Playing Chess High

I know that this seems like an innapropriate, abusrd topic for this website, but I'd like to know other people's opinions on the subject. 

I find that while I'm obviously a more stupid person stoned, I can play at the same level while stoned. I usually need to play longer games, because I tend to have more trouble doing any type of deep thinking, but I tend to see good moves more often, and threats from my opponent more. I win about as often while stoned or not stoned....

First, a few things. Many in my family are scientists, or drug policy activists, so I have learned about the science of Marijuana. That being said, while marijuana has been shown to physically alter the brain at any age, it has not been proven to have any negative performance effects long term. It's worth noting that short-term, especially before age 25, it reduces memory performance.

Please, don't make this post anything other than playing chess high. Obviously, I can't stop you, but if you'd like to talk about that start another post.

I would assume that a moderate dose of weed does not much affect play except, perhaps, blitz. Try alcohol instead in the tradition of Blackburne.

Are you an excessive marijuana user?

Alcohol and chess...

DON'T EVEN MENTION IT! 

I did mean a moderate amount of alcohol.

Alcohol and chess, a new generation of OP!

the crack is mighty.

Masturbating your braincells with a drug induced serotonin deluge while playing chess is like sucking your own psychic blood and twiddling your thumbs while contemplating your navel. What's the point? 

Aren't there more direct ways of proving to yourself that you're fanaticallly avoiding doing any of the important work in the world that so desperately needs to be done, with your precious fleeting life, while you still have the opportunity to?

For me It all comes down to focus, sometimes weed/alcohol can bring me to a more focused state when I consume the right amount. But more importantly for me, as a beginner, it can help me in wanting to play for hours at a time.

Dalai Lama on Pot and Alcohol:

"Otherwise if it’s (marijuana) just an issue of somebody (using the drug to have) a crazy mind, that’s not good," - Dalai Lama

http://time.com/8648/dalai-lama-tibet-facebook-pot-pope/

You support the use of medical marijuana. Have you ever smoked pot?
No. Never. These kinds of substances are generally considered poison, very bad. But for particular illnesses, this is sometimes deliberately used. So that’s up to the doctor, or up to scientists. The ability to judge reality is something very unique. Our brain is something very special. So if that is damaged, that’s awful. So alcohol and drugs are very bad.

I've stepped into mates-in-one sober, so you may as well drink.

Marijuana is pretty good to play chess on. White wine is pretty good too, same with red bull and vodka. With gin it starts to get touchy. Coffee and brandy is okay. Coffee and Baileys is better. Red wine doesn't work well. I don't think I've played chess on rum or tequila:)

The problem with pot is that whatever spiritual gain you think you get is illusory.  It is distorted by the impact of the drug on the brain's biology in the first place, it's fleeting. When you come down you're worse off than before you started and whether it takes days, weeks or months, you always come down and are more contracted. Since it was an artificially propped up expansion and had nothing to do with meditation, self-discipline or strengthening of the consciousness, it is worthless and makes you lazy minded as well, and more inclined to want to escape again. It's like a record with a scratch in it. When you get back to that modality in subsequent cycles, you tend to fall into the same crack.

I play my best chess on Pepsi cola and I can see vampires if I combine it with nougat.

Love is the drug I'm thinking of

its way more fun and interesting compared to drunk or even sober :D in some cases even when one just looking at starting position and gets aborted game or bein crushed completely :DD and with right amount u can put ur all concentration and have fantastic games if ur in a mood for chess :) just my oppinion. drunk i cannot play any decent moves :( and im almost always drunk...

u can think of long term plans, and sometimes really deep and amazing plans (im talking bout blitz) when drunk i just play for one-two move tactics, still missing counter moves and failing...

fascinating.

I play better stoned than sober. Helps me focus. The trick is to stop playing before you start to come down😁