Blunder Master Here.. How do I stop making so much blunders?

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2000Knights

So as you see in my games on my profile, I lose a ton of games, on blunders. I lose a lot of pieces, I make game changing blunders, can't see tactics, and mate in a couple moves for my opponent. I usually play 10 min unless I play with my friends which are really in the bullet and bliz and think that 10 min is too long. When I play my games, I look in the position for about 15 seconds to 2 minutes, and sometimes, I make a blunder after looking in the position in that time. Now I know that you probably say that I should play 15 minutes to 45 minute but that takes too much time and I have to manage my club and also watch some of the chess lessons. ( Please tell me if you find a video about not making blunders!) Please help me not make blunders because I lost 75 rating points and I started to lose all the time. sad.png 

cottonkandy

then, do 30 minute games and think for like a minute each move....

nklristic
ravigagne wrote:

So as you see in my games on my profile, I lose a ton of games, on blunders. I lose a lot of pieces, I make game changing blunders, can't see tactics, and mate in a couple moves for my opponent. I usually play 10 min unless I play with my friends which are really in the bullet and bliz and think that 10 min is too long. When I play my games, I look in the position for about 15 seconds to 2 minutes, and sometimes, I make a blunder after looking in the position in that time. Now I know that you probably say that I should play 15 minutes to 45 minute but that takes too much time and I have to manage my club and also watch some of the chess lessons. ( Please tell me if you find a video about not making blunders!) Please help me not make blunders because I lost 75 rating points and I started to lose all the time.  

So you basically know that you should be playing longer games, but refuse to do so. Sorry to say, but there is no magic wand here. You might improve a little even with shorter games but most of the people need longer games to improve their chess. That is just the way it is.

I see that you are playing multiple games per day. It is better (for improvement sake) to play a single 30 minute game than 3 10 minute per side games. It will probably take less time as well, if you plan to analyze it later (it takes less time to analyze one game than 3, no matter how long those were). 

In short, play less games but play longer ones if you wish to improve. If you really dislike longer games, then it will be difficult to improve optimally, as I've said, there is no magic wand there. 

cottonkandy
nklristic wrote:
ravigagne wrote:

So as you see in my games on my profile, I lose a ton of games, on blunders. I lose a lot of pieces, I make game changing blunders, can't see tactics, and mate in a couple moves for my opponent. I usually play 10 min unless I play with my friends which are really in the bullet and bliz and think that 10 min is too long. When I play my games, I look in the position for about 15 seconds to 2 minutes, and sometimes, I make a blunder after looking in the position in that time. Now I know that you probably say that I should play 15 minutes to 45 minute but that takes too much time and I have to manage my club and also watch some of the chess lessons. ( Please tell me if you find a video about not making blunders!) Please help me not make blunders because I lost 75 rating points and I started to lose all the time.  

So you basically know that you should be playing longer games, but refuse to do so. Sorry to say, but there is no magic wand here. You might improve a little even with shorter games but most of the people need longer games to improve their chess. That is just the way it is.

I see that you are playing multiple games per day. It is better to play a single 30 minute game than 3 10 minute per side games. It will probably take less time as well, if you plan to analyze it later (it takes less time to analyze one game than 3, no matter how long those were). 

In short, play less games but play longer ones if you wish to improve. If you really dislike longer games, then it will be difficult to improve optimally, as I've said, there is no magic want there. 

yes, I agree. happy.png

2000Knights

Yes, but there must be another way. 10 min is not that short. 

RedFastMath

Calculate, what will your opponent want to do, stop that, what will your opponent play after you make your move. I prefer to play 15|10 but 10 works I guess

2000Knights

30 is way too long. 

2000Knights
RedFastMath wrote:

Calculate, what will your opponent want to do, stop that, what will your opponent play after you make your move. I prefer to play 15|10 but 10 works I guess

So are you saying that when I look at the board, look at what my opponent first? 

Liadin

@ravigagne You might try a daily game.  In the games I've played, I've only had to make one move/day, but things have moved along a bit faster than that.  I think more clearly without the pressure of a time crunch and I've had plenty of time devote to studying.

2000Knights

Daily? Well, that's pretty boring. 

RedFastMath
ravigagne wrote:
RedFastMath wrote:

Calculate, what will your opponent want to do, stop that, what will your opponent play after you make your move. I prefer to play 15|10 but 10 works I guess

So are you saying that when I look at the board, look at what my opponent -wants- first? 

For example:

Try and find the right move. This is a game by 2 GMs I thinkDone? 

So Notice that black’s bishop is trapped or inactive, take advantage of this. You push the pawn to stop the c pawn from pushing and getting the bishop active. Then you stop the other pawn from moving forward so the other bishop is trapped too.

Hope this helps!

Liadin
ravigagne wrote:

Daily? Well, that's pretty boring. 

To each his own...

nklristic
ravigagne wrote:

Yes, but there must be another way. 10 min is not that short. 

That is just the thing. Almost every stronger player has played longer games in order to get better. There are some people who can improve playing shorter games, but most of us are not like that. Even if you manage to somewhat improve, you would've been able to improve more if you had played longer time controls.

It is logical when you think about it, if you have 10 minutes to think there is only so much your brain can process. Every calculation will be skin deep, you will not find the best possible moves and ideas that you can, and your play will be superficial compared to what you could've done if you've played longer games.

Of course, it is obvious that you do not wish to play those, so I can only say good luck, I hope you will find what you're looking for. 

cottonkandy
ravigagne wrote:

Daily? Well, that's pretty boring. 

well, if you want to not make any blunders, thats but u have to do. 

MJBunce

To avoid making blunders, you need to think about your pieces, your position, your opponent's pieces, and your opponent's position. That's a lot to process, and if you want to improve, you can't rush yourself. Play 30 minute games. It might not take you more than 10 or 15 minutes to win or lose, so it's not like the game will be a full hour. But removing the pressure of the clock will help you stay calm and think through your tactics.

llama47
ravigagne wrote:

 Please help me not make blunders 

I made a post about this recently.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/for-beginners/the-most-important-concept-for-all-beginners

catmaster0
ravigagne wrote:

30 is way too long. 

Not at all. Before you make your move, have looked at every possible check and capture that would exist at that point and determined how you'd stop it? I mean the full line, so if there is an exchange sequence do you have that planned out? This is just a part of what one should be looking into before making a move. You could easily burn out 30 minutes or more on a game. 

 

2000Knights

Look, I am not changing time controls. They are too long. So saying that I should play long is not really helping. Besides my friends won't play 30 min. 

2000Knights

So there must be some other way to decrease blunders. 

Git_er_done

use the verify option, where you have chance to take move back after you see it and study it. I do this and STILL make a ton of blunders , often losing a piece or queen because didn't see threat. But....it's my fault.....impatience is bad......and attacking without analyzing what opponent is doing in return.....is deadly.