As a Norwegian, we dont claim this man or his skills

@MorningNapalm

6 ай бұрын

You can beat him? ;)

@paulgoogol2652

6 ай бұрын

​@@MorningNapalmHe seems like a nice guy. Why would you want to beat him?

@mariiris1403

6 ай бұрын

Snurre means the same in Norwegian, he's really lost. It's not a common name.

@gabagoolovahere5869

6 ай бұрын

​@@paulgoogol2652this is why we want to beat him.... Off

@mejeff7478

6 ай бұрын

hes about 300 elo so yes i think 99% could beat him lmao@@MorningNapalm

Guys. Basic rule. Anna is super distracting so don't look at her, don't respond to her questions, be super scared when she is chatting away on HER time and not bothering to move. Just pretend you are somewhere else. It will delay your loss.

@bluenetmarketing

6 ай бұрын

ajb - Was she playing chess? I didn't notice. I was looking at something else.

@paulgoogol2652

6 ай бұрын

I would only look at her. Never at the board. Who cares abou that.

@mechrouge1

6 ай бұрын

Guys, do exactly the opposite, if you know you're on the way of a loss, at least have a great time and share a laugh with her xD

@danwilliams8626

6 ай бұрын

Better rule- learn the fundamentals of chess before attempting to play an expert 😂

@michaelmassaro4375

6 ай бұрын

@@danwilliams8626fundamentals aren’t going to help you against a GM just play knowing you are going to lose but at least watch in amazement as she beats you 😅

Anna smashing muggles with a smile on her face as usual

@ivan_pozdeev_u

6 ай бұрын

Anna Cramling: Domination with a smile!

@R.Akerman-oz1tf

6 ай бұрын

Has She ever mentioned playing a musical instrument? It just seems like it would be fun to watch(I dunno).@@ivan_pozdeev_u

@bluenetmarketing

6 ай бұрын

@@BobbyFischer0000Well after all, she did beat the entire country of Norway.

@ahmadansar7771

6 ай бұрын

Do you have instagram

@MeteorX11

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

He didn’t play the best chess. But he got to play and chat a little with Anna so he is a winner.

@MrFloppyHare

2 ай бұрын

"He didn’t play the best chess." - That's an understatement.

@testodude

2 ай бұрын

He didn't play anybody's best chess.

@pauldavis5665

2 ай бұрын

Dude seemed to just be randomly moving pieces around. I'm not sure he even knows how to play chess, he just wanted to talk to Anna. 😆

@Dc-kk9bd

2 ай бұрын

As an 800. If I play against anna I'm either running out of time or checkmatting her with 1 second left, or maybe she'll checkmate me without me noticing . Either way ik trying to get a rematch and suggesting where we should get lunch

@preedraag

2 ай бұрын

absolutely

5:15 watch as Anna tries to contain herself from reacting to his move and instead politely listens to her opponent. Great self control, Anna! lol

@crashcrew673

6 ай бұрын

i was thinking the same hahah

@bobbykjack

6 ай бұрын

"A three dimensional space is too much for me" "it is, it is" 😆

@kylen6430

6 ай бұрын

“Ok…great”

@UTU49

2 ай бұрын

I'm barely a chess player at all, but if I were playing against an inferior opponent and they made that bad a move, I would ASK them to take it back, not just LET them take it back.

@Jettypilelegs

2 ай бұрын

I’ve only just discovered Anna and I know absolutely nothing about chess but I’m beginning to suspect you need a chess face, like a poker face. Love watching her smashing her opponents 😂

Because of the conversation you two had, I did a quick search and discovered that Norway and Sweden fought two short wars in the early 1800s, and were in a union as countries until 1905.

@zathras11b53

6 ай бұрын

Adding...and now he knows just how good Magnus Carlson is, since MC beat Anna.

@TheGamesWin

6 ай бұрын

Fought many more wars than that when Norway was in a union with Denmark.

@michaelgoetze2103

6 ай бұрын

@TheGames Win. I think Sweden and Denmark have fought more wars against each other than any other European countries.

@MorningNapalm

6 ай бұрын

LOL, and now we are friends, but with "banter" :D The standard Swedish joke when meeting a Dane is that they thought Danish was a throat disease. My standard reply is that the Muppets didn't make a Danish chef :D The Swede then replies that the Swedish Chef sounds nothing like a Swede, but to a Dane, or anyone else, other than a Norwegian, he does :D @@michaelgoetze2103

@AngelSanchez-fn7qg

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelgoetze2103 spain is the winner, vs all the world xd

your videos have me back playing chess after 40+ years of not playing. still fun.

@CemeteryShop-yg6gi

4 ай бұрын

She did the same thing for me. Her exuberance over chess is inspirational. I’m 64 and have just started back since my last game in 1989. Anna makes it seem fun, and so it is!

That knight checkmate was nice!

