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I think the most important lesson - especially when you're new - is to not only make your move but consider what you would do if you were on the other side of the board. And yeah, playing badly against beginners - that shows how much psychology plays into non-computer chess - enough said right? I suppose you can't study "how not to hang your pieces" like you study other things, but it's a skill aquired like recognizing mates, pins, etc...
My blunder rating would be pretty high; it's my greatest weakness at this point. Presently, I'm making sure to take time for analasys prior to moving rather that quick moves and dropping pieces.
If the rating was out of 100, 100 being "blunderful" and 1 meaning no blunders, then I would be around 60-70. I wonder if the site could incorporate some sort of rating system on this, though I suppose it would be difficult to automatically detect when a piece is dropped by design rather than blunder.
If people didn;t make mistakes the game wouldn't need to be played. Besides, many mistakes can be turned into something advantageous. How many times while playing a weaker opponent have you said "I would never have done that" then struggled as to how to really make them feel the pain for their mistake. Often enough a blunder is an oppurtunity to follow a previously uncharted string of logic.
That all said, if your overall game plan requires one thing and your actions cause another, it means you need to take extra times looking things over before hitting submit.
Blunders are part of the game. Some of the blunders may not lead to an immediate loss of a piece or a pawn, but may lead to a positional disadvantage. In one of my recent games, I moved a pawn, giving an opportunity for my opponent to attack me relentlessly. I did not lose any material in that space, but it pushed my king to the last row and I eventually lost.
So, if I include these types of moves also as blunders and if I know beforehand not to make them (which is essentially the difference between an average player and a ranked player), then I am sure I could beat Anand (or atleast dream about beating him)
The difference between winning and losing is a blunder...
sometimes it's hanging a piece, sometimes it's a positional disadvantage, sometimes it's poor piece placement.
Those all lose to varying degrees! I've thrown away a few games on chess.com simply because I didn't pay attention to the game at hand...
but that's my fault, and blundering is part of how you play!
Don't worry, by working on not blundering, your rating will increase greatly!
Best way to stamp out hanging blunders is tactics training
hmmm i think somewhere along the lines what i meant when i said blunder got twisted away into something else... i was just talking about those silly little mistakes like putting your queen in take without realizing it... (well the queen or any other peice)... making a large and obvious mistake and not knowing the implications until they've already taken it... and even then sometimes two moves later you'll go... hey where did my rook go... it was there a few moves ago... i didn't think it was under attack at any point... oh geeze... that pawn i moved left it wide open for the bishop... that kind of thing... positional, strategic, and tactical errors are not blunders... just lack of forsight... those can be studied and trained... i think simple mistakes (kinduf like in math where you forget to carry the two, or make a minus a plus by accident) those take practice to weed out of your system...
Sprite wrote:
The difference between winning and losing is a blunder...
sometimes it's hanging a piece, sometimes it's a positional disadvantage, sometimes it's poor piece placement.
Those all lose to varying degrees! I've thrown away a few games on chess.com simply because I didn't pay attention to the game at hand...
but that's my fault, and blundering is part of how you play!
Don't worry, by working on not blundering, your rating will increase greatly!
I agree there. Blundering is just part of your game (or, if you never blunder, it's not part of your game ) and plays a role in your rating. I also sometimes hear people talk about that their biggest problem is time... They always get a good position, but get in time trouble and give the game away. So they "blame" the time. But that's just part of the game too! Managing your time well is also part of the game. And so is not making blunders.
As for how to prevent it: train tactics alot. You can't train it enough.
im sure everyone here has played at least one game where they thought "damn, if only i hadn't blundered that peice away i would have won" or something of the sort... well a loss is a loss weither its by mistake or poor play... but would you say that everyone has there own, sortof blunder free rating? i know a guy who could take on an IM but loses against novices all the time to a mistep in his game... an oversight in one move threats here, or a hung peice there... what do you think your blunder free rating is? is it similar to your regular one? (and don't go bloating up your egos now... its not like anyone actualy cares if you think your a grandmaster) and how do you practice not making mistakes... its not like you can study how not to hang your peices... tactical threats maybe but blunders are an anomoly...