The OP's initial statement totally answers itself. Of course intellegence is going to help you with chess in this reality or the other. But shear ability to memorize opening lines is not going to gaurntee tactical accumen or the ability to read your advesary. Ego has alot to do with Chess. Preparation. Intellegence and IQ are going to give you a clear edge. So is intuition. I don't see intuition as being part of IQ. I believe some can wield reality and some are just a part of others reality. It is a competely subjective analysis. You need brains and to some degree an ability to play to your opponent.
whats your IQ level?
haha, not very high. My emotional quotient has served me well though. Why do you ask?
Because im looking at your rating and I was thinking the same thing. Someone like you is lower rated than me because of IQ.
ludrah
Just drop it already, we already know that one guys who said that was wrong. This claim is still a theory but one that I do think is true to an extent.
The first sentence does not gramtically make sense and I am thus unable to decipher it. Specifically, what you mean with the word "that" (blue) is unclear.
ok so you want to get technical? really, lets stay focused not on what some weirdo said about me but about what I first posted and that was is intelligence and chess skill related directly.