1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell show Yeah podcast. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 2: Last week Jack told us about his new passion, which 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 2: is chess. 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 3: Yes, I watched The Queen's Gambit and then downloaded chess 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 3: dot Com app where I can play against people all 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 3: over the world. And I have been playing up to 7 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 3: seventeen hours a week on the chess app. 8 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: And this is amazing because chess is a very hard game. 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: It's a game of strategy and skill and subterfuge and 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: co oh, yeah there's subterfuge there as well. Yeah, And 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: so seventeen hours a week, it's something you will enjoy 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: as well. 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 3: I every bit of spare time in the day I 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 3: will get on the chess app. Bank is starting to 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 3: hate it because I don't do I'm doing way less 16 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: chores around the house. 17 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can imagine you do it seventeen hours a week, 18 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: seven days a week. We can all do the maths 19 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 2: here on the plates and like dust and. 20 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: Everything, every part of up. 21 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 3: And it's one of those things if you're playing somebody 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 3: live in a different country, you can't stop the game 23 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 3: because then it's unfair to that person. 24 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: So once I'm interested you played recently, you know it 25 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: might be barrying as well. 26 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 3: I've played someone in Panama yesterday. 27 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: Wow, and what do you know? Just their code name? 28 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: Like the Meister General. 29 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 3: We all got code names. 30 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, what's yours? 31 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 3: Mine's Greg Internet. If anyone wants to look me up 32 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 3: and play against. 33 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: Greg Internet, I don't know what. 34 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: No, there's got to be I know you you cank 35 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: it all through. 36 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: But it's not Internet. 37 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 3: It's not a clever name. 38 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: It's just well, we know Greg Internet. Right anyway? So 39 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: I asked chat last week, what do you be up 40 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: for if I was to find someone who's equivalent standard 41 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 2: for your first ever live game. 42 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 3: Yep, you get like a handicap almost. You get a rating. 43 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 3: You start at twelve hundred and then you either go 44 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 3: up and down whether you're a good or band. And 45 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: I've moved down to about a nine hundred to one 46 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: thousand player. 47 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: Right, I found someone same level as you for your 48 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: first game in here tomorrow morning. So last week I 49 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: mentioned this and I got a load of emails from 50 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: people who were up for doing this, and I've kind 51 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: of sort of forgotten about it, and the next day 52 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: show came along and I just I just forgot until 53 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: on Thursday I got an amazing email that really brought. 54 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: This back into our life. 55 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: I've even set up a secret, covert WhatsApp group with 56 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: the other producers so I could share it with them. 57 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: I created the WhatsApp group to share this email. But you, Siria, 58 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: was the first respond I could see all the others 59 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: you know this, see the little ghost thing with their writing, 60 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: writing right, but everyone's so excited. 61 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: He actually said, I can't breathe. 62 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: So so exciting. Can chess be something you hate? 63 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: To stay with it? Jackie boy? So your opponent yesterday 64 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: we played this out to Jack. Okay, this is this 65 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: is who's coming in tomorrow morning to play Jack his 66 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: first game of chess. 67 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 4: Hi, Jack, this is a chess challenger. I'm ready to 68 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 4: go toe to tour with you. Your ranking is modelist 69 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: at best, so maybe I shall be leaning in. Come 70 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 4: start training your forty eight hours. When I'm done with you, 71 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 4: all the chess horses and all your chest friends won't 72 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 4: be able to put jack posts together. 73 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: Chilling. 74 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, And so I gave you a riddle at the 75 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: end of yesterday's show. I said, they say in chess, 76 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: the hardest opponent you can ever face is yourself. 77 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, which made me gets my brother or maybe my dad, 78 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 3: but you said that that's not them. 79 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: Okay, are you ready to meet you're new, first ever 80 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: real life chest nemesis. 81 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 3: I am ready and excited. 82 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: Okay, your nemesis has a brand new voicemail for you. 83 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,119 Speaker 4: Hi Jack, this is a just challenger in tea most 84 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 4: twenty four hours. I'll be on a rook to work 85 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 4: with you in a good old fashioned game of chess. 86 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: I'm gonna show no mercy, so I hope you've been 87 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 4: practicing because you're going down. So good luck. Jack, get 88 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 4: ready to. 89 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 5: Be beaten by a twelve year old I'm Jack traffuck Milne. 90 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 5: It's Jack versus Jack. Get ready, rocks rumble. 91 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: You like. 92 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 3: I'm going to play a child. 93 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: Now you understand the excitement of that. I can't breathe 94 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: on an email from a twelve yard boy, cool Jack, 95 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: So you will play Jack. 96 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 3: And he's already trash talking. Yes, I feel like you've 97 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: already got a psychological edge on me. 98 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: So now let's hear it back without the voice disguiser. 99 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 5: Hi Jack, this is a chess challenger. I'm ready to 100 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 5: go toe to toe rook to rook with you. Your 101 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 5: ranking is modest at best, So maybe I shall be lenient. 102 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 5: Come start training your forty eight hours. When I'm done 103 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 5: with you, all the chess horses and all your chest 104 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 5: friends won't be able to put jack posts together again. 105 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 5: This is Jack get ready to be beaten by twelve 106 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,679 Speaker 5: year old I'm Jack Drapak Milne. It's Jack versus Jack. 107 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 5: Get ready. 108 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: It is rumble, it is. 109 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: It is on my Friends tomorrow morning. It is on 110 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 2: when Jack will play Jack. 111 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 3: Rooks will rumble. Not want to lose to a twelve 112 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: year old. 113 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, yes yes, tomorrow morning, seven am the 114 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 2: Rook rumble only I'm going one O four point three 115 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: and we have a theme June start to sing everyone 116 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 2: chess club altogether. Now just come just come party. 117 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 3: Hey, I gotta be honest. I'm not looking for any 118 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 3: like happy ending to the radio show and let the 119 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: twelve year old win. I will be trying to kick 120 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: his butt tomorrow on the show. 121 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 2: Bring it, because he's gonna try and take down. 122 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 3: A man I really really want to win. 123 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: Oh, I so hopey beats. Jack will play Jack tomorrow 124 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 2: seven am. 125 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: Tomorrow morning. 126 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: Twelve year old Jack is coming in to take on 127 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 2: thirty two year old Jack Post and don't forget Guys 128 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: Club altogether. Now that gets Let's go party tomorrow morning, 129 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: seven am. Be there ain't no party, Guys fact. 130 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast