I've heard some people talking about doing a "Blundercheck" in their games. This means before you play your move, scan for all possible opponent moves that check the king, capture a piece or make a threat- and we check to make sure we have an adequate response to each.
I think this is a great technique but I find it very hard to implement into my games. I have tried to do a blundercheck on as many moves as I can force myself to, but I still miss hanging pieces I lose. I suppose I need to be more focused and work on self-control. (Often I play up to 10 moves without active thinking)
I'm wondering, what do other people recommend for avoiding blunders? Do you have a certain procedure and technique or do you just play out your move-elects based on feel?
In blitz i play on intution but when i have time you can avoid such things by taking much time as you need on position.One way is tactics trainer it can help you.Conclusion is that you can use much time as you need on position.
You can also spend time on opponents move and think about position and when he makes a move you look what is his treat and that willl help you also.
If you're trying this method and you're still hanging pieces, then it isn't the method, it's you. You're playing too fast, not disciplined enough, haven't seen enough patterns, etc.
I was going to say play longer time controls and take more time with each move, but your ratings are all higher than mine. So, I'd say you're doing well. You can't be making that many blunders!
"Often I play up to 10 moves without active thinking"
This explains it all. You should never ever play any move without active thinking. If you dislike thinking, then chess is no game for you.
@tpr It's not like I don't enjoy thinking- it's just a bad habit that I make my moves quickly. Especially in the opening do I make maybe not blunders, but poor moves. In the middlegame I am forced to think actively but am probably still making blunders and inaccuracies because of my poor strategy unlike my opposition, as well as my blindness to hanging pieces.
In endgame I do my best to calculate when there are fewer pieces, and when I do calculate, all goes well. However there may be a critical move in the endgame which requires calculation but I just pass over it. Most of my blunders are made in the middlegame due to either frustration or bad understanding of the position.
The better players play slower.
In an open tournament over the board, the grandmasters at the top boards are calmly thinking over move 10, while the average players in the middle of the tournament hall already are at move 20 and the weak players in the rear of the hall are at move 30 if their game has not finished yet.
Understanding of a position comes from thinking in the opening, when you are building the position.
A study on avoiding blunders:
lichess.org/study/kKRTP1Ft@tpr I play quickly online but slowly in tournaments. I won a G75 tournament I participated in last month and used more than half of my 75 minutes to think actively, check for errors and possible plans+moves. Tournament psychology, maybe? Here are the games I played in the tournament so you can get an idea:
lichess.org/study/BzhOR718@QTipPoker That study was created by me. I had just compiled the tips I had gotten from masters on YouTube. Some of the tips include checking for opponent's plans and doing a blundercheck. I should probably listen to myself.