Originally posted by LanndonKaneMy IQ is around 140, my elo just a bit above 2000 (approx.)
Age does not matter, but your IQ does.
Here is a nifty formula:
The Levitt Equation
Elo ~ (10 x IQ) + 1000
"The meaning of the ‘~’ symbol can be taken as ‘given many years of intense effort, will tend to equal approximately’. That is to say that a player with an IQ of Y, after many years of tournament play and ...[text shortened]... s means that a person with average IQ (100) can expect to reach 2000 elo after dedicated work.
I believe this implies I've put no effort into chess ever?
I like it!
Originally posted by LanndonKanethat means that I would have about a 2600 rating. my average score on IQ tests are 163.2
Age does not matter, but your IQ does.
Here is a nifty formula:
The Levitt Equation
Elo ~ (10 x IQ) + 1000
"The meaning of the ‘~’ symbol can be taken as ‘given many years of intense effort, will tend to equal approximately’. That is to say that a player with an IQ of Y, after many years of tournament play and study will tend to have ...[text shortened]... s means that a person with average IQ (100) can expect to reach 2000 elo after dedicated work.
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Originally posted by alexstclaireWell, his name won't mean you a thing, he's from Latvia. (Many people here might not even know where it is) BTW, you don't get a master title by just reaching a rating of 2200, you have to be in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in our national championship. (I'm speaking of a national master title, not FIDE master) Master candidate is the title you have to get before you can go for a master. Well usually it goes so, I think there's never been such a thing, that someone not even candidate master becomes a master. That's how it goes in our country. But he's very strong, he even pulled a draw with a GM with national rating of 2490~
i dont know what master candidate is??? explain, i mean if he is over 2200 then he is a master. and what was the name?
Originally posted by alexstclaireI played a 13 year old this season just gone who was 138bcf. I believe that is about the same grade. I think Juniors can rise quite high because they play so many other juniors. An adult with a 138 grade is a lot tougher as the pool which they are playing against is much larger and more experienced.
Who here has the best or best relative to your age.
I nominate totalownage200, he is 13 and it is 1889!!!
That said, no one at my chess club likes playing juniors cos they have NO respect for experience! Our chairman is graded about 170bcf and was British Correspondence champion back in the 70's. He is an International Correspondence Master and this 15 year old kid turned out for another team this season with a 115bcf grade and blew him off the board in 25 moves! 😲
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Originally posted by MarinkatombThat depends. I had a grade around that level when I was 13 (20 odd years ago, and I never improved a huge amount beyond that), but that was gained mainly playing adult league chess and tournaments. I don't think I was that unusual.
I played a 13 year old this season just gone who was 138bcf. I believe that is about the same grade. I think Juniors can rise quite high because they play so many other juniors. An adult with a 138 grade is a lot tougher as the pool which they are playing against is much larger and more experienced.
Originally posted by LanndonKaneKasparov's Elo = 2813?
Age does not matter, but your IQ does.
Here is a nifty formula:
The Levitt Equation
Elo ~ (10 x IQ) + 1000
"The meaning of the ‘~’ symbol can be taken as ‘given many years of intense effort, will tend to equal approximately’. That is to say that a player with an IQ of Y, after many years of tournament play and study will tend to have ...[text shortened]... s means that a person with average IQ (100) can expect to reach 2000 elo after dedicated work.
Kasparov's IQ= well, I personally have heard 2 numbers, 180, and a "mere" 130
Here is a direct quote from an article by Bill Wall, "I.Q. and Chess"
"Some sources give Kasparov an IQ between 185 and 190. But one source has it listed as 135. In 1987-88, the German magazine Der Spiegel went to considerable effort and expense to find out Kasparov's IQ. Under the supervision of an international team of psychologists, Kasparov was given a large battery of tests designed to measure his memory, spatial ability, and abstract reasoning. They measured his IQ as 135 and his memory as one of the very best."
now if the latter is true, and Kasparov is only 130 what does this say about the conclusions of Levitt's equasion?
Originally posted by kbaumenthanks for the explanation, but here in the US i have a friend who is a national master and he said it was simply because he achieved a rating over 2200, so think maybe he would know🙂
Well, his name won't mean you a thing, he's from Latvia. (Many people here might not even know where it is) BTW, you don't get a master title by just reaching a rating of 2200, you have to be in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in our national championship. (I'm speaking of a national master title, not FIDE master) Master candidate is the title you have to get before y ...[text shortened]... ntry. But he's very strong, he even pulled a draw with a GM with national rating of 2490~
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For the paranoid pedants out there, my ECF is 160 which converts to 2050 Elo. If I was going to lie about my OTB rating, trust me I would make it much higher than that. I would also have given myself at least a five figure IQ.
I don't know how RHP ratings work. I play here for fun, sometimes well sometimes not well. The highest rated player I beat here was rated over 2100 (EddieT, Game 2141758) - I put effort into that game as it was interesting and plus I was thinking of joining the site at the time - so took it more seriously. I often get invited for games by players who aren't members, maybe their ratings are less reliable.