My lower rated opponent is playing really accurately. How do I win?

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Champ1812

I agree with TheChessKid90 because when you come up with a long term plan frustrated.png, you should be able to do it and win. Now if there is no weaknesses to exploit then think harder because there is bound to be at least one weakness your opponent has. No one is that good yet. USE THE WEAKNESSES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. So, Find your opponent's weakness/es make a Long Term Plan then exploit the weakness so the opponent would have to protect it. Simple as that!grin.pngwink.pnglessons.png AND DO NOT RESIGN. All about Lessons.happy.png

josephyossi
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:

just resign

 

No reasonable player will do that 

but it would be funny

 

Ivangupta
Champ1812 wrote:

I agree with TheChessKid90 because when you come up with a long term plan , you should be able to do it and win. Now if there is no weaknesses to exploit then think harder because there is bound to be at least one weakness your opponent has. No one is that good yet. USE THE WEAKNESSES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. So, Find your opponent's weakness/es make a Long Term Plan then exploit the weakness so the opponent would have to protect it. Simple as that! AND DO NOT RESIGN. All about Lessons.

agreed

Ivangupta
josephyossi wrote:
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:

just resign

 

No reasonable player will do that 

but it would be funny

 

It would be funny but no one will do it

josephyossi
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:

just resign

 

No reasonable player will do that 

but it would be funny

 

It would be funny but no one will do it

i would

 

fangtooth

I think that the best strategy is to play an aggressive opening and get into sharp, tactical positions. The games you should sort of neutralized and turned into a positional battle. Maybe try to play more attacking moves early on, and catch people off guard. I am around your opponents' ratings and I find it difficult to defend against higher rateds who are better than me at tactics.

King_of_Checkmates
Champ1812 wrote:

I agree with TheChessKid90 because when you come up with a long term plan , you should be able to do it and win. Now if there is no weaknesses to exploit then think harder because there is bound to be at least one weakness your opponent has. No one is that good yet. USE THE WEAKNESSES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. So, Find your opponent's weakness/es make a Long Term Plan then exploit the weakness so the opponent would have to protect it. Simple as that! AND DO NOT RESIGN. All about Lesson

if i am patient and not worried i can do that

Steve-503

1600 players can play accurately, get used to them having good games.  Being 200 points higher means you will win the majority, but you will get your butt handed to you once in a while.  I think you are hoping people will tell you they are cheating, but nope, you just lost or drew.  Happens to everyone, even Carlsen.  Once you see your opponent digging in and fighting, you have to do the same. 

papillian
Steve-503 wrote:

1600 players can play accurately, get used to them having good games.  Being 200 points higher means you will win the majority, but you will get your butt handed to you once in a while.  I think you are hoping people will tell you they are cheating, but nope, you just lost or drew.  Happens to everyone, even Carlsen.  Once you see your opponent digging in and fighting, you have to do the same. 

Best answer of the lot.

 

cobb452
King_of_Checkmates wrote:
cobb452 wrote:

Throw sand in their eyes.  Always works for me

Do that if he's a cheater and anyone named Cheatum or Swindle.

Famous Law firm: Dewey, Cheatum and Howe

Ivangupta
josephyossi wrote:
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:
Ivangupta wrote:
josephyossi wrote:

just resign

 

No reasonable player will do that 

but it would be funny

 

It would be funny but no one will do it

i would

 

Who In the world would do that if you can still beat them

SeedToTree

You can't make them falter but you can create difficult problems for them to solve. If you easily see how to solve the problem you've created for them - so will they

jbot43

Agreed with the NM above, and I would say play for imbalances. Weaker players are usually worse at playing with imbalances and understanding the nuances. At 1600, you probably have a better understanding of pawn structures and endgames than players rated 200 points lower. Tactics can be risky to rely on since those are what weaker players use to try to catch out stronger players. When I was 1500 OTB I had a memorable loss to an 1100 on a bad day where I got smashed playing the Sicilian. I played him in a later game in the Philidor and he willingly traded rooks into a simple pawn endgame that was lost (outside passed pawn + fox in the chicken coop).

Batman2508
jbot43 wrote:

Agreed with the NM above, and I would say play for imbalances. Weaker players are usually worse at playing with imbalances and understanding the nuances. At 1600, you probably have a better understanding of pawn structures and endgames than players rated 200 points lower. Tactics can be risky to rely on since those are what weaker players use to try to catch out stronger players. When I was 1500 OTB I had a memorable loss to an 1100 on a bad day where I got smashed playing the Sicilian. I played him in a later game in the Philidor and he willingly traded rooks into a simple pawn endgame that was lost (outside passed pawn + fox in the chicken coop).

oh yeah i know that one its in a endgame book

jbot43
Batman2508 wrote:
jbot43 wrote:

Agreed with the NM above, and I would say play for imbalances. Weaker players are usually worse at playing with imbalances and understanding the nuances. At 1600, you probably have a better understanding of pawn structures and endgames than players rated 200 points lower. Tactics can be risky to rely on since those are what weaker players use to try to catch out stronger players. When I was 1500 OTB I had a memorable loss to an 1100 on a bad day where I got smashed playing the Sicilian. I played him in a later game in the Philidor and he willingly traded rooks into a simple pawn endgame that was lost (outside passed pawn + fox in the chicken coop).

oh yeah i know that one its in a endgame book

My opponent didn't! Lol.

Silman's Complete Endgame Course if anyone is interested in which one. 

cheburashka777

I checked 2 games quickly without much analyses and it appears that author had good winning chances with b-passing pawn in a first game. I don't know why he/she didn't take this chance and settled for a draw. 

The second game there was a strategical mistake to trade queens and pieces. If you don't want to draw and you are playing for the win stick to keeping queen on a board. 

In general: there is less tactical mistakes when the time control like that. It is expected that players above 1600 might not to do any blinders during the game. 

cheburashka777

Also there was a blinder on your part on the move 56 - you should have moved the pawn f3-f2 with good drawing chances.

King_of_Checkmates
cheburashka777 wrote:

Also there was a blinder on your part on the move 56 - you should have moved the pawn f3-f2 with good drawing chances.

then she would have simply taken the pawn. I couldn't take her rook becuase then she would queen

Champ1812

I would say that play aggresive openings so that the opponent doesn't know what you are doing and make a short plan like go with the Evans Gambit Ready to do Ng5 and Qb3 to attack the f7 pawn and attack the King soon leading to a Checkmate.wink.pnglessons.pnghappy.pngevil.pngthumbup.pngtournaments.pngtrophies.png!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

King_of_Checkmates
cobb452 wrote:
King_of_Checkmates wrote:
cobb452 wrote:

Throw sand in their eyes.  Always works for me

Do that if he's a cheater and anyone named Cheatum or Swindle.

Famous Law firm: Dewey, Cheatum and Howe

thats cheatum.