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Let’s Talk About Chess Masters · The Infographics Show Podcast

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  Speaker 1: There's something just completely captivating about extraordinary talent, isn't there that?
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  Speaker 1: You know, that rare spark you see in some people
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  Speaker 1: they achieve these incredible things so young. It just well,
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  Speaker 1: it grabs your imagination, it really does. So today we're
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  Speaker 1: plunging into a really fascinating world. Chess prodigies a fantastic topic,
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  Speaker 1: and our mission for this deep dive, we're calling it
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  Speaker 1: beyond infographics, by the way, is to well go beyond
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  Speaker 1: just the surface level stuff. Yeah, I get past the
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  Speaker 1: stats exactly. We want to unpack what really defines these
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  Speaker 1: young geniuses, look at their historical impact, explore how they
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  Speaker 1: train today, the modern methods, and.
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  Speaker 2: The brain science too, right, that's always.
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  Speaker 1: Fascinating, absolutely, the brain science behind it all, and maybe
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  Speaker 1: even touch on the philosophical side, the art in check
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  Speaker 1: that connects to their brilliant.
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  Speaker 2: Deeper insights, surprising connections.
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  Speaker 1: That's the goal we're aiming for. That, Yes, far beyond
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  Speaker 1: just facts and figures you might see elsewhere.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, for you listening, we've really synthesized a
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  Speaker 2: huge amount of information here, pulled back the curtain a
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  Speaker 2: bit on this endlessly fascinating topic.
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  Speaker 1: Should be good. So Okay, let's start with the basics.
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  Speaker 1: What exactly is a chess prodigy. We're not just talking
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  Speaker 1: about any kid who's, you know, good at chess.
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  Speaker 2: Club, No, definitely not a chess prodigy. Is well, it's
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  Speaker 2: a child or maybe a teenager showing a level of
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  Speaker 2: play that's just way beyond their years, competing at really
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  Speaker 2: high levels.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and getting those prestigious titles FIDV, MASS, International MASS.
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  Speaker 2: Or even grand Master yeah GM, often while they're still
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  Speaker 2: teenagers or sometimes I mean much younger.
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  Speaker 1: And what is it about them? What are those core abilities?
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  Speaker 2: It's uncanny, really, They have this ability to just grasp
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  Speaker 2: incredibly complex positions on the board.
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  Speaker 1: See things others don't exactly, They.
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  Speaker 2: Anticipate moves with them amazing accuracy. Their tactical skill is
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  Speaker 2: just well, it takes most people years, decades even to
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  Speaker 2: get near that level.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not just calculation, No, it's.
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  Speaker 2: More than that. It's a pattern recognition, seeing connections, absorbing
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  Speaker 2: huge amounts of chess knowledge like incredibly fast.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Okay, if you're enjoying this deep dive already, please
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  Speaker 1: Now, it's easy to think of prodigies as like a
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  Speaker 1: modern thing, maybe because of computers and online chess accessibility, right,
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  Speaker 1: but their story actually goes back quite a way. Let's
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  Speaker 1: take a little trip back in time. Some of the
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  Speaker 1: earliest recognized.
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  Speaker 2: Names like Paul Morphy.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Paul Morphy born in New Orleans eighteen thirty seven,
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  Speaker 1: often called the first unofficial World chess Champion. This guy
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  Speaker 1: showed exceptional talent, super young, beating adults easily by age twelve.
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  Speaker 2: Amazing.
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  Speaker 1: And there's this great story right from eighteen fifty he's thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: playing his uncle Alonzo Morphy. He gives some odds starts
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  Speaker 1: without his queen's rook handicap, a huge handicap, and yet
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  Speaker 1: after all these tactical sacrifices, he forces the king across
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  Speaker 1: the board and checkmates him wait for it, by castling.
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  Speaker 2: No way, a castling mate.
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  Speaker 1: A castling mate with the rook involved in the checkmate
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  Speaker 1: just shows his inventive genius. Yeah, seeing things no one
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  Speaker 1: else could.
