I have been absolutely crushing with this opening.

This was a fun video between two great players and great content creators! Wonderful

This both are so wholesome. What kind persons.

"show me the egg"

I used a modified cow opening to first draw & then next game beat a friend of mine who is ~2100 strong; He has kick my butt at least 12-15 times. I have/had a provisional rating of 1250; have not competed in a decade or more. I play many games out of Chess Life (life member) & have read/played the games in many chess books for many years. Your videos & other's videos on RU-vid have taught me a great deal of strategies & tactics & has improved my game immensely. Thank you & keep up the Good Works! FREE

Sad story behind the Cow: I showed it to my dad - which is a chess crack. And he meant: "Looks somewhat familiar... He got out his Chessbooks and we looked through them together (I didnt unterstand a thing of the systematic but hey - my Dad is the Chess genius in the family. Not me) and finally he found it: Its propagated in "The Defense Game" from 2002. But my dad thinks its even older. It was only the first book he found it in. Nevertheless: He found it as an easy to learn Opening and overall I had a very nice evening together with my dad while we waltzed books. Something we rarely do and should do more often.

I’ve recently started playing Chess for the first time. The community seems really nice, nice to see these recommended RU-vid content creators go against each other

Kind of reminds me of that opening where the king goes forward but here it's the knights blocking everything multiple times over because why not right

😂 the look on his face when they said 'are you gonna play the cow'.

I played against the opening today and lost. You created a good opening Anna.

Anna your enthusiasm is infectious.

I think 500 years from now people will still play the cow opening and know the name Anna.

i like how nemo zhou is just chilling behind the virtual board lol

I think the cow is good right now because it brings people outside their prep. It’s not great but it is good enough to play because your opponent has to play pure theory.

I love both of these chess influencers!! Anna is a hoot and Gotham is one as well!!

It is incredible that someone would come up with a whole new opening.

Two of the best chess RU-vidrs in one video!

Gotham is so lucky to be able to play chess with you!

So nice of Levy’s kidnappers to let him get some fresh air

we need part 2

so THIS is where gotham was being held hostage if you know, you know

“We have to do it at some point, why not in Paris” I bet Levi, (humble as he is) was thinking all chess through that comment 😂

as a beginner I use it a lot on bullet games and it worked so far(mostly putting bishops on d2-e2 and then castling). Went from around 500 to 850 in about 2 months. Usually not because I play much better than the opponents, but because they find unknown moves so they spend time trying to reply them (sometimes they blunder free bishop on c5 or f5 as knights wouldnt be a threat with other openings)and I can move faster as after a few games, I can reply safely most of their usual responses. If I get time advantage then it's all about keeping a fast and solid defense, and not blundering free pieces, while searching good attacking points. If time is similar, then i try to be agresive at middle or endgame, but usually positions are not much unbalanced at these ratings if it hasn't been a major blunder, and I use to struggle a bit at later stages, but not because of the cow itself

With these two, chess is incidental to the entertainment.

I love it when she laughs. So ❤funny

I love your energy Anna

Oh man! I want to see the second game.

"you scared I was gonna bring my mom?" made me LOL

Fun match! Y'all are good opponents!

I feel cheated I didn't get to see the egg vs the cow

That king went down in a dramatic fashion, just as time ran out.

One must never underestimate the value of being able to correctly count the number of pawns on the board.

11:48 Show me the egg 💀💀💀

Hey! I wanted to see the egg! Also, the 2 of u proved (no matter what Levy said on the NewsHour) that the longer formats are more enjoyable because they have time for humor.

Anna and Levi matches are a lot of fun! The cow wins and the cow loses!

The Jardin du Luxembourg is the best for playing chess ! Right at the intersection of the Quartier Latin, Saint Germain, Montparnasse districts… it is calm and quite airy for a French Garden. It is a large park too…

Gretchen, stop trying to make “The cow opening” happen. It’s not going to happen.

Ana is so sunny. Delightful. Levy seems like a good guy too.

"It's like a pair of shoes " classic Levy😂

I can't get over the calmness you both show. I strain and veins bulge on my forehead in a 10 minute game, and you're both casually having a conversation while sitting in a park in Paris moving the ivory pieces around like it's nothing.

I love the cow (as black). It confuses a lot of people when they see it and they just push forward ... and get crushed in the end game. Thanks Anna!

I just don’t know how they can talk and play at the same time. Basically they are just 1 million time smarter than me. Sigh. Such good fun, both so light, fun and classy in their own way. Love them both!

either player wins, "omg,i told you!,the cow does it again"! this opening is the greatest you guys.

The smile of Nemo❤

The cow opening definitely grows on you

this made me smile thank you!

A wild Levy appeared! Anna used the cow. "It was not very effective"

It was like poetry in Chessdom, the ballerina dance against the young nave, his nimble moves and her defense, a delight in chess moves, good show both of you. Thanks for bringing back chess to my life again. You guys make it fun.

Show us the egg.

now we know levy’s thoughts on the sun “it’s alright”

“We have to do it at some point, why not do it in Paris” 😃😉

Anna is so nice 🌻

"Show me the egg" - Anna to Levy, 2023.

I love hearing Anna say Chass

Straight into the video with 100% Anna energy! 😀

The three of them see the whole board and can envision several moves ahead. I wish I had started chess at the age of 8.

As a fellow cow, seeing Levy use the cow, felt like a "one of us, one of us, one of us" moment.

Man I was in Paris 2 weeks ago. Wish my timing would of been a little better! Also, stay safe Anna.

I've been reading the comments under this and some other Anna's vids and it appears that her laughter makes a whole lot of other people laugh. It's a bit of a scary thought because one of these days she may encounter someone whose laughter makes her laugh and that may cause an unstoppable chain reaction where they both continue to laugh with exponentially growing intensity thus breaking the time-space continuum and the entire universe goes poof and I really, I mean REALLY want my druid to hit level 100 first, so please be careful 😮

"We'll always have Paris." ❤

Old people who are good at chess watching young people who are phenomenal at chess is such a delight. You can see the appreciation of study of the theory and just amazing decision making capacity.

You know you succeeded as a nerd when you are surrounded by beauties

Levy is such a diva! Keep having fun playing the Cow, Anna. Don’t let yourself get boring like your opponent 😂

nemo in the back just glowing lol

Would love to see Magnus play the cow

I didn't see who posted this at first, I just saw the video title.... Thank God it was chess related, that could have been worded better 😅

Anna - your theme song should be 'for all the cows' by the foo fighters

You are awesome girl..🥰

Such an amazing, beautiful, wholesome and inspiring person playing chess in summertime Paris 🤩 Anna is cute as well I guess..

Levy plays a great grumpy old man to Anna's sweet innocence. 🤣

Hahaha this video is very fun to watch, I laughed a lot. It is great! I would like to see more content like this ❤

gotham really doesnt like the cow opening. you can tell just by the way he talks about it haha