How much of alcohol is good for chess to play good.

Please share something.

As much as you must have had to write the title of this thread:)

Not to much I think...

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Alcohol's effects on the brain - Blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, impaired memory: Clearly, alcohol affects the brain. Some of these impairments are detectable after only one or two drinks and quickly resolve when drinking stops. On the other hand, a person who drinks heavily over a long period of time may have brain deficits that persist well after he or she achieves sobriety.

Sage advice, this.

A half pint is good. Just enough to take the edge off.

Any more, you will lose your edge.

Lol, I imagine playing lightning chess with alcohol :)

Of bourbon?

A half gallon of vodka & you'll play real good (within 3 hours, all to yourself). How do you think the Russians got so good?

The more alcohol my opponent has consumed, the better I seem to play.

It's like high-altitude traning, only it's high-alcohol training.

If you perfect your game while thoroughly pickled, you'll be super-human when sober.

Depends on the opening you plan on using:

English - Pint or two of Ale

Scotch - Scotch

French - Glass or two of Côtes du Rhône

And what if you are playing Alekhine's defense?

Vodka

Vodka for Alekhines Defense of course.

Hey Ace, we posted that at exactly the same time!

Just keep track on your scoresheet how much you had been drinking. At which point during the game.

Then plug the game into Houdini for analysis. When all your blunders start appearing, that's when you know you drank too much!

Yeah. When it hits like -14 or something thats when you've went too far into the half gallon.

LOL