The contrapositive question might be something like; ‘ Can expert chess play prove a person isn’t stupid?’ What about chess engines? They have no intelligence- only lines of programming code, and play expertly. Can a human emulate a chess engine and play expertly though comparatively stupid?
One might require rigorous scientific method and experimental controls in order to investigate the OP. One must locate several FMs that are stupid, or prove that being an expert chess players is stupid (in comparison to inventing a faster than light travel method to get one to a new star system with lots of verdant planets).
I am not certain of what an expert chess player is either. Maybe it is blindfold chess? I wonder if Einstein played blindfold chess? He did beat Robert Oppenheimer in a game, and each were smart guys, yet perhaps neither actually did play blindfolded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=1XM9gHWAvX0
Stupidity is a fairly subjective term. Some smart people act stupid now and then, making wrong or less than optimal choices. Maybe chess should be used as a political test to determine if the U.S. Congress or Senate people are stupid and can’t balance the budget. Just give them a chessboard and see what kind of openings, middle and end games they play; is it expert? Chess is a fairly plain material game that is good for anyone’s brain. The earlier one starts and the more they study and play the better they get.
Stupidity is a fairly subjective term. Some smart people act stupid now and then, making wrong or less than optimal choices. Maybe chess should be used as a political test to determine if the U.S. Congress or Senate people are stupid and can’t balance the budget. Just give them a chessboard and see what kind of openings, middle and end games they play; is it expert? Chess is a fairly plain material game that is good for anyone’s brain. The earlier one starts and the more they study and play the better they get.
I don’t believe chimps could learn to play chess, yet except for the developmentally disabled or challenged with very low I.Q. most humans can learn to play chess at least at a club level- 1300 or 1400–1800 rating- given enough time.
Many adults don’t want to put that much time into it for good reasons involving opportunity cost (they could be doing something else). Chess is a good cheap way to exercise the brain. Lots of chess instruction videos at youtube.
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