dpnorman wrote:
No. Actually me devoting this much of my life to a board game might be evidence that I’m dumber than everyone else.
Does Being Good At Chess Make u Smarter then others
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Feb 10, 2022
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#23
Being good at chess means only one thing: you've spent a considerable amount of time ... playing chess.
technical_knockout wrote:
more skilled at planning, analyzing, calculating, deciding, evaluating... higher patience, fortitude, determination, creativity... my employers were impressed that i was the area champ: what matters is that certain people THINK chess makes you smarter than the average person.
In the US being a chess player was seen as a plus when interviewing for my computer programming job. Being a tournament director was an additional plus as an indication of being able to interact with people and handle more than just technical things. Don't bother with mentioning ratings and you gain the impression of intelligence that chess gives without getting the possible apprehension (about an unbalanced hyper-focus) that a very high rating might give.
The pluses and minuses may be different in other countries. One co-worker that immigrated from central Asia knew that I was involved with chess and after a year it finally dawned on him just how high a level my involvement was since somebody with that level of involvement would have expected (and received) deference from the general public in his original country and would have thus been expected to boast about it much more than my casual American-style understatement of "I am decent at it".
Of course
shady-character wrote:
I suggest your intelligence level added to your chess skill and job capabilities. Not the other way around.
Correct. The perceptions of others are affected, not the actuality of skills
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InsertInterestingNameHere wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
I’m an expert rated player but I frequently sacrifice my grades to play a board game. Does this make me smarter than others?
Get good at bord game = good grades. It’s the law of equivalent exchange
You’re wrong. Due to the law of the conservation of momentum, skill at chess and grades are inversely proportional. As your skill in chess increases, you gain momentum in improvement, which must be taken from something. After all, the law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.
I’m pretty sure he was making a joke by quoting Full Metal Alchemist. LOL
Feb 10, 2022
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#29
A strong Casual chess player can be very smart in science, mathematics, languages, etc.
For Masters and Professional chess players, only very very few are smart in non chess fields. Chess is the focus of their mental energy leaving little time for academics endeavor to excel. There are exceptions like WC Lasker and GM Nunn holding doctorates in Mathematics. Morphy is also a lawyer. GM Taimanov is a concert pianist. WC Botvinik is an electrical engineer. How they manage their time to focus both on chess and their career is incredible.
Feb 10, 2022
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#32
shady-character wrote:
ActionVolt wrote:
shady-character wrote:
According to the dictionary and standard use in language, smart means intelligent in a broad sense. Being good at chess does not require this. The skills required to be good at a specific thing like chess are very narrow. Put bluntly, you could be good at chess and not know how to tie your shoes.
For example, if the OP was smart this thread would have been put in the off topic area and his sentences would have been properly punctuated.
does anyone even care bout punctuations/.,.,..*/-+
Not if you are illiterate.
Yes nice good kob
It only makes you smart at chess nothing else.
Feb 11, 2022
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#34
shady-character wrote:
jetoba wrote:
shady-character wrote:
ActionVolt wrote:
does anyone even care bout punctuations/.,.,..*/-+
Not if you are illiterate.
But if you are ill iteratively then you may still care about punctuation.
PS to return to the topic, I've known many good chess players that were not otherwise successful in their endeavors and I've known many that were successful. Skill in chess may indicate a somewhat better grasp of serial logic, but it does not automatically indicate intelligence.
My comment was perfectly within the realm of the topic of the thread. The OP has a somewhat high chess skill as indicated by his chess.com rating but seems incapable of, and even expressed a lack of concern for, proper punctuation, which indicates a low level of intelligence and little comprehension of what is commonly required for a successful career or life in fact. All of which indicate a distinct separation of chess skill vs being "smart".
If a literate person typed “nfkeoxj” and an illiterate person did the same… it would not be possible to differentiate between the two.
While illiterate people don’t use proper punctuation, literate people can also disregard punctuation. Example: creative writing (lol)
It may show immaturity, but certainly cannot be used to claim someone is illiterate, and certainly not intelligence.
Feb 11, 2022
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#35
You can be good at chess, studies, and interacting with people all at the same time. If you're that person, I envy you!
No punctuation shows immaturity? I rarely use punctuation on my last sentences because it’s the internet, and there’s no real need to, but I guess I gotta change that lmao.
Feb 11, 2022
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#37
InsertInterestingNameHere wrote:
No punctuation shows immaturity? I rarely use punctuation on my last sentences because it’s the internet, and there’s no real need to, but I guess I gotta change that lmao.
Not necessarily at the end of sentences; what i mean is that a lot of the time, people forget to put commas and they confuse words such as "their", "there", and "they're".
I suppose that's less punctuation and more grammar.
Feb 11, 2022
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#39
shady-character wrote:
Read post #1. No capitalization, no commas, no periods, contractions without an apostrophe, misspelled words, incorrect sentence structure, etc.
Then he claims no one cares.
A third grade student could do better.
Then there's comment #7 and #9 where board game is spelled "bord".
If this is the future of the world's writing skills I fear for what else is missing in their "smarts" or did chess suck it all out?
Even the title of the thread is wrong. It's smarter than, not smarter then.
You seem really nitpicky. Commas and stuff make it more readable, I agree there. But capitalization and minor spelling errors? No. I mean, obviously OP doesn’t really hold online posting in a serious light. But most people are capable of spelling correctly and capitalizing in serious writing. Also, OP is not a native English speaker.
It feels like you are looking at a teenager goof with his friends. You mention that since you saw this person mess around that he isn’t ready to go out in the real world because he isn’t serious enough.
chess is a hobby that trains life skills, the likes of which i detailed above: ok have fun getting the last word in guy i'm out. ✌