Opponent Plays THE COW OPENING In Official Chess Tournament

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  • čas přidán 11. 03. 2024
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Komentáře • 437

  • @averellgamble2130
    @averellgamble2130 Před 2 měsíci +1281

    Hey Anna, I'm Axel, the guy in the video. Thanks for the game, it was nice meeting you ! Long live the cow !

    • @AnnaCramling
      @AnnaCramling  Před 2 měsíci +233

      Thank you so much for the game!!

    • @beastmtl
      @beastmtl Před 2 měsíci +12

      @averellgamble2130 Je pense que tu voulais dire crawl et non creep ;) pour ton ouverture. Great video again Anna!

    • @daviss4101
      @daviss4101 Před 2 měsíci +27

      Axel, I think the creep opening is better than the cow. Just need to find ways to develop the Queen side. Sorry Anna. In exchange, I will sub to your channel. 🎉

    • @averellgamble2130
      @averellgamble2130 Před 2 měsíci +15

      Yes, ma traduction était approximative, je pense en effet que crawl est mieux haha ! Merci ;) @@beastmtl

    • @sdjdavies42
      @sdjdavies42 Před 2 měsíci +16

      You seem like an awesome dude, Axel

  • @bobbyhanson346
    @bobbyhanson346 Před 2 měsíci +687

    I can hear Pia now: "Axel made an interesting opening. Very interesting. Not what I would do."

  • @fabrecyril1163
    @fabrecyril1163 Před 2 měsíci +145

    he is probably too shy and too humble to say it; but Axel
    is one of the best poker players of his generation. This is the very first time I've commented on a CZcams video and I wanted to say that I really appreciate your content! THANKS!

  • @Robmonster
    @Robmonster Před 2 měsíci +385

    If you are writing cow theory you'd better play the right moooOOOOoooves

  • @chess
    @chess Před 2 měsíci +408

    What a flex!

  • @spindoctor6385
    @spindoctor6385 Před 2 měsíci +150

    We need a hybrid of the two openings here, The creeping cow would be popular just because of the name.

    • @MrBisque
      @MrBisque Před 2 měsíci

      Nice! I was thinking creeping cow too and found you beat me to replies.

    • @daviss4101
      @daviss4101 Před 2 měsíci

      What a bizzare name.😂

    • @frenches1995
      @frenches1995 Před 2 měsíci +2

      it's a fun tournament idea to make a tournament where white plays the creep and black plays the cow.

  • @davidlg571
    @davidlg571 Před 2 měsíci +77

    Opponent: Hello, nice to meet you! My name is Axel
    Anna: *your name means shoulder in Swedish*

    • @QuentinSingvogel
      @QuentinSingvogel Před 2 měsíci +13

      Could be worse though... In German his name literally means armpit :D

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 2 měsíci +2

      And in English of course, it means the bit between two wheels. And then there's Axl Rose ... well, we won't go into the origin of THAT (not with sweet Anna around ...)

    • @msch2229
      @msch2229 Před 2 měsíci

      No it doesn't.@@QuentinSingvogel

    • @ThW5
      @ThW5 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@msch2229 Well, it's Achsel in German and oksel in Dutch, both mean armpit. Saterland Frisian seems to have acsle as shoulder too. The Old English version used to mean both things in the run of time...

  • @Thricecube57
    @Thricecube57 Před 2 měsíci +203

    He's right - he's a man of culture.

    • @stcredzero
      @stcredzero Před 2 měsíci +16

      I think playing cow-cow openings was very gentlemanly to Anna. Because, if a side loses to the Cow, the Cow still wins! EDIT: Then, in the 2nd game, it became, you showed me yours, now I show you mine!

    • @fierymongoose9945
      @fierymongoose9945 Před 2 měsíci +18

      A man of cowture.

    • @Alagachak
      @Alagachak Před 2 měsíci +2

      Men of culture assemble! We still want words with the cameraman from the Anna & Botez arm wrestling thing!

    • @PeteQuad
      @PeteQuad Před 2 měsíci +3

      I choked when he said that lol

  • @nikedoesthings
    @nikedoesthings Před 2 měsíci +97

    I love Axel, he came prepared

  • @gdmclean
    @gdmclean Před 2 měsíci +51

    The way to a woman’s heart is through her opening.

