[Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.10.19"] [EndDate "2012.11.01"] [Round "?"] [White "King Tiger"] [Black "Half Blood Prince"] [WhiteRating "1960"] [BlackRating "1947"] [WhiteElo "1960"] [BlackElo "1947"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "9602057"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bf1c4 d5 4. Bc4xd5 Qd8h4 5. Ke1f1 Qh4h6 6. Nb1c3 Bf8b4 7. Qd1e2 Ng8e7 8. Qe2c4 Ne7xd5 9. Nc3xd5 Bb4d6 10. Nd5xc7 Bd6xc7 11. Qc4xc7 O-O 12. d3 f5 13. e5 Nb8c6 14. Ng1f3 Rf8d8 15. d4 {Does white not see Rd7 traps the queen??? Haha, nope. at least not until the submit button was hit!} 0-1
So, I'm sure there are other blunders out there. So post your favorite blunder. Not just a game you messed up overall, but a single move that was just like, dang it! and you resigned from there.
A 5 second recall after hitting submit would be nice too. lol
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rd1 e6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rab1 Bd7 15. Qd2 { setting up Bh6, but that's what I want! } 15... Rac8 16. Bh6 Ng4 17. Bxg7 { 17.Be3 leaves ugly doubled, isolated e-pawns. I'm not sure if it's any better than the game continuation. } 17... Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Kxg7 19. Rf1 Qa7 20. Rf4 { double question mark - obviously he missed the N check } 20... Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 { forced - if Kg1, Ne4+ wins the Q } 21... Qxf2 22. Rf1 Qb6 23. Rf4 Bb5 24. Rh4 h5 25. g4 Qf2 26. Rh3 hxg4 { I'm not scared of no stinkin' Q check! } 27. Re3 Rc4 28. Nd1 Rc1 { with the point that Qx Qe1+ is mate. } 29. Rc3 Ra1 30. h3 Bxe2 { I'm rolling...life is good...nothing can go wrong! } 31. Rc1 { and now, instead of the obvious ...Rxc1, which wins easily, I decide to play one more 'clever' move. } 31... gxh3 { Triple question mark - this would have worked, but there's just one little flaw. } 32. Nxf2 { and I lost the endgame. }
Ugh, I really hate this PGN viewer. It quits scrolling through the moves after move 18, and I can't get the comment for 20.Rf4 to show up no matter what I do.
Originally posted by morgski I would have at least waited till they moved before resigning, if you missed it, they might have too 😉
Here's one of mine against a friend who I play regularly to improve his chess. Sometimes, just sometimes, I mess up big time
[pgn][Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.03.27"] [EndDate "2012.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "RX8" ...[text shortened]... 7. Qd1c2 {not sure why I played on this far to be honest} 1-0[/pgn]
True, but after I saw it I figured they would and just thought I'd gracefully throw the towel in-it wasn't a clan or important tournament game luckily. Trapping your own queen with your own piece...ouch. lol
Originally posted by 64squaresofpain Here's arguably my worst blunder, although I have [regrettably] made a few other howlers.
I played as black, so might be best to invert board
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.09.17"] [EndDate "2012.09.24"] [Round "?"] [White "imaginary"] [Black "64squaresofpain"] [WhiteRating "1364"] [BlackRating "1372"] ...[text shortened]... is best,
or the most proper (polite) time to resign a losing game.
Somewhere around move 11🙂 Playing on gives the impression you don't respect the other players ability to win when you are 9 or so points down.
Originally posted by sonhouse Somewhere around move 11🙂 Playing on gives the impression you don't respect the other players ability to win when you are 9 or so points down.
Yeah, I guess I just don't like seeing games finish too soon...
There wasn't a real blunder in that game though right?
Maybe white moved a few times without conviction, therefore losing the positional battle, but not a solid blunder like the ones we often mean...
Having said that, how can one solidly define a blunder in chess?
I've been in at least 2 different games where I 'blundered'... but happened to come out of the situation better,
either by trapping the attacking piece or being able to have a good pin/fork soon afterwards
Originally posted by 64squaresofpain There wasn't a real blunder in that game though right?
Maybe white moved a few times without conviction, therefore losing the positional battle, but not a solid blunder like the ones we often mean...
Having said that, how can one solidly define a blunder in chess?
I've been in at least 2 different games where I 'blundered'... but happened to c ...[text shortened]... either by trapping the attacking piece or being able to have a good pin/fork soon afterwards
Its all perspective. The stronger you get things that seemed like small mistakes start seeming like blunders especially when you start being able to see exactly how your opponent is going to take you down for what some would think was a "small" slip. The good news is that nobodies perfect and an equal strength opponent is just as likely as you to play a howler.
I hate blunders...
01 Nov '12 19:36
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