He is a chess teacher who decided to train his daughters in chess from a very young age. What do you know, two of them became the first and second best players, with the best being considered the best woman chess player of all time. Unlikely that they somehow just all got chess genius "genes" from him.
It really does seem that heavy investment from a young age by a good teacher can work wonders.
I don't agree that becoming a chess grandmaster is on the same level or even near the same level as becoming a Fields medalist or being in the shortlist of the best mathematicians alive.
> It really does seem that heavy investment from a young age by a good teacher can work wonders.
This is not the bet. It is not any arbitrary skill.
I specifically said
> I'd bet any amount of money you want that you could just do the same thing with any arbitrary human and create a mathematician of his caliber.
He is a chess teacher who decided to train his daughters in chess from a very young age. What do you know, two of them became the first and second best players, with the best being considered the best woman chess player of all time. Unlikely that they somehow just all got chess genius "genes" from him.
It really does seem that heavy investment from a young age by a good teacher can work wonders.