The Blunder Check:

The Blunder Check (TBC) may be one of the most important things to learn while playing chess.

Alot of people that play chess actually do know TBC but none of them actually use it as much as they should!

If you use TBC on every move you are guaranteed to improve in chess at a crazy speed.

Now, since your here you obviously don’t know what TBC is yet. so, let’s get into it.

TBC includes of a list of things to do before making any move and not doing what we call, “Move Bursting.”

Move bursting is basically where you play a move that “looks” good but you didn’t really calculate it very well.

A lot of lower rated people do “Move Bursting” a lot in their blitz or bullet games online.

So a good way to practice TBC is by playing 30min games with increment.

Also, the best way to make your own TBC is to write down ALL your mistakes that you do and practice to not do them anymore.

Now, heres what you do to do TBC. (You don’t actually have to check all of the things below to do the blunder check.)

A quicker way to do TBC is to:

#1 Look at your opponents move. What are they threatening? Checks? Forks?

#2 What is the major threat? Are there multiple threats? Discovered attacks?

#3 Come up with a candidate move. Make sure that move is not moving into attack.

#4 Find your final move and play it.

The Blunder Check:

-Always look for checks for you and your opponent.

-Look for all hanging pieces, if your opponent has some don’t capture unless you KNOW its safe and not a trap.

-What pieces can they attack?

-Why did they make that move? Are they preparing to fork or attack your pieces?

-Is your queen in danger?

-Is the piece your about to move protecting anything?

-Think about this one. Is your move going to do anything? Can it be pinned? Attacked? Stopped?

-If your defending a piece, was that piece already defended? Can they remove the defender you just placed down?

-Have you already calculated 4 moves after your opponents and your move?

-Think of at least 4 moves for you, which is the best?

-Whats your opponents best move? Will your move help them?

-Never assume they might do something Never play a move “hoping” that they do what you want them to do.

-Double check your move or even triple check.

-Lastly, Look at all the pieces on the board, especially the PAWNS & KNIGHTS!