Recipe for genius: How child chess prodigies master the game

The success of Netflix's popular series The Queen's Gambit has stoked new interest in chess, and a fascination with children who show early genius for the cerebral game. The Fifth Estate looks at examples of parents who attempted to foster genius in chess, with dramatically different outcomes.
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  • @betty5064
    @betty50642 жыл бұрын

    My family all play chess, starting around age four, at home or in school. No-one considered it as a career. They all have interesting careers and play chess with their own children. Everyone seems very happy.

  • @mathildewesendonck7225
    @mathildewesendonck7225 Жыл бұрын

    Judith recently beat Magnus Carlsen in a friendly game in Madrid in just 23 moves. Very impressive! And most important, she looked as if she was really enjoying herself and loving chess

  • @zztop4996

    @zztop4996

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning this. Just watched it.

  • @intelcom4964
    @intelcom49642 ай бұрын

    I just learned chess and I can't stop playing

  • @lo-boy6956
    @lo-boy69562 жыл бұрын

    I stopped playing at the age of 10 , I used to play my dad everyday after eating evening meal . Every time I beat him I would immediately be sent to bed..

  • @raphael2966

    @raphael2966

    9 ай бұрын

    Dem bruh

  • @antoniajane5442
    @antoniajane54423 жыл бұрын

    It's like Venus and Serena Williams father - he decided his daughters were going to be tennis champions before they were born.

  • @Bob-gn8ph

    @Bob-gn8ph

    7 ай бұрын

    Venus and Serena are actually men research it

  • @Bob-gn8ph

    @Bob-gn8ph

    5 ай бұрын

    @benzylic_acid232 we are living in a fallen world... Luke 21:36 KJV❤️

  • @blueeyebandit
    @blueeyebandit3 жыл бұрын

    All of the translation from Hungarian to English in this video are highly incorrect ! At times the narration doesn't translate at all what the people are actually saying Native Hungarian speaker .

  • @AnnaLVajda

    @AnnaLVajda

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I think for a small country Hungary has a disproportionate number of Chess champions too it's like in their blood or something a Hungarian invented the Rubix cube too.

  • @blueeyebandit

    @blueeyebandit

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnnaLVajda I am Hungarian don't need to tell me about it ... My comment highlights the highly inaccurate translations of this upload .

  • @BadmintonBombshell
    @BadmintonBombshell3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in a chess family (my dad was a member of the Canadian Chess Federation for years and my brother is a former provincial medallist) and I coach chess at my high school. Thank you for this! I knew about Judit Polgar, but not how exactly she became so talented.

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    3 жыл бұрын

    You don't "become" talented and she still didn't become world title despite training her whole life. One of the most pathetic families on earth. Read about Susan's divorce case if you want more perspective.

  • @rumblefish9

    @rumblefish9

    5 ай бұрын

    @@raygordonteacheschess5501 jealousy is such an ugly thing. it makes you ugly

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@rumblefish9Cool story but it seems you don't know the family's history.

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@rumblefish9Celebrity worship is so pathetic.

  • @aceykrew5207
    @aceykrew52073 жыл бұрын

    Dad giving off stronggg Bob Ross vibes. 🥴

  • @honeybunch5765

    @honeybunch5765

    3 жыл бұрын

    😃

  • @badger297
    @badger297 Жыл бұрын

    This was so well done. +1sub

  • @inbm2102
    @inbm2102 Жыл бұрын

    Chess is beautiful

  • @jimmybutler3728
    @jimmybutler37283 жыл бұрын

    It take studying all games that ever won chest games and memory or find a new way to win like double dragon attack with out them caught what you are doing...

  • @mayazteca
    @mayazteca5 ай бұрын

    Great programming!

  • @dymphnacarroll3627
    @dymphnacarroll36273 жыл бұрын

    Good movie

  • @marsukarhu9477
    @marsukarhu94773 жыл бұрын

    Wow, those sisters are cool!

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really? Some don't agree.

  • @marsukarhu9477

    @marsukarhu9477

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@raygordonteacheschess5501 Oh no! How can I possibly go on if "some" don't agree with me ??

  • @jeshkam
    @jeshkam3 жыл бұрын

    10:28 lol 🤣😁

  • @elizabethhurtado4079
    @elizabethhurtado40793 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @travelingduck5
    @travelingduck53 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know where to watch the documentary on Jeff and his family mentioned in this video?

