Talk:Blunder (chess)

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"In chess, a blunder is a bad move which is so glaring and obvious that it cannot be explained by the playing strength of the player making it."

I changed this because a grandmaster blunder is rarely that "glaring" and "obvious" to most people.

[edit] Add Andersson-Hartston?

I recommend adding in the Andersson-Hartston game where Andersson fell for 36...Qh3+!! 37.Kxh3 Bf1#: a very entertaining, and startling, example of a super-GM falling for a one-mover.[1] Krakatoa 06:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deep Fritz - Kramnik

Shouldn't the diagram be of the position before the blunder? Or at least highlighting the blunder move via an arrow, as seen in at least one report. The blunder didn't create the mate threat; it ignored it.

This is clearly the worst blunder ever made by a sitting world champion in a serious game. But Wikipedia quoting Seirawan's informal opinion of it being a "tragedy" is stretching things. --Wfaxon 11:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Someone changed the diagram; thanks. I added the last line to "sum up". --Wfaxon 16:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
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