How come Slavs are so good at chess? Some of the strongest players ever, such as Karpov, Kasparov, Botvinnik and Spaskki all came from Russia. Even today, 11 of the world's top 20 chess players are from Slavic countries.
They're high IQ Jews, or genetic Jews whose families passed as/became Christian at some point.
Lincoln Martin
Because Russians switched to Tri D chess a long time ago
Robert Gonzalez
>Kasparov >not (((Garik Kimovich Weinstein)))
>(((Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik)))
Noah Diaz
The Soviets had a state subsidized chess program, which picked out talent from a young age and trained them to become professional players. There's not much money to be made from chess unless you're a top 5 player, so in the West it's not a good career choice. Today there are far fewer top players from the former Soviet Union, besides some of the old brass who grew up in the waning days of Soviet chess, like Kramnik and Ivanchuk. The top 10 players now include jist 3 players from former Soviet countries.
Jordan Clark
They've been jewed so many times. They're evolving.
David Perez
Slavs are the master race my germano/celtic genes can NEVER compete
Austin Allen
Chess is the Dota2 of ancient times. t.Slav.
Ryan Jackson
government funding
Colton Martinez
it is said that to be good at chess, you need a sadistic mind. most russian/slav/all that shit are just brutal motherfuckers. not surprised at all why they are at the top.
Caleb Campbell
>kasparov >slav
Isaiah Evans
Kasparov is not Russian/Slavic
Matthew Powell
>mate in 3, mofo >cyka blyat
Nolan Sullivan
jews are good at chess and happened to live in russia. half of wcc's are jews. as for why russia has so many chess players, it's too fucking cold outside so the slavs sit inside all day playing a game.
Elijah Rogers
Medžuslovjanski jest język, ktory Slovjani iz råznyh narodov koristajųt, že by komunikovali medžu sobojų. To jest možno, ibo slovjanske języki sųt shodna i srodna grupa. Znanje jednogo języka obyčno jest dostatočno, že by imělo sę priblizno pojmanje, o čem jest tekst na kakom-nebųď drugom slovjanskom języku. Črěz věki, Slovjani sųt naučili dogovarjati sę s svojimi sųsědami posrědstvom prostyh, improvizovanyh narěčij. Jednočasno, medžusobna shodnosť vsěh slovjanskih językov jest nadyhala językoznavcev i drugih k tvorjenju generičnogo slovjanskogo języka, råzumlivogo vsěm Slovjanam. Srěd nih nahodęt sę slavny starocŕkovnoslovjanski język iz 9. stolětja, kako i mnoge ine projekty, publikovane od 16. stolětja do dneś pod imenami kako «vseslovjanski», «medžuslovjanski», «novoslovjanski», «obćeslovjanski» ili prosto «slovjanski», vse osnovane na těhže prědpoloženjah, čto čini ih blizko identičnymi.
Jason Edwards
They're jews, mate.
Gavin Peterson
Meджycлoвјaнcки јecт јeзык, ктopы Cлoвјaни из paзных нapoдoв кopиcтaјyт, жe бы кoмyникoвaли мeджy coбoјy. To јecт мoжнo, ибo cлoвјaнcкe јeзыки cyт cхoднa и cpoднa гpyпa. Знaнјe јeднoгo јeзыкa oбычнo јecт дocтaтoчнo, жe бы имeлo ce пpиблизнo пoјмaнјe, o чeм јecт тeкcт нa кaкoм-нeбyдь дpyгoм cлoвјaнcкoм јeзыкy. Чpeз вeки, Cлoвјaни cyт нayчили дoгoвapьaти ce c cвoјими cyceдaми пocpeдcтвoм пpocтых, импpoвизoвaных нapeчиј. Jeднoчacнo, мeджycoбнa cхoднocть вceх cлoвјaнcких јeзыкoв јecт нaдыхaлa јeзыкoзнaвцeв и дpyгих к твopјeнјy гeнepичнoгo cлoвјaнcкoгo јeзыкa, paзyмливoгo вceм Cлoвјaнaм. Cpeд них нaхoдeт ce cлaвны cтapoцpкoвнocлoвјaнcки јeзык из 9. cтoлeтјa, кaкo и мнoгe инe пpoјeкты, пyбликoвaнe oд 16. cтoлeтјa дo днec пoд имeнaми кaкo «вcecлoвјaнcки», «мeджycлoвјaнcки», «нoвocлoвјaнcки», «oбчecлoвјaнcки» или пpocтo «cлoвјaнcки», вce ocнoвaнe нa тeхжe пpeдпoлoжeнјaх, чтo чини их близкo идeнтичными.
