In chess you will HAVE to lose if you want to get better. Capablanca even said something along the lines “every chess player will have to lose 1000 games to improve”. Reason being is you learn more from a loss than a win as you can go back and see why you lost. Was it a tactical error, misplaying the endgame, positional mistake, opening mistake and once you find out WHY you lost you can work on the specific part of the game. As for being afraid of losing elo just don’t give a crap because does it really matter that you lost 7 rating points? As long as you keep improving your rating over time that’s all that matters. Good luck in your chess and I hope this helps 
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Sep 9, 2021
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ricorat ha scritto:
In chess you will HAVE to lose if you want to get better. Capablanca even said something along the lines “every chess player will have to lose 1000 games to improve”. Reason being is you learn more from a loss than a win as you can go back and see why you lost. Was it a tactical error, misplaying the endgame, positional mistake, opening mistake and once you find out WHY you lost you can work on the specific part of the game. As for being afraid of losing elo just don’t give a crap because does it really matter that you lost 7 rating points? As long as you keep improving your rating over time that’s all that matters. Good luck in your chess and I hope this helps
Thank you. I've lost 3 games with white against DAMIANO DEFENCE. I find out it's the worst opening and now I know how to play against it.
Gambitiodic ha scritto:
Filazure wrote:
I find out I can win easily against 1080 than 950. The 950 do not respect openings.
Any advise? How can I find their weaknesses?
Against low rated players who are not using book openings, try to immediately control the center, develop your pieces, and castle. Beginners who eschew book openings will probably not have any hypermodern responses with elaborate fianchettoes planned out to retake the center from you. Of course, pet openings take you out of your own preparation, too, so play the opening like the middlegame: just take your time and keep looking for hanging material and other tactics. If you are the more experienced player, you will probably be better at spotting these.
Thank you very much. Very usefull
Sep 9, 2021
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Filazure wrote:
ricorat ha scritto:
In chess you will HAVE to lose if you want to get better. Capablanca even said something along the lines “every chess player will have to lose 1000 games to improve”. Reason being is you learn more from a loss than a win as you can go back and see why you lost. Was it a tactical error, misplaying the endgame, positional mistake, opening mistake and once you find out WHY you lost you can work on the specific part of the game. As for being afraid of losing elo just don’t give a crap because does it really matter that you lost 7 rating points? As long as you keep improving your rating over time that’s all that matters. Good luck in your chess and I hope this helps
Thank you. I've lost 3 games with white against DAMIANO DEFENCE. I find out it's the worst opening and now I know how to play against it.
And just by losing those games you’ve already learned something and improved!
Sep 10, 2021
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Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
First of all, nobody is perfect so everybody has to lose at one point.
If you lose, then treat each lost as a learning experience!
I hope that this helps.
Thank you Lauren
I find out I can win easily against 1080 than 950. The 950 do not respect openings.
Any advise? How can I find their weaknesses?
Against low rated players who are not using book openings, try to immediately control the center, develop your pieces, and castle. Beginners who eschew book openings will probably not have any hypermodern responses with elaborate fianchettoes planned out to retake the center from you. Of course, pet openings take you out of your own preparation, too, so play the opening like the middlegame: just take your time and keep looking for hanging material and other tactics. If you are the more experienced player, you will probably be better at spotting these.