[wintertime]

My father loved chess. I simply didn't have the patience for it. It the time it took to play a game, I could sew up a new dress or blouse on the sewing machine.

It is interesting,...on the sections of IQ tests requiring spacial relationships, ( those questions with the blocks stacked in odd way,) i scored in the highest ninety percentiles. I believe I did so well because of massive amount of practice I had reading sewing patterns and constructing clothing.

[Sherman Logan]

Here’s the odd thing about IQ scores. They measure capabilities, not skills. Or at least that’s the theory.

So it’s at least as likely you enjoyed sewing and were good at it because you had the spacial reasoning capabilities needed.

The whole idea behind the abilities measured by IQ tests is that you can’t improve your score by practicing.

I am agnostic as to whether these theories are entirely accurate.

[Sherman Logan]

It also seems to me that great skill with chess has characteristics in common with autism. And men are found on the autism spectrum at a rate at least 4x that of women.