losing games to my own bad play

IJW your my kind of player

Today has not gone well for me - things have gone very awry money losses from yesterday - then wind storm that hit our area caused some damage, to the house nothing major but enough to cause me to fret and here I am playing chess -- making blunders left and right soon I will be out of a couple of my 24 hours- sometimes I really hate my life -- wish I could drink again but that's long gone with all the meds I take -- a good stiff triple finger deep rye and ginger with a slice of lime tossed in would do wonders maybe two will try one more game tonight then that's it I go read for awhile

Hopefully your house is all right

thank you for your concern, only crank out canvas awnings over our deck and a small shed got wacked badly -- and a few shingles got dislodged - the scope is really small compared to others - but its just with everything else repairs like these will take some time I can't do what I could do when I was younger that's for sure the cost is such that our deductable is great than the damage its the man hours needed to fix things less playing chess I guess- for a while - and I will have to put off getting that electronic chess board I wanted -- but thanks for the thoughts

Many have told me that before , but i just don't want to waste my opponents time when I know from the moment I lose my queen and its under say 30 moves ,its over- let the person get his points and move on

No!!! I'm telling you, you can come back! It will happen! Idk why you're so confident about that.

It's not wasting your opponent's time - most opponents at your level can't convert a queen advantage into a win!!!!!!

i have noticed that when I play 24-hour games, I last much longer, usually into the 25/26 moves and up to about 30 moves and sometimes even higher, but when I play 5-minute games, I usually last about 15 to 20 moves so I will just continue playing 24 hour games and see if I can improve on that lasting onto the 30 moves category more