I gave my queen away in 5 different games last Tuesday. Won one, drew one- (just against a 980 player, who played very well), and lost 3. Is that the record for one night? Wednesday, I was up to the same old tricks, and gave the queen away twice, nd lost both. One game was against a 1980 rated player- and believe me, I needed  my queen just to lose, as it was, he tore my arms off, beat me about the head with the wet ends, and then beat me to boot !!!

i lost my king... :)

Good point- now thats worse still, what am I complaining about? haha

i had even worse i lost my queen and my king died grieving for her

One time when I was rated about 1700 I was playing a 2500 rated IM in the 3^rd round. Early in the opening he made a move that looked like it lost a N to a two mover. But was it a trap? I couldn’t find reason not to grab the piece so went for it. I saw the horror on his face when he realized what he’d done. His hand started shaking like a dog crapping a razor blade and I knew I had him. He didn’t resign though and started throwing everything he had at me but I wasn’t worried because my position was easily won. And that’s what would have happened if I hadn’t blundered and got myself mated. It’s funny now but it wasn’t at the time.

I think this happens to the best of players Doug . Agood friend told me when i was in a slump , it was proably because you are doing something diffrent . just try and figure out what you are doing diffrent than you were before .and see if you can correct the problem . always Stop and see what you oponits plan is before you you pick your move . and when you just dont know what to do , Try to improve the posistion of your worst posted piece . but do it with flair ! see ya soon Doug and good luck with your games . ........Tim

I do a lot of thoses! haha

im against my friend and once again he gave up his queen 4 no reason

mIght well have been James,  have had some bad games against you

As you know Douggie, my middle name is "blunder" lol

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/resigntxt.htm

This site has examples of the "Ultimate Blunder" - GMs resigning in winning positions.

Just the other day I was playing someone who gave away a bishop and right after that their queen.  I asked if they had lost interest in winning.  Their reply was they were not paying attention.  It was a mistake.  They resigned a few plays later.  Many times I win a game because I am able to capitalize on a mistake by my opponent, or lose because I made a mistake.  Sometimes I even tell an opponent after a game they should have won and at what move they could have turned the whole game around, but didn't because they missed an opportunity.