Should I have drawn in this position?

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Magnesium101

I played black in this game. Should I have accepted a draw?

nartreb

I suspect this is a forced draw no matter whose move it is, and I'm pretty darn certain you're not going to win, so the question is do you accept an immediate draw or do you take a risk you might actually lose?

You have less material, your king is less active, you have zero prospect of breaking through or otherwise getting a passed pawn.  In other words, I don't see how you can possibly win.

I'm not sure how you could lose either -I think you can trade all the pawns and end up with K vs K + N, which is a draw.  I think I'd play a while longer, just because I obviously need the practice with this sort of scenario.

ArtNJ

This is a very clear white win.  There is no way to trade off all of the pawns, and white's king will penetrate via e2-d3-e4, use the knight to get opposition and eventually slide into f5.  

Both of you should play again Stockfish until you can win this.

wrathss

Sorry is it just me or white is up exactly one knight?! This is winning for white no matter whose turn it is, because eventually black will be in zugzwang.

Lets say black to move:



corum

Obviously it is a white win. However, I am curious - Magnesium101 - on what basis you think it would be worth not atking a draw if offered? In what way can you imagine black winning? Even if you exchange 2 of your pawns for the 3 white pawns (unlikely, but ...) the white knight can always sacrifice itself for your last pawn.

csalami

Why did white accept (or offer I don't care) the draw when he is clearly winning?

Magnesium101
corum wrote:

Obviously it is a white win. However, I am curious - Magnesium101 - on what basis you think it would be worth not atking a draw if offered? In what way can you imagine black winning? Even if you exchange 2 of your pawns for the 3 white pawns (unlikely, but ...) the white knight can always sacrifice itself for your last pawn.

That was why I took the draw. He was up a knight.

Magnesium101
csalami wrote:

Why did white accept (or offer I don't care) the draw when he is clearly winning?

Not sure. This was a game in a tournament, and he was going to advance anyway, so that might have played a part in his decision. I'm not sure though.