I knew the answer to this question before i even looked at your games.
90+% of what you play are fast time controls. Youre not giving yourself time to think during games.
Stupid blunders?
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Aug 15, 2019
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Thanks for the response. I do think that's part of the issue as I feel I am running out of time often with 15/10 rapid games, so I've started playing 30 min games instead, but as you can see from this game on move 19 I just hang a piece randomly. Went from +5 on the analysis to -2 and I still had plenty of time on the clock. I think the issue is I'm thinking of so many other lines and trying to calculate so deeply I often forget or don't notice what is wrong with a move when its glaringly obvious.
Aug 15, 2019
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@IMBacon Thanks for taking the time with that in depth response, it really helps. I have seen that checklist before or a similar one, I just often forget about it. I will try harder to remember it and mentally check off each one as I go through it, hopefully that will help to store it in my brain better.
Aug 15, 2019
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purple_spade wrote:
@IMBacon Thanks for taking the time with that in depth response, it really helps. I have seen that checklist before or a similar one, I just often forget about it. I will try harder to remember it and mentally check off each one as I go through it, hopefully that will help to store it in my brain better.
Good luck to you!
Aug 15, 2019
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@RedGirlZ I'm already playing 30 min games and it still happens even when I'm not in much time pressure. I could start playing 60 min games maybe and see if it helps as it probably is a small factor.
Aug 15, 2019
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Haha just had another game where I was +3 at several stages and managed to lose again. Funnily enough on move 19 again I blundered the pawn and went down to +0.74 from +3. Then I got frustrated I went for a tactic at the end with the bishop that I miscalculated and also blundered the knight but was lost by then. This will take a while for me to learn...
Aug 15, 2019
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I was preparing b4 to try and open up his king and then get my rooks across to the open files against his king, but I overthought it way too much. I was initally going to play Bg5 and attempt to swap off some pieces as I am 3 pawns up and then eventually get my knight around to e6 as it is a nice square for it, but for whatever reason it just didn't feel right. Maybe I should go against my instincts a bit more.
Aug 15, 2019
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Yeah you're completely right. Overcomplicating things is a big issue I have in general life as well as chess. Seemingly such a simple thing to correct but I struggle with it so much. Just played yet another game where I was +1 on the analysis and I felt I had a strong position, then blew it by letting his queen in and losing my rook, with 10 mins left as well. Another 1100 rated blunder. Here it is for amusement lol, and thank you for your responses. Hopefully just relentlessly playing will solve this issue as I am pretty committed to improving.
hello people, let me start off by saying that I have been playing chess for fifty years. I understand most everything about the game all concepts , strategy. I have started playing most recently on chess.com My rating has been hanging in the low 1200's
I win a game, lose a game and all is well. I learn were I can. Never take a lose to the heart. But last night I played a game that has really stuck in my heart all day. It's crazy but I think I can know how a Grandmaster feels when he blows a game that he has won ( championship).
I started game with e4 wiggled my way through the sicilian and had control of the whole game from the start. I finally with the help of pins, forks and brilliant (???) Statagy have him in "mate in one". I had him he was mine by playing solid chess. But even though I had him at that lovely word Checkmate, in one. Next move "MATE" I completely blundered the next four moves and gave my queen away on the fifth move!!!!!! I was shocked when the game was analized. Blundered four straight moves. The mate that I directed was lost. I felt sick to this moment. I have never felt this way losing a game and I have lost many. What I cannot get over is the four consecutive blunders then giving away my queen. I guess I am just looking for some introspect from my fellow chess nuts. People who maybe have gone through such a mood altering experience. Any words will be helpful.
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I've been hovering in the 1500-1600 range for rapid chess at the moment on this site for quite a while, and 90% of my losses come from just randomly hanging pieces. Either that or I think of a move, realise it would be hanging, so I think of other moves and decide they aren't that good either, then I spot the original move again, but forgot that I discarded it already because it was hanging and I play the move. I always realise within a second of playing it.
When I'm completely focused I can generally beat 1600s relatively easily and some 1700s, and I know my game is at least at that level if I cut out the 900 rated blunders.
My question is how do I go about improving this weakness? I've been playing online chess on and off for just over a year now so I would've thought I have played and learnt enough that this part of my game will improve naturally with the other areas of the game. It's as if I can't organise my thoughts properly and I've just got a really bad attention span. Any advice?