Susan Polgar -My Brilliant Brain - 1 of 5

[damthatriver09]

The documentary is kind of silly though. They over dramatizing the life of a simple person.

[nhesusrz]

How many girls? jaja :P

[mcpartridgeboy]

Susan..... how the hell are ya .... ya FUCKING HOMAPHOBIC PIECE OF RACIST SACK OF FUCKING SHIT !!!!! I HOPE YOU FUCKING ROT YOU DIRTY LITLTLE FUCKER !!!!!!!!!

[MrRazorblade999]

@mcpartridgeboy Why?

[mcpartridgeboy]

@MrRazorblade999 because unlike other homaphobes who at least have the excuse of hating gays because they are stupid, she, of all things cannot claim ignorance, for an intelligent woman to hate gays, that just means she is a nazi !

[MrRazorblade999]

@mcpartridgeboy But how do you know she's homophobic and racist?

[mcpartridgeboy]

@MrRazorblade999 google it !

[MrRazorblade999]

@mcpartridgeboy I did! Couldn't find anything.

[TheSurvivor228]

@mcpartridgeboy Actually, to be a nazi means that you belong to a particular organization. I think what you meant to say is that you believe she is racist or, maybe, a fascist. Could you add a link to where you found this info on her?

[lauralilithliem]

god i hate these docs. an inane narration with absurd graphics. had to stop watching after 3 seconds

worst, they assume the audience is dumber than they are (which is sadly tru)

I lost 30 iq points just by watching this

[Shaky6277]

Susan Polgar or Alexandra Kosteniuk ? Reply and tell me what you guys think is the best out of those two....xD

[greg672]

Crazy how she's not all nerdy looking

[iorixs]

CANT WATCH IT!! BATTLE OF THE SEXES!! JUST WHAT WE NEED MORE CONFLICT. FEMALE BRAIN OUT MANEUVERING THE MALE BRAIN ETC. STOP IT ALREADY!! who writes this crap. we need harmony and cooperation not constant conflict. thank you

[melyjoy1]

give me reaction about this?

i want to know what susan has

[melyjoy1]

give me reaction about this?

[songwriter4artists]

I want to see Susan Polgar play Alexander Kosteniuk for a quarter of a million dollars. And I want to be the person to organize it. And regardless of who wins, I get to stay in Paris or London Rent-Free, just for organizing the match.

[marty0mart]

Considering that she was forced by her father to learn and play chess since she practically left the womb she hasn't really got much to be proud of in my opinion. I mean, don't get me wrong, she's obvioulsy a very strong chess player but taking into account her extreme dedication to the game from such a young age her achievements pale in comparison to other famous chess players who are quite rightly remembered and recognised over her, Fischer, Kasparov, Capabalanca, being a few of these.

[strong8action]

@marty0mart "she hasn't really got much to be proud of in my opinion" ha ha ha While she may not be in the same league as Fisher or Capablanca, she still has much to be proud of. She's the number ONE female chess player EVER!!! That's an awesome accomplishment in itself.

[marty0mart]

@strong8action I think you might be confusing Susan Polgar (to whom I was referring and on whom this documentary is based) with her sister Judith Polgar. It's true that Judith Polgar is the strongest female player in history but this documentary is not about her, it's about her sister, Susan Polgar, who is really quite a mediocre chess player in comparison (despite the efforts of her father) and......

[marty0mart]

@strong8action .....I find Susan Polgar's resumé-padding and exaggeration regarding her achievements to be quite annoying, she really isn't as great as she tries to make out, there are many other female chess players more talented than her (her sister being one) who don't seem to get a look in.

[bailinnumberguy]

As a WOMAN chess player, she's certainly made her mark. My Brilliant Brain? C'mon. She's not even in the discussion of the top chess players (of either gender) in the world. Her younger sister Judit used to be. Susan is great at marketing herself, but she's pretty irrelevant in the broader world of top flight chess.

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

They should've studied Judit Polgar instead... she was once a top 10 player in the world.

