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This 3-year-old chess prodigy’s response to Grandmaster Karpov has gone deservedly viral all over again

Poke Staff. Updated June 29th, 2021

Back in 2016, chess prodigy, Mikhail Osipov – known as Misha – appeared on a Russian TV show, The Very Best, dedicated to extraordinary talents. He was three years old at the time.

During the show, the host invited a special guest to challenge the boy to a match – Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.

Here’s an edit of the occasion.

“Mummy!” indeed.

You won’t be surprised to learn that Karpov came out on top in that particular match, which is what little Misha was really upset about, and you can watch it here, but the following year, he beat 95-year-old Grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh.

At the age of eight, he’s still flying high in the chess world, beating adults and children older than himself, but that moment on TV isn’t going away anytime soon, and has recently popped up again on Twitter.

Same, Tim. Same.

This comment from Ingeborg Anne Rakvåg says it all, really.

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