• Is there a remedy against blundering?

    From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Thu Feb 11 11:10:42 2021
    On Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 5:29:29 AM UTC+2, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 10:18:54 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
    <nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Bs"d

    Interesting game against a 1600 in my mind boggling style: https://lichess.org/pP6c08aAyi6I
    Well other than not playing at all I've found no sure fire remedy
    against blunders.

    One of my great memories of the 1971 Canadian Open was my round 1 game
    when I was a protected passed pawn up and cruising to victory against
    a player 150 points higher than me only to lose my focus and grabbed a
    pawn on h7 - the response was g6 of course and I put my face in my
    hands and only then looked up - and to my horror saw World Champion
    Boris Spassky watching my blunder. (I was playing on the main aisle
    that one went up when going from the TD's table to board 1)

    To this day nearly 50 years later I wonder whether Spassky remembered
    that distraught Canadian teenager in Vancouver when Fischer did
    likewise a year later in the first game of their Reykjavik match when
    Fischer also grabbed the H pawn.

    (One of my few regrets of my teens was that I did NOT attend any of
    the Fischer-Taimanov games held in a theatre on the same university
    campus - it was an 1h20m bus ride from my home and my parents figured
    that was a bit much for 14 year old me. I still have the issue of
    Newsweek magazine that featured Fischer on the cover)

    Bs"d

    Was that the same Canadian open that was won by ;Spassky together with the Dutch GM Hans Ree?

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 21 06:23:48 2021
    Bs"d

    And I got myself another crass blunder, really a shame, because the game was going so well. I played a Russian defense, hoping for a Stafford, getting a 4 horses game, ripped from the guy a castle, and then blundered away my queen, for the one and only
    simple reason that I didn't bother to look what was going on: https://lichess.org/SFI16a3G2zYj
    Horrible!

    Thank God I got compensated for this horrible incident, and in the following two games, I won the queen of the enemy in the opening:
    In this one on move 8 I caught him: https://lichess.org/G4bCRfC588Kr
    And in this one I trapped the queen on move 9: https://lichess.org/G4bCRfC588Kr

    That gives some consolation.

    Eases the pain.

    https://tinyurl.com/violent-sport

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 23 07:32:19 2021
    Bs"d

    And I did it again; overlooked a mate in one: https://lichess.org/pN12nfd17K3P On move 36 I had a mate in one, but I decided to do something else. Another blunder festival.

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Wed Feb 24 04:24:10 2021
    On Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:23:49 PM UTC+2, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    And I got myself another crass blunder, really a shame, because the game was going so well. I played a Russian defense, hoping for a Stafford, getting a 4 horses game, ripped from the guy a castle, and then blundered away my queen, for the one and only
    simple reason that I didn't bother to look what was going on: https://lichess.org/SFI16a3G2zYj
    Horrible!

    Thank God I got compensated for this horrible incident, and in the following two games, I won the queen of the enemy in the opening:
    In this one on move 8 I caught him: https://lichess.org/G4bCRfC588Kr
    And in this one I trapped the queen on move 9: https://lichess.org/G4bCRfC588Kr

    That gives some consolation.

    Eases the pain.

    https://tinyurl.com/violent-sport

    Bs"d

    Isn't it weird how things come in clusters? Like I said before: That is a law of nature.

    Here above I told you guys about the queen I blundered away, after which I got two in return. Same thing happened again. In this game https://lichess.org/mi7NzPeJ5yGJ I happily blundered away my queen on move 14.
    So in the game right after that one, the enemy blundered away his queen on move 12. That's justice.
    And then the third game after my disastrous queen sacrifice: https://lichess.org/xAFqHdSTn6u9 yet another combatant blundered away his queen.
    That felt good.
    Not only does misery love company, but getting paid back double makes it worth it.

    Chess isn't so bad after all.

    http://tinyurl.com/50-proc-math

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to nastyhorsefork@gmail.com on Wed Feb 24 09:12:59 2021
    On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:32:19 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
    <nastyhorsefork@gmail.com> wrote:

    Bs"d

    And I did it again; overlooked a mate in one: https://lichess.org/pN12nfd17K3P On move 36 I had a mate in one, but I decided to do something else. Another blunder festival.

