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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.
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. 🙂
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.,