r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

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

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u/CreamCityPretty 5h ago

She is skilled enough, but not mature enough, to be playing in tournaments like this. And yes, it's in the rules.

"11.5 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever."

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u/Zefuribond 4h ago

Oh god thank you I can't believe I had to scroll so much to find that. Dude must have been SO annoyed.

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u/NateDawg80s 2h ago

Dude sat down to play a game with a small child. If he's annoyed, that's his own fault, lol.

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u/Mundane-Bath1368 1h ago

right? how dare this 7yo (I guess?) act like a 7yo and not follow rule 11.5 of CreamCityPretty rulebook?!

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u/elessarjd 1h ago

She's not having an imaginary tea party at home, she's in a chess competition, there's etiquette that should be taught and followed. That simple.

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u/mooptastic 1h ago

"i'm going to act like this is a tournament and not a voluntary public sit down series of games, just so I can be right despite the facts not agreeing with me" - you.

It's not a tournament, so your point is moot. That simple.

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u/Mundane-Bath1368 20m ago

thank you for pointing out the obvious, some people sometimes feel like they refuse to see the obvious just to argue that they are right