how do I avoid multi move blunders

I can avoid most 1 move blunders, but multi move ones still get me a lot. just started last year, played about 200 games. hopefully this posts helps a few other players around my level

Try to calculate possible forcing responses by your opponent. Use your clock time. It's there for a reason. I recommend playing 15+10. Puzzles can also help. Always double-check before moving; don't just play on impulse.

@imanoob424 said ^

I can avoid most 1 move blunders, but multi move ones still get me a lot. just started last year, played about 200 games. hopefully this posts helps a few other players around my level

try CCTV check (checks, captures, threats) and also dont forget... PAWN BREAKS!!

[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/TIr3rjIB"] [Date "2026.08.28"] [Black "Rawgul"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 Nxd4 4 Nxe5 g5 ...
If you had thought for more than ~6 seconds, do you think that you might have played 5 Qxd4 ? In a 10+5 game, you could average 13 seconds per move and have enough time for 75 moves.

[TimeControl "600+5"] :)

@imanoob424 said ^

played about 200 games

What is the main goal in the game?

@imanoob424 said ^

I can avoid most 1 move blunders

You move c3. For what? To what? Answer yourself specifically, why did you move the pawn? To do what?

To avoid multi-move blunders you need to learn to avoid single-move blunders. You also have a problem - you take one piece and make 10 moves until you lose it. So wrong. You need to develop all the figures at the same time.

@RemRus said in #8:

To avoid multi-pass blunders you need to learn to avoid single-pass blunders.

While it is certainly desirable to avoid things like 33...Ra1 (in the [Site "https://lichess.org/tcMnt73P"] game against eng_faridghanim), multi-move issues do arise during games, and beginners are commonly advised to practice looking at positions that involve them. See, for example, the "Standard Tactical Devices" section of Learn Chess (2010) by GM John Nunn.
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Learn_Chess.pdf
Examination of past games can often give rise to instructive opportunities to practice trying to spot multi-move possibilities. For example, one can note the machine's strong disapproval ("?? (1.07 --> 3.70) Blunder") of 5...Nd5 and try to discern (without looking at the machine's subsequent analysis) the reason for the machine's comment.

@RemRus said in #8:

You also have a problem -

Any ~700 player is likely to have lots of problems.

@RemRus said in #8:

you take one piece and make 10 moves until you lose it. So wrong. You need to develop all the figures at the same time. ...

I suspect that that is a reference to moves 26-33. Actually, moves 26-28 were reasonable to the machine, but certainly it is a concern that imanoob424 continued to move the king rook instead of taking steps to involve the a8-roook and the b8-knight in the game. It might be beneficial for imanoob424 to do some reading in a book like the Batsford edition of Logical Chess by Chernev.
Also, it is perhaps worthwhile to note that the standard reaction to 1 e4 e5 2 d4 is 2...exd4.

@kindaspongey said ^

that is a reference to moves

No. First, queen is moved from 13 to 23. Then rook from 26 to 33. The player lost 20 moves.

Books are of little help. He must go to the puzzle and look for the theme of the hanging pieces. Solve a thousand puzzles.