For people who study chess to master it is there a formula relating IQ to FIDE?

I wonder if there's some formula that links IQ to chess rank. Of course it only makes sense to apply to people who have studied and had time to master the game.

If there's a formula is it related to percentages? Fractals? The Golden Mean? Fibonacci sequence?

Ummm my iq is arround 140 and Im not that good at chess

you cant relate IQ to chess

I hope there isn't a relation. Fortunately no one made a serious study about it. I saw somewhere a linear function between them, but it was based on a small set of data.

Chess clever doesn't mean normal clever. Bobby Fischer was an idiot but he was a chess genius

There is what's known as the Levitt equation:  Max ELO is approximately (10 x IQ) + 1000

I don't know though whether there is any real statistical evidence supporting the equation.  It's problematic, moreover, since IQ can be defined and measured in a variety of ways that may or may not measure the specific aptitudes necessary for chess success.

By the way, as an adult, Kasparov took an IQ test and scored 132. 

In other words, if Levitt's equation were accurate, Kasparov never would have become an International Master, let alone a Grandmaster.

yyoochess wrote:

There is what's known as the Levitt equation:  Max ELO is approximately (10 x IQ) + 1000

I don't know though whether there is any real statistical evidence supporting the equation.  It's problematic, moreover, since IQ can be defined and measured in a variety of ways that may or may not measure the specific aptitudes necessary for chess success.

By the way, as an adult, Kasparov took an IQ test and scored 132. 

In other words, if Levitt's equation were accurate, Kasparov never would have become an International Master, let alone a Grandmaster.

Ballony. Kasparov IQ is 190

There is good scientific research about this question. The answer is "no". You have to search for more specific measures to find weak correlations to chess ratings. Single cases are mostly interesting for the yellow press.

My IQ is between 162 to 165 according to one test. So that means I can be a 2650!?

Nope.  That oft-cited 190 figure is pure speculation based on his chess strength.  The German magazine Der Spiegel actually subjected Kasparov to an IQ test back in the 80s and he scored 135 (3 points higher than the 132 I stated earlier, so I'll give you that).

IQ / shoe size * 150 + (the month of your birthday *3) = FIDE rating.

Check it, he said maximum Elo.

there is no relationship for IQ to rating. 

Depends on who you listen to.

http://www.therichest.com/business/the-top-10-most-intelligent-people-in-the-world/

http://superscholar.org/smartest-people-alive/

http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-intelligent-people/

http://chess-news.ru/en/node/10960

Although some of the sources say "alledged" ect. it is generally agreed upon. I have heard some people say that his IQ was tested to be 135, but that piece of information either has to be backed up by hundreds of sources (as is his 190 IQ) or by a decent source (aka not chess.com forums).

yes. you take a SERIOUS IQ test than add the quotient of the calculatory section to create a six-function quadro-nomial hyperfunction with a 4-digit limit. average this the database of your (EQ/7). then multiply by the 1000s of hours you have studied chess efficiently (unneficient counts as less). Then toss out the equation and get a serious elo. 

You shuld be left with your exact elo.

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13526693.html

this seems semi-legit.....the only thing I've seen so far that could be take seriously. 

There is no real evidence to support the 190 IQ.  None of the many reports that cite a 190 IQ give any attribution to a reputable primary source.  No one seems to know where that 190 figure came from, and no one knows what IQ test was used, where it was administered, or when.

The 135 figure, on the other hand, comes from real tests administered by real psychologists commissioned by Der Spiegel in 1987 as you've uncovered.

By the way, most IQ numbers over 160 for celebrities reported in the media are completely suspect or fabricated numbers.  Very few legitimate IQ tests give numbers over 160 first of all.  Those test that do are considered unreliable and often gamed by people with ulterior motives.  Usually, super high numbers are simply guesstimates based on where a person might fall on the bell curve of IQs after a bunch of unwarranted assumptions.  So, someone might say, I think he's 1 in a billion, so on the bell curve that's an IQ of 189.  In short, nonsense.

Trust me on this.  I once scored 173 on an IQ test.  :)

I don't think IQ is something that can be measured at all.

How can you measure somebody's intelligence? I don't think it's possible.

They have you solve little games where of course what that counts is pattern recognition, i.e. practice. No two people can be compared because each individual will have had a different exposure to different themes and logical problems in his life.

The only real test is that if you do an IQ test online and then you go and claim that your IQ is x [high number] then chances are you're below average.