In you opinion, why do you think that chess is a symbol of intelligence?

Truly intelligent people don't waste their time on board games.

Not really,intelligent people would be able to still attempt to win after losing there Queen,but most resign once they do,thats lack of intelligence.

if I was smart I'd be learning stuff instead of playing a board game

Because it requires a lot of thinking when someone truly tries their best at it.

I remember 2 moments from those strips:

1. YOU SANDBAGGED!

2. The trivia competition where Randy forgets (and loses) because he never studies.

Point made, though these strips don't exactly reflect chess.

I play chess and I am a genius

You guys don’t get mate. It’s the really intelligent people who don’t play chess. They invented it mate. They invented chess to keep the morons in check mate! 

Wait where??

Its not.

It's a board game. 

You should not be telling others how to play chess, after I witnessed your games.

At your level of play, it is irrational to resign because you can simply wait for your opponent to blunder their Queen in return.

But for people who know how to play beyond how the pieces move, it is a death sentence 99% of the time.

You likely don’t see how it’s a big deal because blundering a Queen happens daily for you, but for people who are competent at the game, it is a crucial mistake.

So please don’t think to determine how others should play chess when you are among the weakest beginners on the site, despite having played over 800 games.

I suppose I don’t know how to play the game properly, and am unintelligent, unlike you with your  300 rating after over 800 games.

Or that unintelligent clown Magnus Carlsen, who resigned instantly after blundering his Queen.

Why can’t he learn proper chess, from the mighty GM ypres1918?

The moral of the story is, don’t criticize how someone drives when you never learned how to walk.

IQ tests measure how good you are at doing IQ tests. Chess rating measures how good you are at playing chess.

One of the most intelligent people I know plays chess at around 1600. One of the strongest players in my county is a traffic warden and shows little glimmer beyond chess.

My question would be, have computers changed the idea that chess is a measure of intelligence?

In the very early days, people just plugged away hoping to get lucky, then someone discovered a few tactics, then someone discovered strategies that can lead you to tactics....

Now computers just look at the best move in a position they are presented with and can beat anyone. Sure, their 'thought process' might be [move the pawn, to free up the bishop, thne the knight can then move to g5, then the queen can...] - but the next move, a computer won't keep that plan in mind, it will just make the best move in this now completely new position with which it has been presented - they plug away and get lucky (sorry Stockfish, sorry Lc0, not sorry Komodo - you deserve it)

I'll counter my own argument - I have always found chess people to be thoughtful and engaging on many subjects - Carlsen, Kasparov, and indeed the people on this forum - I have read some very thoughtful and helpful ideas about self improvement from some of the people who give advice on this site.

I think maybe it’s seen as a sign of intelligence because you can’t just win on pure luck, and because it takes lots of study and practice to master. It also takes at least some intelligence to understand some of the things like tactics and strategy.