Playing people better than you is how you improve.
NO...you did not play the Sicilian.
Chess.com keeps matching me with players 100 points higher than me.. literally cannot win.
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Jan 5, 2021
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#4
Wolff_Chess wrote:
1. d4 c5 is Sicilian defense, is it not?
No it is not. Obviously i dont know what your goals are in chess. But in the off chance you are trying to improve?
1. Stop playing speed chess. All it does is instill bad habits. AKA: You're not giving yourself time to think.
2. DON'T concentrate on openings. They are not deciding your games. The fact that you think 1.d4 c5 is the Sicilian proves my point.
3. Concentrate on minimizing your blunders, and work on tactics.
Jan 5, 2021
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#5
You can adjust the rating of your opponents -> Settings -> Live Chess -> Incoming/Outgoing -> Min/Max.
If you're playing on your smartphone, please check out the following links
https://support.chess.com/article/1286-how-can-i-choose-what-rating-my-opponents-are-android
https://support.chess.com/article/1931-how-can-i-choose-what-rating-my-opponents-are-ios
Jan 5, 2021
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#6
Wolff_Chess wrote:
1. d4 c5 is Sicilian defense, is it not?
1. e4 c5 is sicilian
playing with someone +100 for a 500 player is 600
you gave him a free pawn and offered your castling chances on the 2nd and 3rd moves
It wouldve made no difference if the player was rated at 500, most likely he wouldve seen the moves, only difference would be you losing more rating from a 500.
Jan 5, 2021
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#7
Tonya_Harding wrote:
ShiroN0 a écrit :
It wouldve made no difference if the player was rated at 500, most likely he wouldve seen the moves, only difference would be you losing more rating from a 500.
I don't agree. It's true that, with 100 Elo points less, statistically, there are more chances the opponent would overlook free gifts.
But asking for opponents that will miss more often the occasion you give them, out of pure carelessness and recklessness, to take the free pawns and pieces you're offering them, is absurd. Just quit offering stuff for free, and soon your rating will climb up.
+1
tis called "learning"
At our level (I'm low rated too), the biggest blunder we can make in a match is considering our opponent ratings to decide our moves.
Don't even look at the ratings and play each game as if it was against a master.
Unless you're a master playing in a tournament with pontuation system, there's no reason to start a match already thinking about drawing it.
Sorry, I didn't knew the right therm on english and had to google it.
By "pontuation system" I mean tournaments in swiss system or round-robin, opposito to what would be a "no pontuation system", a tournament by elimination.
Posting this game so you can see the "same" situation but from another angle. I played a +400 player and managed to check mate him.
As I analyzed the game, I saw that he was the one playing with the ratings on mind, cause he really gave me some slack. So, when you're matched with a higher rated player, wait for him to take you for granted and punish him for it.
Tonya_Harding wrote:
I doubt the word "pontuation" alone exists. Google seems not to know it. It'd be a "Cup system" what you said. (by elimination)
Sorry for the bad english. hehe
Jan 5, 2021
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#12
With a little practice you should be able to punish someone playing 2. Qh5. When someone plays wild like that, best thing to do is develop your pieces while defending them. Eventually you will be ahead on development and your opponent will be running around with their queen.
Jan 5, 2021
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#13
jerrylmacdonald wrote:
With a little practice you should be able to punish someone playing 2. Qh5. When someone plays wild like that, best thing to do is develop your pieces while defending them. Eventually you will be ahead on development and your opponent will be running around with their queen.
2. Qh5 is the danvers opening/parham attack
its useable
Jan 5, 2021
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#14
One of the pitfalls of worrying about openings too much at lower levels. Just because it has a name doesn't mean it's usable. 
Jan 5, 2021
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#15
jerrylmacdonald wrote:
One of the pitfalls of worrying about openings too much at lower levels. Just because it has a name doesn't mean it's usable.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1753889
parham attack game between peak 2100 FIDE rated player and peak 2300 rated FIDE player
Jan 5, 2021
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#16
I also read Nakanura played it a few times, and even won a game with it. I was more trying to make the point that at beginner level there's little use it learning to specifically defend against unorthodox openings. Its better to follow principals.
Jan 5, 2021
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#17
jerrylmacdonald wrote:
I also read Nakanura played it a few times, and even won a game with it. I was more trying to make the point that at beginner level there's little use it learning to specifically defend against unorthodox openings. Its better to follow principals.
following principles at a beginner level is correct, unless you get fried livered
Jan 5, 2021
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#18
Dear OP, I too started at 600 something rating about 2 years ago and here's something I learned, the opening doesn't matter, e4 is best for newcomers (e5 for black). 15|15 games are awesome. Tactics are the key, lichess has free tactics but you can buy a membership if you want
Jan 5, 2021
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#19
I just hope my opponents don't catch on to the Deutz gambit for another few hundred ratings points.
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