Pia's reactions are so wholesome because she's so honest. If she doesn't like something you know it and when you played that B4 move her joy was truly infectious! Your relationship with your parents is another very inspiring part of your content. I love it!
i think pia can see that anna has made some real improvements... she can tell which were the key winning moves and was pleasantly surprised that anna found them too.
That right there, I hope I will still be as passionate as Pia when I'm her age. They are so amazing, the love that they have for chess, I can only imagine what it's like to have one single unifying passion in a family, must be really unique to grow up in a household where both mom and dad are grandmasters...
The most impressive aspect of her honesty, is that every game she enters, her opponent has a quick and in-depth account of her thought process. She plays at a disadvantage every game because her opponent not only knows her habits but how decides her moves. She is also very open to discuss her weaknesses. I believe this opponent wanted "get in her head" and rattle her a bit and pressure her on time. But it backfired.
I loved the mom reactions...the second best thing about this game. But the absolute best thing I loved was your ability to find the right moves...despite his blitzing out moves early while you was burning time to find your moves...to you getting the upper hand as play continued. Bravo!
The streams where Pia comments the games are so next level. Best format I’ve watched on Twitch all year. That joy & excitement when Anna finds the best moves. The anxiety around time control. Overall a true 💯 experience
Ok, I fell down a RU-vid rabbit hole watching 'one' of your videos about 24 hours ago. I was actually waiting for you to post this, and I am one of the first to see it. I haven't played chess since I made a chess board in shop class in seventh grade (about 1977ish). I just got done watching a video about pawn end games. I just WHAT?!?!? You are a tremendous ambassador for the game.
Pia's reaction after you play b4 is so wholesome and so honest. It's really inspiring to see how supportive your parents are and how proud they are of you ❤ Also it was a really good game! I think you have many chances of winning this tournament! Keep it up!!
Congratulations on your results thus far! I’m watching your live Sunday game right now. Such a great idea to use Pia’s commentary in these main channel recaps as well. Please use more of that footage in your recaps!
good thinking, anna! and there is a lesson this game taught us: to not doubt ourselves in a chess game. seeing how your opponent kept playing with a worse position, and how that sometimes made you confused - for thinking u were worse or better at times - showed another challenging thing about tournaments... if we can see an engine bar on the screen {non-stop analyzing} it almost looked easy. however, in person with your mind and human brain only, it is difficult to figure whether your position is good or bad, plus calculating moves is hard, and not to mention him playing fast {with a lot of ‘confidence’} is another factor. so it is super nice that u share your thoughts throughout the game with us! this was a very interesting perspective. well deserved!
Bravo! 🎉 Thrilled to follow your progress in Stockholm. These are by far the most entertaining chess videos I have ever seen. The whole personal setup and comitment with Pia's analysis and your teamwork is amazing. Streams like this will surely contribute to the growth of chess in the next geneneration.
Good luck! Love to watch you play, your energy is amazing. You can do this, I want to see you win the tournament! Your GM mom reaction was heartwarming. I thought she would bust with pride.
I'm delighted to see you still smiling every time, and that you finished the year in style. Victory suits you so well. Happy New Year to you and your family, I hope you continue on this path.
I'm rooting for you to win all the matches in this chess tournament, Anna! But know that even if you lose, you'll still be the most amazing player to me! For your effort, your talent, your simplicity, and humility, for your charisma and respect towards all opponents. Usually, players seek victory by overcoming the opponent, but you seek victory by surpassing yourself, and that's inspiring! Good luck, and thank you for sharing all this experience with us!
This is an opening I play regularly, so I really appreciate you going closely through the opening moves. I will often play Benoni with Black too, so this is really relevant to my games!
I have not played chess in a very long time. Your smile and enthusiasm really have rekindled a light in me. I forgot how much I missed the game. I have to say the way you explain things is refreshing. I am able to understand the process and how you got to a certain position in the natch. Thank you so very much.
Congratulations on the victory! Keep up the good work Anna! Also, your mom's reactions are very funny ( in a good way ) and it's lovely to see how much she supports you. I imagine both of your parents are very happy that not only do you play chess, but are very good at it too :) And you'll get even better I'm sure.
