The BEST Way To Calculate in Chess 

These "talking you through my thinking processes"-videos are always very interesting and instructional. Thank you!

She calculates too quickly for me sometimes, but...they made a rewind button. I think I learn more from Anna than anyone. Excellent communicator (and who doesn't love her mom and dad)

Also important to note at 9:15 in the video that if Anna does not block/attack the diagonal then white has checkmate on g7. This illustrates my problem in identifying my opponent's best moves. I'm so focused on my own moves that i neglect to analyze my opponent's plan. We also must identify our opponent's checks, captures, threats, etc.

Please do this style of video every week. I get more out of this than any other chess video. Great explainer.

This is the best anna cramling video by far , perfect for beginners and despite the fact I'm intermediate there is still stuff I can take away from it

I am 71 and trying to become ok at chess. I have spent my career at being good at programming first and project management later and never had time to pursue this. There was racing cars on road courses and flying too. But now trying to learn chess. Anna is the best so far at getting me hopefully past my fear of failure to play real humans. Maybe because she learned from two grand masters and is good at remembering how they taught het, she is great at transferring that info on. Thank you.

I loved it! As a beginner chess player it really helps me! I'm 71 and just got a chess game for Christmas so I'm trying to fallow your videos and understand it all. I find it very interesting the thought pattern.

Anna, please do more of these type of videos. They are very enjoyable and at same time being very instructional. Thank you.

This is great! I really wish there were more shorts like this on thought process. Do more please!

As an advanced player, I can say it was a very clear and instructionnal video. We definitely need more of this type of content in the future.

Anna is such a good teacher. Great video thank you for sharing!

Thank you! I'm still in the "trying not to blunder multiple times per game" phase of chess development (which I'm fine with as a casual). It leads to hilarious games where I had 6 blunders but still win LOL The other day I was like "ohh I have checkmate in 2 moves!!" and then I didn't see my opponent had checkmate in 1 lol. This checklist helps :) can't forget about my little king, gotta protect him

Another incredibly valuable video. As it turns out, your ability to teach chess is one of your greatest gifts. Thank you.

I loved the instructive commentary, Anna! I'm just starting out and I need to learn as much as possible and you help a ton! Thank you!

Hi Anna! This was amazing and exactly what I've been looking for as I've stopped progressing at 500 and go no further. This has shown me the way. Thank you so much. More like this please.

Loved it, thank you! Please do more :-) the timing worked out really nicely, going through the mid game accentuating the main idea where it was most applicable, and then proving your prowess through an accelerated endgame was 👍👍

This is definitely a very helpful type of video!! I gotta watch it again when I have time to sit down and focus on everything being said.

Super helpful for a novice-intermediate player like myself. Thanks Anna! This is my favourite format of video.

Hi Anna, i am a beginner and this video was so helpful. I would like to see more videos like this or like the one 2 weeks ago where you told us what the opponent did wrong. I like it so much that you explain every move you do. It helps so much. Pls keep making these masterpieces. Greetings from Germany

Very interesting to hear you go through your thought process. Looking forward to seeing more of these.

We absolutely love these new educational videos! Please keep making them! I am very eager to learn! You are the best!

Smooth flowing...clear, precise, informative...well done thanks!? One never stops enjoying these journeys.

These move-by-move explainer videos are very helpful for beginner/intermediates like me. Thank you so much.

I LOVED this walkthrough! TY!

Loved that video! I have been playing really a lot when I was in my teens and only played randomly since then; this video triggered all the right places in my brain in a couple of minutes to remind me how much I loved chess - and that I have to get back to playing again. Thank you!

Det blir bara bättre o bättre! Tack Anna för en fantastisk youtubekanal. Mycket inspirerande!

Great video concept. I like the idea of running through the short list on each move to try to find the best options. It did feel a little fast and frantic. I'd recommend maybe trying to play the game first then going through it with explanations after to give yourself more time to explain important decision points.

This was great to watch, the explanations (even if a little speedy at the end) made great logical sense. Moreover, you did it all with a smile on your face. 💪💪

Great examples. Love the way your able to enplane your ideas with these examples. Look forward to more.

