Does chess require intelligence?

Playing chess calls for intelligence, but it doesn’t mean intelligence alone. A game involves mental abilities such as solving problems, recognizing patterns, coming up with strategies, making decisions. People who are good at chess are the ones who can see patterns plan a few steps ahead size up opponents and then adjust their plans according to what they see fit. They are also required to be able to think about how many steps they can move evaluate different risks involved in each step taken at the end choose the most appropriate steps-making a move based on the number of steps that can be moved loses the game. It also entails having a good memory of previous games and being imaginative in devising new strategies read less