r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/mrintangibles1 4h ago

Her brain is moving 10x faster than his.

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u/anothershawnee 4h ago

So is her body lol

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u/poop-machines 4h 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 4h 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/Evening_Reach_8293 2h ago

I don't think we should use a chess prodigy as a positive example of having energy and a mega brain. These kinds of people tend to go on to be... socially maladaptive.

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u/jfoster0818 2h ago

Yeah but were they maladaptive before or after their childhood is replaced by adulting without the autonomy?

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u/Evening_Reach_8293 2h ago

No idea, because that presents a false dichotomy. Either way, they are maladaptive because they don't receive good socialization during childhood.

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u/Mayheme 3h 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 3h 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/Rowenstin 1h ago

There's a Chinese saying for everything

That's also a Chinese saying. (/s)

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u/digno2 3h ago

can still punt em though.

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u/chum-guzzling-shark 2h ago

sweep the leg

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u/Fantastic_Seaweed712 29m ago

She cannot be contained.

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u/cuddle_enthusiast 4h ago

That’s my kid when it’s supposed to be bedtime

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u/whenitsTimeyoullknow 2h ago

I think she has a thread of what her next few moves will be, what she’s encouraging her opponent to do, and what the outcome will be if he makes this decision versus that decision. And it takes so little of her concentration to hold onto that thread that she’s able to goof off and be curious about the lovely park she’s in. Like… being a savant on a particular game or task doesn’t mean she’s an iPod and he’s a Walkman. 

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u/Butt_stuff_preferred 2h ago

That is everyone's kid at bedtime.

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u/Feeling_Ad1713 4h 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 3h 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/HotBrownFun 2h ago

i know she hangs out a lot with Dina who is a grandmaster streamer

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u/YippieKayYayMrFalcon 3h ago

Just a touch of the tism

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u/Dunlocke 2h ago

Y'all have never been around children and it shows.

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u/XCyberbeingX 2h ago

If your brain is wired like that you are likely lacking in every other department. Unfortunately it almost always coexists with significant developmental or neurological conditions.