Love videos like this! Simple to understand and very explanatory and great tactic to use. I’m very much a beginner and this is so helpful! Thanks Anna! Hope to be as good as you one day!

This was so helpful!!! Bless you for providing this go-to "plan" that I can always have between moves now...I was really needing that :)

Lovely Anna! Enjoyed your very incisive and accurate thought process! Keep them coming!

This was very well explained, I love this format! Absolutely would love to see more videos like this were you think out loud. I'm a

Thanks for this. Talking out loud through it. Real time is fantastic. It really helps. Sticking to fundamentals is some thing that we forget about as soon as we have a little bit of success. 😂

No idea if you ever read this Anna, but I'm here just to say a quick thank you. I stumbled upon your videos last week and I'm slowly learning chess since then. I remember my dad showed me how pieces move when I was little, but I was a crybaby and too sensitive to lose back then so we didn't play much. I challenged my dad today and we found this old decorated Russian chessboard in the attic. I had my ass handled spectacularly but I'm motivated to keep learning now. Apparently my dad used to play a lot when he was young and for years now he had no one to play with. Thanks to you I found a new activity to do with him whenever I visit home. We have a silent, but very supportive relationship, so it fits so well in our dinamics. Now it's time for me to prepare for future games with him, so you've found a subscriber in me. Have a great day and good luck on your journey!

really appreciate this vid wow walking us thru the calculation really makes the concept concrete

very informative, thank you! I love how you explain the tought process behind your every move

Actually a really helpful vid, more of these types of videos would be really cool. Like closed positions, etc etc.

Very helpful. It was just the right speed. Not too fast or too slow. It's great that you describe your thought process. Thank you.

Anna!!!! I learn so much from these videos. Thanks so much!

Great instructions!!! Love this sort of commentary - keep the videos coming:)

@9:25 the even more compelling reason for placing the bishop on f6 instead of c5 is that bish c5 allows immediately check mate on g7 game over.

Great video! We need more of this series!

Your content is so gold, Anna. Congrats a lot!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us! Your whole thought process really helps to understand certain moves and seeing you making minor mistakes (f.eks. missing a checkmate) keeps the motivation up as well imo.

This was so helpful, please do more instructive content!!

Defo need more of these. Was brilliant and I learned a lot as a newbie

Thanks. Very instructive especially your calculation on setting the trap and also defending after g4.

Thank you Anna. This was really instructive, I won't forget checks, captures and attacks. I liked the way how you explained why you did what (and why you did not do some other moves).

This is gold for me as a struggling beginner who has been stuck for some months, thanks!

enjoyed listening to you explain how you felt about certain moves and why they worked for you you did have the jump on your opponent since right after the opening your attack was much better Thank you for the entertainment love Chess always striving to improve my game

Epic. Loved it. Thanks for the excellent explaining!

This is the best video on calculating I've seen. Learned a lot from this

anna i love you! you actually take time to teach vs other channels and i really appreciate that.

Anna explains chess principles, tactics and strategies so effectively! I am learning so much with these tutorials.

The instructional videos are extremely useful. Your smile is contagious and personality is refreshing. Keep up the good work.

Wow! Thanks, Anna. I’m a 1200, and the C’s, C’s, and A’s concept is really helpful for me. Great video.

Wild when she starts pre-playing moves at the end - makes you realize how fast her brain moves. So helpful to hear the narration, thank you Anna!

Excellent talk and playing. Had to stop and back play several decisions you made --- nice play.

Loved this format. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Very helpful! This helps me to see short-term goals and get out of my own way! Thank you!

Anna this was really great, please make more, maybe even a speedrun of this sort of content? I think it could be really popular, the way you explain your thought process is very helpful. Maybe consider doing a longer time frame too to allow yourself longer to explain moves and avoid the time scrambles.

Loved this video. I learned a lot (and laughed a lot)! Yes, please do more like this.

I used to play chess a LOT years ago. Stopped and trying to pick it up but struggling early days so appreciate videos like this. Thank you

Wow. This was really well done! Thank you.

