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Derren Brown vs 9 Chess Players

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What it is

Mentalist Derren Brown plays nine skilled English chess players, including four grandmasters, simultaneously on his TV show. The trick behind the apparent win is the point of the segment.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a neat, simple trick of relaying moves between opponents, often in discussions of chess, AI or ludic fallacies.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I really liked the simplicity of the trick (concept wise).”

    Simple, clever chess trick by Derren Brown

    laumars, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Markov Chat Bot Disaster Story”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: derren brown, chess, grandmasters, mentalism, relay trick

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