Nooooooooooooooooo!

With this win needed to take me into the next round of the tournament, and being within tantalising grasp of victory I go and do this:

Game 755663

Why do I bother? 😞

Momentary blindness. It happens to us all. supposedly, as we get better, the "moments" go away. But it's like malaria. You never quite can get rid of the disease.

I felt like quitting chess altogether after a blunder yesterday, but I posted it for all the world to see and felt better. It even seems funny now. These things happen and hopefully we learn ..