I predicted my opponent's move before he made it and won. Total calm throughout — I didn't even realize I was on a streak.

I was much better able to analyze positions in chess. I normally don't know who's winning, I just play my best. But this time I was defensively locked in, and the moment my opponent made mistakes, I knew it immediately. In one game I predicted the move my opponent would make — and the weakness it would create — before he even made it. I built my whole game plan around attacking a still-nonexistent weakness. Then he made the weakness. I won that pawn and the game. Prediction, baiting, preparation. I almost always have time trouble — not this time. Fast decisions when needed, and I knew exactly when to spend 45 seconds on a move. I found myself playing textbook-style openings completely from feel — strategic victory in the openings every time. Detachment scripting was firing hard. I didn't even realize I was on a winning streak. Didn't care. Total calm.