Does Playing Chess make you Super Intelligent? | #ChessOlympiad | #vishwanathananand #rashwin

It's Chess Time. Lads, how many of you are following the iconic #chessolympiad2022 - the chess equivalent of a 'World Cup', this is happening for the first time in India in Chennai. Definitely a great moment for all of us, no?

Since chess is the topic of buzz, we thought why not share a few excerpts from this 'DRS with Ash' conversation last year, where we got the legendary, Vishy Anand sir, to have chat with our man, Ashwin. Can you guys predict the combined IQ level of this interview? 😂

#chess #viswanathananand #rashwin #chessolympiad #MagnusCarlsen #chennaichess2022

[stuartbrown]

He moved twenty steps ahead and answered Ash's probable question coming 😂

[praveenkumarsharma]

If u play chess then u will always think about probable moves of ur opponent. This is a very important skill.

[Tipstech]

Oh my dear ANAND ....I think you forgot the question for a second 🤣

[sammymendis]

Chess does improve analytical skills and make you recognise patterns in real life. Specially in human behavior for me. But to answer this question, Chess is like every other sport. To become better at it, you gotta practice. Make the board familiar. Make the moves, very familiar. Recognise board patters. Thats how you become good at it.

[waheedk]

Playing chess is definitely increase problem solving ability

[freez]

I don’t think he answered the question properly👀

[dp]

All I can say is, if you are better at chess, you would be better as a leg sinner. Don't believe? Ask Yuzi 😁

[karipundai]

Vishwanathan Anand's answer will confuse a lot of us. That's because he is 100 steps ahead at all times 😂😂😂

[Lambodar]

You should watch the game between Oppenheimer and Einstein. Their IQ were around 170 but elo rating was 1500.

[PeopleCallMeSubbu]

Ash: Question avlo kastam onnum ellayaeeee.
Vishy: 🤔

[prajwalganar]

The guy in my school scored 68 percent in 10th
He was in the top 3 players of Maharashtra

[srinivasanak]

Finally, what is Anand's opinion?

[yashwanthv]

The point here is it's not that only intelligent people play chess however we can assess the basic intelligence through the play with piece movements.

[bharathimate]

Full interview link pls…As a Chess cum Cricket player it will be interesting to listen from Our Chennai legends …

[ameya]

In chess, the more you play and learn different moves, and openings, middle game and end game, the better you get. Also you must have situational awareness. In a way its similar to cricket.

[dineshk]

I can see how intelligent Anand by his answer😂😂😂

[sanskritibharathi]

Anand still seems to have the passion and spirit of achievement... Great inspiration to the world

[pandey]

Being good at chess simply means that you are good at playing chess, nothing else. The positive you can take is that you love to think, you love to strategise and you can think about your opponent's move! There can be a huge chance that you love Mathematics or Logical Reasoning stuffs but it's not always the case! I know many people who play amazing chess but aren't so good at other skills and vice versa. Intelligent itself is a very wide term! Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MSD everyone I mentioned is a Genius, but in their own sports! Ashwin himself is a very intelligent guy. His presence of mind is really admirable. Messi, Ronaldo, etc are a genius in their own terms. Shakespeare, RabindraNath Tagore are a genius if you talk about literature. Any skill requires thinking and it's just a norm that chess players are super intelligent. You can call them great thinkers but intelligent is a very subjective term. If it were true every scientist would have beaten every chess player or maybe every chess player was a scientist! I'm not a genius so maybe I'm not in a perfect spot to answer this question but I know many of my friends being amazing coders(Telling you, it's as good as chess when you consider the thinking ability) but they don't like chess at all!

[AXELAGONY]

I think for me, Mad, metronome and decompressor were the top three easy picks. I owned the mido decompressor (orange dial) for a while and it’s such an attractive piece to wear, but with very poor time visibility. I eventually passed it to a friend, who is in love with it despite owning some pieces from the big three, the crown and so on.

[Chess]

Definitely in chess we need higher calculation speed then many other sports