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Ameture's Corner #2: Blunders

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Ben_Dubuque

Blunders are a key part of the game, because without them we wouldn't have the fun of blaming things like the weather, time trouble, your opponent kicking you under the table, your cat deciding that he is going to nueter you in retribution...

Ok maybe thats not the real reason, but they do serve a purpose, to teach us a lesson. so without further ado let us look at the first blunders


did I have a playable position, sure, could I have done better, Of course I could have, but this just goes to show that even in games with decent time controls (this game was 15|10) you can still forget about the bishop on f3 being able to hit h5  Yes I forgot that the bishop could go to that square. learn to double check yourself and you should be fine, now see if you can spot the winning move in the next position that I had been preparing knowingly but didn't play (you will laugh at the reason i didn't play it when you solve it)

The reason I didn't play this simple move, I forgot my queen was also hitting c5, so i assumed that I would loose the extra  
Bishop that I had.
 
here is the rest of the game
 
 
 
So remember before you move, always make sure to look at the board and check for blunders