Still nice one, I'm relatively glad with my result. ;)
Of course it was made for fun, as stated in that abbreviation (MIT). :)
IQ and FIDE rating
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bean_Fischer wrote:
WannaPlayLot wrote:
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
With IQ = 160, Magnus Carlsen should be a professor at the age of 26.
It's probably even higher than that since you have other 160 IQ GMs who didn't make his rank at his age. I think Carlsen is at least 180.
mit stands for massachusetts institute of technology
not Merely Incompetent Teachers
simply irrelevant
shsdshsd wrote:
not Merely Incompetent Teachers
Of course he knew it...
Somehow I escaped from this with a fairly good IQ score of 115
IQ = (ELO/20) - (Number of silly threads started * 10)
TheGrobe's formula is better
i like the 100 instead of the 80
TheGreatOogieBoogie wrote:
bean_Fischer wrote:
WannaPlayLot wrote:
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
With IQ = 160, Magnus Carlsen should be a professor at the age of 26.
It's probably even higher than that since you have other 160 IQ GMs who didn't make his rank at his age. I think Carlsen is at least 180.
That would put him in the top 0.000005% of people in the world in regards to IQ using standard normal distribution...
I would be quite surprised if there wasn't a correlation between one's FIDE/USCF rating and their IQ. That said, we would have to wait until each and every player leveled off before testing them. Obviously newer players have yet to reach their peak and therefore would give us faulty results.
Cool thread.
7Jimbob7 wrote:
TheGreatOogieBoogie wrote:
bean_Fischer wrote:
WannaPlayLot wrote:
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
With IQ = 160, Magnus Carlsen should be a professor at the age of 26.
It's probably even higher than that since you have other 160 IQ GMs who didn't make his rank at his age. I think Carlsen is at least 180.
That would put him in the top 0.000005% of people in the world in regards to IQ using standard normal distribution...
180's are rare but not that rare. Still, I see your point. There are a lot of 160's walking around - but there are very, very few 180+'s.
Something important to keep in mind - There are two different I.Q. scales. People are fond of stating, "Bill Clinton's I.Q. is 180; Albert Einstein's I.Q. was "only" 160. What they don't understand is that 160 is obliteratingly-high *on that scale.* On the other scale, Einstein's I.Q. is considered to have been over 225.
TheGrobe wrote:
Totally off -- Rating = (IQ * 200) - 800 which supports Fischer's 180 IQ claim (giving him a 2800 rating) and explains why chess.com starts everyone at 1200 (corresponding to the average IQ of 100).
You might want to check your math.
shsdshsd wrote:
not Merely Incompetent Teachers
It's called a "joke." ;)
Based on that math my IQ is 349200 !
Screw you Einsteinerberg Dude !
Ghost_Tracker wrote:
shsdshsd wrote:
not Merely Incompetent Teachers
It's called a "joke." ;)
i know it's a joke
Better math:
IQ=2·IQ:2
TheGrobe wrote:
Totally off -- Rating = (IQ * 200) - 800 which supports Fischer's 180 IQ claim (giving him a 2800 rating) and explains why chess.com starts everyone at 1200 (corresponding to the average IQ of 100).
I got a elo score of 25600 based on this equation. I don't think a 25600 elo score is possible.
University of MIT (Merely Incompetent Teachers) publish first ever formula for calculating IQ score from an official FIDE rating!
Here it is:
IQ = (FIDE rating/20) + (375/age in years)
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160.
With IQ = 160, Magnus Carlsen should be a professor at the age of 26.