Are Diet and Exercise Important for a Tournament Chess Player?
Yes. After reading that excellent article that you linked to, the answer is undoubtedly yes. At least at the elite GM level. Thanks for providing the article!
Are Diet and Exercise Important for a Tournament Chess Player?
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Sep 17, 2019
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Is Mikhail Tal still around? He was a very imaginative combination player. Loved his games!
Sep 17, 2019
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IMBacon wrote:
bonebroth wrote:
tal still smokin n boozin
And died from liver damage.
At least he avoided lung cancer!
When I was a keen tournament player I made sure I was fit and never drank a lot of coffee early in the day. I also smoked Havana cigars to concentrate the mind and put the opponent off.
Sep 17, 2019
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IMBacon wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
bonebroth wrote:
tal still smokin n boozin
And died from liver damage.
At least he avoided lung cancer!
Liver...Lung...take your pick.
Yeah, I was just reading his Wikipedia entry. It doesn't seem very clear what exactly did him in.
"On 28 June 1992, Tal died in a Moscow hospital, officially of a haemorrhage in the esophagus. But his friend and fellow Soviet grandmaster Genna Sosonko reported that "in reality, all his organs had stopped functioning."
Sep 17, 2019
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IMBacon wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
bonebroth wrote:
tal still smokin n boozin
And died from liver damage.
At least he avoided lung cancer!
Liver...Lung...take your pick.
Seems tal never played the fried liver attack.
Sep 17, 2019
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Yeah. Diet and exercise are very important. Paying close attention to both seems to help today's top grandmasters as chess tournaments and matches are a high stress activity. 
Here's an interesting article to check out if you are serious about tournament chess. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess. What is your experience and what do you think?