Six-year-old chess player from Kyrgyzstan impresses Maxim Galkin on the show 'Better than Everyone'
Kyrgyzstani Sultai Chyngyz participated in the show 'Better than Everyone!' on the First Channel. The episode aired on June 16.
Out of the 74 minutes that the program lasted, Sultai was given 13. "Prince of the black-and-white squares, master of blitz, lord of castling, devourer of pawns and queens, young grandmaster" — this is how Maxim Galkin introduced him to the audience.
"Do you play for money?" — the host asked during the conversation. "I played once and earned three thousand. Dad spent two. I gave a thousand to my grandmother," Sultai said. "In our studio, for the first time, there is a boy who, at six years old, supports a large Kyrgyz family," said a stunned Maxim Galkin.
Then Sultai played a chess game against director Yuliy Gusman and forced him to resign in two minutes while playing black. In the end, he was awarded a medal.
"The filming took place in August 2017. But the premiere was only yesterday," said the athlete's father Chyngyz Abylkasymov to 24.kg.
Sultai Chyngyz is a bronze medalist of the World School Championship, a prizewinner of the West Asian Championship, a champion of Kyrgyzstan, and a winner of many tournaments. Recently, he has been living with his parents in the USA and continues to play chess.