what’s the average IQ of a regular chess player

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chessuser999 skrev:

Two reputable sources say his IQ was 181:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/crosswords/chess/19fischer.html
https://www.biography.com/athlete/bobby-fischer

Now let's please stop this pointless discussion with lies about historical figures. Bobby Fischer was a genius. End of story.

 

Actually, at best you have one source. Biography is referring to NY Times article that you already linked. And that article use "reportedly" without giving any source for that report.

So, once again, people have no concept of what is a source and what is a good source on internet.

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PlayByDay wrote:
chessuser999 skrev:

Two reputable sources say his IQ was 181:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/crosswords/chess/19fischer.html
https://www.biography.com/athlete/bobby-fischer

Now let's please stop this pointless discussion with lies about historical figures. Bobby Fischer was a genius. End of story.

 

Actually, at best you have one source. Biography is referring to NY Times article that you already linked. And that article use "reportedly" without giving any source for that report.

So, once again, people have no concept of what is a source and what is a good source on internet.

Exactly, and welcome PlayByDay to this purgatory of spam, created by chessuser999 themselves.

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My source of Fischer intelligence are the 100 radio interviews from  Philippines .

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these interviews are a real intelligence test: https://bobbyfischerpage.tripod.com

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maximumqueens wrote:

I also vote for this thread to be cleaned up because of the trolls trying to say Bobby Fischer was mentally retarded. At least chessuser999 is standing up for him. The dead can't stand up for themselves. You two should be ashamed of yourselves, but then again the girl is only 12 years old.

*hamiliton song about 10 rules for dueling or whatever*

1) No one's saying that. All anyone's saying is that Fisher doesn't fall under certain definitions of intelligence.

2) No one's doing it to bash Fisher. It's not insulting, it's just reality.

3) All chessuser999 is doing is spamming the same disproven points.

4 The fact she's 12 years old makes it even more pathetic that chessuser999 has resorted to "if I say the same wrong thing enough times, it's correct."

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Deadmanparty wrote: Where is the evidence that Bobby Fischer had a low IQ?
 
There is none. There is evidence of his high IQ, and no evidence of low IQ. The two trolls above are just troublemakers and making up lies.

 

The 2 trolls need to stop making up unsubstantiated blatant lies about one of the most famous chess champions in history.

Two reputable sources say Bobby Fischer's IQ was 181:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/crosswords/chess/19fischer.html
https://www.biography.com/athlete/bobby-fischer

Now let's please stop this pointless discussion with lies about historical figures. Bobby Fischer was a genius. End of story.

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At this point we speak about the real intelligence definition.

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I vote for this thread to be cleaned up and closed.

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Wow now both of them think that if they say the same wrong thing enough it becomes correct! The lower bounds of human intelligence are truly being explored!

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Hello

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chessuser999 wrote:

Deadmanparty wrote: Where is the evidence that Bobby Fischer had a low IQ?
 
There is none. There is evidence of his high IQ, and no evidence of low IQ. The two trolls above are just troublemakers and making up lies.

 

The 2 trolls need to stop making up unsubstantiated blatant lies about one of the most famous chess champions in history.

Two reputable sources say Bobby Fischer's IQ was 181:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/crosswords/chess/19fischer.html
https://www.biography.com/athlete/bobby-fischer

Now let's please stop this pointless discussion with lies about historical figures. Bobby Fischer was a genius. End of story.

NYT says “reportedly”.

Do you know why I mentioned Frank Brady?

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Being a genius is not the same as being intelligent and being an example to the human kind.

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chessuser999 wrote:

I vote for this thread to be cleaned up and closed.

There are dozens of such threads on this site. You’ll find the same quote from Quora in most of them. What you will rarely find is clear and accurate discussion of Frank Brady’s claim, the evidence Brady presents for that claim, and a reasonable basis for not considering it particularly compelling as evidence.

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A smart guy who said "Almost all chess players in the world played pre-arranged games"

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sdfkjhdkfh wrote:

I third not making up fabrications about Bobby Fischer being stupid. He was a genius, as has been clearly evidenced by chessuser999.

New York Times clearly shows his IQ of 181, thank you for posting the screenshot as proof. So you can drop it now.

Try reading the screenshot. All it does is note that Frank Brady made a claim without mentioning him by name.

This thread is a good example of people finding their bias confirmed on the internet and displaying their lack of critical assessment of the source.

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A smart guy who refuses medical assistance to his kidneys problems and died.

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You know nothing about Fischer. 

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Bobby fischer was a jewish person who hated jewish people so he kill himself.

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No. haha. he was not...of course.