How to stop blundering?

I've been finding myself on a blundering streak for the past several months. Even though I've been overall more knowledgable and have been improving strategically, I find myself making a game blowing blunder almost every game. Though i understand blundering is part of what every chess player, even in the GM level, has to experience, but is it normal to make blunders on a regular basis that you wouldn't have before? I find my blunders increasingly more outrageous. 

To be precise about what I'm looking for, I am not looking for advice on how to minimize blunders, because the main problem isn't the fact that I blunder, but I'm looking for some enlightment as to why i blunder more as I'm objectively improving. 

At first, its easy to think that its because i'm learning a lot and i'm juggling with more information, but it becomes alarming after regular play for several months. 

I took a month off of chess, and also start playing 15/10 instead of 5/2, but still I am still blundering epidemically. 

Is this your experience as an improving player? please share! :) 

everybody blunders !! but not in rapid try to find good opening and learn endgame books my system is great 1  it shows everything for you 

Not all people think that this is a good solution but this works for me: play many bullet games and your opening will be improve cos you see the bad points in each games, and in bullet you have to be alert cos 1 blunder can decide the match.

As you improve in chess, what you consider a blunder changes. At first it's walking into a mate in 2, hanging your queen, then losing an exchange, then losing a pawn and eventually even a positional concession that enters a slightly worse endgame becomes a "blunder".

How to stop blundering? - Stop playing chess

crunchtime you have a really high rating, but to me believe it or not tactics helped...

somehow i also blunder more than usual but i believe its the hot weather...

depends on what you mean with blunder...

often you also blunder when you play openings or position your are not so familiar with or play a playing style that is not your own.

if you play against your nature you often blunder more.

I have got such problem, especially when I am too preoccupied with sexy ideas or elaborate plan. Suddenly, I got crushed even after blunder check of move to be played or final position of branches. REASON: Ply by ply check fointernediate check against 5-7 ply tactic was needed for that chosen move! OUCH!

I know this thread is 2 weeks old, but blunder check by asking:

Why did my opponent make that move?

What did my move change in the position? Did it leave some square weak or allow a bank-rank mate?

What kind of tactics is in the air? Maybe that pesky knight sacrifice on f7, removing the defender of e6? Should I play my bishop away from defending e6? Maybe not...

Do you play against a computer often?  If you do, swear off the undo button.

If your playing online, the analyze board button is a great tool for catching blunders before you finalize your move

Ya the analysis mode saved me a lot of premature deaths but I am not deligent enough to use it often. Mostly used in horse endings that I need looong moves to get a dead draw.

Speaking from experience sometimes when you improve stratagically you can gat carried away with your plans leaving pieces voulnerable hence the blunders.

Whenever it's your move use the analylitcal method in Lev Alburt and Parr's book Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters page 161 if you put yourself in a critical mindset like they said analyse your opponents move and your response against a check list of the right questions in your mind you can avoid making blunders and mistakes. It works.

Before touching any piece, look if any enemy piece is attacking your target sqare and if another of your pieces is defending it.

That's how you'll stop hanging pieces. And if you want an explanation why you might be blundering, it's either because you are overconfident (happened to me) or you don't take enough time to think of it(also happened to me)

Hey I know this was posted 3 years ago, but thank you for posting this it might help me!

I have your solution. You blunder because you get deeply caught up in your own plans. You see a weakness and you  concentrate on exploiting it, BUT, AND THIS IS THE SOLUTION!! After every move the game is totally different. You have to look at every move like it is the first move of the game or at the least your game is a puzzle. Look for the best move, watch for hanging pieces and beware of the possibility your opponent has a sac mate . Also avoid speed chess, it only teaches you how to blunder. Play real chess and you will leave the pawn pushers behind!

There is no such way to prevent blunders, you will make many in many games. It's not about chess quality or your skill. It's just a psychological thing. That's known as lapse of concentration and it can happen at any moment of your game. You play entire game correctly, and then you make one mistake, you go from -8.7 advantage to +3 or +4. A human player tends to lose focus a lot. Better the player, less are the blunders. This is my experience. But blunders will always be there. Normally they are few when you are very much focussed in your game and you are not tired at all. So, just improve your chess, improve your positional understanding by reading classics of Karpov, Alekhine, Kramnik, Anand etc. From calculations and tactical blunder point of view,, that will improve by solving lots of tactics and puzzles. Better the player you become, less blunders you gonna make. That's the only solution mate, there is no such way to avoid blunders. 

Hope it helps you. 

I learned another obvious one. Do not play when you are tired. 

First of all, before you play, have a warmup. Play a game with the computer or do 5 chess puzzles.

Second, try to use analysis! That's how i eliminated my own blunders by 50%!