My experience has been (in arena games) that higher rated players see my low rating (under 500) and immediately assume I'll fall for the Scholar's Mate/Wayward Queen. As soon as I defend against it, they abandon the game. What's the point in that?
Why almost 50% try to play scholar's mate against me?
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Gavalad wrote:
They don't get better and neither do you.
Well, you should try to get better. Analyze this game:
https://www.chess.com/game/live/101244610270?username=gavalad
After you've identified the 2 incredible blunders you made in that game (in just 7 moves), try to not make them again.
Feb 11, 2024
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justbefair wrote:
All you have to do is start beating it regularly and your rating will rise to a level where you won't even remember the last time somebody played it against you.
Yes, I agree with that.
Feb 11, 2024
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#25
You don't realise how fascinated some people are by the fact you can checkmate in 4 moves.
You're 800 ELO, so it's pretty common for lower rated players to try the Scholar's Mate and hope you fall for it, even though it's not that good.
jankogajdosik wrote:
Because it works, i get scholars mated too sometimes it is very strong actualy and Probabbly in top 3 openings of all time.
The moderators shouldn't tolerate this kind of trolling here, in the "For Beginners" section.
1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 is actually a playable sideline
white is generally not worse even if black is prepared, so it's perfectly playable in rapid and blitz at all levels
Feb 11, 2024
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#32
It's either that or the Fried Liver.
Learn how to counter them and you can turn the tables on your opponent.
Stockfishdot1 wrote:
It's either that or the Fried Liver.
Learn how to counter them and you can turn the tables on your opponent.
The Fried Liver can't be countered, the sacrifice is just good for white.
You're probably thinking of the Two Knights and call it the Fried Liver (which it isn't).
Feb 11, 2024
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Pacorseman wrote:
1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 is actually a playable sideline
white is generally not worse even if black is prepared, so it's perfectly playable in rapid and blitz at all levels
It is not as inferior as it is painted. There are a lot of refutations published, but White is pretty capable of using the time required to flag Black, as that early Queen is pretty slippery.
Feb 11, 2024
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magipi wrote:
Stockfishdot1 wrote:
It's either that or the Fried Liver.
Learn how to counter them and you can turn the tables on your opponent.
The Fried Liver can't be countered, the sacrifice is just good for white.
You're probably thinking of the Two Knights and call it the Fried Liver (which it isn't).
A lot of the on-line stuff erroneously refers to 4. Ng5 by White as the "Fried Liver", but as you point out, that's still just a Two Knights line. The Fried Liver starts after Black recaptures the d5 pawn with their Knight and even then it is only the Fried Liver if White chooses to sac the Knight. Black can avoid the Fried Liver by continuing to play the Two Knights, and rather than recapturing the d5 pawn with their Kingside Knight, play their Queenside Knight to a5 attacking the White Bishop and avoiding all the complications of the Fried Liver. When I first heard of the Fried Liver Attack (way back in the 1980s or maybe late 70s?) in a small book called "Chess in a Nutshell", it referred to the Fried Liver as arising from Black making a blunder by the recapture of the pawn with the Knight. But, it is such a cool name, I think for the entertainment purposes, streamers refer to the Fried Liver at the point of 4. Ng5 these days.
Anyway, back to the regularly scheduled programming. 
If you're playing principled opening moves it shouldn't even matter what your rating is, or theirs for that matter. I noticed you play rapid, primarily. At least it's the better option for speed chess. As other people have noted, the time factor is the answer to your original question. It's the same reason people play odd openings like Orangutan, etc. Either you fall for the tricks, or lose on time thinking about the aggressive nonsense the opponent's playing. Neither helps your opponent improve, but they'll claim the points. Simply, the longer the time control, the less you see that stuff. When you do see it, it doesn't matter. Analyse to your heart's content, if the shortest format you play is 30 mins.