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  <p>Is this a stamina issue? (as in I start to lose concentration as the
  game goes on?)</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>No. If you are consistently reaching the endgame then it is a &quot;lack of endgame knowledge&quot; problem.</p>
  <p>Do you know when KP v K is a win and when it is a draw? Do you know how to win the Capablanca pawn endgame as white? Do you know what you have to do as black to draw (if white goes wrong)?</p>
  <pre><code>[title &quot;Capablanca Pawn Endgame&quot;]
  [fen &quot;6k1/7p/8/8/8/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <p>In short, do you actually know how to win a won endgame when it isn't just trivial?</p>
  <p>If you are not consistently reaching the endgame then you need to work on tactics.</p>
  <p>Actually, you probably need to work on both endgames and tactics.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Losing through blunders is very different from failing to win through poor technique. What role does the clock play in your problem? And what time control are you talking about?
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Answers.Text: Thanks for your advice, will try to work on tactics and endgames. Do you recommend buying premium for Chess.com? It unlocks a bunch of tutorials and lessons.
  
  @PhilipRoe classic time constraints. I'm not short on time at all.
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Answers.Text: I'd add that sometimes it's not "knowledge" but "technique" and strategy (think of more complicated examples like bishop+4 pawns vs kinght+3 pawns)
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Answers.Text: I still have difficulty imagining your problem. It seems that you are more likely to blunder on an open board. Is there anything specfic that you often fail to see? Pins or forks coming from a distance?
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Answers.Text: @PhilipRoe yes, a few of my recent games: skewering my queen to my king, hanging a rook, just elementary mistakes. Looking at the engine analysis afterwards, I always feel like I should have seen that coming from a mile away.
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Answers.Text: Update: I took Brian Tower's advice and worked on some tactic puzzles and the tutorials on Chess.com. It seems to help; in particular when doing the lessons I am making a lot of the mistakes I did in real games, so I will be working on those in the future.
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Answers.Text: Well, it is good that the problem can be reproduced! But it still seems mysterious. Is it simply that you have difficulty spotting tactics at long range? In which case, Move your eyes around a bit more? Do you see Pawn forks?
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Answers.Text: @PhilipRoe haha, yes! I'm just starting out in chess. For example, my hanging rook was due to the fact that my opponent's Bishop was on the other side of the board!
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Answers.Text: The advice that used to be given OTB was that before making your move you should write it down carefully and then take a last look around, especially at areas you might perhaps have overlooked. This is now forbidden by FIDE, mostly because a stronger player might look at the move and indicate a warning. I think that some TDs are tolerant unless the opponent objects. If you find that you cannot write the move, as you cannot do online anyway, invent some private ritual that works for you.
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Body: <p>I'm fairly new to chess. I'm practicing against 1500~ rated opponents/engines on chess.com. My openings and middlegame seem to go well. After every game, the engine analysis says I'm always up +1 ~ +3 for the majority of the game. But at the end, I always seem to lose by a blunder. Every game is a &quot;giveaway&quot; according to the analysis engine.</p>
  <p>It seems my trouble is actually converting positional advantages. Do you have any tips or areas I should study to avoid this? Is this a stamina issue, as in I start to lose concentration as the game goes on?</p>
  
Tags: <learning><strategy><endgame><tactics><training>
Title: Tips for converting my advantage in the middlegame and the endgame
ThreadText: # Tips for converting my advantage in the middlegame and the endgame
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-01)
  
  I'm fairly new to chess. I'm practicing against 1500~ rated opponents/engines on chess.com. My openings and middlegame seem to go well. After every game, the engine analysis says I'm always up +1 ~ +3 for the majority of the game. But at the end, I always seem to lose by a blunder. Every game is a "giveaway" according to the analysis engine.
  
  It seems my trouble is actually converting positional advantages. Do you have any tips or areas I should study to avoid this? Is this a stamina issue, as in I start to lose concentration as the game goes on?
  
  **Tags:** learning, strategy, endgame, tactics, training
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-11-01. Score: 3
  
  > Is this a stamina issue? (as in I start to lose concentration as the
  > game goes on?)
  
  No. If you are consistently reaching the endgame then it is a "lack of endgame knowledge" problem.
  
  Do you know when KP v K is a win and when it is a draw? Do you know how to win the Capablanca pawn endgame as white? Do you know what you have to do as black to draw (if white goes wrong)?
  
  ```
  [title "Capablanca Pawn Endgame"]
  [fen "6k1/7p/8/8/8/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
  
  ```
  
  In short, do you actually know how to win a won endgame when it isn't just trivial?
  
  If you are not consistently reaching the endgame then you need to work on tactics.
  
  Actually, you probably need to work on both endgames and tactics.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Losing through blunders is very different from failing to win through poor technique. What role does the clock play in your problem? And what time control are you talking about?  
  > **username_0**: Thanks for your advice, will try to work on tactics and endgames. Do you recommend buying premium for Chess.com? It unlocks a bunch of tutorials and lessons.  @username_2 classic time constraints. I'm not short on time at all.  
  > **username_3**: I'd add that sometimes it's not "knowledge" but "technique" and strategy (think of more complicated examples like bishop+4 pawns vs kinght+3 pawns)  
  > **username_2**: I still have difficulty imagining your problem. It seems that you are more likely to blunder on an open board. Is there anything specfic that you often fail to see? Pins or forks coming from a distance?  
  > **username_0**: @username_2 yes, a few of my recent games: skewering my queen to my king, hanging a rook, just elementary mistakes. Looking at the engine analysis afterwards, I always feel like I should have seen that coming from a mile away.  
  > **username_0**: Update: I took username_1 Tower's advice and worked on some tactic puzzles and the tutorials on Chess.com. It seems to help; in particular when doing the lessons I am making a lot of the mistakes I did in real games, so I will be working on those in the future.  
  > **username_2**: Well, it is good that the problem can be reproduced! But it still seems mysterious. Is it simply that you have difficulty spotting tactics at long range? In which case, Move your eyes around a bit more? Do you see Pawn forks?  
  > **username_0**: @username_2 haha, yes! I'm just starting out in chess. For example, my hanging rook was due to the fact that my opponent's Bishop was on the other side of the board!  
  > **username_2**: The advice that used to be given OTB was that before making your move you should write it down carefully and then take a last look around, especially at areas you might perhaps have overlooked. This is now forbidden by FIDE, mostly because a stronger player might look at the move and indicate a warning. I think that some TDs are tolerant unless the opponent objects. If you find that you cannot write the move, as you cannot do online anyway, invent some private ritual that works for you.  
  
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