@fplancke3336

6 ай бұрын

A striking double-knight checkmate.... I was expecting the bishops in the role. Nice one indeed!

@UTU49

2 ай бұрын

@@fplancke3336 Yeah, she really beat him up with those knights. Not being able to see what a knight is capable of is a rookie trait.

It's fun to hear the banter between Sweden and Norway.... Just shows how nice the people are from that area......thanks for the video

This man is an absolute beginner in chess.

@Dave67AZ

5 ай бұрын

And yet, he got the opportunity to sit down at a table with Anna for like 10 minutes chit-chatting, so he's kind of an absolute pro isn't he? 😂

@HQBergeron

4 ай бұрын

This was his idea of a speed date. I don’t think he got her number though.

@JimBalter

4 ай бұрын

@@Dave67AZ No.

@sobienz

4 ай бұрын

no shame in that. and he got a chance to already play with one of the best chess players of our generations. he won.

@kyree816

3 ай бұрын

Well he said he only played on a chess website

"are you ready to say goodbye to your queen?" haha thats cold

"You're playing well. I feel like you're the best chess player in the group." Leave it up to Anna to make a sarcastic remark sound like a genuine compliment. If Dinah Belenkaya had said something like that, one could've tasted the snark.

@minephlip

6 ай бұрын

i actually think she meant it because he didn't take the pawn just then, so it seemed like he saw why he shouldn't. But then he took it anyway like 1 move later lol

@iankemp1131

5 ай бұрын

She probably meant it - the group were probably worse.

@dinkmartini3236

3 ай бұрын

HA! " you're the best chess player in the group" as she's developing while chasing his queen all over the board.

@edeledeledel5490

3 ай бұрын

That's Dinah's schtick... it's very Roosian

First winning a queen and then checkmating with knights and bishop without even using your own queen, now that´s beautiful

I am no great chess player but as soon as he brought out his queen and started losing tempo as Anna chased it around I knew he was doomed. Even I know that is an amateur mistake.

@Wyl7

5 ай бұрын

And then he doubled down on the one piece attack “strategy” with his knight after losing his queen. Definitely a very inexperienced player.

@lukeboy61

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't know if he knew who she was. I learnt to defend against this highly aggressive "Scholars Mate" type of stuff in one evening when I first started playing.

Anna’s rizz is unmatched. Just the most likable, engaging, charming person.

"Sweden is better than Norway" - Anna 😂 . Poor guy .

Oooh I'm from the Netherlands and thought "hey I can read the posters on the wall😅" But now to the game, Anna says "you play quite well" but let's be honest....Snurre moved only his much to early queen around and get a punishment for that. Anna forked him with a check, she could take his rook, but chose for the pon instead....and looked at Snurrre's face at that moment. Wondering if he actually saw that or not. So she makes a second forked on the other side with a check....again Anna didn't take the rook and I thought...oh Anna doesn't want to hurt him to much, but I was wrong! She saw a checkmate coming, that's why she didn't take the rook😂 Always love to see Anna play and talk and her body language ❤

@ahmadansar7771

6 ай бұрын

Are you from Amsterdam

@ahmadansar7771

6 ай бұрын

Do you have instagram

@platosocrates232

6 ай бұрын

@@ahmadansar7771 No not Amsterdam,. Groningen

@platosocrates232

6 ай бұрын

@@ahmadansar7771 yes but don't use it much

@spidermonkeynr1

6 ай бұрын

Ik zag de poster en dacht waarom lees ik dit makkelijk. Lol.

He moved his queen five times while Anna developed at least four pieces, most of which were attacking moves. He needs to review her video where she covers: 1) Check 2) Capture 3) Attack in calculating potential moves. Oh yes, also where she discusses defending one's own pieces at all times, if possible. Both of these points have helped my own game.

Love how "Snurre" is pronounced with such obvious pitch accent even though you two were speaking in English not swedish/norwegian 😅

Hard to tell whether the "You are playing well" while he does total BS was seriously kind, or just very subtle vicious mockery.

@edonveil9887

6 ай бұрын

In Sweeden sugarcoating is mandatory. They are super friendly.

Bringing out your queen at the start of the game is a really good way to help your opponent develop pieces

Anna has almost become a reason of fight between Sweden chess-players and Norwegian artists in the Dutch bar. The Armageddon Clocks never were so close to the midnight😁

4:40 you’re playing well as the eval bar shows he’s almost completely lost 🤣

"Sweden is better than Norway, ok, thanks, bye" 🤣🤣🤣

I love your straight face just before the final checkmate, I bet inside you were secretly loving his pain.

Anna saw his level early and took it a bit easy and was kind to give him me credit than he deserved but that's what good people do.

You just beat me in 14 moves, and I must say you also played very well...ha....too funny!