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  Speaker 2: That's incredible. And then there's Capa Blanca.
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  Speaker 1: Ah jozero Cupablanca, third official world champ born in Cuba
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  Speaker 1: eighteen eighty eight. His story is just as wild. Learned
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  Speaker 1: chess just by watching his dad play, just by watching yep,
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  Speaker 1: and he was beating experienced adults when he was only
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  Speaker 1: four years old.
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  Speaker 2: Four four, that's barely comprehensible.
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  Speaker 1: His game was known for deep positional understanding, this natural instinct.
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  Speaker 1: He beat a chess master at age twelve, made it
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  Speaker 1: look easy.
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  Speaker 2: The chess machine, they called him, sometimes so effortless.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's Samuel Rzewski. You know that iconic photo,
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  Speaker 1: the little eight year old boy playing simultaneous games, Its
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  Speaker 1: loads of masters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, the one often miscaptioned online, But that's him.
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  Speaker 1: That's him. A genuine prodigy, could beat very strong players
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  Speaker 1: even then. Later became a serious contender for the World championship.
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  Speaker 2: Right, and he was famously observant, wouldn't play on.
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  Speaker 1: The sabbath, that's right, a man of principle alongside his
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  Speaker 1: incredible talent.
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  Speaker 2: And it wasn't just those three big names. There were
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  Speaker 2: others too, like Arturo Polmar from Spain played an international
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  Speaker 2: tournament at eleven, became Spain's first GM eleven. Or Judor
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  Speaker 2: Hemple at six years old, played twelve simultaneous games one
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  Speaker 2: nine point five to two point.
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  Speaker 1: Five, six years old playing twelve games at once.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. So this idea of amazing young talent, it's always
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  Speaker 2: been there in chess history, a consistent thread.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's shift to today, because the chess world is
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  Speaker 1: still just completely amazed by young talent, maybe even more
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  Speaker 1: so now arguably.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, with you know, computer's databases, online play, the resources
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  Speaker 2: are incredible.
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  Speaker 1: And the records for youngest players to beat a grand master,
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  Speaker 1: they're just tumbling down, happening so fast it's almost hard
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  Speaker 1: to keep track. Get this. Just in February twenty twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: Ashwath Kaushik, eight years, six months and eleven days old
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  Speaker 1: beat GM J chik Stopa.
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  Speaker 2: Eight years old defeating a grand.
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  Speaker 1: Master, and that broke the record set just a month
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  Speaker 1: before Lena Ivanovich eight years eleven months old.
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  Speaker 2: It's staggering.
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  Speaker 1: And you've got others like ri At Kapila youngest Indian
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  Speaker 1: to beat a GM in classical and Roman Shaghzev also
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  Speaker 1: ate beating multiple gms and faster time controls than twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: That's just flukes. It's a real trend younger and younger
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  Speaker 2: players getting these elite results.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, a definite trend and the other big measure, of
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  Speaker 1: course is getting the grand master title itself. How young
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  Speaker 1: can they do it?
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  Speaker 2: Right? And the current record holder there is Abimanyu Mishra qualified.
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  Speaker 2: It's just twelve years, four months, twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Days, twelve years old a grand master.
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  Speaker 2: Incredible and he's in phenomenal company. Sergei Karjakin held the
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  Speaker 2: record before him. Gukesh d Pregnant, Nanda Magnus, Karlson himself
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  Speaker 2: all became gms incredibly young.
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  Speaker 1: That age barrier just keeps getting pushed.
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  Speaker 2: Lower and lower, he really does.
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  Speaker 1: And we absolutely have to highlight the amazing achievements of
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  Speaker 1: young women gms too. They've really reshaped competitive chess hugely important.
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  Speaker 2: People like how you fun youngest ever female world champion
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  Speaker 2: at sixteen, got our GM title at fourteen and a
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  Speaker 2: half in Knorrue Humpy GM at fifteen years one month,
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  Speaker 2: and the legend Jude paulgar GM at fifteen years four months,
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  Speaker 2: considered by many the best female player.