  • @CrustyUgg

    @CrustyUgg

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was just about to look it up but just type in the family name into KZread and put documentary at the end and see what comes up

  • @register1430

    @register1430

    Жыл бұрын

    Jeff Sarwer has wiki page and it mentions the print article that prompted the gov investigation into the father.

  • @danlesterchua7923
    @danlesterchua79238 ай бұрын

    I didn't know that Judith is a daughter of the vocalist and drummer of the eagles

  • @Fatboypool
    @Fatboypool3 жыл бұрын

    Backgammon

  • @F_e_l_i_x_
    @F_e_l_i_x_ Жыл бұрын

    It is proven you are the smartest when you are a child and how your brain adapts, functions, how we learn language, aspects. The older you get, the more experience and styles you are introduced.

  • @HN-kk7vy
    @HN-kk7vy2 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't finish because the music drove me insane

  • @rheijm9201
    @rheijm9201 Жыл бұрын

    Polgar scagenius judt like Fischer i hope i heard that wrongly..

  • @albertreyes9870
    @albertreyes9870 Жыл бұрын

    I'd rather do my conducting on the field as the 'King of Coaching' not saying that Chess is bad l liked Bobby Fisher when he played Chess.

  • @mike62mcmanus
    @mike62mcmanus3 жыл бұрын

    Garry Kasparov is not a gracious loser any time... At least Mrs. Polgar doesn't have to fight off too many advances these days..

  • @rumblefish9

    @rumblefish9

    5 ай бұрын

    He cheated against Judit in 1994 and was a terrible person all around

  • @jimmybutler3728
    @jimmybutler37283 жыл бұрын

    Think photographic memory give you unfair advantage...

  • @MrSupernova111

    @MrSupernova111

    Жыл бұрын

    There is no such thing. That has been proven many times. Go watch "my brilliant mind" here on youtube.

  • @davidschwerte3028
    @davidschwerte30282 жыл бұрын

    Ja Nein Was ist ein Gen 1u2 Meine freunde der Wissen schaft

  • @MikelGCinema
    @MikelGCinema2 жыл бұрын

    Genius + insanity has not only been in chess but in the world of artists and scientists. The Polgar dad is so wrong thinking that it could happen. A the most, you get what chinese parents do, create little sad monsters who play perfect piano. Thats it.

  • @natalie.s7226
    @natalie.s72263 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @khunopie9159

    @khunopie9159

    3 жыл бұрын

    what ur mom says

  • @dickrichard626

    @dickrichard626

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@khunopie9159 first

  • @raphael2966
    @raphael29669 ай бұрын

    There is only 1 chess genius and his name is Hans.

  • @smobass8222

    @smobass8222

    4 ай бұрын

    Legendary

  • @bikinggal1
    @bikinggal13 жыл бұрын

    People need to examine themselves...perhaps raise kind and thoughtful children. Children who will benefit humanity. Playing chess? FFS.

  • @futurez12

    @futurez12

    2 жыл бұрын

    So you don't think these ladies are 'kind and thoughful?' Perhaps you think they're evil, and thoughtless? It's not either/or. You can quite easily be kind and thoughtful, and beneficial to others whilst at the same time being a dedicated, successful person. TBH, you just sound like a hater towards these successful sisters, which quite possibly means that your parents didn't raise _you_ to be "kind, thoughtful and beneficial to humanity."

  • @Silvermist78
    @Silvermist7813 күн бұрын

    Queens Gambit is utter garbage! The series has no comparison to Fischer or Polgars. No were in Queen's Gambit is her rating even mentioned. Yet she beats a world champion.

  • @cougar2013
    @cougar20132 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but it’s sad that a vapid tv show has to be referenced to hook people.

  • @sitting_nut
    @sitting_nut3 жыл бұрын

    this "report" focus mostly on bad cases and try to imply they are typical, and for that dishonestly ignores actul typical cases, in typical western trashy "journalist", anything for a buck and predetermined conclusion, fashion. no desire for looking at an issue in an unbiased well rounded way. so much for "journalism". in reality, most professional chess players, including most world champions(including all of the former still living ones, both men and women ), are very well adjusted. notice how this video doesn't focus or interview actual living champions (most of whom were also child prodigies but are doing well as adults) but devote time to a obscure canadian player, with a sick abusive father, who didn't and was never going to achieve much. and while focusing on off beat hungarian polgar "experiment", this ignores soviet's successful system of tapping talents without destroying the players' lives. or current russian or indian chess cultures which produce great players without destroying their lives. again so much for "journalism", a "the fifth estate" like this stinks.