@samanthaquant7411

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I have been learning a lot from you and that game was too funny

Anna's happiness when she wins makes me play more chess

Anna's conclusion: "Sweden is better than Norway", as an offhand parting shot. ahahaha ))

"It works sometimes against the bots" LOL But not against Anna... she nailed him witha "Horns of the Cow" checkmate.

Anna, you were so gentle & patient with this clueless fellow. Well played.

@outsidethepyramid

2 ай бұрын

clueless fellow

That guy was a disaster.

Absolutely I would play you in a game of chess. Surely I would lose the actual game, but it would be fine, the pleasantness of your conversation, as well as the "learning points" that you give your opponents, and your energy and smile, I know that is ALWAYS A WIN for me.

@madquest8

6 ай бұрын

I would use up all my time on chit chat and smiling... as I was crushed LOL

Anna you always seem to have a great connection with every player. I feel like you are the “fizz queen “ as the kids say.

@deborahlester4018

Ай бұрын

Dang...another thing the kids say that I am clueless about.

Don't let her sweet nature fool you... Anna is a savage!! Lol that was brutal! Didn't even bother taking the rooks, went right for the win lol

@RaghavBabbar

6 ай бұрын

that's not brutal, if she wanted to be brutal she would have eaten all his pieces, then sacrificed all her pieces and pawns (except 2 of them) for nothing, then promoted them to knight and bishop to checkmate him

@sebu1301

6 ай бұрын

@@RaghavBabbar Can Anna checkmate with bishop and knight? I know that Ben Finegold can, but he was playing chess before I was born, and I'm almost 40

@hulkslayer626

6 ай бұрын

@RaghavBabbar that wouldn't be brutal... that would be mean and humiliating lol 😆

@GuardOfGaia

3 ай бұрын

​@@sebu1301I certainly hope she can. I'd expect 95% of those rated 1500+ to be able to do so nevermind those at her level. I'd actually suggest lower but it's easy to mess up and run out of moves.

@sebu1301

3 ай бұрын

@@GuardOfGaia You have high expectations. I don't see a reason why any 1500 would even consider practicing that, one of the least useful skills in chess. Somebody said, that even many GMs can't do it. But Anna is kind of a chess nerd, so maybe she has practiced it. I'm 1200 and can't even reliably mate with king and rook 😂 I wonder how often knight & bishop vs king endgame happens. Maybe Hikaru has had it, with the crazy amount of games he's played...

After his second move he was already in trouble.

I like seeing her trying to be tactful instead of just being blunt about how terrible someone is.

Omg Anna was in my country!!! 🇳🇱 Next time I want to play a game and have banter too!!

You teach me a lot about chess - and make these fun. Thanks!

Hi, I just subscribed. I don't know anything about chess but love the interplay between you and the people that you play with. Looking forward to watching the next match.

Watching this guy made me more confident about my 150 elo abilities ahaha

Anna gane o pierda siempre con una sonrisa, me encantaría perder una partida con ella 😂😂😂

That checkmate was gangsta!

Jesus this was like u playing someone that never even played before😂

Bra Anna, du gjorde oss inte besvikna! :)

WOW! Anna, do not tell him that his strategy sometimes work. Tell him not to do it ever again. lol

@user-ki7zm9pm8d

5 ай бұрын

It works... again bots lmao

oh dear. saw that coming on move #2.

This may be the first time that I comprehended what Anna was going to do at the same moment Anna knew. So maybe I am starting to progress.

I think this is my favorite game that I've seen you play! It was like you started at middle game....Wow!

Fascinating evaluation so early ...

You are an ambassador for the game. You are competitive but, make the matches friendly and fun. Chess Princess.

Brutal.

The guy was too busy flirting to focus on the game.

"Are you ready to say goodbye to your queen?" She said coyly.... Ok, maybe not so coyly! She's good!

hi, ana, congratulations on this win :-) could you describe how do you obtain all this videos... are they taken by the organizer or do you have your own equipment?

Haha when Anna says you got your queen out early and that it works against the bots, that isn't a compliment!

5:00 "but I think you’re going to mind very soon" 😂😂😂

I love watching Anna's videos she is always bright and bubbly with a fantastic attitude to life. Let me start off and say I cannot play chess and these videos have opened my eyes as to how complex a game it can be, but let us factor in something that cannot be taught human nature. Imagine if you will you are there, at some sort of chess tournament, you have come with your best game plan to do as well as you can. Then your opponant turns up, she is a young woman, with a dazzling smile and wonderful personality, ( and pretty damn good at the game as well) I have to admit, personally there is no way I could concentrate LOL. I love the way Anna explains the games so even a chess idiot like my can understand he thinking for why a move was a good idea or a bad idea. Keep up the excellent work 🙂

You smoked him Anna 😂. I knew it wasn't going to end well when he brought the queen out second move against a master!

Nice, fun Chess content. Thank you 😊

Anna was very gracious. He was obviously overmatched.

