No, in fact you risk losing if you try to win, eg
hmm i was wondering if the black king could escape checks via d7, and then Qd1 looks nasty.
I'd have played on with black, as i dont see a win for white.
he can avoid perp. check by losing his castle, i would have jumped at that castle.
did i miss any good moves in the middle game, thats my question. i felt like i could have played better, i ahd made some bad positional moves.
no i meant anything between move 2. - 20.
earlier in the game maybe i missed something?
i dont like draws. i'd rather lose a good game
It looks like Black could've gotten very good chances with 28... Qd1+. On 29 Kg2 Qd2+ (stronger than 29... Ne1+ 30 Rxe1 Qxd6 31 Rxf8 Qxf8 32 Nc2/b1) 30 Kh3 Nf2+ 31 Rxf2 Qxd6 32 Rxf8 Qxf8 and Black either picks off the knight (33 Nc2 Qf5+) or the rook (34 b4 Qh6+). An awesome display of the power of a queen on an open board, by the way!
You did have a couple possibilities on move 30 that I think look promising for you. One is 30 b4. The mating threat of 31 Nb5+ seems rather difficult to counter. The best for Black might be the rather whimsical resource 30... Qh3+ 31 Kg1 Qf1+ 32 Kxf1 Ne4+. Then you can take your choice of endgames: either leaving rooks on with 33 Ke2, or forcing them off with 33 Rf3 Rxf3+ 34 Ke2 Rf2+ 35 Ke3 Nxd6 36 Kxf2. Either way you have an advantageous endgame.
Another, more radical possibility is 30 Nb5+ ab 31 b4. It looks though like Black will probably be able to defend that with 31... Nd3.
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