Chess and inteligence corelation

Don't discourage people who loves playing chess my friend. Just because a guy don't have something you have doesn't mean you're better than him. As Albert Einstein said: "Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. :-)

Chess is only a mind gym

I don't think there is any noticable correlation. Yes if you are very mentally handicapped it would be difficult sure. In other words you don't have a runner have no legs, but all of the skill has nothing to do whether you have some extra ordinary talent or not. Everyone starts somewhere, and the biggest thing is realizing you can get better if you try. If you are convinced you are unable to do it, you will not get better because you already are convinced it is static. You can't sit down at a board for first time and learn how the pieces move and know openings and how tactics work etc... Chess is all patterns

Chess is an intellectual game, not a physical game.
Chess requires background knowledge, acquired through study or experience.
Intelligence is influenced by chess.
When we are young, we learn by playing with things.

Intelligence is socially constructed.

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If that is so, then why are some of the most intelligent people antisocial (or at least introverts)?

Certainly there is such a thing as “social intelligence” — as exhibited by pickup artists, great public speakers, et al. But the claim that one’s ability to perform certain tasks well, totally in private, depends in any way upon others, is clearly false.

For example, a person who’s an exceptional mathematician isn’t so because of anyone else around him. Sure, being raised with a good diet probably helped, but that’s not a direct cause. Having a good teacher also undoubtedly helped, but not as much as doing the homework. 😉 And whether other people think this fellow is smart (or can even understand his work) is irrelevant: the numbers speak for themselves, and they don’t lie.

I think your thesis is demonstrably untrue, and absurd on its face.

@Forrestud i think there is a different between discouraging and dispelling myth. Everyone has there own perception, going like physcologiist jordan you are here because you have a high iq helps nobody. @pawnedge social intelligence,thats more intelligence in the way of secret service inteligence. Ofc if you talk to many people they good at it.

My guess is the biggest correlations would be between high chess ratings and above-average visual and sequential memory. Remembering mating patterns, opening traps, endgame techniques, etc. is a huge part of winning.

Also, the psychological quality of perseverance/stick-to-it-iveness. It takes years of daily study to learn all the skills it takes to get a 2200+ rating, regardless of talent. Nobody has ever become a grandmaster in the first year of play.

@annoygenius at the beginning of the post, you asked what jobs could chess help with. To answer this question, let's have a look at some famous players. Firstly, Emmanuel Lasker. He was a mathematician but prefered to become the world champion of chess rather than publishing mathematical newspaper, unlike his friend and compatriote Hebert. A second one is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL). He got a doctorate (not sure if it was a doctorate or another certificate) in mathematics. So, I think that chess can help develop the logical/Mathematical part of your brain. I've been playing chess for 2 years now and my grades in mathematics went from around 60% to 95% (in a year).

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