Happy to Draw

Submitted by RC_Woods on Tue, 10/20/2009 at 3:14pm.

This is my last club game, which I was happy to draw. After an overly bold knight manoeuvre it pretty much fell apart, but I survived the middle game and reached an ending that would have been drawn with best play. I missed that line and found myself in a pawn endgame that I assumed should be lost. My opponent offered a draw since he doesn't like pawn endings, which I happily took.

The game is below!

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by RC_Woods - 40 days ago
Nijmegen Netherlands

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 539

lol, I see your point there.

The thing is he wasn't immediately sure it was won due to my queenside pawn majority (which could create a passed pawn).

He also said he hasn't got the patience to make the best moves in long endgames, which caused him to lose a decent number of pawn endgames. When we blitzed it out after the draw was accepted I did get the passed pawn and probably a won game. So score-wise it might have been a good decision for him.

Of course none of that changes the fact that with best play black is just lost.

by philidor_position - 40 days ago
United States

Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 257

Interesting game full of action, thanks for sharing.

And I'm shocked by white's draw offer. I think it kind of makes the whole idea of playing a middlegame obsolete if you're just not going to play a won endgame.

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