In long time control. In a winning position. In a tournament game.
Options?
Too early (645am PST) for drinking. Or is it?
Seriously, what do *you* do when you need to shake off an epic blunder? Open to suggestions, witty and otherwise.
If that's the kind of blunder you are making, you should go to bed.
notmtwain wrote:
If that's the kind of blunder you are making, you should go to bed.
Yep, thats it. I've been outed.
Alapin-Delectate wrote:
Here is the game
 15. Nxd3 and I'm coasting, right? Lord... I'm taking up checkers.
Alapin-Delectate wrote:
Now that I can see the game clearly, 15. Nxf3+ = blunder.
Agreed.
with big blunders, i resign, go home and cry in a corner
Who is this comment directed to? Me? Â
Makes it friggin hard to review.
All you have to do is click on a move that occurs before the [[.
Alapin-Delectate wrote:
Here is the game
 15. Nxd3 and I'm coasting, right? Lord... I'm taking up checkers.
Yes, 15...Nxd3 wins a clean pawn.
15...Nxf3+ is a poor move that solves two of your opponent's problems (the jumble of the Kside knights and the Q's position on the e file), but it's not losing by itself. The problem is you played it with the motivation of winning a piece by force, and that's not possible. You thought something like, "if I move my N, I am attacking the Q and she has to move. What can I do with my N? Well, I can chop off his N on f3. That removes one of the defenders of that awkward N on g5. And when the Q has to move off that diagonal as well, he's lost the other defender!" And when you thought you saw a clear win you did not examine other moves.
It's just an issue with your board vision, and if it's because you were playing too late at night, don't play late at night. You have days available to you to make these moves, and if you make them when you're not at your best you can waste weeks of hard work. Also, use the Analysis feature to check out possible tactical sequences - that is allowed.
Makes it friggin hard to review.
All you have to do is click on a move that occurs before the [[.
"click on a move"
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Can someone decipher that? There was nothing to click before the brackets.
Is your browser having problems with the Chess.com chess position editor? Â Most people here seem to use it without a problem.
What browser are you using?Â
Seriously?
Seriously?
Top arrow points to 4.Ng5. We already agreed that 15. Nxf3+ = blunder. Why do Marty McFly analysis?
Yes, and if you were to click on that move you'd get past the brackets you were complaining about, you'd be able to scroll through the moves.
We did not agree that 15...Nxf3+ was a blunder. Did you read my post?
What's Marty McFly analysis? Are you coining phrases now?
Makes it friggin hard to review.
All you have to do is click on a move that occurs before the [[.
"click on a move"
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Can someone decipher that? There was nothing to click before the brackets.
Is your browser having problems with the Chess.com chess position editor? Â Most people here seem to use it without a problem.
What browser are you using?Â
You are the representative of most people here? I highly doubt it.
You don't want help. You just want to troll. Good luck.
"You don't want help. You just want to troll. Good luck."
I am a troll because brackets linked don't work? Interesting. What else makes a man a troll these days?
You have only been a member for a week (this time). You haven't played any chess.
You sir are a troll.
"if you were to click on that move you'd get past the brackets"
No can do kemosabe, clicking does nothing.
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"We did not agree that 15...Nxf3+ was a blunder. Did you read my post?"
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Which post? Please be specific and explain why not Nxd3 then. If you want to engage in conversation with me, then you need to be thorough.Â
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Why not Nxd3? I hold no mercy posts.
I explained all this thoroughly in post #15. I'm not going to explain it again to you because I find your attitude irritating. So long, thread.
Shake it off.
DENVERHIGH wrote:
I think you blundered because you have too many games on your mind.
I concur. Thought it might be fun to play a ton of games but I'm not nearly that organized and not nearly that good.
I appreciate this analysis. Spot on, in my opinion.
GreenCastleBlock wrote:
shakedaspear wrote:
Alapin-Delectate wrote:
Here is the game
 15. Nxd3 and I'm coasting, right? Lord... I'm taking up checkers.
Yes, 15...Nxd3 wins a clean pawn.
15...Nxf3+ is a poor move that solves two of your opponent's problems (the jumble of the Kside knights and the Q's position on the e file), but it's not losing by itself. The problem is you played it with the motivation of winning a piece by force, and that's not possible. You thought something like, "if I move my N, I am attacking the Q and she has to move. What can I do with my N? Well, I can chop off his N on f3. That removes one of the defenders of that awkward N on g5. And when the Q has to move off that diagonal as well, he's lost the other defender!" And when you thought you saw a clear win you did not examine other moves.
It's just an issue with your board vision, and if it's because you were playing too late at night, don't play late at night. You have days available to you to make these moves, and if you make them when you're not at your best you can waste weeks of hard work. Also, use the Analysis feature to check out possible tactical sequences - that is allowed.
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In long time control. In a winning position. In a tournament game.
Options?
Too early (645am PST) for drinking. Or is it?
Seriously, what do *you* do when you need to shake off an epic blunder? Open to suggestions, witty and otherwise.