Recipe for genius: How child chess prodigies master the game

Published 2021-03-19
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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Archival material:
BBC
BLUFF EUROPE
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
GETTY
MTVA HUNGARY
NETFLIX
POKERSTARS.COM
SUSAN POLGAR COLLECTION
THE POLGAR VARIANT, SARIELI FILMS
U.S. CHESS
YOUTUBE

Special thanks:
ELI LASZLO BERGER
SUSAN POLGAR AND PAUL TRUONG
KLARA AND LASZLO POLGAR
U.S. CHESS, DANIEL LUCAS
RAYMOND ROZMAN
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, INOCENCIO BOC
WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME, BRIAN FLOWERS
LASZLO KISS

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All Comments (21)
  • 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
  • @betty5064
    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.
  • @lo-boy6956
    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..
  • 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.
  • @antoniajane5442
    It's like Venus and Serena Williams father - he decided his daughters were going to be tennis champions before they were born.
  • @jimmybutler3728
    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...
  • @blueeyebandit
    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 .
  • @travelingduck5
    Does anyone know where to watch the documentary on Jeff and his family mentioned in this video?
  • I didn't know that Judith is a daughter of the vocalist and drummer of the eagles
  • @HN-kk7vy
    Couldn't finish because the music drove me insane