These "this is what I'm thinking" videos are VERY helpful. More please 🙂

Never expected someone to explain & think each move with such clarity that too in a 10 minute game where you can run into time trouble pretty quickly.

I could honestly listen to Anna narrating her chess games all day

It's amazing how you didn't want to give up the pawn and later whole game was influenced by that pawn

Please make this a series, where you explain each move and your thought process while playing.

I aspire to be able to think as clearly as you do Anna. You make it look easy👏

These videos are very helpful because you are teaching in real time and is on the field when you actually get good at anything. Way better than other channels that only show fake scenarios ," if you play this your opponent plays this and if you do this, let's say your opponent plays this then you do this this and that"

Great video! It is amazing how fast and clear your thought process is.

insanely valuable video, would love to see you make this a series :) Always find 10 and 15 minute rapids extremely enjoyable to watch because it gives us plebs some more time to think as well. Commentary on blitz games is always a bit lacking

Great game, very educational and amazing explanations, love your content.

I can tell you love talking about the moves. Thanks, it was good teaching, I hope you do more explainers.

Love the way you describe your game. It's so clear and instructive, I'm actually learning from this a lot!

I love learning things to look out for like “the dark square pawns are blocking the dark square bishop” over more openings courses. Makes chess a bit more fun for me :)

Yeah, Anna finally made 2200, must be from all the effort to make these videos. Congrats

What a clean game and simple explanation... You made it look so easy!! Indeed to evolve from 1900 to 2000+ you have to start thinking deeper into your opponents ideas and responses, counter tactics etc .. great job

I was 10 minutes in before realizing this was a live game. Insane flex, and skills. I definitely learned that it's okay to think a bit more before moving. If Anna can do it, so can I?? 🤣🙏

I'm learning so much from watching this .Thanks for taking the time to help others like me .

Playing a game in real time and explaining the moves is a lot tougher than it sounds; the explanations often times put yourself into time pressure. Nice game where you made it look easy :)

I'm just amazed how flawless this video was.

It was very instructive. You explained very thoroughly ,what I learned was that there is not just one good move at any given turn.

14:32 bishop to h3 is a beautiful checmate :) lovely video thanks Anna!

Love these videos. I've noticed that when I get to the middle game and we both have decent positions, I sometimes have no clear idea what to do next. You talked a little about opening theory helping in the early middle game. I'd love to hear more about that, if you're so inclined.

This is not only a game of chess. This is a MASTERCLASS

Lower ratings too please! I’ve played casually for a while and just started digging deeper and I could use all the help I can get. I’m around 600 elo in rapid, which is what I’ve just started. Did mostly daily games before. Haven’t played enough blitz for it to be accurate.

I like talk through videos. I'm 89, a 1300 and now living retired in SC after the NYC and Jersey rat race. You talk and think very quickly so it is difficult to follow. However, with stop, go, back up, and fwd on my computer I can play your moves and thought processes multiple times until "Je Comprend". Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work.

This was great learning for me. I paused between the moves to come up with my move and then hear her ideas. As a 1550 I was proudly able to conclude the same moves quite often but I had to use waaay more time, I also completely missed a couple critical moves despite that I used more time. My calculation is definetly much worse, I get lost when many pieces get traded and I am much slower.

this is awesome! the way you played the queen trade sequence and Operation Save the Knight were really instructive, thank you!!

I’ve learned the most from you over anyone else on KZfaq! You’re a Queen!!

This is fantastic. Thank you. Much better than other youtubers who always only say "I'm gonna go here now, I'm gonna go here now" :)

Love the way you played this telling us your thought process. Well done Anna!

Was an interesting video as an intermediate player, from what I see 2200 players, also talking about the opponent, see more in depth, for example you immediately realised he could trap your knight and it was indeed what he did the move after, they are better positionally\strategically and recognise better which rook, knight, bishop is good or bad and hence know which are better off traded and kept, just the first things that came to mind here. Also, that blunder you show towards the end, looks to me like it wasn't easy to find the move to punish it, sacrificing that pawn to decoy the bishop away and then being able to pin knight and rook required some in depth look at the following moves, so not surprised the opponent missed it.

