I understand why I lost so many games lately.

 One year ago one guy wrote here that you lose because you blunder. And that's all. As you stop to make blunders... you start to win.

I thought that he was kidding... but now I see that it's true. The cause of all my losses are silly blunders. Blunders like in this game.

My position in the game was okey. I should win in anyway...

But the stupidest blunder 23. cxd4... - and I missed the victory ! It was enough 23. Rook f2... in order to shield my King from the check... and I won the game! The simplest move could bring me the triumph.

So... guys... make mistakes! Even Chess masters makes them. But don't make blunders!

Chess: korotky_trinity vs Kropotkino - 12866758577 - Chess.com

Sorry. Something goes wrong.

I forget how to post game's position. )

( I become very nervious now).

Oh blue... thank you. )

You are a magician.

Go to your list of games in your archive. Select the game.

Then click on it, and use the "Download" button at the bottom of the screen:

This will download the PGN to your computer. In your list of downloads, open the PGN file in Notepad.

Click Edit then Select All.

Now hit Copy (control-C will do it), go to the chess.com forum and open the Insert Game widget, click "Load from PGN" (it's the bottom option in the list) and Paste in the PGN. Finish by pressing the "Load" button just below the list of moves.

Well, at least you are brave enough to sac.

Oh, blue... it's so complicated... but okey.

Thanks, now I know how to do it at least.

No problems are with my sacrifice of the Knight... It was a simple tactics.  I would see that after my sacrifice I could checkmate my opponent's King.

The key point is that if we unlearn to blunder... then we start to win games one after one. )

Now it's clear to me. Blunders are the main problem.

(I hope that I am right).

I did and do blunders in almost all my games.

The one advantage of making 3 blunders every game is you won't have to change your username.

)))

I took the second part of my nickname from film "Matrix" and from Bible in the same time.

The first part of my nickname is my russian real surname.

It is sad but there are games where I do more than 3 blunders a game.

Sorry for my blabber.

blueemu, thank you one more time !

I never could post this game without your help.

How many blunders you do a game? )

Another more example about what I said.

In this game ... as it seems... I developed my pieces in the right way also. But one silly blunder... I gave a Knight to my opponent for free.. and all my efforts went down in vain.

A Blunder for a blunder. Then my opponent was polite enough and he gave me his Queen in return.

And all ends good for me though.

It is not just blunders that make a difference between higher and lower rated people. 

There are elements of positional decision error that lower rated people made and they dont aware of themselves . And engines dont tell you blunder as well. 

E.g

You played Qd2 which is very odds to the eyes of higher rated players ( majority of 2000+ wont do that)

Better should be Bg3.

Why Qd2 is worse than Bg3

1. Unnecessarily being attacked by Kt

2. That B is ways stronger than that kt

Try to learn those stuffs and you can improve chess. 

I see... Thank you.

So engines don't help me to understand Chess deeper ?  

Can they only indicate to me my evident mistakes ?

Stopping blunders is only the beginning. That alone won't even get you much past 1100 if that.

Nope... I can't understand Bishop g3 move. (

No. That alone would.

Test my suggestion. Stop to make blundes... and your rating will fly up to 1800 points. ))