Taking advantage of endgame optical illusions, aka swindling.
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I prefer to see the positions in from of me, it helps me learn better. Now that you’ve described it, then post it so that you can get feedback and showcase the game
It’s his daily game against KaiserSosse, first draw you see in his daily games.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/846837378/analysis?move=101
So the guy had mate in 3 moves and 3 days to figure it out, and instead he made an random move and offered a draw?
I very recently had a game where I was dead lost, -8.2. My opponent had an extra knight and was guarding my not too advanced black passed pawn on a4. Meanwhile my king was guarding his passer on h6. His knight was on b5. All he needed to do was trap my king on h8 with king & pawn, & then checkmate in 2 by ignoring my pawn & moving knight to f7, with a couple of moves to spare. Bottom line, I nicely suggested a draw, & 2 moves later, he offered me the draw, which I very happily accepted. A draw is always better than a loss. This is a daily game, btw. Nothing too cheesy or illegal about it, but it did kinda remind me of a snakecharmer a little bit.😂 I won't post the game, because I prefer to verbally describe the positions, it helps me learn chess easier that way. Anyway, be aware of these optical illusions in your games, it might just save you from a few losses. Have a good day.