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hey everyone , how should we play a game without losing any position?

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it started when we is a beginner, try to play and want a dream to be a grandmaster but keep losing?

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Salve, it's impossible to play chess without losing positions, that's the first and most important lesson on the road to GM. The secret is not "avoiding" bad positions, it's learning how to survive them, fight back, and never make the same mistake twice. When you lose a position, stop looking at it as a failure, look at it as a lesson. GMs don't cry over a lost game, they look at the computer and ask: "Why did I lose this position, and how do I never let it happen again ?". Fix these, and you will stop "bleeding" points immediately: 1) stop hanging pieces; 2) control the center; 3) develop before you attack; 4) castle early. The secret of GMs lies in the defense: if you can defend tenaciously and creatively, you'll save a lot of games you should lose, and that's where most rating points come from. When you are under attack, slow down and calculate, look for active defenses, and, after the game, analyze your defenses (and do "defensive puzzles"). Play one 15|10 Rapid game; before every move, look for checks, captures, and threats. If you lose, look at the game, find your biggest mistake, and promise not to make that specific mistake again. That's how GMs are made. Ciao happy

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tranthekha wrote:

how should we play a game without losing any position?

Just play a game with winning any position

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How to avoid losing

Don't play any games

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Don't resign, no matter how bad you are losing.

You'll burn out the "fear" of losing or the fear of making the wrong move very quickly.

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Not losing makes the game less addictive
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best advice i ever got was to remove my ego from chess, and remember that especially as a beginner i will lose all the time!

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try checkmating the opponent every time

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play whith opening principles

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By winning or by draw.

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encountering difficulty builds future capacity for survival

Mistakes lead to losses. They also lead to experience. Experience turns into victory, in the maturity of your chess education

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so, we just need to be focus, stop blundering and start to study chess more , you know, the grandmaster still can make a mistakes and miss or blunder so it difficult to avoid it . But you can make least the mistake, too

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Yes, I absolutely agree with you ! Even GMs make mistakes, it's true, trying to play "perfect chess" is unrealistic: the goal is "minimization", not perfection, that's the healthy mindset. And as you said, concentration and consistent study are what separate strong players from weaker ones, not some "mythical error-free" ability. To reduce mistakes, keep focusing on time management, calculation (always check for checks, captures, and threats before moving), physical/mental state, pattern recognition (studying tactics helps you spot dangers fast), and reviewing your games (in order to understand your typical mistake patterns). It's all about blundering less frequently, recovering better when you do make mistakes, and capitalizing more often when opponents blunder. Ciao happy

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A friend of mine once asked a master this very question at an otb event. He was not one to give away free advice, rather only if you hired him as a coach. He made a rare exception in this case and replied: Do not make bad moves. Then handed my friend a paper with his coaching rates on it.

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By winning
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dont avoid losing ig

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just win

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just dont take check mated or your time ends

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Why do you want to do that? Sometimes even losing can be fun! WHen I'm in a totally losing position I'll also let my opponent checkmate me. I don't like resigning, I'll do it sometimes but it's kinda rare.

I literally don't care about results and that mindset helps me playing without pressure or expecation. If I lose it's fine. It'll always be up or down.

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