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If I'm Going To Blunder What's The Point In Even Playing?

#3
The thing you have to realize is, your opponent is a human too. They will also make mistakes, and you should capitalize on them.

"If you make a bad move but your opponent doesn't punish it, it becomes a good move."

Making blunders is a problem, yes, but another problem that seems to be implied here is that you're not taking advantage of your opponent's mistakes too. Taking a gander at the above quote, that means that you're making bad moves and they're not (because you're letting them get away with it).

Again, making bad moves is part of being human. Your opponents are human, which means they make mistakes.
its part of the game, everyone blunders, an ok move for you and me might be a bad move for a grandmaster, they would consider it a blunder so blunders never cease in chess no matter how good you get.
One time after playing an IM in a few OTB games and having him crush me he gave me some good advice about blunders. His main point was tactical vulnerabilities almost always implies some positional weakness.

I think the idea is that studying positional chess (time, initiative, protection, pawn structure, minor piece imbalances) will give you a better sense of danger in general. Studying positional chess will help you develop safer, more solid positions in your games (which implies that they will be less tactically vulnerable), and you'll also be more likely to notice positional weaknesses in your opponent's position, which you can capitalize on.

I was stuck in around the 1200-1250 rating range for several months, and for a long time it felt like I was only losing because of my blunders. However, after studying positional chess strategy, I started to realize that the problem wasn't that I was blundering. The problem was that the way I was thinking about chess and the way I was developing plans was misguided. Now I've moved up to around 1450. The more I study fundamental chess concepts, the more I improve.

Anyway, I know that's just a personal story and it might not sound anything like your situation, but I thought it might help.
#7 is a less crude, more concise version of what I was getting at. I was rambling because I found the very premise of this thread insane.
So the boxer does not like punches and complains about
the sport, u need to toughen up and get used to the pain,
thats all.
No building, just sport. even the pawns push forward
gotta pay attention buddy, u got some bad opossition in front of u and they are no sissies they ll punch u in the face if they can
but hey u can always go and practise some ballet, its fine
with me, just dont waste my time
because ill train other one
Today Im done.

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