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder

    Missing a mate in 1 is pretty bad unless your time is seconds from
    expiring....

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Wed Feb 24 09:32:15 2021
    On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7:13:05 PM UTC+2, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:32:19 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
    <nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Bs"d

    And I did it again; overlooked a mate in one: https://lichess.org/pN12nfd17K3P On move 36 I had a mate in one, but I decided to do something else. Another blunder festival.

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder
    Missing a mate in 1 is pretty bad unless your time is seconds from expiring....

    Bs"d

    When it comes to chess I'm like a blind man groping around in the darkness....

    https://tinyurl.com/3-stages

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to nastyhorsefork@gmail.com on Sat Feb 27 18:16:56 2021
    On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:32:15 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
    <nastyhorsefork@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder
    Missing a mate in 1 is pretty bad unless your time is seconds from
    expiring....

    Bs"d

    When it comes to chess I'm like a blind man groping around in the darkness....

    https://tinyurl.com/3-stages

    I've had games like that - I usually say "burn the board! burn the
    pieces!" but know I actually won't.

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Sun Feb 28 05:35:11 2021
    On Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 4:17:00 AM UTC+2, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:32:15 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
    <nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder
    Missing a mate in 1 is pretty bad unless your time is seconds from
    expiring....

    Bs"d

    When it comes to chess I'm like a blind man groping around in the darkness....

    https://tinyurl.com/3-stages
    I've had games like that - I usually say "burn the board! burn the
    pieces!" but know I actually won't.

    Bs"d

    I accepted the fact that I'm a rotten chess player, and I live with it.

    The simple trick to anyway have fun while playing chess is playing against opponents who play even more rotten than I do.

    Simple.

    Life is simple, but people make it complicated. :)

    https://tinyurl.com/gnat-drink

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Sun Feb 28 10:08:49 2021
    On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 8:40:50 AM UTC+2, Eli Kesef wrote:
    On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 10:50:28 PM UTC+2, azigni wrote:
    They are only blunders if they do not look brilliant by the end of the game.
    Bs"d

    Good point. That will happen some times, that after a horrible blunder, it turns out there is a brilliant hidden win.

    Can't remember when that happened to me though.

    Bs"d

    Got one!

    One of those coarse blunders which make you look brilliant! https://lichess.org/ukhjGVOpSUwM

    On move 23 I blundered away my queen. Totally absolutely not seen.

    My cursor moved to the resign button, and then, then I saw it! Mate in 2!

    Chess can be so incredibly funny!

    And it can also be like you want to take a sledge hammer to your computer.

    It all depends on the time of day, phase of the moon, high or low tide, earth rays, karma, and more stuff like that.

    Let's face it: Chess is a game of chance.

    https://tinyurl.com/two-plus-two

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 19 23:05:05 2022
    Bs"d

    It is depressing when you play over a winning game with Stockfish and then you see how many times you blundered, and how many times the enemy could have slaughtered you... :(

    https://tinyurl.com/fairytale-1001

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Sun Feb 20 13:29:32 2022
    On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2:05:07 AM UTC-5, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    It is depressing when you play over a winning game with Stockfish and then you see how many times you blundered, and how many times the enemy could have slaughtered you... :(

    Just recall that Petrosian himself, in a crucial game in the Candidates tournament in 1956, in a winning position, under no time pressure, when his opponent had only one active piece on the board, managed to hang his queen.

    Compared to that, all my many blunders look rather inconsequential.

    William Hyde

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to William Hyde on Sun Feb 20 23:10:45 2022
    On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 11:29:35 PM UTC+2, William Hyde wrote:
    On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2:05:07 AM UTC-5, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    It is depressing when you play over a winning game with Stockfish and then you see how many times you blundered, and how many times the enemy could have slaughtered you... :(
    Just recall that Petrosian himself, in a crucial game in the Candidates tournament in 1956, in a winning position, under no time pressure, when his opponent had only one active piece on the board, managed to hang his queen.

    Compared to that, all my many blunders look rather inconsequential.

    William Hyde

    Bs"d

    Reminds me of the first world championship match between Magnus and Vishy. Magnus gave the game away with a terrible blunder, and after that Vishy blundered as least as bad by not seeing it, and Magnus could save the game.