  • @flyerminer
    @flyerminer Před 2 měsíci +65

    This man bringing the cow to you as his opening move is the equivalent of a chess pickup line. You are a smooth operator, Axel. 😉

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 2 měsíci +5

      He's got some competition from the Italian though ...

  • @Fuzcapp
    @Fuzcapp Před 2 měsíci +50

    really loving this format with the voice over explanations. It's great. Nicely editing in the actuality as well - nice touches.

    • @BradfordtheEclectic
      @BradfordtheEclectic Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yes, she's so polished that you seamlessly follow her games without even thinking about the production. You're right there watching the game holding a consolation pint after dropping out.

  • @licht3457
    @licht3457 Před 2 měsíci +72

    It’s officially an opening now

  • @aimpointrod
    @aimpointrod Před 2 měsíci +12

    Axel is a great poker player. He's won a total of more than $1.5 million at poker tournaments, including 136,000 euro at a live tournament in France.

  • @yadaroni
    @yadaroni Před 2 měsíci +15

    The smile when Anna saw the Cow opening, worth it. Well played sir.

  • @WhiteGandalfs
    @WhiteGandalfs Před 2 měsíci +47

    He really investigated his opponent and made the game as such to a present. THAT's flirting at higher levels :D

  • @ManusMagus
    @ManusMagus Před 2 měsíci +8

    French "ramper"
    To crawl, creep, trail
    Or otherwise to move out of the opening like molasses, it's like a single-sided cow.
    Try adapting it to the cow double-sided style, can be "the creeping cow" with horns turned inwards

  • @hasansunnuoglu3872
    @hasansunnuoglu3872 Před 2 měsíci +37

    Shoulder with cow opening should be Eva Bergman’s next movie’s name which plots on rural Sweden

  • @cantreachme9
    @cantreachme9 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Congrats Anna!! He played your opening! You're officially a celebrity now 😂❤

  • @tiffinimorgan1867
    @tiffinimorgan1867 Před 2 měsíci +28

    I love that he says he knows it because he is a man of culture! haha

  • @DataBeingCollected
    @DataBeingCollected Před 2 měsíci +38

    The Checkered Pasture: The Complete body of Cow Theory by Anna Cramling

    • @scottharvey6892
      @scottharvey6892 Před 2 měsíci

      clever, clever!

    • @DFGdanger
      @DFGdanger Před 2 měsíci +1

      I think she should hire Ben Finegold to write it: "Moo like a Grandmaster"

  • @plushquasar653
    @plushquasar653 Před 2 měsíci +25

    “DO YOU KNOW WE NAME PEOPLE SHOULDER IN SWEEDEN?”
    Lmao. Had a couple of pints in ya I see! 😂

  • @davidjoseph7142
    @davidjoseph7142 Před 2 měsíci +11

    One really cool thing about this tournament is that you are meeting some realy cool people. Also I like your tournament videos more because there is more suspence in addition to the banter between players and commentary of the game.

  • @scottharvey6892
    @scottharvey6892 Před 2 měsíci +19

    Cow ain't no joke. I got beat by the Cow yesterday in a frustrating locked-down position. Think it was the first time I lost against the Cow but certainly could tell that opponent knew some theory and had been playing it for quite awhile. The Cow ain't no joke.

  • @Gotyapaco
    @Gotyapaco Před 2 měsíci +5

    Enjoyed cordial interaction between the players. Good sportsmanship.

  • @oliverschwarz8069
    @oliverschwarz8069 Před 2 měsíci +18

    In Fact, Axel in german means Shoulder too. Well, actually it means armpit, but i wouldnt have said that one either.

    • @gutschke
      @gutschke Před 2 měsíci +2

      It's spelled differently though. But you are right, if you just hear it spoken, you can't tell the difference.

  • @rorowwa1
    @rorowwa1 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Epic battle between shoulder and inventor of the cow.

  • @gutbeta1
    @gutbeta1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Well plaid. You bring a smile to my mornings. Love the actual plays with commentaries. You do it very well.

  • @bernardducharme4085
    @bernardducharme4085 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I've been working on the Black Knight's Tango lately, and seeing this game of Cow, I imagined a push in the center followed by a knight manoeuver Nd7-Nf6, wich could give a nice position attacking on the king side and could be called the Cow Tango variation, or the Mexican Cow.

  • @nicolaspeters2555
    @nicolaspeters2555 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Thanks Anna, so glad u won. Looking forward to the next game and you up on the podium.

