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Normally stockfish tells me that I have made two or three blunders, and
about as many mistakes in a g10. A game with zero blunders and zero
mistakes is a red letter day indeed.

Today was ... a purple letter day?

For me to get in a large number of blunders the machine must blunder
too, otherwise the game would end before I could really rack up the
score. So my most blunderful games are generally against 5, as 6 will
win before I can get really creative in this field. And against seven,
one blunder is generally enough.

So here is a blundefest for you. Nineteen blunders, nine by me, ten by
five, plus many mistakes.

What is my excuse? In the grand tradition of Chess, I will claim
illness. True, this was also claimed by tens of thousands of other
players, but doubtless each and every one of those claims was true also.
No doubt the sea air in Dusseldorf was too much for Tarrasch, too(1).

Let this game console you for your next blunder:

https://lichess.org/LzcxIDj0#0

Thrill as I pitch a piece! Gasp in horror as I drop a queenside's worth
of pawns. Frown in puzzlement as I get two pans on the seventh! Shake
your head sadly as I blow a winning ending! Contemplate the unfairness
of the universe as I win anyway!

Warning: close study of this game may lower your rating.

(1) Though I have long suspected that Tarrasch had a dry sense of humor unremarked upon by his contemporaries.

William Hyde
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2025, William Hyde wrote:

Normally stockfish tells me that I have made two or three blunders, and about
as many mistakes in a g10. A game with zero blunders and zero mistakes is a red letter day indeed.

Today was ... a purple letter day?

For me to get in a large number of blunders the machine must blunder too, otherwise the game would end before I could really rack up the score. So my most blunderful games are generally against 5, as 6 will win before I can get
really creative in this field. And against seven, one blunder is generally enough.

So here is a blundefest for you. Nineteen blunders, nine by me, ten by five, plus many mistakes.

What is my excuse? In the grand tradition of Chess, I will claim illness. True, this was also claimed by tens of thousands of other players, but doubtless each and every one of those claims was true also.
No doubt the sea air in Dusseldorf was too much for Tarrasch, too(1).

Let this game console you for your next blunder:

https://lichess.org/LzcxIDj0#0

Thrill as I pitch a piece! Gasp in horror as I drop a queenside's worth of pawns. Frown in puzzlement as I get two pans on the seventh! Shake your head
sadly as I blow a winning ending! Contemplate the unfairness of the universe
as I win anyway!

Warning: close study of this game may lower your rating.

(1) Though I have long suspected that Tarrasch had a dry sense of humor unremarked upon by his contemporaries.

William Hyde

Thank you for sharing William! But in all honesty, you play such lightning games, so anyone here would be able to replicate your blunders playing at
that speed! ;)
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