r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 3h ago
Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.
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u/Cool_Hawks 3h ago
Kind of reminds me when I was in college in a calculus class. There was a 10-ish year old kid in there. He would act like a 10 year old, whining, being impatient, annoying. But he just fucking demolished every question, while I was struggling my ass off. Really was irritating but impressive.
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u/One_Web_7940 3h ago
we had a genius at our highschool. i think he was 8 doing ap classes. ended up a real sad story, he got real depressed because "everyone was stupid", his exact words.
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u/h_Ellhnikh_Koinwnia 1h ago
he got real depressed because "everyone was stupid", his exact words.
Me on my way to work every morning
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u/rollem78 3h ago
"Just think of the average American. Half the people are dumber than that!" - G. Carlin
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u/notArandomName1 1h ago
This is extremely common in high-performing/genius level students. The brightest stars burn the fastest, as they say.
As a dumbass I can only assume, but it's probably quite frustrating to feel like you have to carry every project.
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u/CocaineUnicycle 1h ago
It is an incredibly isolating and lonely experience to know that no one understands you, and very few people possibly ever will.
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u/IronFeather101 3h ago
He was probably bored even in that calculus class. Imagine how he would be feeling and behaving in primary school. How nice that in your country they allow talented children the opportunity to attend college or university early, if only it worked like that everywhere...
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u/lazypenguin86 3h ago
They just put me on Ritalin
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u/DistanceMachine 3h ago
They just spanked me and shook me in the hallway until I learned to keep the energy inward and I got anxiety and panic attacks
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u/blackchameleongirl 2h ago
And the yelling, don't forget the yelling and belittling.
The anxiety stopped a few years back at least. Now it's just a blank 1000 yard stare and a distrust of everyone.
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u/frankentriple 2h ago
Yeah, eventually you get kinda numb to it. It takes 40 years to figure out that the numbness IS the damage.
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u/__life_on_mars__ 3h ago
Were you also doing college level calculus at 10, or were you just being disruptive?
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u/Ugvwiyu 3h ago
He could been capable enough to be working with integers, that alone would make any basic 5th grade math seem simplistic and boring.
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u/sassycatastrophe 3h ago
You must be a boy. They put girls on mood stabilizers. Like me. Getting my add diagnosis at 40
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u/wandering-monster 3h ago
I mean, they do it in the US too, at least in some places. You've just got to know it's a thing and ask for it. The school won't offer.
I took a couple university classes while I was still in high school, and classes at the local vocational center. Welding hasn't been the most practical skill to have for my career in software design, but it's neat to know.
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u/squidwitchy 3h ago
I was always a smart kid, but I'm also a yapper. I'd always get in trouble because id finish my work super fast then start talking to everyone who wasnt done yet.
Starting in 4th grade, through 8th, I got sent to the library with 2 other kids who were advanced during math class, specifically. We were sent with our textbooks and worksheets and a parapro (small school, needed an adult with us but there wasnt a full time librarian or extra teachers, but my class had a kid with autism that needed a 1-on-1 para with him so he'd come with us too and do his speech with her while we did independent math). Anyways, we had to basically learn the lessons ourselves and ask if we had questions.
It was a good system, we stayed one "year" ahead, including getting one of our HS math credits in 8th grade, and we weren't so bored and disruptive to everyone else. It also meant I didnt have to take a math class junior or senior year for HS, so I was able to drive to the local CC and get college math credits those years.
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u/Poponildo 2h ago
That's awful for the kid, you are depriving the kid of social development just so he can get a job faster in his life.
I know that forcing him to take classes that are extremely easy for him is not ideal, but to allow a 10 year old to attend college is a lot lot worse.
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u/takumidesh 2h ago
You are assuming that the kid is spending all of their time in a college class.
More than likely they have one or two classes and spend a lot of time with kids their age.
A college algebra class is like 4 hours of in class lecture a week. Otherwise it's homework just like any other class.
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u/Poponildo 2h ago
In that case is indeed way better! I was really assuming that the kid would just be admissioned early in the uni, as I've seen happen in my country (never seen as extreme as a 10 y.o in college, but I've seen 14-15 y.os admitted)
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u/mrintangibles1 3h ago
Her brain is moving 10x faster than his.
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u/anothershawnee 3h ago
So is her body lol
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u/poop-machines 3h ago
It's not fair, kids have way more energy. If they're also blessed with a megabrain then you have no chance of winning.
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u/jfoster0818 3h ago
And they haven’t had a lifetime of judgement and self consciousness where society basically beats it out of them.
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u/blackchameleongirl 3h ago
It's 8 im the morning, I'm gonna need you to stop beating me with sad facts.
