@jaki01 played flawlessly ...
Well ... look at this position from the last round:
Until then I had played rather well, but during the last moves my wife had already entered the room and impatiently asked me when the tournament would finally be finished. In the same moment while saying "Wait, please!!" I made already the terrible mistake 15. Rc7??, after which black could have won my queen with 15. ... Bg4+! I saw it immediately after making that error, but black didn't see it, so that I could win the game and the tournament.
It's really the sad truth that compared to my rating I make lots of terrible mistakes. An extreme example happened in the previous tournament:
I was threatening 50 ... Qg2#. White played 50. d5 but I 'stubbornly' followed my plan and played 50. ... Qg2+?? to lose very soon, instead of simply taking the the bishop at e3. :-)
In the previous week I drink lots of water and tea instead of beer and juice. My focus and concentration improved greatly, I raise by rank from the 1400s to the 1600s in one week playing some really great games beating some highly rated players easily.
However this week I drink no water and very little tea and went on a three day losing streak where it was very difficult to win any games.
Congrats on your continued wins also congrats to @yazp and @zacherybinx !
Drinking water didn't help in my last tournament.:)
Cool, lets see if I will rise to 2700, haha. ;-)
Ouch! Nice examples. In speed chess all kind of things are possible.