Yep. Tal was a drunk man all the time but yet he played amazing chess.
Playing drunk on FICS is one of my hobbies
But luckily I am rarely drunken
But luckily I am rarely drunken
Once and for all: Alcohol destroys the body, which includes the mind.
Tal would have been much better without the drink!
Tal would have been much better without the drink!
"Definitetly, I woudn't be this good at chess if it wasn't for alcohol. "
Mijhail Tal
Mijhail Tal
He was probably drunk when he said that!
Romanticism is nice; the Romantic alcoholic who manages to be a successful artist is not an uncommon case, but to excel in a game which is empirically more scientific than artistic with intoxication is an admirable and special case indeed.
By all means, if you find joy there, then do it! But don't expect to ever reach Tal. I certainly don't ;)
By all means, if you find joy there, then do it! But don't expect to ever reach Tal. I certainly don't ;)
- Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
- Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V(Oh, that Santragian seawater! Oh, those Santragian fish!)
- Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
- Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in honor of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
- Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heavy odors of the dark Qalactin Zones, subtle, sweet, and mystic.
- Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
- Sprinkle Zamphuor.
- Add an olive.
- Drink... but... very carefully...
- Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V(Oh, that Santragian seawater! Oh, those Santragian fish!)
- Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
- Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in honor of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
- Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heavy odors of the dark Qalactin Zones, subtle, sweet, and mystic.
- Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
- Sprinkle Zamphuor.
- Add an olive.
- Drink... but... very carefully...
You can buy it at the store. Yes, I've tried it. Interesting, but I learned more from other dissociatives: Salvia Divinorum (Salvinorin A) is a life-changer. DXM (Dextromethorphan) and Ketamine are space travel-- Empty and cold, they are missing the psychedelia of Salvia.
Still have yet to locate MXE (Methoxetamine) as I'm wary of online vendors that I don't trust.
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