Blunders and backwards moves
All pieces, except pawns, can move backwards.
But because the opponent’s pieces are trying to attack us, we get used to them moving down the board towards us, and our pieces moving up the board in the other direction.
So that means, backwards moves are sometimes hard to spot.
Here are some junior players missing a backwards moves.
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And just to make you feel better, here are three Grandmasters doing the same thing!
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