If today is the same as yesterday, tomorrow'll be the same as today.
If my play gets worse this year it's because I'm too busy enjoying my beautiful new baby girl too much to concentrate on chess.
I am a proud member of M.U.T.I. and you'll probably find that a couple times a week I make considerably worse moves than usual. Trust me, they seem brilliant at the time.
Update: My chess has dropped after having my 1st child. Now my wife is pregnant with our 2nd. I fully expect another 100-200pt drop in rating. I also expect to lose what little sanity I have left.
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