Am I The Only Beginner Who Does This?

(The answer is probably "Yes" but here goes....)

I cannot believe how many times -- the INSTANT -- I make a move, I realize, "Oops!  THAT move would have been way better.

I suppose this happens less frequently after ... (What?) ... 6 months?  ... a year?

LOL...we all suffer from this.  You would be amazed at how many better moves i see once i take my hand off the piece i move.

Everyone does it but you will get better. Your technique will improve and become more habitual. An idea that might help is Candidate Moves. Try not to mentally lock in to one idea. Instead look at a few candidate moves and play what you think is the best move from this set. Dont just look at your first move, consider your opponents strongest reply, and then your reply to that. Good candidate moves are often forcing, so involve a Check, Capture, or the Threat of these. Playing long time controls will give you more time to try out these ideas.

HANDS-19. You'll have to self isolate.

I still do that.

You guys are hilarious ... helpful ... encouraging.

Thanks!

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I am a little experienced and sometimes I do blunders like that.

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If you think only beginners have those "Oh sh*t" moments, you haven't been playing long enough!  They happen to everyone, at every level, although the mistakes usually get subtler as you go up the rating ladder

Next week I'll have been playing chess for a whole month(!).

I'm happy to read some of you more experienced players still do this.

Two years after I returned to chess after a prolonged absence, my opponent blundered his Queen during an online game. About three moves later, literally as I pressed "Accept" to confirm my move, I yelled out Noooo!! I blundered my Queen . . . It happens! That taught me to really look over my moves before making/confirming them.

Yeah! Taking your hands of the board is the BIGGEST mistake in chess(as per me)so i think you should not put your hands on the board before you know your move is sure

I've been playing on and off 30yrs and I think this after most moves I ever play

This happens to me a lot. One tip I remember is that you should spend the most time thinking when you're in a winning position and a losing position. Because when you're winning, you can get so caught up in being up a rook or something that you can blunder into mate in 1 if you don't think enough.

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out : 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

This happens a lot to my students!  It's very common.  To help you avoid making these mistakes, 

-Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”. If I move here, is it safe?

Do this for every single move!  

-Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move. 

I hope this helps!  

Turn on move confirmation

I use the move confirmation and still there's an enormous number of games where immediately I realize oh crap. And then I resign. I get in too much of a hurry. Particularly when opponent takes a long time to decide on a move. I get careless.

I am also beginner and I always lose at chess. :_( :_( :_( :_( :.( ;) ;) ;)