Although chess grandmasters rarely make blunders during games we know that nobody is perfect. Mistakes are part of life. Grandmasters have ratings of 2700-2800 and they are chess champions that’s why it is very difficult to point out their blunders. But keep in mind that blunders are not measured by their size but it is difficult to judge them.
In this article, you will learn about the 10 Top Chess Blunders that are made by chess grandmasters. Let’s start.
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Chess Blunder Magnus Carlsen -Merab Gagunashvili
Former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen decided that pawn safety is more important than checkmate prevention which is one of the major chess blunders. So he played according to it. 65. e5?? And eventually got mated 65…Rc1#.
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Chess Blunder –Larry Christiansen and Anatoly Karpov
Although Larry Christiansen never became a chess champion his name is included in top chess players around the world. One of the Chess Blunders made by Karpov is that he played 1…Bd6?? Without any sense of danger. In the next turn, Larry seems to be winning the piece with the help of Nifty Queen Fork 12. Qd1. Anatoly Karpov did not understand the move didn’t continue his game and resigned immediately.
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Chess Blunder Vladimir Kramnik-Deep Fritz
Among major Chess Blunders made by grandmasters is the queen exchange offer made by Kramnik with German chess computer Deep Fritz by playing the move of 34…Qe3? Kramnik has missed 35. Qh7# and Deep Fritz did not take much time to identify the mate in one.
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Chess Blunder Topalov-Donchev
In this chess blunder, the simply discovered attack was missed by Topalov with a check by Donchev. Move 19. Nh6+ resulted in the queen winning and then black resigned the move later on.
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Chess Blunder Matthew Sadler – Anatoly Karpov
When Matthew Sadler played 12…e4, Karpov did not recognize any threat that was one of the major chess blunders. Anatoly responded by capturing the pawn by 13. Rxf7?? Then losing his queen to the pawn 13…exd3.
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Chess Blunder Vladimir Kramnik- Garry Kasparov
In this game, one of the Chess Blunders was made by Kramnik when he offered the queen exchange again by playing the move 35…Qf8?? But at that point, he did not get a mate like the game before this. Eventually, he lost the game although 36. Bd7+ was winning the queen.
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Chess Blunder Wang Hao -Vladimir Kramnik
Wang missed out on the two consecutive tactical moves by Kramnik; one was 26. Qb8+ and the other was 27.Qb1 that resulted in rook winning by fork.
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Chess Blunder Shredder- Pablo Lafuente
You’ll be surprised to know that in this game chess blunders were made by a chess computer; Shredder. After the move 19.Bxb7 with bishop exchange, Shredder calculated the variations 20 moves ahead and interestingly resulted in ignoring the white bishop. After that decision, Shredder played the move 19…Rfd8?? and does not regain enough chess material which resulted in Pablo Lafuente’s victory 30 moves later. Later on, Shredder loss was explained as a “hash tables error” which is known as one of the Chess Blunders in a million chances.
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Chess Blunder Boris Gelfand- Alexander Morozevich
In this chess game, Boris Gelfand played the 30…Rd6?? move and missed the tactical hit and hidden hit by Morozevich and then quickly ended the game by winning the knight with 31.Rxe4.
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Chess Blunder Sergey Karjakin- Peter Nielsen
In this game, Sergey Karjakin played 100…Kg5?? by hanging the rook. Nielsen was really happy to finish this long game with 101.Nxa1.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we can say that World chess champions and Grandmasters are also human. Sometimes, they can make chess blunders just like the chess players of 1500 rating but it is not so common. Another surprising thing we found in this article is that computers can also make Chess Blunders.