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Game analysis

Inaccuracy

An inaccuracy misses a stronger opportunity or slightly worsens the position without necessarily losing material immediately. The boundaries between inaccuracy, mistake and blunder depend on the platform. A weaker move may also be easier to play in practice than a difficult engine line.

A practical example

You defend a pawn passively when an active rook move could defend it while occupying an open file. No material is lost immediately, but your pieces remain less coordinated.

A common mistake

Treating every small evaluation change as equally important. A difficult only move deserves different training attention from an obvious improvement that repeatedly occurs in your games.

Try this in your next review

Compare your move with the stronger alternative: which piece becomes more active, which weakness appears and which plan becomes possible? Write a reusable decision rule rather than just recording a move number.

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