Since a bunch of cows are called a herd, this was a herd tournament.

All the staff watching and smiling too

The guy beside you won with the cow.

I’m glad everyone saw the fun side of it and decided to play the mighty cow 🐮

Fue un placer jugar contigo Anna!! It was a pleasure playing with you Anna!!

"May the Cow be with you". Just don't fall for the "Fork", or you may get eaten alive.... ...

the grandmaster parents are totally speechless

He might have lost the game, but he won our hearts!

5/4: May the Force be with you. 5/11: May the Cow be with you.

I bet they all made some great mooooooves. 😂 Sorry, I have dad joke disease.

Anna, i just want to say your videos are really helpful. The part i love the most is when u explain why u played that move. It helps me a lot bcz im trying to climb up my elo. Also congrats in advance for 1M subscribers. U deserve it!!

Udderly amazing. Congrats Anna.

I don't even play chess. I just love your energy so I watch your content. I know how the pieces move on the board but that's about it.

That cow opening is interesting, sort of a close/conservative version of the late 1920's cross-bishop/knight-flanking fortress strategy that comes from pushing both royal pawns 2 squares forward instead of 1. The advantage of your cow opening, it seems to me, is that it can't really be interrupted, while the full 2-push fortress can be a fight to establish as a sub-goal unto itself. The full fort has the advantage of allowing development by more pieces on more angles before attacking (I used to refer to it as "strangle chess") but on the downside it often takes some sacrifices or repositioning moves to enable it. I played to establish the full fortress version for many years (long ago when it was still an obscure/forgotten strategy), and it was an absolute frustration for anyone who faced it. I think your cow opening, while more conservative, has the possibility of some explosive attacks depending on how the second wave of moves unfolds. It starts out very safe, but for bold fast play, you could overwhelm people with the angles it affords if you throw bishop-queen combos out there aggressively, willing to make trades and fall back on a 2-knight chokehold on center board. When I played the cross-fortress against people who opened both kights jumping their pawn row, it made a bit of a faceoff for a while, but they were ultimately tangled up with their other power pieces still behind the undeveleped pawns row. Your cow opening solves that by getting those royal pawns to open up the bishop and queen angles to assert to either side. Most players don't do as well facing a two-sided attack position, although once you get into master levels they will probably have the "chops" to think so bi-laterally as you do. As a result, I think throwing the cow at newer players will help them develop more total-board consciousness, but it will face more trouble against people of your own caliber who can formulate an offside board strategy quickly. "Does that seem right to you?"

The Cow rules! So glad that you decided to play it. The result was icing on the cake. Loved the giggling from all of you. I do play the Cow occasionally. I've found that after I tilt, the Cow helps me refocus my moves and thinking. Plus, it is just a fun opening to play. No matter what others might say, the Cow is a beautiful opening.

The cow is crazy

Looks like 1M subs is just around the corner, Congrats!!

Hi Anna, I like this format a lot. You explaining your moves during play. Thank you.

Wow, I learned a lot from this. I really appreciate how Anna describes the game. It’s was cool to see her have that much fun✨

the arrows with the commentary are so good for beginners to understand what is going on... thank you!

Great Game Anna! Finished him off in record time! Hope you are successful in the balance of your games!

The guy next to you won with the cow!

Since chess is, ultimately, a fairly simple game (for reasons) I think it would be a good practice for tournements to embrace exactly this kind of madness and have "theme" rounds where everyone is in fact scripted to attempt a certain matching strategy, or a this-vs-that strategy, just to see how various players would work out the specified variations. It would be fun like this, and it would help developing players develop more well-rounded skills in understanding the various main approaches to the stages of the game.

I love a little comedy in the morning. So far, this made my day. Maybe I'll comment after the game...good luck to the both of you.

I hope all competitor played well 😊

Te amamos Anna❤Sigue sonriendo e inspirandonos

Amazing game Anna hope you hit 1M subs soon

If it were me, I'd force everyone else to play left-handed.

It's a Cow Vs Cow deathmatch!!!!

Anna, you will go down in history as inventing a new opening, forever remembered as having the sight to try something new and make the game more exciting, kudos to you!

Fun to watch. Congratulations.

talk about milking the cow 😁

I was skeptical at first, but it has worked quite well for me. Currently pondering d4, the london cow system.

OMG!! This was soooooooo funny!! Loved it! ❤❤

Laughing...AND LOVING you Anna. - Du er så jævla søt....OG FLINK.

