u/Special-Grade-5362 — reddlx

Any advice for progressive declines?

Here, 1003 ELO currently, just recently analyzed some lost games of mine, and in those games I noticed that the way I lose are more of a progressive decline than a one move blunder. It honestly irritates me, because instead of me being able to quickly determine which move was best and be able to know what not to do next time, it instead shows me a mistake which I couldn't understand, and it's in a position where I can't find the best possible move. Is there any way to lessen these kinds of mistakes?

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u/Special-Grade-5362 — 8 hours ago

▲ 42 r/chessbeginners

I thought I blundered my queen for a minute

The game ended in a draw, but during that moment I thought I hung my queen because the bishop could simply return back to block the check from my rook after Rxf1+. Turns out, I could've converted this game into a winning position for me.

Here, my opponent moved Rg1, and I took with Rxg1+. After Kxg1, I thought my attack lost its flame, so I ended up trading the queens off.

u/Special-Grade-5362 — 2 days ago

▲ 11 r/chessbeginners

I brought a gift for my opponent

...It was a greek gift.

(They took my bishop, and after Ng5+, they brought their king back to g8 which i respond with Qh5. They just accepted their fate and played f6 instead so I delivered with Qh7#)

u/Special-Grade-5362 — 4 days ago