We can play tomorrow. I guess we'll both be rusty. I stopped playing for a while and dropped nearly 50 points. Still didn't get knocked out of 1,000, but my motivation died after hitting the goal. I'd rather just have fun now and play silly. But yeah if you want to improve go for it. You could probably just play 1 game per day and study it. Highly recommend puzzles, even if it's only 3 per day. Can be boring, but eventually you gain instant pattern recognition.
I need to catch up on marvel. I saw the new spiderman, but haven't watched all those new disney+ series yet. (what if, loki, wanda vision etc).
Do you have a preference for how I go about the next game? Since it was our first time playing I did my normal opening. I could do something funny like the king's gambit or the bongcloud.
Reminds me of Chris Benoit. If you aren't familiar with WWE you might not know him. He was known to be one of the most entertaining and captivating performers ever. Annnnnd he murdered his wife and child, then himself. This started a decade long debate about separating man from art. In his case, it's much harder.