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Curtis Yarvin writes:
> cj@sgi.com writes:
>>In REC.GAMES.CHESS Jay Whitley writes:
> >|I've read allegations about drugs in chess (allegations about
> >|Karpov in K-K World Championship, etc.)  Should drug use be
> >|banned from chess play as it is in athletic events? Should there
> >|be drug testing?  
> >
> >Curtis?  Chess on ergot derivatives?  Go I know about.
> 
> It wouldn't work.
> 
> Chess is to go, as weightlifting is to fencing.  It's a sport of
> brute mental strength.  It's bestial.  There's hardly any skill
> involved; the only requirement is the ability to read out and
> prune immense numbers of board permutations.  The effort of
> this is so great that it dwarfs strategic judgment.
> 
> The only drug for chess is amphetamine.  Crude.  Very crude.

	Au contraire, mon frere.  Having practiced all four
of the diversions you mention above, two of them (Fencing and
Chess) at the competitive level, I assure you that (1) there is
a valid psychological dimension to chess when playing a human
opponent, and (2) there are chemicals that affect performance
in this area other than amphetamines.  For example, I can vouch
for the salubrious effects of champagne on chess playing skill.
	Especially when you have a higher alcohol tolerance than
your opponent.

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