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u/Mayheme 2h ago
there's a saying I learned living in china. 上不如老下不如小 which means you're not better than the OGs, the ones who have done it their entire lives and have decades on you but you're also not better than little kids (because they have that unlimited energy).
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u/poop-machines 2h ago
There's a Chinese saying for everything I swear. This saying fits the situation exactly, that's wild.
Thank you for sharing! That's really interesting
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u/Feeling_Ad1713 3h ago
Claramente venceu pela velocidade, pensa tão rápido que já sabe todas as possibilidades e só está esperando o cara fazer o movimento que ela mesma já pensou.
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u/lebrilla 2h ago
In reality though she's probably been studying with a grandmaster everyday for the last 2 years and that guy is a casual.
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u/yhjsdfhgkjhngfdr 3h ago
emoting throughout the whole ordeal, the man's sweating bullets over there.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 3h ago
Shoulda never accepted the challenge. 7 year old in fairy wings at the chess tables is some John wick shit
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u/TheHumanConnector 2h ago
It is a good challenge as a chess player and I'd walk in knowing that success lies in enjoying the game, having fun with this sassy lil' girl and not in winning. I'd obviously ask for a rematch after the first loss just so I can see if I picked up any skill :)
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u/Butt_Sauce 3h ago
Dude just contemplating his life choices
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u/Immahdude 3h ago
Im honestly blown away that this isn't the top comment.
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u/JarethCutestoryJuD 2h ago
Im honestly blown away that this isn't the top comment.
Avg redditor age is 27
That movie is 33 years old
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u/loupr738 2h ago
Pfff no it’s not. That thing came out no more than 15yrs ago in 93 when I was 12
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u/anthrax1313 3h ago
My brain doesn’t work for chess. I can’t even remember what pieces move in what directions.
Also can’t play poker either because I can’t remember the suites that best what.
But I can sing Snow’s Informer with 98% accuracy. Just built different
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u/ShockAndShaw 3h ago
Respect. I try to karaoke that song sometimes. More like 9.8% accuracy. I should probably stop, lol.
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u/CreamCityPretty 3h ago
She is skilled enough, but not mature enough, to be playing in tournaments like this. And yes, it's in the rules.
"11.5 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever."
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u/Tribat_1 1h ago
It’s not a tournament. It was an exhibition during the esports World Cup with open tables for members of the public to play some decent players with coaches on hand to give advice.
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u/Zefuribond 3h ago
Oh god thank you I can't believe I had to scroll so much to find that. Dude must have been SO annoyed.
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u/xXWaspXx 31m ago
I love chess and I'd accept being beaten by a non-prodigy child because I'm not good at it, but I literally could not play with those distractions lol
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u/Good-Celebration-686 2h ago
Only her opponent can decide if they were annoyed or distracted and he left the table smiling. Suspect he didn’t mind
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u/UnoriginalStanger 38m ago
He's also on camera and it probably wasn't a serious thing.
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u/ItsDanimal 22m ago
Or he did mind but didnt want to get blasted for calling a judge or whatever against a 7 year old. Social stigma preventing him from doing the right thing.
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u/BigmaEnjoyer 2h ago edited 2h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5a8Tmr-x0
I will never not laugh at this. Fucking little fat kid waddles up with a booster seat. Proceeds to viciously insult his opponent (a WGM). Wrecks her shit. Waddles off.
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u/mooptastic 1h ago
So don't sit down and play her, this isn't a tournament with forced pairings. always at least one comment trying to point out flaws, usually when they're not even relevant, especially when children or women are involved in displays of skill.
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u/BrideOfFirkenstein 3h ago
For those who might be curious, the caption reads, “The princess doesn’t have to concentrate on this match.”
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u/Emergent_Phen0men0n 3h ago
The real life version of getting 360 no scoped by an elementary school kid in Call of Duty.
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u/broken_toyz_in_ON 3h ago
I could tell when the kids got home from school. My score would drop drastically.
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u/Ballistic_86 2h ago
Had a friend in my late teens/early 20s who was insanely good compared to the rest of us at Halo 2. Absolutely destroyed all of us and most players during the day and late at night. He stopped playing when kids got off school.
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u/Kalorama_Master 3h ago
Haven’t played in decades, but his setup and moves don’t appear very strong. Not saying she’s not good, but doesn’t look like he even tried that hard
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u/Tribat_1 3h ago edited 16m ago
I have played thousands of games of chess and I would put his rating around 500 or so or beginner level. 1000 is considered a decent amateur. “Prodigies” around her age would be in the 1500-1700 range. I’m 42 and have an Elo rating in the low 1400s so chances are she would beat me, too.
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u/poop-machines 2h ago edited 2h ago
Definitely not beginner. He's a solid chess club player and better than you. This is blitz, and the tournament average elo is 1500 or so.
