Does playing against week players have any benefit?

how about the learning process we all do it.

Try to find a weak player and beat him and if you lose you will know that you are weeker and then play one more weak player and again if you win he will be weekest.

So week, weeker, weekest. LOL!@

I recently got whipped twice by an 1100 rated player, so yeah...watch out

If I am not playing in a tournament I like to experiment with openings i don't usually play (or variations of openings i do play) when I am playing against someone who seems to be very weak. Sometimes I will take a few risks in order to try for a fast mate although this can result in a loss. When i am playing in a tournament i try to play what i know the best and try to be more patient. One thing to keep in mind is that a low rating does not mean that the player is neccesarily weak overall. They might be very weak in certain types of positions but relatively strong in others.

I looooooooove your attitudes...

Maybe playing against week [sic] players might improve your spelling ?

I see no benefit playing vs weaker players; it makes me weaker.

If you have a big ego it might help-until one of the "weaker" players beats you.

good point; taming a big chess ego would be a definite plus; as I have learned many times

I'm not sure but if everybody at this site wants to play only with strong  one,will be any games at all??...chess is battle of mind,that's why all of us have seen some weak players that beat strongs and, of course, strong players who did the same, so dont be obsess about winning or playing with just strong one...! ..just play.

I consider myself a fairly weak player, but there are certainly others even weaker.  One thing I find about games with very weak players is that they get off book extremely quickly, and unexpected things happen frequently.  Playing like that can help hone focus and awareness in new positions, I think.  Losing to weak players teaches humility and patience.  There's something to learn in every chess game you play.

There is defintiely a benefit of playing weaker opponent. You have the chance of having a new friend and student at the same time. ANd when the weaker player improves, the credit is yours.

Oh stop...I can't breathe...

I used to be a pretty good chess player...

until I met some pretty good chess players :)

It benefits the weak players. [which is good]

You sound very serious,this is a game,Unless your a carlsen or get paid for chess try and have a little fun playing.The opponents also love playing chess. Good luck in future games.

If you follow IM Rensch's LIVE sessions (where he plays 15 minute games against fellow Chess.com members), he often finds himself "thrown off" a bit when the "weaker" players play some strange move in the opening, simply because they do not know the theory as well as he does. 

In other cases they might start counter-attacking in situations where theory declares it a win for the opposite side (perhaps a player of the same level would simply resign), which forces the "winning" side to actually concentrate, and they might find themselves lacking in knowledge to win the position, which could ultimately lead to a stalemate or a loss.

So yes, I most definitely think player lower rated players at times does have an advantage.

That is wrong! Loosing to strong player will teach u chess,go over the game and dig into what he did and how u responded...that's where u will learn.

thats seriously one tough thing to do.chess is psychological game.very few can play with same mentality  with a +400 and -400 rated opponent.but if one can its good.