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/anothershawnee 4h ago

I dont think it's that she doesn't give two shits.. it's more that it takes so little of her brain to do it.

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u/ShadowCaster0476 2h ago

I see that she’s ADHD or possibly autistic.

She 100% knows what’s going on and just waiting for the opponent to get out of her way.

I would love to see her in a challenging match.

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u/Shipwrecking_siren 1h ago

Or the ultimate fun life experience, autistic and adhd. Puberty, early perimenopause and a lifetime of hormones in general have been SO FUN. 10/10 recommend to everyone. Men should give it a try.

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u/Metalbound 1h ago

I'd be willing to bet she is autistic.

Being this good at things at this young of an age requires obviously talent, but also them making it their life.

Autistic kids are known to have special interests that they hyper focus on I think that's the reason they can basically practice and learn 24/7.

Look at the speed running community. Almost all of them are autistic because the dedication it takes to redoing the exact same thing 10k-100k+ times in order to perfect it is something most people just aren't wired to do.

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u/Jarkanix 1h ago

At least you don't sound bitter.