Blame your opening repertoire? what do you normally play as white?
Blame your opening repertoire? what do you normally play as white?"
I was playing London but now trying Lopez. When I play black, I don't play anything other than a standard central development i.e. I haven't learned a series of moves. I'm now looking at the Sicilian defense.
Blame your opening repertoire? what do you normally play as white?
No. Openings do not matter at all in that ratings range. At all.
In the last game Maxhigh101 has lost, he lost because he hung a piece on move 8. In the last game Maxhigh101 has won, he won because the opponent hung a queen on move 8. These games are decided by blunders, nothing else matters.
Also, the sample size is relatively small, losing more with white means nothing, it is just an accident. The next 47 games may show the same, or may show the opposite, or anything else really.
As @cerebov suggests, you are probably looking for patterns where there are none. Nothing to do with colour or opening. Most beginners lose games because they lose undefended pieces, giving their opponent a material advantage. The time would be better spent practising tactics puzzles and learning to calculate and visualise moves. My guess is that this is probably your biggest weakness at the moment. It will help reduce simple blunders. Just play the openings you currently know and then continue with opening principles. You can get to at least 1600 doing this, and instead spend time on tactics, calculation and visualisation, planning and evaluation, middlegame and endgame.
Blame your opening repertoire? what do you normally play as white?
No. Openings do not matter at all in that ratings range. At all.
In the last game Maxhigh101 has lost, he lost because he hung a piece on move 8. In the last game Maxhigh101 has won, he won because the opponent hung a queen on move 8. These games are decided by blunders, nothing else matters.
Also, the sample size is relatively small, losing more with white means nothing, it is just an accident. The next 47 games may show the same, or may show the opposite, or anything else really.
While yes, I agree that you should iron out your blunders, an opening repertoire is just as important in my opinion. You can learn a tricky line that can deceive your opponent (like the scotch gambit or fried liver) and from there, iron out your mistakes. At this point of time; yes, you should mainly be focusing on getting rid of those blunders.
I've also found that this past few weeks I've only had a 45% W/R as white while having 62% W/R on black. I also feel like it's probably because I choose bad lines and as black you can instantly capitalize on the one white mistake right away then just steadily stay on that advantage.
I feel like I also use the same openings too often and those are probably the ones I lose more often, so that might be a reason for my lower white W/R. (I had stopped playing for a year so I forgot a lot of openings, hence why I'm using the same handful openings now)
But good and interesting topic, thanks to OP for posting this
It's possible that your opening knowledge as White is not as strong as it is when playing as Black. London, Ruy Lopez, and Sicilian Defense are relatively complex openings and deviations from the typical lines can occur early in the game. If your opponents play unorthodox moves or you're unfamiliar with common responses to their deviations, it can put you at a disadvantage.
I've played 47 games of standard rapid 10 minute games. Playing white, I've lost 73% of my games. Playing black, I've lost 52%. Is there a potential reason why I'm much worse playing white? (I tried learning and playing these openings: London, Lopez, Scillian defense, but often the opposition doesn't play like the chess.com lessons and I get flummoxed!)