I like this tip. It organizes possibilities and prioritizes. I do have the problem of calculating lines which could probably be discarded early by some other criteria. However, I find it very difficult to avoid calculating opening moves because 1. I don't know them by heart like you since I don't have ample studies of openings, and 2. a sub-optimal move in the opening can cost you material or positional disadvantages enough to lose you the game.

This video is EXTREMELY helpful. So many expressions I never knew to think. Thank you!

This is very useful, I learned a lot from this on how to organize attack develop and looking for check. very well done you're really good at explaining .Thank you

I really like how you structure this system is very easy and helps to develop your minor pieces, think about tactics and also improve accuracy, thanks!!

I think the number 3 would be to improve your position (after 1 and 2) because a lot of attacks are actually developing your pieces to more active squares .

At 9:34 bishop to C5 would be a game losing blunder as Queen G7 is checkmate due to the white pawn on H6. I think Anna might have got lucky here because she did not mention the checkmate in her analysis.

Thank you soooo much for this instructive video. I love the game, played for many years, but never had any formal education on the game and thanks to the internet an old geezer like me gets to learn from better players in a concentrated form and I get the fruits of knowledge that makes the game even more rewarding. Thanks again Ms. Cramling!!!

Muchas gracias Anna, muy interesante poder meterse en la cabeza de alguien como tu para aprender los razonamientos que se hacen en una partida de ajedrez. Gracias por compartir!

Decided to get back into chess. This was a nice tutorial to stumble across. Thank you!

Excellent. Very good practical advice on how to figure out what to do (Check, Capture, Attack, (which in my head is now AKA 'CCA') after the opening.

sooo good. this is actually really helpful

Thank you for your video! I find that you are an excellent communicator, making your thoughts understandable to even a beginner in chess. Subscribed!

I find this enormously educational. A huge thank you, Anna.

Great lesson, thank you. That's a great mental model to bring to the game for complex positions

Thank you Anna. Great video

Great video. Very helpful into how to evaluate what to calculate. Thanks. 👍

I love your attacking instincts in this video. At around 9 minutes 17 seconds, bishop f6 was also better because it prevented Qg7 mate! Thank you for another amazing video, too. 😊

Great teacher. I feel I'm learning because I was seeing some of the same moves you were seeing.

the way you explain things is next level, please keep bringing more videos like these

Anna, although I have been playing a long time, your teachings are very refreshing and reinforces what I already know! I thank you for your energy, explanation of the Royal Game of Chess!

This simple technique immediately improved my game, thank you Anna!

I would love more "education" on checks, captures, and attacks. For me, personally, every game I forget to do this, and I think it's the major thing that holds me back: consistency. Thanks for the video!

This was super helpful, thanks Anna!

The explanation was indeed helpful. Ty

Not gonna lie I think I actually needed this. Thank you thank you for making this video. Especially since I’m a beginning player

I found this video really helpful and informative - thank you ! :)

I am fairly new to chess even though I'm 51. I have over the last few months been trying to learn more and better my game. My older brother always beat me at chess up until I last played him when I was around 25. It made me feel stupid as even though I knew how the pieces moved I had no idea about strategy. I am really enjoying learning. I am neuro-divergent and have ADHD and PTSD. Which means my mind certainly wanders when I need it to wonder! I just want to say Anna I really like the way you teach for me you express all the things I need to hear but not using terminology I don't understand. So thank you. I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching and learning. Many thanks. Johnny

Wow thanks! Very helpful real time explanation 👌

Thank you, that was interesting and fun to follow !

This was very helpful. I've seen it before, but I knew I needed to see it again.

Thanks for the recall of the check, capture or attack. I did not know this simple guideline that makes sense in fact. Hi from France 🇫🇷 Anna.

Thank you Anna. I always enjoy your tutorials.

I watch 2600 Elo GM instruction videos and have no idea what they are talking about. Anna's instructions are crystal clear. Thank you.

Definitely helpful and informative. Thx!

This video was so instructive 🤯 Like taking a class with a funny and focused teacher