Originally posted by smartrrrrsHard to say. I don't make moves on here anymore. I learned that the hard way.
Do you think being stoned makes you play better or worse chess?and please dont come out with any bibical crap
I love playing OTB though and do it on a weekly basis. This is a game I played as black last week against my buddy who is rated 1700+ on here...
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. f3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ng4 12. Nd5 Bxd4 13. Nxc7 Bxe3+ 14. Kb1
Nf2 15. Nxa8 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 Bd7 17. Re1 Bh6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nc7 Bc6 20. c4 Rc8
21. Nd5 e6 22. Nc3 Bd2 23. Rd1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ke7 25. Kb2 Be8 26. Rd4 e5 27. Rd3
Rxc4 0-1
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I can't resist sharing the following interview with national master Ronald Gross, taken from Jeremy Silman's biography of Pal Benko:
SILMAN: During the many times Benko stayed with you, did you ever see him composing problems?
GROSS: He took problem composing seriously and often worked on them. However, one stands out in my mind. I call it, The Great Marijuana Problem. He had been agonizing over a specific problem for several days and just couldn't make it work. I saw that he needed to relax so I lit up a joint and told him to take a toke. He didn't really know what it was and sort of freaked out when it hit him. I managed to calm him down, though, and soon he became very intense and turned his attention to the problem. He stayed up all night and managed to finish it. It turned out to be one of his most successful helpmate problems, and players such as Botvinnik, Keres and Geller were not able to solve it. Perhaps it can only be solved if you're stoned.
Let me add that I have personally never smoked marijuana and have no real opinion on the matter. I do know from experience that alcohol has a definite negative impact on my chess playing. On the other hand, a friend of mine claims that marijuana helps his chess, but that could be the loss of short-term memory talking.
Originally posted by castlerookI do know that I got blasted the other day and was able to easily beat Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting on my first quarter. Zangief's my man.
I can't resist sharing the following interview with national master Ronald Gross, taken from Jeremy Silman's biography of Pal Benko:
SILMAN: During the many times Benko stayed with you, did you ever see him composing problems?
GROSS: He took problem composing seriously and often worked on them. However, one stands out in my mind. I call it, The Gr ms that marijuana helps his chess, but that could be the loss of short-term memory talking.
Weed does allow one to stare at one thing and think about it for a long time. I can see it being good for analyzing a position. You're less likely to get frustrated while looking at it.
Originally posted by highflier934Not only that, but it was the first quarter, and the joystick was a bit bent making it hard to jump forward or duck and crouch. I walked into that donut shop with 9 quarters. I thought that would keep me going for a while. I ended up doing so much better than usual that I spent $1.50 on a soda. I had been practicing though.
Wow. One quarter, eh? That's impressive.
Of course once I won the game, my other two quarters (Ryu and E. Honda) were gone in no time. Not sure if that's overconfidence, lack of being as stoned, lack of familiarity with the characters, or what.