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bad cases? Child abuse is rampant in chess, and most elite chesspalyers are dweebs. Why do you think I waited until 54 to become seriously good? I've spent more time in the chess world than all of you put together I bet. It's a terrible place and child abuse is rampant. Kids who lose to Beth Harmon get hit when they get home.

  • @sitting_nut

    @sitting_nut

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@raygordonteacheschess5501 you are very ignorant and obviously envious. and you are very bad at chess. your channel is absurd .

  • @skyward7903

    @skyward7903

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol no. This is just highlighting how many parents re obsessed with pushing their kids to "greatness". It is wrong and will usually take a big toll on them. You should never push your children like that.

  • @sitting_nut

    @sitting_nut

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@skyward7903 parents " obsessed with pushing " children is one thing , this report about untypical chess players is another. as i said, best chess players, pushed by parents or not, were mostly child prodigies but are also well adjusted adults. as such this is dishonest journalism.

  • @veganwinter2090
    @veganwinter20902 жыл бұрын

    Be living vegan kind and live your own chess game ; from Asha to Senet to the Mystery Christ. Some text with good Clues Gnostic mystery text "Pistis Sofia" "Essene Gospels of Peace" Zarathustra text on Asha (I like Ed B. Szekely's text) , "Egyptian Book of the Dead Ani Scrolls Going Forth By Day" Christ Gospels. Other ideas?

  • @StopFear

    @StopFear

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok, that sort of crazy stuff is exactly the way to waste your life.

  • @ldub288

    @ldub288

    6 ай бұрын

    😂@@StopFear

  • @jfranrivera
    @jfranrivera2 жыл бұрын

    None of the Polgar sisters was ever world champion. Polgar never beat Kasparov while he was world champion. And a true genius is like Capablanca who, despite the fact that his father would not let him play when he was very young, turned out to be one of the greatest players of all time. Many great champions have considered him the greatest of all time.

  • @gerdotamas4895

    @gerdotamas4895

    Жыл бұрын

    m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4FptKdqfZbbiZM.html

  • @MrSupernova111

    @MrSupernova111

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't understand chess history well if you think what the Polgar sisters did is anything short of genius. Not everyone needs to be a champion to be a genius. There are plenty of examples in chess from Keres, Mecking, Khan, Judit polgar, etc...

  • @jfranrivera

    @jfranrivera

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gerdotamas4895 When that game was played, Kasparov made a mistake but Judit accepted it. He should have gotten up from the board and not continued the game. The outcome of the game, had Kasparov's move been preserved, is unknown

  • @rumblefish9

    @rumblefish9

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jfranrivera "mistake"? No. Kasparov CHEATED and Judit didn't protest because she was conditioned all her life not to react or voice her objections.

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess55013 жыл бұрын

    These aren't prodigies, mostly abused kids whose parents wish they were prodigies. Kids who lose to Beth Harmon get beaten up. Scholarships to private schools are at stake. I was a chess prodigy and the last thing I wanted to do was waste my best years on chess. Finally on track to become world champion (up 740 points past six years) because I literally have nothing left to do. Age is not an advantage: I don't have a life at my age. A twenty-one year-old playing chess fulltime is an atrocity.

  • @aliciamarcel3620

    @aliciamarcel3620

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Forced to be what their parent wants them to be

  • @jeffreykaufmann2867

    @jeffreykaufmann2867

    2 жыл бұрын

    Judit loved playing chess so it isn't an atrocity. Her Sister Sofia was more interested in Art than Chess which is why she didn't become a Grandmaster.

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    @raygordonteacheschess5501

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Look up Susan Polgar's divorce or the Sam Sloan lawsuit.

  • @MrSupernova111

    @MrSupernova111

    2 ай бұрын

    Why do anything? You're just a clueless as the rest.

  • @borisav2000
    @borisav2000Ай бұрын

    It would be smart to go in 3 diferent directions but who am i sertanly not a geneous.