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Subject: Re: Bobby Fischer comeback?

Author: Robert Hollay

Date: 15:49:10 05/27/05

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On May 27, 2005 at 18:12:43, Daniel Pineo wrote:

>On May 27, 2005 at 15:00:42, adam wilks wrote:
>
>>I think his behaviour is normal for someone with an iq of 180.
>
>It's also normal for a person with an iq of 30, which I think is probably
>closer.  Being good at chess doesn't necessarily mean he's a genius, it doesn't
>even mean he's average.
>
>- Dan Pineo

Right. Kasparov isn't a genius too (except in chess). AFAIK he scored about 125
in a classical IQ test several years ago. Geniuses are above 140 ...



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