Drawing against an FM!

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4th April 2009, 03:06pm
#1
by fzweb
Home Australia
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 764

The name of him was FM Tomek Rej (I think) and was in a simul at the school fete! (Sadly I didn't record the game because I thought I was going to lose.)

The game basically started off with a Queen Indian's Defence. He tried to exchange all my center pawns and he succedded in doing that. I tried to blockade them with my knights and targeted those pawns while moving my queen towards the kingside. And during that, I offered him a 'poisoned pawn' on b2!

He refused it for a few moves, but then took it. I moved my knight to b5 which would cut off most of his escape route for the enemy queen. Then I managed to trap his queen. He exchanged his queen for a rook. I wasn't actually sure what to do with my material advantage though...

In the end, he put up some very tough defence and offence, I missed a tactic which earned him a pawn, I offered him a draw, and he accepted *phew*!

Now I want you guys to decide whether I should have offered him a drawUndecided Crafty seems to think I have a tiny advantage after my move.

4th April 2009, 03:10pm
#2
by RoyalFlush1991
International
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 571

I would have played on as white, after Black moves his dark-squared bishop, you can blockade the passed c-pawn with Nc3.

4th April 2009, 03:21pm
#3
by jacoblcl
Tacoma, WA United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 33

My first impression is that Black is better due to the connected passed pawns. He also has the two Bishops for his exchange.

4th April 2009, 07:50pm
#4
by NM tonydal
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4745

A difficult position to judge.  After 1... Ba7 I would probably tend to prefer Black, just for practical reasons (it's easier to come up with threats for Black than it is to defend against them for White).  But then again, I'm an attacking player.:)

5th April 2009, 09:09am
#5
by jbahadur
Canada
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 8

I think white certainly has a theoretical edge, but I would prefer to play black here, seems like he has a much easier game. Certainly not a terrible juncture to offer a draw.

2nd June 2009, 02:06pm
#6
by anthrax0sk
Slovakia
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 9

white has totaly win game

2nd June 2009, 02:10pm
#7
by richie_and_oprah
Marie Byrd Land International
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 1861

I am thinking I would rather be black here, especially if I significantly outrated my opponent.  Black has 10 men plus King, White has 8.  I like those odds in these types of positions.

Playing the white pieces I would be happy achieving the draw against a stonger player from this position.

 

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