..chess is a game of time and geometry...can you unfold the box and see how many ways it can be laid out two-dimensionally...and can you remember the patterns...but this geometry is made fun by the integration of human emotion which upsets the analytical process...so suck it up and move will ya !
Originally posted by stevetoddIf success goes hand in hand with intelligence, why did Eisenhower defeat Stevenson, and Bush defeat Kerry? Perhaps the reverse is true.
But my experience of meeting people who are far better than me at chess but not very successful academically, professionally and/or in business has lead me to believe the relationship of chess ability and intelligence certainly doesn't necessarily go hand in hand.
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Originally posted by stevetoddThis gets brought up over and over again on this site. The ensuing discussion is never very interesting.
Apparantly this was recently brought up in a thread that was deleted and I missed it (just seeing a reference to it in another thread). I would have been interested in something about the correlation of intelligence and chess ability.
I used to believe that the better you were at chess the more intelligent you were. But my experience of meeting people es anyone have any views or even better know of any research on this subject (unlikely I know).
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundI think Levitt's point was that even with training your rating will plateau but he argues that those with a higher IQ will plateau at a higher level. I don't know why people keep making reference to teachers and professionals in relation to IQ. In the UK Test The Nation IQ Test the social demographic group that scored highest was the unemployed.
I'm as thick as pig crap, and i've beaten members of the teachers clan, and other presumed intelligencia....Like cash says, it's all about practice.
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Originally posted by demonseedThats because they're smart enough not to waste their time.
I think Levitt's point was that even with training your rating will plateau but he argues that those with a higher IQ will plateau at a higher level. I don't know why people keep making reference to teachers and professionals in relation to IQ. In the UK Test The Nation IQ Test the social demographic group that scored highest was the unemployed.
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