I’m pretty sure intelligence in chess does not transfer to other domains. This is someone who wasted years of their life to become a really great board game player. An accomplishment in the world of boardgames for sure, but with no actual consequence.

As for as the Wagner group, like Ukraine they are going to be crushed. I simply don’t believe anything I’m hearing in the media anymore. It’s propaganda and the reality is Ukraine will lose. They don’t even have a chance and never did. They shouldn’t have given up their nuclear arsenal - in fact they were explicitly warned not to in writing because Russia would invade, but ignored that and pandered to pacifists. Then they failed to join NATO. This whole affair was an inevitable consequence of their strategic mistakes.

Although, it was helpful of them to test all of NATO’s weapons against Russia. Useful intel there