February 28th, 2010 | 
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This is a video cut from “Trick of The Mind” series aired in the UK. The clip here is taken directly from Season 1 — Episode 1.
This is one of my favorite segments done by Derren. It explains for the most part how he did achieve the feat, and the trick is quite clever. Don’t get too hung up on the ending though; it’s merely a trick.
I’ve got all of Derren’s work on my computer, and if you’re interested in somehow obtaining the information, email me at tranceriver@gmail.com and we’ll talk.
Cheers
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I was not expecting …
I was not expecting that…..amazing he wasnt truely playing 8 of them.
i figured out how …
i figured out how he did it but i thought he would go around in a circle instead of across the circle. so the #7 plays the #6 instead of the number 3
hey I have the same …
hey I have the same boards
God his mind must …
God his mind must be in such an incredible shape
how did he do that? …
how did he do that?
just remembered where everyone were sitting and how many peaces were left? or did he lost on porpuse to leave that certain number of pieces on the board?
ANYONE?
hahaha what a …
hahaha what a brilliant scam
I don’t think that …
I don’t think that would work…
He said he’d …
He said he’d studied all their games. High-level chess players play a LOT of games and routinely record them. Brown probably took an average, maybe adjusting it according to the players’ records in games against each other.
thats …
thats clever haha
lol. thats a cool …
lol. thats a cool trick!
but i could never do that
my memory (whisper) is shit…
@maevista LOL said …
@maevista LOL said like a true idiot, only someone who has no idea what they are talking about says something so absurd. You sir are an idiot
actually no, I play …
actually no, I play tournament chess and go over grandmaster games and to be honest I don’t know what most of them look like, you just know their names and the games they play
@monkeytwineball
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@monkeytwineball
mm not really an answer but I hope it’s some smart mnemonic trick or so. A “switching the envelope trick when nobody sees it” would just be too lame, imho.
Anyone have a …
Anyone have a theory on the numbers he picked out?
Slight of hand I guess?
lol wait are you …
lol wait are you saying he ‘cheated’ like it’s some new information? he says in the video that he did not play, that they in fact played each other, that he did not win but they won/lost against one another. he is not trying to make us think that he’s brilliant and can beat a grandmaster, if he was he wouldnt have had his explanation at the end.
lol ‘i genuinely …
lol ‘i genuinely can’t remember’ XD way to leave us hanging!! brilliant tho. good way to look like an amazing chess player, funny how they were just playing each other. love it!
I knew he was that …
I knew he was that by the half time of the vid its pretty cool.lol wow I need to do that!!
The only problem …
The only problem with this is that in typical simultaneous displays, the person playing the multiple games does not wait to see the response of the seated player before he moves on. The seated players particpating would know something was up if the player doing the simultaneous would wait to see the seated player’s move before he moved on. Still this is kinda cool.