    After his blunder and after Vishy did an innocent move, Magnus' head sunk on the table. :)

    I guess we all blunder. But some more than others.

    https://tinyurl.com/blunders-lie-in-wait

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 5 14:33:13 2022
    Bs"d

    Just blundered away a horse in this game: https://lichess.org/KGvv8OETXvt9 on move 11.

    On move 12 the enemy resigned. The threat of the horse fork was too much for him.

    https://tinyurl.com/bewilderd

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 14 14:21:39 2022
    Bs"d

    I thought I played blunderful, but now I know I'm not so bad after all. It can always be worse.

    In this very amusing youtube an IM goes over a game of two 700 players. It is a short game, and it contains 19 blunders.
    The comment of the IM is hilaric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVEOmjcZwI&t=241s

    I feel a lot better now about my games. :D

    https://tinyurl.com/last-blunder

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Wed Mar 16 14:16:33 2022
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:21:40 PM UTC-4, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    I thought I played blunderful, but now I know I'm not so bad after all. It can always be worse.

    In this very amusing youtube an IM goes over a game of two 700 players. It is a short game, and it contains 19 blunders.
    The comment of the IM is hilaric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVEOmjcZwI&t=241s

    I feel a lot better now about my games. :D

    This is one of the good things about chess. No matter how bad you are, there is someone worse. And now lichess makes it easy to find them.

    William Hyde

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to William Hyde on Fri Mar 18 00:48:31 2022
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:16:34 PM UTC+2, William Hyde wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:21:40 PM UTC-4, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    I thought I played blunderful, but now I know I'm not so bad after all. It can always be worse.

    In this very amusing youtube an IM goes over a game of two 700 players. It is a short game, and it contains 19 blunders.
    The comment of the IM is hilaric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVEOmjcZwI&t=241s

    I feel a lot better now about my games. :D
    This is one of the good things about chess. No matter how bad you are, there is someone worse. And now lichess makes it easy to find them.

    William Hyde

    Bs"d

    Thank God for Lichess!

    https://tinyurl.com/drink-gnat

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  • From Eli Kesef@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Sun Apr 3 06:15:56 2022
    On Monday, November 23, 2020 at 2:39:28 PM UTC+2, Eli Kesef wrote:

    But those are the best games, where you back is against the wall, you are positionally or materially in problems, you fight on, and then you win the game anyway.

    Never say die!

    Bs"d

    Got another one: https://lichess.org/JAcPMsspkba8 On move 18 the enemy took a piece from me, and checked me.
    No problem, all was foreseen, and I could take his piece, and continue my attack.
    The only problem was that the check scared me so much, that I thought I made a horrible mistake, that I was now obligated to move my king, and would loose a piece.
    So I moved my king an lost a piece.
    While all the while I could just take the chess giving bishop.

    Struck with total chess blindness.

    Or more accurate, I didn't even bother to look, I knew I made a mistake, I had to move my king, no need to look at he position.

    I have to work on that.

    But I didn't let me being a piece down bring me down. I fought on. After all, I was playing somebody who was 188 points lower than me, so I soldiered on.

    On move 20 I managed to exchange a castle for 2 bishops, having one measly point profit. But beggars can't be choosers.

    And a handful of moves later the enemy worked himself into quite a mess, where he had to choose between loosing his queen or loosing his king.
    He choose for the latter, and I managed to win the game.

    HalleluJah!!

    https://tinyurl.com/res-no-win

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  • From Julian Waldby@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Tue May 10 06:00:50 2022
    On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 7:42:42 AM UTC-6, Eli Kesef wrote:
    Bs"d

    Is there a cure for playing blunderfull?

    My big problem is my rotten play and especially my blunders. Just played a nice game, routed a decent player, https://lichess.org/V2zsemfOzMIL but when playing it over again, I saw that on move 30 the opponent blundered away a castle, and I didn't see
    it, but went on to win a pawn.
    Didn't matter too much in the result, the opponent resigned on move 32, but it is not good.

    All my games are riddled with blunders like that.

    Does anybody know a solution for that?

    Playing versus the computer can help with that. Maybe twenty games later I wasn't leaving the diagonal holes for the bishops and queen. It is predictable in taking advantage of certain faults and it helps make those faults go away.

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