This is a fantastic video. Thank you. I'm definitely going to watch this again tomorrow morning on the treadmill at the gym.

12:01 - Your opponent ends up sacrificing the what? THE ROOK!!!

This was a super interesting and helpful video Anna. As a player practicing against 1500 level right now, for me to understand how you apply logic assessing the middle game around threats, probable next moves and best options is very useful and interesting. More videos like this please!

Absolutely brilliant. Great to see how a master works.

Pretty impressive that you could play and explain what's going on the same time and still winning.

13:20, after that seems you were surprised that the opponent didn't defend the pawn, but from what I can see, the only other place the bishop could've gone to in order to still defend it was e8, and by attacking it with your king, the bishop would've been trapped, I think the opponent realised this and went for the other move, sacrificing a pawn rather than eventually losing the bishop.

12:01 "So actually my opponent ends up sacrificing... THE ROOK!!!"

I found this very instructive and would love more. I’m around 1800 for many years and can’t seem to advance.

i loved this video ! it looked pretty intense to explain your moves with so many details and calculate at the same time so big gg for the video !!

This was an excellent instructional video. Please do more. Thank you!!

Yes keep giving us videos where you walkthrough your games telling us your every move. I learn something new every time. Plus the fact you are so sweet and adorable!

I love this format as much as I love watching your channel Anna! It's good to hear what goes on in your brain! I know how your gears rotate, how your transmission transmits too!!

Simone Williams taught me to win at chess you just sac, sac, Mate, easy. Sac, sac, Mate, that's all you have to do.

Hello Anna. This video is a perfect chess lesson for lower intermediate players. Thank you for sharing your thought process. Congratulations! Keep up the good work.

14:37 bishop h2 checkmate

Love your videos Anna 🇧🇷

Wow insane video, huge respect. Your thought process is absolutely insane

12:02 "My opponent ends up sacrificing... *looks at Levy*... The Rook"

16:10 im proud i saw this move in the live game aswell :D But first i thought Bf4 directly is the move but there white got time to play Nf3 wich annhiliated the threat of Bxd7, wich was to deflect blacks bishop. But with a4 the bishop gets deflected instantly wich makes white win either the knight on d7 or the one on b1. really nice tactic

Even though pushing the passed pawn ended up being the blunder, it probably had the greatest psychological effect on your opponent. A passed pawn always draws so much attention, that the threat of its promotion is probably more damaging than the promotion itself. Who hasn't at one time underestimated the power of an unblocked passed pawn and realized too late when it's sitting on the seventh rank that we should have paid more mind to it. So once we climb to higher levels it usually becomes priority number one to stop it at all costs, and even ideas of counterattack are blunted to do so.

A speed run from 1000 to 2000 would be great!

Love the video. Very informative. Your very talented at explaining things.

Really Thanks! i always enjoy for your brilliant speech into explaining chess 🤩

Props on your channel. It's a lot of fun. Love the smack talk with chess hustlers.

It makes me realize how many things there are to consider during a game and that all of this must become an acquired reflex in order to become an excellent chess player. Is there a kind of recipe that tells us how to develop this reflex step by step from beginner to a level of mastery? For example, you mentioned a routine of checking for possible checks, then captures, then forced moves, etc. There are, of course, a lot and lot of other things to consider. Thank you for another very informative and helpful video.

Wow Anna! You pulled out a win from what looked like a really bad position and a lost game , and you did it so easily . GG!

please make more videos like this narrating your thought process during games!!! so helpful.

Yes, sure, more videos when you play with your ranking counterparts and explain every move, please!

Wow. Very good video Anna. I have learned a lot again. Fortsätt med det goda arbeitet ;-)

What a beautyful preformance! Chess is one of few artforms where composition happens simultanious to preformance.

