It probably never stops but just becomes less common.
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Where you're literally giving up a free piece, opening yourself up to checkmate, completely missing a free capture, etc.?
And at what rating do you see people stop doing such things? For example, do people rated 1500+ still leave pieces hanging for free capture?
Just the other day, I captured a piece with my Queen and didn't see a knight right there that was able to capture my Queen!!! I thought WOW what a completely boneheaded mistake. Almost like forgetting 2 + 2 = 4!
There's just something about the visual calculation nature of chess that's different from other things I do on a regular basis and I do find that even after a year's worth of play that I still TOTALLY miss things like that. Not sure if it was just late at night or what, but I was totally embarassed by such a dumb move on my part. Just wondering at what level people stop making these mistakes?