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27th July 2009, 01:28pm
#1
by chessmaniac5
clemson United States
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 162

I have recently been making alot of blunders.please if you have a remedy please post it.

27th July 2009, 01:35pm
#2
by Elubas
United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 7816

I used to have a problem with this as well. The best way to avoid blunders is to always consider your opponents reply and look for the most forcing moves in particular. "Does he have a check?" "Does he have a fork?" "Can he attack my pinned piece?" "Can he take advantage of an undefended piece of mine?" "Does he have a discovered attack? If so, I should prevent that." Then you calculate variations, your opponent's attempt to take advantage of a problem in your position like two undefened pieces. This takes practice, but asking questions like that is a great start.

27th July 2009, 02:19pm
#3
by chessoholicalien
Missouri United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1156

Consider all checks and captures both for you and your opponent before deciding on a move. Also watch out for knight forks.

Doing this as a habit will cut down the blunders you make alot.

 

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