Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:40:19 12/22/01
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On December 22, 2001 at 11:34:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. I believe that they have not 180 IQ and that they did not try to learn seriously the game. If I could get a rating of above 2000 in the past and if I have a stable israeli raing of 1950-2000 in the last years without learning chess seriously and without a special talent for chess then I am sure that they also can do it. I say without special talent for chess because I know that I cannot play one game without seeing the board when weaker players than me can do it. I say without learning chess seriously because I did not learn openings seriously and my knowledge of opening theory is not better than the average 1800 player and I did not take lessons from good players. I have experience of some hundreds of tournament games and except analyzing my games with computers I did not do a lot of training. Uri
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