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How early do you go to sleep before tournys? I got one tomorrow (early 🙁 )

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um...11ish ?? get up at 7ish go over 20 tactic puzzles, go over my opponents openings and prepare a good opening to play against him, go over my previous nights game, get ready, have some pop and hit the club at 10 am. Shake hands, make your move and press the clock. Lets get ready to rumble .....

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Originally posted by Santa Drummer
How early do you go to sleep before tournys? I got one tomorrow (early 🙁 )
It all depends on driving distance. I want 8-10 hours of sleep, a good breakfast of oatmeal and time to review some games/tactics or play 1-2 games of blitz to get my mind going.

Honestly I usually get up at 5:30 anyway, so I do that, eat then get to the tourney hall/club/hotel early and bs. About 45 min before round 1 I will study a full annotated game (usually from Bronstein's Zurich book) then play 1 round of blitz. Other people prefer tactics/puzzles but that never cut it for me. If I have been on a bad streak, I will reread Jeremy Silmans chapter on how to create a plan (from Reacess you Chess).