Who Was the Greater Genius? A Complete Comparison
A Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist and commentator
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A German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Both Garry Kasparov and Max Planck have an estimated IQ of 190, placing them among history's greatest minds.
Garry Kasparov had an estimated IQ of 190 while Max Planck had an estimated IQ of 190.
Garry Kasparov is known for: Being the top chess player from 1984 until 2005. Max Planck is known for: On the Second Principles of Mechanical Heat Theory (1879).
Yes. Both Garry Kasparov and Max Planck are universally regarded as among history's greatest intellects.