It's crazy how one game, one decision, one day, or one person can change the trajectory of your life from here, to all the way over somewhere else. I recap Chicago Open, Chess Training, East Atlanta Championship 4 plans, students, and how I saw the butterfly effect in my life. Chicago Open was some serious fighting chess. Surviving battles, and even turning them around. That's how I live life, cause I'm a fighter. 

0:10 - Intro
Chicago Open 
5.5/9
Beat a GM/Lost to a GM
Drew 3 IMs
FIGHTING Chess/Here we go again 
Staying focused during tournaments
Never getting in time pressure 
Thinking you’re too good vs. thinking you’re not good
Older people complaining about chess 
Older people complaining about CCA
Doing the pairings
Putting in the games/Analyzing Games/Sensei analysis 
Kids don't play bug house
Post tournament vacation 
Movies 
Tuesday tournaments

35:10 - East Atlanta Championship 4
Doing things early/Marketing  
Importance of 1st entry fee deadline 
Sponsorship 
Incentivizing more people 

43:55 - Chess Training
Chicago was a good litmus test 
More training, more training partners, more focus on chess
More databases 
More Books 
More weekends of chess 
More opponent preparation 
Training Camp 
-Eating 
-Working out 
-Socializing
-Birthday 
-Youtube videos

56:28 Chess Students
Big summer
July plan 
Working on defense, but not forgetting offense 
Opening flowsheets/middle game tests/quizzes

1:01:05 - The Butterfly effect