  • @conornelson91
    @conornelson91 Před 2 měsíci +17

    la rampante, don't call it the creep opening 😂

    • @evilbob840
      @evilbob840 Před 2 měsíci +7

      If she wants to use the English at least call it "creeping" instead of "creep" -- there is a huge difference.

  • @traida111
    @traida111 Před 2 měsíci +3

    what a gigachad, just feeding the content for us. what a guy

  • @btlarkin
    @btlarkin Před 2 měsíci

    Great match and narration. Thank you Anna & Axel.

  • @arthurbraden4102
    @arthurbraden4102 Před 2 měsíci +2

    In Game 2 Axel's opening is unfortunately old news as creative/prolific GM Duncan Suttles often played the KIA with Nh3, and then many times followed with f3/Nf2/e4 (60's 70's), including Suttles vs. Hort Polanica Zdroj 1967, Suttles vs. Polugaevsky Belgrade 1969, Suttles (2470) vs. Keene (2435) Skopje 1972, Suttles (2425) vs. Andersson (2595) Thessaloniki 1984. Because of his influence I have tried this in a couple of serious tournament games, as well as speed chess in the 80s.

  • @jonkoepnick3012
    @jonkoepnick3012 Před 2 měsíci

    This is great! Been playing the cow with friends and have had pretty good success with it.

  • @DataBeingCollected
    @DataBeingCollected Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is chess history. Axel has brought us the paleron de boeuf variation of Anne’s opening.

  • @garynovak7977
    @garynovak7977 Před 2 měsíci +3

    The king/queen fork was a thing of beauty.

  • @shanastroskyphazer8172
    @shanastroskyphazer8172 Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome Anna ! fascinating games. The cow Trumps the creep. I think I was playing the creep opening back in the day too. BTW got my favorite colors down to 3 . Sky Blue, Sunset Orange, or Sunrise Yellow...... Love ya Anna !!

  • @davidlg571
    @davidlg571 Před 2 měsíci +3

    2:26 NO WAY
    Congratulations!!!! That's actually awesome

  • @danwilliams8626
    @danwilliams8626 Před 2 měsíci

    I have yet to try playing the cow 🐮, but I really like watching it. Great job winning that round!

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 Před 2 měsíci

    You have to like how the winning line began with B:f2, which was the essence of "La Rampant" (the creep). Very nice combo with the rook sac - great game Anna - enjoyed

  • @czarp
    @czarp Před 2 měsíci

    Truly enlightening when you bring you own art in to change the playing field.

    • @czarp
      @czarp Před 2 měsíci

      My own example is Smite and the Goose Chase to maneuver an entire team like a shepard without "boots" , a staple item. Did it so many times, they took boots out of the game entirely and made a new game mode.

    • @czarp
      @czarp Před 2 měsíci

      Every time friendly team OCD for their own strategy had them screaming at me to buy boots, I was way ahead of them, and they never knew why I was running like a mad hatter when they couldn't see on the mini-map with what I saw with my own eyes. Very few saw the opportunity of time and placement, using the definition of speed (distance over time) to line up everything like a good shephard. There were other items for speed that scaled damage off the bat that made me faster with the same amount of gold.

  • @Wesmin
    @Wesmin Před 2 měsíci

    Beer was almost spit on the chess board there when she saw the opening. What a fun game! I get stressed thinking about both the cow and creep openings, not in my wheelhouse at all, but it was so fun watching you two play them!

  • @bassmaster9781
    @bassmaster9781 Před 2 měsíci

    It is always a pleasure watching you:
    .Play chess.
    .Talking.
    .smiling.
    .joking around with other people.
    .having fun.
    Love and good vibes from holland 🇳🇱

  • @katis999
    @katis999 Před 2 měsíci

    Congrats, Anna and Axel

  • @bygino3.0
    @bygino3.0 Před 2 měsíci

    Brava Anna, è sempre bello vedere ragazze allegre e cordiali. Continua così!

  • @richardthorne2804
    @richardthorne2804 Před 2 měsíci +8

    That was so cool that he opened up with the cow. I did that today as well. I got killed.

  • @NotTheUnsub
    @NotTheUnsub Před 2 měsíci +1

    Guess it was only fitting how the Cow vs Cow game ended. The Creep (as in creeping up, not creepy person) opening is a bit like the King's Indian but with a knight in place of a pawn. Between the two, I like the Cow more because that doesn't feel as awkward to set up as The Creep. Looking forward to the next video!

