What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or blitz) chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of more than 1.3 million of blitz players at an online chess competition site.

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Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.

I had planned a vacation. What I really needed and wanted was a “workation” – a trip designed not just for exploring international destinations, but also for productivity and personal and professional growth.