The National Geographic Documentary “My Brilliant Brain” has been shown worldwide since last year, except in the U.S.
I was told that someone just saw it on the East Coast today. You may want to check your local listing to see when it is on. If not, you can also see the full 47 minute version on YouTube by clicking here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I saw it on YouTube. Quite an amazing documentary.
I also saw it on YouTube. It will help me improve as a player! Thanks!
Kamalakanta
Susan
We have seen it here in Mexico television on cable. Your voice is dubbed in Spanish. I was not aware it was not shown in the U.S. another thing that was not published about you in the article about Texas becoming a chess powerhouse were your contribution to Texas chess (this month’s issue of CHESS LIFE). The write mentioned everybody and everything on why texas has become strong in scholastic chess, except a mention about you. Keep your chin up.
A.Munoz
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
I saw the movie here in Brazil 2 months ago.It was good.
Wow, you really are a genius! Is watching UTube legal?
Perhaps two months ago, I saw it here in Washington state, USA, on Comcast cable TV.
To me that means it has been shown in the USA.
GeneM
I liked the video and have seen it a couple of times, but was disappoited that National Geographic apparently failed to check some of the content with Susan. There were a number of factual errors (such as calling Paul a former US champion) that should have been corrected during editing. There didn’t seem to be any reason for such errors (they certainly didn’t improve the documentary). The narrator’s errors sounded like the typical mistakes made by someone who doesn’t really know much about the game.
Watch it again. They clearly said Paul is the US Champion, in the form of Blitz. He won the 2001 US Open Blitz ahead of Nakamura.
They said he is the former US Champion in the supercharge form of chess, blitz. They didn’t say he’s the US Champion. Sloani is the first idiot who brought up this false garbage because he has no ability to understand English. The lady in the documentary clearly said it right. I remember reading in chess life that Paul played his first tournament in something like 10 years and he came out of nowhere to win the 2001 US Open Blitz in Framingham, MA. Hikaru Nakamura finished 4th or 5th I think. It was in chess life in 2001.
I watched it a few days ago on TV in CA, USA.
The narrator’s errors sounded like the typical mistakes made by someone who doesn’t really know much about the game.
Few people know about chess. Its a private game for us only.
And in a fit of rage the mother dinosaur ate her young.
The same can be said about chess players.
Nice film, the kind that I like. I watched it on BBC Channel 4 in London, November last year.