I have an iq of 39 apparently...
IQ and FIDE rating
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Aug 10, 2025
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#43
I won't tell the result because then you could calculate my age. I will calculate everyone's age in the thread. Easy-peasy.
WannaPlayLot wrote:
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
based on my iq i should be 2080
maybe because of school its lower than that
The guy closed his account a few days after creating this topic, but somehow people are still responding to it 12 years later.
Aug 31, 2025
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#48
Haii_3 wrote:
I have an iq of 39 apparently...
You should apply for disability.
yeah it is
WannaPlayLot wrote:
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
This is so cool!
age in years = 7500 / ( 20 * IQ - FIDE rating )
Every time I lose a game, I get younger!
magipi wrote:
The guy closed his account a few days after creating this topic, but somehow people are still responding to it 12 years later.
I'm only responding to it because someone else did. You, for example.
Aug 31, 2025
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#53
There have been quite a few studies re this issue and none, as far as I know that didn't have only children as its subjects, this because you need a large group and they need to have had roughly the same amount of experience (at the start of the study) with chess. The conclusion is usually that, while intelligence is a factor (how could it not be?), it isn't the only factor, or even the most important factor. *Experience* is, by far. And there is a third factor, not at all to be dismissed: interest/enthusiasm. In fact, in one study, - I'll look for a link and add it here (I got it from a chess.com article), it was found that high intelligence and chess skill were negatively correlated. The more intelligent they were, the less likely they were to reach high skill levels during the course of the study, not more, not at all the expected result. Wanting to understand this, they interviewed the children and eventually concluded that, at least in this group, the more intelligent a child was, the less interested and less motivated they were, most especially to *study* chess. The least intelligent, relatively speaking and up to a degree, both played more and studied more. Why? When interviewed, this group almost invariably expressed more concern about their rating and were more likely to think rating was important.
Aug 31, 2025
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#54
The OP intended his post as a joke, I assume, mocking the idea that chess is a kind of IQ test.
23 days ago
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#55
I worked the formula in reverse (known IQ and x is FIDE rating). Turns out, I'm a grandmaster. I'll take the title without ever playing a tournament. Thank you!
ShsdCloud wrote:
that is a stupid formula it does not even work. my real iq is somewhere around 150
140 IQ is the max traditional test you can get to you, buckaroo, it sure doesn't work, but your IQ is not 150.
3 days ago
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#57
In that case, my IQ is 101.5, although I took an IQ test that said it was 133. Funny joke, though.
3 days ago
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#58
#2 then the average player has 19200 elo! This probably isn’t professional information-or maybe it’s just a typo. If it’s not, however…
3 days ago
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#59
“We sometimes pretend to agree with a statement, as an attempt to hide the fact that we are not smart enough to understand it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
My IQ is like 147 but my current rapid ELO is 588 (highest is 782)
does that mean I’m 6.94 IQ, which is a complete idiot that can’t even survive?