Around the middle of the month, play chess for money and pile up the cash. Give the woodpushers a few lessons. The last part of July, your mood darkens, the club isn't so hospitable anymore. Your novelties are transformed into winning possibilities for your opponents. Keep your boat afloat until the last days of the month when you sing your song in a major key again.
Talk is cheap.
You won some games last time around, but that was yesterday. Someone will backstab you at the beginning of the second week of July. Discard an old friend if necessary, no loss really. Hold a bit in reserve. No all-out attacks against the enemy king, play judiciously and pluck opportunities when they arise.