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Higher IQ, better chess?
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The answer is no. It's always been no.
The proof is that a number of the best chess players on the site (and several who think they are) have fallen for this obvious trolling thread yet again...
Sep 23, 2015
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#44
btickler wrote:
The answer is no. It's always been no.
The proof is that a number of the best chess players on the site (and several who think they are) have fallen for this obvious trolling thread yet again...
You'd think that. But maybe we're just having a bit of fun, or killing time?!
Sep 23, 2015
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#45
We'll, i would believe it is a matter of simple training, since the brain is a muscle, it will improve in what ever area you train it. After all our minds are one of the most complex things in the universe
Sep 23, 2015
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#46
RasputinTheMad wrote:
Freiberg wrote:
...since the brain is a muscle...
I... weep for the future of humanity, and the biological sciences as well.
https://www.khanacademy.org/brainworkout_1
Just linking
zborg wrote:
Your have entirely too much free time on your self-righteous hands,@DiaK.
To wit -- "This scripture tells us that we must totally commit ourselves in the sense of both total trust and submission to the will of God. He will fulfill your righteous plans."
Yes i do have a lot of free time. The benefit of a really good job. But in no way am i self-righteous, just wishing people would stop letting words have so much control over them.
For what it's worth I have an Ivy League degree, am a master engineer for HP and my chess prowess is solely based on how fatigued my mind is at day's end.
Sep 23, 2015
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#49
Not necessarily. My game faulters when my attention to it lags, when my thoughts are elsewhere. A similar question...I just lost my chess 3x to a beautiful woman. Am I the most virile man on here?
40Winks wrote:
For what it's worth I have an Ivy League degree, am a master engineer for HP and my chess prowess is solely based on how fatigued my mind is at day's end.
HP Inc. or HPES?
IQ tests have been used for decades to assess intelligence but they are fundamentally flawed because they do not take into account the complex nature of the human intellect and its different components.
Personally I know many with collage degrees that seem to lack common sense. I believe the same holds ture for IQ.
Therefore IQ alone in my opinion doesn't make one a great chess player.
TheBlunderfulPlayer wrote:
ponz111 wrote:
TheBlunderfulPlayer wrote:
No, IQ has nothing to do with playing strength. Many grandmasters have an average IQ.
Do you realize your statement is not very logical?
How? Just because you have a high IQ doesn't mean that you'll necessarily become good at chess. Just because you have an average IQ doesn't mean that you'll be horrible at chess. How is that illogical?
That is not what you said.
ponz111 wrote:
TheBlunderfulPlayer wrote:
ponz111 wrote:
TheBlunderfulPlayer wrote:
No, IQ has nothing to do with playing strength. Many grandmasters have an average IQ.
Do you realize your statement is not very logical?
How? Just because you have a high IQ doesn't mean that you'll necessarily become good at chess. Just because you have an average IQ doesn't mean that you'll be horrible at chess. How is that illogical?
That is not what you said.
If so, then I probably didn't express my opinion correctly. If you have a high IQ, there's a HIGHER CHANCE that you'll succeed. There are many other factors as well. That's why IQ alone can't determine your playing strength. Sorry if I caused any misunderstandment.
I think chess is like math, you try to figure out the best and most logical way to solve the problem but chess is also about memory and mental so I think the answer is yes but it is not the only way to become a good chess player
At times it feels more like whack a mole hanging and taking free pieces.
Dec 17, 2021
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#56
Many factors play a part in chess ability. Most important are visualization (the ability to accurately "see" what the position will be after a few moves are made) and visual memory (of positions from past games and studies). IQ is another less important factor, as are the capacity to maintain maximum concentration for an extended time, keeping cool under pressure, and more.
It seems reasonable that should two people be equal in all these other areas and spend the same amount of time working on their game, the person with a significantly higher IQ would be the better player.
no
I have extremely high IQ. I am only 1500
NO, NO, NO, NO.
Not just a word. It's six letters too. And in random order at that. One might just as well abandon the use of words like trader or darter.