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  Speaker 1: Ever reach number eight in the world rankings overall, just phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, And speaking of these young geniuses reaching the top,
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  Speaker 2: we just saw Gukish Damaraju become the world champion, the
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  Speaker 2: eighteen classical world chess champion, right.
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  Speaker 1: Youngest undisputed champions since Kasparov.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's right, and it's interesting, isn't it. At
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  Speaker 2: this point calling him a prodigy almost feels insufficient. He's
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  Speaker 2: moved past that label. He's at the absolute peak.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It shows how fast they can mature from prodigy
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  Speaker 1: to champion. So what is it? What's the secret sauce here?
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  Speaker 1: Is it just magic or is there a method to
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  Speaker 1: creating this kind of genius?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's usually a combination of factors. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: see patterns first, almost always early exposure, getting introduced to
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  Speaker 2: the game really really.
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  Speaker 1: Young, like it becomes second nature kind of Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Let's build those fundamentals early. Second, intense training, really intense,
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  Speaker 2: world class coaches, tons of resources, and just it's incredible
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  Speaker 2: work ethic.
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  Speaker 1: Dedications, hours and hours every day.
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  Speaker 2: Third, you can't deny natural talent. There seems to be
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  Speaker 2: an innate ability there, recognizing patterns, calculating, strategizing with just
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  Speaker 2: remarkable speed and accuracy. And finally, a strong competitive drive.
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  Speaker 2: They thrive under pressure you have to in top level tournaments.
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  Speaker 1: That makes makes sense, which brings us to maybe the
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  Speaker 1: most famous example of trying to engineer genius. The Pulgar sisters.
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  Speaker 2: Ah Yes, Laslow Pulgar's experiment fascinating stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Their father lost Low, a psycholog, just had this theory right,
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  Speaker 1: that any healthy child could become a genius in a
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  Speaker 1: specific field with early intensive training.
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  Speaker 2: Genius is made, not born, was his mantra, essentially, and.
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  Speaker 1: He chose chess for his three daughters. Susan, Sophia, and
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  Speaker 1: Judit trained them from about age four as an experiment.
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  Speaker 2: And the results were well, pretty staggering. All three became
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  Speaker 2: chess prodigies. Susan a GM, Sophia and I am and Judit.
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  Speaker 1: Judit, the strongest female player in history, reached number eight
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  Speaker 1: in the world overall. I mean, the experiment kind of work,
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  Speaker 1: didn't it.
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  Speaker 2: It certainly provided a very compelling data point. Now there's
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  Speaker 2: a nuance. Of course, people debate the choice aspect, right.
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  Speaker 1: Did they really choose chess? Loslow was strategic about making
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  Speaker 1: them feel like they did, surrounding them with it.
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  Speaker 2: But they did seem to genuinely love the game. Susan
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  Speaker 2: even said she picked chess at four because she liked
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  Speaker 2: the pieces as toys, so interest was cultivated yes, but
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  Speaker 2: also genuinely embraced.
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  Speaker 1: It sparked that whole nature versus nurture debate, didn't it massively?
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  Speaker 2: And look, it wasn't a perfect scientific experiment. They were sisters,
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  Speaker 2: shared genetics. But it strongly suggests that while maybe some
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  Speaker 2: innate ability helps, that intense early training and a super
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  Speaker 2: supportive environment can unlock absolutely profound levels of skill.
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  Speaker 1: It makes you question what natural talent even means. Really,
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  Speaker 1: maybe it's just the capacity to absorb that intense training.
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  Speaker 2: That's a great way to put it, the capacity in
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  Speaker 2: the drive.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so let's get into the brain itself. When we
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  Speaker 1: talk about this kind of intense focus and skill, what's
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  Speaker 1: actually happening upstairs? What does chess demand cognitively?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's incredibly demanding, needs intense concentration. Obviously, attention engages
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  Speaker 2: a whole range of cognitive functions like what specifically well
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  Speaker 2: neuroimaging studies MRI fMRI, they show strong links between chess
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  Speaker 2: skill and things like fluid reasoning.
