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Subject: Re: Commercial program strength vs. amateur program strength

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 08:34:41 12/22/01

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On December 22, 2001 at 10:05:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 22, 2001 at 05:55:17, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>On December 22, 2001 at 00:07:53, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>IQ is like nps, you want to have a higher one, but that number alone
>>>does not mean a thing.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Miguel
>>
>>You are right Miguel, infact Kaspy is a good example of that : he excels in
>>chess , but his measured I.Q. is still far from genius level.
>>He is well above the average, but no exceptional values, nevertheless combined
>>with his outstanding memory capabilities (especially visual kind), his passion
>>(Ed's factor) and constant training (Time factor) he reached the top of chess.
>>
>>
>>w.b.r.
>>Otello
>
>It actually works like this:  Being a good chess player does not mean you
>have a high IQ.  But having a high IQ _does_ mean you can become a good
>chess player.  IQ is about the ability to visualize, recognize patterns,
>and so forth, all of which will help a chess player.

Not at all i know some professors with 180 IQ who will forever suck at
chess despite that they play it daily. I'm talking about 1100-1400 level
here. Dutch rating.






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