[elnanes]

her younger sister is even stronger but the show didnt pay enough

[lestrelincom]

unfortunately, the sound is not good enough :/

[johnsteven001]

I love these sisters! a nice and interesting teaching and support they got from parents

[JoeyMars1]

Excellent series! I got to know about Susan and her sisters through this video thanks!

[KOKOPIKOSS]

the guy smiling in 1:28 looks a little like the Rock...IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT MOVE YOU PLAY LITTLE JABRONI...LOL

[anoopkini]

Which is the background tune being played at 6:10?

[SongsofInnocence]

@anoopkini no idea..sounds like jazz

[MrWikingr]

She is not a genius. People look at master chessplayers and think they can do anything, but its easy to forget - they have spent their entire lives devoted to the game. If a human devotes all his energy into a single discipline it will achieve top level results (given that it has some talent). If there ever was a genius in chess its Fisher, Kasparov or Carlsen, they were/are way above their competition. Other people work like dogs to get a 2500-2600 rating. Susan is one of those people.

[MrOttopants]

Having been involved in a lot of competitive chess over the past few years, I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of Master level players, expert level, as well as players of all classes.

One thing is pretty clear- there is no way to become great (or even really good) at chess without putting in the organized work and practice needed to get there.

The notion of the prodigy prevents a lot of people from taking up the game.

[thepoisonwhisky]

"with Garry Kasparov, Karpov and even the great Boby Fisher"

Where the fuck is Garry Kasparov or Anatoly Karpov worst than Fisher?

[B3l1Cool]

I would like to be her son.

[Peterh588]

It's just a lot of crap that she was transformed by her education. Her father was a chess master and she was probably born gifted. Certainly being taught chess from day one is going to help make you a good chess player, and yes women can play well too, but that doesn't prove you can take anyone and turn them into a genius. Lots of people would kill for higher LSATs but it ain't gonna happen. We can't all be the best and somebody has to come in last - it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

[timelesslordkotahi]

Most are wannabe's, you have never had to train 43+ hours a week at chess, most have never played a GM. While I agree a double degree in maths would help in the endgame, lateral & logical thinking is necessary. Most are merely wood pushers. You do the people you slander an injustice, they are in the top 1 % of the world chess players, train under a GM, and your perception would change, I train under a GM, now why don't you bright sparks guess which one that is...

[DiepSpartan117]

New York girl vs hong kong man

[GreatBonFire]

Genius? I thought she is just a chess player! What's genius about that? I play chess to, I just haven't had the opportunity to play as much as her. But chess is just a sport where the muscle you use is the brain! Genius my arse!

[okiedokies]

Playing chess is NOT GENIUS.

Playing chess is like being a circus performer. I really hate this b*ll*cks.

[mattfca]

@okiedokies no.

[okiedokies]

@mattfca

Yes, Chess is just sequential combinational assessment. That is not genius. It is one of the factors but is not genius. Chess does not require originality of thought. It is more akin to being good at a rubix cube puzzle.

[ShaneyElderberry]

@okiedokies

Wouldn't a quantum physicist be solving puzzles? Were code breakers like Alan Turing and John Forbes Nash not solving puzzles? Mathematics is the base of Chess, as well as many other board games ( Shogi, Go, Chinese Chess) allow people to develop problem solving skills far beyond average if you are serious about them. If you become especially good at assessing many moves ahead quickly, I don't know what to call that person; maybe a human calculator.

[okiedokies]

@ShaneyElderberry

Depends on your point of view. If they use lateral thought to solve problems then fine. But the vast majority of chess players are not genius, it does not require genius to perform at chess. To be honest I read quite a bit of theory and most of these so called genius are nothing of the sort, I actually feel sorry for them... they want to be something special so much.. yet they are not. Chess is nothing.

[ShaneyElderberry]

@okiedokies

With that I certainly agree. I don't claim that people that play chess are geniuses, but maybe a select few that can combat a computer, like the Anand, Karpov, Kasparov, and the young Carlsen are close (especially kasparov at puzzle solving). The same goes for all skills and professions. Someone shines above the rest, and is automatically stamped "Genius!" XD Chess history can be fun to read about because of the diversity of play over the last thousand 1200 years.

