Freddie
The only two who will know what exactly happened in regards to timeline and motivation are Anatoly and Florence. Though it really was more Molokov's style to use mind games, he tried with Anatoly by But I do understand, no matter the reasoning, you were thrown off of your game.
I do recall reading many articles on your unpredictability. It was refreshing to see that it still was able to exist in the world of chess when so many try to train it out of their players.