How to beat 2200+ when you are < 1700

You play better moves than your opponent.
That is typically how you win at Chess.
Rating is meaningless if they are playing better moves than you.

You must have a prove.... theory ain't enough

@Akarsh_2010 said in #10:

I thought it's 0 but apparently is cos(x-1)-1, where x is the total number of times you have beaten a GM this way.

Lol, do you like math?

I once beat someone 1200 points above my rating lol, it was Hyperbullet tho, which is the reason I'm not really proud of it (actually it was Ultra bc we both zerked but who cares lmfao)

Give this Guy the "LM" title for his Amazing win agaisnt 2200+ surpergm ( lol ) player who had for an IRL reason to left the game on a total equal position

How to beat 1400- player when you are > 2200

During my play, i noticed that all those low elo players try so hard to not trade anything so that the game is complex and difficult to win for me, so here are the steps to beat low elo players:

1. Try totally prepared opening.
2. Always trade.
3. create a middle game as boring as possible.
4. play slow.

you will be surprised how noobs play like 2200+ super GMs when the game is very complex..
Good luck!

@xDoubledragon said in #16:

@pointlesswindows said in #15:

>Here are the most important rare cases when a 2200 loses to 1700 in rapid time control:
>- he falls asleep
>- he goes to toilet for sudden number 2
>- he lost internet connetion
>- he loses or draws on purpose
>Apart from that a 1700 lichess rapid or classic player has no chance to win.

Wrong using stockfish

Obviously but it's illegal. However, I mentioned only rare cases :D

Here’s a strategy for beating higher rated opponents in generally

Study and play a certain offbeat opening alot. For example, the Trompowsky is played in 4% of games played after 1. d4 Nf6. Let’s assume that against 1. d4, your opponent always plays 1...Nf6. They will play it in 50% of their games since they have white games too. This means you have around 12.5x their experience with this position. Higher rated opponents would play more games, but this strategy catches up really quickly. In general, try to be very comfortable with offbeat openings to have more experience than your opponent. You will have more experience, so you are more familiar with the resulting middlegames and even endgames too.

@TaleOfTheNoob said in #29:

Here’s a strategy for beating higher rated opponents in generally

Study and play a certain offbeat opening alot. For example, the Trompowsky is played in 4% of games played after 1. d4 Nf6. Let’s assume that against 1. d4, your opponent always plays 1...Nf6. They will play it in 50% of their games since they have white games too. This means you have around 12.5x their experience with this position. Higher rated opponents would play more games, but this strategy catches up really quickly. In general, try to be very comfortable with offbeat openings to have more experience than your opponent. You will have more experience, so you are more familiar with the resulting middlegames and even endgames too.

AAAARGH, MY EYES!!!!