1400 blunders

Originally posted by Dragon Fire
So do 2100s Game 3533889 is an example with apologies to my opponent for embarrassing him.

This reminds me of a postal game I once saw. White opened 1 e4. Black replied "1 .. b6 2 any .. Bb7". The "any" being a fairly standard postal chess convention meaning "whatever you play I'll follow up with ..." (kinda like the conditional moves a lot of people are waiting for on this site). White's reply was devastating, if not very honourable:

2. Ba6, 3. Bxb7

1-0

Originally posted by d36366
This reminds me of a postal game I once saw. White opened 1 e4. Black replied "1 .. b6 2 any .. Bb7". The "any" being a fairly standard postal chess convention meaning "whatever you play I'll follow up with ..." (kinda like the conditional moves a lot of people are waiting for on this site). White's reply was devastating, if not very honourable:

2. Ba6, 3. Bxb7

1-0

Another reason to avoid "if" moves in CC unless it's abolutley forced. I've seen too many mistakes in hasty analysis where if moves were used. Send them at your own risk. The first time you blow a game you'll never do it again.

I'd like to think I drop less now than I did when I first joined this site. I still fall for far too many wood eating tactics.

Originally posted by chesskid001
Real rating 1452, RHP XXXX - I blunder [b]way more on this site.[/b]

Yes i never drop queens or rooks in OTB play. And i never miss simple two move combinations, like i frequently do here.

Originally posted by eldragonfly
Yes i never drop queens or rooks in OTB play. And i never miss simple two move combinations, like i frequently do here.

I do and this year I had a player rated 2025 drop his queen to me with a simple Knight fork. It happens, often!

Originally posted by Dragon Fire
I do and this year I had a player rated 2025 drop his queen to me with a simple Knight fork. It happens, often!

everyone blunders now and then

Game 3246724

Game 2584071

Originally posted by YUG0slav
Game 2584071

I'm not so sure i would have resigned the second game, you were only a rook down after recapturing the knight.

Originally posted by d36366
This reminds me of a postal game I once saw. White opened 1 e4. Black replied "1 .. b6 2 any .. Bb7". The "any" being a fairly standard postal chess convention meaning "whatever you play I'll follow up with ..." (kinda like the conditional moves a lot of people are waiting for on this site). White's reply was devastating, if not very honourable:

2. Ba6, 3. Bxb7

1-0

Nothing dishonorable about it.

Originally posted by abejnood
Seems like Black could have won with 5... g2+ !

What about Nxh4?

Originally posted by eldragonfly
I'm not so sure i would have resigned the second game, you were only a rook down after recapturing the knight.

"....only a rook down" 😀 😀 😀

Originally posted by Korch
"....[b]only a rook down" 😀 😀 😀[/b]

well said

A game full of blunders

Game 3571654

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Nothing dishonorable about it.

We have different value systems. And a different way of spelling honourable. Maybe the two are related.

🙂