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan Před 2 měsíci

    This is wonderful, a good man :) Well done, Anna.

  • @RSarosdy
    @RSarosdy Před 2 měsíci

    Axel (aka The Shoulder) was such a great sport! First he played the Cow opening! Then he showed you the Creep opening which he invented when he was 12! Hard to say which is better since the time allotment was so short in the Creep game. But both are part of chess history a la Anna now!

  • @spodule6000
    @spodule6000 Před 2 měsíci

    That openening with Nh3, Bg2 and Nf2 isn't new. It's called the Paris opening IIRC. It's mentioned in BCO.

  • @TheRagev3
    @TheRagev3 Před 2 měsíci

    @AnnaCramling I learn a lot from watching your videos, been gaining a lot of confidence in my own moves from watching you make the same kind of moves that i would always disregard because i always presume “well the internet would think there’s a better move here.”
    I guess my main question is where would i go to learn more chess theory?

  • @Instelpro
    @Instelpro Před 2 měsíci

    Axel is such a good person! Dream to had him as a friend!

  • @John-fr8gg
    @John-fr8gg Před 2 měsíci

    That makes sense. Your shoulder joint is an axel of sorts.

  • @giacomo5626
    @giacomo5626 Před 2 měsíci +1

    There is a book on the cow! It's called "The defense game" from pafu, someone show this to Anna

  • @brucecrane9605
    @brucecrane9605 Před 2 měsíci

    I never thought I'd love watching a chess match until I discovered how entertaining and skilled you are at chess. You are the Chess Princess.

  • @WayOfHaQodesh
    @WayOfHaQodesh Před 2 měsíci

    Ahhh, come on Anna, what a cliffhanger!... Laughed heartily when the two cows meet on the battlefield, both smelling the flowers. Brilliant 2 games. Hoping you get the 3rd place spot.

  • @olemartin582
    @olemartin582 Před 2 měsíci

    I love this series!

  • @majormoron605
    @majormoron605 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Cow vs cow! That's almost as epic as hikaru's and magnus' double bongcloud

  • @jimicrack29
    @jimicrack29 Před 2 měsíci

    anna so nice to opponents she has a great greeting smile

  • @traida111
    @traida111 Před 2 měsíci

    5:05 I feel he was doing an impression of the great carlini lol

  • @kwasi0166
    @kwasi0166 Před 2 měsíci

    Hi Anna! I just started playing the COW, and have won every single game in a row. I did not think it would be a good opening, but now I have changed my mind. At least people are not booked up on it. Thanks for showing it to us. I am shocked so far.

  • @PatGunn
    @PatGunn Před 2 měsíci +1

    "The cow needs some center too"

  • @carrollthorn1141
    @carrollthorn1141 Před 2 měsíci

    Anna,you have the BEST sense of humor playing chess that I have ever seen on You Tube!!!
    The sisters can't hold a candle to you!!!

  • @kenbrassington553
    @kenbrassington553 Před 2 měsíci

    Looks like you had fun with this match, I hope you win the next match. 😊

  • @thomasma8924
    @thomasma8924 Před 2 měsíci

    Anna, watching you is better than not watching you, good luck in all your games 😄 and Axel shouldered his responsibility playing the Cow.

  • @blipco5
    @blipco5 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is the reason we love Anna. ❤

  • @arthurbraden4102
    @arthurbraden4102 Před 2 měsíci

    GM Duncan Suttles was known for many creative ways to play on the kingside with the KIA, including other ideas after Nh3.

  • @-Salty.
    @-Salty. Před 2 měsíci +1

    need to try the new drake opening for sure

  • @doug3691
    @doug3691 Před 2 měsíci

    Experimental Openings AND it's an Anna video--I never stopped smiling!

  • @richardli4038
    @richardli4038 Před 2 měsíci

    anna basically did to his opening what her parents did to her. pia’s critical ‘it’s not very good’ and juan’s supportive ‘i will play it in a game’

  • @andrebenoit404
    @andrebenoit404 Před 23 dny

    Tyler1 is writing most of the cow book moves at this point xD

  • @benjaminbrewer2569
    @benjaminbrewer2569 Před 2 měsíci +2

    You can call the book. “Chess dairy”.

  • @antonsworldofvideos8096
    @antonsworldofvideos8096 Před 2 měsíci

    That was such a fun video thank you 🙂

  • @danielabbott7693
    @danielabbott7693 Před 2 měsíci

    So freaking awesome!