[malkusovski]

@okiedokies Chess has always been the greatest game in the world since the old times. If you are not a very good chess player that doesn't mean that chess is bad or everyone that plays chess is brainless fool. Top chess players are considered genius but you just don't want to admit it. If you think you can perform better try it and show us the results until then keep your opinion to yourself. Or play some other game like ping pong

[okiedokies]

@malkusovski Tell or show me one great feat that a world class chess player has achieved outside chess then I might agree that their so called intellect is transferable - as pure intelligence is. If you cannot show real evidence then they are as I have said before, nothing more than a circus performer.

[malkusovski]

@okiedokies Well who do you consider an intellectual person since you brought that up. I don't have to prove to you anything since you are obviosly not a chess player and can't appreciate the complexities of the game. But be my guest and prove me wrong by playing a chess game against the top player in the world. TRUE chess is about practice but what isn't ..

[okiedokies]

@malkusovski I make very good money my inherent love for numbers and the patterns they form. But that does not make me a genius. True genius though is intellect and creativity. Chess cannot express that creativity so by inference Chess players cannot claim genius without some other accomplishment. Chess is just combinations and permutations, just like a rubiks cube. Learn the rules and practice, those with sensing psychological profiles would excel. Intuitives though are the basis of genius

[stiaa04]

@okiedokies and if a chess player researches another opponent, learns the cognitive psycology of memory bias and cognitive bias and tries to predict how his opponent will think and make 'creative' moves to counter that, and to read his emotional responses and predict from that?

Are competitive sports also not creative?

Is not painting 'combining' line curve color form and the psychological influences on the viewer? how is that psychology different from reading an opponent?

[stiaa04]

@okiedokies another 'creative' way to play might be to try and look for bodylanguage and cues in facial expression and strike with complex situations timed to break the consentration of the opponent? I don't know I'm just throwing out ideas.

[sleepyeyeguy]

Psychological tactics are common in chess (but nevertheless you should play the board and make the best moves)

[mattbastardsen]

@okiedokies You can speak for yourself, but please do not say chess cannot express creativity. You obviously do not understand chess.

[okiedokies]

@mattbastardsen You obviously don't understand creativity. I hold more Intellectual property around the world than you ever will.

[mattbastardsen]

@okiedokies  LOL. And just how do you know that you "hold more intellectual property around the world" than I ever will? You are just a pretentious bufoon. You are equating creativity with intellectual property. Surely as a self-professed expert in creativity you know that that's not true.

[okiedokies]

@mattbastardsen No, because only creativity that translates into something that people want is the acid test to "useful" creativity. If people won't pay for it then generally its not ranked with the same usefulness. Anyway, Chess players are just like circus performers, at least Circus performers aren't so pretentious to believe they are something "brilliant". Anyway, let Chess players live in their bubble, a frustrated existence as society does not "get them" in their opinion.

[mattbastardsen]

@okiedokies There you go, babbling more nonsense and misinformation. I have know really a great many chess players for a very long time. I have never known a single one of them to be "frustrated" that "society does not get them" as you put it. Even Fischer, with all of his complaints, did not have THIS complant! Why don't you admit that you don't know what you're talking about, BTW, you say that creativity must be "useful" = people will pay for it. Are you aware of total $ sales of chess books?

[mattbastardsen]

@okiedokies ...and pleeeze don't respond that these chess books are Rubik's Cube manuals. Yes, many are instructional, but many more have to do with appreciating famous, beautiful and, yes, creative games. What's more, the "industry" of chess is not limited to book sales. People by the thousands pay to be in and travel to tournaments, to give their kids lessons, etc.. The chess world doesn't care about you okiedokies. Take your anti-chess bashing somewhere else.

[malkusovski]

@okiedokies i'm sre you are familiar with the phrase 1 % talent and 99% hard work. What is the key point here is the 99% which no many can accomplish since it takes "dedication"

[schusterlehrling]

She was not the first female chess grandmaster.

Nona Gaprindaschwili was the 1st.

[SCE2AUX]

@schusterlehrling A reasonable theory is that the game was invented by women in the first place.

[scotty123123]

*potential

[scotty123123]

She obviously had the genetic potentital. The combination of genes and nurture is required. It's not the case that any child could be trained to be a genius. They have to have good genes as well as training.

