ELO ~1825. I haven’t played chess for a while, preferring go, poker, ‘eurogames’, computer games and so forth. I doubt that chess will correlate strongly with IQ—Kasparov only had an IQ of 137, which is below the LW average. A certain amount of intelligence is needed, but beyond that practise is more important.
I also love to play other types of games! Mostly other boardgames, but also some computer games.
I could not find a source for Kasparov’s IQ to be 137, many sites states that he has an alleged or estimated IQ of 190, which doesn’t sound very reliable.
As for the IQ average of LW it seem to be under some doubt also, because of the large risk of selection bias.
ELO ~1825. I haven’t played chess for a while, preferring go, poker, ‘eurogames’, computer games and so forth. I doubt that chess will correlate strongly with IQ—Kasparov only had an IQ of 137, which is below the LW average. A certain amount of intelligence is needed, but beyond that practise is more important.
I also love to play other types of games! Mostly other boardgames, but also some computer games.
I could not find a source for Kasparov’s IQ to be 137, many sites states that he has an alleged or estimated IQ of 190, which doesn’t sound very reliable.
As for the IQ average of LW it seem to be under some doubt also, because of the large risk of selection bias.