Tips for facing a stronger player?

I completely agree. Would you believe that most of these fools are suggesting to play for a draw? That's nonsense. I'm starting to lose hope in these forums because I feel as though I'm talking to kids who have no understanding of chess.

Play nicely children.

hoping you are joking

Maybe if you were not so offensive and superior you might have a better experience.

take a post-it note or some tape you can get off the screen and cover up your opponents rating if you cannot just disregard it entirely. Play the board and not the rating. I have gotten wins against 1800+ players as a 1500 and lower when I adopt this idea. Why? Because barring the use of an engine, the higher rated player can make blunders as well as i can.

Bottom line, if you are saying at the beginning of the game "Oh man, this guy is really good. What am I going to do?" You have psyched yourself out of the game already. The player may not tell you the truth of the position, but the board will never lie to you. Learn how to find imbalances, weak pieces and squares, etc. and try to play with a bit of disdain for the opponent.

Adopting a mindset similar to what is said in Football about "any given Sunday" will have you playing more confidently and even if you lose, you go away with something to learn from later on what not to do next time.

Finally, unless the game is clearly in the opponents favor, hang on like grim death and make your opponent prove he has the win. If you resign after 50 moves, you will never know if your opponent blunders on move 51.

don't let it breed...

I've done that. It didn't help much 

At this exact moment I have a Queen and a bishop facing my king. And the fun thing is, they are in one line 

@red lady:

Being that I am a basic member, I cannot access one of my older games. COuld you look up ZekesGhost-Vengence69 and post the game for me?

Thanks in advance for that.

If someone's a little bit higher rated than you, just play the best you can and you'll be fine.  If they're much higher rated than you (more than ~300 points) then one strategy is to play conservatively.  The thought is that they'll want to crush you quickly and might easily get themselves in trouble if you keep a solid position.

Sure, but how do I post a game?  And you mean in this thread?

Just play chess. Don't even think about the ratings. Blunder-check every move before you make it, and always watch out for intermezzos and between checks.

Put your pieces in solid squares, not in strange, awkward places. Don't let your opponent take you out of your game. Play your game and be tenacious. Make him play the game YOU are comfortable with, not the other way around.

I'm a measely 2000 player, but I have outplayed and beaten NM's and a few IM's, plus one GM. When I won against those higher-rated opponents, it was because I played my game and didn't try to "adjust" my game based on their skill level.

Use what you have and use it well.

I think that the OP was talking about OTB chess. Playing someone a few hundred points higher on here, isn't really the same thing.

Once you have the game on the screen, hit the get PGN link and open it with notepad. then copy all the text inside notead. once you do that, there is a chessoard icon by where you enter the text. hit that and select game or sequence of moves and hit continue. on the next screen, toggle the 3rd box that allows you to paste the PGN file. the text will appear and you can hit continue. once the game loads, hit the insert tab and it is in.

Aside from a 1/2-1/2 game against Scott (not scottrf) this was my best showing yet I think.

I've played NM's and IM's both online and OTB. It's the same thing (in my opinion). Play your game, not theirs.

I have beaten some stronger players with a questionable open a couple of times. I keep them on my list for just that purpose. I figure they are not prepared and i am.... so advantage mine.

I beat a few by them making a mistake. :)

Yeah they are on my checklist to beat. I am a specific IM in mind. I love for him to come and visit my country in my city. I give him the business he never come back. That is with 6 months+ practice to sharpen my game. Can not have my city watching and beat him in a cheap way. Wanna make sure he lost and leave no doubt about it.

Play strong moves.