5:45 p.m., Monday the 13th
So yesterday I went on to catch up on all my things, and had enough time (and energy) leftover to do a bot game: me as White versus the Chess engine as Black at Level 1400. Things didn't go great for me in the Opening, but then they started to gradually improve. The Chess engine made a few trades that were advantageous for me, resulting in me slowly getting further and further ahead on material. So I won the game, and it seemed like a pretty clean game (Opening aside). The computer's post-game analysis said I made no mistakes, no blunders, and no missed wins. Most of my moves, at the time I made those moves, were tagged by the computer as being the "best" moves possible. Overall a pretty sweet deal for me.
Now if I can just win one more 1400-point game. Same opponent, but with me playing as Black (which means the Chess engine gets to set the tone of the game). If I win that next game, I'll then get to try my hand against an officially "advanced" opponent (1500 points). I should be scared about that, but I'm eager to try it. It's actually the final 1400-point game that worries me. I'm on a winning streak. If I can just keep that going for one more game.
I'm feeling better today, the pain/anxiety levels have gone down quite a bit. Who knows what tomorrow will be like. Now, I have to tell you that I have been dropping the ball about brushing -- and hence, wearing my night guard. Lately I've only been doing that about every other day. Which means I'm probably grinding my teeth at night and that will add up to some real damage before long. I've got to do better starting tonight, I've just got to.
So yesterday I went on to catch up on all my things, and had enough time (and energy) leftover to do a bot game: me as White versus the Chess engine as Black at Level 1400. Things didn't go great for me in the Opening, but then they started to gradually improve. The Chess engine made a few trades that were advantageous for me, resulting in me slowly getting further and further ahead on material. So I won the game, and it seemed like a pretty clean game (Opening aside). The computer's post-game analysis said I made no mistakes, no blunders, and no missed wins. Most of my moves, at the time I made those moves, were tagged by the computer as being the "best" moves possible. Overall a pretty sweet deal for me.
Now if I can just win one more 1400-point game. Same opponent, but with me playing as Black (which means the Chess engine gets to set the tone of the game). If I win that next game, I'll then get to try my hand against an officially "advanced" opponent (1500 points). I should be scared about that, but I'm eager to try it. It's actually the final 1400-point game that worries me. I'm on a winning streak. If I can just keep that going for one more game.
I'm feeling better today, the pain/anxiety levels have gone down quite a bit. Who knows what tomorrow will be like. Now, I have to tell you that I have been dropping the ball about brushing -- and hence, wearing my night guard. Lately I've only been doing that about every other day. Which means I'm probably grinding my teeth at night and that will add up to some real damage before long. I've got to do better starting tonight, I've just got to.