Do you listen to music while playing chess

(LOL - good one!)

Hey! Has anyone started a group here called, "The Check Republic" yet?

In college I played in the campus game room. The juke box would be blaring Hotel California or something like that. The thing is both me and my opponent were equally distracted by the music so it was fair in a certain way. I tend to be able to shut out most distractions. However, if I have a choice for playing chess it is quiet.

john mccusker is great for listening to while playing chess

I used to listen to music during games. Then my GM teacher said, regarding listening to music during games, something like this.

"I don't know if it hurts or not, or even helps you play better. But let's put it this way. I know a lot of strong players, and NONE of them listen to music while playing."

I love listening to music while playing chess. Mozart is my favorite for this purpose. There is something "chess-y" about his music. Bach and Vivaldi I also find good for this purpose. The romantic composers not so much: listening to them I tend to sacrifice too many of my pieces in wild attacks.

Nyuk nyuk! Good idea. You start it, I'll join it. It should have some kind of motto like "We check until mate" or something. BTW I'm 1/4 Czech (Grandpa Swetnika was from Prague) and really do enjoy those composers, especially Dvorak (my great-grandmother's name- am I related to Antonin?)

Sigmoid_Flexure wrote:

"Nyuk nyuk! Good idea. You start it, I'll join it. It should have some kind of motto like "We check until mate" or something. BTW I'm 1/4 Czech (Grandpa Swetnika was from Prague) and really do enjoy those composers, especially Dvorak (my great-grandmother's name- am I related to Antonin?)"

No Czech anscestry here, but my maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Jones, a Welshman, wrote a famous march called, "The American Soldier." It's still part of the repertoire of the US Military Academy Band @ West Point.

PS: I'm sure it would be fun to have a group called 'The Check Republic' here, but I'm not the guy to lead it. I spend too much time here as it is, lol.

rap music, the tempo is perfectly suited; like rza says "there are many connections between hip hop and chess.. and kung fu"

Either the Grosse Fugue,

or Superflat Monogram,

or just whatever Touhou arrange comes up on the playlist.

I sometimes go into the next room and improvise on the piano for a while, if it's a long and hard analysis.

Sure.  I'm watching a film now, doesn't mean I'll stop playing.  It's not like it matters or anything.

Lately I've been listening to Funkadelic, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Jimi Hendrix, various blues artists and Frank Zappa.

Truly. I'm listening to Etta James today, with a dash of Sigur Ros

+1!

Mozart's Requiem?

lol!

Ewwwwwww

Oh, you mean like sounds of slavery?

This is really uncalled for. Slavery existed long before Christians had anything to do with it, it existed before Christianity even existed. Slavery still exists today and I dont believe Christians are involved in it ...... so, who is ?  

We're looking at you LisaV

That's a great line, Reb And I'm sure somebody called for my post...I'm thinking of the little people