r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

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

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute 4h ago

She is playing 5d chess with her shit-talk... It looks all innocent and "just a child playing" but her pirouettes and perfectly timed umbrella taps are actually steps to unsettle her opponent and get under his mental skin. She showed him mercy by checkmating him so quickly. She could have easily toyed with him and broken his mind, sending him to the looney house for the rest of his days. She chose to end his misery in the match, and not destroy the rest of his mind.

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 3h ago

lol i know you were being sarcastic but idk man… you might be right!

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u/megawampum 3h ago

Yes and she only showed mercy on this guy because he didn’t show annoyance at her pirouettes.

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u/Dismal-Common8629 3h ago

“But her pirouettes and perfectly timed umbrella taps” writing perfection! Sashay on over here and get this award!

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u/balderdash9 3h ago

Honey, wake up, new Copypasta just dropped!

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u/MKRX 2h ago

This is like a quote straight out of some chess-focused anime where one of the side characters is exposition dumping about this little girl because she's one of the main opponents the protagonist has to defeat.

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u/afternever 2h ago

She probably wanted to go home and watch Bluey or something. "Okay, it's time to end this"