I take ADD pills before i play and when they fade i drink energy drinks and inbetween matches i smoke cigs. I use Caffine and Tabacco to aid my play. As far as i know it is perfectly legal... how is that any different then anything he could have done. If he fails the test cause he snorts coke so what? That's his personal life!
Anyone who has studied psychology will remember the encoding specifity principle. Basically what you learn, where you learn it, when you learn it your emotions that you had when learning material and also are all tied into memory. Any substance that alters the bodies state can help remember things such as nicotine, narcotics, cafine and other substances as well. So to your smoking thing, take that! Then again caffine may not help you in a game if you cant sit still for long periods of time. Even chewing gum can help if you study when chewing gum. It will be to anyones benefit to do the same things they were doing when they studied as when they play.
Heres a sight that gives a a good example. http://changingminds.org/explanations/memory/encoding_specificity.htm
Originally posted by AttilaTheHornI've found that a glass or two will help me get out of an online blitz losing streak, but the third glass is another matter.
I have investigated extensively the benefits of playing chess while consuming scotch and my research leads me to conclude that it is of no help at all.
Originally posted by AttilaTheHornAu contraire, Attila. Two years ago I was on chess / jack daniels party. I was convinced that I was the best chessist there but I played shy and passive. So I didn't score very well. After I drank quater of a bottle in one shot I became more agressive, tempo gaining, I didn't even want to spend my tempos on slow things like castling the king.
I have investigated extensively the benefits of playing chess while consuming scotch and my research leads me to conclude that it is of no help at all.
I started to talk loud mouth and I was killing them with forks and checkmates, one after another, while trash talking; "What yer gonna do with that lousy queen ?", "My lady with escort that pawn so there will be to ladies against your poor one", "1. d4 ?, Faggot".
Maybe it was coincidence, though.
I experimented with chess and a large amount of hallucinogens one ill-advised day in my youth, and I won every game I played that day. And I played dozens.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson