Blunders are GOOD

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MaiHoonSameer
hey hey hey 👋, blunder master is here , sometimes blunders are good cuz they teaches us our best moves.
Hippo-Holmes

There is logic in what you are saying.

Blunders are also 'really' good when your opponent misses them. In a recent game I walked into a Knight-fork and was going to lose my Rook. When I had stopped cursing myself I went to click the resign button (and nearly did) when I realised my opponent had played a different move! It HAS to be one of the best feelings in chess! 😁

Fr3nchToastCrunch
Hippo-Holmes wrote:

There is logic in what you are saying.

Blunders are also 'really' good when your opponent misses them. In a recent game I walked into a Knight-fork and was going to lose my Rook. When I had stopped cursing myself I went to click the resign button (and nearly did) when I realised my opponent had played a different move! It HAS to be one of the best feelings in chess! 😁

This happened to me as well.

I was playing a pretty tense game where I got hit with a non-fatal opening trap and ended up with a terrible position right out of the gate. Through careful play (and an unexpected blunder by my opponent), I equalized the game and eventually got an advantage. Then I played a seemingly innocuous rook move...and immediately realized I'd just hung mate in 1.

A very tense 15 seconds followed as I waited to see if there was a chance that my opponent wouldn't see it. Lo and behold, they completely overlooked it. I immediately moved my king away from the "death zone" (or something, IDK. I just know I did something to neutralize that checkmate almost immediately, because I knew there was no way they'd miss it twice) and there was another pause as my opponent apparently realized it a bit too late. I made no further mistakes and successfully promoted a pawn to clear out the board and give myself a completely winning endgame.

I've played some pretty stressful games in my time, but I'm sure almost nothing will top that one. I think I gained a few grey hairs after I played that blunder and found myself waiting for a miracle.

Hippo-Holmes
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
Hippo-Holmes wrote:

There is logic in what you are saying.

Blunders are also 'really' good when your opponent misses them. In a recent game I walked into a Knight-fork and was going to lose my Rook. When I had stopped cursing myself I went to click the resign button (and nearly did) when I realised my opponent had played a different move! It HAS to be one of the best feelings in chess! 😁

This happened to me as well.

I was playing a pretty tense game where I got hit with a non-fatal opening trap and ended up with a terrible position right out of the gate. Through careful play (and an unexpected blunder by my opponent), I equalized the game and eventually got an advantage. Then I played a seemingly innocuous rook move...and immediately realized I'd just hung mate in 1.

A very tense 15 seconds followed as I waited to see if there was a chance that my opponent wouldn't see it. Lo and behold, they completely overlooked it. I immediately moved my king away from the "death zone" (or something, IDK. I just know I did something to neutralize that checkmate almost immediately, because I knew there was no way they'd miss it twice) and there was another pause as my opponent apparently realized it a bit too late. I made no further mistakes and successfully promoted a pawn to clear out the board and give myself a completely winning endgame.

I've played some pretty stressful games in my time, but I'm sure almost nothing will top that one. I think I gained a few grey hairs after I played that blunder and found myself waiting for a miracle.

Seriously, it must be the best feeling in chess. Going from utter despair to sheer elation in one fell swoop! 🙌