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Catalog of Chess Mistakes
Compiled by Art2000F
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I make too many mistakes ... so I'm learning how to avoid them ... Soltis has this great book ... perhaps I can become better by studying some of these ...

p13 ~ compare the questionable moves with this checklist. (1) What kind of error is it? Positional? Tactical? Strategic? Poor Attitude? Each of the following chapters discuss a different kind of error. (2) How serious would the error be if punished? Is it a minor error or a game-losing blunder?
(3) When was the error made? Opening? Middlegame? Endgame? (4) What was the status of the game when you committed the error? Did you think you were winning easily? Slightly superior? Even? Dead lost?
(5) How were your errors spaced? Did you make two or three bad moves in a row? One every ten moves?

work in progress ~ started TUE MAR 16, 2023

What went wrong ~ difficult to identify
Levenfish vs Flamberg, 1912
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 1-0

One of the most spectacular blunders in chess bistory
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 57 moves, 0-1

Let them err ~ overwhelm them with choices
E Torre vs Karpov, 1977 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 0-1

How can I lose? ~ Black to move. Last: 35.Qf6
G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Remove the Defender ~ White to move. Last: 20...Rd8
Keres vs Averbakh, 1953 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 0-1

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