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"Elo =(10 x IQ) + 1000"
++ Hikaru Nakamura has an IQ of 102.
What do you think the average person's limit is?
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Apr 7, 2024
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@tygxc 'I have only one talent: a talent for hard work' - Kasparov
Clearly nonsense! Kasparov's calculating ability and recall are mind-blowing; hugely beyond 99.99% of chess players. Insane natural talent that no amount of hard work could replicate.
That's like saying that if you work hard enough, you will also be able to play ten simultaneous games blindfold.
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"if you work hard enough, you will also be able to play ten simultaneous games blindfold"
++ Sure. It you set that goal and put in the effort, then you can.
It is easier than learning Braille or learning to walk on protheses.
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magipi wrote:
KeeganJL28_M wrote:
I do not know how accurate this is, but I have heard that a persons IQ (intelligence quotient) has a fairly direct relation to a persons maximum capability with lots of hard work. This formula has been used for that.
Elo =(10 x IQ) + 1000.
If the average persons IQ is 100, then, according to this theory, Elo = (10 x (100)) + 1000 So, Elo=2000. This would be the average persons maximum elo, which seems consistent to the guesses here.
Hope this helps!
No source given except for "I have heard". This alone is enough to raise suspicion.
The above formula is completely made up and doesn't have any connection to reality. There has never been any study that made a direct connection between chess skill and IQ.
Measuring a person's "maximum capability with lots of hard work" is impossible anyway.
Exactly, the inherent question in this form is flawed, obviously there are exceptions and this and this is no real way to measure a persons maximum ability.
https://thechessworld.com/articles/healthpsycology/chess-rating-and-iq-score-correlation/
Not a scientific article, but an interesting read about the topic.
For relating to scientific finds, The University of Graz found that intelligence and practice are equally important in chess development. Even though the exact formula may be incorrect, and there are outliers, it isn’t to far off.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1819086116
I do not know how accurate this is, but I have heard that a persons IQ (intelligence quotient) has a fairly direct relation to a persons maximum capability with lots of hard work. This formula has been used for that.
Elo =(10 x IQ) + 1000.
If the average persons IQ is 100, then, according to this theory, Elo = (10 x (100)) + 1000 So, Elo=2000. This would be the average persons maximum elo, which seems consistent to the guesses here.
Hope this helps!
No source given except for "I have heard". This alone is enough to raise suspicion.
The above formula is completely made up and doesn't have any connection to reality. There has never been any study that made a direct connection between chess skill and IQ.
Measuring a person's "maximum capability with lots of hard work" is impossible anyway.