My favorite chess story is when a friend of mine and I were playing, and I was drinking during the game. He was a way better player than me. But this time -- it was one of the first time I was actually beating him, but then the alcohol started to kick in and my skill level drastically decreased.

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I'm probably fairly low skill level. Not terrible, but I haven't played against anybody else in years. I played a video game version of it on a treadmill while at a hotel recently. I could do okay against the easy mode, but lost after 10-20 moves against medium. Though one time it said the game was a Draw and I couldn't really see how; I thought I could get towards the enemy King in a few rounds.