  • @UOGMathRoden
    @UOGMathRoden Před 12 dny

    I also get excited when a guy says he's gonna show me his opening 😂

  • @Philiopantheon82
    @Philiopantheon82 Před 2 měsíci

    Hi, i am Axel's cousin, didnt see him for long. Happy that he played Anna. Best wishes man, love you.

  • @dragonbowlsupper
    @dragonbowlsupper Před 2 měsíci +6

    How are all the players in this tournament so good looking?! In my area all the board game players are swamp goblins.

    • @KimJongStin
      @KimJongStin Před 2 měsíci +2

      All people in your area are

    • @vickjr98
      @vickjr98 Před 2 měsíci

      Ouch. That's harsh

  • @DerekMoffitt
    @DerekMoffitt Před měsícem

    Thats how i played when i was a kid, i thought i was so cool didnt know it was an actual opening i always called it my "castle defense" even though castle is an actual move haha

  • @JBfromFL
    @JBfromFL Před 2 měsíci +2

    A new video?!? Sweet!
    😃

  • @Sourcemind333
    @Sourcemind333 Před 2 měsíci

    Such dramatic music - I hope it is reserved only for Cow opening games! I am mesmerised

  • @woodreauxwoodreaux6298
    @woodreauxwoodreaux6298 Před 2 měsíci +15

    Now Anna knows how Goku felt when Cell tried a Kamehameha on him.

    • @songoku-jx3cb
      @songoku-jx3cb Před 2 měsíci +1

      Goku didn’t create the kamehameha .

    • @bearsuitattack
      @bearsuitattack Před 2 měsíci

      @@songoku-jx3cbno, but he made it famous

  • @LP750-4SV
    @LP750-4SV Před měsícem

    15:30
    Smash the french creepy opening😂😂

  • @nybsfp7486
    @nybsfp7486 Před 2 měsíci

    Actually, the interesting part about the Cow is that if you both play it, it’s like a mutual handicap

  • @TheW12345
    @TheW12345 Před 2 měsíci +1

    nice of anna to let him play white again after he played cow in the first game

  • @rikvanderlinden7519
    @rikvanderlinden7519 Před 2 měsíci

    Love this

  • @Dude-etiquette
    @Dude-etiquette Před 2 měsíci

    I’m so glad Anna didn’t lose to the cow opening

  • @KingOrpheus
    @KingOrpheus Před 2 měsíci

    That's a good game right there.

  • @joeyspoor45
    @joeyspoor45 Před měsícem

    if I search or use the analyics mode, I don't see the cow opening anymore seems replaced with "Van't Kruijs Opening"

  • @jeremiahlyleseditor437
    @jeremiahlyleseditor437 Před 2 měsíci

    Congratulations

  • @walterfristoe4643
    @walterfristoe4643 Před 2 měsíci

    Cowabunga! It's Cow vs. Cow! And that's no bull! 🤣

  • @stanleyroberts4381
    @stanleyroberts4381 Před 2 měsíci

    Another very enjoyable video 👍

  • @iwillnotcomply007
    @iwillnotcomply007 Před 2 měsíci +2

    That guy has game.

  • @palin3639
    @palin3639 Před 2 měsíci

    Wait, his 2nd opening is actually known as the "Block opening" as much as I know.
    My friend taught me this around 20 years ago..
    Very interesting

  • @user-hm4im9in3m
    @user-hm4im9in3m Před 2 měsíci

    the cow's gotta graze the center

  • @danward8720
    @danward8720 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Well done Anna. You managed you time well and didn't bog yourself done in useless banter. You focused yourself. When you do that you are almost unbeatable.

  • @marcello234
    @marcello234 Před 2 měsíci +1

    cowtastrophic opening !

  • @magnificify
    @magnificify Před 2 měsíci

    "Rampante" is more like "crawling" than "creeping". I guess he meant like "creeping forward". It could also be used as for something that is "building up"

    • @geekconnoisseur
      @geekconnoisseur Před 2 měsíci

      Rampant in French also means aggressively ambitious.

  • @mrjim1973
    @mrjim1973 Před 2 měsíci

    I have an opening that I call the bull. Looks similar to the cow, but slightly more aggressive. It's been a fun way to open. Would love to share.

  • @jimicrack29
    @jimicrack29 Před 2 měsíci +1

    like way you look in there eyes yet they dont