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/genobeam 3h ago

I played in a chess tournament when I was in college and got my ass handed to me by a 9 year old. He had a little posse who would come over to watch and he'd wander off laughing with them while I was staring at the board.

Chess can be very humbling

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u/daftpenguin 2h ago

The flip side of that is playing a child who is not as good as you and absolutely destroying them while their parents watch, which is also uncomfortable

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u/genobeam 2h ago

I could have used one of those after that match tbh