blueemu wrote:
Perhaps the more autistic we are, the better we play? I'm HFA, and rated 2351 (chess.com).
this proves I’ll never be good at chess 😔
New study shows chess players may be disadvantaged!
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Mar 9, 2022
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Joseppi128 wrote:
IIRC, IQ is the measurement of general problem-solving capability.
IQ score is the measure of a person's ability to score well on IQ tests.
Optimissed wrote:
Now, I don't think so. Also, a lot of chess players are spotty. I noticed that quite a bit too.
Haha. That is a word I would not have thought of. I might say something like incomplete.
Lower in IQ? No. Lower in Practical Work skills yes. Ask a chess player to fix a broken chair, table, minor electrical, mechanical trouble 
Mar 9, 2022
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play4fun64 wrote:
Lower in IQ? No. Lower in Practical Work skills yes. Ask a chess player to fix a broken chair, table, minor electrical, mechanical trouble
I can rewire a plug
I can build complete houses.
Mar 9, 2022
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DreamscapeHorizons wrote:
I can build complete houses.
I’m afraid that means you are not a chess player, sorry
Mar 9, 2022
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I can repair hundred-thousand-dollar military simulators by banging on them with a metal pipe.
Am I a chess player?
Mar 9, 2022
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blueemu wrote:
I can repair hundred-thousand-dollar military simulators by banging them with a metal pipe.
Am I a chess player?
Only if your pipe is vertical horizontal diagonal or L shaped
blueemu wrote:
I can repair hundred-thousand-dollar military simulators by banging them with a metal pipe.
Am I a chess player?
You're a Blue Emu.
Mar 9, 2022
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#36
The pipe was in fact vertical. It was fixed to the wall.
I was asked to examine a $150,000 dollar combat simulator that had gone completely dead. I put it on the work-bench, plugged it in, and hit the power button. Nothing. Peering in through the ventilation slots, I could see that there weren't even any LEDs glowing on the motherboard. There was no power at all. I cursed, unplugged it, and spun it savagely around, intending to unscrew the rear panel. As I spun it, one corner hit a vertical metal pipe mounted on the wall. WHAM!!! Everyone in the room jumped, and gave me horrified looks... $150,000, remember. I plugged it back in, and hit the power button again.
It booted right up, just like new.
Mar 9, 2022
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#37
So technically you hit the pipe with the sim. Not the other way round. Castling does that to you. You must be a chess player
miskit_mistake wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
According to the way many people seem to be reacting to recent events, perhaps chess players, as a group, have a lower than normal IQ, on average.
Discuss!
Where did you get your samples from? This site?
Fair question. So I was an extremely active player on the local club and tournament circuits for 30 years. I often played for three clubs at a time, in various leagues around Lancashire, Manchester and Lancashire in the UK and and 20 tournaments per year, as well as county matches. Also this site!
InsertInterestingNameHere wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Perhaps the more autistic we are, the better we play? I'm HFA, and rated 2351 (chess.com).
this proves I’ll never be good at chess 😔
I'm LFnon-A and sometimes I can play well and sometimes I can't.
But I'm improving slowly.
Mar 9, 2022
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With respect to the OP, you haven’t posted a link to the study. I might like to read it, i might not. It depends on my mood. Am i disadvantaged because i play chess? I’m not sure how or why that would be a logical conclusion. I certainly don’t play chess as a surrogate for solving real world problems. I just simply enjoy playing the game. I play quite poorly compared to many. Truthfully i play quite poorly most of the time, but occasionally come up with a win anyway. At my level it can happen about 50% of the time.
I don't see what IQ has to do with anything, and I still can't understand why people think they're being clever if they bring it up.
IIRC, IQ is the measurement of general problem-solving capability.