Yaman gave me an idea for a question. Who out there is a coffee, tea, fruit juice, etc type player and do you think it helps your game any. Also, who are the beer, wine, whiskey etc players and do you feel it helps your game any. A player who i dont see anymore, Alarmimherz, lamented to me many times that he was drunk. But it was not (it seemed ) the celebratory kind of refreshment.

I drink beer . I'm sure it doe'snt help my game.
 
 
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cheers!..hic!

I have played while imbibing more than a few times. I don't know if it helps my game (likely it makes little difference), but I do have a tendency to be more experimental with openings. When I'm on coffee (usually strong), I tend to play very fast and sharp - as would be expected.
 

..I only drink when I'm losing... this is a problem..

i'm 10x sharper with a coffee or a pop. With a drink or many, as can be the case on the weekends if I play late into the night - I play well early on because there's less fear, but if you graph my performance it's pretty clear it will peak at some point and then take a nose-dive.

My friend, if one of us is drinking on those late nights....we have a lot of draws. But the fun is in the attempt to think clearly, isn't it?

thanks for all the interesting responces. The reason i asked about helping your game, and i didnt consider experimentation, was that i figured the fear factor would take a nosedive, making play verry venturesome.

well i drink my share of red wine at night while playing and I think it just makes my play sloppy.But I don't really care

three cheers, good for you, chess is made to be enjoyed

I'm with you there Yaman. Too many glasses of shiraz ruins my game. Well, thats my excuse and im sticking to it!!
And no Spud, i dont drink during the day, i always play like im smashed

I regularly 'blog'; Therefore I exist; While influencing others... Who either swear by me, or at me! {'bk'} -

....hmmmm..Try a Shiraz/Chardonnay .....made in Australia....outstanding.....:) hIC!

Australia and Chile are 2 places that make many outstanding wines that aren't talked about like France,Spain Italy,and the USA of course but which should be.

If any of you ever come down this way I'll take you on a guided tour of the Barossa Valley which is about 45 min North of here...home of Jacobs Creek and many other fine establishments.....or we could head South for about an hour and be at Maclaren Vale ..birthplace of some very impressive Reds. Although, on balance, I prefer beer [Coopers is our local brew], living where I do, you can't escape the grape!!

Spud............. Im on my way
 
Oh, no i cant. Ive got this final NOVA game to punish myself with.
Dont suppose anyone could nobble Grim for me so he cant get to his pc at 5pm UK!!!!!!!

How does one "nobble"?
 
Tknight

Perhaps some specific Alfred* comes by your car and sticks some DDynamite??

Lots of different ways......... stealing his pc would be the nicest painless nobble i can think of