Happy Columbus Day.
Sadly, the New York Stock Exchange is open today, so I have to be at work. That’s ok, I got free donuts in the bargain…
In other news, I determined last night that I’m really awful at chess when I’m tired. Like, tremendously bad. I couldn’t sleep, so I logged on to FICS and played some blitz. Wow. I hung pieces left and right, I missed my opponents doing the same, I generally didn’t fare well at all. I’d say that being tired effectively drops my FICS blitz rating by 100 to 200 points. This shouldn’t be that surprising, but it’s an important revelation to me: sometimes, I just shouldn’t play chess, and as a corollary, all that stuff about getting a good night’s sleep the night before should probably be paid some heed when I go to all day tournaments.
Maybe I’ll do better tonight.
Yeah, when I’m tired I suck eggs at chess.