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Who else with Average IQ sucks at Chess ( lol ) ?

  • 7 months ago · Quote · #221

    Javan64

    motherinlaw wrote:
    .....

    (Note: I myself keep having tons o' fun playing chess even though I'm clearly not all that good at it... and probably won't get better, since I Refuse to study it! )

    Amen to that!  Give me a hobby that I don't have to study for hours on end to improve at any day...oh wait, I already have one; it's called Geocaching, aka "the most fun you can have using $12 billion worth of military hardware!"

  • 4 months ago · Quote · #222

    cabadenwurt

    Javan64 wrote:
    motherinlaw wrote:
    .....

    (Note: I myself keep having tons o' fun playing chess even though I'm clearly not all that good at it... and probably won't get better, since I Refuse to study it! )

    Amen to that!  Give me a hobby that I don't have to study for hours on end to improve at any day...oh wait, I already have one; it's called Geocaching, aka "the most fun you can have using $12 billion worth of military hardware!"

    --- Thanks for the posts.

    Recently the subject of the Mensa group came up in one of my other threads. I just read that a young girl who is 4 years old has been asked to join the Mensa club ( she is rated at over 145 in IQ ). There have been a couple of other youngsters who were asked to join Mensa at age 2 ( yup I said age 2 ). Now what we need is for one of these youngsters to get into Chess in a serious way and then see where that leaves the endless " Talent vs Hard Work " debate  lol. 

  • 4 months ago · Quote · #223

    cabadenwurt

    Continuing with the young Mensa kids what we need now is for one of them to get serious about Chess. The age of the youngest GM keeps decreasing as new ones are named so when will we get a GM who has only one digit in his or her age ( ie: age 8 or 9 ) ? I think that a pool ( like a betting pool ) needs to be started and I feel the target age of 8 or 9 yrs will be reached before another decade passes by, that is before the end of the year 2022.

  • 7 days ago · Quote · #224

    cabadenwurt

    cabadenwurt wrote:

    Continuing with the young Mensa kids what we need now is for one of them to get serious about Chess. The age of the youngest GM keeps decreasing as new ones are named so when will we get a GM who has only one digit in his or her age ( ie: age 8 or 9 ) ? I think that a pool ( like a betting pool ) needs to be started and I feel the target age of 8 or 9 yrs will be reached before another decade passes by, that is before the end of the year 2022.

    --- Well the pool idea fell flat  lol.

    There is a interesting new book out from Time Home Entertainment entitled " Secrets Of Genius ". Included is a fun little quizz from the US.Mensa.org ( the only problem is I don't even understand most of the questions, oh darn it all ).

  • 6 days ago · Quote · #225

    motherinlaw

    There is a interesting new book out from Time Home Entertainment entitled " Secrets Of Genius ". Included is a fun little quizz from the US.Mensa.org ( the only problem is I don't even understand most of the questions, oh darn it all ).

    That's why it's the "Secrets" of Genius -- if people can't understand the questions, it Stays "secret." Sealed!

  • 6 days ago · Quote · #226

    cabadenwurt

    motherinlaw wrote:

    There is a interesting new book out from Time Home Entertainment entitled " Secrets Of Genius ". Included is a fun little quizz from the US.Mensa.org ( the only problem is I don't even understand most of the questions, oh darn it all ).

    That's why it's the "Secrets" of Genius -- if people can't understand the questions, it Stays "secret." !

    Oh I like that statement Motherinlaw, now if only I had a good comeback ( but then that would make me a comic genius ? ). I could be the new Seinfeld !!! ( No No, NOT  rofl ).

     

  • 6 days ago · Quote · #227

    7huskie6

    Chess and golf, ain't gonna practice but I love them.

  • 6 days ago · Quote · #228

    motherinlaw

    7huskie6 wrote:

    Chess and golf, ain't gonna practice but I love them.

    I just love hearing I'm not the only one who refuses to push myself to "practice" at a hobby ... it's supposed to be for "fun" -- not "work" -- right? ;-)

  • 3 days ago · Quote · #229

    Javan64

    Yep, same here...I hate studying (too much like school)!

  • 3 days ago · Quote · #230

    waffllemaster

    cabadenwurt wrote:
    Javan64 wrote:
    motherinlaw wrote:
    .....

    (Note: I myself keep having tons o' fun playing chess even though I'm clearly not all that good at it... and probably won't get better, since I Refuse to study it! )

    Amen to that!  Give me a hobby that I don't have to study for hours on end to improve at any day...oh wait, I already have one; it's called Geocaching, aka "the most fun you can have using $12 billion worth of military hardware!"

    --- Thanks for the posts.

    Recently the subject of the Mensa group came up in one of my other threads. I just read that a young girl who is 4 years old has been asked to join the Mensa club ( she is rated at over 145 in IQ ). There have been a couple of other youngsters who were asked to join Mensa at age 2 ( yup I said age 2 ). Now what we need is for one of these youngsters to get into Chess in a serious way and then see where that leaves the endless " Talent vs Hard Work " debate  lol. 

    You realize how IQ works right?  If a 4 year old has an IQ of 150 that means... that they're as smart as a 6 year old (or that they did as well as a 6 year old is expected to do on the same test).  So when Mensa asks a little kid to join, yes the kid's a genius, but not because they're doing astophysics, but because they were able to identify themselves in a mirror and display mastery of object permanence Laughing

  • 3 days ago · Quote · #231

    AlyssaaS

    Not me, im the best

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