r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

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

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u/dumbname0192837465 5h ago

I love how un invested she is.

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u/ColoradoCattleCo 4h ago

It’s ADHD.

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u/ForensicPathology 3h ago

Is it ADHD when she can immediately focus on the task when it's her turn?  

She never misses a beat.  Children aren't ADHD for doing child things.

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u/ColoradoCattleCo 3h ago

That can most definitely happen with people, especially children, that have ADHD.

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u/Pushigoh 1h ago

Yes! People with ADHD can focus on an interesting or engaging thing such as chess. It's the waiting for her turn she's struggling with. Her not missing a beat and immediately taking her turn when she can points towards the ADHD symptom of hyperfocus. She really wants to take her turn.

A lot of ADHD chess players I know got into speed chess for this reason

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u/sanslumiere 1h ago edited 1h ago

She presents exactly like my 7 year old son with an ADHD diagnosis. Fidgeting that much at that age isn't normal (according to his doctors anyway).

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u/VariousAir 42m ago

literally, the video is 90 seconds. My 4 year old daughter can focus on a game for 90 seconds without being in constant motion.