Do you Listen to Music while playing chess?

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smarty715

Do you listen to music while playing chess?  Do you find certain genres, styles, or artists help you focus or play better?  What music do you listen to?

smarty715

Personally, I like to listen to jazz while playing chess.  Recently, I've been listening to Bill Evans and Miles Davis while playing chess.  

chasm1995

Don't listen to nu metal (Korn, System of a Down, etc.) It makes it harder for me to concentrate.  But I find Grunge is good, especially some softer stuff like Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden.  And contemporary classical music is good (William Joseph, Richard Clayderman, etc.)

bobbyDK

Rap music, 90's music, pop, rock, classic.

I listen to nearly all genre of music. depends on the mood I am in.

I feel in the zone if I listen to e.g. Eminem.

in tactic trainer I tend to perform much better in that zone.

TomasJonsun

I was listening to system of a down yesterday all night and dropped 80 rating points

gluestix

i do

MuhammadAreez10

I don't.