Opponent Plays THE COW OPENING In Official Chess Tournament

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  • @averellgamble2130
    @averellgamble2130 Місяць тому +1237

    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  Місяць тому +223

      Thank you so much for the game!!

    • @beastmtl
      @beastmtl Місяць тому +12

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

    • @daviss4101
      @daviss4101 Місяць тому +26

      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 Місяць тому +15

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

    • @sdjdavies42
      @sdjdavies42 Місяць тому +16

      You seem like an awesome dude, Axel

  • @bobbyhanson346
    @bobbyhanson346 2 місяці тому +675

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

  • @chess
    @chess 2 місяці тому +397

    What a flex!

    • @urgmax2410
      @urgmax2410 2 місяці тому +13

      Make the creep an opening

    • @jordanmcmorris5248
      @jordanmcmorris5248 2 місяці тому +5

      The creepy crawly is already an opening

    • @Famezonen
      @Famezonen 2 місяці тому

      Real chess rizzzz. Man of culture.

    • @christo_tall4203
      @christo_tall4203 Місяць тому

      Not really

    • @RipunBaruah
      @RipunBaruah Місяць тому

      The first 4 comments in this comment really making a sentence😂

  • @fabrecyril1163
    @fabrecyril1163 2 місяці тому +140

    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 UA-cam video and I wanted to say that I really appreciate your content! THANKS!

  • @Robmonster
    @Robmonster 2 місяці тому +380

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

    • @scubadawgy
      @scubadawgy 2 місяці тому +5

      Brilliant!

    • @kg4wwn
      @kg4wwn 2 місяці тому +14

      @@scubadawgy Udderly Brilliant.

    • @jlucy401
      @jlucy401 2 місяці тому +2

      Lmao

    • @danwilliams8626
      @danwilliams8626 2 місяці тому +1

      😂

    • @justpeachyrl
      @justpeachyrl 2 місяці тому +4

      I heard this in Anna’s voice for some reason 😂

  • @spindoctor6385
    @spindoctor6385 2 місяці тому +148

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

    • @MrBisque
      @MrBisque 2 місяці тому

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

    • @daviss4101
      @daviss4101 Місяць тому

      What a bizzare name.😂

    • @frenches1995
      @frenches1995 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @nikedoesthings
    @nikedoesthings 2 місяці тому +97

    I love Axel, he came prepared

  • @Thricecube57
    @Thricecube57 2 місяці тому +200

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

    • @stcredzero
      @stcredzero 2 місяці тому +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 2 місяці тому +18

      A man of cowture.

    • @Alagachak
      @Alagachak Місяць тому +2

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

    • @PeteQuad
      @PeteQuad Місяць тому +3

      I choked when he said that lol

  • @davidlg571
    @davidlg571 2 місяці тому +75

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

    • @QuentinSingvogel
      @QuentinSingvogel 2 місяці тому +13

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

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp 2 місяці тому +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 Місяць тому

      No it doesn't.@@QuentinSingvogel

    • @ThW5
      @ThW5 Місяць тому +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...

  • @gdmclean
    @gdmclean 2 місяці тому +46

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

  • @licht3457
    @licht3457 2 місяці тому +71

    It’s officially an opening now

  • @flyerminer
    @flyerminer 2 місяці тому +62

    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 2 місяці тому +5

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

  • @Fuzcapp
    @Fuzcapp 2 місяці тому +47

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

    • @BradfordtheEclectic
      @BradfordtheEclectic 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @aimpointrod
    @aimpointrod 2 місяці тому +11

    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.

  • @hasansunnuoglu3872
    @hasansunnuoglu3872 2 місяці тому +37

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

  • @yadaroni
    @yadaroni 2 місяці тому +14

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

  • @WhiteGandalfs
    @WhiteGandalfs 2 місяці тому +47

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

  • @ManusMagus
    @ManusMagus 2 місяці тому +7

    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

  • @DataBeingCollected
    @DataBeingCollected 2 місяці тому +38

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

    • @scottharvey6892
      @scottharvey6892 2 місяці тому

      clever, clever!

