Fischer vs. Kasparov

 that the best advice I ever seen and how about applying this to yourself as well

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/histroical-player-of-the-day-9-10-11

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/best-player-ever-not-a-survey

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/who-is-your-favorite-player-of-all-time

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/hurtheal-historical-players

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/historical-chess-player-of-the-day-8-27-11

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/historical-chess-player-of-the-day-8-26-11

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/historical-chess-player-of-the-day-8-25-11

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/historical-chess-player-of-the-day-8-24-11

And I only had the patience to go back two weeks...

Let's also not overlook:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/for-those-of-you-who-think-fischer-is-the-best-ever

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/for-those-of-you-who-think-kasparov-is-the-best-ever

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/for-those-of-you-who-think-capablanca-is-the-best-ever

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/for-those-of-you-who-think-someone-else-is-the-best-ever

+1

and the many listed links to similar subjects is a good example of just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.

Such just turns a nice community space into one's personal crappy diaper.

Thanks, thanks from the rest of us who have to maneuver around that open sewer.

goldendog-"Thanks, thanks from the rest of us who have to maneuver around that open sewer."

Welcome to Stalingrad  (referring to the WW2 stuff 1942/43)

 btw just a note: when this type of thread like the one here get pretty lame, look out here come the spammers and threadjackers and hopefully we can put the thread out of misery.  (not quite the best advice though, who cares?)

Ok, let's get onto another discussion. Who was better Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck?

 eh what up doc? I'll say Bugs Bunny of course.

But while tactically Bugs was a better comedian, Daffy was widely considered a true genius, success went to his head in his later years, wildly ranting how Hollywood was out to get him, then becoming reclusive in recent years, thus depriving the world of his comic genius.

Daffy was a brilliant straight man -- I mean, look at the understated brilliance here:

and all the codes were in the carrots.

This thing about Fischer's higher IQ is repeated quite often without giving the source. This is what Frank Brady wrote in Profile of a Prodigy:

"Recently, I spoke to a professor who used to work in the Grade Advisor's Office at Eramus Hall while Bobby was a student there.

'His I.Q. was definitely in the 180s,' he said. 'Give or take a point or two. He was definitely a "high" genius, but with no interest or capacity for schoolwork.'"

It's just a question of an estimate ("give or take a point or two") given much later (after Fischer had showed that he was the best chess player in the world).

I was tested at 196 in 6th grade... I was reading college level in second grade.  Do I feel this has helped me in my chess game, or ability to recall information from memory?  Not a wink.   IQ is something I imagine we have very little understanding of.  One could surmise it is merely a declaration of potential, but to what end, in what area?  I think it ultimately means nothing, but who knows?

Given that no one is really at all certain what it is that standard aptitude tests actually measure, using IQ scores from a general aptitutde test in an argument about a singlular specific skill set is folly and does nothing more than demonstrate the vast ignorance most people have about the purpose and limits of testing.

Exactly.  It's a brave new world.