Chess Player iq

MechHand 200-205, I want my trophy please

Whoops forgot the period 20.0 - 20.5 :)

That's really amazing that Morphy took a clinically approved IQ test before modern psychology was even developed. Truly a genius!

Someday I'm gonna get my chess rating up to where my IQ is. 

How plausible is it that in an objective mental contest a world champ, especially one with longevity (although one win is quite enough and of course indicates many good results) would be less than an obvious genius, probably able to have done something significant in any other field requiring brains? Hell, I would say that even a very good baseball or basketball player is likely to be above average in intelligence. If a chess world champ were actually average in general, but had only chessic ability that somehow could not be applied elsewhere, that would be the amazing thing and there is zero evidence of idiot savants in chess, absolutely zero. Every world champ has been a great genius with evidence that they could do other things. Fischer's memory was superhuman, for example.

I have to say that IQ tests written by non-world-class intellects are questionable. I would guess that Reshevsky/Capablanca being given any standardized test at 4 would have performed like an 8 year old and so 200 easy. How many digits could Morphy remember? Etc. World champs are by definition one in many millions (given that not everyone plays chess and not that many devote serious time to it).

MAGNUS-190

I think people equate eccentric with iq. People mimic that trait to seem smart but theyre usually just dumb. 

i would add centimeters after their iq scores

A person on the internet making things up? How preposterous

Guesses. He might be a good guesser or he might be a bad one.

I think Magnus Carlsen's the best!!

I doubt Einstein was 160, which is the figure generally given.