How do I win games when I don’t make any blunders?

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Moonwarrior_1

In a lot of games I notice that I may make 0-1 blunder and still lose, does it just come down to mistakes or failed to make a good plan? This is talking about a full 30+ move game btw. 

blackfirestorm

Are you analysing your games after they finish? 

Moonwarrior_1
blackfirestorm wrote:

Are you analysing your games after they finish? 

Yep, I of course don’t bother with my bullet games but with my rapid and daily games I do.

Moonwarrior_1

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/296059290

for example here’s a game

blackfirestorm

Then it is more likely that they simply out played you. I’ve had 87% accuracy in some games and still lost simply cuz they are a better player. 

Moonwarrior_1
blackfirestorm wrote:

Then it is more likely that they simply out played you. I’ve had 87% accuracy in some games and still lost simply cuz they are a better player. 

Fair enough...

blackfirestorm
Moonwarrior_1 wrote:

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/296059290

for example here’s a game

That game report says 3 mistakes and 1 blunder. If you go to your games archive and click analyse it shows you where them mistakes are. 

blackfirestorm

GaripovDanis

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Moonwarrior_1

All bullet games 😉 and the other I haven’t gotten to yet

Moonwarrior_1
blackfirestorm wrote:
Moonwarrior_1 wrote:

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/296059290

for example here’s a game

That game report says 3 mistakes and 1 blunder. If you go to your games archive and click analyse it shows you where them mistakes are. 

Mmk

nklristic

If you lose because you haven't made obvious blunders that probably means the game wasn't complicated (or it was but both of you played an excellent game, which is on our level not that likely). Games that reach endgame can have high accuracy score, for instance simple trades occurred and you've reached an endgame. The endgame might be equal or the opponent has a slightly better position, and any small mistake can mean defeat then. Anyway if you find that you are losing endgames too often, then that is what you should try to study.

As for plans, our level is not great at creating plans. You will be able to do it sometimes, but sometimes not, that is of course another thing we should aim to improve.


EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see that you are talking about daily game. That is another thing. Those games can be pretty accurate, even on intermediate level.

blackfirestorm

blackfirestorm

Good luck anyway. 

nereeren

Blunders and mistakes aren't the only reason for losing. Bad openings (Fun fact: Every stating move is actually a real openning.) and doing too much inaccurate and/or good moves (Since engines are not perfect, so called good moves might be a mistake.) will make your position worse if your opponent plays perfectly. Eventually, you will suffer a loss.

Dsmith42

On the game you posted, two obvious things stand out for me:

1) Minor piece play - If you're going to trade off your light-square bishop, then your pawns need to move to light squares to keep your other bishop mobile.  10. ..e5?? is a colossal, unfixable positional error, even though the Chess.com engine says it's OK.  Further, 11. ..Nb4? is a mistake (the engine gets this right), because the exchange on e3 is also wrong.  Your opponent's center pawns are all on light squares, so that's his bad bishop, it's worth less than a knight.  Judging the quality of minor pieces takes practice, and the engine will often steer you in the wrong direction.

2) Rook activity - It was critical to contest the d-file, and to prevent your opponent's rooks from penetrating to the 7th rank.  A play like Be7, followed by Rd8, accomplishes this pretty easily.  Allowing doubled rooks on the 7th rank almost always loses.

These are serious weaknesses, which even with otherwise clean play is a recipe for consistently losing in the endgame.

Moonwarrior_1

Ok here’s one that I just played, I won, however he had chances to win so what could I have done better.

 

https://www.chess.com/game/live/6158488981

Moonwarrior_1
blackfirestorm wrote:

Good luck anyway. 

Point made lol 

Moonwarrior_1
nklristic wrote:

If you lose because you haven't made obvious blunders that probably means the game wasn't complicated (or it was but both of you played an excellent game, which is on our level not that likely). Games that reach endgame can have high accuracy score, for instance simple trades occurred and you've reached an endgame. The endgame might be equal or the opponent has a slightly better position, and any small mistake can mean defeat then. Anyway if you find that you are losing endgames too often, then that is what you should try to study.

As for plans, our level is not great at creating plans. You will be able to do it sometimes, but sometimes not, that is of course another thing we should aim to improve.


EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see that you are talking about daily game. That is another thing. Those games can be pretty accurate, even on intermediate level.

Sounds good 👍

NikkiLikeChikki
There is a game where Stockfish played Leela last year where Leela made a long term positional piece sacrifice on move 8. The strongest version of Stockfish immediately declared it was a blunder and decided that it was in a winning position. Twenty-some moves later Stockfish loses by checkmate.

Sometimes what is and isn’t a blunder, or what is or isn’t a mistake isn’t all that clear.