I possess a 'shot glass' chess set, with the practice being that one drinks any opponent's piece that they may capture - the logic is that this keeps a match somewhat more even - unfortunately I have only played one game on it.
In this match the 'pawn' shot glasses were filled with wine, and the 'piece' shot glasses were filled with neat whisky with the more significant pieces warranting larger glasses. My opponenet was rated a good 200 points above me, however, I had a notably better tolerance for alcohol so therefore I employed a tactic that tried to enforce piece exchanges wherever possible hoping to get him drunk.
However, through some rather shoddy play on my behalf this led to a endgame where I had only a king and my opponenet had a king and 5 remaining pawns. He then proceeded to trap my king, queen all of his pawns, and force me to capture them - these making me consume all the whisky possible... My tactic did eventually work though, as a lightheaded blunder made by the opponent allowed me to snatch a stalemate.
Has anyone else done something like this? It's really rather fun.
Matthew
A friend of mine has this,it is fun!
This sounds great, I'm sure I'll be able to coax someone into playing sometime.
hah! I've seen those before and I've always wondered what that might be like. You got lucky in that game, mate. But I must speculate there's a new level of strategy involved. I think that part would make things more fun. Hah, sacrificing pieces for strange reasons. Very cool. And I think it takes so good ol' chess players to enjoy a game like that. I just don't think there would be too many rematches =) cheers
This isn't a suggestion, but have you ever considered filling the different pieces with different drinks? Pawns would be something mild, like light beer. Knights and bishops could be vodka and red wine respectively. Rooks are Jack Daniels, Queen is Southern Comfort, King is absinthe.
Obviously you could mix and match however you want, depending on your personal tastes. It would make the game interesting to see a guy AVOID taking a hung rook, for example, because he doesn't like what he would have to drink.
You might play oddball openings too, just to get certain pieces into play early and hope they get drank.
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