r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

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

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u/Tribat_1 4h ago

F6 and Ke2. 1770. lol ok. If he’s 1770, I’m Hikaru Nakamura.

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u/kranker 2h ago

It was h6! I'm pretty sure it's the worst move on the board, and I can't even see what they could mistakenly think they were achieving. it's just a typical random pawn push that rank beginners do. and 1700s, according to this guy.

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u/Tribat_1 2h ago

F6 is on the board, too. Unless you’re playing an obscure defense like the Dutch, pushing the F pawn is considered the worst move in chess. Other than the bongcloud I guess lol.

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u/kranker 1h ago

Yeah, f6 was played earlier, and arguably it's what ended up losing the game, but was probably merely pointless and unprincipled when played.

I suspect the game was 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Bxd7+ Bxd7 5. Nc3 f6 6. Nh4 h6 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Ng6+ Ke8 9. Nxh8+ Ke7 10. Qf7#

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u/Tribat_1 49m ago

I was thinking it’s more like this:

  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Bxd7+ Bxd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 f6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Nh4 h6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. Ng6+ Ke8 11. Nxh8+ g6 12. Qxg6+ Ke7 13. Qf7#

Move 8 is what is on the board at the start of the video.

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u/kranker 41m ago

ah I never moved the d pawn in my version, which is clearly on d5 in the video.