Taking valium helps EVERYTHING!
Does taking valium help playing chess?
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Never heard of Tal using valium. Mostly I think he just drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney.
Tal was hooked on morphine for a while and who knows what else those Soviet doctors were giving him. Also benzos are usually given to to people going through alcohol withdrawl so it wouldn't surprise me if Tal took some kind of drug like valium at some point.
Benzos rule.
or the poisons we breathe in every day out in the city....
Dec 13, 2015
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No benzodiazepines kill. Valium is actually doing more harm in the long term. It's a short acting anxiety pill that doctors rarely use any more. If you suffer from anxiety I would hope that you will consult a doctor before taking any med.
Just try some pakalolo prior to startying. Your games may not improve, but you will certainly befuddle your opponents with some of your moves.
Dec 13, 2015
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Taking valium to calm your nerves while playing chess may result in you becoming addicted to the drug...i suggest that drug taking is not the way forward . look into the benefits of yoga or tai chi to help develop relaxation techniques ..sometimes a cup of tea during the game might help ..but stay away from drugs ..you don't want to become a junkie. This is good advice.
Dec 13, 2015
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Plus you can't drink alcohol with them, or it will kill you. Same with Xanax; they're all dangerous. Most people want them so they can get the high, but the rush from short acting Benzodiazepines is so short lived. People end up chasing the high with more and more pills, until they od. Benzodiazepines make you a wreck. Doctors don't even prescribe it anymore.
It's cheating, like taking cocaine to play snooker or performance enhancers in athletics !
briansladovich wrote:
It's cheating, like taking cocaine to play snooker or performance enhancers in athletics !
What about downing Red Bull to stay alert?
Darth_Algar wrote:
briansladovich wrote:
It's cheating, like taking cocaine to play snooker or performance enhancers in athletics !
What about downing Red Bull to stay alert?
'Red Bull gives you wings', so you should be OK. 
briansladovich wrote:
Darth_Algar wrote:
briansladovich wrote:
It's cheating, like taking cocaine to play snooker or performance enhancers in athletics !
What about downing Red Bull to stay alert?
'Red Bull gives you wings', so you should be OK.
It's a serious question. Wouldn't something that aids in alertness be a performance enhancer in chess? And thus, shouldn't that be considered cheating?
The problem is one certain drug could be contraproducent at some moments of the game. Dr Andarias: "amphetamins can help a tired player, or a betablockant can help a nervous one. But one same game can include situations where you must stay very calm, and others where you need your nerves at full speed. Whit a betablocker you'll be fine the first couple of hours if the position is not complicated and you can elaborate deep strategycal plans. But probably you'll get into time trouble, and when you need to make several good moves in a few minutes, it kill your reflexes and it will be bad".
"Suppose a basketball player takes a powerful stimulating drug, and he runs like a motorbike. But when making free throws he'll perform badly because he has an altered pulse just when he needs to relax".
Darth_Algar wrote:
briansladovich wrote:
Darth_Algar wrote:
briansladovich wrote:
It's cheating, like taking cocaine to play snooker or performance enhancers in athletics !
What about downing Red Bull to stay alert?
'Red Bull gives you wings', so you should be OK.
It's a serious question. Wouldn't something that aids in alertness be a performance enhancer in chess? And thus, shouldn't that be considered cheating?
My view is that the active ingredient in Red Bull is caffeine, which is not a controlled substance. Cocaine, valium etc are. So, no - that would be like saying coffee use is cheating !
Dec 14, 2015
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Or the substance makes you smash faced and you end up sloshing the pieces around and gettin belligerent when u lose. Red bull though gives me the shakes. It's a nightmare.
Yep, according to Dr Andarias caffeine could give a positive in current controls for chess players if consumed in enough quantity, although is very unlikely (a very lightweighted player drinking a lot of concentrated coffee for example).
CensoredReality wrote:
Caffeine is just as much of a drug as anything else. Its legality is irrelevant. My advice for everyone - RESEARCH EXTENSIVELY before putting any drug into your body, legal or not, prescription or not, recommended by doctor or not etc.... Don't trust or distrust things just because of their legality. Smoking weed every day will be massively better for your health than drinking coffee every day. And not all drugs are bad. You just have to be cautious and aware of the inevitable downsides that come with the ups.
It's legality is totally relevant as to whether it's use should be considered cheating or not. But, thanks for sharing your views on experimenting with drugs
I took some and man did it help my nerves