What would you do from this position?

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Avatar of Frankdawg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From this position, I had the rook + bishop. I offered at least 5 draws, but my opponent refused to accept. I could understand if I had just a rook trying to go for it, but when I have a bishop to support that rook no way can he mate me. So he chased me around for another 50 moves making no progress until I got a draw.

What I'm saying is when your opponent has built a fortress, and you can not penatrate it, and you know you can't. Why do some ppl like to screw around for the next 50 or so moves when it is clearly a drawn position?

Is it considered poor sportsmanship or insulting to fight an additional 50 moves in a very clearly drawn position?

Avatar of MaartenSmit

In positions like these, there are winning chances for the better side, however small. It makes sense to do the 50 moves. In Q vs. R+B the winning chances are very minimal for the queen, although there are a few cases where the R+B have winning chances. So although the most likely result is a draw, it's not at all a dead drawn position.

The same thing holds true for other pawnless endings like R+B vs. R which is very common, and has the most dangerous winning chances for the stronger side, or R+N vs. R, with less winning chances, but still quite tricky to play.

In these kinds of positions I would always go the full 50 moves before I let my opponent claim a draw, also because pawnless endings are generally more difficult do play for the defender than for the attacker.

Avatar of DrSpudnik

The likelihood of getting more than half a point in an endgame like this is mighty slim. Play on if you'd like. I'm inclined to offer a draw (or take it if offered), because short of an outright blunder, you're just wasting a lot of time. 

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I believe in fighting to the death. If you give up there is no hope of winning/drawing wheras if you don't there is.
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checkmateibeatu wrote:
I believe in fighting to the death. If you give up there is no hope of winning/drawing wheras if you don't there is.

I agree with that statement. I have been known to fight on being down a ton of points in material. However in the situation I pointed out black don't really have any way to win nor does white.

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White missed the win on 19.