Duh...can't work computer. Just passing along this fine paragraph from Tim Harding:
"We [i.e. novices] are taught that it generally takes two mistakes to lose a game, and countless instances bear this out. Why is it then that from time to time (usually in crucial tournament encounters) one plays a game where the opponent’s every other move is in inaccuracy and yet he survives, even after losing material, while the slightest peccadillo on our own part brings immediate retribution in the form of a zero on the score-table?"
The whole article is good:
http://www.chesscafe.com/TIM/kibb.htm
Originally posted by lloydkIt's true! It's horribly horribly true!
Why is it then that from time to time (usually in crucial tournament encounters) one plays a game where the opponent’s every other move is in inaccuracy and yet he survives, even after losing material, while the slightest peccadillo on our own part brings immediate retribution in the form of a zero on the score-table?"
Just in case there are any people out there who are in any doubt about this, here's the proof....
Game 517078
........😠...........!&$%£!............😞
Move 26 to the end are just shocking!