The Chess Thread

I got my mojo back - had a few fun wins lately and my puzzle score is back up to where it was before my rut. Was having a pretty even game with a 1550 from Panama and then he blundered his queen, oh man.

It's so weird how learning this game (and probably other long-term learning), you take two steps forward, one step back. Sometimes you just hit a rut and things aren't working for you, making mistakes, not seeing the board and combinations. But just when it is getting depressing, it seems that you emerge from it, often a little better than you were before.