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The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares. An example line might be:

1.e4 e5 
2.f3 Bc5Nf6 
3.Ne2 Nf6Nc6 
4.d4 exd4 
5.Nxd4 d6 
6.Nc3

Resulting in a position that looks more like a line from a three Knights' game than one with 2.f3.

[FEN "rnbqk2r"r1bqkb1r/ppp2ppp/3p1n22np1n2/2b58/3NP3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares. An example line might be:

1.e4 e5 
2.f3 Bc5 
3.Ne2 Nf6 
4.d4 exd4 
5.Nxd4 d6 
6.Nc3

Resulting in a position that looks more like a line from a three Knights' game than one with 2.f3.

[FEN "rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/3p1n2/2b5/3NP3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares. An example line might be:

1.e4 e5 
2.f3 Nf6 
3.Ne2 Nc6 
4.d4 exd4 
5.Nxd4 d6 
6.Nc3

Resulting in a position that looks more like a line from a Knights' game than one with 2.f3.

[FEN "r1bqkb1r/ppp2ppp/2np1n2/8/3NP3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

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The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares. An example line might be:

1.e4 e5 
2.f3 Bc5 
3.Ne2 Nf6 
4.d4 exd4 
5.Nxd4 d6 
6.Nc3

Resulting in a position that looks more like a line from a three Knights' game than one with 2.f3.

[FEN "rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/3p1n2/2b5/3NP3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares.

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares. An example line might be:

1.e4 e5 
2.f3 Bc5 
3.Ne2 Nf6 
4.d4 exd4 
5.Nxd4 d6 
6.Nc3

Resulting in a position that looks more like a line from a three Knights' game than one with 2.f3.

[FEN "rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/3p1n2/2b5/3NP3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.

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Henry Keiter
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The most important thing to do with any blunder is to stay calm. Evaluate the position objectively: pretend you've just been handed a chess board and told to finish the game.

In this position, you've got a well-defended e-pawn and a weakened kingside, especially e3, f2, and g3. Your King Knight's usual best spot is unavailable. However, the position is certainly not lost: there are many perfectly good opening lines that feature an early f3 from White. Taking some inspiration from them, you I might be inclined to go for a setup with Ne2, d4 (exd4 Nxd4), and Nc3 to establish a strong center and dominance over the light squares.

I can't overstate enough, though, that the most important thing is to just evaluate the position objectively and try to set your ego aside when it comes to past moves, especially mistakes.