Originally posted by chris stephensHow is it good defense to be totally losing the game and then depending on a one move blunder to save your bacon?
i can name plenty of sports, soccer, grid iron, many tem games where someone dominates the game ends up losing.
because you were dominating the game, doesnt always mean the other team/person is playing badly it just means that they had good defence.
I'm sorry, but you obviously don't understand the definition of good chess defense, good defenders have equal or better chances defending throughout the game, and don't need obvious blunders to help them through.
Originally posted by mateuloseIt would be easier to name the sports where this doesn't happen.
It's unfair in a sense I outplayed him in 99% of the game till this point, and he outplayed me in ONE move. Name me a single sport that allows the team who plays better 99% of the game to lose, that's why chess is a weird, yet unfair, game and can frustrate ppl. . .
I think you want to have it both ways. You get ahead because of your opponent's mistakes, and you call it "outplaying" him.
Your opponent wins because of your whopper mistake, and you say it's "unfair." It turns out that what happened is only that your mistake was worse than all his other mistakes together.
I think chess is one of the FAIREST games. I've seen baseball games decided on a ball hitting a base and taking a strange direction after that. I've seen many sporting games decided by fluke injuries during the game. In football, soccer, and basketball, I've seen players trip over officials on the field. In chess, you don't have to contend with that. You decide, versus your opponent, everything that happens. If you lost, it's only for one reason. You deserved to lose the game. If you point out that you were ahead up until that point, I'll agree that you deserved to be ahead at that point, but I will not agree that what happened in only PART of the game means that fairness must dictate a win for you.
Playing chess "hoping" for blunders is not a good way to play winning chess, sorry, but you are wrong in this regard. He won because I blundered in ONE move despite the fact he played like crap in 99% of the game, no skill, no strategy on his part, it was all me, my fault, my doing. . .
Originally posted by dpressnellWell, I've never really come across any games were my opponent deliberately blundered a won position. Others may claim to have come across such, but I haven't come across glaring blunders. I have come across blunders in very inferior to slightly inferior positions, but I haven't come across games I felt like resigning and was saved by a magical opponent blunder. I have lost A LOT games because of this (blundering because of not really thinking in simple won positions), but never won the other way around, so for so far, at least, it hasn't really been a two way street as you claim. . .
It would be easier to name the sports where this doesn't happen.
I think you want to have it both ways. You get ahead because of your opponent's mistakes, and you call it "outplaying" him.
Your opponent wins because of your whopper mistake, and you say it's "unfair." It turns out that what happened is only that your mistake was worse than a ...[text shortened]... ee that what happened in only PART of the game means that fairness must dictate a win for you.
Ok, let us suppose they had bad defence but what is your offence worth if you gift away the game with silly blunders.You have to work for every win.No game is handed over to you in a platter.If you allow monetary lapses of concentration and lose you have yourself to blame.You dont deserve to win that game if you make blunders.Your opponent according to you might have played bad chess ,but he didnt make any blunders and when you made one he exploited it ,fair enough.He deserved the game then.Stop whining and learn from your mistakes.Check before each move whether you had ignored some tactical shot for your opponent.Learn to accept your defeat gracefully and learn from it so that you dont repeat those mistakes.Whining your opponent won the game because of YOUR MISTAKE is unsportsman like and quite meaningless.
I don't draw a hard line between mistakes and blunders. Blunders are just bigger mistakes.
You play the game hoping you will make mistakes that in total are less significant than the mistakes your opponent makes.
You lost a lot of the advantage you earned (I didn't look at the game...actually the address you gave sent me to my own games list) because you made a mistake. You got that advantage in the first place because your opponent made mistakes earlier and allowed you to. Now keep playing and try to make up for your screw up. Or quit. I don't care.
Chess is extremely fair though. The only unfairness to it is that White gets to go first.
Originally posted by mateuloseI had!
Well, I've never really come across any games were my opponent deliberately blundered a won position.
This is one of the weirdest games I ever played ,check out move 32,instead of delivering mate white.................go watch it!Game 593564
Originally posted by RavelloLol that was weird.I think your opponent hit a blind spot.Happens to all of us😀
I had!
This is one of the weirdest games I ever played ,check out move 32,instead of delivering mate white.................go watch it!Game 593564
Originally posted by mateuloseOkay, you win.
Well, I've never really come across any games were my opponent deliberately blundered a won position. Others may claim to have come across such, but I haven't come across glaring blunders. I have come across blunders in very inferior to slightly inferior positions, but I haven't come across games I felt like resigning and was saved by a magical opponent ...[text shortened]... r way around, so for so far, at least, it hasn't really been a two way street as you claim. . .
It's unfair. You should never lose a game. You should be the world champion at chess, with a lifetime winning streak.
Anything less, and you've been cheated out of what is your due.
Originally posted by mateulose9 ball pool.....If you make the one ball through the eight.....and miss the nine ball....you have out-played me 99% of the game. However, as soon as you miss the nine, I have out-played you 100% as soon as I sink it. In chess, or, any game for that matter, there is no room for error. Remember this and you will be a better player.
It's unfair in a sense I outplayed him in 99% of the game till this point, and he outplayed me in ONE move. Name me a single sport that allows the team who plays better 99% of the game to lose, that's why chess is a weird, yet unfair, game and can frustrate ppl. . .
SM
😕 Why are you giving up so soon? So, you lost a piece. You have a lot left to work with.
I resign for one of three reasons:
1. All Hope is lost. (If I have a King and one other piece...there is hope.
2. My opponent asks me to--after I have explained that I like to play all the way to the bitter end and asked if that is okay with them.
3. I don't like the person I am playing (being rude, a cutthroat or IMO unethical and I find out).
I lose lots...I am not good at Chess (yet) which my rating of diddly and squat will tell you. I don't take losing personally and I do not give up.
Just my thoughts on the matter....
Originally posted by mateuloseThen this is exactly where you need to work on your game. No one moves your pieces but you. Will you quit chess, or will you practice being more careful?
I have lost A LOT games because of this (blundering because of not really thinking in simple won positions)
You should read carefully what dpressnell wrote. Your mistakes are no less an injustice than your opponents'.
You and I, mateulose, have opposite problems. Every time I win I regret my opponent's mistakes. It's not fair.
My mistakes make me better if I don't repeat them. My opponent's mistakes make me worse by making me think I'm already good. You don't improve at chess by winning games. Do you want to improve, or do you only want to win?