the soviets made a cult out of sports and the most highly supported was chess, like every class had some boys who attended chess clubs
Blake Price
nice, i didnt know such a project existed
Charles Clark
The simple rules are easy for their minds to grasp.
Nolan Bailey
Holly crap. It's working!
Dominic Evans
it's an old experiment and I'm sure you have all experienced improvised communication when visiting foreign slavlands, they get 50% of what you're saying, you get 50% of what they're saying, bam you're at 100%
Matthew Bell
Alter the october revolution chess were used as a part of social experiment
After gaining power, Bolsheviks stood against the challenge of educating the population for the favour of Marxism - the economical and political theory fundamenal for existence of USSR. Popularisation of chess had to inculate in crowd a basics of rational thinking and weaking the influence of orthodox church, winch is considered as enemy of comunism.
Lenin was a fervent chess player. The further spreading was helped by Nikolai Krylenko, a War Commisar in first soviet goverment. Soon in whole state, in factories and schools the chess clubs begin to live. Young, promising and gifted players gained the conditions to intense training process. Ambitious plan of Krylenko's gave the magnificient succes. In 1936 Unions Championship provided 700.000 participants. At the beginning of 70' there were 4.000.000 of chess players registered.
Ethan Cruz
>dota 2
kill yourself
Jose Sanchez
they have nothing else to do
Kevin Long
Cтpaннo, нo я вce пoнял. Гдe я мoгy пpoчecть oб этoм пpoeктe и yзнaть бoльшe?
This. Alehkin probably is the only purely Russian, and Karpov mostly Russian with some jewish blood
Real question is why Fins are usually asking about that. When I was in Finland I heard that question couple, one time from a drunk girl in Kuopio bar, once she learned I am Russian. Though usually people would open dialogue with another stereotype about Russians which is vodka. Probably, to start with 'chess' stereotype is ingratiatingly rather than with vodka one.
On original question answer is yes, chess is jewish game and they have higher IQ. Many are Russian\Soviet Jews, that's because of popularity of the game in Soviet Union.
Ayden Nguyen
The emergence of champions from a movement that powerful was natural conseqence. First huge internarional victory was made by Michail Botwinnik, who won the famous championship of Nottingham in 1936. On the pages of "Pravda" Botwinnik gave a dedication for Stalin, "a beloved teacher and leader", for giving him an inspiration and efficient game - at USSR chess and politics walked hand with hand.
In 1948 to 1972 every champion of world was a Soviet Union player. Every next successes were based on previous. Botwinnik erected the chess school based on his metodical and scientific approach to game, to winch amongst others Kasparow and Karpow attended.
Lucas Brown
speaking of chess, RIP Vesna Rožič fucking cancer took her at 16, her rating was 2260
Ryder Watson
Guy just bring an interslavic language project which can be easily understandable by every slavic nation. Holy shit, its awesome. Like esperanto.
Chase Campbell
basically an amalgamation of Slavic language characteristics that is intelligible to all in content, syntax and grammar
Gavin Cook
Also, determining a chess move is an algorithm. The right thought process has to be worked through EVERY time, providing there is time. That takes a certain type of character, which suits Russians. You'll never see many chess champions from hot blooded people.
