I'm just a bit curious about to what degree sleep deprivation would be detrimental to positional chess understanding, as opposed to tactical foresight.
Drowsy driving is considered to be the cause of many driving accidents.
Nodding off or nearly nodding off while you are waiting for your opponent's move or when you get distracted by a repetitive thought chain fortunately won't kill any one.
Your knight vision is the first thing to go.
I'm just a bit curious about to what degree sleep deprivation would be detrimental to positional chess understanding, as opposed to tactical foresight.