Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper
I'm poor loser. Something about losing at chess that drives me absolutely mad. If I lose at cards I can care less, it's all in good fun. But there's something about losing a chess match that I tend to take personal
Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Understanding why we lost is much more important
I agree wholeheartedly with what robbie carrobie said. I can stand 'losing', but I cant stand losing where I could have easily done better.
I'll share a situation from one of my games:
Game 7180970
The correct move here is: Bf4, but I played the weak Nd2 instead
I kicked myself for days afterwards and still do today. The result of this game didnt matter, what mattered was the fact that, because I was so scared of the move f5 by Black I would do anything to con him out of doing it (The idea was that 'If I passively develop a piece, he might aggressively develop Nf6'๐
I took a leaf out of greenpawns book and decided to look over some of the games you have played:
Game 6647644
This one is of particular interest to me since it is a birds opening
[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.08.27"] [EndDate "2009.09.21"] [Round "?"] [White "trixster"] [Black "USArmyParatrooper"] [WhiteRating "1624"] [BlackRating "1439"] [WhiteELO "1624"] [BlackELO "1439"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "6647644"] 1. f4 d5 2. d4 Ng8f6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nb8c6 6. Bf1d3 Bc8g4 7. Ng1f3 e6 8. Nb1d2 Bf8d6 9. g3 Qd8c7 10. Qd1e2 O-O 11. h3 Bg4f5 12. Nf3e5 Bf5xd3 13. Qe2xd3 Nf6d7 14. Nd2f3 Nd7xe5 15. fxe5 Bd6e7 16. Bc1g5 f6 17. h4 fxg5 18. Nf3xg5 Be7xg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. O-O-O a6 21. g4 b5 22. Rh1h6 Rf8f7 23. Rd1h1 Ra8f8 24. Qd3xg6 Kg8h8 25. Kc1d1 Rf7f1 26. Rh1xf1 Rf8xf1 27. Kd1e2 Qc7f7 28. Qg6xf7 Rf1xf7 29. Rh6xe6 Rf7c7 30. Re6d6 Kh8g7 31. Rd6xd5 Kg7g6 32. Rd5c5 Rc7c8 33. Rc5d5 Kg6xg5 34. Rd5d7 Kg5g6 35. e6 Rc8e8 36. d5 Nc6e5 37. Rd7a7 Ne5xg4 38. Ra7xa6 Kg6g5 39. b3 h5 40. Ra6a7 Kg5f4 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Kf4g3 43. a4 h4 44. Ra7h7 h3 45. Ke2d3 h2 46. Kd3d4 Kg3g2 47. Kd4c5 h1=Q 48. Rh7xh1 Kg2xh1 49. Kc5d6 Kh1g2 50. e7 Ng4e3 51. Kd6d7 1-0
If I were you, I wouldnt feel bad about this game. You got outplayed, but not overly so and I definitely think you would beat trixster again if you played him.
HOWEVER: This game
Game 6546698 made me a very sad panda
[Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.07.26"] [EndDate "2009.07.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Yarivsaar"] [Black "USArmyParatrooper"] [WhiteRating "1449"] [BlackRating "1439"] [WhiteELO "1449"] [BlackELO "1439"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "6546698"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bf1c4 e6 3. Nb1c3 a6 4. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 5. O-O b5 6. Bc4e2 g6 7. d4 Bf8g7 8. e5 cxd4 9. Nf3xd4 Nc6xe5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc3e4 d5 12. Bc1g5 Qd8b6 13. a5 Qb6xd4 14. Ne4d6 Ke8f8 15. Nd6xc8 Ra8xc8 16. Be2xa6 Rc8c7 17. Ba6b5 h6 18. Bg5e3 Qd4xd1 19. Rf1xd1 Ng8f6 20. a6 Kf8e7 21. Be3f4 Nf6e4 22. Ra1a4 Rc7xc2 23. Ra4xb4 Ne4xf2 24. Bb5a4 Nf2d3 25. Rb4b7 1-0
You should definitely avoid playing like this in the future