This has happened to me three times:

T-2 appeared in a dream and said, "I have to challenge you or you won't grow."

T appeared in a dream and said, "When you get in trouble in chess, you make a couple of bold, foolish moves and then resign. That's not chess and that's not life. I want you to play all your games through to the end."

And in another dream T said, "You have to learn to lose. Because one day you will lose and there will be nothing you can do about it."

Has anyone else had similar experiences?