[schusterlehrling]

@scotty123123 lol. What are "good genes"?? Howcan you say that matters if you don't know which genes are for chess? To me your claim therefore is clearly without any substance and practically can not be used to produce a grandmaster. We know how to train chess, but not how to "produce" a chess gene. So : She did it with hard work, hard work and ... hard work. Nothing else. There is no other way. We can not breed grandmasters, only train grandmasters.

[LimesNorrlandicus]

@schusterlehrling So you don't think Kasparov, Fischer, Capablanca and so on possessed extraordinary TALENT? Well you are wrong. Kasparov and Fischer both had immense powers of memory and of calculation, they were born with it. Still they had to work very hard to reach the pinnacle of chess, but the talent was DEFINITELY there.

[mcfrandy]

well susan polgar is verry motest! ;+] >>

[BBCTheGreatWar1964]

fix the audio

[SongsofInnocence]

results, results, results...is this the only thing people are focused on?? Achievement equals worth seems to be the mantra. Since when has being average been a sin?

[TheLMack]

@SongsofInnocence I think I agree with you in a way and disagree in a way. Achievement should not = worth (though if you were hiring a lawyer for example, you would probably change your tune.) Our worth should not come from our achievements. God values us, therefore we are valuable. You have to admit however that a documentary on an average chess player would be rather boring.

[anoopkini]

Which is the background tune being played at 6:10 ?

[damthatriver09]

@SongsofInnocence Since right now.

[MrGrandDragon]

So this has NOTHING to do with the battle of the sexes since its all got to do with training and this female was privileged enough to have a very smart father who thought her everything from young.

Its like a rich youngster being taught A level at a earlier age... dedication can bring results

Doesn't change the fact that males are more dominant in this game.

People should stop playing on the female card

[iDraw3G]

@MrGrandDragon "Taught" is spelled T-A-U-G-H-T

[iorixs]

her father lazlo taught her, battle of the sexes shut up!!

[acarocacaro]

Bella e Inteligente, esa combinación me mata!!!

[milfballs]

Polgar's IQ is estimated to be about 170.

Not bad, I guess.

Almost 1 in a million.

[ytertyu]

any ordinary child can be turned into a genius ? what a crap !! lot of bullshit philosophy in this video . ordinary child is pretty dumb and u can't manipulate it to the level of genius unless child  shows potential . but then you wouldn't name him ordinary , would you ?

[milfballs]

I don't know man, it is kind of hard, I mean, yeah IQ says you can't change by much, but, I dunno.

Think of yourself, do you think if you had to do it, could you increase that mental ability?

[kayvun]

i agree

[iorixs]

you can teach anyone to be a chess grandmaster at any age and gender, this gender difference talk infuriates me it just drives a wedge between people and ruins the harmony of the family

[trainxboxer]

Every child is extraordinary. It's just that not every child is in the right place and right time to have his/her version (if you will) of the chess set fall in front of him/her.

[danjaja]

@trainxboxer false

[trainxboxer]

@danjaja nope

[Ntchwaidumela777]

I watched all the videos before commenting. I couldn't go to sleep anticipating what the next video would share. Susans father to me is a very intersting man and I am glad he had an open way of thinking when it was so much easier to go with the flow which was and is still opposite of those of us who strive for more Wisdom. T.E. once wrote. "Opportunity is often missed cause it comes desguised as hard work."

Charell Williams, Free & Accepted Mason.

[iorixs]

free masons are fools

[Musicbox4you]

my chhild is going to be a genius

I was a gamer too and a topper too but now I am doing scientific studies on the universe and psychology and gaming really helped me to understand things better

Methodical thinking works for me!

[Serdikan]

Can you explain how a 3-year old boy has the ability read?

[BeAtBoXiNPeNgUiN52]

amazing video... terrible audio

[aliedy86]

hi felixeltecnico my name is ali and am a chess teacher just i want to download this video to show it to my students but it's not a high quality just am askin if u can help me or somthin reli i don't know i hope u help me cause reli i want this video........thnx anyway bye

[susangrisanti]

Thankyou!