Blunders down but severity up sounds like an oxymoron
Well...this is interesting.

Blunders down but severity up sounds like an oxymoron
Thus the Bermuda Triangle....
It just doesn't make much sense. Furthermore, my average mistake rate is around 12-17% with my inaccuracies being around 16-21% (exceptions moved aside). I don't trust engines completely, but regardless still find this odd.

The only possible explanation I can come up with is that you are playing passive games to avoid blunders. For example you can play Nf6-Ng8-Nf6-Ng8 all day long, and it isn't a "blunder".

If you've seen any of the games I post up on here, you'd know they are anything but passive. I like to play tactically intensive games and passive, while I look for those moves, isn't really my cup of tea.

Blunders down but severity up sounds like an oxymoron
Thus the Bermuda Triangle....
It just doesn't make much sense. Furthermore, my average mistake rate is around 12-17% with my inaccuracies being around 16-21% (exceptions moved aside). I don't trust engines completely, but regardless still find this odd.
Saying "I'm doing everything right but I still lose" exposes a logical fallacy. Presumably, if you do everything right, you either win or draw. So you can bet that whatever is suggesting you're playing superbly is wrong. But since one slight error can lose you a whole game, 12-17% could lose you a lot of games. Because if you make one error in 7 or 8 moves, that could put you in a real bad way every game.

Saying "I'm doing everything right but I still lose" exposes a logical fallacy. Presumably, if you do everything right, you either win or draw. So you can bet that whatever is suggesting you're playing superbly is wrong. But since one slight error can lose you a whole game, 12-17% could lose you a lot of games. Because if you make one error in 7 or 8 moves that could put you in a real bad way every game.
I completely agree. Anything over 10% of any type of error is pushing it and the higher you get, the lower that % must get. Which is why I mentioned the fact that while I am avoiding blunders, I may indeed be making more serious mistakes. I mean, making less blunders isn't a bad thing by any means...then again, it could be just that I am playing players who have been able to captialize on my mistakes more thorougly than others in recent past.

Saying "I'm doing everything right but I still lose" exposes a logical fallacy. Presumably, if you do everything right, you either win or draw. So you can bet that whatever is suggesting you're playing superbly is wrong. But since one slight error can lose you a whole game, 12-17% could lose you a lot of games. Because if you make one error in 7 or 8 moves that could put you in a real bad way every game.
I completely agree. Anything over 10% of any type of error is pushing it and the higher you get, the lower that % must get. Which is why I mentioned the fact that while I am avoiding blunders, I may indeed be making more serious mistakes. I mean, making less blunders isn't a bad thing by any means...then again, it could be just that I am playing players who have been able to captialize on my mistakes more thorougly than others in recent past.
And I'm saying that a "serious mistake" is a blunder by any other name. Well, at least a GM would think so, I'm sure.

And I'm saying that a "serious mistake" is a blunder by any other name. Well, at least a GM would think so, I'm sure.
Oh yeah, I am sure after a certain point a mistake is a blunder, and average blunders are practically non-existent. Either way, time to cut down on those "serious mistakes". More studying....COMMENCE!

And I'm saying that a "serious mistake" is a blunder by any other name. Well, at least a GM would think so, I'm sure.
Oh yeah, I am sure after a certain point a mistake is a blunder, and average blunders are practically non-existent. Either way, time to cut down on those "serious mistakes". More studying....COMMENCE!
My ELO keeps improving from just playing 10 minute blitz all the time without a lot of study. Occassionally maybe some tactics or read some article or listen to some pundit. But playing, playing, playing has helped a lot. My biggest problem is playing when I'm tired, fuzzy, emotional or distracted or overworked. I get on losing streaks on a bad day and can hardly believe that I could be playing so badly when the day before I was winning and winning. I keep playing thinking it will turn around, but it usually is an indication that my brain is tired or not working and it won't usually work better until some rest, exercise good nutrition, whatever.
Yesterday I did pretty well (by my standards). I was hovering at around 1250 and above in 10 minute blitz (still trying to break 1300). Then today after a little sleep I tried to play. I had the guy beat but because I was tired, that game I completely forgot to watch my clock and lost on time. I was probably 10-20 seconds from checkmating. But I know today is not a good day to play so I'm going to restrain myself and wait until I'm rested again and try to maintain that discipline.
So...I have cut my blunders down by half and even have ZERO blunders in a few games now. My mistakes have gone down though my inaccuracies still need some work.
But here is the interesting part:
While I have seemingly improved my ability to make coordinated moves and assaults, I have also found that I am losing MORE games. Theoretically this could be due, in part, to the fact that I don't completely understand the entire position and while I am not making blunders, am bringing myself into bad positions regardless. So perhaps while my blunders have gone down, the severity of my mistakes has increased? BAH, anybody know if the Bermuda Triangle has moved over Wisconsin?!