Worst Things in Chess

I think the really worse thing in chess anymore than losing is , actually playing with opponents who want to waste time and win by just wasting the time on the clock .... without particularly trying to win ...or opponents who play for a draw perhaps...

Especially in Bullet chess also.

Playing for a draw is part of the game. Offering a draw in a won position may be a different thing but if there's only 3 outcomes of the game, victory - draw - defeat, then wouldn't you rather take a victory or a draw over a defeat?

Chess is a draw.
You cannot play to win, you can only play to not lose, i.e. draw.
You can only win if your opponent makes a mistake.
Whoever makes the last mistake loses.

Of course you can play to win.

#5
Of course you cannot: if he makes no mistake, then you cannot win, whatever you do.
It is like in tennis: if your opponent always returns the ball over the net and inside the court, then you cannot win.

#6 you can play to gain advantage, too many possibilities in chess. In tennis you play until your opponent makes a mistake but in Tennis you can force the ball to land and bounce in a way and spot your opponent will have no chance at hitting it back. You can do the same on a chess board if you try hard enough :)

#7
You cannot gain any advantage, you can only get an advantage if your opponent makes a mistake.
If you know your opponent, then you can make it easier for him to make a mistake: if he is weak at attacking, provoke an attack, if he is weak at defending, then attack, if he is weak in endgames, then trade off pieces and aim for an endgame.
If neither player makes a mistake, then the game ends in a draw.

#8
Chess is theoretically a solved game if you had a super computer and a lot of time to run every possible move which take thousands of years probably, it is way too complicated to force a draw every game. If what you are saying is true in the real world, every pro chess player would be ending games in draws majority of the time, and we all know that isn't the case. Two engines playing perfectly is really the only way to draw. I only agree that Chess is a solved game when identical rating engines play against each other. But you play to win. Either way, playing to win includes getting a forced draw if your opponent is really that good you should be happy that you managed to draw him. :)

Well, if you don't try to give your oponent chances to go wrong he will not do so very often. Maybe you get one chance in a game and i you miss it then you never win. If you take more risks your oponent will make errors in a game, you get more chances to win. Of course this has a price, sometimes your oponent will seize a chance you provide by playing for a win.
In my experience you get a better result if you play a little bit more sisky and dynamic.