I'm hoping to have the time and energy to write some substantial posts this week, but to get the ball rolling let's start with something short and punchy. The game in question is a miniature, determined by a blunder in the opening, and the poor victim is an IM. Despite his strength and experience he still managed to lose in but 13 moves.
His pain, our balm: if a player of his caliber is capable of such a loss, then we should shrug off our own slips on the banana peel as well.