Play a few online games, not live. And think about your moves for a second.
In the first game you lost a piece for no reason on move 7, and it got worse from there.
I lost my first two matches. See and give your expert opinion please!
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Yes I agree. You are giving pieces away. You have no king-safety. Your opponent was too high rated for you to have a chance. If you want to become a better player I would suggest buying a beginners book, you can start reading right after how the pieces move. This is assuming you know what 'en passant' is. If you don't start from page 1.
This is no way meant to offend you btw, we all started one day and we all had to start from the very beginning. Everyone here on this site has had games where they played like you in these games. If you want to improve, you need to do a bit of study. But no worries, any beginner book wil do and once you're done with the first couple of chapters you'll allready be a much stronger player then most (casual) players will ever be!
Enjoy your chess!
@ millenia . i guess he is black in the second game..
In the first game, 7.b4?? looses, as the others said, a knight. 7.Bxd7, followed by 8.Bd3, 9.dxc6!? and 10.O-O is better as it completes your developpement. Or, if your opponent plays 8...cxd5, 9.exd5! forces his queen back.
9.Qd2? is a mistake, as it prevents your from castling to the kingside (you can still "artificially" castle to the queenside) after 9...Qxd2+! 10.Kxd2
12.Re1?! might not be the most precise, as it blocks your h-file rook behind the kingside pawns. A bishop move might have been better.
13.f3 would have pushed his knight back and allowed you to develop your bishop.
16.b5? loses a pawn, because you can't recapture with 17.Nxb5??, since Bxb5+! and now it is apparent 13.Ke2? was a mistake. Your opponent has a lead in material of 1 minor piece and a pawn.
23.Ra1! followed by 24.Rb3 and 25.Rbxa3 allows you to prevent his pawn promotion.
26.Kf3 would still have allowed you to block his pawn advance with your 2 rooks. Then, you must play the passive 27.Ra1 to block him.
27.Bd1 was your last hope. After 27.Rb1?? he had mate in 2, as we see.
In your second game, your opponent made some slight mistakes in the beginning
-he lost a tempo on 7.Nd5
-he lost a piece on 12.Bd3?
You made some excellent moves to take advantage of those mistakes, yet it seems it was not enough. 14...Be7 was better than 14...Ne7?, as it does not jam your kingside bishop. Worse, in the position that arises after, you can hardly castle without weakening your pawn cover. Even worse, your knight is pinned there!
After that, you seemed to follow no particular plan, and your opponent kept winning material, after moves like 26.Nxc6+!!. After that, well there's not much to say since after 27.Nxb8 your position was resignable...
Finally, one good thing: the way you played the opening in game 2, except 7...Ne7?, was quite remarkable!
Hope this will help you.
This is the first match...
and this is the second one .a bit longer than the first one...