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Games are won by blunders

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1. e4!!

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I've heard that said where games against players of my caliber are won by blunders. I know that's true but I didn't really know how much until I looked at one of my games I won where I thought I played well in an engine. Not only did it show his blunders that I was able to exploit but that I should have come out even better. Really an eye opener to see just how much you miss.

Game 4131954

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Traxler is Sound!

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Originally posted by deeploser
I've heard that said where games against players of my caliber are won by blunders. I know that's true but I didn't really know how much until I looked at one of my games I won where I thought I played well in an engine. Not only did it show his blunders that I was able to exploit but that I should have come out even better. Really an eye opener to see just how much you miss.

Game 4131954
in a way it's true but not always... Vipiu has a game where the winning tactic was too complicated for fritz to find. I have one that was far too positional for an engine (I still enjoy running the game through fritz and beating it over and over again 😛).

AttilaTheHorn
Erro Ergo Sum

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Hmm, is it the player making the second-last mistake who wins?

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Richmond Hill

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Nice game. Black's second move was a bit of an eye-opener (not the good kind).

tonytiger41

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yes friitz is a great tool to show what humans miss.

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Originally posted by deeploser
I've heard that said where games against players of my caliber are won by blunders. I know that's true but I didn't really know how much until I looked at one of my games I won where I thought I played well in an engine. Not only did it show his blunders that I was able to exploit but that I should have come out even better. Really an eye opener to see just how much you miss.

Game 4131954
You say that as if player of your(our) caliber (and my rating is around 1360 as well) is actually any good. us 1300's suck! 😀

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1. e4!!

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Some odd things about this game in particular for me at least were that it was our 9th game. First one that I won. I also thought about 13. Nxe5 for a good while. The engine picked it up in a snap. For some reason when someone offers something for free I'm skeptical.

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