I don't think chess has any correlation with IQ
If it's so, how come Bill Gates' elo not similar or not not too far from Bobby Fischer's?
Bill Gates' IQ is often estimated to be around 160. Source: https://vocal.media/history/what-is-bill-gates-s-iq
Relationship between Chess rating and I.Q?
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Also I heard Hikaru said he take an online mensa IQ test and get 102 - 109. I take the same test and get 121 - 125. His chess.com elo is 3200+ while mine is 600-700
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#1964
you can have 170 IQ and rating 200 chess if you dont have any ideea about chess...
dont knowing things is not bad inteligence is just luck of informations
c124875 wrote:
Also I heard Hikaru said he take an online mensa IQ test and get 102 - 109. I take the same test and get 121 - 125. His chess.com elo is 3200+ while mine is 600-700
Ik it's not OTB but his OTB elo is 2800+ and I think mine won't go so far from my chess.com elo
Feb 11, 2025
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#1966
all 100 IQ children can became IM with proper training and perseverence.
Feb 11, 2025
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BigChessplayer665 wrote:
Not really :/ chess is a problem solving game but it is different from the ones on iq tests two different variables which means two different performance ratings
Yes, agreed. There's too much learned theory in chess, which counts as help with the problem solving! There will be some positive correlation but the learned aspect of chess will skew it all too much to be useful.
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#1969
I got 123 on a test, not saying its accurate but at least 123 is 123.
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c124875 wrote:
Also I heard Hikaru said he take an online mensa IQ test and get 102 - 109. I take the same test and get 121 - 125. His chess.com elo is 3200+ while mine is 600-700
Did he actually say that, or have you heard someone say he said that? It's not impossible, but I am interested in whether it is genuine.
TheBarcaGuy wrote:
I got 123 on a test, not saying its accurate but at least 123 is 123.
Yes it certainly is! It's respectable!
Elroch wrote:
c124875 wrote:
Also I heard Hikaru said he take an online mensa IQ test and get 102 - 109. I take the same test and get 121 - 125. His chess.com elo is 3200+ while mine is 600-700
Did he actually say that, or have you heard someone say he said that? It's not impossible, but I am interested in whether it is genuine.
Unlikely to b imo.
IQ makes you better at pattern recognition and flatline intelligence. You can be an idiot and good at chess because of how your brain is wired and a genius and not good at chess. It’s really how you train you brain and what you naturally are good at.
Elroch wrote:
c124875 wrote:
Also I heard Hikaru said he take an online mensa IQ test and get 102 - 109. I take the same test and get 121 - 125. His chess.com elo is 3200+ while mine is 600-700
Did he actually say that, or have you heard someone say he said that? It's not impossible, but I am interested in whether it is genuine.
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3lSRur4JTY?si=ld-CVkI_KMDYYhEe
He says that
But it isn't going to be true.
Yes, but I take the same test and get 121-125, and I'm just a 600-700
You may well get better at chess if you learn it the right way.
I have, for months. When I heard about GothamChess (early 2024) I started to get addicted to chess. So I learn from my mistakes, high elo player games, chess learning app, etc. Yet I still stuck here.
Not really :/ chess is a problem solving game but it is different from the ones on iq tests two different variables which means two different performance ratings