Good aggressive blunders?!

#QueensPawnOpening #PseudoCatalanVariation 

Today, I played an aggressive and tactical move that I thought was good, but was actually a blunder in analysis. However, humans don’t play like Stockfish, and my aggressive move induced my opponent to make a natural looking move, which was also a blunder. So in a roundabout way, the move that I thought was good, but was objectively a blunder according to a robot, actually turned out to be great against a human!

The insight that I got from this game was just the depth in the tactics in the game of chess! But also at human psychological level, there can often be gains to be had playing scary looking aggressive moves as the opponent may respond inaccurately. In this game, my blunder was only a blunder if the opponent saw the single and specific way to immediately exploit it. Otherwise, the next best move basically resulted in a neutral position.

There was a similar situation for my opponent’s super aggressive counterattack which Stockfish also called a blunder. I only had a single move that gave me the advantage – making their blunder a blunder. If I didn’t see this move, my next best move actually gave a substantial advantage to white.

I love seeing positions where the difference between a blunder and great move is a razor thin margin. I hope you found this game interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/42964811269