Alcohol

[Paul McKeown]

What many of us have long suspected...

[Roger de Coverly]

It is thought alcohol hinders analytical thinking and allows 'creative' thoughts that might otherwise by stifled to take root, allowing test subjects to come up with more imaginative solutions.

Hartston once suggested that Alekhine's creative play in his 1935 match was down to being as off form as a newt.

[Alex Holowczak]

Does this mean it should be banned in chess, because it's a performance-enhancing drug?

[Paul McKeown]

Hartston once suggested that Alekhine's creative play in his 1935 match was down to being as off form as a newt.

Of course, the point was a little alcohol to overcome the inhibition of creativity, without an excess to wreak havoc on all intellectual faculties!

[Jonathan Bryant]

Hartston once suggested that Alekhine's creative play in his 1935 match was down to being as off form as a newt.

Of course, the point was a little alcohol to overcome the inhibition of creativity, without an excess to wreak havoc on all intellectual faculties!

I'd like to see somebody trying that defence at the Magistrates Court after failing a roadside breathalyser.

[Keith Arkell]

Where is the 'like' button?

[John Upham]

Here it is Keith: