Misery loves company.  I am looking for people to commiserate with.  Please post your "worst blunder" stories here.  I'll start:

Today, I was well ahead In the end game having promoted a pawn to a queen against my opponent's few pawns.  It should have been simple.  For reasons I can not explain, I placed my queen so it could be taken by a pawn.  Worse, I could not stop the pawn from promoting.  With no counter play, there was nothing to do but resign.  Unfortunately, this was the last unfinished game in my group of a tournament.  The loss gave my opponent a half game advantage over me to win the round.  So in addition to loosing, I was also eliminated.   Yes, it was a bone-headed move.    Yes, I can only laugh at myself and play on. 

Oh sure, no problem (the only real problem is choosing just one!).

Too many to tell, especially after moving my Queen out very early.

alcohol is helpful.................

I think it's the worst blunder that I made.

I haven't played a lot of games so far but once white mated me after 4 moves :P

Ok so it's early in the morning, and I'm trying to be clever without thinking.  I played "the move" with little thought.  I realised my stupidity instantly and was cringing even before the move had finished going through.

MY story is not a blunder it is a time fiasco. I played the south of England Gigafinals, 6 round swiss tournament, 30-minute time controls. I won my first to games coasting through. Then i come up against this guy who was not a bad players. I had him all stitched up on time. I had 20 minutes left he had 10 seconds, NO JOKE. I was holding the position he had a little initive but no time to use it. I played a silly blunder which set up checkmate i one move. I was so angry with myself. I should have just batted out the game but i had a shocker.

I have one every day.

yesterday:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my tummy hurt for a couple hours but then I was fine.

Get this, I lost playing white in THIS POSITION! I kid you not.

I don't even remember how it happened, use your imaginations.

thats a common trick in the Petroff defence (i think that's its name). the way to prevent it is 3...d6! sending the knight away and allows you to take the pawn back. But my advice is dont play that defence!

Mine went something like this. At school I am voted num 1 at our chess club except there is one guy who i cant beat. I had the opportunity to beat him but we went into a K+P vs K+P endgame, basically a probable draw. We both promoted and then I stupidly did this:

I once was up a piece and a couple pawns in an endgame with plenty of  time left and I lost.

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No you don't understand , I was playing white, I acheived the position in the above diagram...AND I LOST!

Kupov.  Same thing happened to me once.  I used that move in the Petrov and won the queen but he still kicked my butt later...some people resign right after that move.  lol.  

razorblade12...I think you may have beat us all in the blunder contest.

     Of course we do, we all do.  this is were I post my very worst

     and get absolution...

 

          http://www.chess.com/groups/view/blunders-confessional

i didnt realise that you lost after winning the queen! that must of taken some doing

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fluff.  that happens to me 3 times a week. 

It's painful, but it helps to share.

http://blog.chess.com/Loomis/ultimate-blunders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I calculated this line for a while and I thought I was fine, but I missed one important move.. lol

I just played this as a friendly game against a friend (OTB) I cant forget it..