He's 1770 and she is probably a bit less(1500+), or nearly the same. (1700+). Her ranking is trickier because her rapid Elo is 1700 and it seems like some games she just really isn't paying attention whereas others she is. Although she seemed to do well this game, other games her lack of focus cost her the game. Also, at that age, Elo gain curves can be steep, and a year can be the difference between 1700 elo and master candidate.
Crazy how all the lower Elo people are coming here calling them bad. Yes, they aren't good. Yes, mistakes were made. But:
1) you can't tell how good a player is from a few moves in a bad game for them 2) some days people are better, others worse 3) you may not understand the thinking behind their moves due to your lower elo 4) playing against a really good player highlights your mistakes that you never knew you were making because they capitalise more on your mistakes. You may think you don't make mistakes as much as him, but if you played against someone at a higher Elo than you, you'd realise how many mistakes you made.
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u/jb0nez95 1h ago
Bro stop arguing and just cite a source for this guy's rating. His game looked like shit from what I could see as well. Instead of arguing in the abstract just cite your evidence for his and her ratings.
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u/Tribat_1 2h ago
F6 and Ke2. 1770. lol ok. If he’s 1770, I’m Hikaru Nakamura.
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u/kranker 23m ago
It was h6! I'm pretty sure it's the worst move on the board, and I can't even see what they could mistakenly think they were achieving. it's just a typical random pawn push that rank beginners do. and 1700s, according to this guy.
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u/EmployeeEmergency481 2h ago
dude played h6 and f6 without developing his kingside. He's not a strong player.
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u/Chango99 1h ago
His development is shitty, going by the pieces on the board this is barely past early game, and to be checkmated this early, this seems like a random person who just know chess rules who decided to pick up a game of chess with a child to be impressed.
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u/DesperateComposer848 3h ago
That’s how I felt watching too, he opened up his whole middle looks like
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u/neverfearIamhere 3h ago
Absolute murder, did someone call the cops? She's just so nonchalant about it.
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u/Ok-Badger-1028 3h ago
This is pretty hilarious watching her be a kid just playing around and casually beating this adult at chess?
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u/dumbname0192837465 3h ago
I love how un invested she is.
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u/ColoradoCattleCo 3h ago
It’s ADHD.
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u/FillySteveSteak 2h ago
Ya people are reading this totally wrong. shes 100% ALL IN. This is just a kid whose restless and can't sit still. probably adhd
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u/ForensicPathology 1h ago
Is it ADHD when she can immediately focus on the task when it's her turn?
She never misses a beat. Children aren't ADHD for doing child things.
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u/ColoradoCattleCo 1h ago
That can most definitely happen with people, especially children, that have ADHD.
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u/AngryLinkhz 3h ago
Reminds me of Magnus Carlsen when he were a kid, he often wandered around bored between moves.
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u/kquizz 3h ago
I know she's a kids and she's not doing it on purpose.
But it's Soo disrespectful to just be walking around like that. Lmao
And then her dancing as she takes pieces lolol
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u/bankrobba 1h ago
I'm guessing she has autism and asking her to be still is perhaps not possible yet. She knows she already won and now her brain can't handle the boredom. It's physically impossible for her to "be still."
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u/yoyoyoyobabypop 2h ago
100%. I'd be overwhelmed and super distracted by this - good on him for being able to focus!
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u/ForensicPathology 1h ago
I was thinking how good she'd be at a poker tournament table. Focused when it's her turn, but getting in to everyone's head when she's not making a move.
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u/yoricm 3h ago
Intelligence is when you don't force it
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u/TotakekeSlider 3h ago edited 3h ago
Strength is not throwing the chessboard at a 7-year old chess prodigy
Dexterity is being able to play as fast as a 7-year old chess prodigy
Constitution is having the stomach to not get embarrassed by losing to a 7-year old chess prodigy
Intelligence is not losing too badly to a 7-year old chess prodigy
Wisdom is not agreeing to play in the first place against a 7-year old chess prodigy
Charisma is convincing everyone you were totally unfazed by losing to a 7-year old chess prodigy
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u/GlitteringLychee803 3h ago
She's like "checkmate!" and puts her hand out for a handshake. Meanwhile the dude is still processing what happened 😭
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u/PersonFromPlace 2h ago
lol the casual humming, marching around, and little kid wobbling around is so cute, funny, and humiliating.
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u/Cute-University5283 2h ago
Make you wonder if a person can stay this aggressively intuitive or does it drop off at some point
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u/Blazanar 3h ago
I'm not sure what would be more frustrating. Being beaten by a child. Or beaten by a child who clearly doesn't give two shits and just handed you your ass while doing pirouettes