How do you play a 1450-1795 player?

Im playing in a tournament... and I only have a rating of 1311(USCF). how do you play a 1450-1795 player?

same as any other opp just play as well as you can don't think about the rating.

Do you know what a furry is?  If I were starting out all over again, I would try to play with the 1450-1795 player's head by dressing up as a bear. 

One move at a time.

Very carefully. Nah, though, players in that rating range are very weak. I can hardly tell the difference between an 1100 and someone in that range. They'll still make blunders and egregious positional mistakes, and are still very prone to playing aimlessly. Just don't fear them. At such a low level, rating doesn't matter much.

generate a good plan... coz people below 1900 play the move not the plan

There is some truth to this. Of course, adept your plan to counter threats, but don't try to focus on a fast win of material with empty threats, when you should stick to the main strategy of the opening you played. I.e. when you play a Kings Indian as black, focus on exploiting weaknesses on white's queenside (and maybe win a pawn along the way), and not on 'a chance to' win a knight on the kingside.

When i play lower rated player they usually play a move like a3 thinking they will get me out of book. But only they get out of book, because that gives me freedom to do my setup and play my game. So don't do that.

Don't be afraid of lets say 1500 rated player. They blunder as much as you do, they just have more experience. So consider them as equal. Be more carefull at endgame and play openings with general principles. Don't be scared they play without plan and do things they dont understand - move by move. They can'y calculate really, even if they spend 15 minutes , will end up more confused and still without a clue about position.

I play people in this range alot. I am slightly lower, one thing I say is don't be scared. When I look at my games on stockfish, they make PLENTY of blunders. On every move look at yours and his captures, along with every common tactic

When I was in that rating range, and I would play, say, someone 200 points below me, the position was usually equal, and I would win either a drawn endgame, or they would eventually make a mistake and I would take advantage of it. Bottom line, don't blunder and you'll be fine.

Oh, 1 more thing, they are just as afraid of you as you are of them. For different reasons, of course, you're afraid because they're better, they're afraid cause they don't want to lose rating points. Just keep that in mind. 

One thing I noticed about players higher rated than me is they are often faster than me.  So keep that in mind and manage your time accordingly.   I'm 1500 by the way.  Good luck!

 

That's a good point!  Also, sometimes higher rated players will get a little lazy or a little too comfortable when playing a lower rated player.  Means they are more likely to play bad moves!  So keep an eye open  

Eh, sometimes players in that range are capable of making plans, but I see so much pointless drifting and bad plans that it doesn't matter much. I may not know much, as I'm only an expert, but I know very well by now that people in that range still aren't even close to playing half-decent chess. Also, someone else pointed out that when you're playing a higher rated player, they're afraid of you as well because of rating points, and there is very little truer than this. Playing someone more than 100-200 points below your rating sucks. I should know, my record against 1800s is way worse than my record against experts, because I tend to either underestimate my opponent and just figure I can get away with anything, or just be so scared of losing since it'd hurt my rating so much, and just play passively and draw.

Creating, holding and converting advantage requaires skills also, specially when your lower rated opponent want a fight and position is not easy, say you have piece more and one pawn more, but the piece is bad and out of play and pawn is doubled isolated and your king is open or simple theoretical endgames where even piece up you might not win. You should have time advantage also which will help you do that.