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  Speaker 1: That's like problem solving ability.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly solving new problems. Also comprehension, short term memory processing speed,
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  Speaker 2: especially noticeable in young players and experts.
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  Speaker 1: They see the board differently right, not just pieces.
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  Speaker 2: Right these chunking or template theory. They don't see thirty
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  Speaker 2: two individual pieces. They see meaningful patterns, familiar structures, like
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  Speaker 2: recognizing whole words or sentences instead of just letters. It
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  Speaker 2: lets them recall complex positions way faster and more accurately.
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  Speaker 1: It makes sense, and decision making must be huge.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely core, choosing the best move, constantly updating your plan
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  Speaker 2: as the situation changes. It's dynamic.
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  Speaker 1: Have they pinpointed specific brain areas?
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  Speaker 2: They have identified some key areas, things like the non
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  Speaker 2: dominant dorsal prefrontal area, the temper parietal junction, parts of
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  Speaker 2: the left superior longitudinal fasciculous areas involved in spatial reasoning, planning,
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  Speaker 2: executive functions.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, but is that the cause or the effect? Is
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  Speaker 1: chess build those areas or do people with strengths there
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  Speaker 1: gravitate to chess.
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  Speaker 2: That's the big question, isn't it. The causality is still debated,
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  Speaker 2: but the connection is undeniable. Chess is like a serious
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  Speaker 2: workout for these critical brain reading.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and then we add modern technology into the mix.
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  Speaker 1: This is where it gets really interesting. I think, how
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  Speaker 1: have computers changed training for young players?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? It's been a complete game changer. Personal computers, sophisticated
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  Speaker 2: chess software. They are incredibly powerful tools now how so
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  Speaker 2: well for collecting and organizing mass amounts of data, gains openings,
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  Speaker 2: specific positions for analysis, and the quality of tactical analysis
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  Speaker 2: engines provide is just light years beyond what was possible
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  Speaker 2: manually a few decades ago.
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  Speaker 1: So it speeds everything up, allows for more intense practice.
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  Speaker 2: Drastically increases the intensity. Yeah, the way training material is
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  Speaker 2: presented is broader, deeper, more complex.
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  Speaker 1: Are there examples of this working?
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  Speaker 2: Definitely? There are documented cases like Vladimir yevalv his EL
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  Speaker 2: rating that's the Chess ratings.
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  Speaker 1: Stich better rate.
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  Speaker 2: His rating jump from twenty two twenty to twenty four
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  Speaker 2: to fifty two in about two and a half years
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  Speaker 2: using chess software training, or Arthur Gabriellian his rating shot
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  Speaker 2: up to twenty four eighty two. Big jumps.
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  Speaker 1: That's significant progress.
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  Speaker 2: Huge, But it's important to say, even with all this
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  Speaker 2: amazing tech, the human trainer still absolutely crucial for planning
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  Speaker 2: the training, organizing it, providing guidance, wisdom. The software gives
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  Speaker 2: you data and analysis, but the coach provides the structure
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  Speaker 2: and the human element makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: Technology is a tool, not a replacement for a good coach. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Quick do So let's zoom out a bit beyond the
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  Speaker 1: sixty four squares. What does all this tell us about
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  Speaker 1: other kinds of genius or creativity? Is chess like a
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  Speaker 1: unique window into human potential?
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  Speaker 2: I think it is in many ways. It's fascinating how
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  Speaker 2: often chess connects with other fields like music. For example,
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  Speaker 2: music how so well? Think of Sergei Prokofiev, the composer,
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  Speaker 2: master strength chess player, even beat capa blanco once in Assimle.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 2: And on the flip side, you have someone like avant
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  Speaker 2: garde composer John Cage. He learned chess mainly so he
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  Speaker 2: could hang out and communicate with his art hero Marcel Duchamp,
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  Speaker 2: who was obsessed with chess.
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  Speaker 1: That's brilliant. So a shared language almost.