Jason Stewart
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Leo Stewart
sounds good i wish latin languages were mutually intelligible like that in my experience only italian / spanish /portuguese works this way
Cameron Nelson
what is interlingua >Interlingua se ha distachate ab le movimento pro le disveloppamento e le introduction de un lingua universal pro tote le humanitate. Si o non on crede que un lingua pro tote le humanitate es possibile, si o non on crede que interlingua va devenir un tal lingua es totalmente indifferente ab le puncto de vista de interlingua mesme. Le sol facto que importa (ab le puncto de vista de interlingua mesme) es que interlingua, gratias a su ambition de reflecter le homogeneitate cultural e ergo linguistic del occidente, es capace de render servicios tangibile a iste precise momento del historia del mundo. Il es per su contributiones actual e non per le promissas de su adherentes que interlingua vole esser judicate.
Logan Baker
Because Russians don't have much money and chess is a cheap, unending game.
Camden Russell
French was heavily muddled by Germanic influences, and Romanian by Slavic influences, unfortunately.
Apparently Scandinavian languages have the same phenomenon, and I imagine continental Germanic languages would to.
I'll also claim to have held a proper conversation speaking English with an exchange student speaking German, but the caveat is that the were both very, very drunk.
Camden Foster
i was a national chess champion when i was 10 and i remember her, rip
Liam Richardson
bretty intelligible/10
Thomas Gutierrez
Russians have impeccable technique in just about everything except warfare and engineering: physics/math, music, painting
Elijah Walker
>only 1000 elo
How do I get better, gentlemen?
Ryan Morgan
the fat smug kid always makes me laugh
Christian Clark
PAUL MORPHY WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. DIXIELAND FOREVER!
Eli Adams
What helped me improve at 1000 was playing 15-20 minutes per side and focusing on really using all of my time.
Dylan Hughes
Kurva to je neaka magia, alebo co?!
TEACH ME OH LORD!
Jason Butler
That probably would help a lot. I immediately catch myself making really stupid moves all the time. I don't know why but I'm always rushing things.
First time I entered a tournament (I had played for years online) I used every minute of my G90 + 30 time control (which is 90 minutes per side, and 30 seconds per move). Drew a 2100 player as an unrated tournament scrub and he was upset, lol.
Michael Turner
Also do a lot of tactics problems. Tactics are the most important thing to learn until you're ~~2000
Samuel Baker
>Znanje jednogo języka obyčno jest dostatočno There's so many words that go again through the languages so I'm not really surprised this text thing "works".
Evan King
Being good in chess means you are good in chess. And pretty much that's it. Look at Kasparov, he is complete idiot.
Nolan Hughes
it means you have good memory and organising skills
Cameron Clark
It is because the smartest slavs play chess and do nothing else. In most other countries, the smartest become lawyers, engineers, doctors, and scientists. In Russia, their best play chess. Which is why their country full of stupid people is good at nothing but chess.
Extremely high IQ (135++) in about 10% of the ethnic Russian population (and to be fair some Jews as well). We prop up the other 90% of knuckle dragger across this country that lower our average to around 97. Still higher than Ireland though.
Fuck Ireland (92. IQ)
Andrew Howard
Scandinavian depends on amount of potato in your mouth >speak Norwegian with a potato in your mouth - you're speaking Swedish >speak Swedish with a potato in your mouth - you're speaking Danish >speak Danish with a potato in your mouth - you're speaking Dutch
And you lost about 8 more pieces than you needed to. That should have been a cakewalk.
Austin Davis
Chess has almost nothing to do with intellect. It's all just memory, analyctic thinking and experience. They're not thinking intelligent thoughts when they're deciding moves, they are just thinking a fuckton of thoughts. That's a big difference.
Daniel Carter
Just figured out Kasparov is not slavic but khazar. Garik Kimovich Weinstein