This led to a semi-spirited discussion of what drugs a chessplayer would take to improve his/her performance. Personally, I just try to mainline caffeine before and during chess games, but it should be noted that I also need to mainline caffeine when attempting such tasks as reading, driving to work, or putting on my shoes.
A couple of people suggested that LSD would improve a player's chess game. Take it from me- LSD does not, not even a little bit, improve your chess game. But in the FARK thread, a user named semiotix posted this:
CHESS PLAYER ON LSD: An Internal Monologue in One Act, by Semiotix
17. ...Be6
18. Bxb6 Bxc4+
19. Kg1 Ne2+
20. Kf1 Nxd4+ etc.
Okay, let's do that.
Excuse me?
Wha...?!
I said, excuse me? Did you just say "17. ...Be6
18. Bxb6"?
Um... yeah?
Well, who the fark is on b6?
I, um... are you talking to me?
WHO the FARK is on b6?!
Uh... you?
That's right. And am I being sacrificed for the other queen?
No.
And will this force an endgame? Mate in 2, mate in 3?
Well, not exactly, but, uh...
But what, motherfarker?
Well, I thought it would be cool to, like, press my attack with that bishop. It'd be... uh... positional, like.
Po-si-tion-al. biatch, you so farked up you can taste colors and you're about to let me get farked by that white bishop just so you can control the b-file? Fischer please.
Oh. Yeah, I guess I am kinda messed up right now.
Thinking you see mate twenty moves off by giving up your QUEEN for fifty cents and motherfarking green stamps? Yeah, biatch, maybe you're just a little messed up right at this precise moment.
Sorry.
Ain't no thing. Now go move that raggedy-ass rook up there in the corner. He's been sitting on his fat ass this whole game.
Okay. Sure, I'll... yeah.
Oh, and Bobby?
Yes?
This isn't going to make much sense right now, but remember: when the planes hit the World Trade Center forty-five years from now, it's all part of a Jewish conspiracy. Be sure you've got a Singaporean radio show by then so you can tell everyone.
Thanks, magical talking chess piece! I'll remember that!
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