    • @DFGdanger
      @DFGdanger 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @cantreachme9
    @cantreachme9 2 місяці тому +24

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

  • @davidjoseph7142
    @davidjoseph7142 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @tiffinimorgan1867
    @tiffinimorgan1867 2 місяці тому +27

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

  • @plushquasar653
    @plushquasar653 2 місяці тому +23

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

  • @gutbeta1
    @gutbeta1 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @Gotyapaco
    @Gotyapaco 2 місяці тому +4

    Enjoyed cordial interaction between the players. Good sportsmanship.

  • @oliverschwarz8069
    @oliverschwarz8069 2 місяці тому +17

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

    • @gutschke
      @gutschke 2 місяці тому +2

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

  • @bernardducharme4085
    @bernardducharme4085 2 місяці тому +4

    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.

  • @scottharvey6892
    @scottharvey6892 2 місяці тому +17

    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.

  • @nicolaspeters2555
    @nicolaspeters2555 2 місяці тому +2

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

  • @traida111
    @traida111 Місяць тому +3

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

  • @garynovak7977
    @garynovak7977 2 місяці тому +2

    The king/queen fork was a thing of beauty.

  • @rorowwa1
    @rorowwa1 2 місяці тому +2

    Epic battle between shoulder and inventor of the cow.

  • @btlarkin
    @btlarkin Місяць тому

    Great match and narration. Thank you Anna & Axel.

  • @davidlg571
    @davidlg571 2 місяці тому +3

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

  • @bassmaster9781
    @bassmaster9781 Місяць тому

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

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 Місяць тому

    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

  • @conornelson91
    @conornelson91 2 місяці тому +16

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

    • @evilbob840
      @evilbob840 2 місяці тому +7

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

  • @DataBeingCollected
    @DataBeingCollected 2 місяці тому +2

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

  • @jonkoepnick3012
    @jonkoepnick3012 2 місяці тому

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

  • @shanastroskyphazer8172
    @shanastroskyphazer8172 2 місяці тому

    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 !!

  • @danwilliams8626
    @danwilliams8626 2 місяці тому

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

  • @Wesmin
    @Wesmin Місяць тому

    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!

  • @czarp
    @czarp 2 місяці тому

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

    • @czarp
      @czarp Місяць тому

      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 Місяць тому

      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.

  • @Instelpro
    @Instelpro 2 місяці тому

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

  • @arthurbraden4102
    @arthurbraden4102 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @UOGMathRoden
    @UOGMathRoden 6 годин тому

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

  • @katis999
    @katis999 2 місяці тому

    Congrats, Anna and Axel

  • @majormoron605
    @majormoron605 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @brucecrane9605
    @brucecrane9605 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @traida111
    @traida111 Місяць тому

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

  • @bygino3.0
    @bygino3.0 Місяць тому

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

  • @richardthorne2804
    @richardthorne2804 2 місяці тому +8

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

  • @NotTheUnsub
    @NotTheUnsub 2 місяці тому +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!

  • @John-fr8gg
    @John-fr8gg 2 місяці тому

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

  • @RSarosdy
    @RSarosdy Місяць тому

    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!

  • @TheRagev3
    @TheRagev3 2 місяці тому

    @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?

  • @jimicrack29
    @jimicrack29 Місяць тому

    anna so nice to opponents she has a great greeting smile

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 2 місяці тому

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

  • @olemartin582
    @olemartin582 Місяць тому

    I love this series!

  • @PatGunn
    @PatGunn Місяць тому +1

    "The cow needs some center too"

  • @WayOfHaQodesh
    @WayOfHaQodesh Місяць тому

    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.

  • @blipco5
    @blipco5 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the reason we love Anna. ❤

  • @kenbrassington553
    @kenbrassington553 2 місяці тому

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

  • @andrebenoit404
    @andrebenoit404 11 днів тому

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

  • @carrollthorn1141
    @carrollthorn1141 Місяць тому

    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!!!