I’m so impressed not only with Anna’s play in the game but with her willingness to be so very open about her thought processes and emotions. Bravo Anna and congratulations! 👏🏻😊👍🏻
Congratulations Anna! Love watching your game evolve and grow. Less overthinking on this one. Your one 20 minute study period seemed to yield many benefits. Your opponent was a class act being willing to discuss the game and being so supportive of your play..
You are getting better and better, not only as a player but as a content maker, analyzer, and game commentator; for that, you deserve appreciation. Good job! I hope we'll have the pleasure of enjoying your content and fun streams for a long time! The clip with Pia's reaction is priceless
I watched some of the live stream video, and one thing is obvious Anna, you are a great competitor! It seems as though your opponent was more focused on getting you into time trouble, while you were focused on the full complexity of the position. That was a much deserved win. Good luck the rest of the way!
Gurl, you looks so professional in that blazer! And I love that you add snippets of your mom's reaction in the video and you remembered the word "shenanigans". Good luck tomorrow and destroy the competition!
Man I love u guys so much, your family is so awesome, so happy I found such a great channel. Congratulations on your win, and hope you continue to do well in your tournament 😁
Congratulations Anna! Thanks for taking me to this great game of chess! Great to experience to see how proud your mother is of you and how joyfull she´s supporting you! Good luck for tomorrow and of course all the best for 2024! Keep going and stay as you are!
Once again, great commentary that sends me scrambling to look up the names of openings. )) Thank you so much, really. I love it that you so know your stuff. ))
Anna you're taking this so well and we have connected SO MUCH more to you now because it's just this concept we have that good players don't lose! But seeing you tells us that it doesn't determine how good or bad you are! This is more valuable than seeing you winning every game. Yet, I must say that I would dig deep inside and ask myself what are the subconscious emotional reasons for not soaring past this? This is where this is coming from. And it will give you insight and most possibly help you move past this block Either way you're amazing and this has turned me into a TRUE fan!!!🎉🎉🎉
Anna I won't wish you luck because your wins are from hard work. It was beautiful to watch your pieces working in perfect harmony. Thanks for sharing and the positivity as a chess ambassador.🍓
Well done Anna! I've never played a game in my life but love your videos and watching you get better. All the best for the tournament! Looking for a "I won! I won" video next :) P.S. Your mum looks so proud.
Anna...that was fantastic! Yeh, he started with what looked like cunnung attack, but your middle/end game floored him. It was like he didn't see what was coming but also had no plan.
What a beautiful game. You made so many strong moves which were not easy to see. Your mom would love and be proud of you even if you had missed the crushing moves. But it was a joy to see her realize that you are now seeing the great moves much more often. Sometimes by thinking very hard, sometimes just by instinctively seeing them, calculating the crushing line, and not needing to consider other lines when you find one crushing line. I think I will step through this game with an engine, and see whether any of the alternative moves I probably would have made, were any good. For instance, around when you did Qh5+, which I considered but was leaning against doing, I was considering a pawn sac with b6 followed by Bb5+ to get that bishop into the fight while looking to boot his knight also. It is OK to do the "Anna Cramling thing" using a dangerous amount of time, when you do find the crushing line. Yet, please keep working on choosing when that is wise or unwise to try, because there will be times when you don't find a great move (often because it doesn't exist at that moment) and you will miss finding great moves later, due to lack of time. Sometimes, you need to just keep the time fairly even, while surviving until a number of small inaccuracies by an opponent, create an opportunity for you 5 or 6 moves later to find a way to exploit that. We all want to absolutely control the game at every moment, but we are human and all make inaccurate moves. Statistically, against an equal opponent, it is a coin flip whether we or they will be more inaccurate over the next (choose any number of) moves. If we spend time debating between almost equal moves when no superior move is there, we guarantee that they have more time for the next several moves, and it is no longer a coin flip as to who will be more inaccurate, we usually will be. I struggle with this myself. Hindsight is 20/20 in any particular game, wishing we'd spent more time on move 19 rather than move 14 or whatever. Luckily, opponents are human also. Survive for enough moves for them to make some mistakes.
