GMs are human too

When I was growing up I thought GMs were this magical sort of being, omniscient and psychologically impenetrable.

I fell out of love with chess because I thought I just didn’t have what it took to be good as a kid but after hanging around in this community for 4 years now thanks to chess streamers I can confidently say GMs are dumbasses just like the rest of us.

They forget prep, they miss simple tactics, they lose basic endgames in events as important as the world championship.

Hell, with enough prep in underplayed lines, I’ve gotten better positions in games against them (I still lost though)

GMs are just people who have worked really hard at chess for a long time and that hard work has paid off for them. I truly don’t believe they were born different or if they were that difference is minuscule