Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:55:09 12/17/00
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On December 17, 2000 at 11:34:07, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On December 17, 2000 at 11:13:34, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>As a matter of fact, famous, very rich, very important and so and so kind of >>people tend to be considered, always, as "very good" at any activity they >>perform. It is part of his glamour. Take the case of Napoleon. > >Or mine, for instance. > >> If you look at >>any of his documented games, you will see he clearly is an agressive but at most >>average kind of player AND playing against people very inclined to concede >>victory to the Great Man. Nevertheless you always can get a book about Napoleon >>where it is said he was a master level player. >>Of course, smartness has a very asimetrical relation with chess ability. >>Einstein was a less than average player and that would be enough to probe the >>case. On the opposite side, a more than average chess player cannot be a dude. >>In fact I.Q data has been collected about many GM players and if I recall well, >>most of them or even all are above 140 IQ people, that is, in the 2 or 3% most >>high part of the curve. > >So much for the IQ test. I met magnificent chess players that were magnificent >imbeciles, and extremely intelligent people that played horrible chess. For >example, I have never been a great player. > Persevere. You have the exact quality to be a GM... >>To say it as in an execize in basic logic: every good chess player is smart, but >>not every smart guy is a good chess player. >> >>Fernando, not smart neither good chess player. > >But you must have some hidden qualities. > > Of course. I can read this and smile. Enrique > >PS. It seems I can escape from a big family Christmas lunch, which puts me in a >very good mood and looking for chances to pester people. Sorry, Fernando, I >couldn't miss this one. Neither me... Un gran abrazo. Los capitulos van pronto. Será mi venganza... Fernando
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