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In the realm of beginner-intermediate chess, blunders are unavoidable. And indeed, they can be something that factors into your matches. In any game, there is a certain probability with any move that I will make a blunder. Similarly, as the game progresses, there is an escalating probability that the opponent will as well. The following three games are games I played this week that I should have lost from the opening or the midgame, but somehow, I snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat. Please enjoy!

My suggestion is to never give up, and never surrender! As was the case in some of these games, being down a piece or down in material is not necessarily fatal. I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!

Game 1: https://www.chess.com/game/live/32752159167

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "Papawester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1126"]
[BlackElo "1153"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "17:45:17 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 d6 9. O-O a6 10. h3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. g4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nf4 17. d4 Nxh3 18. dxc5 Nf2+ 19. Kg2 Nxd1 20. Bg5 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bf4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Ne7 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Bd6 Rg8 26. Kg3 f5 27. g5 Ng6 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Ne5+ Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rce8 31. Rxf5 Re3+ 32. Kf4 Rxc3 33. Rf7+ Kc6 34. Rxh7 Rc4+ 35. Kf5 Rd4 36. Kf6 Rxd6+ 37. cxd6 Kxd6 38. g6 Re8 39. Rf7 Re6+ 40. Kg7 Re4 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Kg8 Rg4 44. g7 b5 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Ra8 Rg6 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rxa6+ Kg5 49. Rxg6+ Kxg6 50. Kf8 1-0

Game 2: https://www.chess.com/game/live/32762994641

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "adin444"]
[Black "vitualis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1132"]
[BlackElo "1134"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "21:10:41 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 Bb4 8. f3 Bb7 9. Bd2 d5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nd3 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qg5 Bc5 19. Nxc5 f4 20. Qxd5+ cxd5 21. Nxb7 fxe3 22. Rxe3 d4 23. Rd3 Rab8 24. Nc5 Rxb2 25. Rxd4 Rxc2 26. Ne6 Rff2 27. Rg4 g6 28. Ng5 Rfe2 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Nf3 Rxa3 31. Nd4 Rea2 32. Ne6 Ra1 33. Rf4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 h5 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. h4 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra4 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Kxf7 41. Rxc7+ Kf6 42. Kf3 Rxh4 43. Rxa7 Kg5 44. Ra6 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rf6 46. Ra5+ Rf5 47. Rxf5+ Kxf5 48. Kh4 Kf6 49. g3 Kg7 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Kh6 52. Kh4 g5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kh5 0-1

Game 3: https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/2EDg8F6Sbx

[Event "Rated Rapid game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/EsVyKYSs"]
[Date "2021.12.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "Can1905"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.12.10"]
[UTCTime "03:09:51"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+8"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 {B23 Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack} 3... e5 4. d3 exf4 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Qe2 a6 7. e5 Nd4 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Be2 Nh6 10. O-O-O d6 11. Nf3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Rhf1 Nhf5 14. Nc4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 O-O 16. Rdf1 b5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qf2 b4 20. Bh5 g6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rh4 Ra7 23. Rh6 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne2+ 25. Kd2 Rae7 26. Qf6 Nxc3 27. Qh8# {White wins by checkmate.} 1-0