Garry Kasparov’s IQ

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What Is Garry Kasparovs IQ?\
Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the
best chess player in the world. In fact, hes
included on the list of top 30 smartest people
in the world today by the American organization,
Super Scholar. But what is Garry Kasparovs IQ?
Is he a true genius, or simply a chess playing
savant? What Is Garry Kasparov Known For?
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Kasparov was born in Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
to a Russian Jewish father and an Armenian
mother. He started to show interest for chess at
a very young age, and by the age of 22, he
defeated then-champion Anatoly Karpov to become
the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion. As
a teenager he entered and won many chess
tournaments, and he even qualified for the
Soviet Chess Championship when he was just 15
years old, making him the youngest player to
enter the championship at that level. He rose
quickly through the ranks by winning high-class
tournaments and in 1980 he qualified as a
grandmaster. Although hes known as the worlds
greatest chess player of all time, he decided to
retire from chess in 2005 to become a writer and
political activist. He is now chairman for the
Human Rights Foundation, lives in New York City,
and travels around the world. What Is Garry
Kasparovs IQ? Its clear that Garry is a chess
expert. To be so skilled at such an analytical
game, wouldnt his IQ need to be off the
charts? So, what is Garry Kasparovs IQ?
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Although many sources estimate his IQ between
180-190, he actually scored 135 on an IQ test he
did in 1987-88, according to a series of tests
designed to test his memory, abstract reasoning
and spatial ability. When it comes to Garry
Kasparovs IQ, its clear he was a very gifted
man, but he doesnt hold the record for the
highest IQ to date.
Garry Kasparov Versus The Machines In 1985,
Garry had the chance to compete against 32 of the
worlds best chess playing machines. He won all
32 games.
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Just 12 years later, he explains in his TED talk
video that he was fighting with everything he
had against just one of those 32 computers.
Eventually, he lost the match against IBM
supercomputer, Deep Blue. Although as he says in
his book Deep Thinking that he was a bit of a
sore loser, he decided that it was time to get on
with things and move forward. Kasparov
Envisions A Future With Artificial
Intelligence Kasparov says he doesnt fear
intelligent machines. In fact, he envisions a
world where we use machines to turn our dreams
into reality. How? By merging human qualities,
like reason, emotion, and imagination with the
machines powerful memory and ability to
calculate. In fact, he likes to imagine that
once machines have the ability to learn on their
own with artificial intelligence, humans and
machines will be able to create the best chess
game ever played in a concept he likes to call
advanced chess. We all consider Garry Kasparov
to be a chess guru, and he was undoubtedly one
of the smartest people alive. But who else made
it on the high IQ list and who holds the number
one spot?
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Who Was The Smartest Person Alive In 2018?
Stephen Hawking wasnt fond of the term
smartest person alive. He achieved remarkable
results in the fields of relativity and quantum
mechanics, proving that despite his disability,
he could accomplish anything he set his sights
on. Even though he was reported to have an IQ of
160 points, he never actually took an IQ test.
So, when he was asked about his IQ by the New
York Times, he replied I have no idea. People
who boast about their IQ are losers. He always
believed that the world needed many superheroes
in every sphere of life, and not just in
science. He was a truly inspiring figure.
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Who Is The Smartest Person In The World
Today? According to Super Scholar, the number
one spot on the highest IQ list is reserved for
the late theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and
author, Stephen Hawking. He was a brilliant
professor, scientist and trailblazer who did
wonderful groundbreaking work in physics and
cosmology. In March 2018, he passed at the age
of 76.
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Super Scholars list also includes names like
Edward Witten, Andrew Wiles, Ruth Lawrence, and
many more. The list also mentions Judit Polgar,
also known as the Queen of Chess, after her
remarkable wins against some of the greatest
former and current chess champions, including
Kasparov himself, who lost to her in 42
moves. What Was William James Sidis IQ? We
cant talk about the smartest people in the world
and neglect to mention William James Sidis. To
this day, he is considered by many to be the
smartest man to ever live. According to some
estimates, his IQ score was actually around 50
points higher than that of Albert Einstein. He
was born in Boston in 1898 and was a brilliant
child prodigy. He started reading at the age of
2, and had already learned multiple foreign
languages by the age of 6. When Sidis was 11, he
entered Harvard and became the youngest student
to ever enroll in the University. What made him
really stand out was the fact that compared to
other child prodigies, he was gifted with many
different abilities he was a gifted writer,
poet, and a polyglot, having learned 8
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languages by the age of 6, and created his own
language known as Vendergood. Having a high IQ
is an interesting trait to have, but its no
guarantee of success. And we should also keep in
mind that IQ tests only measure a very narrow
set of cognitive traits and abilities. What is
intelligence, anyway? Its not as easy to define
these days as it once was. In fact, some new
research suggests we actually possess nine
different types of intelligence! As Jim Kwik,
Author of Mindvalleys Superbrain Program says,
Its not how smart you are, but how you are
smart.