Orange Juice
Let's not forget Carlsen's famous orange juice, he is a follower of Botvinnik in that aspect
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I do try to continue the tradition and drink orange juice if I remember that before starting a game and get a bottle or two, but if not, I drink tons of water.
chocolate isn't a drink! lol
1 part white rum
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part Gin
this is known as Rocket Fuel, sure is guarantee to start the start day !
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My pleasure, platolag
1 part white rum
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part Gin
this is known as Rocket Fuel, sure is guarantee to start the start day !
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Hey, let's not encourage youngsters towards harmful habits...
(A bad, bad Vladimir Kramnik)
1 part white rum
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part Gin
this is known as Rocket Fuel, sure is guarantee to start the start day !
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What, is this a kind of "the kids are in bed now", post? And, I refuse to drink that
I drink whatever's handy. But scotch neat (if I have the choice).
Glenlevit 20 yr?
tonydal, if you come to my bar, that's what you're drinking, on me! Just check with the NSA where my bar is
Thanks very much, sharon!
I drink whatever's handy. But scotch neat (if I have the choice).
Glenlevit 20 yr?
Sorry to be pedantic Tryst, but that should be "Glenlivet".
I am a big coke drinker myself and need badly to break the habit. Sometimes I will have a beer or two during an important game but never consume alcohol at the board during a game. I really like good orange juice a lot but find it hard to find oj that is "good" everywhere I go and with coke at least its the same no matter where I am, so I often default to coke in chess tournaments.
National Master Reb, if fresh-squeezed orange juice is offered to me, I never turn it down, but it is expensive.
Sorry about any past or future spelling errors, kenneth67
I'm a heavy coke drinker myself....without caffeine I can't think...
naturally I prefer Dew over coke but unfortunately we don't have it here in Greece.
COFFEE,coffee,LOTS of coffee ! Yazoor,yazoor,yazoor.
I've just realized I don't drink very often during chess games. I may have to rethink that. Just the occasional glass of water if there happen to be pitchers of it in the tournament hall...
Water? What's that?
Look, I know that everyone drinks, so hiding it is absurd. But what do you drink when you play 'THE GAME OF ZEUS'? I like a nice, short bloody mary if I am playing afternoon chess. In the evening, perhaps a nice glass of New Zealand Pinot Noir. But in the morning, I'm with these guys. A perfect brew of espresso. What do you drink, when playing the game of the gods?
Jan Timann with his favorite drink
Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, having the effect of temporary restoring alertness and increasing concentration. It also increases the capacity for physical labor, the endurance, and even the brain activity. The precise amount of caffeine necessary to produce the desired effect varies from person to person and in moderate quantities has positive effects on our everyday life.
Not surprisingly, caffeine is abundant in chess competitions. The 7 hours exhausting classical games or the blitz concentration-requiring tournaments make caffeine the perfect legal doping for chess players. There are several sources of caffeine that the Chessdom team has detected at tournament events.
Coffee
There are two major choices among the chess players - the Schwarz coffee (300ml+ cups) or the Espresso coffee (30-50ml cups). The first type brings you about 150mg of caffeine, but takes more time to consume. The second contains 40 to 80mg of caffeine, but is concentrated and has faster effect. Coffee is the preferred drink of Veselin Topalov, Boris Gefland, Sipke Ernst, Jan Timann, Judith Polgar, etc.
Gefland relies on coffee against Anand
Coke
The coke can be any type - Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, etc. Basically, all of them provide the same quantity of caffeine which is about 100mg per liter. It seems suitable for longer events since the caffeine effect is redistribute equally in time. Among the biggest fans of Coke are Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Ivan Cheparinov, Antoaneta Stefanova, Jan Smeets.
Kramnik likes coke
Chocolate
Chocolate is an important brain activity stimulant. It contains moderate to low quantities of caffeine (25mg per 200g of chocolate). Besides that, it is a source of carbohydrates which are easy and fast to process by the body and supply the brain with additional energy. Many players have been seen consuming chocolate based food during tournaments. However, we cannot list a regular fan of this source of energy.
Tea & Cacao
These are weaker sources of caffeine, generally providing 30mg per 240ml. They are not used as stimulants, but rather for their taste. In any case they help and increase every chess players's performance. A fan of those type of drinks is Aronian.
Aronian relied on cacao during Corus 2007
Red Bull
Red Bull and similar energy drinks provide a strong doses of caffeine and are very suitable for short time controls. With their 100mg per 250ml, the energy drinks give you a momentary boost of brain activity. There are not many fans of this type of drinks among the chess players, but it is believed Red Bull will enter more and more in the blitz and rapid events.