Originally posted by AttilaTheHorn
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.
Au 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 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.