Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.

No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.

Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps.

Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.