Alice 💋 asked How good are you at chess? Is it an accurat…

I could probably be checkmqted in one move.

Ed Hunter · 3y

Nah, I am smart, but no patience for chess.

Queen Megan👑 · 3y

I’ve no interest in playing chess. Has never appealed to me.

Watched "The Queen's Gambit"? I haven't played chess for years. When I was a kid, I used to play it with my friends and I would usually win but there was one kid that would defeat me every time we played.

I don't know if it's a good measure of one's overall intelligence [overall intelligence?! What does that even mean?!] but good chess players can better think ahead and plan?

Arman · 3y

Not sure tbh I haven't played since I was a wee lad. Not necessarily

Pawesome · 3y

never even played

Teo · 3y

Good enough I guess, I know all the rules and some strategy but I will never be a grand master... there are different types of intelligence - you can have C students who are great at planning and strategizing and those people will probably be better at chess than an A student who couldn't plan an afternoon nap

Sean ⚡🤖 · 3y

I can beat my mom and my friends. I'd probably suck against someone who plays chess as a hobby. I don't know if chess is an accurate litmus test. Being intelligent obviously helps a lot, it's a game that requires a lot of thinking, but I don't know how high the correlation is between, say, chess rating and IQ. Also, a major thing to consider is that, I think, you can get significantly better at chess with practice, so it would correlate a lot with one's interest in chess..

inhahe · 3y

Nope. Its a smart game, and its an game that is easier to play well if you're intelligent. But I think you're a dummy if you think being a chess prodigy means you're an overall bright person.

Pandy · 3y

I’m okay at chess at best. I think a lot of people would like to think it’s a measure of intelligence, but I don’t think so. A lot of the time it’s just having a very good memory - like doctors.

Penelope · 3y

I can play chess but it needs too much energy for too little fun in return, it is a killing game, it is cruel and some people take it as a measure for having a superior brain which adds to the killing ( virtual ). It needs visual skills and good pattern recognition and analytical skills and a good memory. However it is also boring. The enemy and all weapons and possible moves are known. Chess is often used as an ego and vanity booster. While you need some skills to be good at it it only makes use of some features of human abilities. A computer can do it too, or even better, so it isn't exactly an intelligence test. But being unintelligent doesn't help to master a simple play either. It is a bit like race driving. When you exercise you can get quite good, but you must have the will or drive to be really fast/good which is a natural predisposition. There are good vanity players, but their will to kill is powered by vanity. Some others are stone cold killers with a talent, some others border on psychopaths. In a sense Chess brings up bad things you might have. It isn't harmless to say the least. Elegant slaughter is still slaughter whatever it is called since it is the mind that moves the pieces.

Kate Matsuda · 3y

I guess im pretty good for someone who hasnt digged into chess theory much. High intelligence is a requirement if you want to be really good at it. The best chess players probably all have an IQ of over 150

Alice 💋 · 12 answers · 3y