Handling Lower Rated Opponents

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there are lots of such lower rated players who play such openings for drawing against higher rated opponents.

This is one of the example my opponent played vienna game and even after following all book moves and not doing any mistakes at the 19 move It was easily drawable for a lower rated player so I took a risk by playing 19.g6 which is a mistake but only by that move I won the game.

These days many lower rated players play openings like Vienna game, Bishops Opening, Four Knights Game Some Lines In scotch. in these openings if a experienced lower rated decides to have a draw he can force it against higher rated.

Magnus abandoned the 2900 mission because of this reason.

What should we do against such lower rated players?

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Lower-rated players often play for exchanges and simplifications to reach equal, drawish positions. Try to avoid unnecessary trades. Keep pieces on the board, particularly queens, to retain complexity and create winning chances later in the game.

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Correct

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ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:

Lower-rated players often play for exchanges and simplifications to reach equal, drawish positions. Try to avoid unnecessary trades. Keep pieces on the board, particularly queens, to retain complexity and create winning chances later in the game.

but in specific openings there the drawish exchanging line is forced

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In some lines a skilled player, especially if they have white, can reasonably push for a draw against a higher rated player. Seems like two ways to avoid this as black are to play sub-optimal lines or to play openings with less drawing chances (e.g., Sicilian).

At my level, though, this isn't a problem!

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landloch wrote:

In some lines a skilled player, especially if they have white, can reasonably push for a draw against a higher rated player. Seems like two ways to avoid this as black are to play sub-optimal lines or to play openings with less drawing chances (e.g., Sicilian).

At my level, though, this isn't a problem!

what are sub obtimal

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Moves that are not the best. In this case, playing a less good or dubious move in order to reduce the chances of a draw. Your 19 ... g6, for example.

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Handling lower rated opponents - you blunder your queen and you hope that they blunder it back? Interesting strategy.

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how to fight scotch ambitiously from black it gives good drawing chances for the lower elo opp ion the white side??

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GabeMiami10 wrote:

9, I don't think he's talking abt that extreme

This is exactly what happened in the example game.

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GabeMiami10 wrote:

It seems like you already know what to do. Play a move that isn't a blunder but just inaccurate enough to give both chances sides.

But somtimes it backfires !!

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First of all,they don't play for a draw.They want to beat u too with same intensity as yours.Also they play their best prepared line many times that they usually do with similar rated opponents too.If u can't outplay them in that line its your skill issue,just accept it, move on& improve.playing lines u know better than your opponent is always helpful even when u playing a higher rated opponent than u.

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if in the example game instead of 22.Ng3 if he would had played gxh7 it was over

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now tell me this is a well known scotch theory 
and all of this things are best and mostly force
if a lower rated player plays this then how can a higher rated win this
Still I did a king walk here and won after extreme compications.
 
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U have 20 moves to choose on move 1 with both as white or black,and u choosed one of them , now complaining about getting into a drawish line.seriously,are u kidding me?

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only option is to play something else than 1. e4 e5 but if a player onluy plays e5??

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you will say to upgrade the reportoire but it means that playing e4 e5 is forced draw???

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I dont think e4 e5 is a forced draw,some insane may think it&then offer a draw to their opponent on move 2,if their opponent rejects it he may continue or just resign.I m telling u if u think e4 e5 or scotch game is a forced draw,it can be your skill issue or in some cases a mental issue.

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Seems pretty simple. If you think 1.e4 e5 is a forced draw, then either keep playing e5 and live with the draws or play something other than e5.