Why do many intelligent people suck at chess?

Why do many intelligent people suck at chess?

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During my time online I have come across many people who are alot smarter than me and have been playing chess for longer but are much weaker than I am. I have come across many switched on people who are like - 800 rated. What is the reason for this?

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being smart doesn't help you one bit. chess improvement is 99% sweat & elbow grease. all the improving players I know put huge amount of work into their chess.

RP

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Originally posted by Quixotical
During my time online I have come across many people who are alot smarter than me and have been playing chess for longer but are much weaker than I am. I have come across many switched on people who are like - 800 rated. What is the reason for this?
Wittgenstein, the Cambridge philosopher, said
"He who knows too much finds it hard not to lie"
When he played chess he always lost. But this was not his fault - he was a good chess player and a brilliant mind. He just could not be sure that the chess board - and even the table on which it stood - really existed. I think that this must explain any victory I myself have had against more highly rated players, not to mention the way the Pakistan cricket team lost to Ireland

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Originally posted by Quixotical
During my time online I have come across many people who are alot smarter than me and have been playing chess for longer but are much weaker than I am. I have come across many switched on people who are like - 800 rated. What is the reason for this?
thats b-coz in reality they are not smart. any intelligent amateur will make it over +1800 in couple months. for the rest of us (or you) its goal never to be achieved.

Vampyroteuthis

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Originally posted by Quixotical
During my time online I have come across many people who are alot smarter than me and have been playing chess for longer but are much weaker than I am. I have come across many switched on people who are like - 800 rated. What is the reason for this?
Most people BS about their intelligence. Crush them all, I say.

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Originally posted by wormwood
being smart doesn't help you one bit. chess improvement is 99% sweat & elbow grease. all the improving players I know put huge amount of work into their chess.
Mmmhmm....I used to spend aboot 3 hours everyday on chess.

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Originally posted by Raven69
Mmmhmm....I used to spend aboot 3 hours everyday on chess.
And did you get any better? 😀

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Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
And did you get any better? 😀
I'd like to think so, yes. 🙂

DoB

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Originally posted by Raven69
I'd like to think so, yes. 🙂
Hm, that's not the answer I was hoping for 😀.

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Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
Hm, that's not the answer I was hoping for 😀.
What were you hoping for?

DoB

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Originally posted by Raven69
What were you hoping for?
An easy victory 😀.

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Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
An easy victory 😀.
Well, I could still blunder...

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The intelligent-est people don't bother themselves playing chess.
The intelligent people who do play chess realize it has nothing to do with intelligence.
The people who are good at chess and think this makes them intelligent are actually the dumbest of the lot.

Information obtained from the chess university of life.

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Vampyroteuthis

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Originally posted by Quixotical
During my time online I have come across many people who are alot smarter than me and have been playing chess for longer but are much weaker than I am. I have come across many switched on people who are like - 800 rated. What is the reason for this?
Your Answer:

No matter how smart you are, if you don't learn from your mistakes, you're doomed to repeat them.