tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post8827457296329427861..comments2024-01-29T10:45:34.227-08:00Comments on Robert Pearson's Chess Blog: "Secrets of a Grandpatzer" (Part 3)Robert Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-83803089203895034132007-12-24T08:07:00.000-08:002007-12-24T08:07:00.000-08:00...I have found it useful to be slightly swacked a...<I>...I have found it useful to be slightly swacked at the start of a game...</I><BR/><BR/>I now have to find a chessy shot glass take to my first tournament, even if I wuss out and use a really dark tea to try to drop my opponent's guard :Pgorckathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133042147776200704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-41579830582306720962007-12-22T01:42:00.000-08:002007-12-22T01:42:00.000-08:00Wonderful stuff indeed. The comic-tragic -- and qu...Wonderful stuff indeed. The comic-tragic -- and quite philosophical, in a way -- "stop his clock"-anecdote will stay with me the rest of my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-50348110412767307722007-12-21T03:05:00.000-08:002007-12-21T03:05:00.000-08:00Some booked-up teenagers are the best examples of ...<I>Some booked-up teenagers are the best examples of contempt-in-action...The way to get an edge on them is to increase their conceit and disdain for you by acting as bumbling as possible.</I><BR/><BR/>I must admit I have been guilty of losing concentration against bumbling patzers on more than one occasion. See <A HREF="http://drunknknite.blogspot.com/2007/11/rough-day.html" REL="nofollow">thisdrunknknitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677566022482837548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-81484320617751510522007-12-21T01:20:00.000-08:002007-12-21T01:20:00.000-08:00I've really enjoyed this series. Thanks.I once, a...I've really enjoyed this series. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I once, a long time ago, did a series of experiments playing against my computer sober, with one drink (beer) and with two and kept track of my estimated performance ratings. Not scientific exactly, but I was willing to make the sacrifice anyway.<BR/><BR/>For me, one beer degraded the performance about (if I recall correctly) about 100 pts and Glenn Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098720545929557126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716553.post-58098813700139669692007-12-20T14:59:00.000-08:002007-12-20T14:59:00.000-08:00Great stuff. THanks for the summaries. Playing wit...Great stuff. THanks for the summaries. <BR/><BR/>Playing with a few stiff shots of Jack Daniels in me...hmmmm....hey, the doctor ordered!Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.com