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Some guidance on this position for a complete beginner please

Hi
I am new to chess and Lichess - playing games against my MasterSoft app on my ipad which I then save in Lichess and create studies of all my games with my comments after each game (I play one long game per day and analyse afterwards). I have been playing a few months and am around 1100 on the App.
I suffer from two specific types of problems - firstly blundering material - which I can work out how to rectify (but can't seem to stop!) and secondly making positional blunders.
This last game was a typical case in point re a positional blunder.
I was playing White and way ahead on the analysis about +7 I think and came to this position (white to play). I played f3 to rid myself of the troublesome knight. That one move saw me lose all of my advantage! The analysis says better was b4 - I can see the line in the analysis which via b4 ends up attacking the knight and bishop (the latter of which was causing me problems in my KS attack) but I can't see why b4 is so much better than f3. Can anyone explain in words of one syllable why b4 was so much better?
Is it the case that I will get better at seeing these positional blunders over time or is it that I am suffering 'positional blindness' which no amount of practice and training will be able to improve?
All thoughts welcome :0)
Regards

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Hello!
I am not a professional chess player, but I think there are a couple of issues you should have in mind when you play f3 here:
- your e3 pawn will be undefended, allowing the g4 knight to take it with tempo (since you will have to remove the queen from d1). In general, your central pawns are the most valuable ones, and you should not give them away unless you get compensation;
- after that, you run into Ne3xf1. You have to take the knight, but if you do that with the rook Bh4 follows, and if you take back with the king (which is the best thing according to the engine) you cannot castle anymore, which is always a disadvantage.

Best regards!
Hi Ilostmyhead
Thank you for your comment. It all seems so simple now you say it :0( it is my not having my thinking head on with both positional and material blundering that is my problem. I felt I had done well to that point and wanted to keep pressing - one of my failings is being impetuous and chess is bringing that out loud and clear. It is funny how one's chess can so exactly mirror one's personality - reckless, impetuous and prone to unclear thinking = that's me :0(
f3? just lets him take your pawn e3
b4! threatens to win a piece with b5 and thus forces the retreat ...Nb8.

If you have a problem with blunders, then I recommend to switch on move confirmation in your profile. You think about your move, you make your move, you verify that it is no blunder, then you confirm your move.
Hi tpr
Thanks for the comments and the suggestion,
Regards

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