The weird thing is that I'm quite good at puzzles like these, but I'm garbage at things like chess (well, I have a 1050 blitz rating on lichess, which isn't terrible, but it's not good either). You'd think it would carry over, but apparently it doesn't. Which makes me wonder what kind of smarts the test actually quantifies.
I think IQ in tasks like chess determine your potential or at least how fast you learn. Obviously you aren't going to figure out something like a bishop pair checkmate on the spot even with 160.
