The following game took place at a local ladder match. I felt that I was much better during most of the game but the computer shows that it was mostly even for the whole match. Then, near the end, I offer to trade into a winning endgame that the computer thinks is only a slight advantage. Help me prove it wrong:
So am I right? Is it better to trade rooks in that endgame or should I listen to the computer and go Rb4-a4? In the crowded middlegame, am I as winning as I feel, or did White still have some way to uncoil? Was I right to preserve the two bishops or should I have pinned/traded his knight in order to win over d4?
The following game took place at a local ladder match. I felt that I was much better during most of the game but the computer shows that it was mostly even for the whole match. Then, near the end, I offer to trade into a winning endgame that the computer thinks is only a slight advantage. Help me prove it wrong:
So am I right? Is it better to trade rooks in that endgame or should I listen to the computer and go Rb4-a4? In the crowded middlegame, am I as winning as I feel, or did White still have some way to uncoil? Was I right to preserve the two bishops or should I have pinned/traded his knight in order to win over d4?