does being drunk....

improve your chess? i need to know!

Most of the games that I have lost, was when I was I drunk .. So, my answer would be no ...

I wish it did!

Originally posted by chris stephens
improve your chess? i need to know!

Originally posted by moredhel
...errrrr...yes...come play me if your drunk...

Originally posted by chris stephens
your at your limit! of games i mean!

I'd say being buzzed might help. I solved a physics problem after five beers that I couldn't solve sober. My friend, who is below 1200 rating (in USA tournaments, I don't know what the acronym is...FIDE? ELO?) almost beat my other friend who is a strong 1500+ in a tournament after drinking Sparks. Sparks is a caffeine/taurine/sugar/alcohol drink, maybe with some vitamin B in there also.

Originally posted by chris stephens
improve your chess? i need to know!

Originally posted by Exy
Nope! It takes me half an hour to successfully move a bishop when I'm drunk! 🙄

Originally posted by marinakatomb
I hear a lot of drunks have the same problem with their bishops 😉

how come i see the chess board more clearly and opponents attacks when im drunk! bizarre!

Originally posted by chris stephens
how come i see the chess board more clearly and opponents attacks when im drunk! bizarre!

actually-are social skills& chess skills not inversely proportioanl? thus, your skill start to decline, but increase rapidly after 2 beers?!?

if that were true then there would be at least me a grandmaster on this site.

alas i am not.