i did a IQ test and got a low number, so i am useless for chess

low IQ = low intelligence = bad chess

what do you think, shall i stop playing chess?

but i will never exceed in chess this way

but will not improve with such a low number

i try all the time, but i dont think i am improving

for me, rating=IQ

lol, no way your IQ is 1420

cmon u know what I mean

what do you mean?

my rating tells me that that I have an average IQ

IQ tests are, at best, a rough guide for intelligence, saying more about how good you are at IQ tests.

Nah, IQ tests (real ones) are a pretty good measure.

It's still a silly topic.

In the 80s the chess champion of MENSA has a BCF grade of 157 - do good chess players not bother to join MENSA or is it that chess requires cunning, imagination and lots more rather than just 'intelligence'? 

Chess is a puzzle that changes. It requires puzzle solving, creativity and concentration. I changed E=mc^2 to solve the unlimited energy and mass problem. But I am so terrible at chess, that I would not be surprised if all chess grandmasters came to my place to beat me up for disrespecting the game.

@llama47 no it is not a silly topic at all. Chess allows us the quantify certain mental abilities. At our club we had a severely autistic member. He would arrive at 8pm precisely and set up a board with himself as Black and go home again at 9pm precisely if nothing happened. If you sat down and played the first White move he would respond with a game. He was in the bottom quarter of the club in ability but was not suitable for matches of

suitable for matches of course.

IQ tests are to the real word as lie detectors are in the criminal system -- unreliable. There's a reason no one cares about IQ tests. 

Let's be honest here. It is waste time to improve chess for low to average people like us. Not only improvement Will be little,but also Will stress us out. The answer is yes. Our chess play skill and rating won't go far.

Having hobbies is not a waste of time. If we are all to look something where we will the best in the world, we could wait for a long time indeed. 

It all comes down to what do you want from a hobby.

@chessplayer1292

First of all, if it is an online test, it can be pretty unreliable. Second, you do not have to be a 200 IQ PHD to be great at chess. Some of them might be a lot worse than you if they don't put in any effort. Now I am not saying that everyone can be very good at chess, but a lot of the people (if they wish to apply themselves) can get to a decent level of chess through sheer effort. 

But as I've said, you need to know what do you wish from chess. 

1. You want to improve? Well, you should keep speed chess to a minimum and play some longer games in order to do so. Playing 3 minute chess or even slightly longer games are not the greatest way to improve. You are not really playing the precise game. You play a superficial, tricky game of chess only. Even if you are pretty talented, it will not be easy to improve that way.

2. You like speed chess and it makes you happy? Then just play it casually and don't worry yourself with improvement. 

3. If playing chess is making you feel bad or something to that effect, well you shouldn't waste your time on something that you actually don't like doing. Or if it is not a permanent thing, perhaps taking a break is what you need.

In any case, it is up to you to decide what do you wish to do.

IQ tests are fairly meaningless. From what I understand, there are only two standardized IQ tests in the US, and they're given to kids. Both have a top score of 146. I took the test when I was in first grade, in the 70s. My score was 146. And that's about the same as my rating on blitz and bullet. :-) The best I can do on longer games is 600. I already knew I wasn't a genius, despite scoring in that range. Chess only makes it clear.

IQ is useless

You think IQ tests are good for measuring academic achievement.
MYTH
This is a myth. IQ tests are actually made for academic achievements and it is true that iq tests are correlated with academic achievement. HOWEVER There are people with 90 iq who finish university, so it doesn't predict the outcome. This means IQ tests fail at what they are made for: academic achievement.

So you think IQ tests are a way to measure intelligence
MYTH
This is a myth, if you practice allot of iq tests, you can improve your IQ score hugely. However the scientist say that if you practice it allot, it doesn't correlate with academic achievement anymore, so let alone intelligence.

So you think IQ tests are a way to measure intelligence for people who never did an IQ test

MYTH
If person A does his first IQ test and gets a score of 150, that is a big score for IQ test. But person B initially got a score of 90 but after allot of practicing got 150.  Person B understands now the IQ test equally to person A. But this doesn't mean A is more intelligent than person B. It just means person A had the right tricks to understand the IQ test enough to get the 150 score, but now person B has the same tricks.

So you think IQ tests are a way to predict your chess skill/knowledge

MYTH
In chess there is a limit in how much you can learn, grandmasters know the most and people who have 0 rating know the least. To get better you just need to know the stuff grandmasters know. After all, you can learn anything with enough repetition.