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blundering and losing a piece!

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You find yourself a piece down afte a blunder!!! what the best strategy/plan? apart from kick yourself and prey

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Capturing costs a tempo.

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Put your pieces on the best/most effective squares.


Probably resigning and then doing 100 tactics problems as penitence would be best.

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Play on. It 's one less piece to worry about.

If you win call it a sacrifice.

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Originally posted by rob39
You find yourself a piece down afte a blunder!!! what the best strategy/plan? apart from kick yourself and prey
Try to confuse the issue, for example - if feasible, go for an attack on his King even if it exposes your King to attack as well. In general, you want some sort of counterplay; otherwise, you'll just be a spectator watching the opponent win a won game.

You want to give your opponent the chance to make a blunder of his own, hence the need to keep some sort of pressure on him. If you can't do it, the best choice may be to just resign and try to do better next game.

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Originally posted by rob39
You find yourself a piece down afte a blunder!!! what the best strategy/plan? apart from kick yourself and prey
If it is OTB, smile, chuckle and whisper, "Thank you."

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<slithers out from under rock> You could also PRAY <slither sback under rock>

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Careful boys.

No disccusing on the main forum about a game still in progress.

All innocent I know but it's a bit unfair of the other chappie.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Careful boys.

No disccusing on the main forum about a game still in progress?

All innocent I know but it's a bit unfair of the other chappie.
oops, ok, I put my hands up, but as GP said, it was in innocence, 'i never knowd what i had done! Have mercy! 🙁

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A Mod will stroll by and hopefully just remove the post.

I did it once. Yattered on about about a GIP.

Up on my white horse I climbed and pointed the way with step by step fen's
(in the days before the moving PGN thing) showing the lad the way.

Post pulled and warning PM duly received.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
A Mod will stroll by and hopefully just remove the post.

I did it once. Yattered on about about a GIP.

Up on my white horse I climbed and pointed the way with step by step fen's
(in the days before the moving PGN thing) showing the lad the way.

Post pulled and warning PM duly received.
Thanks to those who alerted the posts in question. As greenpawn34 says, it's not fair - even if done in innocence.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
A Mod will stroll by and hopefully just remove the post.

I did it once. Yattered on about about a GIP.

Up on my white horse I climbed and pointed the way with step by step fen's
(in the days before the moving PGN thing) showing the lad the way.

Post pulled and warning PM duly received.
stroll past???, dont you mean goose-step past to the sound of cyber rockets exploding in the distance! thanks to all the grasses! 😛