At the GM Bar

Preface

Soooooooo ((c) maximbady), after chess.com removed @tkbunny's blogs as lamented in

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/removal-of-forum-topics

now only bits and pieces of it can be viewed at:

https://web.archive.org/web/20151031033934/http://www.chess.com/blog/tkbunny/at-the-gm-bar

This totally unrelated bunny has decided to revive it by reposting whatever can be salvaged as suggested by @lofina_eidel_ismail and @batgirl.  Hope this account survives the purge that is coming.

Disclaimer 

Remember chess players can't spell especially when drunk, so not all the names of alcohol will be a strict match with the names of the players.  Kids should not be reading this topic without parental supervision.  I would have said adult, but this would be harder to ascertain as age does not seem a factor for maturity anymore.

disclaimer present only because the site is now swarmed with kids ...

Dedication

To the GM who inspires us all with his brutal honesty in action and talk.

the man actually passed out drunk during a tourney

https://en.chessbase.com/post/kolkata-open-inebriated-grandmaster-forfeits-game

but he explains very factually in this video that chess does get boring.

and of course the legendary Alekhine

who refused multiple movie offers to play sherlock holmes (below, well, that's actually jeremy brett) and concentrated on chess & drink (possibly also concentrated). 

or maybe his voice just did not pass the auditions - you decide.

Introduction

and on that note, 

ever wonder how the cool & calm karpov lost his nerve with miles's a6?

 or drop a piece with christiansen ...

 in fact, karpov struck rock bottom for a while ...

before he bounced back

and we have seen many kasparov moments.

even carlsen.  what is it about anand that makes his opponents blunder in blitz/rapid?  or maybe it's not anand ...

even the commentator sounds like he had a few ...

of course anand has his moments too

yes, there's an extra 'a'.  didn't i already say drunk chess players can't spell too well?

it is also important to remember that anand always does his best

and always plans his dinner

if fabio wants to beat carlsen, he needs to be  careful when mixing brands ... fabiano & caruana.

here he loses a piece to carlsen - i guess everybody gets their turn ...

still there are movie offers as a back up ...

even the python, petrosian lets it slip once in a while

for once, grumpy korchnoi must have smiled

petrosian, too, like alekhine rejected many movie offers during his time

or did he?

with a name like mikhail, we'll have most of USSR covered.

probably explains this game

of course there is this, specifically for tal, but it seemed like a stretch ...

still he let himself go with tigran

but healthy living was never a tal thing ...

even fischer had his bad days

even if this was a simul

but the one he gets the most flak for is this

 but fischer did not blame the drink.

https://gardinerchess.com.au/gm-rogers-fischer-v-spassky-mystery-solved/

there is hope for you

when hash becomes a champion

flags' fave

pdela dreaming...

nice!  keep em coming Al :-)

Thanks but the focus is on the bar here 😁

If there's sufficient interest I'll try to repost the lost bunny blogs  ...

After looking thru this thread a terrific song came to mind: the late great ( Yes I do mean Great ) Don Ho singing " Tiny Bubbles ", I luv that song  lol. 

For real, the commentator is very... odd.

"Now first lost may be coming by Anand will drinks some... drink... s... some now yes losing position"

Now for the king of drink and tactics

What else could make him blunder or (bad pun alert)  couldn't he keres less? 

The disrespect needs to stop