As a fan of TOS, I read this while going "but Kirk can't be that dumb! Spock plays chess with him!" I mean, really, of all the characters to pick.

I'm also interested by how much SGA fandom seems to have avoided this -- the fact that John is smart enough to be a member of MENSA is a big deal in fanon. On the other hand, I think I've seen a fair bit of this with Jack O'Neill when he's paired up with Daniel. Sam is probably too socially competent to invite the same Flanderizing.