I think this format where you explain your logic is so beneficial for my overall game. Plus your cute and easy to listen to :)

I was waiting for this serie ^^ I found almost all the moves except the back rack checkmate threat

enjoyed this a lot thank you! During analysis I would appreciate if you could evaluate other options, for example, if bishop takes g4 the knight would still be defended I believe... not sure why that move works at first glance, would have to load it into an engine as well. On that note, please LINK TO THE GAME IN THE COMMENTS!! So we can click and analyze as well =] Thank you thank you thank you!! edit: after watching through again I realize your other knight would not be defended if capturing the pawn ;p

This was very helpful, thanks Anna!

Brilliant video, learnt so much!

Lol! You have to appreciate how high level this is. Timed. Live streaming. Chess. And EXPLAINING. I just played a 560 match with my buddy watching and trying to explain a 3 set move I have planned to sacrifice a rook to draw the king out it's impossible. "Just watch, bro." Is a little different than a 15 minute treaty on real time analysis...lol i do enjoy Anna's content.

Very helpful, thank you! I enjoyed this rating, since the combinations from both sides are more thought out

It’s insane how you defeated this person while teaching us! Wow, you are awesome !

Great video. You explain the game very well and actually im very happy because ... well, I don't play chess too often. I loved chess as a 8-9 year old kid :), I played with my uncle a lot, in last year i maybe played few times with friends at work and i'm happy that I actually saw / could analyze most of the moves in the middle game. Probably at the beginning I would do much worse opening ;p but still I thought that I'm much worse ;) (but it's not that bad) ;)

This is a thought-process to be studied.

It's funny to see that only in a few video I watched, I noticed at 14:29 your elocution sounded just so much like your mother :) Nice game ! I didnt play chest since 20 years (I'm 30) and your videos give me motivation to try it again. Especially your video about -800 rating where you gave me the overall goal I missed to have in a game opening: Move everything forward and bring out knight and bishop then castle. Thank you for your greats commented games, keep the nice work !

Amazing, for 1750 this level of thinking is very informative, explains why I am not even 2000. will watch the other ones. Thank you.

Great video, and very instructive. I learned a lot

"And the opponent sacrifices, THE ROOOOOOOOK"

Most useful chess video for me on entire internet. Thank you Ana!

A few lessons for me: 1. the overloaded light square bishop on f5 2. strong pass c pawn

Your videos help me a lot to make fewer mistakes and come up with more reasonable plans. 🙂

Good video and excellent idea to try to cover thought process during the game. Please do more, I'm sure it will be very helpful

You find some hard moves so easy. It's amazing!

Love the narration and explanation!

Awesome video Anna! Thanks! You're going to do big things!

I am around 1700 and i think essentially the same way, but i am much less solid on the tactics, which once more proves the point: before thinking about any sort of fancy openings you need rock solid tactics.

Really enjoyed this vid. Thank you!

Love these play through videos! Very instructive! Thanks Anna! Also cool shirt! Very Victorian!!!

Amazing analytical skill Anna!

Very good content. It seems it'svery important calculating, seeing the board widely and sort out what the opp is up to. I think I'm settled around 1600's and this isn't something i do. Great lesson thanks!

Very helpful. Thank you so much!

I was shocked how similar my thoughts were despite only being rated a bit under 1600. The main difference was that I had no idea of the opening theory (openings are in general my weak spot) and positional nuance that was probably lost on me.

Very simple explanations. Thanks.

Wow. Good game, specially considering all the teaching class going in parallel

That was instructive. Big ups to u

Really helpful....I love these videos.

Please do this all the time, lower rating, higher, whatever, these are great!

The thumbnail is perfect for me because I'm literally 1133 and I wanna reach 2000. Thank you Anna

Thank you for so detail explanation, your new subscriber 🙏

Unfailingly brings a smile to my face. Thank you!

Kick A$$. Glad I found you. Great job explaining everything.

Hi Anna, it's great to allow us look into your head and thoughts, thank you for that! And give a hug to your cute panda bear! 😊 Love from Hannes, Germany

I love such an analysis! Great stuff.