"You're playing well". Anna, you flatterer. Then he blunders his queen into a royal fork

"If you win"... I think she's pretty confident!

“Sweden is better than Norway okay thanks bye.” Haha

Hard to believe he put any thought into that game at all. Hopelessly outclassed.

@dinkmartini3236

3 ай бұрын

being a pusher is no fun. take it from me. I know of what I speak.

@rientsdijkstra4266

3 ай бұрын

Just a beginner.

@tomjoad9447

2 ай бұрын

He seems really dumb

@howardsmith9342

2 ай бұрын

He was distracted by her outrageous flirting. I know I was.

thanks for these videos. very enjoyable and i like playing chess now lol

Good chess content as always Anna.

anna says, Your playing well your best of the bunch, He moved 1 pawn & followed with his queen, 1 move later she takes his queen..

@henrikjohansson9701

4 ай бұрын

😅

He moved his queen way too early. And she BS'd her way into really disarming him.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; W.B. Yeats

I moved from Sweden five years ago now, but I still care if Sweden wins over Norway. Well played Anna!

@paulgoogol2652

6 ай бұрын

Don't be silly. It was just a game between to random persons of which one was taught chess very early by grandmaster parents and plays every day.

@JustSomeTommy

6 ай бұрын

@@paulgoogol2652 It's fun to be silly sometimes. You should try it! :)

@bernhardgapp3804

6 ай бұрын

Snorre doesnt care lol

they had such a nice vibe together- they would make a really nice couple!

This is a masterclass in why not to bring your queen out too early

Anna, killing him quietly: "You're playing well!" *family fork*

His second move was a bit insulting but the game was a real laugh, her chasing him around the board with one knight for a while, classic.

That was a very beautiful checkmate.

Im rated 440 in 3 min blitz and I honestly feel I would’ve given you a better game. He must’ve been star struck or something.

Honestly I just started watching you and just by one video I could tell your very good at chess

@NoName-zn1sb

4 ай бұрын

you're very

how did i not notice the dutch poster in the background until she said that they where in amsterdam

@cactry

6 ай бұрын

Ik had precies hetzelfde😅

4:46 "You're playing well"?!?! Really Anna? Take his phone number lol.

Here in Minnesota there are many Swedes and Norwegians. They have the same kind of rivalry I see in this video. My Swedish American father and my Norwegian American mother-in-law used the talk the same way as these two. I think it is the only way to maintain the illusion that there is some important difference between the two countries.

that was personal. obviously.

When he brought out the Queen so early, Anna must have wanted to roll her eyes.

I love the little under the eyelids look at about 7:06. Checking to see if he realizes hes toast. LOLLLOLLOLLO

Over forty years ago I played a similar game, but with black, against a guy named Victor Tudisco. After I chased his queen around for the fourth move in succession he let out an audible groan. After I beat him he refused to shake hands and stormed off. The thought of it still amuses me to this day. I still have the score sheet.

It's great that he's Norwegian but you can't hope to beat a Swedish Anna with a bonkers Queen!

“You only have ONE move”!!😂

His mind was elsewhere

Your videos inspired me to play chess again after decades. I'm uber trash but I really love it. It's such a good way to relax.

I always have a smile on my face watching Anna play chess😊

Wow Anna grymt spelat

På norsk: Snorre Sturlason var en islandsk høvding, historiker og skald, og hørte til en av de mektigste ættene på Island, så Snorre/Snurre er et gammelt norrønt navn. Det er laget fra verbet snurre. Navnet kan ha betydd ‘den raske’ eller ‘den uvørne’. Greetings from Norway 🙂 In english: Snorre Sturlason was an Icelandic chieftain, historian and poet, and belonged to one of the most powerful families in Iceland, so Snorre is an old Norse name. It is made from the verb spin. The name may have meant 'the swift' or 'the fearless'. Greetings from Norway 🙂

He is definitely a complete beginner that had no idea how strong Anna was! I'm nowhere near as good as Anna is and I knew he was playing complete rookie moves! But she had the right attitude to keep him interested in playing chess, winning graciously is a good skill that I think comes naturally to her

Anna: "You're playing well..." Sarcasm level 11 🤣

I didn't heed the warning and now I wish I had 😔

You are a nice person you don’t make anyone feel small it’s very honourable

@Tofi_ytchannel

2 ай бұрын

She knows that her comment section will do it for her instead, lol

Felt like watching a date turning into slaughter.

The queen went for an early morning stroll. Should have taken her security detail with her...

Anna, talking about when she lost against Magnus: "but it was an endgame!" Bro: "wtf is an endgame?"

@dave0754

5 ай бұрын

@@sitbone3 thanks! I was more referring to the fact that she made it to an endgame with Magnus, but that her current opponent probably doesn't know what an endgame is because he always gets mated first.