"Alex" wrote in message
om...
So I took all of your advice and then read some books. I finally got
my courage back and went to my local chess club to play in another
tournament. But I got clobbered again. They even let me play white
three times for some reason. I did my homework and looked up the
openings; now I know the variations that my opponents played. What am
I doing wrong in my games?? Why can't I beat any of these players at
my local chess club? It is really frustrating...You gotta help me,
please!!!

OK, I'll bite (again). Did you opponents offer any advice after the games?
If not, next time ask them if they wouldn't mind going over the games to see
where you went wrong. Post-mortems, especially with people so much higher
rated, are hard to beat.

Matt