In Kansas I have a chess school.
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.