What's is Magnus Carlsen's IQ?
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For anyone interested :)
The Massive List of Genius – People With the Highest IQ
The other day I sat down to watch The Princess Bride for about the 10,000th time. Man that is a great movie! Anyway, when I was watching the part where Vizzini, the Sicilian, was answering the question as to how smart he is, he said: “Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.”
So, I decided to mosey on over to the Interwebs and find a list of people with the highest IQ ever measured, and lo and behold I couldn’t find one! So for the sake of future searchers, I compiled the following information. Enjoy.
Background Info
In order to establish a baseline knowledge, IQ (intelligence quotient) is a score derived from attempting to measure the actual mental horsepower of any given individual. Personally I place little value in IQ tests, but I do acknowledge that they are an indicator of some common potential success factors, so we’ll leave it at that.
The “average” IQ is by definition 100, so if you score below that you are dumber than average, and above it means smarter than average.
Commonly acknowledged IQ Score Ranking System:
I’d like to stop for a second and inject a little philosophy before we go on. I have absolutely no respect whatsoever for intelligence. I only respect people for their actions. So no one should envy or emulate people on the list that follow because some of them are miserable human beings (like this narcissistic guy). TakeBobby Fischer as an example. He’s the biggest A-hole on the list, and I’d like to kick his teeth in for his comments about Jews and America.
The Highest IQs On Record
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Poppycock!
For anyone interested :)
my verified IQ is 143 and i'm just a 2000 patzer, shows how much IQ is related to chess rating
World Chess Champion Judith Polgar is alleged to have an IQ of 170
wrong, she was never world champion or even women's world champion
What is the source of "verification" of Fischer's IQ?
Chess magazine from 70' when he became Champion.
Alleged IQs? Really?
427?
What the hell is a "verified" IQ anyway? lol What a buncha idiots.
Magnus Carlsen's IQ is officially high enough to kick everyone's @$$ in chess...do I need to present any further evidence to to substantiate my claim ?
He was probably never tested. He said he did not know in an interview. But here is the interesting thing; he admitted that many times he did not calculate moves, but went by how a certain move "felt". This feeling in reality is the result of the synthesized outcome of thousands of games , subconsciously. This is similar to Koltanowski's description of his talent in blindfold chess. So it may be more interesting to now his EQ (emotional quotient).
I play by intuition sometimes, but I don't trust myself usually, mostly because I hang queens and miss checkmates...
# 50 in the world is pretty good if you ask me, she could easily kick our butts.
According to the notion that Anatoly Karpov would only be 40th in the world today if his prime were today, using stats, ratings, etc...the thought that she could have been 10th in the world in skill level as compared with a slighty bygone era, is really saying a mouthful at the difference between men and women and the leaps and bounds they have made...
I'd say you're about 135 Andy based on a thorough analysis of your playing style, but you're slipping....
Awesome avatar, just watched that episode the other day.
Frank Brady is the person who publicized the 180 IQ of Fischer. Here's what he says about his source:
"In previous writings I have cited Fischer's I.Q. as in the range of 180, a very high genius. My source of information is impeccable: a highly regarded political scientist who coincidentally happened to be working in the grade adviser's office at Erasmus Hall - Bobby Fischer's high school in Brooklyn - at the time Fischer was a student there. He had the opportunity to study Fischer's personal records and there is no reason to believe his figure is inaccurate. Some critics have claimed that other teachers at Erasmus Hall at that time remember the figure to be much lower; but who the teachers are and what figures they remember have never been made clear."
That passage is from the foreword(written by Brady) of Robert Burger's book The Chess of Bobby Fischer.
Fischer doesn't strike me as a genius in anything other than chess.
He was exceptionally good at relationship breaking.
He was exceptionally good at relationship breaking.
I'll concede that. :)
Heck, I wish my dog could play half as well as Carlsen. She's very sweet natured, but I fear her IQ isn't quite to primate level. We could be rich! But she just can't remember to check her back rank, it is very frustrating.
Saw it last night on the DVD, Unlimited (2011). Just pop that pill, and away you go.
...I agree that it really does not matter. You can have a very high IQ and not accomplish anything in your life...and you have those who's IQ is very low, but their contribution to humanity will always be remembered. It is not what you have, but what you do with it that counts...
Frank Brady is the person who publicized the 180 IQ of Fischer. Here's what he says about his source:
"In previous writings I have cited Fischer's I.Q. as in the range of 180, a very high genius. My source of information is impeccable: a highly regarded political scientist who coincidentally happened to be working in the grade adviser's office at Erasmus Hall - Bobby Fischer's high school in Brooklyn - at the time Fischer was a student there. He had the opportunity to study Fischer's personal records and there is no reason to believe his figure is inaccurate."
lol
And with such a citation, it becomes verified BS.