Eating fish can improve your grading

Malcolm Peacock · Post by **Malcolm Peacock** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:24 am

A couple of years ago I made a conscious decision to eat more fish rather than meat, having heard about the benefits of fish oil for the brain. This year at the age of 48, I achieved my highest ever chess rating, 5 points higher than my previous best at age 23.

Has anyone else noticed any impact of diet changes on their chess results?

Roger de Coverly · Post by **Roger de Coverly** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:45 am

Malcolm Peacock wrote:. This year at the age of 48, I achieved my highest ever chess rating, 5 points higher than my previous best at age 23.

Let's not forget that a couple of years ago, the ECF gave most players lots of free grading points. Mind you the free gift for players in the 170s was only about 6 to 8. As a rough benchmark, they took away 20% of your grade and then added back 40.

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:00 pm

I find access to the underlying database more beneficial..

Gavin Strachan · Post by **Gavin Strachan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:34 am

Malcolm Peacock wrote:A couple of years ago I made a conscious decision to eat more fish rather than meat, having heard about the benefits of fish oil for the brain. This year at the age of 48, I achieved my highest ever chess rating, 5 points higher than my previous best at age 23.

Has anyone else noticed any impact of diet changes on their chess results?

No. Though I do find the more studying I do the better I play and when I venture into the unknown things can get a bit dicey. If I drink like a fish it can have an adverse affect on the chess.

Malcolm Peacock · Post by **Malcolm Peacock** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:22 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote: Let's not forget that a couple of years ago, the ECF gave most players lots of free grading points. .

I prefer to forget that!

John Upham · Post by **John Upham** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:43 pm

Did Billy the Fish try his safe pair of hands / fins at chess?

Geoff Chandler · Post by **Geoff Chandler** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:25 pm

This is a new one.

So instead of going to the doctor to check our cholesterol level
we now look at the grading list to see if we are eating correctly.

Do the A & E departments in hospitals have an up to date
grading lists to see who is and who is not worth saving?

It's simple:

If you really believe eating fish helps improve your chess,
then eating fish will help you improve your chess.

Jon D'Souza-Eva · Post by **Jon D'Souza-Eva** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:48 pm

He does not overestimate, he does not underestimate. He is... a fish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPcLmaJ0p9A

David Pardoe · Post by **David Pardoe** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:27 pm

Load of old Cods wollop if you ask me.....

Lets have no more of this Tripe.......

PS I can tell you that I had a Chicken Tikka Massala at Wetherspoons last night....it did nothing for my performance today in the 4NCL Northern League.....
However, breakfast at Barcelo was `Majestic`...and tea + scones and cream at Antie Betty`s is a treat not to be missed...How many cafe`s actually have queues outside them in February...fortunately my wife queued while I was playing chess..!!! I just walked past the line of customers stood outside in the rain/snow & went and sat down....good timing or what...

Gavin Strachan · Post by **Gavin Strachan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:31 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o

this is what if felt like in the simul v short for most people. slap him a few times until unleashes the big fish which is devistating....

Geoff Chandler · Post by **Geoff Chandler** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:40 pm

Surely you mean devi 'SKATE' ing.

Phil Neatherway · Post by **Phil Neatherway** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:21 am

Please put that in whiting.

Kevin Thurlow · Post by **Kevin Thurlow** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:33 pm

I am not sure this forum is the correct plaice for awful puns, although awful puns are an Achilles eel of mine.

Phil Neatherway · Post by **Phil Neatherway** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:01 pm

eh? speak up! I'm a bit hard of herring!

Alan Burke · Post by **Alan Burke** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:36 pm

I suppose it can help if you're involved in a Fishop and Prawn end game !

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