That was a narrow and lucky one! And as always a big fun to watch :D

My girl sooo close to 1M!! Subscribed!!

Cows are fighting cows, wait what........🤣Magnus must be dying watching this one.

I could hear her dad saying - La vaca 🤣🤣

Now that was a nicely narrated stampede with a perfect score.

Holy sh*t. This was more spectacular then a Oceans Eleven movie. Nice going to you both!

Congrats Anna for 1M!

When you advance the A and H pawns two squares each as part of the scripted opening, you're playing what I like to call "The Bull Variation" as it looks like there are horns. It was fun to see Anna play it that way. I felt confident Anna was going to win that game because she was advancing and attacking more. In other words, she was playing to win whereas her opponent seemed like he was playing not to lose. Of course I give him credit for being willing to play The Cow in the first place. Thank you for showing us an entertaining game.

Holy Cow....

1 M de suscriptores, ¡en hora buena!, Domingo 12 de mayo 2024 por la tarde ... 👍❤️😀 Congrats!!! And thanks to all the nice guys for their collaboration in saving Anna's holy cow!

I love Anna! She is such a sweet & bubbly person. Honestly, she is responsible for my interest in chess.

I really love your videos. Keep up the amazing content. Enjoy your journey on the way to 1M subscribers. Hugs and kisses. 💋

That is AWESOME! Would have been a lot more fun in rapid.

You should make a video on how to use the Cow opening in various situations. Maybe the first 12 moves for each situation.

Loved seeing you laugh so much!

“May the Cow be with you.”

consider the achievement 1. inventing an opening 2. at a tournament, a whole role of players knows it already. 3. they agree to play, officially, in the tournament

Anna Cramling, please never stop playing the Cow opening. We need to learn more and more about it. Please milk that Cow dry. Please milk that Cow till the last drop. 🐮

How wonderful to follow someone who makes chess history!

It used to be the dancing plague, now it's the Cow Opening phenomenon.

I so like this girl, she is always cheerful

Grandmaster parents be like : Our kid will also be gm one day Le kid playing with cow

Anna, get ready to celebrate 1m subscription!

they were all on the mooove

Muchas gracias de nuevo por explicar el juego. Es de gran utilidad y entretenimiento

You was constantly watching that dark knight 😅

At least you knew 100% that the cow opening was going to win!

He cud have prolonged the game and won on time

I would like to see a tournament in which everyone is forced to play with half their brains tied behind their backs

I play the cow fairly often now, sometimes as a gag but I actually like the positions against some other openings.

The Cow seems to be a pretty good opening... against The Cow. Especially this Extended Bull Variation with a5 & h5

Really amazing

yes thanks AC! Ive played the COW! when I'm a bovine mood! which is pretty often!!!!!

Can you also demonstrate Kulning to call all those cows?

need to do your own COW tournament where everyone must play it in every game MOOOO!

Muy bonito. Gracias!

Cow is this reality!? 🐮

Nice game , thanks I use the cow open in faster games all the time , and win on time , since it is a no brainer

I love your smile when you win. And at any moment :D

Opening the cow has a few disadvantages, the main one being that it does not give milk. 😋Thank you for sharing.

Anna, you've started something here with the COW. Chess Princess

This should be an annual event, the Cow tournament

Anna, the million is super close!

Love the cow...

First appearance of the symmetric cow variation.

Cowabunga! That was fun! 🐄♟️

Cow vs Cow = Herd Game 😂

We've just witnessed a cow on cow violence, in a public setting.

Well done Anna.

1:48 Oh, I can just imagine Anna's usual snorting in her Giggles cadences 🥺🙌🏽🤣

Lovely, as usual.

The guy next to them won with the Cow😂

The whole herd went in haha, also close 1M subs.

I classify the cow as a 'closed' opening. It's a slow opening, not given to slashing attacks.

everyone:plays Cow. Anna:😃 Pia:😞

Heartfelt thanks for the recent video, your unwavering dedication sets a high standard.

That's so hilarious.

i love it! this awesome lol

This is to develop chess in hearts 😍

SO close to 1 million subscribers!

Anna turned his Cow defense into burger.

You are the one who invented it. You are the one who brought it to a huge tournament 1st. You are the 1st to open and win with what you invented. That is your greatest achievement, but remember you have lots more achievements to offer the world. Good job.

You couldn't even put a flame close to tyler.5 imitation is the highest form of flattery

I thought “ the cow” is the opening that pretty much every beginner has always used.?. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Awesome game.