How to Actually Avoid Blunders in Chess

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00:00 Intro
00:40 Example Game with Blunders/Mistakes
05:40 Chesscom's Definition of Blunders
06:36 My Definition of Blunders
07:58 Reason #1 why you are blundering - Lacking Focus
10:31 Do's and don'ts for playing with focus
12:15 Reason #2 why you are blundering - time trouble
16:05 Reason #3 why you are blundering - tunnel vision
20:15 Me blundering checkmate in 1...
22:15 Reason #4 why you are blundering - overcomplicating
24:45 Two simple habits to avoid blunders