Can you be smart whilst also being terrible as chess?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[BeMuse]

Chess is a game with rules and known strategies. You don’t have to be smart to be reasonably good at chess, you just have to be booked up in move order. It’s possible for a smart person to never have learned the rules of chess, but if you’re smart they aren’t too complicated. That said if you’ve never studied common openings, experienced people even if they are dumber than you will be you. You have to study the game to be competent. After you have mastered all the main lines, then you can start using your brain to be a little more creative.

[BeMuse]

*beat

[WindAtMyBack]

Of course. Chess requires a specific type of intelligence. It also requires that the player really likes it. If someone doesn't like chess, they will probably suck at it.

[Anonymous]

If you say whilst it means you're not smart.

[KostasKouvalis]

Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm living proof. My brain simply can't process that many potential outcomes.

[msc545]

Chess takes a special type of smart - you need to have a very good short-term memory, and a good grasp of spatial relations, good fluid reasoning, and fast processing speed.

[Flower7]

Yes, of course. It’s just a game.

[shortster]

Becoming good at chess requires study.

[SnowedIn]

Absolutely

[Guy13]

Guess do.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Of course