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    11 Aug '09 21:35
    I've recently lost all points I've win because of blunders, I wonder, why are they still in my play ? I blunder, I miss important tactics, i'm playing like a patzer, What is wrong with me. I feel insulted.
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    11 Aug '09 21:44
    Believe it or not, I think a lot of players at all levels feel that way, even GMs. The fact is, the vast majority of games are lost because someone overlooks a tactic. The degree of sophistication is higher at the higher levels, but it usually comes down to missing something.
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    11 Aug '09 21:45
    The chess pieces must have formed an devilish little clique against you...
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    11 Aug '09 21:53
    For i am rated 1615, I was rated 1678 not so long ago. But I've done mistake that a player rated 1000 would have done.
  5. Standard memberDiet Coke
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    11 Aug '09 21:57
    Originally posted by AudreyxSophie
    For i am rated 1615, I was rated 1678 not so long ago. But I've done mistake that a player rated 1000 would have done.uickly
    How often and how long do you play for?

    How quickly do you move?
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    11 Aug '09 22:07
    True, i move very fast.
  7. Standard memberDiet Coke
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    11 Aug '09 22:09
    Originally posted by AudreyxSophie
    True, i move very fast.
    Play too quickly for too long with too many games and you'll end up just like me.
  8. ...who does not know
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    12 Aug '09 01:22
    I am a patzer. 🙂 I see chess and football very similar here. I see a blunder much like a fumble. In chess, instead of losing the ball, you lose a piece and a tempo. For a very weak player against a strong player, the blunders seem more abundant. Of course the stronger player is helping to FORCE the blunder/fumble. On the other side, occasionally, a stonger player blunders/fumbles to a weaker player. Giving chess the Any Given Sunday feel. For the most part though, equal players games are determined by who makes the least mistakes/fumbles. The stronger players can really absorb these blunders against a weaker player and still win. On the other side, once a weaker player loses a minor piece against a strong player. Not much chance to recover. That is just how I see it. If I did not blunder, my rating would be much higher than it is. Practice, practice, practice. 🙂
  9. Standard memberrking00
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    12 Aug '09 04:05
    Forget about your rating. Just play as many games and as fast as you want to. The upside to amassing a lot of completed games quickly is that you then have a lot of material to look over and see where you went wrong. Its all just a learning experience.
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    12 Aug '09 04:13
    it is mostly because the weaker do not know how to win.
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    12 Aug '09 04:40


    Looking at your last loss. Maybe I am just a patzer, but I would not have resigned this. ...Ne4 counterattacks white's queen and gives your queen an escape square. Again, I am no expert but this looks playable. I get the feeling you are a stronger player than you give yourself credit for.
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    12 Aug '09 05:08
    I looked at Ne4, it was just giving the knight to let the queen escape.
  13. Standard memberrking00
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    12 Aug '09 05:18
    Okay, humor me here, how does white win your knight?
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    12 Aug '09 05:261 edit
    No, I miss to take the undefended e4 whehn he retreat his knight back on the d1 square, that is something I hate. That is something I really hate, after I swift my knight on e8, I was playing an inferior game, when Nxe4 was just something I should have seen and done, attacking his queen and allowing me to play e5 and keep my g-pawn. no trade, just me winning a pawn.

    I missed winning tactics, I hate that.

    You should know how many winning move I missed by playing too fast.,
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    12 Aug '09 06:07
    What scares me is getting a winning position and having no idea how I got there.
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