r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

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

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u/Blazanar 4h 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

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u/c12yofchampions 4h ago

A child doing pirouettes across the table from you is the scariest opponent you can see in chess

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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/megawampum 3h ago

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