Does learning Russian make you better in chess?

It may be that drinking lots and lots of Vodka would help if Russian blood transfusions would be prohibitive.

You just need to go to school in Russia for a while. Then you'll know all those things "every Russian schoolboy knows..."

(Edit: I read a funny story by a Dutch pro runner who was in Kenya for training; when waiting in a long line to get some money from an ATM, he had the feeling he probably had the slowest personal best on the half marathon of all the people in the line. I was constantly reminded of that when I played as a tourist in the bottom group of the Aeroflot Open some years back. Even the arbiters glared at me to make me know I didn't belong in their nice tournament after I managed to lose a completely drawn rook ending...)

And h becomes kh-"have" becomes "khave"

 Beast?? that's a bit harsh.

Actually russians speak really lousy english :P I've been to Russia 3 times and I was amased when 15 year old boys tried to count to 10 on fingers in english :P

But gosh, the people in Russia <3<3<3

perhaps reading russian book interpreted in english than learning russian is more preferable, takes time to studya different language.

russians method, treatment and superior training especially books of dvoretsky is the finest in the world.yes reading a book of dvoretsky have improve  and change my style  of chess i am begginning to love complications. and love hard analysis  on chess.

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Hey!!! What do you think of the card idea? it is not new, but it is very useful when used correctly and learning a new language. The main thing is not to get confused in the names later)). I myself took a course from the Russian school https://golearnrussian.com/ and for the correct understanding of new words, we were also advised to resort to various techniques in memorizing and using new words, sounds, phrases. In fact, in this case, it is to immerse yourself in an atmosphere where you simply cannot do without the Russian language, there must be constant practice, including speaking

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As a person that used to speak english with an accent, this is entirely accurate

You don't. You carry on until you've lost all your men.

it also distracts your opponents