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  Speaker 2: In a way. Yeah, And if you look at how
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  Speaker 2: strategic thinking in chess evolved, yeah, it kind of mirrors
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  Speaker 2: developments elsewhere. How do you mean, well, you had Steinitz
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  Speaker 2: systematically laying out positional rules, then Tarache making them quite rigid.
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  Speaker 2: Then the hypermoderns came along.
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  Speaker 1: They challenged the classical ideas right control the center from
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  Speaker 1: the flanks.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, gott to reverse some classical rules. Then the dynamic
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  Speaker 2: Soviet school dominated for decades. But modern chess it's very eclectic,
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  Speaker 2: meaning basically anything goes if it works. There's a freedom
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  Speaker 2: from dogma. If a strategic idea leads to success, it's valid.
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  Speaker 2: Much like modern art, pushing boundaries, redefining rules.
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  Speaker 1: And the idea of chess as art itself. That's always
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  Speaker 1: intrigued me. It can a game be art?
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  Speaker 2: It's a great question. I think it can contain elements
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  Speaker 2: of art. Look at someone like Tigram Betrojan, former world champion,
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  Speaker 2: was often described as mysterious, even parodying are yeah yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Like he was subtly poking fun at established principles. You
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  Speaker 2: could draw parallels to modern arts crises Sosakovic's musical self
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  Speaker 2: parody or John Cage's four p. Thirty three of silence,
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  Speaker 2: almost like chess without a soul, reflecting music without a
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  Speaker 2: traditional tonal center. His creative maybe even defiant, finding beauty
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  Speaker 2: in unexpected places.
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  Speaker 1: That's a really cool comparison. And the connections don't stop there, right,
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  Speaker 1: Maths other arts.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely mathematics. You see people like Ruth Lawrence Graduate Oxford
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  Speaker 2: at thirteen, also strong at chess, John Nunn Oxford at fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: also a GM, and other arts too. Vasilli Smeislav World
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  Speaker 2: Champ was also a pretty accomplished opera singer. Mark Timanoff
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  Speaker 2: top GM had a whole other career as a concert pianist.
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  Speaker 1: Incredible range of talents.
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  Speaker 2: There really is. And now even with AI, like Alpha zero,
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  Speaker 2: these super strong engines, they're revealing totally new ideas, new
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  Speaker 2: dimensions of harmony in chess.
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  Speaker 1: How are they doing that?
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  Speaker 2: They make moves sacrifices that look completely bizarre to humans
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  Speaker 2: at first, but they lead to these incredibly deep, beautiful,
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  Speaker 2: winning positions. Even top players like Magnus Carlson study their
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  Speaker 2: games now looking for insights for these deeper, less intuitive
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  Speaker 2: truths about chess.
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  Speaker 1: So AI is uncovering a new kind of chess beauty
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  Speaker 1: that humans can then learn from.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, it's like AI is revealing new artistic forms within
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  Speaker 2: the game, which then inspires human creativity.
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  Speaker 1: You really see how This isn't just you know, a
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  Speaker 1: board game. It's this amazing lens on human potential, on learning,
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  Speaker 1: creativity across so many different areas. Absolutely, well, what an
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  Speaker 1: incredible journey that was. We went through the world of
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  Speaker 1: chess prodigies, defining them, looking at giants like Morphy and
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  Speaker 1: Capablanca to.
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  Speaker 2: The modern kids breaking records.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, examining today's young grand masters, the secret sauce behind
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  Speaker 1: their success, what chess does to the brain.
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  Speaker 2: The tech revolution in training, and connecting.
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  Speaker 1: It all to art, music, strategy. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: We covered a lot, we did, and it leaves you
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  Speaker 2: with the thought, doesn't it If this kind of intense,
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  Speaker 2: early tech aided training can lead to such profound mastery
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  Speaker 2: and a field is complex as chess? Yeah, well, what
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  Speaker 2: might that imply about the untapped potential in any challenging area?
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  Speaker 2: We really choose to focus on what frontiers? Could you
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  Speaker 2: listening right now unlock with that kind of dedication.
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  Speaker 1: Hm, that's definitely something to think about. A powerful final thought.
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