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)
[edit] Chandler - Polgar
After reading the description several times, it is not quite obvious what the correct move would have been for Chandler. The use of the word "realizes" is possibly what's misleading me, but this example reads a lot less intuitively than the others. Perhaps a less colorful description, emphasizing what went wrong, might be more useful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.96.176.72 (talk) 21:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
- I will need to check in with that particular issue of Chess Life again to make sure, but I think simply pushing his pawn to h4 should be winning, two healthy pawns protected by a bishop should roll inn to promotion in short order, and fairly easily for a player of Chandler's strength. The reason I chose this example even though it is more subtle than the other two (Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz is a more recent addition) is that it shows a grandmaster walking into a trap which he knows is being set, which is kind of amusing and instructive. (But I am only rated as a 1219 "class IV" player, so what do I know?) Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Chigorin vs. Steinitz
I found "Chigorin's one against Steinitz" named among the biggest blunders ever, but I wasn't able to find the very game this referred to. Can anybody help me, please? FloK 10:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