  • @richardli4038
    @richardli4038 2 місяці тому

    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’

  • @arthurbraden4102
    @arthurbraden4102 2 місяці тому

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

  • @woodreauxwoodreaux6298
    @woodreauxwoodreaux6298 2 місяці тому +15

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

    • @songoku-jx3cb
      @songoku-jx3cb 2 місяці тому +1

      Goku didn’t create the kamehameha .

    • @bearsuitattack
      @bearsuitattack 2 місяці тому

      @@songoku-jx3cbno, but he made it famous

  • @thomasma8924
    @thomasma8924 Місяць тому

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

  • @giacomo5626
    @giacomo5626 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @nybsfp7486
    @nybsfp7486 2 місяці тому

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

  • @LP750-4SV
    @LP750-4SV 23 дні тому

    15:30
    Smash the french creepy opening😂😂

  • @doug3691
    @doug3691 2 місяці тому

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

  • @kwasi0166
    @kwasi0166 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @TheW12345
    @TheW12345 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @antonsworldofvideos8096
    @antonsworldofvideos8096 2 місяці тому

    That was such a fun video thank you 🙂

  • @Valdagast
    @Valdagast Місяць тому

    The people who come third in competition are often happier than the people who come second.

  • @Dude-etiquette
    @Dude-etiquette 2 місяці тому

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

  • @Sourcemind333
    @Sourcemind333 Місяць тому

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

  • @DerekMoffitt
    @DerekMoffitt Місяць тому

    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

  • @walterfristoe4643
    @walterfristoe4643 2 місяці тому

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

  • @spodule6000
    @spodule6000 2 місяці тому

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

  • @-Salty.
    @-Salty. Місяць тому +1

    need to try the new drake opening for sure

  • @gofanatico3495
    @gofanatico3495 Місяць тому

    The french dude seems such a nice guy. Overall a tough competition. ❤

  • @WTFicey
    @WTFicey Місяць тому

    "maybe i'll play your opening sometime"............yeah right lmao

  • @user-hm4im9in3m
    @user-hm4im9in3m Місяць тому

    the cow's gotta graze the center

  • @OlleJonasson-pr8lu
    @OlleJonasson-pr8lu Місяць тому

    I'm going to London and try my luck together with the Cow. And tell them who invented it.

  • @marcello234
    @marcello234 Місяць тому +1

    cowtastrophic opening !

  • @Griffex394
    @Griffex394 2 місяці тому

    Axel Hallay. He's a legit pro poker player, nice.

  • @EazZieD
    @EazZieD 8 днів тому

    you made him nervous

  • @KingOrpheus
    @KingOrpheus Місяць тому

    That's a good game right there.

  • @JBfromFL
    @JBfromFL 2 місяці тому +2

    A new video?!? Sweet!
    😃

  • @dragonbowlsupper
    @dragonbowlsupper 2 місяці тому +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 2 місяці тому +2

      All people in your area are

    • @vickjr98
      @vickjr98 Місяць тому

      Ouch. That's harsh

  • @jimicrack29
    @jimicrack29 Місяць тому +1

    like way you look in there eyes yet they dont

  • @benjaminbrewer2569
    @benjaminbrewer2569 2 місяці тому +2

    You can call the book. “Chess dairy”.

  • @kelbale
    @kelbale 2 місяці тому

    Better to chew the cud than swing the tail!
    - Kelly Bale -

  • @rikvanderlinden7519
    @rikvanderlinden7519 Місяць тому

    Love this

  • @Amiroox11
    @Amiroox11 2 місяці тому +1

    ohhhh...I feel some chemistry😅

  • @iwillnotcomply007
    @iwillnotcomply007 2 місяці тому +2

    That guy has game.

  • @palin3639
    @palin3639 Місяць тому

    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