Would someone correct my sentence written in Spanish please

Question

This is just me "trash talking" my Spanish speaking friend, because he wants to compete at chess with me.

Debes traer algunos tejidos a la partida de ajedrez, así que cuando pierdes, puedes limpiar lejos tus lágrimas.

You should bring some tissues to the chess match, so that when you lose, you can wipe away your tears.

Okay thank you in advance. I will choose a best answer.

We have some fantastic learning tools here on SD. Look into the lessons and the Spanish grammar. Are you here to learn Spanish? - rac1, Jul 2, 2014

Yes, I am here to learn Spanish. What learning tools? any advice is appreciated (: - olive9, Jul 2, 2014

Answer 1

My attempt:

Deberías llevar pañuelos (de papel) al juego (concurso?) de ajedrez, para que cuando pierdas, puedas enjugar tus lágrimas.

Juego for game, concurso for contest. I would leave out the "de papel" unless for some reason you want to be specific.

Just how I would do it.

enjugar

Edited to add: it might be better to simplify to

Deberías llevar pañuelos al juego de ajedrez para (poder) enjugar tus lágrimas cuando pierdas.

I like that one better. I don't even think you need poder to effectively convey the meaning- sounds a bit better to me without it.

Thank you! - olive9, Jul 4, 2014