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But what is Garry Kasparov’s IQ? Is he a true genius, or simply a chess playing savant?
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What Is GarryKasparov’s IQ?\ Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the best chess player in the world. In fact, he’s included on the list of top 30 smartest peoplein the world today by the American organization, SuperScholar. But what isGarry Kasparov’s IQ? Is he a true genius, or simply a chess playingsavant? What Is Garry Kasparov KnownFor?
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 ChessChampion. 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 thatlevel. He rose quickly through the ranks by winning high-class tournaments and in 1980 he qualified as agrandmaster. Although he’s known as the world’s greatest chess player of all time, he decided to retire from chess in 2005 to become a writer and politicalactivist. He is now chairman for the Human Rights Foundation, lives in New York City, and travels around theworld. What Is Garry Kasparov’s IQ? It’s clear that Garry is a chess expert. To be so skilled at such an analytical game, wouldn’t his IQ need to be off the charts? So, what is Garry Kasparov’sIQ?
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 Kasparov’s IQ, it’s clear he was a very gifted man, but he doesn’t hold the record for the highest IQ to date. Garry Kasparov Versus TheMachines In 1985, Garry had the chance to compete against 32 of the world’s best chess playing machines. He won all 32games.
Just 12 years later, he explains in hisTED talk videothat he was fighting with everything he had against just one of those 32 computers. Eventually, he lost the match against IBM supercomputer, DeepBlue. Although as he says in his bookDeep Thinkingthat he was a bit of a sore loser, he decided that it was time to get on with things and moveforward. Kasparov Envisions A Future With Artificial Intelligence Kasparov says he doesn’t fear intelligent machines. In fact, he envisions a world where we use machines to turn our dreams into reality. How? By merging human qualities, likereason, emotion, and imagination with the machine’s powerful memory and ability tocalculate. 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: advancedchess. 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?
Who Was The Smartest Person AliveIn 2018? Stephen Hawking wasn’t fond of the term: “smartestperson 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 sightson. 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 arelosers.” 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.
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, StephenHawking. 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 of76.
Super Scholar’s list also includes names like: Edward Witten, Andrew Wiles, Ruth Lawrence, and manymore. 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 42moves. What Was William James Sidis’IQ? We can’t 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 everlive. According to some estimates, his IQ score was actually around 50 points higher than that of AlbertEinstein. 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 of6. When Sidis was 11, he entered Harvard and became the youngest student to ever enroll in theUniversity. 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 learned8
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 it’s 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? It’s not as easy to define these days as it oncewas. In fact, some new research suggests we actually possess nine different types ofintelligence! As Jim Kwik, Author of Mindvalley’s Superbrain Programsays, “It’s not how smart you are, but how you are smart.”
