intelligence is of no use, until it is being used
-balashukla0761
Can intelligent person suck at chess, forever?
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I hope thats true. I’d like to believe I’m an intelligent person but I definitely suck! Just ask the other players at my chess club lol.
Jul 29, 2018
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Intelligence and chess rating?
How about a graph, IQ on one axis, chess rating on another. Something to do for fun?
Chse0c wrote:
Intelligence and chess rating?
How about a graph, IQ on one axis, chess rating on another. Something to do for fun?
Have a lot of top chess players taken IQ tests and have them on record? I doubt it.
Dec 29, 2019
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Aloha_LK wrote:
Yes
No. But, there can be something wrong in this equation.
BrightHour schreef:
I just started chess 5 mos ago at 39 yrs old. Outside of chess, supposedly i am "above average Intelligence", but no wizard. I am, however, a monomaniac who latches on to something new and spends every moment (even in dreams) of ...most common criticism of those closest to me is that I Think Too Much. Left and Right Brain both work.
I thought these seemed like good indicators that chess might be good fit.
.... In five months ive played or studied 50+ hours a week: neither me nor my rating suggest I'm not mentally slow and/or simply Can't Get Chess! Is this possible? Common? Surmountable...or my cue to quit the fun fascination enjoyment in chess? I know it's not all about ratings, etc., and I am recogizing some mild improvement/familiarity w fundamental tactics and some openings and some endgames....but....
I OFTEN FEEL THAT I JUST DON'T (maybe never can)
"GET IT!?!"
Opponent Rook moves two squares on back rank for reasons I CANNOT IMAGINE?!?
Have others experienced anything like this? Did they quit? Any responses, honest, discouraging, sticking w it, "history shows" I'm not locked in to 800 range????
Side: majority of live games are bullet and blitz of which I've read mixed opinions on value for game improvement.
I Really appreciate ANY responses to this topic
Thank you.
Of course this is possible. 
Has BrightHour been here since 2012?
Voltaire was also a self-absorbed, closed-minded jerk, which regardless of intelligence doesn't lend itself to learning much of anything. It is particularly harmful to one's prospects of improving at chess.