Today I broke my fear of playing live

Thanks! @LDog11 is my correspondence chess partner. We've been playing for a while, and he's been getting really good recently. All that hard work is paying off!

If worse comes to worse, just take a page out of Kingcrusher's book. If you lose, its a cheater and you played against a machine, humans have no chance against you.

If Bill O'Rielly can do it live, then you can do it live.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-Y3HJNU_s

Be like Bill O'Rielly.

@ ColostomyBag Ha ha . From raving mad to cool as a cucumber..... What a professional.

Me too had fear of playing online, I thought how would I look when I make a silly mistake but then a second thought came, does it matter. We play chess for fun if I enjoy even after making mistakes then it's alright, I don't have to fear anything.

@DrAmit yep. That's exactly the right attitude to have!